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"File in the middle " Card Tutorial

Ok are you  girls  ready for the   Great tutorial  for  the File in the middle card ?  I  am sooo in Love with this cards  design and If my Up  up upline were here I would have to kiss her .. Thanks  so Much for sharing  this awesome  Card  with me Debbie I hope  my  tutorial  does it  justice ..

You will need  your  cutter ,  bone folder ,  1 3/8  sq punch (  or any other  solid  shape punch you  may have ~ circle , scallop  etc... ) sticky  strip ,  decorative scissors ( optional )  2 pieces of  card stock . 1 cut at 5 1/2" X 11"  and one cut at  5 1/2 "X 4" ( I used  green  galore for my  card today  )  and of course   your stamps  with ink .. 

after you  cut  your  1st piece of CS at  5 1/2 " X 11   score  this piece  at 4", 7"  and 10 " then  fold  accordion  style   this is what your  piece should look like  when  scored and folded

Next  apply  sticky  strip  along the  inside of your  card on the  1" side of your card  and  then   cut your 2nd piece of CS  at 4 X 5 1/2  and  this is what you  should  have  this is what you  should have  so far. OK next apply  the  4x 51/2 piece on top of the  sticky  strip  so the  1"   with sticky  strip is on the back side of  your  card  as shown here  in the next photo  

Ok next  you will be using your punch I am using the  1 3/8  sq punch for my  froggie  card   since it is  really hard to punch through 2 layers of CS at the same time  we will be punching through 1 at a time  the  1st punch  will  be  on  either  side of the  mountain    peak of  center  fold . Then once you have your  1st punch  pinch middle  together and  line up  your punch and  make  2nd punch  on  the other  side  panel  as shown in   the  next 2  following  photos 

 

This is what your card should look like  up to this point  now

Next  you will apply  a line of sticky  strip on the backside of your  center mountain fold  and pinch the center together to close up  as shown in photo.

This is  what your  finished  card should look like   and is all  ready  for you  to decorate

Here is  what my  finished  Froggie card looks like on the  inside . which is what makes this card sooo awesome  cause of what is inside  waiting for  the receiver  of this card to ooo and aaahhhh over ..  super cute HUH?  This tutorial will also be located  on the  left side  of my blog under Dawns Tutorials  for future  reference  along with  the other tutorials I have done .You can click on  each photo  for a larger  view . Here is  the other card I posted yesterday  to give you another look  FOR MY MOM file in the middle card Thanks  for stopping by  today and peeking in  ..I will see you tomorrow .

Dawns Side NOTE  added at 9:10am 5/31/07

When  trying to stamp your image to line up in your punched out area just  make a  light pencil line   following the punch  shape on both sides of your  card  when you  have your image stamped  erase the pencil line.. But you all probably  already knew that  HUH?

Until later ..Happy Stampin!   

The file in the middle Card

Here is   the Mothers day card I made for my mom  this past Mothers days ..  This card design is  from my  very own up up upline  Debbie Buchanan ( she is sooo AWESOME!! ) .. She actually  designed  this card for the SU! cruise  she went on this year and  she shared the directions  for her Fabulous  card  with  all her DL ( Lucky me HUH?) .. I emailed her and asked if  it would be ok if I  did a tutorial on her card for my blog and she  said  I could  YAHOO!! (She is sooo awesome .. OH But you already know that from  before HUH? Hee! Hee! )   She didn't  actually  post a name  for her card  when she sent her directions  and  So I  emailed her and asked her what she would like to call  her Fabulous card and she said How about  "The file in the middle "card  cute enough and  it  fits the card  so thats  what we will call it ..The file in the middle  card ... I   will be posting the tutorial on this fabulous card tomorrow   you  wont want to miss it ..  sooo cute .. The  card looks like a  regular card  on the front  but it is what is inside  thats  knocks  your socks off ..  for sure a  Great WOW  card  for  someone special  cause look  at the inside  and how cute it is ..  I love the way the  file in the middle ( thus the name of the card )  moves  and   highlights in the  center window  what ever  image  you  have on either side .. This will make more sense tomorrow ( At least I hope  I do this wonderful card Justice) This  is  sooo much  cuter  IRL ( In Real Life )  so get ready for the tutorial  tomorrow  you will need  2 pieces of Cardstock ( same color ) cutter, bone folder ,  sticky  strip ,  any  solid shape punch ( I used the  1 3/8  circle punch for this card I also used  decortive scissors for the  frame  around the window if you want to do this also get your deco scissors  and scrap piece of  cordinating CS  enough  to punch out 2 punch images( Mine I used the  1 3/8   Dawns Side NOTE: you will use the same punch as you  do for your card  for your  2 frames also )   and then cut   the  punch out with your  deco scissors .. easy peasy Right ?) Ok now that you have the  2 frames  done  for  your  file in the middle card stay tuned for  the   tutorial on the  main card tomorrow, So get your  supplies and   get ready to make this  super  super  cute & fancy card tomorrow...

Guess what??  Yesterday I got my knee to bend at 110 degrees .. Yahoo  and Boy am I feeling it  this morning .. Ouchie !! Have a   wonderful Wednesday and  I will see you  tomorrow  for the tutorial on this Great card .. NO Lost  tonight BOO HOO Major  withdraws...  Oh what shall we  do .. I know ... Lets GO Stamp!!

Until later... Happy Stampin!!

Tuesday... But feels like Monday ...

Howdy everyone .. Today  is  back to PT again after having  4 days off. Every day  seems  to be getting  better especially with my  walking Praise God!  almost all my  paper  stitches  are off I think I am  down to 3  left  and those are below my knee cap  really scabby  around that area  so it  maybe a little while longer before those fall off .. I am able to petal all the way around on the  bike at PT now  and  Todd has me  doing leg presses  so it sure does  seem like  I am moving  alot  quicker  to each exercise  than the last time around ..   Going back to church on Sunday was  sooo awesome   But it  did seem to drain me   that evening  and leg was a little  puffy  so I may have  over did it   just a tad on Sunday But like I  said every day it is getting better and better...  sleeping is  so much better  now  and  so is waking up  in the morning   YIPPIE!!   for those of you that have been with me  from pretty much the beginning of my  blog  journey  you  know that I was waking up  at least 2 hrs earlier than  Jess  everyday  so I  could get my legs/knees   moving  and  not be in  so much pain so  I could  actually  function to take her to school  every morning .. Now I can  say  I feel so Great when I get up in the morning .. I am sooo excited to get even  better  and  start going to the gym and   get back to my  walking  outside .. will still be  a wee bit longer   But I am sooo excited ..  and to be able to  walk through the airport to pick  up my  Hubby in August  for his  visit home  from Iraq  without any pain  and NO limping   OH what a Day that will be to see him and  him see me .. 72 days  to go .. But hey who's  counting  Wink wink ...

Ok  for  my  card today I used  the  wild about you stamp set along with old olive , more mustard  and really  rust  and  the  cuttlebug  dots & spots  for the background   with of course my  trusty  white gel pen, and  Old olive   SU marker  for the doodles  around the  center image .  I used the coluzzle  for the  really  rust  half  circle  cut out  and I  added Mustard  GG ribbon  just to add a little something extra to  the card ..    BUT brace your self ~ Cause  can you believe NO glitter is on this card .. Yup Hard to believe  HUH? But you know I can always go back and add  glitter at least the the  circles  on the body of the giraffe.

Have a Fabulous day girls and thanks for peeking in ... I will see you all tomorrow

Until later ... Happy Stampin!!

MY Mr Crabby Pants holds the Money /Gift card

Here is  my  Graduation   gift card / Money holder  card  for all you MR crabby Pants lovers ... Notice the Con CRAB ulations   to funny huh?  I think thats what makes this  so funny  after all ..  Inside of  the card holds a  reg  standard  size envelope that was cut down and  adhered  to the inside  so it will be a pocket to hold  really anything  you like ..  My thoughts were to hold Money / or a  gift card  But  photos ,  Jewelry   really anything  little  can fit inside the  envelope ..  It is held shut with the Black GG ribbon   all in all a pretty  simple  way to  wrap alot of  crabby Love  in a card   don't you think ?  I used the  smallest  Karen  Snap stamps ( 1/8  I believe is the size ) for the word CRAB  in my ConCRABulations. I 1st omitted the GRAT in the  word  with my black marker and  then added  the Crab   stamped in black onto pixie pink  and  added it  with a  dimensional  and of course added  glitter ..

card measurements are  4 1/4 " X 10 1/2"   then scored at   4 1/4"  ( slide   the cs down and have the   previous score line  at  4 1/4 " ) and  score again ..  fold into  holder .. Pretty easy peasy  huh? 

Church yesterday was Fabulous .. so  so awesome  to see everyone again .. even went to church last night too. yahoo!!!  We have had  a rainy  weekend  but today is  suppose to be  really nice ..

Hope   you  all have a  CRAB~tastic Day ! Hee! Hee!

See you tomorrow

Until later ... Happy Stampin!!

Dog Day Afternoon ...

I have to share  with you all what Jessie and I seen on the  way   to Ruthie's  house on Friday  night Jessie was babysitting Ruthie's kiddies anyway ..  look  what pulled up next to us  driving  down the road  ... Is this not the cutest thing   such a  cool dog  wearing   shades.. once we  snapped this photo  His  brother was jealous  and wanted to  get in the photo  too  so we just had to take another  picture ..    their mom ( driving ) said  they only wear the  glasses when  they go  driving  or  for posing  how cute HUH?  Ok  so since we are on a  doggie kind of a day I  thought I would share  some  adorable photos  Jessie  ( see photo of her  beautiful face at school  )   anyway she  bought herself  a digital  camera  a  week or so ago and  has been taking photos of our other  favorite  family member "Bowzer "   This one is  one of my  favorites  seems to  look like he is  thinking  so many  things, and then there is this one  that is  sooo stinkin cute and  Have no idea how in the world Jessie  got  the photo snapped with him  blinking  sooo cool HUH?  Must have been the flash  on her camera .. He is sooo cute ..Look at all  those freckles  on his Nose .. and he is  getting  so Gray  around his mouth  he is sooo cute,  and I must say I think he knows he is cute  too ..  and here is one more  of Bowzer  for you   Jessie and I both  think he looks like a little puppy  in this photo But  he really is 8 yrs old .. even though he stills acts like a puppy most of the  time..

  I am planning on  going to  Sunday school and church this morning YIPPIE!!  Gee  it seems like forever  since I have been to my  beloved  church OH how I miss everyone  will be great to   get there this morning .. wish me luck I have  like 50-75 stairs to  go up to get to  my Sunday  school room  But everyday it is getting better .. I actually  am able to go up stairs   as a normal person (  But slow )  I was   going up  stairs One at a time  leading with my  good leg  and  then  stepping up with my   other leg  but now it seems I am able to   go up  as a normal person  you know one  step  with one leg and then  the next  step with the  other ..YAHOO I remember I was sooo scared to do that at Therapy  But Todd  told me I could do it .. and I did  YAHOO!!  anyway I am soooo  very excited about going  to church today  and Hope  sitting for long  time  will be ok ...  Cause I would love to go back tonight  too ..  Keep on praying .. Update on  HUBBY 'S sleeping .. He called last night and he has  gotten  some  great sleep  he said He didnt know what it was  but  He has been sleeping  really good .. I told him I knew what it was    Everyone was  praying  for him   God is sooo Good !!!  Thank you  all for your prayers  ..  Prayers are being answered   in  so many ways .. Praise God .. he did say his tent  last night was 90 degrees  with the  air  conditoner  on  OH my  thats HOT!!  BUT at least he is sleeping the past few days  .Please continue  to pray for him  and all our  troops over there .. Thank you so Much  for everything  Girls ... I have a future tutorial coming  with  a few of the cards I stamped the other night  so Stay  tuned ...

Have a  Great Sunday and  I will see you tomorrow

Until later .... Happy Stampin!!

Doing the HAPPY Dance...

I got to  stamp yesterday   YIPPIE!!    It was  such a  happy day in my stampin room  and of course  what  would be the  1st thing I would grab to stamp with ? You Betcha  it was MR CRABBY pants ...  Still  can not sit  for  very long .. well not as long as I really wanted too .. But Hey I got to stamp ..  alittle stampin here and  a little stampin there  makes  one Happy DAWN!!  so do you want to see  what my  1st card  was that I made .. Ok OUCH!!! stop twisting  my arm  girls ..  I received a card  from a dear lady at church ( Non SU!  Thanks  Ms Gail )  that inspired me to make  this  card   sooo cute huh?  measurements for this  simple card are  4" X 11"  and  score  each end at  the mark just before  3"  TA DA!! thats it ..  I wish I would have  spaced the closures  alittle further apart But oh well  cant  complain with it being my  1st   card since  stamping over 2 weeks ago ..  I am very happy with it   anyway ..  here is what it looks like open I just used  whisper white for the base card and  cool  Caribbean  for the closures  with copper  cord and copper  brads  and of course Glitter ..  Boy I  knew I missed stampin But I never knew  really how much till I made this card ..  so I was on a roll and made  a Graduation   gift card/ money holder   with Mr Crabs  also  stay tuned for that  cutie ...

I have had a few girls ask me  about subscribing  to my blog .. I use to have a  subsrcibe  feed button But many have  been using Google reader  which is what I use   for my blog hopping.  Its AWESOME because  you can  get all your blog  updates  in one place  here is the LINK . You will need to sent up an account (  you can get a google /gmail account OR use  your current  email address ~ to use your  current  email address click below the  login in Box on site to  set up  your account  using a NON gmail /google account ) either  way   it is  pretty simple to  follow  and  then you  can keep up  with my  daily  Blog postings along with all the other blogs you  visit  Often ...

Have a Fabulous Holiday weekend  girls and I will see you tomorrow

Until later ... Happy  Stampin !!

Knee update and More ...

Yesterday was the 1st day  that I felt  really great  as far as my  spirits ..   I really  don't know what it was maybe a slight  bite of depression  I really  don't know  but I do know I hated feeling  so yucky .. But what ever  it was it seemed to lift  yesterday  morning  so much so That I  took Jessie  to school and even picked her up  maybe it is just getting back in the swing of things I don't know  but I hope  and Pray it  continues ...  I  thought I  would share  with you my X ray  of my knee  that I got   at the Dr. Office   Wednesday morning   Both  Xrays  are  of my new knee  one is of my knee bent  and one is of  it  straight   sooo cool  huh?  My new  left knee is different  than my  right knee that I had done  18 months ago .. same procedure But  I got the  latest and greatest knee out right now  its called a female knee  suppose to  curve and fit in place much better for women  and actually we didn't know which one  he was going to  put in until he got in there  to see if it would be better for me ..  and it  fits awesome  so I  got  it ..  Here is what my  right knee  X ray looked like from  Dec 2005  and you can tell there is a big  difference  between them  huh? YUP that's Dr Nicholas my knee doctor ..  and  the best Part is that he is a Christian  man .. anyway  this photo was already in the  scrapbook I mentioned a few days ago that my  Friend Susan  sent me  so I  couldn't  take the photo  off the page  so thats why  you  got the page  too ..   sooo awesome huh?  I  think it looks like something out a  science fiction  book or something .. the leg on the  right is my  leg That I just now got  done .. Ok  so since you seen the inside of my knee  this is what my knee looks like on the outside  as of  Wednesday  evening ..  Yup No bruises  and  the swelling  is coming  down  slowly but  surely .. The  hardest part for me  right now is  to walk  with my upper body  straight   DR . N and Todd ( my  therapist) both said  that  since I have walked   for  so long with a limp  my body wants to keep walking like this .. so  now when I walk I have to literally  think  keep upper  body straight .. Man I feel so Much taller.. NO kidding .. I feel like I am  learning to walk all over again .. funny huh? 

I talked to Hubby last night and  please keep praying for him  he is have a  very hard time sleeping over there  and has  had a  migraine  headache for 5 days now,  probably  due to NO sleep. He is missing us as much as we are missing him ..  It makes me  sooo sad  words cant  express  how   much we miss him ..   I  just can not even imagine how  alone he  feels over there .. He has not made many friends over there  since most of the guys  work during the day that sleep in his tent  and   most are  from other countries  and don't speak  English  to well anyway .. When he is "trying " to sleep  everyone  keeps  running in and out of the tent  and   also shutting off the  air conditioner  especially since it has been 115 degrees there now during the day  and  everything  gets  over  surged  and have to shut  the generators  down  during the day  so this means a  very very hot tent  for  hubby  during the day when he is  " trying" to sleep  so please keep him in your prayers .. all this week I have  been sending out   boxes of cards  so far I have sent him 4 more  boxes  this week . He told me  the other day he was at the PX and  he was behind 2 marines  at the checkout and both were  buying  a card  for their wife and Rich  told  them to go  put the cards back and to  follow him  that he had  something  for them ..  they went back to his tent and he gave them a some of cards  for them and their  friends.. Rich  said the  guys almost started crying  they loved them sooo much and couldn't wait to get back to  give them all out .. WOW  YOU  all made this happen girls .. you all are sooo GREAT!!!

One more thing  I want to share with you all  today .. Our bestest friends  in Maine  you know Karen and James   anyway .. Their  Daughter is graduating this year and  for Prom   her and her date  made their Prom dress and Tux all   out of Duck tape and have entered it into a contest which you can see  Casey's   contest entry HERE entry # 3884   and  you can also see all the other fabulous  outfits HERE Is this cool or what ...  talk about Unique and  going out  with a  Bang  for your senior year .. Love your outfit Casey..  you  did  awesome ..

Thanks for stopping by and  I will see you tomorrow ..

Until later ..Happy Stampin!!

Mr Crabby Pants shakes rattles & rolls ...

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

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

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

DONT READ  BELOW LOST SPOILER :

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

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

see you tomorrow  ..

Until later .. Happy  Stampin!

Keep on Truckin...

I have  always been a Truck  kind of a gal   I grew  up with trucks  and  even though I  have a car that I drive  now My hubby has a truck  and  you know that old saying once you  drive a truck  you will never want to drive a car again ..  well If it were not  for  gas mileage I think I would be driving a truck  now  But you know  how things  go .. But I am a truck gal at heart .. so How  cute were these   truckin cards I received  from my  friends  Sue  and Kara  Great minds think alike HUH? ..

The 1st one comes from Sue ..  Look at that sweet little gal driving this  cute  truck  and there's that  awesome  Cuttlebug  background I am falling in  love with ..  such a super cute card Thank you  so Much Sue .. Hey  why now truck on over to  Sues  BLOG and she what else she has been up to...

The next super cute truckin card comes from Kara .. OH my  what  a adorable card carrying  all those cute flowers .. Love the metal tag  too girlie ..  Thank you  so Much  Kara.

This gets me all caught up on  my   goodies I have  received..Thank you all sooo very much xoxoxoxox Hugs and kisses to all of you ..   and tomorrow  is back to my stash  of  things I  made  pre surgery .. so stay tuned  so something  really  shake'n and really CRABBY tomorrow   

Have a wonderful Wednesday and lets not  forget tonight's the last night of LOST ( Until Feb .. right ?) ... OH what  will we  ever do without Lost on Wednesdays ... I suppose we will survive  But I will be missing it like  crazy  thats for sure .. and tonight's a 2hr   show YAHOO!!!.. so you all know where I will be at 9pm tonight ..  and yup  gonna  Tivo it  still so I can  watch it all over  again tomorrow  ..

Until later .. Happy Stampin!!

( Can't Wait till my knee works like that smiley guy above )

More goodies & more cards for the troops!!

Howdy everyone   I want to send out  a big thank you  to  3 gals who sent in cards for the troops .I Received  cards from  Mary Mansfield ( from Hong Kong ) , Melissa Ferr and  1 gal I have no clue since she didn't put her name  so I will just call her  the Longaberger lady .. I received  your cards yesterday .. so this  bumps the total  cards for troops up to 4,670 cards YAHOO!!  Can you believe it .. Its sooo  awesome .. Thank you  all so Very much .

Continuing with more goodies I have received  from all of you .. Thank you so Much  girls . you all are really  spoiling me ..

1st one came from  my  friend Kathy  H Just love this card lay out GF wink wink ... and I so love the  roses in winter set she used .. Love those  colors  too Kathy just a stunning card thank you  so Much ..

  The 2nd one came from my  friend Gina  W  she  hand delivered  this  card to me in the hospital  Love Love those googly  eyes  what a sweet & cute card .. Makes me smile  every time I look at it ..Thank you so Much Gina for using one of my old time favorite sets .

Next card  comes from my  friend  Laura  W.. Talk about  hitting the nail on the head with her  card  huh?  a BIG HUGE  Ouch !!  for  some reason her card reminds me of  the  fancy hospital  gown they had me wear  with that lovely slit up the back .. let me just say  ain't no Band aid  gonna hold it  together  enough for me  Wink wink ... Thank you Laura ..

  Last card for today comes from my  friend  Diane she used my  favorite color  and Love those  prima flowers ( which I have never  used ..I know go figure huh?)   Love the cuttle bug  girlie  and  Love the  ribbon   and the  brads in the center of  flowers  Such a  beautiful card and  a very sweet note inside  too .  Thank you  so Much Diane.

Today is another  therapy  day, More  tears yesterday again ( OH when will it stop ?)  Poor Todd  .. He did say he was adding a couple new  things to my  routine  so YIPPY I can hardly  wait for that (  and you  all know I  am sooo kidding about that  sligh  remark ). Tomorrow  I get to go see my  Doctor for my  2  week check up  and I am hoping to get  some really  cool photos of  what my knee/s look like in a x-ray .. sooo flippin cool  to see that metal knee in there .. Its almost like it  isn't really my knee/s  KWIM?  I  don't think he will have to drain my knee  since it has come  down a bit ... My  bestest gal ( Susan Copper )  made me a  scrapbook for my knee surgery last time   and I am  sooo  thankful  for her  making me  such a  awesome  book  to  have me recall everything I  went through last time  is pretty much the same thing this  time around ( I  found it last night and  I Love it ) .. and to see  the photos  of  the last time  Makes me  realize this time  is alot better  than  last time .. amazing huh?  I remember last time My knee  split open and I need  2-3  stitches  put in at the doc office  and all  the  seeping the last knee did .. OH it was terrible .. so Far  I have not had this happen Praise God .. and I don't think I want to have  stitches  again anytime soon .. as least  being awake ... Yea right this is coming from someone that was a wake for her whole knee  replacement  surgery this  time around  so whats a couple  stitches you say ..  I Just don't want it  Thank you  very much ... will keep you posted on what my doc says and hopefully have some really  cool photos  to share with you all ...

Have a Terrific  Tuesday and I will see you tomorrow

Until later .... Happy Stampin!

More Get well wishes from all of you !!!

Man I feel so Far behind It is NOT funny .. I am sooo sorry for such a delay in posting  so Many of your  beautiful cards girls ..  On with the show ...

This  beautiful card comes from my  friend Rose Ann WOWZIE look at this  Beauty  she  added crystal effects to the Lilly and  It is sooo stunning  words can  express how much more beautiful this card is  IRL ( in real life )  You can visit  Rose Ann's BLOG HERE .. such a talented  stamper  you are  GF !  Thank you  so Much Rose Ann

Next on the  Get well wishes  comes from  Janice .. WOWZIE!!  OH my Janice and I seem to go  back aways  when we  meet on   The best Yahoo  group around ( SUAngels )  and we were convention buddies  Remember that Janice ?  How fun was that ..  Janice is  such a  awesome stamper  and  Just look at this beautiful card she sent me .. Using her cuttle bug .. I just love how soft this card  looks  sooo pretty and  dainty.. Thank you  so Much Janice ..

CORRECTION  ON THIS POST  WAS MADE 5-22-07

Next on the list is from my   from my  dearest Angel friend Debby M.. I feel sooo stupid  posting that this card came from  my up up upline  when it  came  from  my  bestest gal Debby M either way I still love love  it  girlie .. and I am so sorry  not giving proper credit  to you .. I also love this Bunny set ( which is retiring  Boo Hoo)  I am still keeping this set in my personal collection though .. BOY OH Boy  I have been seeing alot of this cuttle bug  envelope template and I  think it is going on my  wish list thats for sure .. sooo stinkin  Cute .. Thank you  so Much Debbie  for sending me  such a  super cute card 

Ok last one for today  this Fabulous card came from  my friend Kay  Is this  adorable or what ..  a tea cup  full of flowers .. OH my  I love  it . Cuttlebug was used for her background  and  the flowers  are all punched  out and layered on to the tea cup ... such a  sweet  adorable card ..Thank you  so Much Kay.. xoxoxo

Today Jessie is going to Cedar Point  with her school she earned  her FREE trip  for selling a tons of goodies  with  a fundrasier this  year .. she is sooo excited .. she had to be at the school  at 6:15 am  and will be home tonight around 10pm  she will have a blast  with all her friends ..

Well It is a another Therapy day for me   so I suppose I  must mosey on  and get  in the shower ( I forgot how  much slower it is  to take a shower with my knee  ) I am waiting for these butterfly  stitches to  fall off  cant wait cause my knee  such is a itching  REALLY BAD!! ( I have heard this Is a sign of healing... God I hope  so ) Hope you all have a  Marvelous Monday  and I will see you tomorrow..

Until later ... Happy Stampin!! 

More Goodies from all of you !!

Hi girls .. Its looking like  My goodies  will be over  flowing for a few days  since I got  a few more  awesome cards yesterday too..Yippie!! so lets  get  on with it  right ?

I received  this  really  cute  Mothers day  Card  from my  Most favoritest Cousin  ( Ruthie )  Just love  your  card layout girlie ( wink wink )  and I so love the Pretty in pink with close to cocoa Thank you  so Much Ruthie .. You ROCK!!

Next on the list for Mothers Day cards I received is from Gina .. She actually hand delivered this Beauty to me in the hospital on Friday Gotta love that scallop Punch and all those vibrant  colors she used   for   this special Mothers Day card ..Thank you  so Much Gina  Baby !!

Next   are  a few of the get well wishes I have received  from  so Many of you ..

This one came from my  Girl Harriet   She got herself a cuttlebug and  I just love the  touch of the copper  she used with her CB  and yes this is a real piece of Copper  she  snagged  from her Hubby ( Thank you  Nells ... wink wink ..)   Harriet's card is  sooo  clever  cause  when you open it up it  has  even more surprises waiting  for me to  drool over .., and Love that glitter GF .. Thank you  Harriet !

Next card came from  My Favorite girl who Loves  cutting  everything out ( a gal after my own heart ) Carol .. Carol also  got herself  a cuttlebug  and has been busy  using this  awesome machine  and she sent me this beauty   with of course TONS of glitter also ..  Love it Carol Thank you  so Much ..

Ok  one more for today  this one came from  Jenny .. I have been missing Jenny  since she has taken a break from stampin  for a  wee bit  .. BUT that hasn't stopped her  from her  personal stamping and making this Fab-O  spinner card for me  I just love In full bloom and I love your  card Jenny Thank you  so Much.

I hope you  all have a Fabulous Sunday and  Thank you  so Much for sending me  your beautiful  cards girls ..  Receiving cards when one is  recovering  from Surgery  sure helps with  my spirits   More than you will  ever know .. I still have  many to share with you  and  Hope you are enjoying  them as Much as I have  with them  show up in my mail box . One good thing also is that  since I have  limited things to post ( cause No stampin  yet ) I can showcase all your fancy  handy work  YAHOO!! Thanks  for  lifting my   spirits and  letting me have  something to post for all of you  to drool over .. I will see you all tomorrow

Until later .. Happy Stampin!!

Blogger Rak showcase time ...

I have received  so many  wonderful cards  from so many of you  ..The only Thing is  I will not be able to  post them all today.  It will be it  between todays and tomorrow's post Okey dokey  and may even over  run to Monday's post since I am sooo far behind ..   Ok  lets get started  why don't we ... This  RAK come from my  friend Jan Tink .. Is this not the  cutest stinkin  knee surgery card you have ever seen ..OH  I  laughed  so hard  I  also most PIMP ( pee'd in my pants )  Jan  your to  sweet  and Not only  does your BLOG show your  silly personality  But  so does this adorable card  especially that cute little  bandage  on the Mr Crabby Pants  leg ..Thank you so Much My Boa  babe Jan Tink . ..

Next   Blogger Rak comes from My friend Cheryl  S.  Love those butterflies  girlie  and   how you  did the embossing  resist technique  Just beautiful   This photo does not  do Cheryl's card Justice .. You can check out all her other goodies  she is creating  HERE on her blog. Thank you  Cheryl  for the beautiful card and the "something extra " inside wink wink !

Next on the Blogger RAK  comes from my  friend  Nichole Cooke  she sent me this super cute  card  with sooo much glitter .. and you all know how I love love  my glitter .. You can all visit Nichole  and see what she has been up to in her Stampin Library HERE

Next  Blogger Rak  comes  from my Friend Dawn ( I know what a GREAT name she has too HUH?)  seriously I  have so many  Great Friends Name Dawn  But this Dawn is  Dawn Easton  she sent me these goodies with her  cards for the troops  along with a Bunch of  extra envelopes  also ..  why is it  all the Dawns I know  each Dawn is sooo Beautiful .. NO kidding .. this  super  cute ensemble with a  card and  post it note  tin with pen   was  quite a  surprise  when I found it in her package  and  sooo sweet of Dawn to send me  such a awesome  gift .. You can visit Dawns Blog HERE Pop in and  tell her how much you love her Name TOO!! wink wink ...

  and Last BUT surely NOT least is My bestest Gal Angie  Juda .. I just  don't know what to say about her ..I swear I feel as though we have known each other forever   and when we get on the phone there is NO  shutting us up for at least a couple hours .. Angie  once again  spoiled me like  crazy  once I got home from the hospital to find this package of goodies waiting  for me  on my Table .. and Of course  Her  goodies have been calling me  since I have been home and Have not   used them yet .. I Promise  I will  very soon ..You know its killin me  not to stamp right girls and then you all send me these wonderful gifts  and  beautiful cards and it  makes me want to stamp even more .. I just can t sit  for that long  as of right now .. BUT I will soon .. I promise .. Look at all those acrylic stamps she sent me and  even the  acrylic blocks  and OHHHH the  super gorgeous  Ribbon  That Jessie and I  just love  and  those super adorable  cards she made with a  card box  along with the card box template .. and those super cute  wood  mounted stamps from Micheals .. YAHOO! . You must go and check out Angies  BLOG and  Look at all her fabulous stamping she  has been doing and Yes she has a  couple new Ms Bella  girls too ( sooo awesome GF )   ..  OH my  so many  awesome things I have been receiving in  the mail from all of you .. I must stop for today and I will  be back  with more  FAB-O  goodies tomorrow   from all of you ... Thank you  everyone  for making   my day !! You all are the BEST!!! 

Happy Friday

Yesterday's  Therapy was real hard ( yes even tears where shed  )  BUT the good news is that  I can bend my knee at 90 degrees not bad since I left the hospital it was bending at 50 degrees..  And My swollen  knee has went  down by 2 cm still swollen though But at least it is going  down. Its hard to believe it has been over 1 week know .. I thought I would share  some of the cards for the troops  I received from  so many of you .. 

Enjoy your day  and until later ... Happy Stampin!!

Beary Best!!

Here is another card I made using  my  Daughters Beary best  retired set .. Gotta love chocolate chip and Pretty in pink together .. Update on  HUBBY  He received  the 3 boxes of cards I sent him before my  surgery  and  all 3 boxes of cards are  already  handed out ..  Soooo awesome Rich says everyone loves the cards  No photos yet But  I   told hubby to make sure he  takes some for all of us .. I guess right now the  thing over there  is Sand Fleas ..They are becoming a big problem  now  and even getting into  their  beds  except for  my hubby's bed and we are not sure why that is  maybe cause his bed is  so high off the ground . He said it  was 113 degrees  the other day  and nights gets down to around  mid  70's  now mind you  they are just  heading into to  summer so It will be getting alot  hotter  every day ..

I made a mistake this week I thought my  PT was Mon, Wed,  Thursday  BUT it actually  Mon, Tues, Thurs.. so Today is my   actual 2nd  day at  PT  which really  should have been my 3rd ..OH well.. My leg is  still swollen  BUT I go to my  doc  next Wednesday  for my  1  1/2  week check up and  he said if it is still swollen he may drain it  so until then I keep it  up and  iced .. Thanks  for your prayers  girls .. OH my  goodness  did you see LOST!!  NO spoiler  for my UK friends  BUT  LOVE it ..2 hr  season  final next week and  a special  is on tonight  after Grey's Anatomy ( I think its this tonight ) will be glued to the TV  for  all that ...

Until later ... Happy  Stampin!!

Way Way Way Over due ...

I am way over due  with posting all the goodies I have recieved from so Many of you  durning our Cards for the troops ..    So without  further ado .

Thank you  so Much Barb Mann  for  all your  hundreds of cards and this sweet card  with a  even sweeter  note inside

What a  super cute card  Dawn Barrett  gave me  with her  2nd box of  cards for the troops  Love that little  elephant   and your sweet note inside  also  

Connie  sent me  me  adorable  card  sooo cute  and springy   .

Janice  sent me   this   adorable card  with a cuttlebug embossing folder and all this ribbon  was  tied around all the cards she sent  in for the troops 

Jen  from Hawaii ( Hee! Hee!) sent me   this  wonderful  box  of chocolate covered Macadamion nuts  and this card  is soo cute cause she  said the turtle reminder  her of me  with my purple hat .. sooo sweet Jen !  WOWZIE  look at all these accessories  that  Cindy  sent me  to use  for all my stampin projects

    

Kristine  sent  5.00 cash  with all her cards to help out  with envelopes  ( what a sweetie pie )

Melanie sent me this super cute  day planner along with this   super awesome  pen  that  magnets to the frig .. you all spoiled me  to no end  girls .. I am soo very blessed   from all you that helped  with the Cards for the troops  and  and sooo  very blessed to find little  goodies inside  all your cards for me .. You all are sooo sweet  and  Your kindness  will never be forgotten  girls .. I have yet to take more photos of the  envelopes and  money  you all are still sending in  to help the cards for the troops  But much thanks goes to  Dawn Easton  for her cards and  all the extra envelopes she sent  to me  to help and her  super  cute    card and  tin ( photo to come )  , Angie sent  More cards with envelopes with her HUGE box of goodies  ( Photo to  come  )  , Konnie and Cheryl your money donations  for  envelopes  and  to help with shipping  your  sooo awesome   Thank you ALL so Very much .. as soon as I am able  to sit longer  I will take photos of all the cards I have  received  since being in the hospital  and my  get well cards , Mothers days  cards from Ruthie  and Gina    and other cards and goodies    from Cheryl , Konnie, Harriet, Gina   and  RAKS from  Rose Ann & Jan Tink ..  you all  really  know how to make a gal feel loved .

Thank you  all so very much  and  sooo sorry its  soo late   in  showing  off all  your Fabulous goodies  you sent me ..Thank  you  from the bottom of my heart

Until Later.... Happy Stampin!!

All In a Row ...

I bet you all are  already getting tired of hearing my  aches and pains .. so  I wanted to start off with this  simple no layer  easy peasy card  I made a  few days before I went in  for surgery .. I  got my All in a Row set from SU!  a few days before surgery and had to make  something with it, along with  my  cuttle  bug  envelope template ( name escapes me right now but  it  has 4  2x2  templates  and the girlie girl was  one of them  )  I just love the "girlie girl"  since I say that so much ..  anywho ..I  cut all  the rows separately  and mounted them  all on the  blocks ( see photo below )   when you  1st see this set you will notice    all you get in the set is 4 long blocks  and 4 stamps  well I  cut  each  of the 4 stamps into 8 individual  stamps  and for each block I have 2  stamps and 2 stickers ..  the way I did mine was the image sticker is on one side and the  stamp is on the other and I lined them all up  so I  could  get 2  images  on one block  This probably is not making any sense at all so Here is the photo   of  what I did  so I can  get more use out of my   set ALL IN A ROW .

Therapy  went  great yesterday NO tears shed like there were on the  1st visit with my  other  knee .. I was able to even lift my  leg up on to the  high top  with out any help .. Gee whiz I impressed  myself when I did that  Hee! Hee!  My leg is still so very swollen and  sitting at the computer  is  like putting  alot of pressure  on  my whole leg  so this is why I am unable to   be at  my computer for  very long   or sit   for that matter  I need to keep it  up and iced  for as much as possible ..  I just want  you all to know I  am  reading all your emails and posts  But  for the  sake of  my leg   not feeling like it is going to pop  I am not able to respond  to each email  or post at this time .. Thank you  for all your prayers and encouragement , cards  posts  You all brighten my day  knowing your  still visiting   even though I am  not very interactive  lately .. Please  don't give up on me.. I love  all of you  and  I soo appreciate all  your  Prayers ..

Until later ... Happy Stampin!!

Therapy starts today !!

Today is my  1st day of Therapy  with my knee  and OH boy  Can you tell I  am sooo excited? ..NOT!! But In order to get my new knee as great as my  right knee I  need to get  busy with the P.T  I thought Today I would share a photo  of my knee I  wouldn't  blame  you if you looked   the other way But I want to  get my after surgery knee on my blog before  the time has passed to do so  and  plus  I want to record how far I have come  with the new knee in  the  following weeks  .. KWIM?  If you want you can click to make larger.. Thats if you want to ..   you will notice my knee is very swollen , and those lovely drain tubes OH my those  were the pits  and OH did they hurt coming out  on  Friday. Why is it that when you  go in for  surgery on one part of your body  you  feel like  everything has been   worked on? I ache everywhere ..  Everyone says it  is because   My body has went through a trauma and  Its normal  for  my body to  feel this way .. Well I must have totally  forgot about this part  from the last knee  replacement I had .. Cause I sure feel yucky !!

  I  have received   more cards for the troops  since my visit in the hospital and  even money to purchase envelopes  I will  makes those  lists out and  post them later .. Thank you all so very much  for everything .. 

Until later .. Happy Stampin!

I'mmmm Baacckkkk!!

Thank you all for your prayers and  cards  even though I am posting today I am not myself , this body that all bruised and hurting  doesn't feel like  it should belong to me .. I will be back much later when I feel like  laughing  and  showing you all those  yucky photos . I am not really chatty today and I just ache all over and seems  every typed word I need  to back space..   tomorrow I start PT and I  sure hope I  feel better tomorrow than I do right now .. Big Thanks goes out   to Jessie  and Ruthie  they each  kept you updated  on  things  with my and my surgery .. Thank you   both . Happy Mother days to all of you  .. So very Thankful I could come home  a day  earlier  from the zoo  ( Hospital) I will sure miss going to  church today. You not  going to believe this BUT my PT  at the  hospital  her name was Erin and she  was a  SU! demo too .. she was  hearing me talk to Diane about the candy dish she  bought me  and  the colors were pink passion and only orange  and Erin said  whats that    are you  girls SU! demos too . small world huh? I am  so very tired and I will sign off for now .. Thank you  for everything  girls  and please keep on praying  for me  That I get to feeling 100%  really  soon  .. Happy Mothers day. Here is the submission I sent in to SU! for  March contest .. still crossing my  fingers  for at least a honorable mention .  everything is made out of cs  even th brushes .. The makeup  goes in to the  little make up  purse I made  above ..

Happy Mothers day..   Love yas

Until later... Happy Stampin!!

Hello Again!

Hello again She is coming home tomorrow:) I didn't get to see her yesterday cause I had school and then my spring concert So in a little bit me and my grandma are going to see her :) Thanks for all the posts and things like that And I think it is pretty cool how I can make the writing match the card LoL I guess she said she over did it yesterday She walked on it like 4 times and she went on the machine so it was hurting her alot :( Well Have a good day and until later Happystamping LoL

Jessies Joke :Someone saw a Blonde eating a tootsie roll pop and asked"How many licks does it take to get to the center?"The blonde Replies"Beats me but it took me all day to like through the wrapper!"

The big day is over!

Jessies Funfact: If the sun ran on Electricity it would take the USA $700,000.00 to run it for a second.

Hi this is Jessie, Dawns daughter I will be on here while she is still in the hospital. Yesterday was her surgery She was awake through the Whole thing cause she took a bite of bread and so the tube of somesort would open up and choke her so she did fine she was up walking yesterday already I took pics so you guys will prolly see them soon.Gina called, Diane came up and gave her some candy :) People from the church like pastor Brad, Linda,JT,John and DeEtta and of course me and my grandma were there All day I was sooooo Tiered.If you have any Questions please feel free top make them in the comment section.

Todays the BIG day .... Yes I am getting a New Knee BUT Mr Crabby Pants Marathon begins today too!!

Let the Marathon begin of MR Crabby Pants .. Of course   he is waiting to show off  until we open this  cute little book  that is  2 chip board  coasters  re covered with  designer paper  ( loves me .. at least I think thats  what  this  pask is called it's way to early for me ) anyway I   wanted to make this  cute coaster book  using the faux  hinges  technique  which will you see  when opened .. I used a macaroni  N cheese  box  for the  faux  hinges  just  cut the  bottom  corners which are  in the shape of a "L"  for you already and  applied   DTP versa Mark  and embossed with copper embossing powder  punched the holes with my  1/16 hand punch and added  brads  to hold the coaster  book together as you can see here in the next photo. Super  easy and fun .. Of course I added a  little bit of my   white gel pen for the doodle dots  to cordinate with the DS paper and TA-DA   MR Crabby pants  in Book  form  Hee! Hee!

Like I have been mentioning  the last few days  Jessie will be posting   over the weekend   with updates , along with updates  in the comment section of each post from  Ruthie and  who ever else has  some exciting news  to share . so Please  check back often all weekend.  Just knowing you all are  out there  still visiting will make my   hospital visit  much better KWIM? If you have any questions  about any of  the projects Jessie will be posting for me  I will get back to you  with answers  ASAP  since Jessie will have no Idea  what I did  for each project .. 

I will prepare you  for  Sundays posting  though , since this will be Mothers day and all I  figure I  want to give you a heads up on the  project  that will be posted on this special day  cause NOT only  will it be Mothers day  BUT this is the  day  I expect to be released from the  hospital .YIPPIE!!  anyway .. The project  that will be posted on Sunday  will be the BIG project I  had mentioned  a  few months ago about something I was  sending into SU! for  the  March contest ..  do you remember  that announcement ?.. Well sad to say  the project for Sunday did not  win BUT I am still holding out for a honorable mention wink wink ...   who knows ? anyway .. My friend  Susan  gave me a magazine  to look at and well I seen a project in there and Thought OH MY I can do this using SU! goodies .. well  as they say the rest is history  I my self Thought it was the cutest thing  since  rubber stamps , Anywho this project will be highlighted On Sunday  for Mothers day  so please check back  to view this  special ensemble  for MOM.

I love you all and will see you will I return home on Sunday  Keep stampin  and just think of all the catching up  in bloggerland I get  to do ..

Until later .. Happy Stampin !!

New Tutorial for you today !....YIPPIE!!

Howdy girls ..  Well tomorrow is the  BIG day OH MY  that came way to fast ..  Hopefully the time Rich is away will go even faster . I made this card for my hubby again .. Ya know he is always on my mind  right ?   This is one of those  super cute templates I mentions  awhile back  about ..  I used cool Caribbean   for the base of my card  and whisper white for the  inside slider . Here's  a tutorial for this  template .. remember you can always  make a base card   with no images  and  keep  directions on the back  side  for future reference ..ok back to the tutorial  .. You will need 1 piece of  Cardstock(  mine  is  cool Caribbean )  cut at 4 1/4 X 8 1/2

bone folder ,  cutter and pencil  with

1 piece of  whisper  white cut at 4 x 5 1/4 

score at 2 1/4 on each end of the  cool Caribbean ..    find the center of each end  at 2 3/4 make a Lt. pencil mark  there  when you  find  center .

Once you  find your  center,   Then cut   from 2 1/4 score line to that Lt pencil mark on the end  this will  give you a triangle  flap.. Proceed to  do other side  the same way .

Fold to make card  sleeve and adhere  together in the  center  and  the  apply  your  sq image on top of your  triangle points  making  sure not to  get any adhesive on the  inside of your card since you want the  whisper white piece to be able to slide inside Thats it .

  This is what the card looks like with the slider pulled out ( whisper white )  ..( This photo I wanted you to see the alligator so it is pulled out  some what but you  get the idea .. I also just added the  slit punch and a eyelet  to the one end so the slider doesn't  fall out   from one of the ends ..Plus I thought it looked cute ..

Remember you can click on any of  the smaller photos to view larger  and I hope this helps  you make a  really cute template for your next card ..

OK here is  a photo of Jessie and her team mates  putting the game board together  yesterday after school ..  so exciting  I must say ..

I want to  give a   shout out to  2 special blogs / web sites  I  was told about ..

one is from Robyn   You all know Robyn don't you ?  AHHH come on now  think really hard .... Robyn  is   our New pastors  wife .. YEA!! she blogs too.. Not  stamping related ( Not yet anyway ... wink wink ) Robyn's  Blog is  about her  creative writing she does on the side ..   Please check out  Robyn's Blog HERE    I am sure you will be blessed . You   all gotta read  her  Blog post about her familys  BIG Move here to Michigan .. and  read about her  flying  experience on march 26th .. She really makes you  feel like your right there  along with her ..What a Gift  Robyn Has  for writing  and  of course so many other wonderful things .. like Being my new  found friend  and future  stampin  Gal Please everyone tell her  she  can  Stamp .... NO mistakes in Stampin remember  ...    HI Robyn 

The  2nd   new web site  I am sure you will   be blessed with is Tami's   Journey of Hope   yes she is a  Michigander also . Her Christian  Journey  of her post cancer diagnosis I am  sure you will be  Blessed By Tami's outlook  on her life  and all that she shares with  us on her new web site  which  you can  check out HERE   Hi Tami

Both of these web sites  will be located on the left hand side of my blog  under  Extra  special blogs I  visit . Pop in  today and  say hi  to these Beautiful  gals .. 

I Miss you all so much already and I haven't even left yet .. But  bright and early tomorrow morning at 5:00am we will be leaving for hospital .  I will  be making one last post tomorrow  morning   and then Jessie  will be  back hopefully   tomorrow later in the day/ evening  with a update  Stay  tuned .. and Jessie  will be uploading  More  Mr Crabby Pants .. NO sense in you all having to miss both of us ( Me and Mr Crabs) while one of is out for a few  days  right ?  so   check back all weekend  for  the MR Crabby  Pants  Marathon

I will see you all  very early tomorrow morning .. Keep those prayers going girls. I will be in Surgery at 7:30am est time 

Until later .. Happy Stampin !

Mothers Day gifts ... LONG Post today girls

  I made these  2 journals  for Mothers  days gifts .. 1 for my mom ( Of course )  and the other is going to  My bestest  Gal Linda at church .. we were just saying to each other  this past Sunday we   are always looking for paper  to take our notes   of the sermons Our Pastor  preaches ( He is sooo awesome )  so NO more looking girls  you have your very own   church  Journal  for  all your notes  from  Pastors awesome sermons .. YIPPIE!!   I will actually be giving Linda to her  tomorrow night at church  since she is  going to be  going  to  a seminar  mothers day weekend  for VBS  and I will be in the hospital anyway so  tomorrow is the night I give Linda's  to her .. Now my Moms I will be leaving in our  Sunday school class room tomorrow night  after   service  so when she  walks in  to class Sunday morning for SS she will have  my gift waiting for her .. Ahhhhh  so sweet huh ?  (  blushing )  When I was making these yesterday I was having a hard time deciding  which  word to use Blessed OR loved ..  since both fit them  sooo Great  I  went  with adding both words .. SO there's No choices to make and this makes it easy on me Hee! Hee! .. Last night I  showed Jessie  how to  update my  blog ..  she even  did a  trial  run and  did awesome ..YIPPY!!  she is sooo S-M-A-R-T.. so smart that listen to this  what she is doing in Bible class at school  .. It just blows my mind  how clever my little  girl is PRAISE GOD!!!

Ok  for Bible class  her classmates were  split in to groups and they must   make  a Bible game , seriously  a REAL life  game girls .. NO joke  and  you must be able to play it and everything  in order to get  a grade for Bible ..  ok Jessie and her 3 other teammates  ( Tim , Jordan , Alissa  & Jessie )

Ok here is the  rough draft on the game board itself .But  the  final game board will be made out of wood  and game pieces will be  wafers of some sort with  Bibles in  different colors  for  each person  to have   for their  play pieces for moving around the  board ..  You all  with me so far ..  the name of their game is "WHO WANTS TO BE A BIBLE SCHOLAR" ?  play money will be  1's, 5's, 10's, 20's. and 50's  each domination of money will have the  amount   with  one of the players names on them .. example  1'dollar  will be with  Jordan's name  , 5 dollars  will be Tim's name  and so on ..  in the center of Game board will be BIBLE this is where you want to end up  and try to be  1st to  finish   cause you will receive 100 dollars  for being the  1st to finish  then you must wait for all players to finish  and the one  who has the most money ends up winning .. Ok now for the fun   tid bits of the  game .. there will be  BIBLE PASS cards ( Jessie made these with SU! cardstock  green galore and only orange  by the way )    with things  they must do if they land on  the BIBLE PASS space on game board   and draw a Bible  pass card  and do  what is listed on the  Bible pass card  such as :

Tithe 10 % of all your money ,  Do Volunteer  work at the church  move ahead 2 spaces ,  Skip church go back 5 spaces ,  Get saved  get  $10.00 dollars ,  Help on  the  church bus route  get  $5.00  and so on ...

Also  there are question cards  land on  the spot  for drawing a question card  you must ask the person on your right the question IF they get it  right they get 5.00  if  they answer wrong  they move back  the amount  you rolled on the  dice .. some questions  to  ask are .. How many days was Noah on the  Ark?  ( 40 days and 40 night )  say John 3:16, how many of each animal was taken on the ark ? ( 2) , How many days  was  Creation made in ?  ( 6  on the 7th  God rested )  simple questions ya know   but still super cute ...  on the game board  you will see  BIBLE railroads  this is where  if you land on the spot you pay a certain amount of money to  slide to the ahead space ..

OH yes one more thing .. there is a spot on the  game board  that if you land on 'LOVE offering " you must put a certain amount of money in  the love offering    pot .. If anyone lands on  the   star on the game board wins the love offering  money  in  pot ..

Pretty awesome  and  super  cute game  for 9th graders to  design  themselves  HUH? I am hoping to get more photos of the  game since Jessie and her team will be staying after school today and   painting the game board and  putting the finishing  touches on it  and also  they MUST play the game to see if it  will  actually  play out the way they designed it  before they  turn it in  for  their  Grade  next week..  Its sooo exciting huh?

  I received more cards yesterday  from  Leah Carr  she sent 144  cards with envelopes  Thank you so Much Leah... Her cards  were all categorized  and packaged  up separately .. Its  amazing  to see such organization  in others Sure wish I  was like that ..  Just Beautiful cards Leah Thank you  so Much .. I also want to  let you know I will be sending   the MR Crabby Pants thank you  card out to you all that keep sending  cards for the troops .. I just am going to be laid up for awhile and not sure   when I will get to  all that .. But I will   keep track and as soon as I am  back to normal ( whats that ??  I don't think I have ever been normal  But you all KWIM right ? )  I will get them out to you .. don't think I   have forgot  about  you OK ? our troops are going to love all your cards   you sent in  girls .. your all so awesome   ..

sorry for the Long post .. maybe I am making  up for the time I wont be  able to post ..  I am sure gonna miss all of you .. Dont  forget about me OK? Keep on Praying  and  Jessie will be posting updates along with   Ruthie in the comment area's along with anyone else that has news  to share  while I am  away ...  Love Ya's

Ok have a Terrific Tuesday and I will see you tomorrow ..

Until later ... Happy Stampin !!    

Friend ...

  I  was looking through Jessie's stamp sets she has and found this Beary best set ( retired )   and had to use it ..  Yes  Jessie has her own stash  of stamps  sets  (Like mother like daughter Hee! Hee! ) ..  Actually her stash is   not as huge as mine BUT she  still has a couple sets I don't have .. anyway .. I made this card for my bestest Gal Diane .. I used  chocolate chip and certainly  celery  along with my  cuttlebug  embossing folder "YOU "( at least I think thats the name of it )  and colored in the bears with SU! Markers . all in all a very simple card . I just love the  tiny  details  of these super cute bears .. The BIG question  now is  why  don't I have this set  in my  collection??  .. Maybe because I knew Jessie would let me use hers  HUH?  good thing   she got it  cause I really love it ..

The next few days will be a little crazy thinking  of everything I need  to have at the hospital  for 4 days and   also at home  since I will not be able to go down stairs I must try and remember  everything I some what need  for the main floor of my   house  I come home on Sunday and start therapy  on Monday at 10am OH boy  nothing like jumping right in .. I do know  within a  couple hours of my  spinal wearing off I will be  up and walking  on my new  knee  right after surgery ..  The ultimate  result will get  my  new knee  to bend at 130 degrees like my  right knee  does ..   Please pray for me cause this  will take  alot of PT and  hard work  and I am sure alot of tears  like before ..

Between Now and  Wednesday night I am hoping I will  be able to show Jessie how to post on my blog  to give you  updates  while I will be in the hospital  BUT if she  is unable to Ruthie said she would post updates on  on the most recent   blog posting under the comment  section  so please stay tuned for all that  if your curious .. 

Have a Marvelous  Monday and I will see you tomorrow.

Until later .. Happy Stampin!! 

So Long fishy friends...

I am sooo sorry I must make a correction today for the operation glitter drop winner .. The winner is Melissa Ferr .. she guessed  4,018.. Soo sorry Toni..  It has been brought to my attention that Melissa did  in deed pick the closest number  of the  cards for troops ..  Congrates goes  to Melissa

For todays  card I had to use The one set I think I used so much  ( thats  before Mr Crabby  pants arrived on the scene  )    you can tell how much a set is loved and used by just flipping over the  set and seeing   the  permanent  black ink stains all over it .. I sure do love  my Fishy friends  set and I  think I always will .. Thats why I will Not  be retiring it  from my personal  collection . I used  Orchid opulence  and tempting turquoise  for the card stock .. I also used  my  cuttlebug " Spots and  Dots " embossing folder  for the back ground  and I had to use   the new ribbon I got from the Michaels  dollar bin .. and of  course my new stamp set  I just recently  got "In my thought " OH and lets not forget the glitter  too. This card will be going to my hubby. 

Wowzie the cards for the troops /Operation Glitter Drop  keep coming in .. Thank  you so   Much Cindy Borcherding , Stephanie Scholz, Amber  Hillman ,  & Elizabeth Kratzer I have received your cards this weekend and everyone of them is sooo awesome ..  I  have  added a running total at the  top of my  blog to keep you all posted  how many cards for the troops we have .. you all  are sooo wonderful.. I will ever forget these last few weeks  for the rest of my life ..  It has been  sooo  awesome ..

Hey I wanted to post this and ask you  all if you ever had  what is in this photo that my hubby sent me   via email  the other night ..  OH my  At  1st I thought Hey whats that all about .. Caramel Milk yummy  YEA RIGHT .. Look closer  Dawn CAMEL milk  and its 100% PURE!!  and  for the record no  this is not what my hubby is drinking over there..   even though I  wouldn't put it pass him  to at least try it .. He is  always the adventurous  one  in our family  for trying new  things .. ME???  NO way.. YUCK!!

Have a Fabulous Sunday and  just think drinking your milk  never looked  so good HUH?

Until later ... Happy Stampin!!

Grand total and we have a WINNER!!!

I thought it would be fun to post the photo of all the packages of cards I received . This is what the pile looked like  up to May 1st ..  May 1st in the evening  My Mom,  Jessie and myself  dumped every single card in the middle of my living room floor ..  Have  you ever  noticed how much easier it is to  throw things on the floor  and  what a job it is to pick them up Case in point  Have you ever played 52 pick up .. OH my   It took maybe 45 Min's tops to place all cards on the floor  and  over 5 hours to pick  up and package them all up .  we all 3 were laughing so hard at  what we had  just did ..  The thoughts of seeing my living  room  carpet again was  so far out of reach  it made us all laugh  like crazy.. and of course  My mom and Jessie both  made it perfectly  clear it was all my idea ..Hee! Hee!

I have had a few gals email and  ask to see the boxes all ready to go .. here they are  well at least 1/2 of them are ready to go I am still short  a ton of envelopes..  But in time  they will all be sent  out. I sent out 3 flat rate boxes  yesterday  and  each of them  weighted 7 lbs  each 

  This is a up close photo of those that need envelopes still.. What an awesome sight to see  all these beautiful cards  sitting in my home  I am sooo excited to hear all the stories  about our troops that receive these cards.

Ok  a few more fun facts before we get to the Grand total  of cards  and the winner of the  Operation Glitter Drop blog candy   ..

1. If you laid  each of the  cards out touching  top to bottom of each other it would  stretch the length of 113 Trucks bumper to bumper

2. If  you  wrapped  every one of the cards around a baseball diamond  it would go around it over 5 1/4  times ...Pretty amazing huh?

Ok are you ready   drum roll please .......

Grand total for  the amount of cards we received  from April 9th to May 1, 2007 is..... 4,119 cards

   No one   picked the co rrect number  so the closest  without going over goes to Toni  Perez  Melissa  Ferr WHOOO HOOO  way to go girlie .. she  posted her amount of 3,702   4,018 Yahoo  Melissa please email me your  snail mail address and I will get these  goodies out to you  by Monday .. Thank you all  from the bottom of my heart .. you all are  the  bestest... I will keep you posted on all the stories my hubby passes on to me and hopefully  alot of photos  of those happy faces .

By the way speaking of photos and my hubby  he sent me  a few photos via email  Thursday night   and  here they are ..  One is of him  and the other one is of his bed he made  for himself ..

Good thing he   has  alot of experience  with JESSIE"S BED we made awhile ago HUH?  I am sure the wood  over there was  nothing like home  depot But it looks fabulous and  it sure beats a cot  thats for sure HUH?  and this is what his tent looks like  from the outside .. He shares this tent with 7 other men.  Look they have carrier  for heating and cooling over there ..

and here is a drive by for you.. I can only imagine how loud this  tank is .. This is right outside his tent  door. 

Thanks again for everything  girls .. I will never forget your  kindness  and out pour of love you all showed  for our troops.. 

Until tomorrow .. Happy Stampin!! 

 

Blogger RAK showcase ...

I  was  sent  2 blogger RAK's yesterday OH my  such beautiful cards.. you both made my day girls ..

the 1st one I received from Allison .. You all have to visit her blog every day  cause she has the bestest blog around   she is sooo sweet to blog a gathering place  not only for her Fab-O  stamping  But she   shares with all us  addicted   blog hoppers  where to go and get  some blog candy ..  Allison  is  such a sweetie  and I really don't know how she keeps up on   all the candy out there in cyber space  But sure glad she does ..  Please visit ALLISON   and  be sure to leave a comment on how much we appreciate her and all she does ... Thanks so Much Allison ..

My 2nd card came from Jen  and  WOWZIE what can I say  for  such a  beautiful card   I love the saying  at the bottom right hand corner  " Spring is in the Air "  love the  scallop punch   and Love  her  colors  she chose from my RAK card .. You must see JEN'S BLOG     also today and see what  other Fabulous  creations she been making .. Thank you so Much Jen ..

Its soo Great to  be on the receiving  end of such   Beautiful cards  and  even better  cause I can  add your  links to my site ..It is cool or what But did you all notice these 2 Fabulous stampers used the same Stamp set ? YUPPER Great  Minds  Do think alike I tell ya ..

  Rich and I have a friend  "Steve "  the computer guy  and  well I emailed him  the other night and  gave him  some facts on  the cards I have recieved for the troops  and asked if he knew of a site that could  find out  fun facts  by  putting in  measurements  and such  and well Steve  didnt know of a site that would do that sooo guess what?? He made one for me .. how cool is that .. ( Thanks so Much Steve  you ROCK!!)   Now I want to share  a  couple fun facts with you right now  about all the cards I have  for the troops  from all of you .. 

Cards for the troops  fun Facts ...

Did you know  that if you laid  each card  out    touching  top to bottom  of each other  it  would be  just over  1/3 rd of a mile  long ... YUP!!

Here is another one ..

If you   stacked  all the cards  on top of each other top  touching  bottom the cards would be  154 stories High .. YUP!!!

so does that help any with   guessing  of how many I  got ?   probably not  HUH?   But still its pretty amazing  dont you think ?  stay tuned   for tommorrow  for more fun facts  and also the winner of the  blog candy  give a way for "Operation  Glitter Drop " and the  BIG announcement  of the  total amount  of cards you all sent in ..

So  what did you all think about LOST?

Johns Dad is the man who killed  Sawyers  Dad OMG No way , and  I guess   John did  know that this would  totally tick Sawyer off and   he would kill him .. So  what is John the lone ranger now ?  and what's this about Jack and Julia  having a secret  together? and Naomi what is her REAL  story? I wonder  if  Penny really did send  her  to find   Desmond ? or if she is  in cahoots with the OTHERS too  and is Bait ?  Cause  why would she say everyone  was found Dead from the plane crash .. and  do you think they really are in Hell? Well I  do think Ben is Like Satan making  John  kill his dad .. Isn't that how Satan works  just kill  people if  they have done wrong by you  HUH? and telling John he is very special but in order to go forward  he needs  to kill his dad ( Helllloooo ). OH and  whats  with  Daniel  coming to   Black rock  ( when John and Sawyer were ) and picking up some  TNT  what is she planning on  doing ?  OH my ..I love LOST!! Sooo many more questions,  I can barely handle the excitement. 

Thanks for  looking today  and I will see you tomorrow ..

P.S My Honey bunch sent  Jessie and I a photo  via email I will share tomorrow.. Gotta Love email 

Until Later ...Happy Stampin!!

Mr Crabby Pants has Left the buliding ....

Mr Crabby Pants has left the building Hee! Hee!  All 58 of very talented  Mr Crabby Pants are on their way to   some very special  stampin angels . They left the building yesterday morning   Thank you all again so Much .

Yesterday I got the  call from  the hospital  and I have to go in tomorrow  for blood work and also a EKG  so  that means  I am getting  close to  going in for my  Knee replacement surgery, actually  1 week from today will be the big day I will be in the hospital for 4 days.. exciting news though will be in 7 days I will have a Brand new knee Praise God .. Is that amazing or what ?

The other night Rich  and Jessie were talking on the phone and he  showed  her a site called Google Earth.com  and  we  got to see the  base that he is at  and actually seen right where he sleeps ,  eats and  where he was talking to us from, Is that  awesome or what ? Not sure all what they( Rich and Jess ) did since  they both  are  move computer savvy than I am,  But  it was sooo  Great  to see  where he is at.  Technology   now a days just blows my mind , How they can put a  metal knee  in  my leg  and  also  see the place my hubby is at  thousands of miles  away  soo very cool huh?

I seen a video on VANESSA'S  blog and  I had to add it to  mine ,since We  have our  troops on our minds alot lately & with Operation Glitter Drop  It just Seems perfect to share this with all of you .Click HERE TO VIEW this   wonderful  video  "Remember me "

OH my  was LOST awesome last night or what?  For the sake of all my UK blogger friends  I  will  not post  what all happens BUT Its  sooo Great !! So many twists each week It's  so hard to figure out  what is going to happen  on the  seasons last episode ..  I love LOST!! but you all already know that  Hee! Hee!

I will see you tomorrow.

Until later ...Happy Stampin!! 

OPERATION GLITTER DROP !

Big news on the home front ..  We have winners for ANGIE'S  blog candy  give a way  Angie had her friend Jennifer picked the name  for the  #2  blog candy

The Winner  of the Blog Candy #1 is... Barb Mann ( She sent in  a total of 322 cards )

The Winner of Blog Candy #2 is ....Gina Wrona

Congrats   girls ..   Even though I must Say you are all  WINNERS in my eyes  for sending all your wonderful cards for the troops .. You all  are stampin Angels ..

OPERATION GLITTER DROP!! 

Sorry  No  Grand total  today Because  I have  MORE BIG news ... Another Blog Candy give a way for OPERATION GLITTER DROP  YAHOO!  Ok  all you need  to do it post your  answer  in this post on or   before  May 5th ( May 6th  I will announce the winner and also  the  Grand  total of  all the cards that  have arrived up to May 1st ) .. OK are you ready ??

Here is the  question ..   

Look at this Fabulous photo of all the cards I have  received ..  this spot where all the cards lay actually measures 8' x 7"  Its a beautiful  thing seeing all these wonderful cards  don't you think ? ?

OK  on to the question  for the blog candy ...

You tell me how many cards you think I  received ?  Only 1  guess per person and  in case someone  posts the same answer  the  1st one to post the  correct answer will win ..  also  if No one  posts the correct answer  the one closest  to the amount without going over will win  the  blog  candy ..

So  your wondering.. What  is the blog candy ? I am sooo glad you asked ..

Here is  what you will receive  in my blog candy  for Operation Glitter Drop

a Glitter girl bobble head

1 blender pen

a pack of assorted ribbon with metal accessories ,

a Mary Kay lip  stick holder

a bag of confetti Stars

and  of course  what  Glitter girl  doesn't need a jar of dazzling diamonds .

Please Post your  answer to this  blog entry to b included in this  blog candy give  a way ..  winner will be announced on May 6th  with the final count of cards  I have received  up to May 1st . This post will remain at the top  until May 6th ..

More BIG  NEWS to share today !!

I was asked to be a guest designer for Jen's Blog for the Month of MAY .. I am sooo excited. Please  visit Jens  blog I {HEART} 2 Stamp to see the projects I have designed especially for her blog for the month of May

Thank you so Much Jen for this awesome opportunity  I am  floating on  cloud nine  today I tell ya ...

Thank you  so Much for making   Operation Glitter Drop such a HUGE success ..  There are NO words that can  thank you all enough.. Thank you all for  the gifts you sent me   which I will be posting those  in upcoming weeks .. You all are the best!!!   BIG  HUGE Cyber {{ HUGS}}} to Angie for her  awesome idea  to do this .. You Rock GF !! We both are sooo overwhelmed  by all the love you have shown for our  wonderful troops.

Thank you  from the bottom of my heart

OK more BIG news...    A few gals were wondering  how many  sets I had on the retirement list .. OK Brace  yourself .. Its The mother Load  of retirements.. actually  this years  retirement  is the  highest  amount for me  since I started  stampin   over 3 years ago .. I have 131 sets  of the 233 listed on the  retirement list ..OH my gosh ..   How did that happen ?? I will tell you how   Cause I love SU! OH boy I am  losing so many of my  Favorites too .. Ruff Play , Hip Hip Hooray ,  Best of cluck  and the list goes on and on .. BUT  the good news Is that I  will be keeping 27 of the  131  sets  on the list.. SO Can you say empty Shelves ??(  hee!hee!)   I don't think I seen them  this empty  since we  re-modeled  my stampin room back in 2005   .. as sad as it is to loss so many sets .. Just remember SU! is making way for  Brand new goodies  for us  to all drool over on July 1st, and this will be ONE Happy day for all of us  SU! fans...

Until later ... Happy Stampin !!   

FRIENDS!!

Today is the last day to have  your cards in my hands to  count for Angie's blog candy give -a -way ... Stay tuned for tomorrow announcements girls  ITS GONNA BE A DOOZIE!.. LOTS of  goodies will be announced tomorrow  I can hardly wait ....  When I was making this  card I was actually thinking of all you wonderful  stampin friends ..  you all are just amazing ..  I used chocolate chip and certainly  celery CS.  The piece  that lays over the middle is actually  a piece of vellum  that I  colored  with my brayer in certainly celery ..   the small sayings  come from 2  stamps I had  recently  found again in my stamp  room ( it is truly  a miracle  what  we find when we  clean HUH? )  one was  about  girlfriends( friends forever )   and one  about  dogs.. ( faithful friend )  just thought the faithful friend  applied here   and NO I am not calling you all dogs either   Hee! Hee!  I also  used the brayer with certainly  celery  on to the Au Chocolat DS  paper also .. and of course added   a few doodles with my white gel pen ..

NEWS FLASH:

STAMPIN' UP RETIREMENT LIST 2007 Its HUGE this year and  very sad  in many ways .. So many favorites  saying bye bye ~ 233 sets on the list with 45 wheels .  You have until June 30th  to get any of the retired sets ..

I received   10  wonderful packages of cards yesterday, HOLY MOLY was my mail man busy or what ? ..  I received  these   awesome  packages from

Vicki  Edwards, Jenna Coleman, Jodi Heusor, Aimee Foley, Lori Jane Mittlestadt ,Julie Purdum, Melissa Ferr, Heidi Kingery, Marci Cyphert and Lisa Bauer sent  a 2nd box of cards  also that I received yesterday  YAHOO!  Can you believe it ?  Thank you so Much girls..I am  in shock  with all the cards I have sitting in my living room .. you all are such a Blessing  ...

Today is the day  that I must stop taking my Motrin 800 mg    for the next 10 days  to prepare  for Surgery,  and it may be  hard  since Motrin  seems to help me the most.  Good news  is that today my RA doc is going to give me samples  of Celebrex  to  help  take place of the motrin  for the next couple weeks .. Please be praying for me  and that I will be ok without the Mortin ..  It's a scary thought thats for sure ..

Have a TERRIFIC  Tuesday  girls .. Thanks for peeking in today

and I will see you tomorrow ~  Its a Date!

Until later... Happy Stampin!!