A Harry Potter Party

My kiddo is half-obsessed with Harry Potter, ha. She has read the first book and listens to it on repeat, almost nightly. She has gotten to about half way thru the second book...and is apprehensive that it gets scarier and creepier...
We did go to Universal Hollywood in March, and we all loved their Hogsmeade. Some of us only enjoyed one ride (ME. It's ME), but the area was really cool. 
Aaannyway, this kiddo has a birthday this month, so a friend-party was in order. 
This will definitely be scrapbooked, but in the meantime, here's something we made, thanks to the smart people on the internets, ha! 

Decor: 

Clusters of potion jars and candles and who knows what, haha

The food: 

Sugar cones set on Keebler Fudge Striped cookie, with mnm's inside- red, yellow, blue or green!

(and a smidge of chocolate frosting to hold it together)

Because of COURSE Professor Sprout grows finger grapes and pineapple in England!

(not quite... two assortment small bags of Jelly Belly, thanks. No ick.)

(these are red powder and crystals, so that was slightly disappointing)

We used this recipe for the butterbeer, and no cream. 
https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/12973/harry-potters-kidsafe-butterbeer-recipe/#mv-creation-73

Here I had to hide the name, but trust me that it totally worked. Also, she wanted it spelled correctly as it is in the book, AND she didn't want anyone to sit on it first, haha. 

Activities:

Painting wands with black, brown or silver, on dowels I wrapped with hot glue and twine.
annnd then the wands were grounded to the table to avoid stabbing. Kids are rough. 

A scavenger hunt.

Activities not shown:
Bludger Bludger Snitch (you might call it duck duck goose...)
Would You Rather

And her friends reciprocated the theme with gifts including the Flying Ford Anglia lego set, the Fawkes lego set, a Harry Potter craft kit, a chocolate elder wand and Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. Ew. haha!

Daisy Duck

Today I have another Disneyland 2026 page for you, but a different character. Same kit of paper and stickers too.

Supplies:

Stamps: Alphabet Appeal Lower

Ink: Pacific Point 
Paper: Basic White, Echo Park Magical Adventure
Accessories: Echo Park Magical Adventure Stickers

Journaling Font: Minnie

Minnie Mouse

Well, a week in and homeschooling is going really well, but the adjustment of school + life might be keeping me busier than I actually expected... But honestly we've had some good fun!  

So this week I'll share some Disneyland pages I've gotten done from our trip earlier this year.
Our trip was the same week as my birthday, and my sweet friend gifted me a Disneyland themed scrapbook kit with paper and stickers from Echo Park. So I used it! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Alphabet Attitude Lower

Ink: Real Red
Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Echo Park Magical Adventure DP
Accessories: Echo Park Magical Adventure Stickers

Journaling Font: Minnie

Paper for birthdays!

And happy Saturday!! 

Today I have the latest SUO Challenge, twice! I CASED the bottom card and used up some DP from my stash and have two cards ready to go out!

My DP rectangles are just trimmed out with the paper trimmer. I looked for dies but I have misplaced the one I was thinking of and I did add dots, and I made them both birthday cards. But! the inspiration is there.

First, I made this tool card. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Special Moments

Ink: Pebbled Path

Paper: Crushed Curry card stock, Trusty Toolbox DP
Accessories: Classic Garage Metal Elements, Iridescent Pearls

And then this anyone-birthday card. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Grunge Rock

Ink: Bermuda Bay

Paper: Pool Party card stock, Cherry On Top DP
Accessories: Classic Matte Dots

And now I have two more ready to be mailed out! 

A lighthouse!

Happy last Friday of summer 2026! We're all set to start home school next week, and she wants to start the same day her friends go back to school. I'm really excited and she is too! I hope your summer has gone well and you've done something fun! 

The most recent color challenge from The Paper Players had to be beachy, and this lighthouse set was a perfect fit! I put it together with the latest sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches and voila! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Unchartered Territory
Ink: Memento Black, Lost Lagoon, Basic Beige, Real Red, Pool Party
Paper: Basic White, Lost Lagoon & Pool Party card stocks
Accessories: Antique Pearls, Blender Pens, Dimensionals 

Bold Birthday Rose

Hello again! 
Today I've combined the colors from TGIF Challenges and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

The flower is BOLD, but here it is, ha! I really like the idea here, but I think I would choose a different shade for the flower. It's fine. Someone will get a birthday card anyway! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Happiness Abounds, Elements of Text

Ink: Berry Burst, Memento Black, Crumb Cake

Paper: Crumb Cake, Lemon Lolly, Berry Burst
Accessories: Brass Butterflies, unmarked stitched ribbon, Blossoming Happiness dies, Dimensionals, big shot

A froggy birthday!

Happy Wednesday to you!
I got some stamping time so I have something to share for a couple days, ha. 

First up, I made this cute froggy card. I used the latest challenge from Inspired By... and I'm happy with how it turned out. I used their colors and their card sketch. I love these colors together! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Toy Box (2002), Simply Said

Ink: Soft Succulent, Pebbled Path

Paper: Basic Beige, Pebbled Path, Soft Succulent

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots 

Last Day!

Happy Monday to you! 

I got to scrapbook this weekend! I made six new pages and finished a handful of pages I started earlier this summer and hadn't gotten back to. Yeay!! 

This one is brand new. It fits two totally different challenges, haha. 

First- Festive Friday is celebrating World Photography Day. From their list, you're supposed to choose three things. Technically, I have a couple more... Obviously I have Black, White, Memory Keeping, Camera and Smile! I also kind of have Corners, because I used the Blending Brush on the two opposing corners! But then I hid it with the top photo, lol, so it's not so obvious.... 

And the second challenge is from the Splitcoaststampers scrapbooking goals June challenge to do something about a less common "holiday". National Donut Day is in June, and we went to Pink Box Donuts! 

The page is actually of the last day of school in May. And the short version is that we are about to begin a year of homeschooling. But she was happy on this day and that is what matters. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Capture the Good

Ink: Melon Mambo, Memento Black
Paper: Melon Mambo, Basic White
Accessories: Sunny Days Dots, Blending Brush

Journaling Font: English Essay 

Scrapping with Butterflies

Happy Friday! We made it thru the first week of August! Now if only this migraine would take a hike so I can get some things done!
Today I have a scrapbook page that I submitted for the design team last fall.

This is a collection of the favorite shots for my daughter's portraits in 2020. The one we put on the wall is the one on top. I take them myself and have for yeeears. We take a ton, and this one likes to model so we take way more of her, then whittle it down to a favorite. Also she loves butterflies so it fit the theme perfectly. 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Papillion Potpourri

Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Boho Blue

Paper: Smoky Slate, Basic White, Flirty Flamingo, Boho Blue

Accessories: 2016-18 In Color Enamel Shapes

Purple Butterflies

Good morning! Today I have another of my design team cards for you.

Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies

Ink: Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape
Paper: Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Basic White & Fresh Freesia card stocks
Accessories: Gorgeous Grape sheer ribbon, Wink of Stella, Perennial Postage Dies, big shot, Dimensionals

The Wink of Stella is a fun touch, just tricky to photograph. 

Three-fer bouquet!

Happy Monday to you! We had a long weekend for a state holiday so we had some bonus family time, and project time. I even got to stamp! 

I needed a specific card and I was thinking about this stamp set for it, so I went looking for some color challenges that ended up working so nicely! 

First I played with the color challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments. I liked the Golden Glow for the bouquet and the Lost Lagoon for the recipient. And I made the same card twice, just switched the flower and bow colors. That Powder Pink ink pad could stand some more ink but I didn't do that on Saturday. Note to self....! 

You can barely see the pink flowers here, but I promise they're in there.

Supplies:

Stamps: Wishing You Well, Canvas

Ink: Golden Glow, Powder Pink, Lost Lagoon

Paper: Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Brass Butterflies

Then I made the same thing with a different color challenge, This time from CAS Colours & Sketches. I think it's CAS enough! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Wishing You Well, Canvas

Ink: Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Lost Lagoon

Paper: Basic Beige card stock

Accessories: Earth Tones Shimmer Gems 

And one of these went out in the mail today! Hooray for happy mail! 

Orange Butterflies

Last fall I was invited to be part of a design team, and now I can finally start sharing the projects that I created with that group!
Here is my first - a summery butterfly card! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Simply Said, God's Beauty

Ink: Timid Tiger
Paper: Very Vanilla, Timid Tiger, Pebbled Path card stocks
Accessories: Brass Butterflies, Dimensionals