pictures + words

2009-12-02T23:53:00.003-06:00

"mommy, give her some milk! this is too loud for my ears." #2 is not a fan of the loud cry.

top 10 things i heard on our trip

2009-12-02T23:24:00.002-06:00

so we just got back from fort lauderdale, florida. it was a really good time and so nice for us to spend time with just us (something that rarely happens at home). here are the top 10 things that were said that stand out in my mind...

1. "leave her alone!" to both #1 and #2 constantly as they try and maul #3!!

2. "i want pizza!" something we discovered #2 would eat every night if given the choice.

3. "ok... that's enough! give her some space." do i need to explain?

4. "this is the terriblest day!" #1's latest way of complaining that things aren't fair... i think after reading alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

5. "put the game away!" usually towards #1.

6. "daddy can you play mario and i'll watch in bed?" #1's way to get ak to snuggle and to get to stay up later.

7. "EAT YOUR FOOD!" to #2 at every meal that didn't involve pizza or honey nut cheerios.

8. "can we get a ben 10 today?" #1 and #2 both see nothing wrong with this as a daily activity.

9. "can you pass me the nursing cover?" me to ak whenever #3 went into a major crying spell in public.

10. "shhh...you have to be quiet in the halls. people might be sleeping!" me to #1, 2 and 3 every time we walked to or from our room.

Take 2

2009-12-02T23:22:00.001-06:00

Let's try this again. I really want to make this blog thing work...

summer sherbet papers

2008-05-15T14:23:00.003-05:00

i made a couple of layouts using that cool A Shade of Blue paper that was sent to me. this collection is called summer sherbet. nice and bright and colorful!
mother's day in numbers:

mommy's bed:

iscrap

2008-05-10T18:51:00.004-05:00

i scrap and i guess that is why i am having a difficult time keeping up with this blog! here is one of my latest projects. i desperately wanted to use some pink paislee office lingo stuff, but needed a reason... why not a mini album about why i scrap?had so much fun doing this one. very different from my boy layouts and minis. as for the blogging part... i am still working on some sort of routine to make this part easier. there has got to be a way to fit it in to my busy life of being mom and scrapbooking. until next time...

a shade of blue papers

2008-04-13T22:56:00.002-05:00

the scrapbook design team was given some cool papers to work with for our next challenge. "American Made" and "Vintage Blush" designed by their very own Creative Dreams here is what i came up with... a layout of noah skating on our backyard rink...

and you don't see this very often... one with just andy and i!

trying again

2008-04-10T08:34:00.001-05:00

My creation
Originally uploaded by malikakelly

1. doorquoise, 2. crafting 365 - day 98, 3. Turquoise Crocs, 4. De-stashing - turquoise beads
hope it is bigger this time... another test.

oops.

2008-04-09T22:51:00.001-05:00

that's a little too small. got to work on that... also forgot to add this:

1. off to liam's birthday., 2. Nerds & Skittles., 3. Untitled, 4. Untitled, 5. jessie, 6. straws, 7. Young hearts beating fast, 8. Pencil Macro, 9. Untitled

trying the mosaic thing

2008-04-09T22:40:00.001-05:00

My creation,
originally uploaded by malikakelly.

i wanted to figure out how to make a mosaic using flickr pictures. i see it on so many blogs these days and had to try it for myself.... so really this is just a test. found some colorful pictures that i liked. i should try it a couple more times so i don't have to reteach myself each time!

32 degrees and below

2008-04-08T16:21:00.006-05:00

this is the first winter i can honestly say that we wished for cold weather. 2008 was the start of something that will become annual from now on. a great time was had by all... neighbors, friends and of course all of us. we even had the local newspaper here to write an article and shoot a video of noah skating. here is the mini book to document the first kelly rink... (the article link doesn't work... but if you take out the http:// in the address bar it will).

long time... no post

2008-03-19T15:20:00.003-05:00

wow. it got busy here for a while. had some company, and then some more. went to CKU and had a blast. met some awesome people. next week i will be taking the boys back to Canada. in the meantime, i have been working on many projects and will post them as i finish them up... here is noah's fourth birthday party book:

book of me

2008-02-24T15:44:00.004-06:00

another little mini book of course. can't help myself. i love them. this is for the next challenge at ASB. we had to answer a bunch of questions about ourselves. this was great for me cause i am always scrapbooking about someone other than me! i really love these colors... of course the one chance i have to use pink, i am back to the blues and greens... funny how that works.

who loves you?

2008-02-16T17:06:00.002-06:00

absolutely love these pictures of my little man. also love owls, hambly and stickles.

paci guy

2008-02-16T17:00:00.002-06:00

needed to try two things: a 6x12 layout (kinda liked that size!) and a layout on a piece of transparent Hambly. so why not try them both together?! really enjoyed making it AND i liked the result! fun...

almost 4 mini album

2008-02-11T20:53:00.000-06:00

this is another mini album by K&A die cuts. it was in our ASB sponsor kit this month. around Christmas time, i had asked my 3 (almost 4) year old a bunch of questions. i wrote down his answers in hopes to scrapbook them some day. this mini album was the perfect place to house everything. i dressed it up with some Rusty Pickle papers and tabs, some AC thickers and ribbon... and that was it! nice and easy.

i love...

2008-02-10T19:23:00.000-06:00

this is a mini album that i made with a sponsor kit by K&A die cuts for the ASB design team. it is a little book with 9 things i love about my toddler right now. used up some of last year's ki memories stuff, some 7 gypsies rubon numbers and stamped journaling stamps on a transparency. i slapped some white paint down behind each transparency to make it easier to read the journaling. i tied it together with a bunch of ribbon, knotted at the back and all gathered together at the front and tied.

everyone loves a little grandpa time

2008-02-06T17:55:00.001-06:00

here is a layout of grandpa kelly and his 3 grandsons at christmas time.

card swap

2008-02-06T17:45:00.001-06:00

Every couple of months I meet with a stamping group and we make some cards, learn some new techniques and swap some cards we have made. I am not usually a card maker and most of the SU stamps I own are geared towards scrapbooking which makes it a little more challenging for me to come up with a card. Anyway, I saved it till the last minute and created this... I was still putting it together as everyone arrived! But that is OK.

the cruise

2008-02-06T16:19:00.000-06:00

I put together a little book about our cruise. It is just a collection of ticket stubs, pictures and words. Too many pages to show it all, but here is the cover at least. Basic Grey paper, lots of Maya Road and 7 gypsies rubons.

a few more layouts

2008-01-31T06:39:00.000-06:00

just a couple more layouts from Christmas this year.
our stockings, hung by the chimney with care...

an annual Christmas party we have with some family friends of ours.

and another challenge for ASB. this time we had to start with a finished 6x6 page and turn it into a 12x12 page without making it look like it was just dropped on there. i took it from a 6x6 to an 8.5x11 and then finally to a 12x12. this technique is called a progressive page.

cruisin' with susan

2008-01-09T23:32:00.000-06:00

so... we are going on a cruise in 3 days. both andy and i have never been on one and we both are a little hesitant about the whole thing. maybe it is because we are going with a big group through a radio station here in town, maybe it is because we have never left the kiddos with g&g for a weekend, let alone a whole week, maybe it is the whole boat thing. none the less, i have not even started to pack. i am excited, i really am! once we get everything organized with the grandparents, i am sure i will relax and have a good time. one thing i have done to get ready is picked a couple of books to read in my uninterrupted time. looking forward to that part for sure.

look what i can do!

2008-01-09T23:25:00.001-06:00

it wasn't even that hard. i just needed some time when the kids were asleep and i was not scrapbooking! glad i can finally figure this thing out...

2008-01-09T22:59:00.000-06:00

all i want for Christmas...

2008-01-09T16:36:00.000-06:00

Love, Elsie- love the colors and look...needed to use it somehow... so i made a mini album with little pockets that hold tags. on each tag I wrote one of the top 10 gifts our family recieved this year and what we liked about it. i thought it would be fun to look back and see what we thought was cool in a bunch of years from now.

bloggin

2008-01-09T16:32:00.000-06:00

I have got to get better at this blogging thing. I am taking more pictures of my work now and uploading them to my ASB gallery. Now I just have to get them on here.

teacher gifts...part two

2007-12-24T14:13:00.000-06:00

Halfway through the process of the calendars, I wasn't too sure of them... so I decided on a back up plan. Organic soaps wrapped in greaseproof paper and then decorated with Basic Grey Figgy Pudding papers. Love those colors!

Both the calendars and the soap turned out OK, so the preschool teachers got lucky this year and got two handmade gifts!

teacher gifts

2007-12-24T14:00:00.000-06:00

I thought I would make the preschool teachers a little desktop calendar for Christmas this year. Wasn't sure how they would turn out, but it was kind of fun to make. Using my Autumn Leaves messy dates stamps and a calendar stamp from SU, I threw it all together. Lots of ink and distressing. October Afternoon stamps along the side. And of course bound together using my Bind-It-All.

Scored chipboard, velcro dots and bookbinding tape were used to make the calendar be able to stand on its own.

time capsule

2007-12-12T00:20:00.000-06:00

a mini book for a challenge at a shade of blue. 12 things in my life now that will look different a bunch of years from now.