The 1st five get a goodie

So I stumbled across a posting on one of my favorite blogs to visit for ideas for paper crafting. There I found this great idea to "pay it forward". This sounds like so much fun.....I thought I would give it a try.


The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you! This offer does have a few "rules of play":


1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make --- but I hope you do!

2- What I create will be just for you --- one of a kind!

3- It'll be done sometime this year (most likely it will be in the next month).

4- You have no clue what it's going to be. Well, a pretty good bet it will be made of paper!

5-The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog!


The first 5 people to leave a comment wins a handmade card or gift (or both!) by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

Ready, set.....who will the first five be??

Baby it's cold outside!

Today we got a spring blizzard. Brrrr is it cold outside. But how fun to get to have a snow day off from work! Well, I went into work today....and then walked back through the door around 12:30p. Of course I had to stop at the store on my way back home and grab chili fixin's. What a great day for chili. :o) I shoveled a bit in the back yard for the dogs and then let them out to play for a bit. They LOVE the snow! Derek got home at about 1:30p. Thank goodness. I guess it was pretty bad where he was at today. He got to shovel the front driveway and walkway. Haha (I think he secerectly doesn't mind.)


Well I made my chili. I think that I will make some apple squares next. Mmmm so good, I can hardly wait. Now if I just had someone to peel the apples for me. Oh honey....... :o)

Ellie girl....you got snow on your head little luv

Oh Chubbs...you sweet little guy

Can you guess who is who? Chubbs is facing you! :o)

Run Ellie......run!

Kick-off Workshop

Friday night I hosted my first Stampin' Up! workshop to kick off my new business. I had a bunch of girlfriends over and we all made 2 cards and a 3D project. We ate chili and some of us had some wine and then it was time for some stampin' fun! All the girls had so much energy and kept things pretty entertaining. In fact I think most of them pretty much ran my workshop! Heehee Most everyone was pretty familiar with stamping and card making.....so everyone was pretty eager to jump in and get creative. I was exhausted by the end. It was a lot of work getting everything ready and getting things set up.....but every minute was worth it. I was a little nervous for my first one......but I think that it went really well. I hope everyone had as much fun as I did. Thanks to all my girlies for helping me get off to a great start. Cheers ladies! Or shall I say....happy stamping! :0)

I just have to tell this little story about Derek. This is such my husband and it makes me laugh. So Derek knew I was having a bunch of girls over. He had planned on going over to the neighbors house to hang out while everyone was there. That didn't work out so Derek stayed home. About 1/2 hour before everyone arrived Derek ate a bowl of chili.....packed up his lunch cooler with beer and ice......and headed off to the bedroom to hide out for the evening watching tv. My workshop lasted 4 hours and he didn't come out once for anything! He is too funny!

Check out the cards we all made. Everyone did such a great job! Some of the girls used their own creativeness and changed things a bit on their own cards they made.....but here were my cards to use as inspiration...... Awwww :o)

This one is was done with the "Loads of Love" set.....

This one was done with the "Polka Dot Punches" set....

Here is the 3D project that we made....the box is made out of cardstock and inside holds 3 peppermint patties embellished with cardstock as well.

Super cute!!! : ] I LOVE this.