Belated Father's Day Posting

So here is Stephanie's card to my husband. He grills all year long, and he IS the cook of the house so we are talking pretty frequent here! So how appropriate is the card?!?!? Stephanie and Ryan learned the tri-fold card, and went crazy making cards for their dads, grandpas and for my Bob, Steph's step-father (since age 5 - long time).

Ah, then here is the picture of Steph and Bob outside the theater in NYC where Stephanie took us BOTH (yippee!) to see the show "Jersey Boys". My DH grew up in Montclair NJ , and is Sicilian, so the show was very apropos. Ahhhh, the music was SOOO GOOD! What a wonderful evening we had. Dinner out and a show. Life is good! You have no idea how wonderful it is to go to NYC and not have one doctor appointment or medical test! Here's hoping that lasts for a long time!!

So somehow, Stephanie has this thing for staying after at the stage door. Now where on earth did she get that from?!?!?! (wink* wink*) This is the lead singer who was Frankie Valli. She got almost everyone's autograph in her program. We got more pics, but unfortunately they are blurry. So this is all you get! LOL Enjoy!!

Christmas in July?!?!?

So here are two gift bags that contained gifts from a hubby to a wifey for Christmas. Part of my services include gift wrapping of holiday, birthday or special events. So - don't want a new vacuum or blender for a gift from your sweetheart? Give him/her a Stampin' Up! Wish list and tell him/her to contact me! Consider it done! Lookie what you could receive!!! I don't know about you, but these days, the wrapping excites me as much as the gift! LOL It's all in the presentation! So get that Wish list going from our new 2010 -2011 catalog - and hook me up!! You'll be glad you did! LOL

There were more gifts that I had wrapped, and here is a link to two other gifts for the same person. Kris' gifts. This was one of the most fun days of my holidays! I love to make other people feel good and I KNEW how much it would mean to Kris to have such fun, fab gifts to open! And I knew Peter would be happy giving such gifts! I LOVE when a plan comes together!

So if you would like to have gifts WONDERFULLY wrapped for a holiday or a birthday or other special event, give your wish list to your honey and have him/her email or call me - leave the rest up to us!!

Welcome to the Neighborhood!

So here is another sample of a Kathy Card. We put this together for her visit to her sister and brother-in-law in AZ. So I dug out an old cowboy kids set and we mixed 'em with the All in the Family set and the Neighborhood jumbo wheel. Came out cute!! Doncha' think?

Look Who...

So my girlfriend Chatty (hey girl!) came last night with my other pal Candy and we were stamping away...and I remembered I did not share the beauts that we made the last time she was over. So here is a Kathy Card....with just a lil input from me!! It's just wonderful to go into my craft room and create...don't have to bring anything but SNAIL!! LOL If you wanna play, just give me a call and I can set you up! This card was for her nephew who is toooooooo adorable!! I'll have the other cards later...cuz they are just as FAB!! Enjoy!

Carol, This One's For You!!!

So my girlfriend Carol moved to the Denver area from Pennsylvania, and recently they had a tornado watch and I think an actual tornado. Now my lovely pal doesn't ever turn her cell on unless she needs it, so she's out bee-bopping around town, and her hubby is FRANTIC trying to get hold of her. She sees all this destruction on her way home and calls her hubby to comment on it...I do believe she got yelled at! ;-) Anyhoo...once I knew she was safe and sound, the thought for this card popped into my head, and I laughed all through the creation of it and in the mailing...and it made me chuckle on and off until it reached her. I knew she would love it and scream right out loud when she saw it! I was right!! So - here's my lil smart-a** card for my beloved, and thankfully safe, girlfriend....hope you like it! Oh - by the way...my downline Tammy sent me a picture of a card with a proto (or TOTO) type for the doggie since she knows I could do it like Scruffy - but I don't know who to thank for the idea. If its you, please let me know and I will give you credit for my dawg. ENJOY!! (muwhahahahahahaha!!)

TEEE HEEEE!!!

Sweet Birthday Card for a Sweet Girl!

Here is Norah's 6th birthday card! She had a very fun party at the roller rink...brought back memories!! I think it was more fun to watch the parents on the floor than the kids!! LOL Anyway, I love this image as it reminds me of Norah. She has very long beautiful hair, and she sometimes wears it in braids, hence the card. I am also rather pleased with the colors I used. I really MISS this DSP. It's the retired Sweet Pea. Very cool. Its a reminder to me and to you to buy the items we like when we see them. I wished I had gotten another pack of this. Hope you like the card!

Recipe
Stamps: A Kind Word (retiring June 30th), Vintage Labels (2010 Sale-a-bration that I hope to be in next catty!)
Ink: Pretty In Pink, Old Olive, Barely Banana, Pumpkin Pie, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Soft Suede, Blush Blossom, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip
Paper: (retired) Sweet Pea DSP, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, Old Olive, Chocolate chip, Water color paper
Access: blender pen, aqua painter, white organza ribbon, dimensionals, scallop circle punch, 1 " circle punch

Check out Chatty's Card!

So here is Chatty's birthday card. She is my soul sistah....as we often times think and say the same thing at the same time...And she loves drinking "Tai Chi" with me - LOL....oops, Chai Tea....So this beautiful creation is a CASE from the talented Lynn Put...but I knew Kathy would love it....and it was ON TIME! (yes - my best-est stampin' buddies often have to wait for their creations....). I'll pop back later to upload the recipe for this gorgeous card!

A CASE of Beauty for the Birthday girl

I think you may need to click on this picture to see how beautiful it is with dazzling diamonds...it doesn't "read" as pretty as it is IRL...I made this for my daughter-in-law Monique and I hope she liked it as much as I liked putting it together. This card was a CASE from the talented Gretchen Barron, another demonstrator who does beautiful work. Remember, those of you who feel that they can't make these cards, all you need to do is recognize the beauty and CASE. Cope And Share Everything. As long as you are using a card for personal use, or if you give credit where it is due, no demo minds you CASE-ing her (or him - and yes there are some hims).

On a sad note, I wanted to share that the world lost a very kind, giving and great man last week. He was a father figure to me in high school and beyond, he and his wife were a constant demonstration of what a marriage is supposed to be like (53 years), his house was a haven for his children and their friends, me being one of those friends. I loved him and his wife so much, I asked them to be the God-parents of my precious daughter, and that was 24 years ago. He was taken from us by the dreaded disease of Alzheimer's. His disease was different from my mother's, but the ravages are the same. While his passing is sad, I am happy that he is with his son George, in the arms of our Lord, finally free from pain and memory loss. George, you will be missed but never forgotten. RIP.

Dream Night with Shelli...{sigh}

Oh there are no words to describe a stampin' event, let alone one with the Queen of Stampin' Up!, Shelli Gardner. This is what every CEO needs to be like...if they were we would be out of this recession in a snap!! One of my INKredible sisters won a Dream of a Lifetime workshop to be done by Shelli as well as a session with other demo's. I wasn't sure I could make this or not, but obviously, the stars were aligned, and off I went to Short Hills NJ with about 150 other demo's. So Dream Night was to be a jammie night, but since I was driving through two states, there and back since I wasn't staying over at the Hilton, I thought, hmmmm, better not possibly scare two sets of state police, LOL. So I just wore comfy clothes, the regular attire at any stampin' event. So, in a room of only about 150, it was like a wedding with Shelli the Bride AND Groom, and she was just loose in the room chatting us up like an ol' pal. Goodness gracious, she is "da bomb", I tell ya!!! So - Dawn is a whirlwind and had a lovely evening for us (she ran it all and Shelli just graced us with her presence). During the night of festivities, one of Dawn's down-line had a birthday, and so Dawn created a birthday cake made of these little bags - done in the pink fabric she had the p.j.'s she and Shelli and her workers had on, as well as some of the work aprons. This was based off of a diaper cake I have seen by Shelli before. The BEST part though, was everyone at the party got "a piece of cake" or namely, one of these cutie-patootie bags.

So you can't have a cake without a cake topper, right?!!?!? Look at this one done with our big shot die cuts!



And then here I am, my sister INK-er Dale took this pic while I was chatting with Shelli. How cool was that?!?!?!



And again, Dawn and Shelli were just on the loose the whole evening. Available for anyone to talk to, and Shelli signed autographs and took pictures with all. What a wonderful, gracious, special lady. And she stamps to boot!! Woo Hoo!

While I am still on this Dream Night high, I am off to play in my craft room. I have to finish the eight projects we had to do for the evening. Then, I'll be back with pictures of those projects as well as some of the lovely swap cards I got. Ahhhhhh, I love a stampin' night........
Thanks Dawn!!!

This one's a Grand Slam!

So here is another boy card and the last of the four boy cards for the beginning of the year...now we will move onto the girls in the family for the rest of the year. This one is for my grandson who is a FABULOUS ball player. I just got the baseball set for free through Sale-a-bration... what a wonderful time that is as Stampin' Up! Hope you like Collin's card!

Recipe:
Stamps: Just Baseball, On Your Birthday
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Taken with Teal, So Saffron, Basic Black; Real Red marker
Paper: So Saffron, Whisper White, DSP Sweet Pea (from Occasions Mini)
Access: Big Shot, Naturally Serif Sizzlet die

A Birthday Boy card - CASE'd

Since we have 4 boy birthdays within 3 1/2 weeks, I sometimes get a little mojo jammed... so in a pinch I will look to some of my Stampin' Up! sisters, and this one is one of those cards. I have CASE'd this from the very talented Connie Babbert. However, it is a very appropriate card for boys since our grandkids love to rock out on the Wii. Who doesn't?!!?!? LOL I love these colors and the stamps!

A Rugged Boy-toy Card

So - you know my future son-in-law likes to stamp, well, that means now that HIS cards have to be top drawer type also....so when his birthday came around, I made one special for him. He and his family love the outdoors and doing things together, and they love dogs too. So this just seemed to be the card that needed to be made. I wanted to share it with you all, and I will be back to post the recipe, but this was another favorite card of mine. Hope you like it too!!!

Updated 5-9-10 for recipe

RECIPE:
Stamps: Loads of Love, Loads of Fun, retired 09 Sale-a-bration set for the sentiment
Ink: Sahara Sand, Certainly Celery, Going Gray, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy, Brocade Blue, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Certainly Celery, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Sahara Sand, retired 09 Sale-a-bration DSP
Access: blender pen, brads, Modern Label Punch, Photo Corners Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Big Shot, Movers & Shapers with Magnetic Movers & Shapers Die cuts, dimensionals

You must've been a beautiful baby...

I just love creating cards with punches, and this card is no exception. I made this for my step-daughter's sister-in-law...who is expecting a boy within the next several months. So I used a CASE from someone on one of my list serves..(no watermark on the picture I saved so I don't have their name - so if its you or you know who made the card I CASE'd, please let me know so I can give proper credit). On this CASE I changed the colors and added the curly cue on the baby's forehead, and changed the sentiment. I really like how it turned out, and it makes me smile to see it. Quick and easy - once you figure it out!! LOL

Recipe
Stamps: Sweetness Unlimited
Ink: black marker, blush marker, close to cocoa marker, black ink
Paper: whisper white, retired blue bayou, retired DSP porcelain prints
Access: sponge, PUNCHES: eyelet border, scallop circle, 1 3/4 circle, 1 3/8 circle, 1 1/4 circle, whisper white taffeta ribbon, circle ice rhinestone brad, and SU textured impression folder - Perfect Polka Dots, Big Shot

A WOW baby shower gift.

I thought you would all like to see this gift I put together for a mother-to-be. See this post on my page called ReenS Creations for instructions on how I completed this awesome baby shower gift. Its a laundry basket that houses all of the clothing and blankets I got for the expectant mother. This gift creates a massive amounts of "oohs" and "aahhhs" and it as much fun to make and give as it is to open.

One of a Kind...

Just wanted to share with you one of my all time favorite cards I made last October (2009). This was a birthday card for my DD (darling daughter) and it came out so well - I took it back!!! LOL

All of the colors are current - at least until the end of this catty - and I adore this DSP...so I will be getting some more of it, you can count on it. Used my punches and my Big Shot - and it was actually very easy to do....will come back and post the recipe as I don't know WHAT I did with the catty that is supposed to be by my desk....Hope you like it too!