Jul 19, 2010 | Birthday, family, Stampin' Up! Events |
Ryan’s birthday was last week – he is my baby – well he isn’t really a baby anymore – he turned 14 years old! He has been playing a lot of golf lately so his birthday gifts were pretty much golf themed. According to Greg he is quite the good golfer for his age and gets to play occasionally with Greg and his friends.
With the golf theme in mind I used one of the new single stamps from the Stampin’ Up! catalog. It is called On the Green.
I combined it with some retired products to make his birthday card. Do you remember the Stampin’ Up! wrapping paper that we had one time. I still have some of the dots and stripes and I like to use those for birthdays. So I wrapped Ryan’s present with the paper and then used a piece on the front of his card. I stuck with the colors – Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, and Bashful Blue. Riding Hood Red is one of the old In-Colors that has returned.
I stamped the image twice – once in Riding Hood Red for the base and then a second time in Old Olive and cut a couple of things out to layer on top. I added some of the striped Bashful Blue ribbon which did retire – darn – I liked that striped ribbon.
Here is a picture of Ryan with his cake. And here is the cake story…. I asked Ryan what kind of cake he wanted and his reply was a store bought cake (normally I make the birthday cakes) and he wanted a Chocolate Cake with Chocolate icing. So I believed him. And went to the store and looked at the cakes. It was late and I had to choose from what they already had made – I had the lady search through all the cakes to find me a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting – and no flowers or girly decorations. Apparently that was not easy – there was one. So I bought it and took it home. There were two surprises – one was that he was joking and didn’t want a store bought cake – but it was too late to change now. And second when we cut the cake – it wasn’t even Chocolate! It was a yellow cake with the wrong label on the outside. So Ryan didn’t even eat any – no one else really did either. One small corner is missing and I do plan to take it back to the store and let them know I was disappointed and so was he.
Sunday was a productive day for my convention preparation:
Shoebox swap – 49 cards – DONE
UDI card swap – 19 cards – DONE
UDI 3-D swap – I am making the second one since I want to send the first one to Stampin’ Up! for a contest. I am almost done with the second one – all the pieces are there and it is more than half way put together.
General swap 1 – 25 card fronts – All DONE
General swap 2 – 25 card fronts – All DONE
General swap 3 – 25 card fronts – I have an idea in mind, I just need to work on it – this may not get done at all.
General swap 4 – 25 card fronts – I realized I started cutting for a swap, used part of it for my STARZ swap this weekend, but I think I want to redesign this because I wasn’t completely happy with it, so I need to work with what I already cut
Friend gifts – planning to make some amount of something to give to friends I see
Roommate gifts – 3 – designed
Thanks for stopping by – I’ll be leaving soon for convention. You can keep visiting my blog while I’m gone. I plan to schedule posts of all of my swaps.
Jul 13, 2010 | family, My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
I wanted to share some more pages from the My Digital Studio book that my sister-in-law is creating.
We have both been scanning in old pictures that are then pulled in to the My Digital Studio program for this book.
This picture is my husband Greg’s grandparents from his mom’s side of the family. The book basically covers this branch of the family – Idus and Lessie Goocher’s children, their children and the families that they currently have.
It is fun to look back at all the old pictures – I still have more to scan. And we are still waiting on some current pictures and updates for a few of the cousins.
These pages are perfect with these old black & white photos. The scallop trim corner and border punches work great for framing a photo. Both of these are extra’s that you can purchase as Digital Downloads for the My Digital Studio program. Each or these is 95 cents.
Stephanie also used one of the Vintage Overlays on these two pages. That is another extra download that you can purchase. The Vintage Overlay Digital kit includes 13 different designs and costs $5.95.
To order these you can visit my online store on my website – CLICK HERE.
I am working on swaps for convention so this week I’ll be posting MDS pages and swap cards from our group meeting this past weekend. My convention swaps will post while I am at convention. Only 1 more week until I leave for convention – I’m so excited! It is such a fun time with Demonstrators from all over the country. Oh – and my new catalog order finally came on Monday – yeah!! I have new stuff to use for my swaps. I’ll let you know how much I get done throughout the week – and if I get way behind I may be asking for help this weekend to get everything put together!
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jul 6, 2010 | family, My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
Every year on the weekend closest to the 4th of July we head to the southern part of Georgia for a family reunion for Greg’s family. We go to his uncle’s house to the pasture and pond that are behind it and we spend the day with family. I remember the first time I went (a really long time ago) before we were married and everyone was teasing us that “it must be serious” because you don’t bring a girl friend (or boy friend) to the family reunion unless it is “serious”. Well it was and we are still going. I know we missed one year – when I was pregnant with Ryan and due on July 5th (he didn’t actually come until the 14th). Anyway we went this past weekend to the family reunion and while I’m not going to share pictures about this year’s family reunion today I am going to share some My Digital Studio scrapbook pages that have pictures from past family reunions.
These pages were created by my sister-in-law, Stephanie. She is working on a book – the “Cousins” book. Featuring all the cousins of our generation and her mom’s and some pictures going back of their grandparents and great grandparents. When we were together in North Carolina in June we worked on editing the pages in the book and filling in with pictures and journaling. So I wanted to share some of those pages on my blog.
We have basically the same menu each year – featuring fried catfish with hushpuppies, french fries, cole slaw and pickles. There are lots of yummy desserts and farm fresh corn and watermelon.
The kids like to go for boat rides on the pond and go fishing. The cows come by for a visit and get to eat the corn husks and watermelon rinds. Occasionally they take a lick of our cars! One year one of the cows gave birth and I have some pictures of the new baby (but they aren’t included here).
There is always a game of kickball and a trip to the local dollar store. Lots of fun for everyone as we visit with family we might only see this one time each year.
Everyone is growing older – the duties are shifting from one generation to another. Many of our children are driving or learning to drive and there aren’t any babies or toddlers right now.
As for a little bit of information about the My Digital Studio pages – you might notice all the pictures are round. Did you wonder how you would do that? In My Digital Studio add a Photo Box and then click on Photo Shape – if your box is square it creates a circle and if it is rectangular you get an oval. Then drag and drop your photo into the photo shape. Use the Crop button to adjust the photo within the shape.
I hope you had a great 4th of July! Thanks for stopping by today.
Jul 3, 2010 | family, Wildlife |
So this post isn’t a stamping project but pictures from our trip last week. I should have them in a scrapbook page but haven’t done that yet.
During our trip to North Carolina we took one day to visit Grandfather Mountain. On part of the mountain was a wildlife habitat area with animals. I was very excited to see an Eagle –
Isn’t it such a beautiful bird. This one was rescued from somewhere out west where it had been injured – someone shot it – so it can’t fly and lives in the habitat on Grandfather Mountain.
We also got to see some bears up close – I think I saw 4 different ones. They all looked so hot and several of them went and sat in the water. I guess it feels good to cool off.
There were Otters
too. This one was rolling around in the grass. Then he went and played in the water a little bit. I’m not sure how many were in the habitat.
I also got to see the Cougars. The trainer came by while I was standing there and asked if I wanted to see them up close – I said “sure”. So he went around and threw in spearmint and catnip and called their names so they would com right up to the overlook. The male cougar was named “Aspen”. I told the trainer that my male dog was also named Aspen. Aspen the cougar didn’t care much for what the trainer threw in and walked away but the female seemed to like it. She rolled around on the ground and held it between her paws – I’m not sure that she really ate it or anything but mostly rubbed it on herself.
There was also a deer habitat but they were way in the back so my pictures were not good. Then look at these animals:
Oh no – I’m sorry – those aren’t really animals – those are all of our kids at the top of Grandfather Mountain!
And then of course you need to see me and Greg at the top of the mountain too.
Boy it was windy up there! And walking across that swinging bridge is a little bit scary. I’m not usually afraid of heights, but with that wind blowing it sure doesn’t feel that secure.
This is the view from the far side after coming across the bridge and climbing across the rocks. I took the picture looking back at the visitor center building. From this picture it looks so much further away than it seemed when I was climbing the rocks to get there.
It was quite amazing out there. I thought this was a great park to visit so if you should have the chance don’t miss it – Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. I think it is a state park and not a national park but I’m not positive.
Have a great weekend and a happy 4th of July!!
Jun 30, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, family, Scrapbook Pages, Sporting, Summer Mini 2010 |
Today is Wednesday and usually I have a scrapbook class on the last Wednesday of the month. With the lack of internet last week I didn’t get out a class reminder and once I got home and looked at my calendar I decided it would be best not to have the class today. So instead I am posting a scrapbook layout today with supplies and measurements so you can create a similar version for yourself at home.
These are pictures that I took in March when it was Spring break for the colleges. Kyle was on spring break and so was my nephew Nicholas. The boys hung out for a few days and one afternoon decided to throw the football in the backyard. Tyler joined them.
I was glad to see them outside playing instead of inside on the computer. But the fun time didn’t last long. Nicholas threw the football and Tyler and Kyle were trying to catch it. Tyler got in front and went for the ball which hit the end of his little finger at just the wrong angle. See the last picture where Tyler is grabbing his hand. That was it for the football that day. Since his finger didn’t improve I ended up taking him to the doctor the next day and then they sent us to xrays. Yep the result was a broken finger!
Now for some information about this layout. I used a football from an old retired stamp set but you could use another ball or another image for whatever you need.
The base of the layout is Night of Navy 12″ x 12″. Both backgrounds are stamped with the football in Night of Navy ink. I used strips of the Travel Journal Designer Series paper from the Summer Mini catalog – 1″ and 1/2″ strips of different patterns and then I trimmed them to different lengths so they could be staggered.
The journaling was typed on the computer and printed on Whisper White card stock. I stamped a football in Sahara Sand ink where the word “football” was in the journaling. The title is cut from Sahara Sand card stock using the Big Shot and the GoGo Boots Alphabet dies.
I also cut arrows and brackets using the Big Shot – the brackets are from the Hearts & Brackets die and the curvy arrows are from the Curves Ahead Sizzlit die. The large straight arrow if from the My Way punch. The footballs are stamped on Whisper White card stock with Night of Navy ink and cut out.
I put all the footballs and the brackets on Stampin’ Dimensionals to lift them off the page. “Game On” is from the Sporting stamp set and punched out with the 1-1/4″ square punch. A piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock was punched with the 1-3/8″ square punch to create a layer. This is also on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
My pictures are 3″ wide and 4-1/2″ tall on the left page and 3″ wide and 5″ tall on the right page. I put a Pumpkin Pie mat on the one where Tyler is holding his finger after the ball hit him. I just never got a picture of his finger in the custom made splint that he had.
I hope you like the page – have fun making your own. Thanks for stopping by today!
Jun 4, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, family, Graduation |
I don’t think I ever shared the Mother’s Day card that I made for my mom and Greg’s mom. I thought I would take a break from my Artisan entries and do that today.
This is not my idea. I don’t know who originally created the pansy idea but I followed the directions from Dawn.
I used the Shimmery White card stock. Punch out with the Butterfly Punch – who would have thought it was the butterfly punch! You need two butterfly punch outs for each flower.
Spritz with water and then use an AquaPainter and the classic ink refills to add the color. I used Rich Razzleberry on the outsides and Summer Sun in the centers. I curled them with a skewer, added lines with a marker and put the silver brads in the center.
I wondered if I should have turned them over and added color to the back of the flowers too since you can see the back side when it curls – but I didn’t think about it at the time – only now that I’m looking at the pictures.
The Rich Razzleberry layer is embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and the Big Shot. The leaves are the Little Leaves sizzlit die for the Big Shot. I think the layout from this card also came from somewhere else but it has been a while since I first made it so I don’t remember exactly.
I thought I would also share a quick proud mom moment – these are pictures from Graduation last weekend.
We sat up in the balcony at the church – which is huge – so I wasn’t expecting to get a good picture of him on the stage – but this one as he is coming down the steps turned out pretty well. The other one is outside afterwards – it was about 10 at night when they finished and raining outside – luckily they have a large covered area at the church where everyone gathered. The kids tried to throw their caps but they really couldn’t do that under the cover. Oh well…
Have a great day – I have Stamper’s Club tonight – I’m looking forward to seeing my stampers again!
I combined it with some retired products to make his birthday card. Do you remember the Stampin’ Up! wrapping paper that we had one time. I still have some of the dots and stripes and I like to use those for birthdays. So I wrapped Ryan’s present with the paper and then used a piece on the front of his card. I stuck with the colors – Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, and Bashful Blue. Riding Hood Red is one of the old In-Colors that has returned.
Here is a picture of Ryan with his cake. And here is the cake story…. I asked Ryan what kind of cake he wanted and his reply was a store bought cake (normally I make the birthday cakes) and he wanted a Chocolate Cake with Chocolate icing. So I believed him. And went to the store and looked at the cakes. It was late and I had to choose from what they already had made – I had the lady search through all the cakes to find me a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting – and no flowers or girly decorations. Apparently that was not easy – there was one. So I bought it and took it home. There were two surprises – one was that he was joking and didn’t want a store bought cake – but it was too late to change now. And second when we cut the cake – it wasn’t even Chocolate! It was a yellow cake with the wrong label on the outside. So Ryan didn’t even eat any – no one else really did either. One small corner is missing and I do plan to take it back to the store and let them know I was disappointed and so was he.
