whew...

what a whrilwind!! 4 days of stamping fun with 22 friends from around the us. what a blast!! i'll be posting many pictures of the projects i completed in the next few days.

shackapolooza...

it's finally here!! the stamping get together we've been planning for a year!!! it's such a good time!!!

palooza page...

i stayed up until about 4am this morning finishing these pages. my intent was to get them done on the 4 days i had off last weekend, but then running off to vegas kinda skewd that plan!! here is the final page. i found the cutes chipboard house albums in the dollar section at michaels, so i used those as the base. now i just have to finish the rest of the journal!! and pack!

my palooza cj page
stamps: odd bird planet (i only used 1!)
cardstock: certainly celery, all my memories patterned paper
ink: chocolate chip,purely pomegranate
other: fonts for peas font: pea faye

game on...

suzi hosted a swap using riley stamps. of course, i don't have any so she was kind enough to send me the images since i joined! i used crystal effects to try and make the ice look wet.

game on
stamps: riley (?)
cardstock: night of navy, dcwv patterned paper
ink: night of navy
other: bic markers, crystal effect

patty's cj...

this is my entry for patty's circle journal in the my theme cj swap. her theme was flowers and i was stumped. so i went for simplicity. it let me use stamps i had forgotten about but absolutely love!!

flowers
stamps: maryse carrier, magenta
cardstock: pale plum, perfect plum
ink: perfect plum, elegant eggplant
other: prismacolor markers, bic markers

portable...

i love that my hobby/obsession is somewhat portable. while kerry is down playing poker, i'm working on swaps! (thanks suzi, for the riley's!)

more baby cards...

here are a few more baby cards that i made. in hindsight, i should have been making wedding announcements!!!

little one
stamps: stampin up
cardstock: bashful blue, pink pirouette, close to cocoa
ink: rose red, buckaroo blue, bashful blue, pink pirouette, chocolate chip craft
other: clear embossing powder

baby cards...

i have been making some baby cards. no, not for me or anyone you may know!!! i couldn't decide between boy or girl, so i made some of each!

sweet one
stamps: stampin up, papertrey
cardstock: rose red, buckaroo blue, patterned paper pebbles inc
ink: purely pomegranate, night of navy, buckaroo blue, groovy guava
other: scallop punch, circle punch

the winner...

the random number thingie picked #9!

so sarah!!! you win!!! here's your prize!!!!

thanks for visiting my blog!!

ack...

i forgot to announce the winner of the shuggy snacks!! reprieve!! post to the post below and i'll pick a winner tomorrow morning (thursday, april 2!)