July 31, 2013

Hello

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Good Morning and Happy Wednesday!!

Today’s inspiration was created by our Delightful Designer Karen, using our July card kit.


For more details please visit Karen here.

Be sure to stop by tomorrow.
We will have our August kit reveal and our new sketch challenge will be posted.
See you tomorrow!! :-)

July 29, 2013

Dreams Tag

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Ahh back to work for me today.  Oh how I miss my week off, already.
I miss work too, but also miss being home with my kids.
So I got a promotion at work which is a good thing, I mean basically it was what I have been doing for a while now, just not getting paid for it.  :-(
I am happy about the promotion but I am also waiting to hear about another job that would pay me even more and work me Monday-Friday but nights.  That would be perfect for me to be able to get my homework done and still be able to volunteer at my kids school.  This school year I am going back to school, I changed my major so essentially I have to start over.  On top of that I am on the PTO (parent teacher organization) and I am the treasurer.  I will need to be active with the school and my duty on the board. 
Just reading all that and I want to take a nap.  LOL!!
Anywho, 

Today’s inspiration was created by our Delightful Designer Flowerdisco, using our July card kit.



For more details please visit Flowerdisco here.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful Monday! :-)

July 28, 2013

Guest Designer, Sherry

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Today’s inspiration was created by our July Guest designer Sherry, using our July scrapbook kit.

For more details please visit Sherry here.

Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!!

July 27, 2013

I'm back!! Little Miss Trouble!

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Good Morning and Happy Saturday!!
 I am so happy to be home!! 
First I would like to wish my little man Tony a very Happy 6th Birthday.  Boy oh Boy where does the time go.
 I don't have any good pictures with him because he is always making faces or looking away but you can see him a bit in the pictures below.  

Be sure to scroll down because I also have a project for you that our Delightful Designer, Kerys created using our July scrapbook kit.

Just a heads up, this may be a long post.  I have a bunch of pictures to share.  

So we headed out last Saturday around 1pm.  
Everyone was super excited to "go somewhere fun" as my kids would say.  
We made it to Vegas in no time at all.  
Before getting to the hotel we made a stop at the Hoover Dam.  
Pretty cool!!


After we left there we went straight to the hotel. 
We stayed at the Circus Circus.  It wasn't that bad.  The section we stayed in was newly remodeled so the rooms were really nice.  
It was convenient to be able to go play.  
Sunday we pretty much just hung out, got our marriage license and oh, yeah we went to Jump N Jungle.  
  I took lots of pictures every where we went but I had to narrow it down.  
So I am just highlighting the things we did.  

On Monday we took the kids to Adventure Dome.  We didn't have much to do and the passes were good all day.  



Isabel and Nicki rode the rides and the boys played games.  
I didn't take pictures of the boys playing games.  
The first picture of the kids at the Adventure Dome says it all, Isabel's face!  Boy she loved those rides!!!
Then of course we got married.  LOL!!
 Can't forget about that.  
We didn't do anything special with that, just wore nice clothes.  
 Of course we had to have a picture in front of the Elvis car. 
So wonderful that she could come, THANK YOU JULIE!!!
We also walked the strip a bit and went to the M&M store and to downtown Vegas.  No pictures there just a picture of my kids posing with Mario and Luigi.  

Next up will be a ton of picture from CHA.  
There are a lot but not nearly as many as I took.  At the end I will also link you to Julie's blog where she has some photos posted too.  
A couple shots from Authentique



Bo Bunny is next



Bella Blvd



Graphic 45



Beautiful creations in the Graphic 45 booth. :-)

Studio Calico


Lots of awesome wood veneer pieces coming out with many manufacturers this summer.  :-)
Elle's Studio




An a craft event isn't complete without the uber talented, Tim Holtz.  

I wanted to take a picture with him but he was always doing demos and surrounded by people.  

I will also link you to Julie's CHA posts to see more pictures.  


Julie took a lot of photos.  

So we had planned to come home on Thursday but my oldest dog, Abby, was having some serious anxiety about us being gone.  She would not stop pooping in the house.  I had a house/dog sitter (one of my friends) but she was still pretty freaked out.  Haven't had an accident in the house since we got home.  
Also my kids were getting a little antsy.  
So we left Vegas on Wednesday afternoon.  


I had a wonderful time and so happy that Julie joined me.  We are trying to plan to go to the Winter CHA.  This time I will just make a trip out of it for me, not as a family.  
And Tony and I plan to take a trip just the two of us some time very soon.  

Alright well that's it.  I came home to boxes of goodies filled with August kit stuff.  So I will be busy all weekend getting those together.  I will be working some OT next week so I won't have much free time and then my kids go back to school next Monday.  

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you enjoyed the inspiration we had for you all week.  And a special Thank you to Debbie for keeping things going all week while I was away. 

Now here is some inspiration that was created by our Delightful Designer Kerys, using our July scrapbook kit.

KERYS
See you tomorrow for some more inspiration!!!

July 26, 2013

Some Inspiration From The Design Team

Good morning everyone!   
Debbie back again today.
Today we are doing things a little different around here.  Artful Delight is sponsoring Frosted Designs Quote Blog Hop and a few of our designers have created some projects for Frosted Designs.  Now before I get started you should have arrived here from Anita's blog. If you got lost along the way please start over at Frosted Designs.

Complete a Quote project.  Link up your project at Frosted Designs for a chance to win an August Scrapbook kit or card kit from Artful Delight. Your project must contain all or part of this quote:
  
"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."  Author:  Laura Ingalls Wilder

 Now let's see what our DT has created using the July kits:

 Flowerdisco

Miriam

Debbie


Your next stop on the blog hop is 
 Words of Whatever Facebook Page(please like).

Leeanne will be back to posting tomorrow.  Can't wait to hear all about this past week.

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

July 25, 2013

Days Like This Make Me So Happy & Sketch Challenge Winner!

Good morning everyone, Debbie here today. 
  Leeanne and her family are headed home today, so this will be my last day posting for Leeanne. I have a layout to share with you today that I created using the July scrapbook kit and July layout sketch.


I really love the papers in the July kit!  For more details please visit my blog here.
Now on to the winner of our July sketch challenge . . .
Congrats to Sandi Pressley!

Sandi please email Leeanne at leeanne@artfuldelight.com with your pick of either the August Scrapbook kit or card kit.  We would love for you to guest design for us in August! 

We've got something fun on the blog tomorrow.  Make sure you stop by!

. . . Debbie


July 24, 2013

Thinking Of You

Things sure are quiet around here without Leeanne.  
Curious as ever to hear about her wedding and her first day at CHA .  Hope she takes lots of pictures to share with us when she gets back.

Today’s inspiration was created by our Delightful Designer Karen, using our July card kit.


Beautiful card Karen!  Love the yellow and pink color combination.
For more details please visit Karen here.

I'll be back tomorrow to share my layout with you and announce the winner of the July sketch challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

July 23, 2013

Oh Snap!

Thought about Leeanne and Tony last night and hope they enjoyed their wedding!  Can't wait until she gets back to hear about the details and hopefully she will have some pictures to share.  Today and tomorrow she will be attending CHA!  

Today’s inspiration was created by our Delightful Designer Leah, using our July scrapbook kit.
Love all of the pictures and filmstrip!
 
 
For more details please visit Leah here.

Today is the last day for you to enter our sketch challenge.  Create a layout, card, or both using the sketches for a chance to win the August kit.

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

July 22, 2013

Gift Wrap Topper and A Wedding Too!

Well I  just can't believe how quickly the weekend came and went!  
Hope everyone enjoyed theirs.  Today is a big day for Leeanne . . . her wedding!  
I'm thrilled for her and Tony and wish them happiness and joy for their special evening tonight!

Today’s inspiration was created by our Delightful Designer Flowerdisco, using our July card  kit.
Love this cute tag topper she made.  I know I would treasure it if it were on a package for me!


For more details please visit Flowerdisco here.

Don't forget our sketch challenge ends tomorrow.  

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

July 21, 2013

Family Memory

How's the weekend going so far? Hope everyone is enjoying it. It's been extremely hot here and last night provided some relief with some pretty scary thunderstorms, lightning, heavy winds and  lots of rain. Hoping Leeanne and the family made their way to sunny, hot Las Vegas.  Today will be family time for them and then tonight Leeanne and Tony are going to see Penn and Teller.

Today’s inspiration was created by our Guest Designer Sherry, using our July scrapbook kit.


You can stop by Sherry's blog here for more details.

Don't forget our sketch challenge. 
You have until Tuesday the 23rd to create a layout or card or both.  One lucky winner will receive their choice of the August scrapbook kit or card kit.

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

July 20, 2013

You're My Sweet Baby Girl

Good morning everyone, Debbie here with you today. 
I'll be filling in for Leeanne the next several days while she and her family are on vacation in Las Vegas.  Today they are packing up and heading out.  Wishing them a safe trip!
Today’s inspiration was created by our Delightful Designer Kerys, using our July scrapbook kit.


For more details please visit Kerys here.

Enjoy your weekend!
. . . Debbie

July 19, 2013

The good stuff

TGIF!!
So happy for it to be Friday.  My family and I  leave for Vegas tomorrow.  I cannot wait to be on vacation.  

Today’s inspiration was created by our Delightful Designer Miriam, using our July card kit.



For more details please visit Miriam's blog here.
Alright, that's it for today. 
I am headed out to work and already wish for the day to be over.  LOL!!