More Happy Mail

I wanted to share some more of my beautiful birthday cards that my friends over at Utah Divas International.

This spectacular Taken With Teal card was created by Sara Chamberlain. She used the Essence of Love stamp set by Stampin Up. I love the way she created a window with the scallop circle. Thanks Sara

This amazing card was created by Janice Rock. I just love the simple layering and embellishments in the perfect places. I must be in a purple mood this month because almost anything in purple catches my eye. The Almost Amethyst goes so nicely with the Elegant Eggplant. The punched flower has a cute rhinestone brad and the vase from the Best Kind of Friend set has been cut out with a bow perfectly placed on it. I appreciate your thoughts and efforts. Thanks

This bright and cheerful card was sent to me from my long time friend Tammy Fite. Tammy and I have been swapping for a few years now and I have been such a fan of her work. I love the combination of Real Red and Tempting Turquoise, a little splash of ribbon and a few deco brads and voila! instant smiles.

Thanks Tammy, I love it!

More Birthday Mail

Well I'm such a dork. I hit the publish button too soon. Here are some of the other fabulous cards I have received.

Isn't this mouse just too cute. Kathy Blanco created this little cutie. I am jealous she has the larger scallop punches. I need to break down and get those. She stamped a mouse on the envelope too so I couldn't wait to see what was inside. Thanks Kathy!






This purple flower card is the creation of Jill St. Angelo. Jill used the Polka Dots and Paisley by Stampin Up! I just love these colors, but then who doesn't enjoy Perfect and Pale Plumb together. Thank You Jill for thinking of me.












This card was sent to me from Max on behalf of all of my stamping friends at Utah Divas International. This is fabulous group of ladies that share and lend support to each other in both good times and rough. The members are from all over the stamping world, and I am so glad I have the privilege to call each and every one my friend. Thanks Ladies and I look forward to meeting so many of you at convention.






Pat Washburn created this card. You can't tell by the picture, but Pat embossed the flower from Stampin Up's Live Your Dream set and then rubbed (I think) Guava ink over the top to make the petals of the flower pop. She also did shadow stamping to give the flower added dimension. I had forgotten about this technique. I think I feel a revival coming at my next workshop. Thanks Pat and everyone for sharing my day with me.

Birthday Mail

Wow have I recieved some amazing cards in the mail over the past few weeks. It tickles me so much to recieve hand stamped cards. I know the work and thought that was put into it and I really appreciate the thoughts.

This adoreable hippo card that Bev Williams sent to me has such amazing detail to it. Each layer is hand dotted and the Elegant Eggplant and Cameo Coral layers have been embossed with this great dot pattern. I think I am going to have to add this embosser to my arsenal of embossing folders. The hippo is so adoreable, she layered his head to give him extra dimension. Too Cute!

And The Winner Is......

Well, Jeanna, and Lisa are my winners this time around. I will get your goodies out in the mail to you in the morning. Jeanna, I will sending out to you a 7 Gypsies Rubber Band Mini Scrapbook and a Travel Pack of stickers, tags, and embellishments for your new book. Lisa I will be sending you a Fiskars Tool Taxi and a spool of pink and brown polka dotted ribbon.

Congrats ladies, and thanks for stopping by.

I have received some great birthday cards in the mail of the past few days and I will post pics of them over the next few days.

Thanks ladies

Birthday Booty Time!

Hi Bloggers,
As you can tell from my birthday counter it's almost my birthday. I wanted to give you the viewers of my blog a birthday gift from me. I will have two giveaways and I will post the pics after I go torture myself at the gym. All you have to do is post to this thread. I will randomly draw two winners on Tuesday morning. Please make sure you include your email if you don't have a blog so I can contact the winners.

Come back later to see the goodies up for grabs.

Now off to kickboxing aerobics to get my butt kicked, ohhh I mean kick some butt.

Scallop Note Purses

Well, I'm back stamping again. One of my clubs decided that they wanted to make Scallop Note Purses. I found a great tutorial at Jan Tinks's fabulous blog. If you've never been there, you must take a peek; she's a hoot.

This is the one that I made. These were really fun and not as difficult as I thought they would be. Now you may notice that I have a Pretty in Pink scallop as my flap. You may be wondering which package of scallops did I find that one in, well, I didn't. I took one of my scallop notes and made a template. I wanted different colors than the Stampin Up! package offered so I made my own in the colors that fit my design. My club members absolutely loved their projects. They had so much fun and stepped out of their comfort zones and let the creative juices flow and WOW. These ladies all loved the projects that they created. Each one was so uniquely different. I know I had the most fun watching them.

On my purse I used Stampin Up's Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, and Close to Cocoa cardstocks, and Rose Red Designer Papers. I added some Hodge Podge hardware and ribbon from the Flirty Originals assortment.

Kristie was so proud of her project. All of the supplies used on her project were Stampin Up's too.

How Does My Garden Grow

I am pretty excited to see the new things growing in my garden. I have added a blueberry bush to my front porch. It is so fun to be able to walk right out the front door and pick a handful of blueberries and toss them in my yogurt. Sooo fun! I had given my mom one of these bushes for Mother's Day. I wanted to give her something healthy and different, but I enjoyed her bush so much I needed one of my own. It is so cool that the bush was already loaded with green berries. They are ripening at the perfect pace; not at the same time.





My other success right now is my patio tomato plant. It's loaded too! While tomatoes are being pulled off the shelves at the local market, I am pulling them off my plant. I was able to pluck three off today so I can't wait to put them in my salad tonight. This is the best part of gardening; being able to eat the fruits of your labors.

Can you believe all of those cute little tomatoes?

The bottom left corner is my mint plant too. It is doing well. I say this because somehow last year I killed one. I know, I know it's almost impossible to kill mint, but I did. I wasn't discouraged though, I confidently returned to my Lowes garden shop and started over, and VOILA! It is growing nicely. I'll have to keep you posted on the Rosemary plant. He's still little but so far so good.

Thanks for reading my little gardening journal. I'll have stamping stuff to post tomorrow.

Happy Mail!!!

Look what came in the mail.

I am such a lucky girl to have Jeanna as my stampin sis for this go round. Look at all of the fabulous stuff she sent me. The metallic card stock is textured (WOW), the penguin is a jumbo paperclip, plenty of glitter (I love glitter!). Can you believe how classy the jar filled with kisses is? The photo doesn't do it justice. She expertly colored the flower on the lid and bee on the band, OMG! The three cards she stamped are gorgeous all made with Stampin! Up products.

Am I a lucky lady, or what? Thanks Jeanna

I've Been Inspired

Well I'm back again. I needed a birthday card for my aunt. I wanted something cool and different but I wasn't sure what the right style would be and then I saw it. I was blurffing (blog surfing) and happened to check my friend Daisy of Eclectic Paperie's blog and there they were....apron cards. Now this may sound strange, but my aunt hand sews aprons. I am fortunate enough to own several of these amazing aprons. My aunt doesn't own a sewing machine, every stitch is done by hand. So I knew this was the perfect card for her birthday. Once the card was done, I was so tickled with my creation, that I will making a few more this evening. One will definitely be going to my stampin sis Jeanna.

For this card I used My Mind's Eye DP was used for the striped front apron, and Stampin Up's Sky Blue was used for the pockets; So Saffron Classic ink was sponged on the inside with a dauber. I added a couple of pale yellow Primas and a touch of bling in the center with tiny light blue jewels.

Thanks Daisy for helping me find my inspiration!