Housewarming Card

A good friend of mine recently moved into a new home. They weren’t planning on moving, but found this house out of the blue and made an offer and moved within like 2 weeks. One day out of the blue she says, “Did I tell you we’re moving?”. I had seen her the previous Saturday, she tells me this on Thursday and they were moving the following weekend!
But they got a really great deal on a FABULOUS house in an upscale neighborhood and I think it is completely paid for! Must be nice!

This card was completely cased from a fabulous stamper on SCS
Stamps: Heart and Home
Paper: Real Red, Confetti White
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red
Accessories: SU Markers

Superbella

I made this card for a Bella swap I am in. I just love her! I think Bella must be a woman after my own heart, my friends tease me about being Supermom because of all my activities and commitments that I sign up for. I am one of these people that have a hard time saying “No”. I have been known to be Troop Leader for Girl Scouts, Cheer Coach for the peewee squad, Carpool Mom to soccer, softball and swim practices, work two jobs, involved in Beta Sigma Phi and volunteer at church. I’m getting better, but I still loved Superbella – she seems to be doing just as much (if not more) than I am, judging from her website! I’m sure many of you are also Supermoms, it seems that is just the pace of life in the times we live in.

Stamps: Superbella, Happy Thoughts, Bold Basics
Paper: Real Red, Night of Navy, Whisper White, DCWV Scrapbook Paper
Ink: Real Red, Night of Navy, Basic Black
Accessories: Circle Punch, Crimper, SU Markers

6th Swap

I joined a swap called the 6th of the Month Swap. Basically you are placed in a group of 6 people, you sent each of those people a card on the 6th of every month for 6 months. It is kind of a neat swap because you are getting happy mail every month and everyone in my group has been sending a personal note about themselves each month so I am getting to know some other swappers. We are in the 2nd month, here are the cards I have done so far…

Delight in Life
Stamps: Delight in Life, Stem Sayings
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive
Accessories: Circle Punch, Eyelets, Scallop Scissors

Retailfellabella
Stamps: Retailfellabella
Paper: Regal Rose, Lavender Lace, Whisper White, Flowers for You Designer Series Paper
Ink: Basic Black, SU Markers
Accessories: Oval Scallop Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon

Teachabella

So I mentioned that the girls went back to school last week. Here is a card I made for Kaylee's teacher on the first day of school. I just love Bella and she looks like a really cool teacher - don't ya think!?!?

Stamps: Teachabella

Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Confetti White & DCWV Scrapbook Paper

Ink: Basic Black, SU Markers

Recipe Swap

I’m participating in a 6x6 Recipe Card swap. Julie is hosting and every month we swap recipes in a different category to build up our cookbooks. The first month was Pasta. I did Creamy Beef Pasta and Vodka Cream Pasta. This month is a Harvest recipe so it had to be an apple or pumpkin recipe. I submitted Apple Cream Cheese Pie.

Creamy Beef Pasta

Not a lot of stamping on this one.

Stamps: Perfect Party

Paper: Real Red, Tempting Turqoise, Whisper White, DCWV

Ink: Real Red, Tempting Turqoise, Basic Black

Accessories: Scallop Oval Punch, Star Eyelets

Vodka Cream Pasta

Not a lot of stamping on this one either.

Stamps: Delight in Life
Paper: Summer Sun, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, DCWV

Ink: Summer Sun, Elegant Eggplant, Pixie Pink, Basic Black

Accessories: Square Punch, Eyelets

Apple Cream Cheese Pie

Jeez, not a lot of stamping on any of these apparently.

Stamps: Thoroughly Thankful

Paper: Craft, Real Red, Whisper White, DCWV
Ink: Basic Black, SU Markers
Accessories: Brad

Mini Set Sampler

I participated in VC Rocks virtual conventions this year. It was a BLAST and I met so many talented ladies. One of the contests I participated in was the Mini Set Sampler contest. What Mini Set Sampler was is that you had to submit 3 cards using images from one stamp set. One cards had to be on a beginner level. And 2 were suppose to be non-beginner cards. I used Watercolor Garden.


Card 1
Stamps: Watercolor Garden
Paper: Lavendar Lace, Pixie Pink, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Lavendar Lace, Pixie Pink

Card 2
Stamps: Watercolor Garden
Paper: So Saffron, Cameo Coral, Ballet Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, So Saffron, Cameo Coral, Ballet Blue, Certainly Celery






Card 3 (Tri-fold card)
Stamps: Watercolor Garden (Elegant Inspirations)
Paper: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Cool Carribbean, Summer Sun, Basic Black

CRY BABY!

My MIL has been talking about wanting a dog for the last several months. My FIL travels quite a bit and a dog would be good company for her. We weren’t sure if she wanted a puppy or something a little older and already trained, or if she even really wanted one. So we decided we would offer her one for her birthday that is coming up this month. Now she is really excited about it and has already started thinking about names. We picked out a rescue pup that is 10 weeks old. She is part Corgi and part Jack Russell Terrier.


She is SUPER cute – but she’s a CRY BABY! I picked her up today and she started crying in the car on the way home. She cried when she met my dogs, she cried if I left her outside (even with the other dogs) and she REALLY cried when I put her in a crate so I could do some work upstairs. You would think she was being beaten to death! It sounds like there are 6 dogs down there! I think she’ll be going home to Mammaw tonight!

Trip to the Moon!

So I went to Sam Moon with a friend this weekend and got LOTS of bargains! Sam Moon is an Accessory Outlet Store, they sell jewelry, purses, bags, hair accessories and lot of other stuff at REALLY low prices! Of course I spent way too much money but got a lot of good stuff.


I generally go and pick out a bunch of little dainty silver stuff and never anything bold. I always see big bold things on people and think how pretty they are, but just cannot pick them out for myself. My friend Ellie said she has the same problem, so we went together and challenged ourselves to step outside the box. We looked mainly ONLY at the bigger type things that we normally wouldn’t pick out.

I got a new purse, 5 necklaces (with matching earrings),a couple of extra pairs of earrings, a bracelet, 2 necklace sets that I am saving for Christmas gifts and bracelets for the girls and spent a little over $100. Here are a few of the things I got…

Back to School

Goose started the 6th grade this year! I was really nervous about it, but she was super excited. So far she is LOVING it! She likes changing classes, likes having a locker and even likes riding the bus!

My youngest started the 3rd grade this year. She is at the same school and feels like she is missing out on something because her big sister is getting to do something different. She doesn’t adapt as well to change as Goose does, but I think she’ll get into a groove soon though and will have a lot of fun. Her new teacher seems really nice.