Monday's card was going to be Jodys Birthday card But I changed my mind and made her this card using the Card Base Pop n' Cuts die # 130099 along with the Pop n' Cuts Label # 130160 instead.
Here are the other items I used on her card :
Off the Grid stamp #10736
Flower Shop stamp set
(w)#130939
(c)# 130942
Pansy Punch #130698
Flower Shop Bundle ( Bundle includes Stamp set & Punch together for a 15% savings when using the item numbers below)
This month we are celebrating our Wedding Anniversary as well as Dad & Jodys birthdays . This was the card I "was" going to give to Jody but changed my mind and made a different card .
Dad & Jody love moving cards like I do so after I made it I do love it BUT nothing on it moved so I will post the card I did give her this Wednesday .
I used the Simply Sketched stamp set ( Hostess only )
and Strawberry Slush card stock #131295 and Strawberry Slush classic ink#131178 .
Whisper White card stock # 100730 .
Large Oval punch #119855
Scallop Oval punch # 119856
I also added the white dots with the White Gel Pen # 105021 and added a couple Basic Rhinestones # 119246 for a little sparkle .
I have a video coming up for you next week on this technique that I used on todays card .
This past week Hopefully you played along for fun blog candy for my week long celebration of my 7th Anniversary of blogging . Thank you all for your sweet comments ~ You all are the BEST!
I gave away ( 6 ) stamp sets (1) each day to a lucky stamper who's name was randomly drawn each day (Sunday - Friday) .
Rita Santos
Marcia Hill
Barbara Ramsey
Ruth Varian
Christina Thurlow
Diana Hults
Here are all the stamp sets with each of the names drawn for that stamp set.
This past Wednesday I finished making my 120 Founder Circle swaps (WHEW) PLUS I started working on my Advisory Board swaps as well as Goodie bags for our Special evening with Shelli Gardner this next month . This week we also got an email for our Special Advisory Board Ring which we will be given to us next month .
I also have 6 videos filmed and ready to share during the upcoming weeks while my Father in law is here.
Since my Father In law is in town hubby has a long list of things for him and his Dad to work on PLUS just good old fashion family time .
Yesterday Jessie cut everyones hair and here she is cutting her daddy's hair ... Plus did you notice the photos of Jessie that she colored her hair dark again ? Love it !
This last Wednesday I went to the Wound Clinic for my leg again (Not sure how much longer I will be going BUT if all goes as plan I am thinking around Founders Circle my Leg should be good to go!
Appreciate all your prayers
Dr. says it is looking GREAT & every week the wound is shrinking and filling in ~ Praise GOD! The bottom area is already filled in just working on the upper part which has always been the larger part of the wound .
Tomorrow I will be heading to my 6 month check in for my leg from when I fell & broke my Femur ~ Hard to believe it's been only 6 months .
Still Juicing everything is going great! I am seriously not juicing to lose weight ( But if that happens that's great ) It's more of just being healthy . Juicing and eating salads is just about 90% of our diet currently . I have found that eating starchy foods make my RA flare up like Pork and Shrimp. Some days I feel like there isn't anything I can eat without a flare up ~ughhhhh!
Here is an updated photo of our Garage . It's so awesome ! I think I love it so much because I know having a organized stamping space it really makes it so much better when stamping .
Hubby was way over due for such an awesome space to call his own ~Praise God ! The metal racks will be moved soon .
Next Saturday Aug 31,2013 will be our 25th Wedding Anniversary.
( Did you know we got married the same year SU! started ? Thats pretty awesome too huh?)
Just amazing~ 25 Years and I love him more than the 1st day we met in Gulfport MS . Best thing that has ever happened to me .
I had some fun making this photo frame using a photo of my Little girl ( Jessie) as the main focus point . This is Jessie at 3 years old . Just the cuttest little girl ever!
I am going to make a video on this photo frame soon
but until then here are the items I used for this simple frame
Here are 2 Christmas cards I made using the Season of Style Designer Journaling Tags # 132808 from in the Holiday catalog HERE
I based the color combo all on the colors used on each of the tags
The Merry & Bright card I also got to play with the brand new Chevron Border punch # 132154.
I
just punched the Cherry Cobber card stock #119685 and Old Olive card
stock #100702 out and used Snail adhesive to adhere the arrows in the
area that was punched out with the same punch on the Crumb Cake card
stock # 120953.
I also used the brand new Cherry Cobbler 1" Stiched Edge Grosgrain ribbon # 132135 for the big bow .
Both cards I added a bunch a sparkle with the
Basic Rhinestones # 119246.
So many fun projects you could to use these Journaling Tags on.
Single Holiday Stamps available until January 31, 2014
This past Thursday & Friday we got our Hot tub stained and it seriously looks brand new. Check out the before & after photos.
I have been making my Founder Circle swaps I have changed my mind once again still Halloween theme But the awesome thing with the swap is we can use the card for any celebration .I will post the video while I am at Founders ( LOVE IT! )
The ones I "thought" I wanted to make but changed my mind (again) after making 26 of them LOL! I will have a video on those soon.
This Friday my Father in law & Jody are coming up for a couple weeks and we are looking forward to enjoying the outside since the last time they came up it was snowing and we couldn't sit and relax on the patio .
We have also been busy in the garage . We got the cabinets as a hand me down ~ BUT with a little cleaning ( Thank you to our friends Steve & Linda who helped move them and Linda for helping me clean them up ) they are like new. Here's what those look like so far. I will take more photos when everything is put away .
Mystery Hostess code name drawn :
Wendy Kennedy
New Mystery Hostess code : ECZAXCHY
This past Friday I celebrated my 7 year blog anniversary . We have been through alot together over the last 7 years . Thank you for your encouragement and your friendship & Picking me to be your SU! Demonstrator .
Big hugs to all of you who have been with me from the start & Big Hugs to all the new frends just now joining the fun, I am so excited you're here and for welcoming me into your home each and every day ( It's like we are family) .
You make me a better stamper~ you just didn't realize it huh?
I hope to still encourage all of you to get excited about stamping (That's what it is all about ) .
ANNIVERSARY BLOG CANDY
In Celebration of my 7 years blogging with all of you . Each day this upcoming week I will be sending a person (randomly drawn name) from the comment section of my blog post all this week.
Each blog post (Today -Friday) in the comment area a name will be drawn to recieve a prize from me ( That means you need to leave a comment each day today through Friday to get in all the Anniversay Blog candy drawings) The names will be posted next Sunday.
I will contact you when your name is drawn for your mailing address SO Please leave your name & email address in your comment (there is a space for your email & name in the comment section below each blog post ) for me to contact you .
I am keeping each prize a secret ( We all love surprises in the mail ).
P. S This announcement is only being made today so please remember this applies to my blog posts starting today through Friday.
I needed another card to mail out & I wanted to make the same card HERE just changed it to Baked Brown Sugar designer paper instead and used Sahara Sand card stock.. It seems more like a coffee HUH?
I will have the video posted later this week for you on this type of card.
This card is really alot of fun to make~ just a few steps with cutting the coffee cup out and lots of sponging .
The 1st card came from Shelly Smarzik . We met at convention well actually in the Dallas TX airport and we wanted to swap but she ran out ... I gave her my swap and she said she would mail me her swap and Ta Da this is her adorable swap ! ( Love it !)
Thank you Shelly !
Next card comes from Tracy Bradley she is one of my Glitter Queens. We just couldn't get a good time to meet up at convention .
After convention I sent her the goodies I had made for her HERE and she sent me this adorable thank you card . ( Love it !)
Well we finally got our Hot tub cleaned up and ready to go . The hot tub was sitting empty for years (since Hubby went to Iraq) so we had a major job of cleaning and we are in the process of staining the wood frame .
Yesterday we went over to my cousin Amanda's house to get her hot tub ready to be hooked up as well .
We found out this weekend that my Father In Law & Jody are coming up from TN on Aug 23rd. Very excited to see them again~ this time they are bringing their dog Daisy up for a visit too.
Next weekend is the Woodward Dream Cruise with thousands of classic rides . A HUGE highlight of the summer .
Mystery Hostess code name drawn is:
Justin Jennings
Here is the new Mystery Hostess code for this upcoming week
Here is one of the cards I made this past Friday night . This wasn't one the samples I contemplated on using for my Founder Circle swaps BUT it was still alot of fun to make .
I used a couple new goodies from the Holiday catalog on my card today .
Actually there are even more new goodies I used on the inside But I will wait to show you that when I post the video later this week .
But here is a low down on what I used on the front .
Halloween Bash stamp set
(w)# 130577
(c)# 130580
Basic Black card stock # 121045
Witches Brew Designer paper # 132185
Pumpkin Pie card stock # 105117
Orange Glitter # 132206 You also get Black Glitter with the Orange
Oval Framelits # 129381
**I used the Versa Mark ink pad #102283 and the Heat & Stick #100625 to adhere the Orange glitter .
Friday morning I sent out all my Glitter Queens quarterly cards (above photo show some of them ) . When making my Glitter Queens quarterly cards I didn't realize how many steps there were . Just loved the card and thought Yeah I will make these for my Glitter Queens .
About 1/2 way through I was thinking " What was I thinking " LOL!
I recieved the cutest swap at convention from Sharri and contacted her to see if it was okay if I used her idea and then make a video on her idea . Since the card has many steps I just highlight what I did and then I will put the card together with all of you .
That video will be posted later this week .
I am so excited that they are all finished ( over 100 of them ) and on their way to my Glitter Queens ( Just wait till you see it in person they are so stinkin CUTE!! )
So with my Downline cards done next on the agenda is to complete my Founders Circle swaps I need 126 of those. The more I can get done and checked off my list the better I am ( Know what I mean ?) I am not good under pressure making so many cards . Even though FC is over a month away the more I can get done the better for me since stress and my body do not work well together .
This Friday night I was on a mission to come up with my Founders Circle swap design . Imagine me going through all of my 600+ videos over the years . My swap had to be something quick and easy .
I wanted to make something with a Halloween theme even though there is NO theme / No restrictions on our swaps just to use current items .
I always find Halloween alot of fun maybe that's because my family doesn't celebrate Halloween BUT I was eye balling that Orange and Black glitter# # 132206 in the new Holiday catalog and well one thing went to one thing and then another and well I have 3 Halloween projects with finally the 1 I will be using ~ WHEW !
What a mess after 5 hours of playing & creating . Needless to say the biggest mess came when I was cleaning up my huge mess . I spilled the whole jar of orange glitter on my floor . I'm shocked my neighbors didn't hear me scream ( well maybe they did and didn't tell me) .
As soon as the jar when over it all seemed like it was moving in slow motion .I stood there and looked at the Big mess . I did get a BIG bowl yesterday for my new glitter so hopfully this will not happen again .... 0f all the 10 years of stamping this is the second time this has happened ~Thank God !
I will be showing you the Halloween cards over the next couple weeks . I would show them all this week BUT I don't want to over whelm you will the same stamp set "Halloween Bash " over and over again .
I will be showing one tomorrow and also have a video on that card this week as well (Super cute)
Today is the 1 st full week of totally juicing we are eating a small dinner But other than that we are just drinking Barley Max / Beet Max / Carrot Max . So much easier than me actually juicing every other day 10 lbs of carrots . Just mix and drink ~ Healing inside out.
Are we loving the Holiday catalog ? I love everything ! It really is an amazing catalog and did you know it's an interactive catalog?
Did you notice the Icons to use with your cell phone ( Iphone - Android ) download the Layar App. and then scan the icon in the holiday catalog. The icons are spread throught out the catalog.
This is what it looks like on page 5 in the Holiday catalog .
Once you scan the icon a video plays about that product opens up . It's pretty awesome !
I added a quick video for you on this feature below or you can clickHERE if you subscribe to my blog feed since videos do not show up in the blog feed .
I will be sending my August Newsletter out either tomorrow or Tuesday so be looking for that in your email box .