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Timestamp: 2008-10-13 03:01:28 UTC

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Tara Kieninger said...

Angie - Congrats on your hit count. What a milestone! I would coordinate with your table buddies ahead of time so that you all don't bring items that can easily be shared (ink pads, punches, etc.). You'll have enough to haul (and will probably have somewhat limited table space) and your back will thank you for not having to lug a few extra items. It also helps to have a plan with what you want to work on so you don't have to haul ALL of your stamp sets (I'm not very good at planning ahead myself).

Email me with your snail mail address, Tara, and I'll get your goodies sent right out!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered and left a comment! I read them all, so much good advice for my scrapbooking retreat coming up this Friday! I have to admit, I hadn't thought about taking my camera, doh!

Thanks again! Hugs and happy stamping!

Winter Post: Laura's Sketch #10

Happy Saturday...just barely! I had wanted to make a card for Laura's Sketch #10 over at 2 Sketches 4 You, but had never got around to it this week...then today I just couldn't seem to drag myself into my stamp room. Ever have one of those days? I tidied up a bit, maybe that was the problem! lol!

Don't forget to enter for the blog candy here, the post right below! I'll have the drawing Sunday night at 10 pm CST. Thanks for everyone who has entered and all the great advice you've been giving me for my scrapbooking retreat next weekend! I appreciate it!

Recipe
Stamps: Winter Post
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Confetti White Ski Slope DSP.
Ink: Staz-On Brown, Red Riding Hood, Baja Breeze.
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Aquapainters, Vintage Brad, 1 1/4" Baja Breeze Double Stitched Ribbon, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Felt Flurries, Dimensionals.

Blog Candy Time!

I reached 100,000 hits yesterday, so it's time for celebratory blog candy! It took me a year to get my first 50,000 hits, and then it took just 3 months to get my second 50,000 hits...I'm just so overwhelmed and grateful to you! Thank you for your visits and for leaving the sweetest comments. I've gotten to know so many of you and make so many online friends, it really means a lot to me!

So here's the holiday-themed blog candy:

• Santa's Helper retired stamp set (I bought this from a friend and have hoarded it for a LONG time!)
• Seasonal Icons hostess stamp set
• 16 sheets 6x6 of Holiday Mini Designer Series Paper
• Little tin filled with lots of metal hardware-type goodies
• "MERRY" Scrabble tiles

To enter, all you have to do is help me out a little. I'm going on one of those weekend getaway crops next weekend with my girlfriends and it's a first for me! Leave a comment and let me know your best advice on what to take/not forget or how to act/not to act (like singing loudly with ipod on, maybe?). Even if you've never been on one yourself, maybe you've heard stories or have some good advice anyway!

I'll draw a winner at 10:00 pm CST on Sunday, October 12. Thanks again and good luck!


Note: Comments turned off since drawing is over! Thanks for playing!

Kristina's Color Inspiration #25

Happy Friday! Yay!! I had a busy Thursday night but wanted to give Kristina's Color Inspiration #25 a go, I love these colors bigtime! I didn't start trying until 10 p.m. while watching the new vampire show, True Blood, on HBO, so that was an hour of no stamping! That show is different...Shannon said it best when she described it as a trainwreck, so shocking you can't look away! So anyway, I finally got started at 11 p.m., yikes! But I have the weekend to recover, right?!

The card size is 5 1/4" square...it's one I pulled out that was already cut and ready to go. I started making a "schoolish" card with my new Contempo Alphabet, but I abandoned that for Mr. Twigster, I was missing him! I had that piece of Certainly Celery ribbon already cut, and it wasn't quite long enough to tie into a bow, so I folded it over and secured it with a Ruby Red brad. It's something I never would have thought of, but ended up liking it. Sometimes necessity really is the mother of invention!

So lastly, since I was mentioning vampires earlier, here's my favorite recent conversation with a 3rd grade boy:

Student: "Ms. Tieman, are you a vampire?"

Me: "Do I look like a vampire?"

Student: "Yeah. You always wear black. Like right now...a black dress, a black watch, black make-up." He looks under the desk. "Even black shoes!"

Me: "No, I'm not a vampire. Black is just easy and matches everything." (I wasn't going to go into the whole "black is slimming" conversation. I try to be careful about body image because I already hear tiny 3rd grade girls saying they're fat and it breaks my heart.)

15 minutes later...after working on math problems...

Student: "So how much blood can you drink?"



Ahhh, funny kids. But "black make-up"?! What? I hope he meant my brown-black mascara and eye-liner and not the big dark circles under my eyes! lol!

Thanks so much for stopping by and for the birthday wishes for my mom. I told her and she was so touched! Have a great Friday!

Recipe
Stamps: Mr. Twigster, Occasions Collection Hostess Level 2. Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Ruby Red, Ballet Blue, Whisper White, Parisian Summer DSP (star). Ink: Certainly Celery, Staz-On Brown, Pumpkin Pie & Ballet Blue markers. Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Ruby Red Brads, 5/8" Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, Blender Pen, Small Star Punch, Dimensionals.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Thursday and Happy Birthday to my Mom! She's the best Mom ever! I made her this little card, mostly with contraband, but you'll see why in a minute. I used the Basic Grey Urban Couture cardstock (never cut into, the receipt in the bag said March 2006, yikes!) to make the foldover card.

The size is 5 1/4" square. I had the adhesive die-cut "A Mother's Love Never Fails" from the Retroactive collection by Sticker Studio, and I thought it worked pretty well with the card. I made the inside square piece out of the thin chipboard that comes in the SU patterned paper packages, then adhered the Basic Grey paper to it and rounded the edges. The "Birthday Wishes" is from the SU Sincere Salutations set and the yummy Chocolate Chip satin ribbon is retired SU from last year's Holiday Mini catalog. I think that covers most of it!

I was trying to decide what to send her for her birthday this year, and I was feeling stumped. Sometimes I give her jewelery from Sally Jean or or last year a cool mom necklace from here, sometimes gift cards so she can go shopping herself, etc, but I was trying to think of something different this year.

You may remember that my Mom is a quilter from when I set up her quilting blog while visiting her last July on vacation. (Ummm, yeah, she hasn't exactly kept up with it...who was I kidding, she barely checks email!) So anyway, I started thinking what does a stamper like more than anything, stamps,...so what does a quilter like more than anything, fabric! Then I remembered that Basic Grey released a new Urban Couture fabric line at the last CHA, so how perfect! A gift that combined both of our loves! And I knew I had the paper to match to make a card!

I also couldn't help getting her some of this Recess line, I *love* it! Not that I'm *expecting* her to make me something with it, but she might want to, you know. It's part of a whole Dick and Jane series that is just fabulous.


So that was a little long-winded, thanks for bearing with me! lol! Thanks also for all of your sweet comments recently, I really appreciate it! I really enjoyed some of your reminiscing over Rex Smith and Andy Gibb, and I even sucked it up when I felt so old hearing from some of you young ones! It looks like my blog counter is getting mighty close to 100,000...which blows me away...so looks like I'll be getting some celebratory blog candy together for tomorrow! Happy stamping!

Recipe
Stamps: Sincere Salutations. Cardstock: Basic Grey Urban Couture. Ink: Staz-On Brown. Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds, 2-Way Glue Pen, Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon (retired), Crop-a-Dile, Retroactive Sticker from Sticker Studio.

Beate's Be Inspired Challenge #26

Happy Wednesday! Yesterday I worked a little late (4:40, hee! hee!) and ran a bunch of errands I put off over the weekend, so I didn't plan on stamping when I got home. BUT, when I saw Beate's Inspiration Challenge #26, I had to! It's such a cool look! Of course, I made the mistake of looking through my Google Reader first and I saw Dawn's fabulous card (check it out, she has some blog candy there too!), and it's exactly what I was going to do! It's the perfect look I was going to create once I had thought of it! Freaky! *wink*

So, I almost quit right there, but then decided to go with my back-up plan, which turned out to be the card above. I keep going for Kraft lately, not sure what's up with that. When I pulled this piece of Kraft out, it already had the 3 holes punched, so I decided to roll with it. I used 2 retired sets, shocking! The dots and stripes are from So Happy, I still love that set and couldn't part with it. The sentiment is from Quick Thinking...it's a keeper...and where else would you find a stamp that says, "Really, I like you."?

The 2nd grade teacher I work with was out sick Tuesday, so I decided to make it a get well card for her. She's an amazing teacher and this is her second round of sickness in the first six weeks (although only the first day she's missed work, what a trooper!)...that first year of teaching is killer for building up the antibodies! I am so lucky, all four teachers I'm working with are great, and I love being in their rooms and helping their kids.

Thanks so much for stopping by! You really take my breath away! Get it? Rex Smith from yesterday? hee! hee! I'm so glad *some* of you knew what I was talking about! Juanita commented on how much time it must have taken me to write that post with all those links... ummmm, yeah, but so worth it! lol! And I'm not even going to tell you how many times (11) I listened to those songs while writing the post!

Have a super day!

Recipe
Stamps: So Happy & Quick Thinking (both retired).
Cardstock: Kraft, Whisper White, Pacific Point, Basic Black.
Ink: Staz-On Black.
Accessories: Circle Punches (1 1/4", 1 3/8", 1/2"), 5/8" Red Riding Hood Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals.

Paper Roses...last Splitcoast World Card Making Day Challenge

Schwooo! I finished all 7 challenges before the deadline last night! This card was for my last one, paper flowers...but in my head it makes me sing Paper Roses. Ugh! Okay, looking up that video just got me side-tracked into looking at videos of Andy Gibb and Rex Smith. Man, how I used to love those boys! Do you remember this movie, Sooner or Later? Remember this dreamy scene?! Ahhh, brings back the memories...and I realize I am severely dating myself here! Hmmm, I wonder if this album is still at my mom's house...if not, I bet my friend Donna has it in one of her tubs...


Okay, sorry for the detour. The official challenge was called Nested Flowers. Be sure and check out the gallery for these cards, they are really cool! This was my first attempt, but I'll definitely try again someday.

Hope your week is off to a great start! Thanks so much for stopping by!

p.s. If you're *old* enough to walk down memory lane with me on Rex Smith and Andy Gibb, please give me a shout out so I don't feel all alone! hee! hee!

Recipe
Stamps: none! Cardstock: Kraft, Bella Rose DSP. Ink: Chocolate Chip. Accessories: Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Holiday Happenings Level 3 Hostess Rub-Ons, 1 1/4" Striped Red Riding Hood/Very Vanilla Ribbon, Linen Thread, Needle, Paper Piercer & Mat Pack.

3 More Splitcoast World Card Making Day Challenges

Happy Monday! I say 3 more Splitcoast World Card Making Day Challenges, but I got lucky and got 3 challenges done on 2 cards, and I didn't even know it! The card above I did for the World Card Makig Day Featured Stamper Challenge which was Sherry, check out her great gallery! I copied this card, changing the colors and the dry embossing to patterned paper.

When I finished and went back to read some more of the challenges, I saw this card would work for the Lemon Lime Twist Challenge too! You had to use lime green, lemon with a twist of orange, dark gray, black, and a neutral. Lucky me! The finished size is a 4 1/4" square, I became addicted to those over the weekend, they just seem more quick and easy somehow!

The following card was for the Autumn's Glory Inspiration Challenge, which I found the hardest. It was the fall cover of the Cold Water Creek magazine. I'm not a "leafy" person, so I improvised and came up with this. I kind of stole the from myself from this card. For the stamped flowers from the Upsy Daisy set, (I forget the name of the technique), but you color the image with your markers, then spritz it lightly with water, so the image kind of runs and gives you a Monet effect.


Well, I'm running a weeee bit late this morning, so I have to dash. I'll come back later and add the recipes. Thanks so much for stopping by, I really do appreciate it! Have a super day!

Recipe #1: Spooky Card
Stamps: Eat, Drink & Be Scary, Halloween Frights.
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Ghostly Greetings DSP.
Ink: Staz-On Black.
Accessories: Photo Corner Punch, Tab Punch, Black Brads, 5/8" Kiwi Kiss Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Stapler.

Recipe #2: On My Mind Card
Stamps: Upsy Daisy.
Cardstock: More Mustard, Really Rust, Confetti White, Bella Rose DSP.
Ink: Really Rust, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, and Old Olive markers.
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals, water mist bottle.

More Splitcoast World Card Making Day Challenges

Happy Sunday! How is your weekend going so far? It's been a beauty here in Dallas. I've been squeezing some stamping in here and there between other projects and chores. I'm trying to do all of the World Card Making Day Challenges over at Splitcoast, so here are two more. I started this Merry and Bright card the other night using the Sketch Challenge #196, but I didn't finish. Then yesterday when I read the WCMDWT08 Challenge -TREE-mendous I knew just how to finish the card! I couldn't help but use those precious Cuttlebug trees again!

Next, this is a super simple dimple card, but I like how it turned out. It's for the WCMDLSC08: No P's Please...no using patterned paper (WHAT?!) or pastels. I was trying to break out of my "predictable...safe...always fall back on the same colors", so I thumbed through my Boden catalog and found this Loro Marl T-Shirt to inpsire me. I can't tell you when I used Yo Yo Yellow last, but I'm thinking it's been years. (Okay, I'm anal and I had a flash of doing a Splitcoast Color Challenge with my friends while cropping, so I went back and found it here...February 3!) I tried sewing my paper ruffle with my cheap $3 paper sewing machine, not good. So I pulled the thread out and left the holes. I'm trying to hang on until Christmas to get that Mini Janome, but I don't know if I can make it!



Hope you're having a great weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Recipe 1: Snowman with Trees card
Stamps: Merry and Bright.
Cardstock: Kraft, Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose DSP, Holiday Happenings Hostess DSP.
Ink: Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, STaz-On Brown, Craft White.
Accessories: Photo Corner Punch, 5/8" Striped Baja Breeze Ribbon, Blender Pen, Pretty in Pink Brads, Paper Piercer & Mat, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Combo Treetops, Dimensionals.

Recipe 2: Hi card
Stamps: Say It with Scallops
Cardstock: Going Gray, Whisper White, Garden Green.
Ink: Yo Yo Yellow, Chocolate Chip.
Accessories: Square Scallop Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Craft Sewing Machine.

Happy World Card Making Day!

Hope you are enjoying World Card Making Day so far! I'm off to a slow start, but here's my first challenge from Splitcoast: WCMDSC08. This was pretty easy as I had some leftover parts from Kristina's challenge down below. The stamp set is Take Three, one of those neglected ones, and I'm trying to pull them out and dust them off.

What have you been up to so far? Be sure and let us know so we can check it out!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

Recipe
Stamps: Take Three.
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Very Vanilla, Autumn Vine DSP.
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, and More Mustard Markers.
Accessories: Vintage Brads, Mini Library Clip, Paper Piercer & Mat, Dimensionals.