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"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" - Martina McBride

2011-10-02T08:37:00.000-07:00

Baby Boy Diaper Cake

2011-07-15T00:02:00.000-07:00

Wow! It's been a while since I posted. I just wanted to share another diaper cake that I made for a cousin of mine. I thought it turned out pretty cute!

Light It Up Blue!!! Autism Awareness

2011-04-03T18:01:00.000-07:00

The goal behind Light It Up Blue is to raise Autism Awareness in the month of April by turning on a blue light on your porch or house! I think this is so great! Check out the cool pics at LIGHT IT UP BLUE website! COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE ARE PARTICIPATING!!

Too Funny!!!

2011-02-28T13:27:00.001-08:00

If you love Ellen Degeneres you will love this!! Click HERE to see this video. Sooo funny! :)

Fabric covered memo board

2011-02-19T12:33:00.000-08:00

I finished this fabric covered memo board for my daughter. She got a little creative and wanted to use fabric for the lattice. This is what we came up with! She loves it! We used a combination of ribbon and fabric for the lattice. The ribbon is held down by large size brads. Everything is mounted on a painter's canvas and attached with a staple gun on the back side.

January Calendar..

2011-01-29T10:52:00.000-08:00

It's a little late. But better late than never, right? This is the January calendar I did for this year. If everything goes as planned I might have a February one done this weekend! The January page was done with Bo Bunny paper and Martha Stewart punches. The word January was cut with the Cricut (Designer Calendar cartridge)...

Blog Candy at Scrapbooking by Leann

2011-01-18T21:08:00.000-08:00

Here's a fun little giveaway! If you love paper piecing and have a Cricut and use SCAL then check out the blog candy here!

Holiday Project

2011-01-10T18:20:00.000-08:00

Everything went by so quickly for Christmas that I didn't have time to post these! The are sooo stinkin adorable, and everyone loved them! These are Cake Pops. I recently found this crafty creation while cruising around online. If you would like more information on cake pops and how to make them go to http://www.bakerella.com/ She has a new book out that is so much fun! I had alot of fun making these, even though they were a little time consuming. It was worth it in the end because everyone who received them loved them!

Lady Antebellum-- Hello World

2010-11-14T10:06:00.000-08:00

Spider Web Cookies!!!

2010-10-18T07:12:00.000-07:00

These are sooooo cute! I was cruising around on LISA's Blog and found a link to a tutorial for these wonderful creations! The cookies were originally shared by Skip To My Lou, who shares this fun tutorial. Take a peek! And don't forget to LIKE her on Facebook! The image shown is Lisa's rendition of the cookie! Enjoy!

Halloween Pillow

2010-10-17T12:19:00.000-07:00

Here is a the pillow I just completed for Halloween. I had so much fun putting it together. It has little bat buttons running down the side panels. For more close up pics look at my post here.

Super Fun & Easy Halloween Cookies!!!

2010-10-01T10:40:00.000-07:00

I am going to do this for Halloween!! These are sooo easy to make!! And economical too!!

How to Make Easy Halloween Cookies - For more of the funniest videos, click here

Bringin back the OLD!

2010-09-26T10:38:00.000-07:00

I've really been wanting to get into my Halloween stuff lately. Unfortunately, time has not permitted any play time so I decided to repost my archived Halloween projects... You can view them HERE, or just click Halloween in the Archive section on the sidebar. Enjoy!!!

Cricut Calendar

2010-09-20T17:12:00.000-07:00

About a year ago I posted about this nifty calendar I bought. I am still using it! Since then I have collected a couple of fun Cricut Cartridges to add to the fun of it all. On this September Calendar piece I used Cricut's Create A Creature, and Design a Calendar cartridges. For the squirrel/chipmunk, I used glitter on his tail and chalk to make his rosey cheeks. For the leaves and acorns I used Stickles Glitter. I love this little calendar because you can use a Bistro pen and wipe off the dates and start over. It has been a great little addition in the house!

Cat adopts squirrel!

2010-09-15T19:43:00.000-07:00

Decorating for Fall

2010-08-19T08:47:00.000-07:00

I found this really great centerpiece/votive boat at my local craft store the other day and fell in love with it! I love all things rustic. This boat is made out of barn wood. And after a little inspection I found that it, too, was made locally--too cool!! I had the perfect tea lites that I bought from Ikea about 6 months ago. I made a quick run to Michaels to pick up some florals that were on sale and came up with this... I love it!

Great cakes from Pink Cake Box..

2010-08-18T08:25:00.000-07:00

I found these on Pink Cake Box... She has the most amazing cakes! Love it!

Button Coasters

2010-08-16T23:19:00.000-07:00

I found this perusing around on the internet and wanted to share this... This is such a fun idea! Imagine all the shapes you could make with buttons! Find the tutorial by Linda Permann here. DudeCraft has his own version HERE... Enjoy!

Emboss with your cricut!

2010-08-15T14:41:00.001-07:00

I haven't posted in such a long time, but I just had to share this link! This is the coolest thing I've seen in quite a while.....

To check out more, go to http://www.pinkcricut.com/

Simple stuff....

2010-01-28T12:36:00.001-08:00

These were just a few quick, simple items I made for a swap I was in. The swap was actually for a mini quilt, but these were the extras that were sent along with the gift. The quilt was a fall quilt--the reason for using a fall card... The card was done with my Cricut using Stretch Your Imagination cartridge... The refrigerator lister was made using a Whipper Snapper set made by Anna Wight...

Check out the new Cuttlebug style!

2010-01-24T21:16:00.000-08:00

OMG!! What will they think of next??? I can just see this one exploding into tons of new ideas!

Cricut and Cake Decorators Unite!

2010-01-24T21:02:00.000-08:00

I found this on Creative Critter's Cricut and had to share!!! Good thing I'm not a cake decorator because I think I would be flat broke! Especially since I just got the Expression for Christmas!

2009-12-12T10:50:00.001-08:00

Christmas Countdown - Christmas Layouts

Win a Gypsy!

2009-11-29T11:56:00.000-08:00

Head on over to the Gypsy Spot! They are giving away a brand new Gypsy... Click on the picture below: The winner will be selected Dec 1st!

Merci!!

2009-11-21T21:08:00.000-08:00

I made this card a few days ago for a friend of mine. Making this card was kind of interesting! I found this argyle-type paper and thought it would be cute with the little french birdie.... At first I cut the brown paper out with my Nestabilities and added the image. I just didn't like it! It needed some sparkle! I looked everywhere--no brown glitter!! ACK! So I found my old copper embossing powder from Stampin Up... Well... I was trying to figure out how to apply it only to the edges to make a frame for the piece... Then I got the bright idea!!! I put the brown die cut into my Xyron machine and added the adhesive. I added the image to the top and then added the copper EP. After dumping the excess off and embossing over the adhesive, this is what it looked like! It was not at all what I anticipated but it turned out so cool!! It reminds me of a metal belt buckle. It just turned out different! And I think I like it!

For Cricut Lovers...

2009-11-19T22:26:00.000-08:00

I found some really cool links for different ways to use the Cricut!

Cricut Tips: Includes cutting fabric, cutting chipboard, and many others...

Making Embossing Folders

Sure Cuts Alot Tutorial : Multi Layer Cuts

SVG Cuts for SCAL

I also found this useful little tip sheet.... If you click on it it will take you to the thread on Cricut.com that has the larger version

Halloween Treat Boxes

2009-10-29T21:13:00.000-07:00

It's been a LONG TIME since have stamped!! I wish I had 4 of me so I could have one working on my paper crafts, one working on my quilts, one doing housework, and the other spending good quality time with all the people in my life... oh yeah, and another one to go out and work!!! So make that 5! Anyway, here are a couple of treat boxes I made with a Bigz die that I bought...

The eyes on this one were sprinkled with Glow In The Dark glitter by Martha Stewart! I tried to take a picture in the dark but it didn't turn out... bummer! But they really do glow in the dark!!! Very cool stuff!The skull is also sprinkled with Glow In The Dark glitter by Martha Stewart... The stamp I used on this one came from Gina K Designs

I love these gummy eyeballs!! They are so fun! I happened to find them in a little candy shop about a week ago...

Fun Halloween ideas

2009-10-28T18:54:00.000-07:00

I was surfing around today and found some fun sites!!
Here are a few on caramel apples:

Tricked Out Caramel Apples

Adam's Scary Apples

Creepy Halloween Fun Food This one has tons of fun halloween edibles including Mummy Rolls, Eyeball Cupcakes, Bloody Brain Cupcakes and they even have (so disgusting!) a link to buy a REAL oven baked tarantula!!!! NASTY!!! Aside from that last one, they all look so fun!

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-23T11:14:00.000-07:00

This is a little bread cloth I cross-stitched several years back. I haven 't stitched in years! I quit cross stitching when I was introduced to stamping... I switched because I got instant gratification with stamping. Cross stitching took wayyyy too long! Although I still love it, finding the time to actually do it just doesn't happen... I've been working on a few quilts too... You can see them on my other quilting blog Lovin My Quilts...

Wipe off calendar..

2009-09-27T16:54:00.000-07:00

I found the goods to make this sweet framed calendar at one of my local craft shops. The supplies included a plexiglass calendar insert, bistro pen, scrapbook paper, metal sheet and black frame. I love this! I just changed it for the 2nd time and I can put any scrapbook paper behind the plexiglass and I made magnets to use on it. It's so fun! With some circular magnets, shankless buttons, prima flowers and glue you can come up with some pretty fun themes!

Origami Lotus

2009-06-27T10:58:00.000-07:00

Newest project

2009-06-26T00:15:00.000-07:00

Although this is still in the sewing arena, I thought I would post the link here because my project could easily be adapted to scrapbooking or paper piecing. I am working on a quilt with zoo animal in it and created my own design for the animals. You can view it here. Here is a one of the sketches of the animals I created:

Busy, Busy

2009-06-20T09:54:00.000-07:00

Well summer is always busy for everyone. I have been spending alot of time with my quilting lately. Although it is not quilted yet, the top is done. You can see it here: Lovin My Quilts

A Little Inspiration....

2009-06-09T21:10:00.000-07:00

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Nick Vujicec today. If you have never heard of Nick, he is an inspiration to all!! He has no arms and no legs and speaks internationally to millions. I first saw Nick on YouTube ( I posted the links on the right side bar). When I got to work (my daughter's middle school) today I opened my email only to find an attached letter about Nick and his presentation at the school today. I couldn't believe it!

Here is a little message from Nick:
"If I fail, I try again, and again, and again..."
"If YOU fail, are YOU going to try again?"

It Matters how you're going to FINISH
Are you going to finish STRONG?

We are put in situations to build our character.. not destroy us

The tensions in our life are there to strengthen our convictions... not to run over us...

Think you've got it bad?
Need some encouragement?
Fallen Down?
Can't find the STRENGTH to get back up?
Watch this video and then share it with others....

Happy Mother's Day!!

2009-05-08T15:58:00.000-07:00

Watch CBS Videos Online

Quick card

2009-04-18T00:12:00.000-07:00

This was just a really quick card I made using the Embrace Life set from stampin up. I haven't done much in the way of stamping lately. I used prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I shaded the background in several different colors and lightly blended them. I masked the flowers to make 3. I used Lasting Impressions pearl brads and sheer white swiss dot ribbon. The lighter shade of blue CS and purple CS are made by Bazzill. I also used Ballet Blue CS from SU.

Tonight we went out to the movie theater and saw 17 Again. If you get a chance go see it!! We loved it! Zac Effron is awesome! And Matt Perry is getting old! :) I guess I shouldn't speak... I'm almost the same age!

Tragedy Strikes Close to Home

2009-04-15T19:51:00.000-07:00

Our town is mourning the death of two teens killed last night. The accident happened less than 1/4 mile from my home on the train tracks. You can see the news story HERE and HERE. My son was friends with these kids. Our town is a very small town so all the kids here are pretty tight. Last night I heard the sounds of the train blaring--quite a bit more than usual, and even louder than normal. The kids were standing on the double-line railroad tracks on the northbound track. Apparently (according to the local kids) they were waiting for the freight train heading south on the southbound tracks to go by and were watching the end of the train while waiting for it to go by.. They think they didn't hear the oncoming Amtrak train (going northbound) because the freight train was so loud. The Amtrak train blared his horns for a long time, and the teens did not move. It has just been a hard hit on this community. There are piles of flowers and balloons around their memorial. Tragedies like this never make sense.... My condolences go out to these families and friends.

Hatchling

2009-04-04T11:02:00.000-07:00

Here is the card I made for the baby shower. It took me a while to post--been busy with spring break! Anyway, this cute little guy is from Whipper Snapper. It was perfect since she is having a boy! The CS colors include Baja Breeze, C Celery, Handsome Hunter, W White. Image is colored in with prismacolor. The sentiment is from Paper Trey.

Baby Shower Gift

2009-03-26T19:18:00.001-07:00

I had THE MOST FUN creating this! I made it for my niece who is due to have her baby soon. It's a boy and she is naming him Dash. I thought this turned out so cute! I have to mail it to her so I'm hoping that it doesn't get ruined en route!! I used my Cricut for the letters from the Storybook cartridge. I love this cartridge! I ran the letters through my xyron and then dipped them in glitter. It took a little bit of time but the end result is just fab!

The little jungle animals came in a package that had the palm tree attached to the lid. I thought it was perfect for the top of the cake! There are onesies at the base of the tree and washcloths underneath the leaves. The vines and the alligator were cut with the Cricut using Zoobaloo. The decorative paper I found was just awesome and totally fit the theme!

Just for fun..

2009-03-10T20:55:00.000-07:00

This is one of my daughter's favorite movies... I found this on another fellow quilter's blog... The most memorable part of the movie!

Umbrella Card

2009-03-06T18:08:00.000-08:00

I think this umbrella card is perfect for this time of the year! I made this one as a New Baby card. This is relatively simple to make. The tools I used with this card include: a circle cutter, the Cricut (using the Storybook cartridge), Cuttlebug dies and embossing folders, paper trimmer with scoring blade, scallop scissors, and scalloped circle nestabilities. Also used on this card: Bazzill and SU CS, Stampendous and Paper Trey stamps, Swiss Dots embossing folder, prismacolor pencils and gamsol, Lasting Impressions buttons, ribbon, cording, vellum and SU inks.

1. To begin, cut out a circle of any size. This one is appx 8 inches. I used my Making Memories circle cutter.

2. Next score your circle. On the cutting mat shown, I lined the edge of the mat with the circle and found the center. Once you find the center, I usually make a small crease with my finger nail on both the top and the bottom and then score. Next place the circle back on the mat with the scored line laying horizontally, matching the score to the lines on the mat. Find the center again and score again, making the new score line perpendicular to the first line. The next score line is centered between the first two score lines as shown. This last score line is a valley fold. The first two are mountain folds. Bring the two sides of the valley fold in toward the center and your card should look like this:

3. To make the handle I used my Cricut and the Storybook cartridge. I cut out the 'J' in the alpha to make my umbrella handle. If you don't have a die cutting machine, making on by freehand is just as good!

4. This picture here shows the underneath side of the front of the card. To make the ruffle I used vellum. I cut a quarter piece of the vellum (from a full 8.5 x 11) and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss dots embossing folder. Then I matched corner of the paper to the backside (this piece of the umbrella should be perpendicular). Holding the paper in place, I used the scalloped scissors to create the ruffle-type edge. Then I added the umbrella handle.

5. The opposite side of the circle was stamped with this sentiment:

6. Decorate the front of the card and you are done! *** If you would like to share this tutorial please be kind and provide a link back to this page! ***

Four Leaf Clover

2009-02-16T13:35:00.000-08:00

I love Changito. I love the saying on this card! The inside says "hard to find and lucky to have!" .. So sweet! I like that it is not necessarily a St Patty's day card, since I hardly ever send any St Patty's cards out.. Enjoy!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-10T18:37:00.000-08:00

Ok, so it's not a card, but it should be on a card!!!! I found this at work and had to share.. This article was found HERE.

Nam Choke, an 8-year-old bull elephant (L), and Boonrawd, a 7-year-old cow elephant, form a heart shape with their trunks while the sun sets in the background at an elephant camp in the former Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya, 70 km (44 miles) north of Bangkok. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

Over The Rainbow Challenge

2009-02-07T21:10:00.001-08:00

Here is another challenge card from Nichole Heady's blog. The Challenge was to use 4 colors similar to the ones she displayed on her blog

From SU I used Wasabi, Caribbean Blue, Saffron CS. Also used are the same color inks including Ruby Red. The background was cuttlebug'd with swiss dots. I used Guava for the heart punch in the middle. The sentiment was stamped using Baja Breeze and a stamp cut out of the set So Many Saying from SU... These were some tough colors to use!

Bitty Dot Sketch Challenge

2009-02-07T16:49:00.000-08:00

Here's the card I made for this challenge. I have so much decorative paper and I never use it all... The DP is from 3 bugs in a rug. The stamp is from the set Friendship Blooms. The border dots are from Paper Trey's Faux Ribbon set. From SU I used Pretty in Pink and Choc Chip CS...

Monkey Love

2009-02-06T21:24:00.000-08:00

I love this monkey from Whipper Snapper! I dug out my cuttlebug folders and found this vine-like one. I don't know the name!! Anyway, I thought it turned out cute. The ribbon is from May ARts. It is so pretty in person. It is variegated and has gold strands throughout.

Also used are SU CS--Wasabi, Celery, Cocoa, White. Bazzill CS, LI brads, Cuttlebug Folder, and corner rounder. I suppose you could use it for V-day, but that was not my intention! Hope you like!

2009-02-01T09:40:00.000-08:00

I put together this card yesterday for my Sister-in-law's birthday. This one is really different from anything I normally make, but I thought it was cute! I love this cupcake set from Stampendous. It was a limited edition set I believe. You can put whatever face you want on it and this one fit perfectly for my SIL. I think the only thing from Stampin Up on this card is the CS (Elegant Eggplant), and orange ink. Other supplies I used include: Lasting Impressions paper, Sizzix candle dies, prismacolor pencils, stickles, Cricut Embossing Folders, White gel pen...

I Chews U

2009-01-31T11:10:00.000-08:00

I got to play with my Bubs The Beaver set from The Craft Lounge. I had to purchase this set.. mostly because of my last name.... Bevard... It seems that everyone loves to mispronounce this name! I always get Bee-vard, Brev-ard, Bev-erd. Ber-vard.. Anyway, with all of this our name reminds me of Beavers.. In fact, my husband's nickname for us is The Beaves. LOL So I had to get it because of the beavers... By the way, it is pronounced Bev-ard. :) Anyway here are a few things I used for this card:

Bubs The Beaver with copics
LI brads
SU regal rose, pink pirouette, whisper white CS
Cuttlebug dies and embossing folders
word window punch
SU ribbons
iridescent cord

Laugh for the day..

2009-01-28T22:03:00.001-08:00

Valentine Tin

2009-01-12T23:45:00.000-08:00

I put this tin together with the intention of filling it with valentines. I thought it turned out pretty cute! I used an alterable bandaid tin. I used my CC Designs stamps and colored images using my Copics. I also used SU DP from a couple of years ago (gotta use it up sometime!) I had to take several pictures of the ribbons so you can get a better idea of what they really look like. Most of the ribbons on the tin are pink with iridescent trim, and a couple of them organza with sparkles. The darker picture kind of gives you the impression that the ribbons are iridescent. Anyway, just use your imagination! LOL I believe I used about 7 different ribbons on the top...

Miniature Valentines

2009-01-12T23:20:00.000-08:00

I made these sweet little valentines to go into the valentine tin. I broke out my CC Designs stamps and whipped 'em together... I bought them last year and I finally got a chance to use them! These are all trading card size and fit perfectly in the tin. I probably would have made more but a few of these are a bit bulky. Another thing I used on these are my Copics. I think I'm starting to get the hang of how to blend them! I guess it just takes patience and time... On these I used SU and Bazzill CS, several Cuttlebug dies and embossing folders, some Quickutz dies and brads from Makng Memories and Bazzill, SU eyelets, and various ribbons and punches...

Selling Retired Stamp Sets

2009-01-11T18:32:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to put a bug in your ear that I am selling many of my Stampin Up stamp sets... Please take a look! I have them listed on the right side bar... I have over 80 more Stampin Up sets up for grabs. I am also posting some retired SU accessories and wheels that match some of the sets I will be posting. I will be posting as time permits--lots of stuff going on in life right now... Thanks for looking!

Scary Times!

2009-01-08T13:54:00.000-08:00

After the terrential down-pours and much melting of snow my home town and surrounding areas are flooding!! My home is not in a flood plain and we are not affected by this--yet... But here are some links and photos of the outlying areas...

Video of Merwin Dam Here in Woodland, we live right off of a fork of the Lewis River. Merwin Dam is approximately 20 miles to the east of us and drains into this river. This is the site at the dam, showing how much water is coming out of the dam. This water has come down to our town and flooded much of the east side next to the river.

This photo was taken up by the dam in another area--Cougar, WA.. The strange part about this picture is that the flooding is from melted snow. THIS SNOW HAS NOT EVEN MELTED!!! Some areas in and around Cougar had over 5 feet of snow during Dec. The flooding happened so fast! They had over 9 inches of rain between Jan 6-7....This area sits in a mountainous region... This pic was snagged from KATU news

Just to the north of us (where we recently moved from) is some of the other smaller tributaries. This video is just off of Rose Valley Road on the south end of Kelso... There were many mudslides in the Kelso area yesterday--left alot of people without power...

On the north end of Kelso (very close to our other house) is Ostrander road. My friend Shelley lives up this road. This is what it looks like on the way to her house... YIKES!

Drummer Boy

2008-12-29T17:01:00.000-08:00

Ok, so its better late than never I guess! This was just a quick last minute card I put together... Non-traditional colors, but still cute! The stamps are from Stampendous from the Nativity Cast. From Stampin Up I used Creamy Caramel, Choc Chip, Celery, Vanilla CS. I also used the Sanded background stamp with Basic Brown ink. Other supplies: Sizzix star die, brads, gold cord, stickles.

Kick back and relax

2008-12-27T13:51:00.000-08:00

I have had this card done for a while now.. Just needed to take a pic and post it. I love this monkey! Stamps are from CC Designs and MFT. I used Pretty in Pink, Mint Melody, Whisper White and a Bazzill pink CS. I used liquid applique heated with glitter for the bubbles. The image was colored with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol. Also used: Cuttlebug folder, LI brads, iridescent and pink organza ribbons.

Margaritaville

2008-12-26T23:10:00.000-08:00

So when I'm 40 I want this cake!! And don't forget the margaritas! And I better be on an island too! LOL

I love these cakes. I am in NO WAY affiliated with this company. I just love Anne Heap's creativeness. I have tried cake-making/decorating and it is just not for me! My grandma did it for years and made many wedding cakes for people. She had the talent. I, on the other hand, don't have the talent or the desire--its too hard on the wrists. :( So I admire people who can create these pieces of art! Thanks to Pink Cake Box for sharing your work. :)

Christmas box

2008-12-26T13:04:00.000-08:00

I made this gift box earlier this week. We still have Christmas get-togethers after Christmas here, so there are still small gifts to give away... The box was inspired by the glittered patterned CS from My Mind's Eye. There are so many fun papers in the pack. With this box I used Choc Chip CS on the bottom. The box top is out of the glitter paper. I had an oops while scoring the corners so I had to devise a way to hold the corners together better--and then came up with the Choc Chip corners--1/2 square folded in half. The edging around the box was done with Martha Stewart edge punch in Buckaroo Blue CS, and sponged with Choc Chip ink. The swirls are die cuts from Quickutz. I love them! I dipped some of the brown ones in iridescent white glitter and it turned out the same color of blue. The snowflakes were punched from Kraft colored CS, glittered and then sponged with Choc Chip ink. The tag was made using Basic Grey stamps in Choc Chip ink. Also used are ribbon and jute twine. Aside from the oopsy on the corners I thought it turned out ok...

Happy Blogoversary to me!

2008-12-26T10:59:00.001-08:00

Wow! I cannot believe I have been doing this for 2 years already!! This year has not been what I had hoped it would be in my crafting department. I'm hoping to be able to spend a little more time doing something I love in the next year...(this is my New Year's resolution for this coming year... oh and to lose weight of course! Isn't that always a traditional resolution??) I hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and enjoy the rest of the holidays!

White Christmas

2008-12-23T21:49:00.000-08:00

We NEVER have white Christmas' here! I think the statistics say we have a 5% chance every year of having snow on Christmas... We got enough snow to cover my Christmas lights out on the front lawn..and last night it snowed another 5 inches and they are buried...I have glow-in-the-snow lights. The weather man said that this is the biggest accumulation of snow in this area in 41 years!!The poor dog had to resort to doing his potty duties out by the car because he was up to his ears in snow. I'm sure he will be glad when it is all gone! LOL

Christmas Treats

2008-12-23T21:09:00.000-08:00

Things have been soooo busy! I haven't had any time to do any paper crafting. I miss it! Anyway, I had a few minutes and threw this together. I had to think of a small quick gift... I used one of Anna Wight's new Christmas sets... I just love the sheep!

Other items used:

SU retired tags
Whipper Snapper Anna Wight stamps
Lasting Impressions buttons
Martha Stewart holly punch
Copics

Baby Quilt

2008-12-17T14:16:00.000-08:00

I have posted pictures on my quilt blog of my semi-finished mermaid project. If you would like to see it go here. The baby came today early in the morning right before the snow storm hit. I'm so glad that the weather did not complicate the ride to the hospital 15 miles away! It's amazing that the storm hit after she was born... GOOD TIMING!!!

Unusual Winter day in the NW

2008-12-17T14:09:00.000-08:00

This is not normally what it looks like in the valley here in the NW this time of year. It was predicted to have the snow turn into rain, but I don't see any signs of the snow stopping! Here's what it looks like outside my front door.... It probably doesn't look like much, but in this neck of the woods this kind of weather closes schools and other events!

Glitter tip

2008-12-14T00:06:00.001-08:00

Don't you hate it when your glitter gets everywhere and you can't pick it up? Try using a swiffer cloth. The glitter sticks to it so well and it makes clean-up so much easier!

Changito Winter Wishes

2008-12-10T21:14:00.000-08:00

Here is the perfect "politically correct" holiday card! I found this set Changito Snow Play by Stampendous. Apparently it is an exclusive set for whatever reason. You can buy the individual stamps in rubber, but this is a clear set of stamps. It's so stinkin cute! The glitter on this one was messy... I used glitter glue on my Martha Stewart snowflake punch out and glittered it up with silver. The background was cuttlebugged. Also used: Copic Markers, SU NON, Bravo Burgandy, Buckaroo Blue, W White CS, Nestabilities, gems, and metallic ribbon.

Fire in the sky

2008-12-06T16:48:00.000-08:00

I cannot get over the sky paintings this fall! The colors are just gorgeous! If you would like to see more head over another one of my blogs by clicking here. Sorry if the content is not relevant to stamping or crafting, but this masterpiece was made by our Creator! Who wouldn't share it! :) Enjoy!!

Selling a few things

2008-11-30T19:48:00.000-08:00

I have listed a few things on Ebay... If you are interested please look! I have a set of watercolor crayons and H2O's up for grabs! I have been giving great consideration to selling some of my cards, so they may be up there soon too...

Thanksgiving sunrise

2008-11-28T19:49:00.000-08:00

I woke up Thanksgiving morning to let the dog out and this was the view out the back door! This was soooo cool to see in November! And just about a half hour later it was fogged over and ugly outside! Amazing! It was so pretty! My mom calls it sky-blue-pink. :)

Baby Shower Thanks..

2008-11-22T09:31:00.000-08:00

This was one of my trial Thank You cards.. I decided to go with the other set because this would have been too time consuming. The image is from Gina K and the sentiment is from Paper Trey.

I used my cuttlebug die for the baby pins and attached them to the ribbon with the tag. The image is colored in with Copics and stickles used on the buttons and baby. I used the Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder for the background. Other supplies used: Nestabilities scalloped square, Pink Pirouette, Positively Pink, and W White CS, Lasting Impressions Buttons.

Thank You cards...

2008-11-16T17:05:00.000-08:00

This is a set of 15 thank you cards..I swear this is the most cards I have made in one sitting for a very long time!!! These were made for my niece. She just had a baby shower and needed some thank you cards to send out.. They were all done on raised-edge note cards. I used SU's Bundle of Joy setI masked the square center to stamp the border. The thank you sentiment is from Paper Trey. I painted the giraffe using an aqua painter, ink refills and blender pen refill solution. The edges and sentiment were inked with the old Positively Pink ink pad.

Gingerbread Man

2008-11-15T23:51:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe we are into The Holidays already! Where did the year go?? Yikes! Only 38 days until Christmas....it is coming so quickly! I sat down and made these this weekend. The gingerbread man is from Whipper Snapper. Other supplies include: SU Cranberry, Kraft, and Vanilla CS. SU Christmas DP, Nestabilities, Lasting Impressions buttons, assorted ribbon and ric rac, Quickutz tag die, 'business card holder' tin (from http://www.effectuality.com/), Prismacolor, A Muse 'Sweet Holiday Wishes' sentiment stamp, Whipper Snapper Gingerbread man, Coluzzle pillow box template.

Another project...

2008-11-05T19:00:00.000-08:00

I am working on a new project, but it's not a paper craft. I have finally cleaned up my craft room enough to make room for my quilting stuff--yay! My craft room is always a work in progress. But I think I finally have it set up so that I can quilt and stamp comfortably and have them both set up at the same time. Anyway, I started working on a quilt. If you would like to see it, you can see it HERE. Leave me a comment and tell me what you think!

Pirate booty bag

2008-10-19T12:40:00.000-07:00

I finally got the little gift bag die from SU. With this one I took black CS and mounted this Bo Bunny Halloween paper on the top. The skull die is two-step die and emboss set from Cuttlebug.

The tag saying is 'one for all and all for me!" The little coins are from a pirate sticker set from Sandylion. Other items used: spider treat bags from $1 bin at Target, Stamp by Stampendous--Changito Treato set, bones and skulls candy, SU Black and Creamy Caramel Ink, Gold Encore pad, stitched black ribbon

Another cake from Pink Cake Box!

2008-10-11T11:39:00.000-07:00

Look at this cake!! This is so cool!! These women just do an awesome job on these...

Upsy Daisy

2008-10-11T11:28:00.000-07:00

Life has been crazy here! Since I have been off of work I have been in the which-way-do-I-go funk. There are so many things that need to be done it's hard to find a place to start. I did take a little time out for crafting... This card was really easy to make. I used glossy white CS and sponged it with the following SU inks: M Mustard, C Caramel, M Moss, C Celery, S Saffron, R Rust. The flowers were stamped using Chocolate ink. Other items used include: SU Chocolate and Caramel CS, Brown Bazzill CS, Coppermine Fabric Fancies Prima flowers, Nestabilities tags, and brown gingham ribbon.

Can't Wait!!!

2008-09-28T20:24:00.000-07:00

For the past 7 months I have been working with a home health agency as a case manager. I have totally loved working with my patients. But, I have been working an average of 50-60 hours per week. It has been really difficult to have a life (to say the least!)!! Wellllll, I have secured a new position working in the schools and I'm really excited about it! It means I will have normal hours and I won't have to bring my work home with me! Part of the reason why I decided to become a nurse is to decrease my hours worked in a week--not increase!!! With this job I will have time to be me again! I have so many plans in my crafting future!!! I have about a 2 week break in between jobs that is going to be great!! I'll be able to slam out some of my Halloween ideas that have been brewing in my head for a while now!! I have one more week of pure torture and then I'm DONE!!!!! It will be so nice to not have to bring home a computer and chart for hours every night. Anyway... stay tuned 'cause I'm gonna be posting some fun stuff! I just bought a bunch more DVD tins from Effectuality again. I also bought some other things from there too. I think you will like what I have in store!!

Goulish Greetings

2008-09-20T10:28:00.000-07:00

I found this stamp set and had to buy it! Little did I realize that it is an exclusive set from Stampendous! I have tried to look for it online and there are only a few places selling it. It's called Crazy Cupcakes. There are tons of different faces you can put inside the cupcake! It's such a fun set to play with! This one was perfect for Halloween...

Supplies:

SU W White, B Black Pumpkin, and retired in-color marigold CS
Crazy Cupcakes set by Stampendous
Greeting by MFT
Cuttlebug Embossing folders
rhinestones
prismacolor and gamsol
Doodlebug Ribbon
Cuttlebug circle dies
Stickles

Out of this world!

2008-09-20T09:32:00.000-07:00

It seems like forever since I have been able to post something! This during this time of year my head is really full of so many ideas its hard to find a place to start. I bought this stamp set from Cat's Pajamas. I love the rocket! And rockets just scream glitter! The phrase was one I found in Studio G stamps at Michaels. I wish the print on it was bigger.

Other supplies:

SU W White, Ballet Blue, Green Galore CS
Doodlebug pattern paper
Quickutz dies
stickles
Studio G and Cat's Pajamas stamps
Corner rounder

Shaggy Frankie!

2008-09-05T23:22:00.001-07:00

Here's my take on Frankie boy for Halloween. He has a shag doo! These are fun to make. I wrapped a box of Gobstoppers with Wild Wasabi. I thought he turned out kinda cute! Funny thing..... the gobstoppers are coming out of the side of his head... like he is losing his marbles!! LOL

Heres what I used: Wild Wasabi, W White, B Black, Lovely Lilac CS, stickles, copic pen, Wild Wasabi Ink, white gel pen, Cuttlebug circle dies.

Poodle meets craft room!

2008-09-05T23:02:00.000-07:00

This was too funny not to share!! My daughter is always messing around with the camera. She staged Buddy in the craft room with the feather boa. Definitely the poodle style! LOL Even more funny... he sat still for about 10 minutes while she was messing around with the camera!!

Feel Better

2008-09-01T19:01:00.000-07:00

For the longest time I have had already-colored images on my desk. I finally challenged myself to use one. The stamp is from Whipper Snapper--BooBoo Bear. Love that little guy! He is colored with prismacolor pencils (of course). All solid colored CS is from SU. The BG paper is Lasting Impressions, along with the button. Feel Better soon sentiment is from MFT. Also used on this card are: ribbons and cord, blue gems, white signo pen, and stickles.

Spooky Greetings

2008-09-01T00:45:00.000-07:00

I had some time to play today. I can't believe Halloween is just around the corner!! Holy cow! Where did the year go?

This is a card I made with a Halloween set from CC Designs. I love this set!! I broke out my new Cuttlebug embossing folders. I guess the holiday ones are special edition folders?? I'm not sure about that, but that's what I heard. I used the spider web as the background.

Here are some other supplies I used:

SU Pumpkin, Vanilla, and B Black CS
Cardstock by Bazzill
Lasting Impressions brads
MM bat brad
MFT Halloween stamps
CC Designs Stamps
Ribbon and cording
Distressor
Word window punch
Prismacolor pencils and gamsol

Box in a Bag

2008-08-21T23:01:00.001-07:00

I broke down and made one of these tonight. Is it just me or does it take you forever to pick out your color scheme/paper/supplies?? I swear it takes me forever. I think it is because I have too many ideas running around that I just don't know where to start. I love this DP from SU but just have never used it. This was perfect. I had one of my Paper Trey sets out on my desk and it just kinda fell together!Supplies: SU DP (porcelain prints), Bayou Blue and W White CS, Bayou Blue, C Celery, Cocoa inks, Martha Stewart punch, Paper Trey's Flower Garden set, Technique Tuesday's borders, Tab punch, SU ribbons, and red tacky tape.

August Sky

2008-08-21T17:43:00.000-07:00

I wish I had the camera with me all the time. I saw the most beautiful sunset sky yesterday but couldn't get a picture of it. The sunsets have been amazing this past month. here are a few shots from our back yard earlier this month... I absolutely love the blended colors!!

Sweet Bear

2008-08-21T17:26:00.000-07:00

I made this sweet little card over the weekend. The stamp is from CC Designs Sweet Treats. I just love their little bears!! So cute! This one was colored with Prismacolor and gamsol. I also broke out my nestabilities and used them. I finally got everything organized on my craft desk so that I can just grab what I need and go!! It is so nice having a craft room!! I think I'm in heaven!!

Here are some of the other supplies I used:

SU Mint Melody, W White CS, and other unknown CS
Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder
Nestabilities scallop rectangle
Assorted ribbons
Circle punch
Paper Trey circle frame stamp
SU eyelets

Blue ribbon awards!

2008-08-13T11:01:00.000-07:00

I decided to put some of my work in as exhibits in the Clark County Fair this year. I could only enter 6 items. So, I put 4 of my paper crafts and 2 of my quilts. These are cards and crafts that I have posted on this blog in the past. I will be posting my quilts on my other blog Lovin My Quilts soon. Anyhow, I won 4 blue ribbons! It stinks that they don't award rosettes for paper crafts at this fair. It may be because it is just a paper craft (??). I don't know, but I think it deserves more respect than that. There were many different displays of cards and SB pages. They just weren't as touted as highly as the other crafts. Photography was huge! The quilts were awesome. I love to look at the display of quilts. My mom and aunt are both entering quilts in the Oregon State Fair this year. Can't wait to see what ribbons they got! I Wish I lived in Oregon so I could enter! WA State Fair is just too far away for me to drop everything and go enter. Maybe another time!

Cowboy thoughts

2008-08-10T21:06:00.000-07:00

I needed a masculine card. I already had the image stamped and ready to go. Just had to put it together. The image is so sparkly. I love it! I have finally had a chance to get my new craft room semi-organized. So now I can actually stamp and feel comfortable!!
Supplies Used:

SU Wild Wild West retired stamp set
SU Sanded background
SU Bronc Buster
SU B Black, R Rust, C Caramel
xyron sticker maker
acetate sheet
pearl ex
Stazon Black
copper and gold glitter mix
MM antique copper brads
Karen Foster charm
hemp twine
Paper Trey Faux Ribbon set
SU Black and Close to Cocoa inks

Sweet Treats

2008-08-10T15:00:00.001-07:00

I love the new stamps from CC Designs. I can't wait to get my hands on the new sets for this month! This little bear is from their set Sweat Treats. I used prismacolor pencils on this one. Also used is a ribbon slide from Nestabilities

Other supplies:

American Crafts ribbon
SU ribbon
LI brads and buttons
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
SU Pretty in Pink, W White, Close to Cocoa, and Pixie Pink

Brilliant Weblog award!

2008-08-02T10:35:00.000-07:00

Tangii gave me this special award!!! Tangii you are so sweet! Thank you! I really don't feel like I deserve this because I haven't blogged in so long... But, I'm hoping I'll be able to start blogging more.

It's a special award given to weblogs that somehow catch your eye!

The rules for this award:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated

There are so many to choose from and I love so many. Here are the ones I have chosen:

1. Beauty Lies Within by MJ Albright

2. iStamp by Nancy Riley

3. Jill's Card Creations by Jill Hilliard

4. Impressions by Rochelle Wick

5. Andrea Walford

6. Kwerner Designs by Kristina

7. Patty's Stamping Spot by Patty Bennett

Birthday Business

2008-08-02T10:10:00.000-07:00

I just bought these fab sets from CC Designs. The monkey is from It's My Birthday set. I love these monkies!! I had to throw together a quick card for my great-nephew's 2nd birthday. He is so stinkin' cute and such a monkey! I thought the card was perfect for him. If I would have had more time I would have added more. The star came from Jody Morrow's sticky sale stars.

Lovin' My Quilts

2008-07-20T11:12:00.000-07:00

I promised my mom that I would start a blog to show off her creations. She does such an awesome job! Take a peek! Lovin' My Quilts

Simply sweet...

2008-07-15T20:21:00.000-07:00

It's a miracle!!! I finally got a chance to sit down and actually stamp! Things have been turned upside down in my world lately, so getting the chance to play has been very rare. We are starting to settle down into our new home. Most things are still a mess--mostly because we are working all the time. I put in almost 40 hours of overtime in 2 weeks--the past 2 weeks. It has been insane! And taking its toll to say the least. There has been a string of unfortunate events that has caused me to be out of the loop for quite some time. They say they come in 3's but I think I got about 5 or 6 on that one. Hopefully things will settle down for a while. Anyway, I'm hoping to be back on track with my crafting. I made a card with the new MFT stamps. I hope you like. Nothing great, but something stamped at least! ;)

These are so cool!! Take a look!

2008-07-12T11:55:00.000-07:00

I stumbled across this site while blogging and just had to share it! Go check out their site! They have some unbelievable cakes!! PINK CAKE BOX This one looks like it was made with rolled fondant frosting. Not very palatable but it looks sooo cool! Check out their blog HERE

Poets & Pirates Tour

2008-06-04T21:40:00.000-07:00

We had such a blast last night!! I bought 3rd row seats to Kenny Chesney's concert. Here are some pics I got from the night.... We were able to reach up and get a little tap on the hand from the 4th consecutive Entertainer Of The Year (ranking with Garth Brooks)!! I was able to get a few videos of him too. I'm hoping to retrieve some snapshots from the video. They were really good! Hope you enjoy!!

Opening Act for Kenny

2008-06-04T21:35:00.000-07:00

Leann Rhimes opened for Kenny.. Here are a few pics I snapped of her...

New Cuttlebug

2008-05-24T22:43:00.000-07:00

I found this and I can't wait to get my hands on them!! Check it out here!! They look so fun!

Out of commission.....

2008-05-24T00:10:00.000-07:00

We are busy getting things packed to move, so all my coveted stamps and supplies are all packed up! It will be a week or so before I can post cards again!! I am trying to put together some blog candy so keep checking back! :)

more Hawaii fun!

2008-05-23T23:59:00.000-07:00

While we were there the kids and I got henna tattoos. It was fun to do as a family! A little spendy, but it was fun! I don't have the guts to get a real one. I have horrible images in my head that the tattoo will get all stretched out or something--gross! So, I have never gotten one. The last pic was taken on the last day. We were goofing around on a bench in an outdoor mall... :P

Have you ever done this??

2008-05-23T23:23:00.000-07:00

How crazy is this?? When I planned this trip to Hawaii I planned for all of us to go parasailing! Sounds fun? It sounded soooo fun---until I got sea-sick on our first boat of the trip. Then I was dreading it... With this little ride, there wasn't any sailing by any means.... It was all speed until we got there! The water was really choppy that day and we hit lots of bumps along the way... enough to make you want to up-chuck your lunch! Just before my son and I got in the harness, the crew asked me if "THEY talked me in to it". And I said.. "ummm, no! It was my idea!". They were shocked, LOL. Then I said, "but I'm not so sure now!". It was a scary thought at first, but it was so much fun! Even through all of the motion sickness it was still fun! The whole family had a blast. We had really had to talk my daughter in to getting in the harness. But she did it!! And she's glad she did... she had alot of fun too!

More from Hawaii

2008-05-15T17:31:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from our trip! We had such a blast! I took so many pictures, but the scenery ones are my favorite. The first pic at the top is over in Waianae at a luau. The second pic is of Diamond Head from the charter boat out to our submarine adventure. The 3rd pic was taken from the balcony of our room. Loved it!! Pic 4 was taken on a sunset dinner cruise. Had to get a pic of the sun setting over the water. It was pretty hazy that day, but the pic turned out good! And last but not least a pic of my beautiful daughter and myself that we took on the last day. I have so many more, but it would take me forever to post!

Aloha from Honolulu!!

2008-05-07T02:36:00.000-07:00

I have had such limited access to the computer. We aren't getting any WiFi here where we are and the waves are few and far in between. So far we have done something every day. Our first day here we went to the US Arizona Memorial. Our second day was a trip out on Waianae Beach on a sail. We sailed out to a great little snorkeling spot and saw TONS of spinner dolphins. I got really sick on the boat--something I was not expecting. I ended up not snorkeling. Everyone else did. So I took pics from the boat. I happened to catch this picture of the dolphin in mid-air. The pod had about 40-60 dolphins in it and several of them swam within feet of the kids and husband! It was really fun, except for the motion sickness. Day 3: we went parasailing!! I didn't think I had the guts to go through with it, but I did!! We have a roll of film to develop that the crew took of all of us in the air. Definitely worth it!! Everyone had a blast!! Day 4: today--we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center and enjoyed an unbelievable show!! The flame-throwing dances were the best!! Tomorrow we get to go on a 1 hour plane tour of the island. Can't wait for that!!