WHERE DID THE WEEK GO??

Sorry to all my fans!! hahaha ...what do I have 9 followers (and am thankful to all of you!!)? Anyway, I don't know where the week went? I did have a lot going on this week, but I am sorry for not posting.

I do have a few projects done and will be posting them soon. I think with the Stampin' Connection (those that are demonstrators I'll be happy to be your friend), getting my ribbon in for the ribbon share, trying make projects for a stamp camp, finishing up 17 card fronts for a swap, buying material and starting to make a purse I have just been overwhelmed. I have all my material cut out and now I have to sew it together. Oh and I am working out in the mornings, well 3 x a week. I also start my volunteer job tomorrow!! I guess I could go on and on, but there really is no excuse for not posting I guess. I'll try to do better. Don't give up on me...I"ll be back posting next week if not sooner. Have a great weekend!!

Here is a card made by Debbie Wilson. I thought it was so cute that I had to take a picture of it and share with all of you!! This is another set that I really like. It's the Party Hearty #111532 stamp set in the Stampin' Up! IBC.

Voila Chef Birthday Card

This was the birthday card that I made for two of the birthday gifts I showed on recent posts. I just LOVE this little guy!! I have used him for so many things. I used him at Christmas time, for a cookbook and now a birthday card. This is a very versatile set. It's #115102 and only $25.95.

Last Birthday Gift

Inside this desk set was filled with chocolates. Everyone has to have chocolates!!

This desk set was made for my friend Susan. I used the new SU's New butterfly embosslits die from the new mini occasions catalog. It's item #118138 and only $11.95.

Another gift

This was the desk set I made. It has a calendar and a drawer to put things in. This is the same pattern as the one I made yesterday, just different colors and stamp set.
This was another birthday gift I made. This one was for my friend Sam. She REALLY likes coffee. This is not a SU stamp set, but the cardstock is. I really think SU should have a coffee stamp set, but I guess they don't ask me what I think. So, I did use one stamp from SU that had a coffee cup. Anyway, her blog is done in these colors so I figured she would like these colors.

Birthday Gifts

On Sunday, several friends got together for lunch, stamping and celebrating our friends birthdays. We had 3 birthdays to celebrate!!

I made this framed art to go with the desk set. I really like how it came out.

Anyway, we had a blast!! We had salad and everyone brought different ingredients to put in the salad. That is what makes it soooo good!! You know how when you made a salad at home and it just never taste as good as when you eat it somewhere else. Well this was one of those kinds of salad...all I can say is YUM-O!!! We had chips and dips and cheeses to go on the side, but OMG the salad was sooo good. Ok, I think you got the idea. Anyway, we are all stampers so we usually make the gifts and here are the gifts that I made.

This was a Easel card basically on a box. It's a desk set with a calendar. It was not that hard to make, though I messed up several times...just not scoring correctly, but for the most part it was easy. I did my handle different from the instructions that I got, but I liked that you could pull on the drawer with a handle instead of a brad.

Here is one card I made using the Vintage Vogue Stamp Set #118598. I really like this new stamp set as well as EVERYTHING in the new mini occasions catalog!! It's gonna be an expensive few months with me wanting to buy it all. I must control myself!! I keep telling myself that, I'll let you know if it works or if I go broke. See why I need a part time job!!

Peace Accordion Garland

We made this one year in one of my classes. This year we made a Fall one. I'm hoping to do all the seasons, so next will be a Winter Accordion Garland. I will post it when I come up with something. I have so much I want to do and so little time!!

Christmas Cookbook Class

This is one of my cookbook classes that I had. We did a recipe exchange and then I did these pages for each person. This was the 2nd cookbook class that I had and am planning on doing another one. The first one was a little of everything and this was just a christmas cookie one. We did a cookie exchange with it and I think everyone really liked it. My next one will be a Crock Pot and Casserole one. I can't wait. These girls have some awesome recipes. I like quick and easy and most of them are!!

















This was one of the inside pages. I paper pieced the Santa chef and even put him together for everyone. They just had to glue the page together.
















This was the front of the recipe book.

Looking for ideas for my next one. It is going to be a Navy cover.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

These are a few pictures from our trip. We really did not take many pictures at all. My kids DO NOT like taking pictures and complain every time I ask them to. So, I took what I could when I could and these were probably the best ones. We were at Disney for 5 days and these are all the pictures I got. I guess I'm lucky. What do you expect from a 17 and 20 year old?



Oh and yea, I do have a husband. You never see pictures of him cuz he is the one usually taking them!!








We went to Magic Kingdom twice because it is MY Favorite park. I was really disappointed that it was NOT decorated more. It looks decorated here, but this was it. I thought the whole park would be decorated, but nope!! We still enjoyed it.

Yea, I'm pretty short. My husand is 6'2 and both my kids are taller than me!!