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File folder card Halloween style ...

Hey   what do you think of my  file folder card ?  BEATE'S Has a Great tutorial  on her Blog  for these file folder cards  you have to make one .. you  will love it .. It took a  couple trys  for me to make  this ( My  1st one )   But  once you get it   a light bulb  goes off ..I am sooo excited to make   more  now ..  You all know how I  am with  different  style of  card making and this one is a keeper   .. I used  Black , only orange ( tag ) and More Mustard(  card insert )   card stock with whipser white  and   creepy crawly  DS paper  ( again )   Hey did you notice  I didnt use Mr.  Spider ? since I  figured you all may like to see another image  from the booglie eyes  set  so I picked the ghost.. ( he is sooo cute  too  dont you think ?) I also used the scallop  punbch  for my  ghost and orange and Black GG ribbon  with  dazzling diamonds   also ..  Here is what the insert looks like  when  you  take it out   I  used the  stars and the   Haunting halloween  stamps  from the Haunting halloween set. for my  tab I used   my white gel pen to  color in the stars  along with the  round tab  punch . The  faux  stiching is from ALL IN A ROW   set .

This Past Monday I recieved   My Blog  candy win from LISA .. OH my   I knew exactly  what I was going to do with these beauties  If I  won ( YAHOO!!! I DID win ) These fabulous 5 cards are already packaged up  and heading  to Iraq  for my hubby to hand out  to the troops  over there .. Thank you  so much Lisa.. I also got  another wonderful   package  from a  Awesome stamper  Mary  this week  and a Lovely  RAK from Nancy , which I will share  those goodies with you tomorrow  Stay tuned ..

Yesterday Jessie  brought home from school the paper work to order her Class ring ..OH MY GOODNESS  they sure have come a long way baby in this department  since I graduated   back in  1985 (  I only had 1 style that was it ) ..  They are all soo beautiful  and of course Very Pricey ..  so  I guess we have a week to decide  what  style , stone and  engraving she wants on her ring .. OH NO .. My poor check book ..

Until later ... Happy Stampin!!

Hey... Who has a red Nose ? ITS NOT ME!!

I  thought I would   try  the  cute tutorial mt  Sweet Friend   CORINNE  did  for us on her blog  after  she returned from SU! regionals ...OH how I love this  little punch  for making  the  circle (  SOOO Stinkin  clever who ever thought of it .. Just love it ) .. How   simple  and  cute is this reindeer  Card ?  I  also  thought I would add  a little  red glitter  with my stickles  glitter  tube . I think this card is pretty  straight  forward so I will  just say I used the DASHING designer paper  along with  Old Olive  & river rock card stock  colored my  reindeer in with   my   SU! creamy  caramel  marker  . Not sure if you can see  from this photo( just click on  the image to make larger)   that I added  the red nose  and  red   glitter doodle  dots  on  the reindeer backs & on the background   designer paper  tiny  red glitter dots were added by yours truly . .  in this next photo  you can see what the card looks like opened  up . Pretty cute huh?

  I also had to make  one of those   Super cute  paper clip/  blinder clips ( whatever you want to call them thingy's ) My Bestest  Gal ANGIE  showed us  with her tutorial .. (  you  did see that in the  1st photo right ?   you were  wondering  what that was  HUH?)   Just a  a side NOTE  the ribbon  makes   the clip  tighter  so it will hold a  card / photo/ 6x6 page  etc...  what a FABULOUS  idea girlie ...  Thanks  so much for sharing  these awesome tips with us and making  awesome tutorials girls..

Hey  stampin queens   dont forget  to call me or email me  starting  TODAY - until the 8th of October for your Simply sent card kits on pages 12-14 in the Big catalog. This is a 5 days special  that will be for 20% off  any of the 5  Simply sent card kit listed , and if you purchase one or more of the kits  you  are welcome to come to my home to make all your  cards in your  kit on  Oct 25th .. Look  at  everything you will get with the simply  sent  card kit  called THREE FOR YOU , Plus each kit comes all comes packaged up is  this   super cute box  to boot ..

DON'T forget  this is for 5 days ONLY girls for 20% off  the kits .. You have until the 8th of  This month .

Have a  wonderful  day girls .

Until later... Happy Stampin!! 

Double bag with matching cards set ...

A couple days ago My  bestest gal Corrine  AKA Roxy   shared her tutorial with us on  this cute double  bag she learned at regionals  this past week .. WOWZIE what a  Great tutorial and I so Love this  little bag .. I can see me making alot of these babies ..  For mine I used the Creepy Crawly Designer paper,   along with YUP you guessed it  the little  spider again from the booglie eyes set  ( you  all know  I   am  really lovin this little guy  right ?  BUT not as much as Mr Crabby pants  Hee! Hee! )   I also used  pumpkin pie Cardstock for my  cards to  match this cute bag  both cards fit perfectly into  this double bag  .. I  added dazzling diamonds again to the  spiders  and  also googlie eyes  to a few of them.  Black  GG ribbon was used for the Double bag  handle  and  also   snips were stapled to the  cards and the  layer on the bag  .. Thank you  so Much  sweetie  for  such a awesome tutorial  Just fabulous!!

This afternoon Jessie will be coming home   from her  trip to  the GREAT WOLF LODGE  with Ruthie  and  her fam By the way  want to see the room they all stayed in  click HERE  Its a beauty and  tonight is my  other club  meeting .  Then  tomorrow  morning is  my Glitter Queens meeting ( DL) will share  lots of photos  later next week  stay tuned ..

  Thank so Much for stopping  in today I will see you tomorrow .

Until later... Happy Stampin!

Double pocket Halloween card...

Thanks   to BEATE  for her  wonderful tutorial on these super cute  double pocket cards .. I  just love  how easy these are and how cute my  1st one  turned  out .. I added a  jumbo paper  clip to my  double pocket card .. I was wanting to add something in the  top pocket but   couldnt think of anything  so  I just left it as  is.. Even  though  I have 1 pocket in use , I still love it .. Thanks Beate ..

Yesterday I had   a  couple of my FABULOUS Blogging buddies  offer to help make The template for Angie's  box I made  yesterday .. Thanks  so Much Dawn Easton  & Jan Tink  for all your  help  You  gals are the BEST!!

Soooo  you all still want the  template right ? Hee! Hee! HERE YOU GO!

Today Jessie is leaving  for GREAT WOLF LODGE  up in Traverse city  until Friday with my  favoritest Cousin ( Ruthie and her fam )   Jessie is sooo excited about going . I  dont know  who talks  more about  counting  the days  down until  they leave  Jessie OR Ruthie  hee! hee!  Jessie has  Thursday and Friday off from school  due to a  Teacher  thingy   going on ,so they are leaving right  after school  today ..BUT   at school camp  this  year  Jessie and her team placed  1st in  their  skit  they did  while at camp  and  1st place   winners get a day off  from school SOOO Jessie  cashed in her day off  for today so she  could  pack and  also sleep in  a wee bit longer  before she leaves this afternoon .. Cant  wait to hear all about  the fun time  and see those pics  ( which I will share with  you all  then too )

Until  Later ... Happy Stampin!!

Stampin Supplies for Todays card :

Card stock :Pumpkin pie  and Really  rust Creepy crawly  designer paper .  Stamp sets :All in a row , Haunting  halloween and  Booglie  eyes . INK:  Really  Rust , Pumpkin Pie  and  Black . Accessories : Going gray  SU! marker( to  highlight the spiders )    1 3/8 & 1 1/4  circle punch , white gel pen , Dimensionals and dazling diamonds NON SU! : Jumbo paper Clip ~ Staples

Christmas box set...

Howdy girls: I  am shocked that I   was able  to finally  get around to making one  of these adorable boxes   that my bestest gal ANGIE sent me  the  template  of  way back in May  right after my knee replacement  surgery  REMEMBER ?( Oh my  it  has been  a long time  for that cute  pattern  just  sitting there waiting for me to  use it ) This past weekend   I made this set  and  I  sooo wish I knew how to share this box  template with all of you  But I have no clue  how to do all that  since I just traced her template out onto  the Pretty in pink 12x12  cardstock  and cut out .. sorry ..  maybe one day  ANGIE or I will figure out  how to  make templates  on our computers .. anyway .. I used the new   SNOW BURST  stamp set  from Holiday  Collection Mini  with pretty in pink  and whisper white cardstock  along with brushed  silver card stock . I also added  silver cord  with the pink gingham ribbon  also . I  stamped on the pretty in pink with the white craft ink pad  and then on the whisper white I stamped in pretty in pink ink .I  also  made the  2 matching cards  to go into  this cute box  using the  HOLIDAY & WISHES  set for the Merry Christmas saying   in  Black ink  .. I just love the way it all turned out ..   Thanks for  peeking in today and Thanks  you  sweet pea for this  awesome Box template and  your  wonderful sample  you gave me with all those other  goodies   ( Love ya ). Hey did you notice my new watermark I made last night I so love this one ..  and  really love my photo shop elements  5 ..

Updated : Jan Tink & Dawn Easton  offered to help  make the  gift box template  Thank you  girls sooo MUCH!! HERE IT IS

I will see you all tomorrow .

Until later .... Happy Stampin!!!   

Back to Halloween ...

Here is another JAN TINK  card  I made  using her  idea  for the tent topper card  with a twist .. This time I used the  booglie eyes  set  and  of course the creepy crawly  DS paper again ..  here is what it looks like opened .. Tonight is my  East side  club night  and  I  must get things around for that  and  make sure I dont forget anything :-)

Last night  Jessie  wanted me to french braid her hair .. OH  my , Jessie's hair is getting long  and  It's  actually  fun braiding her hair now WITHOUT the  moaning  and  whinning and complaining that Its to tight , it pulls, OUCH!  etc....  I just love it braided  and had to take a photo of it ( OF course ). The center part is  alittle off But she  is   going to be taking it  down this morning anyway .. for the wavey look , Ya know ? 

Have a Fabulous  Friday girls ..

Until later .. Happy Stampin!!

I love boxes & The blog Candy announcement ! ..

I just love making all kinds of boxes ( Almost as much as  any type of moving card )  Anywho Jenn  did this fabulous tutorial on  the 2,5,7,10 box over  at SCS and  I  just knew I had to make one  for myself ..  I used the petals & paisley  designer paper  and I  finally got to use  some of my  flirty  ribbon ( long  gone.. no longer available  Boo Hoo )I also used my year after year  stamp set. Every time I used the present from this set I  always grab my  aqua painter ..  as soon as I stamp image I  go over  the image with my aqua painter and it   smears  the  color around perfectly blending and shading .. No extra color  needed ..( I especially love this technique  with purely pomegranate cause that color is so vivid  ). Any way  I also used    Friend to friend  ( retired )  for the Happy Birthday tag on the side  .. I also added a  extra  scallop of white under the  flap over  to  bring it all together  KWIM?   and  as if  there needed to be more pink on  my box I added a snip of Lt pink GG ribbon  with a staple in the corner  of  my present . I love how the Flirty ribbon really  completes this box . so Happy I had my flirty ribbon Oh and lets not  forget the  tiny  white gel pen dots on the present ..(betcha didn't see them  HUH?).

Now on to  the winner of my Pet blog candy ... Thank you all  for posting your wondeful  stories .. I did read each one . So happy I am not alone in  loving my Pet .. 

Sandy Kay YOU win    here is what she wrote:

Hi Dawn, We had a beagle, Bobbie Sue for ten years, but she had leukemia a few weeks ago and was miserable so we put her down. I am enjoying my both my married daughter's dogs now. One daughter has a yellow lab, Cassie who is such a sweetheart! Our other daughter has 2 white pomeranians, PJ & Lulu who are such a blast! Thanks for offering the cute blog candy! Sandy Kay

Sandy Kay : please email me your mailing address  and I will get this out   as soon as I  get your info ... Congrates  girlie ... WHOOO HOOO!! Or  should I say Woof Woof  .

Have a wonderful day!

Until later Girls .. Happy Stampin!! 

Here comes the Bride ...

This Sunday after church  My family  will be  going to My Cousin's Sarah's Bridal Shower . This is the card I made for her. I am  sooo excited to see everyone  again  . We don't get together  as much  except around the  Holidays and we all now  that is NOT  quite often enough  for me . So  Sunday will be  an extra special  day for me  to  see everyone ..   Its hard to believe  Little Sarah is getting married  in  Sept .. My gosh time  flys  HUH? I  knew exactly what  card to make for her  since Jan Tink is the Queen of everything  In my book .. ( Jan You Rock GF! )  so I  used her TEMPLATE for Sarah . I am sure  you all cant  wait  for the next wedding  so you can make one HUH? Hee! Hee!   .. At least this is how I feel  each time I make this card  .. I swear its a gift in itself IMHO  Hee! Hee!  I used  groovy guava  since  her wedding will be with  Tiger Lillie's  (  At least thats the last I heard )   any who, I also  used my  three for you punch for the  flower  bouquet  with  dimensionals  to pop them up a bit , Jan  stamped her flowers  on her  card which is Fab  also .. But I wanted to  do something different   and this  Punch  really Jazzed it  up a bit  I think .. I also used the Neutrals  beads for her neckless   strung  them on  silver  cord ( this was actually the most time consuming  But well worth the  finish  look HUH? )  I also used  vellum  paper  behind my  bride  to add alittle  different  texture to  my card. For my  bouquet I used SU! scallop  scissors  and  just winged that  circle  cut out  and then used the  1/8  hand held  circle punch  for the edges . The  heart shaped  bodice   I just  traced out a heart and  cut it out .. took a  couple times  for it to fit perfectly  over the blush blossom  body  .. But I just love the  way she turned out .. I  also used the  Fancy  Flexible phrases  for the  tiny " For the  bride "  Just love this  set  But is no longer available. OH yea I also  decorated the  out side  envelope  to match also ..  I am soo excited to give this to Sarah .. and Thank you  so Much Jan  for your  template ...

This evening  I  will be taking my  computer over  to  Our  friends  house ( Steve  & Peg)   Steve  will be  taking a look at my  computer  Fan/s  something is making alot of noise  and I  dont have a  clue .. But I know I dont want to burn anything up  Thank You Steve & Peg ! Needless to say If I am not on  tomorrow  you will all know why . Say a  Prayer  that it will be a  quick  surgery and nothing major is  wrong  with my  computer . and Keep praying that I  know  how to  unhook  it and then once again hook it back up to work.Thanks girls ... Where  would I be without my computer .. Hope I dont have to find out .

Until later ... Happy  Stampin!

VBS Thank you notes ...

Update  10:15am :  Here is the link for the  waterfall  card  tutorial on SCS

I  gave our Pastor this Thank you Note for VBS  I just love waterfall cards  and this one  was all in  the theme of  sports  since  our VBS theme  was Game Day Central . and One of his favorite colors is Blue ( not to sure if Lt blue ) cause he is a BIG Michigan  Fan  so I think I should have used  Brilliant  Blue ..But that color  is so hard for me to work with .. anyway I  used  the  sporting goods ( retired ) set  along with my  cuttlebug  for the background .

Then  I made this Thank you  card  for Robyn   (His  Wifey)   Yes  hers in all PINK  ( Its  for a girl   so it had to be pink  right ?)  and  of course I had  to  add Dazzling  diamonds  also  to really girlie it up ..Hee! Hee!

Yesterday Typepad had a tower  go down so if you  were  wondering what happened  when you  check in on my blog and  didnt see anything ..  thats what happened  But as of 5:15pm  yesterday  they had  fixed the problem But are still having issues  with the  Blogs  comment  area .. Thank you  for all your  concern  yesterday .. You all are sooo sweet .

Thank you   stopping in  and looking  I will see you tomorrow .

Until Later ...Happy Stampin!

Mr Crabby Pants shakes rattles & rolls ...

How cute is this  shaker card  HUH?  especially  cause it showcases my Favorite  Mr Crabby Pants ..  wink wink ..  I  had to make one of these Fabulous   CD  envelope  shaker cards  as soon as I seen it ..  Thanks  Gwen  for forwarding it to me and  Thank you  so Much MARIA for the awesome  tutorial  on these  super cute 6x6 cards.. I bought my  CD envelopes  at Staples  mine are from memorex  and  I got a package of 100 for 12.95 .. My friend Gina  said she found them at Sam's  Club for a little more money but you  get alot more   envelopes  .. anyway.. you are gonna want to make  these  cause they are sooo cute and sooo easy peasy .. NO kidding .. My Bestest Friend Diane  gave me  some  sand  along  time ago  and Boy am I glad  I held on to   that cause  what would Mr Crabby Pants be  without sand  right ? .

Yesterdays Dr  visit was Great ..My Dr. said I am doing  so much  better than  I did  with my  other knee  18 months ago .. I got   a photo of  my knee in the X ray  But I will post that tomorrow  along with a updated  photo of what  the outside of my knee looks like .. he said for me to be patient on    the swelling of my knee .It will come down . But  thats  soo hard  ya know  Cause  I want it  down yesterday KWIM?  anyway he wants to see me again in 6 weeks  so thats great .. and  to keep  doing PT for the next  upcoming weeks ...  Thanks  for all your prayers  girls .. 

So  Did you  watch the Finale  of Lost and  American Idol ?  Oh my goodness  sooo awesome .. I just Knew Jordin would win A I .. she was Awesome .. and  on to  LOST!!

DONT READ  BELOW LOST SPOILER :

I dont think  they will really be rescued  off the island.. Do you ? I think for once in Bens Lousy  life he may have been  telling the truth .. Jessie doesn't think Charlie  dies  for real ...  I  did  cry though  for Charlie .. OMG  Penny  gets through and  she is not on a BOAT!! WHAT?  Thank God  the 3 were not shot .. YIPPIE for Hurley   what a HERO!!!! Just like  Lone  Ranger .. and YUP  Jack  does love Kate ..YAHOO!!!

BUT who died in the future anyway that got Jack all upset  I thought  for sure it was Kate  BUT we know  it wasnt her dont we ...HUMMMM maybe Juliette? Boy didn't Walt  grown up  in Johns vison ?  or was it  for real ? I was  sooo proud  of jack  kickin Bens BOOTY..  Go Jack Go Jack !! what a Guy!!! ok your thoughts on last night  girls .. was it the best  2 hours  or what ? Iloved every minute  of it  and I didn't  want it to end  BOO HOO!

see you tomorrow  ..

Until later .. Happy  Stampin!