Supporting My Habits......

Stampin Up brought out their new catalog in July and OMG does it have some awesome new items in it! Now I get to see the preview for the Holiday Mini they have coming out 1 September. I hope you're reading this as "I'm in big trouble here"!! LOL! I decided I need to support my habit by dabbling in some of my other passions a little more....okay, fine, my boss found out about my jewelry making habit and made a request (works out to my advantage here)! I made her a sterling silver and Swarovski crystal anklet. I'm adding a picture of a second one I did at the same time since she didn't specify if she wanted dark or light colors! I did both!

Here's the dark one (which she chose). It has dark blue, light blue and clear AB crystals and, of course sterling silver everything else including the clasp and is on a 49 strand wire;



This is the lighter one she didn't take - it's for sale now for $40 plus S&H. Contact me if you're interested! This one has soft blue Swarovski crystals as well as my favorite sterling silver "noodle tube" beads!


Sorry about the fuzzy picture but my card was full after taking this picture!

I also do special orders including, but not limited to, Mother's bracelets, regular bracelets, necklaces, earrings...the list goes on! Let me know if you're interested!

Funny Thoughts & More.....

Have you ever watched a show or gone to an event where they say "Today's event sponsored by......"?! Well for some reason while I was out solving my world's problems, aka daily run, I had this thought go through my head "Today's run sponsored by Chantal's carrot cake"! LOL! Good thing no one else is out when I go or they'd have wondered what was up as I caught myself laughing out loud! Chantal is my new friend who held a Stampin Up party last night - great show by the way! One of the good "bennies" of being a demo is going to your shows and having all the goodies they provide at your fingertips - literally! LOL! Chantal sent home a big ole slice of her carrot cake and, well, I should be a magician as I made it disappear! LOL! She is also a Pampered Chef consultant if you're local and looking for some great cooking items! Check out her website and see what her August specials are -

www.pamperedchef.biz/chantalscuisine

I'm obviously better with my "cankle" issue since I'm back in my Mizunos again! YEAH ME! I am about 50+ miles behind in my training because of it but, hey who's counting! I had fun being "laid up" and my craft room shows it! I have been busy up there and have even completed my first newsletter! If you'd like to have a copy for yourself just email me and I'd be happy to send it to you. Just be sure you're willing to accept attachments as it's a "word document"!

I'm off to work now as my contract is starting again for the new school year - let the fun begin!

One Last Card

This card is SO cute! I just loved how it turned out! I used the small circle punch and the flower punch (the legs are a flower that I cut apart). I used the "Happy Birthday" from "Voila" for the sentiment! The background has "Itty Bitty Backgrounds" with "Versamark" ink. I hope you like it!

On a Roll Here!

I had a hard day at play today! I took one break to go add a new addition to my scrapbooking family though! I bought a new Fiskars cutter from Costco and let me tell you - it cuts sooo good! I don't know why I waited so long! LOL! It helped me to finish up the layouts I did below!

This one is a picture of my husband at his last marathon. He ran it in 4:12 - that's 26 miles! I used a star stamp from a Christmas hostess set (embossed in white) and you can't tell but there is more red on the background using a stamp from the new punch box set too! I love that set! LOL!



3 guesses who this is! LOL! I love my job, what more can I say! I guess you would have to in order to wear that cow costume! The kids loved it, the school earned over $200 so it was well worth it! I used a variety of different stamp sets on this one.



This is my oldest daughter, Jessica. This picture of her makes me think of the phone calls I get from her where she says "I had a good day today Mom"! She doesn't smile near as much as she should! Doesn't she look happy here?! Her Grandfather is an awesome photographer and he took these pictures. He also took the picture of Michael that I love so much. I used the "Baroque Motifs" for this one too! I think I'm going to wear that set out fast! LOL!

Embossing Fun

Have I mentioned lately how much I love the new Stampin Up set called "Baroque Motifs"? Well I have two more new cards below that I broke out the embossing gun and powders, as well as some of the new hardware in the Fall & Winter catalog! The new gemstone brads are gorgeous! Take a look!

The gemstone brads come in two shapes - square and round. The square ones seemed to fit this one best! I also did some "dry embossing" on this one. Stay tuned there'll be a class for this one soon!

My daughter says she doesn't care for the words on the front of this one - what do you think?



I didn't have the right color brads for this one so I solved that problem! I took some of the plain pewter ones, dipped them in black embossing powder and voila - black brads!



Don't forget to leave a comment and tell me what you think!

Fun Cards

I love my punches! They're so much fun and there's SO much you can do with them! It's one of those "think outside the box" type things I think! So last night, playing with my new stamp sets still, I made two new cards! I used all SU products again with only one exception! On the Thanksgiving card I used a piece of gold crochet cotton for the bow - it needed it!

I love the swirls on this card! They're so elegant and "fluid" like! I can see me using this set(Baroque Motifs)a LOT! I also used the word window punch, the stamped word came from the new SU punch box set (another much loved set!) and the cardstock is vanilla, soft sky and chocolate chip - almost sounds like an ice cream combination! Oh I also used another punch the 3 in 1 flower punch! This particular one makes great flowers, or "primas" as they're known in the scrapbooking world! LOL!



I love the script on this stamp set (Hugs & Wishes)- it's so beautiful! Can you believe I used the small oval punch for the pumpkin?! Too cute! I used the chocolate chip cardstock and the Designer Paper (new!) in So Saffron (I love that color it goes with everything!) You might not be able to tell but I also used my paper piercing set to add a little texture to the solid So Saffron card stock as well!



If you see something you like and want one of your own - just email me to find out how you can get it for yourself, better yet - get it for FREE

Still Having Fun!

With only 2 days left of my summer break I am still having fun! I sat down and made 2 scrapbook pages last night using only my Stampin Up products! I love the way they turned out!

This is a picture a friend of Breanna's took that I just love because it's so "her"! You can't help buy smile when you see it - hence the title I gave it!




This is a layout for my son, in case you can't see the title ;o)! It's a favorite picture of mine and I have it framed and hanging in 2 rooms at home as well as at work! He's so handsome when he smiles and, of course, he's my favorite son!