This card is for a little boy. It uses a tag that came on a sheet of paper. You can't really see them, but there are little boxes next to the words and you can check which words apply.
Braquel graduated from high school last night. It was a really nice ceremony and she is so relieved to be done. I got some good pictures so I will post them later in the week after I go to town and get them all on cd!
Another neutral card- can be used for any occasion. The felt flower was left on a sheet with the flower from the other day and the ribbon is the same that is on several of the other cards. It feels so good to use up little bits of things instead of throwing them away!
Todays card is super fun...what kid wouldn't love a card to congratulate them on an achievement? It's full of bright colors and jazz.Today I am getting ready for Braquel's graduation BBQ. It's almost time for guests to start arriving and I'm pretty much done with everything. Just a last minute house pick up since no one will leave things clean, but most of the food is done. Just need to pat out burgers and make a tray with burger toppings. I'll post some pictures later this week.
Remember the letter stickers from the other day that said thanks? Here is another card using the same stickers. I really hate throwing them out after all of the "usable" letters are used up. Simple words like this can be used on cards to help you get more use for your money. Another great thing about todays card is that it is cheerful and can be used for most any occasion.
Todays card features more stamping than the other cards. The sentiment is stamed and the cupcakes are, too. I outlined the cupcakes with my water color pencils and then I used a blended pen to fill them in. 15 days of cards done...15 days to go!
My card for today is a fun color comination. I like the green and raspberry pink together...such a happy card!
Braquel went to the dentist this morning thinking she needed a root canal on a tooth and found out the she needs her wisdom teeth pulled instead. The wisdom teeth are pushing on her other teeth causing pain. That will cost almost twice as much as the root canal would have. On top of that, she has three cavities in the one side that was hurting her. Who knows what's on the other side...I'm going to need a job!
The card for today uses leftover scraps, the same chipboard letters from yesterday, and some animal stickers that I found awhile back at the dollar store. The background patterned paper has alphabet letters randomly scattered and the top patterned paper is a yellow criss-cross paper. Way simple- just stick everything on!
Today will be spent doing more laundry, drying more bananas, cleaning up, and hopefully a scrapbook page. I haven't got to scrap since the retreat and I have some fun pictures that I want to get to. If all goes well, I want to make some graduation thank you notes for Braquel, too. I'm just not sure I have everything to do those. They may have to wait for the weekend! Hope your having a fabulous week!
Todays card used up some extra felt flowers that I had leftover from a recipe book that I made and I used up some letters from a scrapbook page that I did at the retreat. I also used some of the same ribbon that you've seen on several other cards- I can't buy any more if I'm not using up the old- there is a method to my madness!!!! LOL! Have a great day!
The theme for this years prom was a Night in Paris. The room was all decked out with lights and Eiffel towers and a little backdrop of a cafe. It was really nice-the juniors did a great job!
Everywhere you looked in the room was lights and decorations-not one spot was left bare. They had 6 or 7 different areas that you could take pictures. I think we hit them all!
Keven and Braquel in the hall after promenade. It's always a zoo while parents are leaving and kids are trying to get to the dance.
We took several pictures at our house, too. Neither of the looked too excited to be going, so I made a comment about acting like they were happy. This is their happy face!
This is Braquel's corsage. It was really pretty with all the silver accents. The lady that made it even sprinkled silver glitter around all of the roses. She said that Braquel's was the only one she did that on!
Todays card uses up leftover sticker borders, ribbon, and flowers. The outside says IF FRIENDS WERE FLOWERS and the inside says I'D PICK YOU!
Todays card used up some leftover chipboard as well as paper. I bought the purple letters for a baby photo album that I made and I didn't have a lot of letters left, so I decided to do a simple word. The inside is blank so you could use the card for almost anything!
Today's card is another baby card. You can't really see them in the picture, but I have randomly placed several small rhinestones on the stars and on each end of the ribbon.
Ellie has decided to become my number one helper! Every other day I wash, dry, and fold about 7 loads of laundry. I stack all of mine, Gary's, Treven's, and her clothes until she wakes from her nap and then I sort it all out by drawer or side of the closet. I have neat little stacks for each area. 
Ellie doesn't like my stacks. She likes to throw them all over the floor and "help" me. She doesn't care that all of her pajamas go in one place, she would rather they be spread out so she can see them.
And she likes to try to put them on. And she likes them unfolded, too. You can't see the pretty designs if they are all folded up! I'm not sure why I take the time to fold them first because I end up folding each item at least three times!!
I picked todays card because it is bright and sunny and today we finally have some sunshine here! I just stamped the flowers and cut around them and added a sentiment and ribbon- totally quick, but fun!
This card was made using leftover paper, stickers, and gelly words from Close to My Heart. I had originally bought a kit that I used for Treven's preschool graduation and because it was rather boyish, I couldn't use it for any of the girls. I also try really hard not to use the same thing more than once in the kids' scrapbooks, so what to do? A few cards were in order. I will have some more in the future with the same supplies. It's amazing how far a few scraps will take ya!
Today's card is more square than I usually do. It looks red in the photo, but it is actually raspberry pink colors.Love the simplicity.....really love the rhinestone heart!
The first leg of Braquel's Senior Project was to create a poster that reflected the theme of your project. Braquel chose abused and neglected children as her theme because she has had some personal experience with it and she was interested in just how that state goes about removing children from abusive situations. She found out that it rarely happens even when there are consistent calls made regarding the abuse. She was very disappointed that abuse is not taken more seriously in the state of Idaho.
The second leg was all of her paperwork. She had to have a mentor and she had to spend at least 15 hours working on her theme. Everything went into her project binder. She had an interview with a close family member going through this and she had an actual letter from the Dept of Health and Welfare regarding abuse that she herself called and reported. Basically, it just said that there wasn't enough evidence of the abuse for them to do anything (most likely because they didn't take the time to check the kids in a timely fashion!)
The third leg of the project was to present it at an open house night. Students and parents could come and see all the kids' projects and ask questions. Braquel put together a power point with several statistics and information. She presented it to a couple of the health classes at school and then again at the open house.
The last part was to present her project to the judges. This is her principal the night of the open house asking her questions. She actually presented the following week to 4 or 5 judges, but parents weren't allowed so I don't have any pics of that. She was so nervous, but excited to be done with it finally. She ended up getting a 90%! I'm so proud of her- I know how difficult of a topic this was for her as it was so close to her heart!
I was kind of busy on Saturday and Sunday with my birthday and Mother's Day, so I didn't get a chance to post two of my card-a-day cards: lucky you, you get to see three cards today! YIPPEE! Anyway, the sentiment on this card says: Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others can't keep it from themselves... I thought this would work well for a thank you note or some thing like that. 
I love this stamp set- it has girl silhouettes in all different sassy poses! With three teenage daughters, I can see myself using this set a lot!
Here is a baby card. It's all done in greens and browns so it would be great if you don't know the baby's sex. I bought this set a couple of years ago off the internet and this is the first time I have used it...kind of works with the using things up theme!
Braquel and Ellie blowing out the candle on her strawberry shortcake. We always have the grandparents up for dinner on the kids' birthdays and I let them pick the menu. Braquel picked creamy chicken enchiladas, spanish rice, refried beans, and strawberry shortcake for dessert. Ellie must still remember her birthday because she wanted to help unwrap presents, too!
When Braquel had her first birthday, she was way more interested in the cards than the gifts. She would sit and act like she was reading all of her cards. Even on her 18th birthday, she took the time to read all of her cards...what a sweetie!
For her birthday, I let her skip a day of school and we had a girls day out. Grandma Jones kept Ellie for the day so we didn't have to drag her out all day. I made little cards with poems on them to give Braquel clues to where we were going. As we would leave a place, they would hand her a new card with our next destination. This was actually our last stop- a massage!
Our first stop was Maurices. Braquel is in need of some new clothes so I let her pick out anything she wanted. We had lots of fun loading up the dressing room. She ended up getting two pairs of summer shorts and the cutest white eyelet tank top ever! It was so much fun getting to spend the day with my baby. With 5 kids, it's so hard to spend individual time with each child. I will treasure this day with Braquel forever!
Mikayla's FFA Banquet was held on April 14th. We had a nice dinner and they gave out several awards.
Mikayla had to fill out some sort of application for a specific reward (I can't remember the name of it). Because of our year of giving back that my family is doing, she qualified for the award.
She also got this pin for finishing her Freshman year of FFA. She originally took the class so she could learn how to weld, but welding is not offered to freshmen. Maybe next year!