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It Has Been Awhile

I know I promised to try and keep this up..........and I still will. School is taking so much time. I am also trying to work some and keep up my workouts and keep my house halfway clean and that basically sucks just about every minute I have away. But it will all be for good in the end.

I also had some very sad things happen this past month. I lost my kitty to cancer - he stopped eating over Halloween weekend. I took him to the vet and they found a huge tumor in his abdomen. They took it out (it was completely blocking his intestine), but he didn't make it. The histopath pegged it as lymphoma and kitties cannot live long with a systemic illness like that. This guy was my best buddy. He was always by my side, wherever I was in the house. And he was my talker. It devastated me to lose him. It all just happened so fast. So, I haven't really been in the mood to stamp with all of this going on. This is Mr. Briscoe. So very sad for me.

I do have a card for you - YAY!! One card in 2 months!! I do want to get to stamp more - it really does relax me. I just need to force myself to go into my craft room and do it. Hopefully I

can get into a better rhythm. I am always just too busy. Anyway, here is the card of the fall for you!

I didn't use a Stampin' Up! stamp, so I can't say whose it is (but if you really want to know you can e-mail me)! I had to sign that darm contract to stay a demo. Don't know how much longer that will last anyway!!

But, I did use everything else Stampin' Up! - the designer paper is called Autumn Traditions. Very pretty, although the colors are a bit unusual (I love the deep purple though)!

I used Kraft cardstock and Elegant Eggplant cardstock and ribbon. This card sort of evolved. I started with one sketch and ended up with something totally different. I think I would not want to use white cardstock with the Kraft in the future, or at least sponge it. But it is, what it is. Hope you like it. I will try to make a couple of Christmas cards and post them before NEXT Christmas!! (I know I have a whole 2 followers so I am sure it is no big deal!!). I also want to do a little scrapbooking - I want to make a scrapbook of Briscoe. So I might show you some of that as well.

I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Week 2 Deal of the Week!

During the month of October, Stampin' Up! will offer several discounted products as "Deals of the Week." No limits and no minimum purchase required. The ending date for this deal is October 19th at 9:50AM. You can order online here.


Item Page Description Regular Price Special Price

115961 200 Perfect Setting Bigz XL Die $42.95 $25.99
114515 195 Flowers Burst Embosslits Die $11.95 $5.99
116760 201 Pop-up 3-tier Cake Bigz XL Die $39.95 $25.49

Butterfly Card

Well, this school is keeping me so busy I no longer have time to breathe, much less blog or stamp!! I want to try and fit a little stamping in - you know, for some mental health??? But so far I have found no time whatsoever. I had a quiz in one class and a test in another last week (along with all the homework that is due every day of class). When the week was over I thought I would get a breather......................until I realized I had a project due on Monday, MORE homework, and another big test this week!!! There is like no downtime in college!!! I had forgotten all of this! Plus, my brain is a LOT older now - it needs to recoup after studying so much! Just can't keep going and going like it did my first time through school!

So, I am showing my very last card until I have time to stamp some more. I will try my very best to do something this weekend (but I have another BIG test Monday, so no promises)!

This is a butterfly card we made in a class I had here a couple months back. This was made with the Garden Whimsy stamp set and my favorite designer series paper - Cottage Wall. Hope you like it!

Recipe:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black
Paper: Cottage Wall, Old Olive CS, Rich Razzleberry CS
Accessories: Silver Brads, HodgePodge Hardware, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon

Well, it's back to the books for me! I am determined to keep this blog going, so I will stamp something for you next week. Have a great week!

Whoa, more than a week went by since my last post!! I bet you thought I wasn't coming back again, huh??? But I did!!! I have to admit - life since starting school and my new part-time job has not given me a lot of time to stamp!!! But I did have this card up my sleeve for you. I hope you like it!
This card was a challenge to myself to use designer paper I don't particularly like! I am not an "orange" person. I love this Razzleberry Lemonade DP from Stampin' Up!, but didn't quite know what to do with the orange papers. So I pulled them out and started playing. The stamp comes from the same set as the cat on the chair (I posted a card using that stamp earlier). The set is called Peace Within. I colored with my markers again. I like the way it turned out.....................for an orange card! I made it into a get well card - my friend's daughter has lymphoma and has been in chemo every 2 weeks for the past 6 months. I have been trying to send her cards to cheer her up. This will be her last week of chemo - and this is the card I will send her.


Recipe:
Stamps: Peace Within; Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Soft Suede, Basic Black
Paper: Apricot Appeal CS, Soft Suede CS, Whisper White CS, Razzleberry Lemonade DP
Accessories: Markers, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Grads, Soft Suede dotted ribbon

Another Duck Card

This will be the last duck........I promise! I love this duck and made 2 cards with him, so I wanted to show the 2nd one too. Then we will be on to bigger and newer things! This card also uses retired stamps and paper. The next cards I show will be made with current products. I made this card using my very favorite designer paper - Parisian Breeze (I bought extra before it retired because I like it so much)! This paper is thick like cardstock and the patterns are beautiful! Stampin' Up! has done a great job with the designer papers in the last few years - they have really come a long way! I stamped the duck, colored with markers, layered him onto Baja Breeze cardstock and then onto Chocolate Chip cardstock (I snipped the corners with the Ticket Corner Punch and added silver brads). I will post the entire recipe below. I love our punches and I used 4 of them on this card! The sentiment is framed using our new Modern Label Punch.

Stamps: Wagon Full of Fun, On Your Birthday

Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Kraft CS, Baja Breeze CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Parisian Breeze DP

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon, Silver Brads, Ticket Corner Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch

I have a couple more cute cards made up for you. I will show them next week. Then I will have to get to work so I can keep this blog going! That is my goal this time around!

On the personal front, I had my first test in accounting this past week and I made a 98!!!! I was so darn excited! My first test in over 20 years..............I still have it..........I didn't lose all my brain cells!!! YAY!!! ( I would have had 100 but I changed 2 T/F answers - RATS!!)

Hope you like today's card!!

Things are just Ducky around here.....................

At least my cards are "ducky"!! Not sure about everything else! I actually wanted to make these cards while I was still working in my temp job for a gal there, but I never quite found the time. So Kirsten, if you are out there, these cards are for you!! I used a stamp set that was only out for a short while in a mini catalog (I can't even remember which one it was in). All of the images in this set are adorable, so I kept it after it "retired". I will show you one card today and another tomorrow (don't want to spoil you - plus I have to spread out my creations since it takes me so long to accomplish anything)!

I found the idea for this card on Splitcoast from a wonderful creator Beate Johns. Check out her gallery if you want to see some beautiful work!! This lady is super talented! I changed a few things on the card, but it still resembles hers and I am not ashamed to say I CASED this one!!

I just stamped this duck with black ink and colored him in with markers. Here are the details for you:

Stamp Set: Wagon Full of Fun

Ink: Basic Black

Cardstock: Bordering Blue, Wild Wasabi (retired), Basic Black, DP

Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Word Window Punch, Satin Ribbon (retired)

That's it for today. I still have to finish up some computer homework that is due tomorrow!! I doubt he will count this! Haha!!