Hello

Just a quick Hello! I have been so busy with work lately. I usually only work three days a week but have had to go to meeting on my days off and worked 10 hours today instead of my normal 7. I hope to get some time to stamp soon. I have new stamps from TAC, Gina K, and All That Scraps. Now all I need is time.

OH MY!

Someone get me a chair, I think I am going to faint! I just called with a question about my recent order to Gina K Designs and Gina K herself answered the phone. It took me a minute to realize who I was talking to. She was just the nicest gal! (In case you can't tell she is my idol.) I just had to share my brush with greatness. Have a great night!

Snowpeople United!

I have wanted this stamp set (The World Over) from SU for the last year and finally got it off of ebay. It has been retired for a couple of years but I love all three of the stamps in the set. This is the only Christmas one. I stamped the image and then used my Prisma Pencils to color it in. The patterned paper is The Sharon Ann Collection - Little Ones - My Precious Boy and the brads are from the $1 bin at Target. The card on the left also was stamped with Running Stitches from The Angel Company. We are now off for my son's birthday. I hope I survive six little boys!

Under The Mistletoe

I was thrilled to get the mail yesterday and find my new Hanna Stamps set! This is the second set released and I had a lot of fun playing with it last night. Do you have anyone special you hope to meet under the mistletoe this holiday season?


Stamps: Hanna Stamps.
Color: Prisma Pencils and Gina K Mineral Spirits.
Pattern Paper: Christmas Paisley by Paper Studio.
Miss: computer words, ribbon, brads and white fun flock on the tops of her boots.

Happy November

Hello All. Boy am I tired. I stayed up way to late partying over at SCS with Gina K last night. She sure knows how to throw a party! I put my order in first thing this morning at her new and improved online store. http://www.ginakdesigns.com/ She has a great deal going on right now where you get one free stamp SET, yes SET of stamps when you buy three sets.

This is the birthday card I made for my son's teacher. We just got home from parent/teacher conferences and it was all good! I am so proud of him. Well the kids Halloween candy is calling me. See you soon.

Stamps: Petal Pack - The Angel Company, Sincere Salutations - SU Miss: ribbon, buttons, inks

No Picture

I made a very cute card for my son's 1st grade teacher's birthday but don't have it ready to post yet. But I wanted to share that I just ordered a HANNA STAMPS set and I am so excited. Here it is and I am counting the seconds until it arrives. I ordered it last night and tried to post but I think the Hanna site was down. Anywho Yeah for Hanna Stamps! This is the second set released. I loved the first set but didn't let myself buy it but I COULD NOT resist this one. If you are interested here is the link http://www.kreationsbykrissy.com/.

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Christmas Card

Hello for little miss sicky. I thought I was feeling better but ended up in the ER last night and then had an ultra sound of my Gallbladder today. The final dx was "it's a virus". While I am happy it is not serious "it's a virus" means there is not much they can do for you. I slept for five hours today and feel a little better but still have some pain in my abdomen. Oh well enough about my trauma drama. I made this card sometime in the last week.

Supplies: Stamps: Carolers from Clearly Wordsworth. Pattern Paper: Christmas Paisley by Paper Studio

Beautiful Thank You

I just got a beautiful thank you note from Nancy Riley. I love her design and colors. She won my blog candy and sent me this card in return. Check out her blog at http://stampinat6213.blogspot.com/. She is a very talented gal. Thank you back to you Nancy!

Finally My Old Self Again!

Hello out there in blog land. I am finally feeling 94% better this afternoon. I was able to go to work on Wednesday and thought the end of this horrible bug was in sight but it bit me hard once again Wednesday night. I made this card early Wednesday evening but wasn't well enough to even get it photographed and posted until now. I think my debt to the toilet bowl god is paid in full until 2010 LOL!

Supplies: Stamps: All God's Children and Trees Three by SU and Running Stitches by TAC. Paper: A to Z Sm Wooden Stripes - Multi and A to Z Rectangles - Multi by Paper Studio. Brads: Autumn Printed Brads Targets $1 bin.

Hero Soldier Card

Oh my goodness! I was so sick yesterday with the stomach flu. I am still not 100% but definitely better than yesterday. I wasn't up to stamping but wanted to get this posted. I entered this card in a contest but it didn't win so I will give it away to one of you who comments on this post by 7pm (central time) on Thursday 10/18/07.

Thanks Coach!

Today is my kids last soccer games so I made thank you notes for the coaches. Actually my hubby coaches our daughter's team so I made one for his assistant. He has identical twin daughters who are great little players.
This is one for my son's coach. he is a great guy who really encouraged the boys to have fun and in the process they are undefeated! Yeah team!

I am kind of sad to see the season end but now my son wants to wrestle so I am sure between that, scouts and my daughter's dancing we will still be running around little chickens with are heads cut off.

Supplies:

Stamps: Kayla by Me and My Big Ideas - Creative Beginnings, Soccer Ball by Stampabilities, and All Stars by The Angel Company. Ribbon: Lil' Davis Designs - Rickrack - Licorice, Embellishments: Scrapbooking Sports - Target $1 Bin Ink: Palette Noir Black

Bosses Day

For all of you who work outside of the home don't forget Tuesday October 16th is Bosses Day. I made this card for my boss and will have all my co-workers sign it. I used this sketch challenge for the card from http://scrapdribbles.blogspot.com/2007/10/weekend-sketch.html.

And this is my card. I really like this stamp set. I often have a hard time making a masculine card but this set fits the bill perfectly.

Supplies:

Stamps: Lazy Days by The Angel Company Patterned Paper: This paper is actually the bag that my purchases came in that I shared a couple of days ago. A lot of the little stamp stores around here have cool bags. I have saved a couple but this is the first one I have used. Ink: Palette Hybrid - Noir and Versamark

Love You A Latte

We just got home from my son's last soccer practice. It was a scrimmage between the parents and the kids. We had a lot of fun and the game ended in a tie. Some of us parents were trying to let the kids win but there was one Dad who was pretty intense. We got a good workout that is for sure! It is only 8 o'clock and my DH is already in bed and I think the kids and I will not be too far behind him! This is my first creation with my new stuff.

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Moxxie - Season of Change - Splash of Spice and Mocha

Stamp: TaDa Creative Studios - Tea Hee Cup Ribbon: Unknown Sentiment: Printed out on computer

Shopping

I had to take a friend to a doctors appointment in another town that happens to have a great scrap booking store, Memories on Fifth, and I got some fun paper, ribbon, rub ons, stickers and a stamp. Now to go play!

Hi

I made this card from scraps and it was quite fast, simple and fun. The ribbon and the "i" look black but they are a darker brown. There is no stamping involved. I traced the chipboard letters that I got from the Target $1 bin onto the paper and then cut them out. So from me to you "HI!"

Smell My Feet

I used to LOVE to sing this little song when I was a kid tricker treating. " Trick or treat smell my feet give me something good to eat!" Oh good times. This card took longer to make then I thought it would but I am happy with the results.

Supplies:

Stamps Cheer! by Penny Black, Cow by GinaK, Seed Shooter and House Mouse by Stampabilities, Witchybella by Stamping Bella, and All Stars and Boo by The Angel Company.

Colors: Prisma Pencils and Impress Markers

Ribbon: Target

Monkey Love

This is one of the first cards I made when I started stamping. I can't tell you much about the paper or ribbon but the stamp is from TAC. I am working on my final Halloween card but it has turned out to be more labor intensive then I though it would be. Hopeful I can share it with you all tomorrow.

Pumpkin Picking

This card is not one of my favorites. It just didn't come together they way I had hoped. Oh Well! I used my Witchybella and stamped her first on white CS and then on Happy Jacks patterned paper by Reminisce. I cut her shirt out of the paper and glued it to the CS. Again my YES! glue did the trick. After I finished cutting I realized the image was upside down but cutting such small things is not fun to me so I decided to just go with it. The pumpkin is from a TAC hostess set from the 2006 catalogue. I used my scallop punch on black CS to punch out three squares that I then lined up and glued together. The Witchybella is larger than I realized when I bought it but I love her. I still need to use the other three Bellas I got a couple of months ago. I have one more Halloween card in my mind that I hope to work on tomorrow then it is on to Thanksgiving. Have a great weekend!

Another Contest Entry

I made another card to enter into a contest in the Patriotic category. This is the sketch challenge from Card Positioning Systems:

And here is my card:

I stamping the image at a friend's house when we were swapping images so I can't give you any info about it. The paper is Patriotic Words by the Paper Studio and I ran it through my Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl folder. I also used my Cuttlebug Olivia alphabet set on navy CS and coasters then glued the paper to the coaster. I used my Yes! glue which I just love when I need something for small images. The coasters give the letters the 3-D effect. I also popped out the solder saying with pop dots. It was a fun card to make. If it doesn't win the contest I will give it to one of you all since I don't know anyone in the service.

Hang In There!

I made this card and bought this gift for a co-worker who was assaulted yesterday at work. He is a great guy who coaches his daughter's softball teams and has worked in corrections for a lot of years. I know we work in a dangerous place but I still always think this stuff won't happen here or not to someone I care about. Denial ain't just a river, huh? Thank God he wasn't badly hurt.