Back from the Weekend

Hi everyone! How was your Memorial Day weekend? We usually stay home on holiday weekends, but this year we went camping. We headed to the coast and stayed in a very nice RV park called Hiouchi Hamlet, about 20 minutes inland from Crescent City. The top picture is our home away from home in our site, and the second picture was the view from the door. It was so quiet and peaceful there. We did the tourist thing for a couple of days and on Monday just stayed at the site. I even got some scrapping done on yesterday. I was able to finish a baby book I have been making for my Sissy's daughter who is going to have a baby girl next month. Saturday we went up to Gold Beach, OR and went on a jet boat tour up the Rogue Rive and on Sunday went down to the Trees of Mystery to see the giant redwoods. We went there once when we first moved to No. CA about 20 years ago and we were still awed by these beautiful trees. They added a gondola ride to be able to see the giants from the top. It was absolutely beautiful!! On the way back DH even indulged me in stopping by the LSS in Brookings, OR. Isn't he great?? lol I think I'll keep him! Well, time to change the next load of laundry. Hope you all had a great weekend and remembered that we had this wonderful holiday weekend because of the men and women in uniform, past and present! Have a great week, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday Night

Hello everyone, how's your week going? You can tell we're in the middle of spring, everything is green, pollen is flowing, and the weather is getting warmer. Pretty soon we'll be sweltering, but that's for another day! Just wanted to share a card today. One of my bff's shared a Youtube video showing a card made like this and I had to try it. It's made using SU Whisper White, Shimmer Paint, Pastels (chalks), and embossing powder. I didn't use the exact stamp set in the video, but it's very similar. Not only was it easy, but really fun to make! The silhouette stamp was one I picked up on clearance at Joann's and the sentiment stamp is from Pink By Design.  I just went looking for the video, and of course I couldn't find it...so sorry, really wanted to give credit to this talented lady. I really loved making this card, so I think this will be done in one of our workshops soon. I hope you have a nice evening, and as always, thank you for stopping by!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

Let's try this again....was getting ready to publish this post when "POOF" it disappeared! grrrrr! I hate when that happens!!! Any way, I just wanted to wish all my blog friends a Happy Mother's Day. I wanted to share a version of the card the girls did in my workshop on Friday night. The corner piece comes off to make a bookmark. Pretty clever, huh? I'm not sure who created this, but I think it's adorable! I used all Stampin' Up products for this, except the stamp. I know that sounds awful, but I don't have any Mother's Day sentiments from Stampin' Up yet. I used a Pink By Design for the sentiment. The pictures below are of the card the girls made, and they did use SU stamps. ;) 

I just want to thank you for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Saturday Evening

Hello everyone. How was your Saturday? I'm sorry I haven't been around for awhile, been really busy with a couple of workshops and getting ready for Mother's Day. I may not have been posting much, but I still check out everyone's blog when I can. I wanted to share a card that one of my co-workers asked me to make for his 90 year old aunt. She just got her license renewed and he wanted something special for her. I used my Nifty Fifties and Groovy Times Cricut Cartridges, Pink By Design Stamps, Recollection, DCWV, and American Crafts cardstock, Stampin' Up Ink, Walmart Nail Heads, and Martha Stewart border punch. He absolutely loved it! I hope his aunt does too. Well, thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it. I hope you have a nice evening, and if I don't make it by tomorrow, have a great Mother's Day!

I Really Am Still Here!! :)

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I've been super busy prepping for a workshop last week and a craft fair that was held at work today. Phew! I think I need a vacation!! lol Not really, but I have been very focused on these two events. We had a great turnout for both and the ladies really enjoyed their projects. Here are some pictures of my table at the craft fair. You can see the little purses we made Friday night at the workshop.

The ladies really had fun with them. I painted the picture frame and stamped the mat on my Stampin' Up logo. And my really cute business cards that DD #2 had made for me are in front. Like my $2.99 card holder that I decorated?? It even has a little leopard flower on it! ;) All the cards on the right side of the table were challenge cards I've created over the last year or so. Quite the collection huh?? I thought this was the perfect answer to my over-grown card collection and promote my Stampin' Up business too! I had a lot of fun, so all my prep time was worth it! Well, time to get ready for another fun-filled day at work. Ya know, this job thing really gets in the way of my play time!! lol But then it really helps pay for all my toys!! ;) Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a good evening.

Baby Shower

Happy Sunday everyone!!! I'm on my way out the door for a baby shower and I just wanted to share the card I made. I don't have any baby stamps from my Stampin' Up stash yet so I threw together a combination of Pink By Design and Scrappy Moms stamps. I was having a hard time with design of the card, so I grabbed one of my magazines and CASED this. I used Stampin' Up cardstock and ink, Recollection cardstock, some K and Company patterned paper, and some dollar bin ribbon from M's. The adhesive gems are from M's too. This is a short post since I'm getting ready to leave, but as always, thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Good morning everyone! Just a quick post in remembrance of my dad who would have been 83 today. It's hard to believe he's been gone almost 4 years now. They say the heart heals in time, but some days I'm not so sure. Anyway, I wanted to share a layout I made of him and my mom. I was going through some old pictures of them and just had to create something. This picture was taken in 1969 when my dad was president of the Canoga Park Rotary Club. I remember they had a lot of fun with many friends back then and always going out.

I used all kinds of stuff from my stash on this, 3 Birds paper and doily border sticker, Doily stamp, punches, and ink from Stampin' Up, Recollection flowers and cardstock, a doily from M's, Perfect Pearls Mist, Stickles, White Gelly Roll pen, MS butterfly stamps....oh and a stick pin from Making Memories. Phew! What a list!! :) Any way, I hope you like it and I want to thank you for stopping by. Happy Birthday Daddy!! I love you!!

Oh no, not 40!

Hi everyone! Sorry to be MIA for so long. Both DH and I have been sick and it just wouldn't go away. I think I was sick most of March, yuck! I was beginning to think maybe we needed to invest in Kleenex, Nyquil, and Campbell's soup since we went through so much of the stuff! lol We're finally back with the living, thank goodness. Hope everyone had a good Easter too, ours was pretty quiet. So I thought I'd share a card for my SIL who turned 40 a few weeks ago. You can't have a milestone birthday without a buzzard, right? So I pulled out my Life's a Party cartridge and a couple of MS punches, some stamps from M's, a couple of scraps and voila! It took me about 2 hours to put this together, probably from a bac over the limit due to Nyquil!! ha ha Trying to put that bird together was hysterical, but I was determined to get it done even if it killed me!!! He liked it and that was all that mattered to me. I want to thank everyone who stopped by while I was away, I ALWAYS love to hear from you! And trust me, even though I've haven't been posting, I have been lurking and enjoying all your creations! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a nice evening!

Repurposing...cards too???

Hello everyone, happy Tuesday!! We're getting ready to head over to DD #2's house for a birthday dinner for her boyfriend and I wanted to share his card. So I made this card last July for a couple of challenges and it was actually an invitation. You can see the original post here. Well like most scrappers, I NEVER throw anything away and have 2 big boxes filled with all my cards. Knowing that DD gave her boyfriend a new bbq for his birthday, I thought this card was perfect. Luckily for most of my challenges I don't finish the inside of the cards, so I pulled this card out and voila! I repurposed it as a birthday card! And since I was short on time, this worked perfect!! I used a Pink By Design stamp for the front, and the sentiment stamp is from My Craft Spot. Easy peasy! They're planning on a bbq tonight, which should be interesting since it's been raining ALL day! Oh well, should be fun anyway. I hope you have a great evening, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Winner of My 200 Followers Give Away

Hello all, just a quick post to announce the winner of my 200 followers give away of a $25.00 gift card to Michael's. I hope your weekend was a good one. Ours here in the north state was a wet one, but we need the rain. Not to mention I love it when it rains and I'm at home! :) Well, enough of that. Since I was unable to contact my first winner and I waited over a month for her to contact me, I needed to choose another winner. The winner is:

#192 Lisa from Scrapping Spot!!!

Congratulations Lisa! Please send me an e-mail at lks5011@hotmail.com with your snail mail address and I'll get this right out to you! I just want to thank all my followers too, I love to hear from you all, so please don't hesitate to drop by to say hi!! Thanks for stopping by tonight, hope you have a fantastic week!!!

My 200 Followers Give Away - Again

Happy Wednesday! Just a quick post tonight about my give away. On February 18th I posted the winner of my 200 Followers Give Away as Candace S. Unfortunately Candace didn't leave me her e-mail address and the attempts I've made to contact her through Blogger have been unsuccessful. I will do another drawing on Sunday to choose another winner. So Candace, please contact before then, if not, I'll post the new winner Sunday evening. Thank you all and have a great evening!

Last Day of Winter 2012

Hello everyone! How was your last day of winter? I know some areas of the country are enjoying really warm conditions, but it was almost cold here in the north state, which was nice since it hasn't felt like winter at all. So to celebrate the coming of Spring, I thought I'd share a card I made for DD #3 last week. I finally bought some Wobbles and thought this was a great time to try them out. She LOVED it!! The best part was the huge smile on her face. I hope you enjoy the card, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Supply List:
CS: Recollection
PP: DCWV
Stamps: Scrappy Moms and Peachykeen
Ribbon: Michael's
Stickles

Nirbie's Room

Hello everyone, how's your week going? We have had a very stormy day, lots of rain and wind, but all and all it was nice since we need the rain. I'm sorry I haven't posted much lately, it's just been busy around here. I did get a chance to play in my room over the weekend and I wanted to share it with you. DD#2 is fairly new to scrapping and has wanted a sign for the room her and her boyfriend share for an office/scraproom. I've been working on it a little at a time, but finally finished it. This is the DD that created the new look on my blog and who's nickname was created by her boyfriend, a combination of Nerd and Barbie.

Well, when we ordered her scrapbook paper birthday cake, which you can see here, I spelled it one way, realized the boyfriend spelled it Nirby, and then for some reason when I made the sign I spelled it another way...blame it on menopause!!! lol But I look at it this way, since it really isn't a real name, I can spell it any way I want!! :) She asked me to include her boyfriend's name on it too so he wouldn't be left out which is where the "Stinky" came in...don't ask, you can use your imagination on that one! lol

I really love the colors of it, which of course match her room. This was the first time I cut vinyl on my E2 and LOVED how easy it was!! It's so nice not to have to remember what settings to use! And I was able to use a lot of scraps in my stash, win-win!!! Well, hope you like it and I want to thank you for stopping by. Have a great evening!!

Sunday Evening

Hello everyone, how was your weekend? Hard to believe that it's almost over and another week ahead. I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted, just so much life in the way! Between work and family I haven't had much time to play. :( Today I did get in to make this card for a very special little girl who loves Twilight too. She is the daughter of DD #1's bff and a little cutie pie. So of course I had to pull out my Edward stamp, sentiment stamps from Crafty Sprouts, DCWV pattern paper, Recollection card stock, Stickles, Stampin' Up colored pencils and ink, and American Craft glitter ribbon. I have been trying to perfect the Edward's "glitter" and still not sure I like this one. Guess I need to keep trying!! ;) Looks like I need to work on my picture taking too, sorry these are so dark. Well, this is just a shorty tonight, but I want to thank you for stopping by. Have a great week!

Tuesday Evening

Hello everyone, how's your Tuesday going? It's always busy after a 3-day weekend, but that's ok, keeps life interesting. I made this card for a coworker who is going through some very tough times. When you see others struggling with life's ups and downs, it makes you realize how fragile life really is and to appreciate what we have in our lives for however long we are here on this Earth. These cards can be a struggle at times, but this one came together pretty quickly. Maybe because it's so simple. The hardest part was distressing the bottom layer. I used a very dull pair of scissors, which worked well, but makes me feel like I'm scratching my nails on a chalkboard. Guess I should look into one of those distressing tools! ;) I used Stampin' Up and Bazzil cardstock, and a piece of patterned paper that I bought as a single sheet from JoAnn's and the sentiment stamps are from Pink By Design. And the ribbon is from Michael's. I hope you have a great evening, and I thank you for stopping by.

The Winner of My 200 Followers Give Away!!

Hello all!!! How is your weekend going so far? I have been enjoying mine immensely! Today was very productive and I'm so happy to have another 2 days off! I've been working on purging some of my old supplies, which DD #2 is thoroughly enjoying too. So enough of that. The winner of my $25.00 Michael's gift card chosen by Random.org is:

#166 Candace S.

Congratulations Candace!!! Please e-mail me your address so that I can send you your gift card!

I want to thank each and everyone of my followers for stopping by my little blog and becoming not only followers, but friends as well, and leaving such wonderful comments. I hope you have a great rest of your weekend, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

The Liebster Award

Happy Friday everyone!! Has it been a busy week or what?!? ;) Well, to my surprise, I was nominated for the Leibster Award by Divinity over at Scrap 'n Patch. Thank you so much Divinity!! This is the second time I've been nominated for this and feel very blessed to have been chosen again. A little info on the Liebster Award, this award is meant for the blogs in Blog Land that have 200 or less followers. As part of the tradition the award is passed along to five other blogs that have motivated and inspired me. It comes from the German meaning dearest or beloved but can also mean favorite. To accept the award you must:

1. Link back to the person's blog who gave it to you and thank them.
2. Post the award to your blog
3. Give the award to 5 bloggers (less than 200 followers) that you appreciate and value
4. Leave a comment on the five blogs you chose to let them know

So here are the 5 blogs I have chosen to pass this award on to:

1. Karen at Crafted With Love By Karen
2. Sharon at In the Big Blue House
3. Stephanie at Once Upon a Paper
4. Stephanie at Scrappy Rae 10
5. Jennifer at Country Cricut

Each of these ladies are very talented and show off their wonderful projects on their blogs. Thank you ladies for all your inspiration, it is always a pleasure for me to stop by your blogs. Please take a moment and stop each of their blogs and show them some love because I know you'll enjoy your visit as much as I do! And one more thing, I see that I have finally reached 200 followers, so stop by later this weekend when I will announce the winner of the Michael's gift card. Have a great evening and thanks again Divinity!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Good morning everyone!! Happy Valentine's Day!! I wanted to share the card I made the love of my life. I found this cute Penny Black hedgehog stamp on HSN and just had to get it. As some of you know, DH is in a band called TC and the Hedgehogs, so now the hunt is on for everything hedgehog! lol I used a combination of Zig and SU markers on it and of course some Stickles for the water and some chalking for the sky. The paper is from Martha Stewart, cardstock is SU and Recollections, and the ribbon is from Michael's as are the heart doilies.

The stamp sentiments are from Scrappy Moms and stamped with SU Real Red ink. So to celebrate my card I thought I'd enter it into the Valentine's challenge at CTO. I hope you enjoy the card and that you have a fantastic Valentine's Day! Thank you for stopping by today, I really appreciate all my visitors and their comments!! Share some time with your love today and let them know how special they are to you, I know I am! :)

Happy Birthday Nerbie!

Hello all and Happy Friday!!! Sunday will be DD #2's birthday and we're having dinner at her house later. I just had to share the cake and the card for her. The cake is from the same bakery that baked my beautiful Birki's cake. You can see it here. I e-mailed them some pictures of a couple of scrapbook pages I had created so he could get some ideas. This is supposed to be a stack of scrapbook paper with the top sheet as a page being created. I LOVE it!!!

Now I know you're wondering what's up with "Nerbie", right?? It's a nickname her boyfriend gave her which is a combination of Nerd and Barbie. I'm not sure why he chose Barbie since she's not much of a frilly girl, but the nerd part came into play cuz she's always dinking around on her computer and loves all things techie. And since she's just getting into scrapbooking, I decided to create the card using both ideas. I used my Cricut Everyday cartridge and the stamp sets are from Pink By Design. All the papers are from my stash. I used my Stampin' Up punches and ink, Prima Flower, and some Glossy Accents on the computer monitor and iphone. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!!

Thankful Thursday at D.L. Art

Hi everyone! How's your weekend so far? You would never know it's winter here, but that's ok, I'm enjoying the sunshine. So my friend Diana over at D.L. Art has a challenge on Thursdays called Thankful Thursday that I have been meaning to upload to for a few weeks, but never seem to get it done. Well, this week's challenge is Anything Goes. Yay! Love those kind!!!! I decided to show the artwork on my scrap room door, my very favorite place to spend time in!!!

I made the scrap room sign about 4 or 5 years ago when I was able to "move in" to this room. I bought the frame at Michael's and used some of my tole painting skills on it. I decoupaged some scrapbook paper, added some vinyl lettering cut on my Cricut, some chipboard shapes and buttons and ta daaa!!!

Then the plaque below it was given to me by DD #2 for my birthday. She found this a craft fair and knew with the blue (my favorite color) flowers that it was perfect for my room. So, if you have a chance, go on over to Diana's and upload something for her Anything Goes!! Have a great weekend and as always, thanks for stopping by!!!