Fancy Pants CARDSTOCK - what??

It's beautiful!!  Check it out and go to this link if you want to win a pack of it!  Fancy Pants teamed up with Core' dinations cardstock to create this beautiful paper!!  Here is the link! 

Also wanted to share a quick layout using the mid-release Love Birds.  I love this picture taken with Baylee on Thanksgiving!  We were to showcase the diecut papers that come in this line.  Check here to see what the other girls did! 

 

Thats  it for now friends, i'm in the middle of catching up on school (went to st. george this weekend and didn't study AT ALL), and doing CHA projects!  See you soon.

Hugs

Brenda

Spellbinders Holiday Hoppin blog hop

 Hey everyone!!  Glad you stopped by and hope your enjoying your hopping! Fancy Pants Designs in coordination with Spellbinders and Xyron we are showcasing some of the newest products just in time for your holiday crafting and gift giving. Lots of creative ideas are in store, as well as prizes galore! Each participating company (YEAH FANCY PANTS!) has generously donated towards the prize package listed on the Spellbinders Blog. A total of two identical prize packages, one for each day, November 18 and 19 will be given away! To enter, just leave a comment on a participating blog! Comments in the first 48 hours of the post are eligible. One commenter each day will be randomly selected as the winner. Winners will be announced on November 22, on the Spellbinders Blog!
I used the  S4-284 2010 Holiday Trees, i started off doing a layout and some how ended up with these fun ornaments!  I cut out 5 trees per ornament with paper from the Fancy Pants Tradition line, folded them in half and glued them together.  I then sprayed them with silver Maya mist.  Then traced around the edges with Ranger stickles (lime green, fruit punch).

 

 After everything dried I used some bling to decorate each tree!  I used Fancy Pants ribbon and some red wire for the tops of the trees.  Before adding these, i folded the trees in half and punched a 1/8 inch hole to tie the jute through for hanging - then hot glued the bows on top!!  

 

Go check out the rest of the blogs and make sure to leave a comment!!

Mona Pendleton

Gina Hanson

Deborah Young

Becca Feeken

Julie Overby

Kimberly Crawford

AJ Otto

Margie Higuchi

Beth Pingry

Jennifer Holmes

Kerry Urbatch

Shona Erlenborn

Tammy Inman

Jessica Turner

Brenda Hurd

Julie Koerber

Rae Barthel

Rachel O’Crowley

Kellie Fortin

Kristen Cohen

Joy Dickson

Candy Rosenberg 

Laura Craigie

Stephanie Hester

Leesa Crutcher

Nina Brackett

Simply leave a comment on each blog to be eligible to win the Spellbinders Holiday Hoppin’ Prize Package.  Check out the Spellbinders blog post w/prizes)!  One winner will be chosen from all the comments on all the blogs participating today.  Comments made in the first 48 hours of this post will be eligible to win.  Winner’s names will be published on the Spellbinders Blog on November 22, and they will have 48 hours to reply to Spellbinders to claim the prizes.

Thank you!

Birthday's

last weekend was my grandparent's 75th birthday's!!  My grandpa turned 75 on Saturday and my Grandma on Sunday.  We went and visited and had a BBQ - i'm so lucky to still have both of them around and just love them to pieces!!

And i actually did a birthday layout about me.  First one I've ever scrapbooked.  This was last year, and i turned 34.  I did it for the Fancy Pant's blog product spotlight and  I used the It's your day line glitter cuts.The funny thing is, i thought it was the one i like the least (still liked it but liked the others better) and I've used it the most.  The bright colors are so fun!

Today's post is short and sweet, i've got a sunday school lesson to plan - yes i did procrasinate this week!  Dean and i went deer hunting this weekend so we've been gone.  We have a fun Halloween party next weekend so i will be back with pictures and I also get to share projects with the new Hot Chocolate line from Fancy Pants too!  So come back soon!

Hugs
Brenda

Witch Festival

I can't believe it has been over 2 weeks since i last posted, the time flies these days.  I have been super busy with the usual, school, kids and trying to stay on top of house work (definitely the bottom of the list :) ).  I did manage to break away this last weekend for a few fun things.  Friday, my sister and her kids, my mom and my crew headed to South Salt Lake to Gardner's Village for the Witch Festival.  Probably wasn't the smartest of choices since it was UEA and everyone's kids were out of school and there were literally thousands of people there.  Not big on huge crowds.  We did manage to have some fun though the day started off on the wrong foot, my sister's little boy Bridger who is 3 and suffers from autism went missing.  We stopped at one point to look at the witch that was in the creek and he must have kept walking, it was only a matter of seconds.  So needless to say for the next half hour we were all panicked and running around trying to find him.  Luckily a really nice lady had found him and kept him safe till we could find them, and good thing for us, there were alot of helpful mom's willing to stop what they were doing to help us.  When they were united it was a tear jerker, Bridge didn't want to let go of his mommy.........so for the rest of time we just browsed a few shops and called it good.  I did get a darling witch costume for Baylee and a few Witch accessories for my witch costume!

for some reason my sis isn't in any of the pics.  That is my cute mom holding Karie's little guy Hudson.

I will share pics of my grandparents 75th birthday party next time.  I want to leave you with a cute project i did for the Fancy Pants blog today!  You can check it out there for detailed instructions on how to make it.  

Also go check out the who made the Fancy Pants Design team!!!  I am so excited to be able to stay on another term, they are such an awesome company to work for and i'm excited to get to know the new girls coming a board and grateful to have worked with the ones who are leaving.

Better get to the homework before i fall behind!  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Brenda

Hey friends...........

it's been a while hasn't it.  Feeling really guilty about neglecting this place.  We've just had alot going on.  You can usually find me at my desk with these.

Wow - i didn't realize how much time and energy goes into this - and I had also forgotten that i am not naturally smart - that i have to work at it.  That i have forgotten how to retain information and i find it going in one ear and out the other.  But i enjoy it for the most part - besides my bone head math class.

The kids also started school and so far seem to enjoy it.  Both of them have made a few friends and don't complain to much.  I'm sure in a few more months it will seem like their 'normal'.  I hope anyways.

Baylee is just going to the same Pre-School down in Ogden.  We loved teacher Andrea last year so i kept her there - we do the 30 minute drive every Monday and Wednsday - i go to the gym or study while she's there so it works out well!

I have a few projects to share - yes i have scrapped a little bit!!  Luckily i still get together once a month with a group of girls that i used to live by.  One thursday a month.  Keeps me going!  I used the new It's your Day line from Fancy Pants Designs for both projects.  I have had this butterfly Mason made out forever wanting to scrap it with a school picture and when i got this new line the colors were perfect!! 

Also a fun birthday card

This line can really be used for way more than Birthday - check out the Fall Wreath that Ronda Palazzari created with it.  SO CUTE!!

Fancy Pants is also having a Creative Team call - HELLO!!  If you love their product - jump on this - you won't regret it - i LOVE designing for them.  Unfortunately the call ends tonight - in like an hour - for some reason when i started this post - i thought that the deadline was tomorrow - sorry about that.  But if you love them - you would have known already anyways!!

Thanks for stopping in and have a fabulous day!  I'm off to study some more - have a big fat history test tomorrow!
Hugs B

Fancy Pants Projects

soooooooooo of course Fancy Pants didn't fail again this time around.  They came out with 4 BEAUTIFUL lines and i loved every single one of them.  Just wanted to share them with you.  Go check out the new website to see all of the new product here!  The first layout is of our darn cute puppy - the new line is called Happy Together - great muted colors!

  The next line is called Lilac house - and i LOVE this picture of my Baylee in front of the Poppy's at my BIL's house.  These colors are awesome- never thought i would LOVE purple the way i do in this line.

I cut the Poppy's out with my Silhouette.  Love that thing. And the fringe - bought these scissors forever ago at the container store to cut up my checkbooks - then seen it for sale over at Studio Calico - who would of thought - so i used them here. 

Next up is the Christmas line called Tradition - soooo beautiful!  I LOVE these pictures of my kids in front of the tree last year - the yellow in this line brought out the tree in these photos.

And a card.......................

I think i used mist on every single project - an obsession of mine! Last but not least is the Birthday line called It's your day - could be used for any type of celebration - or any layout for that matter - fun bright colors.

I'm just searching for time to be able to use it all again - still haven't scrapped since i moved in - I went to a 'scrap night' with my friends thursday and didn't scrap - not sure what it is!  Too much fun talking i guess.  My head is out of the game.  School for me starts in 2 weeks!!  Wow - time is flying and i'm not sure i'm ready for it all.

Dean is off running this crazy race 'EPIC' - from Logan to Jackson Hole - a relay of course - but still - who does that - I mean all the power to him - i'm probably just jealous that i don't have or 'get' the time to run or excercise like that.  But i hope he does well and is safe - they run all through the night - 24 hours straight - kinda crazy if you ask me! 

Hugs
Brenda

New Fancy Pants!

Sorry its been so long...........i've been a slacker this month.  SO much going on - it seems like May is always our busiest month.  First i will share the 2 new Fancy Pants lines- then what we've been up to for the past 2 weeks!

The first of the 2 new lines is called Wishful Thinking - check here for projects from the other Design team members.  I love the soft colors in this line - the floral prints are so fun too!  I used the Silhouette to cut some of the big borders - the others with patterns are Fancy Pants sticker borders. 

Here is a card i made from the same line! The monogram stickers are so fun.

The next line is called Like Father like son - one of my favorite boy lines to date - love the greys in this line.

If you want to check out all the paper with each line - go here for the product catalog!!

So the 22nd of May we had the walk for Cystic Fibrosis - we had a fabulous turn out - more people than i've seen in all the years i've been going.  Its a 5k walk along the riverside- its beautiful - but this year we got hailed and snowed and rained on - it was quite an adventure.  But we finished and raised lots of money  - not sure the total - but thanks to all of those who supported.

We've been busy with baseball EVERY NIGHT of the week but Friday.  Ethan plays Monday and Wednesday and Mason plays Tue and Thurs - keeps us busy.  And Baylee is gearing up for her Dance review this weekend!

This last weekend i we went camping all weekend - just got home last night.  We bought a new 5th wheel - I LOVE it.  It has 4 beds in the back - an actual bedroom with a door for the kids - and our queen bed is on the opposite side of the trailor.  It's the perfect set up - instead of having to go in and put beds down when its time for them to go down and then tip toeing around when you come in for bed.  I can't bellieve i didn't even take pictures of it.  Next time.  I had the flu the first part of the trip and it was pretty miserable but felt better Sunday afternoon and really enjoyed the rest of the trip.  We had alot of family come up and BBQ Sunday afternoon.  Yesterday - we took flowers to Buddy's grave (our lab who passed away last fall).  It was really sad - its crazy how much of an effect he had on our lives and how much we still miss him.

Thanks for stopping by - hopefully i can keep up a little better - who knows - summer is so hard!  Even to find the time to scrapbook- but it is my therapy - helps me relax - i even made a few cards while we were camping.

Hugs
B