I'm normally not a card maker but this week I was a card making fool. Ok so I'm not the best card maker but I'm having fun experimenting with new products and layout ides. So I won't chit chat, I'll just get right to the pics. 
Next Friday (31st) is my 31st birthday. My parents headed out of town today for vacation so my step dad gave me my b-day gifts early. I was so excited, he made me a ribbon rack to store my ribbons on and then another little shelf to keep small spools, ink pads, etc on. I love both of them and was so excited. Of course I came home and organized right way. The only thing I noticed is I need a few more spools of larger ribbon to fill my rack (winks.) The sad thing is I have probably double that much ribbon not on spools that was bought by the yard at one point or another. They are all stored in zip log bags. Here are some pics for you to see my wonderful gifts.
Well my swap challenge this week to complete was a Growing Up swap. I completed a newborn 0-5 page and a age 6-12 page. I still have another 6-12 to do but plan to work on that one this weekend. The "My Star" page is the 6-12 age group and the train is the newborn-5 age group. I used my Cricut for both layouts. The "My Star" page I used the George and Basic Shapes cartridge and the train page I used the New Additions cartridge.
Tomorrow it's back to work and then on Saturday I'll be at an all day crop. I'm very much looking forward to it.
I participated in a 12x12 color page swap. Basically we had to create 12x12 layouts using one color as our theme. I did two sets, an orage and blue. I kept them simple so it would allow people to add any size pictures.
We got back from vacation a week ago but it feels like forever. We had such a fabulous time and really enjoyed ourselves. I promise I'll post pictures soon. I do have some on my myspace page. We expected the boys to have multiple breakdowns but they seriously did so awesome. Mitch would be a little quiet at times when he was getting sleepy but that was about it. We just operated on Mitch and Marshall time and it worked perfect. I can not say enough about Disney Cruise Lines. All I can say is GO!!!! It was the most wonderful experience we absolutely loved it. Castaway Cay was beautiful, so secluded, and private. The boys loved the beach and it was a wonderful relaxing day. We did visit Nassau as well and enjoyed our day site seeing and shopping there.
I'll post pics soon!
I am falling in love with border exchanges. Mainly because I like to and my own personal touch to scrapbook pages but I also love to get inspiration for others. These exchanges let me add my touch plus still participate in swaps. These are two sets I created for a baby boy border set swap. The rule was to create 2, 12x12 borders, 2 accent pieces, 1 journal box, and a surprise piece. The surprise could be a photo box, another accent pieces, journal box, etc. I had a blast making these and completed both sets (4 sets each, 8 total) in one night.
Tonight we leave for Baltimore and then in the morning we are headed to FL for our vacation. Please pray we don't get swept away by a hurricane. We will be at Disney Saturday-Thursday and then go on our cruise Thursday-Sunday. It's a much needed vacation and we are very much looking forward to it.
Have a great week and I'll check in when we return with lots of pictures.
Larkin is gone on a 4 day trip and my sister's husband is away for 2 weeks with the Army. So my mom wanted to treat us and our boys to a fun day out. We headed to Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster. We had such a PERFECT day!! The boys were honestly so good and had so much fun. It's definitely a kingdom for children! Grant was able to ride everything at the age of 5 and Mitch was able to ride everything except maybe a hand full of rides. They even had a water area for us to cool off. I would suggest for anyone that lives any where close by to GO. It took us 1 hour and 20 minutes from where we live in Millerstown. The drive was not bad at all. 
Well Chris got the hint and posted her little heart out and it paid off. Lucky #12 was the winning number!!! CONGRATS CHRIS!!! This was cool because I do not know Chris other than through "blog land". So it worked out cool!!
Keep an eye out for post #500 blog candy and thanks so much for participating, reading, and all the wonderful comments.
Chris I'll send you a private message for details!!
You can post as many times as you would like on my blog candy blog, hint, hint!!!
Jaimie, I have the small bug also and love it. I would like to try the larger one but don't see the need for it yet. Brandi, I'm old fashion. I do scrapbooking traditional style. I enjoy using "bling" and can not accessorize the way I want through digital. I love using flowers, brads, fibers, stamps, etc. It's my new thing and also my therapy to sit down and create pages. I spend enough time on the computer. If I did digital, my laptop would never leave my lap!! However I know CM has a fabulous digital line if digital is for you.
Well here it is. The blog for my first blog candy. All you have to do to enter to win it is simply leave a comment. Comment as many times as you would like. The winning number has already been picked so I'm going to reveal the winner on Wednesday (that is if the lucky number has been reached.) I will count down from the top comment to receive the winning name. The comment must be left on this post not any others.
Yea, we are at #100 which means blog candy time. I promise I will post a picture and details on Sunday. I'm going to a Shoebox Swap tomorrow and have a busy Saturday. Have a great night! Here is a pic of my boys and I from earlier today.
So what have I been up to. Lets see, crafting of course, a baby parade, shots today with Marshall, and my brother moving in with us. My brother returned from Iraq and will be staying with us a few weeks. Our local carnival started on Monday. There is always a baby parade to kick of the carnival. This years theme was animals on safari so we got my brother in laws tractor decked out and had a great time dressing the kids for it.
My blog counter is so close to 100 which means blog candy is soon going to be posted. So what I'll do is post a picture of what the lucky blog reader will receive. All you have to do is post a comment in that particular blog and you have the chance to win. I'm going to have my DH secretly pick a number 5 days after the blog is posted that will reveal who wins. He will not read the blog and will not know who has posted where or what. Whatever number he chooses will be the comment number (counted from the top down) that wins the blog candy. I'll mail you your special gift as a thanks to you for being a reader.
Have a great night!!
