tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13650843123474096822024-03-05T06:56:31.363-06:00Everyday with Bethbethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-69075160775081853462011-11-18T23:05:00.001-06:002011-11-18T23:20:51.503-06:00Oh What Fun Layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finally I am posting a new layout. I created this for the <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/lmcb-64-hidden-journaling.html">Lasting Memories challenge </a>this week to use hidden journaling. I used Echo Park Summer Days papers which I have had for quite a while but just hadn't used yet. I found a lo online that I lifted except I changed the papers used and a few other things. I also used all EP Summer Days embelishments. Some are the chipboard pieces and others are from the sticker sheets with the paper pack. I really love all of the EP paper kits and I am planning to get a few new ones. My journaling is on a tag cut out from the sheet of tags that come with the kit and then tucked behind the green paper. These photos are from when I took Will to the IL state fair and he got to ride the rides all day with a one price wristband. Thanks for looking!bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-82724502757254871602011-10-22T21:02:00.001-05:002011-10-22T23:32:56.117-05:00Pumpkin Carving Layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another digital layout for the<a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/10/lmcb-60-lets-add-some-dimension.html"> Lasting Memories Challenge</a>! The challenge this week was to show dimension on your layout. I show dimension with the pumpkin seeds scattered across the page, the buttons at the top and the pumpkin seed border. I used a digital kit from My Memories called <a href="https://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=SNPL-CP-1109-6765">Carving Pumpkins </a>to create it. I love this kit because I really love to carve pumpkins every year. I usually do 3 or 4 of them every year to put out on the front porch for Halloween. These are the ones I carved last year. My favorite is the one with the Chicago Blackhawks Indian head logo on it. It was also the hardest one I have ever done but it was so worth it! Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com2S MacArthur Blvd, Springfield, IL 62711, USA39.757879992021749 -89.664916992187539.562616492021746 -89.9807739921875 39.953143492021752 -89.3490599921875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-34240274623741492212011-10-15T19:39:00.000-05:002011-10-15T19:39:28.611-05:00Kick It Layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The<a href="http://"> Lasting Memories </a>challenge this week is to use a tag on your layout. I used the <a href="http://">Soccer Star </a>kit from <a href="http://">My Memories </a>to create this layout. I saw this kit and really loved the colors and extras that were included with it. I knew I had a lot of photos from Will playing soccer the last couple of spring and fall sessions with the YMCA. The kit did not include a tag though so I used one from the <a href="http://">Applelicious kit</a>. Thanks for looking at my layoutbethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-89556913047568193392011-10-14T23:27:00.000-05:002011-10-15T19:40:10.126-05:00Silly Dog layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I created this lo for the 52 Weeks layout challenge I am in. I used Max & Whiskers papers, stickers and chipboard. I used some pictues of my Mom and Dad's dog Charlie that I took this summer. I used a sketch from <a href="http://www.scrap-a-little.com/">Scrap a Little </a>to create the lo. Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-46929258753144681392011-10-07T00:41:00.000-05:002011-10-07T00:41:41.787-05:00Dancing in the Dark layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/10/lmcb-58-recipe-time-with-little-twist.html">Lasting Memories </a>challenge this week is a recipe with a twist. The recipe is: 1 Photo, 2 Embellishments & 3 colors. The twist is to use song lyrics for your title. I decided to use a photo from the Bruce Springsteen concert I went to in October of 2009. My BFF Mary bought me tickets for my birthday and I was thrilled. I had wanted to see a Springsteen concert for a long time but had just never gotten the chance. Mary didn't want to go with me so I took Terry who didn't really want to go either but he did. LOL I loved every minute of the show and danced and sang the whole time. We had tickets for the floor so that was really cool too. I used 1 photo from the concert, 2 embelishments from the Music to My Ears pack from My Memories and my 3 colors are blue, black and red. I had fun with this challenge and decided that I had to use Dancing in the Dark for my title since thats what I was doing! All embelishments, journaling tag and papers are from the<a href="http://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=CSDS-CP-1109-6195"> Music to my Ears collection</a>. Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-79934548872841122712011-09-25T22:53:00.001-05:002011-09-26T00:31:38.474-05:00Apple Picking Layout
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The <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/09/lmcb-57-frames-and-flowers.html">Lasting Memories </a>challenge this week is to use frames and flowers. I thought I would use this new kit called <a href="https://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=JSSK-CP-1109-6264">Applelicious</a> to create this layout. It is a great kit with lots of great papers both patterned and solids. It also has a ton of great embellishments including flowers, stitching, brads, buttons, ribbons and two alphas. I bought it knowing that we were going apple picking this weekend but I will be able to use a lot of the embellishments on other layouts. The only thing I used from a different kit is the title which came from a fall kit called Feelin' Fallish which has a lot of goodies too. I am totally loving the digital lo's. It takes me as much time to create a digital lo as a paper lo but no mess to clean up and resizing photos as needed is great too. I just created photo boxes to fit into the frames that I had resized and ta-da I had exactly the size photos I needed. I had a fun time creating this layout and we had a great time at the orchard too. Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-54187032683737283212011-09-19T01:15:00.002-05:002011-09-25T23:10:13.243-05:00Barn Owl LO
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This lo was made to follow this sketch: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I followed it pretty closely and didn't really make any changes to it. Its a great sketch so I had no problems with following it. I used a digital paper collection called <a href="http://scrapbookbytes.com/store/digital-scrapbooking-supplies/cap_hintsofautumnEP-cprince.html">Hints of Autumn</a> which I bought at <a href="http://scrapbookbytes.com/store/">Scrapbook Bytes</a>. The set is on sale for $1 each. I bought the papers and the elements. They look great and for $1 it was a great bargain.
The only thing not from that pack is the stitching which came with the program.
I used photos from this weekend when we went to Scheel's and saw the<a href="http://www.raptorproject.com/index.html"> Raptor Project</a> It was really cool to see all the different birds they had. They showed us a vulture, some falcons, different types of owls and a golden eagle and a bald eagle. Will got picked to go up and feed the bald eagle which was really neat. I will be doing a lo with those pictures sometime soon. Afterwards for a donation you could get your photo holding one of the birds and Will chose the Barn Owl. It had a sweet face and looked soft and fluffy so thats why he picked it.
I'm really happy with how my digital lo's are turning out and how easy it is to use the pictures I just took and whichever size I need them to be. I don't usually print my photos so being able to resize as needed is a definite bonus for me. Thanks for looking!bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-6237910475240930862011-09-15T00:49:00.000-05:002011-09-25T23:10:48.025-05:00Spread Your Wings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I created this lo for the<a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/09/lmcb-55-its-all-in-black-and-white.html"> Lasting Memories </a>challenge this week. I used the My Memories Suite software again and created a digital lo. I used Echo Park For the Record digital collection for the background paper. I used some flourishes and the journal tag that came with the program and some digital butterfly files I bought. The challenge was to use all black and white papers, photos and embellishments. I used some photos from a butterfly release we went to at our museum. They gave each family a little folded paper with a butterfly inside. You could hear the butterfly scratching inside the paper and when they told us to we unfolded the paper and there they were. We had just had a really big storm come through so all of the butterflys were kind of hovering in one space not wanting to fly away. It was fun to watch them. Thanks for looking at my lo.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-25139908252279872012011-09-11T23:19:00.000-05:002011-09-12T00:58:06.382-05:00Feeling Froggy LO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I worked on another digital lo tonight. I am starting to get the hang of it and learning some tricks. I still want to do my regular scrapping but I really like the ability to create without the mess. I used a kit I bought online at <a href="http://www.designerdigitals.com/">Designer Digitals</a> called <a href="http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8314">The Frog Prince </a>to create this lo and used the <a href="http://www.mymemories.com/">My Memories Suite </a>software to put it together. I really like this software it is really user friendly. Thanks for looking!bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-4288248316466149032011-09-10T19:19:00.000-05:002011-09-25T23:14:34.868-05:00Ferris Wheel Digital lo
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I created this page for the<a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/09/kicking-off-with-new-members-new.html"> Lasting Memories </a>challenge this week which is "Simply Me". This lo is simply me in 2 ways. It is my simple style of scrapbooking which is pretty basic but what I usually like. It also uses photos of Will and I from earlier this summer going on the Ferris Wheel at the new Scheel's store here in town. It is my first digital lo and I think it turned out pretty good. I bought the Echo Park Summertime digital papers and embellishments this week because they were on sale for $1 each. I think it turned out pretty good considering it's my first digital lo. I would really like to start creating both regular and digital lo's. I think I could do some different things with the same set of photos. Thanks for looking.
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I created this lo for a couple of challenges. First I will use it for Scrapaholics Anonymous contest this month to create a vacation lo. Secondly I will use it at <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-52-whats-your-secret.html">Lasting Memories </a>secret challenge this week. The secret is my journaling which is hidden on a tag behind my photo. I used a picture from our recent trip to Indian Rocks Beach, FL in July. After dinner one night we went down to the beach and took a kite so Will could fly it. He had a lot of fun with it and I got some great photos. I used my cricut a lot on this lo. I cut the kite and sandbucket from Boys Will be Boys cartridge. The sun was from Graphically Speaking. Clouds were cut from Mickey and Friends and the sandcastle was from Lifes a beach. I just used cardstock for the background and photo frame and a piece of "sand" paper from Hobby Lobby for the bottom and the tag. Thanks for looking!<br />
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Last Saturday we had a huge storm come through quickly but then the sun came back out and it was nice again. Will and I went to run some errands and when we were leaving CVS he said "Look a rainbow!" and then a few seconds later he said it was a double rainbow. I looked and it was so I pulled over to take a few pictures. I had never seen a double rainbow before so it was really cool. The second rainbow was very faint and doesn't show great in the photo but if you look close its there. I used SEI Corrine Over the Rainbow for the rainbows. I just cut it out from the 12x12 paper so I had two rainbows. I used the cordinating puffy stickers for the clouds. Title is made with Thickers letters. My journaling is on a sticker from Echo Park dots and stripes collection. Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-87906445362954581002011-08-12T17:08:00.000-05:002011-08-12T17:08:46.588-05:00Finally a new LO! Happy Easter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WAgRAv4OTNc1l_nuk2jqMze7rTiHC4BYixMOrlFYV0swXzgBjIIZFz7ZNuWBfuO-HHxzvjWPcUn93_eees1toMObjg6ZPda9JyU3npEcxxK2rzsopWQ0Yg3wekv8r54NUPkJNYmB7ZM/s1600/104_0284.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="393" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WAgRAv4OTNc1l_nuk2jqMze7rTiHC4BYixMOrlFYV0swXzgBjIIZFz7ZNuWBfuO-HHxzvjWPcUn93_eees1toMObjg6ZPda9JyU3npEcxxK2rzsopWQ0Yg3wekv8r54NUPkJNYmB7ZM/s400/104_0284.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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I saw a lo similiar to this and I knew I wanted to use this photo with it. I had these pictures taken at JC Penneys when Will was 1.5 years old. They had real bunnies there to take the photos with and they all turned out great. I need to use a few others on some lo's soon. I miss this little baby! I used the Cricut Easter Cartridge for the grass, eggs and bunnies journal circle and Happy Easter. I added some blue glittered brads to the bunnies for eyes. I cut out the fancy background piece from Elegant Edges using cardstock and piece from a DCWV stack. Thanks for looking! bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-73903944510549673152011-07-08T13:09:00.001-05:002011-07-08T13:10:56.465-05:00Spring Dance 1955<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4f0oU6PSVg21hWb2KDXC3oqwQCOLVKVobwQMAVG4W82e0Tj2Gb8AFJTt5wnvZzY3AjNlHAKM5M025j2lSp9WqhdPKKxSG7y28aZ9ly_Fs7m66CRUTxe5JYMqjcCee8_q0hbpB-oNpFg/s1600/102_0691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="386" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4f0oU6PSVg21hWb2KDXC3oqwQCOLVKVobwQMAVG4W82e0Tj2Gb8AFJTt5wnvZzY3AjNlHAKM5M025j2lSp9WqhdPKKxSG7y28aZ9ly_Fs7m66CRUTxe5JYMqjcCee8_q0hbpB-oNpFg/s400/102_0691.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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This lo is using some photos I found of my grandmother from 1955. They were taken at Mitchel AFB in Long Island, NY before a dance they were going to. My mom remembered that the dress was charcoal and white colored so I used those colors in my lo and thought that the pink complimented those colors well. I just used Bazzill cardstock from Michaels for my papers. I used my Cricut cartridge Nifty Fifties for the cuts of the drink and dress form. I used some Me & My Big Ideas glittered letters for the title and 1955 and used some Spellbinders oval dies to cut and emboss the journaling tag. I'm really happy with how this lo turned out. I am going to try and find some pictures of my grandfather at this time also and scrap those soon. Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-22735620694970388602011-07-01T14:35:00.000-05:002011-07-01T14:35:13.076-05:00Windy City Layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgCpnVA25sjhnFdJAsjpEJVmpF_rmwaGUITqCxQ7QLWZX0khfByBwPDf4cWOvXNq4Hcfchpo6Jc5-ytZEZKs3bmPFLkIyx88jKRizJpvpJaBhUNwGhL-u7Zf-6fbHs0Lk6PjoC1TJifY/s1600/100_0618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgCpnVA25sjhnFdJAsjpEJVmpF_rmwaGUITqCxQ7QLWZX0khfByBwPDf4cWOvXNq4Hcfchpo6Jc5-ytZEZKs3bmPFLkIyx88jKRizJpvpJaBhUNwGhL-u7Zf-6fbHs0Lk6PjoC1TJifY/s400/100_0618.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Another really simple layout. I used my Destinations cartridge with this one. I cut out the title at 4" and the Chicago tag at 3.5". I cut the Chicago city outline tag at 4.5". I used two pictures from our trip to Chicago this past January. One is Will with the city outline behind him and the other is Will at the Bean in Millenium Park. I just used regular cardstock scraps for my tags. Thanks for looking!bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-63886181503698019622011-06-24T10:38:00.000-05:002011-06-24T10:38:55.084-05:00Face Off LO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR84vTwuredTvrwIV-ibC7mPISFIT_Dyiqv_B6p-FYMV4YqGulguxVbDtl1n4sxYBkUVlv_xEP5emWcya0OghQQAbDlG-LSHOp8q-Z6R1Gg8klIVjBQXSUdWUOxGAfJk7Edw_vHpD7zEA/s1600/100_0613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="392" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR84vTwuredTvrwIV-ibC7mPISFIT_Dyiqv_B6p-FYMV4YqGulguxVbDtl1n4sxYBkUVlv_xEP5emWcya0OghQQAbDlG-LSHOp8q-Z6R1Gg8klIVjBQXSUdWUOxGAfJk7Edw_vHpD7zEA/s400/100_0613.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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I created this lo last night. I had seen something similiar with a football player on the Cricut site and thought I could make this with a hockey player. I used three colors for the is lo, Black, purple and white which are the colors of Will's hockey team. I cut the pennant and hockey player from the Sports Mania cartridge. Pennant is at 3" and hockey player at 2.5". I cut the circle from Plantin Schoolbook with a shadow at 4". I used cardstock from my stash for everything. Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-38952430436493380242011-06-23T12:48:00.003-05:002011-06-23T12:48:44.348-05:00Barking Cat!<div><object width="576" height="324"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/nl/cbe/butterfinger/player.swf"></param><param name="flashVars" value="browseCarouselUI=hide&repeat=0&shareUrl=http%3A//comedy.video.yahoo.com/%3Fvid%3D25710528&vid=25710528&"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed width="576" height="324" allowFullScreen="true" src="http://d.yimg.com/nl/cbe/butterfinger/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="browseCarouselUI=hide&repeat=0&shareUrl=http%3A//comedy.video.yahoo.com/%3Fvid%3D25710528&vid=25710528&"></embed></object></div><br />
This is just too funny!bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-16975808165454083162011-06-10T23:04:00.000-05:002011-06-10T23:04:27.620-05:00Koala layout<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1847942822"></span><span id="goog_1847942823"></span><br />
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I created this lo about the Koala we saw at the Lowery Park zoo in Tampa. I was really excited about seeing a koala since I had never seen one before. I thought I was going to see him look like the left photo but instead he was sound asleep and hard to see as you can see from the photo on the right. It turns out they sleep about 20 hours a day because all they eat are eucalyptus leaves which provide no nutrition so they have no energy. <br />
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I used 2 Cricut carts on it. Zoobaloo for the title and Create a Critter for the koala at the bottom. I got the black swirls at Hobby Lobby and its from Prima. All papers are from my Bazzill paper pack. I used some little pearls on the O and L in the title and used my Zig glue pen to add glue to the other letters and then used glitter on them. I was going to enter this in the Lasting Memories Bling challenge but then realized they also had a sketch which I didn't use so it's just a LO for me. Thanks for looking!bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-1310279511989230582011-06-02T11:16:00.000-05:002011-06-02T11:16:15.588-05:00The Best Nest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiiX-hkck9v0VLqvwxhs68JkkNomUxF3Gz1LdfQdn2t7v8AsMCO-PHUk5LrSHxBhgUS83R63Wp2oYCsvslIhS9ap_ZcJEebzqTuKPPCUizT_fjeGOLJiL6Sv32wV6j53EU4iT_TD2G6Uk/s1600/100_0514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="383" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiiX-hkck9v0VLqvwxhs68JkkNomUxF3Gz1LdfQdn2t7v8AsMCO-PHUk5LrSHxBhgUS83R63Wp2oYCsvslIhS9ap_ZcJEebzqTuKPPCUizT_fjeGOLJiL6Sv32wV6j53EU4iT_TD2G6Uk/s400/100_0514.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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The challenge at <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-40-paper-piecing-those.html?m=1">Lasting Memories </a>this week is paper piecing. I love using my Cricut so I had to participate. I came up with this lo as a homage to one of my favorite childrens books. It was also callled The Best Nest and was by P.D. Eastman. I used pictures from last spring when the Robins built their first nest outside my bathroom window. It was so cute to watch the babies wait for mom and dad to come back with food. I used plain cardstock for the whole lo. I cut the title from Plantin Schoolbook,the nest from Picturesque, the robin from Nates Abc's and the tree branch from Serenade. I really like the way the lo turned out. Thanks for looking.<br />
P.S. you can go <a href="http://everydaywithbeth.blogspot.com/2010/06/sparrows-are-evil.html">here</a> to see a video of this mama bird feeding the babies.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-37921545354618411562011-05-27T10:52:00.000-05:002011-05-27T10:52:46.035-05:00Floral layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicj1qBuBkk4PXpBxzOOLlyreLV1h8fWcxxx-xp1tdMVM-lkkEo_0l9XKVZV3qqsD56-jv7Ayg3rYs8EXI814gPl6o1WZChRz9SS0xqXfqloJqmuIeF9NYeE4LZmyyXJid0vgqROKWbKHk/s1600/100_0289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicj1qBuBkk4PXpBxzOOLlyreLV1h8fWcxxx-xp1tdMVM-lkkEo_0l9XKVZV3qqsD56-jv7Ayg3rYs8EXI814gPl6o1WZChRz9SS0xqXfqloJqmuIeF9NYeE4LZmyyXJid0vgqROKWbKHk/s400/100_0289.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Todays lo is for the <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-39-were-going-floral.html">Lasting Memories </a>challenge and the the challenge this week is floral. I had taken some pictures of the pretty Iris last week that I thought I would use but then realized I hadn't printed them out yet. So I had to come up with something last night. I finally put this together. It's not that exciting but I love the tree I made and the pictures of the Dogwood tree are really pretty. I love this little tree and is so pretty in the spring when it flowers. I have pictures of the tree during all the seasons and hope to put together a lo or two with all the different seasons. <br />
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I used my cricut and 3 different cartridges for this lo. I think that might be a record for me. The tree was cut at 5" from the Cindy Lou cart and then I embellished it with Making Memories fuzzy felt flower brads and some leftover chipboard flowers from my Peeps lo. I also used some felt BG pieces I got in my March <a href="http://artfuldelight.blogspot.com/">Artful Delights </a>kit. I cut the word Spring from the Straight from the Nest cart but I can't remember what size it is. I cut the decorative piece with the photos from Elegant Edges at fit to page and I think it said it was 11". I used Bazzill cardstock for all the cuts. Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-9045846443361168122011-05-19T12:10:00.000-05:002011-05-19T12:10:25.786-05:00Sock Monkey LO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeZV9J8zy5lDd2oJ2mLrN5zjf8aEzqTcC9cUzgqepx8B4Y3jP5OFNAijTQOHIL2Xmw78FrzEyk1BSzu_swhUxYfnBxzdABaRiNz7cN3uxqpy4asvTsx2NS5flcwmTzMp48wZ_h-ycWfM/s1600/100_0186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="390" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeZV9J8zy5lDd2oJ2mLrN5zjf8aEzqTcC9cUzgqepx8B4Y3jP5OFNAijTQOHIL2Xmw78FrzEyk1BSzu_swhUxYfnBxzdABaRiNz7cN3uxqpy4asvTsx2NS5flcwmTzMp48wZ_h-ycWfM/s400/100_0186.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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This lo is for the <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-38-all-about-circles-and.html">Lasting Memories </a>sketch challenge this week. I used some pictures of Will from last year when he got a sock monkey for his birthday. He has always wanted one but I never could fine one for him but his Aunt Mary ordered one online for him and a tshirt from Build a Bear that says Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup Champions. He really liked it and was totally surprised. He has quite a collection already of stuffed monkeys so this was added to them. I used sock monkey paper and 3-d stickers I found at Hobby Lobby, Bazzill cardstock and two sock monkey brads I got at our LSS a few weeks ago. Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-39089704620416970872011-05-13T15:08:00.000-05:002011-05-13T15:08:23.286-05:00Hello Spring LO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Dj4y5kGs-nipQYx-G74FIECC32TOiiCKIGy6R1ie_pKZ8OIfi5nQk9sc8i_-3GH60rhDkVvgPTkTTM_uuSHjtDYXmxrm8D12wOfx_SuJP_nC02sU1hG4Gcca704ky9TkjbQvoQ2m-p8/s1600/100_0145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="388" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Dj4y5kGs-nipQYx-G74FIECC32TOiiCKIGy6R1ie_pKZ8OIfi5nQk9sc8i_-3GH60rhDkVvgPTkTTM_uuSHjtDYXmxrm8D12wOfx_SuJP_nC02sU1hG4Gcca704ky9TkjbQvoQ2m-p8/s400/100_0145.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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I created this lo for the <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-37-photo-inspiration.html">Lasting Memories </a>challenge this week. The challenge was to use this photo as inspiration for your lo this week. <br />
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I love the colors in this photo and tried to use them in my lo. I used papers from Sassafrass Lass for the background paper and the rainbow border and the flower paper. I used Basic Grey papers for the green and the yellow and pink at the top for journaling. I used Jillibean cardboard letters for the title. The flowers near the photo came from my Artful Delights kit and I used the buttons from there too. I used BG chip board for the other flowers and bee and butterfly. Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-80205022084858190952011-05-09T15:00:00.000-05:002011-05-09T15:00:04.757-05:00Sad news<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sLcKZ-rHOpps8DUbkk_U0j35yzhdaFPB38ga846igLe5NgzCOPoCQxa4JuYYskdJHhbO_aF6EFMFsFnYMWvUd3labyz6p6W4vAxDtHw0zRCAbOT-5jTTgQGOfc4X4z9BG2fm6U8dfA0/s1600/100_0067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sLcKZ-rHOpps8DUbkk_U0j35yzhdaFPB38ga846igLe5NgzCOPoCQxa4JuYYskdJHhbO_aF6EFMFsFnYMWvUd3labyz6p6W4vAxDtHw0zRCAbOT-5jTTgQGOfc4X4z9BG2fm6U8dfA0/s400/100_0067.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZl6FnrF_PK5g9Uzg-d8p0VLa6w8QIUR2O3YuWd2pYuXw5Ycu0sQi_7ODpkosw8mr_jYR9MNiOr3tvOJLqju8ghYoE_fnIObQ_Be37wlvxEkQpABvcXKXv1GQ4vwWqBumTY-MstcZOF8/s1600/100_0137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZl6FnrF_PK5g9Uzg-d8p0VLa6w8QIUR2O3YuWd2pYuXw5Ycu0sQi_7ODpkosw8mr_jYR9MNiOr3tvOJLqju8ghYoE_fnIObQ_Be37wlvxEkQpABvcXKXv1GQ4vwWqBumTY-MstcZOF8/s400/100_0137.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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After I posted the photo of the Robins nest I noticed that she wasn't in it that much so I checked a couple of days later and saw that there was only one egg instead of two. I was dissapointed but figured one was better than none. Then a couple of days later I noticed she hadn't been there all day so I went and checked again and NO eggs were left. I never saw any other birds messing with the nest so I'm not sure what took them but they were gone. I did notice yesterday and today though that she is back out on the nest after not being there for a while so I wonder if she will lay more eggs. I'll keep an eye out and my fingers crossed because those babies are so cute.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-47136524996905628052011-05-07T10:20:00.001-05:002011-05-07T10:30:33.663-05:0040 at almost 40 layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrl3VLED-HEo0XtM1y0N9BlZjPNUhtSBNTNB-cUWAaDEbeo8TW99h2mGgvlh-UwnuPpkv-HE8nMOs9HQoiGhONsluYRJvqGmuTzDDajahfWhH2yIqAw2Yhnk4-7hlo94omxkNcHW4WhA/s1600/100_0090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="389" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrl3VLED-HEo0XtM1y0N9BlZjPNUhtSBNTNB-cUWAaDEbeo8TW99h2mGgvlh-UwnuPpkv-HE8nMOs9HQoiGhONsluYRJvqGmuTzDDajahfWhH2yIqAw2Yhnk4-7hlo94omxkNcHW4WhA/s400/100_0090.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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I created this lo for the <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/">Lasting Memories </a>challenge this week. The challenge is to create a lo about yourself. I thought I would do one about 40 things I love at almost 40 years old. I used Echo Park papers for the paper squares, Bazill cardstock for the background and some Michaels Recollections pieces for the butterfly and and butterfly border. The flowers are K&Co brads. Thanks for looking.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365084312347409682.post-4846698708123214402011-04-29T13:58:00.000-05:002011-04-29T13:58:41.658-05:00Robins are back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJwn76LKXKWRfBfdVkfnctlN8MKdWhwaWv2UiCkt5mT1WnhhFeXWtR87AqQtsPivdhsxs7K88AtZ0CFsoUwBAUY8wZtCr_nxZZIZGr_WnyI47ch3YmdP2h1IjlE7rlXhSt9h86nHiedk/s1600/100_0062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJwn76LKXKWRfBfdVkfnctlN8MKdWhwaWv2UiCkt5mT1WnhhFeXWtR87AqQtsPivdhsxs7K88AtZ0CFsoUwBAUY8wZtCr_nxZZIZGr_WnyI47ch3YmdP2h1IjlE7rlXhSt9h86nHiedk/s400/100_0062.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJn7uSEkbDSji-rt1xiirLU8MNO-TAdQiNDZpOVLOBvo9WsRzxEAca_sAxjDP606K5GnswWgeT00C-hdu7z1ZwK4w6-4ABvRhVcZTKt3SHUyEHoGUhdzGIIvuvzbqSPtiIhuEgp2JInM/s1600/100_0054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJn7uSEkbDSji-rt1xiirLU8MNO-TAdQiNDZpOVLOBvo9WsRzxEAca_sAxjDP606K5GnswWgeT00C-hdu7z1ZwK4w6-4ABvRhVcZTKt3SHUyEHoGUhdzGIIvuvzbqSPtiIhuEgp2JInM/s400/100_0054.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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I was so excited two weeks ago when Terry noticed that the Robins had built a nest by our back door again. It was so fun to watch the babies last year. Then I noticed that the sparrows seemed to be trying to take over the nest and the robins had disappeared so I was bummed. I was going to take the nest down this weekend but Terry said on Wednesday that he saw a robin out there again. I looked yesterday and saw the mama in the nest and then this morning I saw her fly off for food so I grabbed my camera and held it up high to try and get a picture and see if there were any eggs. I was so excited when I saw these two! I can't wait to see the babies again.bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04963749496042678647noreply@blogger.com2