Design House Digital

I made this layout for the 4 play over at Design House Digital.

the glitter incident

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• Zoey Papers 2 by Shannon Hegarty
• Genuinely You Elements by Karen Funk
• Tape it Easy by Agnes Biro
• Virtual Bunny Paper Set by Angie Hinksman

Two Peas in a Bucket

My latest two peas project random cell phone pics made the featured layout today! and my No.5 layout was in last week’s digital newsletter. :) it’s the little things that give me a rush. I also have a layout to share that I made, just for fun.

captain america

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Q & A

I had a few questions to address:

Thankfully, we are done with the testing. I really feel it is an interruption to our regular schedule, and personally I don’t do well with that kind of thing. The test is also based on what the schools are teaching and not necessarily what we are teaching/learning at home so that can be stressful, especially for the student. The school in our neighborhood has been very nice to us and I do appreciate that. (and thanks, I really had fun making the new header)

I haven’t tried Photosheet to make the smaller photos, I usually use photoshop to create the collages and then print at home. I can’t wait to see your project as you have time to work on it!

thanks so much (happy-scrappy) Sam! :) I made my templates and printed at home.  My template was 12×12 and I cropped it down to 6×12 to print each page.  The paper is some photo paper that i purchased at the store when they stopped carrying the wide format printers.  It was a 50 pack of 13x 19 photo matte paper.  I simply trim it down to 8.5×13 and then run it through my HP printer. (still dreaming of a wide format printer some day)

Veronica, I got a Canon 5D mk ii just before Christmas! I’m so so happy with it, I’ve been dreaming for quite some time.
Thanks for stopping by!
Love Love and Blog you Later,
Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

Treasure Hunting

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vending machine treasure hunting. My boys were super excited to get these little domo figurines at the vending machine in front of Waiola Shave Ice.

• Photos by Marina Miller, Red Heart Photography, with permission
• Hellow Hellow Bundle by Edeline Marta
• Prize Ribbon by Laina Lamb
• Miss Mint’s Biggiebet Alphabet – Milk
• Gen Bursett’s Shadows V.1
• Font: DJB Gimme Space

Hybrid Baby Card Pin It

I cut this onesie shape on my silhouette using a digi shape from:

• Oh Baby Card Kit by Laina Lamb
• October Afternoon PP
• American Crafts Sticker & Foam Adhesive
• Bazzill Kraft Cardstock.

Perks

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• Gridz 12×12 Templates  by ChrissyW
• Our House – Collection by Angie Kovacs

I have a hybrid Halloween Card tutorial up at Peppermint Creative and a Hybrid Candle Wrap at Design House Digital.
Thanks for stopping by!
Love Love and Blog you Later,
Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

Two Peas in a Bucket

MY SUNSHINE

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I love the happy colors in the kits from Tickled Pink. the kit also comes with a super cute epoxyish alpha that I didn’t use, but will have to make something else just so I can. 

• Happiness of Life: Value Bundle by Tickled Pink Studio
• Gennifer Bursett Shadow Styles
  

WWW…IRL

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I have been chatting and emailing Rene from Australia for a few years now.  We have so many things in common.  We were glad to meet up face to face when her family came for a visit. The boys hit it off and we enjoyed our time together. We took our aussie friends to the aussie themed restaurant, outback steakhouse. I love the maps and the map banner in this kit from Michelle Underwood. and my new go to stitches from Two Peas, courtesy of Tia Bennett. ;)

• Top of the world Page kit by Michelle Underwood
• Spool of Stitches by Tia Bennett
• Gennifer Bursett Shadow Styles

Whatever you are, be a good one hybrid Tote Bag

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I love this quote in Erica’s affirmations kit. I whipped up this little canvas tote bag, ironed on the design and added a little top stitch too. I love how it turned out.

• Affirmations Iron On Kit by Erica Hernandez

Mini Ninja Wafers

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• Summer Sorbet by Tricia Chapman
• Spool of Stitches by Tia Bennett
• The Bestiest [elements] by Lauren Reid
• childs play – the solids by Polka Dot Pixels
• FruitLoopSally Roadtrip alpha (white) (The Lily Pad)
• Kay Wienecki Brushed Alpha (The Lily Pad)
• Gennifer Bursett Shadow Styles 

Design House Digital

Order up

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• Gennifer Bursett Shadow Styles
• Gennifer Bursett My Favorite Things Collection

My Favorite Things Mini Album tutorial

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• Gennifer Bursett My Favorite Things Collection
• My Tutorial

I won a few freebies from Lauren Reid at the Lily Pad last week and had to add some other goodies to my cart too, I could not resist! I actually scrapped something that was not for a team or a call or a contest.

Nocturnal Migration

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August BYOC from the Lilypad:

• You are my sunshine papers by Emily Merritt
• Ten Things Elements by Baers Garten
• Sweet Spot Patterned Papers by JLarson
• Splatteriffic 9 by KFredricks
• Brushed Alpha by JWiniecki
• Fixer Upper Frames by Lauren Reid
• Tracers Alphas by Lauren Reid
• Gimme Space Font by Lauren Reid
• Gennifer Bursett Shadow Styles

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your visits!

Love Love and Blog you again soon,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy! :)

Hello friends! Welcome to Two Peas Tuesday, the Thursday afternoon version. ;)

I created a few hybrid cards this week with Laina Lamb’s die cutter shapes and I am positively smitten with the combination of her shapes and my October Afternoon paper pads. Their papers are so pretty and just right thickness for my silhouette.

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Favorite Frames 4 by Laina Lamb
October Afternoon Thrift Shop Paper
Studio Calico Notions
Paper Trey Ink Cardstock

You’re a great friend

Folded Flowers by Laina Lamb
Silhouette
October Afternoon: Thrift Shop Papers, Badges.
Washi Tape
Paper Trey Ink Cardstock
Hero Arts Sentiments
Versafine Ink
American Crafts Foam Adhesive

Hot Air Balloon Card

Hot Air Balloon Party Mini Kit by Holly Brooke Jones
Neenah White Cardstock
Scissors
American Crafts Foam Adhesive

Abraham Lincoln

Sundown [value bundle] by Lauren Reid

Here are a few cards I made for the Paper Crafts Sketch Call that did not make the cut:

Did I tell you one card did make the cut? I have one card that will be in the August Sketch issue. I’m so excited, it’s the first time for me with Paper Crafts! :)

and two that I made for my Creative Charms blog post:

I don’t think I shared the kit of the Month:

Green With Envy

• 18″ Green Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon
• Light Green Vintage Jewels – 12 Pieces
• Sage Green Vintage Brads – 9 Pieces
• Green Sequined Butterflies – 2 Pieces
• Green Sparkled Flower Medley – 5 Pieces
• Green Sparkled Butterfly Medley – 4 Pieces
• Green 3D Butterfly Brads – 3 Pieces
• Green Organza Flowers – 3 Pieces

Everything for Only $ 14.99

Deal of the Month:

Oh my lucky charms

• 18″ Green Vintage Velvet Ric Rac
• 12″ Green Wide Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon
• Green Flower Brads – 3 Pieces
• Green Gem Brads – 9 Pieces
• Green Pure Blossoms – 6 Pieces
• Green Large Sparkly Flower – 1 Pieces
• Green Groovy Petal Medley – 8 Pieces
• Green Braided Daisy Medley – 4 Pieces
• Green Gradient Gem Stickers – 72 Pieces
• Greeen Fuzzy Hearts – 2 Pieces
• Green Fun Flowers – 4 Pieces

Everything Only $ 6.99

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Have you seen the new Eye Candy Overlays website?  It’s sooo pretty (of course) and I just got a new set of overlays that I can’t wait to play with!

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Thanks for stopping by!  I’ll be back soon, I have a ton of P365 shots to edit and post. and Jordan’s birthday is coming up this weekend!

Love Love and Blog you soon,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

Two Peas Tuesday v.12.28

paper whites

journaling: I was so excited to find these paper white narcissus bulbs at Bed, Bath and Beyond this year. when we lived in Birmingham, AL I found out that you could force these bulbs inside with small jars and rocks.  I picked up 12 bulbs and some flat glass marbles to use along with a porcelain container i already had on hand.  We planted these bulbs during the week of thanksgiving and the first flowers popped up the day after Christmas.  We have enjoyed watching the bulbs grow up so quickly and can’t wait to watch the rest bloom.

• Try Again [kit] by Lauren Reid
• Red Stitched Alpha by Betsy Tuma*recolored

making a list

I was lucky to get a chance to be a guest blogger over at the Two Peas in a Bucket Digi Blog this season.  You can see it here: 12 days of christmas guest blog.  The journaling on my layout is straight from the blog post:  I love Christmas, I love the music, the baking and the happy smiles and greetings.  I have a mental checklist for things I like to get done during the holiday season.  Every year I usually get the Christmas Tree up before Thanksgiving and start listening to Christmas even before Halloween.  I know, I know– I have issues. I also like to do my shopping early and online.  Since we home-school, our boys are always with me and it’s just easier to keep it a secret. And the fact I don’t have to fight for parking or stand in lines?! Well hey, that’s just another added bonus.  I create our Christmas card and send out quite a bit every year.  I also make photo calendars for a few friends.

I can remember my mom baking chocolate chip cookies to the tunes of the Carpenters Christmas album (vinyl!) and it makes me smile.  I do the same thing except my Carpenters are crooning from my iTunes and my cookies are sugar cookies and gingerbread.  I have also just started making Gingerbread houses in the past few years.  We go to Christmas Eve candle light service and get to open one present before bed.

• Merry Little Christmas – Collection by Dianne Rigdon
• Edward Alpha by Lauren Reid
• Old Stitchy Stamps by Lauren Reid

happy music

10 songs that make me happy:

1. lucky by Colbie Caillat & Jason Mraz
2. Halo/Walking on Sunshine by Glee Cast
3. Everything by Michael Buble
4. Sky by Joshua Radin & Ingrid Michaelson
5. Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson
6. Art by Tanya Davis
7. All Love by Ingrid Michaelson
8. Crush by David Archuletta
9. Hey Soul Sister by Glee Cast
10. Teenage Dream by Glee Cast

• Track of my Life [kit] by Lauren Reid

digital crop winner jennifer’s blizzard :)

for the last Digi Crop at Two Peas, one winner was chosen and some of the DT members scrapped her photos.  This was my layout for Jennifer, I left a space below for her journaling.

• The Bestiest [elements] by Lauren Reid
• Joy Page kit by Michelle Underwood
• Joy Solids paper pack by Michelle Underwood
• Two Peas Digi Crop Winner

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Club CK

my very first online scrappy community was at creatingkeepsakes.com .  It was there that I met and made friends with some of the friendliest scrappers around so when Club CK opened up shop it was a given that I’d set up an account there as well.  I am always honored when one of my projects is featured.  Last week I was thrilled to see my stargazer layout featured at Club CK.  :)

Club CK blog

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Peppermint Creative

Miss Mint has a super cute freebie up right now.  You have to go through the check out process but the kit is free. and cute. :)

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Creative Charms

I also had a tutorial up at Creative Charms with my 7 gypsies photo tray.  I am looking forward to working on Valentines Projects for next month’s blog post <3 and it seems they were in the same mood when putting together January’s kits.

January Kit of the Month – $14.99 (Regular $19.43)

My Heart’s Desire – 60 Pieces

• Red Fancy Polka Dot Brads and Ribbon – 5 Pieces
• Red Polka Dot Hearts – 4 Pieces
• Red Vintage Brads – 9 Pieces
• Pink Vintage Pearl Brads – 9 Pieces
• Pink Vintage Jewels – 12 Pieces
• Red & Clear Vintage Jewels – 12 Pieces
• Red Vintage Poppies – 8 Pieces
• 18” Red Vintage Velvet Ric Rac

January Deal of the Month – $6.99 (Regular $16.43)

Be Mine – 340 Pieces

• Assorted Felt Hearts – 4 Pieces
• Red Gem Garden – 12 Pieces
• Pink Gem Stickers – 76 Pieces
• Red Gem Stickers – 76 Pieces
• Pink Pearl Stickers – 76 Pieces
• Antique White Pearl Stickers – 76 Pieces
• Pink Beaded Heart – 2 Pieces
• Epoxy Sweet Tooth Stickers – 18 Pieces

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Design House Digital

I have a calendar tutorial up at Design House Digital and am putting the finishing touches on another hybrid blog post. Next week we’ll be celebrating the One year anniversary of DHD with Chats, Special Sales and blog posts. I hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by and for making it all the way through that long post!

Love Love and Blog you again real soon!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy! :)

It was finally my turn to issue a scrappy challenge over at Two Peas.  My challenge, which closes on Tuesday, is to document a day in your life.  It can be as extensive or brief as you like.  I used my pictures from last week Monday’s a week in the life to document an ordinary day in our life.  and I know, grammatically it should probably be a day in our lives, but really, it seems as though there is only one life and we all share it- but I digress.  I started with the morning coffee, followed through breakfast, lunches, drive time, my work, my lunch, pick ups, activities, dinner and ended with bedtime.  I love these coordinated bright papers by Tricia Chapman, and kept it pretty simple by using a grid pattern with frames by Jen Martakis.

you can see the close ups of the pages and complete credits here.

The next layout is from Last week’s releases by Vinnie Pearce.  Love love love these rich blues. love. and Jordan’s funny faces make me smile.

credits here.

also from last week, I whipped up a few quick and easy hybrid cards with the help of Deena Rutter’s digital die cut files and papers from Carina Gardner of DHD.

and last little scrappy bit to share, I whipped up this little layout using goodies from Miss Mint’s latest releases over at Peppermint Creative.

credits here. and yes. those are marshmallows in my coffee ;)

and I wanted to share this card that I got in the mail. I have a pal Tina, who is from Hawaii but lives in Washington.  We “met” after Noel took Flat Joscie for a visit to her LSS.  Tina came by my blog and we’ve been online pals ever since.  On her last trip home, we were able to hook up for a craft-mance, as her DH called it. hee hee! Tina, FabuLisa and I hit a few shops and enjoyed counter burgers together, it was a great estrogen-fest!  But anyway. She won a give away on my blog a while back and sent me this stunningly gorgeous card. I LOVE IT!  check it, isn’t she awesome?!

Tattered Angels is celebrating National Scrapbook Day all month long!  Check out the educator blog today where the ever fabulous Liz Hicks is sharing her project today:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Come back again soon, I’ll have more scrap to share!

Love Love and Blog You later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

There are so so many more goodies that I haven’t even gotten a chance to work with yet, but I wanted to share these two cards.

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I so love Jen Martakis’ April kit, especially the scratchy looking papers in yellow and gray. I used Laina’s Borderlines 5 to cut the bracket edge on Jen’s papers in my silhouette. Hybrids are so easy in 8.5×11, I printed my journaling right on my background paper.  The alphas are thickers, the corduroy brad is from stampin’ up!  and those little legos are stuck on with mini glue dots ;)

and in other exciting news, today my layout was featured over at the clubcreatingkeepsakes.com blog in the gallery :)

I picked up a few cute digital cutter files from Laina Lamb again this week, so I’ll be working with those…

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more exciting news: I’ve been invited to join the designhousedigital.com Hybrid Creative team.  I’ll be making a few hybrid projects a month and posting them over there and here.  I’m super excited to be working with those lovely creative peeps over there!  I’ll let you know when my first project(s) are up!

and a few last bits on the personal front.  I have been wanting to get my hair cut for quite a while now.  It’s been long and quite a hassle. I swear it would take me atleast 20 minutes to wash, condition and rinse all that hair. Not to mention all the hair I have to vacuum up around here.  I was also inspired by Megan to just get it done and donate it to Locks of Love.  You’ve probably heard of the organization, they accept donations of hair to make hair pieces for children who have lost their hair whether through alopecia or cancer or whatever situation.  I took the boys to the Navy Exchange to get their hair cut today and I thought I’d stop by and make an appointment to get my hair cut tomorrow while they are at school.  When I walked into the salon, they had an appointment, so i let the boys watch Veggie Tales Jonah on the touch while I got my hair cut.  Who knew I could take them with me?! Atleast now I know I’ll be able to get my hair cut during the summer (no school usually means no appointments for me).  So the girl that cut my hair was super super sweet and she measured the hair to make sure it was long enough… and it was. She cut off 12″ and then proceeded to give me a new look.

Thanks for stopping by! Come back again next time when I’ll have more scrap to share and some pictures from the preschool fieldtrip series ;)

Love Love and Blog You Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

I absolutely love this blue graph paper from Shimelle Laine, I mean, hello? it’s blue and it’s graph paper. I could not resist!  The frames are some of my favorites from MaryAnn Wise and the alphas are Wilna Furstenberg’s  and they are recolored from green to blue.  The journaling block is a shape from Laina Lamb’s Favorite Frames.

Journaling: Jordan’s class made these colorful windsocks on the day of the spring festival.  Some of them got hung up on the plumeria tree, and they looked so pretty.  I had to get a shot of them blowing in the wind. :)  March 2010

easter pencil toppers:

I used Jen Martakis’ Easter kit to create pencil toppers for Jalen and Jordan’s classes.  The pencils came from target, of course :)  I printed 20 for Jalen and 20 for Jordan, punched 2 circles on the left side and put them on pencils :) easy peasy.

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and one last layout I’ve created recently using beautiful goodies by MaryAnn Wise.

{I like your} style

I absolutely love MaryAnn’s waterstained paper pack, these remind me of security envelopes, and I have an unhealthy love for them ;)  She also has created Glitter Drops, love these too! and the stacked frames, love.  I also added the painted overlay and the month stamp. oh yes, and the stitches too. I love MaryAnn’s arty style.

Thanks for stopping by!  Tune in next time where I’ll surely have some glimmery goodies!  and pictures. and stories to share.

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

me: Did you know this was your very first bear?

he: no

me: Aunty Paula gave it to you when you were a brand new itty bitty baby!

he: i don’t remember

me: I have pictures, do you want to see?

he: YEAH!

so i go searching.  they’re labeled in folders by year and then by month within the year. aww, what a sweet happy over exposed baby. what was I trying to blind him with the flash on my sony2 megapixel?

oh I am a happy baby. but you’re killing me with that flash mom.  you really should figure out how to take pictures with out it. but i still love you…

Okay. now I’m getting a little annoyed. I see the way you’re looking at my baby. don’t even think about it.

and this last one on the right: If you try to take my baby, I’ll knock you out! (ps, he’s a lefty too)

oh.my.gosh. we laughed so so hard when that picture came up.  which then lead into watching baby videos.  Janel was disappointed at the brevity of the videos.  I had to explain to him, sorry son, but 9 years ago, I was shooting with a Sony Mavica recording on a 1.44 floppy. I was excited to get the 15 seconds of video! hee hee. funny how times and technology change so quickly.

Tonight at bedtime, as I walked Jordan to his bed, he asked me:

Jordan: Mom when were you a baby?

me: a long time ago.

Jordan: How come you don’t have any baby pictures?

me: I do, do you want to see them?

Jordan: yes!

Jalen, shouting from his bedroom: They’re in black and white!

me: NO.THEY.ARE.NOT!

okay now. if your baby pictures are in black and white, I am not saying anything against you. but really. Jalen was serious. silly child.

so anyway. we’ve been all about the baby pictures this week and then what do I see on Two Peas Digi Tuesday?  this absolutely yummy baby boy kit.  I love the blue, green and white.  The hot air balloons and clouds? yes please.  elephants and polka dots? yes and yes please again!

It took almost all day to get this done, but here is my latest

growingUP! (click layout to see in the 2peas gallery)

Tricia Chapman Designs’ Posh Baby Boy Papers, MaryAnn Wise’s Curled White Frames and Basic Stitches No1.

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

Jen Martakis Designs’ February Kit, This Year Grid Papers , This Year Alphas, and MaryAnn Wise’s  Basic Stitches No1, Grungy Edges No2 WaterColor.

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you again real soon,

Joscie, rhymes with Bossy….