It's Good to Dream

SCS Color challenge this week was to use: Lavender Lace, Barely Banana, Going Grey, Black and White. This is my rendition. I al;so used the Razzle Dazzlew stamp set with black ink and accented with white sheer ribbon. I now love this color combination and will probably make a few more cards using this combination.

Faux Grid Card Challenge

Here is another one I did this am. Soft Summer Two -Step Stampin. I also used in Colors Crushed Curry and Rich Razzleberry for this card. Wow - took over an hour to get two cards. I messed up so many times becasue I got the stamps mounted so opposites are on the end and I would stamp the trunks in the leave and vice versa. Finally got a layout I liked.

The challenge on Splitcoasters today was a Faux Grid Card. I am loving the In Color sso much I use them for everything. Here is my sample - quite simple:

So let's begin - for this project, you will need:
cardstock
stamps
ruler
pen
(not required, but very handy - a piece of grid paper to work on)

1. Stamp your images in various random locations on your cardstock
2. Draw lines with a pen at equal intervals across your page, skipping over those images you have stamped. This is where the grid paper comes in handy. If you place your stamped cardstock onto a piece of grid paper, it makes it easier to measure and draw your lines.
3. Turn your cardstock 90 degrees and draw lines with a pen at equal intervals, creating a grid which your images seem to float upon.
4. For interest, color a few of your squares in colors that coordinate with the rest of your project.

I am making several of thse cards to send to Card for a Cause - Cancer Center: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=443223

Recipe - Lemon-Tarragon Salmon Steaks

Another great recipe from AARP Magazine. I need to make it up for my files so posted. It is rather simply made but very cute with the little fishy punhces swimming across the bottom.

Used Soft Suede and Crushed Curry SU In Colors and the new Polka Dot Ribbon also Soft Suede from the In Color line.

If you make recipe cards please share them on your blogs with us other members that collect recipes. Thanks for looking

Forest Friends & In Colors

Another card using the New In Colors from Stampin Up. I am loving the colors, not so sure I like the card. It was a Splitcoast Sketch #195. I love the little card sketches also.

Recipe:
Stamps: Forest Friends, Matchbox Messages
Paper: In Colors-Dusty Durango, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, scrap of SU green? and DP from the Simply Scrappin' Petal Party.
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Silk Flower, Dimensionals
Tools: CM Circle Punch

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Rustic Rooster and new In Color

I finally got a chance to use my newest stamp - SU Rustic Rooster and my new "In Colors". I admit I did scraplift from stampingat6213. Also used Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #09. These cards were so much fun to make. The left hand card will be used for a Farm Animal Swap. The right hand card is for a Pink & Turquoise swap. Love the colors together. Will make some more cards with these color after work again tomorrow. I am so in the mood to do more stampings.

Recipe: Card #1
Paper: SU-Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Whisper White & DP Berry Bliss
Ink: Chocolate Chip SU
Accessories: Brown Buttons from my stash, Melon Mambo Dotted Ribbon.
Tool: CM Circle Cutting System, Paper Piercer and Dimensionals.

Recipe: Card #2

Paper: SU-Chocolate Chip, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Whisper White & DP Berry Bliss

Ink: Melon Mambo & Bermuda Bay SU

Accessories: Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Ribbon.

SheetLoad of Cards and Happy 4th

My super simple rendition of the card from "Sheetload of Cards" made for a chipboard swap. I used all scraps from my stash to do this card, tied two pieces of chpboard together, stamped with "Sincere Salutations". I have used this publication a couple of times to make a couple of quick sets of cards for gifts. Actualy I am taking one set to my mother for her Birthday as we are leaving in a couple hours to spend the 4th in Montana. Just click the Blog at the top left to see more "SheetLoads of Cards" Thanks to the publisher of this little online magazine Have a great 4th everyone.

Happy 4th of July. I purchased the little kit from our local Scrapbook Store and sent to a couple of friends. Very simple and quick. Thanks for looking.

A New Recipe

This recipe was one I received in a swap, made them the other day and they are great. Thanks from Snowcountry311 aka Gayla for the great recipe.

Here's To Us.

This was an email I received from a friend today and believe it to the fullest.

It says it in a utshell, In God We Trust

No matter what our kids and the new
Generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!
To Those of Us Born
1930 - 1979

At the end of this email is a quote by Jay Leno. If you don't read anything else, please read what he said.

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.

After that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we wore baseball caps, not helmets on our heads.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

And riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat!

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight. WHY?

Because we were always outside playing ... that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

We had no cell phones, so no one was able to reach us all day. And we were OKAY.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Play stations, color TVs, Nintendo's, or X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms..

WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

So if you're one of US, CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids before the lawyers and the government started regulating so much of our lives for 'our own good.'

And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?
~
The following is Jay Leno's quote:

'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu, swine flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'

For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us, go ahead and delete this. For the rest of us, pass this on.

More One Sheet Wonder Samples

These cards are just a sampling of the One Sheet Wonders I made the weekend I was at the retreat. I was so proud of myself because between vacation and the

retreat I have at least 6 more sets of card to use as Christmas gifts for all of the

females in my family. Makes me feel good that these are done and out of the wa

way. Thanks to all for looking and happy to share my works. Got most of these

papers at a little scrapbook store on the Oregon coast during my week vacation.

Sorry I forgot to switch the red before I posted and my yhusband is in a hurry to go get dinner as he says he did without lunch today because of little neighborhood issue - some cars and teens from the high school 2 blocks away.

Another Recipe

Is there anyone else out there that love to do recipes? I love seeing what others do with these little 4x6 cards. Thanks in advance for sharing and looking.

I know it has been more than a week since I last posted a recipe. Here is one I did for a swap recently. I have been a little behind on my creating. I am currently making 10 little boxes for a wedding that is in just over a month. Will post when one is complete. They are in stages right now. All 10 boxes are folded, next to do the lid part and then decorate.

Father's Day

My Father's Day card is really quite simple. My dad is a simple non-complex gentleman. You always know where he stands. He has told us some very great stories over the years of the days gone by and this card suits him grand. He will be 90 this Dec and I will always treasure his stories. He still is quite spry and has a lot of spunk and can still tell the stories of yesteryear but has shown his age the last couple of years.

Smile

Good morning, I just wanted to post a quick little note since it has been a few days since I was here. I am sending this card I made over a year ago to someone for a swap so thought it would go great with this message. It is Friday and that always makes me smile to know we only have just 20 more days of work then a 6 weeks break. The stress is just terribly overwhelming at work right now, thus I look so forward to the weekends. Hope everyone has a great day. Say a little prayer for me to make it through without anymore anxiety attacks.

What a Retreat

I do not think I have laughed so hard in my life. I know I almost wet my pants about a dozen times to say the least. My cheeks hurt so bad when I went to bed after the first night. We had a gal from Bethel AK that used to work in our school district, a gal from CA, one from OR, a couple from ID, about 5 from MT and the rest from WA which include the husband of our organizer. He did the hard work - ha.ha. Miss Bethel was just hilarious telling about the stories out in the bush where she now lives and work with about 48 tribes through a hospital. I sure do miss her at our monthly crops she also attended. Then a gal I have not had a chance to scrap with from right here in Spokane was able to attend and she is such a hoot and we laugh so hard and loud that four of us at the retreat got kicked out of a CM consultants home about 5 years ago because we were too loud for her other customers. Sorry to say she was out of business about a year after that. Sleep, about 9 hours in 2 night, late night and early mornings. Accomplished, yes I actually did do some of this. I made 4 sets of the One Sheet Wonder cards and sold 2 sets while there and have orders for two sets after just talking to a compadre at work today. I will post a sample of each into a spot in the next few days. I am in the yellow floral shirt near the center of the picture. Oh yes, Bernard, the monkey, also goes to everything and everywhere with the 4 rebels, and the owner whose head he is sitting upon.

Scrapping Retreat

I am leaving in just about 30 mintues to a scrapbooking retreat for 3 days. I will be back with details and lists of things I got done on Sunday evening. That is if I am not ready for bed. No, I do not get alot of sleep at one of these. There will be about 32 of us from WA, ID & MT. It is a great time to see those from ID & MT. Most of the ones from WA I work with in our school district or have at one time or another. My hopes are to finish a couple recipe books I have been making as wedding show gifts, work on my Alaska cruise album (we took the cruise 2 years ago). Get as many sets of OSW cards done as possible, I think I have at least 6 sets coordinated to work on. Anyways, everyone have a great weekend and talk to you all when I return Sunday.

One sheet wonder Challenge

This has been one of my passions lately. Most of my family member said to me it is time for a nother pack of cards, I am almost out. I made all of my female relatives a package of 10 cards one year for Chritsmas. I guess it is time again so I am pulling out the OSW and doing cards that way this time around. Now i challenge you to make a set of cards and show them off on your site and give to a friend or family member. Here is a site I use for my template https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPve1oKPF5ED0UteyIWFaobEkSw5q7QE6rrNk9ybefUOFkXDHaOPwC53Wa9P1xTn2Ce_SJ227GmjY9a-YidJjoWThCMYeLQIUxuL076LW96cOB3LJZ-cQSYvYGAG49xtrMPiXzucc1xx1/s1600-h/DSCN5068+copy.jpg

Teabag Folding

Today I made my very first Teabag folded card. I love how it turned out. At the site I used there are even ready to print out the patterned paper for the little kites you fold. Directions are also posted on the site and very easy to follow. If I can do this anyone can. Hope you enjoy the color pattern I choose for this simplet little card.I even plan to use some of this techinque in my scrapbooking this weekend at retreat. I had a lot of fun with this. http://www.teabagfolding.circleofcrafters.com/basickitefold.html.

Recipe of the Week

Sorry I am so late this week. The weather has been wonderful here and I have been doding osme yard work between making recipe cards for swaps and about 20 cards to catch up on some swaps. This is a great recipe for a BBQ and it certainly is BBQ weather in our part of the country. Hope everyone is having a great 3 days weekend.

Newest Cards

I have had this set of stamps for quite sometime and needed a quick gift for a friend. I made one card with each stamp using this sketch and my bigshot. I just love Stampin Up products. This paper is double sided so I just cut the rectangles 4x5 1/4 and reverse some of them to get a good variety. Cut out the Die and pulled the outer rings apart and mix and matched them. Got 6 very cute cards in no time at all, yet very pretty and elegant. She absolutely loved them all and wants more.

Where has the time gone

This month has gone by so fast. I just do not know where it has gone. Only 30 working days and I will have 6 weeks off to enjoy. I can hardly wait. Our office atmosphere is so tense right now. There are a lot of school budget cuts and our whole Special Ed department is being reconfigured. Noone knows for sure what is going to happen for next year yet.

1. We have been leasing, at a high rate, an office space in a industrial area and we are moving to an older school that is being somewhat remodeled during the summer. There are over 100 people in our department and only half are going to the new office into just a few rooms. Two groups of 12-14 each are going into portables. The other half into 2-3 offices. The remainder of the 100+ will be housed in schools themselves.

2. The other huges is issue is who packs, moves, unpacks and sort everything out. I feel I will be stuck with quite abit of it as I have been in our office area the longest, others have children and do not want to give up any of their summer. Also we are trying to buy and update some of the equipment and the tech gal will be going on maternity leave just after we are started up again in the fall.

There fore lots, of tension amoung the many and very few answers at this time. I just pray that things go smoother than we usually expect. Will spend quite a bit of time doing some posting and updating this weekend. Want to get some more cards and things on the site. Thanks for taking the time to look and please send up little prayers.

Recipe of the Week

I have been doing recipes swap s for quite some time now and am going to try to post a new recipe each week. I try to keep my cards really simple and fairly flat in order to keep them from getting caught on one another and to get more in my box. My next project will be to make a handcrafted box to store them in.

This recipe is a favorite of my family. We especially like to make it around the holidays . Very festive looking and a great gift wrapped in red or green celephane topped with a big bow and a copy of the recipe.