Trying to get my mojo back...

I have NOT had any mojo lately. We bought a new couch and we are ready to return it because we haven't gotten anything done since we got it....ugh. It is so stinkin comfortable, you never want to get out of it.

Anyway, I have been wanting to get back into the swing of things, so I went blog surfing for some inspiration and came across this card....

I liked it sooo much, I went and made one very similar to it. I couldn't leave the inside sad and lonely, so it too got some lovin inside too.
These are the things I used to make this card:
Stamps: Sweetheart, With All My Heart, Teeny Tiny Wishes (you need this stamp set), Birthday Bliss
Fun stuff: Circle Brads, white satin ribbon, dazzling diamonds
Punches: Extra large fancy flower, scallop oval, large oval, small oval

My scrapbook can now get filled.....

Our sweet little Lucy has arrived....and isn't she just precious???? She finally arrived on Saturday 4/10/10 @ 4:32p.m.

She weighed in at 7 lbs. 12ozs. and was 20" long and just perfect in every way.

Grandma couldn't be more excited.

Lucy's other scrapbook....

This scrapbook I made for my new granddaughter .... still waiting to be born...but 4 days late so far...ahh but who's counting??? {That would be me...the anxious and excited grandma} ha ha ha

Anyway, this scrapbook doesn't hold as many pictures as the one I just posted....see previous post...but I still like it. This was made with 2 envelopes....fun huh? Here is the inside....and notice the little notches...
Well....peeking inside there are some pull out pages for more pictures. Cute huh?
I got this idea from that UStamp group I joined, and you'll never guess who the designer was???? Yep, Becky Roberts, my absolute favorite. She does such fun things.

So, hopefully Lucy gets here soon, or grandma will have a dozen different scrapbooks of her.

Lucy's scrapbook....

So, this is what happens when you granddaughter is overdue in coming into the world....Grandma starts making all kinds of "BRAG" books to take into work when she's born. My daughter in law was due on April 2nd and I've been so excited I started making brag books to put pictures of her in. This is just one of the two I've made.

This is the front. I plan on putting a picture of her in that empty space on top.

This is what it looks like when you open it up. Look at all that empty space just waiting to have pictures of her put in there....I can hardly wait.

Did you notice those tabs on the side in the picture above? Well when you pull them out there is more space for pictures. I really should have turned this photo around huh??? Sorry bout that.
Then you tuck those tabs back in, and pull out the other set of tabs....and even more space for pictures of little Lucy....that's what they plan on naming her.

Here's a shot so you can see both tabs somewhat pulled out so you can see all the room for pictures of my new little grandbaby.

This would make a fun stamp camp too.

Anyway, hope you liked it ...hopefully it will have pics in there here real soon.

Stationary Box

If there's anyone out there still peeking in on my blog, have you noticed I haven't posted lately? I have been a busy little girl in my craft room. First, I want to show you the super cute Stationary Box I made. I got the directions from UStamp. I saw this and fell in love and had to make one. I'm thinking we need to make one of these for a stamp camp here soon. This is what it looks like opened up. How cute is it? It has two drawers. One on the top to hold cards, and the bottom drawer pulls out and holds envelopes. Or, you could use it for anything you wanted to actually.
This is a picture with all the cards I made to go inside. Such a fun project. What a great gift this would make.

I have also been busy making all those "freebies" everyone earned from stamp club.

This is only 6 of the 11 that I had to make. It was fun to make them for my customers, and hope they like them.

I'm just giving you a sneak peek at one of them. This is what it looks like on both sides....

This is it opened....The notepad is velcroed in so it can be removed for easy writing. Inside the pocket holds 4 envelopes for the 4 cards in the pockets on the outside.

Here are the four cards made with one of the notecards peeking out so you could see how it works. I got this idea from the one and only amazing Becky Roberts. You should check out her blog shes so talented. I stalk her blog....he he he

Have a great day and thanks for peeking in today.

Stamping 411 challenge

Okay, I really am killing two birds with one stone here....wow, if you really think about that saying, it's not a very nice one. Anyway, this card covers two challenges. I have joined Ustamp with Dawn and Friends....you should join it's great. Click here to check it out. They are having a color challenge to use Ballet Blue, Green Galore, and Pretty in Pink. When I first read those colors I thought, "what a strange combo"....well, I love the colors together I think they work great. Then I took the Stamping 411 sketch, and this is what evolved. I used my For All You Do stamp set and the Stampin Up Elegant Bouquet embossing folder on this card.

Thanks for peeking in.

Have a great Easter Eve.

April Fool's Day....

I thought this little bunny was pretty cute....and easy.

You need the following punches:

large oval, small oval, 1" circle, 1 3/8" circle, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, 1/4" circle and some fishing line, and a white gel pen. I took him and put him on a basket I had made earlier.

I think he's quite handsome myself.
Thanks for peeking in.
Have a great day.

The cutest carrot EVER!!!!

I saw one of these on LeAnn's blog and just fell in love with it. I had to make one. I really would love to make these for people at work, but then there are so many other cute little things to give too....so many cute things to give....what is a girl to do???? I mean really....how stinkin cute is this????

If you would like the free template....go here.

Now go make some yourself....go!!!!

March Madness Day #31

I thought it would be appropriate for my last card of March Madness to be a thank you card. A thank you card to thank you for hanging in there during all my posts. I hope that at least one of those projects made you want to go and play with paper. Since I had these papers out from yesterday's card, I just kept playing with it and made this card. This card is from a sketch I saw probably a year ago or more. I liked it then, and I still like it now. I used Matchbox Messages stamp set and my Sweet Pea DSP....again...what will I do when that is gone???? Oh my!!

And just because March Madness is over, doesn't mean I won't be posting fun stuff. I will still be showing you all the fun projects I see and recreate.

How cute is this little Cadbury Egg box? As soon as I printed off the tutorial I ran right into my craft room and made one of these cute little boxes. I also have a tutorial for a cute little box to hold a dozen smaller cadbury eggs.....too fun. I'm too tired tonight to tackle that one too, ahhh...but I will. I'll show you when I'm done. This is just a side view so you get an idea of it's total cuteness.

I'm not a Cadbury Egg girl...so luckily this isn't tempting to me and will stay in it's little home until given to my friend at work. It's cute though huh?

If anyone wants to make one....shoot me an email or you can join

ustampwithdawn like I did. It's $24.95 and you get a new tutorial everyday, sometimes two. This was one of them.

Thanks for peeking in.

Have a good day.

March Madness Day # 30....wow

Here we are just 6 days away from Easter....are you ready?

I saw this adorable card....well something very similar....and immediately went and made one of my own. I really liked the colors used on this card....it reminds me of a carrot. How yummy does this guy look? I just used my versamark ink on Chocolate Chip and clear embossed him and cut him out. He looks good enough to eat.
Can you believe that tomorrow is the last day of March? I sure can't.
If you have any questions on the card, just shoot me an email.
Have a great day today.
See you again tomorrow.

March Madness Day #29

I thought today I would give you something other than a card. The square scallop is one of my new toys and I wanted to do something fun with it....so viola.

We have here for your viewing pleasure a fun little 3 x 3 cardholder.

On the front I cut out the square scallop with chocolate chip.

I then layered it with white (3 3/4" square)

topped that with Melon Mambo (slightly smaller than the white)

took some Regal Rose (3 1/2" square)

ran it through the polka dot embossing folder

and topped that with some Melon Mambo butterflies

using the Beautiful Wings embosslit die. You can see from the side view the fun little cards hiding inside.
On the inside we have first a layer of white ( 3 3/4" x 8 1/2")
I layed the two squares down side by side with a small space in between, appx. 1/4".
I took my Melon Mamon ribbon (25" long) and glued it to the white paper.
I attached my white, with the ribbon side down towards the brown squares, leaving some space on the inside edges for the book to fold over.
I then took 2 Melon Mambo ( 3 1/2" squares) and attached them to each side.
With Pretty in Pink I made 2 envelopes using the sizzix die, sponged the edges with Regal Rose ink. With sticky strip I attached them to the Melon Mambo square, and decorated with a flower using my Boho Blossoms punch.

I then made 4 very cute but simple 3 x 3 cards to go inside. They are Regal Rose (6 x 3) folded in half.
I took some Pretty in Pink ( 2 3/4" square) and ran it through the polka dot embossing folder.
I stamped with the Vintage Vogue stamp set with Regal Rose and punched out with the coordinating punch.
The flower on the card was just the perfect touch and was made with the Boho Blossom and the Trio flower punch with a brad in the middle.
I think it turned out pretty cute. Now, who do I give it to????
It's always good to have a gift on hand for that unexpected something that comes up right? Well, I'm ready now for that unexpected something.
Have a wonderful Monday.
See you again tomorrow.

Grandma's little helpers.....

How stinkin cute is this little guy? This is my grandson Erick and one of the loves of my life. He was visiting last Sunday and his mom Ali and I were crafting. We left the room to eat dinner and when we came back....this is what I found. I do love this guy... A LOT!!!! My daughter in law Ali saw the cute, adorable bunny, chick and sheep that I had made....see previous post...and wanted to make some for her preschool kids.

Well, we had a few little helpers as you can see.

Haylee sat with us the whole time and just created her own thing with grandma's "extras". She is really creative and artsy fartsy. I was impressed with her creation...I should have taken a picture. Then little Zach came to see what was going on. I had to get a picture of that. Don't they all just look like they are having fun?I sure do love these guys and was glad to "therapize" with Ali most of the night.

There is nothing better in this world than our families, and I sure do love mine.

I just had to share.

Thanks for peeking in.

March Madness Day #28

Were you wondering if I forgot to post today?....or have you been as busy as me and not even notice that this post is late in getting posted?

I have to say that I am not typically an owl lover....BUT I thought this guy was pretty cute. I thought I would make one and show you guys this cute little guy.

Can you tell which punches and dies are used on this cute little guy? I think it is easy to figure out except for the beak. I just punched out one of the 5 points on the large star punch. Everything else is pretty self explanatory.....oh the eyes....white is the 3/4" punch and the black is 1/2" punch.

Have a great day and see you again tomorrow...

Only 3 more days of March....wow that's crazy.

Stamping 411 Challenge

I just love my Beautiful Wings embosslet die. I can totally understand why they are constantly on backorder.....everyone wants it!!!

I decided that I had a little time this morning and I would participate in the Stamping 411 challenge again this week.

Here is what I came up with!!I also love my Sweet Pea DSP. I used it with some Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive and So Saffron cardstock...ran my Pretty in Pink through with my texture plate to make it feel fun and flighty like the butterflies. I added my sentiment from the Messages for Mom stamp set.

Thanks for peeking in.

Have a great, wonderful and happy day.

March Madness Day #27

Today is my daughter in laws birthday, so I felt it appropriate that I post a birthday card today. This card is so not my typical style, but I saw something similar and liked it.

I need to use my In Colors up before the new catalog comes out in July, so I used some Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede cardstock. The yellow is So Saffron. The sentiment is from the stamp set A Little Birthday Cheer...got it free from sale-a-bration...gotta love it.

I hope you have a wonderful Saturday today....maybe my daughter in law will have the baby today on her own birthday...

See you tomorrow.

March Madness Day #26

I have to say my husband got a kick out of this when he saw it. This is what is on the upper left corner of the Stampin Up boxes when they come. And, can I just say, that opening the box does cause extreme excitement. I do love my UPS man!!!! Arent' those boxes just a beautiful sight? So much fun inside just waiting to escape and be played with.
I love this look on my front porch. {I didn't think to take a picture until I had already brought one of the boxes in and it was too heavy to carry out for the picture....but you get the idea}
So, onto today's project. And you see this and say, "Well Andrea, we have already seen this cute little guy before." And my response would be, "Yes you have, but not in white." I just had to make one in white to see what he would look like.....A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!!!! I made him a he with his blue bow tie as you can see. He didn't last very long at my house, because he marched himself right over to a friend's house.
I couldn't give him away without some chocolate inside now could I???? That would just be rude!!! So I took some Garden Green cardstock and ran it through the shredder, and added some Reese's peanut butter eggs.....can you believe I sacrificed those???? I know. Anyway, my friend LOVED him.

We made these guys last night at my house and we had a fun time doing it.....well except for the eyes on the sheep....see previous post....

See you again tomorrow.

March Madness Day #25

Okay, so remember yesterday at the bottom of the post when I said I couldn't find my battery charger for my camera??? Well it has been found, but it is gonna take all night to charge so I had to resort to what was already downloaded on the computer.

So, this is what you get today. I used the cute little flower from the Think Happy Thoughts stamp set in Pixie Pink, added a clear rhinestone brad to the center. Layered it with various punches in fun spring colors and attached it to the top of these cute little bottles.
I added a Tempting Turquoise bow and a Happy Easter tag that I made using the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set....this is a WONDERFUL stamp set with so many perfect sayings....you need this stamp set you really do.....

And really, would any container I make be complete without something chocolate inside? I mean really!!!! I ordered these cute little 4 oz. bottles on line. If you are interested click here for the website.

Have a great day.

See you tomorrow.

March Madness Day #24

I don't think I have ever posted so often in all my blogging days.

As a Stampin Up demonstrator we get many different priveleges. One of many is we have a website dedicated to only Stampin Up demonstrators to post projects they have made. It's like splitcoaststampers, except only Stampin Up demonstrators get to peek and see what you have done. I love this website and have gotten many ideas from it. This is one of the many adorable cards I have seen. I wish I would have written down who did it, so I could give them credit....but I didn't. This card uses the new stamp set coming out called Awash with Flowers. It will be for sale during the month of April and then you have to wait again until the new catalog comes out and get it in July. There are so many, many fun ways to use this stamp set. I'm finding it is becoming one of my favorites.
Had to put something fun inside too.
Thanks for peeking today....
See you again tomorrow....hopefully I can find my camera battery charger. I put it somewhere "safe", and now I don't remember that "safe" spot. If I don't find it, how will I take pictures of anything to post????? Oh my...March Madness might end earlier than expected if that happens.
Toodles.....