Not wanting to waste

Any of the deisgner paper i used the last little bit to make this card for one of my swap group. I used one of SC sketches for the card layout. Thanks SC for helping me out when I can't think on my own.

Recipe: Stamps: Upsy Daisy (one of my favs)
Paper SU DP Ginger Blossoms - DS, Whisper White, Groovy Guava, Real Red
Ink; Groovy Guava
Accessories: Off White Sating Ribbin and Corner punch - SU, Detail punch is also an EK
Thanks for taking the time to look and I thank you ahead for all of the commments you all so graciously leave.

Asian Artistry

Did not get many cards made this weekend but did cut all 200 bases for the wedding invitations. Card was a for a just because swap on my group.
Paper: SE Real Red & Whispper White, Pinecone pres Love Plad DS pattern.
Stamp: Asain Artistry
Ink: Colate Chip
Accessories: Teal ribbon and water colors.

Seems Like Ages...

Since I lasted posted. Last weekend was filled to the brim with wedding planning. I worked 7 hours last Friday and then drove for 6 hours to Seattle area. Saturday my daughter and I went to the Bridal Fair for almost 4 hours. So many people and so many ideas. Took in lots tho, got a $50 certificate towards a dress and order the cupcakes for the reception. Then went to David's Bridal and purchased the dress. She will be beautiful. On to Michael's' to buy more flowers and such. Sunday was church, on to the ferry across the Puget Sound to go meet her future in laws. On the way stopped and purchased fabric for a quilt. His family is a hoot to be with, had a great time. Monday we went to check out the venue since I had already paid for it sight unseen on my part, her and Matt had been there before. It is a wonderful old opera house used almost every weekend for wedding. By the time I got back to Spokane after 6 more hours on the road I was exhausted. Good thing I did not have to work Tuesday so I rested, got a hair cut and went shopping for myself this time.

Since I have been home I got my monthly swap group cards from SCS completed:

My plans today are to start making wedding invitations, do some blogging and get caught up on some swaps. Thanks for looking.

Chocolate Anyone?

This is the 3rd spot I made for Audrey's stock up swap on SCS.
Keywords: SC237. Chocolate Bunny Card Swap
Stamps: Chocolate Bunny
Paper: Tea Party DP, Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery
Ink: Chocolate Chip

Thanks for looking and appreciate all of the comments.

Another SIP Swap Card

This is the other spot I did for Jessica's SIP Swap
SC255 Abundant Hope Card Swap
Stamps: Abundant Hope
Paper: Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Delicate Dots DP, Whisper White
Ink: Going Gray
Accessories: Zig Pens

Thisis one of the cards made for Jessica's SIP swap on SCS. We could only use stamps, ink and paper, thus the SIP. Also used a SCS Sketch but don't remember which one right now as I cannot get onto SCS at the time. Must be down because I can go to anything else online??
Recipe:
Stamps: Hot off the Press Swirls and Inkadinkado Personal Impressions
Ink: SU Ruby Red
Paper: Groovy Guava, Ruby Red, River Rock, and Ginger Blosson DSDP
Accessories, not to have any but I made a bow and it was from paper so I was legitimate.
Thaks for Looking

One Word Quiz

Challenging Questions - One Word Answers

I saw this list of questions on this creative blog. Handcreafted Memories) It looked like a fun challenge to answer the questions with only 1 word. TRY IT!!
Answer the following questions using single word answers. Then pass the award to 5 other people. (I'll try my best with the 1 word thing, but that is hard!)

Your cell phone? Motorola

Your hair? Permed

Your mother? Donna

Your father? Thomas

Favorite food? Mexican

Your dream last night? None

Your favorite drink? Pepsi (diet)

Your dream/goal? Debtfree

What room are you in? craft

Your hobby? Cardmaking

Your fear? cancer

Where do you want to be in 6 years? Traveling

Where were you last night? Home

Something you aren't? Healthy

Muffins? Poppyseed

Wish list item? Wedding

Where did you grow up? Montana

Last thing you did? dinner

What are you wearing? jeans

Your TV? Old

Your pets? None

Friends? Lots

Your mood? Relaxed

Missing someone? Grandmother

Vehicle? Cutlass

Something you're not wearing? Shoes

Your favorite store? Michaels

Your favorite color? Blue

When was the last time you laughed? today

Last time you cried? Sunday

Your best friend? Loving

One place that you go to over and over? Kitchen

Face book? member

Favorite place to eat? Out

GOOD LUCK and have fun!
Thanks for looking.

1 Resolution already Broke

I was going to try to post something daily but I miss a few days here. I think tho I made up for it when posting several cards in one day.

These two cards were made for Audrey's Stock up swap on SCS. All products are in the new In Colors from SU. Love their stuff. I also used SCS Sketches for both of these cards./ Razzle Dazzle cards was SC258 and Upsy daisy was SC247. Thanks to SCS for their inspiration. I use it all the time.

Square card

This card was made for a swap on my swap group. I usually do not make card any size except those that fit the invitation envelopes. I think it turned out kind of cute.
Recipe: Wings of Friendship stamp
Ink: Choclate Chip
Paper: Sweet Pea SU DP, Old Olive, So Saffron
Accessories: White brads

Getting a Jump on Christmas 2010

Going through my stash of stuff and needing to use it up I found the Creative Kit by KI Memories in the stack. Also found a challenge to join - Christmas Cards All Year Round so made 5 cards with this kit. There were only 4 softies clips so I added the poinsettia to this one for get my 5 cards for the challenge.

Thanks for looking. I appreciate any and all comments.

2nd Spot in Winter Card Swap

This is the 2nd spot in Winter Cards, Hot Drinks swap
Recipe: Cranberry Apple Cider; Card:
Stamp: Great Impressions Winter Cabin
Paper: Taken with Teal, Sahara Sand, Holiday Lounge DP
Ink: Basic Gray
Accessories: Snowflake Brads
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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Card for my Swap group. Also SC261 from Splitcoaststampers. I love using their sketches. This one was really easy to do.

Recipe: SC261
Stamp: A Brand New Year
Ink: Mambo Melon
Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade DP DS, Whispier White, Mambo Melon, Rich Rzzleberry, Crushed Curry. (love those In Colors for 2009)
Accessories: Polka Dot Rich Razzleberry Ribbon

Plunging into the New Year.

This past fall I signed up for quite a few swaps thru June before I knew I was going to have a wedding coming up in July, therefore, I started the day after Christmas working on them. Three of them have been put in the mail already. This is the first spot for Winter cards, Hot drinks swap. Challenge was to make a winter card and a recipe for something hot to drink. Made 6 of each towards my goals for this year.

Recipe: Hot Cocoa Mix
Stamp: Serene Snowflakes
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Paper: Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, DS Merry Moments DP
Accessories: Beige Picot Ribbon

My goals for 2010 are Cards - 500+, 50+ pages to scraps and a few recipes here and there. 2090 I made over 850 cards, 100+ recipes and about 12 pages scrapped. Oh yes, I also have 275-300 wedding invitations to make. I would also like to post one creation per day in the new year. (to date 12/31 posted 6 cards, 6 recipes)

Thanks for looking!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

WOW What an awesome last 4 days we have had. The best Christmas so far in mhy life. My daughter, Christina and intended Matt arrived Tuesday afternoon to a very chilly Spokane Valley. Matt is not shy at all. Starting joking and telling us about himself right at the airport. Went to lunch at her favorite hamburger joint. After dark went to Couer d'alene ID to see the Christmas light on the boardwalk at the Huge Hagadone hotel there. What a beautiful sight but darn near froze my tush. Came home to a great pot roast dinner. Lots of laughing and chatting all the time.

Wed Christina and I spent 3 hours at the bridal store. She tried on several dresses but never really fell in love with any of them. I guess that happens when you are a little overweight. The place was so busy and lots of tall slender model type girls in there trying lots of dresses. She did find one she may use but not sure yet. While we were gone we sent the boys grocery shopping and to borrow some chair from the church. That evening we had 24 house guest (friends of her's and our's) to meet Matt. What a hoot. We have such a small house and we were all crammed into the living, dining rooms and kitchen. Lots of food was devoured also. Was a good time by all as several of them live out of town and were home for the holidays.

Thursday was just kind of a kick back day. She and I started craftng wedding invitations, save the date cards, party favors and the likes. We hnad such a good time while the guys chatted awhile and then took naps. Later that afternoon my son Eric arrived and we had lots of story swapping, poor Christina. Not sure Matt knows what he is getting into. Went to Christmas eve services, only afterwards to have a pot of homemade noodles from the recipe my grandmother passed to me. The whole pot of chicken and noodles was devoured in no time at all. Watched some TV, joked and had more stories to tell about each other.

Today it is Christmas and we finally opened gifts about noon. Everyone is very pleased with waht we received. Very greatful to all have jobs and able to bless each other with gifts. More wedding planning, kids off to see some friends and Dan is in the kitchen making pies. I do not even have to do a large Christmas dinner as the kids said I have already done enough for them this week so we are having burgers and salad. YEAH easy.

Christina and Matt leave for Dallas TX tomorrow at 5:30 in order for her to meet his parents and have their Christmas together. I think I will sleep the rest of the day after I get home as they need to be at the airport about 4 am. But we were so blessed this Christmas with a future son-in-law and I am so pleased with what we have met and seen so far. Even did the dishes most of the time.

Thanks for listening to my Christmas story. May God bless you all today and forever.

MISS THIS BLOGGING

Oh my goodness, I have been so overwhelmed latedly. Right after my last post started a whirlwind of things and emotions. We decided to paint and carpet our bedroom so started to tear everything apart and to have delay after delay. I got the flu and was out of comission for 3 days, missing 1 day of work. Next to weeks I am trying to play catch up. working in the house in the evening when possible. Well the day before Thanksgiving I had plan to paint the room and have it ready for dcarpet on Tues. followed by a trip to Montana to celebrate dad's 90th. Well instead Dan says I need to go to the emergency room. 7 hours later they finally decide he has meningitis and will be hospitalized for 3-4 days. Ok , so he is in the hospital, I cannot paint by muself due to back issues and what I am going to do about the part I have planned. Well clean more house, had dinner at his cousins, spent some time at the hospital with Dan. While at the hospital I get a phone call from my daughter telling me she is engaged. I am so excited I can hardly talk. She and Matt are coming home for Christmas. Well on Friday Dan gets discharged by a Dr he has never seen before and says he would rather be home by himself than there.

So I drag him home and Eric, my son, and I head to Montana on Sat for Thanksgiving dinner and the party Sunday. Had all kinds of people checking on Dan hourly. The 90the party was absolutely fabulous and my son and I had a couple of great visits during those 3 hour drives. Missed another day of work Monday not feeling well and this definitely was not a day to miss work at the end of the month with the Federal Special Ed count. Oh well. Then played catch up all month of Dec. I actually finished the piles yesterday. just in time for my 2 week vacation.

Well, the following weekend Dan is still pretty sick and sleeps all the time so I hired a girlfriend to pain the room, accomplished in 5 hours - ceiling and all 4 walls. Carpet then arrived on Thursday. Friday Eric takes me to Lion King - he and sister bought the tickets for my birthday so another evening of house work shot. Oh darn, I would not have missed the play for anything. Then I have been trying to do baking rearrange things in this house for another guest and decorate in the meatime.

Today I am putting up the tree and finishing the decoration this weekend. Monday I an planning to get the extra bedroom dug out so Matt has a place to sleep and the scrapbook room floor emptied for her or her brother on cushions and the on the sofa. Tuesday I will go to the dentist, come home and be sure everything is in order and make some homemade noodles. Go to the airport at 1:30 to pick up daughter and soon to be son-in-law. I think we will be doing some wedding planning also during the four days they are home. Wed evening we are having a little meet and greet Mat and engagement party so will be getting ready for that during the day. She also want to check out a wedding dress shop that day. Hopefully Thurs and Fri will be pretty quiet for us with maybe a friend or two dropping in. They are leaving on Sat at 5:30 am for Dallas to meet his parents.

Now do you see any reason I have not had time to post and do much crafting lately. Do need to get a couple of swap group cards out before the end of the month so may post them. soon.,

Merry Christmas to all - Jesus is the Reason for the Season -and a very Blessed and Happy New year.

Very Productive Saturday

Yesterday was my once a month gathering with the scrapbook gals with our Creative Memories consultant fried. This card was one for a punchart challenge. I did not want to do the ordinary punchart so I decided to do a multi-layered card using lot of scraps and a variety of border punches. Added a little sentiment line from Heart from the Heart SU stamp set. Love this set, is so grat most any occassion.
Another swap card that needed to used the SCS204 layout. Also used a lot of little scraps and came up with this. Added a brown silk bow and the Season of Joy stamp set.
The third swap I did yesterday was a 3 dimensional challenge. I used Specialty packaged buttons, removed the shanks and used glue dot to attach. Add a polka dot red silk ribbon. Most of my swap cards right now are with a Christmas theme. Love this time of the year.
The last article I completed were these box. I know the picture is not great but did not want to take the binder off of them at this time as there are 24 total. I made 12 yesterday. They are really easy and quick. The are individually wrapped with a 2x12 piece of DP that has Christmas wordson it. Then the top was covered with another DP that coordinated. Put together with a brad a felt leaf set and some poinsettias petals. They will then be filled with candy and nuts for all of my office mates. $ sets of boxes worked out great as there are 25 in our office and so I made 24.

Also made a set of 8 cards like the photo card below for a girl at work that ordered them once she saw the sample. Going to make another set or two of these for Christmas gifts. Will be my way of giving souveniers from our Summer Vacation.

After I got home I watched the Gonzaga Bulldogs beat Mississippi Valley in the season opener. GO BULLDOGS!! Tomorrow I plan to complete my Yahoo owned group swaps for the year so they will just have to be put in the mail when due. Watch for another post tomorrow.

Thanks for looking.

I sometimes like to incorporate my pictures onto cards. They make great note cards to use as a gift. This was taken on our trip to the Grand Canyon this past July. What a beautiful creation of our wonderful GOD. I also used the negative pieces from the big note I used on some other cards last month. Thanks for looking

Happy Thanksgiving

This is my Thanksgiving card I made for this year. Really liked the stamp set. I did not do much for stamping last weekend and will not this weekend either. Was on the computer all day Saturday working on genealogy. My cousin and I are swapping info left and right, having lots of fun. Hope you enjoy the card. Hoe to get some more stuff done tonight as I have a couple of swaps to get mailed tomorrow. Thanks for looking.

I needed a card for a swap titled Antique it. This is the card I can up with. Used velumn, wrinkled it, dabbed with ink and smeared that, then tore the edges. Was fun to do and surprised how well it turned out.

Trick or treat

A very simple Black and Purple card I need for a swap challenge.

Stamp: Pumpkin Patch, Clear Mini Stamp
Paper:DP Night & Day, Lovely Lilac, Whisper White
Ink: Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Lovely Lilac
Accessories: Darice Rhinestones, Corner Punch

Thanks for looking