Sketch #42

I am a little late for Valentine's Day, but it was just before then that I was working on the latest sketch from Sketchabilities. I used some old pictures from 2008 and some papers from Fancy Pants that I have been hoarding! I just adore that little monster, don't you??

Supplies: Fancy Pants paper, Technique Tuesday hearts, misc polka dot stamp, Ali Edwards stamps, Fancy Pants rub-ons, Basic Grey tag, Fiskars punch, embroidery floss

Knocked Out

Two weeks ago, as my daughter was finishing up her gymnastics class, she and another girl collided. With blood gushing from her mouth, she ran out of the room with a HUGE SMILE on her face. Her loose tooth had been knocked out. Yipee, a tooth I would not need to pull out!

Not even two days later, my son comes running into my office with a tooth in hand. Apparantly his little sister decided to punch him in the face (and for those of you who know my childen, it was not the daughter you would have guessed). Another tooth knocked out....and the tooth fairy a lot poorer!!

I couldn't possibly not scrap that right? Creative Scrappers had a sketch reveal last week (#144)that I thought would work perfectly with this picture of my two toothless kids. [you can't tell from the picture but ds is indeed missing one of his teeth]



Supplies: Paper - Crate Paper, Studio Calico; Frame - Technique Tuesday; Chipboard - unknown; Buttons - Bo Bunny; Alpha - Pink Paislee, Basic Grey, and American Crafts; Banner & Bingo Card- Jenni Bowlin; Journaling spots - Basic Grey; Stamp - 7 Gypsies; Number Tag - Elle's Studio; twine

Happy Homemaker

I am certainly not a "happy homemaker" -- in fact, I hate to clean, dislike laundry, and except for the expense, would gladly eat out every night of the week. However, I do so love the Modern Homemaker line from October Afternoon. I love the bright red, yellow, and green colors of the line. I adore the polka dots and the vintage designs. They provided the perfect combination for documenting my birthday breakfast in bed....a breakfast my children thoughtfully made for me.



**and you can't see hidden behind the main section are the homemade cards the kids made for me!

Life and Drama

It has has been a crazy few days in the Greenspun household! We have had our share of tears and laughter, happiness and excitement, surprises and well....life in general. Let's start with some of the happiness --

My youngest turned 5 1/2 yesterday. 5 1/2 you say? Nothing special, right? Except that it is a big deal. For the first time ever, dd got to celebrate her 1/2 birthday since she is in kindergarten and has a summer birthday. It was HER special day at school. Then, we decided to surprise her too...we celebrated at home with HALF of a birthday cake and a HALF wrapped present. :) She LOVED being the center of attention! She was a little disappointed with her present as it wasn't an iTouch but she'll get over it.



Now for the rest of the emotional rollercoaster ride....the kids had their first experience with death. Sadly, they lost one of their pet hamsters over the weekend. I think it had something to do with being dropped from 4 feet in the air days before but I think I'll keep that to myself. Middle daughter was beside herself. She LOVES her pets -- animals in general really. Seek will be sadly missed. So, as a "pick-me-up" we went and picked out our goldfish that were won at the school fair. It took the kids' minds off of the hamster for oh, say, a day.......goldie #1 left us a few days after arriving. Note to self: never try to replace a hamster with an animal with an even shorter life expectancy! I should know better, seriously, how long did I think that fish would last?! So, more tears were shed.

Plans for this weekend --- replace hamster AND fish.

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Now on to my weekend happiness --- with no work on Monday, I did a quick run over to Michael's. There was a 25% off entire purchase coupon in honor of our Presidents --- think any were scrappers?!?! Well, I certainly couldn't let the coupon go to waste so I ran over and grabbed the Martha Stewart Double Border Punch. And with that, I came home and immediately went to work.

I don't know what made me think to use red and yellow on a holiday layout but I think it works. I had these scraps of OA Homemaker paper sitting on my desk left over from a previous layout and couldn't bear to part with them. Glad I put them to good use.



Don't you just love that punch?? I can tell I am going to get a lot of use out of that one!! Of course, as I got about 1/2 way finsihed with the holiday layout, I realized it was looking awfully familiar....a lot like this layout that I created and shared with you a few months back.



Apparantly I must really like this style :O)