Time flies when you're having fun...

   It's been a fast summer to say the least. I can't believe my last post was in April. We have had a son return from a mission and one son leave on his mission, youth conference, yw camp, four birthdays, a family reunion, and a family trip to the top of Mt. Lassen since my last post. I have had many opportunities to be creative but have taken few pictures of them. Boy oh boy I need to get better at taking pictures. LOL I thought I would share a few cards I have made with you, that I did remember to take pictures of.
Thanks for sticking with me and checking in......

I made this card for a sweet friend using scraps from a paper pack I purchased at Micheals. I love using up my scraps and making cute cards. 

Again, this card is made from scraps. It's a bit more simple but still a cute way to say thanks.  I love my white pen, I think everything looks better with "stitches" around the outside. 

Thanks for stopping in and looking around............

Ericka

Family Mini Book....

I had these great intentions of making this cute little mini photo book for a friend, but then the more I worked on it, the more I started thinking I just couldn't give it away! lol
I have had the idea for this book for a few years and finally decided to put it all together. I do really love how it turned out, but in the end I am not keeping the mini, it is going to another great home.

For this mini I used the stack the deck binding system I found on you tube while watching videos from my sisters scrapper. I also made my pages using the example found on another video from my sisters scrapper, on you tube. The paper I used was a 6X6 paper pack called Fact and Fiction and all the little embellishments were from this same line.

The family tree is a sticker that came in a pack that I picked up at Micheal's. It is one of the only embellishments that didn't come with the fact and fiction line that I picked up at Joannes. It sure does work really well with the theme of the mini though.

 

This little tricycle was probably my favorite embellishment. I topped the page with the same pendants as on the cover and some washi tape across the bottom.

I really liked the paper in this line. It had embellishments preprinted on it and that sure is a time saver. I also used some rub on stitches and bakers twine on these pages.

I have this spool of fake pearls and I can't ever figure out how to use them, heaven forbid I throw anything out. Anyway, I cut them to length and used mini dots to adhere them to the top of this page and I loved how it turned out. 

Each page has a pull out photo mat for added space for photos or journaling. The reverse side of these mats are lined to make journaling more convenient. 

Thanks for stopping in to look.........

Ericka

Easter Treat Bag...

I put together a quick treat bag for my littles to take home with them this weekend. Everything I used was stuff I had around the house, so it was a win win! Happy kids and happy me :)

For the bag I started with a 12X12 sheet of paper. I cut it in half and had two 6X12 pieces. I then used my score board and scored each piece of paper at 1/2", 5", 7", and 11 1/2". Then I folded at the scores to get this cute bag shape. I used left over clear plastic treat bags and filled them with plastic eggs that had treats inside. Last, I folded the bag together with the paper, and then stapled it at the top for a stronger hold. 

The tag was made using my Cricut cartridge, A Child's Year. I used the tag feature and the shadow tag feature. I cut the tag and shadow at the 3" size. I wrote on the tag for a little personal touch. Then I topped it off with a bow and stuck it all on with adhesive dots. 

I made twelve and it took around an hour, and that includes stopping to help the littles every minute or so. lol Such a simple project that brought so much joy!

Thanks for stopping in to look……………

Ericka

Mermaids and Mucinex

The last few weeks have kept me busy, busy, busy, with the local children's choir my daughter is involved with. They put on their annual musical this last weekend and a friend sweetly nominated me to be in charge of the lobby decorations. A gesture I will not soon forget. lol Then in the final stretch, I came down with a head cold. But, as my family loves to say, "Ain't nobody got time for that!" I grabbed my new favorite cold medicine, Mucinex, and kept right on going.

Because of the musical, I had to put my paper crafting on hold so there will be no project pictures this time. I am going to share with you some lobby pictures because they were adorable!

This years musical was Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr. and the kids did a FABULOUS job! The SSCCC group is such a shining spot in our little community! Hats off to all the people that make this organization run.

My niece drew Flounder, such talent! The sea horse was drawn using my Cricut and the Disney Princess- Dreams Come True cartridge. A friend and helper showed me how to make the jellyfish using garbage bags and dollar tree ribbon. They were a huge hit.

I love how the Actor's wall turned out also. I cut open shower scrubbies and then scrunched them and stapled them to the wall for the coral. The bubbles, my favorite decoration, we made by gluing glass gems from the dollar tree to the wall. A huge thank you to my sister that patiently stood and held all of them in place while the glue dried.

 The fish, starfish, sand dollars, and seahorses were drawn and cut using my Cricut and Life's a Beach cartridge and Disney Princess- Dreams Come True cartridge.

Thanks for stopping in to look….

Ericka

Family, Friends and Faith......

The time I take to create gives me so much more joy then just the final project provides. With a house full of children most of the day and running children all over in the evening, I cherish the quiet time I take when I have a project to finish. Having a deadline, one more reason I started to post on this blog again! In these last few weeks I have been making an album and I was also blessed to go to the Temple with my niece before she leaves on her mission. We had four generations of women from our family able to attend, along with many other people that mean as much as family to us.

Not only did I finally finish the Hawaii Album for my friend that took her trip two (yes two), years ago, but it gave me the opportunity to think about the wonderful day spent with such a great group of people. North Carolina is getting one of the best girls California has to offer so they better treat her right! LOL

On to the Album....

As in the past, I used cereal boxes covered with card stock for my pages. I used Life is a Beach cricut cartridge for all the shapes in the album and the Aloha title. I also used a bulk package of tropical die cuts I pick up at Micheal's awhile back, along with a few Joleen stickers.

 I hope you like it but most of all I hope my friend thinks it was worth waiting two years for! haha

This is the first time I used the waterfall picture spots in a mini album. I love the added space it provides.

My friend is a big fan of the flip flops! So am I :)

I used the waterfall picture spots again on this page, made them a little bigger, and added to the number of spots available. I like them better on this page. The joy of creating, the more times you try the better you get! 

Thanks for stopping in to look.....

Traditions make Special Memories

What a fun week it has been. Valentines Day is always fun in our home. It is one holiday where we all make each other cards instead of purchasing them. It is also one of the two times a year my husband attempts to make a card, with just a little grumbling along the way. He will retreat to my craft space with our girls and all I hear is grumbling and giggling. What sweet memories our girls will have with their father. No matter how old our children have gotten, they all love this tradition.

The card pictured is one of the valentines cards I made and it ended up going to my daughters teacher.

I made this card with the cricut craft room available at cricut.com. The penguin is from the cricut alphabet digital images and the corners and edging are from the cricut essentials digital images.

Back at it...

Well it's been way over a year, but I think I am going to give this another try. First let me tell you I have been scraping and making lots of projects, I just haven't posted them on here. I started not posting because I was working on Christmas presents and I didn't want to show my gifts before they were given. Then, well, it just got easy to not post. But recently a friend of mine has gotten me excited about sharing my projects again. So here it goes......

My husband is from the SF Bay Area and is a life long fan of the Giants and the 49ers. This is a multi-fold card I made for him for his birthday. It was right before the Superbowl and we had high hopes for two championship teams from the city. Well at least he got nice card from it. lol

I combined the colors from both teams but I used the 49ers SF logo because it was easier to maneuver around. I used everyday paper dolls cricut cartridge for all the sports emblems and my destinations cartridge for the San Fransisco frame.

On this layer I ended up putting Go Giants on the orange side and Go Niners on the red side. Sorry I don't have a picture of that.