some love for friends 24-7

It's always a surprise what will show up on the retiring list. This year, Friends 24-7 is saying farewell. Of course,I had to bring it out and show it some love. I still think this is a great set. It's got the great bird but this set also has a beautiful damask which works so well both as a central image but also as a background.

This is such a simple card made elegant with the pearls and the dry embossing. The colours are pretty in pink and basic black. Don't forget to study the last chance list and get everything you want before it's gone. Take advantage of nabbing some accessories at discounted prices too!

Marina Friends

Here's a card that I made earlier in the month when I received my Stampin' Success magazine (a free magazine that Stampin' Up! sends to demonstrators). I saw the picture in the magazine and then copied it. I love that bird image on the friends 24-7 set.

The cardstock is marina mist and crumb cake. The ink is early espresso for the bird, second generation marina mist for the flourish and crumb cake for the wheelbackground.

Sorry my pictures are so fuzzy. My camera ran out of batteries so I have to use my phone to take pictures. (I can't find the batteries anywhere...that's hubby's department)

I am surviving while Kevin is gone. The fuzzy pictures as well as being unable to print from my computer (printer ran out of ink) are just small inconveniences with his absence. I can tell that he is really having an extraordinary experience on the mission trip to Nicaragua so I'm very glad he went. Doesn't mean I can't wait for him to come home, though. To see what he's been up to, feel free to check his blog.

Energy Conservation

Not the kind of energy for electricity. My physical energy was the topic of the day today. I started out well so I thought it would be a good day but I think there was still motrin left in my system. Once the older kids were at school I started feeling gross again. I resigned myself to just sitting in one spot and stamping and trying to keep child #3 occupied. I really wanted to participate in our team card swap and here is the card I think I've decided to make. It uses the clearly for you stamp set and the sentiment is from friends 24-7. The ink colours are cherry cobbler and crumb cake. I don't know if you can see but I've sprayed it with my shimmer paint/rubbing alcohol mixture to give it a subtle shine.

Normally when I have only one child with me, I'm out running errands, going shopping etc. Today we just sat at home. I realized that we have very funny conversations. Here's a sample (just to give you a feel of my day today)

setting: mom and Nathaniel sitting at table crafting

mom: "I love you"

child: "medium"

mom: "medium? What does that mean?"

child: "I love you medium"

mom: "oh. Well, I love you lots"

child: "I just love you medium"

setting: oldest child is home for lunch and sees the pathetic state of his ill mother. Before going back to school he says to his little brother:

Ethan: "do not be bad for mommy. be good for mommy. she's sick"

Nathaniel: "I will"

Ethan: "if you are not good for mommy, I won't play beyblades with you when I get home from school"

Nathaniel: (exasperated) "I will be good"

Ethan: "don't bother mommy, be good for her and let her sleep"

Nathaniel: (more exasperated) "I'm always good!"

I managed to sneak in a short nap and when I woke up this is what I saw:

My very good child #3 fell asleep on the landing on the stairs! I did briefly worry that perhaps he feel down the stairs and was unconcious with a concussion but since he looked so comfortable and had his favourite blankie, I figured he probably just fell asleep. Boy, was he grumpy when he was woken up by his siblings coming home from school.
Anyway, that's my day today.

comeback colour

With the new colour renovation, some past in colours are coming back to stay. Hooray! Here's a card I received from a friend using River Rock, chocolate chip, and kraft. These neutral colours together give a really calm feeling.

These three colours will be a part of the new neutral family in the new catalogue. River rock is a returning in colour and kraft will now have its own ink pad and marker and other accessories. It's about time!

Happy Wednesday everyone. Just a few more days until the weekend!

presto bling

Another fast and easy card using the presto paper. I used the big shot to cut out a scallop circle

with sticky sheet and poured glitter all over. Our whole family is glittery now.

anniversary fun

As an anniversary gift to hubby, I decided I would give him a day out golfing. I talked to a friend's husband who was happy to save a date to golf with my hubby. I marked the day in the calender simply as "K out". (I was afraid if I didn't mark it in the calender I would forget or accidentally book a workshop) One day last week hubby saw the notation in the calender and was perplexed what he was going out for. He kept asking me and I said I didn't know. He was madly looking in all his e-mails wondering what he had forgotten. I felt so sorry for him as I could see it was driving him mad so when he took my son out to piano lessons, I took it as my opportunity to make an anniversary card. The card is not as lovely as I had hoped but I was under serious time constraints as I knew I wanted to let him know on the same day so he wouldn't be kept in the dark too long. I used the reflection technique for the horse and then punched out the heart from the framed with love set (which by the way is on promotion this month...free designer brads when you purchase this set). The sentiments were from friends 24-7 set and seemed perfect for our stage of marriage

We had gone away a few weeks ago for a little getaway. The best part for me was being able to finish and start conversations with my husband all in one go. Kevin just liked being able to do whatever we wanted. One thing that we did on our getaway was glow in the dark mini putting. We were happily putting along when we saw this. Of course it right away reminded me of our 3 little monkeys and I couldn't help but smile and nudge Kevin to take a photo!