SU's new catty!

Okay, so I should REALLY be sleeping right now. In about 5 hours we should be on the road to Minnesota to see my parents. But, I just finished up with the packing, and am trying to wind down. I'd normally watch my DVR'd Gilmore Girls (yes, I watch it) but our cable has been horrible lately and was apparently down today so it didn't DVR! Now both boxes in our house say that they aren't authorized for service or some BS like that, so I can't watch anything on cable right now! We've always had trouble with them, but this month they are really driving me crazy! Oh well, I'm watching a fine feature film right now...Real Genius with Val Kilmer...I love this movie!

Anyhoo, enough of my ranting, if you get a chance, go check out Kim's Blog, she's at the Stampin Up convention and has posted a preview of the new catalog. It looks like there is some fun stuff in there! I know I can't wait to see it!

Cupcake

Somehow I managed to make another card tonight. I can only imagine how much time I will find to make stuff when we finally re-finish the basement and I get a craft room! I needed to make a card for a birthday party this weekend and knocked this out pretty fast. It's for my daycare provider's daughter's first birthday!

A scrappy card!

I finally got around to making something tonight. I made this with the scraps I still had laying around from the last couple projects I did. The card was super simple but I still like it. I'm SO glad that I finally got a Cuttlebug, cause those cheap little embossing folders sure do make the card!

Blogging Friends Forever

I just received my first blogging award! Thanks to Barb at Foster Design House. Barb's blog is so awesome, go check it out!

Pass it on! Here are the rules:

Only Five people allowed.

Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog.

One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

You must link back to whoever gave you the award.

Quite simple really it is a way of saying thank you to those who take time out for wonderful comments to boost your day!

Okay, well Barb is the only one that I'm really sure looks at this, she's the only only one that has posted any comments! :( So, she's the only one that I can link to! If there's any other readers out there I'd love to hear from you, please drop me a line sometime!

Happy Hamburger Day!

Okay, so if you know me at all, I'm a bit of a hamburger connoisseur (thank goodness for spell check, I was WAY off!). It is by far, my favorite food, besides popcorn of course! Well, according to www.msn.americangreetings.com today is Hamburger Day. So, I hope you have a good one! Check out The Good Stuff list for a $5 off a burger coupon at Ted's Montana Grill! Today is half price burger night at Austin's. I also saw a sign outside of Bob & Dee's last Monday that said $3 burgers...so a couple of nice choices to celebrate this glorious day in my area!

Hope you have a burgerlicious day!

Shannon :)

Woo hoo!

Wow! I am on a roll...2 things in 2 days! I love the SU Doodle This stamp set, I haven't used it much yet and I need to! I'm very happy with the way this card turned out. Unfortunately the cell phone pic doesn't do it much justice. The inspiration for this card came from Nancy Riley's blog. I find myself at her blog quite often, she has some really cute stuff on there! I liked the layered flower and dotted embossing so started with that. And, I just love the look of blue and black together, so went through my black paper stash and settled with this. I really love this card!

Holy cow, I actually made something tonight!

Check out this cute One Sheet Box. I found the tutorial at Mabie Stampin'. Isn't it a cutie? It was really easy to make, too. It's pretty small, only about 4.5 x 3 and would definitely fit some candy and/or a gift card, but not sure what else I could put in it. What would you do? Why don't you tell me...tomorrow though. I'm going to try to go to sleep now!

Another oldie...

I went out Saturday night with a friend and then slept the day away on Sunday, so not a big surprise that I didn't make anything. Even if Ihadn't gone out, or slept all day, I still probably wouldn't have made anything new. Maybe tonight. There are still a few things I'd like to try.

This was a quick and easy card I made for a birthday swap at stamp club in May (I think). I kind of liked it, plus it's more masculine than what I'd normally try to do so I can send it to a boy! Yea me!

A Brand New Card!?!

I actually made this card tonight! I'm not kidding, I did! I also FINALLY got my Cuttlebug out of the box. Yea for me! It's hard to find anything right now, the hubby is working on the basement, so it's even harder than before to get to all of my craftin' goodies. But, soon I'll have a nice space to spread out and put all of my craft stuff! Anyhoo, back to the card...This turned out more masculine than I was hoping for, but I think the embossing fems it up some. I do like this color combo though!

Thanks for stopping!
Shannon :)

I'm on a roll!

This was a really quick card (I think I actually made 8) I whipped up when the girls came over a couple of months ago to stamp. Super simple, but still kind of cute I think. But, it's probably still too girly to give to a man, I really need more masculine cards!

Shannon :)

SKUNK UPDATE - I forgot to mention! There is a deak skunk up on the road near my house! Ha! Now, I don't know if it's the same one that terrorized us last week, but I can hope, right!?!

Another Box in a Bag and a Double Pocket Bag

I made these at Mimi's E-Scape event last month. I really do love the Box in a Bag, I'd love to find some time to make more! And the Double Pocket Bag is awesome too, I plan on making MANY more for Christmas and filling them with a couple of coordinating cards! They are soooo easy and soooo cute!

'Til next time! Maybe I'll have something I acutally just made to post... We'll see!

Shannon :)

My first comment!

Yea! My first comment! Thanks, Barb! Wow, so all 21 hits on my counter aren't all from me now! Just the first 20 are... So, if there are any other readers out there, make sure you check out Barb's blog cause she is super talented and an AWESOME chick, too!

Something more recent...my first Box in a Bag!

I made this a few weeks ago after our last Gardner Stamp Club meeting. I was inspired and ready to craft some more when I got home. It was super simple, and super cute even with the old DCWV paper that I grabbed. The tutorial can be found here. I couldn't find anything cute to embellish it with so I just left it plain. It was about midnight and I was ready to go to sleep anyway. :)

Happy Monday, y'all!

Shannon :)

This was a Valentine swap card I made for Gardner Stamp Club way back, well I guess in January, so we'd have it ready to use for V-Day. Yea! So it official! I put something stamped on here! Yea for me!

Pepe' Le Pew visited last night....

Okay, so how was your Wednesday night? Ours was awesome! Last night, our poor dog K.O. was sprayed by a skunk! Ughh! She couldn't help it she was curious about the lil' kitty that didn't run away like the rest. It doesn't help that she's deaf too, so yelling and screaming for her to come back inside didn't help. It was too late, Pepe' already got her! Of course, we didn't realize that she had actually gotten sprayed until she was safely inside the house. Oh goodness, the stinch! So, we shove her and Tora back outside because we thought both of them got it and wasn't quite sure what to do. Jeff proceeds to gather stuff to give them baths and I get to work on cleaning the carpets where K.O. foamed all over, guess she got sprayed in the mouth? Yuck! I Febreezed, lit candles and found every air freshner in the house and put them in the living room. It still kind of smells this morning, but not HORRIBLE. I found this great site today, Thrifty Fun, although I don't know what's fun about being SKUNKED, but found some simple remedies that hopefully will help with the remaining stench. Bowls of apple cider vinegar and coffee grounds will be spread around the house today!

Okay, and then even BEFORE the "skunk incident" I found a little fella that looks sort of like THAT on the wall in the basement while doing laundry. YUCK! I think it was a house centipede, at least that is what this thing is called. Gross! The last time I saw him, he scurried underneath the freezer.

I tell you what, we just can't catch a break whatsoEVER!

Hope your Thursday is better than our Wednesday!

Shannon :)

Everything you wanted to know!

I am a complete copy cat, I got this off of Toni's blog because I really wanted to add a post to my brand-spankin new blog...but don't have any saved pictures of anything remotely interesting on this computer to post. So, how 'bout a survey instead? I know, you are super psyched!

1.WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE ? No, not that I've ever been told anyway.
2.WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Sunday when Mr. Will introduced his head to the window sill in his bedroom. :(
3.DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Sometimes.
4.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? I don't really have one, so either bacon or Jeff's mom's chicken salad - yummy!
5.DO YOU HAVE KIDS? One.
6.IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes, I'm awesome!
7.DO YOU USE SARCASM ALOT? Never!
8.DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes, I'm very attached to them!
9.WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I used to want to, but was scared to. Now that I'm a mommy, I don't, and am still scared to anyway.
10.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? I don't really have an all-time fave...but Honey Bunches of Oats is alright.
11.DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Nope.
12.DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Physically, for a girl yes. Emotionally, not really - I break down incredibly easy!
13.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? I guess Drumsticks.
14.WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Smile. :)
15.RED OR PINK? Pink!
16.WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF? Ugh, weight!
17.WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My family!
18.WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Black pants and black flip flops.
19.WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Chips and dip.
20.WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
21.IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Blue.
22.FAVORITE SMELLS? Vanilla, baby powder, popcorn, chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven!
23.WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? I texted Jeff.
24.FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Football and basketball, especially the National Champion Kansas Jayhawks!
25.HAIR COLOR? Brown, several different shades!
26.EYE COLOR? Brown.
27.DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes, I'm blind as a bat!
28.FAVORITE FOOD? Popcorn!
29.SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Scary movies rock!
30.LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Some REALLY stupid movie on Lifetime, it was so bad that I don't even remember the name. I mean, this was worse than any of the movies I've watched on SciFi, and those are pretty bad. So, the last movie before that was Caddyshack II.
31.WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Blue.
32.SUMMER OR WINTER? Neither, Fall!
33.HUGS OR KISSES? I LOVE Will's kisses, can't beat 'em!
34.FAVORITE DESSERT? Pretty much anything with chocolate in it!
35.WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Well, I've been reading You've Been Warned by James Patterson for awhile now, but haven't touched it in a few months.
36.WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? I'm on the laptop right now, so no mouse!
37.WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V . LAST NIGHT? Noggin's nighttime lineup and a couple things I had DVR'd, including that dumbass movie I mentioned in #30.
38.FAVORITE SOUND? Will laughing, rain.
39.ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? The Stones I guess.
40.WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Well, withough getting out a map, I guess Tampa, FL or Cancun, Mexico. Which is further?
41.DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Probably not.
42.WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Claremore, OK.

I have my own blog!

Well, I've thought about it for awhile now, and why not start my own blog, too? I spend enough time looking at others, so now maybe I can spend some of that time updating mine. So, maybe I'll actually find something interesting to post here! I'll try anyway!

Thanks for stopping by!

Shannon :)