Trendy Trees

I hope that everyone had a fantastic weekend! We had a long 4 day weekend at our house! We got so many 'to-do's' done that had been accumulating on our list! It was great! We also just relaxed...it has been a long time since we were able to just be at home and not have a gazillion places to be to!
Here are a couple of cards to share that I made this weekend. This is my 3rd attempt at getting a good picture and the weather is just not cooperating...so it is what it is! I give up! I love this Trendy Trees set! It is sooo cute!! I used my new paper that is offered for free in the Sale-a-bration catalog!!
**Are any of you Bachelor watchers? I couldn't believe that Jason let Jill go!! I really liked her...I was hoping they would get together! {I don't normally watch The Bachelor but I went to elementary, jr. high and high school with Jason so it's been fun to see him on there!} It's my latest claim to fame! Anyway...gotta go watch American Idol...I am a slave to my shows when Shawners is out of town! It keeps me company!
Hope you have a great night! chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Trendy Trees
paper...sahara sand, certainly celery, bashful blue, whisper white, Delicate Dots dsp
ink...chocolate chip, certainly celery, bashful blue
accessories...so saffron striped ribbon, silver brads
other...stamp-a-ma-jig, paper piercer and mat pack, distresser, corner rounder, dimensionals

Happy Valentine's Day

I wanted to wish all my blogging girls a Happy Valentine's Day!!! Ya'll are awesome and I hope you have a super great lovey-dovey kinda day!!! :)

lots of Milk Cartons

It's 11:00pm and I can't sleep! So when I can't sleep...it's a perfect time to get my blogging done! :) I went crazy making Milk Cartons these last few days. Now that I have made a few I am getting faster at them. It's not to bad once I set up a little assembly line for myself. I even had to go to the doctor on Tuesday and took some things with me...I got a lot done while I was in the waiting room! :)
If you want to make these you can go to Becky's blog Inking Idaho...she has a fabulous tutorial for sale! I made the 2 Valentines ones for Tyson and Kyler's teachers. The other two are for friends whose birthdays are coming up...for a little birthday treat! {birthdays are always better with chocolate!!} Ok...I am off to bed...crossing my fingers I can get some sleep!
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
Valentine
stamps...Love You Much, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
paper...riding hood red, pink pirouette, very vanilla, close to cocoa, Candy Lane dsp
ink...riding hood red, pink pirouette, chocolate chip
accessories...diamond stickles, cotton candy stickles, taupe ribbon, riding hood red/vanilla ribbon
other...scallop circle punch, paper piercer, sticky strip, key tag punch, blender pens, three heart punch, dimensionals
True Friend
stamps...True Friend
paper...rose red, cameo coral, kiwi kiss, whisper white, Raspberry Tart dsp
ink...rose red & rose red, cameo coral, real red, old olive markers
accessories...white ribbon, rose brad, kiwi kiss ribbon
other...scallop circle punch, paper piercer, sticky strip, key tag punch, 1 3/8 in. & 1 1/4 in. circle punch, dimensionals
Birdie Friend
stamps...Good Friend
paper...chocolate chip, kiwi kiss, pacific blue, summer sun, whisper white, Good Morning Sunshine dsp
ink...chocolate chip, kiwi kiss, summer sun
accessories...pewter brads, chocolate stitched ribbon, chocolate twill ribbon
other...scallop circle punch, paper piercer, sticky strip, key tag punch, 1 3/8 in. & 1 1/4 in. circle punch, dimensionals

I stamped a card!!!

Can you believe it? I actually stamped a card! I have been stamping and doing other projects but it has been almost a month since I just sat down and stamped a card! {I didn't realize it had been that long till I just now looked!} WOW! Anyway...the other night I all of the sudden became extremely impatient and irritated that I didn't have my Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. {it's coming...UPS just isn't coming fast enough} So I cased the card that is in the Stampin' Up! Catalog next to that stamp set {pg. 106} using another set, Embrace Life. I love the green, blue and brown combo. The "birthday" sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink set. I can't wait to get my order so I can make some gorgeous card with that 5th ave. set!!! :)
I hope you are having a fabulous start to your week! Thanks for all the nice comments about the "cake"! Shawn absolutely loved! He waited a day to dive in cuz he said it was to cool to eat, but after he had that first candy...I am now seeing lots of empty spots! ;)
THANKS for stopping by! chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Embrace Life, Paper Tray
paper...certainly celery, baja breeze, whisper white
ink...chocolate chip, certainly celery, baja breeze
accessories...white ribbon, silver brads
other...stamp-a-ma-jig, wide oval punch, oval punch

cake anyone?

While you are waiting, anxiously I am sure, to see the rest of the project I am working on. {see post below} I have something else to share with you. Shawners was out of town this year for his birthday. He was in Indonesia. We are going to be celebrating when he gets home tomorrow. Shawn isn't big on sweets...he really doesn't care for chocolate! I KNOW, I KNOW, it's painful even to type. I should've been more thorough in my question asking session before I agreed to the "I DO's" :) See what happens when you are twitterpated and the man you love asks him to marry you? You forget about the importance of some things! Oh well...we've come to far now! :) So he isn't big into having the traditional birthday cake. I found this in my google wandering {don't you love Google?...I could not live without it} He does love the Hershey Nuggets with Almonds though. He likes them cold from the freezer so he doesn't taste as much of the chocolate. I thought this year this would be a fun cake for him to have. He can have it all to himself and I even made a home for it in the freezer so he can enjoy it the way he likes it! The was simple to make. Just wrapping, and gluing and decorating. I used an old Simply Scrap Kit that I had left. I don't remember the name of it. I used toothpicks for some of the decorations to stand out a little. The paper curls I just wrapped around my stylus and then played with till they looked good to me. The candy is glued to styrofoam circles I got at the craft store.
Alrighty...I have babbled enough for one night! chat at ya later...
Thanks for coming by!!!
what's in it?...
paper...birthday scrap kit, tempting turquoise, old olive, pumpkin pie, apricot appeal, white, river rock
ink...tempting turquoise, old olive, pumpkin pie, apricot appeal
accessories...turquoise and apricot ribbon
other...styrofoam circle, glue gun, toothpicks, Hershey's Nuggets with Almonds, stylus

sneak peek

I'm here, I'm here! I really am here! I gotta just start by telling ya'll that when your hubby {when I say 'your' I mean 'mine'} is gone for 10 days out of the country...it's like life knows and suddenly I am so crazy busy I don't have time for anything...even the things that need to be done! I have felt winded since he left! The kids have needed to be everyone all at once! Somehow all the laundry is dirty, the groceries are gone and of course I had one that was sick with Tonsillitis no less. Without draggin' this out any longer...let's just say that I have had zero stamp time. Until today...I got what I thought was a brilliant idea the other day and so I have been rounding up supplies to work on it. I am giving you a sneak peek of the front of what it is. You can probably all guess...anyway...I am going to remain mysterious about it until I finish and then I will share lots of pictures and details!
Thanks for your patience and for coming by! Have a super night!
chat at you later :)

Be Mine

Be Mine Valentine! I have been wanting to make banners ever since I saw this die cut way back when! I ordered it right away and then...have I had any time to make a banner?! Nope...not till this week! I am wanting to make one for each season &/or holiday to hang on my mantle! I think this turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself! I used my Candy Lane dsp and some cardstock for the pennants. My letters are from the sticky cut letters (also a must-have that I ordered months ago and am just now using for the first time!) I stuck the letters on vanilla paper and then cut them out and adhered them to the circles. I wanted them to look the same since I was using dazzling diamonds and not have a different look from the different colored circles. After I embellished them up I added riding hood red/vanilla ribbon and hung it up! It really was very easy! It took some time but very easy to put together!! Oh my heavens...I gotta run...time to get the boys from school!...time goes by so fast when I am blogging! :) Have a fabulous day...chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Love You Much
paper...riding hood red, close to cocoa, pink pirouette, very vanilla
ink...riding hood red, close to cocoa, pink pirouette, chocolate chip, kiwi kiss
accessories...dazzling diamonds, riding hood red/vanilla striped ribbon, pewter brads, pewter jumbo eyelets
other...crop-a-dile, 3 heart punch, circle cutter, sponges, distresser, big shot, pennant die, 2 way glue pen, blender pen

a birdie mailbox

Hello my long lost friends! I feel like it has been forever since I have been able to stamp, blog or do anything else that wasn't related to the Wizard of Oz! The shows were this past weekend and Kailee and Ty did fabulous! The whole show was wonderful...the cast was excellent! Ty loved being a munchkin and I think he has been bitten by the acting bug! He wants to continue to do more plays! There are a couple pictures at the bottom of this post of Kailee and Ty in their munchkin attire!
Alright...on to the crafty schtuff! I know these mailboxes have been made and seen a bajillion times! I made tons when they first became so popular a few years ago! I couldn't resist buying 2 more though when I went to Target and saw them in silver. (I am pretty sure I still have a box of white ones in my closet somewhere) I made this to give as a teacher gift. It can be used year round and not just for Valentines with this cute Good Morning Sunshine dsp. This also gave me a reason to pull out some of my new stuff that has been sitting on my stamp table being neglected! I stamped the bird from the Good Friend stamp set on Pacific Blue paper in versamark ink and embossed it with clear powder. I used apricot and kiwi ribbons. I am excited to fill it full of goodies and send to one of the kids teachers! Our teachers are so wonderful...I feel like I can never do enough to show my gratitude!!!
Have a great start to your week! chat at ya later
what's in it?...
stamps...Good Friend
paper...Good Morning Sunshine dsp. white, pacific blue, chocolate chip, apricot appeal
ink...chocolate chip, summer sun, kiwi kiss, versamark
accessories...clear embossing powder. kiwi kiss and apricot ribbon
other...1/2 in. & 1 3/4 in. circle punch, sticky strip

A Box full of Goodies

It's 4:00am and I am awake because my crazy daughter who couldn't sleep woke me up playing the Wii. She wasn't being all that loud but her remote gave her away...they like to make noise! I think she has butterflies about her performance today. The first of 5 shows is this morning for the Wizard of Oz.
I wanted to share this fun box I made about a week ago or so. I bought the fabulous tutorial that Becky made! It's worth every penny!! I wanted to make one right away but was limited on my time (see previous paragraph...Wizard of Oz also keeps the mom busy too!) I didn't do any stamping. Instead I broke into my new Loop to Loop Rub-Ons. I love them...I wish they would offer these and the paper from this bundle in the catalog, besides being in the Hostess Set. {sigh} These are just 2 of the 5 cards I made. I also added to the box, York Peppermint Patties, Ghirardelli Chocolates, Hershey Milk Chocolate Sticks with Caramel and decorated address labels for the envelopes that are under the cards. The paper is from the now retired Hostess Bundle. (it wasn't retired when I made the box) I added some 1 inch chocolate ribbon and 2 buttons in the middle to decorate the top of my box.
Ok...I have got to go lay back down and see if I can sleep! I have an hour before me alarm goes off! yikes!
chat at ya later....Have a great day!
what's in it?...
stamps...none
paper...baja breeze, kiwi kiss, pink pirouette, whisper white, chocolate chip, Holiday Happenings dsp
ink...baja breeze, kiwi kiss, pink pirouette
accessories...silver brads, kiwi and baja breeze ribbon, buttons, chocolate ribbon, olive brad
other...transparency, distresser, watercolor brush, rub-on tool, sticky strip, scallop circle punch, circle punches, paper piercer and mat pack

**So many of you asked about my clip art on my baptism cards (a few posts below) The clipart is from a CD I bought 6 or 7 years ago. It's called Primary Partners. I have no idea it's still available but I bet if you look online or at a Dessert Book Store you could find something similar!**

The Cutest Box

Good Sunday evening!!! I hope you have had a great weekend and that if you are as lucky as we are you still have one more day to relax!! Yeah for Martin Luther King Jr. Day! I made this box a few days ago and have taken about a hundred pictures of it...just playing with my new camera! It was my test subject along with Kyler! (he was the only one who would let me keep flashing at him!) I get absolutely no credit for this box! I 100%, completely cased this from Jenn at Stamp Your Heart Out. {see hers here----->wish box} Is she not fabulous?! I love her craftiness! I had some of the same paper left over from my Country Living Kit and needed a box for a gift so I thought it was the perfect way to use it up! {THANKS Jenn for your awesomeness!!}
gotta run...gonna spend some time with Shawners!!
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Love You Much
paper...baja breeze, chocolate chip, kraft, whisper white, pink pirouette, Country Living Kit dsp
ink...riding hood red, baja breeze chocolate chip, black, kiwi kiss, pink pirouette
accessories...silver brads, chocolate felt ribbon, riding hood red striped ribbon
other...stamp-a-ma-jig, top note die, blender pens, 3 heart punch, sticky strip

It's great to be 8!

As promised...snapped a few pictures!! I am so in love with my camera...it might be a little bit wrong! I am sooo excited thinking about the awesome pictures I am going to be able to get of Kailee and Tyson in their Wizard of Oz performances next week!!! I am also excited to take more pictures of the things I have been working on!
Alrightee then...on to these invites. In our church the children are baptized when they are 8 yrs old. We wait till the child is 8 because we believe it is the age of accountability. At the beginning of every year we invite all the kids who will be turning 8 this year to a Baptism Preview. We talk about baptism, what it means, answer questions, things like that. These are the invites I made for the kids and their parents. I made some pink ones for the girls and blue ones for the boys. I think they turned out cute. The image is from some clipart I printed off my computer. I used the retired Crew Girl and Crew Boy Scrap Kit papers.
Oh my heavens...it's 11:30! I have to be up early tomorrow...chat at ya later!
Thanks for coming by!
what's in it?...
paper...pretty in pink, bashful blue, basic gray pumpkin pie, regal rose, wild wasabi, Crew Kids Srap Kit dsp, white
ink...pretty in pink, bashful blue
accessories...pewter brads, rose ribbon, orange stripped ribbon
other...computer clipart, dimensionals, distresser, circle punches

and the winner is....

...a Nikon D40!!! I love my new camera! I can't wait to start playing with it! I decided to get the same kind as Exxon. Shawn brought his work camera home so I could look at it a little and see how the fancy pants cameras work. After going to the store and testing many, many cameras...I decided this was the one I wanted! I figured if Exxon uses this to take pictures of rocks and relies on the pictures to tell them where to find the oil...then it would work for my card and kid pictures too!! :)
I hope to get some pics of what I have been working on and share something later tonight or tomorrow morning!
chat at ya later!!!

Stationary Box

First things first...THANK YOU to all of you who gave your input on cameras!! It has been a huge help!! I am super excited to go get one...I am going in the next couple of days to get one. I have been doing all sorts of research online. Now it's time to go try the ones I like. Shawn was a huge help...he brought home one of his fancy pants cameras home from work and let me look at it and take a few pics (see photos above) to see what I liked and didn't like! As of now I think I am going with a Canon Rebel XS...Costco has the best deal right now! I know you will all be anxious to hear what I get...so I will update you soon!
Alright...post details! I first saw this on my friend Tiffany's blog. Then when I started looking around on Splitcoast I found tons! I found a few sets of directions there...I used pieces of a few to make this one. Here is a link to make the box...Jackie Topa's directions are fab! This is for a special friend of mine! I hope she will like it! I used the Crew Girl Simply Scrappin' Kit. My "notes, tags, birthday and stamps" words were just printed on my computer and then I punched them out with an oval punch. Inside are 6 cards with envelopes, 4 3x3 note cards with envelopes, 5 tags, a birthday book (each page has a month on it so you can keep track of birthdays throughout the year) and a place for stamps of course...oh and a pen. I attached my birthday book with velcro so that it can be removed easily for use but have a stable place to be stored.
Thanks for being patient with me...Have a fabulous, stampalicious day!!!
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Love You Much, Birthday Wishes
paper...regal rose, basic grey, pretty in pink, wild wasabi, whisper white, Crew Girl SSK dsp
ink...regal rose, basic grey, pretty in pink, wild wasabi
accessories...rose, wasabi pink ribbon, silver brads, stickles
other...stamp-a-ma-jig, scallop edge punch, oval punches, sticky strip, slit punch, corner rounder, blender pens, dimensionals, velcro

Time to say Goodbye!

I think my camera has bit the big one! I have been trying to revive it...but to no avail! It has sentenced itself to a life with forever pink tinted (and now blurred) photos! If you happen to be in the market for that kind of camera...let me know I have a deal for you! ;)
So...I know that there are lots of you out there that have fabulous cameras and I thought why not go to the best resource I have! I have a few ideas of what I want but I would love it if you would leave some comments and tell me what camera you have that you love! (or which camera your friend has that you love!!) What is the best? What is the best deal for the money? Best place to purchase? Any and all information you want to share would be awesome!!!
THANKS...all ya'll are so great!! I can't wait to hear what you have to say!! Have a wonderful Wednesday!!
chat at ya later!

Happy New Year

Well...where to start? First let me say THANKS for all the kind comments and get well wishes! I am finally feeling better and my ears finally popped just 2 days ago!! It is wonderful to hear normally again and NOT hear myself chew! I soooo enjoyed my quiet time while Shawn and the boys were away! I ended up not stamping very much! I cleaned my house from top to bottom the first day...I know, not really fun but it felt sooo good to get it done and be in a clean house that wasn't immediately being messed up by little kiddos! Then I watched some movies, laid around in my jammies, did some shopping and did a little crafting on the last day! I took some pictures but they didn't turn out...which brings me to my next thing, the reason I have posted so little! My camera is dying! It is dying a slow death. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't...when it isn't working I get pink tinted pictures.
I did get these pictures this morning and they aren't too horrible. These were gift card holders I made for my brother and his wife for Christmas. I found the idea on Andrea's blog. It slides open to the side and the gift card holder is on the inside...I didn't get pictures of the inside cuz my camera quit working! When Kailee went to Seattle she called me one day and said "Mom, Aaron left his gift card holder here!" I said "Oh good bring it home with you...I forgot to take pictures and now I can post them and hang them on my board!!" Otherwise they would have been in the garbage!
Anyway...I did spend most of today stamping and so I am crossing my fingers that my pictures will turn out and I will have something new to share tomorrow! I have been chatting for long enough! Have a good rest of your Tuesday!
chat at ya later!
what's in it?...
stamps...Mr. Twigster, best yet
paper...bashful blue, whisper white, chocolate chip
ink...staz-on black, kiwi kiss, riding hood red, bashful blue, tangerine tango
accessories, star brads, crystal effects, crystal stickles
other...stamp-a-ma-jig, top-note die, blender pens, distresser