Scrapbook Sunday: GET CREATIVE- Part 2!

Welcome to Scrapbook Sunday! Last week I posted about "getting creative" and coming up with hand-made things to add to your scrapbook pages. I went through another one of my oldest son's albums and found MORE CREATIVE things, done by MOI! Yay, I may have a knack for this sort of thing:)

The layout above is from when Gavin was 5 and went on a field trip to a local Woods; to learn about trees and how they are tapped for maple syrup! The idea of making the paper tree came from one of my Creative Memories page layout books; I cut the tree out by hand and punched out some maple leaves with my Leaf Punch, then added various spring stickers- such as the birds, worms, and flowers! It came out waaaay better than I though it would!

This layout was from a field trip to Domino's Pizza when Gavin was in Pre-K. Each child got to make their own pizza, and his came out YUMMY! As I was doing this layout, I was irritated that I didn't have any pizza stickers! 'Cause as I admitted previously, I AM A STICKER JUNKIE!! LOL So, the creative part of my brain spoke up and said, "Duh, make a DOMINO!!" So I just punched out two red squares and added the dots and cut a blye rectangle and wa-la...
a Domino's Pizza domino was born!!

For this layout, I just cut ovals from my Custom Cutting System and added various punched circles, waves, and the top egg was done using the CM Bubble Maker!

This layout still CRACKS me up! One Sunday, Brian, Gavin and I were sitting around and we had the idea of dressing our cat Maddie up in Build-A-Bear clothes!! Being that Maddie is a "ditzy" cat, she had no clue what the heck we were doing to her, so she just laid there and let us play dress up!! LOL Then she began to roll around on the floor trying to get the clothes off! By the way, we are BIG Cub's fans in this house:)

I made my own baseballs by punching out circles, then drawing the red "seams" by myself. They did come out pretty cute!

Again in the midst of having NO Dalmation stickers for this page... I thought to punch out a bunch of black dots and scatter them all over the page. When Gavin was 4 and 5, he was obsessed with playing dress up at school; the little girls LOVED him for this. He was in his dalmation doggie garb on the day I visited his class and volunteered!! What a NUT!!

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Hope you all have enjoyed SCRAPBOOK SUNDAY!

Please visit my friends HOLLY and VICKIE to see what they have chosen to showcase for today too:)

We'd love if you'd join us and show off some of your pages too! Just leave me a comment if you'd like to join SS!!

Happy Scrappin'!
Noelle ♥

Announcing my MOTHER'S DAY GIVE-AWAY ♥

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Calling all wonderful mom's who love pretty things and want to be pampered! Please enter my Mother's Day give-away by leaving a comment on this post about why you love your MOM so much!

If you aren't a follower yet, become one and get an extra entry in the drawing; blog about this give-away on your blog for another entry!

Here's what you can win... (1) Lovely China Coffee Mug (2) Vintage Floral Hankie (3) Handmade MOM pretty lil' sign made by me (4) Warming Green Tea Facial Mask (5) Cherry Blossom bath set with shower gel, lotion and a shower pouf (6) Delicious Scone mix from Wildtree (7) Spa CD- very relaxing music and (8) a set of fresh scented four tea lights.

ONE lucky winner will receive ALL of these items ♥

I will accept comments on this post ONLY till midnight on Tues. May 5th!

GOOD LUCK LADIES!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Win this HANDBAG!

You can win this CUTE PIE hangbag over at my friend Denise's blog, Lauren Nicole Gifts! Denise was my swap partner for the Semi-Slacker Spring Swap. She also has her own Monogram business; where she makes the CUTEST things- go check her out!! She is taking names for the give-away till midnight on May 7th! Good luck but I want to win; lol!!!

I'll be back later today to post pics for my Mother's Day give-away: STAY TUNED...

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

YAHOO!!

Yahoo; I passed my Math class! I actually got a 78 on the final and ended up with a 78 in the class! Whew, now I can breathe:)

On another happier note, the future hubs and I did have a bit of the talk the other night; I STILL don't think he fully gets it, but we are better! And thanks so much to all my wonderful pals who left such sweet and thoughful comments on my last post! ♥ you all!!

I got my first paycheck for my Spring work today; it was small but I was able to buy a new CD, hair-dye, hairspray, shampoo and conditioner- which I have needed so badly. And I am able to get my FAVORITE THINGS swap package off to my sweet lil red headed friend Stacy!!

Also, since you all are party pooper's and won't take part in my Mother's Day card challenge... boo hoo hoo (crying my eyes out over here 'cause no one think I'm cool!!!! ) LOL ---- KIDDING!! I am going to open up the MOTHER's DAY give-away to all MOMS! I still need to get a couple things together for it and am making something; so I will have the GIVE-AWAY pics posted NO LATER than tomorrow night!! I'll take names over the weekend for the give-away and annouce the winner on Monday night. That way I can get it mailed off to the MOM WINNER by Mother's Day!!

Let's see... what else? Oh, my friend is having a huge STUFF sale at their church tomorrow with lots of craft supplies, scrapbooking supplies and holiday decor. I can't wait to check it out!!! Hope I find something good:)

Well, Tuesday is my last Computers in Education class then I will be FREE from school for 3 weeks!! Summer semester starts May 26th and goes till mid-July. I am still torn on what to take; the classes I NEED to take would put me in school Monday-Thursday from 1-3:45; UGH! There goes our time at the POOL on all those days:( I really wanted to spend a lot of time with the boys this summer, so I may not take the MW class and pick up an online one instead. Sounds good, huh??

P.S. I PROMISE to not change my blog layout for at least another month!! LOL

I'm off to bed now, hope you all have a great night!! TGIF tomorrow:)~

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Wanted: MORE Sunshine!

Monday morning, I walked into my kitchen and opened the blinds to let this beautiful sunlight pour in! Little did I know what a CRAPPY day I was in for:( Work was rough that day, I had to juggle my time to get to 2 different sites to collect child assessments. It rained and poured later on that day too- yuck!

When I saw this sunlight, I wanted to just sit down at the kitchen table and drink my morning cup of 'jo; just to relax and enjoy the quiet!

Today, there is no morning sunshine; neither outside, or in my head! I feel so depressed and in pain; I called a rheumatologist yesterday and got nothing but the run around from them. I tried to talk to my future hubby about how I have been feeling and how it hurts me the way he has been acting toward me. (He has not shown much affection or support at ALL!) Everyday I cry and cry even harder when I go to bed at night. My body aches so bad! Why won't these DAMN doctors help me?!? Brian told me that "I" am effecting our relationship and am making this "one-sided"!! He can't even begin to understand nor see how much this is effecting me! But he is going to blame me for feeling bad-WTH? Am I wrong to feel sad and hurt because the one person who should comfort me isn't doing it, because I am making HIM feel bad because I am miserable right now? This whole "for better or worse, till death do us part" sure isn't being practiced right now! Why/How can he act like the victim here? I supported him when he had a back injury, lost his job and was trying to figure out what caused the injury! Now I am a BURDEN to him??

Sorry to vent this all to you... I guess I am seeking some support/advice from you girls!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Handmade Card Ideas for Mom's Day ♥

Teacup Card

By: Claudine Casault

Difficulty: Easy

Age: 4 and up

Parental supervision is recommended

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Free Mom's Day Printables

Make Mom feel good with a cup of tea!

What you'll need:

• Cardstock paper (White)
• Lace material
• Artificial flowers
• Pearl beads
• ¼" ribbon (colored)
• Colored paper ( ½ x ½" square-shaped)
• Double-sided padded tape
• Glue or glue gun
• Thread (colored)
• Scissors
• Pencil and ruler
• Pattern
  

How to make it:

Step 1:

1. Trace out the template onto cardstock.
2. Cut out with scissors.
3. Glue lace material on front of card ½" below top edge.
4. Glue ¼" wide ribbon over top edge of lace and across back of card.
5. Create a small bow with ¼" ribbon and glue on top of ribbon.

Step 2: Teacup

1. Place padded tape along the bottom of teacup and adhere teacup to bottom.
2. Place padded tape on back of the teacup and glue to center of lace.

Step 3: Tag

1. Cut 2" piece of thread and glue a ½" square of colored paper to one end.
2. Glue the other end of ribbon to inside of teacup.

Step 4:

1. Glue (1) pearl in the center of flower heads.
2. Glue a flower onto bottom right of teacup.
3. Glue a flower on top of bow on front of card.
4. Loop a small piece of ribbon and glue on back of card.
5. Glue a small pearl bead on loop.

Final Card:

• Front image
• Back image
  

Tips:

• You can substitute the lace with other material.
• You can substitute the white cardstock with other colored cardstock.

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Idea #2

Gardening Mother's Day Card

By: Bonnie Schiedel

Difficulty: Easy

Age: 4 and up

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Is it a card? Is it a gift? It's both! This easy-to-make card lets little ones display a seed package of pretty spring flowers that you can plant together.

What you'll need:

• Green cardstock cut to 5 ½" x 8 1/2"
• White cardstock cut to 5 1/4" x 3 ¾"
• One orange envelope (new or used)
• One yellow envelope (new or used)
• Green ribbon, about 14" long
• Adhesive such as double-sided sticky tape, glue stick, liquid glue or mini glue dots
• Paper trimmer or scissors
• Craft scissors with scalloped edge

How to make it:

1. Fold green cardstock in half.
2. Glue white cardstock to front of green cardstock.
3. Use the craft scissors to snip two corners from the yellow envelope and two corners from the orange envelope. The corners should be between 1" and 1 ½".
4. Fit the envelope corners onto the corners of the seed package.
5. With the seed package still in the corners, glue the envelope corners to the white cardstock.
6. Tie the ribbon around the spine of the card.
7. Write, stamp or glue your Mother's Day greeting inside.

Tips:

• Instead of a seed package, you can use a gift card, special photo or individually wrapped packed of mom's favorite tea.
• If the price is displayed on the front of the seed package, place a small sticker over it.
• Choose paper colors that complement the seed package colors.
• This is a wonderful and easy way to use old envelopes. Or, stop in at a store with a large card display and ask if they have unwanted envelopes. Sometimes customers prefer a plain white envelope and leave the bright ones behind (this orange envelope was supposed to go with a Halloween card.)

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Hi girls,

More and more I find myself wanting to make cards instead of buying them:) Don't you think cards are getting expensive in the stores? Whenever I find a really pretty one that I like, or a super cute kids card, I turn it over to find that it is $4-5.00!!

Hope these ideas inspire you to do the same ♥

Noelle~

UPDATED!! Mother's Day Challenge/Give-Away!!

Note #2: The give-away is NOW OPEN to ALL MOMS! If you'd like to make a card to SWAP, you will get an additional 2 entries! Post my give-way on your blog and get 1 extra entry:) I will be posting the GIVE-AWAY goodies tomorrow!!

NOTE: I have changed the "PLAN" of this challenge!! You can create ANY handmade card for another mom!! (You don't have to use an old one of yours anymore) Does this sound better? Apologies for NOT thinking about how some might want to use their saved Mom's Day cards! SORRY:(

Calling all moms!! Are you up for a challenge? Of course you aren't!! 'Cause if you are like me you have challenges given to you ever day by your children, and hubby and job and more!! BUT... this is a FUN and REWARDING challenge, I PROMISE!!

If you would like to be entered in my MOTHER'S DAY give-away; I would like for you to create a Mother's Day card of your own inspiration to send to another MOM!!

I am still working on getting some items together for the give-away. I am hoping to post the Give-Away goodies by this Wednesday!

My thoughts for this are...

(1) If you'd like to participate, leave a comment on this post with your name and if you will participate.

(2) Email me your info/address... I will set up MOM PARTNERS in which we will swap out CARD CREATIONS with! My email is: way2tiredmom78@hotmail.com

(3) All that participate in this challenge will be entered once to win the MOTHER'S DAY give-away GOODIES from me!!



GET AN EXTRA ENTRY by... Doing POST about this challenge/give-away on YOUR BLOG!


You may begin working on your card as soon as you sign up here on my post. I'd like for all the participants to be ready to mail out their hand madecard to their partner by say, May 5th? Does that sound fair?? That way most moms will get their cards in time for Mother's Day!! And since its a card only to send, if won't cost much either!!

I just want all the moms out there to feel EVEN MORE SPECIAL when Mother's Day comes around this year! Us moms do SO Much and it goes UN-NOTICED so often!!

But we all are great blog friends who understand this, and would love to help another mom feel appreciated! ♥!

Love to all you mommies!!
Noelle ♥