Weekend Is Finally Here!

Happy Weekend! Heading to sunny Florida for the weekend. Hope I will happen upon a stamp or scrapping store somewhere. Take care for now!!

What a Day!!

Look at it! It's sunny and warm. WooHoo! I just had to take the picture of the card outside. It's a great day for a ballgame. Danny has a practice game this afternoon and then on to the real games this week. Wish us luck this season.

I just love this stamp set. It's an old one from SU called When I Grow Up.

I've used it with Mother's Day projects at school, it's perfect for Mother's and Father's day. The paper is pumpkin pie, apricot appeal and the blue is from an old SU designer package. The ribbon came from Target and I colored it in with my Copics. The little beads are Dew Drops (I think). My good friend Michele over at Thoughts of a Cardmaking Scrapbooker, gave me some of these one night when our gang was scrapping. They're so cute, I'll have to buy some myself.

Anyway, I have mentioned that I really am a big scrapbooker. That is where all this began. Well, all I have been doing are card for the last several months and lately I've had the urge to scrap . So yesterday that's what I did. My daughter has a ton of great High School pictures so I'm back to the books. As soon as I get the finishing touches on her page I will post it. I know it sounds funny that I had the urge to scrap but I know you guys out there in blog world know what I mean. So on to more pages!!

Have a sunny, warm and awesome week!!

Mother's Day is Coming Up

Mother's Day will be here before you know it. That's okay because that means
summer is just around the corner. Here is my first Mother's Day card of the year. I'm hoping to get alot done this weekend because the girls at school are always asking for these cards. So what do you think of this one?! I used one of the Sale A Bration stamp sets. A friend gave it to me and I thought, what am I ever going to do with this set. But, WhooHoo, after a little brainstorming I came up with this one. Not bad, Huh? These are also some of my favorite colors together.

The weekend is finally here and it is still sunny around here. Hopefully it will stay that way several more days. Nothing big is planned since next weekend I will be heading to Florida. We're just going for a long weekend to visit a great friend. You know what that means? Margaritas, Margaritas, and more Margaritas. I can't wait. So have a great weekend and get some stamping done!!

BEE HAPPY!!

Well, I decided to go back to using all my old stamps I have before I keep ordering more. How many of you purchase a new stamp set, use it for only a few cards and then want to buy more stamps and forget about the previous sets you have? I always do that and I have to break that habit. So, right now I am going to try to use more of the stamp sets sitting on my shelves that I forgot I have. This card, for example, is one of those sets. I just loved these bees when I saw it that I just had to have it. Anyway, I think spring has finally sprung here in Chicago. We are supposed to have weather in the 60's this week and plenty of sunshine. Yipee!! When spring arrives so does baseball season. We are in full force with Danny's team. I just take a deep breath when I see his busy schedule. It's much more enjoyable when school is out than fighting with him about homework and practices. (Of course in his eyes and all kids eyes baseball is more important than school). WRONG! Anyway, have a great week and I'm off to do some surfing!!

CHEERS!

Cheers to eveyone! Hope you're having a great weekend. Just a quick post, as I am walking out the door for the night. Ta Ta!!

Happy Hellos

Just a quick post today. I made this card using the stamp sets from the Sale a bration catalog. The pink is regal rose and yellow is apricot appeal and the green is gable green. It's hard to tell but the flower is standing up a little to give it a 3d effect. I know, it's a very simple card but it did turn out cute if you ask me.

Well this has been a great SUNNY and WARM weekend here in Chicago. I just hope it lasts for a while but if you know anything about The Windy City the weather can change in an instant. So for now we are just soaking up the rays. Also, has everyone else who has sons or daughters who play baseball, start baseball season yet? We have and this summer baseball is taking us to Omaha, Ne. Maybe I will find a scrapbook store there. I'm sure they scrap and stamp out there. Anyway, I'm just rambling on. Have a great week!!

Celebrate and A New Blogger in Town

Yep! There is a new blogger in town. A fellow
stamper has finally joined the blogging world. Be sure to visit her blog at http://stamps4sanity.blogspot.com/ She does some beautiful work and I'm sure you'll enjoy her cards. On another note, I cased this card from the SU catalog on page 145. The colors don't really thrill me but I do like the layout. I used groovy guava, the green stripes is from an old SU packet called petals and paisleys. The flower paper is from DCWV. The birthday sentiment is from Hero Arts and the celebrate is a SU stamp.
The ribbon is from Michaels and I used pop dots for the little flower and the sentiment. So, I'm off to do more cards and believe it or not we finally have SUN around here. I was beginning to think the sun forgot us here in Chicago. Thanks for checking in!

Spring Flowers

I bought this set from SU because I thought the wheelbarrow full of flowers was so cute. This is the first card I made with it and plan on making more for mother's day. The stamp set is Blooming with Love and the flower paper is also from SU, Flowers for You packet. The blue is tempting turquoise and the green is wild wasabi, and the ribbon cam from Michaels. I'm not thrilled with how the coloring turned out, I used my Prisma watercolors and just can't seem to get the blending down pat. I guess I need more practice. Oh well, the card turned out pretty cute, it looks much better in person.
Well, back to school today. After an hour or two it felt like we never even had a break. Now we have no days off until Memorial weekend (that's if you don't count the Friday I took off to go to Florida for the weekend to visit a friend.) So, have a great rest of the week and thanks for checking in!

Back from SinCity and into the Cold Snow!!

Well, I haven't had much of a chance to scrap or stamp so I thought I would post a different project I made quite a while ago. I store all my Cuttlebug folders in here. Nothing fancy!!

Anyway, we came home late last night to some more snow. UGG!!! It was 80 degrees during the day and 60 at night. I could live like that all the time. But not in Vegas. We did have a great time and even won some money (300 dollars) but the crowds and noise I could do without. We saw two great shows-- Penn and Teller and Cirque Du Soleil. Even though it was a great time we were ready to come home (I had to get back to stamping and scrapping). Oh, I forgot, we did find a really awesome scrapbook store right in Las Vegas. It was called Scrapping Time and was one of the best ones I've seen. Of course Ihad to buy some things. Now back to reality and laundry, lots of it. Thanks for stopping by and check back soon and I'll have something more interesting to post.

Spring Has Sprung!

This is the new stamp set from the Celebration catalog. Isn't it cute?! I wasn't sure what to do with it at first but this one didn't turn out so bad.

The paper is chocolate chip, wild wasabi, pixie pink and I colored it in with my new copics.The ribbon came from Michaels. I think this might be a good one for note cards.

So, what is everyone doing for Easter? Praying for warm weather, I hope. It's been in the 40's here but I just heard they are calling for some snow Friday. I'll be heading out to Vegas until Wednesday, so wish me luck!! We really are not gamblers at all but just to get away will be a blast.

Anyone have any tips for a great trip to Vegas? Any good shows, concerts or restaurants we should be sure to go to? The last time we were there was in 1988. So I know we are in for a huge surprise. We hear it has changed drastically. It should be a good time. Anyway, thanks for checking in!!