Family Friday

Hey y'all!!! Okay so its Family Friday yet again and the kids and I are lovin these fun times together.

This time I tried to step back a lot more which was fun to watch them but hard because there are soooo many creatively awesome ideas on one page. They finally settled on a theme, they would write on a strip each and put it next to a present!

A few years ago my Husbands ex-wife's mother ha that's a mouthful okay so once that has all settled in keep reading lol she told me about a tradition she started a long time ago and I loved it so much we decided (Okay I decided, lol) to incorporate that into Christmas. The kids get three gifts one from Santa (who normally gets all the credit for the coolest present arrrr), One from us and one for/from baby Jesus! Also we each do a secret Santa but for the most part its only 3 gifts. So...its pretty easy for them to pick one that they just LOVE!!!!!!

Okay soooo the kids did this whole thing by themselves. They each got to pick out a layer, they each got to put stickles on, and they all wrote their own words. This will be a 6*6 scrapbook page in their personal scrapbook. Next to it will be a picture of them holding up their favorite present. But we haven't done that yet lol. I hope you all like the kiddos masterpiece I think its genius!

Here's a list of What was used:
Cricut- Sweethearts Cartridge
Embellishments- A brad from the stash that Zo ended up picking out and she won the fight.
Extras- Tim Holtz distress stickles
Paper- It's all Stampin Up!
Adhesive-ATG and pop dots
From our house to yours go have fun with your kiddos and create something!!!

Tacky Tuesday #1

Ruthie and Theresa crack me up! Seriously they are always making me laugh. I am soooo excited because I have been asked to be a part of Ruthie and Theresa's new Tacky Tuesday's challenge! I love this idea anything to get me to use my carts and be silly I'm in! LOL

Okay so here's the deal:

The Tacky Tuesday's Challenge will be posted on the third Tuesday of each month. They will choose a "Tacky" cut from a Cricut cart and the challenge will be to:

Make a card that includes the chosen cut and a play on words.

The challenge will last for two weeks and then we will choose a winner via random.org. The winner will receive a small gift and a button that they can proudly display on their blog!

The main page for the group is on Facebook. All you have to do is log into Facebook and type in "Tacky Tuesday's Challenge" and the group will come up, then all you have to do is join! It's that simple!

Note: You do not have to have a blog to participate, all you have to do is become a member of the group on Facebook and post a photo of the card that you made! If you do have a blog and want to link back to it, that is fine too!

So here is the gig for Challenge #1.

You have to make something with the lettuce cut from Freshly Picked it is on page #77 at the very end of the booklet.

Here is my take.

Here is a quick video showing you how I messed up and then how I fixed it!

Tacky or what?!? I LOVE IT!!!!!

Here's a list of What was used:

Cricut- Freshly Picked, Sweethearts
Ink- Tea Dye from Tim Holtz
Embellishments- Buttons from my stash
Stamps- None (Although I did debate over whether or not to add a face from Peachy Keen Stamps, I need the new ones errr)
Tools- Polka dot punch from Ek Success, Label Maker
Paper- Stampin up, white is from HL, Kraft from HL
Adhesive- ATG, dimensionals

One other thing I forgot to mention the winner of the Jingle Jangle blog hop. Random.org picked

The Happy Stamper :) said...

SO pretty & clever girlie... My favorite Christmas memory is when our oldest son ( who is now in college) swore up & down at the age of 5, that he saw Santa Claus out front & even had the proof! He showed us some dog prints in the snow & was so happy the entire day!
Thanks for joining the hop, love this...
Warm Huggs,
Gale The Happy Stamper :)

Which is actually really funny because she was the one hosting the hop, I've never had the pleasure of meeting Gale before but her blog is amazing you all should check it out. Gale please send me your address within 7 business days to claim your prize.