Wednesday, June 29, 2011

No i haven't...A House of K June Update

Fallen off the face of the blogging world it's just well...

First Mav is going thru this lovely phase that has us all on pins and needles. I think it's one of those age stages things(Autism and developmental delay) it's like we're going thru the terrible 2's right now. The Dude has lost all four front teeth and looks at himself in the mirror 97320981722356 times a day. My neighbors probably thought he was dying last night when we were trying to get him to go potty on the toilet oh it was fun but I did find he like this song from the new Winnie the Pooh movie which we listened to I think 9 times it relaxed him and he gave a little sprinkle to the porcelain gods. Yes its pure fun here in fairytale land!

Onto the next child Miss Teagan poor girl has Fifth Disease and spent the afternoon in the ER on Saturday trying to figure out why she has this head to knee rash going on. She's not a happy camper since she's been kept in the house away from everyone and out of the sun (makes it swell and look lots worse). Thank goodness its not itchy!!We did have some laughs about things having lacey patterns well never mind I jsut won't go into details but she thought it was funny I mean jeesh you gotta have some fun with it when you have this rash thing from here to there! Child numero 3 who gives me a run for my money daily Miss A!She's a total Punky Brewster! She is unique in every way makes me laugh, cry, and turn the locks grey all in the same hour. She has been playing outside lots Daddy put the tent up for her and Mav so they could "Camp" she loves it! She also wishes her sisters rash would go away so their summer adventures weren't so interrupted.She asks 849572342016 questions a day that I have like only a quarter of the answers for if I'm lucky.We've been walking with Sir Duke and boy does this chick come up with some witty stuff! I laugh and think where does she get it from? I can just imagine her when she's a teen!
Mr K. is working lots, being supportive, and researching everything he can to see what might help Mav. He is determined that we will get mav potty trained this summer! Me I'm just going to try the best we can no guarantees like everything is with the Dude. Mr.K planted our little garden and its growing.He's a pretty handy Dude to have around I must say! I think he needs a hobby but not sure he has time for it. He's not too sure what to think besides Cool to being in a national magazine this month. Me well lets see I am down over 33lbs on my weight loss. Still working at it my goal is another 17lbs. I can finally see yes see without the blur! I got my new specs on Monday . Mr K says I look like a school teacher I asked if that was one of his fantasy he just laughed HA! I've been having fun creating lately and got my box from Scrapbook Trends yesterday day with the June magazines in it. I was excited to see I had 2 layouts in there when I thought there was only 1. Um what else? I'm just me! Our 4 legged family members Sir Duke, Lady Foxy, and Queen Bitty are doing good. 1 is a fan of the heat the other 2 i think could pretty much live without the 80-90 degree weather we've had(me too!). Sir Dukes breaks of wind are still the worst and send us all ducking for cover. Lady Foxy is goofy and tries to avoid Miss A but A always catches her and they go off on some cool adventure. Queen Bitty aww what can you say about her? She's a talkative old broad always giving her opinion. For those that don't know Sir Duke is a Boxer, Lady Foxy is a mini Pomeranian, and Queen Bitty is a Jack Russel. Ok gotta cut this off. Have a great day all!~Mandy

Saturday, June 18, 2011

A week filled with Awesome opportunities

Monday & Tuesday : Guest Star on the JBS Inspiration Blog

Wednesday: Card on HSN during the Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio segment

Thursday: I created one of my favorite 2page layouts to date but I'm not able to show it. Also connected with a new scrapbook friend I met in May.Hi Danee!

Friday: My Designer Friday projects posted on Precocious Paper Blog. Featured Artist over at Scrapbook News & Review.
<-----This is my project I shared over at SNR.

Thank you for all the sweet comments and support it really means a lot to me!!

In other news yesterday I went for my first eye appointment sine grade school. Got my eyeballs beamed at, tested, irritated, and in the end I ordered my first pair of spectacles which should arrive in a week. I then went to get my hair did it's shorter and lighter. Every time I get my hair chopped it looks like some shaved a dog bald there is so much hair on the floor. I'm just thankful for the thick locks I have. It's a bit curly now that it's shorter too. Anywho when the specs come in I'll post a pic for y'all.

Have a fabulous weekend! Mandy

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

HSN Projects

The layout didn't get on the air but the card did. I got all geeked when they showed it close-up.


~Mandy

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Epiphany Crafts on HSN

And now for some exciting Epiphany Crafts news...Brian Fogg(who is one cool cat) will be back on HSN this Wednesday June 15th with two shows...one at 11:00am and 6:00pm Eastern time. That's 8:00am and 3:00pm for you west coasters. Be sure to tune in as EC will be offering three new kits!And here's a hint one of those new kits will be an awesome new shape(must have)! You just might recognize a layout with some feet and a card for dad by yours truly too so be sure to tune in!
<------A peek at the card using the Shape Studio Tool Round 25,
Shape Studio Tool Round 14, and the Metal Charm Settings.










Will be back tomorrow to show the full card and layout.~Mandy

Monday, June 13, 2011

JBS Guest Star

So excited to share that I am a guest star over on the JBS Inspiration Blog! I couldn't believe it when I got the email from Betsy asking if I'd like to be a guest star... that was a no brainer answer for me UM heck yes I love JBS! I even got to meet Jenni this past May I have to say she is pretty cool!I had so much fun creating with the new Haven line its a must have in my book! Thanks again Jenni and the JBS crew for this awesome opportunity!!Another check mark on the bucket list for this girl.


Here are some close-ups of the projects over on the JBS Blog.




Thanks for stopping by! I have more fun stuff to share this week too so be sure to come back.


Mandy

Thursday, June 09, 2011

Layers lots and lots of layers

This layout is like an onion lots of layers. Lots of Melody Ross and a little bit of Donna Salazar was used to create this layout. I wanted to keep the focus on my photo without over doing the layering so I chose to enlarge the photo and use the colors from the layers to make the layout pop.

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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

To all my Blogger Friends

I just wanted to let you all know that I am reading your blogs and I have tried to comment a bunch of times and blogger just won't let me. I have no clue why it's not working. It's frustrating and I am sorry. Please don't think I'm a flake cause I really am trying to comment on your blogs.
~ Mandy

Define Your Style

Every time I see the question what's your style? I get that oh no I have no idea what my style is because I'm a fly by the seat of your pants kinda gal when I create I go with the flow what ever happens to work.I always focus on my photos and add paper & bits that fit so today I'm going to say I'm a Modern Paper Piecing Mix. No there is no definition for that in the dictionary and google probably can't find it out there on the web either. So here you have it a Modern Paper Piecing Mix layout:
Clusters oh I love my little clusters.the title is heat embossed and outlined.Love love love the Fun House Ribbon Spool!




What would you say your style is?

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This One Time... HI

Hello Friends! I hope you're doing well. I've decided once again to give this whole blogging thing a go in hopes that I'll ...