Lots to catch up on.... First the kid's Baptism!

So I realize this picture is not the greatest! I will change it out later. For now this is the Baptism announcement/invitation my friends and family received. The Baptism was held at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Flint, MI. I am so happy our family has found a church that we love attending and where we are growing! Tim and I are going through RCIA classes, our kids are taking religious education classes and Anna is getting ready for First Communion and First Reconciliation this year! Its a very exciting time for our family! I now also make cards for the shut-ins (people who can't attend Mass any longer). I will post some of them a little later!

Enjoy! ~Nicole

Whew!!! Lost for a long time!

Just a little humor to give us a boost! LOL
Well I was finally able to get back to my original blog!! After we moved and had some problems with Comcast email I had to delete some email accounts. That made it impossible for me to get into this blog and add any new posts since I couldn't retrieve the password changes they were sending. After several months I was able to get it all worked out!

Now I can FINALLY post what I have been working on! .... yes I have been stamping and scrapbooking again. I even have a new room in our home.. I took over the dining room and made it a very usable scrapbook/craft room! I will begin posting the scrapbook pages and cards I have made here soon! It's going to take me a day or so to get the pictures transferred to the new computer!

Hope you enjoy!!! I am SOOO glad to be back!

Valentines... in the making!

Today my girls and I are working on their Valentines for school. This year they wanted to do treat boxes... We are using the Stampin Up! Milk Carton Sizzix die. I have to say we are working hard with Crunch 'n Much near by... but this is taking longer than we imagined. Two trips to the sotre to get more Sticky Tape... we are out yet again! I will post some pics tomorrow!

I also found a new way to mount rubber stamps and make them acrylic mounted! I took an old set I had planned to sell and gave it a try... I will let you see what I did and how I did it (and if it worked!!) when it all dries! I am so excited and hopful it will work. I found the idea on someone's blog so I can't take credit for the concept... but I can use it and give credit where credit is due! =)

Have a great day and stay warm!!! I am happy we are in the positive numbers for temperature today!! Woo hoo!!

Work in progress!

Well, I am still working on unpacking my stuff... finding things I forgot I had! My newphew Hunter is offically a Marine now and will be home on Saturday so I am busy trying to make a sign for him...
but for your viewing pleasure check out this link to Kwerner designs. She has a beautiful card that I think is simply adorable! LOVE the buttons!! I would post a picture but I am not sure on the legalitites of that... so you can go check it out by clicking on the name! (do it really....its cute)
I will have more next week!

Nicole

It's been FAR tooo long!! But I'm Back!!

I am so excited to be back and have my scrapbooking/card making stuff back!

I am still in the process of unpacking my stuff from 2009!! However, I have a dedicated space with a extra large table and I had to make something! So I made these two lunch box notes for my girls Taylor and Anna! They will be totally surprised at lunch today!

I found my ink pads are not juicy.. so I need to reink them. I also found I am out of practice on watercoloring... and I am dreaming of Copics! Those little buggers are expensive but they create a beautiful watercolor look with less work and more color options. So untill I find a tree that grows Copics, win the lottery or a Copic fairy sends me some I will use my stamp pads and water brush!

Enjoy... more to come!

Nicole