Knit Happens

Yes it definitely does! I had planned on posting my card for day 3 of the Greeting Farm's card relay challenge, but didn't actually get that card finished. So here's my buddy Riley instead. Oh how I love that little moose!


Supplies used: Riley&Company image, CTMH papers & chipboard buttons, Prismacolor markers

Charlotte

For the second day's challenge at the Greeting Farm, you were to create a card using this little cutie, Charlotte. She's so adorable and made me think of my BFF's little girl. All that diva attitude and only 2 1/2!


Supplies used: Greeting Farm image, Making Memories patterned papers & brads, Prima flowers, Stickles, Prismacolor markers

Mer Ian

I do love a card challenge and I've decided to come out of hiding and play along with this one over at The Greeting Farm.


Supplies used: Greeting Farm Digi image, CTMH sentiment, K&Company patterned papers & chipboard embellishment, Prismacolor markers

My first digi page!

So I finally decided to try my hand at digital scrapbooking and I LOVE it! I had so much fun putting this together and love how it turned out!

Supplies used: Shabby Princess Harvest Spice & Happy Go Lucky

Traditional paper scrapping will always be my first love, but this digi stuff is just too fabulous! I tend to have a fear of commitment when it comes to actually cutting into some of my precious scrapbook paper, LOL. But with digital, I always get a do-over if I change my mind. I can't wait to start on some more projects!

more baby pics

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to come over and take some pics of my new little god-daughter for her birth announcements. It was sooooo hot that day! But we actually lucked out. I've read that professional photographers have to keep their studios super warm to make sure newborns stay happy during photo shoots. Little PJ did an amazing job. She slept through the whole thing! She's just 6 days old in these pics. Isn't she a doll?!

Here are a few of my favorite shots:

Here's the one that made the final cut. We converted it to black and white and added text to the top that included her name and stats at birth. The coolest part is that by the time we finished and had them printed, they ended up costing a whopping $2.50!

Happy Birthday Baby!

So, once again I've been MIA for a bit. I've been enjoying summer with the kiddos and trying to get a little work done for my Etsy shop. I've even **gasp** been working on personal scrapbook pages!

Today, I'm just too excited not to share; I had the honor of being by my best friend's side while she gave birth to her daughter on Sunday evening! It was truly amazing, exciting and humbling all at the same time. Little "PJ" and her mommy are both beautiful and doing wonderfully. God is so good!!



This is the card I made for her. When I saw this stamp, I immediately knew I had to have it for Traya's card! This image instantly reminded me of these figurines of angels, and mother with baby, etc., that she collects. Perfect!

Supplies used: Cloud 9 Design papers, Whiff of Joy image, Prismacolor markers, fiskars border punch, buttons, Whiff of Joy challenge sketch

Team Edward!

My Friend LaTraya is totally not into the whole Twilight thing, but her lovely teenage daughter is. She hasn't finished reading all the books yet and is currently undecided on whether she's Team Edward or Team Jacob (ummm.... hello of course the best choice is Jacob!!!!) Little Edward is exceptionally cute though isn't he? Now if I could only figure out how to make him sparkle!

Supplies used: DCWV papers, M&MBI paper, Greeting Farm image, CTMH sparkles, Prismacolor markers, (card layout borrowed from Sparkle)

Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge week 30

Sparkle's challenge this week was another sketch challenge. I {{heart}} sketches! And I love this image, the bear is too cute in his little hat and mittens! He looks like he's all ready to hit the slopes!

Not sure what's up with my picture, the card is much brighter in real life, but I got tired of trying to fix it in photoshop.

Happy Thursday!

Supplies used: My Mind's Eye papers, C.C. Designs image, Prismacolor markers, CTMH sentiment & ribbon

2 cute 4 words!

Here's a set of pages I came up with for a little beginner's scrapbook class last Saturday. I had the worst time coming up with a title for these pages! It was terrible! I even had to enlist the help of Christine, and we came up with what we both agreed was a super cute title idea.

This is not it.
Supplies used: Making Memories papers, cardstock, ribbon,

Ha, ha, ha! You see, I then ran our super cute title idea by one of the ladies who would be attending the class, and she thought it was weird didn't care for it. Soooo... back to the ol' drawing board I went. In the end, everyone loved the pages and we all had really fun afternoon!

Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge week 29

Sparkle's Challenge this week is a sketch challenge. I LOVE card sketches! The hardest part of making cards for me is figuring out the layout, so I love it when the thinking is already done for me. This little guy is an image I got from Sparkle several months ago. Not sure who he belongs to, but he is quite a cutie! Thanks for the challenge Sparks!

Supplies used: K & Co papers, CTMH sentiment, image?, Prismacolor markers, Prima flower, Liquid Applique, button

Gone Fishin'

On Father's Day, Sammy had fun hand-delivering this little card and a tin of some favorite cookies to my dad. It's funny, when I was making this little card, I thought to myself how much this did not represent the way I think of my dad. He doesn't fish or hunt or do any really outdoorsy things. He's an athlete through and through. He's played baseball since he was a kid and has been a coach for our local high school ball teams for over 40 years. He loves it and the kids love him. I do remember him taking my brother and me to one of those little u-fish, trout farms when we were really little. I also remember catching a wee little trout and then shrieking in terror at that same wee little trout. I prefer my experience with fish to be limited to the breaded and fried variety, thank you.

Supplies used: CTMH papers & sentiment, Hanna stamps image, Prismacolor markers, buttons

Riley in pink?

Who says real men real moose can't wear pink? I love that little Riley is so versatile and looks good in any color. This little image is perfect for baby themed projects and I whipped up this little card the other day. Seriously though, could Riley ever not look adorable?

Supplies used: Making Memories papers, Hanna Stamps image, Prismacolor markers, CTMH paper flower, button, brads

Happy Friday!

Busy Little Ducks

Here's another set of pages for a custom ordered baby album I made earlier this year. I made sure to use lots of bright colors as requested for the new mommy. She wanted a 2 page spread for both everyday playing pics as well as some from baby's bathtime. Viola! I really love how the bubbles and the tub turned out. You've just gotta love those chubby little ducks!

Supplies used: My Mind's Eye papers, Gautier Designs paper pieced artwork, brads, ribbon, hemp fiber

Thank you Anya card

When I first saw this image, Sparkle and I disagreed on whether Anya's hair should be red or blond, whether her apple should be green or red...Well, Sparkle was right,lol. Red hair, green apple is quite cute.



Supplies used: K&Co papers, Greeting Farm image, Prismacolor markers, CTMH ribbon & paper flower, button

Happy Wednesday!

Another Bella Baby Card

I found this in one of my files and thought I'd share it today. I made this at the beginning of the year for one of the ladies at church to give to her at her baby shower. She was so funny about making sure EVERYONE knew that she HATED pink and that her daughter would only be wearing lavendar. Unfortunately for her, I'd already picked up something for the baby months earlier and it was very, very pink. But hey at least her card was the "correct" color! She actually ended up loving both the gift and the card, so no worries.

Supplies used: My Mind's Eye papers, Stamping Bella image, Prismacolor markers, Jolee's rhinestone flowers

Surprise!

This image cracks me up! I wonder what the surprise is, lol!

Supplies used: My Mind's Eye paper, Stamping Bella image, Prismacolor markers, Stickles, Prima flowers, Making Memories button brads, ribbon

I've only been the guest of honor at a surprise party one time and I was REALLY surprised! It was a few months before Beanie was born and my hubby said he wanted to take me out for a lunch date, just the two of us. So I got all dolled up and we left for our date. My hubby designed and maintains our church's website, and told me that we'd need to stop by the church to get a couple of cd's with info updates so that he could add them to the site later that evening. Totally normal, he's always doing website stuff. So we get to church and both go inside. Surprise! The women of the church had all gathered together and thrown me a baby shower! A truly awesome surprise.

Have you ever been the guest of honor at a surprise party? I'd love to hear about it!

Sweet Pea's Birthday

This is a set of scrapbook pages I made a while back that my BFF fell in love with when she saw them. Sweet Pea happens to be one of the little nicknames the family has given to their youngest little girl. So as part of "Sweet Pea's" birthday gift last year, I included these scrapbook pages for her mom.

Supplies used: K&Co papers, chipboard letters and flowers, ribbon, rhinestones, brads

Today the fam and I are headed over celebrate at "Sweet Pea's" second birthday party. In true Gautier fashion, we'll be picking up a gift for her on the way to the party ;0). Plan ahead? No Thank you! I much prefer the frantic, search for the perfect birthday gift, followed by the elegant "wrapping" of said gift en route to the party. I'm just fun like that.

Hope you all have a fun Saturday!

What's Brewing?

I love my Riley! He's just the cutest with his little cupcake and coffee. I mentioned a few posts back that I'm not a coffee fan, but everyone else I know is. That got me thinking that maybe I should give it a try again, so I tried one of those new mocha things from McD's (probably not a wise choice in itself, but it was only $2). Yeah..... I'm gonna have to stick to my non-coffee drinking status. In the words of Randy Jackson "Dude....It was not good."


Supplies used: K&Co papers, Hanna Stamps image, Prismacolor markers, prima flowers, brads

Happy Friday!

Baby pages with a splash of red

I haven't posted any scrapbook pages to share in what seems like forever, but that would be because I haven't actually made any in what seems like even longer than forever. I've been having the worst scrappers block for the past few months, it's been so weird. This week seems to be a bit better, so hopefully I'll have some newer stuff to share soon.

These pages were part of a custom order I did back in December. The album was for a new mommy who loves red, and I was told would use it everywhere if she could. I love a twist on the traditional so this was a fun layout to put together.


Supplies used: K&Co papers, Gautier Designs paper pieced artwork, ribbon, brads

Yard work is sooo fun!

Isn't little farmer Anya so bright and cheerful? I made this little card a couple weeks ago and it kind of reminded me of my kiddos when they were helping with our garden project last weekend.

Supplies used: CTMH paper, Greeting Farm image, Prismacolor markers, Prima flowers, Making Memories brads, ribbon

My kids just seem to love helping us out with our projects around the house. Nick is kind of on the small side, yet seemed completely unphased by hauling and stacking these 15 pound bricks.

And of course "if big brother can do it, so can I!" Sammy even managed to move a few for us too.


Our Quality Check Dept. Manager

Ummmm...... I'm pretty sure it'd be easier for you to move the wagon if you were not actually inside it.....

"But I don't want to take a break!"

Even Bean was happy to lend a hand!



Thanks for being such awesome helpers guys!