Couple of Cards!

This weekend we took a lazy weekend. Which we needed desperately, however my house looks like a tornado hit it. We helped out some friends and did a little babysitting over night, we had three extra kids all under the age 10. WOW! What a mess 5 kids can make. But we all had fun! I did get some stamping done. I even got a few things cleaned up in the crafting room. I am working on unmounting my stamps so I ran through about 3 sheets of EZ Mounting foam (which does not take long) then called and ordered 10 more sheets of ez mount. SO I am anxious to receive those! I am out and I was on a roll. Unmounted stamps are just too easy to use, and take up so little space.

Any way the top card here is the use of Pink. I think I used every shade of pink I had. The stamo set is called Groovey Girls by The Angel Company! The flowers under the girl spell out Groovy just a little hard to see it in the picture.

With this card I used my sizzix alphabet. I was a little disappointed with the lettering set. I have to actual piece all the letters together and pray I get them straight to just use the letters, otherwise I have to use them stenciled out like I have here. So if anyone out there has a fun alphabet set they are willing to sale reasonabley cheap. (under 40.00) Give me holler! I'm in search of another alphabet set for my sizzix. The penguin is a stampin up stamp. Pretty simple card but alot of fun to do!
Have a wonderful week! I orked on Valentine cards this weekend too, but I have to get to work now. I'll post them later!

Peek A Boo!

Last night my youngest boy Denver (he is 2 years old) was playing around before bed time. So I wanted to share with you what a ham bone he can be! You can never have enough videos or pictures of you children.

The last time my mom came up to visit with me she brought up a bunch of her house mouse stamps and we sat and stamped out each others stamps. So I have been working on coloring some of those for Valentine cards. Nothing done yet. I am still working on the boxes for Dallas's school treats. I have them all cut out and just need to glue them and add embelishments. I am trying to keep it simple. But I have been joining image swaps and ATC swaps through SCS. So that to is keeping me busy!

There is still time to join the decorated envelope swap! I could use two more people to join the Hallmark sized envelopes if you are interested. Sign up is by Feb 10th don't wait too long!

Have a Great Day!

Dallas and Denver! Watching Spongebob!

Is it Friday yet?

Just wondering!

I have been working on a cross stitch project lately and have been trying to get it finished I am making a set of coasters for a thank you gift for a wonderful person who has been very nice to me, the last few months. So no stamping done last night.

My Aunt Barb from Minnesota sent me this picture of the baby. Isn't he cute?

Is It Friday Yet?

Another ATC

Here is another ATC I have been working on! These were pretty easy and didn't take much time to make. I made 11 of these to share with my pals. Winnie the Pooh is a paper punched on a scrap piece of paper and the top is torn off with a fold. The flower was punched out with a sizzix machine in white paper, and I used ink pad to color it pink and a blue brad in the middle. The saying was stamped on white paper and the edges also torn. It was alot of fun to create!
Have a Great Day!
It is snowing here suppose to snow most of the day with 2-4 inches expected.

It's Monday!

Hello Floks today is monday and many of us are heading off to work. I know that I am. I have a full week ahead of me. We normally have every other friday off but this month the boss is making us work our friday off and giving us a four day weekend at the end of the month. Which stinks right now but come the 4 day weekend and it will be awesome! I spent much of yesterday sorting out valentine images and taking them to the PO. Gals that is over with. It was alot of fun and alot of different images to color. I also worked on ATC's for some swaps and for my pals that I send out monthly ATC's to. This ATC idea was taken from http://paperiini.blogspot.com/ . She inspired me to use this stamp set. So today I have been working on Valentine ATC's this Valentine truck took up a great deal of time. This is the stampin up loads of love truck stamped on pink cardstock. Using marvy matchables ink. The hearts was stamped on a designer paper so that I didn't have to color each and every heart. I used a corner rounder with the heart on it for all the corners. Iused a gel pen to color the hub caps and fenders. Prisma colored pencils for the tires and girl. I made 20 of these, well I am in the process of making 20. They are all put together just need to color about 15 more of them. It got to be too late and needed to get to bed.

I did get to spend the day with my mom on friday! We sat around and talked and stamped and shared ideas. She brought me some new House Mouse stamps,I am anxious to play with those. I also got to stamp out some of her stamps so that I have some things to color. I am getting addicted to stamping. It's all I think about.

I also made a Valentine card for a Secret sister!

When I stickered the heart on it I didn't realize everyone was going to read it as such "I hugs you"! It was intended to read "I love you" or "I heart you" but i guess "I hugs you" works too, since we are distant friends.

Well I hope every one has a wonderful Monday! And the weather

gets better for everyone. It can't snow for ever. Can it? We received another inch of the white stuff yesterday! Burr! Hard to think spring cards and flowers or even Easter when it is snowing outside.

I am doing an Easter image swap now on Split Coast stampers. Check it out can be alot of fun shareing your stamped images with other people. It is in the products and images thread.

Winner of the RAK

Bluemoon

Bluemoon said...
I don't have one :(( , do you need alot of hand strength for one? :)


Please email me your name and address at mjfincham@hotmail.com

Sorry for not getting here sooner today. I am having computer problems, we think my video card is going out on me but we are not sure because the computer works and then sometimes the screen goes all goofy and I have to reboot it. We thought it was the ram so we bought new ram nope keeps doing it, so our next step is to buy a new video card, but they don't sell these things cheap. I jsu had my car in for an oil change and tire rotation and it needed all sorts of other things changed and replaced. 500 dollars later I get my car back. 500 dollars could have bought a lot of computer parts but even more rubber stamp supplies!


Blue Moon if you can e-mail me your name and address I will mail out a Surprise RAK on Monday since my mail has all ready gone out for the day and no mail on sundays. Thanks for checking back.

Penguin Paradise Post Card

I lurked in a swap for a while and then decide to join after reviewing my stamps,this is a stampin up set called penguin paradise, it is old and retired. I buy alot of my stamps old, retired and used. It is alot cheaper that way. I love to garage sale and I found this set at a yard sale this last summer. I am so looking forward to garage sale weather again. Tired of the snow, would like to be outdoors a little bit more. Any way I created 6 of these cards. They are actually Post Cards, something I have never designed before because I have a hard time thinking in 1 layer. The word stamp is The Angel Company. Not sure of the name of the stamp set, I think it was just recently retired as well.

I have joined a Stampin up group. Where I commit to buying 15 dollar every month and one month I will host a party and get the hostess gift and such benefits. So I will be buying new stampin up stamp sets soon. Be patient with me. I just received my new stampin up catty, haven't had a chance to look through it with a fine tooth comb yet but I will.

Check back tomorrow my son is going to pick a name out of the hat for the lucky winner of the RAK coming your way! I'll post it sometime tomorrow! Thank you for all your comments on the cropadile II.

Scrap book page!

I haven't done a scrap book page in years and I think this shows it well. Well I at least I have attempted it again and can tell I need to practice but it's not completely terrible! I'll keep it, besides I love those boys they are so cute! I guess I just need to add more embelishments, or another picture!

This is just another project I have been working on lately! More to come and don't forget to leave me a comment foor yesterday's questions. I still haven't found anyone that has bought it yet. We all want it. I think it would be as easy as a stapler to use. But I still have the spring loaded eyelet punch set. I had to give up the hammer and board so anything would be easier to me.

Giving away an RAK! Post me a comment!

At the bottom of this psot leave me a comment telling me about your new cropadile II and I'll put your name in a drawing for a special RAK!


Sorry I have been MIA lately. Can't believe it has been a week since I last posted. Time flies when you are having fun! I have been pretty busy lately. I have gotten some stamping done. First I want to show you a RAK I received for JT's monthly Aloha RAK http://expressivelyme.blogspot.com/. It is a beautiful card made with chip board and my initials. This is going on my corkboard to be displayed.

I also got a new storage drawer for my unmounted stamps. I have been converting all unmounted stamps from magnet to acrylic mounting and storeing them in cd jewel case. This drawer system is perfect for them. My boss had this setting in the basement at the dental office I work at collecting dust. So I aksed if I could have it and he said yes. Yeah for me! The drawers are perfect size for the cd cases.

Now you probably want to see some of my work. We had our little group get together on friday. Our challenge of day was to create these two cards! Which was alot of fun! I really had a great time and learned alot. I have created som much this last week I am going to share a little bit at a time. I think my favorite card is the M&M Card. But I love chocolate. My mom made YUMMY treats for our snack she crushed up oreo cookies and cream cheese and dipped the oreo balls in

This is my youngest boy (he's 2) helping me in the crafting room. Denver and his brother have their own area in the stamping room, and stamping sets and crayons, so they leave mom's stuff alone. My Husband tries to remind me that they are boys and should not be crafting and should be playing with trucks. I say there is nothing wrong with being creative and developing their artistic genes.

I also received a wonderful Calendar from a dear friend of mine. I have learned so much from her on stamping, coloring and painting. She can always pull me get out of a lure in my creative juices. Thank you Stephanie for the wonderful calendar! I have that hanging on my cork board as well to be displayed. This way I know what day it is when I am fillingout the back side of my ATC's. Stephanie put alot of work and time into this calendar. I couldn't take a picture of each individual page. You get a oretty good idea from the picture. Each month is different and on both sides.

Well it is getting late and I have a few more things I need to post on before I head to bed. Check back again soon I finally made a scrapbook page, that I am going to share as well as some new ATC. I am workingon ATC's to trade at the stamping convention that is coming up this spring. I have not gone to a stamp convention in like 7 years. Major withdrawal! Saving my money. All though I have bought a few things from split coast stampers lately. I got a couple of new House mouse stamps, two new Bella stamps, and some new accessories. Mostly ribbon! But also some brads and eyelets!

Has any one boughten or used the new cropadile II from the HSN shown on TV lately? It looks like an enormous stapler. Leave me a comment on what you think about it, or if you do not have it but know someone who does. Tell me what they have said about it. I am trying to convince my DH that I need it. Post a comment by January 25, 2008 and I'll put your name in a drawing for a special surprise RAK from me. It's a surprise RAK because I am not sure what it will be yet but I am sure you'll like it! We all like fun things in our mail box!

Happy Monday! Here is a thank you card that I created for a swap I joined recently. It was kind of fun coming up with different shapes for each letter of the word Thanks. I think I should have added ribbon or something as well. But I didn't want to make it to busy looking. I have a tendency to make things look too busy.

But I have had a busy busy crazy monday and I have a birthday card to create yet! So I have to get off this computer and go create something great.

This is my wonderful Sister Tina is turning 27 years old tomorrow and she is a sweet dear sister to me she bugged and drove me crazy as a kid and now we are nest friends.

Happy Birthday Sis! Hope you have a great day!