Choo choo

My first time using this set.  I was pressed for time as I had to have a card today for a baby shower, and haven't had any time to do it.  So this card is cased.  You can see the original one here.  I really like how it turned out and for an excuse to use this cute stamp set that I've just had sitting around forever. 

Can you say procrastinator...

Wow, where has the time gone?  It's already time for my second stamp club to meet.  I felt I was doing pretty good getting things ready, and then suddenly it's Friday, and it's time to host my club, and I didn't know what on earth I wanted to do.  Thankfully, the kids are at school and the little one is playing with her dad, so I was able to come up with this...

I have never used my letter press plate, so this was very new too me, but I really like how it turned out.  I used versa-mark.  It's a very simple card, but I really like how it looks.

Next, I wanted to do a bag or some kinda treat for my gals to put treats in and maybe they would keep them, but if they wanted then they had a gift to give away.   I saw this cupcake treat box, and decided with a little tweaking, I could do a Valentines themed one.   SO here is my version of the "cupcake treat box."

There you have it, my two projects for tonight.  I sure hope the gals like it.  Like I said, this is only my second meeting, and I want the ladies to really like what their doing and feel like it's worth their time.  Several of them drive 45-60 minutes to get here.

Here's the projects together, now had I been smart, I would of color coordinated, but I didn't have enough red.  Oh well, I still really like how these turned out.   As always, I love your comments!  Thanks ladies!!

Valentines treats

These are the treats that I made for my club gals.  I used the Valentine Defined stamp set, and my new glitter paper, and my new DSP Love Impressions paper.  I thought I'd never get to pull these out.  Oh, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised to see that the glitter paper came with two, not just one in a pack.  I thought I was gonna have to hoard it.  (I hate to part with my really nice stuff.  I know it doesn't make sense.)  I really like how they turned out.  Let me know what you think.  I saw these on a fellow bloggers blog and I LOVE how they turned out, but of course, it's the one treat cup stamp set  I don't have, but you have to see what she came up with. 

Here's a close up.  As always ladies, I love comments!! Thanks for stopping by.

Finally...the Owl Punch

I finally got to use my Owl punch.  It's such a cute punch.  I LOVE everything I've seen using it.  A very dear friend is having a birthday tomorrow and I wanted to make a special card.  It has taken me ALL day to do it,
but I think it's turned out great.  I really like it. 

Here's part of the reason it took me all day to do it.  Isn't she just a cutie.  I think it just makes the card look so much nicer!

Here's the inside of the card.  It's very simple, but I think it finishes the card.

Now before I get a comment on the fact that I need to re-ink my chocholate chip ink, my little one insisted on doing it "myself".  So I had to let her help. 

Now, I saw on a tutorial somewhere awhile back when I was playing around with google, how to do scallops.  I thought it was really smart, and so simple, and a "why didn't I think of that" moment hit me.  So here is how I did the scallops around my big circle.

Simple ha?  Anyway, thanks as always for looking and I'd love to know what you think.  Thanks!

The final card

I have thought and thought about the final card for my 5-10-15 event, and I decided that I would like to do this card.

I really wanted to do one more truly masculine card.  I made a very similar card to this for my brothers birthday a couple of months ago, and I really liked how it turned out, so I thought why the heck not.  I have 4 packs of this DSP paper left, unopened, and I love the stamp set.  So, I think this will be the final card for my five different cards that I needed to come up with for the Birthday Event.  As always, I love your feedback.  Thanks!

OWH cards

I made these cards when I first started SU.  I had no idea what I was doing and wasn't sure I liked the cards much, so I put them away and forgot about them.  I came across them today and decided to stick them onto white card stock and finish them with the intention of adding them to my OWH cards.  I for some reason like them now.  I'm excited to be adding to my stash for this great cause too.  WOOHOO!

I'm paying it forward

A week ago Monday I was checking out some of my favorite blogs and stumbled across one that had my name in it and an award.  I was surprised.  I wasn't going to do anything about it, and then I decided that I needed to keep it going.  SO... with that said, here is my over due post.

I received this award from Penny Hanuszak.  Thank you so much Penny, I was very surprised, I've just really started out on this blog journey and feel like there is still so much I need to learn.  I appreciate the vote of confidence though.  So, as part of receiving this award the recipient must share 8 random things about themselves and then pass the award along to 8 other deserving bloggers!  Here are my random things.

1.  I married my high school sweet heart and we've been married 10 years now with 3 beautiful children.  I'm hoping for one more.
2.  I love to write, mostly poems, but I don't share them. 
3.  I love sugary sweets, but not so much chocolate.
4.  Until this year I hated yogurt.  I don't know what changed.
5.  I LOVE to read, once I find a good book I can't put it down.  So I can't start a book unless I know I can dedicate lots of time to just reading.
6.  I HATE putting away laundry.  I don't mind loading it, or folding it, but I just can't put it away.
7.  I clean my house when I'm angry.  Deep clean, spotless.
8.  I'm hoping to go back to school and be a social worker.  I use to want to be an Elementary school teacher, but now I feel very passionate about being a social worker and still helping children.

Now, for the 8 people I chose.  This was a hard choice because I've come across so many creative people, and this is honestly why I've taken so long to pass on the award.  Some of the ladies blogs that I love had already received the award, so I wanted to pass it on to some new people who's blogs  are also amazing.

1.  Shari Winterstein
2.  Bree
3.  Eileen Lang
4.  Karla Anders
5.  Nita Kauffman
6.  Crystal Rancourt
7.  Terry Blais
8.  Amy

Check those blogs out and let them know I sent you.  Thanks again ladies, and thank you Penny for thinking of me.  It's so nice to know that people do stop by, and thank  you everyone for sharing your talents.