Here I am with a post!

Amazing, huh??  I've had an eventful week.  This week I was working for a few days and I kinda lost track of time.  I had originally planned to get up early (OK, early for me - noon for you) and post on my poor neglected blog.  Of course that did not happen ~ so here I am today!

I wanted to show you a post of some things that were made at a get together I went to just before I started to get sick.  I met a great bunch of ladies and I was fortunate enough that they included me in their circle.  The first time we got together I am not kidding, I was there all day long!!  We only made 3 things, but we just gabbed and gabbed like we all knew each other our whole lives.  I clicked with them and I'm so thankful for that.

Here is a picture of all the items that we made.  An easel card an a regular card and a little envelope scrapbook, the envelope scrapbook is very easy to make ~ and look at the different but great ways the ladies all decorated theirs! 

Here are one of the cards that the ladies made.  We used Crumb Cake for the base and accented it with Melon Mambo and some great DP called Springtime Vintage.  I just love that stuff!!  I so need to stock up on it before it's gone.  Look at the stamp set that we used.  It is called Baby Blossoms and it goes perfect with the Decorative Label Punch.

If you are interested in any of these items or in the projects themselves and would like more details just shoot me an e-mail - even if you'd just like to chat, I'm up for that.  You can also find all these items available at my online store.

On another note, thank you all for being patient with me during my little break.  I am still having some issues with sleep & breathing.  My voice, well, I'm not sure that I will ever get it back - I squeak a lot.  But that's probably music to my families ears Ü

I've gone to the birds!

I was bouncing around the internet a couple of days ago and I noticed an adorable little birdhouse that Nichole Heady had posted.  It was so darn cute I knew that I needed to make it!  You can make one too, just go HERE and she's got the PDF for you. 

So here is my version, ready...

So here's the deet's for you.  The base birdhouse is Bashful Blue that I stamped with a stamp from Thoughts and Prayers in Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue ink.  Around the entrance to the birdhouse I punched out a piece of Crumb Cake with my 1 1/4" and scallop circle punches to dress it up a bit.  To create the roof I used a piece of Bashful Blue as a base and I cut DSP Patterns Stack with my Perfect Setting Bigz Xl Die to layer the pieces.  I thought that it looked cute.   

See the ribbon thru the roof?  OMGoodness, it's great!!  It's actually 1/2" seam binding ribbon in Rose Red from the Occasions Mini Catty that is out.  There is so much yummy stuff in there, take a peek!  I created the tag with my Decorative Label punch out of Crumb Cake and stamped the birdcage from the Aviary set in Early Espresso ink.  It's hard to tell but the bird inside the cage is stamped in Soft Suede.  The reinforcement on top of the tag is actually one I made from scrap.  I filled the birdhouse with some crinkle paper left over from a Christmas gift and I was done.  So, what do you think??  Adorable.  And perfect for upcoming spring!!

Anytime I post a project or card and there is something that you see or like - I generally like to post a link to the product on my Stampin' Up! site.  If you'd like to place an order you can contact me anytime.

And now to talk a little about the Occasions Mini.  There is so many great new things in here - and of course they are all must have's!  Just click on the picture above to download the PDF or you can click on the picture in my sidebar of any of the current cattys and be taken to the PDF direct.

Stay tuned - tomorrow I will be posting more fun stuff!!

And only 4 more days til Sale-a-Bration!  Who needs free stamps??  We all do!  Stay tuned for that!!

Occasions Mini

Hello everyone!  I wanted to pop in and let you all know about the Occasions Mini that Stampin' Up! has released.  It is packed full of wonderful stamps, papers, fabric, embellies - oh, there is too much to even mention. 

So if you have not yet, take a peek!  Just click on the picture above and it will take your to the PDF download, or if your having trouble click HERE. 

Now as I sit and type my dear friend Betty is at Leadership in Nashville.  She's sending me texts here and there ~ and the last one was just after she walked across the stage for becoming Supervisor.  Way to go Betty!!  I'm with you in spirit (only because I could not fit in her suitcase Ü).

Now to make an offer to each of you.  Anyone who signs up as a follower of my blog, either by Feedblitz or follows me thru Google will receive a 10% discount on their 1st order placed with me.  This will only be valid if you e-mail me your order and not if it is placed thru my demo website.

I hope to work on something this evening to post tomorrow - just a little bit of inspiration.

Have a super great evening!!