A little stitching around the cupcake…

…makes for good use of Collage Press scraps.

And in other news…

We had a little impromptu get together with my kids and their cousins (for Alyssa’s Birthday).

My sweet little cousin, Alyssa, is 13 years old today.

The kids build a fort using about 25 blankets.  They plan to sleep there tonight.

This photo does not do the tent justice, it literally fills up the whole back room of my house.

They had a blast building the tent.  It’s so fun to watch kids be kids, to hear their laughter and to be surrounded by little girls.

I think Parker likes being surrounded by girls too!

I’m loving the new lines by Collage Press, they’re so fun to use!

I finally got a chance to use some of the Tim Holtz embellishments that I purchased a few weeks back.  Check out the tiny brads that look like screws:

Since I was using Collage Press papers, I just had to create some sort of collage…

I hope that you’re all staying cool.  It’s a sweltering 109 degrees today in my hometown. Whew!

What do you do to beat the heat?

I just picked up the Sweet Shoppe Collection by, Collage Press.  The Sweet Shoppe line is just perfect for Birthday Photos!

I decided to create a page using a photo I took of Izabelle on her 8th birthday:

I hand stitched the word “EIGHT” and used the die-cuts that came with the Sweet Shoppe Collection, it also came with the big circles -what a fun line!