Sunday ramblings

Before I forget and start rambling - I wanted to let you know my friend Nicole Wozniak has a digital freebie on her blog - check it out: http://lumpypagedesigns.blogspot.com/ I'm working on some hybrid projects right now and have been scouring the net for more goodies! If you know of some great digi kits or embellishments...be sure you let me know!

As I mentioned in my last post, Saturday was my oldest daughter's birthday. She turned 7 yesterday - and the poor thing ended up in the after hours pediatrician's office. They ran a strep culture and it was negative, thank goodness. The dr. said not to give her cough meds as they really don't do much anyway - and said to return the Mucinex if I hadn't opened it...then proceeded to tell me all sorts of stuff about the Australian team training in the pollution in Beijing for the Olympics (in Beijing next year), science, Washington and the BBC...???? Whatever. Really, just tell me what to do to get her better as she's missed 4 days of school already - and she's HERE...on her BIRTHDAY. After being there for an hour, his solution was to have her drink a LOT of water and remember to wash her hands. I'm paying for this? DUH! I was pretty sure that if a fever hung on for more than 5 days that a kid needs pediatric intervention...and the on call nurse was the one that told me to get in to see a dr. The guy was a little looney and kept going off on a tangent - then told me thank you for listening. weird. I do believe that the reason for the lack of medication is that they are concerned about these Super Bugs that are resistant to medicine. His point about the athletes was that they trained there and were coughing up chunks of dirty air - and the trainers solution was to make sure they drank tons of water and that would help flush out all the impurities they were inhaling. Not sure I got that recalled as eloquently as the dr. had stated it - but that was his point. That if Lindsay drank lots of water - she should be coughing and keeping all that stuff out of her lungs...no cough meds needed as he WANTS her to cough.

Alright - so today I NEED to get in the scraproom and create a bunch of stuff that is due - like tomorrow! So goodbye for now. Hope you're all having a great weekend!

~Cami

Happy Valentines Day!!

I love Valentines day. For no other reason but that it reminds us of the ones we love and more importantly - it reminds us to show and tell others how much we love them. I don't think that happens enough in this world. So all my friends and family that are reading this - please know how much you mean to me - I love you!

I wanted to wish my hubby a happy Valentines Day and tell him how much I love him. Tom...thank you for being such a wonderful husband and friend. Thank you for being the most amazing father to our girls who love you to the moon and back. Thank you for being the hard-working man that you are. You are amazing - and truly the man of my dreams! I love you with all my heart!

So - what are your plans for Valentines? A special dinner? Exchanging gifts? I know Tom and I are planning to go to the hibachi tonight with the kids. I got the girls a little Valentines gift that we'll give them when Tom comes home from work. Then we'll head out to Wasabi for a fun evening. The girls love watching the hibachi chefs do their thing - and seriously, I think the chef's enjoy making the girls giggle. They act like kids themselves...making their onion volcanoes and flipping shrimp into their hats while making bad jokes. If you've never been to a hibachi, I highly recommend it. It makes for a great evening out. Tom and I always split the surf & turf and I'm certain tonight will be no exception. Yummy!

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I also wanted to share a couple hybrid projects I have just done. You'll have to let me know what you think. I'm still new to the hybrid thing - but gotta tell you how much I'm loving it!

The first project is the altered heart at the top of this post. The scalloped heart is by Making Memories. I printed out digital papers (free Rhonna Farrer digital kits at 2peas - Feb2007 and April 2006) to cover it with and added the BasicGrey ribbon, Prima crystal flourishes, Heidi Swapp stamp and ghost flowers, and an Autumn Leaves rhinestone brad.

Last night I made this: **ETA** Project removed for publication

I bought this Asian inspired double canvas funky looking picture at Marshalls. I ripped both of the canvases off and coated them twice with Gesso to cover up the rich reds, golds and black colors. I painted the frame background a dark brown then went back to the canvases. I painted the sides with acrylic paint and then applied some Tea Dye Varnish to match the distressed look of the digital papers. I then created both of the layouts in Adobe Photoshop Elements, printed them off on cardstock and embellished with gathered ribbon, chipboard monogram, rhinestones and a stamp or two. Digital supplies are as follows: LiquoriceRevamped papers 1, 3, 4 and 6 from Scrapbook Bytes (designed by Vera Lim), the flourish was also purchased at Scrapbook Bytes and is by Trish Jones. The photo edges3 are by Rhonna Farrer from the Designing With Digital CD. The blue digital paper was a freebie found at Scrap Chic Studio called Bliss Mini Kit - designed by Mindy Wade.

Thanks for stopping by today - I hope you all have a wonderful Valentines Day! MWAH!