New projects!

Hello friends!
Phew...the holidays are over and the boys return to school tomorrow, and I need to dismantle Christmas in my home. It was a whirlwind of a month in December but it was fabulous. I really hope you all had a nice time too. I went to NYC with Sherry to visit my brother-we had a blast but it went way too fast. I didn't get to see a couple of people I had planned to meet up with-sorry Julie:(
But I plan to go down again soon. I had cookie exchange and party with great friends, my FIL came to visit which was so nice and then Matt came home for Christmas. We did a secret santa exchange and breakfast at work-loved it! The kids had a great time-they loved their gifts and they loved having family here too.


We managed to do Christmas without using a single credit card!! That is a major accomplishment and no surprise bills in January. Plus-I don't want to give any more of my money to those greedy credit companies. There are seriously robbing people with outrageous finance charges and putting everyone in horrible positions.

Anyway......
It's snowing here like crazy... I love these days when I have no where to go and I can stay in sweats all day. And of course update my blog a little bit. I have a couple of projects to share.
This mini book will hopefully make an appearance on BG today-just waiting for the admin to post a thread so i can get it up for the girls. This was the November 2008 project kit that I purchased from Wendy last year. I had to have it! The fabrics, vintage finds, all of it was too good to pass up! I created a mini book and i just love how it turned out! Can't wait to share more with everyone. I'll give a hollar when it's posted...

And this little house book came together like nothing else I've made. I knew what I wanted to do in my head but I never expected it to come together so nicely. Prima featured it on their blog and then Donna Downey decided to feature it too....very cool! I appreciate that so much!
And of course I had to post it on my own blog as well.

I used two canvas houses for the covers. They come already stitched and ready to use for whatever you like. I made the pages inside from Prima packaging (remember the kraft packaging?) I decorated it with canvas tabs, tags and buttons, Prima roses, paper leaves, pearl centers, lace and more! Oh and i also sprayed it with Walnut Gold glimmer mist to give it an aged look--love that stuff!

AAAAnnndddd...I got my CHA box from Prima!!! They have out done themselves again! Hard to believe they can keep coming out with better stuff. Every release is more amazing than the last. They will start showing sneak peeks on their blog January 4th so be sure to keep checking back to see what they made. Here is the link:

http://prima.typepad.com/

I can't share until they give me the OK, but I promise to post layouts and projects I've made using all of the new goodies when they give me the green light!!!

Thats all for today! Enjoy your Sunday, relax, create and leave the house work for tomorrow..

xoxox CAri

Lots of stuff to talk about...

Hello friends!!
We had a great Thanksgiving in the Fennell household! My brother, my Mom and us-perfect! It was relaxing, fun and so nice to see my brother. We miss him terribly and the boys can't get enough of their uncle. I am going to NYC next weekend to pay him a visit with Sherry. I haven't been to the big city in a while, so this trip is long overdue. We are taking off right after i get out of work on Friday. I am driving down.

I am also going to be at CHA with Prima! YAY! I love going to Anaheim and seeing all of my Prima buddies. I really miss them! I look forward to every aspect of it. It never gets old for some reason...and i think it's because of the company i keep. They have truly become some of my dearest friends.

I've got a cute little Christmas ensemble I put together last week. It's a little house from Maya Road that has a cute little chipboard book inside. I covered the house with Cosmo papers and the roof with Vintage Christmas paper. Then the roof is covered in clear glitter as well as the door.

The little book was made into a display with cute cut outs, rosettes, Cosmo papers, and glittered letters. Very simple to make and it looks so sweet on my mantle!

I really need to get more projects up soon for everyone! i plan to make several more projects for the holidays including a couple of mini books. I'll post them as soon as I get them done!

Hope you all have a great week! And try not to stress about the holidays too much....

xoxo Cari

November is here!!!

Is it really November already? I can't believe how fast October flew by, I barely had time to get ready for Halloween. Last week was a whirlwind of chaos-decorate for Halloween, buy costumes, work, Jack had the flu, buy pumpkins, run errands, scrap for Prima and visit baby Gwyn at the hospital with Nic. Jack is fine now and I am ever so thankful that he is. Gwyn is holding her own but with difficulty--I just want her to get better so she can go home with Nic and Jim and the boys. I crashed on Sunday afternoon. I took a huge nap and went to bed at normal time. I am just glad the week is over and it is time to start fresh--a new week and a new month and New Moon! hehe

We have our tickets to go see the midnight premiere and I CAN NOT WAIT! I know-I am a dork! But we have big plans and I can't wait to put those plans into action! I need a girl's night out and I need it now!

OK-so enough rambling about life...
I wanted to share my Bad Girls Bleuprint with you. I hope it inspires you to get out your scrap stuff and your mojo-can't forget the mojo--and create. This is all about vintage. Vintage finds, vintage looks, vintage memories--anything. And because it's open to interpretation-you can make it your own vintage. My layout is brightly colored, not aged like you would expect. It's about my Grandmother's vintage garden with Lilacs. Love them! i planted them in my own garden because of her.
So keep an open mind when creating and see what comes about. It may surprise you....

Create something gorgeous and have fun!

Be back soon!

xoxox