A pretty neat treehouse

Last time I was in Watertown I stopped by my youngest son Travis' s house and got to spend a little time with my grandson Alex. He was so proud of the tree house his dad had made him and was eager to show it to us.............he even has all the colors picked out that he wants to paint it.

As you can see it has a shingled roof, windows and a door. When you go inside there is a bench attached to the wall he can sit or sleep on or fold it up for more room. I took a few pictures so his great grandmother in Arizona could see it too. Can't wait to see it when it is all painted. A great family project!

He also wanted his dog to be in on some pictures.

Hard to believe Alex will be 8 in August.....that time has surely flown and look how big he is getting! He is also smart as a whip (think he gets that from me LOL) and likes to draw pictures. He sent me home with a couple that I proudly have hanging on my refrigerator.

Hope everyone has a good week-end! I just finished mowing the lawn and need a break!

Fiskars 360th birthday

Hard to believe any company can be that old huh? Yesterday they had a HUGE birthday party at the happiest place on earth.........DisneyWorld in Orlando. Wish I could have been there as it looked like everyone had an awesome time. Instead Fiskars had a 2 day online crop for all of us that couldn't be there so I spent ALL day scrapping yesterday and actually completed all the challenges. Today hasn't been as productive but thought I would show you a few of the layouts that I did yesterday and today.

This was a layout that I scraplifted from someone else..........meaning they made one very similar that I liked so I copied it. I made the flowers with one of my punches in 2 different colors and just put a blue brad in the center of it. Embellishments can be made easily with things we have on hand in our scrap supplies. Fun to see my grandchildren playing with the Fisher Price toys that my sons played with when they were that age too.

This layout of my grandson Alex was to use different pieces of pattern papers and nuthing bigger then 8 inches. I love the scalloped hearts that I made with my Fiskar punches. The stamped saying on the bottom "You have a very special place in my heart" is also one of my favorite stamps to use.

Sometimes it takes a day like this when you actually pull out old pictures and scrap them......like this layout from an outdoor concert Kevin & I went to. Rockfest was back in 1999 and I got some good pictures of Ted Nugent.............ooh those were the days!

This paper and the transparencies that I used had to be some of the prettiest stuff that Fiskars ever made! The challenge was to use a key in the layout and I love the way it turned out!

In 6 weeks it will be

Our 10 year anniversary! Where has that time gone? Seems like just a few years ago we were hopping on a plane and flying out to Laughlin, Nevada to get married on a riverboat at twilite. It was so romantic and I am glad that I have a video tape of it as it went so fast. September 2, 1999.

Trying to keep my mind occupied today I made this 2 page layout for the upcoming event. I cut allot of different strips of papers for both these pages as I wanted everything to stand out. I used glitter chipboard in green & red and then mixed in black too! On the 2nd page I journaled 10 reasons that make our love strong and our life wonderful. Hopefully you can click on the pictures and actually get to read some of them. I had a good time making this today and it brought back some lovely memories. Not sure what our plans are yet for our anniversary but I'm sure we will come up with something special.

Family layouts

This is a BIG week for me and a scarey one too! Family has been on my mind for the past few weeks and even more so now. I did these 2 layouts and absolutely love how they turned out.

I had 4 sons in a little over 5 years and felt they were so lucky to have each other to play with (and yes fight with sometimes). We lived out in the country on a dairy farm so they not only played together but worked together too. When 1 grew out of his clothes it just went in the next boys closet since they were all just 1 head shorter then the next. They had more mini farm equipment then you could even imagine! I named them all starting with the letter T.....Troy, Tory, Todd and Travis. Lots of fond memories and lots of love during those years but times change and I think their memories of those good ole days are long gone. Scrapping pictures like this bring many smiles and warm fuzzies to my heart!

This 2 page layout I used Scenic Route papers and it is all done in black & white (except for the pictures). Both my grandmothers are up in Heaven now but I was glad to have pictures of them with my sons when they were born. It seemed quite common at the time to have 4 generations in one picture but as time goes on that isn't always that easy. We used to call one Grandma Close and the other Grandma Faraway because when we lived in Milwaukee one was only a few blocks away and the other was way across town. My grandchildren call me Grandma Weze. On Thursday I will be going to court for my grandparent rights and hope to win back time with my granddaughter Allayah. Say a prayer for us! I know I am doing allot of that every day!

A Rusty Pickle kit

I was lucky enuf to get some kits from various clubs and I've been pulling them out lately. I like that with limited time indoors I can pull out a kit and mostly everything is included except for the pictures! So this kit was for a 2 page Celebration layout. A couple of interesting things were done and one was that I cut a frame into pieces to make the pink corners that framed the pictures. Also liked threading a thin strip thru the tabs on the bottom of the picture frame. Another interesting thing done was making a "belt buckle" out of mini frame and then rounding the paper strip to make it look like the belt winded thru it. None of these were very hard things to do but just made you think out of the box when using ordinary items (like frames) in your layout!

I also made a couple more cards with the new Cuttlebug folders. The green one is using the Harlequin folder and the pink one is using the Moroccan Screen. Just some simple cards that were fast and easy to make but wanted to try them all out. I am accumulating a nice drawer full of cards so now all I need to do is personalize it before I send them out.

Well after 2 very chilly days in Wisconsin........temps at night in the 40's and the high barely being over 60.........today we are supposed to get back in the 70's. Hard to believe it is the middle of July and that Texas (where my brother Tony is) and Arizona (where my mom is) both are having heat waves with temps near 115!

Have a great day all!

A Purse book I made

I do have a passion for purses and shoes so not sure why I have never made a purse album before but I think it turned out pretty cute! I think the title captured me perfectly as I was born to shop (and boy do I know how to find a bargain LOL).

Here's a few of the pages but haven't decided on pictures yet. I did use some pretty bright paper, ribbons, brads & flowers. I was very surprised to see how sturdy the book was too. I wasn't sure with all the opening and closing how it would hold up. I did make a cardboard copy of the shape and used that to cut all my papers.

As long as we are looking at pretty colors I will end this with a picture of my garden. Thanks for looking!

My new Cuttlebug Folders came............

YUP I got all 11 of the new ones off of HSN last week and the man in brown dropped them off around 5:30. Now that was kinda funny cuz I'm talking to the UPS driver while his truck is parked in the road and in pulls my husband just home from work. So the 2 UPS guys never seem to see each other at work as they work in different cities and this gave them a chance to catch up on stuff. I obviously didn't get any time to play with them last night but I did this morning and here are a few cards I made with them. The first cards are made with the owl flourish folder. I chalked some of the image and then used a little green smooch to make his eyes pop and the question mark too!

I made this masculine card with the Fleur-di-lis folder. I then stamped & colored the deer head and added it to it. I also ran just the top of the card thru the folder and thought that was a stunning look.

These 2 cards were both made with the Flourished frame folder. The pink one I distressed it abit and then added a flower to the center. The blue one I actually cut the frame out and then stamped Happy Birthday in the middle of it. I also outlined it with a gold glitter pen.

This card was made with the new Victorian folder.

This card was made with the folder called Moroccan Screen.

So that's 5 of the new folders and I still have 6 more to use and show you maybe tomorrow! I can see lots of possibilities with these and I'm sure glad I ordered them last week.