Coloring with watercolor pencils

I’ve been wanting to try coloring with watercolor pencils for a while now. My Stampin Up order came in today with my new watercolor pencils. As soon as Nika went down to bed I gave it a try. I love it!! I really like how forgiving a technique this is. No need to worry about being precise. I think the watercolor effect looks great. Here are my 1st attempts at watercoloring.

I used Stampin Up watercolor pencils, black StazOn ink, Canson 90lb watercolor paper, and a medium-tip aqua painter brush. My friend Yaritza has a great video tutorial on how to do this technique too.

Stamp sets used

A Little Bit of Happiness, hostess level 1 {Stampin Up!}
A Tree for all Seasons {Stampin Up!}

20% off entire purchase Michaels coupon!

Look what I had in my inbox today…a printable 20% off entire purchase coupon for Michaels. Coupon is good through July 26th. Print away and happy shopping!! XOOXO

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Friday Freebie - Build a bloom 2

I’m a big fan of Christina Renee Designs. Her designs are so unique and I really love her style. She has made another gorgeous Build a bloom freebie kit. This generous freebie comes with 23 flower parts to build your bloom {or garden}, 19 stamps and brushes too!! Everything you need for some digi scrapping fun.

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Be sure to get the original Build a bloom too. Thank you Beth for sending me this freebie find!! XOOXO

Baby photo shoot sneak peek!

I’m so excited, Joy Marie just posted some sneak peeks from the Joah Love baby photo shoot. Here’s my girl!

You can check out more baby cuteness from the photo shoot here.

In loving memory

It is a very sad day here at the Sheg home. Our beloved dog Jesse has been living with Cancer for over a year now and today we had to put him down. We already miss him so much. His absence in our lives will be difficult. Jesse was a big part of our family. He went everywhere with us and was always by our side. He was a very happy spirited dog that loved people and other animals. We had 8 wonderful years with him. These are the last photos I took of him just a few weeks ago when we went to the beach.

He truly was the best dog ever and I’m heart-broken he is gone.

Baby model Nika

Saturday was Nika’s baby photo shoot for Joah Love. It was so much fun and Nika did awesome!! The photos were taken at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, just outside on the grounds around the building. The photographer was great and the designer was so sweet. Super cute baby clothes too!

We spent about an hour at the photo shoot. There were 3 outfit changes and a couple of different hairstyles too. Joy Marie had Nika just run around and do her own thing. Nika had a lot of fun exploring. She was very chatty and excited the whole time. We brought a couple of things to help keep her entertained which was really helpful in keeping her attention. The best prop was using bubbles. Vlad followed Nika around blowing bubbles and she just loved it. She chased bubbles all over the park. I also brought her favorite little pink bunny which made it into a few shots too. It was so cute!! The whole experience was great. I can’t wait to see the photos, it will be 6-8 weeks before we get to see them. I’ll be sure to share them with you too. XOOXO

Friday Freebie - monster clipart

Is this not the cutest monster ever?? I’ve recently happend upon the blog of Fred, She Said…Digital Designs and Paper Crafting Goodness and it’s all goodness! Tracey has some super cute designs. I love this monster freebie clipart she has. I also LOVE her foldy flowers. Lots of good stuff.

You can get the monster clipart download here, you can find more of Tracey’s freebies here. Be sure to stop by the store and check out the foldy flowers too. They are just gorgeous!!

Show & Tell - My sweet girl layout

Here’s the layout I did for the scrap-a-latte monthly club that I attend. This one is a clean and simple design. I liked using all the buttons on this. There is a {i love you} rub-on that is hard to see. If you click on the image you can see it better.

Products used

• Patterned Paper {Moxxie}
• Cardstock {Stampin Up!}
• Scalloped carsdstock {DCWV}
• Buttons {Extra shirt buttons that I have collected over the years}
• Brads {Making Memories}
• Sticker corners {Moxxie}
• Chipboard letters {Basic Grey}
• i love you rub-on {SEI}
• Cardstock alpha letters {Basic Grey}
• Craft string
• Adhesive {Herma & Ultimate Glue}

Gymbucks…winners!!

Thank you everyone who entered my Gymbucks give-away. I really enjoyed reading all your advice on how to get Nika down to sleep. We are working on establishing a bath and reading routine and it’s been getting better! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the wonderful suggestions.

and the Gymbucks winners are…

Comment #9 from Kim on July 7, 2008 3:01 pm - $100 Gymbucks

Comment #11 from Cindy Vernon on July 7, 2008 8:16 pm - $50 Gymbucks

Congratulations ladies!!

A cute cupcake card

My fabulous friend Aimee had us over this last weekend. She had a wonderful box of cupcakes she made for me and this cute little cupcake card. I just had to share the card as I love the color combination she used. It’s the perfect little mini size, 3×3. The design is so clean and simple, I love it!!

I would have shown you the yummy box of cupcakes, but they were all eaten before I had a chance to take a photo! XOOXO