Color Me Daisy November Kits

The November kits for Color Me Daisy have been revealed! In addition to the main kit there are 2 mini-kits. One is a holiday card kit to make card making easy and another is a juicy kit featuring Basic Grey Ambrosia! Check it out here.

October Projects from Color Me Daisy kit

Wow has it really been 2 weeks since I last blogged? It's been busy getting ready for the baby. Just 3 weeks and 2 days.

I finally took pictures of some projects and layouts I did with the October Color Me Daisy kit. Also, sneak peeks for November are up on the Color Me Daisy Blog.

Here are a couple of layouts using the Pink Paislee Vintage Moon papers. I wrote on one of the sheers from the Maya Road keychain with Stickles for the Who's Walking layout.


This is just a quick card I made using some of the scraps from the American Crafts paper. I used a border punch to give the edge a little something. The letters were cut with the Cricut when I was experimenting with the Sure Cuts a Lot Software I recently purchased.

I made a mini book for my mom for her birthday and used some of the American Craft's papers in the kit to make a matching gift bag, bow and card. The bow was from a challenge during Color Me Daisy's crop last month. The bag was super simple with just a paper cut to fit the bag. The card was just a pattern cut out from the AC paper and the Queen & Co felt ribbon. Stamp was Studio G (not in the kit).

Here is the mini book. I used some heart chipboard I had from Oriental Trading Co. and some random buttons. Papers, ribbon and felt ribbon were from the October kit. It was a quick little book to put together with some recent pictures of Nicholas from the past few months.




I have more to talk about from the past couple of weeks, so I will make a better effort this week to post.

Halloween Crazy & 5 more weeks

I can't believe the baby will be here in 5 weeks and 2 days (not that I'm counting or anything). His furniture was delivered this past Friday, so we need to get his room finished up. It's a lot easier the 2nd time around since we don't have to get nearly as much stuff. But still, we need to get busy.

This little guy is going to be a tank. At my ultrasound last Tuesday they estimated he weighed 6 lbs. 3 oz. With 6 more weeks at that point he will likely be over 9 pounds. I guess I am glad now I have to have another C-section. No pushing that "big" boy out!

I got to spend a lot of time making some Halloween projects this weekend. I also made a mini-coaster album and matching card for my Dad for his birthday. It felt good to get some projects done. It was nice to get on a roll and feel the creativity flowing.

I just love this time of year, but I always find too many holiday craft projects that I want to do. Here are pictures of the projects I did this weekend:


Altered letters using Color Me Daisy's Halloween Kit papers and rub-ons, plus MS decorative tape, sequins, bling and ribbon:



Spooky Banner using Color Me Daisy's Halloween Kit papers. I used my Cricut to cut out the letters and a Cuttlebug die to cut the small Halloween die cuts. Also used the MS pumpkin border punch to create an outline for the flags and MS pumpkin punch for the bottoms where the borders came together. I used pop dots on the letters and the small die cuts to give some dimension.

This Halloween wreath was from a Martha Stewart craft kit. Instead of glittering the leaves as suggested I mixed the glitter with diamond glaze and brushed it on each leaf. It gives a shiny sparkly effect, without as much of a glitter mess.

My Dad's birthday is tommorrow, so I made him this mini-coaster album from some Basic Grey papers some buttons and letter stickers. I sandpapered the edges of the pages and the pictures. Pictures are from their visit in August. I love the pictures of my Dad and Nicholas, they just make me happy.

More Halloween projects. I bought a couple of wood signs and painted them. Then used Stickles to give some sparkle to the letters. For the pumpkins I mixed art glitter with diamond glaze and brushed it over the painted pumpkins to give it some sparkle and shine. Then I backed the whole sign with black glitter felt to help the letters stand out. These just make me smile, with the bright Halloween colors.

Close up of the pumpkins



And last but not least, the matching card I made to for my Dad to go with the mini-album.

Color Me Daisy October Kit's Revealed

Color Me Daisy's October's kit's are now available here. There is also a SALE going on, get all the details here.

Here's a look at Funky Fashion Show. I love the colors!

Bad me!

I have been a bad blogger lately. It has been busy with getting ready for the online crop we held over the weekend over at Color Me Daisy. If you haven't stopped by you still have time to complete challenges and post them for prizes. Go to the Color Me Daisy message board for info. Plus I have been getting October kits ready. By the way sneak peeks are up on the CMD Blog if you want to check them out.

We started 2 a week doctor's appointments. Last week we had an ultrasound and they said Jackson weighs a whopping 4 1/2 pounds (at 32 weeks)! Yikes. Nicholas was only 2 1/2 pounds when he was born at 29 weeks so no wonder I'm starting to feel some aches & pains. I never got this far last time. It's actually exciting to go twice a week. They do an ultrasound once a week and a non-stress test both visits. We get to see the baby and then get to hear his heart beating and movements for about 20 minutes. It's re-assuring, and even better this time no sign of high blood pressure. The doctor says everything looks the way it should. My c-section is scheduled for November 12. So I fully intend for this little guy to stay put in my tummy until then.

Here are some ultrasound pictures from last week and today:

Last week:

And Today:

It's fun seeing our little guy grow.

Two Fun Announcements

Color Me Daisy October Guest DT Call

When: September 10 - 19, 2008

Color Me Daisy is looking for our first ever Guest Designer for the month of October.

To be considered please create a layout based on either our current Weekly Challenge or September’s Monthly Contest Challenge (information located in our Contests & Challenges Forum). You will also be entered into our Weekly Challenge or Monthly Contest.

Upload your layout to the appropriate Challenge or Contest gallery folder and link your layout to the October GDT gallery folder (use keyword 1008_GDT to link). Layouts must be sized to no larger than 600×600 pixels and 200kB.

If you are not already an active member of our message board and gallery you must join and be active on the message board and gallery most days during the GDT call period and throughout the month of your assignment.

* Submission deadline is midnight PDT, September 19th.
* Winner will be announced by September 21st.
* Winner will receive our October kit and will be required to complete projects as directed.
* Winner will be featured as a guest designer on our website and blog during the month of October, and will need to supply a headshot and short bio by September 25th.
* International entries will be accepted. International winner is responsible for actual shipping costs in excess of our shipping allowance of $7 and must complete their October projects by the required deadline.

If you have any questions, please post here or send an e-mail to designteam@colormedaisy.com.

We are looking forward to seeing your entries!


Color Me Daisy Farewell to Summer Crop

September 19 - 21, 2008

Color Me Daisy is hosting our first ever Online Crop and the Daisy Girls have lots of fun challenges and games planned. There will be lots of opportunities to win prizes, including some of our kits.

Bring your friends and plan to spend some time with us throughout the weekend. Get those summer photo’s together and get ready to get them scrapped. Play some fun games and chat with your fellow Daisies. Stay and play all weekend or come by at your leisure.

We will also be having some store specials only available during the crop weekend!!

Friday - September 19th - 4 -10 pm Eastern Time
Saturday - September 20th - 10 am - 10 pm Eastern Time
Sunday - September 21st -10 am - 8 pm Eastern Time

We will be providing updates for the crop on our message board, so check it out for information on the crop schedule, prizes and store specials. Get registered for our message board and gallery before the big weekend so you are ready to participate. Note: Message board registration requires administrator approval to be able to post.

You will have until Friday (September 26, 2008) at midnight to complete your challenges and upload for prizes.

Join us for a fun, creative and inspiring weekend.

http://colormedaisy.com/

12 more weeks!

Wow has another week gone by! It's been a week since I posted and it has gone fast. We had a nice 3 day weekend last weekend. It was our 12 year anniversary on Sunday. Nana watched Nicholas so we were able to go out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. It is nice to have a date night once in a while.

I also got a lot of scrapping done. I used every last bit of my August Color Me Daisy kit on some layouts and cards. On Tuesday we had an ultrasound to check on Jackson. I also got out of traveling to Denver this week for our annual finance strategy meeting. Can't go this year because of being pregnant. It is weird staying behind, I feel like I am missing out on something. But it has been nice to get to come home every night and not have the long meeting days and long nights at dinner. The office has been quiet and I've been able to get a lot done.

Jackson is a big boy. They estimate he is a little over 3 pounds. He is measuring about 2 weeks bigger than my due date. I am 28 weeks now. In comparison, Nicholas was born at 29 weeks and weighed 2 lbs.7 oz. I have been feeling really good this pregnancy, no signs of developing preeclampsia this time around. I am staying positive that it won't happen to us again.

Jackson is kicking a lot. He makes sure I know he is there frequently. It is a nice reminder. He was extremely cooperative yesterday during the ultrasound. As soon as the tech put the monitor on my stomach, he reminded us he was a boy. "All Boy". It's a good thing that we already knew, because there was no mistaking it.

Here are the pictures from the ultrasound:






It's hard to believe in 12 weeks he will be here. We better get busy getting his room together.

Here is some of the layouts and cards I did this weekend:

I scrapped this one from a challenge at Big Picture Scrapbooking's Big Wig Bash going on this week. I used Stickles around the edges of the scalloped paper to add some bling.



I made this card for Mike for our anniversary. I never know what to do with the owls and birds on patterned paper, and then this occured to me:



Here are a couple more layouts I made these from the remainders of the Color Me Daisy August kit. I used the Fiskars Leave it to Weaver punch to punch the slots to weave the paper and ribbon through on these:




I used up the scraps from the kit and made a bunch of cards, here are a few:






Color Me Daisy Sneak Peeks for the September kit are up, you can see them HERE.