October 30th...

Made Stamper's Showcase again yesterday...It's really nice when you see your card pop up somewhere unexpected...Here is the card that they showcased...

It is a tent topper card...The chipboard flower sticks up over the top of the card. The card size is still 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 to fit into a standard size envelope. TOO CUTE!

October 27th...

New Glasses and ALL Attitude...that's all I have to say about that!

October 23rd...

Well, I am done posting the cards from my Christmas Card class, so I thought that I would show you a card that I made for a swap I had joined. I joined a Pretties Swap and let me tell you that was hard to do. I really wanted to hoard those pretties and I even used my favorite of the Pretties Kit the hatpins and beads...So here is the card that I designed. The ones I mass produced for the swap were a bit different as they didn't have the second tab under the hatpin, but other than that they looked the same...I think they turned out REALLY cute and I can't wait to get the swap back to see what others did with their Pretties Kit...

October 22...

Here is the last of the cards for my Christmas Card Class...you must RSVP for this class by October 26th. Please let me know if you are interested in attending or would like more information.

Here are all of the cards we will be making in the class. You will make 2 of each design for a total of 12 cards.
Check back tomorrow for more cards.

October 19th...I made it again...

I made Stamper's Showcase again...here is that card that popped up there today.


Again, I didn't win the contest that I sent it in for, BUT I did get FREE RUBBER this week. I can't tell you what I received, but I am excited to be making samples for the Display Boards at Leadership in Palm Springs...now just to decide...do I go, or save my money and have more to spend at Convention...'cause I KNOW I am going to that! So what do you think? Help me decide...

Here is another card that I made recently. I made it for a gourmet basket fundraiser for work. I actually made 10 of them...I think that the chef turned out really cute...took a bit of watercoloring, but I like how it looked in the end. I really like the new Basic Gray cardstock...I think I will have to start using it more often...

Here is another card that we will be making for my Christmas Card Class on Nov 3rd...so if you are in Northern California and would like to attend, please let me know so I can send you the details of the class.

Enjoy...I will have one more card from this class to show ya'll tomorrow, so check back...

October 15th...After a BUSY weekend...

So, after a BUSY weekend, with not a whole lot of stamping getting done...just a bit...I had quite a few things to take care of this weekend, and I am happy to say that I got everything accomplished that was on my list except ONE thing...I had planned on taking some snapshots of the kids to get ready for creating things in a whirl-wind next month for Leadership, but that is the one thing that didn't happen...

I took the kids to the eye doc...they ALL need glasses...Reilly and Kaitlyn need reading glasses and Colleen will need to wear them all the time...So we had a good time picking out frames...they are ordered and should be here next week...more photos to take...

Then I went grocery shopping...That is an adventure unto itself...but at least I had my trusty clipboard with my list. I get looks quite often because of my LONG list at the grocery store, but I hate getting home and realizing that I am missing that ONE ingredient for whatever it is that I want to make. I am definately a list girl...I make out a menu for two to three weeks depending on Kirk's paydays, and then check off the items on that menu that we already have...then I make my list...and it is USUALLY really, Really, REALLY LONG! I have a kids that eat like horses...seriously I really don't know where they put it all...and there are usually friends eating over 2-3 nights a week...more teenagers...who again eat like horses...

Once these kids are grown and gone, I know that I will loose my chore workforce, but I figure what money I save in groceries that I can hire a maid...Can't wait for that...I will get the cleaning done and taken care of with out yelling, hollering, or having to remind them to do this or that...it will just get done...Looking forward to that!

Oh, what else did I do this weekend...Designed cards for a workshop...Held a workshop...Cleaned the house as the workshop that was held was here...I think that I need to do functions here more often, as my house would stay cleaner...

Then last night I made a couple of cards for Boss's Day...I will need those tomorrow as we are having a PotLuck at work for our boss's...They turned out really cute and I will show them to you later in the week...

Well I guess that I should get on with what you came here to see...I know that you didn't come here to reall ALL about my weekend, but hopefully you put up with that part of my blog . I know what you come to see though...All the PURTY CARDS that I make...So here is another card from my Christmas card class...


Okay, I am off to finish getting ready for work...check back tomorrow for another card...

October 12th...It's FRIDAY!!!

YEAH!!!...It's Friday, and tonight I am gonna stamp!!

I have some projects that need to get designed and done before my box of Goodies arrives from Stampin Up!...I received an e-mail last week, an invitation to be a Display Stamper for Leadership 2008 in Palm Springs, now I just need to decide if I am actually going to Palm Springs to see my samples on the display boards, like I did at Convention, or if I am gonna sit this one out...Don't worry I already accepted the invitation to be a Display Stamper...I wasn't letting that opportunity pass me by! One of the things that I really enjoyed at convention this year was seeing people look at the cards and scrapbook pages that I made and eeewwwwing and aaahhhing over them, it really made me feel good...Kinda like being a fly on the wall, cause no one knew who made them, except ME.

I will have a TON of stuff to make for Leadership and a deadline to meet...I LOVE being a Display Stamper, but sometimes the deadline just messes up my MOJO, and other times it is the inspiration I need to get stuff done...So we will see how this deadline goes once I get some new stamps to play with...

Okay...here is another Christmas Card from my class...


Enjoy and check back tomorrow...

October 11...Titles are hard...

Titles are hard for me to come up with, so I am just going to start putting the date up there...Okay...no more pressure to come up with something cute, whimsical or witty to catch your attention and draw you in...just plain and simple...the date I posted...

Here is the card for today...again it was created for my Christmas Card Class that is coming up early next month...please let me know if you would like more info about it...

This is a more modern Christmas Card...but it is REALLY CUTE and I liked how it turned out. Again I used the Punch Pals stamp set, I just added a background stamp and some Christmas words from the Many Merry Messages stamp set. I used the Coluzzle to cut out the circle and used the Crafters Tool Kit for the Paper Piercing...cute...Cute...CUTE!!! Check back tomorrow for another card...

Class Card #2

Here is the second card from my Christmas Card Class that I have scheduled...please e-mail me for class details...Again I used the Punch Pals stamp set...

I used some DS Paper, a Punch and a Background stamp and came up with this cutie...so simple, so cute! Check back tomorrow for another card!

Summer Hiatius is OVER...on with the SHOW...

I know...I know...I haven't dropped off the face of the Earth...I have just been SUPER BUSY and haven't had time to stamp AT ALL...until last Sunday...so I am going to show ya'll bit by bit what I created...

I even got to stamp a bit last night for a swap that I joined...not tonight though...I have shows coming on...that I HAVE to watch...I do DVR them, so I don't have to watch the commercials...just FF through them...LOVE THAT...but it still takes a bit to get through them all...ANYWAY...I know you didn't pop in here to hear about my TV shows...you came to see cards...so here is the first one...

This is a 3x6 card that I designed for my Christmas Card Class...if you would like the class details, just send me an e-mail and I will get them to you...All six cards for this class use the Punch Pals stamp set...they are SO CUTE...even if I do say so for my self...

Some other news...if ya'll remember back to earlier this year I had said that I was choosen for the Design Team (as a Display Stamper) for the 2007 Stampin' Up! Convention...well, I sent in samples again, to hopefully be choosen as a Leadership 2008 Display Stamper...YEAH ME...I got an e-mail saying that I got picked...YEAH...The hardest part about this is not showing or talking about what I am designing...I can't show ANYONE...but I LOVE doing it...so I will keep submitting samples, and I sure hope that they keep picking my name out of the hat!!