Where Have I Been?

In case there's anyone checking in somewhat regularly, you have noticed that no recent posts have been added since the beginning of the month. For one, I'm still exhausted after work, and two, the little ankle biters have already gotten me sick which doesn't help! I did manage to pump out a card, though I'm not really satisfied with how it turned out. It's ok, but not what I wanted. If you like it, thanks. Send your address and I'll mail it to you. :) It's a new Cuttlebug embossing folder colored in Stampin pastels chalks from Stampin Up. (I'm a demo if you didn't know!) The sock monkey is a new set i have had for a couple months, and yet to use. I thought he'd be cute with a pumpkin...

Time for more cards!

I've not posted in a while! I've been getting my classroom ready, and started back to work a week and a half ago. It's draining with 3 year olds! I came home and ate dinner, and crashed for the night for the first week! I have some good kiddos though, so I'm looking forward to see how far we go!

Anyways...I have some new photos to post of cards I've made. I haven't used my new room as much as I would like. I have tons of ideas, but like I said, I've been way tired at night. The top 2 are Martha Stewart glitter stickers from Wal-Mart. I thought they were pretty, and liked the colors. The cherish one is for my mother-in-law to give to her friends for their anniversary. The single bird one was a thank you for my mom for watching our critters while we were on vacation. The aloha one is for a family friend who is retiring and having a surprise party later this afternoon. On the inside I wrote, aloha (goodbye) work, aloha (HELLO) retirement!
I thought it turned out cute for a quickie! I made another one too, but I can't post it. I'm doing a secret sister thing on SplitCoast Stampers. She would know it was me if I showed it here and she saw it, and it'd ruin the surprise.

For kicks and giggles, I'll put one more picture up. This is my friend Erin and I outside a winery on the Great River Road near Alton, IL. We tasted wine, and both bought a bottle, so we're acting like we're boozing it up on the sidewalk outside. I thought it was pretty funny.

Yard Sale!

My mom and I are FINALLY having a yard sale! I've begged all summer long, so it's gonna be Saturday. I have a whole room full of stuff, and I'm pricing it really reasonable so it will sell. If you want to come, let me know and I'll give you the info. :)

Home again!

We just got in from visiting my husband's brother and sister in law and our ONLY 2 nephews in Oregon. We had a nice time, and missed out on the 2 hottest days of summer and a really bad wind storm here at home. They drove us to Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Valley, and WOW was it gorgeous. We hiked up the mountain to the top of the waterfall too! Coming down was much better than going up. :) It was our "end of summer" trip since my hubby had to go back to work today, and I will be going in this week to set up my classroom. I've gotten spoiled having the summer off! I am going to post more card pictures eventually...Just haven't gotten around to it yet! I got my car back today too. It broke down a week and a half ago, and BOY did I miss it. It was our only transportation, as my hubby's truck is broken down too. Welcome home my little sunfire! :)

More Cards

Here's a closer look at the card I made for my FIL birthday (being guarded by the fierce kitty in the previous post). I worked forever to get a layout I liked, and finally decided to glue everything down. The clown card was a splitcoaststampers.com ways to use your scraps challenge. The balloons I had punched out a while ago, and I cut the clown using my cricut and scrap pieces of already been cut on papers.

They called it the Baby Blintz!

I know lots of preggo people right now, and none of them wanna know what they are having yet! I made this card for a splitcoaststampers.com challenge. If you haven't been there yet, GO! It is an awesome resource! I'm there way too much! :) For those from SCS coming to visit my puny lil blog, I humbly thank you!
This is called a blintz base card. Origami. There's a tutorial to make it at http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=360809&highlight=blintz+base+card
and then follow the adobe link in the first post. It's pretty easy to do!
The origami cards are becoming my fast favorites. I like the challenges because you can see so many different perspectives from all these creative people! I'm not as good as some of them, but when I do participate in these challenges, my cards seem to be better than if I try coming up with something on my own.

How organized can I get?

So for those who have been looking, and messaging me about how insanely organized I appear to be, I thought it'd be funny to post how I organize my small scrap pieces that I cut, but then decide not to use. It's a fishing lure organizer from Wal-Mart! Yes, I took the time to actually do this! Don't worry, I'll be back to work soon. Then I'll be too busy/tired to go back to my hide away!
I worked on a card for my Father In Law's birthday tonight too. It took me FOREVER to get a layout that I liked. Notice I have it guarded by the fiercest kitty ever!