CASE 1 of Easter Gifts

Ok - just wanted to share with you 2 CASEs I used....the first one is from Cambria Turnbow - and I followed her directions at SplitCoast for the lil treat box...I made 10 of them for the grand kids and we put an egg with a brand new, blue colored $5 bill. Its just easier as everyone has different food allergies so our egg hunts contain change and the occasional bill...So here is the box...

My First Card from my Secret Sister!

OK - this card is just the best...I struggle to use the bold brights - don't know why - but I do. I tend to use a lot of Rich Regals and Earth Elements...as a matter of fact, my home is mostly in those two families of color!! At any rate, my Dabblin' Demo Secret Sister sent me a candy jar and this card...I love it...I have the entire setup on order as we speak! Now let me give this a whack...Text and Texture stamp set; only orange, brilliant blue, night of navy, and old olive card stock; Jersey Shore DSO; only orange and brilliant blue ink; orange striped grosgrain ribbon, green duo beads, large and small punches, dimensionals and some sticky type stuff! But don;t quote me on that - but I am pretty sure I got most of it correct! Isn't it cute! I just love it!

One more birthday card!

Did I mention our family is in a "birthday cluster" right now? No...well we are! LOL Out of the 11 grandkids (compliments of my husband) we have 2 in Feb, 3 in March, 2 a week apart in May/June, then way down to 2 in the HUGE cluster month of October (7 all in all in the family) and 2 in December. Hmmmm.....Maybe, just maybe, my weight is due to all the cake!!! LOL - always lookin' for a good excuse, KWIM?

Anywho...here is one more of the cards for another grandson that I made last night, while I was trying to stay awake until at least 8pm after the daylight savings change (I HATE spring ahead!! 5 am was bad enough until if felt like 4am! ICK!). I definitely feel like I gotta a lotta MO in the Mojo - cuz I really like this one too....and wait til you see the recipe!! That brown/krafty color paper is not cardstock - NOPE- its the paper that comes in the SU box that Mr. Brown brings! LOL I hate to waste anything and was excited to be able to use this! So - ENJOY!




Card Recipe:
paper: SU box packing paper (teehee), real red, brilliant blue, black, whisper white
ink: used pad and/or markers: real red, brilliant blue, black, yoyo yellow, going gray, sahara sand, close to cocoa
stamps: ahoy matey
accessories: blender pen, white gel pen, sponge, dimensional

Two new projects

So - I have learned from reading information about blogs that posting more than 1 or 2 items per post is too much - and I have noted the references to text size, font and colors, so I am going to try and make this blog as palatable as possible. (ooohh - wasn't that a good word?!?!?) Anywho - I have two projects that I made Thursday and Friday evening...one is a birthday card for Brayden whose birthday was Friday and the other for the newest Stivala - our great-nephew, whose christening we attended on Saturday (which by the way was an awesome service in a beautiful church!) I have also learned to write down the recipe AS I GO, because when I come upstairs to post - I cannot remember all the things I used...you know - the CRS disease!! LOL!

So here we go!


card recipe - all SU! product unless otherwise noted:
paper: certainly celery, only orange, whisper white, Designer Series Paper-celery
ink: only orange, certainly celery, river rock, brilliant blue, lovely lilac, sky blue, real red, tempting turquoise, yoyo yellow
stamps: unfrogettable, family accessories
accessories: blender pen, ticket corner punch, stapler, pumpkin pie striped grosgrain ribbon, crystal effects, googlie eyes(M's), sponge, dimensionals, SAMJ







card recipe - all SU! product unless otherwise noted:
paper: soft sky - reg & text; blue bayou - reg & text; whisper white; Design Series Paper - soft sky
ink: soft sky; blue bayou, versa mark
stamps: celebrate everything, short and sweet, brocade basics, priceless
accessories: white gel pen; irr. ice EP; Punches: tab, scallop, 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 circle, snow blossom; mini glue dots, sticky tape, dimensionals, soft sky double stitched ribbon, rhinestone brad, jumbo eyelet

OK - so he isn't stamped...

LOL My husband says I stamp everything that doesn't move, so Scruffy is lucky! Isn't my lil boy cute?! I just had to share this photo....I love doggie things and especially things that remind me of my dog...I got this when I was in Colorado visiting my girlfriend Carol who had recently moved out there...and NO it was NOT the convention! I was so excited when my daughter and I could go to convention - and we were traveling to Denver - and my girlfriend got excited until she asked me the dates...and then deflatingly said she was going to be "home" in the Lehigh Valley at that time....Anywho - Carol and Rick took me to Boulder and we were shoppin in this funky lovely artsy crafty area - and in one of the stores I found my Iron dog...He sits in the foyer at my home and I caught Scruffy looking at him the other day and actually had my camera in my hands for a change! So - my dogz iz lookin' at each utter!!! Hey Whaz UP, DAWG!!!!!!! LOL (yes I am sick- but loveable)

big sigh here...

I joined in Oprah's online class and of course had major computer problems and then got blocked out of the streaming video when I tried to refresh...I will have to watch it tomorrow....which is in 1/2 and hour!! Anyone else reading the book or doing the class out there?

Also - if I hadn't putzed around with the computer for the 90 minutes the webcast was on - I could have looked up all the info about those cards I posted...I promise that I will be adding the recipes...If I could only remember to write it down as I created it would make my life SOOO much easier....but, what on earth would I do with an easier life?!?!?! LOL

ok - off to bed....totally kaputz!!

ttyl my friends!!!

Stamp On!! with your own Bad Self!!

I have no idea where that comes from or what show (replace the Stamp with Rock) but my god-daughter said it when she was little and it was hysterical! So - sorry - but that is what was in my mind....SOOOOOO - here we go, at least I have been stampin' (scrappin too but those pics will be later!) So as I look at the last post, I realize I posted the SAME pic from before (sparkles) when I meant to do the second one I did which has a lil change...so that pic will be included too....please enjoy!





CJ's 9th birthday card...



card that Steph and I both used at several workshops, cased from someone on SCS (sorry I forget who?!?!)



lil booklet I made for myself for my days doings....long story....love that paper!




OK here is my favorite!! This is a card I just made for a SWAP with my INKredible Impressions sisters from the Occasions Mini....unfortunately, you cannot really see the dazzling diamonds on the flower....I was very pleased with how they came out....








THIS is the card I was supposed to put in the last post...I wanted to make the inside punch that I used irredescent ice embossing powder on, to pop more and at my U/L's suggestion (Tracy dearest- my momma bear) - I added the orange flower punch under it....I really like it! LOVE those new Stampin' Up!® glitters!



Another case from a friend from Beate's listserve - and I forgot her name! So is the card directly underneath...I told you, to be creative, you only need to recognize beauty and reproduce it for yourself...However, in this CASE, I tweaked the punches used for the sentiment...




Stephanie's Valentine's card....(another case)....and this one has the spotty stamp used from the new punch box set (3 for you, I believe) and chocolate chip craft ink on pretty in pink grosgrain ribbon....was a great idea!




I have posted a previous card created by Sally - and this is one I just did at a Demo club for a make and take....too cute!



This card I made from that same Listserve of Beate's - only I know Patty (Bennett?) made this one - she knew I wanted to case it for my Girl's Night Out - which I do every last Friday of the month....

Hope you liked what I have been working on, since the dang computer is giving me fits...now I need to focus more on my dissertation this week - or I'll be in the doghouse!!!

TTYL! Later dudes!

Here is some more stuff...

I have been busily working/stamping/playing in between "work" and figuring out the POS security I have, Norton 360 - my big computer is still not on the internet - although I can now get and send email (go figure!?!) - so I had to hook up my printer to my laptop downstairs in the craft studio - and of course THAT had to be slightly nightmarish too! I had to download the print driver info from the HP site before anything would work, but it does finally....so here goes what I gots...

Hopefully more to follow if I can find where I put the stuff!! And I am SOOOO behind on my SBS9 stuff- gals I apologize....I hope to get with it soon! But I am thinkin of y'all!!! ttyl!

Here's Bob's card and enive for V Day!

So I will share with you my honey's valentine's -slash - anniversary card...I would have preferred to make a cute one, but he never gets me cute, he always finds mushy ones with the best sayings...and since I could not decide on ONE of the sentiments, I used three and put them together the best I could ...I like how it turned out and he liked it - which is of course what counts!! LOL so here it is!

ok - I'm back!

Didn't mean to scare you all...two things kept me off the computer...1) for several weeks I have had a TERRIBLE time with my upgrade to Norton 360 internet protection, and so I have yet to solve the issue on my main computer....duh....I forgot about my laptop and my network connection...but I was so peeved (to put it mildly) about this problem - I could spit nails.....so countless hours have been wasted on live chats, and other remedies that obviously don't work since I can't get my computer upstairs onto the internet...ARGHHHH!!!! but number two was a nice reason....2) the continual celebration of my 15th wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day. Bob had several days off too - plus we had a delayed opening right before our school winter break for President's weekend - and once I got my garage door open from the ice...realized that the basement....MY STUDIO....was swimming (thankfully contained in one area)...due to the contractor not fixing the window well as they had promised....so I had to stay home and suck up water....but don;t worry....no cards or scrapbooks were lost! Thank goodness! It is a shame you can't get good service/help/products these days despite the large price tags - or you can't find anyone to take responsibility for a problem with their service or product. Sheisters!!

Well - I will be posting some pictures - as I will show you Bob's and Stephanie's Valentine's cards....plus some other stuff too - cuz stampin is my therapy and when I wanted to throw the computer out the upstairs window - I went downstairs to stamp! So - sorry I scared a few of you...it's so nice to know that someone noticed!! Thank ya sistas! ok - TTYL!!

So...after tomorrow the stress will die down for me at school (hah!)...we have an open house (the first annual one AND expo) and unfortunately, I have become a "go to gal" as I always get things done in a pinch...but I am a bit miffed this time...I got NONE, NOTHING, NYET, NADA done on my presentations...while I fixed and helped with the main office's and expo central projects....{sigh} oh well - there are worse things...although it is 8:58pm, and I forgot to go to Staples to get the certificate paper for our group's handout...{another sigh}.... ahhhhh - as you say in north jersey.....fuhgettaboutit!!......ok - done! So on to what I did do last night! I knew it was Alex's birthday YESTERDAY and I missed sending well wishes but I did make your card yesterday Alex!! So here it is!


Next - I am slowly backing up to the two January babies I missed...so first one is Natty - don't worry Louise you're next! so here is Natty's card with another from this weekend to follow!

Hey...a GIANT scallop!!!

So here is my take on a new use for the Stampin' Up!® scallop punch! Stephanie was getting ready for work on Sunday (poor thing - the hospital is ALWAYS open so she had to work on Super Bowl Sunday!)...and she wanted to display some type of team allegiance to the Giants (even though at heart she is an Eagles fan!) and so I said "hold on honey - I have an idea!!!!" She cut the ribbon, I whipped out my little alphabet and my scallop punch and WALLA!!!! Look how Stephanie represented for the Super Bowl!!



I had french braided her hair and since Steph wanted ribbons, I said that they actually looked like they could be for the Patriots too - and that's when the light bulb went off!! How Bout It???

Oh yeah - now I am 5'9" and I am standing right behind her shooting straight on...and yeah she's like 6'1.5" (she would prefer I not say 6'2"!)

Weekend work

Ok - so this is really what my daughter Stephanie did - while I cleaned the studio, got her materials, offered suggestions, put away the things I had from my Thursday evening class, and demonstrated to her....but it was fun none the less...So first - here are two altered notebooks - the new western paper (which I ADORE- already ordered more of it!) for herself and a small notebook for odds n ends....That ginger blossom DSP is great too!



Here is a grouping of the small notebook and a recipe box Steph did for her kitchen and a small candy holder - unfortunately I ran out of camera battery before I could take another photo so that's it of the candy...I did these at the class Thursday - it is 2 small pieces of card stock, with two scallops attached to the bottom, then eyelets set, ribbon through, two Hershey nuggets wrapped to match, sticky stuck to the card stock and WALLA! cute candy holder....My dearest upline Tracy taught me that one! Thanks Mama Bear!!



Inside the recipe box Stephanie made the dividers...by the way - box was $1 from Michaels...



and here is a close up of the box outside...yes - chip board flower, embossed white with a jeweled brad...and some hodgepodge...



Above are two travel mugs - one I believe is one from StarBucks Stephanie redid and the other is a small mug I found at the dollar store...and I will be offering a stamp camp with these in the project listings...its hard to see the flowers she punched - dang battery - should have turned the mugs for another "mug shot" (sorry BAAADDD joke but I couldn't resist!)




close up of the lil notebook again...



and last but not least, a gift for Stephanie's friend's lil girl Aliviah - so KIERSTAN STOP LOOKING! It's a surprise!

So - you wonder how could Stephanie do all these projects at a moments notice? Because I am the queen of collecting...you name it I most likely have 10 or so tucked away for a class "in the future"!! Trouble is, I end up just collecting - but one of my resolutions for 2008 is to get that stuff out and alter it!! WOOO HOOO!! You may be lucky enough to be in on any one of those projects!!!

Hey look!

One of my SBS9 sisters, Suzanne, sent all of us an award! So here they are - how cool is that!

Just a plain 'ol note...

So....I had been doing so great of late on posting and then WHAM! That four letter word called "work" steps in to screw up everything! LOL On Tuesday I went in to school, normal teaching day, and my supervisor called me down to talk about my career program being created into an Academy program...which is very exciting...however, comma, I did not realize we were going to discuss applying for an opportunity that had presented itself very recently - and this opportunity had a deadline of February 1st - yes - like this very minute!! At any rate, I was granted professional development leave time to write up this proposal to participate in this great opportunity - and being the perfectionist that I am - I can't just fluff something up - besides, we would be number 101 in participants for 20 spots....NO PRESSURE HERE! Needless to say I did not sleep for the last several nights...my mind would NOT shut off! I hate when that happens! At any rate, I do what I love best when I am totally stressed - and that is STAMP! Told you - it's my therapy! So last night I had a lovley dose of stampin' with a great group of gals as I did a workshop/party for a group I had met last year or so ago...they are definitely fun!! I mean, how can life get better than to hang with other "professional supply collectors" and stampers...let me tell you - it was great and just what the doctor ordered! So today - albeit tired - I am able to focus on finishing up all the touches to this proposal so that we can have it postmarked by today. {Big sigh here} So - this is just a plain 'ol 'lil note to tell you that I will have more to post over the weekend...my "baby" is going to be home when I get there (barring unforseen weather interuptions - I don't mind snow but hate ICE!)...and I am sure we will be stamping in the fabulous craft room.

By the way - thank you to all of you who left me lovely and funny e-mails and comments about the room. And Yes-sir-ee Bob, I know that I am a lucky woman (I love saying that since my DH is BOB!) - and no he does not have a free brother or clone - and no - no couch, but a chaise lounge that my hubby has no problem sleeping on so you can stay if you like, LOL, and yes you are all invited to come and play - consider it an open invitation - I NEVER turn down a chance to stamp with friends. And I am sorry about the bruise on your chin Katie! LOL - you guys are the best!

OK - gotta go give the final proof before heading to the Post Office! Whew! I need a nap - but would prefer to stamp! TTYL!!