Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Happy Birthday Brody

Here is a photo from each month this past year! TFL.
Dec, 06
January- bath time
February
March- St Patty's Day
April- Easter Sunday
May
June
July
August
September- bathroom remodel
October- Halloween
November- Oscar Scherrer Park
Dec 07
I can hardly believe that my baby turned one today.
Nikki

Sunday, December 02, 2007

K2 Weekly Blog Challenge

Ok girlies...December is here and the countdown to Christmas is on (Yikes, only 22 days left)! I have been in the Christmas spirit so much this year. This is the first year that Riley is sooooo excited about it too. Every time he sees any toy (and I mean ANY toy) he says "I am going to ask Santa for that so I will get that for Christmas", and I usually say "We will see..." We (Riley and I) have also been creating alot of decorations for the tree and around our house... That gets me around to this weeks challenge!

Make a Christmas decoration for your home using your scrapbooking supplies. Take a look at my previous post and your will see some button and paper trees I made for my table centerpiece. Once you complete your challenge make sure you put your name in the blog challenge jar at K2 Scrapbook Studio...the drawing for the grand prize is coming up soon!!

Dream, Design, Create

Nikki

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Christmas creations...

What could be better than hot cocoa, York peppermint patty's, and all your craft stuff surrounding you!


My button trees.
My paper tree made from Basic Grey Figgy Puddin line. I attached pom poms around the bottom and some trims around the top. I have it displayed on an upside down tea cup! TFL
Dream, Design, Create
Nikki

Sunday, November 25, 2007

And the iSCRAP winners are...

...drumroll please, Jan Scholl and Kim Bolyard.
I wrote down everyone's name in the order they left a comment and had my husband choose two numbers, and he chose 3 and 12!! Congrats girls. Leave me a comment with your e-mail addy and I will send you the info you will need to join for free!!!
Nikki
PS No worries if you didn't win this time...I will be giving away one more membership so check back soon!

Fun at K2

On the Friday after Thansgiving I spent the evening with some girls over at K2 for some real Scraptherapy. I was able to relax after taking care of the family all day. I spent some time organizing the rest of my digi stuff and and the rest of the time making this digi LO! TFL
Dream, Design, Create
Nikki

Thursday, November 22, 2007

So much to be thankful for...

-my husband and kids
-my parents, brother and his wife
-my in-laws
-my health
-my friends
-my dogs
-my home...the list could go on and on

On my run this morning as I reached the top of the Ringling Bridge, the sun was coming up through the clouds and it took my breath away at the beauty of our city. I turned my ipod off and thanked God for all that he has blessed me with. An amazing way to start my day. I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed day today too!

Happy Thanksgiving,

Nikki

Sunday, November 18, 2007

A fun give away

Just in time for the holidays...I am giving away 2 free year memberships to http://www.iscrap.net/ (a year membership is normally $10). All you have to do is leave me a comment on this post and next Sunday I will pick 2 names...and if you don't win this time, in a couple of weeks I will have 2 more memberships to give away!!!!

If you haven't been to http://www.iscrap.net/ (Formerly National Scrapbooking Association- NSA) yet then go on over and check it out. We have some amazing contests going on right now with even more amazing prizes...Photoshop Elements 5.0, and an 8mp Canon camera to name a few.

You do not need to be a member to participate in the forum or gallery, but if you want to participate in the great contests and info about your local scrapbook stores sales, coupons etc... you have to have a membership.
Ok, get those fingers typing and leave me a comment. Don't forget to check back next Sunday to see who won!!!! Good Luck.
Nikki

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

K2 Weekly Challenge

We are decorating the STUDIO for the holidays and we want YOU to help. This weeks challenge is to make an ORNAMENT for our Christmas tree using your scrapbooking supplies. This challenge will continue till Christmas. (Don't forget to put your name in the jar when you drop off your ornament!) My ornaments are made from wooden spools.
Directions:
I inked the edges with various colors.
I wrapped the center with digital paper and embellishements from the Sapphire Sparkle digi kit I got from here: http://www.dragonflairestudios.com/store/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=10&products_id=435.
I embellished the cord with ribbon, beads and vintage earings and pins.
Hang on tree and enjoy all season!
Dream, Design, Create
Nikki

Monday, November 12, 2007

Thursday, November 08, 2007

An October recap

Brody and Daddy at Sharky's pier.Brody wants to scrapbook with his mommy.:)
Riley showing off his "tough boy" face. Riley having fun in the boat at Sharky's pier.
Brody loves mirrors.

Riley fell asleep on the side of his bed...
Riley wearing my rubber boots...too cute!
His two adorable bottom teeth.
Happy Halloween (Brody is a "lion")
My baby sleeping.

Sean ready to hunt pheasant.
My family.
Riley picking apples.
The boys...
Looking back we had a crazy and very eventful month. TFL.
Nikki
PS This is a nice way to remember all the happenings in a month...will have to try and remember to do this each month!

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Chat with...

Claudine Hellmuth!!! We are so excited at Dragonflairestudios.com to bring you the talented Claudine Hellmuth, November 12th between 8-10 pm Eastern, loads of prizes and win a free 6 months CK Magazine subscription.
This week Specials is off 50% off selected kits in the store.
(Make sure you come over early and register on the forum, cause you have to wait for a confirmation e-mail and I wouldn't want you to miss it!!!)

Nikki

PS I saw the Holiday Planner by Jenna Nelson and it is really cool...I can't wait to make one!

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Quote of the Day!

It takes vision and courage to create -- it takes faith and courage to prove. Owen D. Young
This is the first LO I made with the new Jessica Sprague "Up and Running with Photoshop" class. (I took the photo of Riley picking his first apple while we were in Wisconsin last week.) TFL

Dream, Design, Create

Nikki
****edited: I just updated my flicker account****

Saturday, November 03, 2007

I'm Home.

Thank you for all the thoughts, prayers and phone calls for me and my family.
My whole family arrived in Wisconsin last Friday and Saturday safely (that is not to say without a few glitches), and we all arrived home safely too!
I have so much catch up work to do, so I will post again as soon as I can. (I literally put life on hold for a week to just spend as much time as possibe with my family.)
xoxo
Nikki

Friday, October 26, 2007

In the blink on a eye...



a special life can be taken from you. I am so sad. I got a call saying that my dear Grandma Gladys passed away this morning. She had been in the hospital the last couple of days and I just spoke with her on the phone the night before last. She sounded good, but she told me that she was ready...I guess her body agreed with her. I miss you so much Grandma and can't wait for the day that I see you in heaven. Love you.
Nikki

Monday, October 22, 2007

A few of this weeks creations

Here are a few more cards I made from the Piggy Tales kit I received from Paper Jam Studios @ http://www.paperjamstudios.com/. If you havn't checked them out, you need to!!

October's ephemera challenge I issued over at Scrap Galaxy was to make a LO using items you found on your desk...Here is mine. It includes a To Do list, a chocolate bar wrapper, some retail tags, miscelaneous photos, a basic grey file folder, a strip of paper from a special card...

Dream, Design, Create

Nikki

Sunday, October 21, 2007

A good ending to a crazy week...

...this started as any normal week would. THEN, Riley got sick with a severe head cold that needed antibiotics to clear up. Brody decided it would be a good week to cut in 4 teeth, and then a couple days later Sean got sick! (the picture below shows how Sean got sick-LOL)By Saturday I was in need for a night out. We had a weddding we were going to and I was very excited. The wedding was at the Manasota Beach Club in Englewood. What an amazing place. I can't wait to go back just to spend the night there. Picture a couple of 1950's beach bungalows, surrounded by oak trees, a few short steps from the beach. The wedding was so much fun, I danced with Lori the whole night while Sean and Ryan sat there laughing at us. Great fun. Tired and exhausted today I hung out at home with the boys, and now I am going to dinner for my birthday with Tomi and Elena....like I said before...a perfect ending to a crazy week.
Nikki

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Do you want the spa treatment???

Then join me over at Dragon Flaire Studios (DFS) on Saturday. We are having a Spa Retreat with amazing give aways each hour!!!! From 12pm till 9pm we will be having a different DT member or guest "celebrity" leading a chat in our chat room. Some of the chats will be tutorials on how to create cards, altered journals and some of the chats will talking about inspiration, we even have a tutorial on zen scrapbooking...a how to include more relaxation into your scrapbooking routine. Does all that sound like fun??? Then head on over to DFS register today so on Saturday you can just log in and chat away, all the while making beautiful items. We are a big hybrid site so all you traditional scrappers come on over and play too! Hope to see you there.
Dream, Design, RELAX
Nikki

Monday, October 15, 2007

Today is

1. Monday, my favorite day of the week.
2. the day I start my list of "things to do" for the week.
3. laundry day.
4. crazy around here...Brody is cutting in 3 teeth (he cut in one yesterday too!) poor guy.
5. the day I got to sign up for "Now You're Rockin with Photoshop" class with Jessica Sprague- Yipee...I am so excited to continue my journey of learning photoshop.
6. K2 weekly blog challenge.... and here goes. My challenge for you this week is to take 3 coordinating papers and at least one matching embellishment and make a LO and a card with them. Here are mine. I used the new Tinkering Ink papers and stickers...LOVE them!!!
Don't forget, when you complete the challenge go into the store and put your name into the K2 weekly challenge jar (and if you are from out of town,call the store and have them put your name and info in for you 941-926-1744)...there will be a great prize, when we pull a name in December!! Good Luck and have fun with this challenge.

Dream, Design, Create

Nikki


Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Cute as a "button"


My friend Jocie sent me an e-mail last week showing me the cutest etsy store item...anyway, she knew it would be right up my alley and boy was she right!! So instead of buying I decided to make them. Look at how cute my button flowers turned out!! Don't know if you can see, but the stems are stuck into my big jar of buttons.
Dream, Design, Create
Nikki

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Piggy Tales





I received my first kit from Paper Jam Studios (see the link on my sidebar) on Monday and it was "jam packed" with goodies from Piggy Tales. The 2 LO's are some of my fav's I have made in a while. The rub on's are amazing-I love them!!! They also came out with this new product called "barn doors" which are cardboard flaps to add dimension to your pages, very cool. All the above items are made with the "little miss muffett" line of papers, rub ons, ribbon, and letter/number stickers.

Dream, Design, Create

Nikki

Friday, October 05, 2007

Everyday Life

Does everyone have the pile of papers that you push from one spot to another, then another...??
My pile is getting higher and higher so I decided that today is the day that I find all these papers a proper home or they go in the garbage!
Our island is filled with the contents of our hall bathroom as well...Sean is remodeling it, and it looks great! (I will post picts of the bathroom when it is completed!)
Lots of things to do today...laundry, play with the boys, organize, make some cards for WCMD etc...i am off!
Nikki

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

{World Card Making Day}

...is this Saturday, October 6th. Where will you be??? Please join me and all the Paper Jam Studio girls for a FUN day of cardmaking, check out the info here http://www.paperjamstudio.com/pages/classroom.php ! On Saturday we will be offering some fun and easy card classes as well as a special kit (only offered on Saturday the 6th), and wait till you see the prizes!!! Go and check it out..I hope to see you there!
Dream, Design, Create
Nikki

Monday, October 01, 2007

K2 blog Challenge

Good Morning. Are you ready for another challenge?? My challenge for you this week has THREE parts.
1. Use at least 3 patterned papers on your LO.
2. Cut at least one shape out of your paper (circle, star etc...)
3. Ink the edges of all your papers (if you have never done this, wait till you see the dimension it adds to your page!!
The papers, brads, and tags are part of the new SEI dog line (which of course they have at K2 :))

Have fun. (You can scraplift my LO if you don't want to think about the actual design of the page...It will be at the store displayed near this SEI line of papers)

Dream, Design, Create

Nikki

PS when you are done go into K2 and put your name into the blog challenge jar for your chance to win a great prize!!!!!