Mickey Hat

Here again is a scrap page I created for a challenge over at Mouse Scrappers.  

Adam trying on a crazy Mickey hat on our honeymoon.

I just love the pixie dust embellishment I got from my first kit challenge, no Disney scrap page is complete with out it I don't think. ;) 

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Summer Smooch

This past Saturday I was suppose to go to a demonstrator meeting but it was cancelled.  Bummer.  I was still able to get together with my Mother-in-law, Karen (also a demo) and Vicki, another demo.  It took us a while to get the gears moving, or it took Karen and I a while, we were busy chatting.  Vicki got there after I did and was able to get right down to business.  We decided that it was almost lunch time anyway, and took a lunch break.  We went to Joel's in Theresa.  I highly recommend it for the french fries and the chocolate!  Seriously go there!

On to the cards...

This one I was set up to make. ;)  Sometimes I go into stamping with an idea of cards I saw and want to try and replicate.  Well I only had one I wanted to try this time, so I asked Karen and Vicki for a challenge.  Vicki grabbed an image from her stack of inspiration an handed me this.    

All of it is Stampin' Up, I especially love the brad in the lower corner.  It's part of the Summer Smooch sale!  Go here and snatch them up!

Aren't those fabric brads delicious?! 

I knew you would agree with me!

Another card that was made using the Summer Smooch products was this card by Vicki.

That paper, I love that paper!  You can get it here!

More cards to come....

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His & Hers

You guessed it, another challenge.  This was a scrap lift challenge, where you lift someone else's layout and use it to inspire your own.  This page again is from our honeymoon.

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Creepy Crawly Bug Eyed Adventure

Well, now I'm hooked.  Yesterday I posted a scrapbook page of our honeymoon. How many years ago and I am just getting around to doing something with them?  And now I am a bit obsessed.   If you participate in the challenges over at Mouse Scrappers you can get digital scrapbook freebies and the ladies who create them do such a great job!  They are a great compliment for scrapbooking our memories of Disney.  For this challenge you had to use your freebie in the scrap page, a map of Disney, adorable!  I saved maps and things from Disney for that very same reason, to scrapbook!  Not to say that I won't use them now that I have a digital one, I will.  Believe me, I still have plenty left to use them on. ;)

Under the Tree of Life in Animal Kingdom there is a creepy crawly bug eyed adventure 3-D show, that's what this page is all about!

I zoomed in on the map I received quite a bit to focus on where the 3-D adventure took place.  The map did blur a bit but I think it adds an artsy quality to it. The only thing I didn't like on the map was a dinosaur that was place right by the tree.   I covered it up with a chubby caterpillar and some ribbon and buttons.  The dark part of the background (upper left) was a photo we took of the inside of the tree.  I can't wait for some new challenges!

***The clip art of the bugs from Bugs Life is not at Mouse Scrappers.  I found it at a random other free clip art site through Google.  It is for my personal use only and am not claiming any copy right's to or in any way selling it***

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Mouse Scrappers Challenge

If I had my way I would take a trip to Disney every year, I just love it.  When they say it's the happiest place on earth, it's true!  I had went there a few times as a kid (not a little little kid I was in 7th or 8th grade the first time I went) and even as an adult and having been there before, it was still just as magical.  It is larger then life and no matter how old I am I think it will still make me feel like a kid again.  I recently joined the Mouse Scrappers forum and right away enlisted myself in a challenge, here is what I came up with!

This was at MGM which is now Disney's Hollywood Studio's in Florida.

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Easter Cupcakes

This last Sunday we hosted Easter at our house.  We all ate too much but it is hard with so much good food.  Especially desserts, key lime pie, french silk pie, jello eggs, sweet bunny bait snack mix and Cadbury Egg cupcakes!

I found this recipe on Pintrest and knew I had to try it.  My frosting was not the same as the one in the recipe but I liked it and everyone else seemed to enjoy it too.  The mini Cadbury cream eggs were the perfect size and having one hidden in the batter, can you say "Amazing"!  Did you know that you should freeze the eggs that you put inside the batter so they don't disappear into the cake when it is baking?  I definitely learned something new!  These might become a new staple at Easter for our family!

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Resurrection Garden

Easter is this weekend and I am having everyone over at our house.  I don't mind taking this holiday because there is not the fuss with gifts or a tree.  The most difficult part is cleaning my house.  Now even though there is no tree to put up I still would like to decorate a little.  I mean we put up a tree and lots of decorations for the birth or our Savior, shouldn't we decorate just as much if not more when he dies for our sins?  Well, really no season is about decoration but this particular project I ran across on Pintrest was the perfect balance between beautiful decor and the meaning of Easter.

You will need a terracotta plate, and small pot.

Some rocks.

Dirt.

Grass seed.

One larger Rock.

And an excited little helper and her gardening tools (optional but highly recommended)! 

First we laid down the smaller rocks in the plate on one side. Then we laid down some dirt to hold the small pot in place.  Next, start piling on the dirt around and over your pot.

We did some watering in between layering on the dirt to give it some hold, otherwise the dirt was just falling off the pot.

After you have a nice mound your ready to add some grass seed.  Levi was looking after the seed and keeping it safe for us until we were ready to use it.  

Avery and I sprinkled the grass seed all over our mound and after we thought it was covered well, we sprinkled some more dirt over the top, and gave it a good drink of water.

I laid a towel down on the table in our laundry room where I set our garden to grow.  Our garden is right next to a large window that should give it a good amount of sun.

Place a large rock on the edge of the buried pot, it is the door to the tomb. See the tomb is empty, He is risen!  Hopefully our grass will grow at least a little by Easter!

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Citrus Oil Wasp Killer??

Hi my name is Kathleen and I have a phobia of wasps.

**Okay, bugs in general but there are different levels of bugs that I can tolerate.**

There I said it.  The first step is admitting your problem right?  My brother is allergic to sings of the bee variety.  Seeing my Mom jab an EpiPen in his thigh was a situation I saw on a few occasions growing up.  I never wanted to be the on on the other end of the EpiPen.  There my phobia begins....

Around our house, way out in the sticks, bugs and many animals share this beautiful land with us.  I have had my fair share of adjusting and calling my Ma about a cat size beetle (I'm telling ya, the size of a cat!!) and calling my father-in-law about a banging noise. Those are stories for another time. ;)  So just when I thought I was starting to make peace with the nothingness outside at night, and all kinds of critters...... wasps, my nemeses, decided to build a home under the eaves of my roof, on MY house.... Oye!

Last year we sprayed and I slept many nights on the couch because these things would find their way into the windows of our bedroom.  The windows that are on either side of our bed may I add.  We even called Ork*n.  Which I would never, never call, ever again.  I'll leave it at that, although I could say more.  We made it through the season and I got the sweet relief of winter.  Did you ever think a Wisconsinite would say that?  

So when I find them in my house I sorta freak out.  Last week there were 3 in one of our bedroom windows. So instead of grabbing my vacuum I went for THE SPRAY.  Yes, an insecticide of some sort.  I was a bit uneasy about spraying it in my house but there was 3 of 'em for goodness sake.  I was out-numbered.  Then while doing some other research on those awful creatures I came across MY HAIRBRAINED IDEA.....

I found this suggestion over at Get Rid of Things.

Citrus Oil Extract.

Simple.

 Non-Toxic to people.

Kills the buggers.

Perfect.

So I wasn't sure if Lemon Extract was the same thing, but I was willing to give it a shot.  So I went off to my family's favorite store (Walmart) and picked up the cheapest one I could find.  I already had an empty spray bottle at home, so all I needed was someone brave to test it out for me.  I talked my hubby into it.  He was skeptical, poked a little fun at me and then being the guy he is, tried it out for me.  

It works!!!  Really!!

Now this isn't your one shot one kill spray, but after four or five squirts, they went down.  And by go down I mean, flipping and curling a lot. Which eventually leads to their death.  If you're a chicken like me, I give 'em 5 good shots and get outta there, and watch from a far to make sure I got 'em good.  Then I walk away for a while longer, 5 mins. or so, and when I come back, donezo!  (Donezo, thats for you Chloe!)

My next hairbrained idea is to make my own lemon extract so I can have a full bottle of this stuff on hand and not spend a ton of money on it!  Hopefully it will be just as powerful as the store bought stuff... I let you know after my hubby tests it out for me. :)

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