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More Cherry Cobbler...

It's been a Cherry Cobbler kind of week!  This is a card that made for Scott for our 18th Anniversary on Monday.  He finally let me have the card back so I could photograph it.

The cardstock and ink are Cherry Cobbler.  There is also SU Silver Glitter Cardstock - my most recent favorite!  The heart image is from our Sale-a-Bration stamp set, Sprinkled Expressions (Psst...  it's free with a $50 order!).  The words are from the Occasions Mini set, P.S. I Love You.

If you are interested in any of these products, see my Stampin' Up! website at My Stampin' Up! Website,  You can order directly from the website ("Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner), or you can e-mail me directly.

 

Mixed Bunch

Recently, I made the decision to return to Stampin' Up!  I can't even explain how excited I am to be a part of this wonderful circle of friends again. I am connected to a group in the Seattle area, SBStampers, which shares amazing talent and inspiration.  You will be seeing more from them in the future.

It is my intent with this blog to share both creative bits and moments from our family's life.  If you are interested in purchasing SU products or hosting a workshop, there will be a link to my SU website on the sidebar.  I will not get overly "salesy" here. 

This morning, I had an opportunity to play with a new stamp set from the Occasions mini-catalog called Mixed Bunch.  Love the set and the punch that matches.  I also used Perfect Words, on of our Hostess sets.  The cardstock is Cherry Cobbler, as is the ink and the twine.  This card is a copy of a design I found on Pinterest this morning.  I find Pinterest SO inspring!!!

A close-up of the card.

I am working on putting together a workshop schedule for next month.  I will be offering card classes in my home - 5-6 cards for $10.  I will also be offering my card classes as a by-mail kit and pre-made for you.  More details on that to follow. 

On a personal note, David and Arianna attended Tolo at Union High School this weekend.  They were Cosmo & Wanda from "The Fairly Odd-Parents" for the dance's theme of "Never Grow Up".  Aren't they cute??

 

 

PTI Card

Recently, I placed my first PTI order.  Papertrey ink products have such a lovely, simple style.  I picked up the "All About You" stamp set and had fun making this card for another girlfriend who was getting married and having her bridal shower.

The stamps are PTI.  All other product is from Stampin' Up!

 

Pink Petticoat Shower Card

So, I haven't posted any artwork lately.  So I will!  

This is a card that I did for a girlfriend at work's bridal shower.  I really love the way it turned out.  Clean.  Simple.  Very me.  The digital stamp is from Pink Petticoat. All of the rest of the supplies are Stampin' Up!

 

 

 

 

Friday Night Lights

After Union High School football win v Mtn. View on friday, David's youth group met at Five Guys for fifth quarter. FUN!

Why Parents Drink...

I found this on another blog this morning and couldn't resist...  To my friends with kids....

WHY PARENTS DRINK

A father passing by his son's bedroom and was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then he saw an
envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to 'Dad.'

With the worst premonition he opened the envelope
with trembling hands and read the letter.
Dear Dad:
It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Mom and you.

I have been finding real passion with Stacy and she is so nice.

But I knew you wouldn't approve of her because of all her piercings, tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that she is much older than I am. But it's not only the passion...Dad, she's pregnant.

Stacy said that we will be very happy.

She owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children.

Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone.
We'll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy.

In the meantime we will pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so
Stacy can get better. She deserves it.
Don't worry Dad. I'm 15 and I know how to take care of myself.

Someday I'm sure that we'll be back to visit so that you can
get to know your grandchildren.

Love, Your Son John


PS. Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at Tommy's house..

I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than a report card. It's in my center desk drawer.

I love you.



Call me when it's safe to come home.

Baseball pre-season action

Well, our preseason is over.  Our boys played five games and won them all.  The season is shaping up nicely at this point.  Last Thursday, we played the Senior Federal 14U Showtime team.  It was a good game all the way around.  Good pitching, good hitting and good fielding on a BEAUTIFUL field in Brush Prairie.  The day before, the boys had haircut night at our local Sportsclips - so they looked good too!  Yup - that's a #11 on the back of David's head!

 

And Cole...

 

The boys played some baseball too...

 

 

And our two favorite mascots were there to cheer the boys on!

 

 

 

 
  

 

 

All those baseball photos...

I officially have more baseball - well, sports, photos than I can count.  With upwards of 40 games a season, I have found keeping up with scrapbooking all of the photos is an insurmountable task.  When I saw Becky Higgins' Project Life was available, I thought to myself "What a great way to get lots of pictures on a page quickly!"  I loved the idea of the split page protectors and had saved the P365 digital downloads from last year so I could do my journaling in PSE.

The Titans played a practice game against the Diamond Dogs about 2 weeks ago.  Yesterday, I printed out the pictures that I took.  Using 3 of the spots for journaling, I had spots for 7 4x6 photos and 6 3x4 photos on the page.  I really only had 12 good shots, so I used one of the 3x4" spots for a tag using some of my supplies.  Still scrapbooking - but WAY easier!  

Here is the whole spread:

 

I may actually be able to keep up with all of the baseball photos this year.  We'll see!

 

  

Surf's Up!

I've wanted to scrap these photos for years and finally had the mojo to pull them out of my storage binders and get them on paper!

This is the day that David learned to boogie board.  His cousins, Jeff and Chris, taught him at beautiful Daytona Beach, after a family vacation in Orlando.  The layout is inspired from one at Scrapbook Generation's Blog.  I love their sketches.  Clean and Simple!  LOVE!

 
 

 

 

 Cardstock: DCWV Tahiti Beach Stack

Embellishments:  Cathy Zielske Journaling Template, Kathy Foster Fabric Sticker