Every time I see this layout I think of the part in Incredibles where Frozone says, "Honey, where's my super suit?" "I need my super suit!".
I love New Mexico Sunsets! When I see a thing of beauty like this I know that I am truly part of something bigger than myself. 
Jakob is always snagging my camera and when I go to download pictures there are little jems like this on my drive. I just love everything about this picture because it's so true to life...with three boys that is.
My little j-man is learning how to feed himself. He's not perfect and he's super messy but he's growing up so fast. Travis thinks he'll be a lefty...we'll have to wait and see on that one.
We visited Tinker Town Museum in the Sandia Mountains. It's a really neat little place with quarter slots and little moving dioramas. The man who made the whole thing is so creative. Aaron loved the walls made out of mortar and glass bottles, I believe some six thousand of them.
Tessa is a woman after my own heart. Here she is organizing her desk drawer. So proud of herself. How many Hello Kitty watches does a girl need?
All of my kids have had the stomach flu and I can't seem to get anything done. I will try to post pics of my most recent layouts and cards asap. No promises.
Look at this INSANE amount of carrots that we pulled out of our garden today. They're so good and spicy. Some of these carrots are so HUGE...like four inches across at the top.
I loved the result of the spiced peach jam, and applesauce. Didn't enjoy the slaving over the stove.
Can anyone say SALSA?!?!?!?
You know this bloggin' thing is hard to do all the time. I had fun with this card. None of my cards won at the state fair which I knew would happen because I'm NOT at professional level. I don't spend five hours on one card. You should have seen some of them. INSANE. My page won a ribbon and I won a second place in scrapbooking on a double lo of my daughter and her cousin.
Look at that sweet smile and those dreamy blue eyes...dont' let them fool you...he's a tornado all wrapped up in a toddler body!
I made this card for the store...it didn't sell. Maybe people don't buy Easter cards anymore?!?! So I fancied it up a bit and made it my entry in the Holiday category. The egg stamp is from Impression Obsession. The flourishes are from Technique Tuesday. I just used ink and a water pen to fill in the egg. Hope you're all having a great day. Mines' been good.
This card was for the Non Occasion category. I wanted to make a circle card just to do something different. I used the Eastern Blooms set along with Delight in Life. The background patterned paper was made by inking up my white cardstock with various colors, stamping with versamark and then adding clear embossing powder. I heated the powder and once set went over the whole paper with Pacific Point ink. I call it my "clown collage". Definitely different from my usual style. Oh, the stems were embossed with Desert Rain embossing powder...really shimmery IRL.
Here's the card I made for the birthday category at the NM state fair. (Thanks E for the image). Had fun layering it up. I added a couple of screw head brads to the ppr as the finishing touch. We'll see how I do as I got entered as a "Proffessional" just because I'd won a blue ribbon in the past. I'm not sure I'm near as good as a "Proffessional".
Working out. This is the floor of my car. I work out at a friends on Mondays and Fridays. I work out with Jenny on Tuesdays and Thursdays and sometimes I take Wednesday off but sometimes I go dig rocks!
Foggy mornings...it's beginning to look a lot like fall around here. The smell of green chile roasting...mmm.
Speaking of green chile. Jenn and I split a 30lb box of mild and then I split a 30lb box of hot with Debbie. So, yup, I peeled, chopped and froze 3olbs of roasted green chile. I mixed the hot with the mild. You may ask, "was it worth it?". Well, I'll let you know next year. 
The semi at the left of the pic was on fire when I was coming into town I drove right past it (no traffic jam then). When I was leaving town I snapped this picture. It brought me back to two years ago when my friends and I were involved in a car fire. There was never a traffic back up like this though. Thanks New Mexico for always going overboard and giving us yet another traffic jam!
Aaron started preschool. He goes for a couple of hours Monday through Thursday...just enough time for me to run to the grocery store and take the recycling in to town. Maybe go work out tou.
"Sending you Worm Wishes on your Bug Day"
I love this southwestern angel stamp by StampAMania. They're a company out of New Mexico. They're wood block stamps used to have laser cut images in the wood. I'm happy to own a few. I wanted to try her a bit more subdued this time (see below for other variations). I think I like her bold though and colored with prismas and gamsol. I can't believe I ever used to dread coloring a stamped image. It's so therapeautic. So my two oldest are off to their second day of school. Aaron and I are trying to find things to occupy his time...he doesn't want to go outside by his lonesome. Have a great day!
Bright little guy isn't he? I had a blast coloring him in. Hope you're having a wonderful day. This is our last day of summer vacation. School starts tomorrow. It will be an early morning.
I don't think I've done a monochromatic card ever or at least not in a REALLY long time. The paisley CB background is probably one of my favorites...I just added some extra TT ink to make it pop. Hope you're all having a great day. Did a workout by Jillian this morning...I'm dying.
One of my fave color combos. Real Red, Cameo Coral and Kiwi Kiss. Just a simple little note card. Hope you all have a great day!
My niece is graduating from highschool in the Phillipines. I should have made and mailed this out ages ago. Oops. I hope she likes it anyway. This is the first card I've made in what seems like forever. I'm pleased had some fun adding color to the solid image with my blender pen. Have a great day!
