Kit Killers - Fancy Pants To The Moon edition.

I already have two layouts done from this awesome kit that has been sitting in my stash for the past *gulp* 4 years.  I'm almost ashamed to say that these smack my lips delicious papers and accessories haven't been used yet.  But they have now!  And I'm thrilled to know that Jackson's 7th birthday pictures are **literally** in the books.  That makes 6 layouts of of that line and I still have some goodies left over - maybe tonight??

#43 - Big Brother Dog Pile

FANCY PANTS - TO THE MOON COLLECTION 

A visit from Jackson's dad and brothers November 2011. This overlay is actually flocked

#44 - Blustery Beach Day

FANCY PANTS - TO THE MOON COLLECTION 

A spring day playing at Gray's Lake - I did this one old school with mats and stickers and tearing but I love the finished result.

#45 - It takes 2 boys to make 1 brother.

FANCY PANTS - TO THE MOON COLLECTION 

Tons of random brotherhood pictures

#46 - Birthday Budz

FANCY PANTS - TO THE MOON COLLECTION 

Showing off Jackson's amazing friends at The Playground.

My son pooped on the floor so I painted the bathroom.

True story.  OK so there were a few Rube Goldberg steps in between those two things but that's the essence of what happened in my house today!

The story goes like this:

It was a rainy day in the Potratz house, the kids had already deemed it "Lazy Sunday" and it definitely started out that way.  Kids playing Transformers and being so sweet to each other.  I was getting some things done on my scrap table, chatting with friends and even read a few chapters in my book.

Look look! Almost halfway to my goal of 100 pages

#42 - Now "present"ing

FANCY PANTS - TO THE MOON COLLECTION

The last layout for the 7th birthday!

Then I hung up the phone and noticed that the shower was on...a sure fire signal that someone had either puked, peed or pooped - the unholy trinity.  Unfortunately it was the third option.  Poor Joseph has had a tummy ache and got sick at school on Friday - apparently it wasn't all out of his system because the infection was leaving from the other end today (trying not to be too graphic here.)

So I got him cleaned up - and started the process I had been putting off for the last two weeks - scrubbing down the urine scented - moldy caulked bathroom.  It was time...I rolled up my sleeves, peeled up the grossness.  bleached out the toilet and the surrounding area (eeeew) Somehow I ended up at the WalMart for supplies - and somehow I ended up with a quart of paint in my cart (the color of which the boys picked out) and a tube of caulk.  Two hours later - my tub had new caulk and the walls had new paint.  Observe - I kind of love it.

                    Before                                                                          After

Kit Killers!

So I did a variation of the stash challenge.  On The Scrap Room message board they have a thing called "kit killers" which is a challenge to use up every luscious bit of the kits down to the slivers.  So I took that on as a sort of personal challenge for some of my older full line packages.  You know the ones - you love the papers so you buy the whole line of 20 papers and only use up half of it (if that).

So all four of the following are from the scrumptious remains of the Basic Grey Oliver kit that I bought in Dallas 2009 when we went on our very first Have Your Way With Paper retreat - that's right - Joey was still in utero when these were purchased!!!  Bonus points that all of the pics except on the 2 pager are from 2011!

#37- All About the Bunny

BASIC GREY - OLIVER COLLECTION

Pictures from 2011 - Joey "helping" daddy mow the lawn! He was 18 mos old.

#38 - Junior Captains

BASIC GREY - OLIVER COLLECTION

Can you tell we spend a lot of time at Target?  2011 costume shopping...

#39 - Easter 2013

BASIC GREY - OLIVER COLLECTION

It was like I was holding on to this stash JUST for these pictures to come in...

#40 - I think I am big

BASIC GREY - OLIVER COLLECTION

I can't believe how little my bug is in these photos! 2011 at Grays Lake!

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Next I'm starting on Fancy Pants "To the Moon" collection - also purchased (I think) at retreat...Here is the first one on my mission to kill this kit!!!

#41 - Boy Wonder turns Seven!

FANCY PANTS - TO THE MOON COLLECTION

That's right - boy wonder is going to be nine in a few months and I'm just now scrapping his 7th birthday - don't judge me! 

Long Wet Memorial Day Weekend!

BLAH - Doesn't it about figure that I would have three full days off and it rained every.single.day.  There was tons of stuff to get done outside but here we were waiting out the thunderstorms until afternoon on Monday.  On the upshot - it was great weather for some scrapbooking.  I'm only five layouts off my pace to make my 100 layout goal for the year but lots of year left.

#30 - Life is Great

JANUARY 2013 TSR KIT - SIMPLE STORIES SNAP

Joey's 3rd Birthday Party

#31 - Brother Love

JANUARY 2013 TSR KIT - CARTA BELLA TRADITIONS

My sweet boys on Thanksgiving Day

#32 - Fly Without Wings

AUGUST 2012 TSR KIT - OCTOBER AFTERNOON WOODLAND PARK

Flying kites behind the church April 2013

#33 - Reflections of Us

SEPTEMBER 2012 TSR KIT - ECHO PARK PAPER EVERYDAY ECLECTIC

Chicks in Chi-Town at the Bean June 2010 

#34 - Good Stuff

JANUARY 2013 TSR KIT - SIMPLE STORIES SNAP

Joey's 3rd Birthday party with all of the friends and family Sept 2012

#35 - This is the Good Stuff

JANUARY 2013 TSR KIT - SIMPLE STORIES SNAP

Random Daddy and Joey Snuggle Pictures 

#36 - All About the Bunny

SEPTEMBER 2012 TSR KIT - ECHO PARK PAPER EVERYDAY ECLECTIC

Bass Pro Bunny and Target bunny ears.

Winter or Spring?

Someone needs to freaking decide which one its going to be.  It was almost like this month's Gwynnie Bee shipment knew that the weather would be bi-polar

The first thing in the box was this amazing little INC Kerchief Hem dress - you can't see in the photo too well but it has little jeweled sparkles on it as well.  I'm in love...

 And then it snowed - in which case the sweater dress came in handy - It is so so comfy it feels like I'm going to work in my sweats - put with leggings and tall boots it made the snowy day more cozy.

In the midst of the bipolar snow days I got a little bit of time to get my scrap on...It felt good to let the creative juices flowing for awhile.  It had been too long...

CARD #1 PERFECT LOVE - MADE FOR MY COUSIN'S BRIDAL SHOWER

MY LITTLE YELLOW BICYCLE LOVE NOTES

#27 - LUCKY STARS

RANDOM SCRAPS

JACKSON AND JOEY WITH TREATS FROM THE DENTIST OFFICE

#28 - DATE NIGHT

AMERICAN CRAFTS XOXO TSR KIT FEB 2013

CHAD AND I ON A MUCH NEEDED DATE NIGHT WITH MUCH NEEDED DRINKS

#29 - BABY YOU'RE A STAR

MLYB LOVE NOTES

 JOSEPH'S FIRST TUMBLING RECITAL