congratulations Jan, I’ll be emailing you to get your address.

I’d like to share the latest two peas layouts I’ve created.  I picked up two super cute kits last week Tuesday at Two peas.  The first one was by Michelle Underwood called the smile you give.  I always love Michelle’s feminine, sweet kits.  Since I don’t have daughters, I scrapped a picture of myself.  I have been reading a lot lately on my kindle app for the iTouch. I lOVE it!  most recently I’ve read the percy jackson series, the traveling pants series and the curious incident of the dog in the night.

The smile Page kit by Michelle Underwood Basic Kraft by Jen Martakis Distress Brush Set 01 by Vinnie Pearce

Stitched Felt Alphabet – Lime & Stitched Felt Alphabet – Evergreen by Miss Mint

The second kit I picked up was from Kerry’d Away Designs called candy apple.  I must tell you, i had been working on this layout for about an hour and kept saying to myself, you really should do a save as, so you don’t ruin this paper… and as I was closing windows in ps (ctrl w is my fave) I accidently closed the window with the layout in it and instead of clicking cancel, I clicked do not save. D’OH!  so this is the second attempt at the layout with this kit.  These pictures are of Jordan and his friend Ryan from preschool… two hams, I love it!

Candy Apple by Kerry Stewart Stitched Felt Alphabet – Orange & Stitched Felt Alphabet – Seafoam by Miss Mint

For this week’s kits, I chose Jen Martakis’ SUNday kit and Shimelle’s you are AMAZING template/alpha kit.  I absolutely love the painted newspaper in jen’s kit and the alphas in Shimelle’s. so so awesome.  This is a layout of Jordan on Preschool Graduation day.  I took the journaling straight from the blog post that day, so so convenient to have that info to use as journaling.

SUNday News by Jen Martakis You Are Amazing by Shimelle Laine

In other scrappy news, I have a blog tutorial for a hybrid layout going up at the blog at Design House Digital soon and I’m working on another tutorial for Tattered Angels to go up at the Educator’s blog soon.
Last week the Pioneer Woman’s photography assignment was homecoming.  I entered the pictures that I posted in my last post and she chose this one for her blog, I was so excited to be included! :)

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

Jalen and I got home from the Big Island on Friday night and the past few days have gone by way to quickly.  I finally got a chance today to get some digi scrap time and hybrid time in.  The first layout is called Kahua Ranch.

i love these frames by Pamela. so classy, so timeless. Background paper is a blend of wilna’s and Jen’s, flower by vinnie, slightly recolored. itty bitty letters by erica

journaling: we arrived by bus to Kahua Ranch in Kohala on the Big Island. We took a small walking tour of the ranch and saw some orphaned animals, the sheep shearing area and the ranch chapel. The kids rolled in the grass, touched animals and pulled weeds. We enjoyed our lunch with this beautiful view. It was a great visit to such an amazing place.

Vintage Paper Frames II by Scrap Originals Somewhere out there by Wilna Furstenberg Itty Bitty Alphabet by Erica Hernandez Basic Kraft by Jen Martakis Forecast by Vinnie Pearce

next layout is called you Rock!

love these digital stamps by Erica (you rock) and these paper frames by Jen. Papers and pearls by Hero Arts and Distress Brushes by vinnie.

journaling: We were walking on the beach before dinner and saw a lot of cool looking shells. You picked one up and said, “Look, it’s a Hawaiian Shell Money! Can I keep it?” How could I refuse? I said, “Sure, put it in your pocket.” We went on for about thirty minutes gathering shells. When we got back to the car, we put them in a container and you were so excited. When we got home you declared, “If we got to the store, I’m keeping my Hawaiian Shell Money.” I think you got the idea from a Dr. Seuss Book we’ve been reading called One Cent, Two Cent, Old Cent, New Cent: All About Money. It tells how seashells were used to barter and trade, a handful of shells and you had it made!

Emma by Jen Martakis, Funny Valentine Brush Set by Erica Hernandez, Distress Brush Set 01 by Vinnie Pearce, HA Big Owl by Hero Arts(paper/pearls are extras)

Smile Card

I created this card by using Laina Lamb’s Digital Die cut files with my silhouette. I cut some making memories paper and October afternoon paper. Glimmer misted with Iridescent Gold, pop dots and a button and some thickers letters and stitching. a card to make the recipient smile :)

Borderlines – Set 2 by Laina Lamb Sunshine Kit by Laina Lamb Iridescent Gold Clear 2Oz. Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels

Happy Birthday Card

I printed this flower on matte photo paper, did a rough trim, cut around the edges with Martha Stewart fringe scissors, a little distress ink, mount with pop dots over some Honey Church Paper. :) thanks for looking :)

Tin Flowers by Kenner Road, Honeychurch by Kenner Road, Fringe Scissors by Martha Stewart, Broken China Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger Industries

it’s your birthday. A hybrid card using Vinnie’s super cute tea party rubons. that bird is so so cute! I also used her my sister my friend paper (pink) in the background. Nestabilities dies, stampin up stamps, pop dots and some machine stitching to finish it up.

Tea Party Rubons by Vinnie Pearce My Sister. My Friend Papers by Vinnie Pearce

I love Vinnies Camera overlay/stamp and it went so well with this paper from her Bucket Full of Sunshine kit. I created in PS, printed, trimmed, sewed onto some cardstock, added some japanese masking tape, easy peasy!

Click Elements by Vinnie Pearce Bucket Full Of Sunshine by Vinnie Pearce

Since the time change this weekend, I’ll be attempting to meet for chat with my fellow 2Peas Digi CT ladies at 5am Hawaii Standard Time.  I can’t wait to see what’s new at two peas in the morning.

one last little note.  I got such a pleasant surprise the other day.  I signed up for Google alerts a while ago.  I get an email every day with links to posts that contain Joscie, Joscelyne Cutchens or my blog address http://www.cutchens.com.  Usually I get links to my own posts, but sometimes I get a pleasant surprise like this: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/20…recycling.html .  A big thank you shout out to my pal Brookelynn.

Thanks for stopping by! come back again next time when you might see some blog hop card making, some glimmery goodies, some Big Island Photos, and/or some Birthday Goodies.

Love Love and Blog You Later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

on January 30th, I finally took the time to take down the Christmas tree and all the other decorations.  The living room looks so plain and sparse.  I need to add more art.

January 31, the boys reading at bedtime, in my room :)

On Monday Feb 1, I finally got to meet an online friend IRL.  Tina grew up here in Hawaii and was home visiting, so we got together for what her husband called a craftmance.  I thought that was funny.  FabuLisa, Tina and I hit up Fisher, J’s Knicknacks and a quick lunch at the counter burger.

one of the 2 pictures I took on Tuesday Feb 2.  Groundhogs day ;)  Jordan was reading a book on picking apples.

Okay. so i usually go grocery shopping on Mondays but this week due to the craftmance on monday, I had to adjust to a commissary trip on Wed.  Jordan has a short day, so i had to hurry to put away the groceries before picking him up.  Obviously I hadn’t put everything away by the time I brought him home.  I walked out of the kitchen for a minute and came back to this:

Thursday, Feb 3, Jalen had an assignment to bring in 4 pictures of his favorite items on a usb flash drive, so we set up a shoot with the macro in the living room.   Jordan picked out his favorite marble to show me:

Friday February 5, I participated in my first online crop at twopeasinabucket.  I created this layout for Jen Jockish’s challenge.  Use paint, cardboard, bling, lots of pictures.

Today, Saturday February 6, We spent the day indoors, avoiding the vog.  Jordan and Jalen played a little ds, wii and watched some veggie tales today while i created the labels for Jordan’s valentine’s treats.  I still need to make a label for Jalen’s treats.

It’s been voggy around here and this past week I’ve felt a little loopy, coughy, sniffly, headachy and lost my voice.  Thankfully it’s bearable, no fever or any other yuckiness.  But I have minimized my outside time as much as possible.

So, if you follow me on twitter or are my friend on facebook, (and if you’re reading my blog, surely you should be both of the aforementioned…) you probably know I use another social media game called foursquare.  It is a locational game where you “check in” at different locations.  Each time you visit a venue you can either check in publically or “off the grid”.  If you check in the most times you are called “the mayor” of a location.  Currently I am the mayor of Hickam Commissary, the post office, the NEX, the NEX minimart, J’s, Aiea UMC, Bubba Gump, Burger King at Hickam, Fisher Hawaii, and Old Navy at Waikele.  I was also the Mayor of Target Salt Lake and Hickam AFB and the Navy Commissary, but I got messages from foursquare letting me know that others have replaced me as mayor.  I have to tell you, it’s a fun little game, but boy my competetive side has me thinking, hmmm, maybe I need to head over to hickam for something and target too while I’m at it…

Have you checked out http://clubcreatingkeepsakes.com ?  It’s a new community with an option for a premium or free membership, a gallery, a forum and a social networking community.  I have signed up and have been enjoying finding my way around over there.  And let me just say, i LOVE the new gallery over there, it is so so much easier to upload. yay!

and Did I tell you? I’m taking the pen tablet basics class over at JessicaSprague.com.  I’m enjoying it so far, and can’t wait to learn something fabulous as I know I will.  I already love the downloads we got with the first lesson.  Here’s the first layout we did for the first week’s lesson:

It’s getting late, but be on the lookout.  I have some minty projects and some pea projects to share in the next few days. and I’ll be hosting a giveaway on Valentine’s day to celebrate my 3rd blogoversary.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later!
Joscie, rhymes with bossy

Tricia Chapman’s Posh Baby Girl Papers
MaryAnn Wise’s Basic Stitches No1
Curled White Frames
Text Drops Brushes
Kate Teague’s Life in 365
Jen Martakis’ Text Paths

and right now, MaryAnn Wise’s goodies are on sale at two peas. I love those curled frames, those text drop brushes, basic stitches… she also has some really cool grungy brushes and titles. check it out!

Thanks for stopping by, Love Love and I’ll blog you again real soon! :)

Joscie, rhymes with bossy~

I now have M:EDWARD, N:JACOB AND G:BELLA (who goes with the laptop on a short cable)

I spent most of the day yesterday copying files from M:EDWARD to N:JACOB.  and today I’ve spent most of the day reorganizing and redownloading a few of the kits i got this past month.  I am also looking to an online service, probably mozy.

Yesterday’s picture of the day, Jalen gets out of school early on Thursdays so he got to go with me to pick up Jordan. They had a little fun time on the swings :)

Wednesday: aprons in my kitchen=happiness :)

Tuesday: a hybrid door hanger thingy.

and I have to tell you. i just dropped my (*%&(&* camera. on my 50mm. i swear. i should just work on everything on the floor.

it will get better. it will get better.

Thanks for stopping by, love love and blog you again real soon!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

she has also release some super cute iPhone/iTouch wall papers. I thought it would be cute to make a little slideshow to put on my iTouch and on my cell phone (you can use it on other phones too!) here’s one frame I did… I emailed it and loaded it onto my cell phone and my iTouch.  The camera polarized filter is causing Jordan’s head to look blue in the cell phone shot, but I will get a better picture later.  Cute, no?!

here are two of my latest Picture of the Day shots…  On Sunday I asked the boys where they wanted to have lunch after church and Jalen shouted out Bubba Gumps!  and Jordan said, yes, I’ll have some blue Jello with my pizza. Okay, I was sold.  I love the accidental fish and shrimp… and it was also a great excuse to get more macaro(o)ns. mmm. so good.  Here’s my big boy:

I have to say, on Monday when I was at the commissary, I grabbed a bag of coffee thinking, I think I’ll send a bag to my pal Chrispea… No reason, just because.  and on my way home from the store, i stopped off at the mailbox.  When I opened it the aroma of roasted coffee hit me. it was so yummy and i thought who is sending me coffee?!  and it was from Chrispea. How sweet is that? and along with the coffee these milk caps in a super cute little envelope and this wood block J. how awesome?! love that girl. ps. Chris is almost done with her Chemo, so if you’d like to pray or think a positive thought for her that would be awesome!

Thanks for stopping by! Love-Love and Blog you Later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

From Two Peas in a Bucket:

I used Erica Hernandez’s Happy Paper Pack and Wonky Photo Frames, Katherine  Teague’s Life in 365, Jen Martakis’ Snow Days Alpha and Journal Shapes.  I was so excited to see this layout featured in the Two Peas in a Bucket Newsletter!

From Peppermint Creative:

I cut out Tay’s Love one Another commercial vector on my Silhouette in black vinyl.  I mounted on the wall and added two little gems.  Just right!

Thursday’s Picture of the day, Jordan trying to blow bubbles.  This poor boy makes the FFFFFF sound when he’s blowing and can’t figure out why he never makes more than one bubble. I makes me giggle though.

Friday: haircuts for the boys at the Navy Exchange Barber Shop.  Jordan always always always giggles when they are shaving his neck.  The barber tells him, “one more time”, “one more time” and he says, you always say ‘one more time’ but you keep doing it again!  She got a good laugh out of that one.  I told him it would have been just one more time if he could be as still as a statue.

Saturday morning we woke up and made our way towards Kaneohe to have breakfast at Ihop with my mom.  Before we could get out of our neighborhood, however, I had to stop and take a snap of this beautiful sunrise.

We were lucky enough to get to skype with Troy yesterday because his ship was in port and he was able to get to a hotspot and log on with his laptop.  It was so nice to laugh and talk and see his (handsome) face!

I have to get back to my sewing, those aprons are just about done.  I will be doing a giveaway for one of the aprons, so stay tuned for that!  My yudu order came in last week and then this past week the L Letterpress kit came in so I’m looking forward to playing with those goodies too…

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

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

Here are my pictures from the past few days…some sweet fresh strawberries over vanilla ice cream. YUM!

we made some cards to send to Troy.  For some reason, Jordan wanted to make a stop sign, sky, clouds… Martha Stewart glitter in action!

Jordan played on his DS while I continued to work on the Windows 7 install….

I finished the apron!  I love how it turned out, so I’m making more.

Today I had my regular Tuesday with FabuLisa.  We hit the post office, Fisher Hawaii (no date stamps, can you believe it?!) and then had lunch at Island Burgers (we shared a burger and a cobb salad- so yum!)  on our way back to the car I spied these Guava Macaroons. super yum.

and here’s a digi layout I did this past week with some 2Peas Goodies…

Click on layout to see it in the 2peas gallery.  my Valentine uses Shelley Castillo’s  Digi Kit Winter Walk Solids,Holly Brooke Jones’  Digi Kit Romantic Love Frames, Jen Martakis’ Digi Kit Little Bit of Pretty, MaryAnn Wise’s Digi Kit Curled Photo Frames Deckle Edge, and Brandi Buffington’s Digi Kit Destination Anywhere.

Thanks for stopping by! I’ll be back later to show the other aprons, some more digi scrap and all that goodness.

Love Love and Blog you later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

so.  The pictures of the day.

Last year I made this brilliant offer to make something for some people. and not so surprisingly, I never got to it in time.  So I finally started.  This will be an apron for one of my gift recipients…. I just eyeballed it, cut and started sewing. and I love it!

wide angle fun at the preschool.

and yes, again.

I’m hoping to finish up rereading  breaking dawn soon, get some digi scrap in and fix my desktop computer.  so, thanks for stopping by, and I’ll blog you again real soon!

Love Love,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!

A few friends at Church who are also military spouses asked me how I was doing so far… and I couldn’t help but think, I can’t believe he only left last week. It seems like each day is soooo long.  But so far, we are all doing well. :)

Today was a good day.  The first Monday where both boys were back in school.  We woke up early, ate breakfast and were ready to leave the house on time.  Nothing forgotten.  Traffic pretty light.  Both boys delivered safely into the care of their teachers.  Time for me to quick shop at the commissary, mail out Troy’s first care package, and come home and clean up.  I mean nitty gritty, vacuuming the floor boards, wiping down doors and light switches, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping, washing dishes, putting things away. ahhh. no craftiness happened today, but I am so happy to have had the undisturbed time to clean up.  all the while listening to the Twilight and New Moon soundtracks on the iTouch.  gotta love it.  I also upgraded the laptop to Windows 7 this weekend and am currently upgrading my desktop to windows 7.   We had our dinner at 4:30, I had Jalen’s lunch packed for tomorrow and dinner dishes washed up and coffee set for tomorrow.  Tomorrow I get to hang out with my friend FabuLisa and I am excited!  We always have so much fun chatting, shopping, eating, chatting, eating, and sometimes we craft too. ha. :)

Today’s picture of the day came from this morning’s writing assignment at Jordan’s school.  For the first part of the year, they’ve been working on writing their first names.  We are now moving on to last names.  I must say, I’ve always thought we had a longish last name, after all Cutchens has 9 letters… but today I saw so so many kids with hyphenated last names, i told Jordan we had nothing to complain about there!

Tomorrow is new digi kit release day at Two Peas in a Bucket, I can’t wait to see what’s new!  I just got the cutest school kit this weekend, I can’t wait to get to work on it.

This weekend I started reading Twilight again. I am really hooked on this love story. sigh.  I finished it up today.I am going to curl up with the iTouch Kindle App and continue reading New Moon again for a bit before bed.  I love love stories.   Stories that have happy endings. or fair endings. I really liked the time traveler’s wife.  I loved the Harry Potter stories.  I have sworn off that picoult woman.  She is awesome at writing, I just don’t like those twisted endings.  do you have any recommendations for good books?

Thanks for stopping by, Love Love and blog you later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!