You are my icing...

You'll have to read my entire post to see what I mean by the title of this post. haha I never posted my All About Me entry for MM Idol...so even though lots of you have seen it from checking out the entries at the MM Idol site, I thought I'd post it here as well. If you look closely below, you'll see that the bottom right corner is completely rounded. The picture was taken with a corkboard as the backdrop. I did this because when I tried scanning it - you couldn't tell that the corner was rounded...it just looked like it had a white corner. That kind of defeated my purpose. Part of our instructions were to do something innovative. I've seen lots of people use a corner rounder to just barely round the corners of their layouts - but this is actually quite a big chunk rounded off the bottom. Then, using my craft knife I hand cut the flowers out of some gorgeous American Crafts paper. I let part of the flower hang off the rounded corner. Rounded corner. LOL...I can't think of another way to explain it. Also - all the hand cut florals/vines are on 3dimensional glue squares. You can't tell that very well from the photos.


Looking at this layout in real life, the elements really pop off the page. It's really beautiful, if I do say so myself. If you know me personally, you know that although I do show my excitement about things...I'm not one to brag or anything. Not that I'm doing that now, but I must say...I was really proud of my layout. I love the color combination. I love the journaling strips. I love the hand cut floral elements. I love the rounded corner! I love the title. I love the offset pink chipboard brackets. I love the rhinestones. It's so nice to enjoy your own work, isn't it? I don't have a design background or anything - and my style isn't for everyone. That's ok though. I create the way I want to create. However, if other people enjoy looking at or are inspired in any way from my projects then that's just the icing on the cake. :) So for those of you that are enjoying my layouts - you are my icing! I love the icing! :)
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A little note on the homefront...I now have 2 sick kiddos. After missing school on Monday and Tuesday, Lindsay went to school on Wednesday and spent some time in the nurses office. She's been home ever since. Now today, Jessica has a 104 degree temperature. Lucky for me - she doesn't mind the taste of the medicine. She's a trooper. But all these sickies to tends to mean very little time in the scraproom. I need to get my entry for the next round of MM Idol done. I have a crop I'm going to tomorrow from 9am - 9pm...but strangely, those are usually not very condusive to getting things done. Not for me anyway...I am a socializer. heehee I do have some ideas and have started on one of them. It is turning out really cute! My girls are itchin' to get their hands on it! They haven't been able to help me with it at all, but they could if they weren't sick. When I showed them what I was doing - their eyes lit up and their jaws dropped. I got to hear the sweet sound of them ooohing and aaahhhhhing over it. They started fighting over which one was theirs. They never fail to put a big old smile on my face. They are so sweet. This project will be one that they will reap the benefits of for years to come. They are already talking about what they want to make to go with it.

So that's just a little teaser about our next assignment. You are going to love looking through the entries on Monday. I'm not sure if the direction I'm going with the challenge is where the others will go with it. I'm curious to see how the other 29 will interpret the instructions Making Memories gave us. That is what makes these things so fun...everyone has such a different take on the directions.

Before I am once again beckoned with a drawn out "mooooommmm" from one of the sickies...I want to wish Judy, my mother in law, a very happy birthday. It was yesterday, but I spent the day yesterday at my friends house watching her 3 kids and my 2 kids and didn't get home until 10pm. I feel terrible that I didn't get this posted yesterday! Sorry Judy - I was thinking about you though!

Also, a huge congratulations to my friend Cheryl. She got married yesterday to her high school sweetheart. They had both gone separate ways after high school but as fate would have it - they ended up back together and I know they will be so happy together. Congratulations my friend!! You deserve all the happiness in the world!