Hummingbird Hello

It's my summer vacation! WAHOO!!

A couple of weeks ago, it came to my attention that it's been several years since I've used this old favorite hummingbird stamp by Inkadinkado. I've also been rediscovering my love for coloring and put two and two together...

Papers are from Madeline by Prima. The border punch is Fiskars. I learned how to do double bows from YouTube last night. Aren't they cute? I colored the stamped image with Prismacolor pencils. I kept the flowers simple but went a little wild on the bird. I used Pebbles shimmering chalks for the bit of blue glow around the image and Tim Holtz distress inks on the edges. I'm really liking the raw look of pencil so I didn't do any blending with OMS or colorless blender.

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just the way you are

I shared my June Counterfeit Kit yesterday. Have you put one together yet?

On Memorial Day weekend, my little boy and I took a cell phone photo on the way to the pool. I was really red and splotchy from running 4 miles, so I edited the colors. When Little Guy saw the edits, he disapproved. I explained how I looked like a troll and he replied, "Mommy, I always think you're beautiful." Well, melt my wee li'l heart. In his honor, I used the original, unedited photo for this layout.

The one on the left.

Papers are from Hello Sunshine by Lily Bee Design. The circle stamps are by Close to My Heart. The sunshine flower lookin' thing is a die cut from Delicate Asters by Heartfelt Creations. The "corrugated" stars and clouds are punched pieces run through a Fiskars crimper. I brushed over them with black chalk ink to show detail. The alien is a stamp from Orbit by Crate Paper. Other embellishments are from Sandylion, Basic Grey, Sassafras, American Crafts, and Heartfelt Creations (Posy Patch flowers).

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Counterfeit Kit- June

YAY! New month, new kit!

Come over and play at Counterfeit Kits!

Inspiration this month comes from Scraptastic. You can choose from either After the Storm or Destination Unknown. I'm a wild child so I combined them.

I put these papers from Hello Sunshine by Lily Bee Design in my kit last month but didn't use any of them. So, I brought them over to this month. Did you notice that I only picked ONE line of paper this month? I'm a little nervous. The Scraptastic kits had alphas, tape, banner thingies, flare, etc... I added those items to my kit but the real fun was dusting off my Cricut. I rediscovered my love Graphically Speaking! All the latest hot trends in embellishments can be found on that cart. I cut the "true story" tag, rolodex file thingies, and "got kids?" from that cart. I cut the speech bubbles from a CCR exclusive cart. I finished off my kit with some alien and grungeboard leftovers.

Oh, and I picked out stamps. They didn't make it into the photo. Eh.

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Pink Collage

Yesterday, we ran around and did all kinds of fun things. We went to the park so the little guy could play while I ran 4 miles. We also went swimming and enjoyed Brat Fest in the evening. We snuggled down in the bed and watched Ice Age 2 for lots of laughs and giggles. I do love life with a little boy!

Today, we're still in our jammies at 2 pm and we've been having a crafty good time. 

I've been hanging on to this LaBlanche stamp since 2011 and it's never been used. I picked out Butterfly Garden by Pink Paislee papers and colored the image with chalks to match. I drew inspiration from this card by DKravec. The little paper flowers are made with Posy Patch Flowers and Posy Patch Dies by Heartfelt Creations.

Little Boy has noticed all the American flags around the neighborhood and decided he would craft one up really special just for our house.

He used his own personal star punch and actually punched 50 stars! Don't blame me for the aliens. That was entirely his idea. I will say that I really like it :)

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baby bear

It's Memorial Day weekend and I plan to use this extra time to play with my Counterfeit Kit.

Yes, I do all the usual family stuff, too. Go swimming, bake cookies, watch Free Willy, paint a wooden train, clean the kitchen, bribe the boy to clean up his toys, buy a TV (don't buy Westinghouse), repair the car...

Back to crafting.

I made up a song when my boy was just a wee baby and it's his most favorite song EVER. There's not much that this sweet song can't fix.

The papers are all from Night Light by October Afternoon. The stamps are from Sassafras and American Crafts. The little monster card is from Sassafras. The house feltie is from Colorbok/Heidi Grace. The @ is from Random by Crate Paper, I think. Lots of other bits and pieces from Sassafras, My Mind's Eye, Stickabilities, Little Yellow Bicyble, and Time Holtz.

I wrote the journaling with a Micron pen on this piece of Sassafras packaging. 

The edge punch is EK Success.

Someone asked me how many layouts I expected to get out of my ginormous Counterfeit Kit. Well, I always hope for two hahahahaha! I just like to have options.

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sweet

I've been on a kick of rescuing great photos from old layouts. I know some folks think it's a waste of time but I do whatever motivates me to craft.

This classic photo is of my sister and her baby boy.

 I followed a sketch featured over at Paper Secrets. I used items from my Counterfeit Kit for May. The papers are from Night Light by October Afternoon.

The birds are by Colorbok. The clouds and balloon stamps are American Crafts. The bingo card is cut from 24/7 paper by Simple Stories.

My own little boy was crafting with me.

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Counterfeit Kit- May

Late as usual.

I was still using my April kit just last weekend.

Papers are from Hello Sunshine by Lily Bee Design and Night Light by October Afternoon. 

Die cuts, rub ons, stickers.

The bingo cards are from 24/7 by Simple Stories. Embellishments from Elsie, Sassafras and Colorbok. Stamps from Sandylion (I think), Sassafras, and American Crafts. Couple packs of Thickers... I like options!

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