Learning from the big boys

Another everyday moment recorded. I know one day in the not so far away future, I'm going to miss watching the boys play together. I love now that Rowan is starting to be able to move around and stand sturdily enough that he can get into whatever the older 2 are doing. I really dislike the yelling and pushing that sometimes follows, but they are pretty gentle for the most part, and are learning to keep the small toys in their rooms where they will be safe from "baby slobber", and eventually the dog when she arrives.

I used a fabulous Sketch by Evgenia Petzer from the Pencil Lines Blog. 
Sketch #256 

Materials:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper
PP: 4 Heures 37
Washi Tape: Studio Calico
Letters: American Crafts
Bakers' twine: Doodlebug Design Inc.
Mini Staples: Tim Holtz
Rub-on: American Crafts
cork tile
Bread tag
scrap ribbon

The name game.

This page was about a month in the making- no joke. I printed the photos not long after I took them, and they sat...and sat...and sat until I was rummaging through my papers one day and pulled out some old Dreamstreet papers thinking " will I ever use these?- how about now!" then I did the distressing and stuck the photos down and the whole thing sat again for a couple of weeks this time. The whole time, we are making each other crazy throwing out and rejecting each other's name choices for a dog. The cutest was Parker who exclaimed one morning at snack: " I know!" we can call the puppy Bumblebee..."then he said "NAwwwww" to tell me he was teasing, then suddenly he lit up like a lightbulb and said "let's call the puppy Raisintoast!" He was so proud of himself, I didn't have the heart to tell him it was too silly. Speaking of silliness,  Ethan for weeks kept asking f we could just call the puppy "Puppy" and then he decided Sweetie was his favorite. For the record, I was ok with Sweetie, Mark not so much.

 So the whole page evolved from a page about how excited the boys were to get all the puppy "stuff", and became about our quest for a name. you cam tell by the photos anyway how excited they were to try out her things.

Materials:
Paper: Dreamstreet
letter stickers: Basic Grey,Jillibean Soup, Fancy Pants, Studio Calico, Bella Blvd.
Tim Holtz Mini staples
Viva Decor Pearl Pens
pencil
pen: pilot

Our final choice in the end is Ruby, I'll share a photo soon!

Erin.

Down on the farm

DOWN ON THE FARM, DOWN ON THE FARM

COME AND JOIN US, IT WON’T DO YOU ANY HARM

YOU’LL SEE A HEN, SITTING IN A PEN,

YOU WILL SEE A HEN WHO’S SITTING IN A PEN

OLE, OLE, OLE OLE

OLE, OLE, OLE, OLE

 

DOWN ON THE FARM, DOWN ON THE FARM

COME AND JOIN US, IT WON’T DO YOU ANY HARM

YOU’LL SEE A DUCK, YOU’LL SEE A DUCK

WITH A LITTLE LUCK, THEN YOU WILL SEE A DUCK

QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK

QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK

QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK.

QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK

 

DOWN ON THE FARM, DOWN ON THE FARM

COME AND JOIN US, IT WON’T DO YOU ANY HARM

YOU’LL SEE A HORSE, EATING HAY OF COURSE

YOU WILL SEE A HORSE WHO’S EATING HAY OF COURSE.

MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH

MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH

MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH

MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH

 

Thanks to the layout I just finished for the Pencil Lines sketch this week, I now have this song stuck in my head. The last theme before fall and Thanksgiving at the boys preschool was the farm, and this is one of the songs they sung.  

 

 

 Materials: 

PP: Basic Grey

Stickers: October Afternoon, American Crafts

Paper Thread: Karen Foster

Buttons: Crate Paper

Mini Staples: Tim Holtz

pen: Staedtler triplus fineliner

I wonder how many days this one will be with me before my brain switches to the Sleeping Bunnies? ( don't say I didn't warn you that this was catchy!)

Erin

Just Like Grandad

Around this time 3 years ago, my Father-in-law passed away from cancer. A few weeks earlier, he had used his last bit of strength to fly from Chicago to Montreal to meet his second grandson for the first and last time. I wasn't conscious of the coincidence of timing when I printed this photo tonight to do a page, but I'm happy I finally documented this little anecdote, and am missing him even more now.

 

The design is based on a sketch by Anna Bjorklund for the Pencil lines blog.

I used two gorgeous sheets of paper from Studio Calico, and a tonne of stamps from Hero Arts, Tattered Angels, Prima Marketing, MME, and Memory Essentials. Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Staz On, Ranger Distress Crackle Paint, Adirondack Paint Dabber, Goosebumps Texture Spray. Copic Marker, Copic Multiliner, Omer De Serres Washi tape, Webster's Pages letter stickers and Basic Grey letter stickers.

Wandering aimlessly?

I'm guessing I'm on the verge of another swing in my scrapbooking style. not sure where I'm going this time, or if I'll ever get back to a consistent look. Just take a look at my last few pages, and see why I say I'm all over the place again. 

 

This one was a page I did for our Frugal Finds Challenge over at Practical Scrappers. Kerri had challenged Christine and I to use food colouring. I decided to make my own glitter glue, using up what was left in the kids' white glue bottle, adding green and blue food colouring, and some fine green glitter.  I had fun experimenting, and squirting out swirls and flourishes onto my splat mat, hoping they would be usable once dry. They peeled of nicely, and the final colour reminded me so much of melted cotton candy that I knew exactly what photos to look to for inspiration. throw in a bunch of odds and ends from my scrappy "junk" drawer, and voila!

This one is fun, but that diamond pattern is a bit hard on the eyes. Very clean and graphic for me, it feels like it's been ages since I placed a photo straight on a page. 

So this one ended up pretty straight too, but I'm not in love with the big space between my title words. I don't know why I insisted on keeping that large felt "you" , after not being able to make it work well. Perhaps because of how cute it looked with one of my handmade polymer acorns in the center of the "O".
I'm anxious to figure out where this transition is bringing me. It would be nice to have some layouts that I really love soon, but I know that my Mojo is just working through something lately, and it'll all come together soon.
I'll be sure to share once it does :)

PP ban.

It's no secret that I love green, so it won't be a surprise either if I tell you this layout came together very quickly last night either. I pulled out a bunch of green scraps, and a few do dads lying around, including the photo which I had printed weeks ago. At first, I struggled to not add even a teensy bit of patterned paper, but really, with all the tools and techniques available to me, I didn't need it afterall.

Check out the Awesome projects done for today's Challenge me Tuesday over at Practical Scrappers.
I also have a painting featured over at Momenta today, and it's a bit out of character for me. Check it out to find out why.

Happy Tuesday!

World Card Making Day Hop!!

To celebrate World Card Making Day, we are hosting a blog hop with our amazing design team in hopes of inspiring your creativity with our fabulous products!

To participate, all you have to do is leave a comment on each of the 16 blogs on the hop (a complete list is below). The deadline for commenting is 11:59 EST, Sunday October 2nd. Five winners will be chosen by Random.org on Monday, October 3rd and will be announced right here on the My Momenta blog! Each winner will be receiving one of our five boxed card kits…

Each Card Kit contains 12 Cards and envelopes. Assorted stickers, cardstock borders and gems!

We are even tossing in a BONUS entry! Simply head over to our facebook page after the blog hop, like us if you haven't already, and tell us that you blogged hopped with us! Don't forget to leave a comment on the Momenta blog letting us know you have completed the hop!

I had fun designing fast simple cards using Card Packs ( NC-1279), NC-1278  with  Cardstock (PA-2370) and Sticker Kit (ST-4826) from the Let's Party Collection.

The letters on this one are from the 12 x 12 Brights Diecut Pad ( PA-2393). I added texture and dimension to them by dry embossing them with a stylus. It instantly adds extra character!

We hope that you have lots of fun and enjoy the wonderful creations from our Design Team!

Blog Hop Line Up --
•Start: Momenta (http://mymomentablog.blogspot.com/)
•Abigail Prado (http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/)
•Aymee Gandy (http://www.southernbellescrapper.blogspot.com/)
•Carrie Walz (http://everydaymoments-carrie.blogspot.com/)
•Christine Meyer (http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com/)
•Cristal Hobbs (http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/)
•Erin Morehouse (http://girlpaperscissors.blogspot.com/) You are Here
•Jamie Cripps (http://jamielanedesigns.blogspot.com/) Go here Next!
•Joanna Bandelin (http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/)
•Jodi Wilton (http://luvalotland.blogspot.com/)
•Kristine Berc (http://stashofprettypaper.blogspot.com/)
•Linda Abadie (http://lindaabadie.com/)
•Monika Wright (http://iloveitallwithmonikawright.blogspot.com/)
•Sherri Thompson (http://www.sherrithompson.blogspot.com/)
•Bonus Entry: Tell us you hopped along on our Facebook page! (https://www.facebook.com/mymomenta)
•End: Momenta (http://mymomentablog.blogspot.com/)