Happy Administrative Assistant Day

Ha! What ever happened to Secretaries day? Oh well. Mark asked me to make something that he could give to his administrative assistants, so this is what I came up with. I filled one with Rolo candies and one with peanut M&M's. I hope they like them.

First in Fitness

Last month Lacie and Bryson competed in the county First in Fitness competition. Bryson was chosen to do pull-ups for the middle school. He got 2nd place with 18 pull-ups. First place did 19. We were very proud with how well he did. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, but the first place winner's mom took this picture. I'm grateful to her!

A week later Lacie competed as the Triathlete. She was the only girl from our school to do the Shuttle Run....

Pull-ups....

and the Mile....

We don't know exactly how she did in the shuttle run, but she got first in pull-ups with 15 pull-ups and 5th in the mile with a time of 7:05. We were so proud of her!

Love the Matchbox Die!

Can I just say that I LOVE my matchbox die!!! I want to use it all the time. I made this gift for a good friend who just had a birthday. I filled it with chocolate, of course, and she loved it.

Supplies

Stamps: She's All That (retired)

Paper: Raspberry Tart DSP (retired)

Ink: Rose Red

Accessories: Chipboard heart, Ribbon, hodge podge hardware

Scallop Square Bag

Look what I made! This bag came together so easily! I used the Scallop Square Bigz die and it cut out sooooo fast! I was able to put 8, that's right, eight layers of fabric through the Big Shot at once. I was able to do 3 layers of batting at once as well! I just love this material by Basic Grey. The hardest part was deciding how to lay the fabric out! The bag looks cute this way or inside out (without the scallops). I think I'm going to reinforce the handles with material and sew the rik rac on top of that. Wouldn't this make the cutest baby blanket!?! Love my Big Shot!

Baby Buggy Cards

I made these baby buggy cards for my husband's co-worker. I'm happy with the way they turned out and I love how they stand up! The card is made with the scallop circle die and the Big Shot.

Supplies

Stamps: So Many Sayings (retired)

Paper: Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi (coming back, yea!), Creative License Simply Scrappin' kit DSP

Ink: Blue Bayou

Accessories: Scallop Circle die, Stars #2 die, Scallop border edge punch, Top Note die, ribbon

April Club

We had lots of fun at stamp club this month. We've got Mother's Day on our minds so that's what we did. Mom - don't look! :) This card is folded a special way called a Joy Fold.

Supplies

Stamps: A Rose is a Rose, All Holidays

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Barely Banana, Bella Bleu, white

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery

Accessories: ribbon

We also heard the news of many colors that will be retiring in July so we made a card with those.

Supplies

Stamps: Trendy Trees

Paper: Almost Amethyst, Gable Green, Glossy white

Ink: Almost Amethyst, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: ribbon, button, linen thread

We also made an explosion box. I don't have a picture of it but for those who wanted the measurements, here they are.

Box is 8 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 2 7/8 on each side

Lid is 6 x 6, scored at 1 1/2 on each side

What to do???

Brady and Bryson were challenged this week to go without any t.v., radio or computer (except for homework). It hasn't been too hard up until today. Bryson was forced to play outside then play games inside with a friend. Brady went longboarding. He was invited by some friends to go watch a video tonight, but chose to stay home. (He wasn't very happy about that.) We all wanted to watch a movie, but we couldn't, so instead we went for a walk then came home and had dinner. After dinner Brady read a book and Mark did taxes. The rest of us decided to mold Rice Crispies into some sort of sports theme. Lacie and I chose tennis and Bryson and Carston chose lacrosse. It was really fun!

Lacrosse player sitting against a tree, bushes on the sides, lacrosse net across from him and choc. chip grass.

I then started reading a book to them and they all fell asleep quite quickly. I think it was a good challenge and made us all think a little outside the box.