What I love most about my home...

Pinterest is my newest love. I cannot stop pinning - help! I found this quote on Pinterest and thought that it would be perfect for these photos of my boys. 

Supplies Used: Patterned Papers (Bo Bunny, Echo Park, My Little Shoebox, Fancy Pants, Sassafras Lass, Bella Blvd), Tattered Angels mist, American Crafts vinyl stickers

PageMaps Challenge -Beach Bros

 

These pictures are of my boys at the beach this past June. There is just something so fun and childlike about beach pictures - my favorite to scrap!  

I created this layout for a PageMaps "Freehand Scraps" challenge. Here is the sketch provided by Becky Fleck. There's still time to play: http://pagemaps.blogspot.com/2011/07/freehand-scraps-sketch-contest.html

 

Supplies Used: Patterned Papers (October Afternoon, Basic Grey, Fancy Pants, October Afternoon), American Crafts chipboard,  Jillibean Soup butterfly stickers and BINGO cards

It's the Little things that make life wonderful

Isn't that the truth? I love the little moments that make life so rich and lovely! This was my son and me enjoying an evening at the beach.

I also love this line of Sassafras paper.

Supplies Used: Sassafras Lass papers, Prima Marketing flowers, Jenni Bowlin butterfly stickers, American Crafts Thickers and stickers

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Stuck On You.

 This picture cracks me up! Jack was hysterical about who knows what. I left the boys alone together for a couple of minutes and came back into the room to find a very happy Jack, a proud big brother, and a couple of dozen smiley face stickers stuck to Jack's face. Go figure!

Supplies Used: Papers (Sassafras Lass, Basic Grey, October Afternoon, Scenic Route), Tim Holtz tickets, American Crafts vinyl letters, Spare Parts brads

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Papa and His Boys

 I love these pictures of my dad and all of his grandsons on Thanksgiving Day. I have been sitting on these Basic Grey "Granola" papers for so long, and I thought that they complemented the photos well.

Supplies Used: Basic Grey Papers, Prima Marketing flower, Jillibean Soup journaling sprout, Paper Studio chipboard

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Family is just a little word...

This is a super simple layout that I did in a jiffy. This picture was taken this past Easter. 

I love the quote about family!

Supplies Used: patterned papers (Glitz Designs, Graphic 45, My Minds Eye), American Crafts Thickers, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

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Super Mario Cake

Here Wii go!

My Super Mario fanatic son was turning five, and all that he wanted was a Super Mario cake. Super Mario cakes are hard to come by these days, and I wasn't about to disappoint that sweet boy of mine. I have never decorated a cake in my life but decided to give it an old college try. 

I found this fantastic tutorial on how to make and work with marshmallow fondant.

I made a practice cake, and with the help of the above tutorial and my good friend Google images, I created this Super Mario Cake. 

My son's only complaint was that the "fire flowers" are not supposed to be coming out of the pipes. Silly me. And did you know that the ? is not supposed to be the color white in the dungeon? How dare I!
Each cake tier has five layers of white confetti cake and yummy buttercream frosting.
This cake weighed a ton, and I am thankful to report that we got it to its destination in one piece without incident....well, I did slice my finger trying to cut the plastic dowels to hold the whole thing together, but that is another story.

 I did purchase the Mario and Luigi cake toppers. Sculpting those little gems was a little out of my league.

 

I sculpted this 5 Up mushroom out of Rice Krispy treats. I covered the mushroom in buttercream, and then in fondant.

I made rolled sugar cookies as party favors. Each cookie has a fondant "helping star."
The tag says:
Here's the Helping Star to say
Thanks for celebrating Sam's special day!

Sam was one happy birthday boy! Ignore my tired eyes...making his birthday cake didn't leave much time for sleep!

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