Petite Pennants Builder

I am so excited for all of the new, great things that have come out in the new catalog.  I've gotten so many new things to play with I think it's going to take me forever to get them all out. 

 I'm on the PTA board at my children's school, and one of the things that I am over this year is the teachers b'day cards.  I decided that it wouldn't take a whole lot to just make all 40+ cards and have them gender neutral and ready to hand out, so I set to work.  (I always think hand made cards are much better than a store bought card.)  Here's the card I came up with.

I got this idea from a swap at convention, once I've organized my cards and locate the card, I will post it.  Thanks ladies!  Have a beautiful day.

Wedding cake card

My brother is getting married this weekend, so I wanted to make him and his fiancee a wedding card.  I have seen these cakes other places and decided it didn't look to hard to make, so here's my go at it. 

Their colors are what I have interpreted as a Melon Mambo color and black, so here's my card using those two colors.  Then I thought hek while I'm at it, I want to see what it looks like with black and white.  So here's the card using white and black.

So what do you think?  I think they turned out well for my first attempts.

Workshop words

I can't believe how fast time fly's!  Wow, I really haven't been a slacker.  Between my husband being deployed, convention, husband coming back, a trip to Disneyland, a sprained ankle and 3 kids out for summer, I feel like I haven't had a second to catch up on my blog.  I have been busy too with re-organizing my craft room, and of course working on some "projects".

So as you know, I went to convention again this year, my second time, and this time we were given a stamp set that was exclusively for demonstrators.  How awesome is that?!  So of course I set to work on coming up with an idea to use them...

I would like to say that this idea was entirely my own, but I totally cased it from a great friend and fellow demonstrator, using this new "Workshop Words" stamp set.  Thanks Melanie!!  This picture isn't the best, the center of the little flower as a rhinestone in it.  I think they turned out super cute and I'm excited for my club to start up again in September!  I hope to be back again BEFORE so much time has gone by.  I have a ton of pictures to post and alot of blogs to catch up on.  Thanks for stopping by!

SU! Convention

First, I would like to thank you all for still following my blog.  It has been a very stressful few months.  I am glad to say though that my husband is home from Afghanastan!  I'm hoping that will help give me more free time to do what I LOVE!!

Along on the lines of doing what I love, I just got home from Stampin Up's! Convention.  It was amazing!  This was my second one, and I have to say that I was more impressed this year than last!  (That's saying alot).  I have alot of pictures to post and I will try really hard to get them on here soon.  I can't wait to see all of your pictures too!

This is us with just one of the many things we got for free at convention this year! 

All Holidays

Fathers Day is right around the corner and so is my card club!  I'm really excited for this one since there's a specific event to plan around.  We are going to be doing 2 cards.  One for your husband and one for your dad.  The ladies can pick which one is for whom.  I got the first card idea from Splitcoast.  You can see her card here. 

The next card we'll be doing I found on Stampin Connection.  A great web site for demonstrators.  There's an easy to follow video tutorial on there if any demonstrators have missed it!

There you have it, a sneak preview of our card club cards.  I'd love to know what you think and thanks for stopping by!

It's time to say Goodbye...

"Dozens of stamp sets from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog are retiring, and June 1-30 is your last chance to get your favorites".  Check out http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/default.asp, and see if the stamp set, ribbon, or accessories you've been waiting to buy are on there, cause once their gone, their gone!

Contact me if you would like to place an order!    

Best Dad Ever

I'd love to know what you think about this card before I make 30+ and send them out to Afghanastan for my husbands unit.  He asked for some Fathers day cards, and would like me to send out 60+ cards, but I don't think I can pull out 60 of them, maybe 30.  I'd like to mail them out asap so that I know they get there with plenty of time to send them home.  So, what do you think?