WOW! Check this out!

New kits!!

The new January kits are in stock now. The quantities are very limited!! Get yours now. We are taking you to the spa with our Take 3 kit for January! There are only 2 Take 3 stamp kits left!
Feast your eyes on this sweet treat! The Royal kit for January features the Color Me Pink papers from 3 Bugs in a Rug and the oh so yummy stamps from QKD. There's only 1 left! It's a 12X12 kit so act fast.

In January we are changing the Get Inked! kits from featuring an ink a month to featuring a color a month! January is blue. We also have a new GI! kit stamp designer.. Irene Tan! She's worked up some fun samples with the kit. Visit the gallery to see them. There are only 3 Get Inked Kits left for January. Once they are gone we will open up the wait list. Info on getting on the list will be posted once it's open. So hurry and get your 12 month subscription now!

Happy New Year of kits!!

Check it out.....

QUEEN KAT SALE

Now through Dec 31!

Whhhooo....I'm tired....

Are you? We hit the after Christmas decoration sales today...all I gotta say is that the village next year will be WOW!!! I can't wait to see it alllll together! I think I got about 4 more bigger pieces and 4 smaller and several bitty....

We did some exchanging....and then we tried to go back to EB Games....can you say CROWDED!!!!! Oh my! So we decided that we should go back tomorrow morning....most of the folks will go in the afternoon....so if we try morning hopefully the line won't be huge!

Need to run to HL also and Adison has one more place on his list. THEN the fun begins....I get to move my scrappin/stampin stuff UPSTAIRS! Can you say EXCITED!!! I just don't know what I have to actually scrap on....I think we need to run to the thrift stores or something...hmmmm.....I know this will be an adventure and I'm super excited....maybe in a few weeks I'll get to post some pics! Or maybe I'll do a slow progression of pictures....hmmmm.....

How about a few pics from the 'festivities'....they brighten my day!
Lydia having fun with John's Nerf gun....

Everyone rocking out with Rock Band....even I played! I got 100% on Roxanne...ha!

Okay, so Reva STRATIGICALLY placed all the presents....lol....it really isn't that much! She just made it LOOK big!

Of course we went looking at lights on Christmas Eve! That is a HUGE tradition for us! So fun....this was really the only fun house we saw this year though....

And last but NOT least....Reva got this WONDERFUL shot of them all on our way to the Christmas Eve service! Adison even wore a suit! LOL.....while we were driving looking at lights he ate a donut...and his statement was 'I'm eating a donut in a business suit, I am important!' What a hoot that kid is!

SALE SALE SALE!!!!

I know I love them....just wanted to share that Scrapbook Heaven is having a 30% off EVERYTHING in the store!! Just use the coupon code: christmas when you check out!!! And she has some AWESOME stuff in there! Make sure you check it out! Tell them Jules sent ya!

Are you ready for the big day??? We are! I have like 4 gifts to wrap and I might just NOT wrap them! HA!

We have all the food and tomorrow will be the big 'cooking' day and then the fun!

QKD goodness.....

Have you stopped by the QKD Blog lately? If you haven't you SHOULD!

They are bringing 12 Days of Christmas goodies! EACH day for 12 days there will be a new project shown WITH COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS!!!! Here is the goodness that she is showing off today....made by Nikki....

Isn't it simply BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Also wanted to share a cute little card I made with one of the background stamps! So simple and this by far is my FAVORITE of all the background stamps!



Hope you are having a wonderful week! Make sure you stop by the QKD blog and say 'hi' and tell them that Juliet sent ya!

YEA!!! Good STUFFF!!!

I'm so excited!!! I was invited to check out a great site by my friend Lee.....it is called Scrapbook Heaven. The site is super friendly and lots of my friends from 4Scrappy Sisters are there! I first participated in their 12 Days of Christmas Crop and through that learned a lot of neat little ideas and made a BUNCH of fun things for my home for the Holidays. Well....all the time I was there I kept looking at the DT Calls....they were having one for layout kit designers and for card kits designers. I finally decided to submit. AND to my SURPRISE I made it as one of two Card Kit Designers!!! There are some fantastic artists on there! So to say that I am honored would be an understatement!

So...what are you waiting for! Come stop by and join us! On the 14th we have a Thank You Mini Card Crop! Woohooo!

Are we allowed?

To have bad days? Yup....we are! I've had a few rough ones...but know what....It ISN'T ABOUT ME is it!?!?

So....I hereby resolve to not get so caught up in it.....(until I have another bad day! HAA)

How about some neat pictures from my girl in Arkansas? Wanna see some BEAUTIFUL sites? I know when she brought me this CD and I uploaded the pictures I was drawn in to be reminded of the beauty of Arkansas.....and then to have her take them makes them even more BEAUTIFUL!



By the way...the guy in the pictures (yes...he is even hanging from the tree in one of them...is her 'friend'....we have heard quite a bit about him too.....hmmmmm.....

Anyway....Arkansas is so beautiful....I know every state has its beauty....but sometimes it is refreshing to see it!

I so don't do this.....

BUT (ha ha ha) I HAVE to share a little toot! And OF course it involves QKD Stamps...

I was honored to be asked to design a card for the December issue of Card Maps by Becky Fleck. I loved the sketch she sent my way and immediately knew I wanted to show off some of Queen Kat Designs awesome stamps....so.....if you haven't seen the December issue of Card Maps stop by and check them out....

I used one of my all time favorite sets...The Lucky You Stamp Set

Here is the card



NOW...one more thing....when is the last time you've dropped by the QKD Gallery?? I'm a major gallery hopper....I LOVE to see the creations and hope that some of the mojo will inspire me to create....well...if you are like me you'll wanna stop by our Gallery! It is CHALKED FULL of inspiration and you are sure to find something in there to get your juices going! Check it out!

ps....we all love the comments too! Come drop by and leave us a few!

Have a super stamping day!

Funny thing

Why do we say that we stuff the turkey....we stuff ourselves!

Wonderful day....I really need to find a few pictures huh?

The boys are going to the shooting range tomorrow and the girls are going shopping! Wooohhhooo....Ashley is mapping the route and I will be along for the fun and deals where I can find them.

So let me know how YOUR day has been!

Wanna see....

What I've been doing???

This last few weeks I played at Scrapbook Heaven! They had a 12 Days of Christmas Crop...and it was all about altering and cards! It was a BLAST!

If you know me, I'm not really one to 'alter' anything....BUT this got me going! I created 11 of the 12 projects and MIGHT try for that last one....we will see....

Here is a little bit of what I've done!

A couple of cards, challenge was to make two cards using the same trim.

An Advent Calendar!!!

Altered a tin! Probably going to use this to put the pieces of the Advent Calendar as we take them off...

Even a Christmas Planner! The kids are already writing their 'lists' with is!

There are SEVERAL more but I'll quit for now!

Blog Candy Winner!!!

Nathalie....you need to contact me!!!!! I'll get your goodies off to ya!

Congrats! Woohooo and THANK YOU!

Week 10 of 52

Okay...this one will catch me up! Sure would love to have some folks playing with me!!!! Let me know if you are and SHOW me your creations!!!!

Week 10....new mini series!

This our Life Deck....okay....52 weeks, or 52 years...whatever it takes we should create this....we should have something to look back on and remember these times...but yet know, that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us...but it was the past that placed us on the roads we are on....and the 'Y's we face every day.....the curves we didn't see, the curves we did.....let's take the time to TRAVEL our road!! And travel it together! What a fun venture...are you ready????

So we have talked about our today's, tomorrow's and yesterdays, we have looked at what it is like to be a GIRL, AND we have just finished talking about some colors in our lives....so where to go NOW.....Let's look at our DAY. Not necessarily, today, but just our routines....we all have them....do you know what they are? I bet there might be some you aren't even aware of....BUT let's divide the day up! (yea...you can guess the other two for this series can't you?). Let's start with our MORNINGS.....what is your morning routine.....

Well...you can see mine focuses around COFFEE! HA...not a fancy one at all this time...but my mornings are NOT meant to be fancy! HA HA HA!

Just a little early....

But I can't help it!

Okay....you wanna have your name in the drawing for the prize.....for QK Designs Birthday goodies? You KNOW you do...and my 'challenge' is sooooo fun and easy!

So...what is that holiday that is coming up that folks send LOTS of cards.....the US Post office LOVES this time of year...(ha!).

Christmas of course! And I love to look at Christmas cards...so that is what I WANT to see! I want to see some KICK BOOTIE Christmas Cards (or tags) so...show me what ya got!!!! The first person to show me their NEW creation I'll personally send a little RAK to ...the rest of you get your name in the hat for the main prize!

Make sure you link your creations HERE to my blog! If you don't link them here I can't see it...and I wanna see it!!! (and you can't win). AND of course...when you are done here there is ONE more stop....BACK to the beginning! GO BACK to QK's Blog for the WRAP of of a fun day! Remember you have until midnight of the 21st to SHOW ME THE GOODS!!!! (well, the Christmas cards anyway!)

OH....and here are a few ideas to get you going....they are made with some of last year's Christmas stamps that she had! Sorry...but I HAD to use them again! Maybe if you are lucky you could find some on ebay somewhere...one of my FAVORITE sets! (that is why you gotta get them when you can...cuze, when they are GONE they are GONE, retired...so DON'T wait if you see a set you want!!!!)

I'm ALMOST the last stop.....

QKDesigns Stamps and the girls are having a GREAT blog hop today!

(I have everyone's blogs linked on here....just scroll down a bit to find them on a side bar!!!)

Here is the schedule! You will want to play if you can!

6am-7am: QKD Kick off
7am-8am: Heather
8am-9amm: Maria
10am-11am: Jennifer
11am-12pm: Vicki
12pm-1pm: Penny
1pm-2pm: SG
2pm-3pm: Cheryl
3pm-4pm: SJ
4pm-5pm: Taylor
5pm-6pm: Jessica
6pm-7pm: Lara
7pm-8pm: Nikki
8pm-9pm: Jules
9pm-10pm: QKD Ending

So...just a heads up for now...but you will want to come back here at 8 (PST) for my little challenge! (just a hint...think about that holiday that is coming up....you know...the BIG one!)

Here is the down low....

You will have until midnight PST tonight to enter all games/questions.. and you will have until midnight PST on November 21st to enter all creative challenges that you actually have to make something for.

How do you win? Everyone who enters one of your Royal Court blog hop games or challenges will have their name entered into a drawing for a prize. We have several prizes to give out. All winners will be announced at the QKD blog on November 22nd. Winners will have until November 26th to claim their prizes.

Have fun! and remember each hour we will have something new for you to enter.

Week 9 of 52

Week 9 (almost caught up!)

This our Life Deck....okay....52 weeks, or 52 years...whatever it takes we should create this....we should have something to look back on and remember these times...but yet know, that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us...but it was the past that placed us on the roads we are on....and the 'Y's we face every day.....the curves we didn't see, the curves we did.....let's take the time to TRAVEL our road!! And travel it together! What a fun venture...are you ready????

So...we are moving on from 'Girlfriend' to a new little 'mini' series....and this one is called The COLORS IN YOUR WORLD

I love colors....they are what makes the world around us come alive.....It seems almost that you can smell the 'green' in the grass in the summer, there is calm in the changing colors of fall, there is warmth in the yellow of the sun, and there is peace in the blue of the sea.....yes, there is something more than just what we SEE in colors....they awaken us, they aid us in sleep, they calm our fears, they get us excited.

We have a favorite color, we have a color that we really don't like,and of course we talk about life being in BLACK AND WHITE. White and black are not really colors...white is what reflects color and black absorbs it all....BUT black and whit is every where! And it is the basis of our lives....so, what is black and white to you???

Week 8 of 52

Okay...here is the next one.....

Week 8

This our Life Deck....okay....52 weeks, or 52 years...whatever it takes we should create this....we should have something to look back on and remember these times...but yet know, that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us...but it was the past that placed us on the roads we are on....and the 'Y's we face every day.....the curves we didn't see, the curves we did.....let's take the time to TRAVEL our road!! And travel it together! What a fun venture...are you ready????

So...we are moving on from 'Girlfriend' to a new little 'mini' series....and this one is called The COLORS IN YOUR WORLD

I love colors....they are what makes the world around us come alive.....It seems almost that you can smell the 'green' in the grass in the summer, there is calm in the changing colors of fall, there is warmth in the yellow of the sun, and there is peace in the blue of the sea.....yes, there is something more than just what we SEE in colors....they awaken us, they aid us in sleep, they calm our fears, they get us excited.

But just like we have a favorite color we have a color that we REALLY DON'T LIKE. You know you do....oh you might like it on certain things but then again, there is just something about it that makes it your least favorite...mine is YELLOW....I cannot wear yellow (or orange for that matter).....and I just don't care for the color itself....I LOVE the yellow sun, yellow flowers, yellow corn, and I could go on, yellow ribbon.....yea, you get the picture...but I don't really like yellow!

Wooppss....Week 7/52

Okay...so I haven't posted a few weeks worth of the Life Deck ATC's! So I'm going to catch up over the next few days....I have them done...just not posted!

So...here is Week 7

This our Life Deck....okay....52 weeks, or 52 years...whatever it takes we should create this....we should have something to look back on and remember these times...but yet know, that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us...but it was the past that placed us on the roads we are on....and the 'Y's we face every day.....the curves we didn't see, the curves we did.....let's take the time to TRAVEL our road!! And travel it together! What a fun venture...are you ready????

So...we are moving on from 'Girlfriend' to a new little 'mini' series....and this one is called The COLORS IN YOUR WORLD

I love colors....they are what makes the world around us come alive.....It seems almost that you can smell the 'green' in the grass in the summer, there is calm in the changing colors of fall, there is warmth in the yellow of the sun, and there is peace in the blue of the sea.....yes, there is something more than just what we SEE in colors....they awaken us, they aid us in sleep, they calm our fears, they get us excited. So...for this FIRST week of this new little mini series we are going to focus on your FAVORITE COLOR!!!!

My favorite color is red...I just love red...I have always loved red....I will always love red...but I don't like 'seeing red'....LOL

Party Time!!!

Wow.....QKD is about to turn 2!!!! And it is time to CELEBRATE!!!

First, make sure you check out the official QKD Blog to follow all the different DT members celebrations! (you can also check out my side bar that has all the QKD DT members blogs!) Everyone will be having different little fun spots and things to do all day....check in early to get in all the fun!

THEN if that isn't enough...Queen Kat Designs will be the featured company on 3 different challenge blogs beginning Monday: Stamp Something, Sheet Loads of Cards and 2 Sketches 4 You. All of these blogs will have QKD blog candy for the taking. The QKD royal court will also be having a blog hop on Wednesday so please join us for some fun challenges!

AND don't forget....my challenge for blog candy is about to end....you DON'T want to miss all the fun stuff! And it is such an EASY challenge!!! Come on girls....help me celebrate!!!!

Are ya ready???

Don't you LOVE to see things as soon as they are released! I LOVE it....I get soooo excited and can't wait until I get my hands on them.....Well....the first of the month QKD ALWAYS releases some sweet goodness...here is one set that she brought us so far.....
Isn't it ADORABLE!!!!

WELLLL.....QKD is having a fun month! A BUNCH of new releases! Make sure you join us SATURDAY to see SOME MORE of the new goodness!

You are ALL invited over to Paper Craft Planet to join us. It's a new site where all the who's who of the who's what hangs out! :) We have our very own group over there and you need to be a member in order to be eligible for the drawings and fun on Saturday. Fun starts at 7pm MST. Be there or be a dried up old ink pad! :)

Make sure you come join us NOW and see some of the sneaks!

BONUS!!!

I've been asked if you can only enter one card....well....here is the deal I'll make with ya....

You get your name in the hat for the ONE card you link to this...BUT if you find some friends to play and they mention your name I'll put it in there for each of those....so...if 'Jane' enters a card, and then goes and gets her friends Sally, Sue and Molly to play and each of them MENTION that Jane sent them I'd put Jane's name in there 4 times!

So....GO SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!!!

IT's PARTY TIME!!!!

I WANNA PARTY! I wanna CELEBRATE!!!

TODAY (Oct 31) is my 2nd anniversary with Queen Kat Designs! Yup...I'm one of the 'old ladies' on the block there! If you guys have never checked out Queen Kat Stamps YOU ARE MISSING OUT!!!!

She has awesome acrylic stamps that are a VERY REASONABLE price (best I've seen!), some GREAT kits, some with paper, some just stamps, but all will delight your creative senses!

I'm hosting a party on my blog to celebrate my 2nd anniversary AND because it is my turn to party! SO...there will be TWO prizes for this party! One from me and one from QK!

Yes...you get the GOODIES....BUT I get to 'ask' you to do something to earn your name in the hat FOR those goodies....SO....

HERE is your challenge....I WANNA SEE BIRTHDAY cards! PLEASE THESE MUST BE NEWLY CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE!!!! (I stalk may boards and know what I've seen...lol). IF you want to send me the card I'll put your name in the hat 2 times! (email me for my mailing address jdiley@aol.com)...

Oh...yea...there IS another requirement...besides it being a BIRTHDAY card, it needs to include the following: 2 different patterned papers, minimum of 2 layers and 2 DIFFERENT embellishments...OH...and it has to have a STAMPED image on it.....

So...hit me with your best shot....post the link to your creation in the comment section and I will draw ONE LUCKY winner on Nov. 16....so you have until then to CREATE.....but don't WAIT!!!

HERE is what you get from me: There are OVER 30 DIFFERENT pieces of 6x6 patterned papers, 10 ribbons or lace, 30 buttons, 50 or more flowers, chipboard, stickers, stamp pad, die cuts, and more more more!!! All you need is adhesive and some card bases and you could create for HOURS with this package of goodness!

So...what are you waiting for?!?!

How 'bout some goodness....

Okay....I HAVE to show off this kit.....I think this was one of my ULTIMATE favorite kits from Queen Kat Designs!!!



The paper is PERFECT for everything from fall cards, to just because cards to manly cards to LAYOUTS!!!! OH MY GOODNESS....THEN add on top of that the awesome stamp set...

Guys...RUN to the store to get your kit NOW!!!! THESE are SURE to not last long!!!!

the FLU!!!

I can't believe...I've gone like 4 or 5 years without getting the flu...but not this time...IT FOUND ME!!! I'm sure it could have been worse but UGH.....I've sneezed like 1,000 times....have stuck tissues up my nose to stop the flow (I know...TMI, sorry), and have downed tylenol like it is going out of business...well....every 4 hours on the hour.....I think the fever has broken though....and after two doses of tamiflu I think I might survive....Adison had it first...Lydia had it a little...she bounced back after 2 days....Vince and Mason have had their flu shots so hopefully they are safe.....

Oh well...such is life and after it being in my house for every year, and not landing on me I guess my odds were stacking up against me!

Week 6/52 ATC Challenge

New week....new challenge time!

This our Life Deck....okay....52 weeks, or 52 years...whatever it takes we should create this....we should have something to look back on and remember these times...but yet know, that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us...but it was the past that placed us on the roads we are on....and the 'Y's we face every day.....the curves we didn't see, the curves we did.....let's take the time to TRAVEL our road!! And travel it together! What a fun venture...are you ready????

This is the last week of this little 'mini' series....and it is called GIRLFRIEND!!!!

Even though there are MANY guys that make ATCs (and yes there are), this little 3 week series is all about being a GIRL!!!! (sorry guys...if there are any of you out there taking up my challenge you will just have to modify....lol)

And for our FINAL week let's just talk about BEING A GIRL!!!!! What is it that makes you a girl? Is it that you wear a lot of pink? That you LOVE high heals, that you have the EMOTIONS of a girl...are there times you wish you were a little girl again....are there times you HATE being a girl (and I know we all have those certain days, lol)...or maybe you are more of a tom boy, but at the same time still a girl!....whatever it is, SHOW what it means to you to be a GIRL!?!

I had fun with this....I talked about all the different prerogatives that I have! And I brought in some of my favorite little fun colors right now, I can't WEAR orange or yellow...but I sure like them in my world lately! I love flowers and butterflies....hence the scalloped edges and butterfly sequins! HAVE fun and I can't wait to see your creations!



Have a great week and PLEASE share your creations with me!!!!

Week 5/52 ATC Challenge

New week....new challenge time!

This our Life Deck....okay....52 weeks, or 52 years...whatever it takes we should create this....we should have something to look back on and remember these times...but yet know, that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us...but it was the past that placed us on the roads we are on....and the 'Y's we face every day.....the curves we didn't see, the curves we did.....let's take the time to TRAVEL our road!! And travel it together! What a fun venture...are you ready????

So...we are moving on from the 'days' to a new little 'mini' series....and this one is called GIRLFRIEND!!!!

Even though there are MANY guys that make ATCs (and yes there are), this little 3 week series is all about being a GIRL!!!! (sorry guys...if there are any of you out there taking up my challenge you will just have to modify....lol)

So...this week...let's talk about ACCESSORIES!!!! Do you like them or do you hate them? Are you a purse girl....how about the earrings....do you feel 'naked' without them...or are you a minimalist? Just enough to make you look put together....how about lipstick, perfume, scarves....do you own a scarf for every outfit? Or are scarves only for the winter coat?

Tell, me...show me.....what kind of an accessory girl are YOU??

Here is mine....I really could care less about them....I always wear the same earrings in my top holes and often forget to put anything in the others....I can't STAND lipstick and shopping for purses are NOT my idea of fun....shoes are a necessary evil in my book....but hey....I'm not without my favorite stuff...I do love my rings and I love flip flops.....I guess you could say I'm a simple kind of girl!

WCMD WINNERS!!

QKD has announced the overall winners for WCMD!

Here are the big winners of the weekend...

$25 Shopping spree: Amber Raston
Get Inked Kit: Melinda Rassmussen
Monster Set: Melissa Sackman

Please contact QKD at info@katstamps.com to claim your prize. All other prizes from the weekend were mailed today. Thank you for playing. Come and see us soon. We will be hosting a 1 day huge event on November 19th!!

Congrats ladies!

Come join us!!!

4SS is having a GREAT online crop! With some wonderful challenges....some will be Saturday only challenges, some will run all week long...COME PLAY!

We will have games and make-n-takes....and all with a BUNCH of WILD AND CRAZY women!

I PROMISE if you haven't joined us for a wild weekend/week you are in for a GREAT TREAT!!! We have crazy people that poll dance....we have all sorts of yummies to share (ask about Puppy Chow for people!)

AND....if you are into 'prizes' WE'VE got those too!!!!!!!

So....come join us NOW for a little 'pre' chatter and then...get ready Saturday morning bright and early to PLAY!!!!

Why I don't like Monday's

Today started out GREAT....home school went wonderful. We were done by 11:00....RARE occurrence alone, much less on a Monday. I started thinking to myself, hey, this could actually be a nice Monday. Maybe some 'me' time in there...then it started.

Dh called....a car was found, need you to go look at it NOW....so...off Mason and I went. Looked, wasn't my idea of what I wanted. Saw another car, but probably was out of our budget. Called dh, told him....said he would look into it.

So....come home...need to get supplies for a new meeting tomorrow. So, off to Brandon we go (talked Lydia into riding with me. I will say that was a fun trip...she was on a MAJOR learning spree today and was asking the 'why' and 'what' questions all day, like 'what is the DOW', 'what is interest', 'tell me about insurance'....). Get to Brandon and my key won't work! UGH....why didn't I try it as soon as it was given to me?? So, back home....run by other WW meeting location to see if they had enough of what I needed, they didn't. Come home, call friend, she does have enough, but that would mean almost the same distance to get them as it would be to go BACK to Brandon.

In the midst of allll that, dh found out about the other car. It was a little more than we wanted to pay, but not way too much more....about $500 more than the other one...the other one needed new tires and had an issue that we weren't 100% certain would be a simple fix....so....told dh it was up to him. After several calls he tells me that he picked the one I wanted. So...that means draining our savings account...UGH....and go BACK to Brandon to get the stuff I needed.

This time I put Noah in the truck with me. Got to Brandon (they opened the place up for a meeting so I could get in this time) got all my supplies and came home. Asked Mason if he could take me to Pearl to get the car...sure mom....

Get home, let's have hamburgers for supper tonight....okay, someone needs to turn on the grill...

THAT is where it got even crazier....Mason turned on the grill and BAMB....a HUGE flame came up and burnt his FACE!!!!! Didn't know if it really hurt but after about 5 minutes it was BAD...you could smell the burnt hair and he was crying bad...so...jump in truck about 15 minutes before we are to leave to meet dh....call dh as I'm driving to the MEA...other arrangements will need to be made....got to MEA before they closed, one lady in front of us but as soon as I finally told them what had happened they had us back in the room in about 2 minutes and the Dr was RIGHT there....shot for pain, goopy stuff for face....answering questions, calling hubby, trying to get insurance forms filled out....listening to dr....UGH....OVERLOAD.....

Got out of there, who can take me to Pearl now, dh is waiting for me to come get the car and bring the check (he wasn't upset, because he was worried about Mason but we thought he would be inside...he wasn't.....)Called Martina who was working late and asked her if she could bring me over there (got Mason settled in and more pain meds down him first)....she could...she brought me to Pearl....got car....stopped at WM to get stuff for oil change.....and to fill scripts....they are OUT of the cream and won't have it until MAYBE tomorrow....will have to call about noon to see...FINALLY about 9:15 get home....son is still in pain....give him MORE pain meds....change towels out on his face....

Are you tired yet??? I am.....he is finally asleep....but it won't be for long I'm sure....pain meds can be given again about 1:00 am....will try to get a few hours of sleep after that....have to be up EARLY for 2 meetings in the am and to find the cream for his face....

CALGON!!!!!!!! TAKE ME AWAY!!!!!!!!

WINNER!!!!!

YEA! I had my son, Noah draw a winner and he drew:

Ashleym

So as soon as you contact me with your mailing address (email me at jdiley@aol.com) I'll get your stamp in the mail to you! Also, everyone still is entered in the big drawings! Good luck! I'm hoping it comes from my challenge!!!!

Week 4/52 ATC Challenge

Week 4!

This our Life Deck....okay....52 weeks, or 52 years...whatever it takes we should create this....we should have something to look back on and remember these times...but yet know, that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us...but it was the past that placed us on the roads we are on....and the 'Y's we face every day.....the curves we didn't see, the curves we did.....let's take the time to TRAVEL our road!! And travel it together! What a fun venture...are you ready????

So...we are moving on from the 'days' to a new little 'mini' series....and this one is called GIRLFRIEND!!!!

Even though there are MANY guys that make ATCs (and yes there are), this little 3 week series is all about being a GIRL!!!! (sorry guys...if there are any of you out there taking up my challenge you will just have to modify....lol). And for this first one, let's talk about our 'STYLE'....maybe it is the style of clothing you wear, (just a hint...leave off the accessories! we will talk about those later), maybe it is the style that you create with, maybe it is just an off shoot and you can be a MAVERICK and do what ya want (that was kind of where I went...). But SHOW ME YOUR STYLE!

Like I said....I went a little to the 'Maverick' style....and did my own thing! I love pink and black...and pink and brown.....and I love HS goodness....and stamps.....and yea...well....you get it, I went a little off on my own thing here. Remember there really are NO rules....EXCEPT to CREATE and HAVE FUN!

WCMD....more!

Okay...so far I've made 6 more cards...and am retiring... have to show them off...lol....

This one is for the FALL COLORS challenge.....


And this one is for the Cupcake challenge.....

Made another one! This one is for a sketch challenge HERE....


This card and tag were for THIS challenge... I really like how they turned out! used some stamps from a past QKD Card Kit! LOVED this kit!

And this one more.... it is a MINI card....I LOVE it, and I do have to say that I lifted the idea from a card I saw in a recent Card's Mag... and it was for this challenge (Birthday Card) Okay....That is about it for me for cards....I did make one more, but I can't show it yet...it is for a newsletter! I can say I had a blast and thanks for all the wonderful challenges!

CUT IT OUT!

I FINALLY get to post my challenge! LOL....

I have developed a new love for my scissors....I miss my REAL pair of stork scissors that my hubby bought for me about 20 years ago....about 10 years ago I lost them....I miss those things...maybe that is what I'll ask for for Christmas this year....BUT there are several scissors out there that will do the same thing and I BET you have a pair! You will need them for this challenge because you have to CUT IT OUT!!!

What you need to do is stamp your stamp image and cut it out to put it on your card! It is like making your own embellishments....I love to do this with patterned paper but it is even MORE fun with stamps!

FUN challenge! And think of what you can win!!! There are some AWESOME prizes up for grabs!!! Check them out HERE and HERE!!!!

Here are my examples! Both of them use some QKD stamps...love this coffee mug!!!

And this butterfly one!

So...make sure you post a link on my blog to your creation....you can upload it to any gallery, but here are a few of my favorites..... HERE and HERE....

MOST of all, HAVE FUN!

I'm ready...are YOU????

I've got my personal prize for my challenge tomorrow for WCMD!!!

AND besides this you will have a chance for the BIG prizes:

Grand Prize: $25 shopping spree @ Queen Kat Designs
1st Runner Up: 1 Get Inked! Kit (Month TBD)
2nd Runner Up: 1 Set of monster stamps (Diva, Buddy, Ms. Piggie and Joe)

PLUS....DON'T forget to check in at Just Johanna's Odd Bird Planet for even MORE prizes!!!

This is gonna be one GREAT day!

I've got my challenge allll ready and I'm REALLY excited about it!

See you tomorrow!

Check this out!!!

World Card Making Day

Wow! It's OCTOBER already... Don't get me wrong I can't wait for this year to be over with!!!! I'm SOOOO done with 2008 it's not even funny. Anyhow..... I'm excited to tell you that Queen Kat Designs has teamed up with Just Johanna's Odd Bird Planet to bring you a day full of challenges and lots of prizes!! You soooo don't want to miss out on this baby!

Where? Here!
When? October 4, 2008 (Saturday)
Time? Beginning at 6AM Pacific Standard Time

What? A ton of fun! We have been planning challenges for you like you would not believe. The Royal court has a day of fun planned. And together with Just Johanna it's going to be a total blast.

Here's the QKD Royal Court Schedule: (all times are set by PST)
• 6:00 am – 9:00 am-Heather
• 9:00 am – 12:00 pm - Penny
• 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm -QKD Blog
• 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm -Jules
• 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm -Vicki
• 9:00 pm – 12:00 am-Tanis
Since I just announced the new court today if some of the newbies want to host a challenge, I may add them to the list. Here's a list of prizes for the contests...

Grand Prize: $25 shopping spree @ Queen Kat Designs
1st Runner Up: 1 Get Inked! Kit (Month TBD)
2nd Runner Up: 1 Set of monster stamps (Diva, Buddy, Ms. Piggie and Joe)

All blog challenges will have 1 winner who will receive 1 stamp set from the store. These will be random stamp sets from our stock.

Stay tuned for more info! And get ready for a marathon day of challenges and fun!

21 years ago today.....

Was the first of my best days....they have gotten better since but this was the beginning....the start....the day my wonderful dh and I were married!

This year we had a sweet weekend. My boys had to head to Arkansas to switch out cars with Reva...(that is another WHOLE subject for another day) and then Martina came and got the youngest two so dh and I had the house to ourselves! Wooohooo!

We went to the movies on Sat...YOU HAVE TO GO SEE FIREPROOF!!!!! It is a MUST SEE movie for everyone, but bring the kleenex! Wow....then went to eat....yum....Ben is back and he even brought me a little gift from China Town in New York. I didn't think we would ever see him again but he told us he really loves Mississippi! LOL....

Anyway...after that we went to Borders....ahhhhh time....then came home and ended up falling asleep! HA....

Got up this am and went to have breakfast and then headed to Mynell Gardens...it is beautiful...in the midst of chaos and a place that you are almost concerned for your life is this several acre botanical gardens....we spent about 3 hours there...walking and talking...sitting and swinging....feeding the fish...marveling at the wonders of creation.....then we came home....

Simply sweet....simply us.....

Week 3/52 ATC Challenge

This our Life Deck....okay....52 weeks, or 52 years...whatever it takes we should create this....we should have something to look back on and remember these times...but yet know, that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us...but it was the past that placed us on the roads we are on....and the 'Y's we face every day.....the curves we didn't see, the curves we did.....let's take the time to TRAVEL our road!! And travel it together! What a fun venture...are you ready????

So....for this first group of '3'...we will be looking at the days.....the first week we looked at Today .... last week we thought about Tomorrow...and of course, we can't leave out YESTERDAY

That is where I want you to go now....could it be just yesterday (the day before this one!) that you want to remember something special....it could be that Yesterday be a time in your life that was special,fun or even hard that you have been able to overcome! We don't want to spend a LOT of time dwelling on yesterday, and remember that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us BUT it was yesterday that we had to go through before we got to today.....so this week.....share about YOUR YESTERDAY!

I had it easy....I got to think about 21 yesteryears ago today!!! Here is mine for this week! Get ready! The next 3 weeks we will take a total different turn.....and get a little FESTIVE!

Week 2/52 ATC Life Deck

Here it is! Week 2...

Well....Today I get to put up a new challenge....come on ladies! These are fun and EASY!!!!

This our Life Deck....okay....52 weeks, or 52 years...whatever it takes we should create this....we should have something to look back on and remember these times...but yet know, that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us...but it was the past that placed us on the roads we are on....and the 'Y's we face every day.....the curves we didn't see, the curves we did.....let's take the time to TRAVEL our road!! And travel it together! What a fun venture...are you ready????

So....for this first group of '3'...we will be looking at the days.....last week we looked at TODAY....now...can you guess where I'm going...

Let's dream about TOMORROW!!!! What do you want to do tomorrow.....where will you be tomorrow....your tomorrow can literally be TOMORROW (the next day) OR you can dream about your future....your family's future....your world's future....take it where YOU want to take it...remember they are YOUR cards and are YOUR emotions....YOUR colors, YOUR thoughts! But pause for a moment...and think about TOMORROW.

Here is mine for this week...

My dd that moved to Arkansas about a month ago has a thing with all of us...we miss her so much and she told us...I'll only be gone a minute...we remind her that a minute is up....and she says 'give me one more minute'....so in honor of my sweet Reva....

Tomorrow will be here in a minute!



Don't forget...that we are sharing them HERE at 4SS...come see what the ladies are doing and share yours....

This week I also added them HERE at ASF....so there are two boards joining in on the fun!!!

And if you don't want to post them at either place, just link them here!!!!! I wanna seeeeeee them!!!!

Honor.....

Can I tell you all that I am married to the MOST HONORABLE man I've ever known....

Yes, there are times I'd like to ring his neck....yes there are times he'd like to ring mine....but once again, I've watch this man have the opportunity to LASH out and yet, he remains silent. When someone else is yelling and cursing at him....he remained calm....frustrated yes, but at the same time didn't yell the same insults back....

And I KNOW that God will HONOR that....I know He already has, because I see him as honorable...

He has made mistakes....but he is first to admit that, he is first to ask forgiveness of that, all the while others are telling him things like 'you made your bed'....yes...he did....but there are things under that bed that have not been uncovered....things he didn't put there....but others don't want to admit that they put those there...no...he will cover it for them....because he doesn't want them to hurt..he does not want them to have anyone else think of them anything but good...he will stake his own reputation to avoid hurting theirs.

Yes...I am married to an UNDOUBTEDLY HONORABLE MAN!!! I don't care what anyone else says!!!! And I sooo am IN LOVE with him!!! Can you tell???

Life Deck....week 1 of 52

I am going to be hosting a 'Life Deck' challenge each week for 52 weeks HERE at 4SS

I am so excited about this journey!!! Here is the first challenge! Feel free to come join us at 4SS, or if you just wanna share them here, you are more than welcome to link them on here and share them with us! BUT if you share them with us on 4SS I'll put your name in the hat and each 3 weeks I'll draw a winner for a little RAK from me! The RAK will mostly be goodies that you could use on these cards! BUT it is always fun getting goodies in the mail....AND after 52 weeks you will have a little LIFE deck about you and your life!



Are you ready? Do you have a little 'blank' pallet in front of you yet??? I KNOW we allll have piles of scraps around us, and little pieces of this or that...well, these will be PERFECT for you to create 52 little pieces of ART, JUST for you, will be about you and the things you like, it will be about your family, it will be about things we do, places we go, people we meet.....it will be about our town, about our neighborhood, about our home, it will be about the rooms in our house.....yes...for the next 52 weeks we will walk on this little journey together...we will get to know more about each other, and about ourselves, through these little tiny pallets....

Not to worry, you won't have to talk much....sometimes you won't talk at all....because the KEY here is CREATIVITY!!! Your imagination is your world....remember when you were a little girl and you were asked to draw a picture....you might have been told to draw a picture of your favorite flower, of your family....what ever the case we were EXCITED to draw....excited to put onto paper our creativity....well...YOU ARE THERE AGAIN! There IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG....NO penalties for coloring outside the lines...or even making the colors match! If you want a red plaid skirt with a yellow polka dot shirt...GO FOR IT!!! YEA!! We are FREE!

Tee hee hee...didn't know these things were going to be that much fun did ya????

Let's call this our Life Deck....okay....52 weeks, or 52 years...whatever it takes we should create this....we should have something to look back on and remember these times...but yet know, that our BEST DAYS lie ahead of us...but it was the past that placed us on the roads we are on....and the 'Y's we face every day.....the curves we didn't see, the curves we did.....let's take the time to TRAVEL our road!! And travel it together! What a fun venture...are you ready????

So....for this first group of '3'...we will be looking at the days and time.....and what better place to start than TODAY!!!!

Yes...this is your topic....TODAY.....

Where are you today....you can make this funny, you can make this simple, you can make this emotional....(but how much can you put on a 2.5x3.5 piece of paper???) Today can be me LITERALLY TODAY (9/14 in this case) today can be a 'right now kind of thing' (like this year, as opposed to 10 years ago)....it can be what you did today...what you ate today....what you played today....what you watched today....about the weather today.....ANYTHING you want! (remember that blank piece of paper and crayons!) Oh....and you don't have to do both sides...but it is fun....it is up to YOU!!!!!

Here is my example....probably a bit on the emotional side because I was in an emotional mood....