Here it is...

Isn't it beautiful? I know, I know...I'm weird for wanting a wagon but it has sooo much room without being huge and using lots of gas. It drives really nice too!

Who wants a ride?

Something I've Never Done Before

After all this time paper crafting I've never done a recipe swap. Don't get me wrong...I like recipes, I just don't think I'm 1. a very good cook and 2. able to put something cute together. Well, my friend Courtney asked me to join her 6x6 recipe swap I couldn't say no. As a matter of fact she could hear my foot stomping through the miles when I said FINE...I'll do it. You see...I only join swaps with 10 or less players. For some reason that is about the most of on thing I can make without getting frustrated. Also, it's 6x6...I mean really...what do you do with the extra room if you have a 3x5 recipe?! BUT, I said yes so I needed to get to work on it. So.....there it is------->

What do you think? I went to my LSS and got the veggie designer paper. Used my Chefabella, GinaK's Scalloped Frames & Doodles, and my word set from the Kim Hughes Collection at CHFs. The recipe has a brad on the left top because there are two pages and you can move the top 3x5 card up and around so it is out of the way to read the directions on the 2nd page. Would you be pleased if you received this page in a swap? I hope so 'cuz this is what I'm going with!

A little later today Todd and I are going to get my new car. I won't keep you in suspense...it is a VW Passat Wagon. It has everything on it that a person could want...leather interior, heated seats, 6 disc CD changer, lots of room, and the best part is that it is WHITE!!! I have always wanted a white vehicle (don't ask me why...I don't know) and now I have one...woohoo! If you click on the link ignore the price in the left corner as it isn't what we paid and I'm not gonna tell ya! LOL! I will take a picture when we get it home and post it. I'm sure I'll have a huge smile! Oh...if I have your cell phone number and you can get a text you'll probably see it that way first! LOL!!!

Alright...have a super Saturday and I'll see you back here later!

Well....

Sorry, guys. Todd and I left earlyish this morning to try and buy a new vehicle. It looks like we've found something BUT the dealership was HORRIBLE!!! If you live in my area I will tell you who it is and MY experience but I don't wish to slander their name by putting it on the internet. I should tell you that we almost have to go there because it is the only VW place within about 2 hours.

I promise I'll post something really good tomorrow (I hope) before we go pick up the vehicle. Then when we get home I'll have Todd take a pic of me with new new car.

Have a great Friday night everyone!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

Good morning everyone! Are you all set for today? I want to show you some blog candy that I received. Kathea had some blog candy up for grabs on her blog Say It With Ink awhile back and I was the winner! Woohoo baby! She sent me the cutest Bella card (Cakeabella), a great clear stamp set and a COPIC marker! Can you believe it?! Woohoo. Thanks so much Kathea!

I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Received Swaps

I thought I'd share with you a couple of the swaps that I received through a swap on one of my yahoo groups...SUAngels. The first card was made by Darla Roberts an is made with the set A Beautiful Thing. Her gorgeous color combination of Regal Rose and Apricot Appeal makes this such a happy card! I had never thought of putting those two colors together before but I really like it!







The second card was made by Alice Hartlaub. I wasn't too sure about this set until I received this card. How cute are the big candles? The color combination just screams happy birthday. She used some of SU!'s new chunky glitter on the flame and I'm telling you ladies it is so cool looking in real life!



I hope you guys like these samples as much as I do! Is everyone ready for Valentine's Day? I'm not! I haven't even made Todd's card yet so guess what I'll be doing today? Now to decide which set to use...tough one! Have a great Wednesday!

A New Hanna In Town

I got my new Hanna Stamps set, Domestic Goddess, in the mail last week and I just had to make a card with her. I've actually used a layout from the Bella sketch challenge this week but I thought it was a great layout. 'Spose I should go back and do it with a Bella now, huh? The circle paper is the back side of a really cute paper I got last week that has polka dots and dragon flies. I wanted to use the other size but it didn't look as nice as this side does. I love the splash of black with the ribbon. And is that sentiment not funny? It is part of the Things Hanna Would Say set. All the sayings (28 of them!) in that set fit into the Word Window punch by SU! So convenient!

So, today is the first time to use a little bit smaller picture on my blog. Please let me know if you think it is too small so I can adjust according to your needs. I finally figured out how to make my picture bigger in Adobe Photoshop Elements after I've cropped it so that I can see where the watermark is going. Silly little thing but it was bugging me! LOL!

So...this card goes out today to a Glory from Lorie winner that I've been behind in getting her loot out! Speaking of winners...four people guessed correctly on the heart tins. The correct order is...Lion, Kyler...Boxers, Jon...and Mailbox, Scott. So...the winner is...Jennifer K! Can I get a woohoo?! I already have Jennifer's address so I'll get something out to you this week!

I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday!

Two New Awards

I have been very blessed to receive two new blogging awards. First, from my friend Courtney...the Spread The Love Award. Thank you so much Courtney! :o)









The other is the Excellent award. This one I was awarded by Charmaine. I feel so special that she would choose me! For this one I am supposed to choose 10 people to pass it on to. Hard to do but here I go...

Courtney
Diane
Kathea
Heidi
Amber
Katie
Dawn
Joan
Cristina
Karen
Shannon

Go visit all these ladies and you will get a treat! :o)

Oops!

This just proves it! If I don't post in the morning I totally forget. I was sitting there last night and thought...crud...I forgot to post! You see...Sunday morning we decided to wake the kids early and go get breakfast at Perkins before church. This require me to get up, shower, and dress right away instead of coming here and posting before getting on with my day. So, sorry...no post but breakfast was good!

Alright...my project for you guys today. Do you remember THIS post? Well, I got THESE tins from PaperTrey Ink when they were released last month and I spent a little time covering them and getting them ready for the boys. It was much easier than I had anticipated as Sharon has instruction on how to cut the paper for the top window. Once again I used my paper from the Target $ spot. I colored the images that Bela gave me with my COPIC markers, cut them out and placed them on the tins. I added some flocking on the frog's boxers but no glitter or anything like that as they are boys ya know! The images are kind of 3-d though as I used dimensionals on part of the image. Like the lion's head is popped up from the tin. I think the striped (is it two "p"'s or one?) tin may be too girlie but I didn't have any other boyish Valentine paper so I had to make do.

So...lets have a little Glory from Lorie. Think you can guess correctly which tin is for which of my boys? From the correct guesses I'll choose a winner for a card with a surprise from me! Remember you have to have all three correct in order to go into the drawing.

Also, a random note just so you all know. I think I'm going to start sizing my pictures a little bit smaller. It will save a little room on my computer and on my blogger account. You can always click on them to make them larger.

I hope you all had a great weekend! Make today a great day!

*The spell check still isn't working so forgive my mistakes.*