Flowers.

These are the flowers that Craig and the boys bought for me while I was in the hospital. Aren't they pretty. Notice my very favorite flower in there the Birds of Paradise.



I learned to crochet right before my surgery since I figure that is a pretty easy thing to do while lying in bed. So since I have no paper projects to post I will start posting some of my crochet projects in the next few days. It's been two weeks to day since my surgery and while I feel pretty good I am still not up to sitting at a table and stamping sad I know. Hope that everyone had a great Christmas and have a Happy New Year.

wrapping presents

Ok my stamps and ink are officially put away for the rest of the year. To all of you who find the time to keep stamping through the holidays I am totally awe inspired. But I can't do it. Hope you have a great Christmas.

Craig's christmas Card

This is the Christmas card that I made for Craig to mail out to some of his clients. It is no where near as much work as the other one. Thank goodness. But I still like the way that it turned out. And as for the family christmas cards everyone might just have to look at these this year not so sure at this point that I am going to have time to get them done. Down to a little over a week and my list of to do is still way to long. Somethings will have to be left off and I have some things that I can't so cards may go this year. So if you don't get one from us please no that we are thinking of you and hope that you have a good holiday season and next year there will be more time so watch the mail:)

Happy Holidays!!

I haven't had a lot of time to stamp lately. Trying to get ready for Christmas and surgery. My freezer is almost completely stocked now and Christmas is basically done. Now just the wrapping. This card was made for my dad for his clients at work. I love acetate cards and Jacob loves the penguin. Oh and papa thought that they were cute to. Of course Jacob didn't want to give them to him.




Thanks for looking hope.

Tag card

Another tag card this one for halloween. Using the twick or tweet set from the holiday mini catalog. I love this set and can't wait to use it again. And of course the card is using my three favorite halloween colors olive pumpkin and purple. I basically embossed everything I haven't really embossed in awhile and will have to remember to use it more often. I also used the bitty boos set that retired a few years ago. Thanks for looking.

I made this bag to hold cards. My measurements were slightly off so the cards have to stand upright inside of it. But I do like the way that it turned out. I was trying to make a bag that was a little more masculine looking, even though most of my cards are not very masculine:)



Thanks for looking.

Tags!!

I have an upcoming tags class for my church these are what I have come up with.




I used the oval punches, circle punches made some small gift cards and bigger tags.



They will also make a cello bag topper.



We are only going to make one card and it is a tag card. The tag part is a matchbook card.



I am happy with the way that they turned out but I think that I am going to change the brilliant blue to brocade blue before they go on display this Sunday. I also have three posters to make and the handouts so I think I better get busy. If anyone has any suggestions for posters I would love the suggestions. Thanks for looking.

Halloween card

I made this card out of the just fiends stamp set from stampin up it retired a couple of years ago. It is similar to a card that I did a couple of years ago with the cat set. I just changed the colors and added the ribbon.



The second card is also with the just fiends set but a new card.



Both of the cards open from the bottom and are folded at the top. Thanks for looking.

Another pop-up card.



I made it in three different color combos regal rose/pale pink, tempting turqoise/taken with teal and lovely lilac and almost amethyst. I also paper pierced a stem on each that comes down from the flower to the base of the card. It doesn't show up so well on the picture though.



I also found (when making the table cloth) that in the bridal section of the craft stores they carry boxes of white flowers. There were 110 for 5.00 and 300 for 10.00 which is a great buy compared to the dozen or so that you normally get for 5-10 in the scrapbook section. They are all white so you do have to die your own. For me that works best since that is normally what I like to do anyway but if you have never done it there are a couple of different ways to do so and it is so easy even my kids can do it. Thanks for looking.

Tick Warning !!




TICK WARNING!

I hate it when people forward bogus warnings, and I have even done it myself a couple times unintentionally but this one is real, and it's important.

Please send this warning to everyone on your e- mail list.

If someone comes to your front door saying they are checking for ticks due to the warm weather and asks you to take your clothes off and dance around with your arms up,

DO NOT DO IT!! THIS IS A SCAM!!
They only want to see you naked.

I wish I'd gotten this yesterday. I feel so stupid.

No stamp picture today I have been busy making a table cloth and wanted to share. My mom asked me to make this for the cake table for Jenny's upcoming wedding. I really like the way that it turned out. It is a layer of tulle fabric batting and another layer of fabric. The flowers are sewn on by machine with monofilament thread. I had never worked on my machine with this type of thread before, and I can't say that I have any real interest in working with it in the near future. Haha actually it could've been worse but it wasn't great to sew with. It doesn't break though but got kind of messy at times. I hand finished the edges and used the same thread, I decided that it is very hard to thread a little needle with clear thread that did turn out to be the very worst part of it. It was a fun project though and I really like the way that it turned out. I think that a bed spread would be pretty although not practical and with the tulle it also wouldn't hold up very well. Wouldn't work around my house since every time there is a clean bed spread on our bed it is just an invitation for someone to spill or get sick on it. But then that it was makes life so unpredictable and exciting. After all the fun doesn't really start until someone throws up right? Thanks for looking.

Another quick post this is a purse card that I made up real simple pattern I started with a regular card and just started cutting with my cutter till I got the shape that I wanted. I think that it turned out pretty cute and am thinking that I am going to make some more this weekend in different colors. The strap is made with the sequins that are strung together. You can get them in the notion section at the fabric store. I got mine from Hobby Lobby my favorite craft store. They come in all sorts of colors and were a lot of fun to work with. It is also a lot easier to just glue them to paper rather then try and hand sew them on to material:) Thanks for looking and hope that everyone has a great weekend.

Ok here is the tag card that I meant to upload yesterday. The one that I put on yesterday is a pop up card as you noticed. This is also using retired paper but still a favorite. It is different shades of purple although I don't think that it came out that well in the picture. Thanks for looking.

Just a quick post before I go to work. This is done with a retired paper from stampin up I don't remember what it was called but I have more cards to post using the same paper in different colors. It is one of my favorites which makes me sad since it is almost gone. It's also a tag card which is one of my favorite types of cards hadn't made any in awhile and now I am hooked. The large flower actually has a rhinestone in the middle of it the others are just silver brads.
Thanks for looking.

Just another quick picture post.

We have been having some serious internet and phone issues around here since Saturday. I made this for an auction in the neighborhood. Composition book along with a matching paper clip bookmark. I've been busy stamping all week more to add hopefully I will be able to download more over the next couple of days. They have now determined that our problems are not inside our house it is something affecting more then just us. Hopefully it will be fixed soon;)
Thanks for looking.

No cards to post today I got side tracked trying to straigten up the scrap room. What a mess. But by Saturday everything should be back the way I want it to be so I am hoping to get some time to stamp. But this is a favorite picture we have the big one in the living room we had it done in Florida last time we were there. Next time you are there got to the little shop that the figment ride opens up into and they will put you in any picture. Then if you take the picture over to the jewelry shop in mgm studios you can purchase a watch and they will put the picture on the face of it. It is really cool. Also my favorite watch. Oh and picture. Thanks for looking.

Ok I have been in a kind of funk for the last couple of months and really haven't felt like stamping much. I finally feel like I am coming out of it though and spent a little time stamping today. I didn't get the light box out to use instead stuck the card on a magnet board hanging on the wall. The picture could have been better sorry. But this is an acetate card it is kind of hard to see the acetate it is only about an 1/8 of an inch bigger then the black paper so you don't see a whole lot of it. I do like the way that it turned out though and it is with my very favorite stamp set;)



Thanks for looking and hope that everyone is having a great summer.

Haven't posted anything in awhile. I decorated these holders awhile ago but just hung them up today, along with the shelf above. I have another shelf to hang but will have to move the desk underneath and stand on a stool to hang it so I think that it will wait for another day. I think these are cute I made them out of the colors in the room and mickey mouse since that is the way the room is decorated. Now I just need to make some more for Jacob's room. Maybe tomorrow;)

Ok here is my latest project although it isn't completely done. I am going to add a charm or something bulky and cute to it I will post it again when I have added to it. I made a total of six three big and three small I think that I like the small ones better. I will post them later also. I do think that they turned out cute and they were a lot of fun to make. Craig did tell me that he could have accomplished a lot more in the time that it took us to make them. I think that he was just being crabby cause he thought that Julie and I were whispering about him all night. As if women have nothing better to talk about then men. I think they might have some overly active egos along with those imaginations. But we still love them anyway. I am going to watch and see how long it takes for Craig to comment on this post. He usually just looks at the pictures so he may never read this far. Hmmm I could say anything I want I think. Don't tell! Just kidding.



Ok and this is the other side of the necklace charm. Thanks for looking.

Here is my latest card. It is a sympathy card as you can see. I really like the way that it turned out but I was sad cause I am using about the last of my Wild Wasabi paper I am down to just small scraps. It was discontinued last year and I can't tell you how many packages I have been through. I love it although I am not so sure if it is the color or the name that makes me like it the most. Haha just kidding. I really did like the color though. I thought that this card turned out pretty well although I really had to hold back from sticking a whole bunch of extra crap on it as Craig would call it. I did try and tone it down because of the occasion.

It is also the 7x5" which is bigger then I am used to making so I felt like I had all sorts of extra room to decorate but didn't. I think that I will have to make a larger card again soon that I can really let loose on and just decorate like crazy. Hope everyone is well and thanks for looking.

Happy Birthday card. I missed my stamps all week but am to lazy to go downstairs and set everything up now. I am tired. I guess I am getting old. We had a great time in Seattle though. If you haven't been you should try it if the chance comes around. Some pix are added to the kids blog for those of you interested:) Hope everyone had a great week and I will have another card on in the next day or so. Thanks for looking.

We are in Seattle for a couple of days. No cards to post they are saved to my laptop at home and I am working off of Craigs. We are posting for the boys on their blog though. Have a happy week.

Just a quick post here I posted to the kids blog and thought that I should add a picture here also. This is intended as a wedding type card. It turned out sparkly. It is always surprising to me when you sit down with one idea in your head and something completely different comes out. It wasn't what I had in mind when I started but I do like the final outcome. I was also surprised to find that I don't have any wedding stamps. I guess I will have to work on that oops sorry Craig. Thanks for looking.

Ok here it is this is what I have been working on the past week. I just couldn't get it the way that I wanted it. I think that it is done now and I think I am happy with it. What do you think?



This is a little closer so that you can see the white paper I used is actually the diamond paper. I used my favorite paper pattern Rockabilly and of course my favorite stamp set Just Jawing. I was up early this morning so I decided to finish this up and take pictures. Now I am in the mood to stamp again. Maybe I will have something more to add sooner this time. Well we are off to run some errands hope everyone is looking forward to a fun, relaxing, exciting, busy or whatever you have planned long weekend.

Thanks for looking.

I made this composition book with Jen in mind. She loves purple and she also looooves Eeyore. I just covered the pen in colored beads to match. I thought that it turned out cute. I think that I will make one with my Just Jawing set and Rockabilly paper next. Yep completely addicted to that set that is all I really want to use now. I am supposed to be cleaning the boys rooms today. I hate cleaning my own room but the boys are even worse. At least my room is partially my mess. And I have decided that boys do smell worse then girls. I'm sure that I will hear otherwise from them later when they read this but I am sticking with my statement. The boys are trying to decide what they want to do for their birthday parties this year. Jacob informed me on the way to school that he would like to take his whole class to Disneyland. I suggested we not do that. Jacob is my dreamer he also wants to buy the tent that we see set up in Sam's club just because it has a dog door in it. I explained that our dog is way to big to fit through that little door. He has solved that problem. He says we can just buy a dog for our dog and then leave Jumba home and only take the little one. Funny thing is Jumba would just eat a little dog and then we still wouldn't have a little dog for his tent and camping trip. He is funny. Zach is in the middle of testing for the end of the school year. He is handling it very well and very excited that he was invited to attend to program again next year. Jacob has been accepted in the school as well he will be in the regular program. It will make my life a lot easier and cut about forty minutes a day off of my travel time to and from the schools. Yeah. I will also have the whole day to myself starting next year. Makes me a little sad but I am more excited. Maybe I will have to fly to Disneyland all by myself for a birthday party for me;) Just kidding. Well kindof. Thanks for looking and hope that everyone is having a great day and enjoying this absolutely gorgeous weather.

My mom just finished and brought us this very pretty afghan that she has been making for Craig and I. Isn't it pretty I really like the way that it turned out. Craig picked the colors (old Jazz colors) and I really like the way that they turned out. She did a wonderful job and we love it. Can't wait for the snow to start flying again so we can put it to some good use:) Just kidding we are excited to have it but can wait for the snow. Thanks again mom we love it.

Not much in the way of excitement is going on around here I have been in a creative slump. I am still feeling the effects of my cold so I am blaming that. We read the Screwtape Letters in book club this month. And I have to admit I put it off and then it was to heavy a read to finish while I was sick. So that is now at the top of my list of things to do. Hope everything is going well for everyone out there. And thanks for looking.

ok it was teacher appreciation week this week and I totally forgot until I was dropping Zach off at school and saw all of the kids walking in with flowers. So I went home and made these picture frames and added the flower to them. This was my interpretation of flower day. I chose eeyore because Zach's cute teacher loves eeyore. This is very similar to a card that I made with eeyore on it before (it is in the blog history) so it made it a little quicker to get do. Craig is home from Jackson Hole and it is our 12th wedding anniversary today. Happy Anniversary sweetie!! I have a major cold and am feeling a little snotty :) today. Haha. It kind of bugs me that I am sick but I was thinking that I can be greatful since this is the first cold I have had all year. Usually I get at least one or two in Jan and Feb. So yeah I guess. Hope everyone is doing good and thanks for looking.

This card here was a very fun card to make. I think that the next one that I make though is going to be round I have seen some really cute ones that are round. Hope everyone had a great easter. We did I don't think I have posted since then. I made some really cute (or at least I think they are) picture frames for the kids for teacher appreciation week yesterday. It was supposed to be something involving a flower so I decorated a frame and put a flower on it. I will try and get the picture posted in the next couple of days. We read The Secret Life of Bees in book club last month. If you haven't read this book I highly recommend it. The movie is also a must watch. Queen Latifah is one of my favorite actresses and I thought that the part seemed like it was written for her. I enjoyed both the book and movie a lot. I even made my husband watch the movie with me one day and he said it wasn't bad. Which is a really good response coming from him about a chick flick. Hope everyone is doing good and thanks for looking.

Hope everyone had a good easter ours was really good. We had a great easter egg hunt at grandma and grandpas (see the boys blog). And on Sunday we all got to meet Jenny's boyfriend;) He is absolutely great by the way and we all love him and can't wait to see him again. {ok Jenn I need my twenty bucks now, just teasing Billy} He really is a great guy and we had a lot of fun. I am also very excited because he won tickets to 9 to 5 on broadway and won't be able to make it so he is giving his ticket to me and I get to go to New York with Jenn to see it. Yeah watch out New York here I come. I can hardly wait. Thanks again Billy and Craig thanks also for staying home for two days alone with the kids so that I can go. You are the best husband. This is one of the last two cards that we did in my final stamp club. I thought that it looked like a grasshopper but was informed after it was done by Jacob that it is actually a cricket. They both jump so aren't they technically the same thing. I am kind of sad for club to end but also excited to be able to use more of my stamps. So many times I only used current since that is all we can demo, and I have a lot of cute retired ones that I would still really like to use. Hope everyone is doing great and had a wonderful easter. Thanks for looking.

I thought that I had pictures on my camera of a couple of other cards to add but don't. So I had this one that I will add really quick instead. I thought that this turned out cute and really liked the color combos. This was Craigs valentines card that I made for him valentines morning when I realized that I had forgotten a card and he had one for me. I know terrible wife, hard to believe that I used to read almost all of the cards before getting one for him. I like to blame the kids for it but it but I know that it is me being lazy. I did really like the colors on this one though and the olive you stamp is one of my favorites. I don't have the recipe though and am to lazy to go get my book and put it together right now. Thanks for looking.

Craig and I spent a weekend in Vegas together he had been there for three weeks for work and I flew down to drive home with him. We spent three days before the drive though without the kids and it was very nice. We stayed in the Hilton Grand Vacation on the strip. Neither of us is all that crazy about Vegas but the hotel was awesome. All I ended up with were a few pictures of the hotel. I guess once you have seen Vegas once that is all you need. But it was nice to just relax and not feel like we needed to get a lot done. Usually on vacation we spend all sorts of time running and sight seeing and come home more tired then when we left. We spent a lot of time hanging out and relaxing in the hotel room. I think I took a nap every day that we were there and uninterupted. We also went and saw two of the Cirque shows while we were there. Ka at the Belagio and O at the MGM. They were both very good but my favorite was O, Craigs favorite was Ka. We did have a lot of fun and even though I was tempted to ask Craig if he would mind if I flew home I took the drive instead and am glad that I did. It was kind of fun to be on a road trip without the kids in the back asking every three minutes if we were almost there. Not that I don't love them but you know how it is. Hope everything is going well for all of you. Thanks for looking.

Here is my last card that I had to add. It is once again with the just jawing stamp set I also used the halloween paper from last year. Which I really love and now wish that I had ordered more of while it was still available. This post is dated for earlier in the month because I saved the picture but I am late posting. We are in Las Vegas for a quick getaway without kids. Craig has been here for three weeks for trade shows for work and I flew in this morning to spend a couple of days and then we will head home. Driving yes my very favorite thing to do I must really love him cause truth be told I kind of wanted to say I'll fly in for the weekend but I better fly home to be with the kids and you can drive it by yourself. And you can think I am horrible but lets face it who wouldn't prefer an hour long flt to a six hour drive. Hopefully I am not the only one out there. Yes Craig is reading this over my shoulder and now he knows what a horrible wife I am. Surprise surprise I guess that big surprise is that it really isn't a surprise after all. We are going to go and see a couple of cirque shows this weekend thanks to my sisters great boyfriend Billy. Hi Billy and Jenn and thanks again so very much. Unfortunately he couldn't make the trip at the last moment so Jenn went to New York instead and it is just Craig and I for the weekend. Well I want to say Hi to my boys really quick if they are reading and we love you.

My recipe is written down at home next to my work computer so I am going to try and recreate it
Paper: basic black, pumpkin pie and old olive
Ink: versamark with pearlex for the skull and black for the flowers
Stamps: just jawwing
Other: flower fusion, brads, pretties kit, black grosgrain ribbon and the black and white checkered (that I can't remember the name for right now) I zigzag stitched the two ribbons together with white thread.

Thanks for looking have a great weekend.

Ok I don't know why I try and put deadlines on myself it just doesn't work. Here is another card that I made last week or the week before this was done with Craig in mind. He is a huge Jack fan. I could have sworn that I had boughten some Nightmare stickers, when I noticed the spider web thingy on this paper it reminded me of those. Well I can't find the stickers but I had held onto the tag off of something Jack that we had boughten. So I just cut the head off of it and made a gift card instead of a bigger one. I thought that it turned out pretty cute when I showed it to Craig he just nodded indifferently. I think that he just blocks me out when I start talking stamping, oh well I guess I do the same when he starts yammering on about that one really lame sport that seems to be popular right now. You know the one where they chase that little bouncy ball around on the court and try to throw it up in the hoops hanging from the ceiling. Hahaha. Sorry Craig you know I don't follow the volleyball though. Bet you don't know what show that is from. Hope everyone is doing well, we are missing Craig but things are going good. Jacob and I have been using the cricket machine like mad today I think that we went through 3 packages of paper but we had fun. I got it for christmas and just barely pulled it out and I can't believe that I haven't used it before now. It was so much fun.

Recipe:
Paper: Halloween paper from last fall mini catalog, basic black

Other: pumpkin grosgrain ribbon and Jack tag

Thanks for looking and hope everyone is happy and loving life.

Another card with just jawing...does that surprise you? I guess it really shouldn't can I say that I think that I dream about this set at night. Yes I do I still love it. I also used the new rockabilly paper for it as well and I really like that paper as well I think that I am going to order like 10 packages of it so I don't run out. I was even thinking I might wallpaper my bedroom in it while Craig is out of town next week. Just kidding sweety (well kind of if nothing else the cost will stop me at two sheets per package I just can't afford it). We are getting ready for Craig to leave us for a few weeks which makes us sad but we have our big bad dog Jumba to fill in for him (at least that is the way that Jacob put it the other day). Easter candy is also out and I am proud to say that I am no longer even tempted by it. Not saying that this will last but it did make me feel good. I sat at the table with Craig and the kids the other night as they ate their first cadbury eggs of the season and I didn't once feel the urge to get out the fondue forks and fight anyone to the death for them. I think that that must be a good sign right. Well I hope that everyone is doing good and Julie I really hope that you saw my shout out yesterday if not here is another one. Oh and by the way I have also just recently discored the food blogs aren't they a ton of fun I love them. One of these days I am going to get ambitious and start making some of the things that I see on them. I did make my kids a special three choc hot cocoa this weekend it took two and a half hours. Jenny likes to point out that if I had made it on the stove instead of the crockpot like the recipe called for that it would have not taken nearly as long. But I like to point out all of the cooking time cause it makes it sound like a bigger deal then it really was. I got to play it when I can right. Well enough for now and on to the recipe for the card.

Recipe:

Paper: kiwi kiss, riding hood red, rockabilly paper

Ink: Basic black, versamark

Stamps: just jawing

Other: flower from pretties, clear rhinestone brad, silver brads, tab punch, 1 3/8 cir punch, scallop circle.

Thanks for looking.

shout out to julie

I tell you I am completely obsessed with this just jawing set. I have more cards to post that I made with it as well. I am really really going to try and make a more concentrated effort into getting stuff posted on here at least every two to three days. Right now I actually have several cards so hopefully I can post all week. My house is in total chaos right now, but lately it always is. I am cleaning out all of my kitchen cupboards though and getting rid of the excess. We have to much and no where to store it all. I am also always trying to do something with my basement. We have completely rearranged it and we got one of those big wall units from IKEA and Craig spent a day last weekend putting it together for me and we set it up so that it kind of makes a barrier between my stamping area and the rest of the room it looks really good. He did a great job. Well thanks for looking and like I said I will try and get a post on everyday this week until I am caught up with the cards that I have to add.

Recipe:

Paper: Bella rosa, riding hood red, chocolate chip, pink pirouette

Ink: Basic black and riding hood red

Stamps: just jawing

Other: jumbo binder clip, old olive grosgrain ribbon, choc chip twill tape, pretties kit (flowers and pearl) brown felt flowers, silver brads and pink rhinestone brads.

I also took a carousel notes and traced it onto the paper I wanted to use and cut it out.

Thanks for looking. Oh and let me give a great big shout out to my friend JULIE.

Here is a card that I made this week. I like the way that it turned out. I really like the colors, and I love the bella rosa paper and everyone knows how I feel about the just jawwing stamp set I love it. I would really like to go downstairs and stamp tonight but have to work so I won't be. Craig is finally home from his long trip to Houston for the halloween trade show and we are so glad to have him back. We don't have anything really exciting planned for the weekend just enjoying having him home. Zach has a Jr. Jazz game tomorrow though and they are always fun. He is doing great and having a lot of fun. Hope everything is going good for everyone. Thanks for looking.

Here is the other card from stamp club. As I am looking at it now I am realizing that I never watercolored it. Same with the one that I posted yesterday. Oops. I am afraid that this one had a lot of retired stuff on it but I hadn't gotten my order from the new catalog in on time so hope everyone can forgive me this time. I do really like the Mr. Twigster snowman though and I really liked the snowflakes that were in the winter mini catalog. Loving the new catalog by the way it has so many cute new things in it. I have finally gotten my family room back the way that I want it and am hoping to start spending some time stamping several times a week. I have really missed it and am looking forward to spending more time stamping. Hope everyone is well and thanks for looking.

Hi everyone, sorry here we go again me apologizing for not blogging. That is one of my New Years resolutions and so far I haven't kept it. This was one of the cards from stamp club I thought that they turned out cute, however it was not as easy as I thought that it would be. I had a really hard time covering the words on the little red dot next to the girl. It says you make me smile, when you hold the little viewer over it you can see it. Remember the old hidden messages that we used to get in cracker jack boxes. It was a totally cute idea but the ink for the words couldn't be to dark or you could see it through the red and if it wasn't dark enough you can't see it through the red at all. But it is still fun. Stamp club was also a lot of fun. I have started selling avon for anyone interested you can visit my site at youravon.com/kathyjamison. Thanks for looking I absolutely love Avon and have used it for years so I thought why not? You can also contact me from there so let me know if you need anything or if I can help.