Shhhhhh

Shhhhhh I made these for my Leadership Roommates. It is only the first part of a three part gift but I'm so excited with how these turned out I had to share. What you can't see is the tabs separating each section of the journal. To come are the Journaling Jars full of about 250 journaling prompts each. They get pasted into a page of the journal (under the corresponding tab) and then they can write about the prompt. It is designed to get the creative scrapbooking juices flowing. :)
I'm also giving them each a Holiday Traditions Book from Once Upon A Family. It is chocked full of additionally great photo opt. events.

Stationary Holders

This is using Korin Sutherlands Stationary Holder Template. I made six along with 8 cards for each in one afternoon. It was super easy and fun too.

You Are Our Sunshine

Here is a layout I did for my customer newsletter.

I added some non-CTMH embellishments as well on this final version.

This photo is of my daughter when she was nearly 2 years old. Today she is nearly 12.

Here are some great family time projects

Fire Cracker Crowns
These fringed caps make for a fun way to sport your patriotic colors on the 4th of July.

CRAFT MATERIALS: - Craft foam, red and white - Blue tape (1 1/2" wide) - Star stickers - Scissors - Gold pipe cleaners - Tape - Yellow foam stars

1. Arrange 5 red and 5 white 2 1/2" by 12" craft foam strips side by side, alternating colors. Apply a 26" strip of blue tape across the panels about 1 inch from the bottom, wrapping the ends around to the back. Decorate the tape with sticker stars. Then cut a 1/2" fringe in each panel starting from the top and ending just above the tape.

2. Flip crown over and position a gold pipe cleaner in the center of each of the inner 8 panels so that the lower end is about an inch below the fringe. Tape them in place. Now sandwich the top of each pipe cleaner between a yellow foam star and a large sticker star. When your child is ready to wear the crown, wrap it around her head, overlapping the ends and securing them with a large paper clip.

Independence Day Pops

Keep your kids cool this 4th of July with frozen-yogurt rocket pops.

RECIPE INGREDIENTS: - 3 cups vanilla yogurt - Red food coloring - Blue food coloring - Waxed paper - Sugar cones - Popsicle sticks

1. To make a half dozen pops, tint 1/2 cup of the yogurt with red food coloring and 1 1/2 cups with blue food coloring. Leave the rest plain.

2. Make waxed paper cone liners by folding six 12-inch square sheets into triangles, wrapping each around a sugar cone, and using tape to hold the shape. Then place the paper cones inside the sugar cones.

3. Fill each cone with 1 tablespoon red yogurt, followed by 2 tablespoons white yogurt, then 3 tablespoons blue yogurt. Insert a Popsicle stick and freeze the pops until firm, about 4 hours, using the cone box to keep them upright.

Granna Snuggles

Today I've been cleaning my craft space...and I found some old photo's. I decided to once again try a digital page using one of the more precious photo's I found. Again the tags are some I found for free on the Two Peas website. Let me know what you think...and if you know of anywhere I can get these printed at the 12x12 size please let me know as I'd like to get these into actual albums.

The first photo was taken at the Grapevine, Texas 2003 Close To My Heart Convention Closing Dinner. The second is our 2007 photo together.

Great American Scrapbook Convention Class Pages

Here is the first page from my Heritage Class. However, I didn't use it for Heritage pictures. It just spoke LOVE to me.