Lucky Duck

Recently I was able to attend the Stampin' Up! regional that was held here in Minneapolis. I meet with my friend and downline Colleen who traveled here from Virginia, along with Colleen's friend Andrea (hi Andrea!) and Pam, one of Colleen's downline, who traveled from southern Minnesota. We had a wonderful time stamping and getting caught up with each other along with learning new stamping techniques!

This is the swap that I made for the regional, I was only able to make 25 but I was able to receive 25 other great ideas in exchange! I'm not sure if the picture shows that I paper pierced around the wing of the duck, along with the bow around his neck.

Can you imagine the energy 500 Stampin' Up! demonstrators can generate! I left with so many ideas I hope I can get the chance to re-create some of them soon!

Supplies Used: Stamps~ Wagon full of Fun.

Paper~ So Saffron, Bliss Blue, Certainly Celery, Whipser White, Delicate Dots DSP (SAB), Watercolor paper.

Ink~ Black Staz-on, Summer Sun, More Mustard, Bliss Blue, Only Orange, Pumpkin Pie.

Accessories~ Blender Pen, Punches: Large Oval, Key tag, Window, 1" circle, Scallop, Blue Double Stitched ribbon, silver brads, cutter kit, craft scissors, dimentionals.

grrreat!!!!

I think these two guys are just tooooo cute! The first time I saw this set I fell in love with it. Unfortunately I haven't used it until now.

I know it's hard to see in this picture but I cut around the bear's head and the raccoon and popped them up with a dimentional. I also added a couple of wiggly eyes to the raccoon to make him even cuter!

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Under the Stars.

Paper~ Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip, Spring Break (retired), whisper white, watercolor paper.

Ink~ Noir Black Palette, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Not Quite Navy.

Accessories~ 1" double stitched chocolate chip, natural hemp twine, wiggly eyes, cyrstal effects, cutter tool.

Don't fall off your chair!!!!

Yeah, I know, it's a miracle! I was able to get some stamping time in!!! I have to admit, I did pull most of this from my stash. Well it's a start anyway! I guess it's a 'Go Green' challenge card.

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Supplies used: Stamps~ Inspired by Nature, Sanded, Fresh Cuts.

Ink~ Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Basic Gray.

Paper~ So Saffron, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Urban Garden DP.

Accessories~ Scallop Circle punch, Designer Label punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, Large Oval punch, White Gel pen, Kiwi Kiss/Vanilla Satin Ribbon.

I thought I would share this picture of Megan and her boyfriend Taylor. They are on their way to the annual 'Snowdaze' dance held at their High School. I guess you could call it a pre-prom dance, in our day it was called 'Sadie Hawkins' dance where the girls ask the guys to the dance.

Megan's Senior year has been so busy! I guess that is part of why I have been so quite lately on my blog. I can't believe she will be off to college in a few short months!!!!

Speaking of college, Megan was offered a spot playing Division I hockey for the University of North Dakota recently. This has been her dream for a long time and it's finely coming true!!!! She is soooooo excited and so are we! We will be able to go to about half of her games next season as she will be playing in the WCHA.

WCHA teams include the University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State, Bemidji, St. Cloud, University of Wisconsin and Ohio State. She will also have the opportunity to play teams out east and Canada. Can you tell I'm excited for her? Well if not, I am!!!!!!

I'm off work this week as the school district is on spring break. I've been getting caught up on alot of things that have been put on the back burner.

Tonight I'm on a mission to look for a challenge to get my stamping juices flowing again, any suggestions?

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Happy New Year!

I am looking forward to a new year with new beginnings and new adventures along with health and happiness in 2009!

My Cousin is doing better everyday! It is truly a miracle that he is still with us and doing so well! We are hoping he will be able to return home in March or April. Thank you so much for all of the prayers that have sent our way!

With everything that has been going on the last three months my stamping time has been very limited. I did this card a few days ago, I'm not sure my mojo is completely back yet so please bear with me until it returns fully!

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Supplies Used: Stamps- Inspired by Nature.

Paper - Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Whisper White, Georgia Peach DSP.

Ink - Regal Rose, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa.

Accessories - Large Oval punch, 1/4" punch, paper piercer, silver brads.

Hello!

Hi everyone, sooooo sorry that it's been awhile since my last post, but most of you know what has been going on. We thought that my cousin was doing much better, he was even transfered to a rehab facility where he was to start therapy. Unfortunately he was only there for a day when they had to transfer him back to the hospital.

With this and other things going on I have had to put things on the back burner for awhile.

My brother asked me to make the Christmas cards for their company again this year, lucky they choose one of the samples that I made last year for them. This is the card for this year, I have 100 of them to make by next weekend, I need to get busy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used: Stamps~ Peaceful Wishes (retired), Linen (retired).

Paper~ Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla.

Ink~ Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip.

Accessories~ Vintage Brads, Natural Hemp, Ticket Corner punch, circle punch, paper piercer, sponge, Non-SU! product-Stickles.

Many Thanks for your kind words....

Thank you for all your well wishes and prayers for my cousin Jason. I appreciate all the emails that you have sent me along with the comments that have been made on my blog. All of the prayers and thoughts have helped tremendously.

I hope to get back into stamping soon, but with everyting that is going on, I have seem to have lost my mojo along the way. Please keep Jason in your thoughts and prayers as he has a long road ahead of him! Hope to find my mojo soon!

Take care,
~Diane

Quick Update...

Hi everyone, so sorry I've been so quite lately. Life seems to take some pretty quick turns at the drop of a hat. Last Tuesday October 21 one of my cousins was in a very serious car accident. The driver in the other vehicle was killed. My cousin Jason was not, but he has some very serious injuries including broken bones in his back & neck. I come from a very close knit family and alot of my extended family has spent many hours at the hospital with my Aunt & Uncle and their family during this time. Please keep Jason in your prayers as he goes through this very difficult time in his life.

I hope to get in some stamping time soon, but my first priority is my family. Please keep checking back for any updates. Take Care, Diane

Happy Monday!!!!

Hi everyone, I hope you had a fabulous weekend!

Today's card is one I made for a couple different challenges. First I wanted to participate in last week's SCS color challenge, I LOVE the color combination for this challenge. The other challenge is for Beate's WSC, I did change it up a bit, I made a square card instead of the tall card shown in the sketch. I LOVE square cards!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used: Stamps~ Dreams Du Jour, Pocket Silhouette's, Stitched.

Paper~ Pink Pirouette, Basic Black, Whisper White.

Ink~ White Craft, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose.

Accessories~ Blender pen, Designer label punch, oval punches, Scallop punch, paper piercer, Pink Taffeta ribbon, Non- SU! product - Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder, Nestibilities, decorative pearls.