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Good afternoon folks!
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who stopped by during The My Scraps and More blog hop! Thank you for your sweet comments and thank you to those who became followers.
Before I announce the winner of the Authentique goodies I wanted to share two more layouts I made with the Apron Strings Bigger than a Breadbox kit. The kit was filled with Lily Bee Buttercup and Bazzill Vintage Marketplace.
I used the Lily Bee Buttercup to create this layout of my husband on our trip to Disney. He was modeling his new ears in the elevator on the way up to our room. I think delirium had set in ...
GQ {goofy quarterly}

On this next layout I was still a bit circle crazy and fussy cut the circles out of the Bazzill Vintage Marketplace Market Dots/Stitches paper. This was Amory's first tooth she lost - after this one they are falling out of her head all the time. The tooth fairy is going broke!
My New Grin

Okay the winner -
I know that you really want to know -
Right?
Randomly chosen is #20!
And that is Wendy Crowe!
Contact me at perezmom2914 at yahoo dot com with blog hop winner as the subject within three days!

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!

When a Kit Gives You Lemons ...

Make Lemonade Gift Sets!

My Apron Strings Bigger Than a Breadbox kit contained a whole sheet (a WHOLE sheet ya'll!) of the Lily Bee Buttercup collection stickers. After gazing at it quite a bit the wheels starting spinning! The "lemons" sticker was perfect for a little gift for Amory's teacher on Field Day. So I set to work on what I am lovingly calling a water bottle hanger. There are instructions everywhere (probably clearer than mine!) but here is what I did!

Here is what I used and what I did!

Materials:
- One Piece of Pattern Paper from the kit

- 2" scalloped punch
- 1/8" hole punch
- Charcoal Ink Pad
- the "lemons" sticker from the kit

- paper cutter
- adhesive
- pencil
- small brads that are in the kit

Step 1: Measure your pattern paper 2-1/4" x 7-3/4". Score (or fold) 2" on each end. One flap goes up and one flap goes down.
Step 3: Punch a scallop circle in the the part that will fold down and go over the water bottle (one of the two inch sides).  Save this scallop circle.

Step 4: Fold up the other end of the paper and using your 1/8" hole punch, punch a hole on either side near the top of the fold. This is where your brads will go.

Step 5: Feed the brads through each hole. This will be your pocket for your lemonade packet.

Step 6: Place your scallop circle (reverse side of the pattern paper) on the pocket and pop dot the "lemon" sticker so that it will stick out a bit and place it on the pocket.

Step 7: Place the top over your water bottle, add a Crystal Light packet, and you're finished!

They are super quick to make and I think would be easy to make alot of. Good luck with yours!
 

With my scraps of Lily Bee from the Apron Strings Bigger Than a Breadbox kit I made a simple card that will be tucked away for that deperate moment when I need a card last minute!

 

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Cadbury Hangover ....

Did your Easter weekend have you hopping all over the place? Ours did! We had windows installed on Friday so furniture and draperies were all over the place. Haircuts Saturday morning, then off to the church for Easter picnic and egg hunt, after that a birthday party. Up on Sunday bright and early for church (with matching outfits - everyone in yellow and black - and no pictures!?!?!), home to bake an apple gingerbread cobbler, then off to my mom's and back up the road to Victor's parents. I am exhausted!

I wanted to wish everyone a Hoppy Easter a bit late! I made this card using Apron Strings Bigger than a Breadbox kit. I combined the two lines in the kit - Bazzill's Vintage Marketplace and Lily Bee's Buttercup with the fun embellishments in the kit to create this card. The egg was a plain wooden piece that needed some "dyeing"! I rubbed a turquoise ink pad all over it and then dabbed it with a paper towel to remove some ink giving it an aged look. I backed it with scraps of Lily Bee and voila decorated egg!

One of the layouts I did with the Lily Bee Buttercup line in the Apron Strings Bigger than a Breadbox kit was this one for Priscilla's first day of school. The line isn't just for spring pictures!

I kept this one simple so as not to overwhelm the pics of my beautiful Priscilla. I would say sweet but she is a preteen and sweet happens occasionaly but beautiful is an all the time thing!

Check out the converse tennis shoes - a good way to make the uniform all your own!

Lucky Number Seven

 

Entering this layout at Crop Stop's Clean and Simple Challenge

and Frosted Design's Banner Challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

For a rainy day ...

Today we had some wild weather. Nothing like our Texas neighbors to the north of us but we had hail, pouring rain, and loud booms of thunder, and zaps of lightning.
And what do you need on a rainy day - a rainy day fund! I created this with the Apron Strings Bigger than a Breadbox kit. I used Lily Bee's Buttercup line that was in the kit and an American Crafts container I have had forever!
Now if only money would appear in there ...

This project was featured on the Apron Strings blog - check it out!

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!

An Inspiration ...

Here for the My Sketch World Blog Hop? Scroll down! You don't want to miss it!

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Hello April! Did you get fooled yesterday? Did you fool anyone? Was there towels stuck in shoes, lightbulbs loosened, or cheese slices left in the wrapper on sandwiches? Umm yeah me neither ....

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I want to share the first of many projects (seven layouts - one a double, two cards, and two altered projects) with you today that I made with the Apron Strings Larger than a Breadbox kit. This has to be one of my favorite kits that Lori put together at Apron Strings. In the kit is the Lily Bee Buttercup collection - give me any Lily Bee and I would be happy - and the Bazzill Vintage Market collection which was new to me but I think I have fallen in like with these papers!

This layout was made from a sketch from Sketch Inspiration. Apron Strings is sponsoring the sketch this week with a terrific prize and asked the Apron Strings designers to make some examples.

Here is the sketch -

And here is my layout made with the Apron Strings Larger than a Breadbox kit. Everything except the sticker letters spelling "Girls" was in the kit. The gorgeous eyelet rosette in the upper right corner started out a pristine white. I just couldn't leave it alone! I sprayed it with an October Afternoon Sprinkler in Strawberry Creme. After taking the hairdryer to it to dry it ( I was quite liberal with the spray!) it was the perfect shade of pink for my layout.

School Girls

 

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