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Looky Looky ...

WOWZIE Look what I  received in my mail box yesterday .. I got a Beate Johns creation  Beate  & I along with many other bloggers   joined the blog rak club  on SCS. If you have a BLOG   we want you to join too , You must 1st be a  RAK member   on SCS  Its FREE and its FUN so why not ?  Beate card is so much more beautiful IRL  and I love the way the cho chip  just pops out at you  on her card .  Your can view  Beates   Blog  HERE  scroll down to end of  her blog posts  and view what she  used for her card she sent me. Thank you so Much Beate for my very 1st blog RAK ! Something pretty funny happened yesterday  and I will share that with you all  in a couple days stay tuned ..

I want to share Something  you may want to listen to online today   at 1:30pm -3:30 pm eastern  time zone.   Today BOB DUTKO will be  talking about  WHY Jesus  remains will NOT be found in this so called  Coffin that James Cameron has so called "Found" .. You wont want to miss  this exciting  Top 10 reasons .. Once you click on the Bob Dutko link above   scroll down  until you see LISTEN NOW  and remember to tune in  at 1:30 pm  Eastern time TODAY . Did you know that this  stuff  James Cameron  has located  was actually found  over 27 years ago .. Seems to be  just another whoop La  that the  Media wants you to think that maybe Jesus  didn't  ascend  full  body to Heaven  after all . If thats the Case then the Gospels  are wrong . and don't you find this ironic  that  his  so called "BIG" find  is right around Easter time..  Christians Don't be mis lead.

Alot of exciting things  coming  up  this week  Saturday  is our  pot luck and  Q&A time with  the pastor  we may be calling  to our church, Hubby and  a hand ful of other men have been  remodeling  the   parsonage  for our future Pastor and his Family  with new cabinets  and dry wall in the Kitchen , New outlets  to GFI, Carpet , and painting  Its pretty exciting  to see whats happening  The deacons  and their wife's will be taking  this pastor out to Breakfast Saturday morning ..I am excited  because My hubby is a deacon  and you know I am his wife so you all know what that means ? I get to see   and met  this man and his family   at Breakfast  instead of waiting for the evening Pot luck YAHOO ! cause you all now my patience  level is not to high  with exciting news like this . Thank you all for your kind words  about Jessie's poem yesterday .. I think I may take  Barb Mann's   comment and use Jessie's poem for a Christmas card next year ..  that is such an awesome idea .. why did I think of it ? DUH... 

Major news on the home front  with Hubby  getting a job .. But  we want to wait for  more details  so  stay tuned for this Major development . Please keep us in your prayers that  everything goes  as planned  and  Its God will .. Have you ever realized when you have God in your plans  and  everything  goes so easy and smooth  you  know it must be from God ..Thanks so much  for your prayers  &  I Promise I  will try and not keep you all in suspense  for to long .. Thanks for peeking in today.. and I will see you all tomorrow .

Happy Stampin!

HEY.. Whats Up?

I guess this is what I get when I am stamping kinda of goofy .. What ever I had yesterday that made me feel so yucky it  was gone around 7:00pm last night I still have a cough But my head doesn't feel like 50lbs any longer WHEW! This card was made last night , I  was feeling kinda silly  and thought it would be  a cute and kinda  different  .. I used the Ant from the Bugs and Kisses stamp set , itty bitty background  in real red, and of course my Karen foster snap stamps ( love them ) OH and yes last but not least I added  red stickles glitter to my ant bodies  kinda reminds me of fire ants I suppose  Hee! Hee!  But seriously  Fire ants are not funny IRL. I than added gingham ribbon in black and red .. Actually this card seems  a tad bit plain for my  liking  But  Plain is good  for a change .I guess this would maybe fall into the  NO layers type of card BUT I did add a couple strips of black  to the  bottom   of the top layer .. so maybe this doesn't fit in the NO layer  card category after all  ..Any who ..Thank you all for emailing me  and  your well wishes  for my sick day yesterday . You all are such sweethearts

I have to brag on Jessie for a bit .. Today she is turning in her poem she wrote  for a calligraphy  category  she has entered into for MACS  competition  at school  I want to share with you her poem she wrote for this contest .. even though She wont be judged totally on her  poem writing skills ( which she is soo great at ) But more so for her  calligraphy  of  this poem .. The one catch to  this contest is that she had  to use the  whole alphabet in her poem in  some  way   For example :  she  just had to use the  letters in  a word some way .. Nothing like  each word had to start with the  certain letter  KWIM?  Ok here is her Poem she wrote .

The snowflake  By Jessica

A snowflake is quite dazzling

and  is Magnificent  to.

It is  also very  beautiful

just like me and you .

When the sun hits them right,

They start to sparkle and shine .

It is  a perfect example of what God

can do in the winter time.

  So beautiful HUH?  short and sweet . She actually had a couple other versions of this poem she wrote But this ended up being the  finial one to  send into the contest . I always go to my daughter when  I have a stampin event  that as a theme  to it , and she helps me make   really catchy  and fun  titles to my theme .  She is soo gifted in many ways  and so happy  and proud she is my daughter .. Funny thing is when I made the mat for her  to frame her poem in I  so wanted to put glitter  all around it  but I couldn't  since  her frame could only be black or white  and nothing else BUMMER  don't you think ? I just think the  glitter would have been a nice touch  since it is talking about  a snowflake and  sparkle and shine KWIM? But then again I am  a glitter freak anyway Hee! Hee! 

Today I think I am  going to stamp a bit , I am also sending out a Blogger RAK  today to someone on the  blogger RAK club  wonder who it is ? HUMMM MY lips are sealed ..   stay tuned out there in bloggerland  and be looking for it in your mail box .. I could give out hints  BUT what fun would that be  especially since I  Think she would know who she is  if I did give ya all a hint .. so MUMMMS the word  gonna have to wait  sorry ..I will say  that I used my new  Crab & Company set  . That crab is soo cute.  Thanks for peeking in today and I will see you tomorrow . Have a  Terrific Tuesday!

Until later .. Happy Stampin!

A special Treat cause you all are soo sweet!

Good morning  everyone .. Today I  am feeling  kinda yucky .. seems I got this terrible cold  and I think today will end up being  a  very lazy day of vegging out on the couch and  napping . I wanted to  post a special treat for all of you today , and show you  all the cards   I have received from alot of you for my scissor charms  and or my retired sets .. Thank you all so Much..  your  goodies  are Fabulous!  and you all  brought a smile to my face . Last night church was canceled due to weather  so Hubby and I spent some time  shredding all kinds of things  that needed to be thrown away . Like  car , House, bank ,  insurance  , medical statements .. Now a days  you can never be to safe. Have a Marvelous Monday  and enjoy   all the goodies I have received Please note you can view a larger   image for your viewing pleasure just by clicking  on the  image .. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ! You all ROCK!

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

 

Delight in Life ...

Looky what we all made last night .. NO big surprise huh? Cause you all know I am loving the diorama  boxes and so did all my  girls last night . I used pixie pink and cool Caribbean with  whisper white  along with the  Delight in life SAB set OH of course my trusty  white gel pen for the doodles . The cool Caribbean flowers were colored in with  cool Caribbean reinker and  my blender pen.   Not much plans  going on today  we will be going to church  this morning  and its my mom and I turn to sit in Nursery  during  church services  today, and tonight we are having our birthday fellowship with our church family. It looks like it  has snowed out side last night  and the wind is howling   at my  windows so It looks as though that snow  storm is on its way  today .I am hoping to get photos of all my beautiful cards   everyone mailed me   with their scissor charm payment to share with all of you  their fabulous artwork,  So besides that looks like I will be  staying in my warm comfy home . Have a wonderful Sunday  everyone  and stay warm . Thanks for stopping by  today and I will see you tomorrow .

Until later .. Happy stampin!

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y

I made this pack of  10 cards for my hostess tonight ..  do they look familiar ?  They should ,cause  look  HERE

I used pixie pink and black for her cards  colored in "Friends " with  coordinating markers in Pixie pink. Pink passion & Black  added  a touch a pixie pink to the background of Friends with my dauber , I dyed  some white GG ribbon  with pixie pink reinker and also used a  tad bit of Black GG ribbon  attached with  staples . I also used the slit punch  for my black scallops and the scallop  scissors ( retired ) from SU!  for the bottom pixie pink scallop. For the saying " The Best things  in Life are always hand picked, Like good friends"I used   from the living large stamp set , I took the dauber and applied  a hint of pixie pink over top of the  bottom  saying.. I just love the way these turned out ..

UPDATE! on my crop-a-dile  OH MY Goodness  .. This  tool ROCKS ..  I received my  goody yesterday and I love love Love it ..  You will all want this Fancy tool  for your own ..I promise   Don't walk ~RUN  to get it ..  Even IF My hubby  had spent  the full price on this tool( which he didn't )  It is worth its weight in GOLD.. Punching through your chip board is like butter  and setting  eyelets is a dream . This tool is sooo massive in size Don't be afraid  of it  girls .. I can  do all the punching and setting with one hand.and remember  I  use to use all the reg punches  to make holes and set my eyelets .. actually  setting my eyelets before  use to hurt my hands so much that I had to use the  table top side  rail as  a backing  for my  eyelet setting  with my other punches .(  push  my handles  up against  the table top  and  squeeze   handle .. this was the only way I could set my  eyelets  with out my   eyelets  setter and hammer ( I always hated getting those 3 tools( setter , hammer , mat ) out  Just to set  a couple eyelets )  so then I  started using  the  punches  which were  alot less of a mess  and my punches were always in reach . But man did  it hurt my hands to try and squeeze  those eyelets  to set them . This Crop -a-dile is I believe  the 8th wonder  of the world .. NO kidding I love it that much .. Now I  am so excited to  use it on  everything .. remember  the  tool looks  very intimidating  BUT it is very simple to work   By just remembering  that your 2 side punches are for making your holes( you can even adjust the depth  you want for your holes )   and the  two top   pieces are for  setting eyelets  or snaps  with  different sizes for your different sized eyelets .. The video HERE explains how this wonderful tool  works   I am so excited to hear a few of you have already purchased  yours  from a couple days ago YAHOO! I  promise  you wont be  unhappy with it ..

Last Night Jessie and her friend spent the night  over at grandmas  house  and Me and hubby  relaxed and caught up on all my  CSI  shows  with our TIVO  ( still loving  Tivo )  I felt  the Little sniffles coming on so I just  chilled out on my  comfy couch and  watched one of my Favorite shows CSI .I have to run and get dogie food today  and  finished up on  the last minute things for  tonight's club meeting .( very exited  about  this ) Please Lord don't let me forget  something , Like I usually  do . I received more beautiful  cards and goodies  from all of  you   with your payments  for my scissor charms . WOWZIE  just gorgeous  and   you all made my day thinking of me  when mailing  your works of art to  me .. Today I am going to sign up for the bloggers RAK  list ..  whats that you  say ?  well everyone that has a blog  signs up HERE and  we all send each other a RAK ( Random act of Kindness )  and the receiver  posts the card she receives  from a fellow blogger with a link to her site  How easy is that .. Thanks so much for passing this info on to me BEATE she emailed me and asked my why I haven't sign up for this  RAK  with bloggers yet ?  Well its the 1st I heard of it ..Thanks so much Beate ! So stay tuned for  some fabulous cards I will be posting in the near future girls  and  if your a  blogger  why not  join us too.. The more the merrier . who knows maybe a  few  will receive  one of my famous  scissor  charms  and a card ..  we will see .. GO sign up  right now ..

More snow is on its way this weekend OH NO  Please tell me it isn't so!  YUP up to 6" more  YUCK.. Ok I am officially sick of winter now maybe we all should start making Spring  cards This  will help all of us  get in the mood  and  maybe    this Winter thing will hurry up and pass  over us . well its the thought that counts right ?  Have a wonderful Saturday  and I will see you tomorrow

Until later .. Happy Stamping !

Babies everywhere ....

Even though I didn't get a chance to use my new goodies yesterday  , I still felt as though I used a new set anyway cause  my Swell News set has been sitting on my shelf  UN-used for  a while , so it felt as though I was using a new set.. Usually  I get the news of  someone  having a baby  a little  to late for me to use this  set .. and I just love it   mainly for the   super cute  sayings  in this set .For my card I used  the  Bashful blue, and pool party   designer series  paper. and also  matted  my images onto sage shadow ( Boy this look like my living room walls ) I colored in  our  little  expecting  lady  with  re inkers and  my blender pen . I  added  doodles with my white gel pen  and also stamped for a tone on tone   the background of  baby safety pins  with bashful blue ink with a touch of dazzling diamonds  down the left side . Mrs Meagan is expecting  a  little boy  which you probably already guessed by the color  scheme  HUH? I then  stapled  Lt blue gingham  ribbon  to the goodies on the front of my card .. Jessie will be delivering this card today . Be praying for Jessie she has a touch of a  cold  coming on  BUT then  again not sure if its just  sinuses cause of the weird change of weather  we are having .

This morning I am meeting up  with my  bestest friend  Diane  for Breakfast,  seems we are both so busy  That  we haven't seen each other in so long.. Its gonna be great to catch up with her  this morning .. I am going to try to  stamp with my new goodies  some time today.  Thank you for your comments on my crop-a-dile  thingy .. your  comments on yours is so very encouraging and it makes me more excited to get it .. I will keep you posted on how much I love mine. Even more excited to see some of you have started to receive your scissor charms.. Thank you  for posting your comments  to let me know what you think about the scissor charms & that you got them safe and sound .. Have a Fabulous Friday  and  thanks so much for peeking in today on my blog  , It truly is a blessing  for me to upload my goodies   and to know your there  viewing  my blog ..  See you tomorrow.

P.S  I wanted to share with you all  that if for some reason you do NOT like the  little snap pop ups  when you roll your cursor  over  the links  you can now  disable this trigger  for your  own veiwing pleasure .. (I personally love  Snap )  when you  roll your cursor over  the links you will  see a pop up  click on top  right  corner  where it says Options and disable  this will open another window  for you to be able to  disable this trigger feature on  my site OR all sites you view  having  the Snap feature  ..  this is just a personal feature Snap has added  for those that  do not like these pop ups.. so feel free to click  this  trigger off if you so choose. Thanks  goes to Snap for making this  feature available  to us bloggers.. 

Until later ..Happy Stampin!

CROP-A-DILE coming to my Home ...

Hello Everyone ,  Isn't this card sooo cute ? My Cousin Ruthie  made it for my hubby when he  injured  his foot a couple weeks ago .. which by the way still has not   healed  up totally BUT he  is saying that it is itching like crazy  so that does mean its healing right ? Ruthie stamped the little  bottle  on to  vellum and  attached it to  CS with  brads .. For her card it  looks like she used Not Quite Navy, Blush blossoms , and close to cocoa so very cute  Ruthie .. Thank you  girlie !

OK so which secrets were revealed last night  that you can remember from LOST? I am still kinda lost on what  Jacks  Tattoo  and  that whole story line  was leading up to .. And what  is up with Ben.. He has a daughter  the gal that saved Sawyer and Kate a couple weeks ago ..HUMMMM. I guess I am going to have to watch it again  cause I didn't see  what was actually revealed OR maybe I did see it and  totally went over my head .. Your thoughts please ..

ENABLER ALERT!!

Look what my Hubby bought me ..Crop-A-Dile..( Thanks Sarah for the  video on this amazing  tool ) I  Cant  say enough about it  But I will say that Joanns.com has it on sale  right now  online for 18.89. You  could have used the 50% off coupon  from a few days ago and got it  for $13 something ( the 50% off  coupon  only  takes off 50 % from reg price NOT sale price )I should be  getting mine a  the next day or so.. I am so excited to use this tool  with chip board goodies  and  so much more .. and anyone that knows me  . Being able  to use  tools that make it alot easier on my hands  is a HUGE PLUS for me  personally .

Yesterday  I received my goodies from SU!  I  got goodies from the  Spring mini, I am   going to be using them today  in  my  personal  stamping adventures.. Stay tuned  to see which goodies I got .

See you tomorrow ..

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

A Day to Smile !

Look what we all decided  to do 2 days ago .. OK I must re phrase that Look what my Hubby  thought we could do 2 days ago... Paint our living room ..Its amazing what 2 gallons of paint can do to a room ..  and well changing the furniture around  too.  Hubby wanted to change the living room around and thought  we  could paint the walls while we were at it too.. so he had me pick a color and  well  from the photos  what do you think ?  Does it remind you of Sage shadow ? Our living room walls were painted in  a Lt. dove gray ..I love the way it all turned out ..Its amazing what can happen in  just a few short hours . I had to take these photos of Jessie  painting  Because she has finally reached  the age where she is actually  helping, instead of  just finger painting on the walls Hee! Hee! and she was such a huge help  to us, Plus  her helping  freed me up to be able to  clean other things .. today we are hanging  things on the walls  and  finishing up  the small things ..Like hooking back up  our Tivo .. Poor Bowzer didn't know  what was going on  when all this started  yesterday morning ..

Yesterday was a busy day .. I did finish  up preparing my  club projects everything is cut and ready to go. Plus is was sooo beautiful outside it got close to 50 degrees here in  Michigan  hopefully it will melt all the snow we have accumulated over  th last few weeks ..  PLUS have you noticed its staying daylight longer .. NO more  pitch black outside at 5:30pm  YAHOO Spring is right around the  corner .. Gotta Love that .. 

Yesterday I started  receiving  your scissor charms  money  and along  with  your payments I have received some awesome  cards and other goodies .. OH BOY you  all are sooo very talented .. stay tuned as I share the rest of  them with you in the upcoming  days .. BUT the very 1st   card  with payment  came from  Jacqueline K on Saturday ..  Her card is  sooo awesome Love  her color combo she used  for my card she sent me ..    You Truly made my day a happier  One .. Thank you  so Much  Jacqueline ..I am sooo blessed to receive  all  your hand made  creations from all of you  .. stay tuned , There's more to come .Jessie must have been  bragging on  my scissor charms at school  cause , Yesterday one of Jessie  school teachers even bought a scissor charm ..

Today I should be receiving my  goodies from SU! OH my what are they going to be ? Can you  even  guess what I got ? stay tuned .. I also ended up sending in my  submission to SU yesterday  I ended  up  sending it into the WOW contest  I could have sent it in  for the  thanking Mom  contest also BUT it was more than a card  so I thought it would fit better in the WOW contest ..Dawns crossing her fingers that this may be the one that wins .. which would be the 1st  time  for me to win  a contest ..

Don't forget LOST is on tonight  at 10:00pm ABC  .. cant wait  many things will be revealed in tonight's episode .. YAHOO!

So  is my site loading fast and   just as good as before  without the cursor mania  added ? I would love to hear feedback on this since I miss my cursor  and being able to change it.. Just your thoughts  if I should bring it  back or not ?

Todays other plans ?? HUMMM Maybe  some  stamping is in order  and also making out my project worksheet  for Club night Guess what we will be making ?? Diorama  boxes .. YUP I am still hooked on them and you know  there is nothing better than getting everyone else  hooked on them right ? Will be a super fun time stamping & making them . Will share those projects  soon  with you , stay tuned !

Have a Wonderful Wednesday  and thanks so much for peeking in today .. I will see you all tomorrow

Until later ..Happy Stampin!

Scissor Charms Batch #2

Looky what I   did yesterday ? I made new scissor charms .. I still have  some left  from the 1st batch But here are some new ones BUT these  are in Large size ONLY seems  the larger size is a tad bit more popular ? HUMMM I wonder why? Maybe cause we all use SU!  scissors ..I don't know ..  I still have small scissor charms But this 2nd batch is just large .. These will fit the Craft and rubber scissors and also the paper snips  from © Stampin'Up! Please  refer back to the 1st batch for  size  difference  if you  want   any of the small scissor charms from 1st batch look HERE  and scroll down a bit Or click on link on  the Dawns Scissor Charms link on left side of my blog and scroll down .. Both batches  will be there  and  I will update what is available as they sell .. Thank you so Much .To view  a bigger photo of charms  just click on photo.

Here is what I have available for the 2nd  batch of scissor charms .

UDATED: MARCH 12TH, 2007 1:30pm

#1 Black & white  Sq =0

#2Neon Blue=1

#3 Green & Turq= 2

#4 Lt Purple =0

#5 Lt Green=0

#6 Black & White circle =1

Lt blue =3   Look at  Photo  located in  post below

Lt Pink =3 look at photo located  in post below 

What I have left from 1st batch : to view them  click HERE

2 Large blue and Rose

0 Lt Blue large 

0=small magenta

1=  small dark blue

4 small  blue & rose

Look at what else I got to  done  yesterday ...  YAHOOO 20 down 80 more to go ..  These actually went   quicker than I thought ..I set  everything up like a assembly  line  and  went to town .. there is so many steps to this card  so its really hard to get bored( I have not been  one that is very patient when it comes to  making the same design of cards   for more than 10) But making  20 at a time seems do-able for me  to accomplish this task .. Hee! Hee! I am sure Whitney will be excited to mail these  grad cards out  cause who doesn't like handmade goodies  right .. This is one of many reasons I love  what I do ,&  I am very blessed to  be able to do what I love . Today I must stamp out our projects for  my CLUB Meeting   that is quickly approaching .. and also make 10 cards  for my hostess gift. so it looks to be another stamp Happy Day? what are  you doing today .. Its Fat Tuesday you know ..( Not that I get into that  but know it is very popular  among  Millions  out there)

Thanks for peeking in today and  Have  a Great Tuesday  .. See you tomorrow.

Until later... Happy Stampin!

Great news all around !!

Another simple card  using NO layers .. I punched out the  mega giga sq  scallop punch on  a piece of scrap and then laid that over top of my  base  card of whisper white  and using  dauber  I  added pixie pink  to the inside  sq.  I then added the images from Happier because of you stamp set  in black  and added  the tiny lady bug and  then  stamped the butterfly out  and added  that in  top  right corner  added  dazzling diamonds  Very simple card .

We have a date for the  preacher man coming to our church in view of a call YAHOO!  Please be praying  for  him & Our Church. March 3 we are having a  pot luck and  Q &A time with him  & his Wife ,and then Sunday March 4th  He will be preaching   during our Morning  church service. Right after he is done  we  the church will be voting   Yay or Nay if  he is the  one  the church wants  to be our new Pastor ..  seems like such a long  road  9 months ago when   we all started the process in looking for  a new pastor  ..  Everyone is so  excited ..  I just know God has Great things in store  for  Columbia Ave Baptist church..

Jessie has no school  today  due to winter break  so today is the day I must get  down in my  stampin room and get busy .. This weekend   I  made 2 extra   never ending cards ..I  did end up  being able to  re size them  to fit our 5.5 X 5.5 sq envelopes  YAHOO!  If you  want those measurements  to fit that size envelope also .. Just cut your  4 pieces of CS at  5 X 2.5.  doesn't seem like  1 " would make a big difference  BUT it sure does . Maybe I need to try one with  pieces cut at 4' X 2"  today I am also  going to finish up  cutting out  some of the graduation cards I started on.. seems like it Will go faster when everything is cut out 1st before I  start putting them together .. Look HERE to see what Whitney's card is going to look like ..( Whitney's is the bottom blue one with her name on it ) Yes I need to make 100 of these OH MY !!  gonna be awesome when I get them done for her ..Its just getting them done KWIM? I am 5 months out from when she needs them so If I make at least 20 ( or more ) each month  I should be finished a month ahead of time ) so she will have time to add info to them and  get them out in the mail  with enough time .. SO if you could  be saying a little prayer for me  to  get  on the ball ..I really have to plan my projects for  my Club meeting  coming up  and also get things ready for mailing into SU!  for their March contest  ( Stay tuned for those projects Hopefully they will knock their socks off  .. Dawns crossing fingers ... Funny thing with SU! contests we never  know exactly what they look for  to be picked as the winner of a category.. and to tell you the truth I am not really sure what category to enter my submission into .. It fits  2  categories I just have to decide  which one .. anyway I must finish up those submission goodies with adding all my info and supplies I used which could take as long as It did when I made them ..KWIM? I have yet to actually win a  submission contest , But have been an honorable mention  in one  publication which entitled me to  a FREE stamp set YAHOO!  BUT winning  a contest we win the BIG BANANAS  with 3 FREE stamp sets.. so wish me luck .. I of course will share my  goodies with you in a few weeks .. stay tuned ,You wont want to miss   them  Hee! Hee!

I am almost sold out of my SCISSOR CHARMS   Please stay tuned  for the next  batch of colorful  charms..Thank you all so much  for your  interest in them ..  I  know you will be  surprised how much more beautiful they are IRL ( In Real Life )  they  sparkle and  shine,which the photos seem to lack in  catching this on film .I think I am more excited to mail them all out to you   so  you can see what I mean ..Please  post when you  receive them  and share  your thoughts ..  and please spread the word .. cause I will continue selling my Scissor charms  here on my blog .. Thank you all again .. Stay tuned  for more to come.

Well I am off to  go stamp .   See you all tomorrow

Until Later ... Happy Stampin!!

Cuttlebug crazy ..

Yup I have to admit I love  everything everyone is making with the  cuttleblug ..BUT NO I don't have the cuttlebug machine .  Well then how did I  make this card ? I'm so glad you asked  Hee! Hee! You see my friend  Gina  had purchased  a bunch of cuttlebug envelopes  and well the one your looking at today on my project is one Gina ordered 2 of by mistake and  she asked me if I would be interested  in  having it  Well for  just over 5.00  who could refuse  right ? NOT ME!! I figured  this just may be the one thing  that may help me   get over the urge of wanting to buying the machine .. Well Let me just say I think It  has made it worse  cause Know I Love Love Love the  embossing envelopes , and well ... I can only imagine  how much easier it would be to  actually  have the machine to  used the embossing envelopes, Until then I must do it THIS WAY!! .. I guess  doing things a little  different  and maybe a little more time consuming  and also harder on my wrists  will  help me appreciate  when I do get the  cuttlebug machine ( which will not be in any time  soon Boo Hoo!)  That is unless  some  Symphatic  soul takes pitty on me and just happens to give me one  Hee! Hee!  so until my hubby  gets back to work  doesn't look like  this stamper will get a cuttlebug machine ..Please pass any info on to me if there happens to be a  list to sign up  to receive a free machine OH pretty please .. Hee! Hee!  So until that day ever happens  I will be content on using my 1 single cuttlebug  embossing envelope  This Way...

For my  project today I used the cuttlebug embossing envelope" Thanks "   with my LOVES ME designer paper   and I also used the little mousy from "Nice and Easy notes"  stamp set .  did you all notice I cut the little over alls  for the mousy  to match the background  paper .. very easy I just stamped the  image  right on top of the designer paper  and proceeded to  cut out the over alls  and  then attached them over the  main image that I stamped on whisper  white  CS... what a simple and cute card huh? The background looks so much better IRL because my photo doesn't not pick up the  details  that the embossing  envelope  left . My class last night was  super fun  again .. My Stampin queens seemed  to  really enjoy making  their cards .. which one was  the never ending card  which you can view my  tutorial on my Never ending card  on the left side of my blog under "Dawns  Tutorials "

Well I am off to go get ready for Church,  Thanks for peeking in today and I will see you tomorrow .

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

PURPLE!!

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Gotta Love Orchid Opulence HUH? This  card is actually a oldie but a newbie technique I learned  from Karen G ( Hi Karen )  This oldie  technique is called Joseph coat  New technique  cause instead of applying ink from ink pads  with dauber I used  SU! Markers .. Using  Glossy Cardstock  take  2-3 coordinating colors  and just scribble  all over your glossy cardstock.. leaving  very little white showing  once your done scribbling  run your embossing buddy over top of the  glossy  with Marker scribble . Then  take a solid image stamp and  ink it up with versa mark  and stamp over top of the marker scribble  In  my example I used the  large flower from "Think Big" set once you get your images stamp the way you want   apply clear embossing over top of your images   and tap off any extra back into the  embossing  jar .. Then heat set  with  your heat gun. For the next step I did find it  easier to take my brayer ( rubber attachment or foam attachment ) and run  your brayer over Black ink pad  and  apply the brayer and run across your glossy CS  back and forth adding more ink  until you get the coverage you want .. ( Note : you should only be able  to see the images that were clear embossed ) You can also use  your black marker if you don't have a brayer  for this technique it works great  also .  just scribble the black marker all over your piece of glossy  instead of your brayer . Once you have  applied the black ink  in either  fashion and the black ink has dried ,  take a tissue and buff your glossy cs . The  embossed images  will pop out at you  with your  scribbles of your 3 coordinating colors  underneath. How cool is that ? Dawns side note ..Black  ink will stain your  rubber brayer  attachment Which because of this  it is always  a good reason to have 2 rubber attachments one set aside just for your  black ink  projects and one for all your other  ink choices . for my color choices  with my   marker scribble I used  orchid  opulence , Lovely Lilac, and going  Gray .. I used the "Happy"  stamp  from  Polka dots and paisley  set ( coming out on March 1st )  and the  circle "Day "stamp is from Think Big set I used both  the 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle punch for the  "Day" and popped it up on a dimensional . I really love this  oldie but newbie  technique . doesn't  this project look cute with my  purple blog back ground ? Love Love them purples. Well tonight I am  going to be stamping again with some more friends Check it out HERE! Great time last night . Wait until you see  an upcoming project I am  going to start  I have High hope this may be the ONE .. Of course until  the ink hits the paper I have high hopes. My mom is doing much better  so what ever she did have  it lasts only 24 hours Thank God .This Stomach flu is the worst.. Thank you  to all of you  who bought  more  of my scissor charms yesterday .  My Scissor Charm  quantities  are updated  HERE.. I would love to hear your thoughts and  read your comments  once you receive them  here on my blog  pretty  please .. Please spread the word on my scissor charms .. Once everyone sees your bling  I promise they will be asking .. Thank you so Much  ..

Have a  wonderful Saturday. and  I will see you tomorrow .

Until later .. Happy Stampin!

Smile .. Its FRIDAY!!

Its FRIDAY YAHOO!! No  stamping required  for todays post project . I just love   SU! simply scrappin kits . Don't you .. so many  great things we can do with them. OOPS I am sorry I did do a little  tiny bit of stamping with my new set "Fancy Flexible Phrases " from the winter mini Love this set of really small fancy words  I stamped the sweet, sweet, sweet on  certainly celery  and layered that on to a small  strip of the border  thats included in the SS kits .Yesterday I received my GR  goodies, something only Demonstrators would understand ( sorry)   anyway I  cashed in a few of my points  and I got all the 12 x12  card stock .. YAHOO! I think  since I started stampin I have only like 2 color groups in  12 x12  so WOWZIE now I am all set . Today I have to finish up on my project worksheet  for  my classes Other than that  I have to check in with my mom she was sooo sick  yesterday  stomach flu  she was in really bad shape yesterday and I  was worried about her  since she started doing those NASTY things  that happen when your  sick  at 4:00am yesterday morning  and didn't stop until  after 3:00pm yesterday , She said her stomach felt worse  than having a baby ( ME ) so  please be washing your hands   everyone it is still going around  and its a doozie of a flu . Poor Momma..  I want to send a HUGE Thank you out to all of you that bought my Scissor charms  yesterday .. You all are going to love them .. I have  all  your charms  ready to be sent to you .. Even  had to put hubby to work after Jaycene  ordered 15 large . I  will still be selling them  so if you ever need  a  scissor charm check back here .. The link is  on the  top left side bar ( Dawns Scissor Charms )  .. I have   updated  and what you see listed is what I have left on yesterdays post  .. Just a really cute  and  smart way to ID your scissors  and  also add some bling ( Bling is good right ?) I have some cleaning to do in my stamp room  today  and maybe some stamping is in order  especially  since my calender  is jammed pack with Birthdays and Anniversarys cards to be sent ..  OH MY I almost forgot to mention BE praying  for my Hubby because he has a job  opportunity to go to Africa  for 10 weeks  and work in a refinery   using his  skills as a Journeyman electrician..  What an awesome  Opportunity. He has always loved going to places like this  while in the Navy Seabees  and since getting  out  of the  Arm Forces the only exotic place we  been is  Florida  :-)  Yup Disney Land  Hey  maybe not Exotic  but  sure FUN!! and when He comes back after  10 weeks or so  the company will  send him some where else. The only reason I am  excited for him is that I know he can handle it ( remember he is a man that can do just about anything ) Just pray his foot heals up  quickly ..  He is sooo excited about going .. His name will be kept on the books here in MI  at the union hall  he is # 1600 on the books so it looks to be a long haul  before he gets back to his electrical union  job .  Hey  not sure  how jobs are going  across the country  in the US but it sure is NOT looking  good here in MI  All the cuts  from the Big 3  and  even more  it is soo scary  and I feel so Bad for those that  are getting  cut from their job.. Funny thing  when we 1st got out of the military  everyone was telling my hubby to get a job in one of the auto plants  that  there was security  in those jobs  and well  14 years later  There is NO  security anywhere  ( except in my Lord  Jesus Christ Of course )  Job security that is .. and Let me just tell  you  something else     with new taxes  from our  lovely  Governor ( being  sarcastic )  she is  going to be  trying to pass  a new tax here in MI  for business to business .Whats that you say Read about it here .. well if you have any services  done  example : hair cut, mufflers on car ,  brakes done ,  anything that requires you to  have  a company  do a service for you   we will be taxed on   not only the parts BUT labor too DO you all realize  how many taxes we all pay  In the US? and why?  A Thousand of years ago , even as little as a  100 years  ago  we didn't have all these taxes  and we were the  most   richest country ever .    Ok I am off my soap box  and thanks for  being patient  while I  shared  that .. cause I feel  alot better now OK well as good as  can be expected .  after all that I  have to say I am  Thankful today .. I am Thankful for being a Christian,  having my Family and friends  and Of course  stamping  My list is endless   for things I am Thankful for .. Make your list today . Have a fabulous Friday and I will see you tomorrow ..

Until later .. Happy Stampin!

Dawns Scissor Charms part 1

Well here is your 1st look at my scissor charms I am selling now ..  They are the cutest things  to add personality  to your  scissors But most of all  a really  cute and stylish way to ID your personal  scissors .. I have 2 size charm  clasps ( Large = will fit the Craft rubber Scissors  and Paper snips © Stampin Up! sells ) and ( Small charms clasps  for all your tiny  thin  rubber / plastic   handles on your scissors) .. Please  click on  on  photos to view larger  details .. Please look at the  next photo chart  to view the difference in  size  for your personal   scissors.  

Small  scissor charms  are also great for key chains , back backs,  purses,   zip pulls , make up bags and of course  your  tiny thin handled scissors I even have a  scissor charm on my hair cutting  scissors .   The large size scissor  charms will fit all the above PLUS  the  scissors ©Stampin Up! sells ..  The Scissors charms will also make  great gifts for  your DL  and of course your UL. I have   15 Large charms selling at 6.00  each   and  15 small  scissor charms selling at 5.00 each . each Scissor charm includes FREE shipping in US .. I will only  be accepting Personal check and or money order for payment at this time .. Once these 36 charms  are sold   I will add another  selection. Email  me( email  link on left side bar scroll down just a bit) if your interested in  getting your scissor charms  and  please tell me which  size and color you  are interested in purchasing . when mailing payment please note on  your payment your address,  and  the  color,  size and  how many  charms you are requesting ( just for reminder purposes  for both of us ).   

Please note  Below photos   are the scissor charms I have ready for delivery  to you  as soon as I receive  your payment. If you have any questions Please OH please  ask away . I will try and post my answers in the comment section since many may have the same question as you  so Please  check  the comment area out also . I Understand I have  Thousands of blogger readers all over the world ( look at my  cluster map on left side of blog )  I am not sure  what the costs  will be to ship overseas  and to Canada so  there may be a slight  extra charge  to  ship my scissor charms to you  in  other areas around the world ,But we can  look into this matter  when you  show your interest in them .

UPDATED 2-18-07  9:30pm

 

 

Large scissor charms = 6.00 each:

Lt pink =0

Blue & rose =2

Lt blue =0

Deep Dark blue = 0

Magenta =0

 

Small scissor charms 5.00 each:

Lt pink = 0

Blue & Rose = 6

Deep dark Blue = 1

Lt blue =2

Magenta = 3

 

Small Clay bead  scissor charm = 5.00 each

1  each of  the 6 styles shown in photo .

#3 sold  &  #5 Sold & #1 Sold

My scissor charms will be located  on the left side of my blog for  quick  link also under Categories, So  you will be able  to view  updates  on  what is left. I will try and  keep abreast  of what sells  and update the number here in this post . Don't worry if these sell out I will be making more  and posting them here on my blog .. So tell your friends That Dawn is making scissor charms now 

Ok so who watched Lost last night .. I am soo confused  with Desmond's story line .. Any one can to share their thoughts on what all happened last night .. WOW  next week show is  gonna be a  awesome one So how was everyone Valentines day ? Hubby and Daughter  both loved the  card and hubby loved his Nuts I gave him .. Did you read Alli's comment  on yesterdays post OH MY  to funny .  Thank you all for stopping  today and I will see you all tomorrow.

P.S  Many have noticed I have removed my Cursor  thingy .. The reason Is because many have said my blog was not  uploading  quickly  and were having problems, So I  removed  it yesterday . Those that were having problems can you let me know if this is working better ..Thanks a bunch

Have a Terrific  Thursday ..

Until later ... Happy  Stampin!

Happy Valentines day !!

Is this Not the cutest card you have ever seen ?? I am only saying this because It was not my idea  But Kelsey Jones  ( Hi girlie )  You see This card design is  most certainly from a future  SU! Demonstrator .. want to know why ? Because the original idea  of this card  came from my friend Patty's 15 year old daughter  Pretty stinking Awesome  don't you think ..making that   CS look like a  Chocolate candy bar ..  Patty  you must  be sooo proud of Kelsey .. Kelsey made one of these cards and  gave it to her mom  since Patty is a chocolate addict  Hee! Hee!  as soon as She shown her card to me Via email I knew this was the card  I was going to make for hubby  and daughter  for valentines day..Not exactly sure what she all used for her card"Candy bar "  But I used aluminum foil for my  candy wrapper  and the wrapped it of course with  LOVES  ME designer  paper I of course had to use my crimper for the  end of the candy bar , and then I actually ripped the ends  of the candy bar . The  chocolate card bar is using the  Happy in the "SO Very"  sell-a-Bration  set .. gives the illusion of a  Hersey  bar doesn't it  I was NEVER so excited to  finish making  these cards.. I of course added  stickles  turq. Glitter to the SO VERY on top of the cards, of course the pink one is for Jessie  and this one is for  my HUBBY  yes  both cards made the same just different   colors  in designer paper , Cause you can never have enough chocolate in ones home right ?  Thank you  so much  Patty for sharing  your daughter Kelsey's awesome card and thank you Kelsey  for  such a out of this world  Valentines Day Card ..

OK now on to something else I made for hubby  for Valentines day  you see this is how it all got started .. I bought these peanuts from Sam's Club yesterday for hubby  and I got to thinkin ..  I should really  make these into something extra special .. so why not cover  the can  and  express my TRUE feelings all over it  TA-DA  introducing  the Talking can .. OK  its not really a talking can But  It does  announce my  true feeling of my  wonderful hubby  wouldn't you say .. Hee! Hee!   Sine this photo was taken I had  since added  CHO GG ribbon  around the lid part where the yellow  shows . so try to vision  that  instead of the yellow lid color showing ..  I used  my Letterpress Alpha bet  and stamped out this saying " I AM NUTS OVER U Valentine " the word Valentine is  stamped with   Everyday flexible  phrases.. I think  this is soo perfect for my honey bunch   and I must say between the Fabulous cards I made  for  each of them and this can of peanuts ..IT WAS KILLING me not to spill the   beans and  show them BUT I was good and kept it all under wraps .. Thank God I can give them out to them today cause I don't think I could  wait another day .. I am soo excited  to give  them their cards and  these peanuts to hubby..

I  dont know why  the above is underlined I did not do this on purpose

Ok On to  yesterdays blog candy give -a-way .. If you haven't seen  the winners yet  check below in last nights posting.. I am still laughing   and ok maybe  saying EEEEWWWW alittle too  from all your comments ..This was for sure the most fun  I had with a blog  candy give-a-way.. Stay tuned for  more blog candy in the future  everyone  . Just need to think of another question that will top that one from yesterday .. HUMMM.You all are such great sports  for playing ..  and you all made my day !!  I was laughing so hard  that Hubby thought I had totally flipped out .. We got snow last night still waiting to see if  Jessie has school  ..Our public school   in our area  has canceled school that  that doesn't always mean Jessie school has been canceled  even though I  really think it may be cause I hope so  as much as Jess since I don't want to go out in this mess ..  alot of drifting snow  and high winds  yesterday made it worse ..

I have a new adventure I will be sharing with you tomorrow  I hope you will all check back in  and see what I am talking about . I know  for myself I am not really good at  information that is posted the way I previously did  without any more information But I knew todays post would be a fairly large one  so I  am keeping   the information  secret  today  so I can share all the details with you tomorrow on its own post  soooooo  with that said I hope to see you all tomorrow  and  keep warm today and  tell those you love , That you DO love them ... Happy Valentines day !! kiss kiss

Until later ... Happy Stampin!!

WINNERS of blog candy Give -a-way ...

MY Daughter picked 3 numbers  between 1-80  and  at 10:00pm tonight and winners and their commets  are below .. Winners  Please contact me  as soon as possible  to give me your mailing address so I can get your goody out to you .. This was sooo much fun  Thank you all for bringing such joy and laughter into my day .. You all are the Best .. Hey check back  tommorrow and see what  I am giving Rich and Jessie   tommorrow for Valentines day .. and also  you may want to check back on  Thursday to see what I  am into now .. Tt is something to do with my scissors ..  Thats  all I  am sharing for now   sorry to be a Tease   Hee! Hee!  until Thursday that is ..see you tomorrow Nighty night

#7  My daughter makes these wonderful cabbage rolls filled with hamburger, sausage, rice, garlic, onion and spices. They are cooked with sauerkraut and hot red peppers - I love to eat them cold for breakfast. Dawn - thanks for sharing so much - I learn lots from you.

Posted by: Sue - stampinsusie on SCS

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#22 okay..I am the queen of weird behavior...

I eat the frosting off of my tastycakes before I can eat them...

I can't have the cabinets or drawers open in the kitchen (cabinet gnomes might escape you know)...

my food can't touch on my plate...and I have to eat things one at a time...all my potatoes...then all my meat...you get catch the idea...

my husband tells me that I am a closet freak...cause no one knows about all my little idiosincrasies (sp?)

Posted by: shell | February 13, 2007 at 09:45 AM

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#77 Hmmm - Weird thing??? That is a really good question. One weird thing I do I guess is when I eat a HoHo. I first take off the outer layer of chocolate in sheets if you will. Then I unroll the rolled up cake part and scoop up the frosting, and THEN, when the frosting is all gone, I eat the cake! It makes it last much, much longer that way ;OP

Posted by: Kelly | February 13, 2007 at 09:15 PM

Its a Blogger Candy kind of a day !

Dawns  Side thoughts : OMG you all are really cracking me up .. I  really hope you all will take the time to  read all the comments  on this post ... You all  are such great sports for sharing your  deepest darkest secerts  with me and my bloggers .. I am sure glad I am not picking   the winners by   weirdness  cause it  would BE sooo VERY hard ( in a good way of course ) .. I love you all for playing  today  and  So very happy we all belong to my  weird  cult  club today .. Keep them coming you all are  making me almost pee my pants  with  laughter ..

Todays the  big  Blog   Candy give-a- way .. and with Valentines day being tomorrow  what  a great time  to have  a blog candy give a way . Ok  for this give a  way  please make  a comment  about  something you  do that   may be really  weird to  others ..  Come on  you have got to have something  to share .. I promise    The information  you shareon my blog   will not be sold for black mail  to any family member  and or to the  local newspaper  or  to the  inquiring minds at the ever so popular  Enquirer.  Tonight  at 10:00pm  I will draw 3 names, each  drawn name will receive  one of the diorama boxes shown.. No you will not be judged by the  thing you do that is weird  Just want to  have fun .. You will have to check back later tonight or tomorrow  to find out the  winners  and  they will have to email me  their mailing address . OK I will go 1st .. I love to drink Pickle juice .. YUMM-O  and to tell you the truth  any pickle juice will do, really  but, The best I found is at Aldi  their pickle slices  @ .99 cents  totally ROCK! I love it so much that I wish They  would sell just the juice without  the pickles  Ok even funnier is that My daughter and I fight over the juice  The one rule is that  we must  eat the pickles before we  drink any of the juice..OK I  Must admit I am not  to good at this rule  BUT I do stay  above the pickle line  so the pickles wont dry out  sooo thats  ok right ? What is really good is Pickle juice in tuna  NO Kidding .. its great!  and Yes there is a different in the tuna  ONLY bumble bee  brand for me    . Now its your turn.. cough it up .. Just think of the release  you will feel once you  share your secret weird thing you do .. its really like therapy and you all know  thats  what this stampin cult is all about .. Sharing, releasing , coming to together  with all one like mind  Hee Hee! Are you feeling the Love  ? Remember you have until 10pm tonight  the winners  goodies will be mailed out tomorrow morning .. So what do you say  want to play ?

I used the Toucan of my love for the   goodies  and I also added Googlie eyes and also added  stickles glitter to the  hearts  which are red and purple ( of course )  You know I  had to add something purple to the goodies  right ?  also  each card will be mailed in  a 5 in 1 envelope  made with designer paper. Cant wait to read all your comments today.. How fun!  Share the love with others  and point them  over here today.. The more the merrier  right ?

Yesterday I went to RA doc and he ended up giving  me a cortisone shot in my left knee  and I got all my refills  on  my  meds  I take for RA . Today is  a   shopping day run  since we will be getting dumped on with 6-9 " of snow between today and   early tomorrow   so I think a no school day will be coming tomorrow  for daughter  and I hate going out in that mess so I will go and get a few things  today . and I must start making  those 100 invites for my friend Linda's  Daughter  Whitney   she needs them  in June and  the cards I am making her  take alot of time  just to make 1  let alone 100  so I figure  If I starts now  and make at least 20 a month I may just get them all done  for her.. so between today and tomorrow I am wanting to get those done or at least  start working on them. Have a Fabulous  day  and  looking forward to hearing all the weird thing you all do .. you may also leave a comment "why you like to visit my blog" BUT this is not a must  and   remember there are no  bribes allowed   Hee! Hee!  I will see you tomorrow  until then make someone smile  with your  Beautiful hand stamped project today .

Until later .. Happy Stampin!

Love is in the air Part III

Good morning  everyone .. I would like to introduce you to  My Cousin  and Stampin Cult member Ruthie . She sent us this card over the weekend  and   She Never fails to  amaze me as usual with her cards  I get to be on the receiving end  of .. She  used the All wrapped up stamp set  along with  a retired set for those  Heart  candies  That I cant think of the name  of right now. Not sure if you can see where she used crystal effects on the  jar outline  But OH my its sooo cute Her and I must have had the  same   cult member thoughts when  we were making our valentines  cause look at all those hearts she cut out  and look at all the hearts I cut out  for mine Over here ..  Stampin Cult members through and through , Two peas in a pot her and I.. and remember It is all her fault I am  a stamping cult  member  after all  Hee! Hee! JK. Thank you so Much Ruthie  xoxox. The  Next  card  thats shown me  the LOVE is not actually  NOT  a card at all,  But a CD holder from Fran T.. She was emailing me  right from Leadership  she was  having so Much fun  and Yes I admit I was  a little jealous  I wasn't there  this year , and I guess Fran may have felt my pain  Hee! Hee!    She sent me a CD  with  all the photos she had taken with her  camera at leadership ..OH Boy I am feeling the love  Fran your such a sweete pie  for doing this for me ..  and you all should see how  awesome her CD  she set is organized ..  Just a little side note .. MY personals photo Cd's  do not look as great and organized as Fran's does . Thank you so Much  Fran .

Well my Sunday started out to have such promises of a GREAT day when  all that crashed and  5 of my kids that  could say the books did not show up  Honest to goodness I wanted to sit and  cry my eyes out .. so what did we decide to do ..  We  are going to Cearsland  another day instead ..  BUMMER HUH?  Just not sure of the date .. so needless to say NO certificates were passed out  and you all know how  upset I must have been cause NON of my  cute valentines were passed out either  OH well there's always next Sunday  so I just want to say  officially "GET BEHIND ME SATAN"  he is not going to   rule my world  and  ruin it  again so there Yesterday  didn't stop there either, Last night Hubby was playing around with his youth group and went to kick a ball and slammed his foot into the  concrete .OH my Jessie said  Dad went right to  the floor and was in so much pain and swelled  up immediately and of course this would happen the last 5 mins of class last night .. so  2 1/2 hours later  Hubby lets me take him to the ER ( get this 1 hour in and out .. yup  Can you believe it ? Praise GOD !)  so  I thought for sure he had broke something   you know my hubby is not one to complain but he said the  pain was out of this world and on a scale from 0-10 ( 10 being the wost) he said it was a 12    and yes with tears  welling up in his eyes ..   Well He  Strained the top of his foot .. YUP you guessed it  right in the same spot  he was having problems with before  same exact spot BUT a whole lot worse .. OUCHIE!! I swear My hubby is a  kid stuck in a mans  body  and who would have thought  such damage could happen from just kicking a ball ? Go figure ..  So if t=you could be so kind and say a little prayer for him we would appreciate it ..

Today I have a RA doc apt.  .. Nothings wrong   Just my 6 week appt check in ..Will see if he can drain my knee  alittle .. Other than that  a little stampin is in order  after yesterday I need  a way to relieve the   stress  don't you think ? PLUS did you   you see  that  hit counter today .. 100,000 hits so you all know what that means ?? BLOG Candy tomorrow so Check in and  see what the candy will be ..

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

Love is in the air Part II

All you need is love .. OK sing it with me now .. Hee! Hee!  Oh my I am still feeling the love  from all my friends  with all the cards they have sent me . Here is the next batch of love   this card on the left id from Mary B. .. Its truly is one of a kind and I have never seen anything like this before.. Mary has given a a few of my  retired  stamp sets a new home  and she sent me this card  with her check inside . When I received  her card I just couldn't stop looking at all that hand  stitched  work.. The  feather is awesome and  really makes this card even more  beautiful  in the eye candy dept KWIM?  Thank you Mary.. The next  Love is in the air card  is from Sally S  Sally is one of my stampin queens and friend.  She sent me this adorable  valentines day card  I really love this set she used "Toucan of my love " at least I think thats the name of it  it has been since retired . But I still have mine .. and don't think I will be selling it anytime soon  it is such a cute set and I love what Sally did with her card  Thank you Sally . My  Next  Sharing the love  card is  from  also my friend and stampin queen  Susan M . Susan  used  the set she recently bought from me off my retired list of stamps. I   cant recall the name of it  at this moment  But look what she sent me  sooo cute and  eye catching  don't you think?  Love the little touch of ribbon and a brad  at the center ..Thank you Susan .Ok last but not least  for todays post anyway , The  share the love  goodies is a double banger   since I don't now when I will  get the goodies in the mail (  funny no ones tells you their sending you a card HUH)  I just take a photo of them  when I receive  them and this day I  received 2  awesome cards .. the 1st one if from my friend and stampin queen Gina W.  I had sent Gina  a small goodie in the mail  wont go into details  about what it was  BUT she in return sent me this awesome card  using the cuttle bug  envelope "Thanks ". I have a story to share Gina had  purchased  alot of the embossing envelopes and seems she had  purchased one twice( the  Congratulation envelope  ) and  Lucky  me  got her extra one .. Even luckier  for me I got her cuttlebug  thank you card .. Love the way she highlighted the words  with ink.. Thank you  Gina .  the next card is from my friend / Stampin Queen   and newest Glitter queen Harriet G .Love that pink and cho together don't you all?  and I love the set she used for my Valentine card she sent me  .This set has a matching  Jumbo wheel  actually 3 matching Jumbo  wheels  to coordinate with each stamp image in the  Happy Occasions set HERE on page 71  Just gorgeous Harriet Thank you so much. I still have a few more to share with you  so stay tuned for those  tomorrow .

Well today is the  day  my Sunday School kiddies get their Valentines I made for them  and also Certificates  will be handed out to those that can  say the new Testament books of the Bible  without any help along with their permission slips to go to Cearsland next week right after church  for their  reward    for their  awesome achievement  . I am also going to  ask  the church if I can have them stand in front of the church next week to  say the books for everyone ..Yes thats me bragging on my kids ..  But you know what a accomplishment this is for them .. and I hope this sticks with them the rest of their life . A % children  can already re-sight  the books  But  a have a few  that have until  today to get in  for the reward  of a fun day next week .. There is always something about setting a dead line  to know something,  I believe it is  a  encouragement  to set a date  to have them  strive to   reach a goal IMHO, what a   awesome  thing to  see as  young as 5 years old Know the  new testament  books of the Bible ..I have been told  that  older folks want to come into my class so they can learn them  Pretty funny huh?  and they  have learned these book in less than 6 months . I have been praying  for what we  should do next and my 1st thought was to have them learn  the 10 Commandments   still out for debate on this  But Its leaning towards  them learning these next .. which is good for me also .. So today is a very exciting day  at Church  this morning  and I can hardly wait to  give them their  certificates .. I spend most of my day yesterday printing out   the  certificates   I  also added dazzling diamonds  to  their award s OH my they are sooo sparkly and for sure Frame worthy IMHO  Hee! Hee!  .. I will take photos of my kids  with their rewards  and share them with you later.. so stay tuned ..

Many of you have asked for me to post one of my moms projects she has been making .. so stay tuned for that also ..I am so proud of her  too  Well for stamping and making her projects BUT she  also gets a certificate   for learning the books of the bible too. ( cant leave her out  ya know )  You see my mom is my SS  assistant . She was actually the 1st to jump on board to learn them and she  will tell anyone IF she can learn them Anyone can .  Hope your Sunday turns out to be as exciting as mine will be  today and I will see you all tomorrow ..Can you believe I am getting close to hitting 100,000 hits on my blog ?  stay tuned  you wont want to miss this  event for blog candy  ..YUMMY  blog candy

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

Love is in the air ...

Howdy: Today I want to share the love I  have received  from  my  friends.. This post is way over due. Gina   sent me this card  when  we  got the news of my hubby being laid off  Thank you Gina .. Gina used a  technique using coffee  filters .. This card looks soo cool IRL  I thought the coffee filter  was Mulberry paper ...Love it . You can find what Gina did  here at Erika's Blog .

Next  card  sent with love is from Darla Roberts   and of course me posting her beautiful card is way over due  cause she had sent me this for my birthday  back in January ...I believe  she used the embossing resist technique.  I love  all our Pinks  and her card is stunning. Thank you again Darla .

The next Card sent with love is from Pam . she also sent me  this  awesome card for my birthday  I really love the way she made  the stars  appear to pop off the CS  seems almost like   the 2  larger stars are 3-D. I found myself  rubbing across them to see what she did  to make them do that .. But it appears she  just did the faux stitching  around them . Thank you  again Pam .. I will share the Love with more  goodies I have received on   tomorrow's post.

Sometime Today  Hubby and daughter  are going over to the church to practice  a play the youth  group are doing  for tomorrows  morning  church service  so while they are doing that I will be  doing some stamping and  doing some  errands. I thought It would be cute to  do a different cursor each day  through Valentines day ..  so stay tuned   to see  a few  really cute cursors over the next  few days ..

I have to share  something that happened yesterday with my mom   You all know she is my biggest fan  and she has done   alittle stamping  right along with me at  my classes and club meetings   But she  has said she  just   doesn't find the want to  stamp  in her free time . she says its just not  her  thing .. Well All that has changed  since last week when  we  we got together to make those diorama  box cards . Yesterday she called me  and told me she is sooo hooked on stamping and making those diorama  boxes  she  Loves  them  and  yesterday she spent all  morning and afternoon making them .. I think we have a  another stampin addict on our hands Hee! Hee!  she was making these  diorama boxes  just so she could give them to her friends   from church  and what not and she called to  tell me  who she was giving them too .  She said she doesn't know what has came over her  But she is  having so much fun stamping . Funny huh? Well  My cousin  Ruthie and myself when we 1st started stamping   her  sister  told us we  are in a stampin cult   Ruthie and I of course just laughed  and  every once in awhile I think about that and it still makes me laugh ..  have you ever heard  saying "Its a Jeep thing and you  wouldn't understand "   well if you have never stamped  before  you really  wouldn't understand .. So I guess   in NON stampers eyes  we  are in a cult   All I know is I love stampin  and love  seeing that I am not alone  in this stampin cult  Hee! Hee!

Have a Great Saturday and thanks so much for peeking in today. I will see you all tomorrow  when  this Stampin cult  saga continues

Until later ... Happy Stampin !

Got R done !!!

I got all  the valentines made for my Sunday school kiddies and also for Daughters class mates  So what do you think ? Are they the cutest ? My inspiration  came from actually the winter mini sample  they show   then I  had to jazzy it up   a bit more .. Of course The cool Caribbean ones are for the boys and the   regal rose one are for the girls But you all probably already figured that out huh? Plus I used the new winter mini note cards .. I used the  Sweet on you stamp set from the  winter mini also  and  Everyday flexible phrases for  the tiny word Valentine  which you can see better in this photo  with of course my white gel pen  for the  sweet  I used the  chocolate  chip marker  along with  the blender pen  and  the reinker  of cool Caribbean .I used the double rectangle punch to  make my faker bow  at the top  of the note card .I also used the paper piercing tool to make the Lolly pop hole for   the Lolly pop handle to slide through .  Not sure if my Sunday school kids will appreciate  how much work went into  making them , But really the most  time consuming  thing was cutting all the hearts out, But that wasn't  bad really  either looking back  on it now  24 hours later  Hee! Hee!  .. Ok   so have you noticed anything else new about my blog this morning ??  I guess  you would have to be  from Mars to not have noticed HUH? Hee! Hee! So do you love my purple  glittery  Cursor The really fun thing is that I can change this when ever I want and there  are hundreds of designs ..To be honest this exciting  little  thing  was not my idea .. I seen it on  Sarah Bevard's BLOG here and I had to get one too.. I have also added  the quick link to get your Cursor mania  under  CHECK IT OUT HERE on  the left side bar.. Cursor  Mania says we can add the  code to our posting and that it is ..BUT when I added mine It covered up my project  And we cant have that now can we ?

so I added the code in a   TypeList under notes .. this way I can find it and change it when ever I  want .. I may  do something different for the location  BUT The best thing is that it is FREE also ..Plus  you can have them for your own  personal cursor also ... Hey let em know  when you get yours I want to see it .. So did you all watch CSI last night  really great  show  Its my 2nd favorite of course  #1 would be Lost !

Until later ... Happy Stamping!! 

Have I TOAD you ....

Yesterday I got to stamp YAHOO!! And guess what I made ? More Diorama Box cards .. Have I toad you lately that I love these  cards ? Oh yea I did tell you all that didn't I ? This one is soooo much better IRL ( In Real Life )  Because  you really  can  not see all the glitter that is on this  card ..This one  would be sooo cute for my hubby for Valentines day. I used pixie pink and pink passion with whisper white CS .  I used  You're unforgettable , and Love matters sets  along with  SU! Markers , and  stickles glitter  in Red & Purple.I think this Frog set is one of my all time favorite sets . 

I also got to  stamp  some valentines  for my Sunday school kids yesterday  .. OH my I am soo excited to share those  with you tomorrow .. I need to  still finish  them up today. But at least I got   what I want to do  and a few samples of it .. I did get everything cut out  and  ready to be put together .. so Hopefully today I will have fun finishing up all those .. Jessie thought they were so cute she wants me to make some for her  class mates   at school for Valentines Day   also .. Remember  in the life of a teenager You must  let them  think its their idea .. So when she asked "Mom  do you think you could make some of these for my  friends at school ?  Of course I said yes  after which  I picked myself  up off the floor  Hee! Hee!

OK who  among  all my blogger friends out there  totally freaked out with the  1st screen of  Lost last night  when  Julia opened that window  curtain and  said   they were in Miami? ..  Having NO clue they were doing a flash back  on her.  Hubby and myself looked at each other and all I said was WHAT is going on .. way to funny . Well Now the plot thickens  with her  past Job interview  HUH? Freaky huh?  Especially when her ex is hit by a bus.. Totally took me by surprise when That happened  and  then when the boss and Leon show up at the Morgue ~what is going on ?? And what, Now she  gets to go home for helping Kate and Sawyer  escape  cause  good old Ben told her to. I am sooo  excited to have Lost back on  .. I didn't  realize  there was a hour special on  at 9:00  for a Lost Survival  guide .. good thing Tivo knew it was on  sooo  we  will have to watch that  later today .. I think that was  giving you a heads up on all the  characters   and their  personality .. I think this is awesome they did that especially  for those that  are just  jumping in  on Lost  for an over view  and nice for me to have a  flash back  through it all.

Have a Great  Day today &   Make someone smile today with your creativity .. see you tomorrow

P.S. Cheryl asked a question yesterday if I had cut my Very Punny SAB set  with the saying  and image together or separate ? I cut them separate  from each other I put the main image on the  main  wood block and  the small saying on the side of the  same  wood block .. I also shared with her that  if you had already mounted your set with image and saying together  as 1  its never to late to  re-cut and re-mount your set .. Just put  your  rubber stamp with its wood  block  in the microwave for 10 seconds with rubber side up  ONLY 10 seconds .. this is just  enough time to heat up the rubber   and  you can remove your   rubber stamp image from the wood block  re cut your  piece and  re mount  it back on the  wood block  IF your going to  put the saying  on the side  you  will want to add  a tiny bit of Crystal effects  to the  back side of your saying and  then apply  your  small saying to the side of the  wood block let sit for  at least a couple hours .. your main image should be able to be re applied  since the stickiness  is still there  from when you removed the  piece . This tip I have used soo many times in my  stampin years It is not funny ..  remember you can  do this tip  if for some reason you put  your rubber image upside down ,  if it is not stamping  straight , OR if you  are like me when I 1st started stamping I was not told to  trim around my stamp images ( I just took the  rubber image out of the  box and applied it on the wood mount ) I have since  my early days re mounted my  alphabets sets  with the micowave tip  cause as I stamped more with my alphabets I seen I love them to be  mounted on the  far right side   of  my wood block   so  being right handed I can do the taco bell head tilt and line up  words  alot better.. Don't we all love SU!  stamps  so we can Mount our  stamps the way we want too.. Thanks Cheryl  Hope this  helps  you in  re discovering  the versatility of  remounting your images

Until later .. Happy Stampin!!

Hoppy for you !

I had to make  up another one of these note cards from the  winter mini ..  This size card  is alway sooo much fun for me to make  and LOOK what do I see .. Is it that white Gel pen again ? Hee! Hee ! I used the Sell-A-Bration stamp set  Very Punny , along with  Playhouse designer paper  and Spring moss  GG ribbon .. No these are NOT  the valentines for my SS kids ..I didn't get to  them yesterday  But I really need to  get busy on those  soon  These Note cards remind me so Much of ATC cards Maybe its because of the  small size and  you can  really  take any  full size card and make a mini one  just like it .I really love the shape of these  Note cards  Not the typical size we seen before From SU!  in the 3x3  But these  are 2 1/2 X 3 1/2  and  that  little flap  on one end  to  tuck close.  I  really love these ,

Tonight is the night SO don't forget to watch LOST . YAHOO! Well Last night we  took Linda and her family Pizza , chicken wings and bread sticks  But Jessie didnt get to see BEN  so  that was some sad news on the home front last night  But there is always tonight  at Church ..  Remember to be praying for  our meeting tonight we are setting the date to have  a pastor  come  for a calling  at our church...  I am sooo excited  As is everyone else .. Cant wait to meet him and his Family  and learn more about him .. I hope the Pastor search committee shares alittle more info on him  with us tonight .. All I do know is that Him and His wife have  a new baby  boy and  another son maybe  around 2 yrs old ..  so I am just assuming that they are  a fairly young  couple in age ..

Looks like Jessie has school  today  so I must run and  get things around , Thank goodness for  My electric  starter  on my car  so I have a nice toasty car to get into this morning .. Have a  wonderful Wednesday  and  see you tomorrow .

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Winter wonderland in Michigan

  No school again for  daughter today   The temp right now -3  not to sure  what the wind chill is   All I do know is that it is FREEZING here in Michigan  .. So what better way to  warm up than  a nice  cup of  coffee or Hot chocolate in the form of  a card of course ..  I used   the Pretty in pink note cards  from the winter mini  along with my moms  stamp set "Like it a latte"  from the winter mini also  ,for the layering CS I used close  to cocoa and whisper white .  for the  creamy foamy  topping I used  my Liquid Appli. along with  Lt pink Gingham ribbon ..  for my   doodle dots I used  some pens I have found buried in the back of my draw under  all kinds of other things..  What are they your asking ??   Without sounding like an enabler, I  bought  these pens  over a year ago and had not used them yet  . Maybe thats because  they were buried under everything  and I could not find them until this past weekend . The price on them  showed I paid 12.99  when I know they may be more now . Here is what  they look like in their package . They are called SOUFFLE  they are sooo very cool   they write like a  gel pen  and  come out milky in color  but when dry they  are puffy  like a embossed image  ..  When you run your fingers across the  doodles they  are little bumps , So I guess you can say  this card  has a lot of touchy feely   things going on ..  When I looked them up HERE on the Gelly Roll site  these pens sell for 19.80  for this package of 10 colored puffy pens  that I have .. On my card I used the pink pen  for the doodles on the top and bottom of my note card .. These pens are so fun ..

Guess what  is  back tomorrow ? LOST!! Yahoo!  cant wait  and No fear of missing it since it  comes on at 10pm now ...Every Wednesday  I  felt rushed to get home after  church.. But now  at 10pm  this is going to be awesome  time  for us personally .. BUT then again any time would have been  good  cause we have TIVO now.. We are loving our Tivo   love Love Love it .. Just wish every TV in the world came with it .. I feel like many of you .. Once you have Tivo you will think How did we  survive  without it  for so long .. Its really that awesome ..

Later  this afternoon early evening   we are all going to go  see  my Friend Linda  and her Family  ( Yes Ben  will be there for  Jessie ) Linda had Surgery on her knee  this past Friday  so we all  are taking dinner out to them . This should be fun .. and guess what I made Linda ? you haven't guessed yet ??  A Diorama box card  and yes its in Pink  ( her favorite color)  she is going to freak over it ..

Last night I was  at a meeting  for  the yahoo group I am a mod on  and guess what I got to do ? I learned  how to  IM ( instant message )  Can you believe it .. I see my daughter  on there all the time with her friends   .. How fun I was up late last night  IM with   Gwen , Debby , Darla   so hey you want to join me in IM  my  screen name is Stampingtilldawn. I am  so behind the times I suppose  but this IM thingy is a blast.. Better late than never  right ? I am sending BIG  BIG hugs to  my girls  that showed me how to get it going and  for them putting up with all my  funny  audibles ..  Also I want to send a BIG  huge  Hug to Fran Trischetta  she sent me the most adorable  CD holder in the mail yesterday  with a  awesome present inside ..  a CD with  2007 Leadership photos  she took while she was there .. This CD is sooo awesome    and sooo organized  Thank you Fran you are sooo very thoughtful...

Today I am going to try and make Valentines  day cards for my Sunday school kids   and also stamp on their  permission slips I made out for them to go to Cesar Land  on the 18th ..  My SS  kids learned the new Testament books of the Bible  and this is their reward ..  What a fun time we are going to have there , anyway I want to stamp something fun  on  the permission slips  that I will be handing out  this upcoming Sunday , I Just Pray they all can go  since this is  a  BIG  reward for their BIG Achievement

  Stay warm  & I will See you tomorrow .

Until later .. Happy Stampin! 

Another Diorama box !

  Here is the other Diorama box I made  this  Saturday .. I made this for my friend  that just has a  baby Saturday morning . I used Bashful blue, almost amethyst, and whisper white    card stock.  The saying is from SU! ( Cant think of the name right  at this moment )  awhile ago  when we could order stamps like a buffet ( remember that set )  and the bunny and other goodies are from the SU! set called  " A new little someone ". I   also wanted to show you the envelope I made with the 5 in 1 envelope template for this to be mailed in.. Just soo cute huh?

Hey I  want to share with you a blogger friend That  is having  a blog candy giveaway BUT Tami's blog candy giveaway  there's a twist .. Please check her blog out HERE to read the details and you will see this  blog giveaway  with a twist is  very worthy.

Hey have you noticed I added  3 more tutorials  to my side bar on the left .. NEW ? Well maybe not  sooo new.. I had these  tutorials on my blogger account when I 1st started blogging ..BUT after a  few days my blogger blog   started  acting up so that  is when I switched to typepad  ( my current blog your reading now ) Check out the  tutorials  from the "Other blog ".DAWNS SIDE NOTE: I do not update that " other blog"  Just wanted to share them over here in case you didn't see them .. Thanks to  Jennifer Benner, She reminded me that those tutorials were over there( I had totally forgot about them )

Not looking like any stamping will be done today .. My hands are hurting today  boo hoo! BUT the good news is that I did  color my hair over the weekend ..YAHOO!  You know when you need to  color your hair  when your hubby says "I love those silver highlights in your hair ".. WHATEVER!  I don't have a ton of gray hair But enough for me and apparently for hubby to notice I needed a  dye job.

Hey did you also notice I added  a Webster  dictionary  site to my left side bar also under CHECK IT OUT HERE.. this is the coolest thing ( maybe you all have seen it  already But its new to me )   check out any word  and then  click the tiny speaker and  it will  have a voice  say your word out loud ..  try it .. Its pretty cool .. Hey why not look up DIORAMA  .. So have you made one yet ? OH my  What are you waiting for .. they are the cutest  and I am sure once you make one you  can hardly wait to make your next one to give to someone .. That is if your like me and keep  the 1st one you make  as your sample ?

Today is going to be another one of those  FREEZING days ..  actually  its  going to be super cold like this through Wednesday  so maybe this is why my hands are hurting ..  Have a Great day and see you  all tomorrow.

Until later ... Happy Stamping 

Birthday Diorama Box

These Diorama boxes are soooo stinkin cute and  and so much fun to make . Whats  even better it that  this little box that packs alot of BANG can be laid flat  for  mailing .. These  awesome  box cards will fit in the small open end envelopes and Also  our  fabulous  5 in 1 envelope template .. I had soo much fun making  them yesterday , I cant wait to make more . For my Diorama box I used pixie pink  and  apricot appeal  with whisper  white  CS along with the  Hip Hip Hooray stamp set from SU!.. I did  the omitting technique  for the  saying on the front  of the box  with my SU! black marker, So I could split the  saying up.. Now  thinking back I should have  cut the stamp this  way BUT Oh well  Omitting is Great  since I didn't  .  I will admit  there is ALOT of cutting( Yes I even cut out that Tiny cupcake   the beaver is holding YIKES)   , This seemed to be the most time consuming BUT with an end result  that will make any receiver of this box card  smile with  enjoyment. I think its worth cutting  every snip   Right Laura ?? ( sorry inside joke for my  friend  & stampin queen.. You see laura hates  cutting things out ..  But maybe she will make an exception   for this super  super cute box card ..)  I have also attached  a top view of my diorama box  so you can get the whole  picture, BUT that does NOT do these justice . This was the 1st one I made yesterday.. But not my last  cause I made another one last night  for  a friend  that had her baby yesterday morning  so stay tuned  for that one tomorrow.  Unless you live under a rock I am sure you all seen the directions to this diorama box  on SCS by Diana Gibbs  BUT IF  by chance you haven't  seen it click HERE for ALL the details on how to make one of your very own..

Yesterday I sent in my 5 projects to SU!  for them to maybe consider me as a Convention M&T display  board stamper .. I   will share  a couple projects with you  in a few weeks .  One  item I sent in will of course require a new tutorial  for you all  .. Stay tuned ..

Have a Great Sunday  and  Looking forward to  seeing you all tomorrow . Stay warm .. Michiganders  expect a high of ONLY 7  degrees today , OH Boy thats COLD ~BRRRRRR.. Happy Superbowl

P.S I have added more retired sets to my side bar that are for sale .. Thank you to all  that have given  my stamps new homes ..

Until later ... Happy Stampin!

Sew Perfect....

Is this card  SEW cute  or what ? Hee! Hee!( play on words get it ?)  Yes I  hand  stitched the X's  on this card with  floss  and the big needle in my crafters tool kit . I used the  square from the" All Natural" stamp set ( I still LOVE  Love this set )  for the back ground  in almost amethyst & Pretty in pink. I then stamped  my flower from the  delight in life  sell-a-bration stamp set on to vellum CS   in black staz-on  colored in  a few highlights with my white  gel pen  and then added pretty in pink  ink  around the  torn edges with my dauber  .. each flower has a few   floss knots in the centers. The sewing  was only  though the  whisper white and the vellum, I then  mounted that onto pretty in pink card stock  for  the base .. I had actually seen a card similar to this   but used  different  stamps  in one of my  stampin magazines  from a few years back .. Thought it was different and  thought I would  give one a try .. I have never been  known for  my sewing  capabilities But a few stitches  by hand  I Thought  I  could handle Hee! Hee!

Thank you for  peeking in today & I will see you tomorrow .

Until later .. Happy Stampin !

It's Friday!!

How funny is this milk carton ?? Milk Duds .. Get it ? I have no way of  sharing the template I used  since this  was on the SU! web site  for demos . I have seen   a couple  upload a different template over HERE at SCS   check all the other cartons out over there  also .. I used  simply circles  and the cow from the  Very Punny  sell-a-bration set .. I  used Karen Foster  snap stamps  for the  Milk Duds .. Mine is actually pretty simple and  some what on the plain side .. but  I still think its supper cute especially  filled up with Milk duds and yes the opening really works  just like a  milk  carton ..

Yesterday was the last of the Micheal W Smith songs  for a  little bit ..What I want to share with you today is something  really  AWESOME! But  To  get the whole message of  this  video  I am posting ,you will  have to watch it all .. The video on the site is 9 Minutes long BUT you can also buy the longer version of this  also .   We have it  and have played this at our church..  The Message is TRUE  and I have seen people come to the Lord just from watching this video  thats how AWESOME it is . Please post  your comment on how this small video effects you today ..

Beware you will need Kleenex... click HERE to watch video .. and click HERE to order this video and  read  testimonies  and how  the letter  came to be with  the story behind this worldwide phenomenon with Barry Adams the author of  Fathers Love letter.

I have added the quick link to this video to my side bar so you can  find it again

Have a Fabulous Friday  and I will see you all tomorrow .. Thanks for stopping in today . My hope is that this video touches  you in ways you really haven't  ever thought of before ..

Until Later .. Happy Stampin!!

Share a smile today ? Its contagious

Howdy ... We are almost to Friday  YAHOO!  Todays card I used the Happy Harmony sell-a-bration set  along with my  mega oval scallop punch  and  my giga  sq scallop punch  & for  the  bottom corner  I just cut off the  corner of one of the  sq punches I punched out . I  also  added  doodles again .. OK I am sooo addicted to doodles its unreal  I also added the  window sheet  stamped with white staz-on  which says " Its the little things That make life so BIG" ( Thanks  again Atomic butterfly ) I added cool caribbean  strip just to add another  layer  around the focused  image, Then added a  hardwear  swirl from  my Hodge podge  goodies .. Then  finished up with  adding  GG ribbon.

Today will  be the Last Micheal W. Smith song for a bit  cause tomorrow I have something very very special to share  with you  so you will want to tune in  to see that.. Remember  you can access the  MWS clips I added all this week on the left hand  side of my blog .. I know for myself when looking for a previous post  for  something  its Always hard to remember what day it was located on .. and  personally I feel that  the  video  clips of MWS  songs are worthy of a place  of their own KWIM .. Here is Thursdays Micheal W. Smith song called Breathe.. so awesome .. What a song and  what a message  and What a Voice .. ENJOY!!

Have a  Terrific Thursday  and the 1st  day of February .. Just think only 48 days until SPRING!! I will see you tomorrow..  Be Creative today and make someone smile.

Until Later .. Happy Stampin!!