time to get together...

in a few weeks, i'm going on a little trip.  it's my annual (turning into somewhat semi-annual!) girls trip to indiana to hang out for four or five days with my stamping friends from around the globe.  ok, no one is coming from a different country, although we have many friends in far away places.  but there will be six states represented...illinois, michigan, north carolina, ohio, tennessee and utah.  14 of us will gather to stamp, laugh, eat, stamp, laugh, laugh, laugh, and make s'mores with our heat guns (video here!).  good times.  so to celebrate, i made some atcs to send to all the girls going.  i figured it was an appropriate sentiment!!  and i hope they all have them by now!!  (if not, surprise!!)

get together
stamps: unity
digi stamp:  dustin pike
cardstock: purely pommegranate, blushing bride, fancy pants pp
ink: purely pomegranate, peeled paint distress
embellishments:  stickles

tools: prismacolor markers

s'mores anyone?

so a group of us are having a girl's stamping weekend in indiana (say that three times fast!)  the weather hasn't been very warm, but we were hoping for a bonfire to make s'mores.  well, the rain didn't quite cooperate, so we had to improvise.  it was awesome!

spring palooza 2010...

for the past three years, a group of stamping friends have gotten together in angola, indiana at this cute little place, the potawatomi inn, for an extended weekend of stamping and hanging out. we all met online, through a few different message boards, first from paper craft magazine, then the stamp shack. it's amazing what friendships have grown through a group of stangers! i kinda forgot to take a lot of pictures this year at palooza but here are a few. it was such a fun weekend!

row 1: kristi, chelsea
row 2: traci, kim
row 3: kathy, jennifer
row 4: angie, chris
row 5: mary
row 6: robin, robin

my crafting area for the weekend. believe it or not, i knew exactly where everything was!


how many will fit in the smallest elevator ever?


cheers!


the view from my room


i found a few more that my cute mom took...

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