Live Your Bliss Mini Album

Making this was such a stress reliver last week. Claudia at DCRU sent us some of the Swingz to use on showcase. I have used them on Scrapbook pages and they are super fab, but I wanted something different. So, I decided to use them in a mini album :) (this exact one, minus the pics) happens to be for sale in my Etsy shoppe right now :)

I LOVE the title :)

They give you room to add a full sized picture on the front and back and then still have room to write up the story behind! Love that!

Check them out if you haven't already! They even come in two sizes and 6 to a pack!!

FCCB Summer Theme!

Challenge day at FCCB! Today's challenge is Summer Time at the Beach: Create a project for summer using something you would find at the beach.

Well, you know I love my flip flops! SO, another flip flop banner was in order :)

Can't do a beach without flip flops :)

(Carts: Life's a Beach, Celebrations, All Mixed Up, Don Juan)

Celebrate Dad

Happy Father's Day!!!! Last Monday was my daddy's birthday and I love when I can celebrate him 2 weeks in a row!:) He is the most AMAZING man. A hard working farmer who taught us kids to appreciate the Earth, the animals, the land.  To enjoy the simple things in life, to not sweat the small stuff, to pray, to love, to give second chances, to believe in each other, and to appreciate every minute I get on this planet. That growing up on a farm is such a blessing. He taught me that a good name is more important than a bank account. He is my hero and I love him more than he will ever be able to comprehend.

So, in honor of this fab 52 year old :) (He doesn't do computers, so he will never know I told :) HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DADDY!

ANd here is my Daddy I love so much :)

Playing chocolate milk phones with my little guy :)

and the other Fab Dad in my life :) My sweet Hubby. He is such an amazing partner and dad. He does everthing he can to make Matthew smile and I love it.

Happy Father's Day honey!!!

Hope you all have a great day!

A Kioshi Easter LO :)

(Preschedule post guys! Because of this of course!)

Hey everyone!! Here is some yummy fun to share :) I finally got my Easter Pics scrapped! Loved using the Kioshi by Basic Grey on this. I'll be honest, I wasn't big on this collection, but when I used it for this LO,  it grew on me!!!! Got mine over at DCRU just so you know :)

and side by side they look like this!

Love the little bunny! It was a card that family gave Matthew! I just adhered the backside so he can go back and read the sweet note from Karen one day :)

Update :)

Hey everyone. Well, I will be MIA over the next little bit. Another ER visit Tuesday (We had to go Friday too) (He had a six shot spinal cath done Thursday that really aggravated the area and Dust said he was in more pain than when he had to have a discogram nicknamed "Scream-O-Gram" done last summer)  night with my hubby and the surgeons decided to do back surgery this MONDAY. Yeah. Again. For the 3rd time.    For those who want to read the background on all this here is the post from before surgery in November and before the surgery in August and here is the drama we have been dealing with b/c of this procedure, and here is the post about hubby's Marfan's which is the reason all these things happen.  I don't expect you to read or want to read all this, but for those who have emailed me asking for more details..here you go :)

This time they are removing some hardware, putting in hooks and such and extending the fusion on up into the thoraic region. The verdict on the 2nd surgery is a non union- aka fusion didn't take, failure.

Just keep us in your prayers that all will be well. I am SO happy that this time, we will be at a hospital that has WIFI :) (Seriously 6 days of hospital time without the internet was about to make me crazy. You can only do so much from an iphone screen :)

Today is a new day adn there is HOPE this surgery will help. I have so much FAITH in the 2 surgeons performing the surgery. (They happen to be friends with Dustin's uncle who is a ortho surgeon as well, so we stay in the loop :)  and LOVE and the Blessings of God will make it all okay! Also pray Matthew is good and not too homesicj for me while I am away. THANK THE LORD for my parents and sister. THey are a God send, ecspecially when the going gets tough!

Life is so precious! Off to spend quality time with my family!

Eye candy though:)

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny.......and Thomas :)

WOW. My customers ROCK and have seriously kept me crazy busy! I am only about 28 sales away from 1,000!!! I should probably hit it by this weekend! It hunbles me that so many of my customers want things I have made with my hands as the focal points of their celebrations, the backdrop behind their loved ones' parties, the kits I design as their next project, or find my card special enough to send to their loved one!!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Some recent creations:

A few more pics from recent custom orders :)

 and a recap of our Day Out with Thomas the Train last Saturday :)

Have a fantastic week :)

Sweet Bloggy Readers & Cupcakes

Thank you to everyone for your sweet words on my last post.  I just love the bloggy world. :) Just a few pics of some things I have been working on :)

Like Cupcake Banners :) (Customer was having a primary colored cupcake party for her twins :)

Sweet & Simple :)

FYI

Just as an FYI, I have not been ignoring everyone. All of the posts the last week were prescheduled. A longtime friend from my "past" was brutally killed last weekend and it has been a rough week. I went to the services on Sunday and after getting to hug his family and send my condolences, I am dealing with the shock much better. I will be back on board in a few. Please pray for justice and healing for his family.

Live each day to it's fullest.

xoxo-sj

FCCB CHallenge- For the Bride

Seriously, if I could even come CLOSE to telling you how many BRIDE TO BE and other bridal banners I have made in the past 3 months. I think everyone must be getting hitched this summer :)

SO, when our challenge at Fantabulous Cricut Challeneg Blog was to creat a Bride theme.....CHECK :)

This was one of my favs this summer :)

I used carts- Mini Monograms, Sweethearts, Celebrations, etc

Hop on over and join in our challenge!

OhSo Elegant Sofia Rose :)

Just another bright fun banner to share today!

Isn't her name pretty, Sofia Rose. So elegant!

Cowboy Up!

Taking my little guy to "A Day Out With Thomas" today at the Kentucky Railway Museum! Meeting up with a few of my high school gals and their sons, we are having  a mom/son day :) Should be a LOT of fun for the little ones, complete with a 30 minute ride on Thomas, pics with Sir Top um Hat (sp?),  mega block building, face painting, petting zoo, etc. Hope to get lots of scrap worthy photos!!!

Here is a quick LO I did, nothing fancy. Just the before, during, and after pics of my little bull rider :) He LOVES the PBR and bull riding. He will seriously "bull ride" until he passes out, as evident in the last pic :) I love the sticker that says "Champions are born. They're raised 8 seconds at a time." LOVE IT! Cowboy Up!

MY little music man...

I'll give you a break from banners today :) heehee.

More Imaginisce papers today!

And the tiny type alphabet stickers from CC- one of my FAV things EVER :)

Thanks for stopping by today! I love having you!!

Scrappy Time at ACLP!

Scrappy Challenge time at A Crafty Little Place. Today all of us DT gals are showcasing American Crafts Spring and SUmmer Collection.

Here is my LO!

(DCRU Products: PP (EK SUCCESS), White Cardstock, Basic Grey Opaline Pearls)

Here is the sketch we used:

Come Join us!

Tulleishist :)

Can't believe it is already Wednesday!

When I had a request for sister banners to match a tinkerbell party, I knew lots of fun tulle was in order!!! LOVE the tutu look! Hope these girls did too!!!

Have a tulle-ishist rest of your Wednesday!

Cheery and Bright!

Happy day everyone! Another fun banner set today! This one was for a sweet little girl named Kenley and her mom wanted a blank photo banner as well :)

LOVE these colors!!!!

Hope your day is cheery and bright!

FCCB Challenge Day!

Today is challenge day at Fantabulous Cricut! Today our challenge to you is to create something with a BABY theme :) You know I had to pull out the cute safari/jungle themed banner :)

I'm working on several more of these for orders! One says Ethan and one says It's a Boy! Should be fun! Hop on over and join in the fun!

Going Places...

Another LO to share this gorgeous weekend!

All materials from Imaginisce except the chip letters by CC (Nutmeg I beleive.)

have a great day ya'll!

Flip Flop Fun

First and most importantly- HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. This is much more than a long weekend. Thank you to all the men and women in the US Armed Forces who have protected my freedoms as a citizen. For those who have lost their lives, to protect us and our future. And thank you to their families who have supported them along the way. I am so proud to have a large number who have served in my family in all the branches.

Now for some crafty fun :)

Gotta love flip flops! And a flip flop birthday party sounds so much fun!  This was a custom order and it just put me in a summery mood :)

Be safe everyone!!!

A little of this...a little of that...

Hi loves!

Hope those of you in the US are planning a fabulous Memorial Day weekend!

No big plans here, working on orders, packing/shipping, and lots of outside :)

My little guy has spent time with my parents and sister this week and they always have so much fun. I had these pics from a while back and got them scarpped last weekend!

I am loving the DeLovely from Cosmo Cricket. It was perfect for this!

Like my little  homemade flower? Recycled priority mail box, my cuttlebug, some spray paint, and a pretty brad and WAH-LAH the perfect embellie for this page :)

FYI- AlphaBenas on this page by Jillibean Soup, Bazzill Cardstock, and all the rest CC :)

Have a great day!

my guy :)

Can you tell I got scrappy this weekend??? You haven't seen one banner all week :) LOL. (Don't worry, I have pics waiting for you :)

Here is another LO I did on Saturday and I just LOVE it. Simple. So me. And that cute little guy who happens to be my pride and joy has a lot to do with it too!!!!

The main paper is MME and I got it at DCRU for a FAB price, along with the Little Man Ribbon from CC. The yellow is Heatwave by CC, Alphabeans (Jillibean soup) Paper Whimsies (Sassafrass Lass)(On clearnace at TwoPeas last week :)

I just adore those big happy smiles you get that are not posed. 

Those are the best :)

Abode and Marshmellows :)

Happy Wednesday everyone!

More Layout LOVE this morning :) These PP's are from teh Abode Line from American Crafts.  The title is Bo Bunny (Brown), Making Memories (felt), and Cosmo Cricket's Tinty Type at teh bottom! The cute little smore friends are from the cardstock sticker sheets from the Mr. Campy collection by CC too :)

I dig tiny type :) You dig? :)

Have a fab day!

Lil Robots and a Challenge!

Challenge Day at A Crafty Little Place by DCRU!

We all used the Lil' Robots Collection by My Mind's Eye!

The sketch that we all used was Claudia's first!

Here is my take!

Here are some FAB items you can get at DCRU:

Lil Robots Collection by MME

Candy Dots

Lil Robots Chipboard

Tim Holtz Paper Distresser

Glue Dots

Glue Glider Pro

Head over and play along :)

Little Yellow Bicycle Fun :)

Hey everyone! Got some FAB scrappy time in with my sister/mom/and adopted mom on Saturday! Made some new scrappy friends too!! :) (HI!) So, just a couple LO's to show you and you'll have to wait for the rest! :) (I'll be prescheduling most of my post this week. Hubby is having a 3 day epidural that started this morning at 6 am and the next 2 days at 6 am, so little sleep, lots of hospital time, and prescheduled posts :) LOL

Me and the sister :)

and Matthew with my parents...AKA Nana and Papa :)

All Little Yellow Bicycle products FYI!

Hope you had a great weekend!!

Card :)

Wanted to share this card I made the other day. I have been so busy with orders for bridal and birthdays that I haven't gotten to do any personal crafts or scrapping. I HAD to take a break for a few mintues the other day and use this ADORABLE stamp set by Fiskars I purchased  from Paper Garden. Cute store by the way!

I did my "scrunchie ribbon thing :)" with the ribbon (May Arts) I picked up at DCRU along with the Cuttlebug embossing folder and BG Half Pearls!

Off to Cave City today to see my family! A fun scrappy day with my mom, sister, and adopted mom :) tomorrow! WOOHOO!

Crafty Scrappers LO

It's the 2nd Crafty Scrappers Challenge at A Crafty Little Place by DCRU!

Head over to see the sketch that inspired this Layout using

the Kioshi Collection by Basic Grey!

This was my sister and our boys at a Kenny Chesney concert in Nashville July 4th 2 years ago. We had seats right on the Titans field and it was like 103 degrees. After a 7 hours concert, we were TIRED!!!!! lol

And take a good look, that is as short as my hair ever was!!!!

Get your Kioshi Here!

Come play along with us!!! Someone will win a gift card this week!!

Don't forget about my giveaway going on!

Giveaway Fun!!!

As promised- another giveaway!! (If you missed the winner's post from the last few giveaways, you may want to scroll down and look for your name :)

As I continue with the spring cleaning (yes, I know it is summer though :) of my studio space, I have more to giveaway!

These items include:

Peebles Inc Rub Ons

American Craft Stickers

American Crafts Ribbon

All of these are BRAND NEW and were given to me from American Crafts. Bunches of them! And they are so fun! I will just never use all of them!!! So, if you want to win, there are only 2 things you have to do!- Leave a comment saying what you would pick from the 3 and make sure you are a follower on the right!

I will pick several winners :) If you would like to be sweet and spread the word, I would appreciate that, but you don't have to do so to be entered!

And yes, you can enter even if you have won prizes here recently :)

So, thank you for following and commenting here on my little creative outlet. You mean so much to me and giving away a few things is the least I can do for the inspiration you give me :)

Winner Wednesday!!!

SO, I think I will start announcing all my winners of giveaways on Wednesdays! I just like saying "WINNER WEDNESDAY" :)

Now here are the winners of my latest challenges! Congrats to you and thanks to everyone else for trying to win! The newest blog giveaway will be posted this afternoon :) AND a new FACEBOOK FAN giveaway will be posted today too! Make sure to join in both, just by leaving a comment!!! (Link to FB is on the right of the blog!)

The fine print:

1) You have ONE WEEK from today to email me at sammyejo@62cards.com with your shipping address or another winner will be picked.  2) Just so you know- all winners are randomly picked using random.org to be fair!

Winner of a CRICUT CARTRIDGE giveaway is:

GWEN from Busy Little Hands

Dear Lizzy Giveaway Winners

(I am going to give away to 3 people instead of 2!)

Ukka

Ardilla

Stacie

And the Spring Cleaning Giveaway

Angela from A Mama's Two Cents Worth-  Cupcake Toppers

Kelly Irene- Cupcake Toppers

Julie Tucker-Wolek- Set of Cards

Also- for everyone- there is a FREE downloadable digi stamp from 2Cute Rubber Stamps that you can get HERE. There is also a challenge going on and one random participant will win a FREE rubber stamp!

Congrats to everyone and thank YOU so much for all your comments and support!!!

I love reading every single one!!

Nautical Boy Banner

Girly banners are easy. Pink, tulle, purple, glitter, etc....

But BOY banners....

I do enjoy making them. Maybe because I have a little boy and I see how much he loves his banner with his name. He loves to spell his name and point to the letters on the banner as he does it! Here is a custom order for a baby shower. Kim sent me the invite, a nautical theme, and I was able to match it perfectly :)

So, what are your favorite boy color combos????

Have a fab day!!

A few questions :)

It's really a small world, ya know.  I know Meghann through my cousin Melissa. M&M are the bestest of buddies and I probably know more about Meghan than she knows I know! All good of course. Well, how delightfully elated I was to find out Meghann was a crazy fab scrapbooker! Really! She is the Guest Designer this month at Sketchy Thursdays! Although she calls New Orleans home now, she bleeds blue from the good ole KY :) So basically, we are BFF's because of this :)

She tagged me in this cute question game. I know I don't usually post this stuff, but it was fun....and it's my blog and I wanted to!!! LOL.

1. If you could own any car, regardless of cost, what would it be? I am pretty fond of my hummer, but don't think I would turn down a brand new masarati :) Just b/c I don't know of anyone with one :)

2. If you could spend an hour with any person in the world, living or dead, who would you spend it with? My brother. I miss him and can't believe it's been 4 years since his death. I would spend the time tellin ghim how much I loved him and catching him up on my little guy who he never met. love you Matt and miss you so much!

3. What color is your living room? like 4 different ralph lauren browns!! lots of green mixed around and black frames and shelves :)

4. What vacations/trips do you have planned for the summer?  heading to Dallas in July with my mom, tot, and sister for a few days and to CHA in Chicago with Amanda!!! Then my family cruises in January :) It's great to come home in winter with a tan and pretty toes :)

5. What is your favorite flower? gerbera daisies :) They make me smile :)

6. Chocolate or vanilla? white chocolate mocha :)

7. What person do you think knows you best in the world? Ashleigh. My BFF from college.  and Heather my first 'real' friend in Losuiville :)

8. Do you have a laid-back or keyed-up personality? are we talking about me???? LOL!!!

9. What goal do you want to accomplish this year? running a 1/2 marathon in Virginia Beach in Septemeber! getting excited!

10. What is the best photo you've ever taken? If you can, share it! Here is one of my favs :) He just looks so happy from the inside out! Love this little guy!!

Your turn! I am supposed to pick people and such, but I want to pick all of you! So if you want to play along, here are your 7 questions! Be sure and leave me a comment saying you are playing so I can come see!!! xoxo-sj

1. What did you want to be when you were little?

2. If you could travel at will....where would be the first place you would go?

3. What is your favorite charity or non profit organization?

4. Where is your favorite place online to buy crafty supplies?

5. Have a pet peave? Share!

6.  What's one thing you would change in your house if you could snap and it be done?

7. What was the theme of your high school prom???

Excited to read yours!!!

Bags and Boxes Bonanza at FCCB!

It's another challenge day at FCCB! Today is Bags & Boxes Bonanza and we had to include the color black!

I had to make some end of school year thank you gifts for a friend to give her daughter's teachers. Well, the school colors are black and gold, PERFECT for this challenge as well! You have to love killing 2 birds with one stone :) (I just realized how bad that expression is, LOL! Sorry!)

These are cut from the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More Cart that I LOVE!

Come play along with us at FCCB!!

HIATUS.......sort of :)

After placing orders this week from American Crafts (wholesale, got some more albums while they were having a sale and more adhesive refills along with some other goodies!), A Cherry On Top, Two Peas in a Bucket, Oh My Crafts, DCRU, Scrapbook.com, and as of last night the May Papertrey Ink release.....I am on a buying hiatus. (I did hit up the LSS yesterday and visited archivers last week too....) .......

Until Next weekend when I go to a Saturday crop in my hometown to celebrate my sisters bday.  (On site Stucio Calico, LYB, Imaginisce, Purple Cow, CoreDinatiosn, etc...ouch....) LOL. To my defense though, I did buy a lot of it for my sister's birthday gifts and several were for orders for the store! She get s a big reusable bag from Archiver's (Which I got "free" with a $20 purchase) filled with new papers, adhesive refills, a big marvy punch, stickers, paper packs, etc. She is going to love it! Not to mention a FAB pair of monogrammed flip flops :) (More on these later :)

Seriously though. There isn't a ton coming out righ tnow since CHA is right around the corner, so I am going to QUIT spending and save for my CHA trip.... which is sure to be dangerous!

SO, I AM PLEADGING TO BE GOOD AND NOT TO BU YANYTHING NEXT WEEK.....until Saturday. :) Progress over perfection folks!

Off to work on orders. I asked one of Matthew's favorite babysitters to come play with him for a bit this morning so I could get some work done. That way I can get caught up on house work and orders and then have the afternoon to play! Taking him the the BBC's spectacular "Walking With Dinosaurs" tomorrow afternoon!!!! He is excited!!!

HAVE A FAB SATURDAY!!!!

Banner and they just see mom!

Hi all! Another high chair banner today :)  I enjoyed mani/pedi's yesterday while Matthew was in preschool. My mother's Day treat to her! Her gift to me: A big ole box of new tulle I had wanted :) All the colors from my wish list! You guys know I love tulle!!!!  After, Dust had some doctors appointments and after 4 additional prescraiptions, we were home. Mom helped me fill orders for a bit (GOD BLESS HER) lol.  AND I saw a post a few minutes ago that really touched me! Julie posted a layout talking abou thow her kiddos "Just See Mom". I LOVE it. I cannot wait to do one like that!!! Scrap Lift City Julie :) Isn't it true though?! Matthew can look at me in mix matched pj's, no make up, hair up in some kind of messy contraption, no tan, and he STILL loves me and has no idea mom isn't "fit" to go out of the house or have contact with another human without a shower first. :) He wouldn't care if we hit the zoo or mall like that!!! LOL. You have to love the way your children look at you....They Just see mom. Their mom. and they love their mom...

2 Cute Card and a Free Digi!

The 3rd Challenge at 2 Cute Rubber Stamps starts today! Everyone has access to 2 free digis! Stop and get yours! Here is the card I made by printing the gidi twice- once on Kraft and once on PP. I used my exacto to cut him out, added a popdot and put him on the PP one! Then I used my Smooches to color. I got to use up some fun scraps too!

The play stamp is from Unity :)  ANd this is my 2nd post of the day, so scroll on down :)

1st birthday decor

Tired of banners and cupcake toppers yet? If I could get caught up with all the orders, I might be able to make something else to show you, LOL!!!

More from the birthday party set from yesterday :)

Seriously one of my FAV sets to ever make!!

and toppers...

Thanks you guys for stopping by!

I am so blessed with FAB followers!!!

xoxo

Firetruck Birthday!

Happ Hump Day. I have a FAB dinner date tonight with 2 amazing sororuty sisters. Seriously, these 2 woman amaze me everytime I get together with them. Love them! (Matthew does too :)

New banner today :)

and cupcake toppers to match!

These were for a super sweet client! I love working with

her on all her parties :) Thanks Kim!!! :)