Totally TURTLES

Retired stamps are flying off the shelf! Don't wait til it's too late! In fact I may have to buy this one. Sense of time. It's amazing what you can do with it. Look at this card that I found on Sue's website : Just look at all the wonderful detail. She ties in all the elements perfectly. We are making a card like this tonight. Hopefully just as beautiful. Thanks for sharing Sue! That's it for now.

Those of you waiting to see some creative juices from me are going to be happy. Here's some really cool cards that I made recently. Nothing from the new box of goodies yet but they'll be coming soon. Here's the card I made for Jessica's teacher. It's a cool folding card. I think it's called a tri-fold card. Easy to make actually. I also made a double slider card. Lookie: I used the new stamp set from the mini catalog. I love it! Really beachy! Okay that's it for today. I'm busy working on special projects so I'll have more to show you soon. Have a blessed day.

My family and our neighbors went on a camping trip on Memorial Day Weekend. It was crowded but we were able to get camp sites right next to each other. Next time we go we would want a site on the lake so we can pull our boats up to camp. Here's a picture of Amanda "riding" the boat. She made the ropes into reins and pretended it was a horse. We spent most of the time in the boat since it was sooo hot out. Here's Trapper on the boat. We put towels down so he wouldn't burn his feet. That metal sure gets hot. Here's our captain: Jessica was having fun too and got into the water a lot. Here she is posing for the camera. I love camping and can't wait to go again. Here's a picture of our campsite. I just love the outdoors. I do have other fun Stampin' stuff to tell you about but for now you'll have to be happy with photos from my trip. I've been busy working on my girl scouts scrapbooks. 14 of them! I'm about 1/3 done and need ...

Okay I haven't entered this challenge in a while so here it goes. Butterflies. I made this card for my downline, Elizabeth, when she promoted. I have new cards to show you for my two turtles that promoted in April. I'm so proud of Francesca and Laura. They are amazing! I used the beautiful butterflies die and seam binding for the flowers. The embossing folder is the tulip one and I colored the raised parts with markers. Those rhinestones are so easy to use to add bling at the last second. I keep them with my adhesive just so I can reach for them when I want something extra. To see the other entries in the challenge visit the SUO blog: Click here Have a blessed day!

For my amazing customers I decided to host a luncheon for them. These are my hostesses, club members and super customers. They enrich my life so much with their creativity and their friendship. I wanted to show them how much I appreciate them so I did a little luncheon and had a project for them to make. Here's the table and gift. These cute boxes are on the clearance rack. 12 of them for just $1.99. I added the butterflies. Inside were some accessories and a free stamp. We ate tamalies made with venison. Everyone knows that when you come to my house the meat will probably be venison. With a hubby that hunts I find no reason to buy meat at the store. Too bad he can't shoot a cow once in a while. LOL. Wild boars are a treat to get though. Yum! Here's what we made at the luncheon.  My friend Carla made a really cute one with the newsprint/music sheet DSP. Also the cute vintage trinkets. I didn't get a picture of it though. :*( I will post a tutorial on making...

Here are some pictures of my trip to California. I am so impressed with my cell phone. These were all taken with it since the batteries died on my camera. I love my iPhone. We also visited the church that Steve and I were married in. The kids weren't too excited but Steve said, "Returning to the scene of the crime." I said, "I was just thinking that!" LOL. The weather in California was not as I remembered. I know it's only April but I remember going to the beach and not being cold in March when I grew up there. The weather was overcast the whole time and I needed a sweater most of the time. Here is Jessica "enjoying" the beach. A pleasant 68 degrees. The water is freezing compared to Gulf of Mexico water. I don't know how she did it. She was so excited about going to the beach. I know she was freezing but she never let on. She just jumped into the ocean and enjoyed herself. Amanda was a bit smarter and stayed dressed. Not...

My friend Francesca had a class last week where we made these cute bird house cards. I sent off the one I made to my niece Rachael. I also sent a gift to my sister Vickie. I hope she likes it. I got her a bracelet from a store called Charming Charlie . This store is HUGE and all it has is accessories and jewelry and shoes. It's organized by color so it made it really easy to replace the yellow bracelet that she's missing. Why is she missing a bracelet? Because my daughter broke it on accident while we were out in California so I thought it would be nice to replace it with a new one. Shhhh, don't tell her it's missing. That's it for now. Happy Stampin'! and Happy Mother's Day!