Yes, I stamped!

Well, I FINALLY got together with my stamping gal pals and made a couple of things this weekend. I made this One Sheet Bag, I found the tutorial by Beatie Johns on SCS. I had printed it off some time ago, and finally got around to giving it a shot. I'm glad I did, I think these will be cute with some Christmas candy in it! I didn't do much, I also made a Stationary Box, but haven't finished embellishing it and making the cards to go inside. Once I finish it, I'll post it, too!

Happy Hump Day, y'all! It is Wednesday, right? Geez, not working I never know what day it is now!

Finally a post!

September Gardner Stamp Club Swaps, Theme is Fall, from top - Marilyn, Vickie, Barb, Melissa, Mine

This is Barb's make-n-take that we all made, it's a Fold-Over Treat Envelope first seen in the TAC catty. Barb tells more about it here, and much more eloquently, too. :) And, Barb took both of these pics, the swap pic was on our Gardner Stamp Club page and the Envelope on her blog. How sad, I couldn't even take the time to take a picture myself. :( Oh well, Barb's pics are WAY better!

I agreed to participate in Barb's Random Mail Stamp Challenge, she told you about it here...and plan to actually get to it tonight! I misplaced the image she sent me, but finally found it last night. I'd like to get one more post in this month, cause I've been SLACKING (in all fairness, I've been fighting some sort of illness and spend most of my time at home coughing which in turn gives me a headache and we've been breaking the little guy from his pacifier, so I've had my hands full!) and haven't done much. :( Tonight is the night to get this done! I've got an idea, and hopefully I'll have it posted before midnight! Anyhoo, check out Barb's site and you'll find the other gals that have participated on the right side of her page. There's some cute stuff there! :) If you'd like to be the next to participate, leave a comment and I'll send you a random stamped image and the directions for the challenge!

Until this evening....

Another girls get together!

Mine

Francine

Jeanie

Michelle

I got together with the girls again this weekend. We did another shoebox party, this time making 2 items to share. We stamped for about 5 hours, ate lots of yummy food and made lots of fun stuff!

I made a card with 2 different colored bases. But, I cut my second pink CS wrong and changed up the purple card. I ended up liking it the best! The other is a mini post it note holder made from a coaster. So simple and pretty cute, too!

Francine's cards were super cute! Pretty detailed, with quite a few steps, but worth the time it took to make them. I love the mummy, I stamped a few extra so hopefully I can come up with something equally cute to make with them!

Jeanie's Christmas card was extremely simple, just the way I like it! I love the use of patterned paper, I HOARD paper so I should have lots to choose from when casing this...which I definitely plan to do! The other is another post it note holder that holds the 3x3 sized pad. It's made from an acrylic picture frame, you know those cheapie dollar ones. I believe there was a tutorial on SCS for it. What a quick, easy and useful, gift!

Michelle's card was simple, too. You know I like simple! We colored in the image with the SU pastels. So cute! I'm not a big fan of coloring (well, with anything other than crayons anyway) but love the look! The box is really cute, too! Again, really easy, and with a little stamping makes for a cute party favor!

I love it when we are able to get together. I wish we could do it more!

Gooseberry Patch

I love Gooseberry Patch! They have the cutest stuff, the BEST cookbooks (my FAVORITES!) and I love all of the free recipes I get from their newsletter. Sometimes, I even find time to MAKE them! Here's a recipe I got in today's newsletter. I love freshly-baked bread, and this is just too simple!

Honey Quick Bread

2-1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 t. baking powder
1/4 t. cinnamon
1/2 c. oil
1-1/2 c. buttermilk
1/2 c. honey

Mix all ingredients together; spoon into a greased and floured 9"x5" loaf pan. Let stand for 20 minutes; bake at 375 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes. Makes one loaf.

I made some of Will's birthday invites last night and they are no where near as cute as I'd hoped. I had been lucky enough to find some Cars stamps a while back but they just din't work out for this. :-( Would have been too much work. So I just embellished my black and red layered cards with Cars stickers. Eh. :-( Maybe I can make something post-worthy tonight. We'll see. I am feeling better!

Grandparent's Day

I forgot to post these last weekend. These are a few cards Will and I made for grandparent's day. Didn't Will do a great job? :) My cards were quick and easy, the blocked one is my favorite. I've been under the weather this past week, I hope to maybe try to make something tomorrow. Hopefully! I've been itchin for some craftin!

Saturday Night Fun

Well, I was able to sneak in a few goodies last night. I started the note card holder the other night but didn't finish it because I ran out of adhesive. I finally finished it, and guess it turned out okay...there was too much black though.

I made the double pocket bag and matching cards with some new paper I hadn't used before. I didn't embellish much, just kept it super simple. I guess I could add a gift card for a quick gift!

I probably won't make anything else tonight, I'm super tired. I think I'm going to just veg and watch some tv. Sounds like a great night to me!

Happy Halloween!

Yea, I finally made something tonight! (Sorry the pic isn't better, the battery died as soon as I took this. I need to find a good place for taking pics of these, any suggestions?) I was sick all weekend, still am, but was set on making something tonight. It was quick and easy, I cased it from Patti's swap card from our last stamp club. Barb, you'll be so proud of me...it's a Halloweenie card!! Now, what I really need to be making is birthday invitations....Cars (the movie) invitations actually. So, hopefully, but not probably, those will be the next thing I post.... Why didn't I focus on those tonight? What was I thinking?

Note Card Holder - I actually did it!

Well, I said yesterday that I was going to try to make this and I did! It was quick and easy and super cute! The longest part was deciding what paper and cardstock I wanted to use. This will be added to the long list of things I'd like to try to get done for Christmas gifts this year!

1-1/8 inch punch

I was lucky enough to find a 1-1/8 inch circle punch today. I wasn't sure if they made one, but EK Success does! I found it on my 3rd stop. Yea!

I finished up this card tonight, it's for my stamp club swap on Thursday. I cased it from a card I found on SCS here but I used TAC Sprigs for the main image. It was super easy and fast. I think it turned out okay.

I found a great tutorial on Dannie's Designs. I hope to get to try it tomorrow night!

Blog Award and Chistmas!

I've been discovered! Allison at Stampin' When I Can added me to her list of Newly Discovered Blogs. How cool is that?!? Check out her blog, she's got a lot of really fun stuff on there including a weekly challenge. I hope I can take the time to create something for her next one! Thanks for the shout out Allision!

Barb from Foster Design House nominated me for an award. Barb is one of my favorite bloggers, and people, by far! She is a phenominal artist and her work continues to amaze me. I wish I was HALF as creative as her! Thank you Barb!

Here are the rules of the award:

1. Put the logo on your blog.

2. Add a link to the person who awarded it to you.

3. Nominate at least 5 other blogs.

4. Add links to these blogs on your blog.- Don't forget this step.

5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

So, here goes...

1. Toni Illinois Stamper

2. Allison Stampin' When I Can

3. Cris My Addictions

4. Tara Stampalicious

5. Angie schwoooo!

My Card

Jeanie's Card

Francine's Card

Michelle's Card

These are the cards that I made with my friends today. Aren't they cute? We made 2 each, so I've got an 8 card head start on my Christmas cards for this year! Yeah! But, how many left to go?