St. Patricks Day Bag Piper

This is my submission for the Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS. Today's feature is Vicky Gould you can check out her gallery here. I changed the stamp, added dew drops different dp which is kind of special, this is paper I purchased for digital scrapbooking at Digitalscrapbookpages.com I just purchased this set by Christina Blomberg called Good Luck Greens and printed it on my Whisper White paper at home. They really have some nice papers to choose from. I hope to check out digital a little further and if I get any great pages I will post them for everyone to see. If anyone does this already and has any great tips I would love to hear from you. I have done a download of Photoshop Elements to try it out for 30 days, just did this yesterday and really need a class I think..... :) Hope you all enjoy this little guy, he is a Dog Gone Stamp check them out with the link on the right side of my blog they have added some really cute stamps just in the last few days. Talk to you soon!

Cards 4 Kids

Hello everyone! I just wanted to put a quick note up to let all you ladies with extra cards sitting around know, there is a need for them out there. I personally hold on to way to many of the cards I make so I am sending them to Pat Adam, she distributes them to kids in the hospital there in Detroit. She is requesting Valentine cards for them and they must be to her by 2/7/09. I am sending her my Easter cards left over from last year and various others. I hope that you can all stop by her blog located here,and if you have extras pass them on to give these kids a great day! If you decide to participate write to Pat for her address. Her e-mail is mrsmiley@aol.com. Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic weekend.

High Hopes - A darling girl and her Pig

This little girl and her pig were so cute I couldn't resist buying it, I have had it for a few months now but am just getting around to playing with it. DP is some doodlebug design that I picked up at Roberts Crafts. Picture is colored with Prisma pencils and gamsol. This card by Sandy aka "shulsart"on SCS was my inspiration for mine. You can check out her blog here.

FS102 Congrats Lori!

This is a Featured Stampers Challenge that I participate in whenever I get the chance, it lets you look at someone else's work and recreate what they have done with your own touches. This is Lori's Card. As you can see I changed some things, brads, use of colors and stamp. I hand drew the background and it shows..... I didn't have a nice background stamp that would look like it belonged so I improvised. Hope you like it and if you get a chance go check out the link here to participate now. Thanks for dropping by.

Isn't this sledder cute? He is another Dog Gone Stamp. If you haven't been to check them out take a minute, they have added some new stuff recently. The layout is from the Splitcoaststampers Card Sketch challenge this week. You can check that out here. I added some stickles to the snow and snowflakes for a little added zest.

Valentine Pig

Wow can you believe it 3 posts in 3 days? I am back!!! Well today I worked on this cute little valentine pig from High Hopes, I made the cuts with my new cricut machine I got for christmas. I also used some Basic Grey paper that I fell in love with and just had to buy. I hope to get much use from it in the future. I am working on some wall words, but that hasn't gone the absolute best.... If anyone knows of any tips on that I would love to hear from you. I will let you know when I end up with some good ones to hang up. I have a fabulous saying though. Hope you all have a great week. (This photo was edited on 2/10/09 I touched up the pig somewhat with a deeper color as he was washed out so badly, then I added Twinkling H20's in addition to that to really pop him out some.)

Mrs. Bear

Isn't this little bear the sweetest little thing? She just makes me smile. I used my copics to color her in it was so fast and easy, then added the polka dots to her dress. She is another DogGoneStamps stamp.Thanks so much for dropping by and come see me again!

Hello from Wyoming!

Hey hope everyone is having a fantastic New Year and had a terrific Holiday season. I have been out of touch for a while and want to say I am sorry, to all you faithful readers. I am planning to get back into the swing of things very soon. This little golfer card is for my brother, his birthday is coming up soon and he loves to golf so how perfect is that? The stamps are made by a brand new company called DogGoneStamps They have some really cute stamps and since they are new they are coming out with more all the time. I will post more soon as I am one of their new design team members. If you are interested send them a e-mail and let them know, I know they are looking for a few more. Have fun and until next post......

Mirror Lake UT

Here they are, that teardrop DH built is so much fun to camp in. If you have never seen one they are only big enough to sleep in and the kitchen is obviously on the outside. It is a 4 x 8 length total. He has built 3 of them the last one is aluminum sided and is a 5 x 10 which will hold a queen size bed or close to it. The area we camped in is North eastern UT around Kamas. It is gorgeous up there and there are tons of little lakes for fishing. Many of them must be hiked into or if you bring horses you can ride in. Very fun area for adults and children to go to.

Hi everyone, just had to take a few minutes today to play with my new stamps and make a Halloween Card. Halloween is my favorite holiday, I love fall and watching kids having fun on Halloween. I have to be home on that evening to see all the cute little outfits that the little ones wear. I am still working weekends for a while longer so posts will still remain sporadic for a bit, but I promise as soon as I am done I WILL BE BACK! I am going to post some pictures of our recent camping trip (only one we got to take... :( ) for everyone to see. The area is gorgeous if you ever get a chance to go.

Stampin' Day today!

Wow, it has been so long since I have stamped or posted anything. I am so excited I stamped some Thank You cards that were simple but yet I think they will do the trick. They are made with Nice and Easy Notes from Stampin' Up and I used copics to color them. The colors are E Eggplant, O Olive and S Sun. These are to give to people that helped us on Saturday with our Company Picnic. We had a great day, Dan (DH) and I sold shaved ice at the event also it was a blast. There were approx. 450 people who came and we planned games for the adults and children. Our business has been just crazy this summer, it has been sunny and hot so a nice cold shaved ice goes down pretty well. Then about a month ago we added coffee and blended drinks, such as blended coffees, smoothies and Tea based smoothies. They have really been doing well. Our town has the largest free concert in the state, at the end of July, this place was hopping. It has been nice being so busy this summer, but we are also looking forward to late fall for some time off. Working full time along with running the business on the weekends has been a real adjustment for me. I even took a vacation day today, just to have a day off. It has been wonderful!

Hello Out There!

Hey everyone, hope you know I haven't forgotten you. Things are just as crazy as always here. Starting to work full time next week and doing the Ice on the weekends and Holidays just hasn't left me alot of time for anything, including cleaning my house.... yikes. Dust bunnies all over the wood floors, yuck. Anyway our Daughter is coming for a visit and DH doesn't know she is, how fun to suprise him. He doesn't read this so no worries! She will be here Friday and is only staying for 3 or 4 days. Always fun having the kids around, we had such a terrific vacation in AZ. It was hot hot and we were loving it. Spent lots of time with our son and his girlfriend and had tons of laughs. I hope to get back to crafting soon, I better before I lose my touch (haha what touch!). Anyway hope you are all well and keeping up with your crafts and having a fun summer!

Snow in June

I am looking outside right now and it is snowing! Is it any wonder on my SCS in location I say "The place that global warming forgot!"? Dear Husband just planted our bedding plants finally since we are leaving for AZ tomorrow morning. They won't last in the house forever, they are starting to look sickly. I hope we don't end up like the place in Washington state, but then I don't want to have the problems of Indiana or New York either. I just can't wait to be somewhere warm for a few days. I know some of you are saying warm?? Ok hot, scorching hot. I will try to post a picture with this post later today if I get a chance, tomorrow is my Sister Ann's birthday and Monday is our Son's 23rd. Oops didn't do a card for him yet.... Have a great day and keep on stampin'!

Cards, Cards, Cards

A girl get well.... This one is a Rubbernecker stamp and I put crystal effects on the chocolate at the top but it doesn't show in the picture. This cow is just so sick looking with his tongue hanging out. Any one for a coffee break? I need one today, the weather is cold and rainy here which is the way it has been for weeks. Looking forward to some hot weather in Phoenix! Must I say this is a shameless case of Faith's card, you can check out her posts by the link under the blog listing Markie's Mom. Today I am just posting numerous pictures of cards I have done recently that I have not posted. If you would like any information about them feel free to ask I will reply asap to your post on your blog. Thanks for Looking everyone and have a spectacular weekend!

Stressed? Not Me!

Here is a fun card I made today on my DAY OFF! Yeah, I finally got to make something. It has been so long and I am feeling like I have lost my knack for card making, I know just about everyone gets to feeling that way sometimes. Even when I have an hour or so just haven't felt like coming down to my room and creating, could be because our basement is torn up.... My husband has been changing the water lines in our old house to get rid of the small galvanized ones so he has sheet rock dust everywhere. It doesn't seem to matter how much I sweep until it is over it is never over.... So rather than look at it I stay upstairs on the computer or busy with the business. We are still working every weekend right now but in a few weeks we are taking a week off to go to Phoenix and see my Mom, sister and our son. We are excited to be going down even though it is hot right now, it is still cold here. Gets down to around 35 at night still and that is too cold. Would love to hear what you think should go inside the card. I am not really sure how to word this one. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Have a terrific day and hope to post again Friday, yep I am off again!

A hectic life....

Good morning everyone, just had to get a posting in today. I feel so bad when I don't get at least one done in a week. We are working the Ice biz this weekend again so no crafting. This is a card I made about a month ago but hey at least I'm posting right? Todays is a rubbernecker stamp that I just fell in love with. The inside of the card says "Hey, how did my Moms butt get back there?" For those of you in your aging years such as myself I think you can appreciate it. For those of you young enough to not worry PREPARE yourselves! Have a great day and take care.....

Busy Busy

So sorry I didn't have a post last weekend, My husband and I opened our shaved ice business for the summer this last weekend and it makes it tough to craft. We don't run it full time so we try to devote as much time as we can to it while the weather is nice. We have so much fun with it, we have some really great customers and if you ever get into our area please stop by and try one, you will be hooked for life! They are very yummy. I will try to get a card made up and posted soon but in the meantime just know I am thankful that you all stop by to check out the blog! Thanks everyone. Have a great week.

Happy Mother's Day!

Good Morning, hope everyone is having a wonderful Mother's Day! This is another one in a somewhat Zindorf style, it isn't brayered. It shows with my sponged edges. These colors were so beautiful together. The two colors used here are Pomegranate and Apricot. Have a lovely day ladies, enjoy your family and friends!

Michelle Zindorf Style

How is everyone's Saturday going? I have been wanting to try a Michelle Zindorf style card for sometime now and although I tried yesterday I just couldn't do it. So I started over today and wallah! I think I got a pretty close one. I did two but my brayer leaves black marks even after being cleaned. How many of you have tried one of these cards? If you would like to check out one of Michelle tutorials here is a link to her blog. She has tons of them, have fun with it. I would love to see a link to yours, please feel free to leave me one. I will come over to your place and check it out. I have added quite a few blogs on my blog roll this week and hope to do some more soon. Hope you all have a wonderful stampin' day!

Challenges

Happy Friday! I really love to play with the challenges. I don't participate every week in all, but I do try to do the Card Sketch and the Featured Stamper. If you ever find your self in a rut, using the same colors and the same layouts they are a fun way to get you to try something new. So here is this weeks Color Challenge and Card Sketch challenge all in one card. Go check them out and play. Don't forget to sign my Guestbook while you are here. I love checking out everyone else spaces. Have a great day!

Feeling Froggy?

Today is featured stamper day over at SCS, I love to participate and today is no exception. Today's feature is Kim (aka nutsymuhl) here are a few links to her blog and gallery. You may want to go check them out, she has a terrific style! This is the card I chose to case and mine is the post. Congratulations Kim!

Hillbillie Matthew

Here's a little story, we have some neighbors and they have the cutest little guy who is 3 now, his name is Matthew. Matthew is the smallest Hillbillie I have ever seen. Matthew is the wild child who does things like pee off the back porch and wears a Festus looking hat for those of you old enough to remember Gunsmoke! Anyway they took a trip to Yellowstone last year and the tourists took more pictures of Matthew because of his Hat! Karen (his Mom) said they were like paparazzi, it was so bad. So needless to say I thought immediately of Matthew when I saw this little guy. Hope you all like the story of Matthew and the card that portrays him!

Bloomin' Beautiful Stamps

I just received this set last night, I have been wanting it for a few weeks now and thought I better get it before it was too late. This set is out of the Mini occasions catalog which closes at the end of the month. I wasn't sure it would make it into the new catalog. For the colors I chose the base is pale plum and layered with Whisper White, then used Almost Amethyst that was cuttlebugged for the next layer. I then did a white and pale plum again with the image. The image was painted with reinkers in both the same colors and certainly celery for the stem. I used itty bitty backgrounds for the dots in pale plum again. Just a few spots of stickles for the shine.

I took my music player off, I read somewhere that most people don't like them on blogs and I do understand everyone has different tastes in music. Please leave feedback if you would like regarding this, I am always interested in other peoples feelings on anything. If you get a chance drop down to the bottom of my page and sign my guestbook.

These are my posts for Ila's blog candy go to her site and check it out! Here is a link or I always have one in my blog roll for her. Ila I hope they are right!

I wanted to use Frankenstein from Whipper Snapper because of the square card, he is a tough one. I still had to cut off most of the stamped image. It is extremely large. The Just a note is a High Hopes image that I received last week. The wording on Just a note is a Rubber Stampede stamp.

Just a quick post with my card today, this is a Northwoods Rubber stamp. I saw someone on SCS with it and fell in love. I used Elegant Eggplant as my base and layered it with Carribean Blue (from the SU in colors 2007), and Lavender Lace. I used my paisley Cuttlebug on one layer to give it a little pop. I sell cards to locals for different occasions so this one will be a Mother's Day card probably, I am really bad about putting wording on the fronts of cards, does anyone else do this? I always think what if I want it for something else and I have already given it a specific occasion? One of my quirks I guess.... Have a wonderful day!

High Hopes

Is there any thing better than a Day off in the Spring? Okay maybe some of you are saying ...yes, but my guess is most of you are saying NO. I just love spring , today I had a day off and cleaned the house! My hubby will be shocked when he comes home... I was even happier when I checked my mail and found that my High Hopes stamps came in. I have been waiting for them because well *sigh* I am a High Hopes Virgin, until today. I called Tina at HH Friday concerned that I hadn't gotten them, she was so very sweet and pleasant to chat with. Did you know you can make ornaments with stamps, she was telling me about these and she has some on her SCS gallery. Her SCS name is Pickled-Tink. Anyway she assured me they should be in within a few days. I'm not a very patient person. I love these stamps though and they were worth the small wait. So here is a sampling of my first HH Card. I don't know what to add in that empty space on the top left, it was worse with out the doodling. If you have any ideas I would love to hear them. Hope you all like it.

We have a Winner!

Congrats to Lauri at Paperville she is the lucky winner of my blog candy. Lauri please send me your info so I can send out your goodies. Thanks to all of you for playing, I love some of your quirks! If you all didn't read some of them or all there are some really funny ones, you might want to go the the March link and check them out. I think we all have some when we really stop to think about it and thats what makes us original. Lauri's quirk...if I miss the first episode of a serial tv show (like LOST, or 24) I will not watch the rest of the season (or in the case of LOST the entire run) but will wait until reruns or rent the entire season.Is that quirky ??

You Cheer Me Up Award!

I received this award from Deb at Sharing my Obsession. She is one terrific blogging friend and has some really great cards on her site. I love to drop by all the time and check out her stuff and read her latest. She is such a caring person, and has some links for some very deserving people. Thanks Deb for being you and giving me this special award! I would also like to thank Julia from Create with Me for tagging me, I have posted this tag already once just about a month ago so will give you this link and hope you will go check out Julia's site and leave her some love.

I would like to recognize the following ladies who always leave me comments. I want them all to know how appreciated they are and how much I love visiting their blogs!

Lori Barnett at Stamp Scents

Joani at Cards Made by Hand

Claudia at Pretty Pressings

Danyelle Kessler at Hangnailz n' Papercuts

Rhonda Beadell at Stamp Tramp Creations

Nikki at Bunney-Zoe's Blog

There are many others who stop by my blog and I appreciate it, Please sign my guest book and I can stop by and see you!

How are you all doing? I miss hearing from you, I see people coming by but if you don't leave a message I don't know how to find your blogs.... Please take a moment to just say hi if nothing else that way I can stop by your blogs also. Don't forget I have blog candy to give away soon so check out that post. I love hearing every one's quirks, some of you are so funny. You other ladies may enjoy reading theirs if nothing else. I made a few cards today. One is a Sympathy card for a dear lady in town who lost her husband. I am curious if this says "Sympathy" though, would love to hear from a few people to let me know what they think. Is is appropriate?

The other is a Mother's Day card, I got some new rubber and couldn't wait to try it out.... Hope you all like them and stop by often. Take Care!!

Ryan

This post is for a dear friends son who has been diagnosed with a very rare form of Leukmia. He is married and a father of two small children. He found out just over a week ago by shear accident. He thought that he may have had a bulging disk in his back and this was what he found out instead. I hope that if any of you have any extra cards laying around that may cheer him up you would send him one. He has been so upbeat and positive through all that he has found out. Please if you do nothing else keep him and his family in your prayers. Prayer is such a huge help in a time of need. Thanks so much for checking this out.

His address is:

Ryan Kiggins

9317 229th Ave E Buckley WA 98321