Brought to You by the Letter "S"

S is for scrapbooking!
Finally a scrapbooking post, it's been so long since I've made anything!
We had an open house this last weekend, so we've been very busy getting the place ready. This included the near completion of my scrap room..but more on that later.

We had lots of people come out, even though our AC went out last week, and it's going to be a while before they can fix it.

So today I've made several thank you cards, and I put them all in one picture, since we'd be here forever if they were all separate.

I like to make thank you cards from my scraps, then they can all end up a little different, except for the 3 that look the same..ha. I made a set of 4 of those, but obviously I sent one out already.
Here's a closer shot.

And one from the other side.

Hopefully soon I'll get some pictures up from the party, and then after that I'll put up pictures of my scrap room...it's pretty amazing! I absolutely love to spend time in there..if I didn't have this pesky job, I'd never leave.

Jessica

You've Got to Break a Few Eggs...

We've been busy, but we don't have as much to show for it. The unpacking process is both a slow and painful one.
The last of the large projects was painting the master bedroom. The original plan was a light green, to match the sheets, to keep it light and "zen-ish"...

I'd just like to say that, we all make mistakes. This color was pretty much neon snot green, and I apologize for attempting to put it on my walls.

We went with an ivory color, which is much better, and not at all like an Easter egg.

Our room is pretty big, but now it feels bigger, and lighter and I love it.

So today they delivered our Tempur-pedic bed. We've upgraded to a king size, so there's more room for our furbabies to sleep with us. We got the Tempur-pedic cloud, so tomorrow you can ask me what it's like to sleep on a cloud. I'm already in love with it.

I've been collecting pieces from this bed set for probably a year and a half..I love it that much. And now seeing it on my bed, I love it more.

The duvet cover also has chrysanthemums on it. The background is a cream color like the walls. I'll probably have pictures of the duvet later, but right now since I'm the energy nazi and we don't have the AC on, it's way too hot to even think about using a duvet.

Did I mention I have the best male model in the business?


Now I'd like to bring you a warning. Beware the Cardinal Ninja. They may strike at any moment, and before you notice it is too late, and you are stuck with exhibit A.

You never know when an attack will occur. You have been warned.

Jessica

Delayed Projects-The Story of My Life

So I feel really bad I haven't been able to scrap very much lately. We got all of our stuff moved (thanks Russell!!) and it's a total mess around here.
We've decided to have an open house in June, I was thinking that would give us plenty of time to get everything organized..now I'm not so sure. But anyway, I had intended for these invites to go out last week..but they're going out now..which is better than never.

I think the final total was 32 of these..which is A LOT! The stamp is from The Greeting Farm, and it sort of looks like our house.
The edge punch is Martha Stewart. The blue edge we cut by scissors..Jon helped with that part. Some of them have bows, and some don't. It's not because I wanted them to be different, it's because I ran out of ribbon..so sad.

It doesn't look that complicated but it took forever to color all the houses.

Once everything was done gluing them together was a piece of cake.

Also, I have a before and after for today...
I finally got the upstairs bathroom painted, which is so nice because now we can actually use it.

It was a not very nice brown..

And now it's a very dark blue.

With bright green accents..as if you couldn't guess.
It was the color scheme we had at the apartment, just without the wall paint. I really like it. It is really dark, it was suggested that we'll be needing flashlights..it might be the truth.

We're well on our way to unpacking this place. The cabinets are still in limbo..I'm told they'll be up when I get home from work today..not sure if I believe it..but if they are that will be the next round of photos...the white cabinets look so great I can't wait. And I need my kitchen back so I can do some cooking!

Jessica

We Are Weekend Warriors!

Oh my oh my!
We closed on our house Friday morning! I am so ready to be out of this apartment!
We've been busy all weekend getting the new house ready for the move in. So I've got a pretty big post for the day.

Here's the living room, we're not painting it right now. The previous owner left us these chocolate colored curtains..lucky me!

This is our dining roon, we're not painting it either..I love the chandelier, and the doors.

Our basement..it will be unfurnished for a while, our current furniture will go down there eventually. It will be our TV room too.

Now for some Before & After...

This room is my new scrap room (yay!) and it was this very ugly orange..

It has wonderful windows.

And now it is a beautiful Caribbean blue...this is my new happy place and I can't wait to get all my stuff moved in.

So much better.

This is our guest bedroom..it was the nursery.


I don't have a finished shot..but I have one of me working..and one of Katie doing nothing.

Still doing nothing.

This was perhaps the biggest project of the weekend..the ugly ugly kitchen. The counter top is green..and the walls are red..and I'm not really sure what they were thinking.

That space is where my brand new refrigerator is going to go..on Wednesday!

It was a very long process..and we're still not completely done...but we're getting there.

We painted all the cabinets white, Jonathan is still working on the fronts of the doors, but already it looks so much better.

And we painted the walls light green. Next year when we get our tax credit we're going to replace the green counter tops with probably dark gray ones.

It looks 100% better, and we only have 2 rooms left to paint. We couldn't have gotten as far as we did without my mom and sister helping.
I can't say how tired I am, so we're hopefully calling it an early night. More updates soon I hope.

Jessica

Mother's Day Cards 2010

Since we had Mother's Day a week early (both Jonathan and I have to work all weekend), I'll show you the cards I made for our mothers.

This one is for my mom. The paper is from SU! and when I saw it I thought of her.

Both cards are easel cards.

Here's the side..with terrible lighting..but not for much longer I hope.

This one is for Jonathan's mother. I used the Cricut to cut out the front part. He chose all the paper and the design, he did a pretty good job.

Both cards have this stamp. It's shiny because I embossed it. I used green ink and clear powder for his mom, white ink and green powder for my mom.

Here's a shot of the whole card.

Sorry I've been slacking, I didn't even get to make anything for National Scrapbook day! But in my defense we're 2 weeks from closing on our house and we've been packing like crazy.

Soon there will be more house pictures and I can create stuff in my very own scrap studio..I'm very excited!

Jessica

Friday Sketch AMYRTFS7

I had a really good time working on the Friday Sketch from Prairie Paper & Ink.
I've definitely been thinking Spring. I was glad to make a card, since I've been working on scrap book pages lately..and something else that will be coming your way shortly.

Here's the original sketch.

And here's my take on it.
The stamp is from All That Scraps. The paper is from JoAnn's. I used my Cuttlebug on the blue piece.

Ok, I know the yellow-ness is terrible..but I'm dreaming of the light box I want to build..so hopefully soon it will get better. I colored here with Copics and went over her jacket and boots with a glaze pen so it sort of looks like rubber.

Here's the inside. The sentiments came with a very large Spring set over at All That Scraps.

I'm going to try to keep up with some more posts, but our moving day is getting closer and closer..so we find ourselves way too busy most of the time. But my new scrap studio is going to be totally worth it.

Jessica

Wild Card Wednesday-Fun Color Challenge

Sorry it's been so long. I simply have not had enough time to scrap..and this makes me sad. I managed to find a little time tonight and last night. I wanted to participate in a challenge, because it's been so long since I have.
So I chose the Club Anya & Friends challenge blog. It happened to be Wild Card Wednesday, and this week it's a color challenge.


This is the original photo for the color challenge. I really chose to pick up on the pillow, with the green, blue and orange..and I like pink, so I used pink too. The way I ended up cutting my patterned paper hid most of the orange, but you get the idea.

I used a stamp from the Miss Anya Rain, Snow, Shine set..(it's the Shine in case you're falling behind). I colored her with Copics on CC Quality cardstock from ATS. I used my Cuttlebug for the ovals.
Here's a side view, I can't wait for our move because I'm going to build a light box and see if that doesn't help make my photos look better.

Here's the inside, it looks very similar to the outside..I find it to be easier that way.

Mother's Day is approaching quickly, I have to work that weekend, but I've already got my cards made..so look for those in a blog post near you.

Jessica