Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Lots for sale.....I have them listed here:

i think i should be safe listing these here....most are retired or no longer available. and I need some cashola...so here goes the old stuff:
STAMP NUMBER STAMP NAME ORIG COST CONDITION DISCOUNTED COST
A1083 WHIMSY NUMBERS 10.95 SLIGHT USE 6.98
B1070 STORYTIME CAPS 13.95 MEDIUM USE 6.98
B1185 BOTTLE CAPS 13.95 MEDIUM USE 6.98
B1143 CURLY GREETINGS 13.95 MEDIUM USE 6.98
B1123 SPUNKY GREETINGS 13.95 MEDIUM USE 6.98
B1121 REMINDERS 13.95 SLIGHT USE 6.98
B1202 BEETLE BUGS 13.95 SLIGHT USE 6.98
B1203 DAINTY 13.95 MEDIUM USE 6.98
B1198 EGG. CITED 13.95 MEDIUM USE 6.98
B1224 LET FREEDOM RING 13.95 SLIGHT USE 9.48
C1281 CARD COMMENTARY 18.95 SLIGHT USE 9.48
C1135 CHRISTMAS WISHES 18.95 MEDIUM USE 9.48
C1205 SPUNKY GREETINGS 18.95 SLIGHT USE 9.48
C1269 FABRIC FINISHES 18.95 SLIGHT USE 9.48
C1290 MEMORY LABELS 18.95 SLIGHT USE 9.48
C1218 BOLD BORDERS 18.95 SLIGHT USE 9.48
C1070 SUNFLOWER GARDEN 18.95 MEDIUM USE 9.48
C1261 FINDING BEAUTY 18.95 MEDIUM USE 9.48
C1243 A FRIEND IS… 18.95 SLIGHT USE 9.48
C1214 HARVEST WONDERS 18.95 MEDIUM USE 9.48
C1213 PUNKIN CARVING 18.95 HEAVY USE 9.48
C1041 MONTH BLOCKS 18.95 SLIGHT USE 9.48
C1122 WINTERS MEDLY 18.95 HEAVY USE 11.48
D1196 FLORAL ELEMENTS 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1114 CREATE A FILE 22.95 MEDIUM USE 11.48
D1118 CIRCLE ELEMENTS 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1195 THE WORKS ALPHABET 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1220 TYPEWRITER KEYS ALP 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1139 SMALL PLEASURES 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1183 ADORABLE 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1160 FRIENDSHIP FLOWERS 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1193 VINTAGE VALENTINES 22.95 MEDIUM USE 11.48
D1261 SIMPLE BEAUTY 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1181 AUTUMN SPLENDOR 22.95 HEAVY USE 11.48
C1273 AHOY MATEY 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1226 MAGICAL SEASON 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1096 HOLIDAY BORDERS 22.95 SLIGHT USE 11.48
D1099 HOLIDAY ACCENTS 22.95 MEDIUM USE 11.48
W325 WORDS TO LIVE BY 6 IMAGES MISSING 5.00
W326 FRIENDSHIPS GARDEN SLIGHT USE 5.00
W182 I APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS SLIGHT USE 5.00

reply to me if you want something & shipping can be acutal based on weight & where to!

Selling On Ebay....

Check it out...you might want a few things! and I am going to add to it later....there are some stamp sets (retired or disc) and i'll add them on...need to make money & room for new stuff

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZsable2214bwf

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Cards for a Friend....and survey?!?

Ok...stupid link to survey...was supposed to show what I was....and it's paper...made sense. but i'll have to go back & grab the details.

today I made these for a friend....for a bunco prize (wonder what bunco is?) and I rather like how they turned out. TOok about an hour...so good time killer & then I took the kids to the pool for 2 hours...and love our lifeguards. THey are so cute & fun....I pretend I am 22 when I talk to them too! HA!

what am i?








Saturday, July 26, 2008

todays work & inspired by fabric


i made a few things today...spent most my time on the layout with emma....used her purse as inspiration!

Friday, July 25, 2008

part two of day two painted creations and a CHALLENGE TO YOU






loving this stuff more & more! it's hard to show on computer....but they are stunning in real life!

The Thinking of you card is for a funeral we have to attend tomorrow. A young dad of only 36 passed away suddenly....his wife & two young kids are so sad I am sure. That is an ok card for that right?

the two photos of a little bag....those are for a challenge! TO YOU! i challenge you to make a page/card/tag from that inspiration....and post it on YOUR BLOG, LINK HERE!!

day 2 of create a shade painting....





today I made two cards...hope to do more later....

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Day 1 of my create a shade experiment


this is what i am having my hostess club do in august...use create a shade from ctmh to paint! we'll be painting some paper, dimensional letters...and shapes. so I had to play tonight!

Foot Ball season??? not for 35 days








or something like that. brian tells me every day how many days, hours, minutes & seconds...but i know we're in the 30's! here is a page from april...we went to lincoln, ne for the spring scrimmage. no...game. full blown game!! i used textured cardstock from ctmh, touchdown stamp, some black hinges, mini black brads....and cricut stamped font.

when it rains....you always get a



rainbow! aren't these amazing? it was over 97 today...and then this hit & dropped the temp to 72!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

back to school?

Really? Did you know that mine start on aug 19th? that's not too far away! i am really ready....and not ready. i tend to like to sleep in...and well, school days ruin that. i also like to stay up late...and summers are good for that.

but routine...kids & adults really do thrive on a routine don't they? and school is good for that, good for daily socializing, excercise, etc. and well...they learn while at school.

i have to admit...i bought workbooks for the kids to do this summer....do you know how many hours we've spent on them ??? ZERO! Not a damn minute! oh no! hope they don't get stupid over the summer! haha!

the summer heat has not been too hot either...so it's been a nice summer!

Monday, July 21, 2008

Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers #21

Ok.....From Mary's suggestion I joined! I am a CTMH rep, a mom, a business owner, a wife, and what else???? I really like scrapbooking...kids help fuel that addiction. Great subjects make it easy to do. And stamping is just an extension of that. It's so fun to create & see immediate results. I love to send cards out & recieve them. I will go & visit all your blogs...and if you visit mine...look @ the side there is alist of Sisterhood blogs you will want to visit!

Saturday, July 19, 2008

and today's work....***edited to add....

*********I used crystal blue, heavenly blue & sweet leaf I belive on frog cards. with desert sand to edge.
another bday card...i used a hole punch to get the 20 in a diff color!



i had fun with the frog stamp set, making thank you's today....and another birthday card.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Wedding & Birthday Card

Mary needed Inspiration for a wedding card...and I needed to make one for my sister to give out tomorrow. THis is what I made along with a few bday cards. they use the stamp of the month for august....great set!

Kids fishing

we have these ponds by our house...3 of them i guess. and they are full of fish. so full that you get a bite the moment the line hits. they are just sunfish, tiny. emma caught a HUGE one last time. as you can see. greatest thing...it's free! kids dont' need a license & I just watch!

Thursday, July 10, 2008

phew...3rd of 3 posts today~

ok....so it took me a year....instead of the 52 days I Planned...oops! I was intending to decorate one card (from a playing deck) per day....and have it reflect my trials, tribulations, joys, etc from the 52 days. well....as you will see by looking @ these I struggle alot. daily which turns into weeks & months. and I have to say i am relieved to have FINISHED IT! there are a lot of techniques, art, simple, complicated work on here:

post 2 of 3







Ok...this is a new thing for me. i am the sketch creator for 2 peas stamping board this week...and this is my card for the sketch. i'll change this later & put a link to it. I had fun with these cards...used vellum & heat embossing! I'll upload the sketch later too!

1 of 3 posts for today


even with the little guy sick I snuck in a few creations!

this is a page I did of emma.....really busy, really bright...lots of buttons & texture (my style!)i used create a shade with chocolate reinker & tinted it. it's a bit darker irl

Saturday, July 05, 2008

The new hair doooooo


Emma heads of to camp tomorrow...and for 6 days she gets ONE Shower. last summer she cut her hair just before going so it'd be easier to care for. She did the same thing this year....except it wasn't short enough...so she went back again today & snip snip! ISn't it CUTE???

Thursday, July 03, 2008

And...getting in to stamping again

When my mojo/mood/creative ability GOES...it GOES bad...and for a long time. Then it takes a lot of work to get it back. KWIM? I work hard to be creative...and when I sit down & there is nothing in my mind I want to cry! I have all these toys & want to play damn it! So...I MADE myself sit & sit till something came to me! And by golly...it came tonight...in a plethora of unique ideas! Really...I impressed my little self. I was motivated by selling 8 cards @ work today...every little bit counts! I was sore from loading mulch in the yard....moving furniture for carpet cleaner...so I was forced into my creative space and took full advantage.
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This card was using the waterbrush. I tore a piece of paper, put it down & water brushed blues over it..then peeled torn piece off to reveal white jagged edge. Where I stamped. I used liquid glass on vases to look like they are GLASS...and coloring pencils for flowers. I really, really like how the simple part of this card came out. there are no brads, no layers, no paper...just white daisy & Ink!

THis one again uses the SOLO Y! I have a client who ordered 2 and needs to sell one y! I told her if I use it I bet I can sell it to someone for her!! I stamped circles from diff. solo stamps, watercolored paper with kiwi. I stamped in kiwi, mounted on white, bubblegum (who ever uses that color). And stamped OU with chalk ink petals on vellum (lord I wish we carried these). I tied some string on Y...kinda cute.

Ok this one was JUST FUN...used squares from solos....and made a off kilter pattern. whtie ink to soften some boxes, white gel pen to trace, and pop dots on flowers, brads, kinda bright


really liked this one, showed how you can stamp on paper, with interesting designes & used a tag too.




a couple thanks a latte cards...nothing fancy here, colors are showing way off...they are much brighter in real life.





and here is a random elephant one...