A Swap I'm In

I signed up for a swap at ISC!!! This is exciting because I'm new to swapping. I told myself "no swaps this summer, you are too busy"......well I thought I'd try one and see how it goes. I don't see myself joining more than one at a time tho.

This swap is for an accordian card. I wanted to share my first one with you. I need to make three total for the swap. I'll be sure to share the rest as I get them done. Be warned......I didn't take much care in "posing" this card. You can see all my mess around it:)

TFL and stay tuned for more!!!

Another Award!?!?!?

A dear and sweet friend of mine, Lisa http://rubberstampinzone.wordpress.com/, has awarded me with...........well, an award!!! Thanks so much my friend!!
This award is bestowed upon a fellow blogger whose blog content or design is, in the giver’s opinion, brilliant.” That’s easy enough!The conditions of this award are:
I must thank the person who gave me the award, list their blog and link to itI must list ten (10) honest things about myselfI must put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on my blogI must select at least seven (7) other worthy bloggers & list their linksI must notify the bloggers of the award
10 Honest Things About Me …….
1. I love my husband more than anything in this world.

2. I tend to eat too much junk food.

3. I'm anal retentive.

4. I think I have a touch of OCD ;)

5. I am a trustworthy and loyal friend.

6. I buy way too much stamping stuff.

7. I am a Stampin' Up addict.

8. I think about my next stamping project way too much.

9. I have an infectious laugh.

10.I have more friends than I deserve.

The following are the blogs I wish give this award to:

Karen's blog http://oh4theloveof.wordpress.com/
Katherine's blog http://froufrouscrap.blogspot.com/
Suzanne's blog http://cardgarden.blogspot.com/
Heidi's blog http://loveembossing.blogspot.com/
Jenny's blog http://jenandsheld.blogspot.com/
Lisa's blog http://rubberstampinzone.wordpress.com/
Mariah's blog http://www.originalsbyoliveira.com/

I know Lisa gave it to me, but I really love her blog. She always has something awesome on it and gives away a ton of great blog candy.

Blog Award!!

I received this Lemonade Stand blog award from Patti. It's an award for bloggers that show great attitude and gratitude. Patti is a great person and an excellent crafter!!! The rules for this award are:

*comment on this blog

*cut and paste the award logo and use it on your own blog

*nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude

*link to your nominees within your blog post

*comment on their blogs to let them know they received the award

*link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation

Thank you so much for selcting my blog Patti!!! You are truly a dear friend:)

The blogs I am nominating are:

Karen's blog http://oh4theloveof.wordpress.com/

Katherine's blog http://froufrouscrap.blogspot.com/

Suzanne's blog http://cardgarden.blogspot.com/

Heidi's blog http://loveembossing.blogspot.com/

Jenny's blog http://jenandsheld.blogspot.com/

Lisa's blog http://rubberstampinzone.wordpress.com/

Mariah's blog http://www.originalsbyoliveira.com/

Patti already nominated Lisa and Karen, but I really wanted to nominate them too;)

Each of these ladies is very special to me and deserve this award. Please go to their blogs and check them out!!!

Your Special Day

This is a card for our neighbor girl. I wanted to make something girlie, but not "little girlie". I was able to use up some stuff from my stash!!!! I love it when a plan comes together!! TFL!

School's Out

I found this stuff in my stash. I made a card for our neighbor girl. The pp is handmade. The inside says "School's Out!!! Have a great Summer!!!!" TFL!!!

New Arrival Card

This is a card I made for my SIL and BIL. They have alot of things with this color scheme. I stamped the congratulations with brown and then double stamped it in pink for a shadow effect. The baby is due 6/10 and I wanted to have something to send out as soon as we got the news. TFL!!

Weekly Challenge 5/24 at ISC

My good friend Lisa is challenge hostess this week. In a nutshell, the challenge is to make a "window" card. Basically a card that you can see the inside from the outside. Here is my take on the challenge. I used the Golden Oldies set from SU. The bird is from In the Garden from SU. The border punch on the curtains is Martha Stewart. I embossed the curtains with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I dry embossed the shutters with the ScorPal then used sandpaper to make it show up a bit more. The flowers are an EK Success punch. TFL!!

May Stampin' Up Cards

Our SU group met tonight and here are the cards!!!! We had fun as usual:) Most of the time I come home and add my own special touches to the cards. This time I went button crazy!!! I added all the buttons after the fact except the black one on the congrats card. TFL!!

Dust It Off!!!!

I grubbed around in my scraps and made these cards. The only new paper I had to cut into was for the bases. I also used some word stamps that were gathering dust. I rarely use the tag die cuts......dunno why..........but gee whiz, I used those too. The green and blue string has just been sitting in my fiber bin since November. The small beads have been just sitting there looking at me everytime I open that drawer. It feels good to dust this stuff off and use it. The fish and car stamps are new "Just Beachy" from SU. TFL!!

Outside My Comfort Zone

I worked outside my comfort zone on this one. I don't normally use wire in this way on my cards. TFL!