{ Page Maps contest winner !!! }

I got an email from Becky at PageMaps on Wednesday that I am a winner in her card contest, 5 x 7 category. How exciting!!! I couldn't share the card until the announcement in the December newsletter today. So here is my winning card. I used the new Scenic Route Loveland patterned papers, Heidi Swapp hearts, Offray ribbon.

{ Baby Photos }

Yesterday was a memorable experience. Seeing our baby in 3D/4D was amazing. We spent an hour in a very cozy room, watching our little boy move, stretch and make faces. He was cooperating for the most part and we were able to get some awesome images.

{ Cosmo Cricket Biography 101 Album }

Cosmo Cricket is our DT sponsor this month at Create My Keepsake. I received this wonderful album, Biography 101 and Little Boys paper collection. How perfect to start an album for my little boy. This album is going to contain all major milestones and I am calling it "A book of firsts". This required some planning, but once I got my page designs it was easier than I thought. I have three basic layouts and I made sure I had spots for horizontal and vertical photos. Once the baby is here and I have all those photos at least I will have one completed projects and all I have to do is add photos. I have a plan for another little album project and this album is going to record things by months. I took an online class at Srap-A-Faire called All about baby by Janna Wilson and she presented a simple layout album that can be completed in advance.
All the photos are small because I have 20 pages, but you can click on each one for a closer look.

{ Baby's new crib }

After we got the new car on Monday we were able to pick up the new crib. We put it together this week. I am really excited, the room is coming together and I can't wait until it's all finished. We decided that I would paint four more big canvases and several small ones. I am trying to get all that done this week while my husband is home so we can finally decorate the walls. I will share photos when it's all done.
Here is one of me painting. My husband loves to take photos. Each painting takes about three hours and I still have two big ones to finish. It's getting harder to sit, but I enjoy painting. I finished a big project that I will share with you tomorrow...and I have some exciting news that I can't wait to share with you.

{ Beate's weekend sketch challenge # 28 }

I made this card for Beate's sketch challenge. I know I am a little late posting this, but I had it made for a while and never took a photo of it. I am using new papers from Scenic Route Roxbury collection. We still have the card contest going on at Create My Keepsake. You have until December 5 if you want to play and win a prize. The round chipboard tag is from Around the Block.

{ SCS color challenge }

I made this card for Splitcoaststampers color challenge, CC141. Pretty in pink, wild wasabi (garden green), whisper white or shimmer white. I don't have any new colors, wild wasabi, so I used garden green. I used my new Impression Obsession clear stamp set: Word circles. I stamped the flower using VersaMark. The sentiment is from Impression Obsession Spring Blooms. The ribbon from Bo-Bunny Press matched perfectly.

{ Sketch this cards #33 }

I made this for Sketch this cards # 33. I used the new Die Cuts With A View Christmas Glitter stack , cardstock and rub-on. DCWV cardstock has a white core so when you sand the paper the white shows through. I really like that look. Creative Imaginations chipboard, Prima flower and snowflake and Offray ribbon.
I hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving tomorrow.

{ New family car }

We got a new car yesterday. 2008 Toyota Highlander. Love it! It was time for a bigger family car, especially with the baby on the way. My little Ford Mustang that I traded in was good to me for eight years and I was sad to see it go. This new car is so big and I am still getting used to it. I am glad the side view mirrors fold in, because I couldn't make it into the garage.
Just one more photo I wanted to share with you of my big belly.

{ Paper Crafts Dec. 2007/Jan. 2008 }

I received several of these from Paper Crafts the other day. I have two published cards in the magazine. One is featured online. You can see it here. Since I have an extra one I would like to give it away, along with some new stamps from Michaels. I will try to do that this week.

{ Sketch this cards #32 }

I made this for Sketch this: cards. I was actually cleaning my room and in the middle of it all I had to make a card. This happens often. I used new Basic Grey Periphery patterned paper, October Afternoon stamp, Making Memories craft words, flower and buttons, Hambly overlay.
OK, I have to go back to cleaning now. My husband comes home tonight and I have to make the house pretty again.