New Technique

Here is the card we made at Stamp Club last night. We did a new technique. We used acetate!You take two pieces of acetate and put two different colors on a piece of acetate and then you take your glossy CS and put it face down on the acetate with the ink and press. Wow! doesn't the background look cool. The little circles in the background were done with Sequin Scrap it is what is left over after they punch the sequins out. It was bought in the floral department at Michaels. Then you take the sequin scrap and sponge it on with ink. Then after your background is finished you can stamp your image with any stamp.

My Little Models

Brooke and Presley did a modeling session the other day for a catalog (http://www.roomservicehome.com/) and Angela was kind enough to send me a picture to post on my blog. (Thanks Angela) They are modeling the little puppy coats. I do have to say "Two Cuuuutteee." She even got Brooke to smile and we know that is hard to do sometimes. Little Presley is always smiling. Oh, those little girls are so precious. I thank God every day he gave me such a treasure.

Crawling

Here is proof, my little Brookie is crawling. She didn't get very far but she did it! She is really saying Dada all the time now. Daddy videoed her saying it while I was at Stamp Club last night. She sounds so cute when she says "Da da."

Swimming Again

We went to a birthday party yesterday and Papaw bought Brooke and Presley their own little pool. They had a blast as you can see. Presley loved kicking her feet in the water. Poor Brooke had horrible allergies, her eyes and nose were running and she kept scratching at her eyes. Bless her little heart. She still had fun in the little pool. It was great to see family we haven't seen in a while.
Brooke has started crawling. It is only a little bit and then she stops and will lay down. Daddy entices her with his shoe because she loves to get his shoe. Yea Brooke! Presley is right behind her. This is a Brooke brag day because she also said DaDa this morning. Enjoy the photos of the girls in the pool.
I am so excited because I am going to Stamp Club tonight. A much needed break for Mama. Gary will be out of town some this week and I will be solo.
We were about to go swimming with the girls until we realized the dark clouds rolling in and heard some thunder. I guess we will wait on the swimming for another day.

Little Miss Presley

Miss Presley is already into things as you can see from the photos. She lifted herself up for the first time on the fireplace. Things are really happening fast these days. Poor Brooke is having a bad allergy day.

Our Helper

I had a little help on Thursday with the girls.
Emily did a great job. The girls really watched and loved her.
She changed a diaper and fed a baby for the first time. I do have to say that she will be a great babysitter when she is old enough to babysit. She was very inquisitive and asked quesions.
She wanted to trade her sister for Brooke and Presley. The cutest thing was she kept saying, "she could just eat them up." Thanks Emily! Hurry and come back over the girls miss you.

Birthday Sketch for Poetic Artistry

I love the colors and polka dots on this card.
I hope I make this sketch challenge in time.
I will be brief on supplies.
Paper: Groovy Guava, Soft Sky, and Chocolate Chip
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye-Mon Cheri
Baby (Girl) Polka Dot
Stamps: Pick a Petal, Dotted, Fine Lace, and sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo
Ink: Cool Caribbean and Groovy Guava
Accessories: Brown Brads and Ribbon is Martha Stewart (Apricot)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULEE!

Hey There

My little Brooke is developing the cutest personality.
Her laugh is such a contagious one, you hear it and it makes you laugh right back at her.
Finally a tooth is starting to peek through. I swear today, when I was taking these pictures, I thought she was about to crawl so I ran to get the video camera and she never did make the move but was definitely on all fours a lot. I take so many photos and it seems she is always frowning or making other faces in the photos. She really does smile and it is the cutest cheeky smile, it is just hard to capture it in a picture. Brooke's newest thing is she has found her voice and I do mean voice, she is a SCREAMER and loud high pitch scream. It makes me laugh as I hold my ears. She is so adorable.

Strike a Pose

Presley loves to lay like this and usually has her leg moving up and down. That girl is such a ham. She is getting up on all fours and will be crawling before too long.

She is also a rolling machine. She rolls all over the living room. She has the happiest disposition and always has a smile on her face. Her newest thing is opening her mouth really wide with no sound coming out of her mouth, her daddy and I laugh and tell her to close her mouth or a fly will get in her mouth. She is my "Sweet P."

Hot Stuff!

I love this set from MFT, I just received it yesterday and had to make something with it last night.
The card base is Old Olive and the patterned paper is Basic Grey Infuse. All stamps are from MFT Hot Stuff. The main image is colored in with watercolor crayons as well as the coffe mugs. I cut the coffee mugs out to have a little more dimension. I used a Giga Square scallop punch (so excited to use because I have been wanting some of those darn scallop punches and bought one yesterday and plan to by more.) I also used the Word Window punch for the saying.
I finished it off with brads and ribbon I bought on the $1 bin at Michaels. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do.