Fallon

I haven't been stamping much lately because two of our dogs escaped from the house. One came home but Fallon has been missing for 2 1/2 weeks. She was last seen near the Mission Inn.

From the Garden

I love this hostess set. It is a nice big flower that can be used in so many ways. I'm having a love affair with ribbons, too. I try to add a spool of ribbon to every one of my orders. The ribbon here is Caramel Plaid.

It's been awhile!

I was working all kinds of crazy hours in preparation of my vacation and then the vacation was cancelled at the last minute. I am finally stamping again (though I admit I made this card last month). This was one of my workshop projects for March. I just love the Summer Picnic Designer Paper and it goes so well with the Tart & Tangy set. You can' t read the words, but it says "Sweeter than Apple Pie" from the One Smart Cookie set.

Easter cards

I can't believe how quickly time flies by. I kept telling myself to take pictures of my projects and update my blog and I kept answering "I'll do it tomorrow." Those tomorrows sure add up!

Here is the Easter card Noel and I made for our church. We made 90 cards last night so they could go out in the mail today along with the pastor's Easter letter. Noel was wonderful about helping out but he didn't put the words on correctly and I didn't notice until I took this picture! The words should have been lower, covering the bottom right corner of the Old Olve card stock. It still looks nice, though. The cross was stamped with Old Olve ink. The vine and flowers were stamped with Handsome Hunter. The flowers were colored with a Rose Red marker. The stamps were all from Stampin' UP! except the words. I bought that stamp at a stamping convention in Riverside - I saw it and knew I would be using it for the church's cards.

I am taking pictures of my Simply Scrappin' Extravaganza and working on the instructions for the cards. When they are complete, I'll post them here so you can make them, too.

Crayons and Dogs

These are two of our "babies." The doberman is under my arm and belongs to Stephanie. Her name is Fallon. She sits very well for pictures. The lab in front is KC, our new puppy. You can just see the edge of our third baby's butt in the bottom left of the screen; Rascal does not like KC so he stays away from her as much as possible.

You can make some great backgrounds with crayons:

Cover your iron with foil and heat on low. Scribble two or three different colors of crayons onto the foil and then iron Whisper White cardstock. You'll have all sorts of backgrounds. Be careful not to use too many colors or scribble too much or you'll end up with a muddy card.

Doodle This

Saturday we had our first meeting at church to begin making items for the Craft Fair in the fall. We decoupaged tissue paper onto glass bowls for candle holders (not sure how I feel about this one. It looked really good in the pictures but a bit amateurish in reality. I'll have to add the candles and see what it looks like.) We made several miniature Chinese lanterns. I'll post pictures and instructions later in the week. We also started on tile magnets and punched flower magnets.

On Friday night, I received a preview of a WONDERFUL book filled with projects that will be great for the Craft Fair. Unfortunately, not one is a paper craft project! I lent the book to another woman at church but when I get it back, I'll post the book's name and describe some of the projects.

I just fell in love with this card when I saw it on another website. This sample was made with a square card. I made mine a standard card size (of course, I can't find a picture of mine!) This is a great use of punches, the paper piercing tool and decorative papers.

Sassy Stamps & a Special

I was waiting to post until Noel uploaded pictures from our camera. I didn't realize he had done so several days ago!

Wow, this card is fuzzy! This is my swap card for the Anaheim Regional last week. You can still see the details, though. I punched the 5 petal flower from Whisper White c/s, turned the punch slightly and punched it again. The flower was put aside and used the outline of the flower, mounted on Blue Bayou c/s with dimensionals. I stamped stars on the whisper white. I was supposed to stamp flowers, but KC ate the stamp! I caught her chewing the wood but the stamp was nowhere to be found! The bottom of the card is Designer Paper and stitched ribbon finished the card.



We saw a lot of great demonstations, including a double pocket bag that I will be trying to duplicate soon.

Here are my sister Sharyl and my friend Cathy working hard on projects at the seminar. We were at the back of the room.
It was great spending the day with my daughter Genevieve. You can see people swapping behind her.
This is my friend Robin, diligently working away.I sent out my first new Constant Contact email. There are some specials in the newsletter that are not available anywhere else. If you haven't received a copy and would like to be on my mailing list, please send me an email.

I am also putting a special available only to readers of my blog. Order a Daily Carry All ($26.95 plus shipping and tax) and receive an assortment of flowers from the Flower Fusion set (pg 177) for FREE. Offer ends February 29.