Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween You All!!!

The kids were very excited today. Actually they have been very excited all week. Dh took off from work today to take us out Trick or Treating. We signed up at school to help in DS's class with games and dressing up the kids. Were going to visit my DH's work to show off the kiddos, and then to relatives houses. It will be a fun day and night...See you soon...

A few Iris folding Holiday Cards.

Hello everyone!

Here are a couple of Holiday cards I made with a Iris Folding stamp from Stamp Affair...Stamp N Plus Scrap N: Snowman stamp. It's a very fun project and not very hard to do at all. You stamp out the image, the image has the iris folding on it already and then you cut out the iris folding section with a cutting tool. Tape it to the image and start layering the pieces of paper on...The sentiment is from Hanna Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by...

Halloween is almost here!

Hello everyone!

Sorry I've been MIA for awhile but I have had alot of issues like a grandma funeral and some teeth problems...Anyways, Halloween is fast approaching and will be here soon. Here is a card my 7 year old daughter made with a stamp I won as blog candy. She is giving this to her sub teacher for Halloween. Her permanent 2nd grade teacher has been on maternity leave all of this school year and is coming back on Halloween. She also made a sucker with a tissue over it and it looks like a ghost...She made this card all by herself with her own supplies. The background is colored in with black chalk. Thanks for looking and have a nice day....~Kathy~...

Happy Birthday Matthew!

Today is my sons birthday! He is 6 years old. We have a fun day planned for him at a local hotel with all the relatives invited. The fun consists of swimming, lots of food, and presents. There is no school today or yesterday because of teachers convention so we have him all to ourselves. DH took off of work yesterday and today to spend with us. Here is the card I made for Matthew. It's Hanna Stamps Riley Car with SU So many scallops and SU punches. Image was colored in with Prismacolor markers. Thanks for looking and have a nice day! Come back again soon...

Joy To The World!

I thought I'd try this technique of bayering different colors...SU Wild Wasabi and Ruby Red. Then I inked up the image "Joy To The World" by Unity Stamp Company with Black Onyx Versafine ink...eye balled it...in cases it on the Black cardstock and waalaa..all done...pretty quick. That's all for today...

Unity Stamps

Here is a card I made for a SCS challenge FS85...Cased a card by E3Stamper: Shannon...The Santa and Distressed Dots are from Unity Stamp Company..,. The Sentiment is SU: So Many Scallops. Ink: Rubber Stampede green and Versafine Black Onyx. Paper: red and green Paper reflections, and GP white. SU punches: scallop circle, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle, corner ticket. Prismacolor Markers for coloring and Stickles to accent. Did you notice that I got a watermark? I found this free program to edit pictures and add a watermark. The free program is Picasa3. The first time I used the program it took forever...now it is simple. Unity Stamp Company has an all day party on Thursdays at the SCS Unity forum, start at 10:00 a.m. central time. It's called Hip Hop Thursday. It's a time to meet the designers and owners of the company...plus they have over $300.00 worth of prizes to give away every Thursday. If you go there on Thursday...you'll find me as jellychick. Thanks for stopping by...See you again soon...

Happy Birthday Brother-In-Law...

Happy Birthday Jeff!!!Here is the card I made for him...The moose stamp is Super Riley and the tag is from the SU Tag punch set. The tag was inked with SU Real Red, and Riley was colored in with Prismacolor Markers.

My daughter started Second grade today...while my son had a two hour Kindergarten class. They will both have a full day tomorrow and both be riding the bus...The last few days have been super hot and humid, while today only made it to about 70. The rest of the weeks forecast is predicting about 70. Oh don't we all love the fall weather...Have a super great day...I know I will...

Happy Birthday Gramps!

Happy Birthday Gramps!!! It's my father-in-laws birthday today! We'll be visiting him later today. Here is the card I made for him...

Recipe:
Stamps:SU Espress Yourself
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx
Paper: brown LSS, and Gp white
Extras: Bic Mark-It Markers, Cuttlebug and distressed stripe folder

Thanks for visiting and have a super day!!!

Hello!

Hello everyone...I hope you had a great weekend. Yesterday was my moms birthday and it was a total surprise. Yesterday I found a coupon for Michaels. It's for 40% off the regular price of your whole purchase. It was a mistake by the company because it was to say 20% off the whole regular purchase. Michaels changed it after the fact that lots of people had already gotten it. Here is where to find the coupon... http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/dottecom/Forum%20Chatter/330929741.jpg So they have to honor it...Make sure though if you use this coupon, give it to them first because they manually ring up every item or it will only take off 40% off one item. Another beautiful day here again. I hope you have a nice day.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my moms Birthday...Happy Birthday Mom. We are having a surprise Birthday party for her at 4:00 today. My dad bought the cake and ice cream and all of her kids(5) are bringing something. I'm the party planner of this birthday. I hope she is really surprised. Here is the card I made for her yesterday...

Recipe:

Stamps: SU Garden Silhouettes, SU So Many Scallops

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, SU real red

Paper: black and red LSS, white GP

Extras: Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots folder, ribbon, SU 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle punches, SU circle scallop punch, Rectangle Nestabilities.

On a lighter note...Obama was in our area today. My dad took my mom to the airport to see his big plane. The plane went right over my house. Hope you're enjoying the weather like I am...It was about 60 outside this morning and it is about 75 now and beautiful. Have a nice day..

Adding a signature line...

Hello. I don't know if you have this problem....but everytime I add my signature at the bottom of my post, I have to go and look it up and copy it and paste it everytime. Well I got tired of doing that, so I stopped placing it there and just typed it in. Today I found out how to automatically add it in everytime. I made up my signature at http://www.livesignature.com/. When I log into blogger, I see these options: new post, edit posts, settings, layout, view blog. If you are already logged in but viewing your blog, click customize in the upper right hand corner.Then when I click on settings, the new screen has three big tabs with a bunch of smaller tabs listed underneath going across the screen. Formatting is the 3rd one from the left. So when I start a new post, the signature is right there at the beginning, and I just click in front of it and it follows along as I type. I hope this helps. It sure is alot easier and saves alot of times.
Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!!!

Hello

Hello all...Not much to say today...My moms birthday is less than a week so I'll have a card to show then. The kids will be back in school in about two weeks. We have alot of cleaning to do before that time. First step, cleaning the kids room. As I'm typing I'm having them empty out all the toys in there room so we can at least get to the closet to hang up all their new clothes. We have most of the things they need for back to school. I better go help them, sounds like a war in there...See you later ~Kathy~...

Happy Birthday Melody!

Happy Birthday future sister-in-law, when will the wedding be...Got me...They've been engaged for more than 12 years. Anyway I made a card. I used one of my daughters stamps, Penny Black: Air mail. Apparently Melody got a real kick out of this card because she loves frogs, who knew? Recipe:
Stamps: Penny Black- Air Mail, sentiment: Hanna Stamps- Everyday Sentiments.
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx
Paper: unknown red, green ,and DP paper, also GP white.
Extras: Bic Mark-it Markers, brads, SU crystal effects, diminsionals, ribbon, and paper piercer.

That's it for today. Have a nice day. ~Kathy~

Happy Birthday Katie!

Today is my niece Katie's Birthday. She turned 13...She had a big party last Saturday.
This is a cute image from Stamping Bella: Partygirlabella and stamped with Versafine Black Onyx. Sentiment by Hanna Stamps: Everyday Sentiments. Image colored in with Bics Mark-It Markers. Paper unknown pink and green, and GP white. Punches SU circles and scalloped circle. Balloons were highlighted with SU crystal effects. I have one more birthday card to show for a birthday that was yesterday, so come back tomorrow. Have a nice day. ~Kathy~

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Happy 45th Anniversary to my mom and dad today. All their kids were their for their special day...all five of us and our families.
Here is the card I made. Image is Hitchedafellabella by Stamping Bella, and sentiment is Happy Harmony by Stampin Up. Paper is SU Certainly Celery, unknown pink, and GP white. Ink used was Versafine Onxy Black. I used my Cuttlebug for the Swiss Dots folder and the Nestabilites. Scallop punch from Fiskars Threading water and Ribbon is Certainly Celery from SU. I colored the image in with Prismacolor markers. I put stickles on the dress, shoes, veil, and hairpiece. ~Kathy~

You need primas?...Make some...

Do you have a zillion Prima flowers? Like most of us you probably do but you usually run out of those favorite colors first. Then you are left with a zillion flowers but you don't have any of those favorite colors hanging around anymore. Well, I found a site that shows you how to make your own Prima flowers. It looks really fun! I can't wait to try it myself! So, grab some colored cardstock, some flower punches, an embossing tool, and your scissors! Then visit this link, and have fun! Now you will have flowers in any color you want. I also have read that some people crumple up their paper, some wet it, some use mulberry paper, some highlight with markers, etc. So play around with it to get the look you want. Have a great day!~Kathy~

Happy Birthday Matt!

It's that day again...It's my DH's Birthday. It's also his day off from work and guess what he gets to do...he has a dental cleaning appointment. Thats not so bad...he has never had a real cavity in his life...just a small spot that had to be blasted off. Anyway it's his day and he gets to pick what he wants to do. I know he is going to want to go to a Chinese buffet because that is his favorite. We used to go to a Chinese buffet about once a week but now I'm burned out on Chinese. I guess I can make an exception today. Then we might go to Sams Club and pick up a cake and share it with some of the family. It's going to be hotter today...probably about 87 and hotter Tuesday and Wednesday with the humidy climing. Well anyway this is the card I made last night for my DH...It fit him well because he does all the grilling here and love it. He has a shirt that say"Grill Sergeant"on it so it fits him well.

Recipe: Stamps :Bella Stamping- Grillafella; Ink: Black; Paper: blue,green unknown, and GP white; Extras: Cuttlebug, Rectangle Nestabilities, distressed stripes folder,Prismacolor markers, Sukura Gelly Roll pen, and sentiment computer generated.

Thanks for looking and have a nice day!!!

What kind of fruit are you???

I took a quiz and this is what I found out...

You Are a Banana

You are mellow, easy going, and a total softie on the inside. People find it really easy to get along with you. You suit most tastes. And while you're very sweet, you're not boring or ordinary. You have an attraction to the exotic, and you could show up anywhere... doing almost anything! You are spirited, energetic, and a total kick to be around. You're also quite funny. Your sense of humor is on the goofy side, and it fits you well.

What Type of Fruit Are You?

Try it out for yourself...Have a nice day...~Kathy~

PTI Blog Hop

Hello all...I'm making this short and sweet...I just received my first set of PTI stamps from Kristy Vernon today in the mail, which I won on her blog...Thanks Kristy...Anyway I used the Lemon Tart paper that I got from her also. I ran my vellum through my Cuttlebug in the Heart Blocks folder. I used the set My Punny Valentine. I put my Lemon tart ribbon around the image. I used Versa ink. This is my first attempt at any PTI crafts. I had a really short amount of time to make this, it will be be better next time....The computer wasn't in my favor today either...Thanks for looking...Don't be to hard on me....Thanks again...~Kathy~

Vacation pictures!

Here are a few of our pictures from our last vacation trip to the Mall Of America in Minnesota. We stayed at the Fairfield Inn. The Fairfield is a very nice and clean place to stay. Nice but small pool with two hot tubs and excellent breakfast. First day was shopping and visiting the Underworld Adventures. Underwater Adventures is a must visit if you go there. There is alot of things to see there. They have live sting rays in a pool that you can touch. They have removed the barbs from the string rays so they are safe. There are alot of nice picture taking spots. You can see one picture here of me in a treasure chest in a play area that I had to crawl into. The second day we bought wristbands for the Nick Universe Park. The kids loved the rides. My DH loves the water log ride. The kids went on the water log ride a few years back, but didn't know what to expect, and now they won't go on it again...Of course they are 7 and 5 years old, when they are 10 or so they will probably go on it non stop. We did also visit the local pool a few days after we got back. Also on vacation we stayed at my parents cabin on a lake. The kids love it there. Well that's it for now...Thanks for coming back...see you soon...Have a nice day. ~Kathy~

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Happy 36th Anniversary Mom and Dad. Today is DH's mom and dads Anniversary. Here is the card I made for them. It's a Bella stamp with Pretty in Pink SU paper. Swiss Dots Cuttlebug emboss folder. The scalloped punch is Martha Stewart Simple Scallop.Gp white paper and unknown black. I colored the image in with Prismacolor Markers. Stickles were added to the dress, veil, shoes, and hairpiece. Thanks for visiting...see you again soon. I have a bunch of vacation pictures to share...see you then...~Kathy~

A Birthday card for a nephew!

Today is my nephew's 6th Birthday. Happy Birthday Kurt! We had a big celebration for him the other day, see Sunday post. We're on our way to The Mall of America, yep again... second trip there in less than a month. My Dh loves that Mall. I asked the kids if they wanted to go on the rides there but my DD says no. They want to got to the Water Underworld instead. Were staying over night at a really nice place across the street. Last year we stayed at the Days in across the street, and I will not go there again. The beds were really dirty on the bottom edge, yucky. I'd rather pay another $50.00 to stay in a nice place. I'l post the recipe for this card at a later time. We'll be on our way shortly. Thanks for visiting and see you again soon....Have a nice Day...~Kathy~

A card for a Challenge at Hanna Stamps on SCS

Here is one of my cards I made for the Hanna Stamps Challenge at SCS. Last week they had a release party going on, which I missed since I was out of town with no internet. I submitted it yesterday and I found out today that I won...'Doing the Happy Dance here'. Anyway, all the submitted summer/outdoor cards were put into a drawing and I just happened to win. I won The Lazy Day stamp set. It's my first official Hanna girl stamp set. I have like 24 of the Riley Hanna Stamps though. You can go and check out my card for the details at SCS if needed. Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon... ~Kathy~

Happy Birthday Sister!

It's a Birthday...My sisters Birthday is today. Happy Birthday Kris! We had a big party yesterday for her and my nephew Kurt, whos Birthday is on Tuesday. They had a big cookout at my parents cabin which consisted of corn-on-the-cob, fried walleye from Canada, brats, hotdogs, and all the trimmings. Of course there was a big cake and ice cream and cupcakes too.... What a prefect week and weekend it was. We were on vacation and stayed at The Cabin with family. The kids had a blast playing outside with cousins. My husband even made his traditional Breakfast Burritos, he made 24 of them. Most of the people ate 2, yummo...kind of like McDonalds but only better. He even made his potato pockets(aka hobo dinner). Here is the card I made for her...
Recipe:
Stamps: Hanna Stamps-Riley bakes, sentiment Penny Black Citters.
Paper: Pink texture unknown, Black, GP white, and DP unknown from my scrap pile.
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx.
Extras: Cuttlebug and Circle Nestabilities, paper piercer, black ribbon, stickles, SU word punch, Zig markers.

I hope you had a nice holiday weekend and I hope to see you back again soon, Have a nice day... ~Kathy~

Hi Everyone...

Hello to all...I've been on vacation, in and out most of the week...Not much to post. I have a couple of birthday parties for this weekend and I'll share the cards probably on Sunday. See you then...~Kathy~

A Golden Birthday Card

Here is the Birthday card I made for my niece Victoria, who turned 10 on the 10th. We weren't able to spend the day with her because she was on a fishing trip in Canada that week.
Recipe:
Stamps: Stampendous Fluffies- Floating Fluffies
Paper: unknown DP, black, and GP white
Ink: Versafine Onyx black
Extras: Cuttlebug, Rectangle Nestabilites, and Zig watercolor system markers
I'm on vacation again, see you again soon...~Kathy~

Father's Day Card.

Today is Saturday and it was a day of cleaning the house. Hey I even got DH in on the cleaning, lol. We had bible study at our house tonight and since my Dh had all of that time off awhile back and the kids are out of school, the house was turning into a real mess. I guess it has been worse, the kids just have to many toys and no where to put them. My Dh has this weekend off and always has Mondays off and then took Tuesday and Wednesday off. Tuesday is his Company's picnic and he took Wednesday off in case it rains on Tuesday. Well today he tells me he also has Thursday and Friday off and then goes back on the weekend. I say oh, you mean I'm stuck with you for a week, lol, I was kidding him...Well at least the house is clean today because we probably will be in and out all week.

Here is the card I made all the Fathers.

Recipe:

Stamps: Hanna Stamps- Riley Hammock, SU- All-Around Argyle

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx

Paper: LSS- brown, green, blue; GP white

Extras: Cuttlebug and Spots and Dots folder, Rectangle Nestabilities, embossing powder, brown ribbon, and Zig watercolor system markers

Well that's all for today, we have a church picnic tomorrow, see you soon...

Hello Summer!

I've been MIA lately. Yes vacation is over but the kids are out of school so I have alot less time to spend in the internet world. I will have some pictures and cards to share coming up. I'm just letting you know I'm still here and to keep coming back, thanks...

Second Posting today...

We started out the kids first day off by visiting the local pool. My daughter is like a fish in the water, takes after her dad. My son is a little more conservative like me. Here you can see my DH jumping from the highest diving board and a picture with DH and my son and daughter. We were there for four hours, it was kinda cool, 70 degrees, partly cloudy. We then went out to eat at a nice Chinese Restaurant. When we got home, me and DH were feeling kind of burnt. The kids just got a nice tan. Were were so burnt that we had a hard time laying in bed. We had to stay home the next day because we were so sore. The next day we went to The Mall Of America in MN. We first went to McDonalds for Breakfast. I took about 1 1/2 hours to get to the Mall. We spent alot of time walking. I visited my two favorite stores, The Disney Store and Archivers.

The kids favorite store is Lego Land. I bought a Score-Pal at Archivers and a few stamps, while I let my daughter pick a few stamps out too. For lunch the kids picked McDonalds, while we picked a Chinese Place. Next time maybe in July, we might go back and stay overnight across the street and buy tickets to the Nick Universe. They are in the process of remodeling right now. Later that night we decided to take the kids to our hometown McDonalds for Supper. They had a hamburger and apple dippers so that isn't all that bad. The happy meal toy was from the Kung Fu Panda Movie, which we went to the week before on opening day and the first showing. I also got a happy meal so they could get extra toys since they loved the movie. The fun was almost over on Friday because we had company over so we had to clean house, but me and my friend went to a Friday The 13 th Stamp Party at a LSS. It was fun day too. Saturday my DH had to go back to work. Make sure you come back soon because I have a Riley Father's Day card to show you. See you then...