Birthday Wishes

Hello friends! Good morning to you! Are you into baseball season yet!? My son's first game got rained out on Wednesday night, and then last night it was sunny and we were all sorts of excited! We were a bit surprised at how cold it was...really surprised that it is almost May and we would have been better off with full winter gear!!

So, I've got a fun little number to share with you! I paired up this cute number block with some fun October Afternoon papers! I also added a fun little birthday sentiment, from the Birthday Banner Sixlets set.
I hope you have a wonderul weekend! We are heading to a wedding recption tonight and then hope to enjoy some relaxation this weekend!! Make it great!

Just a little something...

Good morning peeps! I'm back today, with another little something we made in our class yesterday. You know those things that have been around FOREVER?! I had a butterfly sitting out on my desk yesterday and it got a little bit of ink--making a bit of an outline--on my scratch paper. My daughter saw this and went nuts! I pulled out some of my "glossy" paper from SU and we went to town!

I can't believe how much the kids enjoyed this one...so simple but it brought a huge BANG for the kids at the card class! All the glossy paper...they begged for it again next week!
We put the cardstock butterfly on the glossy paper, used a sponge to add color to the glossy paper...and there you have it!:)

Hope you all have a good one...see you later!

Hello There!

Hey friends! Happy Wednesday! Hope you've had a great week! I know I say it a lot, but where do the days go? I guess with 4 little ones in my house, my days are bound to go quickly! We are all doing well-thank you for the well wishes about little Max. Thank goodness for Drs and good moderen medicine! The two perscriptions that we are using are really helping Max a lot! Does anyone have any seceret tricks to helping a blocked tear duct!? ;)

I'm teaching another class at the elementary today. With Teacher Appreciation week next week, we are making a couple of things for the kids to give to their teachers. First up, we'll be making this card.
I love having my daughter around, she saw this paper and loved it!! It's been in my little or no use pile and she pulled it out and we're using it all up today...YEA! I used several PTI dies on this one, and PTI stamps too. I made the little flower...it's made of scuply polymer clay! I had a lot of fun making them...maybe a little blog candy coming...;)

We are making a little covered post-it pad for the teachers also. This just hold one regular square post-it pad. We are using little basic grey magnets for the closure...LOVE those things!

The outside dimensions--which you can figure out easy enough--but I have them so why not share. The cardstock is 3 1/4 x 7 1/2. I scored it at 1 1/2, 2, 5, and 5 1/2. Just to save you a little guess work! These have been around forever--but revisiting is fun isn't it!?

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great one! I'll be back tomorrow with a couple more things that we are making today! We've got our first baseball game of the season tonight...fun, fun, fun!!

Hello!!

Hello friends. My name is Jeni Allen!:) I have been in full time "Mommy" mode this past week. It has been a very eventful last few weeks...and our crazy isn't over yet! Max and I spent a large amount of time on Tuesday at the Children's Hospital in Seattle. He has a spot of something on his face that has stumped the Dr's at our Dr. office(all 3 of them). So, we went and were happy to learn that it wasn't anything serious--just inflamed Exema. He had a infection in it...and it looked terrible! I have to say, being 5 months old, he has had more perscriptions than my other kids have had in their almost 8, 6, and 3 years of being!

So, I've got a little something to share! This was one of the cards we made last week at my little elementary school card class. I love the fresh and clean of it...I think that with spring whispering somewhere..."whitespace" is really calling my name!!
The girls loved the paper and little lace border...they all loved the butterflies...they all loved it!

I'm off to the dr. today to chat about my hands...they are hurting...I'll keep you posted when I have a bit more to share...thanks so much for stopping by! I'll have some fun to share next week! Have a wonderful Easter this weekend! See you Monday!

Happy Easter!

Good morning friends! TGIF, huh!? I'm happy that the week has been a good one. I look forward to a little less going on...but is that really possible!? I found myself folding laundry today and thinking to myself...how fast the day goes when you've got things to do and little people to care for! I'm thankful for the time that I have right now to sit and feed my little Max...I am enjoying it so much! Yesterday was spent making some delicous cupcakes for a church function...my friend called and asked me and 10 other ladies to make 2 dozen cupcakes for a dinner for the women in our stake. We had a great time celebrating being women and such and enjoyed delicious cupcakes for our dessert! Mine were a triple chocolate recipe...but the one that I fell for tonight was a lime/lemon one...oh my word! I tasted the best cupcake I've ever had...last night! I know that is saying a lot, but there was lemon curd in the cupcake for cryin' out loud!! Perfection in my opinion! Then after I got home, I whipped up some cinnamon rolls for my husband to take to his early moring class-he teaches the youth in our area scripture study at 6:00 am every day! So, yesteday I was thankful for my Bosch, dish soap and rubber gloves! I used them over and over and over again...and enjoyed every second of it! Sorry to be so long winded...but now onto the main reason you've come to visit today! Today is the LAD design team challenge. We were challenged to make an Easter card...and I just LOVE these little eggs! They are in the Spring Mix...aren't the super!? I cut my grass with my silhouette, then cut each egg out and glued them down...and added a bit of bling to a few of them! I love the clean white space on this card..feels so good!! Be sure to check out the LAD blog today too...and check out the fun things the other girls are up to! I hope you have a great day!! Enjoy your weekend...where ever you may be! Thanks for sharing a few minutes with me!

Birthday Fishes

Good morning friends! Here's another card class project for you! We had SUCH a great time yesterday! I love working with these kids thare are SO excited to be in the class! They all enjoyed the projects we made, we ran out of time we were enjoying ourselves so much!;) Good thing we've got 5 more Wednesdays to go! The theme of the class today was "Birthday" and the kids loved these Paper Smooches images! I happen to love them too...so it was fun all around! Hope you all have a great one! I'm finishing up some cupcakes that I hope are as good as the reviews have been!! I was asked to bring some to a church function tonight...triple chocolate...yum! I'll let you know how they turned out! Take care and thanks for stopping by!

Chevron...love

Good morning all! I've been bitten by the "chevron" image bug! It's everywhere these days...isn't it!? Today is the first after school card class of this session, and my daughter and I are really excited! There is something SUPER fun being in a room full of kids that are excited to create! We'll be making this little number here... I was inspired by a card in the latest issue of Papercrafts for this one. I pulled out a rick rack die from PTI and went to town!! My happy birthday stamps are Paper Smooches and in a font I simply LOVE! I used crushed curry, pacific point blue and rich razzleberry for the colors on this card...oh, how I love these colors! I'm off to finish getting all preped for the class this afternoon...thanks so much for stopping by!! I appreciate you taking the time, make it great!!

It's good to be Queen!

Good morning! How are you friends? We made it through a week of Spring Break, with a bit of fun every day...and a sick little Max. He is almost finished with his medicine...yea for medicine that makes those little ones feel better! I do have to say that he is a wonderful baby, even when under the weather. He just wanted mommy to hold him so that is what last week was mostly full of! He is almost 5 months old and I just can't believe how much he is growing and changing! He's laughing out loud now, it is in complete honesty, the best sound to ever touch my ear drums! We are all in love with him and so thankful for the blessing he is in our famiy! I wanted to share a little something, this card was inspired by the LAD sketch challenge this week. I was looking through some of my older stamps and came across the Mix from last April, "It's good to be Queen." I don't think these images had seen ink until yesterday...and let's just say it was love at first ink! I used some delicous Crate Paper, a mat die form PTI, some tulle, pearl topped pins, and there you have it! I've seen the pins for a while...didn't know quite what I thought about them and then found some a few weeks ago while roaming through a random store. I had them on my desk and they were actually the staring point of the card today...and I have to say...you'll be seeing more of them! I'm working on a few final projects for the card class I'll be teaching at the elementary school on Wednesdays for 6 weeks, starting this week. My daughter is over the moon excited adn we're having a lot of fun getting the projects ready for the kids to make! Thanks so much for stopping by. I appreciate you taking a few to share with me! Have a great one!!

Happy Bird-day!

Good morning! I've got to be brief today...but wanted to pop in and say hi! I took Max to the dr. yesterday and learned he has an ear infection, eye infection and a skin infection! So, I'm on nurse mommy patrol... Enjoying more Paper Smooches fun...hope you have a good one! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Fishes!

Good morning! Happy day to you all! It is my eldest siter's birthday today...and I am thinking back to her birthday last year...my sisters a mom met up in Dallas, TX to surprise my sister...it was so much fun!! Being with my sisters does something wonderful for me!! I love my sisters all to pieces...I feel so blessed to have them! So, this isn't the card that is in the mail for you, Amy...it is a suprise! I had a bit more fun with my Birthday Buddies stamps from Paper Smooches...isn't that fish so fun!? I used my new mat die from PTI, to make the window for my fish...then colored it in with copics. I added a few buttons, from SU...and there you have it folks! Hope that you have a wonderful Monday! We're starting a week long spring break...so let the lazy days begin!;) Thanks for stopping by! Make it great!

Mother

Good morning friends! Happy April!! Wow, who knew our days would rush by so quickly! I do my best to get everything in...but some days I feel like my time is fleeting! With the subject of this post being "Mother" I 've been thinking about the blessing it is to be a mother! I feel so humbled and blessed that God loves me enough and trusts me to care for his sweet little spirits. I am so thankful for the challenge that being a mother is..it makes me change and keep trying to be better every day! This fun sentiment is one of the new April Singles from Lizzie Anne Designs. Isn't it a fun one!? I used this weeks LAD sketch for the inspiration on the layout for my card. It is switched around a bit...love that jumping off point from a sketch! I used some Amy Butler paper, lace, Raspberry Fizz ribbon, Mat die from PTI, my silhouette to make that fun flower and a little pearl to give more feminie detail! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the LAD blog and see the other single that is being released today!! Make it a great weekend and enjoy! My family and I are really excited to sit and listen to the leaders of our Church speak! We will be joining in with millions of members of the church across the world...we look forward to this weekend twice a year and what a wonderful opportunity it is!! Thanks again...and make it great!!