When Life Hands You Lemons

As a mom and now a grandma I love to watch little kids as they explore and learn new things. I enjoy the innocence and the amazement when they discover something new. The little voices, big smiles and infectious giggles can't be beat. I cherish every moment I get to spend with my little Khloë.

The layout I just finished includes pictures from St. Patrick's Day. We had gone out to lunch with the family and were enjoying a nice meal when Khloë discovered lemons in a dish on the table. She loves all kinds of fruits so I'm sure she was expecting something sweet. To her dismay it was not at all SWEET.

Khloë was such a good sport. She didn't like it, but as soon as she was able to have a drink and wash away the sour taste she was back to her normal smiley self.

For this layout I used another pagemaps sketch. Here is a picture of it:

The sketch is a single page, so I was on my own for the coordinating page. The papers are a mix of Creative Memories, Cardstock and Echo Park. The lemon was cut at 3" from the Paisley cartridge. The scallop edges were cut at 1 1/2" from the Art Philosophy cartridge and the title was cut at 1 1/2" from the Feeling Groovy cartridge.

This weekend is Easter and I'm sure I'll have a lot more photos to scrapbook and memories to record.
Take care, Cindy

Paisley Cartridge Cards

I wanted to share some more cards with you that I made using the Paisley cartridge. This cartridge really does have some super cute images. I started by cutting out a few different animals in the colors I wanted and then I looked through my paper piles to find background papers for my cards. It was super easy and I got 8 cards done in one evening. That is a record for me. I usually only get one card done at a time. This first picture with the super cute elephant was cut at 3". This card is for my niece Jasmine. I was late mailing her card, but wanted to let her know I didn't forget. (elephants never forget, lol) I was just out of town at the time.

Isn't this turtle adorable? It was also cut at 3". I left the inside of this card blank so I can personalize it when I need it.

This snail card will also go into my card stash for future use, so the inside is blank. I cut the snail at 3". All of these cards are on card bases that measure 4.25 x 5.5 and then layered with decorative papers. I hope you've enjoyed the cards today. I have a few more I will be posting at a later time. Thanks for stopping by. Cindy

Yay, I won!

I was so surprised to get an email from Robyn at My Pink Stamper saying I won a cartridge on her facebook page.

 I've been following the My Pink Stamper blog for as long as I've known what a blog was. I feel like I've grown so much in my scrapbooking and card making over the past few years because of all the wonderful blogs out there that share their creations and especially videos. I totally appreciate all that the bloggers do and would like to say "Thank You".  As soon as I got the Paisley cartridge from Robyn I opened it up and looked for an image to make a thank you card for her. I hope she likes it.

On the inside of the card I used one of her My Pink Stamper stamps. I just got my first set and I must agree that they are great stamps.
Well, that's all for tonight. I will be back with more cards from the Paisley cartridge in the next couple of days.