Curiouser and Curiouser

The times, they are a changing. Change in life is a given. It's all in how we manage the process. I choose to welcome the changes, because they will happen whether I want them to or not. Sigh...I didn't put out Easter baskets this year.  I don't have little children anymore. My sons are 27 and 20. Part of me was sad that I didn't do it. It felt weird not to get out the Easter baskets, but I did buy a bag of their favorite chocolate!



We spent the day with the Chapman's. It was a beautiful day! Dad got the pool ready and the dinner cooked...



and Millie and Ellie made dessert!



Ellie orchestrated a photo shoot with Steph, Granny and Mame.



This girl has STYLE!



These pretty ladies stayed dry and watched while I hit the pool with kids.



Shaking my head...this four year old with a big ego likes to wrap Aunt Wendy around his little finger...and I let him!



Jake and Kellan... sweet and crazy!

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Kyle, before and after the bloody nose. He said he'd rather ride the range rover anyway!

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Haylan at bat and Millie cheating to keep Uncle Chris from catching the fly ball!

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Last but not least, the Easter egg hunt! The "Easter Bunny" filled and hid the eggs early in the morning.



They had a candy feast!

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Of course I had to make a card to commemorate the day. A white rabbit showed up after all!

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The new Cupcake Inspirations challenge started today and the theme is "bunnies". There are too many cute bunny images out there to use them just once a year!



Sugar Pea Designs is our sponsor for this challenge and is generously providing a $25 gift certificate to our randomly chosen winner.



Make something using our theme and share it with us for a chance to win!



SUPPLIES USED:

Club Scrap® card stock

Club Scrap® Literature Digital Kit



CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Club Scrap 04/18 Card Sketch Challenge



Pile it On Challenge #141 Think Small

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #21 April Anything Goes

Hiding in My Craft Room #346 Freestyle!

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Rolling with my Peeps

I love a good joke, especially the kind that evokes a good belly laugh. You know, the side splitting guffaw, tears running and you can't breathe laughter? I feel euphoric after a good laugh and always want more. My sister and I would try to make each other laugh all the time when we were kids, especially in church or other places where it was "inappropriate"! We would get the biggest kick out of making my straitlaced grandparents laugh. Memaw would have to tell Papaw to calm down! My kids knew from an early age, all they had to do was make us laugh and all would be right with our world. My husband says that he asked me out a second time because I laughed at his cheesy pickup line AND I had big boobs. *shrug* Laughter truly is good for the soul!

This is my kind of humor...



It reminds me of the videos of Gramma and Ginga!

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I recreated this cartoon on an Easter card. I don't like marshmallow peeps, yuck, but they are a kitschy celebration of spring. I won't eat them, but I'll make art with them!



The new challenge is up at Just for Fun Rubber Stamps and the theme is die cuts. I dusted off my Cuttlebug and cut the background panels using one of STAMPloration's crazy running stitch rectangle dies and trimmed the green panel with Lawn Fawn's stitched hillside borders.  I stamped the blue background panel with JFF Rubber Stamps seashore grass silhouette for depth. The marshmallow bunnies were stamped on Club Scrap® card stock (don't you love the patterned paper from the Delft collection?) and trimmed with detail scissors. I added some Diamond stickles for sparkle and a little bowtie that was an embellishment in Club Scrap® 's Trattoria kit. I added a three-part bow to make things a little more festive. (Watch this video to view the steps to create a perfect three-part bow for yourself!)

I created the speech bubbles in Photoshop Elements using digital elements from Club Scrap® 's Comics kit, printed them on white card stock and trimmed with detail scissors.



I like to add dimension with a little foam tape, so I popped up the Happy Easter speech bubble and dapper bunny with a few pieces.



I had a leftover bunny, so I gave him an Easter makeover. May I present...Sir Peepsalot!



My crochet skills came in handy! I chain stitched some gold wired string I had in my ribbon basket and added an over sized egg with some stickles to complete the necklace. My little Easter rapper needed some sunglasses, and the Tim Holtz Crazy Things stamp set had the perfect pair!

Link up on the Just For Fun Rubber Stamps blog with your die cut creation for a chance to win a gift certificate to shop at JFF Stamps! I'll look for you in the gallery!

Life is better when you're laughing! ♥

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