Kitchen Keepsakes

I scrapped this recipe for Apple Crisp since it is a family favorite! It usually looks a little better than this picture shows but this particular time I made it, I messed up the measurements! It still came out tasting delicious!

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Some Fall Photos

Backyard squirrels.

A little fall foliage from upstate NY

Krissy at the pumpkin patch.

Mojo Monday Sketch

I loved this sketch from Mojo Monday


and paired it some cool resist paper from Pink Paislee.

I colored 2 squares with some Tim Holtz Distess Stain.  I love the softness of this card. Thanks for looking!

Sketchy Thursday

I played along with this fun sketch from Sketchy Thursday this week.



Here's my layout. I used some MME papers and a little bit of Crate Restoration.  Border sticker is from Sass.

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Random-ness

I have been loving the Random line from Crate paper that came in this month's Nook kit. So far this week, I've made two layouts!

Although God blessed me with 2 daughters, I am lucky to also share my days with 2 adorable boys that I babysit for. This one, Aidan, is obsessed with all kinds of trucks and cars and things that 'go'.  I love his happy face on his tractor!

Supplies used: Crate Random: denim, paint swatch, exposure, victorian. Crate Random buttons and journaling sticker. Letter stickers, October Afternoon, My Mind's Eye. Ampersand, and sticker letters (brown) Jillibean Soup. Chatterbox buttons and chipboard. Crate buttons, Bo Bunny brad. Authentique word sticker. Studio Calico paper swatch, journal sticker ,rickrack.

 I  used a Martha Stewart pinked circle punch to create a off center grid which I filled with a bunch of fun buttons from my stash.

This layout came together quickly using some of the sweet, pretty patterns from Random. I also broke out some of my Tim Holtz distress stain and tried it out on the edges of some Pink Paislee Mistables that I had.

 Supplies used: Crate Paper Random: denim (floral), curtains, Pink Paislee Mistables. Tim Holtz Distress stain ( Victorian Velvet) and Distess Ink (Spun Sugar), Crate Paper Random Stand-Outs, Webster's Pages Push Pins, Studio Calico diecut sticker, MS butterfly punch, scallop circle punch, American Crafts Dear Lizzy Thickers, lace, buttons, Basic Grey bling.

 Of course, I had to add in a few butterflies because I'm obsessed with them and I used one of those adorable  Webster's Pages Push Pins that came in the kit. I also punched a few scalloped half circles out of the Webster's packaging and stuck that down as an added layer.

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Some Crate

This girl here, she's got spunk! This is A when she was 8 years old! Time does fly, right? She will be 16 next  month. Still spunky!

I made this page for the color combo challenge at the Crate Paper blog. I mixed some Restoration and Emma's Shoppe(my absolute fave!) together to come up with a not so Halloween-ish page.

 TFL!

Summer in the City

I loved August's Studio Calico kit Boardwalk. I used the exclusive SC pp on this Lo along with some Crate paper and 7 gypsies metal numbers. The coffee stain stamp is also awesome!

 It's true!   While maybe we weren't THISCLOSE to JT we were.......this          close.  He was filming "Friends with Benefits" in Times Square as we were passing through. That totally counts.

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