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Christmas Cardapalooza Day 20

2010-12-02T08:07:00.003-05:00

Oh I am a little behind this morning. I thought I had another post all set up to go, but apparently not. Ha ha.

This was a card we did at Stamp Camp last night. Lots of fun! This uses the Contempo Christmas set and the Jolly Holiday DSP. We colored the stamp with markers to get the multi color image.

Well that is all I've got for the Christmas Cardapalooza this year. You may see a couple more Christmas cards though because I need a couple more for the stamp a stack next week.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 19

2010-12-01T07:00:00.001-05:00

Here we have A Cardinal Christmas stamp set. The designer paper is from the Deck the Halls pack. The colors are Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, and Very Vanilla. I tied a knot in Early Espresso satin ribbon and attached it to my card.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 18

2010-11-30T07:00:00.002-05:00

Isn't this just darling? I used the Sweet Snowglobe single stamp. I inked it in Not Quite Navy first, then I used a blender pen to remove ink from the tree and added the green with a marker. I thought that was easier than coloring the whole thing with a marker. I added some Moonlight Smooch to the image where the snow is and for the dots on the scallops. Colors are Not Quite Navy, Wild Wasabi, Riding Hood Red, and Whisper White.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 17

2010-11-29T07:00:00.001-05:00

I made this card for the blue and white challenge. I had already made two other cards that were blue and white, but I couldn't resist doing another.

This card features the Serene Snowflakes stamp set and the colors are Pacific Point and Whisper White. I added one Rhinestone in the middle of the big snow flake for some sparkle.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 16

2010-11-26T07:00:00.001-05:00

For this card I brayered Bashful Blue ink onto the Northern Flurry embossing folder. Then I ran it through the Big Shot with Glossy White paper. Isn't that nifty?! I mounted it on a Night of Navy base and added Rhinestones, Whisper White Organza ribbon, and the sentiment from Christmas Greetings.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 15

2010-11-25T07:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Turkey Day!

This was a fun card. The branches of the tree are actually the pine from Lovely as a Tree. That is stamped in Platinum Shimmer Paint. Then the ornament is from Delightful Decorations. It is punched out with the coordinating Ornament punch. There is some of that Clear Tinsel Trim used to hang the ornament from the branch. The colors used are Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, and Whisper White.

Hope you have a lovely day with your family and that your turkey turns out perfect. If you get to stamp while the boys watch football that is a bonus!

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 14

2010-11-24T07:00:00.000-05:00

And now for something totally different. Hee hee. I don't usually go for the detailed stamps or the vintage style, but I like to try new things once in awhile.

This card uses the Christmas Postcard single stamp, Deck the Halls DSP, Cherry Cobbler Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, and Crumb Cake cardstock. I colored the main image with the Many Marvelous Markers. There is a strip of Champagne Glass Glitter there and I used the Glimmer Brads in the corner of the main image. I think I will leave those off when we do this card for the stamp a stack.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 13

2010-11-23T07:00:00.002-05:00

This was a fun card to make. I wasn't quite sure where I was going with it when I started, but I like how it turned out. This card uses Four the Holidays for the greeting. The designer paper is from the Candy Cane DSP pack. The cardstock is Confetti White, Real Red, and Blushing Bride. I used the Scallop border punch and finished it off with some Clear Tinsel Trim and a Candy Cane Big Designer Button.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 12

2010-11-22T07:00:00.000-05:00

This is the first card I did for VSN. The challenge was to make a Christmas card with no red and no green.

This card features the Snow Swirled stamp set. The colors are Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, and Whisper White. I added some rhinestones on the tree and tied some Whisper White Satin Ribbon around the card.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 11

2010-11-19T07:00:00.001-05:00

The extravaganza continues! I participated in VSN this past weekend on SCS. For those who don't know what that is, there are challenges posted every hour for Friday night and most of Saturday. I didn't do all of the challenges, but I did 8 of them while I was working on stamp a stack cards. I don't think we will do this one at the stamp a stack, but I wanted to participate in the challenge that asked you to make a card with mostly white space.

This card uses the Jolly Bingo Bits from the Holiday Mini Catalog, Naturals White Cardstock, the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder and Vanilla Smooch Spritz on the hills, and Smooch Illuminate Top Coat on the snowman to make him sparkle.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 10

2010-11-18T07:00:00.001-05:00

This is the last of the cards from last year's stamp a stack. It is all retired except for the Old Olive and Whisper White. The other colors are Ruby Red and Taken with Teal, and it's got some of that retired DSP on it. The stamp set is an old one called Merry, Merry.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed these cards. I scheduled all of these posts, so hopefully by now I have some new cards to show you for this year's stamp a stack!

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 9

2010-11-17T07:00:00.000-05:00

This card fell into the ink pad during the stamp camp, so please ignore that smudge there next to Dasher. Hee hee. Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, and that retired DSP.

Do the Math!

2010-11-16T11:43:00.004-05:00

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Christmas Cardapalooza Day 8

2010-11-16T07:00:00.001-05:00

This card is pretty much all retired now. Bermuda Bay, a retired DSP, no longer available silver cord. The sentiment is from Four the Holidays and is done with the Platinum Shimmer Paint.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 7

2010-11-15T07:00:00.002-05:00

This is another one of my favorites. For this one we used the Vintage Ornaments I Decor Stencils. The silver was done with the Platinum Shimmer Paint. We used a dauber to put the flourish on the card with the stencil and to ink up the sentiment stamp, from Four the Holidays. The color is Old Olive.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 6

2010-11-12T07:00:00.001-05:00

This card features the Delightful Decorations stamp set and the coordinating Ornament Punch. The colors are Rich Razzleberry and Bermuda Bay, which were last year's in colors. Rich Razzleberry got carried over and it looks like there are still some Bermuda Bay items in the Clearance Rack.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 5

2010-11-11T07:00:00.000-05:00

I just love this card. We used the Photo Corners Punch to make the tree. The sentiment is from Four the Holidays. The colors are Real Red, Chocolate Chip, and Old Olive.

Attention! Attention!

2010-11-10T14:17:00.003-05:00

We interrupt the Christmas Cardapalooza to bring you this breaking news.

Here is a sneaky peeky of the new Button, Button set that will be available for purchase in the SU! Occasions Mini Catalog in January. 17 different buttons all in one set! So much fun.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 4

2010-11-10T07:00:00.000-05:00

Serene Snowflakes is the stamp set used on this simple card. The sentiment is from Four the Holidays. This card used Bordering Blue that is now retired, but Baja Breeze would be a nice substitute.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 3

2010-11-09T07:00:00.002-05:00

Shocking isn't it? Hee hee. For this card I thought it would be fun to use some non-traditional colors. The snowflakes are from Snow Swirled and the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.
The green I used here is retired, Green Galore or Glorious Green? I always got those two confused. I believe the pink is Melon Mambo. Yes, it is because we had that polka dot ribbon in that color. See that is what happens when you wait a year to post your cards.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 2

2010-11-08T07:00:00.003-05:00

This card features the Scenic Season stamp set and is done in Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, and I believe there is a layer of the now retired Bordering Blue. We added Dazzling Diamonds with a 2-way glue pen for the sparkle.

I found my stamp room!

2010-11-07T18:28:00.003-05:00

The Christmas Cardapalooza posts continue tomorrow, but in the meantime. Here is what I did today.

Before

After

Now it will be much easier to make something.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 1

2010-11-05T08:24:00.004-04:00

Two years ago I had a Christmas card Stamp a Stack. I posted those cards HERE. Last year I also did a Christmas card Stamp a Stack, but never got around to taking pictures of them. I've finally done that. So here we go!

This card features the A Cardinal Christmas stamp set and uses Soft Suede and Real Red.

It's Just Around the Corner

2010-11-02T14:03:00.003-04:00

Can you believe we are already into November and Christmas is right around the corner? This is one of the cards we will be doing at the Christmas Card Stamp Camp. This card was originally done as a make n take at the mother/daughter mingle last month. I needed to come up with two cards for stamp camp and figured there was no sense in reinventing the wheel, right?

Tweet Tweet!

2010-07-26T12:31:00.003-04:00

This is the other card of mine that we will be making at stamp camp in August. This card features the new Aviary stamp set. The colors are Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla.

Tip: I used some of the new rhinestones on the bird cage there. I discovered when using my QuickStik thingy to pick them up they significantly lost their sparkle. I will be using tweezers or something else in the future.

Perfect Punches

2010-07-22T11:27:00.003-04:00

This is one of the cards we will be making at stamp camp in August. It uses the new Perfect Punches stamp set. The colors are Pacific Point, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight.

Hot Enough for Ya?

2010-05-26T14:14:00.002-04:00

Maybe this 4 scoop super duper ice cream cone will help.

Sweet Treats

2010-02-11T18:55:00.003-05:00

This was one of the cards we did at the Jan/Feb stamp camp. This one was inspired by Kelly's card that I found on Splitcoast. At first I was nervous about doing this at a stamp camp and making it refillable, but once I worked out all the steps it wasn't so bad. On the inside there is an extra flap of Real Red that is held closed with a slit punched out of the card base and some sticky strip at the bottom.

I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's day. I'll be spending mine with my kids at the Great Wolf Lodge.

Sweet Pea

2010-01-23T18:33:00.002-05:00

I made this card for a swap I was in. The goal was to feature items from the Occasions mini so I used the Sweet Pea stitched felt and designer paper. The sentiment is from Well Scripted. I cut that piece it is on with the Matchbox die. The scalloped border is made with the punch featured in the SAB catalog. The paper colors are So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, and Whisper White.

Cute Cute SAB Card

2010-01-14T17:22:00.005-05:00

I didn't come up with this fabulous card by myself though. I was inspired by this one by Ilina Crouse. I used the SAB set Good Neighbors and the coordinating paper pack Welcome Neighbor. You can get them FREE when you place a qualifying order. The colors I used are Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, and there is some Pumpkin Pie ribbon up there in the corner.

Lorien's Laundry - Polka Dot Bathing Suit

2010-01-09T17:36:00.003-05:00

I had a lot of fun the last time I did ones of these posts. I think I will start to make my laundry a regular feature. Hee hee.

Unfortunately this is not my new bathing suit. I picked this up for my daughter at Target the other day. I love the bright colors and the polka dots and thought it would be fun to turn this into a card.

Ta-Da! I used all SU! materials. The colors are Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Basic Black and Whisper White. The black and white polka dot paper is from the Night & Day Designer Paper pack. How did I do?

Tidying Up!

2010-01-08T12:35:00.002-05:00

My room is pretty well in order now. Just a few finishing touches left for organizing my embellishments. Here is what it looks like when it isn't a total disaster area.

My stamping desk. Loving my ink pad organizer from Organize More. I was able to put all my neutrals and incolors from the past few years in there. Also the other misc stamp pads I have.

This is my new punch wall. I used the bygel rails from IKEA to hang my punches on. I need to pick up a couple more rails for my Marvy punches. I did the green serving tray up there with some SU! Decor Elements.

And here is my little helper. Behind her I have my stamps on shelves. I moved the retired ones down and over out of the way so I could store my Big Shot stuff on one section when I am not using it.

Now I just need to spend some more time getting crafty.

Happy 2010!

2010-01-02T13:13:00.001-05:00

Wow, I sure have been neglectful of this blog. I hope to be a better blogger in 2010. As soon as I get my craft room cleaned up I will get to work over here.

15% off at Zazzle!

2009-07-17T08:36:00.002-04:00

Friends and Family discount: 15% off your order when you use code FRIFAMZAZZLE during checkout.

Go buy some shirts!!! http://www.zazzle.com/vz5dzh*. Hee hee. Good through 7/26.

What I have been up to

2009-07-16T11:48:00.002-04:00

Been awhile! My kids have taken up BMX racing. I haven't been doing a lot of stamping lately. Just a few things that I need to take pictures of. My latest creative endeavor has been working on the new designs for MI Mingle Gear. Right now all of the designs that are loaded are non-mingle specific so they are great for any stamper, shopper, or person who chats online. This year we have help with some of the designs. Some of them were done by a mingler's husband. His name is Gus Calandrino and he gave us some really funny stuff. Check them out and tell your friends. The money raised from sales helps fund our MI Mingler gatherings.

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Green

2009-05-28T12:39:00.002-04:00

I don't think I have posted this one. It is very green. I was playing with my copics on it.

Simple Elegance

2009-05-11T10:13:00.000-04:00

Isn't it purty?

Nice Bag!

2009-04-13T08:17:00.003-04:00

So I am totally on this bag making kick lately. Can you tell? We will be making these bags at our next stamp camp. Same theory as the other bags below, but in an effort to save on sticky strip I put the DSP inside the base instead of putting it on the outside and covering the bottom with the scalloped piece. I also scored the DPS on these so that it fits nicely in the base. This makes them quite boxy though.

A Tisket, A Tasket, A Brown and Yellow Basket

2009-04-03T09:37:00.002-04:00

As I was prepping for the big mingle last weekend I decided I wanted to put my secret stamper gift into a handmade bag of some sort. I started playing with the box bags that were so popular a few months back. The first one I made I ended up using as the bag for my handmade door prize. I didn't get a picture before I left, but it is similar to the one below.

For this basket I started with an 8.5 X 11 sheet of cardstock and scored it at 2" on all for four sides. Then I folded it and made the box bottom as you would with the box bags. For the patterned paper I cut a 12 x 12 sheet in half and wrapped the two pieces around my base. Then I added some scalloped trim around the bottom and a handle.

Here is another that I made, but on this one I cut the base down to 6.5 X 9 and then scored at 2" on all four sides. The patterend papers were cut to 6 x 9 instead of 6 x 12. On this one I made a coordinating notepad and pen. I stuck that inside along with some goodies for my co-organizer buddies.

tap, tap, tap Is this thing on?

2009-04-02T13:18:00.003-04:00

Whoa I disappear for like 2 months and no one even notices. Waaaaaa! But that is ok really. I have been busy. My daughter confiscated my camera card and jump drive thingy so I had lost the pictures I took and then the month of March was just insane. I haven't had a month like this stamping-wise ever. Two workshops, two stamp camps and the Michigan Mingle, which I am a co organizer for. Now that is all over I can get back to normal. I found my camera card in my daughter's coat pocket after I washed it, but luckily it survived. So today I bring you the last swaps I did for Jami. This was a new catty swap I think that was due back in February.

This one features the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set. I love this set! We had to use a new set and one of the color combos from the style watch section of the catalog.

This card is with Garden Greetings. Something kept drawing me to this stamp set. I think it is very versatile. You can stamp the flowers in different colors or you could stamp them in black and color them in. There are also a good variety of sentiments with this set. For this card we had to use a new stamp set with a spring color combo.

For this round we had to use some of the new embellishments. My assignment was the corduroy buttons. They are so YUMMY! I also used the new Cheap Talk set on this card and some of the Good Morning Sunshine DSP.

I've Been Lazy

2009-02-03T11:15:00.003-05:00

I did this card a couple of weeks ago and I even took pictures of it back then too. No, it wasn't before Christmas, it was after. But the point is that I have had this sitting on my memory card forever and I have been too lazy to get it out and post it. Sorry.

I don't own this stamp set. I got this image from an image swap. This is a great set though and I wish I would've gotten it. I colored it with my copics. And the berrys are done with Liquid Pearls. Maybe I will send this card out next Christmas.

While I was being lazy I got this award. It came from Ilse. I love finding out people I don't know look at my blog. Thanks Ilse! Ilse has some new goodies and has been playing with them over there so check it out! I am supposed to nominate 10 other blogs, but you know me. I am still being lazy so if you stop by here and see this consider yourself nominated and feel free to pass it on.

You Rock!

2009-01-21T12:23:00.003-05:00

This was my valentine for a Jami swap on SCS. I had fun with this one and really like how it turned out. The inside says You Rock! That is my kind of valentine. I don't do well with mushy gushy cards.

Guess what is coming to my house today?

2009-01-14T14:00:00.006-05:00

The new Stampin' Up! Spring/Summer Catalog!!! I think the kids are eating McD's for dinner tonight.

In honor of that I thought I would show you a card I made using a new hostess set that is in the new catalog. This one is called Rustic Rooster. I like Roosters. I've got them in my kitchen. I've got fruit too, but I would rather just have roosters.

She's Alive!

2009-01-12T14:36:00.002-05:00

I didn't plan to take over a month off from blogging. I just got busy and sidetracked and blogging went to the back burner. But I did manange to make a few cards, mostly in the last week or two. I've got about a weeks worth and then I need to get busy again.

While I was on a blog vacation I spent some time coloring images with copics. This is one that I did. This image doesn't lend itself to a lot of blending, but I still think it turned out cute. I love snowmen. This one I believe is by Penny Black. I got him at Hobby Lobby. The asterisk type images in the background are from a CTMH set.

Some Awards

2008-12-05T14:11:00.007-05:00

During my Christmas Cardapalooza I was given some awards and I finally getting around to posting about them.

First off was this Kreativ Blogger Award from my pal Patty at PaperPatty. Patty and I have known each other through SCS for a few years now. We used to do the twisted & demented swaps and then I met her at regionals one year and somehow we ended up as some of the organizers for the SCS Michigan Mingle.

When you get this award you have to follow these rules...
1. put the logo on your blog (if you choose)
2. put a link to the person that sent you the award
3. nominate 5 blogs
4. put links to their blogs
5. leave messages for your nominees

I'm going to nominate some of the people over at 30 something bloggers... so here it goes.

Images by Ashleigh

Greeble Monkey

Cinnamon and Honey

Loralee's Loney Tunes

Fabulously Out There

I also received this award from Dawn Marie. She is another Michigan gal. And she is a sweetie.

This award means that this blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY- nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming.These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends.They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers.

Thanks Dawn Marie!

I've got some other blogging friends that I want to pass this one on to and here they are:

Tales from a Domestic Briefcase

Paper Delightz

Stamp on This

About a Girl

Stampin and More with Crystal

Phew! Now I need to go tell all these people.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 10

2008-11-30T09:00:00.000-05:00

I saved my favorite for last... No, actually I just uploaded them in the order they were on my hard drive. This beauty features To You & Yours again. The colors are Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, and Shimmery White. The designer paper is from the Ski Slope pack. We added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the rooftop with a two way glue pen.

Well, that is the last of them. I hope you enjoyed them and if you didn't already have a design picked out for your Christmas cards this year, maybe they inspired you.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 9

2008-11-29T09:00:00.001-05:00

This card uses another set I borrowed from my dear pal Crystal, To You & Yours. The colors are Sahara Sand, Basic Black, and Shimmery White.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 8

2008-11-28T09:00:00.000-05:00

Mr. Twigster is on the scene! We stamped him on Confetti White in Basic Brown and added some color with markers. The colors were taken from the Frosty Day papers, Bashful Blue and Tangerine Tango.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 7

2008-11-27T09:00:00.001-05:00

For this card we used a snow flake from Snow Burst to make a wreath. The colors are Riding Hood Red, Always Artichoke and Kraft. The direct to paper technique was used on the card base for texture and along the edges of the main image.

Happy Turkey Day! Gobble Gobble!!!

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 6

2008-11-26T09:00:00.000-05:00

I cased myself for this one. Just switched it up a little. Snow Swirled is the stamp set. Colors this time are Old Olive, Basic Black, and Very Vanilla. The designer paper is from the Ski Slope pack. We added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter with a 2-way glue pen, but it is kind of hard to see here.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 5

2008-11-25T09:00:00.000-05:00

This card is done with the Season of Friendship set that is in the Holiday mini. The colors are Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, and Whisper White.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 4

2008-11-24T09:00:00.001-05:00

This card features the A Flower for All Seasons set that I borrowed from my pal Crystal (thanks Crystal!) and the sentiment was done with Fundamental Phrases. Colors are Certainly Celery, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip. The image is stamped on the Naturals White cardstock with black stazon and colored with SU! markers. The designer paper is from the Holiday Treasures collection.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 3

2008-11-23T09:00:00.000-05:00

Simple, yet effective. This card has a Kraft card base and the colors are Real Red and Garden Green. The Curly Label punch was used along with the Cute & Curley stamp set.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 2

2008-11-22T09:00:00.000-05:00

Isn't this one fun? It uses Big on Christmas and the colors are Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa, and Whisper White. The designer paper is from the Frosty Day pack. I used my Top Note die (I LOVE IT) and we colored the image with reinkers and a blender pen.

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 1

2008-11-21T10:56:00.003-05:00

For the next 10 days I am going to show the Christmas cards we did last weekend at a stamp a stack. And I am going to predo all my posts today so they will actually be there. *insert rolling eye smiliey here*.

This card uses Baroque Motifs and I think the sentiment is from To You & Yours. The colors are Real Red, More Mustard, Old Olive and Whisper White. All SU!

I wasn't fibbing!

2008-11-18T13:32:00.004-05:00

I really do have lots to show, but I was going to post and then wanted more love on my funky flower so I thought I would let it sit another day or so and then I got sidetracked. So now back to our regularily scheduled programming....

This was a make n take at the crop and stamp I went to a few weeks ago. Everyone loved it.

This was my other make n take. Isn't it cute. They liked this one too!

Funky Flower

2008-11-10T14:47:00.003-05:00

I made this card using a flower stamp from The Rubber Cafe. I believe it is called Lace Flower. I can't find it on the site at this moment because they are still in the process of loading all of their stamps to the redesigned site.

I got to try out my new copics on it. I think I still need some work, but they are fabulous markers. On the flower inside the flower I added some sparkle with the Atyou Spica Clear Glitter pen.

I was Sworn to Secrecy

2008-11-05T09:13:00.003-05:00

I participated in a swap hostessed by Jami Sibley. She is like a famous stamper and known for being a swap nazi and all these famous stampers participate in her swaps. My pal Crystal has done some of her swaps and always gets fabulous stuff so when Crystal told me there were some openings for the current swap I jumped right in. I think I followed all the rules and got them in on time so hopefully I will get asked to play again. Hee hee! You can't upload your swaps to your blog or SCS until everyone starts receiving them back so that is why I was sworn to secrecy.

This card wasn't anything totally earth shattering, but I think it turned out nice. Next time, if there is a next time, I'll have to try and come up with something more fabulous cause I think mine is kind of plain compared to the others I am seeing. I did emboss the little birdie up there, cut him out and put him on a dimensional.

We had to decorate the inside of the cards too so here is the inside of mine.

I don't have my cards back yet, but I bet they will come today or tomorrow.

I was busy prepping for a stamp and scrap thing last week and now that it is over I have some stuff to show. So look for more posts soon!

Swirled Dove by The Rubber Cafe

2008-10-21T15:38:00.002-04:00

Two posts in one day!

I made both of these cards using the Swirled Dove from The Rubber Cafe. Be sure to check out their site because they just did a fabulous redesign and have a shopping cart now and there is a sale on the wood mounted stamps!

Both of these cards have the same layout and have the swirled dove image heat embossed in white. It is such a beautiful image.

On this one I stamped the main image repeatedly on the card base to give it some texture.

This card uses the Night Sky shimmery paper from PTI. Isn't it fabulous? Thanks Emma for giving me a piece!

Tagged!

2008-10-21T10:06:00.003-04:00

I was tagged over the weekend by Becky in East Tennessee. Check out her blog. She has a really cool design!

I did this one not too long ago, but I am up for it again. It is the tell 7 things about yourself and tag 7 people one.

1. I moved a lot when I was younger and went to a total of 7 different schools by the time I graduated high school.

2. I had my 1st child when I was 24, my mom had me when she was 24, and my grandma had her 1st child when she was 24.

3. My favorite TV shows are Desperate Housewives, CSI (the original), House, and How I Met Your Mother.

4. I love Brad Paisley and hope to see him in concert one day.

5. I love Chinese, Almond Boneless Chicken. Yum. I think I want that for lunch or dinner.

6. I'm hot in the morning and cold at night. My DH is the opposite.

7. I need to go on a real vacation that doesn't involve camping. I can't remember the last time I went on one of those.

I forgot to say... Consider yourself tagged cause I am too lazy to go out hitting up more people. I don't think half the people I tagged last time played. Party poopers!

Altered Mini Journal

2008-10-17T14:05:00.003-04:00

This was my 3D swap for the Mini Mingle. It's a Mini Journal and a matching pen. Both items were purchased at the dollar store. The journals came in packs of 4 and the pens in packs of 5. Add in some paper and embellishments and you have a cute little gift for coworkers, bus drivers, etc. for under a dollar.

Spooky Treats

2008-10-16T07:50:00.005-04:00

I made these little buggers and gave one to each person at the mini mingle. They are cute and quick. These would make a great little treat for coworkers or classmates. I saw them on SCS and modified them a little (made mine simpler, by not layering color on the legs).

These are made with the scallop circle punch, photo corners punch, 3/4" circle punch and then I drew in the black on the eyeballs and the white eyebrows. There is a peppermint patty in there, but you could do it with other candies that are shaped that way. Or even round erasers.

Name Tag and Door Prize

2008-10-14T11:16:00.003-04:00

This is my name tag from the mini mingle. I received the silver letters in a PIF. They were too big to go all the way across the top note so I had to improvise with some of the other letters.

This is the bag I put my door prize in. A lot of the gals were not brave enough to pick it not knowing what was inside. Hee hee!

This is what was inside of the bag. A designer brad bracelet.

I've Been Holding out on You

2008-10-13T14:13:00.001-04:00

This past weekend was the SCS Michigan MINI Mingle. I had been busy making swaps, a door prize and a name tag for the event, but I didn't want to show it until after the event. Here is a card very similar to my swap card. For my swap card I heat embossed the flowers in white instead of doing the faux dry embossing you see here. Can I tell you how much I love the Top Note die? It is awesome and it kicks butt in my cuttlebug. I can't afford the Big Shot, but I am glad it works in what I already have.

Bag in a Box, Box Bag, Whatchamacallit

2008-10-02T09:37:00.004-04:00

This is the other one of my projects for the stamp camp. For the sample I used some retired paper cause I wanted to save all the current stuff for the attendees. This little ditty is cute, quick and easy! And it is a little ditty. It is hard to tell from the pics you see on line, the base ends up being a 2.5" square and it is only 5.5" tall. Cute for a little gift. Maybe even the bracelet below wrapped in some tissue paper.
I found the directions here...http://dianagibbs.typepad.com/stampin_with_di/box-in-a-bag/ and there are some variations posted here...http://valeriestangle.blogspot.com/2008/07/mini-box-in-bag.html
and here...http://andreawalford.com/?p=665

A new twist

2008-09-30T13:56:00.003-04:00

Lookie what I made! It is a bracelet with the designer brads from SU! We are doing these at our Christmas giftables camp. Isn't it purty?

Masculine

2008-09-26T13:57:00.003-04:00

This is a manly card, no? I was going to title this post Doe a Deer... But then I realized this is a buck so that wouldn't work. On this card I used the Deer & Fence stamp from The Rubber Cafe. I created the background by going direct to paper with the close to cocoa classic and vanilla craft ink pads. I stamped the image with chocolate chip and then used a blender pen to pull some color into the fence and the deer's body.

Santa Doing The Hula

2008-09-25T14:04:00.002-04:00

I finally got a chance to try out my new stamps from The Rubber Cafe.

On this card I used the Lg Palms and Hula Santa. I had fun building the scene with some sand paper and a sun made with a flower punch and a circle punch.

On this one you can see how the grass skirt tilts. Splitcoast Stampers has a great tutorial for the tilt card HERE.

Tagged Twice in One Day

2008-09-23T08:08:00.003-04:00

First, I was tagged by Dawn Marie and then by Tiffany in VA. Lucky for me they were for the same game.

Here are the rules of the game:
Link your tagger and list the rules on your blog.
Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Now let's see...

I love to eat popcorn and M&Ms when I am watching a movie. I need a little of both at the same time.
I have to sleep with a fan on at night. My DH started that and now I am addicted.
I need to get my brows waxed bad.
I've got two sets of holes in my ears for earrings, but I rarely wear earrings in my 1st set of holes. I always wear the diamond studs my mom got me for graduation in my second set of holes.
Speaking of holes in my ears, when I was in high school I let my friend put a third hole in one of my ears with a pin. It was crooked so I let it close up.
We have a new dog. His name is Ozzy. My DH traded Ace for Ozzy last night. He is a younger English pointer. He barked all night. I can't keep up with DH and his hunting dogs.
Today is my dog Bailey's birthday. She is two. My youngest daughter, Morgan, will be two on Thursday.

I'll tag some of my new SCS Swap Moderator buddies and some of my new Rubber Cafe DT buddies.
Michelle
Julie
Karen
Lisa
Sparkle
Amber
Dorinda

Cupcake Card

2008-09-22T10:26:00.004-04:00

This was my other card for Crystal's new catty swap. I don't know how I ended up with this color combo. I wanted to use Pacific Point and I wanted to use the Pink Pirouette ribbon. I think when I added the glitter I ended up with the Rose Red. I wasn't totally feeling it at that point so I added the sentiment on the key tag punch and attached it with some black hemp and then I felt better about the whole thing. The cupcake is paper pieced. That is a lot of cutting for me, but I only had to make 6 of them so I went with it.

Don't look!

2008-09-18T14:56:00.003-04:00

If you are in Crystal's swap with me and you want to be surprised. This is one of the cards I made...

Toot! Toot!

2008-09-16T07:52:00.002-04:00

I really don't like that word, but nothing else fits better. I am tooting my own horn today. I got the go ahead to tell you all.

I made a design team!!!! A week or two ago I saw a design call on SCS and all you had to do to apply was send them a link to your blog. Easy-peasey. How could I pass that up? So I sent them a link and they loved my stuff and I am now on THE RUBBER CAFE design team!!!! My new stamps are on the way. I can't wait to get them and start playing. They have a wide range of stamps. Lots of unique stuff. I'm not going to tell you what I am getting yet. I'll let that be a surprise. So check them out. Melissa and Diane recently bought it and are in the process of revamping everything. I am so excited to be a part of it!

Stamp Camp Cards Revisited

2008-09-15T09:08:00.003-04:00

Last week was a good week stamping wise, not so much because of the time I got to stamp (I should say lack of time), but because of some other news I got. I got an email that I was accepted for a design team, but I don't know if I can share info on that yet or not so look for something posted on that soon. I also got an opportunity to represent SU! at a local stamping and scrapping event. I'm excited about both of these things. I would love to build my "creative resume" and build my SU! business. Stamping is what I love to do and it would be so nice if I could make something of it.

Friday night was the 1st session of our September stamp camp. I tweaked the cards I showed you a little while ago just a bit.

For the 1st one I added the designer button to the center of the flower, but when I did it didn't look like Baja Breeze. It looked more Bashful Blue so I switched up the colors on this card.

On this one, I added the polka dot background.

Everyone on Friday really enjoyed these cards, and the gift card holder and double pocket card that my upline Tracy provided as her projects. The emerging colors card was like magic to most of the campers. When they were stamping the smaller flowers on the white they couldn't figure out how it was all going to end up looking like the samples I had out. A few of them thought they were going to cut out each petal and paste them on Not Quite Navy cardstock. Hee hee! If you have never tried the emerging colors techinique check out the tutorial on SCS...HERE.

I did manage to get one card done for my pal Crystal's swap. And I started on the second last night, but I am not loving it. I'll have to play with that one a little more. So look for cards with some new SU! stamps coming this week!

Wowee!

2008-09-04T12:49:00.002-04:00

I was just catching up on my blurfing and look what I saw on the 7 kids blog...

http://7kidscollegefund.typepad.com/7kidscollegefund/2008/09/first-new-ram-stamp-cards-coming-in-finally.html

Little Lambsy Divey

2008-08-27T15:39:00.005-04:00

So my grandma used to sing this song to me when I was little.... "Marsy doates, and dosey doats and little lambsy divey. " Just recently I discovered that it really is "Mares eat oats. And does eat oats. And little lambs eat ivy." Hee hee. That makes more sense.

This was the other card I made this past weekend.

Owls!

2008-08-24T15:27:00.004-04:00

Aren't these the cutest owls ever? I got to sneak downstairs yesterday and managed to make two cards with my new Rachelle Ann Miller stamps. I have 6 of her stamp total now and I have gotten all of them from 7 Kids College Fund. I have bought them all on preorder from them and they always get them out to you as soon as they come in. I haven't preordered any of the new Christmas ones yet, but I am eyeing that Moose! Oh and the Snowman of course cause I have a severe snowman addiction.

This is how I spent my summer vacation

2008-08-20T10:14:00.002-04:00

We did this every day for the last four days.

Did you plant these?

2008-08-15T13:17:00.004-04:00

I am so not a gardener. A few years ago I planted a bunch of things that would come back every year and I wouldn't have to mess with them. Hosta, Daylily, Tulips, Daffodils, I've got some phlox, there were some peonys there already when we moved in. Well, I haven't done much with it since then and it is pretty over grown. Things need to be split and moved. Maybe next year.

So we have been ignoring the flower beds and every couple of weeks my husband takes the weed wacker and trims down the weeds. He left a huge thistle that I guess he thought was a flower. It turned all brown after it got taller than me and he finally got rid of it. We had some trees coming up that I took out and we had something coming up in an old flower pot that I had Gerber Daisies in a few years ago. That something turned out to be these sunflowers. I never put them there. Maybe the kids planted them?

My initial, slighty intoxicated, thoughts on the new SU! Catalog

2008-08-13T13:05:00.003-04:00

Last week, my dear friend Crystal came to my rescue and brought me one of her preordered catalogs so I could drool over it. I decided not to buy a box this year and instead buy a couple from my upline since I only have one customer and do a workshop once every few years. She showed up in the midst of a crisis that didn't turn out as bad as I thought. My son had cut his lip and I thought he put his tooth clean through it, but he didn't. Anyway, once I got all the kiddies to bed I decided to indulge in a big glass of wine. It was like half the bottle mixed with a little sprite, because I am a sissy and a lightweight when it comes to drinking. If I drank more often I am sure I wouldn't get tipsy so easily. After taking only a few sips and perusing the catalog I decided to shoot an email off to Crystal telling her thanks and apologizing for the craziness and telling her what I thought of the catalog. I also sent this to Tracy, my upline, just incase she wanted to know what I thought too. I guess wine makes me chatty. Lucky for Crystal and Tracy I have a severe aversion to the telephone or I would've been chatting their ears off. So I thought I would share with you all what I thought since I know the whole world is dying to know what I think of the new catalog...

Thank you so much for bringing me that catty! I am so sorry all heck was
breaking loose when you showed up. I was going to make you look at Carter and
tell me if I should take him to the ER, but I didn't want to traumatize you or
Megan. It ended up not being that bad after we got it to stop bleeding and put
ice on it to get the swelling down. Phew!
So after all that I opened a bottle of wine and have taken two sips from my big glass and have been perusing the catalog. So don't mind the chattyness. Have you made out a list yet? Of what you are going to order I mean. This is my list. I need to talk this through. Hee hee.
Tasty Sweet - cute, but how many Halloween sets do I really need? I
have carved and candlelit, and have used it maybe once. It isn't current though,
but we aren't doing a Halloweeen camp so it would only be for personal use...
Hmm
Snow Swirled - really like this one. But how many Christmas sets does a
girl need. My projects for our Christmas camp don't really require stamping so I
don't need another, but I may cave on this one. I am such a sucker for
snowflakes.
Owl Together Now - I am disappointed in this one. The owls are
too little. I think I am going to have to get the one from CHF with the owls or
the PTI one.
Humor in High Heals - This one is a maybe... but
then I just looked at the price and am not so sure it is worth that to
me.
Cheers to You - Yeah I am getting this one and I know you
probably don't need to borrow it. Does it seem like the newer sets are
higher priced than they used to be? Well they are die cut.
Crazy for Cupcakes - Cute. Maybe. Giant cupcake on the next page... umm probably
not.
Putt Putt - Cute concept, but not for $24.95
Pocket Silhouettes - Cute, but too small for me I think.
Inspired By Nature, Kindred Spirits - both of these intrigue me. I'm not sure though.
Happiness is a Journey and Nature Silhouettes - I would like to have a masculine set. I like the saying in the first, but not really feeling the train. I like the images in the second, but I don't know when I would use the sentiment. You know I'm not all about that.
Under the Stars - Definately when it is on sale like I think I heard
it would be.
Say it with Scallops - I like it. I wish that lollipop image
was some where in a different set and bigger though. I like the lollipop
flowers.
Puns from the Past - I like this. I like puns. The images are kind
of small. I like bigger. It is in the preview catty so maybe when those sets are
on sale.
I'm so happy the Summer Picnic didn't retire and you have a pack
of paper you can use. If you want to borrow my Tart and Tangy someday you
can.
I don't like the Christmas paper so much and I need Christmas paper
for the camp. We are making some gift bags... I hope there is some cool paper in
the Holiday mini. But our camp is in October so I don't know if I will be able
to order that in time. Ok now off to finish my wine.

It Felt So Good

2008-08-12T10:52:00.003-04:00

I actually stamped this past weekend. I went downstairs, dusted off the cob webs, literally, and cleaned my stamp area. Then I proceeded to tweak my stamp camp cards. And after all of that came this beauty. I had fun making it and I am happy with how it turned out. Isn't that what it is all about?

And then yesterday these came in the mail. I preordered these back in June before the promise I made to myself. I can't wait to ink these. I love my Rachelle Ann Miller stamps.

Same Ole, Same Ole

2008-08-05T14:34:00.003-04:00

No stamping. I have my last two SU! orders sitting in their boxes still. I did open them to check and make sure they were all good and they were. But that is as far as I have gotten. I have packages and more packages of stamps, ribbons, brads, dew drops, gems, stickles, etc. that I have received from the PIF threads piled up on my desk. I need to put it all in its place and stamp again. I obviously haven't gotten anywhere on that promise I made to myself a few posts back. I need to stamp something if I am going to get anywhere with that. Maybe this weekend...

Got Sidetracked

2008-08-04T13:17:00.004-04:00

I meant to post this last week after my order came and I added a button to it. Well, my order came and I was too lazy to add a button to it and take another picture. So I was going to post it and then all the new SU! catalog and convention news started coming out and I completely forgot about this card. Amidst all the excitement I got a gig as a temporary mod at SCS helping with the convention threads. I am like almost famous... in my eyes anyway. Hee hee!

This card features the Emerging Colors technique. And it has some of the new SU! colors. Tangerine Tango and Baja Breeze. I paired them up with So Saffron and Not Quite Navy.

I stamped!

2008-07-27T08:38:00.004-04:00

On Friday I got together with Crystal and made some card prototypes for the next stamp camp. These are using all SU! products of course. The stamp set is Pun Fun. I wanted to make a card where they could pick any image from the set to use as the main image and with Pun Fun that is easy because they are all similar in size. Here are two examples of the same card.

The colors I used were Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue and Pumpkin Pie. I stamped the main image in black StazOn on Confetti White. I prefer to use a thicker cardstock when I am going to use aqua painters or the blender pens. For these I used the aqua painter with Watercolor Wonder Crayons. I borrowed Crystal's scallop border punch for the scalloped Pumpkin Pie piece and I added a dot to each scallop with the white gel pen. I tied a knot in the Pumpkin Pie striped ribbon and wrapped it around the Bashful Blue cardstock. The main image is popped up with dimensionals. I think for the camp we will stamp the Polka Dot background stamp on the Bashful Blue layer.

COMING SOON...

2008-07-22T13:26:00.005-04:00

To a computer screen near you. SU! ONLINE ORDERING!!!!!! See that link on the right for my Stampin' Up! Website? I need to make it big and flashy or something cause soon you will be able to go there and order SU! products 24/7. You won't have to call me or email me. Of course if you want to that is fine too. But if you'd rather deal only with your computer you can have at it. More details to come.

Making a Promise to Myself

2008-07-21T14:46:00.004-04:00

Sorry for the lack of creative posts! I haven't stamped since my last stamp camp. Oh the horrors. I have plans to stamp this Friday with my pal Crystal. Hopefully, I can come up with something good and it won't be a repeat of the worst stamp night ever where I made The Card from H-E-Double Hockey Sticks.

So the reason for this post is that I am making a promise to myself regarding my stamp buying habits. I have so many stamps that I had to have and that haven't gotten used. I am no longer going to buy stamps (other than SU!). I am going to earn those stamps that I want. How will I do this, you ask? I will use what I have, or get images from other stampers, and make projects to enter contests to win said stamps. Or enter blog candy drawings (don't laugh I have one two blog candy drawings in my life). Or get on a design team.

These are the stamps I want and I am going to earn (this list maybe modified):

Ok there are more I want, but maybe I should stop here and see where that gets me. Hee hee.

The Furry Side of My Family

2008-07-09T12:01:00.006-04:00

This is our old gal Sable. She is 10. We got her when we first started dating. Both of us were deprived of dogs in our youth so we are making up for it now. Corey was big into duck and goose hunting so he wanted to get a Lab. Sable is not the typical affectionate lab. I think she was separated from her mom too early. She is very independant and doesn't really care if you pet her. She pretty much just walks away from the kids. Carter chases her all over the yard and she just keep walking away from him. Sable has had two litters of puppies. One was planned. That one she had 10 babies. 6 girls and 4 boys. 6 of them were black and 4 were yellow like their daddy. The other time we didn't even know she was pregnant and Corey went out to feed the dogs and heard crying. We quickly moved them all into the house and set up a bed for her. She had two out in the kennel and had two more overnight in our basement. They were mixed puppies. We believe she hooked up with Ace's brother Duce that we had at the time, unbeknownst to us.

This is Ace. He is an English Pointer. I think he is about 4 year old. He is one placement away from being a champion field trial dog. He makes me a little nervous because he has a big strong looking jaw, but he has never tried to bite us. He loves attention and to be petted and he listens very well to my husband. Not so much to me. He looks at me like who are you talking to? especially if DH is around.

This is my baby Bailey. She is a Minature Schnauzer. She is the only house dog. The others all stay in the outdoor kennel that is heated in the winter. She is almost 2. Corey hates her because she barks at everything. The only thing that bugs me about her is that she always manages to get her tongue in your mouth when she gives kisses and she gives them when you aren't ready. Eww!

This is Dot. She is an English Setter. She is only a couple of months old. They are similar to English Pointers, but they have longer hair and don't get as big. She is a nut and likes to chew on everything including the kids. Morgan does not like her at all. There is Maddie sitting in the background.

And here is Daisy. Ace's girlfriend when she gets older. Also an English Pointer. About the same age as Dot. She is a sweety. And if you want to see the freckles on her butt check out the next picture. I stratigically placed a flower over the not so cute part. You can click the pic to see the freckles if you want.

THE END! Hee hee!

I've been away

2008-07-08T13:03:00.004-04:00

We were "up North" last week. That is what we say here in the lower part of Michigan. In the summer you go "up North" camping or to the cabin, or whatever.
We had to tent it this year. Our lease was up on the truck the week before our trip and we ended up turning it in and are borrowing my MILs car during the week until we can pick up a car for DH to drive that we can pay cash for. So no truck meant no borrowing my mom's pop up and it also meant a very packed Chevy Malibu. I should've gotten a picture of that. When we left we had 2 kids, 3 bikes, a huge duffle bag and a packed trunk. When we came home we had 3 kids, 4 bikes, a huge duffle bag and a packed trunk. Oh and a dog we pick up on the way home. Don't even ask!
Ok, I can't just say we picked up a dog and not explain. Her name is Daisy. She is an English Pointer. We have a male English Pointer named Ace. She Ace'e new girlfriend. My DH had been talking with her owner and was going to buy her and I told him we needed another dog like a hole in the head and so he came to his senses and told the guy we couldn't afford her. They guy wasn't able to find a suitable owner and kept contacting DH. Eventually they came to an agreement that he would give us the dog in exchange for one of their pups down the road. She is a really sweet dog. She has freckles on her butt. Hee hee. She slept on my lap for the last hour of our ride home after we picked her up. I'll have to get a picture of her and all the other dogs we have.
I was tagged while I was away by Jana. I have to list 7 random things about me.
1. I have a blue M&M guy tattoo.
2. I love M&Ms.
3. I am so mad those Wildly Cherry M&Ms and the Raspberry ones were limited editions and now I can't find them.
4. I picked up some designer M&Ms at the store the other day. Way too expensive! But they look cool and the triple chocolate are really good. I am trying to eat them slowly.
5. I am addicted to blurfing.
6. I also got peanut butter ice cream sandwiches at the store the other day and they are really good too!
7. I just got this funny email from my aunt...

There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the Tickle Me Elmo toys.
The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms.Well, Lena is hired at The
Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 8:00
am.
The next day at 8:45 am there is a knock at the Personnel Manager's
door. The
Foreman throws open the door and begins to rant about the new
employee.He
complains that she is incredibly slow and the whole line is
backing up, putting
the entire production line behind schedule.The Personnel
Manager decides he
should see this for himself, so the 2 men march down to
the factory floor.
When they get there the line is so backed up that
there are Tickle Me
Elmo's all over the factory floor and they're really
beginning to pile up. At
the end of the line stands Lena surrounded by
mountains of Tickle Me Elmo's. She
has a roll of plush Red fabric and a huge
bag of small marbles. The 2 men watch
in amazement as she cuts a little
piece of fabric, wraps it around two marbles
and begins to carefully sew the
little package between Elmo's legs. The
Personnel Manager bursts into
laughter. After several minutes of hysterics
he pulls himself together
and approaches Lena .. 'I'm sorry,' he says to her,
barely able to keep a
straight face, 'but I think you misunderstood the
instructions I gave you
yesterday...''Your job is to give Elmo two test
tickles.

I am supposed to tag more people, but I am lazy so if you want to list 7 things about yourself, consider yourself tagged!

My First Mini VSN

2008-06-26T18:47:00.003-04:00

This past weekend I participated in my 1st ever VSN (Virtual Stamp Night). This happened to be a mini VSN. The big one is in August. The challege this card was made for was to use numbers on a card. It was inspired by the Stephanie Plum series of books that all include numbers in their titles. If you haven't read them they are a definate must by Janet Evonovich.

I decided to make a long card and I used my old SU! Crazy Number set and the Stampendous Hugs & Laughs stamp that had been sitting uninked. The paper and embellishments are all by SU!

Happy Things

2008-06-20T09:17:00.006-04:00

These are the things that are making me smile today.

Isn't this yummy? This is my new bracelet.

Here is some more of it. It was made by Patricia Robitaille. And HERE is her Etsy Shop. She makes her own glass beads. I love beads. These are so shiny and look like candy.
I took a class once on glass bead making. I have the torch and some rods still. Maybe one day I will give it a go again.

This is one of the items in the CafePress shop. A month or so ago CP added some embroidered items to the product line up. I applied this design to a couple of products and I ordered one to see how it would come out. I love it! It is fabulous. I will be adding the embroidered items in the other designs as soon as I get a chance to play with them.
The sale of these items help to fund the SCS Michigan Mingle. Some of them say "SCS Michigan Mingle" on them and others don't. So there is something for everyone there. Check it out!

Did I ever tell you how Rubber Lovers Unite! came to be? It is kind of funny. I am a co-organizer for the SCS Michigan Mingle. This year we decided to make t-shirts for the event that people could order through CafePress. We weren't sure what to put on them so we held a contest. We didn't tell the minglers what it was for, but told them to submit their favorite stamping related catch phrases/tag lines. Patty posted that they might not want to submit things such as Rubber Lovers Unite, and right then and there I knew I had to make it into a shirt. It works for stamping and promoting safe sex!

Tart & Tangy x 4

2008-06-19T14:02:00.004-04:00

Orange

Scratch N Sniff Cherry

Scratch N Sniff Green Apple

Strawberry

These are some samples of the cards we did at the last stamp camp. They made the treat pouches too. Tracy's projects were an altered frapicchino bottle and cute peekaboo card with the A Little Birdie Told me set.

These projects used Tart & Tangy, Summer Picnic DS paper and various cardstock and ribbons in Old Olive, Real Red, Bashful Blue and Pumpkin Pie.

More Lily and We Went to the Zoo

2008-06-17T12:35:00.007-04:00

Here is another Lily card that I made. I also colored this one with my SU! Markers. The colors are Barely Banana, Bashful Blue, and Almost Amethyst.

This weekend we went to the Detroit Zoo. Here is a picture of Morgan, Carter and I with the rinos.

This was in the kangaroo exhibit. You walk into an area where the roos are free and there is no fence between you and them. Not much excitement today. They were all resting.

Here is the prairie dog exhibit. They have a little tunnel where kids can go underground and pop their heads up through these tubes to see the prairie dogs close up. This is Carter in the tube.

Here is Carter and Morgan outside of the polar bear exhibit.

This is a polar bear in the grass. Just doesn't look right.

Here is a seal. This is in the underwater portion of the polar bear exhibit. I think these guys are separated from the polar bears or they would be bear food, don't ya think?

Lily & Milo

2008-06-16T09:02:00.004-04:00

I was one of the 1st people in America to get my hands on these stamps. That is what the place I ordered them from said anyway. And did I touch them? No. I let Crystal stamp them. Last night I finally played with them a little and I must say I love them. They are fun to color. I used my SU! markers to color this one.

BTW - Check out my new watermark. Also by Veronica. She rocks!

CHECK IT OUT!!!!

2008-06-16T08:32:00.002-04:00

Do you like it? I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!! Veronica did it. There is a blinky near the bottom of the right column if you want to check her out. She is fabulous!
p.s. I'm talking about my new blog design if you didn't figure that out. If you are seeing yellow, red and blue then you need to refresh!

My Little Ballerina

2008-06-12T14:27:00.002-04:00

This past weekend was the big recital. Ballet, tap and hip hop this year. Next year she says she doesn't want to take ballet and tap because the costumes always have polka dots. I don't know what her problem is with polka dots. I love polka dots.

So yesterday was Maddie's last day of school and this morning she left to spend the next three weeks with my mom. I won't see her until we go up North for the 4th of July weekend, but I will talk to her just about everyday. She doesn't really miss us when she goes to stay with grandma. She is pretty independant and glad to get some time away from her little brother. But we will miss her.

Tagged

2008-06-09T09:41:00.002-04:00

I got tagged a couple of times in the last week and just haven't had an opportunity to post. Jennifer at Just Jennifer's Stamping tagged me first and then Patty at Paper Patty got me next. Lucky for me they were for the same game so I can kill two birds with one stone so to speak. Hee hee!

1- Life 10 years ago: I had just started my current job and just met my now husband. I was single, had no kids, didn't stamp or scrap, and we might have just gotten Sable our black lab.

2- 5 things on today's 'to-do' list: 1. Go to work and get caught up on what I missed Thursday and Friday. 2. Go to the PO. 3. Pick up the kids and go home. 4. Figure out what is for dinner. 5. Put the laundry away. Exciting huh?

3- Snacks that I enjoy: Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate, M&M's, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Blizzards with Chocolate Ice Cream and Strawberries, or Blizzards with Chocolate Ice Cream and Oreos, or Blizzards with Chocolate Ice Cream and Cheesecake Chunks & Caramel.

4- Things I would do if I were a millionaire: Pay all my bills off, buy a bigger house, buy a house for my mom, buy a mustang, buy lots of M&Ms, put money in the kids college funds.

5- Places I have lived: Buena Vista CO, Colorado Spgs CO, New Baltimore MI, Mesa AZ, Phoenix AZ, Plymouth MI, Canton MI, Northville MI, Farmington MI, Waterford MI, Wixom MI, West Bloomfield MI, and Davison MI.

And now I am tagging:

Jana at http://indyemmert.blogspot.com/

Crystal at http://www.stampwithcrystal.blogspot.com/

Laura at http://lauraevangeline.blogspot.com/

Lynn at http://thequeensscene.blogspot.com/

Cindy at http://cindyvernon.blogspot.com/

For Peep's Sake Winner!

2008-06-02T22:42:00.002-04:00

I used my highly techinical method of asking my DH to pick a number again and the winner is...

Cindy Vernon said...
I have been stamping for over 10
years!! The candy is fab!
5:35 PM

Congrats Cindy! Send me an email with your address.
stampsnmore@hotmail.com

Thanks to all that played and helped me celebrate my 2 year blogiversary!

Penguin Winner!

2008-06-01T20:48:00.003-04:00

And we have a winner for the 1st drawing for the penguin stamps. The winner was chosen by telling my DH to pick a number between 1 and 7. Only the best highly technical methods are used around here.

Jana Emmert said...
I thought paper towel too. I'm guessing
Bounty (I know it's not Brawny...)The card is really cute!
1:25 AM

Email me with you address Jana!
stampsnmore@hotmail.com

There is still time to enter the other drawing. So give it a shot!

BTW - yes it was paper towel that I used for my backdrop. It was the cheap stuff from Aldi.

Happy Blogiversary! Happy Blogiversary!

2008-05-31T08:40:00.002-04:00

Happy Blogiversary! Happy Blogiversary!

I'm going to do another blog candy drawing today. This one will be for the stamps, some coordinating papers, and coordinating ribbons from the For Peep's Sake kit. You can see an example HERE. I'm also going to include the Thank You stamp that I used on this birdie card HERE. To enter into the drawing leave a comment here and tell me how long you have been stamping. Winner will be drawn from the entries received by 8PM EST on Monday, June 2nd 2008.

Let's Get This Party Started!

2008-05-30T10:26:00.003-04:00

Sorry this isn't the best picture. I took it rather quickly before running out the door this morning. This card is for a swap and I needed to get them in the mail. Can you believe I have had this set, and other PTI sets, since they were released and haven't made any cards with them yet? Crazy! I did use the Holiday Treats set on some nuggets at Christmas, but no cards until now.

BLOG CANDY DRAWING!!!!
Post a comment here and tell me what I used for the backdrop when snapping the picture of this card. 1 entry per correct guess. Tell your friends by posting on your blog about my blog candy drawing and including a link, then post a comment here with your blog address and you will get 2 entries in the drawing. So you can get a total of 3 entries for this blog candy drawing. 1 for a correct guess and 2 for telling your friends. What is the prize you ask? The winner of this drawing will get the 4 Imaginisce stamps in the A Shore Thing collection shown HERE(penguin dude, penguin chick, popsicles, and flip flops). This blog candy drawing will close at 8PM EST on Sunday June 1st, 2008.

More blog candy coming up so stay tuned.

Supplies
PTI Green Thumb and PTI Stampers Select White Cardstock.
SU! Soft Sky, Groovy Guava, and Whisper White Cardstock, Soft Sky and Groovy Guava ink, White Gel Pen, Top Boss Embossing Pad, Clear Embossing Powder, and Soft Sky Double Stitched Ribbon.
Marvy Scalloped Circle Punches.

200th Post!

2008-05-29T15:00:00.002-04:00

And my 2 year blogiversary is coming up on the 31st. I'm gonna have to do some blog candy for that.

I haven't done much stamping lately. The weather has been too nice. I was outside with the kids all day Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. I got a little burnt.

These are some treat pouches that we will be doing at the stamp camps coming up next month. I have some scratch n sniff cards we will do too, but I haven't made the samples for those yet.

Supplies

SU Tart & Tangy, Summer Picnic DS paper, Many Marvelous Markers, Whisper White, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, and Real Red cardstock. Scalloped Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Real Red and Bashful Blue Striped Grosgrain.

Stamps N More

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 20

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Do the Math!

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Christmas Cardapalooza Day 5

Attention! Attention!

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 4

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 3

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 2

I found my stamp room!

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 1

It's Just Around the Corner

Tweet Tweet!

Perfect Punches

Hot Enough for Ya?

Sweet Treats

Sweet Pea

Cute Cute SAB Card

Lorien's Laundry - Polka Dot Bathing Suit

Tidying Up!

Happy 2010!

15% off at Zazzle!

What I have been up to

Green

Simple Elegance

Nice Bag!

A Tisket, A Tasket, A Brown and Yellow Basket

*tap, tap, tap* Is this thing on?

I've Been Lazy

You Rock!

Guess what is coming to my house today?

She's Alive!

Some Awards

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Christmas Cardapalooza Day 2

Christmas Cardapalooza Day 1

I wasn't fibbing!

Funky Flower

I was Sworn to Secrecy

Swirled Dove by The Rubber Cafe

Tagged!

Altered Mini Journal

Spooky Treats

Name Tag and Door Prize

I've Been Holding out on You

Bag in a Box, Box Bag, Whatchamacallit

A new twist

Masculine

Santa Doing The Hula

Tagged Twice in One Day

Cupcake Card

Don't look!

Toot! Toot!

Stamp Camp Cards Revisited

Wowee!

Little Lambsy Divey

Owls!

This is how I spent my summer vacation

Did you plant these?

My initial, slighty intoxicated, thoughts on the new SU! Catalog

tap, tap, tap Is this thing on?