Altered File Folder Album

I had been hearing about these Altered File Folders. I thought I would try one out and I LOVE them!!! It was easy to make and they make a great gift!

Bookmark

This is a bookmark I did for a swap I'm in. I was trying to coordinate with some DSP I had.



Stamps: Seeing Spots, Refuge & Strength
Papers: Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Inks: Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Basic Black

Movie Night Set

This is the set I made for the girls' teachers for an end of the year gift. I got these plastic popcorn boxes at the Target $1 spot. I stamped & covered a package of microwave popcorn, a box of Mike & Ike's and Junior Mints. I totally cased this from Rochelle Wick, she even stamped the popcorn images for me. The sentiments on the candy & popcorn were printed and the card included a $10 Blockbuster gift card.


Stamps: Treat Yourself
Paper: Real Red, Summer Sun

Miscellaneous Cards

I made these miscellaneous cards to use as birthday cards and RAKs just to have on hand when I need them. I used DCWV scrapbook paper and matched it to SU inks.

Happy Birthday



Stamp: Birthday Whimsey
Papers: Yo-Yo Yellow, Green Galore, DCWV
Inks: Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise








Wish Big




Stamp: Birthday Whimsey
Papers: Apricot Appeal, Pixie Pink, DCWV
Inks: Basic Black, Pixie Pink, Lavendar Lace, Bashful Blue







Best Wishes




Stamp: Flowabella
Papers: Pixie Pink, Green Galore, DCWV
Inks: Basic Black, SU Markers

Emerging Colors Technique

This is the Emerging Color technique. I saw it inthis month's Stampin' Success and wanted to try it ~ FUN!



Papers: So Saffron, Rose Red, Whisper White
Inks: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Basic Black
Stamps: Garden Whimsey, Monogram F, For a Friend

Money Holder Card

I made this for a kid from church who graduated Denton High School this week. He got full scholarship to Iowa State (where he's from) in Aeronautic Engineering!

Papers: Tempting Turquoise, Gable Green, Barely Banana and DCWV Scrapbook Paper
Stamps: Perfect Party, Warm Words, Bold Basics

Oragami Bookmark Corners

I found these on splitcoaststampers and thought they were super cute so I had to try them. I'm an avid reader and am trying to teach my girls to be the same, so these are a super quick and easy little treat. All you need is a 8" x 1 3/4" scrap of paper and embellishments of your choice! For these I used:

Stamps: Bookwormabella from Stamping Bella, Riveting, Typeset Alpha
Papers: Cutie Pie DSP, Rose Red, So Saffron, Certainly Celery
Inks: Basic Black, SU Markers
Accesories: A silk flower and white brad, scallop & circle punches

VC Rockin' Stampin' Friends

I had the opportunity to meet a few of my Stampin' friends from the VC Rocks group I'm on. Sheryl happened to be in town with her hubby on a business trip and the other girls live in the metroplex area. We could have stayed and chatted all afternoon, but I had to go back to work :o(

It was so fun to meet everyone in person!

Maryn (back), Me, Sheryl & Ellen

Teacher Appreciation

This week was teacher appreciation week. We were supposed to send a little something everyday.

It was a SUPER busy week so I didn’t get to make a bunch of stuff like I had wanted to, I picked up some matching items in the Michael’s $1 bin and made some bag-a-lopes to send them in.
























I was able to make a couple of simple items for candy day though.

Annie Jr.

My girls got cast in a local production of Annie Jr. that premiered last weekend, and my youngest was cast as an orphan. Goose played an orphan, a servant and in the NYC number.








































I was so proud! It was kind of a long haul with rehearsals 2-3 times a week since late January but they did a great job.

Baby Shower Nuggets

At the Women’s Retreat a girl at my table liked my Nugget Boxes so much that she asked me to make some for her sister’s baby shower. She is taking them out of state next week. I really struggled with how much to charge her for these, I didn’t want to short myself, but didn’t want her to feel that I had overcharged either. I think we were both happy.

Stamps: Whatever small baby stamps I could find: Welcome Little One, A Little Love, You Grow Girl
Cardstock / Inks: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Berry Bliss DSP

GracePointe Women’s Retreat

I was the organizer for our Women’s Retreat this year. We held our event at the Omni Parkwest Hotel in Dallas on April 25-26. Our guest speaker was Brenda Haley from Denton Bible Church. She runs a Budget Ministry and had some fabulous tips financial and organizational tips and wonderful heart warming stories.

On Monday of that week, I decided to make Nugget Boxes as a favor for attendees. We had wanted to leave them on people’s pillows in their rooms, but couldn’t get into the rooms so we left them at peoples tables in our conference room. These were the first Nugget Boxes I ever made and I did 45 of them. Although I noticed the imperfections, I thought they turned out pretty cute and everyone loved them. They all knew right away…”Tricia, did you make these?!?”

Stamps: Watercolor Minis
Cardstock / Inks: Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise, Sage Shadow, Whisper White

Snow in Texas!

We NEVER get snow in Texas, and on the rare occasion that we do, it's pretty measly. Today it is snowing in Texas! The weather has been SUPER crazy this week. It was 76 degrees on Sunday and then a cold front blew through on Monday and the temps dropped all day and it was raining and then turned to snow at 5:00. But of course it only stuck to the grass and the kids were dissappointed that they still had to go to school on Tuesday. It was back up to 68 degrees yesterday and sunny, but today rose dreary and cold. It started sprinkling around 10:00, by 11:30 it had turned to sleet and by 12:15 it was snowing! BIG snow! They closed the schools at 12:30 and we all had to go out in the slush to pick up our kids. And it is still going! We are expecting 3-5" Here are a few progress picks...

A Little Birdie Told Me

Here is another recent creation. (Totally Cased from SCS). I made these this weekend ~ it seems every other person I know has the flu this year. So far, we've been blessed with good health this season at our house.




Stamps: A Little Birdie Told Me
Paper: Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Bayou Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, SU Markers - Barely Banana, Bayou Blue

I'm still here!

OMGosh! I can't believe how I have neglected my blog! I pulled this up today and realized...I haven't posted since October! I'm sorry :o( So...this time, instead of posting 8 updates at a time, I'll post just one or two until I get caught up...



I really haven't been stamping very much since then. I did like 80 Christmas cards and a couple of things since then, but that's it. I couldn't even decide on my Christmas cards so I did about 10-12 of 8 different designs and everyone got something different. Then I ended up taking until RIGHT before my surgery and forgot to take pictures of them before I stuffed them in envelopes and mailed (the night after my surgery from the bed).



Here are a couple of Baby Shower cards I did fairly recently. These were for some friends from church, one adopted and her baby was born a week and a half before her sister-in-law had her baby girl.




Stamps: Bundle of Joy
Ink: Basic Black, SU Markers Barely Banana & Bashful Blue
Paper: Barely Banana, Bashful Blue & Pretty in Pink