2012 is Flying by.....

I can't believe that it's Valentine's Day already!!!!! Like normal, we have been super busy exploring, crafting, or just being a family that I forget to update my blog. So, I think this post will be just a list of pictures of what we have been up to....

Made a couple of these for Sean's teachers....just to help bring in the New Year!!!

It was time to send off some good friends. That's the hardest part about being a military family!

Me and my boys waiting for the train home!

This is a card that I made at Gilda Fellows open house!

Sean was given the Heart and was given the assignment to tell about things His Family LOVES...

I started off just making one of these for myself and then I made 2 more and gave ALL 3 away! I got the pattern for these from Brenda Quintana

This cute little skunk was made at our January Stampin' Up club meeting with Gilda

(Sorry it's sideways) This is the card we made at our January Stampin' Up meeting with Gilda

I was inspired for this card out of the New Mini Stampin' Up catalog for my sister's birthday card.

I was inspired to make this card from Erica Cerwin for my nephew's birthday.

I CASEd this card from Heidi Boos

These are the Valentine's that I made for Sean's classmates.

We went to Mt.Fuji for some family pictures. This is me and my husband (Greg).

My family at Mt. Fuji

I think that is enough pictures for one post....I'll take some pictures of my latest projects and find the ones from our sledding trip!!!! Thanks for stopping by :D

Christmas 2011

Somehow, it's already 2012 and I have been very neglectful of my blog. It was a very busy season for us again this year. It's like as soon as Thanksgiving comes you blink your eyes and then it's the New Year! So many things have happened and have been crafted during the last couple months. So, I guess I should start off by thanking one of my favorite people Gilda Fellows for introducing me to the world of Stampin' Up.If you had asked me 2 years ago I would have told you "I don't make cards, I am a scrapbooker" well as you can tell things have made a 180 degree turn. I attended one of Gilda's classes at the end of November and we made 6 beautiful clear cards with match envelopes and a box to place them in.

This box holds all of the cards.

Close up of the top of the box.

Card No. 1

Card No. 2

Card No. 3

Card No. 4

Card No. 5

Card No. 6

And then I started looking through my long list of blogs that I look to for 99% of my inspiration and found a beautiful advent calendar that I just had to remake! Brenda at Qbees Quest was generous enough to post the tutorial for this advent calendar and just last week she posted a Valentine calendar that I am already trying to figure out how to recreate in my own fashion.

I chose not to put the feet on the calendar and I changed a few other things based upon what I have in my inventory.

As, I had mentioned before my husband really enjoys cars and photography. So, the first weekend of December we headed to Fuji Speedway for the Nismo Festival (it's an end of season event for Nissan fans). I didn't get many pictures this day in comparison to Greg but one of my favorite things about going to this race track is seeing Mt Fuji all the way there. The kids had a good time too. We came home with a part of a car too, I guess it's like the skirt or rocker panel from one side of a car. Greg wants to change it into a shelf to display some of his diecast cars.

The kids playing at the track while daddy takes pictures of the cars.

Mt. Fuji as we drive to the Speedway.

                                                                My oldest son had a birthday, He is Now 5 years old, I was not ready for this day but we made it through and he enjoyed himself very much. Sean has really gotten into the Transformer movies. So, I managed to order a cake pan and other party items to make the day special for him. A few years ago we started making him a t-shirt with his hand prints on it and each year since we have updated the shirt with another candle and set of hand prints. He then wears this t-shirt on his birthday for all to see. This year his birthday fell on a school day so I also made some cupcakes for him to share with his classmates.

Sorry, that this picture is sideways.

 

Transformer birthday cake.

Sean and Daddy at his birthday dinner. He likes going to Chili's because they sing to him.

I also went to Sean's school one day to share with his class something that we like to do during the holidays. We made a reindeer topped pencil and letterhead to leave a note for Santa on Christmas Eve. And I just couldn't resist making some reindeer cupcakes!

Again I am sorry for this picture being sideways.

Christmas is just a week or so away by this time and still have to make my Christmas cards so I quickly and frantically made 25 cards in 4 different designs.

Inspired from a card that I saw in the Holiday Mini Catalog.

Something I just whipped up!

I did this card at my November Club meeting with Gilda Fellows

Another card I just whipped up.

 Over the Winter Break we went into town and were able to see some of the most beautiful displays of Christmas lights. Other than that we played with our new toys from Santa and enjoyed time with family and friends.

A Lego Buzz Lightyear in Odaiba, Japan.

A beautiful tree that we saw in Odaiba, Japan.

Merry Christmas from the HARE family in Roppongi Hills, Japan.

Picture Update

So, I finally found some time to take pictures of the cards that I have been making for the upcoming birthday parties.

So, I found inspiration from some blogs and I think that you should check them out because there are a lot of creative people out there!!!!

Stamping Still inspired this first card.

Lynn Pratt inspired my second card.

Mary Fish inspired my third card.

Catherine Pooler inspired my last card.

Forgot a Few Things....

So, after I posted my last blog my husband said that I skipped a few events. And I guess because I wasn't a part of the event which is probably why I forgot to share.

Well, as mentioned before Greg was on weekend duty for the past couple months which meant that he was off on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday's. One Tuesday, after Sean got out of school the two of them went to visit the Ome Railway Museum. It was an inexpensive adventure for the two to enjoy! Here is a link for more information about the museum: Ome Railway Museum

 

Well, it was too much longer after that Halloween came around and our little ones dressed up to impress. They attended Kids Klub at the E-club one night, Sean had a Fall Festival at his school and was able to dress up for that event (although, he wore a different costume), and just before Halloween Night we had the kids do a photo shoot with daddy. These pictures turned out to be some of my favorite!

Happy Veterans Day!!!!

It is the first weekend that my husband has been off in over 2 months and I get a head cold that keeps us home instead of out exploring this wonderful country! I took a little medicine and have been starting to feel better. I spent most of the day hanging out around the house with the kiddos, which got me to thinking about ALL of the birthday parties that we will be attending here in the next couple weeks. So, I went looking for inspiration to make some cards and wouldn't you know I made 3 of the 4 cards in one evening.

I set myself up with one goal in mind and that was to use the same stamp set in every card. I am testing myself to see how much I really use all of this stuff I have been buying!

***Pictures of my cards to be posted later***

The first party is for a little boy named Alex, he is going to be 2 years old and lives next door. It's funny how small the military is because his parents are also from Ohio and only an hour or so from our hometown. So, as a fellow Buckeye fan, I wanted to use red, black, and white as my color scheme. I found the perfect card and I copied it completely because it even had the name Alex on it. I got the idea from Stamping Still.

My next party is for Kaylee and she is turning 3 years old. She is a little princess from head to toe and likes everything girly. For my color scheme I chose melon mambo, lucky limeade, and whisper white. My inspiration for the card came from Lynn Pratt.

I then made a card for a little guy having his first birthday, Landon's mom told me that she is decorating his room in blue and green. With that as my inspiration, I went looking for a card idea and I found one from Mary Fish.

I still have one more card to make for Cody who is turning 4 years old. I will most likely work on this card tonight. And as for right now we are going out to let the kiddos run off some energy at the park.