tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374090382009-07-15T08:42:39.242-04:00Aunt Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13916618687835384707noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37409038.post-5989105704194216622009-07-14T17:27:00.001-04:002009-07-14T17:27:29.560-04:00

   I made this card one of my monthly swap cards for June.  It was such an easy card to make.  I Cuttlebugged the card base,  stamped a flourish for the flower step, punched out four heart shapes, stamped them, added the hearts to the card with pop dots, put a small piece of ribbon through the center of the button and adhered it to the card.  The sentiment is punched, stamped and adhered with

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Gary, me and Bentley Goodness I haven’t posted here in ages.  I’m sorry – life has been so busy … I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m here although I’m not stamping much this summer.  We’ve been spending lots of time at Lake Bomoseen in Vermont.  Finally we got the internet connected but who wants to be inside on the computer when there’s so much summer fun happening outside at the

Aunt Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13916618687835384707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37409038.post-85132186849197022642009-04-03T12:19:00.000-04:002009-04-03T12:20:41.966-04:00

Actually I don’t drink coffee!  I love the smell of it brewing and I love coffee ice cream and coffee milk shakes but I never took a liking to a hot cup of coffee.  I chose for years to get my caffeine by filling my body with ounces and ounces of Diet Pepsi instead!   Last month I made a commitment to eat more healthy, work out on a regular basis, and give up my beloved Diet Pepsi.  Today it’s

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I made this card for my monthy card swap. March's theme was Spring or Easter. I used the 'Bet Bling set from My Favorite Things. The card base and ink are from Stampin Up. The Hello sentiment and the white card stock are from Papertrey Ink and the patterned paper is from K & Company. The bling was from my stash. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the bottom edge of the card. I am so ready

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I’m plugging away at those swaps!  Here is another ATC that I did for a swap over at the Stamp Shack.  I used K. & Company patterned papers.  The image and sentiment are from Gina K. and stamped in Palette Noir.  I stamped the image on water color paper and then colored with my Copic markers.  I highlighted the image with some Stickles, embellished with some bling from my stash and … poof one

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I’m still plugging away at those swaps I mentioned a few days ago!  For this swap I had to create six four by four card fronts with a men’s theme.  I decided to use my card front to create a birthday card for a good friend of ours who's birthday is later in the month.  Years ago he owned a gorgeous red Mustang and even though I know this is a far cry from that hot set of wheels this was the best

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Check out this James House video!  My friend, Lesa Sverid, who is kicking breast cancer in the ASS, is featured in the video.  Lesa is a fellow stamper who I met through the Stamp Shack and who I was very fortunate to meet in real life last June at the West Springfield, MA stamp show.  Lesa is such an awesome person.  In addition to fighting her own battle against this terrible disease Lesa has

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I signed up for several ATC swaps over at the Stamp Shack.  Here are two that I recently finished.  I have a few more to finish tonight – (OK – I have two more ATC swaps, a 4 x 4 card front swap, a recipe card swap, and a regular card swap to finish) -  what a relief it will be to get caught up!  Creating ATC’s is a lot of fun as they are small and take less time than making a bunch of cards

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So – what does a six month old Golden Retriever puppy do for entertainment when his masters are at work?!?!?!   I work from home when I’m not on the road and we let Henri roam around the house with Bentley when we’re not here or I’m working in my basement office.  I guess Henri was a little bored a few days ago and Bentley wasn’t interested in playing.  This mess is what I found when I came up

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It feels good to be back online on a regular basis.  The hard part for me right now is realizing that we’ve lost all of our pictures, files, etc.  Our old computer is at the PC Doctor and I am crossing my fingers that he will at least be able to retrieve our pictures.  Lesson learned – BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER ON A REGULAR BASIS!  I know we will be! I’m trying out this new blog writer that (

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I knew it was going to happen - I just knew it! I was planning to back up our main home computer this past weekend but I got side tracked. I traveled for work today and when I got home I logged onto my email, got dinner going, and all of a sudden a loud, horrible noise started coming from the family room. Initially we thought it was the wood stove fan but nope - it was our computer! I think I

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Papertrey Ink is hosting lots of fun and exciting challenges to celebrate their 2nd anniversary. For this swap you printed out a 'connect the dots' puzzle (remember them from your childhood?) and after you connected the dots a layout appeared. The challenge was to create a card using the layout. For my entry I decided to make a birthday card for my sister. Her birthday isn't until March and

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Here's my project for the My Favorite Things guest designer challenge. You had to use pink, grey, white, black, and brown - or any assortment of these colors.I started with a Partylite candle holder. You know the feeling - you go to a party and feel obligated to buy something ... but they have no stamping related products ... you try to be creative and find something ... anything ... that you

Aunt Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13916618687835384707noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37409038.post-8612388716795331972009-02-06T18:27:00.004-05:002009-02-06T18:38:47.786-05:00

Papertrey Ink is having another challenge to celebrate their 2nd Anniversary. Here's their challenge. I don't have the colors they posted so I had to make do with what I have. I Cuttlebugged the card base, which is PTI white card stock. The images (hearts) and the sentiment are all PTI. I punched them out with an old heart punch I've had for at least 10 years! I used the following inks -

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Actually I'm nuts for the Papertrey Ink 'In The Bag' challenge! I'm so excited that the Summer 2009 CHA event in Orlando will have two days for retail sales. I'm working real hard to convince DH that I should attend - keep you fingers crossed for me!Nicole posted a challenge on her blog to alter or decorate a bag for a chance to win a $100 Papertrey gift certificate. For my entry I stamped one

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I have been traveling for work this week and preoccupied with some work projects that have prevented me from visiting my favorite blogs for a few days. Early this morning I finally had a chance to visit a few before I started my work day. I quickly realized that there are two release parties this week - My Favorite Things tonight and Hanna Stamps tomorrow night. Usually when the release

Aunt Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13916618687835384707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37409038.post-33622480698862555972009-01-29T09:20:00.007-05:002009-01-29T09:26:25.830-05:00

I am so in love with this line - Chloe's Closet by Making Memories. The paper and embellies are to die for. I made this card for a one on one card swap. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and stamped with Palette Landscape, the card base and ribbon are from Stampin Up. I punched the paper with a Martha Stewart punch. Everything else is from the Chloe's Closet line. Super easy card but so

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My dear friend Cindi from the Stamp Shack tagged me this week.Here are the instructions: 1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures. 2. Go to the 6th Folder, then pick the 6th picture in that folder. 3. Post that picture on your blog and the story that goes along with the picture. 4. Tag 6 other people that you know or don’t know to do the same thing and

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It's so hard to believe that our baby is 25 years old today! Golly - It seems like I was just 25! We've been having fun celebrating Drew's milestone birthday. He had a surprise party on Saturday night and tonight we had a lobster & steak dinner. The best part about birthday celebrations is that I usually get to see both boys!When I saw Hockey Riley he was a must have! The boys played hockey

Aunt Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13916618687835384707noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37409038.post-80739261897669776942009-01-24T09:29:00.009-05:002009-01-24T09:48:56.120-05:00

Brrr - it's cold outside! We had a heatwave here in upstate New York yesterday. It was a balmy 39 and today we've gone right back to the frigid cold! I'm so ready for spring.I made this card for my best friend, Lisa's (AKA Nurse Cratchett) birthday. We celebrated with a spaghetti and meatball dinner cooked by her husband last night. Lots of birthday cake, ice cream, presents, and laughs made

Aunt Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13916618687835384707noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37409038.post-34246384259672810002009-01-13T14:06:00.009-05:002009-01-13T14:34:56.394-05:00

After working all day, cooking dinner, doing dishes, etc. I was a little excited to head to my stamp room and either start organizing or start stamping! Believe me when I tell you my stamp room is a DISASTER! It is! I have the utmost respect for Carole Burrage for 'keeping it real' and posting her stamp room exactly as it is, but let me tell you my stamp room is 100 times worse! I expected to

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Ugh - it's been a while since I've posted here. Not that I haven't wanted to but I haven't had much time to be creative and the time I did have was spent nursing a nasty cold! That doesn't mean that I haven't been doing some shopping (I have such wonderful enabler friends - especially Lisa :)) and I have been creating in my head! I'm hoping to spend a couple of nights this week getting my

Aunt Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13916618687835384707noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37409038.post-48588272610308217082008-11-25T15:22:00.004-05:002008-11-25T15:35:59.519-05:00

+Life (and work) seem to constantly keep me from stamping and paper crafting on a regular basis. It's so relaxing for me but lately I have to steal the time to get creative! I'm trying to finish up a few swaps so that I can focus on the holidays. Last night I was in panic mode. I needed to create six sympathy cards for a swap, a birthday card for my MIL, and an ATC for my Stamp Shack secret

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I am honored to say that I've recently received this Creative Blogger Award from one of my Stamp Shack friends, Jennifer. She has a cool blog - please check it out. BTW - I participated in the tea swap she refers to in one of her posts. I will be posting my creation for that swap tomorrow. I can't wait to see what everyone else came up with.Here are the rules:1. The winner may put the logo on

Aunt Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13916618687835384707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37409038.post-6338110509184677342008-11-23T00:26:00.008-05:002008-11-23T00:50:49.150-05:00

I'm sorry that I haven't been posting many projects here over the last few months. Summer months are tough with boating, all of our outdoor projects and this fall has been crazy with work travel and now we are working on getting our house ready for some new carpet (can you say YAY!) to be installed the week after Thanksgiving (hopefully on schedule)! I have done some stamping but haven't had

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