What a lovely combination!

I just love this color combination, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz.  It reminds me of sherbert!  I am so glad that we have another year of playing with these in colors!!!  The focal point of the card is from the Sale-A-Brations stamp set Punch Bunch, and the verse is from the set Thank You Kindly.  If you look at the labels on the side of the blog, I have made lots of cards with Thank You Kindly.  You can click on it and it will bring up every card that I have used that stamp set on.  It is a GO TO set for me, I am using it all the time.  I think it's a great set for anyone's stamp collection.  The designer paper is from the Designer Series Paper Pack - In Color, Level one hostess gift.  This will be one of many choices Becky will have for a hostess gift on Monday.  I ran the Whisper White panel through the Big Shot with the Textured Impressions Embossing Folder that is on page 28 of the Occasion's Mini Catalog called Framed Tulips.  It is so pretty, and it is so fun to fill the center in so many different ways.  It really adds a lot to the card.  The final touch on this card is the 5/8" White Organza ribbon which is on page 190 of the Big Catalog.  I have to say.....that I love a lot of our ribbon, but this ribbon is my all time favorite.  It turns a card from cute...to elegant...the minute you put it on a card.  And..it is so soft and flexible to work with.  LOVE IT!!!

I had company this afternoon.  Dana and her mom Betsy were over this afternoon for a nice long visit.  Dana returned some cards she had borrowed from me, and I got to see what her daughter is going to use for wedding invitations.  Plus she brought the stuff that they made at the stamping retreat I missed while I was taking care of Sarah.  The gal organizing it immediately found some one to take my spot after I called her and told her what had happened, so I got my money refunded which was nice.  Diane had to miss it also due to her emergency gall bladder surgery, so Dana went with Susie and they both had a great time!

I talked with Jenna twice today, Diane, and Sarah, so it was a busy phone day.  Jenna found out today that she was the best candidate for the hospital interpreting job she applied for and has to take a test next week, and if she gets over 80 % on it, she will get the job.  So she was concerned about how she was going to get her studying done with Mason, so I suggested that she come up for a couple of days and bring Mason here.  She could go upstairs or to the library to study and if we need her, I can just call.  My leg isn't good enough to be walking the floor with a baby, but I can sit and play with him and keep him entertained.  So we will see what happens there.

Maureen stopped and picked up a couple of things from the grocery store for me after she got off work  which was really nice.  I had attempted the grocery store on Saturday, and it has taken me three days to recover from that, so unfortunately, I am grounded to the house.  A trip to the mail box and back is a slow process and a work out at this point of the healing.

Stampin" UP!  came out with some new digital stamps today, and I bought a couple sets.  It is so nice to be able to size things to whatever size you want them to be.  And they are cheap, plus you can order, and have them downloaded all in about five minutes.  It satisfies my urge to play with new toys some days, especially as I can't be doing my usual thrift shop jaunts!  Hee Hee.  So I printed some of them out and was coloring while talking on the phone.  I had to laugh.  When I was at Sarah and Zach's, I was sitting at the table one night coloring, and someone called and I had my headset on and was coloring, and Zach made a comment a few days later that when I was trying to "multi task" it wasn't working to well, that I wasn't getting much coloring done!  I thought that was pretty funny...as he was suppose to be studying and not watching me color!  But he was always very interested in what I was coloring, and he liked looking through the digital images I had printed out.  Probably the artist in him.  He is good at drawing I have heard, but I have not seen his work.


I finished the other 8 chair cards tonight, but I will wait to torture you with them another day!!!  Have a good one!  Me

Greenhouse Garden Thank You Card

 

Good Evening.  Today flew by on me.  I was working on a project for Sarah and Zach's anniversary gift.  They had their 2nd Anniversary yesterday.  I finished that up a little while ago.  I had a Tastefully Simple book party to put in, and Susie stopped over for a visit.  Mason asked his mommy when Grammy was coming to visit, that he missed Grammy.......(I knew I had the most brilliant grand child in the world....who can talk at a mere two and one half months old!)  Any who....how can Grammy say no to Mason!?!?!  So Grammy has been packing for another trip to Milwaukee.

Today's project features two stamp sets.  Greenhouse Garden and Thank You Kindly.  I also used the Petal's a Plenty embossing folder, which I inked first with Pear Pizzaz ink and then stuck a piece of Whisper White card stock in it, and wahlah....I got a beautiful background.  The word "Thanks" was stamped and punched out with the large oval punch and then matted with a scalloped oval (done with that punch).

I smell Beer Bread baking.....yum!

I just finished putting a loaf of beer bread in the oven for tomorrow's samples at the flea market.  It smells heavenly!  I am sure if Diana knew this, she would "blink" herself down here!  She said to me at the picnic when we were talking about my up coming visit to Milwaukee that we would have to make a loaf of beer bread when no one else was around (not sure when that would be !?!?!)  just for the two of us.  Jenna and Antonio love beer bread too and Antonio will take a baggie full of it and hide it....lol  He is absolutely crazy about it so is his brother Roberto.  And we make it with Mexican beer when I am there.  I am feeling a lot better today.  I was afraid to eat today, but finally did around 3 o'clock and so far so good!  I finished the second project today for Nadine's party (the 21st) and it is absolutely Gorjus!  We are going to be using the stamp set "For All You Do" for this project.  And if you don't already have it, you are going to want it!  It is a really pretty card and I know that when it hits the card rack at the flea market it will "fly" out the door!
This is the last project (I think) that I have to show you from the Years of Cards event.  I really liked this one a lot, it was really fast and cute!  The card itself is made with the Scallop Circle Die.  You fold your card stock in half first then put the "fold", just inside the scallops so it does not get cut.  The back ground was stamped with Itty Bitty Backgrounds, but when I recreate this card again, I will use the stamp set "Sprinkles" and it will even be cuter yet!  The flower is made with the Sizzix Daisy Die, and the stem is the Sizzlet Little leaves.  The verse is from Thank You Kindly, one of my favorite sets.  Now I bet you have been dieing to know what the center of the flower is!?!?!  It is a Pop Up Glue dot that we dipped into Fine Cosmo Glitter and then attached it to the center of the flower.  Too Cute!  Get a box for yourself so that you can try this!  Have a happy Memorial Day weekend and stop down and visit!  Elaine

Wiped Out!

Good Afternoon!  Yesterday, I met Jenna in Madison at Panera Bread for lunch.  Then we headed over to David's Bridal to pick up the dresses and so that I could learn how to put up the bustle on the wedding dress.  We got everything loaded in the van that she wanted me to bring back here and then we headed over to Target to finish her Christmas shopping.  We got that done then headed to Michael's to pick up some more things for the wedding.  We parted in Madison and then I headed back for home.  My trac phone got a real work out yesterday between phone calls to both of the girls all day long yesterday.  Sarah and Zach met me at the Tanger Mall in the Dells so that they could pick up Sarah's dress.  We then discovered that Jenna and I had forgotten to pick something up there, and Sarah and Zach will go to get it this week.  :-(  I stopped at Family Dollar when I got back to town and dropped the wedding program cover's and candles off at the church.  By the time I got home it was 8:30 and I still had to haul dresses upstairs and unload the van.  The dresses got hung upstairs, the veil's put out to unwrinkle, and her white fur cape out of the package and hung up.  It looks like wedding land in the fabric room!  By this time I was exhausted and just left everything where it had landed in the kitchen.  I got my jammies on, grabbed the laptop and phone and called Diane as she had called several times looking for me.  She was suppose to go along with me on Friday but was having trouble with her furnace so didn't dare leave it.  I never even turned on the TV last night and the cat's and I fell asleep with the laptop tucked in by my side.  I was up several times to go to the bathroom and once to grab something to eat, but ended up staying in bed napping, and answering phone calls.  Jenna called this morning and we discussed a bunch more wedding stuff.  I need to make about 30 more treat boxes as we have had more responses come back in than which we orginally thought would which is wonderful.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate too.  Right now, we are at 70 adults and 20 kids, and I believe she invited around 100 people, mainly family and a few close friends.  A very good response considering that the wedding is 2 days after Christmas, and on a Sunday to boot!  Around 2 o'clock today, I finally crawled out of bed and got dressed.  I am still tired but not as bad as I was.  I get so exhausted some times that I can hardly breathe and this was one of those days.  I did get things put away and/or hauled upstairs today, got the mail and hauled some trash out.  I think I will go to do the rest of the stamping for the treat boxes, and then lay in bed, watch TV and cut them out!   Fortunately, I don't have to make the boxes, just the decorations for the tops of them!  Only 8 days left till the BIG DAY!!!!

More Bumming!

Today, Lady Di and I headed to Plover to do more Christmas shopping.  We had fun shopping for her grandson's, and I picked up a few little gifts today.  We had lunch at the Golden Corral.  I sure wish it would warm up...it is too darn cold!

More ho, ho, ho, and off to the doctor we go!

The morning started off with an order for a Stampin' Up Gift Certificate.  So I made that up, and delivered that, dropped some stamping stuff back off at the church and then went to the library.  I had a CD waiting there to be picked up.  Sometimes it is a big surprise what I have ordered as sometimes it takes months and months to get something and by the time I get it, I have forgotten why I ordered it.  Today was one of those days.  Tonight I played it and now remembered why.  The CD is The Fray, The Fray.  I ordered it because I really like the song that is on it You Found Me.  Their music has been on Gray's Anatomy.  If you have not heard the song, it is about someone finding GOD on a street corner smoking a cigerette,  they have hit bottom, they feel they have been calling out to him for years and he has not heard them.  One of those songs you can kind of make your own interpretation of.  It kind of reminds me of a friend of mine who accepted GOD on a street corner as a young boy, yet some day's believes in GOD and other day's he doesn't.  On the days he does, he asks me many questions.  I pray that I answer them correctly and help him to move closer to him.

Any whoo....on with my day.  Lady Di and I headed over to Mauston this afternoon and she picked up some Christmas gifts that she ordered, we did some shopping at Walgreen's and then headed over to the Mile Bluff Clinic to my doctor's appointment.  I will do physical's and a mammogram in March.  I discovered that I am starting menopause, and what I thought was ovary pain is hip pain.  Another arthritis starting in this body.  I was not so thrilled to hear about that.  I was very surprised about that at first but should not have been as my dad, my uncle, and my late Aunt all had hip problems.  I always thought that when people had hip pain that it was on the outside of their hip, as that is where I have always had it in the past (part of the FM) not were it joins the body.  Dr. Bjelland showed me a picture of the hip that was on the wall and it all made sense then.  We discussed some other things and then I set up my up coming appointments and then Di and I headed over to Culver's for supper.  I got the cat box cleaned and dishes done tonight and I am now heading to bed.  I am glad to have picked up a few more gifts today.  Almost done with the shopping!  Have a good one!  Me

Simple Flower Embosslit

Hello.  Just a quick note before I head off to La La Land.  I had stamp camp this morning, delivered some Tastefully Simple after that and then headed home.  Lady Di had called while I was gone and we decided that she would come over later to stamp.  I got my stuff from the morning camp put away, and got some of the stuff ready for tomorrow.  Then I started doing the stamping and cutting for the favor boxes for Jenna's wedding.  I still have a lot more to do but got a nice start on it today.  Di and I went to Family Affair tonight and we both had the Philly Chicken which was excellent as usual.  Di hadn't had it before and she really liked it too.  It is the first we have been together for awhile.  Her sister and nephew were here the past week and a half, and her kids were here the weekend before that, so she has had a lot of company.  It sure was busy in there.  They had people standing, waiting for tables.  We are lucky we got there when we did.  Thanks Di for the nice treat!  It was yummy!

Thank You Kindly

Hello! More thank you cards as you can see! The Bird was cut out with the Stampin' UP! Big Shot, Bird w/leave and flower die. The felt flower is from Flower Fushion's. The flower fushions we currently have are different colors. The brad in the center of the flower is from the Fire Circle Brads. I stamped the "Thank You" and punched it out with the wide oval punch. The bottom of the Sweet Always DSP (retired) is punched with the scalloped edge punch. The ribbon is our 5/8" Regal Rose Grosgrain.

My stamp camp order arrived today with My Digital Studio. I loaded that on the computer this afternoon and designed a card with it and it sure is fun to play with! I need to take the certification classes yet and probably will start on that tomorrow. It is an awesome program and is very user friendly. It would make a wonderful Christmas gift, especially for young families or people who are taking all kinds of pictures. You can make scrapbook pages, calendars, greeting cards, hard and soft cover books. Lots of cool stuff. You can design your own layouts or use the premade templates and just drop and drag your photo's into them.

I got my haircut this afternoon and then I started making cards and worked into the evening. I really enjoy putzing in the stamping cave and the time just flies. Especially when I am jabbering away with my head set on. I sure do love my headset. It is one of the best inventions since sliced bread....LOL But then again, I really have become a techie. As Lady Di says...I would die without my computer and the telephone. My outlet to the world!

For those of you wondering...I am feeling back to normal...or I should say, what is normal for me at the moment. I am very glad to be "through" that bad flare up. Have a good night! Me

Medallion #2 and Thank You Kindly

Hello! Here is another card with the stamp sets Medallion and Thank You Kindly. I love both of these sets! So quick, so fun, and so many different looks you can get!

I finished my projects for Linda Mohn's stamping party today and they are some cute ones! You will love them! If you haven't RSVP'd, please do so, so that we know how many projects and food to prepare for. Everyone is welcome!

I have been working on a bunch of cards that I am going to show at the party and I have some adorable one's made. It has been so nice to just relax and play today. I am doing much better...the flare up is almost gone. I talked with my doctor's nurse today as she called to reschedule my appointment and I mentioned that I almost called last week to see if she could get me in as I was in so much pain. She said it was the change of the weather. Her husband has FM too, and I imagine that they had a lot of calls in the past week. I am glad that my body is getting used to it. I am very sleepy right now so I am going to head off to bed. Have a good night! Elaine

Medallion #1 & Thank you kindly

Today I was home all day long. I was suppose to get my hair cut today but I couldn't get out of the driveway so rescheduled it for Wednesday. By the end of the day they had the road in front of my driveway opened up again. If you are going to stop over...I think you will have to come in from the south now as they are somewhere up by the gas station. They worked till dark and I didn't see how far along they got. It may be open on that end, but I don't know that for sure.

This card uses the stamp set Medallion. I just love this stamp, it is so elegant looking, and you will see that there are a lot of different ways to use it as I have made several cards with it already. This one I stamped the background with Versamark on Kraft card stock. Then I stamped it again with Soft Suede on Very Vanilla card stock and I used the 1 3/4" Circle punch to punch out the center of it. I put a 5/16 Very Vanilla brad in the center, and mounted the circle on dimensional's to pop it up. The final step was to stamp Thank You with Soft Suede ink. This was a very fast card to make...but really packs a WOW! I am going to need to be making more Thank you cards to sell and for Jenna. I sent home 65 with her yesterday after the bridal shower. I kept a few here, but that pretty much wiped out my stash of thank you cards. Jenna told me that she "Loved every minute" of her bridal shower. That is exactly what Sarah and I wanted to hear!

Beautiful Borders

Here are two cards that I made with the stamp set Beautiful Borders. I am sad that this one retired as I would have liked to demo'd it longer. It sure makes some quick, simple and elegant cards. The Blue Bayou card is embossed with white embossing powder. The picture doesn't do it justice.

Tea Party Flower Tag

My friend Carol stopped into today and wanted to borrow a Thank You stamp as she was going to make tags to put on the flower's that the Board of Education at Immanuel are giving to the Sunday school teacher's as thank you gifts for teaching Sunday School this year. I showed her some different stamp sets and then we came up with this idea. We made 12 of these tags and they were really fast to do! I cut the tag itself with the Big Shot and a tag die. While I was doing that, Carol cut the flower's out from the Tea Party designer paper. I popped them up on dimensionals and stamped Thank You with Pixie Pink ink. Carol is going to tie them on the flower pots with yellow curling ribbon. We had these done in about a half hour!!!

I also got one of the projects for Beth's party in June all cut out today so I am happy about that. And, I made one sample for it too. Now I am eating a salad and I think I will go watch Grey's Anatomy. Lady Di is dieing to talk to me about it as she watched it last night. So I better go watch it...gotta keep Di happy! LOL

Pick a Petal #2 & Thank You Kindly

Good Evening! I spent a couple of hours at the flea market today but couldn't stand the cold and dampness so left around noon. I stopped to see Paula at Paula's Enchanted Cottage and then headed home to wash dishes, make lunch, and do email. I couldn't get warm so ended up under the cover's with my electric mattress pad on, watching TV and I took a very long nap. I am just getting up and getting going. I think I will make some pancakes and hit the stamping room. Sarah brought me a cool Mother's Day Gift today. I had been telling her that I had went to the fibromyalgia support group last month and they had a Master Gardener come and speak about container gardening. It was very interesting and I had told Sarah that I would like to plant some lettuce and a tomato plant. With all the other stuff going on...that thought had kind of been put on the back burner. Anyways, today she brought me a tomato plant that is all staked up and ready to grow. She said that it will have large round tomato's as she thought that is what I would like for making BLT's, and she was right about that. Sarah planted some pretty flowers in the front of the container. I can't remember what she told me the name of them were now but they are very pretty and pink. Any ways it was a thoughtful gift.

Jenna had left me a copy of Heart Healthy Living when she was home to read and told me that if I liked it, she would get me a subscription for Mother's Day. It is a very good magazine. I would recommend it if you like to read health magazines.

Today's card is made with the stamp set Pick a Petal and the set Thank You Kindly. It is a pretty color combination of Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, and a touch of Rose Red. A quick, simple card to make, but cute. Have a wonderful Mother's Day! Elaine