My Favorite Veteran

Hello everyone. I apologize it's been so long since my last post. It's been so crazy around here and I know it's just going to get more hectic with the holidays coming. Speaking of which, here are the cards my ladies made Friday night at our workshop. We had a full house here with plenty of laughs...great girl's night that's for sure.

I wanted to take a moment to thank all of our vets, past and present, for their service and to post a picture of my favorite vet. This is my dad at about age 18. What a cutie!! ;)  Four years ago today he went home to Heaven, so this day has extra meaning for me and my family. It was fitting that he passed on Veterans Day as he was the most patriotic man I have ever known. There anything he wouldn't do for his country and he served it well. Take a moment to remember all who have, who are, or who will serve this country so that we have our freedom, for freedom isn't free!

I hope you have a great evening, and as always, thank you for stopping by.

Sunday Evening

Hello everyone. Hope your weekend has been a good one. Have to say my thoughts and prayers are with everyone on the east coast preparing for the storm. If any of you are in the path of Sandy, please be safe!

Just wanted to share another card from our workshop last week. I also wanted to remind everyone too, about the sale tomorrow at Stampin' Up! Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Have a good evening, and thanks for stopping by.

Did Someone Say Sale???

Happy Saturday everyone!! How's your weekend going so far? Have you heard the news? Stampin' Up! is having a sale!! From what I understand, in the almost 25 years that SU! has been in business, they have never had a sale like this!! How exciting is that??? On Monday, October 29th, nearly every stamp from SU! will be on sale for 15% off for one day only. This Sell-a-Stamp Spooktacular includes all single and stamp sets except for hostess sets, bundled stamps sets, and digital brush sets. So how can you take advantage of this sale??? Well, one way is you can purchase your stamps from my website here and have your items shipped to you direct. Another way is to call, text, or e-mail me your order and I can submit the order for you. Either way, don't miss this opportunity to pick up those stamps you've had on your wish list!!! Remember, one day only on Monday, October 29th! Thanks for stopping by!

Thursday Already??

Hello everyone! I can't believe it's Thursday already! This week, no, this whole month is just flying by. I know,  in just a couple of weeks it's Halloween, then Thanksgiving, and....never mind. I don't want to even go there yet. ;) But I guess since I've been working on some holiday cards I already am going there! lol I wanted to share one of the cards that my ladies will be making tomorrow night at our monthly workshop. October's SU! promotion includes the ornament bundle (stamp and die set), designer paper, and  the paper piercing pack.  It really is an adorable set and definitely gets you in the Christmas spirit. I really liked the simplicity of this card, even though there's a lot of elements to it. I think the ladies are going to have fun with this one. I hope you have a great evening and I thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla
DSP: Candlelight Christmas Specialty
Festive Paper Piercing Pack
Stamp/Framelit: Ornament Keepsake Bundle
Sentiment: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ribbon: Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon
Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Happy World Card Making Day!!!!

Hello everyone!! How is your Saturday going? Are you going to be crafting today in celebration of World Card Making Day? I know I am. Got my chores done early and have a pot roast in the slow cooker so I don't have to worry about cooking, and the rest of the day will be spent in my favorite room in the whole world!!! lol DH says it's a good thing I don't have a fridge in there, cuz he'd never see me!! Little does he know, it's on my list of things to get!!! hehe So, in honor of WCMD I'm sharing this card I made for one of my customers. I used the retired Totally Tess stamp set from SU!, which I think is perfect for a demonstrator. I'm keeping this short so I can go play too, so much to do, so little time!! lol Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!!!

Happy Thursday!

Hello everyone, how's your week going? Mine was a week of Mondays, but that's ok, I survived and my weekend begins! I wanted to share the other 2 projects earlier, but you know how "Mondays" can be!

So, since Halloween is coming, you know I had to make something with orange/black. Don't you just love the spooky crow? It doesn't show well, but I used the Cherry Cobbler Dazzles for his eye as well as the gate. This stamp set, Toxic Treats, is from the Holiday Catalog. The background is made with the Distressed Dots stamp. I think when I created all three projects I was in a polka dot mood, because each one had dots of some sort. I also used the Window Frames die for the stamp and a trip of the new Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP.

Here's the 3rd project, see the embossed mat? Love the dots!! We dry embossed with white embossing powder on Whisper White cardstock using the Field Flowers stamps. Then sponged on some Baja Breeze ink. Had to the pearls for bling! The girls definitely enjoyed making these cards. Well, I hope you have a great rest of your evening and that you get to do something crafty this weekend! Thank you for stopping by!!

Treats for Boo!

Hello everyone! How's your weekend going? I wanted to share one of the projects from my workshop I held last night. We had a great time last night. I had planned on taking pictures, but forgot...can't  believe that, had the camera out and ready and never even thought about it! :( Oh well. So here's one of the projects we made last night and I'm going to enter it into my friend Diana's Thankful Thursday Challenge. It's been awhile since I've entered and since we made an owl, I thought it was perfect.

I saw this create by another demonstrator and knew I had to make it. There are so many demonstrators that create punch art and I thought this was an easy pattern try for the first time. It's made using the Top Note Die. I also used The mini scalloped punch from the Holiday Catalog and  stamp set from the Holiday Catalog. Even the beak was created with a punch. The girls had a blast making these too. In this picture I filled the gift bag with yogurt covered pretzels, but the girls had a bag of Halloween candy to pick from. I  will post the other 2 projects that they made later. Thank you for stopping by and have a great rest of your evening.

Sunday Afternoon and a New Challenge Blog

Hello hello!!! How's your weekend been so far? Mine has been productive once again. Actually got into my scrap room and played, a lot! :) I have a workshop coming up on Friday and I got all 3 of my projects prepped and ready to go. They turned out sooooo cute!! I will definitely post pictures of them soon. But in the mean time, I found a new challenge blog that has their first challenge going on right now. It's called Black Tie Friday. They have some talented ladies that have posted some cute projects for their first challenge. I missed not playing along in challenges since I've become a Stampin' Up demonstrator, but only because I don't have more hours in a day...see, that work thing just gets in the way!! lol ;) So, for the first challenge it's the 3 B's, black base, black ribbon, and a butterfly. And it seems that I had a polka dot thing going on too. lol But I really like how it turned out.

I thought the card needed a pop of color, so I added the blue butterfly and ink.

Here's the inside of the card. I know most people don't show the inside, but I like to share it when I have a chance. Well, I thank you for stopping by and hope you have a great evening, and when you have a chance, stop by Black Tie Friday and link up your creation!

Supplies:

SU! Cardstock:  Black, Whisper White, Island Indigo
SU! Ink:             Island Indigo
SU! Stamp sets:  Distressed Dots, Flowering Flourishes, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Petite Pairs , Papillon Potpourri
SU! Punch:        Elegant Butterfly
SU! Ribbon:            Scalloped Dot Grosgrain Black (retired)
SU! Dazzles
SU! Pearl Basic Jewels
Embossing Folder:  Swiss Dot

Never Forget!

Good morning all! Just a quick post. I know I posted this card last year, but I had to post it again. I think of Alan Jackson's song "Where Were You?" which is the perfect tribute song. The lyrics are spot on and the video brings you to tears. I hope that during your busy day today you take a moment to remember. Have a blessed day my friends.

End of the Weekend

Hello everyone! Here we are at the end of another weekend. They go by so fast, don't they?  DD#2 saw a poster that had the phrase "How come Friday is so far away from Monday, and Monday is so close to Friday?" It really made me giggle since I feel the same way. It's been a very fun and productive weekend for me. Enjoyed our anniversary on Friday, got some chores done, canned some tomatoes and made some salsa, and got my house decorated for fall. Phew, I'm tired!!  :) The only thing I didn't get to do was craft, but that's ok, I'll get in there soon. Well, since our anniversary has passed I can share the card I made for DH.

I bought him a smoker for his anniversary present and thought this card worked perfectly. I've been waiting to make a masculine card so I could try using some embossing on plumber's tape. One of my ladies brought it to the crop we had and gave me some. It works great and the best part, it's already got adhesive on it!! :) Talk about re-purposing!! lol She used it with a snowflake embossing folder and it was adorable! Well, I hope you enjoy what's left of your weekend and I thank you for taking a moment and stopping by. Have a great week!

Supplies:
Cardstock, ink, framelits:  Stampin' Up
Die cut for mats:  Nestabilities
Pattern paper:  DCWV
Embossing folder: Diamond Plate
Plumber's tape
Stamps: PBD and Imaginese

27 years ago today....

Hello everyone! Welcome to the weekend! I have had such a great day today. See, today is our 27th anniversary! woo hoo!! We took a short overnight road trip down to Sacramento. DH was even patient while I browsed through Green Tangerines scrapbook store in  Rocklin. Of course that was after spending over 2 hours at the music store. Ahhh, the life of a groupie!! lol  I thought I'd share a couple of pics from that beautiful day. Now no judging :) I didn't scan these, just took pictures of the original pictures...so lazy, but hey, I was in a hurry!! lol

This is DD #1 who was 4 when we got married. She was such an adorable flower girl, and she had a lot of practice back then. I think she was in at least 3 weddings that year.

Not sure who took this one, but that's my Dad giving Missy a boost so she could see what was happening. Such a cute shot!!

My wonderful parents and of course, the bride! lol

This is one of my favorites....I'm such a Daddy's girl!!

The new family!! Just a few pics of the happiest day of my life. Thank you for stopping by and letting me share some of my memories. I hope you have a great weekend!

Back to the grind....

Hey everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed mine. Got some housework done, did some cooking, spent time with DH and even got some scrapping done! woo hoo! Lately it seems that when I'm in there I'm prepping for my next workshop, not a bad thing mind you, but I miss the "for fun" type playing some times. So since I didn't take any photos of the pages I scrapped, I thought I'd share the cards we made at my last workshop.

This card was made using the Perfectly Preserved Bundle, Itty Bitty Framelits, Chevron Embossing Folder, Designer Buttons, Lucky Limeade and Rich Razzleberry card stock, and Designer Series Paper Summer Smooches.

This card was made using some of the new In Color Midnight Muse Card stock, ink, and ribbon, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Modern Label and Elegant Butterfly punchs, and the new Papillon Potpourri stamp set. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tine Wishes stamp set.

And the third card was made using Island Indigo card stock, ink, and bakers twine, the lighter ink is Pool Party, the stamp sets are Flowering Flouirshes and Fabulous Phrases, and the button is a new Vintage Faceted Designer button. As you can see, we had a busy night!

Well, I thank you for taking a moment and stopping by for a visit and I hope you have a great week. It's always so hard to get back to the grind after such a great weekend. But on the bright side? It's that much closer to the next weekend!! lol Have a great evening!

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Hello everyone, how is your weekend going? It's hard to believe that today is September 1 already. This year is just flying by. So I wanted to share the card I made for my sister's birthday, which is tomorrow. She called earlier to say she received it, and loved it of course (lol) so it's safe for me to share! I tried to do something different and I think I accomplished that with this card. I really enjoyed making it and I'm hoping that I can broaden my style some by making more like this. I know this is short, but I wanted to get this posted before the weekend is over. :) Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great holiday weekend!

Supplies:

Cardstock, ink, and tag punch from Stampin' Up!
Pattern paper, doily, and chipboard from 3 Birds
Twine from stash
Sentiment stamps from PBD
Stickles

Monday Evening

Wow, can't believe it's been so long since I posted! It's unbelievable how much life gets in the way of play time! ;) I hope you are having a good start to your week. We have several fires burning in the area so it's extremely smokey here. I have to say that my thoughts and prayers are for those that are in these fires paths. With it being so hot and dry, it doesn't take much for the fires to take off. So since it's so smokey here that it's just best to stay in, perfect excuse to craft (after work of course!). I finished prepping two projects for my workshop for Friday and had a couple extra minutes to work on some personal stuff. I needed to make a sympathy card for a friend that lost her dad. I struggle with these kinds of cards, but they are even more important as far as I'm concerned, because you want to convey so much to the recipient. Well, I better finish this post, the Giants are playing the Dodgers and I don't want to miss it. It's a tough one for me to watch, I'm a Giants fan since we live in No. CA, but since I grew up in LA I've always been partial to the Dodgers I'll have to share a layout I made of DH and me when we were in SF at a game. We both wore our colors!! lol Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great week!

Supplies:

Card stock, ink, and punch - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - 3 Birds and My Craft Spot
Ribbon -  Michaels

Crop 'n Christmas Cards

Hello everyone! Just wanted to post some pics from the crop I had with some of the ladies. We had a blast! I went to the Dollar Store to pick up some table cloths and thought I might be able to find something Christmasy since all my decorations are in the garage. Well, nothing for Christmas yet, I know, big surprise, but I did find some luau decorations, and they had such fun colors too! So with this in mind, someone mentioned we should watch the movie "Blue Hawaii", but I didn't have that, but had "Donovan's Reef" with John Wayne. I'm a HUGE JW fan, and since it was filmed in Hawaii and takes place at Christmas....bingo! Perfect movie for our crop!!! :) I'm one that likes to have the TV on when I scrap, but I like it to be something I've seen before so I don't have to really concentrate on it.

 As you can tell in the pics, I really had to move my furniture around to accommodate the tables. Thank goodness for laminate floors!! lol Also, you can see we didn't starve!! :) I hope you like the pics, I learned how to set my timer and am actually in the group picture, lei and all!! Thank you so much for stopping by...enjoy the rest of your evening.

Yay! It's Friday!!!! :)

Happy Friday!!! How has your week been? It's been warm here, but then that's to be expected for July/August in Redding. I haven't had much time to get in my scraproom this week because of work (that just really gets in my the way of my fun time!!) plus last weekend we had company. My BFF from high school, who is now married to another really good friend from high school came through on their way home from Oregon. We had a great time playing host/tourist. We took them up to Burney Falls and hiked around there for awhile. It's amazing how the temperature changes the closer you get to the falls. From there we headed up to Lassen National Park. We've lived here for 23 years and have never gone through the park, that's just sad! I think at one point we were at about 9000 feet. So beautiful and the temps there were absolutely wonderful, only about 75, which was a nice change since it was around 102 here at the house. Well, gotta get ready for my day. Tomorrow I am hosting a crop here at the house. It's the first time I've hosted one and I'm really looking forward to it. I called it "Crop 'n Christmas Cards", kind of catchy title, huh? I wanted those that don't scrap to have a chance to come and play too. I'll post some pics of it later this weekend. I hope you have a great weekend and that you have a chance to do something fun! Thanks for stopping by!

Perfectly Preserved for Friday

Good morning everyone! The weekend is just about here! Yay!! I wanted to share a quick sneak peak of another stamp and framelit set available August 1st in the new Holiday Catalog. This set is so stinkin' cute, I just love it!!! The stamp set is called Perfectly Preserved and the Cannery Set Framelits coordinate perfectly. The sentiment works with the Bitty Banners Framelit set perfectly. Love how SU! coordinates multiple items, makes life easy!! :) I used some of the new Designer Series Paper cut using the Labels Collection Framelits and the Square Lattice Embossing Folder for the texture. I also added some Island Indigo baker's twine for the finishing touch. Hope you have a great day, thanks again for stopping by!!

Merry Christmas in July!

Hello everyone! Welcome to the weekend!! My favorite shopping channel is celebrating Christmas in July the whole weekend, so I thought this might be a good time to share a project with a sneak peek of a few items that will be available with our new holiday catalog that goes live August 1st. I really had a good time with some of the goodies I got from the catalog. In fact I pretty much locked myself in my room last weekend! ;) What a great way to spend the weekend, right? Not only is this a really cute card with some yummy things, but it smells yummy too!! I know you're rereading that last line, but you read it right...it smells yummy too!! lol I will try and share some more goodies throughout the weekend to peak your interest! Have a great evening, and thank you for stopping by my little blog!

Reason to Smile

Hello everyone! I hope you've had a great weekend where you are, mine was pretty good. I went to my upline's house for a workshop and had a great time. Then spent the rest of the weekend playing with all my new things from the upcoming new seasonal catalog that will be available August 1st. Wait til you see all the fun goodies!! I went a little crazy with it and can't wait to share what I've made!! Today I'm sharing a card I made using the stamp set Reason to Smile which can be purchased for only $5.00 with a $50.00 purchase. I used Island Indigo and Whisper White card stock, Island Indigo and Baja Breeze inks, and Island Indigo ruffled ribbon and baker's twine. The other stamp sets used were Fabulous Phrases and Tiny Tags. I used the jewelry punch and the Stripes embossing folder, and of course, just had to add some of the Dazzles, Stampin' Up's version of Stickles. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!  Well,if you see something you like, don't hesitate to contact me. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and as always, thank you so much for stopping by!

Happy Independence Day!

Just a quick post to wish everyone a Happy Fourth of July!! I hope you all enjoy your day with family and friends and stay safe, eat lots of yummy foods and keep cool!! I will be back later this weekend to share some new Stampin' Up stuff. Take care and thanks for stopping by!