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joscie — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:19:48 +0000

Hello friends! I have been working like a busy worker bee in the background while not posting, but NOW, I will share.

Two Peas in a Bucket Projects

You make Me Smile Hybrid Card

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Fantastic Nesting Dolls Digital & Hybrid Stickers by Holly Brooke Jones
Bazzill Kraft Cardstock, Hero Arts Stamp, Versafine in Sepia, Divine Twine Cotton Candy, Paper Trey Ink Banner die, American Crafts Foam adhesive, Paper Piercer, craft needle.

Get Well Soon

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Ledger Owl and Friends Digital Stickers by Holly Brooke Jones
childs play – the collection by Polka Dot Pixels
Bazzill Kraft Cardstock, American Crafts Foam Adhesive, Divine Twine in Cherry, Machine stitch, glue dot.

Alien Invasion

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Jordan’s collection of aliens is growing. He has Lego Aliens, 2 stuffed aliens and several others. He calls them Alies (ay-lees).

Rockets and Robots from Digital Birdhouse
Watercolors by Jen Martakis
Basic Stitches No1 by Mary Ann Wise

Huntsville Space and Rocket Center

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We drove up to Huntsville to see the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center. It was much bigger than I expected and we easily could have spent a few days there. We were pleasantly surprised that Active Duty Military and their families get in free!

Over the Moon by Scrap Originals
Discovery Alpha by Dianne Rigdon
Bliss Alpha by Lauren Reid
Basic Stitches No1 by Mary Ann Wise

old school

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Torn Alphas by Edeline Marta
Remember Bundle by Edeline Marta

Shoot! I lovethis

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for as long as I can remember I’ve loved taking pictures. From my very first 110 camera in 4th grade through the high school newspaper’s slr, my dad’s Minolta, my rebel 35mm, my sony mavica, sony point and shoots, canon digital rebel xt and now my canon 40D, cell phone camera, and fuji instax. I will always love capturing things and people through my lens.

Camera Cuts v.2 by Tia Bennett
Camera Cuts v.1 by Tia Bennett
My Favorite Things by Gennifer Bursett

Design House Digital

Date Night

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we don’t take the opportunity to go out on dates but when Granny and Pop come to visit, we do. This date night we had dinner at Zippys’ and caught Xmen at Dole Cannery Theater. It was opening night for Transformers 3 so it was not crowded in our theater at all. We enjoyed the time together.

Jopke van Dongen’s Beauty Queen

Pinterest Inspired Wall Hanging

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I created this wall hanging based on an idea I got from Pinterest. Check out the post here: blog tutorial

also, i’ve been taking pictures and notes this past week to create a week in the life album. I am excited about that projects as the last time I did it, it came out so cute! I’ve got a few new projects to get working on so I’ll leave you for now. Thanks for stopping by!
Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy! :)

Tattered Tuesday

joscie — Tue, 04 May 2010 07:13:08 +0000

Hello! I have a new tutorial up at Tattered Angels’ Educator Blog today. We’re celebrating interNational Scrapbook Day all month long ;) Here’s a sneak peek:

I got an email from my mother in law that she received the new For the Home idea book by Scrapbook Trends in the mail. My calendar is featured there, I am so excited! Be on the look out for that one! :) I have another layout coming out in a UK Idea book this summer too, I’ll let you know about that one when it comes up. I also have a new project in the works for DesignHouseDigital soon too! :) I also got a note that one of my digi layouts is featured on the Kenner Road blog today!

It has been voggy and rainy around Hawaii the past few days. There has been lots of ponding on the roads and runny noses, itchy eyes, and coughing around the family. We’re sure thankful that it’s not too bad, I am feeling really bad for all the severe weather in the southeast US. We took the car into the shop this morning for an oil change, tire rotation, brake check *(I was just sure that the brakes were going bad, but thankfully I was wrong, they are fine). These are the kinds of things Troy usually does for me, and I was just glad to get it done. We also stopped off at the Library today and while Jalen checked in to a few resource books in the Library, Jordan and I scanned the kids books and checked out three cute stories about Miss Smith and her Incredible Storybook. We have just about decided that I am going to homeschool both boys next year. I am nervous, but excited at the prospect at the same time. So if you’re so inclined, please pray for some divine guidance in selecting our curriculum and good choices for our family.

I need to fold up some laundry and head to bed because tomorrow is Tuesday and that means time for new digi kits over at two peas in the morning! :)

Thanks for stopping by, Love Love and Blog you again real soon!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

valentines treats

joscie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:31:21 +0000

I whipped up some valentines treats for the boys to take to school. You already saw Jordan’s play-doh goodies, well, here are the candies Jalen took to school. I packed 3 reeses peanut butter hearts in each cello bag. I cut a 4×4 square of kraft cardstock for each package topper. I stapled the kraft toppers on the bags then adhered these sweet labels that I made using Miss Mint’s Sweet Cheeks Papers, Elements, Bingo Cards (swoon!) and bottle caps over the staple!

I also created candy wrappers for each of the teachers, one for Jalen and two for Jordan’s teachers. I am so pleased with the way they turned out.

my picture of the day for yesterday:

Here is a quick recap of what we’ve been up to:

monarch butterfly cocoons in Jordan’s preschool class.

a McLunch date. plain cheeseburger, apple dippers and fruit punch @ the navy exchange food court.

parent teacher conference day, mango tree in the playground @ school. yumm!

a quick self portrait.

Do you subscribe to the Two Peas in a Bucket digi newsletter? My layout was featured there this week, eeee! :)

(click the layout to see it in the 2peas gallery)

Digi Kit by Jen Martakis, Love One Another. You know I love that red/aqua/polka dot/scalloped frame combo. :)

okay, so that is it for now. As I was telling FabuLisa, I am trying to get those aprons finished up and sent out, but just willing it done while I work on other hybrid scrappy stuff is not working out for me! hee hee. imagine that?! with that being said, I need to get back to work. I’ll see you again real soon, check back on Valentine’s day for my 3rd Blogoversary giveaway! I’ll be giving out 3 love packs of goodies, you don’t want to miss it!

Love Love,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

lost and found

joscie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:00:44 +0000

When Troy and I first got married 13+ years ago, we bought these refrigerator letter magnets. Silly as it seems, since we were 4 years before we even had Jalen. I always loved spelling things out on the fridge and we’d usually spell out joscie luvs troy or troy luvs joscie. Not to be too cute, but we used both o’s in our names so luvs it was. We have schlepped these magnets from fridge to fridge in all our moves these years. Just about 6-9 months ago I had an idea to make a wall hanging or something with the letters. I pulled them off the fridge and placed them in a caddy in my scraproom. Jordan also loved these magnets and would dig them out and play with them. I tried to discourage him and put them away. Then one day as I dug them out, I realized the L was missing. I was so sad and thought Jordan had lost it. I looked and looked but couldn’t find it. Then on a trip to target I noticed they had similar magnetic letters. I thought about buying a set and then decided not to. Last week we went to target to get something else and I decided to pick up a set of the letters. I brought it home and set it on the counter. The next day, I got out my paper gator, aka the finger chopper offer, that I keep stored in it’s box to keep away from little fingers… and when I opened the box, the L was in the box. I couldn’t believe it! I thought it was lost, but there it was, the L that had been missing for a long time. I’m not sure how it got in there, but I was sure glad to find it. anyway. I decided to make my little wall hanging and here it is:

the backing is painted chipboard. The scalloped frame is chipboard from Stampin Up! the paper is sassafrass lass. the man and woman are naked chipboard pieces from maya roads, sprayed with my homemade glimmer mist and then coated in crystal effects. I also used crystal effects to glue the letters down and gloss the middle. the flowers are imaginesce and kaiser. I also pleated the ribbon under the scallops. I tied a ribbon into the holes in the heads of the people :)

thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

some fun :)

joscie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:53:13 +0000

I absolutely had to scrap the typewriter and the paper bag…

sketch from a million little things: here

Stampin’ Up! textured cardstock, star punch. Making Memories: mini letter stickers, red flocked paper. Jenni Bowlin: Chipboard buttons, ticket. Maya Roads: Pearled pin. Cosmo Cricket: Red/white polka dot paper. Ink: Red stazon, Black versafine. Studio Calico: Typewriter stamp, alpha stamp. Other: date stamp, sewing machine, grey thread, paper bag, copic pigment pen, red bakers twine.

I love that stazon ink on the edges on the grey paper. and that typewriter stamp, so cute! and so so in love with those maya roads pearl pins (now available at concroption.com)

I also wanted to share the sneak peeks of the projects I’ve done over at Scrapbook Dimensions:

(full projects with detailed tutorials are available with a subscription)

My Lucky Charms Hybrid Layout (seen in the Vol 2 Issue 1)

Personalized Easter Baskets (seen in Vol 2 Issue 1)

Father’s Day Brag Book (Seen in Vol 2 issue 2)

Today I’m working on some other projects but I’ll be back with my Memory Makers Layouts, my skirt pictures and new digi goodies! If you want Lego Jewelry, let me know and I’ll email you about it.

thanks for stopping by, Love Love and Blog you later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

a few goodies

joscie — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:37:44 +0000

I wanted to share a few goodies with you. I made two of these easter cards for the boys… super easy, I cut two pieces of American Crafts Bunny cardstock, folded them in half and added kaiser crafts black pearls for the eyes. I printed Happy Easter on white cardstock using PSE6 and used my stampin’ up! oval punch to punch it out. I layered over a Stampin’ Up! scalloped oval punched shape. Foam mounting squares and the cards were done!

This month’s Concroption DT ATC swap was themed Pet Peeves. I joked with the ladies that I’d have a hard time narrowing it down because there were so many, or I’d have to do a series to cover them all! I really and truly believe that it is those things that bother you about yourself that bother you most in others. You remember the old addage of it takes one to know one? Well the one I chose to document was tardiness. I absolutely hate being late. I think it’s completely rude to be late. I hate when I’m late and I hate when others are late. I imagined myself seething and steam blowing out of my ears. I drew a picture and actually liked it. but when I tried to duplicate it (i had 9 to do for the swap) I was not thrilled with the result. I ended up scanning #1 and using the wacom and PSE6 to create a digital replication. I printed out the outlines and colored each one with my copics, LOVE those pens. I am pretty happy with the way they turned out :) and I can’t wait to see what my teammates have done for their peeves!

the dot brushes and curved frame are from Karla Dudley’s Spring 09 Extras kit, check it out.

The last little whipped up project this afternoon was an Earth Day inspired notebook. Now I have made recycled minibooks in the past, but previously I covered the recycled parts with paint. I kept this one as is and I knew my boys would love it. It’s from the thin mints box! i just trimmed the front and back panels, trimmed up some manila paper a scant smaller and rounded corners with my paper gator, bound with my binditall and 5/8″ wires. :)

Thanks for stopping by! I’ll blog you later!
Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

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altered lunchbox as a cute purse

joscie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:23:20 +0000

The girls over at Concroption.com were issued a challenge to alter an item that would be mailed to us by Tricia… I was so thrilled to see this super cute Peeps Lunchbox in my mailbox. I thought about it and decided to make it into a purse. I’m always up for making something I can use!

I started out by taking it apart and wet sanding it with 600 grit sand paper. I primed it with acrylic primer and followed up with two coats of my favorite acrylic paint. :) I traced a maya roads chipboard bird on the front with an american crafts pigment pen. I painted the bird with a darker shade of acrylic paint. I let it dry and then coated it with a glossy coat. I think it yellowed the color a bit… so I don’t love love love the color, but it is pretty close to the color I wanted. I added a adhesive rhinestone as the eye for the bird and a basic grey branch rubon.

I created a hang tag by die cutting a piece of Teresa Collins houndstooth transparency with my Top Note Die in my big shot. I cut it in half and then punched the cut edge with my Stampin’ Up! Spiral notebook punch. I also Die Cut a Quickutz J out of coaster board and glued it to the tag. I punched a hole on the top of the tag and tied a piece of grosgrain ribbon on to hang from the handle.

I lined the inside with white felt and blanket stitched the edges with aqua embroidery floss. I also added aqua eyelet trim to the inside.

I hope you like it, I know I love it! And I found some peeps to match too! :)

Love Love and Blog you later, Joscie, rhymes with Bossy!

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Super Mario Brothers Lovers unite!

joscie — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:40:15 +0000

My boys both love super mario brothers. In an attempt to help them personalize their mostly undecorated rooms, I offered Jalen the opportunity to have Super Mario Brothers removable vinyl on his wall. I love my silhouette, paired with photoshop and an almost unending supply of free graphics to make your own designs. We have purchased rolls of Oracal 631 repositionable vinyl and mounting tape from signwarehouse.com in the past and love it. So about a zillion months ago I checked out images for super paper mario and friends to get ideas for cutting. I went as far as to cut them out, weed the vinyl (remove unwanted portions) and apply the mounting tape. all that was left was to actually mount them to the wall. Sounds fairly simple, right? evidently the woman formerly known as the queen of procrastination could not pull it off. they sat in my closet for a looong time sorely neglected. Fast forward to last week. I was at Sam’s club and saw the coolest Star Wars kites in the store. surely the boys would love to have those monster things hanging from their ceilings, right? then I don’t even have to fool with Mario and friends…. I gave out the kites for Valentines Day, because really, what says I love you more than a 3ft+ Millenium Falcon, right? (and X wing fighter) But Jalen says, I still would like Mario on my wall. DOH! okay, son. So I thought, You know, i bought more of those canvases than I needed for my room (surprise, right?) thinking I could do something for the boys… so what if I put the vinyl on the canvas and paint around it?~! and thus was born my President’s Day Project.

Here is the vinyl waiting for attention.

vinyl mounted on canvas:

So I painted the outside first, then colored in… removed the vinyl and painted with black acrylic paint. I know it’s not perfect, but I’m pretty happy with them :)

Super Luigi (I know I painted him a different color than he should have been!)

Bowser: I used my black copic brush tip marker. much more precise than paint brush. Love my copics!

and then these two I sketched on the canvas with the black copic and then filled in the paint. You can tell I did ‘em without a copied outline, but I like these little mushrooms anyway! :) The green is 1up (extra life) and the red is super (power up)! :)

Now I know after looking at those you’re thinking I’ll have a picture of them all mounted on the wall, right? ha! don’t hold your breath! The paint is still drying and then I have to mount. I just had to share… :)

I hope you enjoyed! I’ll have some exciting new news to share soon too! I’ll be back again soon!

Love Love!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

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new pretties!

joscie — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:36:46 +0000

Sometimes you just have to go with what makes you happy. I saw these pictures linked on Elle’s blog and was so smitten with happiness, I had to create my own version. Here are the original shots of inspiration by whenbessattacks:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whenbessattacks/2265671231/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whenbessattacks/2266460448/

Fabulous, right?! It’s taken me a few days, but I am so thrilled with my results! These are 3 18×36 canvases that I painted in a carribean blue acrylic paint. The clouds are all cut free hand out of felt, stuffed and stitched. The red felt hearts are die cut out of a sizzix die and handstitched with aqua embroidery floss. I am so happy every time I see the little hearts fluttering :)

and before I even started with the clouds, I had already hung these ornaments in the entry way to my scrap space… the pompoms make me smile! :) I also hung some in the kitchen, but those don’t have pompoms, that idea struck after they were already hung up…

It’s beginning to look a lot like valentines day, eh? I did a hybrid version of the valentine’s candy box this year (since there were twice as many to make) and posted the tutorial over at Miss Mint’s Blog. Leave a comment or retweet it if you like it! :)

I’ll be celebrating my 2 year blogiversary on Feb 14! I am so glad I jumped on the blogging band wagon, I have gained so much out of the whole experience! I hope you are all having a great day and I can’t wait to come back and blog again. :)

love-love, Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

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It’s the last week of school

joscie — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:18:00 +0000

Yes, Jalen had his “graduation” last week friday but this is the last week of school. Tomorrow is crazy dress day, wednesday is pj day… and truthfully, I can’t remember if there are any other themed days, but Friday is the last day of school this year.

I have had patched together bits of time to work in some craftiness. I finally got to two puzzle pieces that have been waiting patiently for their time in the line of projects… both are for friends from the CKMB ( Creating Keepsakes Message Board )
the first is heading to Christie in MO…. she hosted flat Joscie and took her to CKC St. Louis…..
the second is going to IL for Stephi (sssalad)

they both feature new flat Joscies in black dresses and holding hearts that say Aloha! :)

I also made a few cards. this one is a hybrid card. (I made 4 of these) Digital Elements are by Natalie Braxton HooDoYouLove and about us papers http://www.the-lilypad.com/store/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=3 … the sentiment is a rub on from Stampin’ Up! Cardstock is Stampin’ UP! too.

This one is a flat Joscie holding a heart that says Mahalo… Thank you cards for a few people… Patterned Paper and Kraft Cardstock by Stampin’ UP! My POTD for 5.24.08 my carved camera stamp that I used on a card a last week…. :) POTD 5.25.08 after Church and lunch on Sunday, I asked for a stop off at the fabric mart and got this picture of a button bin. I had seen it on a previous trip and was sorta embarassed at the time to take a picture. but my somewhat newly found brazen camera weilding came into play. I mean really, I took pictures of the milk case in the grocery store, remember? anyway I love the look of aaaallll these buttons. :)Jordan took this shot of Jalen and I while we waited for a booth at Genki Sushi!
Jalen took this shot of the 3 of us while waiting for the booth…
We have a cucumber! (actually we have a few!) this shot is sunday…
same cucumber today! I swear that thing is growing so quickly!Sunflowers! Yesterday

sunflowers today!

Are growing anything in your garden?

Flat Joscie is packed up and ready to head to her next destination in another area of Washington to visit Liz Ness. but first, Let’s see Noel’s Journal entry!

I love the hidden journal flap! and aaall the fun pictures! You can see more shots on her blog.

When Flat Joscie is done with Liz, she’ll be heading to PA to visit Chrispea and to DisneyWorld!