Woohoo, I'm getting a lot done!

Ok, I've finished 2 more cards using my new SU kit stuff. I'm so excited. I'm going to break up these posts because I want to put the one for Beate's sketch separately. SO, here is the second card I've finished tonight, and also a picture of the projects we made at Stamp Camp yesterday at Patti's...

This card uses only the Baroque Motiffs stamp set. I wanted it to be simple and easy.

And here are the projects that we completed at Patti's stamp camp. It was so much fun. I'm definitely lucky to have found such a wonderful upline!

Another busy weekend

Wow, I can't believe how quickly this weekend went by. We had TONS of stuff going on. Friday night I babysat my friend Julie's little girl. You should've seen my house when I finally got the girls all to go to bed. There was popcorn from one end of my living room to the other, Littlest Pet Shop pets everywhere, etc. It was madness, but we did have lots of fun. Then on Saturday, Julie picked Tori up at around 9, the same time that the babysitter for the girls showed up to watch them for me to go to Stamp Camp at Patti's house. We made super adorable cards and a little easter bunny basket that is really cute too! After that, I stopped at the Pink House and picked up my next project, a Scalloped Tab Clear Acrylic Album by Clear Scraps! I'm so so excited to get started with it, so I'll probably start on it tonight.

Ok, so after all that, I got home around 3:15, just in time to catch Will online during his crew rest from the shuttle mission!! YAY! We got to talk for about 6 hours on AOL IM. It has been a God send during this deployment. We only get to talk on it when he does the shuttle, so we always hope that he gets one. Since he's been gone, I think he's done it maybe 4-5 times and we get to talk for several hours, which is wonderful. And around the same time I started talking to him, Caitlynn left for her sleepover with her friend Chrissy.

THEN, today I got up and totally forgot about the time change. I was so confused because my clocks all said something different. Obviously I figured it out. But I've been "off" all day. After Cait got home, I decided to take the girls to Chuck E Cheese for lunch just for the heck of it. We had a good time, but Hayley was crabby so we didn't stay too long. I had to promise Cait we'd go back some time soon to use up the rest of our tokens and cash in our tickets. And now we're back home, the girls both crashed and I made my very first card with my new SU goodies! So here it is...

I used the Pretty Amazing stamp set and stamped the flowers and stems on Whisper White with Chocolate Chip ink, and sponged the edges with chocolate chip as well. The scalloped trim is done using the slit punch on soft sky paper. I stamped the flower on whisper white with soft sky ink twice, then cut out the top layer on one of them and used a dimensional to stack them on top of one another. I finished the flower off with a rhinestone brad. The hummingbird is chocolate chip ink on chocolate chip paper. For the blue border, I used one of the itty bitty background stamps in soft sky ink and then stamped the Amazing in chocolate chip on top of it. I got the idea for this card here: http://heatherpulvirenti.blogspot.com/2008/01/always-on-my-mind.html. She used a couple different stamps sets for the background and sentiment and also used some DP, but the idea is pretty much the same and I think the overall look that I accomplished with mine is just as pretty. The ribbon is not SU. I have to order some SU ribbon, this is just some that I had in my stash from Michaels.

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

So tired

Phew, it has been a long long day. I had a friend of mine's little girl here tonight to spend the night so that my friend could have a night out and go to a concert. I'm worn out. We ate Chick-fil-a, we had some ice cream. There was popcorn from one end of my living room to the other, we painted little wood shapes that I got at Moore's 6/$1. We watched High School Musical and danced around the living room, and had some hot chocolate. Now finally after getting jammies on and our teeth brushed, the girls are finally all in bed. And I'm beat. I have a couple more projects to share, but I'm too tired and frankly feeling lazy tonight so I will post pictures of them tomorrow at some point. I have a crazy weekend ahead so please bear with me! My SU kit did finally arrive and I have been oohing and ahhing over all my new goodies! Can't wait to have some workshops and get started so anyone in the Charleston area that wants to host one, contact me and we'll set something up! Ok, goodnight everyone. I promise, much more interesting things to share tomorrow!

Impatiently waiting...

for the UPS man to bring my SU goodies! It was supposed to come yesterday, but was delayed because of the bad weather on Tuesday and now is supposed to get here some time today. So I keep looking out the window for the big brown truck of happiness to come rolling down the street! Not here yet, though.

I am feeling very productive this week, and the week has just flown by. Others that have or have had deployed hubbies know how great it is to have a week pass by quickly. I am hoping because of my crazy busy March schedule with birthday parties and a visit to Indiana and people coming here to visit this whole month will fly by. So far, it is. YAY! Because the rest of the 2 months he has been gone have just been creeping along so it feels like 6. I'm lucky that his is only a 4 month deployment, I know there are many others who are gone for 6 or 12 or even longer. The bad thing is that once he gets home, he'll be here for the summer but then will get sent out again for another 7 weeks in the fall for instructor school and air drop training. Wish they could do that while he's gone already, but no such luck!

Anyway, enough of my complaining...here is my layout for today. This actually came together rather quickly. Last night I started getting sleepy around 9 pm again, and I was determined to make it until 10, so I wanted a quick project to keep me awake! It actually only took me about 15 minutes to do this, but picking out the pictures and stuff took a little longer. I've scrapped other pictures from this same event, but I had extras printed out, so I figured I might as well use them. So the pictures may look familiar if you've been a regular visitor, but I promise the layout is new!

Creative Day

I got a lot of projects done yesterday. I finished 3 cards, a scrapbook page, and a little tote bag! I was on a roll and had I not had to get up early for work this morning, I probably would've been up til the wee hours of the morning doing even more stuff! Before I share my projects, i just have to share this picture of my oldest, Caitlynn. She came home from school yesterday and knocked on the door (of course, it's a little unusual for her to do that) and when I opened the door, this is what I saw...."Mommy, I picked these beautiful flowers for you because it's Tuesday!" How cute is that?? A fist full of weeds just for me! :-) I could not have asked for a better bouquet. What a little sweetie. I will miss these days when dandelions are considered the most beautiful flowers...and she picked them just for me. Makes me get all teary eyed. Ok, before I burst into tears thinking about my baby getting to be a big girl...here are my projects from yesterday...


This is Hayley's new "thing". She is constantly trying to jump. I kept trying to capture her with both feet off the ground but it only lasts a split second, and instead of that, I managed to catch her with her tongue hanging out a-la Michael Jordan. Love it! I've been wanting to try out a circle card for a while...and I must say, this was really fun! I liked working with a different shape. I have resolved to make more of these...and I get my kit from SU today, so I will have new goodies to do it! YAY! Ok, that's it for today...happy hump day, we're closing in on Friday already. And 60 days til Will comes home!!!

A day off

Whew, I have the day off and I have had such a productive morning. But this will be a quick post anyway since All My Children is about to start, haha.

Ok, here is my card that I just finished making about two seconds ago. I don't have any real fun inspiration story or anything for it. It started out with me trying to do the chalkboard technique that was on SCS, and I don't have the right ink for it, so it wasn't working. But I really liked the way the white flower looked on the black paper. SO, that was where this card started. But without the green touches it was just too bland for my taste. So there ya go. I used Doodle This and the sentiment on the tab is from the Office Accoutrement set (both Stampin Up!).

And because no one else commented for a chance to win the blog candy (I'm still just shocked! and a wee bit embarrassed I must admit) Katie is the winner by default. Hopefully by the time I do another one, I'll have more people commenting. Katie, I'll send your stuff out to you hopefully by the weekend! Maybe we should just think of it as a late birthday present! :-)

My SU starter kit is supposed to arrive tomorrow. I'm so excited I can hardly wait. of course it couldn't come today while I'm off could it?? Ugh! Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

Blog Candy Update

Ok, sorry guys that I haven't posted pictures of the goodies I got...BUT I did pick some stuff up. My camera battery is dead from a weekend full of picture taking, so it's charging. But the candy is as follows: Some American Crafts Ribbon, some bling, alpha stickers, and some stamps! I've only gotten one comment so far, so where is everyone?? Otherwise, Katie I guess you might automatically win for being my A+ commenter! :-)