Calling all Seattle babies

Calling all Seattle babies 6 months - 2 years, Joy Marie Photography is looking for some super cute babies to participate in a photo shoot for a really fabulous new clothing line for kids, Joah Love.

I’m going to submit little Nika’s photos. I would love to have her photographed by Joy Marie. She takes the most gorgeous photos, you can check out more of her work on her blog. Here’s more information on this fun opportunity.

When: Saturday, July 12th & Sunday, July 13th. Exact times to be determined. Each model will be photographed individually. Sessions won’t take more than 60-90 minutes.

Where: Seattle area.

Benefit: Parents of the kids who are selected will each receive at least (10) 5×7 custom prints for their participation.

How: To have your baby considered as one of the models, email (2 or 3) jpeg snapshots to Joah Love. PHOTO SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS MONDAY, JULY 7, 2008.

Please include the following information in your email:

• 2 or 3 snapshots of your baby
• your name, email and phone
• your baby’s name and age
• your availability on Saturday, July 12th & Sunday, July 13th

Michaels 50% off coupon

Gotta love the 50% off Michaels coupons!! This one is good until July 5th. Print away and happy shopping my friends.

Michaels 50% off coupon

Off to the beach…

We’re taking the girls on a mini vacation to the beach. Sorry there will be no Friday Freebie this week. I’ll dig up something good for next week.

I’ll have email access from my iPhone, but won’t be doing any new posts until we get back. XOXOO ~ Cathy

I got an award!

My fabulous friend Tara sent me the Kreativ blogger award!! She is the sweetest and I’m thrilled to receive the Kreativ Blogger Award. Thank you Tara!

I’ve seen this award on some blogs and was curious about where it originated from. I found a post on Julie’s {Inspirational blog} and the originator of the Kreative Award is a very talented Danish woman named, Hulda Verden.

From what I understand I’m to pass this award on. I have to admit, I’m an avid blog reader and have a ton that I frequent and love. Here’s a few that I think are fabulous and super crafty!!

• Scrappy Catz - Lisa
• Catching up with Us - Yaritza
• Paper Princess at Play - Tanis

Stop by and check out all the wonderful goodness on their blogs. Have a great day! XOOXO ~ Cathy

More birthday card entries

Here’s some more of the wonderful birthday cards I received from the {Birthday presents for you RAK}. These cards are from….

• Stephanie
• Lisa
• Mariah
• Lorraine

Thank you ladies for entering the contest. I really enjoyed all the cards and well wishes!! XOOXO

Birthday presents for you RAK **WINNERS**

Thank you so much to everyone who entered my {Birthday presents for you RAK}. It was so fun to get everyone’s cards and even a few surprise presents!! I did a little more shopping and had enough goodies for 5 winners. Happy mail is being sent to the following winners…

• Lydia
• Karee Sue
• Tanis
• Michelle
• Marla

Here’s the winner’s fabulous cards!

Congratulations ladies and thank you so much for entering. This was a really fun contest!! I’ll be posting more of the cards I received soon. XOOXO ~ Cathy

Video Show & Tell - Ben Franklin Crafts Kids Event

I took the girls to Ben Franklin Crafts in Redmond Washington for the kids crafting event. They had a fun time and it was definitely worth the $1 per project fee. There were 3 projects set-up throughout the store. Each project station had a demonstrator who assisted the kids. The girls made a foam door hanger, perler bead necklace, and star ornament.

Alexia and Kelsey made a video to show you the projects they made. Thanks for stopping by today! XOOXO

Friday Freebie - lovely spring kit

Happy Friday!! Today’s freebie comes all the way from Greece. This lovely spring kit is made by Digital Anemona. The {Gerbera kit} comes with 1 cute polka-dot paper, 3 fabulous flowers {gerberas}, and 2 sparkly die-cut glitter frames.

Get the Friday Freebie

You can find more of Digital Anemona’s work at Go Digital Scrapbooking and Treasures to Scrap.

Have a great weekend!! XOOXO

Video Show & Tell - Birthday cards by Alexia and Kelsey

Hi everyone, I’m so excited…here’s my 1st video!! I got a new MacBook from my honey for my birthday and just got set-up to do videos. Yeah!!

The girls are very excited about making videos. Here they are showing you a couple of really cute birthday cards they made for their cousin.

• Paper {SEI}
• Clipart {Stampin When I can}
• Markers {Sharpie}
• Glue stick

Show & Tell - wrapping paper made from a grocery bag

I waited until the last minute to wrap Vlad’s father’s day present. The only wrapping paper we had was for birthdays and weddings. I came up with this quick solution and made some paper using a paper bag from the grocery store. I like how it came out.

This was so simple. Just cut a large grocery bag open and lay flat. Then stamp away onto the flattened bag. Wrap-up your present and embellish with ribbon, bows or what ever you have available. You have custom home made wrapping paper! This would be a fun project to let the kids make too.

Products used

• Paper grocery bag {Whole Foods}
• Baroque Motif Stamps {Stampin Up}
• Scallop Punch {Stampin Up}
• Ink {Anna Griffin}
• Craft string

Show & Tell - Alexia’s sunset painting

My niece Alexia has been painting for a couple of years. She made me this wonderful 10 x10 canvas painting using oil paints. She titled it {Sunset}.

Alexia is 10 years old and hopes to be an artist when she grows up. I think she already is an artist and very talented. She has entered several kids art contests and won awards for her creations. She is working on another canvas painting for Nika’s room while she is here visiting us. I will share it with you when it’s done.

Thanks for checking out Alexia’s painting!! Have a wonderful day. XOOXO

Show & Tell - cards made by kids

I hope everyone had a fun father’s day weekend. Today we celebrated my birthday and father’s day with the family. It’s so great to get together with everyone.

I wanted to share some cards that my nieces made for me. They have been so inspired by all the birthday cards that everyone has mailed me for my {birthday presents for you RAK}. They wanted to make some cards too. I supplied the girls with some SEI papers, deco scissors, punches, glue sticks, alphabet rub-ons, markers, pencils and let them loose. Here’s what they came up with all on their own. I’m so proud of them and thrilled that they love crafting.

These are cards made by Alexia, she is 10 years old. Alexia loves making things and also painting. She aspires to be a chef and artist when she grows up!

The following cards are made by Kelsey, she is 7 years old. I can’t keep Kelsey out of my craft room. She wants to make cards when she grows up for a living, she says!! She is new to crafting and these are her very 1st cards that she has made.

I’m so proud of my nieces and love having these little artists to craft with me. I’ve got these future scrappers of the world with me a couple more weeks. I’ll be sharing more of our projects with you. XOOXO ~ Cathy, Alexia & Kelsey

Friday Freebie - 2 minute paper wallet

Hello and sorry for the delay with today’s freebie. I’ve been busy with my nieces who are here visiting. We’ve been doing touristy things and also making some scrappy projects!!

I didn’t get much of a chance to do freebie hunting, but found this fun project. If you are looking for a last minute daddy’s day gift this would be really cool to make with cardstock. Add some faux stitching and pics in the pockets. Viola, cute personal present!! Check out the tutorial on how to make a paper wallet in 2 minutes, by silentbaird.

Show & Tell - Experience life

Here’s the layout I created for the monthly scrap-a-latte club I attend. The papers are from Little Yellow Bicycle’s Delightful collection.

I love this photo of Nika. It’s from her 1st experience in a kiddie play pool. She was having a blast splashing around and grinning from ear to ear.

Products used

Patterned paper {Little Yellow Bicycle}
Cardstock {SEI}
Glitter sticker embellishments {Little Yellow Bicycle}
Scallop edge {Bazzill}
Experience Life overlay title {Making Memories}
Flowers {Prima}
Button chipboard sticker {K& Co}
Yellow brad {Kimberly Polson}
Adhesive {Scrapbook Adhesive & Glue Dots}

Show & Tell - a couple of ATCs

I owe my friend Don a couple of ATCs and made these just for him. I had fun making these and tried a new technique that was inspired from the Artist Trading Card Workshop.

Both the ATCs are made on corrugated cardboard. For the dragon ATC I painted one side with gold metallic paint. Next I stamped a piece of repurposed white tissue paper with a Asian block stamp. While the paint was still wet I laid the tissue paper down and pressed in a few areas so the gold would show through. Once it dried I applied mod podge over the top. I really love how this tissue paper turned out. The tissue paper feels like rice paper!! I was going for the Asian-newspaper look for the background. On the back side of the ATC, I sporadically painted mod podge and applied another piece of tissue paper with some ink splattered on it. I pressed down some of the areas and then tore off the paper that didn’t have any glue.

Don has a fun sense of humor. For the frog ATC I chose an image that I thought would make him laugh. The background is corrugated cardboard with chalk ink rubbed on it. On the back I used another idea from this book. I tore out a page from a phone book and used mod podge to adhere it. I really like the idea of using phone book pages on projects and will be playing around with those more.

Here’s the back of the ATCs