Shopping Friday

Isn't that what you are supposed to do?  If you are 'born to shop' ....go shopping on Friday so you can find great buys to look FAN-Tab-U-Lus all weekend long???  Here would be that great card to send off to 'said' friend who shops.  Inside it says: You go girl!!  I'm not sure who the original design is by.... I'm seeing a lot more 'fashion' stamps come out with purses and shoes and bling! Flowers for broaches, lace and sparkles!

Sending good wishes my dads way.  This weekend he is partying it up with his high school classmates for their 60th Class Reunion. He was on the planning committee.  I've been 'out' for 28 years... right now I have no desire to meet up with highschool classmates.  It was a different era!

Happy Friday!

Pink Blush

I borrowed this stamp set from MK, it's SU!  You know how simple this line drawing is?  Too simple to doodle myself and actually fun to stamp!  That's how simple!!  While I have the stamp set on loan, I'm creating lots of images to put in my stash.

Looking at this photo the card looks kind of wrinkled... I wonder if I have to iron it? hee hee

Well in other news, not much to report...DH has decided that it's okay to have a week of vacation and not really do anything or go anywhere.  It's not that he's having fun at this, but he's glad to be getting some of the piddly stuff done.  And you know, as the honey do wifey... I'm glad he's getting that 'stuff' done. 

It's time for school to start back up.  You hit that wall and the boredom and the novelty of sleeping in, staying up late, lounging on the couch watching tv all day... sets in.  It's time to have something to do!!!  Now I better get off my butt and do something!!!

Recycled hand made paper

A month or two ago, I scored at Goodwill.  I found a paper making kit, cheap.  It had a very small frame with a screen and felt and the directions to make your own recycled paper.  You take all your materials,  recycled paper, napkins, newspaper.... cut/rip them up into tiny pieces.  Then there is H20 and a blender involved.... once you get mulch or mush.... poor it out on to this screen, squeeze out the water and let it dry... and voila`.... hand made recycled paper.

Here are 4 different designs...with stitching....

inking simple images, and ripping the paper to give it that non perfect edge....

punching out and using and embossing folder....

and then just giving a simple look, to a beautiful note card!!

For the company that wants 'green' products, here is my small contribution!!

Adventure number 1

We rented a pontoon boat Monday afternoon on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin.  Here are a couple of views of the fun.  It was a beautiful day to go tubing.  First shot with Kyle out on the tube.

He is that little spec in the the back, I like the puffy clouds.

Captain Jeff steering the pontoon boat.

This is so cool.  But don't take off before we hold on.

Some things make me happy

I just like looking at the cover of this mini scrap book I made a few weeks ago.  It makes me happy!!  I love the colors, I love the layout.  I love the butterfly in the circle punch.  I love the 3 little flowers on the bottom right. I'm willing to give this awesome mini scrapbook up.  Why make things if you can't set them up to let them fly away and be free.  Inquire within!

Vacation week.  Not really for me, but DH.  I have recently heard two tv shows with tv moms saying.... going on vacation with your children is a business trip with very little benefits, because you take your job with you, it's just in a different location.  You'll have to stay tuned to hear what adventures we took. Job interview that I teased about last week was cancelled.  They have to 'think' before they re-organize.  I'm refreshed from my one day temp. job though.  Dealing with the public is a very, very funny thing!!

Happy Monday.

Just a note, inside and out

Here is a complete card, inside and out.  I CASed this one from Pam at Stamping with Serendipity

or as she goes as the Smiley Collector.  I've followed her for a few years and she makes very complete cards.  If I recall, she sells them for over $5 each.  You can tell this is a slightly different card for me...

 for one, I'm actually using a stamp (Stampin Up!) and yes, the inside of the card is inked and ready to use.  I like the color combo, the inking of the edges and the stitching from my sewing machine, on the edges!!! Used my Martha Stewart punch to get the edged ribbon on the left for the inside of the card.

Here's a for instance.... how many ways can you politely tell someone that you are a temp worker answering the phones and that you will take a message for someone in the office to call you back? That was me yesterday.  I got a temp job for the day answering phones at a town hall in a city 1/2 hour away from here.  First of all... not that I'm dumb.... but living in Illinois for only 4 years I really only know my own city (not even how the government runs it... I know that we have a mayor)  The city I worked in, has a board president and from what I can tell, it is a very, very rich city ~ think horse farms.  This one guy called in complaining about his speeding ticket.  I had a feeling the town hall didn't handle that situation, but all 4 of the other people working in that office were either gone for the day or in a meeting. I was very nice and calm on the phone and said to the gentleman, that I was just answering phones for the day, I would take his information and pass it along to the appropriate person to have the call returned.  He tried another angle... but I have another question, he said.... (a few things ran through my mind.... does it not say on the frickin ticket who you are supposed to call? Police Department??)  And totally, I understand when someone is frustrated and wants an answer, but I calmly said again, that I can only take the message and pass it along.

I worked for 7 hours.  Felt a little grimmy.  I forget to take cleaning wipes with me.... other peoples germs. It's always much more fun to talk about other people, than myself.

In other news:  Sissy in Whitewater experienced Tornado Warnings.  She had to go in the basement of the dorms for hours.... it was a crazy stormy night at volleyball camp!

You're the bees knees!!

Excellent... and a cute thing to say!!  If you want to know more about the origin of the Bees Knees (the gecko says it in the Geico commercials) saying go ----> here.  This is a super cute Hedge Hog from the Penny Black line.  A sweet little note card to send a friend.  I think any sentiment can be put inside this fun card! Bright colors!  The flower petals and the wings all have Stickles on them. (glue like substance that has glitter in it... ooh, is it the combination of stick and sparkle????).  Not sure if my Copic marker (the one I used to color in the skin tone, not his quills)... or is it my black sharpie pen... they are not liking being combined... I have a fear of the 'smear'....so then I blended in a water color pencil to even out the skin tone.

Took Sissy up to UW- Whitewater Wisconsin for a volleyball camp.  She seemed really comfortable in the dorm room.  Thinking of  how she would decorate the stark white brick walls with posters.  For some reason I don't feel as nervous with the thought of her going to college than I do Bubba... who will be going next year.  Go figure!