Last day of vacation!

Today was the last day of summer vacation! Me and the kids had to go to school today to meet the teachers and do all the paperwork. After that we went to the Children's Museum to play for about 2 hours. The kids love the Eau Claire Children's Museum. After that we went shopping at Menards to pick up a few things. Tomorrow will be very different around here since I'm a stay-at-home-mom. My daughter already asked me today that if I was gonna start going through stuff to get rid of so she can have her own room. Well probably not gonna happen tomorrow, since I have a ton of things to do like cleaning the deck and re-staining it.

I got something kinda special yesterday... I might post it later this week! It's been something I wanted for aloooooooooooong time, LOL. See yah later... :) Kathy~

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's Birthday. Were having a party tonight for her with all her kids being there. I made this card awhile ago. It's made with Unity Stamps and Stampin Up products. I haven't made many crafty things lately other than my first scrapbook page of the kids at Christmas. The kids have 7 full days left of summer vacation, so we have been trying to spend as much time together before school starts. We have all their school goodies all gathered up and ready. My computer doesn't have the malware bug any more but it still is slow since it's an old 2004 desktop. Recently after getting my computer back and being online, I couldn't even get Internet Explorer to open so I went to windows update and it opened a window online....yes!!! I then downloaded Mozilla Firefox and I have been having faster loadings. Firefox is a lot different than IE but I'm kinda liking it, since it is saving me a lot of time compared to what I'm used to.
Thanks for stopping by and have a super great day!

Hello!

Hello! Just letting you know that my computer is sick... Got some kinda bug that is putting x-rated pictures in ads at places I visit. We have Norton360 updated and it still lets bugs in. The computer is running super slow so no new pictures here. Last week was VBS and I was the craft teacher. VBS went great and the kids loved all the projects, maybe I can post the projects at a later time. My DH is on vacation this week so maybe will take the computer in to be wiped out! See you again soon... I'm hoping.... ~Kathy~

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Happy Anniversary to DH's mom and dad! Stamped with Unity stamps with SU markers and SU Two-way glue with SU Dazzling Diamonds.Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Another birthday card!

The other day I saw an awesome sketch over at Gina K's Stamp TV. I needed to make a Birthday card for my sister and I thought this would be perfect for the one and only Gina K stamp set I have. Her favorite color is red so I thought this turned out pretty good. I colored the image in with SU watercolor pencils.As for yesterday, we watched fireworks and the kids had the most awesome time ever! Did you notice I posted three days in a row! Probably not a record for me, maybe I could change that!

Happy Birthday Kurt!

Today is my nephew Kurt's 7th Birthday Party. His family is having the party at our family's cabin on the lake. The party food is to include Walleye from Canada (which they caught while in Canada a few weeks ago) and deep fried wild turkey (which my brother shot with the bow and arrrow this past turkey season), and all the birthday trimmings! Here is the card I made for my nephew Kurt. He loves to fish, so I thought he would like this card! The fish stamp and fishbowl stamps are from Rubbernecker Stamps. The sentiments is from Stampendous Changito Notes. Should be a fun party. Tonight is fireworks, not sure if we are going.
Have a safe and have 4th!!!! I might be back with another card tomorrow, my sister is having her Birthday party... more birthday fun and food...

Chalk-Ah-Lot...

Hello and Good day to you! It's one day away from the 4th of July. Here is a card I made for a girl at church that recently got confirmed. The cross stamp is Verve. I recently bought some Verve and I really like them. I used Chalk-Ah-Lot powder chalk to color in the background, you can find Chalk-Ah-Lot powder chalk if you go to Stamp N Plus Scrap N, which you can find on my side bar.I have a birthday party for a nephew to go to tomorrow night. I haven't made him a card yet, might be one in my stash. Last week we put up our swimming pool and the kids haven't got a chance to take a dip in it yet because it has been too cold here. Last week it was in the 90's and this week it has been in the 60-70's. Today is suppose to hit 80 and warming up next week into the high 80's, were gonna roast again! So I think they will be in the pool today.

Have a wonderful 4th of July!!!

Garden Gal

I made this card yesterday. Kinda been slipping away from making much lately since the kids are on summer vacation. This Garden Gal is from Stamp N Plus Scrap N, and is an Iris fold stamp. She is colored in with copics, Prismacolor Markers, Bics mark-its, and SU markers. I added some shimmers to the hearts and on the flower on her hat.

Thanks for droppping in... see you again soon! Have a great weekend!

Creative blog candy...

You can find some creative blog candy on Deena's blog... http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/100000-hits-blog-candy/#comment-3081

Unity Stamp Co. KOM Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to Unity's KOM Blog Hop. If you haven't arrived from the organisedmess.blogspot.com then you will have to go back to the Unity Stamp Co. Blog. Today I'm showcasing a card made with Unity's April KOM. This set contains awesome images like all the other KOM's do. This butterfly is certainly a beautiful site and the word celebrate goes wonderful with it. All products used to make this card besides the Unity April KOM, are Stampin Up.Supply List:
Stamps:Unity April KOM
Paper: Stampin Up Kiwi Kiss, white, and Raspberry Tart DP
Ink: Stampin Up Kiwi Kiss
Extras: Stampin Up Scallop Edge Punch, Stampin Up Pretty In Pink ribbon

Thanks for joining in on the Unity's KOM Blog Hop! Now hop on over to http://jirokenscrapbookcorner.blogspot.com/

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers! Enjoy your day!

Happy Birthday Granny Sue!

Happy Birthday to DH's mom. :) Enjoy your day!

Inspirational Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the Unity Inspirational Blog Hop. If your are just starting out, go back to http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/ . For my project I used the Unity kit "Growing In Unity". When your done here, hop on over to http://kfjorgensen.blogspot.com/ .Supply List:
Stamps: Unity- Growing In Unity
Ink: Stampin Up- Wild Wasabi and Groovy Guava
Paper: Martha Stewart Flourish Stationery Nasturtium,, Stampin Up retired Afternoon Tea DP, Soft Sky, white
Extras: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Stampin Up retired ribbon, rhinestones, small circle punch, SU Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin Up 2-Way Glue

I have a favorite quote to share. "Die familie ist alles", which is German for, "family is everything".

Thanks for visiting my blog...Happy Blog Hopping!!! Now go to http://kfjorgensen.blogspot.com/

It's a Anniversary and a Birthday!

I sent out these cards yesterday to my DH's grandparents. It was DH's grandparent's Anniversary and also his grandpa's birthday on the 25th. Both cards are made with SU stamp sets, Owl Together Now and Upsy Daisy. The owl one is made with Basic Grey Sultry: Dressy and colored with Prismacolor Markers. The Upsy Daisy one is made with retired Wild Wasabi paper and is embossed to highlight the flowers.

Enjoy your day! :)

Hello little chick!

Hello there! Easter is almost here. I made this Iris folding card the other day. The image is a stamp and you cut out the area of the eggshell. Iris folding is really easy with Iris folding stamps. This stamp can be found at Stamp N Plus Stamp N. You can click on Stamp N Plus Scrap N on my side bar, and it will take you to the home page. The paper I used here is a retired SU paper pack.Thanks for looking...See you later...

There is some blog candy over at Tami's http://journeyoflifetamijo.blogspot.com/ ...go check it out!!!

HIP HOP

Hip Hop... That is a what we say at the Unity Stamp Co. forum on Thursdays at SCS. Here is an ATC that I made for a challenge. It can be easily made into a card, I used the set Something Within. The green on the card is SU Old Olive. Unity Stamp Co. is having a big sale this weekend of 30% off. Be sure to use the code SPRING to your order. I have a blinky on the top right side of my blog, it takes you to the Unity Kit Of The Month. Thanks for looking and have a great weekend...HIP HOP...

It's Friday the 13th

It's Friday the 13th...Yah so what! I had a good day, got some good news in the mail. Most of my Friday the 13th have been good. Anyway, tonight we went to School for Family Fun Night. The school had open swimming and Gym. They also had pretzels, cookies , and water. My family had a great time. After I got home at 9:00 p.m., I made this cards for the Hanna Stamps Friday Challenge over at SCS. Hanna Stamps is also having a Friday the 13th blog hop today. You hop to all the blogs and leave comments for prizes. Here is the card I made. Stamps all by Hanna Stamps: Easter Chick Riley and Everyday Sentiments. Paper is SU DP print pack, yellow Wausau paper pack, and white. If you get a chance hop on over to Hanna Stamps for the blog hop, they pick the winners on Monday.Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Limelight sketch challenge.

Hello...Last week over at Limelight papercrafts they were having a sketch challenge, I made two cards. They randomly picked a card from the posts but I didn't win but I did get picked as one of the favorites and my card is now on Mandy's blog(limelightpapercrafts.blogspot.com). Both cards were stamped with Unity Stamp Co. stamps, and the design paper is from Basic Grey and K&Company.

Thanks for looking and have a bright day!

There is some blog candy over at http://stephmuchadoaboutnothing.blogspot.com/2009/03/dont-desert-me-while-im-away-blog-candy.html for some markers!

Honored card!

Hello... On February 20-21 on SCS, it was VSN weekend. VSN is Virtual Stamp Night. It was my first time playing VSN. I had a great time with it and I couldn't stop myself from playing more of the challenges. I did 13 of the challenges, but with one of them, one of my cards was picked for the honor list. That card is pictured here. All the stamps are from Unity Stamp Co. The ink is SU Soft Sky. The punched corners on the sentiment is from the Martha Stewart Scalloped Hearts punch.See you next time and have a great day!!!

In Style Sketch Challenge

Here are two cards I made for a sketch challenge over at Sandy's "Got Stamps" blog for In Style Stamps. I don't have any In Style Stamps yet so I used a stamp from the Unity Jan KOTM. The sentiment is a See-D's Cling stamp. The background is the Swiss Dot embossing folder.
This second card has the Feb KOTM stamp and SU Riveting.Thanks for looking and have a nice day!

Happy Valentine's day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Here is a great card for Valentine's Day. It is my first card that I Cuttlebugged part of the paper and then I added a line with my Scor-pal. The first time I saw this technique was from my blogger friend Deena at A Necessary Creativity. I see alot of these cards nowdays, but I'm giving the credit to my friend Deena for this one. The image and sentiment is STAMP N PLUS SCRAP N. The image was colored in with Bics mark-it markers.

Have a super great weekend and see you later!

HHH Friday!

Hello and welcome to another HHH Friday. For thoughs of you that don't know what HHH is, it's Hip Hop Hangover. Every Thursday on Splitcoast Stampers, The Unity Stamp Company has a party in the Splitcoast Stampers(SCS) forum. Every week Unity gives away over $300.00 worth of prizes. Prizes are from challenges and fun games. Each Thursday I head over there for the fun and games. The fun starts at The Unity Stamp Company blog at 10:00 a.m central time, with the design team blog hop. The SCS forum starts at 11:00 a.m. central time and last till mid-night. Today if you go to the Unity Stamp Company Blog, you will find a list of participating individuals showing their Unity goodies. Here is my card for yesterdays Unity Take Flight Challenge. I used the September KOTM for all the stamping with Black Memento ink. I cuttlebugged the background with the spots and dots embossing folder. The design paper is Memory box and the pink paper is SU Pretty In Pink with SU Pretty In Pink ribbon. I colored the images in with Prismacolor Markers.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful Valentine weekend!

Fluffles Valentine!

Hello ! It's that time of year again...Valentines Day...It's fast approaching. I made up this card with the Stampendous Fluffles Wuv. I cuttlebugged the background with the heart blocks folder and I cut out the bigger hearts with Nestabilities(plain and scalloped). The smaller hearts are from the Martha Stewart heart scallop punch. The image and sentiment come from the clear Stampendous Fluffles Wuv set. The image is colored in with Prismacolor pencils and a blender pen. The quiver and bow are colored in with Pink Shimmerz. Shimmerz is a great new product. It is sorta like a paint. You have to shake up the container because they tend to settle to the bottom. If you click on the card it will make the picture bigger and you will get a better look at the shimmerz. Thanks for looking and have a nice day! :)

Michaels..The NEW LOOK...

On February 1, 2009 me and my daughter went on an adventure to a "NEW" Michaels store. We had a local Michaels but it was small and last summer Michaels started building a new bigger store just down the street from the old one. This Michaels store is located in Eau Claire Wisconsin. I thought it would be cool to be there on opening day, so we arrived at the store around 9:30 a.m. I was also trying to make sure I was one of the first into store when it opened. Reason for being first, you ask? Well I've been stalking the new Martha Stewart Valentines Day border edge punches. The old store never got any of the Valentine punches in and all the new merchandise was being shipped to the new store, so I thought there might be a chance that the punches might be at the new store. The store opened at 10:00 a.m. Me and my daughter hopped in line at 5 minutes before opening, with about 5 people behind us. We were the first in line and the first customers into the store. I told my eight year old daughter what to look for and we went our separate ways. I found the Valentines Day merchandise but no punches to be seen there. Then I asked a store worker where the Martha Stewart punches were and asked if they had any of the Valentine punches. She lead me to an end cap with some Valentines Day things and the Martha Stewart border punches. They had two of one and three of the other one. I put one of each in my cart. I looked over the other Martha Stewart Valentines punches and put a scalloped heart punch in my cart. I also have the Heart plain and Scalloped Nestabilites but I thought the scalloped heart one was cute.

Now for the store review... It was alot bigger than the old one, maybe a little more spread out. The old store you could not get two shopping carts down an aisle, this one you could. The bead department was huge, it had a whole corner to its self. There were alot of $1.00 items, maybe three times more than the old one. There even was a whole row with $1 to $5 items. There was more rubber and clear stamps, of course I was expecting alot more of them. There was more ink pads in stock than the old store, of course I was expecting more of them too. The Cuttlebug and Sizzix items were in my opinion were less. I did see the new slice, they had two of them, zero of them when I left. I was also expecting more design paper like Basic Grey. They did have more but not really my style. I was looking for Basic Grey 6x6 pad but there were none, although they did have 3 kinds of the 12x12 packs. The art row had nearly the same amount of things. They had alot of empty spots where the Prisma Color Marker singles would be. They did have a new area in the middle of the store where the were a total of 6 bar stools for working on things. I didn't get a chance to check out the flower or yarn areas since we were already there an hour. The cashiers were all bunched up in two rows in the front, way different than before.

So my review for the store would be: I expected alot more. For somethings there were more things and for some it was less.



Thanks for stopping in, see you again soon. :)
~Kathy Hering~