Blog Candy Booty

As promised I said I would post a pic of the blog candy I was sending out to my winner. Since this package is going across the Atlantic to Finland, I wanted it to be special. I included in the altered paint can some 3-d stickers, a fun package of tissues, some mylar stickers, a set of Stampin Up stamps, and for a little bling bling.... I threw in some of the new rhinestone brads from the new Stampin Up catalog.

This went in the mail this week. A huge congratulations to Kirsi! I hope you enjoy your package.

I can't believe I have already reached 800 hits on my little site. Stay tuned and check back regularly; when I hit 1,000 hits I'll offer up some more blog booty for my visitors.

Thanks for checking in. See you soon.

And The Winner Is....

I want to say thank you to everyone who posted comments and much appreciated birthday wishes. I appreciate the feedback and comments and I will try to incorporate these suggestions into my posts. I drew a number randomly from a Starbucks cup and drew 12.

And the winner of my birthday blog candy is.... Kirsi!!!
Krisi said...
Happy Birthday! I like to see cards and altered items. And it's always great to see personality on blogs.

Krisi please email me your snail mail address and I will send out your goodies. I will post a picture of the goodies just before I mail them out.

There is significance to the use of a Starbucks cup. I am, like many, a consumer of Starbucks coffee products, and have my own little Starbucks set up in my kitchen complete with the new ceramic cups that look like the paper ones used in the cafes. I don't have a daily Starbucks habit like some that I know, but I do buy their beans (Arabian Mocha Sanani is my favorite) and brew a fresh pot daily. I do love dark roast coffee with a splash of yummy flavored cream.

Well, I have passed gracefully into another year of life. I had the privilege of volunteering my time with some of my family members at a fundraiser for our local zoo. I look forward to this event every year. It always falls around my birthday. I love that I get to help a place I love, and have loved taking my son, and look forward to taking my grandchildren sometime way, way, way, into the future. So I spent my evening at the zoo with my family.

I do have to brag about one gift I received from my mom. She knitted a shawl for me. The yarn she used was spun from alpaca fur. These animals look like small furry llamas. It is the most gorgeous rich purple color and the softest thing you can imagine. I have never felt anything this soft and cuddly. I love this even more because my mom made it for me. She told me when she gave it to me that it is a hug from her whenever I need one, I can wrap myself in it.

I Scream, You Scream,....

Being that it is officially summer now, I thought I would post one of my favorite birthday cards. I am so bummed that Stampin Up is retiring Simply Circles. I have to admit I wasn't Wowed by this set when we received it at convention a couple of years ago. But slowly it grew on me and since I have used it in workshops quite a bit.

I'm sorry I have no idea who to credit for this idea. I saw this idea on a display board at Stampin Up Regionals a few years back and snapped a picture of it. While looking through some of my old pictures for ideas, I stumbled upon it, and Voila! I had my new favorite summer birthday card. This card is the fastest, simplest card you can imagine. You take some Only Orange cardstock, use the small corner rounder to round all four corners. Then you punch a partial 1 3/8" circle, then add the teeth bite marks by punching partial circles with a single hole punch insde of the bigger partial circle. The craft stick, which I did not "obtain" from the doctor's office (wink, wink, nurses bribe pretty easy), and stamp on it in Only Orange ink the random dots from Simply Circles and then staple it onto the back of the card. This card does require a bigger envelope, but everyone is absolutely delighted to receive this card on their birthday.

Birthday Cards

Wow, I have recieved some awsome birthday cards. I will take pictures tonight and post the one I have recieved from of my bestest Utah Divas and friends.

I want to thank everyone for thoughts that have come my way through a little paper and ink.

Stay tuned for the pics..........

Blog Candy!!!!

Ok, I am going to give away my first Blog Candy gift. My birthday is this weekend so I thought I would give away a gift to my visitors. I am not going to post a picture, but I will give you a hint. There may be some rubber, and maybe something sticky, maybe even something that sparkles a bit. Are you intrigued? All you need to do is post a little something telling me what you would like to see me post on my blog.

I am really new at this and want to know what others are looking for when they are blog surfing. That's it, pretty easy. I will draw randomly for the posts on Sunday morning and mail a pretty gift wrapped box out to the winner. I look forward to your feedback.

Aren't Sisters Great?

Aren't sisters great? Stampin sisters are equally as special. this adorable hat box was sent to me as a gift from my Stampin Sister Shelly R. Let me brag a bit about Shelly. She has made me some of the cutest projects. I have shown them at workshops and received oooo's and ahhhh's over them. When I received my box this month from her my jaw fell open, I love this hat box.

For those who don't know what a Stampin Sister is let me explain. I am a member of an on-line group called Utah Diva's International. One of the activities in this group is the Stampin Sister program. It is sort of like secret pals, but you know who the other person is. The main requirement is you send your sister some Stampin Up items from her wish list and a few hand made projects. We also email one another to get to know each other better. I have had the opportunity to get to know some fabulous ladies. It has also been a great support having that one on one as I have gone through a difficult time earlier this year. Shelly has been a jem to get to know this last couple of months.

On this project Shelly used all SU products. She decoupaged designer paper from the Slumber party collection onto the hat box. She stamped and cut out two of the Big Blossom flowers and layered them on top of each other and then curled some of the petals. She added her favorite stamp set, that is unfortunately retiring, Bold Butterfly. She also stamped and cut out small flowers from the Bold Butterfly set to sprinkle them all over the top of the box. This box is so absolutely adorable!

Thank you Shelly for such a fabulous gift!

My First Lunch Tin

Can you believe it took me so long to make one of these cute boxes? I bought a few of them last year and then "put them away" in the garage and forgot about them. I have admired them ever since they splashed across the boards. This was a relatively easy project. I think the most challenging part was cutting the right spots for the lid. I need to make a couple more to send to a couple of fellow Stampin Up Demos. Although I really wanted to use some other cool papers but I wanted them to be able to use them in their demonstrations so I chose all Stampin Up supplies for this project. I designer paper from the Spring Flowers collection and the ribbon is Apple Green Grosgrain. I think I need to add some tied ribbon accents to the handle and this one is ready to send out.

I can't wait to get home from work to make a couple more!

I'm A Winner!!!

I won Blog Candy from Wanda's site. Sorry it took me a little while to post about it. This is the first time I have won. I have entered for many blogger giveaways, and never won. Imagine my surprise when I was making my daily rounds and saw my name right there on Wanda's page. I had to do a double take to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks on me. For those of you who have never visited her site you are missing out. She posts some of the cutest ideas. I really liked one of her recent posts for candy bar holders. Too cute!

Thank you Wanda for making my day, and giving me some wonderful ideas to play with.

I'm Back and Punchin'

Well, work has gotten in the way once again. The last week and a half has been so hectic. One of my main admin assistants resigned just before the end of month billing. So needless to say, we have been up to our eyebrows in invoicing and field forms from my technicians. For those who don't know, I am the vice president of an engineering firm. We work closely with the construction industry. What that means is when someone doesn't get their job done, I'm the back up, I am also the wearer of many other hats in our office.





Well on to today's post, I belong to this wonderful on-line group of Stampin Up demos called Utah Divas International. One of the best swaps in the world is the Stamp Camp in a Box Swaps. These swaps are designed around a theme and the results are fabulous. There are usually three levels of cards, two to three 3-D projects, and then a variety of other projects ranging from trading cards, to 6x6 pages for a total of around 8 projects. The idea is that you could take the ideas you received from the swap and build a complete stamp camp. I love these swaps!

My very good friend Lisa is the hostess with the mostess for these swaps. I chose these little notebooks as a 3-D project for the swap. I took my inspiration for the little clipboard on the cover from a card saw on Beate's blog. I used all Stampin' Up products for this project. I chose my paper from the new Pallet of Prints package. I just love my punches, I used the Rounded Tab punch, the Spiral Punch, and the Corner Rounder punches. For the clipboards I used Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery and topped them with Close to Cocoa. for my ribbon, I used the Moss and Light Pink Gingham, and the Light Pink and Olive Narrow Organdy. These were simple but I liked them.

I can't wait to see what everyone else has done for this swap. It's like Christmas waiting for my box to come back in the mail.