Rizzo Makes an Easter Bunny

Rizzobear and Mama made an Easter Bunny today.  Mama had to help because hot glue was involved.  I didn't take any pictures of the assembly.  It's basically just felt, pipe cleaners, pom poms, and poofy balls.

Behold!  The Easter Bunny!

Some Odd Challenge: We're All Mad Here!

Some Odd Girl challenged us with a sketch.  I colored this image and didn't know what to do with it.  I just wanted to color it!  I saw the challenge and figured I would apply it to a card.

Here is our sketch:

Here is the card I made:

The image is Mad Hatter Kody, colored using Copics. The card base is Papertrey's True Black card stock.  The Pattern Paper is BoBunny.

The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmies.

The skulls are from Michael's.  I can't remember the manufacturer and my 150lb dog has be blocked into my desk, so I can't find out.

*gasp*  Do you know how long it's been since I've used STICKLES?  STICKLES ARE BACK!

Thanks for looking!

March SFYTT: She flies with her own wings

Just a quick post to share the card I made for the March SFYTT.  Sorry to keep this short, but it's been a long day and my bed is calling  yelling for me to be in it.

Here is the sketch:

...and here is the card I made.  I flipped the sketch on its side.

The card base is Papertrey Ink's True Black.  The layers are Stampin' Up!'s Island Indigo and Confetti Cream. The inks are Stampin' Up!'s Island Indigo and Calypso Coral.

The sentiment and background Butterflies are from Unity Stamp Co's 'She flies with her own wings' add-on to the Feb KOTM.  The Butterfly embellishment is from Papertrey Ink's Butterfly Dreams set.

Some Odd Bookmarks!

Some Odd Girl stamps recently released their Geeky Mae digi.  I fell in love immediately! I was fortunate enough to win this gem in their blog give-away.  I was so excited to make some bookmarks.  I made two: one for myself, one for my friend Jenni.  

Here is what I made:

The pattern paper is from DCWV's Animal Crackers paper stack.  I intentionally left the center white for it's intended purpose.

I colored using Copics.

Then sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co.

The pattern paper used on this one is from DCWV's Sweets paper stack.

I purposefully did them both the same since Jenni and I will be using them for the same thing.  =o )

Thanks for looking!

Rizzo's Adventures in Play-dohland

Rizzo and I decided to make play-doh.  I thought I would post the recipe online for friends who would be interested in doing the same.  It was fun and the play-doh turned out GREAT!

Start by adding 2 cups of flour.

  

 Then add 1 cup of salt.

Add 1 Tbsp of Cream of Tartar for elasticity.

...and 2 Tbsp of Canola Oil.

Last, add 2 cups of warm water and stir.

You want to stir it until it's well mixed.

 Set it on the stove and stir constantly over low heat.

It starts off nice and smooth.

It'll start to thicken up and get difficult to stir.  It got a little too hard for Rizzo's little arms, so Daddy stepped in to take over.

It continues to thicken, and takes some real muscle.  Daddy was starting to get tired.

 It's done when the mixture starts to pull away from the edges and clump in the center.  Stir for about 2 minutes more, or until you can stick your finger in the dough and it doesn't stick to you.

 

Then empty it onto a sheet to cool.

It takes a while.  Rizzo was very patient.

Rizzo checked to see if it was cool...

...and left a hand print, which gave us an idea!

Mommy/Daughter handprints!  The play-doh is cooling nicely and molds well.

When it cools, divide the dough into fourths and roll into balls.  Tear them in half and put food coloring in the center.

Knead the food coloring from the inside out, and there you have it!  Play-doh!

 

And now the photos of Rizzo and her play-doh.

It squishes nicely.

I came out to find this on the table.  I think Daddy had something to do with it.

He also helped Rizzo build a Smurf village.

Complete with Papa Smurf.

The Magic of Oz - Kids' Scrapbook

The Wizard of Oz.  Who doesn't love The Wizard of Oz?  I'm from Kansas.  I moved to Iowa for work.  I routinely click my heals together repeating, "There's no place like home."  It doesn't work.  FYI.

I was really excited to make a Wizard of Oz scrapbook for the kids.  I had this theme in mind for awhile.  Last fall, I took the kids out to the park to take some photos for execution.  Just so happens I have three stepsons, a daughter, and a dog.  Hmmm...three boys, a girl, and a dog.  See where I'm going?  =o D

So, here come a slew of photos of this Scrapbook.

Front Cover:

Open it up to a pocket page:

Pull the tab to find a photo of Josh, Rizzo, and Ryan.

This page opens to the right:

And here you see Ryan, our Scarecrow.

On the left is a tab with Josh, our Tin Man.

This tab opens to the right.  Here is what it looks like when everything is unfolded:

Here is the back of the Tin Man tab:

Here is the center page:

All of this folds back up, and you turn the page to find a new tab on the back and a page of photos on the left:

On the tab we have a the group of kidlets:

Turn the tab to the left and you'll find our Cowardly Lion, Luke:

Close up of the back of the tab:

...and a close up of the page:

Now, we move on to the second set of pages.  The first interactive page is a tri-fold o' photos.  Here is Dorothy and Toto, a.k.a. Rizzo and Simon:

On the back of that we have some more Rizzo and Simon:

The both open to the left to show another pocket page and some more Rizzo and Simon, with a dash of Daddy.  How did he sneak in there?

Pull out the pocked to find a photo of Rizzo with her pet caterpillar.

Flip over this page and here is what you see all unfolded out on the back:

Here is a close-up of the Rizzo page.  She's in the process of yelling, "DON'T SQUISH MY CATERPILLAR!"

The last set of pages starts with a pocket:

Pull out the tab and you'll find a group photo.  Simon is rockin' the "that dog" pose.

The pocket page opens to the right and unfolds to another tab and two more photo pages.

Here is the close-up of the front of the tab.  They really loves that Caterpillar.

The tab opens to the left and here is a shot of everything unfolded.

Here is a shot of the back of the tab.  Josh and Rizzo waving at a train.

The center photo is Josh and Rizzo "following the yellow brick road".

The last of the folding pages in my beautiful puppy.

And the last page shows everyone in all of their glory.  Scarecrow, Dorothy, Toto, Cowardly Lion, and the Tin Man.

Thanks for looking!