Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Have you seen...

Hero Arts new stamps? YUM! I just got a bunch to play with! I already have some favorites too!
Lovin' the new plaid stamp--stamped it in white on kraft here! oh, and that new Classic Fabric Design in pink!



  
The fabulous Mr. Fox--isn't he the cutest???


 
 And since I'm still old school--I colored in the new Sunny Smiles basket with some Prisma pencils. I'm really just learning how to use them right! lol



and some of my other favorites....










and SO SO SO many more!!

Hope you get a chance to play with your paper today!
hugs,
kandis

Monday, January 24, 2011

Wanna win some yummy Core Cardstock???

Core'dinations Cardstock is giving away 40 packs of cardstock in their new contest! Go HERE to enter! If you get a chance stop by their blog---you HAVE to see all the fun new papers they came out with! I'm DYING to get my hands on some!  Just look at them:





 
So hop on over and enter!!
hugs,
kandis

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Put a little love in your heart...

Have you been getting ready for valentine's day yet? Logan just picked out his sweet G-Force valentines! I'm getting excited! We get the kids a little basket full of goodies and I decorate the house up! So fun! This year I think we might buy them Guardians of Gahoole. We watched it the other night and the boys loved it! I even have some fun heart shaped baskets that we fill up with candy! So in honor of valentine's day... here's a little card I made to get me in the mood. I'm listing it on Etsy if you're interested!

 And here's a page I made for Two Peas about our Christmas picture:

Hope you have a great day!
hugs,
Kandis

Thursday, January 13, 2011

52 things in 2011

My super creative friend Mary came up with a fantastic list of 52 things she wanted to do in 2011. Oh, was I excited! I already have so many goals and projects I want to do--here's my place to list them all! Thanks Mary for the inspiration!

so here it goes...

1. Clean out the den and make it into the baby's room.
2. Remember to send birthday cards out on time.
3. Keep a good budget.
4. Get family pictures taken this summer.
5. Print family pictures on canvas for hallway.
6. Participate in One Frame A Day.
7. write down the silly things my kids say.
8. learn to crochet.
9. Decorate our bedroom.
10. Paint the upstairs
11. Paint the kitchen table
12. make curtains for scrap room
13. learn all that I can about Type 1 diabetes
14. meditate
15. after having this little one I want to do P90X again.
16. Do another craft fair.
17. start my flowers for my garden early
18. snuggle my boys everyday
19. start saving for our trip to Hawaii in 2012
20. Surprise the kids with something fun
21. Make them all matching hats
22. make them all matching ties
23. Paint my fingernails more than once every 6 months.
24. Organize all my recipes
25. clean my carpets
26. finish downstairs linen closet.
27. Start my own photography buisness.
28. Learn as much as I can in Karen Russell's photography class.
29. Give a random gift.
30. Learn Lightroom
31. Take the boys sledding.
32. Live in the present not the past
33. Make an apron
34. Buy a bread machine
35. Make homemade bread... a lot.
36. Make a new friend
37. Videotape
38. Make a large wooden star for in my living room--pottery barn style.
39. Organize my stamps
40. Be early on all my assignments.
41. Drink more smoothies.
42. Go to Venice, UT and have a huge banana split at the dairy.
43. Take the boys to Blast Off.
44. Get a start on our food storage.
45. Send thank you cards.
46. Finally get my blog the way I want.
47. Make a blurb book of my One Frame a Day for 2011
48. Read to the boys at least 15 minutes a day.
49. Start a chapter book with Logan.
50. Sew all the purses in my Amy Butler pattern book.
51. Buy new silverware.
52. make and freeze a bunch of meals before the baby comes.

And that's my list---i'm sure I'll be adding more and more as the year goes on! And here's a quick photo to share from my One Frame a Day project:





The boys just love their bathtime!
hugs,
Kandis

Monday, January 10, 2011

January Core projects

I've been thinking lately that at the age of 2 kids are the most annoying and funny people on the planet. Landen's been driving us CRAZY! He's potty trained now--which I'm sooo thankful for--BUT every time he goes to the bathroom we have to fight with him to get his undies and pants back on. WHY? Just because he thinks it's hilarious to see us get frustrated! Like I said before though--they are the funniest people. Landen is learning to break dance, which consists of throwing himself on the floor face first over and over again. And he sings while he's doing it--usually to the tune of I'm a Child of God. He gave Logan's zhu zhu pet a bath in his cereal bowl--poor things hair is all glued together. and he begs me to watch Justin' Beiber's Baby music video all the time. Funny kid.

Well, I've got a couple projects to share--my Core'dinations projects for January. If you haven't tried their cardstock--you must! They are soooo fun to distress!




Now I got to get ready for my nasty glucose test-- I almost throw up every time I have to do it! yuck! Wish me luck! ;)
hugs,
Kandis

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Bring on the sunshine!

It's funny how the day after Christmas I'm dying for spring to get here--and fast! The snow is already driving me crazy. There is sunlight shining through our windows and it feels like spring time but the second you walk outside it's below zero. Ugh! So to make time go faster I'm buying flower seeds for my garden on ebay! haha Planning out my garden already!

I got to do a little scrapbooking the other night and here's a couple of the cards I came up with:




And I have a new goal for 2010-- well, two goals that is---the first one is to record my life better. I'm going to follow in Erin Cobb's (Pigbear) footsteps and try the One Frame a Day in 2011. The other goal is to try out more tutorials. There  are so many fun things out there to make! Especially for my new little one that's coming way too fast! Here's some of the one's I want to try out:

Look at these darling diaper covers by MADE:

I'm totally making one of these beauties for my little man from Honey Bear Lane:

And this cute brimmed beanie by Delia Creates:

And one more... these burp cloths by Craftaholics Anonymous:

I'm excited to start on these projects!
Hugs,
Kandis

Monday, January 3, 2011

Christmas Catch up!

Oh, I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas like we did! We got a lot of pictures--that I'm still editing--not sure if it will ever end!  I did get a chance to make a couple cards for the Echo Park Paper blog. Such a fabulous company and I LOVE their paper! Grab me some every time I get the chance! Here's my two cards:





Isn't that little Reindeer to die for?!! I just love it!

 I updated my Etsy shop---with cards and BABY BOOTIES! So fun!

Hope you get the chance to do something crafty today!
hugs,
Kandis