Just Because (MOJO121) & Dundee

Good Afternoon & Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is having a good week so far. For today's card, I used Mojo Monday Sketch #121 and Verve Stamps Petals & Stems set. The cardstock and patterned paper are from the December Key Ingredients from Taylored Expressions. I used Pink Passion, Certainly Celery, and a teal color from Storage Units, Ink & More. It's really hard to see in the photo, but I used my Quickie Glue Pen and Starfire Glitter on parts of the flower. It's SUPER sparkly IRL.

This past weekend, my hubby and I took our girls to Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort. While we were there, we had the opportunity to take a picture with a 6 month old baby kangaroo named Dundee. Isn't he adorable??? He is, by far, the SOFTEST animal I have ever petted.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a fabulous day!

Guess Who?

Hey Everyone! Long time, no post huh? It's been about two months. Did you miss me...LOL?!? I'm happy to say that things are going very well and I'm slowly getting back to stamping. I have a couple of cards to show you today, but first I would like to share a few photos with you.

Today is my Daughter, Erin's 6th birthday! Erin also started kindergarten this year; such an exciting time. She is adjusting very well and her Father and I are very proud of her. Here are some pictures of my birthday girl on her 1st day of kindergarten...:)

I have two cards to show you today using the August Key Ingredients from Taylored Expressions. All the supplies I used on my first card are from the Key Ingredients, except for the sentiment. The sentiment is from the Storage Units, Ink & More set; You're A Hoot. And, ENABLER ALERT!!! SUINK has a HUGE sale going on right now; including stamps sets for only $5.00. You can check out all of the details HERE.

For my second card I used Taylor's Cupcake Challenge Sketch #82. All the supplies I used are from the August Key Ingredients as well, except for the sentiment. The "Thank You" sentiment is from the Fresh Flowers set from Taylored Expressions.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL weekend!

It's Your Day & Pictures

Good Morning & Happy Tuesday! I have some pictures to share with you today, but first things first...LOL! I made this card for SC223 using two Storage Units, Ink & More sets. The flower is from the AT A SNAILS PACE set and the It's your day sentiment is from the newly released set, THINKING OF MOTHER. The flower is colored in with Copic Markers and the sentiment is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. It's hard to see in the photo, but I pierced around the image. Then I added silver rhinestones to the corners and Crystal Stickles to the flower. The cardstock, patterned paper, ribbon, and rhinestones are all from the Mother's Day Key Ingredients from Taylored Expressions.

Now, onto my pictures...:)

Here are my girls on Easter Sunday. My little one has a wad of gum in her month; nice huh...LOL?!?

My Mom & Dad on Easter. They were visiting from Arizona.

This is an Easter basket that my oldest Daughter made us. I see a future stamper in the making...LOL!!!

My oldest Daughter's birthday was this past Friday; she turned 12. Here she is with her favorite present (from Nana & Papa); a digital camera.

My hubby and girls.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope everyone has a GREAT day!

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Junior Legal Pad Wish Lists

YAY; it's WEDNESDAY! I wouldn't normally be this excited about a Wednesday, but since it's the last day of the work week and Thanksgiving is tomorrow; I am...LOL!!! After I finished making the card I posted yesterday, I decided to keep out my Be Merry patterned paper and die cuts to make my girls each a little "wish list". SCS has a great tutorial for these, which you can view it here. I bought a pack of junior legal pads at my local office supply store, had them cut them in half (vertically), and I was on my "merry" way...LOL!!! I used Regal Rose and Garden Green cardstock. The green wish list is stamped with the PAPERTREYink Polka Dot Basics set. So, why didn't I stamp the other one? Well, my five year old was looking over my shoulder the entire time I was making hers saying "Are you done yet Mommy, are you done yet?". Since I was pretty sure that her wish list wouldn't stay in one piece very long, I decided to forgo stamping the background and just finish it up as quickly as I could for her...LOL. It's hard to see in the photo, but I added Crystal Stickles to parts of the die cuts (you can click on the photo for a larger view) and the glimmer ribbon is from the Christmas Key Ingredients from Taylored Expressions. My girls were SO excited when I gave them each their wish lists; they couldn't wait to start using them. So, before they did, I snapped a picture of them. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Youngest SASI Fan...LOL!!!

Saturday I was at my stamping desk making a card for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge this week (which I'll post tomorrow) and had my holiday SASI stamps out. My youngest Daughter Erin (who is five) asked if I could stamp some images for her to color (she always asks me to do that when I am stamping...LOL), so I did. She took the images into her room and proceeded to color them. A little while later she came up to me and said "Mommy, come see my room". I said "I did honey, you did a great job cleaning it". She said "No mommy, you have to come take a look at it again, PLEASE???", so I did.

I walked into her room to find the CUTEST thing. She had two pieces of white computer paper and a card she made set up on her Winnie The Pooh chair like she was going to take a picture of it (like I do with my cards). Well, of course I had to take a picture of it...LOL! After I did Erin said "Mommy, take a picture of me with my card too." Then, she said "Wait, I have one more." As she was switching out her images I quietly heard her say "Steady, Steady" as if the small piece of paper was going to break if it fell on the floor; it was priceless. I laughed, told her how adorable she was, and then thought "I think she just might be the youngest SASI fan...LOL". I've attached some pictures; isn't she just the cutest?!?

I'm Here

Hello!!! For those of you that actually stop by to visit my blog; I'm still here...LOL!!! Unfortunately, stamping has had to take a back seat to everything else going on this summer. I've missed it dearly and I'm ready to get back to stamping on a regular basis. Last night I cleaned and reorganized my stamping area (for like 2 hours), so I'm good to go. I hope to start posting again early next week. In the meantime, I thought I would leave you with an adorable picture I took of my girls on the 4th of July (sorry, I couldn't resist). Till next week!

Vacation Pictures

T.G.I.F. Everyone!!! So, you're probably wondering if I even stamp anymore. I do, but haven't made anything new in weeks. My hubby and I were on vacation last week and we spent most of this week "catching up" on everything. I have some "me time" set aside tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to creating again. So, since I don't have anything new to post, I thought I would share some pictures from our vacation. We took almost 200 pictures. Of course, I'm just going to show you a handful of random ones. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Miami Skyline

A Live Starfish

My In-Laws on a Hobie Cat

Our taxi in Nassau had Louie Vitton seats

Me and my hubby on the boat over to CoCo Cay

Our ship from CoCo Cay

Beautiful Blue Water!!!

My hubby getting ready to snorkel

My In-Laws at dinner on formal night

Sunset

This & That

Well, I still haven't created anything new to post. I haven't stamped in over a week *sad face*. I've been so busy and I'm lucky if I get to sit down and relax before 9:00pm. And, at that point, I'm ready for bed. One of the reasons that I've been so busy is because my hubby and I are leaving for vacation tomorrow morning. We are taking a Royal Caribbean Cruise to the Bahamas (NO KIDS....WOO, HOO!). My Mom is flying in from Arizona tonight to watch our girls while we are gone (isn't she sweet?). I didn't realize how much you have to do to prepare for being gone for a week, especially when it comes to someone else watching your children. I'm SUPER excited and will share some pictures when I get back. Oh, and you can bet I'll be stamping on Mother's Day...LOL!!!

Last Thursday my oldest Daughter, Alicia, spent the day with my at work for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. I had such a wonderful day with her and she had fun too. Here are some pictures I took of her. Check out that GIGANTIC slice of pizza she had for lunch.