Designs by Latisha Yoast

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! Jacob was Harry Potter and Kendall was a witch this year. I passed out candy and Jess took the kids around the neighborhood. Normally it is the opposite, so it was nice getting to just sit on my behind and talk to all the kids that stopped by.

Tonight my son received some awards at his Pack meeting. He is the cutest Tiger Cub Scout! Tiger Cubs are the youngest of Boy Scouts and they are normally 6 years old and in the first grade. Jacob has been working really hard to get things "signed off" so he can earn more slides and badges. They just finished up their popcorn sales and he got to pick out a prize based on his sales. He wanted a knife really bad, so he picked out this whamadine pocket knife that has a flash light on it and everything, plus it has the Boy Scout emblem on it so that made it even better. At the next meeting, which is next Monday, to earn a badge/slide they need to make a scrapbook. So my husband volunteered me, which is fine, to go in and make Paper bag scrapbooks with them. Can you see 10 dads trying to make albums and decorate them...I envision duct tape lol. These boys are going to make some cute scrapbooks...did you know they make Cub Scout paper! I picked some up a few weeks ago, I don'...

I have not posted in a week...holy moly! With all of the activities my children are in and my son getting sick, my time has just slipped away from me lately. I am going to do my PaperTrey swaps tomorrow, so I will be posting them soon. I was going to post some before and after pictures (before editing them and after) but something is wrong with blogger and I cannot upload any pictures....what a bummer. Well I hope you all had a great weekend. I guess I can go catch up on my tivo-ed shows :)

I finished up my "Treat your fellow swapper" swaps up today. It has been so hot I just couldn't mail them out, so I would just sit and look at the treats. But because we have had rain the last few days and the temperature has dropped a little, I sent them out today. I couldn't fit everything that I sent in the picture, but here are a few of the items I put in each of the swaps. I bought starbursts , that come in the boxes, like the ones you get at the movies...I used my score-pal to make sleeves for each one. Then I made 3 x 3 cards to coordinate, I need things to match :) So I had some Hershey's nuggets laying around and avery labels, so I stamped some labels using Papertrey Ink's stamps and wrapped up those nuggets. Not pictured but in the swaps were those swirly suckers that I bought at Walt Disney world, twizzlers , and other suckers. They turned out pretty cute. I used Moxxie paper the Bump in the Night series/Eek, Purple Bazzill cardstock , Whisper ...

Julee over at http://www.poeticartistry.blogspot.com/ has a challenge every Monday and she calls it "Mojo Monday" all of her sketches are always awesome, but I never get to play. However this weekend I finally made a card using her sketch, cool huh!! The base of the card is More Mustard, all of the printed designer paper is by My Mind's Eye...you gotta love double sided paper. I used SU All in a Row and Eat Cake. Chocolate Chip & More Mustard ink. Ribbon is from Martha Stuart

My son and husband went camping with the Cub Scouts this weekend. So my 11 yr old daughter had the house to ourselves. I pulled almost everything out of my craft room and put it in the dining room, I had to clear the buffet and add two more tables for everything to have a place. So I scrapbooked, made some cards and did a few altered items, it was FANTASTIC! So here is one of the layouts I did. I used the Secret Garden Simply Scrappin' kit from SU. I really love this kit. The stickers are not like normal stickers, these are really really thick and I like that. I am definately going to buy more of these sets!! The pictures are from when we still lived in South Carolina. It has been a little over a year since we have moved but I still miss Charleston everyday. It is such a beautiful city. I believe these were taken around Easter last year, and we had gone to a really nice restaraunt downtown. The kids looked so adorable in their outfits, and isn't Jacob's hat too cute!! So ...

While I was blog surfing, as I do, I realized I received blog candy in the mail yesterday and forgot to post it... eek . Michelle over at Mish Mash aka www.michellewooderson.blogspot.com sent this to me, she has a great blog so go check her out. This card is stunning in real life, the photo does not do it justice. This stamp set is so incredibly cute I cannot wait to ink it up. Thank you again Michelle!!

I sent this card off to a lady I know who is having her second child, but her first daughter. I wanted it to be really feminine, pretty and try to personalize it in some way. You can't see from this picture but I outlined the baby carriage with stickles . I love how the polka dots in the ribbon match the dots on the carriage. Isn't it cool how things turn out sometimes without consciously thinking about it?!? Green and lavender cardstock is by Bazzill, white cardstock in SU whisper white. All images are by Stampin Up. Versamark and SU pale plum ink. SU pale plum chalk. May Arts Ribbon, Making Memories and Prima flowers. Brads by Making Memories, Stickles, and I don't remember the brand of the silver letters. chipboard is by technique tuesdays.

We made it home safe and sound :) We were only there for a few days, however it was worth it. The hotel we stayed at is called Disney's Dolphin Resort. There was no way to explore the hotel in a weekend but lets just say, that there is 5 pools, a spa, tons of stores, 17 restaraunts and they have Heavenly Beds in every room (which are very comfy and cozy). For those of you who don't know, I called the morning we were leaving to get reservations at different places, and as I always do I asked if there were any seats available at Cinderella's castle, for breakfast, lunch or dinner. My daughter and I have been before but my son hasn't. Just a little background info, you need to call the reservation line 180 days out for the day you want to eat at Cinderella's castle thats how fast it books. To make a long story short they had 4 seats for breakfast!!! So you walk in, and they announce your name(I didn't hear ours but I think it was because we all were so excited) an...

I try to take my pictures during the day, so this isn't the best picture to post. However I'm taking the kids on a spur of the moment trip to Walt Disney World this weekend. A very sweet neighbor down the street gave us a one day pass to the Magic Kingdom. So needless to say I have a lot to get done tonight. I am working on my getting "mojo" for my Christmas cards, this is a warm up card. I go through several prototypes/samples before I have my finished project. I worked on this to get me into the x-mas spirit. Its hard to think about Christmas when you live in Florida and its still 90 degrees outside. Its a really simple card, and will be easy to add more to really make it pop. Materials used: Stampin Up whisper white cardstock, true thyme cardstock, true thyme classic ink pad, basic black ink pad, versamark, All in a row stamp set, Wishing you cheer stamp set, Sentiment from Papertrey Ink, textile Cuddlebug embossing folder, satin ribbon, score-pal I hope everyone h...

I finally have done one of Beate's sketch challenges, creativity must ooze through her body because everything she makes is incredible! This is WSC 22. Lets see I started out with close to cocoa base which I ran through my cuddlebug , with the d'vine swirl embossing folder. Can I just say how much I love those folders, love them :). The designer paper is by Daisy Bucket Designs, the Astor Park Collection, I used Emilie St. & Clay St. Its double sided paper, I really think all dp should be double sided, there are so many more possibilities you can do with it. Anyhow, I layered whisper white cardstock on top. I used four different stamp sets to make this card; Fast & Fun note, Polka dots and Petals, All in a Row, and In the Loop Alphabet all by Stampin Up. For ink I used Close to Cocoa, Purely Pomegranate , Versamark and Basic Black Stampin ' write marker. The brads in the top right corner are from the $1 spot at Target, the lower corner is a Prima flower and s...

I inked up my heartfelt thanks stamp set and made this card. I really struggle making black and white cards, but I think I did ok on this one. Plus I addes a splash of red in there too. I bought some of the bazzil scalloped rectangle paper and just scored it in half for the base. I had some left over red bazzil paper from the invitations I made so I used that, and then layered some whisper white cardstock stamped with real red and stazon black on top of the red. The background flower images and the thanks were also stamped with black stazon. I bought some black primas and havn't used them yet so I paired it with a white prima and attached them with a brad. All in all I am very happy with this card. I need to make an envelope and get this mailed out for a big Thank You! Well I have to make this fast, I just ordered a pizza and I need to go pick it up. Have a great Friday :)

Here is a picture of the baby shower invitations I had been working on. 30 cards later and a few alterations, here is the finished product. I originally had a strap that went around the card with paper, ribbon and then the sentiment, however it made the card too thick and the envelopes would have ripped in the mail. Unfortunately I had to remove the paper strap, but I kept the ribbon. My friends who are giving the shower wanted a Disney theme but not to have the really bright Disney colors. I found this designer paper at a local scrapbook store, and guess what its Disney paper! I used my creative memories Mickey punch to punch out the Mickey symbol on the dp on the left hand side. This criss cross cards base is 5 1/2 by 12, so I didn't need to attach two pieces of paper. The inside is white cardstock with the info, on top of grey cardstock. I then stamped images from Polka Dots & Petals with Real Red, attached some ribbon and this baby is done.

I have been very busy the last few days so nothing to show today. I made 30 criss cross baby shower invitations so that took up some time. They turned out really cute, I will post a picture later or tomorrow. My cold is still lingering it just will not go away, so I feel really fatigued lately. My SU kit came in the mail yesterday and I spent the day cutting rubber. I can't wait to ink them up. Other than that just trying to get some swaps done and mailed out.