a kitschy love post.

Well, for the first time in a while Steve and I got to go out on a date. Last night we went to dinner in downtown Bend, I had Halibut, Steve had chicken and ribs, and then we went to the movies. We saw Benjamin Button. Um... it was different. I'm not sure what I think about many parts of the movies, but the one thing that stands out to me the most was that Cate Blanchett is gorgeous! Really. She played everything from a teenager to an old woman, and I was constantly struck by how beautiful her skin and her features are. She has a beautiful dancer's body and she's even had kids! She's also a great actress.

I saw her in a play once when I was in London. It was called Plenty. And when we were in the theather, John Lithgow (from 3rd Rock from the Sun at the time) sat in the next row over. That's the closest to famous people I've ever been. lol

Anyway, we had a great date, and came home to happy kids because they spent the night making cookies and playing with Grandma and Grandpa. They love spending time together and it warms my heart to see them.

Today we are spending the day home. I'm doing a bit of cleaning, a bit of crafting, and in a bit we are going to decorate cakes. Just for fun we made a couple of round cakes this morning, and this afternoon the kids get to decorate them with frosting and sprinkles and have a piece for dessert after dinner. They are very excited about it.

Before I go I wanted to share a bit of hybrid Kitschy love. Hybrid is new for me, but I"m having a lot of fun with it. I love that you can change the colors in the patterns to fit your projects.

For this layout, I loved the blue houndstooth so I printed it as is.

You can get the houndstooth in the Olivia kit.

Next I used the yellow polka dot paper in the Matilda kit, and changed the colors to a nice kraft. I then trimmed out clouds for Payton to sleep on.

I had a lot of fun for this last element. I printed some buttons from the Thrift Store Chic Button kit on Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky Backed canvas, trimmed them out, and then adhered them to Bazzill chipboard circles. I then used my Cropadile to punch holes, and then tied floss. I just love the look, and since it's a digital kit, I'll have buttons forever, lol!

Here's my layout!



I used some ribbon from my stash and some Basic Grey sticker alphas for the title.

I also used a new punch from Fiskars! The Apron Lace punch. LoVE it.

I just wanted to point out that 2peas is having a sale on Kitschy kits with 10% off. That's a great deal! You can check all of Danielle's kits out here.

Have a great Saturday, Valentines Day, the day of LOOOVVVEEEE. Before I go I wanted to leave you with a little last minute Valentine craft idea. I saw this yesterday and thought it was super, super cute to have hanging around the house.

Heartman

I think we are going to make one of these guys today, for entertainment and fun with the kids.

:) Davinie

P.S. Less than a week until y0ur January layouts are due if you want to win a couple of great RAK'S! I have been adding some great goodies to mine so I hope you'll play along! Check it out here.

Cardalicious is a wee bit digi

I have a bit of a digi/hybrid post for you today. I wanted to share my card for the Cardalicious challenge this week. This week's challenge was to use a circle, a flower, and sparkles.

I used a circle punch, and covered a brad with stickles.
I also used a fun digital kit from Danielle Thompson.
This one is for paper artists, like moi, and is called Matilda.
The digital version is available here.

The best thing about this card is that it was created using one piece of cardstock. I used white for the base and then printed the other patterns in the sizes I needed on the remaining cardstock.

Speaking of Danielle Thompson, she was gracious enough to post some great digital tutorials on the Kitschy blog.

The first tutorial is about how to add a photo to a digital frame.

The second tutorial is about how to recolor a digital frame.

The third tutorial is about how to recolor a digital frame with duo tones.

I hope you find these useful! I am a paper artist for sure but some of these tutorials really interest me for hybrid work.

On another note, I hope you'll be checking the Pink Paislee blog today. They are sharing the new Enchanting mini line within the Winsome Collection. I was lucky to work with this one as part of my CHA projects for the Pink Paislee booth. You might spy a delightful little girl in one of the photos. Check it out and leave a comment here to have a chance at some PP goodness.

Have a great day! Today is Morgan's 5th birthday! She is so excited! She's already up and dressed in a purple Fancy Nancy dress that she got for Christmas, and a fuzzy pink crown that surprised her at the kitchen table this morning. I can't believe she's 5.

:)