Jul 14, 2009 | Big Shot, family, Flight of the Butterfly, In Colors, Stamps, SU Ribbon |
I mentioned the other day that I created a card for the Stamping 411 Blog challenge last week and missed the entry cutoff. So I took the same materials for that card and turned it into a card using this weeks challenge. I thought I would share this with you because I thought it was interesting to see how the same set of materials can make two different cards.
So here was the sketch for last week and the card I created:
And then below is this weeks sketch and the new card I created. To visit the Stamping 411 Blog and participate in the weekly challenges – CLICK HERE.
Supplies include – Flight of the Butterfly stamp set; Butterfly Punch; Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper; Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, and Melon Mambo card stock and classic ink; Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon; Big Shot die-cut machine and Perfect Details Texture Plate.
It doesn’t quite look like the sketch since my image was bigger and I moved it higher because I wanted it over my designer paper – the only dimensions I changed from my first card was cutting the rectangles slightly smaller so that I had room for the knot on the left side.
This was my swap card at our STARZ group meeting on Saturday night and I’ll be bringing some of these to convention to swap also. If you are a demo and will be at convention I hope you will swap with me and say “Hi” – I would love to meet you.
Today is Ryan’s 13th birthday! Yes, I officially have 3 teenage boys! What is a mom to do……
Well I have to go frost cupcakes for him to take to tennis camp. And then get ready for his birthday dinner and make him a card – which I will post later. His birthday balloon is already in his room. This is a tradition I have been doing for 17 years now – from Kyle’s first birthday. When they wake up on the morning of their birthday they have a special balloon in their room. A few times I have had to run out late at night to go get one. When they were little it was from the “balloon fairy” – but I’m quite sure they figured out it was really from mom. The trick will be next year when Kyle goes off to college – how to get one into his dorm room – I guess I’ll have to get to know his room mate and have him do it for me.
Have a great day!
Jul 8, 2009 | family |
I downloaded all my pictures from our trip to the beach and the 4th of July family reunion. I decided to post a hand full on my blog today. I did get some time in the craft room yesterday – although alot of it was spent cleaning stuff up – I’m still working on my storage room and now trying to take everything out so that we can redo the shelves. I made one cute project using the new Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper and will post that tomorrow. Have a good day today!
Family picture on Rosemary Beach
Greg, Kyle, Ryan, Emily, Stephanie, Tyler, Grandma
Modern technology meets beach condo - there were 5 laptops!
And then we went to the Family Reunion for the 4th of July……
Kids playing kick ball in the cow pasture - those are peanuts growing in the background.
Kids fishing in the pond.
Greg helping with the catfish...
the pond and camp house have a fence around them - with cows on the far side
In line for the catfish dinner - fried catfish, hushpuppies, fried chicken, french fries, coleslaw and pickles.
The cows standing outside watching us eat!
Jun 30, 2009 | family, tools |
I’ve shown some of Ryan’s creative projects before and now I have another to share. I don’t know where his ideas come from but this one is good. He is making his own t-shirt decorations by creating his own stencils. He used a photograph to create his stencil and then used my Stampin’ craft knife and cutting mat to cut the stencil. He uses tape around the edges and then on small pieces he was using the 2-way glue pen as a temporary adhesive to hold the stencil to the shirt for painting. This is his first creation:
And this is the photograph that I took of him at one of his tennis matches that he used to create the stencil.
Is that amazing?
The stencil really looks just like the photo. He wore the shirt to tennis camp and the tennis pro wanted him to make shirts for him using pictures that he had. So Ryan made 5 more shirts last week. Here are a few more pictures:
Now he wants to see if he can sell some shirts to other people. What do you think?
Today is the last day of June – the Last Chance lists and Occasions Mini Catalog are ending. july 1st is the beginning of a new Stampin’ Up! year with a new catalog. New specials will be coming……so stay tuned you won’t want to miss them….
Have a creative day and try something new!
Jun 22, 2009 | family, Retired List, Scrapbook Pages |
Here is the card that Ryan gave to Greg for Father’s Day – 
I would like to tell you that Ryan made the card – but he didn’t – I made it real fast. Ryan was washing golf balls that one of the neighbors brought by (the ones that end up in his yard from the golfers missing their shots). Ryan gave them all a good bath, scrubbed and dried them. I remembered this card that I got as a swap at convention one year. I used the Short Order Alphabet set which is on the Last Chance list. It is one that I use alot because it has both upper and lower case letters in it. And the matching Short Order Number set which also has some great coordinating pieces in it – including ‘st’, ‘nd’ and stuff like that.
I also used both the alphabet and numbers on the school layout – along with several other alphabets. This is my oldest son when he was in kindergarten – now he is a senior in high school – can you believe how fast they grow up?
I guess one job I have this year is to finish the rest of the scrapbook pages for his school album. Atleast that was my plan was to create a “school” album for each of the boys with a couple of pages for each school year. I have tried to save atleast one thing each year where they have written their name. The circle by his photograph was his actual handwriting in kindergarten. I have several years done but not all of them. I also like to include a pocket page to insert report cards and certificates and stuff. Time to finish the rest before he graduates.
I’m hoping to post something new every day this week. We’ll have to see how the week goes. Greg is still home and we are going back to the ENT today (I didn’t want to wait until Thursday). I called and left a long message this morning because there hasn’t been any improvement over the weekend. They wanted us to wait until Thursday and I said he needed to come in sooner we should be seeing improvement. So gotta go now – I’ll have more info later….
Jun 20, 2009 | Big Shot, class, Designer Series Paper, family, Occasions Mini 2009, Retired List |
Here is a quick little card I made yesterday afternoon in between my Stamp-A-Stack classes. I have some cards for sale at a local bird store and told them I would make some more “manly” looking cards since it was Father’s Day. I took a few last week and just didn’t get time to make anymore. I figured it was my last chance so I took an idea from the new catalog and made some slight changes. The color combination is actually on the color wheel – Close to Cocoa, So Saffron, Old Olive and Bordering Blue. This is the Forest Friends stamp set. I added texture with the Big Shot and my texture plate. Edges are sponged on each layer. The owl is on dimensionals – which you can see because there is a shadow – along with the the other two layers.
Yesterday’s stamp-a-stack class was a lot of fun. I needed the break but did have a few interuptions – sorry about that.
Everyone made 6 cards with matching envelopes. I used three main stamp sets – Heartfelt Thanks, Wild About You and Bloomin’ with Love. Most of the cards I actually posted already. The Heartfelt Thanks cards we made included the one with the large scallop circle and the one with the Sweet Always striped paper – see my post from June 10th. The Wild About You cards we made included the Lion card with the Rainbow Sherbet paper – I wish I had bought that paper earlier – now it is sold out and I really liked it in person, and the Alligator card with the In-Colors – see my post from June 14th.
The last two cards used the Bloomin’ with Love stamp set and I’ll post those later.
These are all on the Last Chance List – they will be retiring at the end of June and no longer available to buy – so don’t hesitate. You can check on all the stamp sets, acessories and Decor Elements on the Last Chance List by clicking on the page in my side bar – under Helpful Information – click on Last Chance List.
Greg is doing a bit better – we talked to the doctor yesterday and he said they confirm that it was an infection and not something more. We now go back on Thrsday instead of Monday. I hope there is more improvement by Monday with the antibiotics he is on.
Thanks and have a great weekend.
Jun 13, 2009 | family, Wildlife |
Now that the drought is over here in Georgia we can use our sprinklers again. When we were kids we always played in the sprinklers during the summer. My brother sent me these pictures this week of some kids playing in his sprinkler in the back yard…..
Well it wasn’t my niece and nephew! These appear to be two juvenile Red Tailed Hawks that decided to play!
How fun is that!
Have a fun weekend and maybe you can play in the sprinkler too!
