Autumn Splendor layout and cards

This month's kit from Color Me Daisy is called "Autumn Splendor" and it truly is a kit filled with a lot of splendor-ific supplies!! It is a beautiful mix of Dream Street's Sam and MLYB's Autumn Bliss. Also thrown in the mix is some Maya Road velvet flowers, fabric tags, rub-ons, chipboard houses, and the gorgeous Maya Road kraft envelopes. Michelle still has a few kits left if anyone is interested!!

This layout is for our monthly sketch challenge by Julie Bonner. Always fun to use one of her sketches! Here is my oldest son standing outside by the house where I was trying to catch some of the color of fall. Now a days, I'm so grateful just to get a good picture of him let alone any picture of him. He's growing up and has a mind of his own!!



Also throwing in a couple of cards that I've made with the kit.





Wishing you all a the happiest of holidays and a tummy full of turkey on Thursday!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Halloween Night

I swear, kids are like a fine wine. They just keep getting better with time until they hit the teenage years. But that's a whole other post!! Halloween keeps getting better and better with Josh and Gracie! As you can see in the pic, Josh was a dragon and Gracie was a princess mermaid. How cute are they?!?!?!

We had a very interesting night! It rained on us!!! We did manage to get 75% of our trick-or-treat route completed. Luckily we were on our way home when it really started to pour. We only let it add to the fun. The kids were laughing while trying to run in their costumes. The main thing was not to let it rain on the candy!! Mission accomplished and it was a Halloween to remember!

Halloween Dinners

Halloween always seems to the greatest time of the year to get creative with dinners! The kids love eating them almost as much as I love to make them! Tonight we ate Sea Monster and it was so tasty! We each got to choose which part of the sea monster we were going to eat. Chad got the head, Chris got the throat and the heart, Josh got the stomach, Gracie ate the lower intestines, and yep, you got it, I got the butt!! I tried not think about it while I was eating! LOL!! Here's a picture of it.





Here are some pics of the other dinners I've made for the kids.

Dead Man's Casarole and Mummy Dogs



Spider Web brownie

I lost the spider that was suppose to adorn this dessert. Actually, I think I had some help loosing it!



Ghosts in the graveyard

This dinner hasn't happened this year but will on Saturday. These are pictures from last year.





And lastly, I have to post a picture of the pumpkin that was left up to Mom to finish. I really didn't mind because it was fun to carve! The kids loved it!




Hope everyone is having a very Happy Halloween filled with fun and nothing but sweetness!


Until next time!!

Life Preservers Dare to Be Inspired Crop

This past weekend was the LP Dare To Be Inspired Crop and we all had a blast! There were so many wonderful challenges and make-n-takes hosted by the wonderful DT. Never have I gotten so many layouts finished!! It feels good to get a lot of these layouts crossed off my list of to-do! Here are some of the layouts I got done.

New Design Team and Nov kit sneak peak

We are so excited to announce our new design team at Color Me Daisy! We had some serious talent apply for this position and it was a hard decision but we did it and here is a list of our Daisy Girls!!

Becky Williams
Jodi Wilton
Vanessa Buzard
Jennifer French
Virginia Tillery
Rebecca Keppel

Senior Design Team Members

Mara Campbell
Gina Johnson
Melina Borrero
& myself

We also have a new addition to the design team!! We have our own personal sketch artist who will be giving us a wonderful sketch each month to play with!!

Julie Bonner

Here is a sneak peak at the "Autumn Splendor" kit which is sure to be a fun kit to work with considering fall is a very poplular time of year!

CMD's Seasons change and a DT call!

This month's theme for challenges at Color Me Daisy is "Fall Into Fall" and I have seriously fallen for this kit! I know that I say this all the time but this is my all time favorite kit! The colors are so playful and yummy! I love the embellishments that go with this kit too! I can't imagine how much time the owner Michelle puts into these kits matching the papers with the perfect ribbons, buttons, journaling spots, and everything else! This month she added an adorable Maya Road pumpkin mini album.



If you like what you are seeing with these kits, you need to hop on over to CMD and give it a go at the Design Team!! We are a fun and lively group over there! Michelle is looking to add up to 6 more ladies to the team. Click here if you'd like some details!!



This is what I did with my Maya Road pumpkin mini. I had a blast making this fall decor piece for my mantle!



Some close ups -




Here are the rest of my creations and will be adding some more in the upcoming days.

kids @ play




Oh, the places you'll go!




give thanks card



Birdie Hi card



That's all for now! Hope you enjoyed!! :)

Life Preservers Sept Featured Kit

I had so much fun using the Cosmo Cricket "Early Bird" and the October Afternoon "Cherry Hill" papers! I think these 2 lines are a perfect marriage! The additional embellishments from the kit were a hit also! I just love the ETSY embellies! The owner of Life Preservers is awesome at finding those cute little ETSY embellies and getting at least 1 in every kit.

Here are my creations using this kit!

These 3 melt my heart!



Gracie



Smile card



Happy Everything card




Owl card



It was my turn for class this month and I decided to give instructions on how to make this flowerpot frame. If you'd like to see these instructions, please log on and sign onto the Life Preservers MB. THe cards below are the same except no frame.