nichol magouirk

hello.

I do not have a stampin' fun friday project this week.
I think I grossly underestimated how much more work it takes to have three kids home all day rather than one. Between the numerous activities, camps and swimming and just being a mom hanging out with her kids I have not had much "creative" time here lately.
I am working on some projects but nothing I can share just yet.
Soon.
And I think that once August 14th gets here and the big kids go back to school and things settle back into a somewhat organized routine I will be able to accomplish more. Right now I am trying to enjoy the last few weeks before the kids start another school year. Have I mentioned that I can't believe my kids are growing up so quickly? Makes me more than a little sad but at the same time I just love them to pieces. Each one is so unique and wonderful.
Payton is in a parade tomorrow and I made the banner for the cheer float (I used the Silhouette to cut all the letters out, etc. and it turned out pretty good, I think.). I will try to get some good pics and share here tomorrow.

I did just receive the newest Cuttlebug embossing folders. I purchased them here for a really good price. (And here are the other ones.)They arrived quick, too. Love that! Looking forward to playing with them soon.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

weekend recap + new KI goodies.

We're recovering from a super busy weekend (and getting ready for an equally busy weekend this coming weekend). Friday late afternoon we took the older two kids to see The Dark Knight. We all loved it...really good. Then Chad and I had a fundraiser auction to go to with friends. Then Saturday one of my cousins got married and we traveled to attend, there and back in a day. And yesterday Chad and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary with a lazy day around the house. :)

And now today I'm trying to get the laundry caught up and get some things ready for the week.

I thought I'd share a few of the projects I did with the new KI Memories Collections that debuted at CHA-S last weekend.

School Days:

Festive:

Glitter Lace:

and Sheer Delights:

To see even more projects designed with these new collections check out the KI Memories Celebrate Life Blog.

GIVE AWAY winner announced. :)

First, I just wanted to say a big, big THANK YOU to everyone who left such lovely comments on my my blog regarding my projects. I was overwhelmed with the number of responses I received and I am very much humbled. Thank you all so much for your kind words. Each and every one of you truly made my day. :)

And now for the winner of the random drawing. I used the random number generator and it chose #146.

Hi Nichol: Thanks so much for all the beautiful inspiration as well as instruction. And thanks for offering this fun-looking set of goodies!

Posted by: Janice | July 16, 2008 at 12:54

Congratulations Janice!
Please email me your mailing address and I'll get your goodies in the mail to you.

Thanks again to everyone for entering and please check back. I will be offering more give aways soon. I love to share!

more card drive for kids

So I finished up my cards for Jennifer's Card Drive for Kids today. :)
Here is one of the cards (I'll share the other tomorrow).
The bird was cut from several sheets of Bloom patterned paper (KI Memories) using the Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter. (I love this birdie!)

I just used a Colorbox Chalk Ink Cats Eye ink pad to add some ink to the edges of the diecut before assembling the bird on my card. I think it adds just a little dimension and interest.
And I added a googley eye...I am addicted to using these, especially on cards for kiddos. I think they add a fun little interactive element that kids (and adults) love.

Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Bloom by KI Memories
Stickers: Love Elsie
Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink
Bird Diecut: Silhouette
Flower: Making Memories
Other: Googley Eye, String & Pop Dots

Check back tomorrow for the winner of the scrap stuff give away!
Have a great night!

the lost (and found) ipod.

I can see that a lot of you remembered my blog post on losing my ipod. :)

Linzi (linzi@mindspring.com) was the first person to post/guess correctly...please email me your mailing addy and I'll get the stamps out to you!

I was just finishing up a little sewing project (I will share more about that soon) after lunch and went into my bedroom to grab a magazine from my nightstand...and as I got closer I could see that there was standing water all over my nightstand....soaked through my new CK magazine, actually in my alarm clock (the very alarm clock/ipod docking station that I believe that my ipod disappeared from), Chad's wedding band (that he likely left on the bathroom counter this morning in his hurry to get to work), my toothbrush, a sopping wet roll of toilet paper, a now very empty glass that once held water and in the middle of the puddle....my ipod.

I grabbed eveything and cleaned up the water and came out to the kitchen where Ethan was still sitting and said...

me: "Ethan, where did you find mommy's ipod?"
Ethan (with a very, very big grin on his face): "I don't know!"
me: "Where did you hide it, buddy?"
Ethan: "Don't knooooooow." (all the while he had this HUGE 'I am rotten' smile on his face.)

I don't think I'll ever know just exactly where he found it and I tore every room in this house apart trying to find that darn thing! Little stinkin' ornery two-year-old.....grrrr! Oh well, Brenden has been wanting an ipod so I am going to let him have it. Payton tried to tell me she'd take the new one but I said, "huh-uh. Nice try, sister!"

If you can guess...

....what I just found today (that was recently lost....that's all the hint I will give you)...

I will send you these:

The first person to CORRECTLY guess and post here in the comments will get this awesome stamp set (I have two of these and only need one. ;))

Good luck!

I will be sharing one or two cards later on this evening. Have a great afternoon!

every day wonderful + GIVE AWAY TIME!!!

Good Monday morning!

Today I thought I'd share a layout I created about a year ago. It was recently published in Memory Makers Idea Gallery '08 Issue.
Such good memories, some favorite photos and journaling I'm glad I wrote down. :)
(btw, the scan is kind of crummy but I didn't feel like photographing it or rescanning....feeling lazy today!)

I got an extra issue of this magazine when I received my layout back so I thought I'd offer it + some yummy Making Memories Passport and KI Memories La Di Dah and Bloom goodies up for a GIVE AWAY! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post by Wednesday, July 16th by 11:59 CST and I will draw a random winner here on Thursday the 17th. :)

Have a super day. :)

card drive for kids

If you haven't seen the great card drive for kids over on Jennifer's blog then head over there and check it out. I'll be sharing the cards I made here over this next week.

This is just a simple butterfly card (with a pop up inside). :)
Nothing spectacular but fun to make (my daughter, Payton, helped me by diecutting some of the butterflies...she LOVES the Cuttlebug).

Supplies:
Cards: Creative Cafe
Embossing Folders: Cuttlebug & Quickutz
Butterfly Diecuts: Silhouette & Cuttlebug
Ribbons, Gems: Making Memories
Patterned Paper: We R Memory Keepers (Yellow); Little Yellow Bicycle (Orange); Narratives (notebook)
Stamp: Hero Arts

Have a great Sunday!

stampin' fun friday post.

hey guys!
I set up my blog post yesterday but apparently I entered the wrong date and it never posted! Sorry!
It is there now. Just scroll down past today's post for the video. Thanks!

Also...
Check back Monday. I will be having a little GIVE AWAY! We all love those right?!!!

Have a great Saturday!

anniversary card share.

Just wanted to share a quick anniversary card I made last week while I was working on getting my groove back. :)
This is an anniversary card for my brother and sister-in-law who celebrated their 2nd anniversary on the 1st of this month (and hopefully they will forgive that their card is late, late. Sorry guys!).

Played with some of the new Bloom goodies from KI Memories:

Added some Glitter Glue to the butterflies for fun...

Supplies:
Patterned Paper, Chipboard Butterflies: KI Memories Bloom Collection
Rub-ons, Word Fetti Alpha Stickers and Notebook Paper: Making Memories
Stickles Glitter Glue: Ranger
Other: White Paint Pen, Pop Dots, String