I'm leaving today!

I am off to Portland with my upline, Richelle, today for Stampin' Up!'s Regional tomorrow! Woohoo! I'm excited for a couple of reasons. One, I have been to one of these events before and they are just crazy fun. Crazy being lots of women in one place that LOVE stamping! Also, tonight, we are going to an SCS dinner! I will get to meet some of my favorite stamp artists at this dinner so it is soooo exciting!

I wanted to leave you with some artwork so I thought I'd show you the door prizes that I made for Richelle and I for the dinner tonight. The first little piece of cuteness is the JOY block. I had a couple of extra wood block laying on my desk and I thought it would be cute to make them into the word joy for a Christmas house decoration. At first I thought it would be three separate blocks with letters but the letters I chose aren't big enough so I put them all on one. First, I used a sponge and Real Red ink and died the block red. Then I put the DP from Dashing on the block and used my craft and hobby knife to cut the paper around the block. Next, I stamped the letters in Real Red craft ink and used Iridescent Ice EP to emboss them. Sparkly! After that I popped them up with Dimensionals. I added Very Vanilla 5/8" Grosgrain to the edges of the block and Real Red Grosgrain on top with a bow and voila! A little JOY package! I am absolutely thrilled with how this came out! I think it is sooo cute!

The other item I made was with a giant clothes pin. And I do mean giant! it is 6 1/2" tall! I used the Apple Cider DP and some of the fabulous Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon (get it while you can...it is FABULOUS!) and glued them to the clothes pin! Easy schmesy! It you set it on the opposite end that the picture shows then you can use it to hold a card, picture, or anything else your little heart desires! Pretty neato, huh?!

So, that is it! The two door prizes...I hope they are well liked and that we get something really fun in return!

I will not be posting tomorrow at all and probably late on Sunday if at all as I will need to get my photos in order and such before I post.

Have a super fantastic weekend!

She got it!!!!

Remember I told you about the Halloween swap that I joined? I sent my Halloweeny sister's box on Saturday morning and she just posted that she received it! Yay! You can see in the picture what I sent. She got a wheel and punch that she had been wanting, a 'boo' chipboard decoration, the little mini clipboard I showed you guys awhile ago and one that isn't decorated so she can make her own. Also, there are some ribbons and jumbo paper clips in the 2-5-7-10 box. Of course you can see the black cat beenie baby and finally some CHOCOLATE! How could I not send chocolate at Halloween?

Anyway, she seemed to like it so I'm pleased it all worked out. Now...should I join the Christmas Elf swap you think? Or...maybe I could host something like that on on this blog. What do you all think? That would be fun, huh?

Guess what? I have all my swaps done for Regionals! Woohoo! Now, I just have to come up with something for a door prize for the SCS dinner that we'll be going to on Friday. I have something started but honestly...I'm not sure if I have time to get it done. YIKES!!! What am I going to do?!

Oh, and I wanted to show you guys my birthday cake! I really like Strawberry Shortcake...such fun childhood memories! This is a totally chocolate cake. Chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, and chocolate ganache (okay, so that isn't how you spell it but you know what I mean, right?) on the top. Super rich but super YUMMY!!!

Thank you to everyone who sent me a note or left a comment on my birthday! You all made it a truly special day!

So, while I worry about getting the door prize done I hope that everyone out there in blogger land has a worry free day!!!

You know what...

You know something that I love about my DH? He knows that I don't really like surprises. Therefore, he knew that he needed to prepare me for my birthday and all that is coming with it. I knew a couple of weeks ago that I would be busy today from about 10 a.m. until ???? Well, now I know why! I'm going to my Salon & Spa for quite the treatment! I will get my hair done , a massage, and a pedicure! All my favorite stuff! Then I will come home and be a blob of jelly for a little while. My dinner you may ask? Well, it is my favorite pasta place in town! Woohoo! Then in the evening a couple of people will be coming over to share cake with us. I have been promised no balloons, candles, or that type of thing...just sharing of cake. Sounds good to me!!!

I'm currently working on my swap card for my Season of Joy swap. It is going REALLY well and you all will love it! Hopefully I'll end up with some time to work on it today.

Have a super fantastic day everyone!!! :o)

Tommorrow

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow... you're only a day away! Why do I love tomorrow? 'Cuz it is my birthday!!! Woohoo! Since I married Todd I my birthday's have been fantabulous! I just can't wait to see what he has planned for tomorrow!

Okay, on to some artwork for today. On one of the Yahoo groups that I belong to, SUAngels, I am the Stamping/Scrapbooking Tip person. Each Thursday I give a tip to the group that they may not already have known about. One of my tips is to use the same color of ink as cardstock to add some depth. You can see an example of this technique on this card that was sent to me as a Angel Tag from Darla. I have to say that I love Darla! She is so sweet and very encouraging! Isn't it cute? The set is Be Happy and she used my technique of tone on tone color on the grass. I never would have thought of this cute flower on my own and now I must try it! Thank you Darla for such a cute Tag!

I'm not sure when or if I'll be able to post tomorrow so please stay tuned!!! :o)

Between

Between watching the Packer Game and trying to relax a little I've been blurfing (blog surfing). I have found a fantastic blog by a kiddo named JoAnna. She is so creative and seems to be soooo sweet!!! Go check it out right now! Crafty Kid

Sorry Guys

Sorry guys...no post today. I have some sinus stuff going on and I just want to sit down and relax! I'll be back tomorrow!

A quick thank you to the lovely ladies who came to my WCMD even yesterday! I had a great time and so appreciate your support! :o)