Coloring using Prismas and goo-gone

This is the original image, colored only…..

Only the birdie’s little body and tail is shaded in with the goo-gone and a blending stump….

Here completely blended….

But I wanted to add more purple. So I used some more purple on the flowers.

And blended some more. Here is the completed image….

I am feeling pretty proud of this little guy! :)

Something new to obsess about…..

Glittery paint in amazing colors. Like heaven in a little pot. The color is AWESOME and the coverage is great. Takes a little bit to get the paint mixed, and its a little shocking at first, because it is really watery, but once you use it, you will love it. I promise. I used it on the flowers, and the chipboard on my layout below, (the thumb sucker one) and was soooo impressed.

Next up…..

Yum. Seriously. I need an color pencils collector anonymous meeting. “Hi, my name is Kristen, and I can’t put down the pencils”

And using a blending stump and this:

Fantastic-ness. Which isn’t a word. I am aware. But Oh. My. Gosh. It makes me look like I have talent. Sample artwork coming soon….

Huh.

So. The semester is officially over, and I have no excuse for not blogging more often. So here I am. I have been creative lately, which has been amazing. Mom helped me decide on some prisma colored pencils, and I am totally smitten. And I have been scrapbooking like mad. And I just placed a order for over 200 pics, so I know that there are more pages to come! Some new ones from this week….

And I realize that I really need to learn how to scan my pages. Not only would they look better, but it would eliminate the possibility of me falling off my chair (which has wheels) where I perch precariously trying to shoot a picture of the layout on the clipboard on the wall. See, all my layouts stay on the wall for a while before they enter the scrapbooks. That way they are seen for a while, and serve as decoration!

Nothing majorly new. We got a new septic system last week. My yard now looks like this…

This picture (above) is when they collapsed the old tank. Ick.

I also have something really nerdy that all my SU followers will love. I get so tired of looking through the catty and picking out stamps only to wonder “do I have that set” Or digging through everything to find the perfect stamp set, only to find out it doesnt fit my vision. So I made this….

 

Inside and alphabetized, are 5x7 note cards. I stamped all stamps from the set, labeled it and wrote down details (like retired, current ect)

LOVE IT. I have been using my stamps much more. I also scored this awesomeness at a garage sale last week….

Full of stamps, and the top is PERFECT for a bigshot cutting station. HEAVEN. Derrick said I cant grow anymore though. I am a master hoarder though, so I have no fear. :)

WARNING…MOM look away….

Pathetically these are the mothers day cards I made that I STILL have not sent. Who the hell decided mothers day should be around finals week??? Misery I tell you, misery.

Mothers, you will receive these cards. Hopefully before next year.

And because they are so dang cute and irresistible….

 

Notice Chase twirling his hair. Cutie.

If we are FB friends, you have seen this….if not, here you go….

He promised he would use a lightning McQueen potty chair. He hasn't used it for potty, but instead I caught him using it to amplify his voice. In the toilet. Did you know that you can amplify your voice in the toilet? I know. Me neither.

Alright. I begged Derrick to get me DQ earlier. Off to see if he obeyed loves me enough to buy me ice cream….. :)

Yeah. I should really check a lot sooner when things get quiet.

Shake N Go cars. All lined up, ready to go.

This little guy (his name is Red) is my favorite. Hes just the cutest.

Bubble blowing.

Playing hard.

Getting a close up view of the garden with mommy.

Flowers.

More flowers.

Riley’s faaavorite flower.

blowing bubbles. Again. Sense a theme here?

Sunday, Sunday….

Dad. Here is a picture of my new pink purse for you. I know that you were dying to see it. :)

 

Riley with Savannah at the Basketball game.

Riley cheering. Or standing there looking lost. Whichever you prefer….

Walked into the backroom yesterday and spotted this. Boots two sizes to big. Hat backwards. Saggy pants. Is this what the teenage years will look like? I hope he looses the paci by then!

Sicky. Riley threw up last night (or throwed up as she calls it). So far so good this morning. She is on movie three of the HP marathon that we are having today, and LOVING them. I love that she loves HP. Makes me happy. And Derrick actually sat down and watched with her last night. I am not sure if he would have if she wasn't sick, as he is an adamant HP hater (I try to block that thought out of my mind) but it was sweet nonetheless.

Work in progress on my desk right now. I want to finish it up, and use the scraps with these stamps:

to make a fun, Springy card! :)

Friday Randomness

Its almost three here, which translates to: Time to wake up the kiddos!! We did you v-day party today and I am hoping that I can keep the candy in the bags until they are ready to walk out the door! Not that I dont mind a little sugar high, but eight kids on a sugar high. Wow.

Nothing much planned for the weekend. Derrick works VDay so the kids and I will bake and decorate special cupcakes for him and maybe bring them in to work for him to share with his crew. We will see how ambitious we decide to be. I have a couple things due for school this weekend/monday. Only one is semi time consuming, so I hope that I can get it done tonight. Otherwise it will just have to wait until tomorrow. And I have a math test due, but those are pretty quick. Not easy, but quick.

Riley is cheering tonight at the villa grove game. I am excited to take some pics and see how she does this time versus the FB game last time. We shall see....

Alright. Sugar high. Here I come.....

2 posts one day???

Better yet, two pages in one day?????

It should be notes that “aci” is pronounced ah-ci. And we will have it until kindergarten at this rate.

 

Little bit of jagged edges here. Learning curve with the cricut. As a side note, Riley told Chase this morning, “Chase don't touch me and mommy’s cricut!!!!!”. First. She knows what it is?? I must be training her right!!! Second. Hers and mine? No way José. Mommy doesn't share. :)

Its the Weeeeeekend!!!

I am embarrassed to admit that I am blogging while I upload close to 300 photos to print. Yikes. I have not ordered pics in FOREVER!! Anyway, I got all my homework caught up for next week yesterday and so I wanted to spend time scrapping today. When I looked through my pics almost NOTHING was inspiring me. Then I came across this photo…and made this page….

And I hung it up on my clipboard, and cleared off my other pages. And thats when I realized it. The last 12x12 page I scrapbooked was 10-08-2009. Yikes. So I am on a mission today to scrap more. But holding truw to using my scraps I made this little card after finishing my page….

Really, I should have put the rawr! a little closer to the dinosaur. But oh well. It works.

 

Off to do some more….

Scrappy Saturday??

Well not quite. If I can finish up math homework, take a math exam and do a CIS exam, then it can be a scrappy saturday. Which means I should get OFF the computer for non homework related purposes.

 

But. I have to go to the post office to get my scrappy pal’s gift postal.

Everything is SU (which is a challenge of its own for me-I have a hard time sticking to a product line regardless of what it is) besides the stickles. I HAD to sneak those in…..

And… i finished my card with my chosen colors last week….

And learned that I can no longer scan worth a crap. Anyway, I used a new SU stamp set, and the new border punch, both of which were SUPER cute!!

Alright. Homework. Seriously.

Scrappy Goodness for a Scrappy Saturday….

So its icky out. Foggy and cold. But I have pictures to share. . .

First up… December Daily updates….And I apologize if some of these have been posted. But its Saturday, and I am too lazy to look back and see if they have!!!

This two gives you a good idea of the “mixed media” feel of the album. You can see the pages beneath, at the same time as viewing the actual page. Know what I mean?? And I love the look of using all different types of pages, from envelopes to acrylic to chipboard. *sigh* I love it!!

This one is super plain, but super special. It has all the information from my grandpas memorial service, along with journaling about grandpa. I liked that included envelopes for this reason. Its here, in my album, because its very important to me, yet its also private, for the same reason.

And……

 

I got a new toy….

Any guesses???

 

YAY!!!! I cant wait to play with this thing. Can. Not. Wait. As in considered putting the kids down for nap at nine AM after picking this beauty up from the post office.

 

Alright. And some colors that are inspiring me today:

Something about this pink (although it looks redder in this picture) and green together is making me want to start the ghost hunters marathon on DVR and get my hands inky!!! I plan to create a card, and hopefully will post when I am done! I am realizing that I need to use my scraps, so my goal is to create a card every time I do a layout. That way I will have a surplus of cards to give when needed, whether it be a birthday card for someone's birthday, or a group of cards to give to someone for their own use. And too, if I decide to do Woolly Worm this year, I will be ahead of the game. I know, right? Ahead of the game? What's that????

And just cause the pink showed up crappy: