Crafty Update and a Weekend Open House

The Convention is over and all the talented Demonstrators are back at home looking through all their goodies!..I can't wait to see ideas and get some inspiration from everyone!.

I finally went back to work officially last Monday. It was a wonderful week seeing the kids and spending time with them!.

I have my First Open house scheduled for August 9th. I'm looking forward to it. I have many projects I would like to do but will be narrowing it down to just a few.

I'm hoping to finish up some crafting this weekend so I can show you what I've been up to!.

Have a FAB weekend!



Convention Day 2

I Just jumped over to Heidi's Blog from Running with Scissors and she posted a few pictures from the Convention that are on display, looks like we will be having some new arrivals soon.

Here are a few of them:

 

 

I look forward to the Card Thinlits coming out..This will be fun!

 

 

This is a new product line Called "undefined", which you are basically making your own stamps.

 

A New Envelope Punch Board

Retro Sketches #1 and Back to work!

This is my last Friday of vacation, I spent the first 3 days of the week in Orientation, and our awesome meet and greet the kids and parents night. I'm very excited to get back to work. Though my hanging out with my boy is done for now, I look forward to the nights and weekends with him.

 

 

Anyways, I found this web page that does Retro Sketches, it helps you out a bit when you get stuck on a design

There are a lot to look at, and they post different cards from those sketches.

You Can Check it out by going HERE

 

 

 

 



1st Christmas Santa Tag

I started the first Christmas tag MONTHS early, But its always good to get an early start. Christmas is one of my favorite Holidays..I love everything about it, so lately I've been doing a lot of Christmas things for friends, I put them in a box when I'm done so they are kept safe.

 

I saw this cute tag on the internet , but of course forgot to save it so I could go back and give proper credit for the design..

Very Cute!

 

 



Secret Garden - Power of two

I've been keeping up with the Convention posts and pictures of all the great things that are going on there in UTAH! SO Jealous!!..Next year I'm definitely going to be there!..

As I was making this card, DH was on my mind so I thought this was a perfect sentiment for my thought .

"Never underestimate the Power of two".

That describes DH and I..That's how we've always been..We can do anything as long as we do it together.

 

 Love is Good, A Honest True Marriage filled with that Love is Even better!

(ok all done with the sappy stuff ;) )

 

 

 



WASHI Tape Holder

HAPPY THURSDAY!

STAMPIN UP Friends- The Convention starts today. I have a link to a website that if you are unable to go you can see the many different things and ideas that they are doing there. I am so upset I didn't get to go to this one!!..

www.remarkablycreated.com

She is at the Convention and will be posting updates and pictures from there.

Here is one of her "finds"..Jewelry Holders as WASHI tape Holders.

How perfect is that?

 

 

 

I'm sure you can find a lot of different Holders for Jewelry that you can use for WASHI tape .

There are many different styles out there

Have a FAB day!

 

 

 

 

 



Back To School Gifts

Giving Gifts....

A very long day !..I finally finished two things on my "To do" list before this weekend. I made a quick "Back to School Survival Kit" for 2 of my co workers as a litte joke. Working with Autistic Children (Or any children), we are constantly using hand sanitizer, kleenex for faces and post it notes, because we constantly forget to write things down. So these were made for two of my favorite coworkers from a Tutorial by Lisa Young. Inside it will hold a small bottle of Sanitizer, Kleenex and Post it notes..

I think they will get a kick out of it ;)..

Have a FAB Friday!!







 

Its a Girl Bootie...

What a Busy week!..I'm preparing to go back to work so I havent had much time to get anything done. I did have a chance to get a template done for the Baby bootie and thought I would try out a girl bootie.

The Template for the Bootie is on the left panel.

My Plan is to get the craft room completely done before Friday, We are having a get together Friday and my son and I will be out of town the rest of the weekend on our last adventure before the school year begins.

 

Have a FAB Thursday!

 



 

 

 

 

 

A Small Gift box idea

This is a good idea for a small gift box.

This comes from Split Coast Stampers you can find the

tutorial HERE

I'm going to be making quite a few of these for the 30 women I work with.lol

 

Stampin Up Tents --By Donna Griffith

June 2013 Paper Pumpkin Kit

Pillow Box -- By Bonnie Thurber

Retired Stamp Sets and more

I have a lot of Stamp Sets that I am parting with and have listed them in Ebay CHEAP. They are in Sets of 4 to 5 .

I also have a set of 12 Decorative Edge Scissors and a Circle Scissor Plus that are going.

Hopefully it will all go to a good place!..

I have listed over 100 stamp sets and these are the last Sets I'm listing till I decide to go through them again.

This is the Item number for the 12 Decorative Edge Scissors , Which are great scrapbooking and Card making scissors. I don't even think they were used. lol Maybe an impulse buy..

Just click on the item number it will take you there.

12 Decorative Edge Scissors : 300930288507



Never too much Happy

Good Sunday morning!..I always like starting out the day by creating and sharing a card to make everyone smile!..The Days are getting busy and I go back to work in 2 weeks! So I am trying to spend as much of my "free" time in the craft room.

 

My House is full of happy, full of Smiles and Love!

A Perfect Card!.

Life is GOOD!

 

 

Have a FAB Sunday!!

 

 

 

 



Color Q Challenge

Color Q Challenge Card.

 

You can check it out HERE

 

Cardstock : Real Red, More Mustard, Night Of Navy, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

 

 

 

 

 



Creamy Chicken and Asparagus

I love Asparagus, I finally got my son to try it after he gave one of those looks of "Ew mother"..The repeating comment of "Just try one bite, you'll like it"..He tried it and

Now he eats it every time I make it. I'm not much of a pasta eater, But I love Chicken in just about anything. Here's a Fantastic looking Recipe from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom

 

 

 

Stuffed Zuchini

I love being able to go from one interesting link on a blog to finding another link to an awesome Recipe. The joy's of blogging huh?...

I haven't spent much time in the craft room, Remodeling the bathroom and entertaining a 16 yr old and his friends this summer keeps me busy. Throw in his Girlfriend, a Home Business and getting ready to go back to work in 2 weeks, we have a busy house. I'm always looking for things that I can make that doesn't consist of Junk food that the kids can snack on. I got lucky my sons friends are more health eaters then junk eaters.

So this looks very tasty!..

You Can check out the Recipe by going to Kayotic Kitchen

 



Hearts a Flutter Framelit "Thanks" card

We are up kinda late tonight, DH and I just got done with our run and swim in the pool, he decided to do the dishes and I started crafting, I was searching through Color Q , looking for some other color combinations I could use. I found a design template that I wanted to try out using the Hearts a Flutter Framelits.

 

 

 

 



Color Queen Challenge

I decided after running into a Site that uses all Stampin Up colors (retired & new) to submit to one of the Challenges using the Pallet of Summer Starfruit, Pool party, Grey, Orchid Opulance . You can check out the Challenge HERE

 

This was the outcome

 

 

 

 



Technique using Masking tape

Using Masking tape as a background effect.

I saw this on The Technique Zone.

I haven't tried this before. Has anyone else tried this?.

My concern would be once you have the tape down and have stamped/sponged on it, does the tape rip the background cardstock when taking it off.

Its a great idea however.

Many Possibilities

 

 

You can check out the "how to" by clicking on the Name Below.

The Technique Zone

 



A New month and something Free!

Stampin Up! is offering Buy 3 get 1 Free of DSP.

I love DSP, I have stacks of new and Retired DSP, some of the DSP I still have dates back quite a few years!..This is a Good Deal being offered by Stampin Up!

 

 

 

 

Just Click on the picture above and it will bring you to my Webpage so you can purchase your own!.

 

Happy First Day Of July!

 

Have a Fab Day!