New Feature To My Blog

Morning ladies! I do not have artwork for you yet today...no matter how many times I willed it to happen...I wasn't getting a vibe from the paper and stamp I'm trying to work for! Anyway, I wanted to let you know that I've added a Category feature to the blog. If you are looking for a specific card or would like to search by company you can just click on that company in the Category area on the left side of my blog. I've gone back and labeled my posts from December on and while it doesn't really take that long I think that will be as far as I go. I really hope you enjoy this new feature!

Hopefully I'll be back later today with artwork. If not...I'll see you tomorrow!

A card and some news...

The card and the news have to do with each other so I can have a cohesive post. But, if you know me...that won't happen. Anyway...I signed up to participate in a Bella Birthday Swap. I make 5 bella or fella birthday cards and get 5 back. Good idea, right? I thought so too! LOL! Anyway, I decided to take two spots and use one fella and one bella. The card today is what I came up with for Golfafella. I thought it would be good to use that stamp so then I'll have Jon's birthday card already for next month! Double duty stampin...gotta love it! Anyway, I used Golfafella and the birthday saying that accompanies it and the Bella sketch for the week which can be found HERE. I didn't use much for accessories because guys don't like that kind of thing. Jon will think I'm stretching it with the ribbon but the gifts will take his thoughts away from that anyway! I used the Wild Wasabi double stitched ribbon sort of as grass on the main image. What do you think? Good or silly?

The news is...I am going to be a moderator on the Bellaholics Anonymous yahoo group that I belong to! I'll be answering questions about the group when they come up. It will be so fun to be more involved with the group. I belong to several yahoo groups and I have to honestly say that the Bellaholics group is the best one. There has never been any sort of the in group fighting that sometimes happens. Only encouragement, excitement, and Bella! So, that is kinda cool, right? I know that I'm excited and hope that I will do a good job!

Well, you all have a fantastic Thursday!

Awww...isn't this cute?

So, my blogging friend, Dawn, had a little contest on her blog to win this super cute card. You see, her husband had bought her something for her birthday that she had never dreamed of owning and we were to guess what it was. We...knowing her husband the way I do (which is only through the blog...LOL!) I guessed that he had gotten her a Cricut (pronounced cricket) and guess what...He did! The card's main image is from Happy Heart Day, the set we'll be using in my stamp camp on the 26th. Dawn used her Cricut to makes the hearts next to the mouse. So, so cute isn't it? If you have not already checked out Dawn's blog it is a must for daily viewing. I have linked you to it at the beginning of the paragraph.

Speaking of the stamp camp on the 26th...as soon as my order comes on Thursday expect to see some glimpses of what we'll be making. It is going to be a fun time!

I hope you have a great Wednesday!

Oh, yaaahhh...woohoo!

We've got photos! I finally went in and cropped a couple of photos so I could share a couple of cards that I've gotten recently. This super cute card made with the SU! Level 3 hostess set called Time Well Spent is from one of my Canadian friends, Diane. See the cute images? I love them! I'm not sure who the stamp is from but I'm sure when Diane gets back from Jamaica she will tell us! She made sure she told me she would be there when I was reading the card, too! Stinker! She did tell me that she'd have a non-alcoholic drink for me while there though and I soooo appreciate that! This was just such a pleasure to receive in the mail and I really hope she and her husband are having a great time! Her niece, Shannon, sometimes visits my blog too so maybe if she sees this she will let us know if she has heard from Diane. Well...Shannon? Thanks so much Diane!

I hope you enjoy this card and I'm so glad to have something to share with you! Have a fantastic Tuesday everyone!

If you give a girl a stamp...

While I don't have a picture for you today I thought all my blogging friends would enjoy and identify with this story. It is written by Tracy Harp. Just click on her name to go to her blog...you'll love it!

If You Give a Girl a Stamp
By Tracy Harp

If you give a girl a stamp she‘ll want to make a card…she’ll need an ink pad to go with it. She will spend hours pouring over colors trying to decide just the right one to buy. In the end she’ll decide she just can’t choose so she’ll buy them all.
Then she’ll remember she’ll need card stock to match the ink so she’ll quickly add four packs of assorted paper to her list, oh and white, vanilla, black and kraft!
Thinking about certainly celery, purely pomegranate, pale plum and pumpkin pie will make her hungry so she’ll go to the kitchen for a snack. While munching on cookies she’ll realize she needs ideas of what to do with the stamp. She’ll go to her computer and Google rubber stamping.
She’ll find a site called Splitcoaststampers. Wow!! So many techniques and ideas and a gallery that never ends. She’ll spend hours gazing at beautiful cards and projects. Her eyes will become dry from staring at the computer screen. She’ll go to the bathroom for some eye drops.
On the way, she’ll pass her family sitting at the kitchen table waiting for dinner. She’ll quickly heat up some leftovers and try to pretend she hadn’t forgotten. While talking about the days events, her son will bring out the school pictures he had gotten that day.
That will remind her she wanted a digital camera to take pictures of her cards so she can start her own SCS gallery. She’ll convince hubby of all the reasons the “family” needs a new camera. He will finally agree and she’ll head to the store to buy one.
On her way home she’ll pass by Joanns and remember she needs an Ott-Lite to go with the camera she just bought. While shopping for a light she’ll see aisles of paper, punches, embellishments and ribbon. She’ll pick out a cart full of items but realize they don’t carry THE punch she saw used on a card she saved to her favorites. She’ll return home and go back to Splitcoaststampers to find out where to get THE punch.
Her search will lead her to someone’s blog where she’ll see a Starbucks bottle made into a cute candy container. That will remind her she has some bottles in the recycling bin so she’ll go to the garage to rescue them from the trash.
While in the garage she’ll see her son’s bike which will remind her she needs to buy a new helmet for his birthday. Thinking about birthdays will remind her she wanted to bake some cupcakes for him to take to school.
As she walks to the kitchen she’ll pass by the table and see the stamp. The stamp will remind her that she wanted to make a card and she’ll probably want some…

Woohoo!

I need your help!

Well, my new computer is up and running but, unfortunately, the PC to PC transfer did not work the way Dell said it would and my Outlook Express contacts did not transfer. If you have my CHARTER e-mail address (not my yahoo address, please) will you please e-mail me at that Charter e-mail address so that I can add you into my contacts again. Also, if you know anything about PC to PC transfer from Dell please let me know as I'm very frustrated at this point.

Also, I don't have any photo editing software on the new computer yet (waiting for the $30 coupon from Costco to go into effect on the 21st of this month) so please be patient with my photos as I'll have to hook up the other computer in another room so that I can edit photos, save them on a memory stick and then bring them to my new computer.

Thanks so much for your help and patience everyone!