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I can see clearly now ..

This is one of the items I am making for my craft fair also they are called Genie Bags . WHY are they called this ? I have no idea but they are sure cute.. I have no measurements to share since I  used different  sized bags  just measure out your paper bag   the width and the length  then  add an extra 1/4 "-1 " more when cutting  your CS especially  in the length  with the handle  and all ..I used the  word window punch  for the handle punch once then move slightly over and punch again .. since its so hard to punch  through both pieces of card stock I punched out one 1st then  used that as my template for the backside  piece .. I used The  snowflake spot for this  genie bag  along with lots of dazzling diamonds , and I also used  the tag punch for the  mini tag  for my genie bag  stamped snowflake on vanilla  CS in Bravo burgandy and then  fliped over tag punch and then I folded a piece of  bravo B cs  so that I could  punch out the  mini tag/ book lined up  the punch so that there is a  connection  so the tag is more like a mini book  I used the  Left side as my  binding  for my mini tag ( slide punch , looking from  the back side I slid the punch in and left  the  one side  of the punch  outside the line where  the score line is   this will keep the tag  as a book..( so basically  your not even punching the left side of scored line of the cs HTH ) I then added  retired burgandy   wide ogandy ribbon . I am Only making about 10 of these not to sure If I will add something inside or not yet ? and then the question would be  What to add ?

Today I am taking my mom in for her  eye lens to be measured for her cataract surgery thats approaching ..  she needs both eyes done but will do only one at a time ( by doc request ) I am so proud of her to be doing this ..  she is really over due to have it done especially in her  right eye so that will be the 1st one done then   in Dec   she will have 2nd one done  Right before  we head to TN for Christmas  so after I return  from the doc today with my mom I plan to get busy making   goodies  and also getting ready for my  stampers club  on Friday ..

I have decided to use  those Santa wrappers from yesterdays  post  as one of the M&Ts this Friday  instead of having a  Christmas stamp camp this year .. Hey Stampin Queens :Those Large candy bars were on sale at CVS   a few days ago BUT I guess they are no longer on sale for .99 cents .. Harriet said  they are back to reg price .. But still check your local dollar store I have seen them there also .. May not be a great selection,  But the Santas make up for that I suppose .

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

Just for giggles ...

Good morning  all my  blogger friends .. last night I thought I would do something just for giggles .. I added up one of everything  in the new mini catalog .. and  in all honesty I really thought it would be worse  than what the total I got .. ok 1st  I added up Just the Brand spankin new goodies  w/o the kits this total came to 397.80  then I added in the  other items that were in the mini last quarter  like the ATC trio album , on board  itty bitty book, and then the ribbon organizers  this total then rised to 485.45 .Then I added The new kits  just them alone  all came to 248.70   So the Grand total for 1 of everything in the new winter mini came to$ 734.15  See now that wasnt bad at all was it ?? 

  For todays  goodies I was wanting to offer a Christmas  stamp camp  in November and this was going to be one of the  items included in my stamp camp .. Then I got to thinkin that maybe I have  done enough classes, camps  and etc .. and  just lay low  until the beginning of the year with   Thanksgiving , Christmas   and of course sell-a-bration time coming   in January  maybe I would pick up all my classes and  camps after the holidays  .. BUT  if any of my  stampin queens  can drop a line and  let me know if they would be interested in a small christmas stamp camp. I could have  this event set up on 2 different days or something  .. Still debating  with myself  if I should just skip this  christmas  stamp camp all together and consentrate on my craft fair coming up in Dec Lord knows I have tons  to  make  for that  ..  But  I would like some feed  back ... The stamp camp would have at least 3 project with this  Santa  wrapper as one of the items  .. so what do you think  ? Anywho .. I made these for my upcoming  craft show  in December  I think they may be a big hit with the kiddies ..Each santa wrapper holds  those Giant  Chocoalate  candy bars, I embossed the Ho Ho Ho  and stars on his hat with gold embossing  and his eyes are 2 black brads .. I made  some of these last year  for  all the small kids in my Family  at Thanksgiving  for a extra little ( ok BIG) treat  .. I may sell these for 3.00 or 4.00 each  still not sure ..

Here are my Sunday school kiddies cards that they colored yesterday . They  did a fabulous job ,so vibrant  in colors   even though we did not use my SU! markers ..NO way guys ..Not to shabby for 1st - 3rd graders huh?  anyway these are all going out today just in time for them to recieve them on  Tuesday for Halloween.. I also added inside each  card a coupon from Wendys for a free frosty  also ..

Thank you  for subscribing  to my blog ..It seems to be all up and running I have heard from alot of you telling me you have  started to recieve the  updates on my blog via email  YAHOO!!! What a nice feature this is , and all thanks to Janet Marks  who started me thinking on  adding  this  feature to my blog for her and all of you  .. Thanks Janet !!

Have a Great day friends  and  until later ... Happy Stampin!

Give me something sweet !! NOT scary... like yesterday

After yesterdays scary postings Hee! Hee! ....Maybe  todays post  should be something sweet .. right ?   ok this is my pencil box I made  for my christmas craft fair  .. I will be  making at least 3 more of these  BUT, once  again I dont know what to charge again for this item .. inside this box holds a calendar  & cover, a package of tags , 2  different sized  covered  note  pads, a matching RSVP pen , bag with cover, 4 matching cards,  and a book marker.. My upline gave me one  simular to this last  January at Leardership seminar and I fell in love with it .. I have also since then submitted one to SU! ( with Debbies appoval of course and if I were to win I would  share the winnings with her too) BUT never heard anything from SU! about it ( insert sad face ) .. HUMM what happened .I really dont know.. I have made several of these  since  I recieved  my gift from  my  up. up ,upline Debbie.  I  especially love these for teacher gifts also . I have tried making them all kinds of different ways, one way I tried and DID not like was the Modge podge  way  did not turn out good for me .. so I  am sticking with  the  reg old adhesive way .. you can use Snail , sticky strip   try other things and see what works best for you .. I found the pencil boxes at Joannes and at Micheals . Have fun !!

  *** Dawns Side note ***Also  a few gals have requested I add  a "SUBSCRIBER "  list to my blog .. so if you have noticed the GET EMAIL UPDATES on the top left side of my blog under my photo,  This is the place ..I  do Think I have it set up correctly now . so just add your email in this box and  feedblitz will forward any new  posting I make to my blog to your email address  at least thats the plan .. I was trying to figure out what I was doing wrong when I 1st set this up .. well appartently I needed to  subscribe myself to FEEDBLITZ newsletter so you all could  use this for my blog feed  so I do believe it is working now .. Please  let me know ?

Today for Sunday school class I stamped out  halloween 'Color cards " for my kids to color before class starts  I will send these actual cards they colored  to them   for Halloween . I used my  Karen Foster's  snap stamps and stamped out "HOPPY HALLOWEEN" and then used the unfrogettable set  stamped all over the front and  the inside so they will have lots to color in .. should be interesting   to see how they will turn out differently  .. I may post the after photos  later to share with you all also .. so stay tuned 

Yesterday I cut and mounted my moms stamp set  from mini catalog "Heavenly peace" Love this set  for  those simple cards I plan to make for my craft fair ..I made some  yesterday  OH I love this set .. I tried embossing BUT took away from the simple design  so I just stamped in Cho chip  oooohhhh so simple and beautiful  I can hardly contain myself ..  I made these for my next Stampers club hostess "Jenny " ( pack of 10 ) and also  a pack of four for my mom for letting me borrow it  now I just need to whip out  packs of 6  for my craft fair .. stay tuned  for those photos ..

All my leaves are pretty much  on the ground in my back yard :-(  We had our youth group auction  and bought BEN ( This is the boy Jessie likes )  and Ben will come over one day and help us  rake up all these leaves .. We  rented him for 65.00 for 2 hours  so I am sure we ( I mean BEN ) Hee Hee!  will get lots done .. better be soon since its down right freezing  here in Michigan .. and of course the sooner the better for Jess ..

Until later .. Happy Stampin !

Not for the faint at Heart !

REMINDER: Set your clocks back 1 hour tonight  before you go to  bed!!

Hey  Just went over 20,000 hits on my BLOG!!  Cant believe it !!

Last nights party was sooo much fun I can hardly  contain myself .. 1st I made these Pumpkin poops  for  the adults  that came last night ..   I used Only orange,  and  whisper white , & For the candy corn stamp & Happy Halloween  I used that from the web wishes  stamp set and the pumpkin is from the  carved and candlelite stamp set . This is what the poem says ..

Last nights   party photos  are all on my web shots HERE!!

BUT BEWARE!!!! these  are not for the faint at heart  some are pretty gross .. BUT remember this is   what we were going for.. THINK "FEAR FACTOR"  OK??

For  instance,  the diaper game  Linda and I filled each Diaper  up with chocoalate pudding mixed with corn  Here look ....  The 1st one that ate  the stuff in the diaper 1st won .. YEA!! Cassidy ..She almost lost it a couple times BUT she won ...photos of her winning  are on my web shots gallery ..

Ok next game  was the kitty litter game ..  each person was blindfolded  and  then they had to  pick up  the kitty poop from the litter box with their mouth and  drop outside the  box .. Does this look real OR what ???   But actually  the kitty litter box is filled with  brownies for the kitty poop and Oat meal Oats for the litter... Pretty awesome huh?

The  other game they played was  putting a pantyhose  over their face and eating a piece of Jell-o  through the panty hose ..  pretty funny to watch  BUT also kinda scary  afterwards .. Here look at Racheal  with  all the red Jello around her mouth after she won this game .. Looks pretty gross huh?

Ok  Now for something cute after all those yucky photos .. one of the cute things  were the  eyeball ice cubes in the punch ..  very easy to make .. use a  egg  shaped jello mold and fill with water and then drop on  the water a Black Olive ,, TA DA!!! ..  Here I am holding one of the eyeballs.. Yes thats me dressed  up as Silver glitter   Hee! Hee!   Please check out my web shots gallery HERE!! and read all the small captions  for each detail  of all the photos ..

all the kids had a blast and  when all the eating and games were over  Linda gave each  person a white bag to  decorate  with  clippings from magazines and such of  eyes, noses, mouths .. then she filled each bag up with tons of candy .. another Highlight personally  for me was the chocoalate  fountain  OH my this was sooo YUMMY!! .. all these and so many more photos of last nights party can be found on my web shots gallery Please go  check them out HERE!!!

Ok  Gotta run and get  my orders put together and make deliveries this morning .. have a Great  Saturday  everyone  and I  hope the photos  didnt gross you out  to much..

Until Later ... Happy Stampin!!

Alot of Stampin going on ...

                                                                      Dawns Side Note :  I still need 2 of the winners to email me their mailing address so I can get the goodies out to them this morning..

Yesterday was a great day for stampin  even though I stamped all day all by myself .BOO HOO! anywho .. I just had to make  one of Michelle Hidden message   cards  she posted  her fabulous directions again  ( check them out )  and I am  so  lovin it .. Thank you so Much Michelle  for your hidden message  card directions .. so much  Fun making this card ..  I used  Almost Amythest , Bashful Blue , Whipser white & Black for this card .. I know it looks like  I used lavender lace BUT trust me the  photo  makes this look  darker   when it is almost amythest ..  anyway  when you pull the slider thingy out  at the bottom of the card  look what happens   pretty AWESOME   huh? many steps  for this card design  so its safe to say I wont be making these for swaps  any time soon ..

Speaking of swaps I had a personal invite to play in a ATC swap on SCS WOWZIE!!  WOW you should see the players  that are in my group .. Talk about "Having pressure "  even though this swap is'nt due until Dec , I already have  my  ATC cards  cut out and  ready to stamp and put together..  the sooner I get them done and out to Jen   the better for me to have them off my mind .. Yesterday was  all about my craft fair goodies  & I  made a few things  like candy bar wrappers,  I also made a "Kids card kit "very simular to Taylors BUT I didnt use a tin I used a pencil box instead .. and then I made  a few more notecard holders  simular to the  snowflake one a few days ago ..But used" In Full Bloom" stamp  set.

I  also made these cards  to sell in a stack of 6  for either 10 or 12 bucks ..  I'm still not sure If I should stamp something on the inside ?? what do you  all think ?? ( leave it blank on the inside or  stamp  something  ???)   ..I will post the other goodies   soon so stay tuned ..

  Tonight we are  going to My  great friend Linda and her familys house for a harvest party with  all the kids/ youth from the church .. gonna be a hoot ..  we are playing 4 games and  can you say FEAR FACTOR? hee! Hee! of course  nothing is what it all appears to be .. for example we  have a game  with a diaper with fudge pudding   inside the diaper and the one   the eats the stuff  the fastest  wins.. OF course  None of the kids know what  the  goodies in the"poopy" diaper are exactly  But the looks of it  seem  very real !! I will post photos   of this Great night  with you all soon ..

  Until later ... Happy Stampin!!

WOW give-a-way winners are ...

Hi everyone : 

I got the 3 winners  right here ..

Drum roll please ....

1st ...I would like to thank all of you that  vist my blog on a daily basis .. you make  blogging  so Much more fun .. Just knowing your out there  looking  and " maybe" getting inspiration . I didnt post today  as you all could tell, Thats because   I wanted to keep this  give-a-way Post at the top so I skipped a  blogging day BUT no  worries I will be back early tommorrow morning..  and Boy do I have lots to share ..I have been ONE  stampin Fool today making goodies for my craft fair so stay tuned ..

OK  you ready to hear  the winners ..

I got a bunch of extra goodies going out to them  along with the 2   mini stamps   ( below  post )

#1 prize goes to:  #7 Cheryl   ( count the post down to 7 this is the Cheryl )

#2 prize goes to: # 13 Pam    ( count the  post down to 13  this is the Pam)

#3 prize goes to: # 20 Renee    ( Count the post down to 20 This is the  Renee)

Please email me  your  mailing address ASAP so I can get these out tommorrow morning to you ..  so you can have fun  playing with them before Halloween is over .. and Please let me know when you recieve   your goody bag girls ..

Congrates and Thank you all again  for your kind words  & Encouragement ..

I am truly  BLESSED !!

FUN Wednesday give-a-way

Ok I am sorry I know I should have posted  this morning BUT  anywho  lets roll with it .. Its that time again  and really no special occassion Just cause I love yas .. lets have fun today  this give a-way will have strings attached I seen awhile ago on Lisa's blog she had a fun game for her give-a-way  so here it goes .. 3 winners will be drawn tommorrow night  at 8:00pm I know it may be alittle late in halloween goodies BUT I couldnt resist  these babies at Micheals  the other day  Plus   you still have a few days to use them  so   post  in my comment section and here is all you have to do .. 

Post your name , and your favorite  saying. then your favorite halloween candy .. I will  go 1st

Dawn Whatever Take 5 .. you get the idea ..  I will pick 3 winners tommorrow night at 8:00pm  and the packages will go out Friday morning .. Please check back  tommorrow night  so I can get winners mailing address's  I will pick 1st name and they will get the 1st  set  in photo and so on .. Ok  get to posting girls ..

Until later Happy Stampin!!

Wow what a Great day !

HEY dont forget  LOST is on tonight YAHOO!!  A pizzia and my favorite  show  with my family tonight  what could be better??

Yesterday was an exciting day all around ..   But first I want to share another item for my craft show another cute item  that holds 2-4 note cards w/ envelopes ..OK  whats the price everyone ??  these are  great gifts for  people that you want to have those "ON HAND" gifts to give out Like to  the postman , teachers,  dentist office,  etc... very simple to make using 2  reg size envelopes as the base  holder  cut off one of the envelope flaps  then  put adhesive on the other flap of the 2nd envelope on the back side of flap    and slide this   flap inside the   envelope you cut the flap off of  and TA DA  you have a notcard holder  decorate  and apply a ribbon to  tie the holder shut .. Inside I used the  notecards and small envelopes #107311. I used the Snowflake spot  for  the outside design and also on the notecard and  envelopes .. I used  always artichoke  ink and cs  and of course  dazzling diamonds .. I had some retired  wide organdy ribbon I used  for  closing the  holder up ..   I am leaving all these  type  of notecards blank on the inside for  the user to use anyway they wish .. I will be making  alot of these for my craft fair also  soooo have you all thought of a great price for these yet ??  Pretty Please share  your thoughts . Ok  now onto my  other exciting things yesterday

1st  off is.. Daughter will be getting her braces off in 6 weeks ..WOWZIE It hasnt even been a year yet.  In 4 weeks she goes and gets  a mold of her teeth for the retainer  and then 2 weeks after that the braces come off and she gets her retainer( all before Christmas ) .. Her teeth look Fabulous!! and her Ortho doc thinks so too.. I must post before and after shots  later  of how her teeth were tranformed ..

The 2nd exciting thing was  we have the 1970 chevelle listed on Ebay  with our friend at church  him and his wife do this  ( alot ) and  why would I do it when I  dont have the foggiest  idea on what to do .. .. its very exciting to watch  ebay bidders  especially  when its an item  your selling  HUH? 

3rdly My cousin Ruthie came over and  we ended up designing 6  card fronts for Sarah ( our cousin )  to look over and  point her in some kind of direction of what she would like for her wedding invites .. Even though we really had no idea where to start except  Ruthie knew Sarah  wanted  something in "Fall " colors  so we ran with it .. Plus  Its always fun to hang out with my  Ruthie girl..

next thing on my list was to make a few of the poopy holders( Boy that sounds terrible huh?) snowman and raindeer and here is what they look like in the cello bags I think I like them better this way .. and so much more cost effective  since I get 50 sm cello bags for 3.95 instead of the vellum CS   for  6.50 I would get  80  made from a package of vellum CS BUT I would have to use alot of sticky strip  with the  sour cream containers also,  so I   think I will make the sm. cello bags  of  the Poopy   items :-) Hee! Hee! Plus you can see the poopy much better  with the cello bags and really this makes these much cuter cause you can see it .. RIGHT?  I will  still keep the $ 2.00 price on these for my craft fair .. Just thought I would show ya them today also 

Have a Fabulous day and  Thanks so much all my faithful Bloggers out there  for  peeking in today..I love yas

I read a Quote yesterday  from a magazine

" When you Learn ... Teach.. When you get.... Give

I love that quote .. It reminds me aof an AWESOME movie I seen  a few times I love it so Much ( its the DEEP message You get from this movie that can change you whole outlook in life ...really ) the movie is 'PAY IT FORWARD" with Haley  Joel Osment ( 2000) Wow  what a message

Look here and see the Pay it forward movement and  click here to watch the trailer of this Great movie 

Until later....Happy Stampin!!

Fun day of stamping ahead...

Today My Cousin Ruthie will be coming over  and we will be brainstorming  designs for   Our Cousin  Sarahs wedding invitations  .. Thank you all for your insight on  pricing  my craft show goodies . This will be my 1st ever Craft show   and even though I am exited I still am not sure what to expect Personally I had been thinking  I was going to sell the  criss cross card and notes for between 5-6 dollars and after reading  everyones thoughts Maybe I will sell them for 8.00... I think  things sell better if there is a  varitiy of  high priced items and low priced items  I am going to try and keep everything  under the 15.00 mark because I do want to make  sales  and get my name out there and maybe keeping these  criss cross note holders  at a some what middle price , it should do good.. here is  what I would say a Low priced item would be  The sour cream containers  for Snowman poop  I seen Taylors tags on hers and fell in love with  the way she did hers  so I put my own twist on mine .. I dont think this will be the  final  design since I just got in my small  cello bags  and plan to play around with them today sometime ..  even though the vellum sourcream containers seem more eye catching  But  is not as cost effective as the sm cello bags ..( will keep you all posted on what I come up with  for them ..)  But  what do you all think about selling these at 2.00 each .. I will also be making Raindeer poop ones with raisins.. I personally think I wil try and make alot of these since my main focus is  men at my craft show  . These cute poop items  may be a big hit with them ..  I also plan to have a basket of  cards ( made from swaps )  for 1.00 each( dose that sound like a good price? )  and also  sets of  Christmas cards ,  gift packages of cards, cute  and handy  gifts  like acrylic frames  for post it notes, envelope  notecard holder ,    I was also thinking of making a  mixed  pack of cards for hubbys with  ( a anniversary , birthday , valentines day, sweetest day ) a year full of cards he could use for his wife/girlfriend .. stay tuned for these  items ..  so you can help price these also .:-)

Here are a few photos of my dads scrapbook  my mom and daughter found on Sunday . thank you all for   asking me to share it with you .. His  scrapbook is dated back to 1951 so needless to say this thing is falling apart  with each turn .. but oh so Precious.. there are photos of him , and a few of his teachers , report cards,  lots of birthday cards ..( CAN YOU SAY...TONS OF  IDEAS FOR DAWN!! ) one thing I noticed was that alot of these cards  have alot of play on words .. and I just love that ( example .. the drum card  says .. Here's a wish you  can't "BEAT"  Corny I know but I love it ..  and also alot of pop up cards  But one question I would like to ask why OH why did they send my Dad Pink. flowery cards .. HUMMM  I now  its the thought that counts BUT wouldnt you  agree that this is a BIG NO! NO !  today in 2006 ..   also  writtings from my  My dads Mom/ My grandma   which goes to show you  even though you may hate your  writting, Please understand  ...  50 years later  someone will treasure  your  writting .. Like we do with this book .

Thanks for peeking in today

until  later .. Happy Stampin!

Craft show

Hi everyone :  I have been  playing with ideas  for goodies to make for the carft show I have coming up in Dec.. and well todays post is one of those items .. The only thing is I have no clue what to charge for  any of my  goodies .. Please  share with me what you think I should charge  for  them as the days go by and I post a few of the  goodies .. GO Tigers !!

A couple  of  my items is  a criss cross card that I had seen on SCS  by Michelle Wooderson...What a cute gift for  a teachers, secretarys anyone really .. inside pocket holds 3 ~ 3x3 notecards w/ envelopes .. I have made a couple of these  already one in Craberry crisp and this one in Bashful blue ..both  are using Holiday tyme  designer paper    and  I used 1 whole piece of 12x12  for each criss cross card holder and  the 3 notcards  with some left scraps  over. Here is Michelle Wooderson's  card and her directionsThanks Michelle !! ..

Ok Now  what would you charge for these ladies ?? any ideas ??   The criss cross card holder is your standard card size Nothing huge. The    Notecards I  cut myself at 6 X 3  scored in half at 3" and I used the 1 1/4 " cicrle punch for the  punch out on envelopes on back side and added the cicrle  stamp  where the punch out is . The stamp set I  used for everything is Wishing you ... from the holiday mini .

NOTE: Yesterdays correction~  we celebarted our 59th church anniversary  YAHOO!  but 50 years at the same location..

Yesterday my mom and my daughter we cleaning out my moms attic  and low and behold they found a scrapbook of my dads that my Grandma  made over  50 years ago for him >> Wow what a treasure .. the pages are  yellow and brittle  and my daughter will restore  the  goodies and  make  a new  scrapbook  to preserve  all those   goodies from my dads  younger years .. My Grandma  probably didnt know it  back then BUT she was on the cutting edge  what what would be  one of  lifes  favorite pastimes  called scrapbooking .. go figure huh?  she  has  almost every birthday card my dad recieved , along with  notes  dating when he did things and also when he  got the chicken pox  on Oct 10, 1951  1st grade which he caught from  his sister ( my Aunt Mary ) .. wow pretty cool find  huh? I will take photos of this treasure and post later .. Grandma even has dads report cards  also ..  even though  these report cards dont  tell you  much about my dads later years in life I will say  that  just because my dad did get a couple D's  on his report cards ...He was  truly the smartest man I knew .. He could figure anything out ..   Pretty amazing  treasure I must say ..

Until later ... Happy Stampin !!

Dawn Jr's..

Look what I seen walking through  the door to my  stampers club on Friday night .. Why its Gina and Jenny ...  I called them my Dawn Jr's  do you know why ???  well you can  see why ..  right ? THE HATS!! OH MY I fell in love with their hats ..  we all got a chuckle seeing them walk in .. especially me .. and of course the one night I didnt wear my hat .. Is the night I should have .. you both are sooo cute ..well since we are  starting the day off in a BIG Purple kind of a  way .. I also got a Halloween card from one of my stampin Queens Laura  on Friday night also  and you all know how much I love Purple ..   I thought I would post her card to  go with my purple theme this morning..

Today we are having a pot luck at our church  for our church anniversary.. 52 years ( I believe )  and also  being  w/o a pastor now  since April of this year we  are celebrating Pator appreciation day with Bro Bishop He has been filling our  empty spot ( What a blessing he and his whole family has been to our church ).. my  Sunday school class has been collecting money to give him today  along with all the other classes  doing the same .. so today is going to be a fun  day  celebrating

Thank so much for peeking in today .

Congrates  to Robin ( my fellow stampin friend ) she has her beautiful card on  the SU! Stampers showcase .. way to go  girlie ..

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

Itsy Bitsy Spider!!

Yuck I  Hate Spiders BUT I think you may all agree that these spideys are Fun and cute .. I seen Jan Tink tutorial on her fabulous  Punch window and Had to make one of my own  Jan Tink is  also a Michigander  and she is  usually at all the SU! events That I go to  So this is a highlight of mine to  see her. Thanks Jan for your  Great Inspriation.. 

My Great Friend  Gina  sent me  this awesome FREE HUGS Video   The 1st time I seen it  I knew it was  "BLOG" worthy   and who couldnt use a HUG right .. Thanks Gina  for this Great video.. I hope you all enjoy it also.. I have photos to  download on my computer today for tommorrows  post BUT wait until you  see  what walked through the doors of my Club meeting last night ...

Can you say 'DAWN Jrs" Stay tuned .. 

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

remember back...

Hey do you remember back when I told you all I was mailing a  BIG   project into SU! well I still havent heard anything ..BUT I am still not giving up.. anyway  here is  the project I mailed into SU! .. Everything here is what I did for my Pirate themed Hostess appreciation party Back in July .. Note :  I also had pop top cans  for door prizes But I did not have them in this photo BUT I did send one in with these goodies ( just had to make one up )  .. you can see the pop top cans on my web shots gallery on the  last page.. just click  the link on the left side of my blog ) What a GREAT time we all had ..

I made the invites and sent them out  I then  had to come up with games that we played  with a pirate theme  something not listed  in the goodie bag was  my  savaenger hunt game .. I  also  made all my hostess's a eye patch along with a coupon book  ( eye patches were just Black CS  I used the coluzzle and only cut one side of the circle  to make eye patch and then attached  Black GG ribbon  and stamped the parrot in craft white.)

Award cerificates were  handed out ( highest in ws sales , most catalog parties, most home workshops, most guests  etc...) inside  announced  an amount a free stamp set  they could choose ( ex: a 19.95 stamp set  and etc.. depending on the award  each were diferent  amounts ) and also  each gal recieved  a couple cho goodies  with a little note attached ..

OH yes lets not forget the Pirate menu  for the evening   alot of finger food .. I have  all my pirate photos listed on my web shots gallery( listed on the left side of my blog )  Thats if you would like to see more of my Hostess appreciation party  event.. Still holding out hope that SU! likes  my Pirate party in a bag  goodies .. I had also sent in photos from my event in the goodie bag too.

Tonights my club meeting .. always fun!! I have everything ready to go  and lets pray I dont forget something  "AGAIN" Hee!... I get to finally meet Susan  tonight .. Last week Susan  found my SU web site and called me  and said she lives in my area and  wants to Stamp . ( a woman after my own heart )  So I am very excited about meeting her tonight also .. Plus another step in winterizing  the things around the house ..  Hubby is closing up pool tonight  also  YIPPY!!

Quote from  Vickies Book page 210:

How offten do you hear or say "Thank God its Friday" ? Do  we want to enjoy ONLY 2 days out of the  7? Why not  Thank God its TODAY" ? Like a friend  says "If you are living for the  weekend , your Aren't living "

Heres another one :

Create  your own party. Embrace Life with  energy and Joy. Wherever you go, Take the party with you .

Party on bloggers!! :-)

Thanks so much for stoping by and peeking in on my blog

Until Later .. Happy Stamping !

Looky Looky what I got ..

I got a beautiful RAK from Barb M yesterday  with a sweet note inside  Her card  was delivered in a matching envelope  too.. So excited  to open it I  could'nt open it fast enough..Thank you So much Barb for your sending me  such a beautiful card ..

Today I must get ready for my club night tommorrow  I just wish one day I would Not forget something to bring to my  events ..Always seems I have to run home and get something ..A punch , dimensionals ,   who knows  ..

Yesterday I did some stamping  and got  a couple things done for my  craft  show in December.  I need to make so many  things I really didnt know where to start ..But I did start anyway and thats all that counts  right .. Seems I really couldnt get focused on that until  after regionals was over with  so Now I have to get busy  so Stay tuned  for  those goodies

Yesterday I borrowed my moms Autumn Elegant set  WOW I love this set ..  so nice  and  I especially  thought the die cut rubber was Great !! You can get this limited set until Nov 30th and OH MY you get so much  in this kit  anyway I threw this card together yesterday  I  got to use my sprectrum pad  which I love &  I really dont know why I dont use them more . I used Old Olive  & Vanillia CS  with Cho. GG ribbon  and had to add  a few Brads . very simple card to make But Love that it is sooo viberant ..

So did you all watch LOST last Night ?  ( you can catch it on ABC.com for a replay ) What is  Charlie  becoming the next Sawyer.. pretty funny comments to John last night ..  and whats up with John talking to the island ? But hey he did find Echo (WOW what is it about Echo ?? I really Really like him too.. maybe its his Voice ..) I guess there is NO more hatch since the blow up last season  But how did they  all get out ?? still not understanding that either .. and  like Hurley said  ..What ? Did The explosion blow off Desmens clothes & Underwear BUT he survived  HUMMMMM maybe the "OTHERS" saved them ... cant  wait to see  the story behind the polar bears on the island  too..OH & next week  Kate  has to admit she loves ... WHO ~Sawyer? Jack? .. seems there may be a little torture action going on next week with Sawyer. wonder what he did now ? Aint no tellin, But  Gotta Love Sawyer

Until later ...Happy Stampin!!

Mile Stone in History yesterday..

  I am sure you all have seen and heard we hit the  big 300 million person born in USA yesterday  Wowzie .. appartently the last record of 200 million was back in 1967 ( the year I was born ) so I had a big part of that record  that year .. well for such a Doozie of a record I thought I would post a doozie of a card this morning  and instead of  re-inventing the wheel ( so to speak ) I thought I would just post Michelle's Blog for you all to get the directions for this AWESOME card... Michelles directions are  Great and easy to follow .. ( Thanks so Much Michelle ) This card uses 2 pieces of cardstock  and does have a few steps BUT its alot of fun  so Much fun that I have uploaded all the ones I have made so far .. remember back a few days ago when I told you about making 6 of  these awesome cards as thank yous for Daughters  car wash fundrasier  well here they all in all their glory ( Purple and Gold .. Yes purple is  my fav color BUT  these are daughters school colors  also ..YAHOO!) ...The window  in the card moves  when you open it  I tried to capture this movement in my still photos BUT this  type of card is so much better IRL ( In real life )   double pleassure ( fun making  & Fun opening it )   I also made this Christmas card  using the same  template  and also  a

Graduation card   for My friend Lindas daughter Whitney ..( needless to say  she wants this card )

the only thing different  she wants is the moving part inside to say "Your Invited "  so  what a relief  it is for me that she doesnt need these invites until June of 2007  she will be needing 100 of these babies .. I hope you enjoy these cards in my post  today and  have fun making your own Peek-a-boo card  sometime this week ...  Thanks for peeking in on my blog  today ..

Until later ... Happy stamping!!

Rainy Tuesday ...

Wowzie look what was in my email box this morning JoAnns 50% off coupon for Friday & Saturday

Well its going to to be a very rainy day here in Michigan  so it looks like a great day to stamp .. Ok everyday looks like a great day to stamp . I was able to stamp a bit yesterday and I got to use a few of my new  stamp sets .. so Many of you  asked for the directions for the gum holder yesterday so I will  add the directions to yesterdays post as well this morning .. so check out the  directions  on yesterdays post at top okey dokey ? We all got a sneak peek at the winter mini ( starts  Dec 1st)  at regionals  on Saturday and OH boy am I in trouble ..  whats new right ? today I am  also going to try and  read my book today  this past week it took a back seat with so much  going on  But now I am ready to dig back into this fabulous  book .. For todays post I thought I would upload something  cheery since its soooo gloomy outside . I had ordered this set a while ago and  fell in love with it  mainly because I have so many  friends that had an addiction to  shoes and purses..( yes you all know who you are ) I punched out the  3 holes  with our  1 3/4  punch  and then lightly  outlined the  circle  punch out  onto the inside of the card with a pencil  and then stamped everything in pixie pink  then of course erased the pencil lines  I used my oval scallop punch (  hey dont forget  the coupon above ) and layered that onto pixie pink CS  used the Dauber to highlight  with pixie pink around all edges  even on the inside of circles ) and the added doodles  all over this cute card  with  our Black Marker ( small tip is fabulous for doodles ) and also added  the white gel pen doodles around the scallops.. Then  just for fun I added  a few dots beside  the purses also Then  I added Dazzling diamonds  to the purses which does not show every well in the photo .. You know if you want to make a great card ~Fabulous ..Just add Glitter  Hee! Hee!   

Heres another Quote from Vickies book Inside every Woman

page 161: To Grow  and build your success " Muscles" you have to be willing to endure the "Hurt" on a regular basis. Eventually those Muscles  will turn into wings that fly you passionately onward .

Until later... Happy Stampin!!

Happy Monday ...

Edit: for The  directions to gum holder below  ..

cut your cardstock  at 3"X11  score 

on short end at 2'  this makes the flap . then I folded up the end to  come right under the score line .. I then punched out the word window   for the gum to slide into ..Then I  used  sticky strip/ Mono multi to  seal the  fold up  right at or slightly under the scored line of 2"thats it  Then you will want to  apply  your top layer ( the lovely lilac)   this will be  the piece that actually  has the  vel-cro on it to hold it shut .. I am sure  you could make these smaller  But this was my  1st draft and being  on a time limit to get them made before Saturday  I didnt have time to  try other sizes ..

But you can ..

Well It seems I am  may be back  on schedule..This weekend flew right bye  WHEW!! I  may have caught up on my sleep , But still out for debate on that .. anywho I thought I would share with you  the goodies I made for my  girls that went to regionals . 3 glitter queens went to regionals with me on Saturday along with my upline , up upline and side line   and I wanted to make something cute and easy and PURPLE ( of course ) Hee! Hee!  and I got the idea from a fellow SCSer "EmGee458" well  I got to making them and  well lets just say they were so Fun I made 16 of them .. I  handed the 10 extras out to all my  Stampin  Angels friends  , Glenda & her  4 downline , & Sharon, Pam ( she got something else which is a blog post for another day ) and a few SCS  friends Jan Tink ( boa throwing babe Hee! Hee! ) , Corinne ( My newest friend  from SCS  what a sweetie pie !!)  Thank you girls for making regionals extra special  WOW what a day meeting up with all of you ..  You all ROCK!!

Today I am  starting this post off right at 99.81% in my bandwidth .. so todays post I will be going over my alloted bandwidth  amount   ..  BUT no worries  cause tommorrow starts my new month . so Now that I think I have it some what figured out ( keep photos smallers ( 250) pixals , and NO pop ups(  unchecked the box ) .but you can still click on  the photos to view  them  alittle larger.. I think I will do much better next month on my blog .. This week I am getting ready for my  Stampers club night  on Friday , tonight is the  Church assocation meeting  w/ Retirement  party of a dear friend .. and I  will be  cutting some hair today also .. Other than that I want to  get to stampin with my  new  free set we got at regionals and also my  free set from   Family Fued, which by the way is the set called "Because of you "  Yahoo! Thank for peeking in today .. Have a Fabulous Monday !

Way to go Tigers !!

Until later ..Happy Stampin!!

WHAT A DAY!!

  WOWZIE where do I start  with all the excitement yesterday at regionals .. got all my swaps  swapped out , I got to see everyone I had planned too and then some .. which was fabulous1!

  Linda Hansen  came over to our table  soon after we got  there and was  so sweet as usual ( Love her) . I told her we were going to have a fabulous day because 2 of my girls  were 1st timers to regionals  then she asked if they were Shy  wellll.... then she proceeded to ask me if we wanted to play family fued  in the afternoon But that I needed to pick 3 other players ..YAHOO  Kelly decided to play  Carol and Diane didnt want to ..  I asked my upline Lisa  then Tyann they both said ok .. Long story short .. We lost the game BUT we still got a stamp set YAHOO!!! Boy this is  Great fun!! We all were sooo nervous

I  had noticed  We sat probably  3 tables from Shellie yesterday and  when she wasnt busy  taking photos and such with others I slipped over and sat with  her and  talked to her about the book I was reading and why , and then I gave her the book also .. with all the contact info  for her  . WOW Shellie  is sooo awesome .. 

The middle of the day  our Group went over and had a photo OP with Shellie  and  when we were done  she took my arm and told me she would let me know when she finished the book ..OH MY  I was on cloud 9 thats for sure ..

Ok  I must get ready for chruch  I will update even more later .. Just wanted to touch base  and let you know REGIONALS WERE AWESOME!!

Until later ....Happy Stampin !

Final touches ...

Good Morning .. Today is the day to get those last few things  ready for regionals tommorrow  we are leaving my house around 5:30am  to head to lansing   BUT before   we head out  I have another fun event tonight, its my scrapbook camp  got 10  of my stampin queens coming and gonna have a ton of fun  thats to be expected .. I am running  to Borders to get  another copy of my book I am reading to hand  deliver( hopefully )  it to Shellie Gardner ( and  maybe get a photo with her and my girls .. )  tommorrow .. Todays  upload is  my CD purse I made a few days ago  Its really hard to put  the actual template for this  purse on here  or anywhere for that matter   But I will give it a try  with the measurements anyway ...  One of my Stampin Queens  gave me the  template for this CD purse  and I had to try and  re vamp it alittle( So maybe I could make a few for regionals swaps )   with  a few  other ideas

  The 1st photo is using her template ( Thanks so Much Philly girl )  the measurements for base of purse are as follows ..  Bottom piece  is 2" X 3 1/2" score  on all sides 1/8 " and then score in  half at 1"  the 2 sides  measurements are  2" X3 1/4" score  in half at 1" and 1/8 score on 2 long sides .. thats pretty much it  I decorated the  CDs in  the snowflake paper in Holiday tyme  DS paper  added  white GG ribbon ( suck the ends under the  DS paper ~ between the CD and paper )   these CD purses  are big enough to hold  the 3x3 card and envelopes .. The

The  other CD purse I made I used a small 3X5 brown  paper bag ( cut  down to fit  between the CD of course ) This way is alot easier But I feel IMHO the inside of purse when opened its  a tad to big  But still super dee duper  cute ..

   Tommorrow  there  will be no posting   since I will be gone all day , But I will  bring back lots of photos to share with you  of regionals I am soo excited .. Even if it is snowing  already here in MI ( YUCKY) Tigers  play game 3 here tonight  at Comerica  park  YAHOO!  Also on my list of things to day to is  to squeeze in a little  20 min nappy poo .. since  this week started it seems I have been on the go  go go go  so I want to be re freshed for tonights event and also for my very early  rise  tommorrow ..  But until that can happen I still have a handful of things to do  today  before 6:00pm tonight ..Cant wait  to meet  some of you tommorrow  in lansing  remember  be on the look out for my  Purple and black  hat ( Its the one on the left on my blog )  Have a Great weekend!!

Until later .....Happy Stampin!!

Simular BUT Different ...

HEY  I almost forgot : OH my did you all see Lost last night the plot thickens  YIKES!! Ben ( the sick-O) has lived on the island all his life WHAT is going on ... The boat is gone ,  Kate gets KISSED by Sawyer AKA James  OH MY and    WHAT she tastes like strawberries. Yea right !! ( he is such a HOOT gotta love Sawyer). The last  time I ate strawberries  They didnt taste like   hard work slugging away with a pick axe  Must have been that dress Hee! Hee!  and  yes the plot thickens with Sun having an affair  on hubby  with her English teacher ..OH my!! which of course a pay back is in order due to her father .. and Jack pretty amazed that the Boston  Red Sox won the World series .. By the way GO TIGERS!!   Funny how Ben knew Jack would not believe it so he just happens  to have a Video of the  winning play ,WHAT is Ben a mind reader now ..  sooo thats my recap  and Cant wait until next week .. Now back to your regular scheduled programing

WOW is the a Oxy Moron or what ? Simular BUT different HUH? ... Yup this card  is simular  to the Frogie card I made  awhile ago  with my  Great 70% off  stamp ( remember? ) BUT different  because, look at the  saying .This is one of many cards for my  swaps at regionals on this Saturday( 2 days away ..I can hardly stand the excitement ) .. How funny huh? Very easy to do I used  the saying  from "Birthday Best"   set and  for the  saying I just omitted the "A" and then hand wrote the" O " in place of the "A" myself after I stamped the  saying ... OMITTING: I used my Black SU! marker and  highlighted the area of the stamp image In this case I colored everything BUT the 'A"s   example: I only colored in H  PPY once I finished   coloring the image in  I did the darth  vader ( huffed on the stamp )  and  stamped image onto cs  then I  added the "O"  where I had left the "A" out ... I just love this card .. I Hope I run into alot of froggie lovers  Saturday ..

Yesterday I got all 10 simply scrappin kits cut for Fridays scrapbook camp all packaged up  ready to go and  finished  up on my  M&TS for my workshop tonight .. Its so exciting to  go to  a workshop and stamp with  friends  and of course new friends .. Its truely  the highlight of what I do  and I love it ..

Yesterday when  daughter came home from school and she said  her class would like me to make  6 thank you cards  for   people that helped her class with the carwash  fundraiser  I got 4 done before church last night gonna finish up the other 2 today ( wait until you all see  these cards ) I am sooo excited  and I wish I were there when the recievers  opened them ..  dont worry I will post later on these beautys,  But probably not until after regionals sooo stay tuned  for the link to how to make them  and  my card/s .. I have already an order for this type of card for  my Friend Linda and her daughters Graduation  ( Thank Goodness  she wont need them until  July of 2007  cause  this card has  a few steps and requires 2 pieces of CS  unless you use a 12x12 piece. )

still reading my book .OH my .. this chapter on INTEGRITY   is so wonderful .  Did you know Integrity has many  venues But think of one this way .. "Do the right thing  when NO one is LOOKING . ( Dawns side note ..  there is Always  someone looking by the way  you just dont "see" HIM ) Thats integrity ..  Also

Quotes from Vickies book :

Surround yourself  with people  who glow  with INTEGRITY: Have you ever  noticed what happens  to a bag of apples  when one  goes bad ?IF you leave it in the bag, All the  apples  touching it will rot. Remove yourself from the bad apples .

Keep your promises , to yourself and others  and follow  through on commitments, even when  delivering  on the  promise  is diffcult or when a more  exciting  opportunity presents itself .

Until later ..Happy Stamping ..

EXCITING Day Yesterday !!

I am in  shock still over what all happened  yesterday .. You all have know that I am reading   a awesome book INSIDE EVERY WOMAN BY VICKIE MILAZZO well guess who posted  to my blog yesterday ???? Mrs Vickie Milazzo herself .. Look  under the comments on Oct 4th  and see what she wrote .. WOW  I couldnt believe it  and funny thing is that when I seen her name I thought  it looked very famiular Never guessing it was her until I actually read her post .. WOW I  am amazed  with her book  so much so I am  going to be looking for another one  to give to Shelli  at regionals this Saturday .. This is how much ILove this book girls .. 

Then low and behold look what else I got yesterday .. a Beautiful Thank you note  from Lisa .. One of my winners from the drawing I had awhile back  She sent me this  Thank you note  thanking me for the goodies  and get this  Her card marks the  very 1st one I have ever  recieved from Hawaii  YUP Lisa girl lives in Hawaii  WOW huh? she dry embossed her card  its  sooooo  much  prettier IRL ( In real life ) my scan does not do it justice ... Thank you Lisa ..

I think I figured out how to use less bandwidth  at least I think I may have.... I am uploading my photos at 250 pixels and NOT  allowing pop ups  ( even though I believe you can still click to see a larger version  of  the upload ..  and I didnt add any smileys yesterday  I am going  to see if this keeps the  bandwidth down   we will see.. Thanks for all your  comments on  my blog  everyone ..   what I ment the other day was that  I am allowed  only so much bandwidth  each month  and  when I go over this ( which I am getting close)  I may be charged  for going over .  and rolling back to ZERO .. what I ment about that was each month my bandwidth rolls back to 0 ..so I get the  bandwidth  gigabytes  each month  and I am trying to keep it under the allowed GB's... On the 17th of each month I wont lose any of my  blog postings ( Unless I delete them myself  to free up space also) what I get is set back to ZERO  for my GB on my bandwidth  .. I am sooo sorry I didnt explain this  better when I posted ..  I have no plans on  giving up on my blog  I just wish I had More GB's for bandwidth OR I wish I knew a way to  not use so much .I just dont want to  upgrade my  blog account ..I am very happy with the package I have .SO keep your ears peeled if you hear anything about  this subject please let me know  I would be interested in how to keep my bandwidth  usage down ..

  Yesterday  I  got everything ready for Phillys  workshop on Thursday  very excited about that ..  pretty much all seasoned stampers  are going to be there  with a few newbies  possible.. so in the  middle of  getting things pre cut and oragnized I found myself getting side tracked  in my own stamping .. I made this card for my Glitter Queen  yesterday and will be going out today   for her "Toot your horn on Tuesday "  Carol will be getting  this card ..I seen in a magazine  the other day  a really cute  way to make a money card/ gift card  holder  so I  had to try it with the inside  of this  card .. then I also seen a really cute card on the  SU! web site  a few days ago and had to try it on the front  card also ..For  the front  I used  the 3/4 circle punch and punched out 1/2 holes to caddle the  alphadots ( retired ) then  added dimenstionals for a boost  for SMILE. The inside I cut  a corner  panel  at 4"   then  used adhesive on the left side and bottom of this panel   this left a open  pocket  for me to incert Money or in this case  for my sample a gift card (  Gift card is  for  my use only ..I got a few of them ( blank of course ) just for this type of thingy .. ya know to measure ,showcase an idea etc..)   I used  everything for this card    from the  friends & flowers Hostess simply scrappin kit ..Then I also decorated her  large opened  end  envelope ( love these ) For  this card I cut at 9X8 and scored on the 8"side at 4"  fits perfectly in these new  envelopes from SU! Congrates Carol   this is going out today to you ..

Heres are 2 great quotes from Vickies book:

Page 125~ Integrity is Fragile, if you compromise even in a small  way, you become broken . -  Vickie L Milazzo

page 126~ Integrity has the final say  in whether we will rise or decline, Be whole or broken. When  uncompromising integrity is our guide,  Success is Authentic,  and the Joy  of success is Authentic.

Until later ... Happy Stampin!!

 

seemed like a full moon last night ?

  Correction from yesterdays  post I mis-read the  info  for  our Church association  meeting was not last night BUT it is set for NEXT monday .. and good thing it was  because I was on the road from 1:30 yesterday until 10:30 last night OH MY  went to RA doc  and everything  is ok just had blood work done and  got refills   then it was off to get  Daughter from school  well  she comes out limping from school Which I knew she had gotten hurt  Sunday  when her good friend Chelsea  landed  on her foot   with Chelseas knee OUCH!! well we wrapped it up Sunday night and  also for school yesterday morning But I guess it swelled  up pretty big and was hurting alot wose  by the time she got home from school ( maybe from  walking on it all day )  anyway  once we got her to the Chiro ,.. Dr L.looked at her foot and said we should get X rays of it just incase   cause she is still growing ( OH my still growing at 13 she is 1/2 "from 6' ) and  was worried about  the growth plate or something

   and the  HUGEO Bruise-O was right on the top of her foot  so it was hurt pretty good  in a area that  hurt her to bend her toes to walk   see photo

so after we came home and iced it a bit took some motrin for inflamation,  then  we were off to get boat covered finally  since it was in the high 60's yesterday we took andvantage of this ( Thank goodness this is done ) .. Then after that I took Jess to  afterhours urgent care  for some X rays   well no breaks But he  said she spained it and wanted her to use cruches and a funny  foot shoe (  remember those Gina ?)  so by the time we got home it was 10:30pm  and look what  was waiting for me when I got home  ... all my  simply scrappin kits for Friday nights  scrapbook camp  so today is going to be filled with cutting  and packaging up goodies for this event ..

Todays upload is  a 6x6 page sample   from  this  Fridays  upcoming event  everyone will make all 20 pages  for their 6x6 scrapbook ( 20 pages  finished in 1 night ) I have pre made  the 20 pages  for them to copy or  get an idea from.  I will have 5 stations set up  with 2 sets of 2 page spread at each station ..  each of them will just move from  station to station and complete  each 2 page spread .. fast moving and alot of fun ..

Thanks for peeking in  today...

Until later  Happy Stampin !

Marvelous Monday !

  Well today marks a busy week ahead ..YIKES!! to start off the week we have a Church  state meeting  tonight  in Fenton Mi  and  then we are also celebrating  Bro Dills  retirement ( Note to self I have to make a cute card today )  .. I have a RA doc appt. today and I must not forget to get daughter to Chiro. today  she has been going 2 days a week lately and it seems to help .. anyway  continueing on.... I have a workshop  this Thursday, Friday I have a scrapbook camp( which I still need to prepare for both of these events  TODAY!)  and Saturday is Regionals  and then in the middle of all this  they say on the news this morning  SNOW is heading this way from Canada  OH NO Its way to early ..It doesnt even feel like we had Fall/ Autumn season yet must have skipped ove that  withoutme looking ..  and not only that But we need to still winterize the boat, & our pool  and also get a hot tub cover .( remember  that issue  a few days ago ??)  tooo much to do before the snow hits Thursday .. Maybe it will pass over Us .** Dawns crossing her fingers **

I will be uploading a few  days with smaller  photos to see if this helps with my  alloted space I have on my blog .. my bandwidth is pushing  the highest amount alloted for me with the package I got , & type pad forcasted me at 289% bandwidth  I guess this is pretty bad since I have  like 7 more days until my month rolls over and starts fresh  and back to 0.. so I must try whatever I can to keep the %'s down KWIM.. maybe its  just something typepad is dealing with since I see alot of this bandwidth problem going on with other bloggers .. I refuse to upgrade my package and pay more so if worse comes to worse I may ( this is only  in the thinking  stage  IT has NOT come to this stage  as of YET) post every other day OR give up the blogging all together... BUT for now I am going to be  uploading alot small  photos  than I have been  trying them at 250 pixals(  instead of 400)  and very few smileys  to see if this helps with my bandwidth ...  Maybe if  you click on the photo it will make it bigger ..this may help also if I delete this feature off my blog ( pop ups )  not sure ..I will just start here 1st and see if this helps  .I really dont know .. any ideas  you can share with me would be greatly appreciated..  maybe I talk to much also ..  Hee! Hee!  todays card  I used Holiday tyme  paper  cho chip . bashful blue  and wishing you  stamp set  I used the word   window punch for "Wishing You" and then I also used the slot punch for the pull out  with a hodgepodge  goodies on the end  of that small pull out  ( I used my karen foster snap stamps 1/8 casusal font ) the saying on pull out says Love and Hope ..I figured  the Peace  was the main image so I just finished  the other 2 on the pull out  added  the  true tyme stiched GG ribbon and  glitter ..OH and yes dont forget the doodles  with white gel pen around the main image

Until later ...Happy Stampin!

Happy Sunday !!

Good afternon everyone So sorry about the delay in posting to my blog  today .. It seems Sunday mornings are so crazy at my house with getting everything ready for Sunday school  class ,  and  such  seems my blog takes 2nd seat  on Sundays  .. so without further a-do.. Here is my Sunday post guys .. Hope it was worth the wait ..  and besides that you get to see what I got new on Friday .. HUMMMM wonder what it could be?? any idea ???

Its my new  oval scallop punch .YAHOO!  dont know which one of my new mega/Giga punches I love more  BUT right now its this one  Hee! Hee! .. I also think this is my favorite doggie set of all Time only cause this image reminds me so much of my doggie "Bowzer "  he does this when he is getting ready to rough house with his Dad ( my hubby )  .. Almost like he( Bowzer )  is saying "You want a piece of me "   There are  so  many little  things I did to this card yesterday .. I highlighted around  the scallop edges with my white gel pen and then I also used my stamp & write Black marker ( love these markers for doodles also )  and I add the little tiny dots  on the scallops also added the tiny dots also along the lines of the layers of CS on this card ..It kinda looks like its stiched to me  what do you think ?  Iused creamy caramel for the scallop punch  along with the card base  and colored my pup in with  close to cocoa, and creamy caramel and the white gel pen also  . I then added the cute saying in bottom right corner with Black ink and highlighted it with creamy caramel  using a dauber and used dauber for all edges  of the base card also ..  other CS used was cho chip and black.. all in all it was a simple card and I had no idea what I was doing until it all came together at the end ..  which is a very cute card for anyone .. at least I think so anyway.

  I was going  to have my Sunday school class ( 1st-3rd graders )  this morning make cards But I didnt cut enough product since I had more kids than I planned on "Praise God for that "  so maybe next week  we will do the cards .... Its always fun to get my kids thinking of others in the church that are under the weather .. Some how maybe  down the road in Life it will sink in, to think of others 1st  then to always of themselves  1st KWIM..Have a Fabulous Sunday and thanks for looking and checking in on me today

Until later .. Happy Stampin !

Happy Card Making day !!!

NEWS FLASH: Photos from last night Have been uploaded to my web shots gallery  for your viewing pleasure P.S There are 2 pages ( 15 photos )   ( Just click on quick link on left  side of my blog  under "Dawns web sites"

Even though this isnt your typical "Card"  It still is a Super fun project  This Tag book is  measured  12 X 5 1/2  and I used not your typical  Christmas backgrounds  for the inside   panels  ( Canvas, paisley, On the spot ) I used Petal Patch designer paper for the  main tag book  ( I think thats what the name  is of this gorgeous Paper from the Summer mini .. To early to think that hard ..)

Last nights  cover to cover  event was  a GREAT time ( I have  uploaded photos to my web shots today so check  them out look on the left hand side under " Dawns  web sites " for a quick link to my web shots gallery..  if you  would like to see everyones  goodies they made )  there were a few  girls with the same designer paper BUT   used them  differently .. I know you will agree  that everyone projects turned out  FABULOUS!!

Since Today is a special Hoilday I plan to spend some time in my stampin Room &  I May get lost down there ( like thats a bad thing ) But I have  pretty much until 3:30 today all to myself and there are a few things I must get my hands into . I also want to make   some more swaps for regionals next Saturday..   Hey why not set some time aside  to celebrate  YOUR " card making day "  today ..

Until later.... Happy Stampin!

Exciting FRIDAY!

Hey did you know Tommorrow is   a holiday ?? YUP  Oct 7th is  a Fabulous day NOT only is it my  3 yr anniversary   for being a demo with Stampin'Up! But that it is special holiday also  .. Its the 1st annual  National card making Day check it out here National Card Making Day at paper crafts  magazine  Blog  and read what Stacy Croninger ( towards the bottom of  the  blog )  has to say ... YAHOO   a  double Great day to be a stamper  for me  Tommorrow ....  CHEERS to making your fabulous creations today and brightening up someones day  with your  art work...

Todays  projects is  from my event tonight  called Cover to Cover .. How exciting that we can make so many  things  other than scrapbook pages and  greeting cards HUH?   everyone thats coming  gets to use different designer  paper double sided  and I cant wait to see how everyones projects  turn out . For my projects I used the  designer series  double sided paper  called "Play house " my projects tonight will have very minmum  stamping thats only because each gal will be using  different  paper  so It would be  difficult  to  bring every stamp set  to fit every project design ..  I am Very excited about tonights event .

Daughter is spending the night over her friends house tonight  and they will be heading to the Car wash fundrasier  in the morning .. she is loaded down with everything to take to school  today ( over night bag,  cookies  (for  fundraiser) and car wash bucket w/ sponges and soap,  and then her reg. school back pack. 

last night Hubby had a brain storm of an idea .. he wanted to fix our hot tub cover ( since the one on there was like a  HUGE-O  Sponge-O) seems over the years  the cover/lid had been obsorbing  the  moisture and  just being out in the weather its taken a beating .. well to make a long story short  he didnt fix it  so Now we are on a mission to purchase a new cover .. any ideas where to get one very  inexpensive ?? please share  we are seeing them for  around 400.00 OUCH!! thats way to much,  may just throw a tarp  over it ..JK

Still lov'in  the book Inside every woman ... I chose  for Stampin Boot camp this week ..

I am 3/4 of the way done and  I have learned so Much I highly recommend this book to everyone  ..

another GREAT quote from Vickie is  this  and sooo true it is ..

"Too many people  expect  the "payoff " without paying in ..Thats why casinos  and the Lottery  are so popular, Because  people  want  the winnings  without the work . I believe in creating my own lottery. The harder I work the luckier I get. I ensure my success by going  BEYOND  what most people  are willing to do "

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

Happy Thursday ..

Yesterday I stamped these very simple NO layer cards .. I love the way they turned out  especailly  since I find this  typically  hard for me to do .."make NO layer " cards  anywho.. I used the Snowflake stamp set and  stamping image in Bashful blue and then took my Brilliant blue dauber and  daubed this color  on top of the bashful blue .. just radom on the image I  dont think  this  may show up in the  photo very good today  .. I then added  glitter ..to the top and bottom edge of my card    ..( I just ran the 2 way glue pen  across the  edge  making sure to keep a steady hand ) and then of course to the  snowflake also .. ( ya know since this card says "Sparkle "  we needed to add some  right ?

OH MY did you see LOST last night .. ( Boy whats up with all those commericals? since watching the whole season 1 & 2 on DVD ) I guess I have become spoiled .. anywho I am still wondering whats Henry/Ben story  man he looks so evil .   and what was up with the  1st 4 or so minutes of  sign on ..The "OTHERS" have a whole little town set up in the middle of NO where on the island  I  swear I thought it was a flash back thats how great the town was they have a  Book Club social club going on  , fixing  the pluming on a house ,  just your everyday small town adventures  Just this town happens to be in the mibble of no where Hummm... And  I was really thinking Jacks Dad and Jacks  wife/ex were  doing something (  durning Jacks Flash back )  .. who knows maybe  the guy  that came with her to get Jack out of jail ( for hitting his Dad) was just a ploy.. .. and  whats  that with Kate/freckles  she has breafast with Henery ( the weirdo) gets to shower, wears a new dress..HUMMM then Henery says enjoy it because the next 2 weeks will be unbearable .. Hey did you know.... if you missed last night you can watch it on ABC.com  YUP!! they have all the ABC line up  for you to watch ..

Today I am heading to the church  this morning  and meeting with the others that are on the  Audit committee  to get the books up to date .. Thats if  everything is  there  & ready for us to do fun! fun! fun..

Got everything ready for  my event  tommorrow  night ( I will maybe post a teaser for my girls tommorrow ) . and I  have to make more cookies today ( or Friday  depending on how long I will be at the church today could be a all day affair )  for  Daughter  for Saturdays car wash fundraiser ..

Until later .. Happy Stampin!!

Wonderful Wednesday

HEY Dont forget Season 3 of LOST starts  tonight at 9:00pm  Eastern  ABC YAHOO!

I got my  On Stage publication  from SU!  a couple days  ago and yesterday I had to give the slider card on the cover a try .OH my What will I ever do when  The Halloween season has past?? I just love the 2 halloween sets I got this year so fun .. for my card I  used the slot punch and  had to make the slot a tad bit bigger  so I lined up  the punch  line and punched about 1/2 more..

"Enabler alert"... I had to use my KAREN FOSTER SNAP STAMPS for this  card  I have had  this set for awhile and I really need to grab them more than what I do.. I love the  easy way they snap together to make the words you want  then just ink and stamp all words come out perfect  I believe I have the 1/4" size in casual  format Love them .. I also tied  all the colors of my card together with the  top bow  .. I hardly use organdy ribbon  But  this card seemed to want it   so I then added my GG snips  to the final  slip of the knot . and lets not  forget the doodles ..   Hee! Hee! I used  the rough around the edges for the background on the lovely lilac & only orange  attached a eyelet to each end of the slider  and  then added linen thread..  to keep the slider  going stright  I added 2 dimensionals  on the back side of Frankie to keep it lined up ..But not to close  so It could still  slide smoothly  if you KWIM ?

Last night I made meatloaf for dinner ..As  my favorite gal on TV would say YUM-O Love Rachel Rays new TV show ( thats when I  get to see it ) usually have to catch up on the web site .. anyway she uses  Beef Both for everything SO I   ventured out and added Beef Both to my meatloaf last night  instead of the 1/2 cup of milk it calls for .. and YUMMMMMM-O  !!!   Very  DE-LISH!!!

  This Saturday Oct 7th  I will be celebrating my 3 year anniversary with SU! Hard to believe  .. But time sure flys bye when  we have fun HUH?  seems like yesterday I was just getting my starter kit  and I can still remember the excitement   opening it  and  all those GOODIES!! From what I have gathered the starter kit has come a long way baby .. In years past  we  that signed up couldnt NOT pick the  sets and inks  we wanted .. the kit was the kit and you got what it  showed .. NOW its so awesome to be able to customize our kit to our personal liking ..

I have started reading a book  for my week 5 tasks  for SU! Boot camp  and  for awhile I will add a few  quotes from this awesome BOOK I am reading  below .. The Title of it is called INSIDE EVERY WOMAN Like with any book it gets better the more you read it ..BUT this book was awesome  right  from the get go!!

Quote page 29: "Make time  for your PASSIONS,  In a busy, demanding  schedule it's easy to believe  we have no time  for passions . IF we believe  thats so, Then we make it so. Conversely, IF we believe  in the promises we make to ourselves, Then  we will  carve out the TIME to PURSUE  a Passion that promises   fulfillment ..

Until later .. Happy stamping

Terriffic TUESDAY!

After Saturdays trip to Target and viewing  all those  cards and taking photos of them with my cel ph camera I thought  I should make one of them In my version of course with SU!  Tagets card was a  bit bigger in size But I still think Mine is Okey dokey .. I wish I could upload  my photo of the card I copied  from target  but I  dont have any way to upload from my cell phone  anyway ..

I am going to try and  give directions to my fip top gift card holder ..Please be patient  since I have only made this sample and I was just wingin it  from the photo on my cell ph . Maybe you can come up with an  simpler way But this is what I did for mine ..

1. cut your cardstock in half at 4 1/4 X 11

2. fold both  pieces in half  ( like your making 2 base cards )

3. Now  cut the top off of one at 2 1/4  ( this part will be the top part of your flip card ) and  cut the other top off of the other card base at 3 1/4  ( this will be the bottom part of your flip card )

4.I really hope I dont confuse you with this next step ..If you have any questions Please ask me  ok ?This part you can use 1of the 2 pieces( 3 1/4 X 4 1/4 ) left from the  2 1/4 cut ( top flip part  from step 3 above ) ) OR cut yourself a other  1/4 pieces of cs at 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 ( this way may be the easiest at 1st ) ....( either way you will be using this piece for  the gift card holder ) if you use the 3 1/4 X 4  1/4 piece like I did you will need to  attach the  piece to the inside  of the bottom   part of your card  BUT remember to keep 2 1/4 of this piece showing  ( your flip top will cover  this  piece that is sticking out and this is also where your gift card is  held  at )  Mono   your bottom piece and the  inside  part all closed  so you should have  your base card "bottom" with the  piece of  CS sticking out the top  right ?

5. Now using your slit punch cut  one slit on each side of the top sticking out piece (  making sure you have enough space to hold a gift card I would measure out the gift card  on to the top of  cs with a pencil ..

6. Next attach your top  part over the  sticking out piece(  make sure you top and bottom piece match up  . this will give you the illusion of a regular looking card )   I used a brad on mine  so it can flip easy .. ( if you look really  really close at my photos today you can actually see a imprint of a brad on the left  top side ( under marigolde morning  strip of CS  ..I ued the 1/16th punch and punched a hole through all layers of CS  and attached  the brad .. I did NOT  use adhesive on  any part of the flip top part  I kept my fip part open on the right side  so it will be easier to flip up  and expose  the gift card .. I really hope this helps you .. Have fun ..

Dawns Side  Note :

Here is another  one of my favorite  bands .. APOLOGETIX... This Band ROCKS ... and are sooo very cool ( I really am amazed at what they do ..  Not only are the band members Christians BUT they do the weird Al to  most popular songs ..  whats the weird AL you ask? Well they take   the oldest and newest songs out and re make them to  glorify God  I have 2 of their 2CD and I love  the way they put words in place of the song words  that were there orginally  Here take a Look & Listen to BOY TELL THE WORLD version of "Jermiah was a bull frog ". ..also along the right side once you click on the link  you can view many others you tube videas   from APOLOGETIX  Like Walk on the water .. version of > Smoke on the water..anyway   I have also attached their web site also Apologetix a Christian parody band   .. Our church youth group  Hope to see them in person the next time they Hit the Michigan tour .. They are awesome ..  Of course you cant truly  hear all the  words to their  song since YOU TUBE isnt that clear for thie video But  maybe if you listen close  you can hear  most of it and if not you can  get the words to their song  Boy tell the world> HERE ..  ENJOY!!

Until later ... Happy Stampin

"HAPPY" Monday ...

When I was making this card I really didnt think it was going to all come together in the end actually  when I did  finished I really didnt like it ... But the more it sat there  staring at me the more it grew on me .. sooo I took a picture of it and here it is .. This card I dry embossed on whisper white  But instead of using the puffy side  for my card I turned it around and used the  concaved side ( so I guess you could maybe call this reverse  dry embossing ) Hee! Hee!  anyway I used  daubers  for applying  the classic ink   Apricot Appeal,  Cool caribbean, and Certainly celery  right over top of the concaved area  I used the  Bodacious bouquet brass template .. I still dont have the stamp set to match BUT one day  I must get this set  seeing  all the awesome goodies  every one is making ..CS I used was apricot Appeal and Cool caribbean  and whisper white  I then of course had to add dazzling diamonds to  it  and then finished off by adding  the Happy Birthday from the "Happy Everything " set ... I am really enjoying this set has every  occassion  I would need BUT I think I really really just like the  word Happy in this set something  about  the way it looks..Hummmm  simple I suppose, clean lines I dont know I just like it ..anyway ..

Hubby for some reason got his tape measure out and was measureing everything in my kitchen ..( he may be up to something ?) I remember when I got home from Convention  a couple years ago 2005 Salt Lake Ciyt UT.. was gone for a week well I  came home to a new bedroom  closet remodel and also the wash room  redone  with new shelfs .. Not to much he can do in 1 day when I am off to regionals in a few weeks   right ?  anyway  he   measured our daughter and here all along I have  been telling everyone she is 5'9 well I stand corrected she is 5' 11.5"  OH MY she is growing like a weed  everyone .  I am for  sure the shortie in my family now ..

Until later .....Happy Stampin!!

  Still uploading from last Saturdays  stamping  adventures .. Hubby took us out to Olive Garden last night for dinner and while there was a 45 min wait we scooted on over to  window shop at target  and I headed for the card dept.. OH MY Have cards  gotten outrageous or what .. I hardly seen anything for  less than 3.99  I guess I really have been out of the loop lately  I was having fun  me and daughter  were taking photos of the cards with our cell ph  camera Hee! Hee! Tricky huh?  I cant believe how ridiculously  simple these 3.99 cards are  I guess they want to make it look as though your really getting a piece of art work when they slide a clear plastic sleeve over the front of the card (  the sleeve does NOTHING.. Nothing to hold it  closed , hold something on,NOTHING!!)  Just for looks I suppose  So I found myself being BAD and removing the sleeve  since I didnt want a reflection  on my photos ( you know those camera phs are so precise in  the photo  clearness and all ~  YEA RIGHT  I think this was the 1st time in a long time I went into a store and didnt BUY 1 single item ( Dawns is patting herself on the back )  Hubby hit the Motocycle magazine  dept  and hung out there  while  we were on our photo  expo....

Today 1st upload is using  my new peaceful wishes set along with always artichoke and  elegant eggplant .. for some reason I love these colors together.. nothing out of the  ordinary  I just  colored the vine and berries  with SU! markers and did the darth Vader on it  Looked  pretty cool I thought .. then I used the weathered BG stamp and added alittle tiny Bling with those tattoo thingys again .. actually between you and me the blingy thingy was addd to cover up a little tiny OOPSIE I  used the SU markers for the Peaceful and I also hit the tiny  corner of the W from wishes also ( didnt know until I stamped it ) anyway  nothing a little Bling cant cover right ?

Then I tried my hand at the donut hole card   last week I used the 3x3  cranberry crisp  I punched out  3 holes in the front of the card  with my 3/4 punch ( love this size ,perfect for many  images ) and then   punched out my  snowflurries  with the 1/2 circle punch and  used a dimensional  I really enjoy making these 3x3 cards  seems like we can  do alot in such a little area .. Big Bang  for a little card if You KWIM ?

Until later ... Happy Stampin!