Fire Starters

My friend Diane Bay Gilligan taught me how to do this. They work great and are super cheap to make.

I bought makeup pads at dollar tree. I got 80 for $1.00. I simply melted wax in my crock pot. I didn't have any crock pot liners left and I use this for food also. I tried a turkey bag and it worked great. Any candle wax works wick and all. We just removed the wick after it melted. Dip the pad and let it drip for a moment. Place on wax paper to cool.

Burning them - I found that you need to peel the wax off the edge slightly to light it. It took a minute or two to get going. After 10 minutes we put it out. They are wonderful.

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Layout time

In December, during Christmas vacation, Zachary got a little boo boo.

Project for my sweetie

My sweetie brought home this clock and an idea.

Here is the end result:

Collection of shabby chic cards

I sent one off to my mom and stocked the card drawer with the others. It's been a awhile since I've added to the drawer. It felt good.

Card for my sweetie

Work is keeping me and my sweetie apart right now. I made him a card to let him know that I'm thinking of him.

Trash to Treasure

Are you a pinterest junky? I am. There are some amazing ideas on there. I recently came across a dog bed that I instantly fell in love with. It was made out of an old tv. I remember seeing a tv like that at my dads. After plenty of begging, the tv was mine.

My loving bf and older son removed the tv parts for me. I cleaned it up and added a blanket for the dog plus his toys. Doesn't he look happy?

It's been a long time.

I know it's been a long time since I posted. Life as a single mom with four kids is crazy. I promise to try and be better. My boyfriend and I found this beauty FREE on the side of the road.

Can you believe it? Neither can I. It just needs a little tlc. So off to Walmart I went to buy some stain. I scrubbed the trunk and applied two coats of stain following the directions on the can. And now...

More vinyl fun.

My vinyl order came in! Ya hoo! I ordered from an amazing seller on ebay. cindy7890 I ordered it on Monday and had it in my mailbox on Wednesday. How is that for amazing service?!

I put this adorable little frog with his bugs up just inside my camper door. Now I can see him when I'm sitting at the table eating.

I used camping critters for the cuts once again. I must confess that I paid way more for this cart than I normally do. I had to have it when it first came out so I paid $45.00 for it. Gasp. I never spend more than $20.00 for a full cart now a days. I must say that it was totally worth the investment. This is definitely my favorite cart.

I finally made a page!

I finally found some time to make a scrapbook page. It seems like forever since I made the last one. I forgot how much I enjoy doing this.

The imagine makes this process so much easier and so much fun. I love being able to fill my cuts with printed paper without having to cut out a ton of little squares and line them up on my mat.

Smash books

I tried my hand at making a couple of smash books. They are filled with lots of cute camping papers. They are gifts for two of my very dear friends. I hope they like them.

Camper clock #2

This is the second clock that I have finished for our rv. I still have one more to make but I need to pick up a clock first. I'm still using camping critters for the die cuts.

Camper clock #1

Here is a clock I made for our new rv. Well, new to us rv. Lol. I used camping critters for the die cuts.

Nature calls

My New Challenge

I have found a really fun blog. They call themselves Counterfeit Kit Challenge. Each month they choose a page kit from a company and recreate it from their stash. I love this idea. You get to shop from your own stash. No money required. I love the challenge of this.

This month they are using Burlaps and Butterflies's June kit. You can find it here. This kit is very flowery and girly. It's not me at all. I used it as inspiration only. I have the same elements in mine but with a camping theme. I'm dying to get started on the photos from my April vacation.

Here is my version of the kit:

Since I didn't have any thickers to add, I add two cricut cart instead. I will be using Mickey font and Lyrical Letters. I have also added Camping Critters, two types of ribbon, green raffia, brads and some fabric covered pins.


Here is a close up of the papers that I chose. I chose 10 patterned papers from my stash. I have two of each for a total of 20. 5 pieces of cardstock was not nearly enough for me. (I am a paper addict.) I picked out 5 colors from su and I added three pieces of each color.

I didn't have an coordinating phrase stickers so I used this fun sheet of phrases. I can simply cut them out and adhere them myself.

Vellum butterflies and flowers weren't going to work for my theme. I substituted chipboard stickers and some 3-dimensional stickers.

Here is my add on pack. They suggested making a summer add on pack. Since I have a bunch of beach photos to scrap from our April vacation, I thought these would work nicely. I used random paper from my stash, brad buddies, mudd puddles and mini sea shells.

Anthony's Valentines

These are the Valentine's we made for Anthony's class. The "bags" came from Tags, bags and more. I cut out solid white hearts for the front. He decorated the hearts and attached them to the fronts. He also filled each one with candy for his friends.

Valentine's Day Card

This is the Valentine's Day card that I made for my boyfriend. He loves to snowmobile.

I used Camping Critters for all of the cuts.

Brielle

This is another page that I made for my boyfriends book. He loved the book!

Blue and Gold Banquet

I made the center pieces for our blue and gold banquet for cub scouts this year. I cut out an 8" paper doll in black out and used it as a template for the dolls. They were cut out of wood and painted. I then cut out the close from both of the paper doll carts to make the uniforms.

I cut out tents from Camping Critters to mart the tables with. Each table has a cub scout and a tent. The scout is dressed in the same uniform as the boys at that table.

Love

I dusted off my Love Struck cartridge today and started my Valentine's Day cards. I used a sketch I found at Stamping 411.