Hip Hip Hooray!

I've been busy catching up on all the swaps that are due in early March. I am particularly proud of this little number. I'm to cheap to buy the SU cloud stencil so I made my own, just cut some scrap cardstock into a cloud shape, and sponged on Tempteming Turquoise Classic Ink. I thought the results turned out very cute! Supplies Used: Hip Hip Horray Stamp Set, Classic Inks all SU. DP from Around the Block, Ribbon from Walamrt, Watercolor paper from Canson.

Taxes, Taxes, Taxes!

Its 1:33 am and I have just finished e-filing my federal taxes. Yay for tax returns, and SUPER YAY! for more money coming in in late Spring (or early summer)!!!!!!!!!! I think im gonna go sleep and dream about all the great SU and Ebay stuff I can buy with this new "found" money! :D Sweet Dreams Everyone.

Some recent projects...

Supplies Used: DP from Chatterbox, Ribbon from Walmart, Ink & Markers from Whispers, Card Base from Paperzone, Greeting printed in Shoshoni font on plain paper

Supplies Used: Loads of Love Stamp Set from SU! Ink and Markers from Whispers, Brads from Karen Foster Designs, DP from Chatterbox, Watercolor paper from Walmart, Card Base from Paperzone

Supplies Used: Dark Brown Cardstock from Paperzone, DP from Wild Asparagus (?), Sheer ribbon from Craft Warehouse, Mini hole punch from Friskers, Flower Stamp from SU!, Happy Anniversary Stamp from $1 @ Michaels, Coral Cardstock from Bazzill, Brad from Staples

I thought all these cards turned out great! I especially like the Greetings from Washington card and the Loads of Love card which I used sponging for the truck background.

A Shout Out!...

Special shout out to my papercrafting friend, Heidi! She does WONDERFUL work with her cards, especially all that embossing! Visit Heidi's site for some great inspiration! Thank you Heidi for adding me to your stalker list!!!

If you want reliability...

Be sure and get the insurance. If you could see me right now, I got smoke coming out of my ears. I finally threw in the towel and bought a complete set of SU Inks on Ebay, and today was suppose to be the big day! Well no. The USPS LOST MY PACKAGE!!!!!!!!!!!! I about had a heart attack when the mail lady told me it was "lost", and in her exact words, "Its a good thing you got the insurance." (That tells you how much faith they have in their own work.) The PO lady proceeded to tell me that they have not been able to find "several packages lately." Yeesh. It seems like the postal customer service has declined a bit. I understand if this was a large city with multiple POs or millions of house holds to deliver too, but this is winky-dink Moses Lake, we have practically a ONE ROOM POST OFFICE! How is it possible to lose a package between my house and 7.5 minutes down the road to the PO.!!!!! Okay, enough venting........

The Moon made me do it!

Dont miss the eclipes tonight! Starting at 5:43 Seattle Time. Ending around 7:41Pm.

Forget the fun, all I want is to sleep!

Ohhh, how I long to have a few peaceful hours of nothing to do. I wish I can be a stay-at-home- doggie- mama. I dont want to work. I dont want to drive. All I want to do is sleep. Sleep. Sleeep. Sleeeeeeeeeeep.
That's all I ask for, sleep.

More Purpleness..

I made this card for the Penny Pincher Slims Easter & Paisely swap. I thought this swap would be a breeze, but I was stumped for the longest time. Let me know what you think, I'm not sure if I like it. As you probably have noticed, its another purple card. Purple seems to be my safety net, you can do just about any theme with purples. Or maybe it was because I was just to lazy to put away my supplies from the last card {see below} and the stuff was just right there and in easy reach.. Supplies used: White CS from Walmart, Elegant Eggplant Ink & Ribbon by SU, Light purple ink & Pasiely stamp from SeeD's (Whispers), Egg DP from Karen Foster. "I {heart} eggs" & Easter Basket stamps from Studio G {clear $ bins}.

Purple Man Eater...

I have exactly {insert your own outrageous number} of swaps to complete. How do I always get myself into these situations? I CANT HELP IT! I wonder if there is a Swappers Anonoymous? (I probably spelled that wrong.. I'm a swapper not a speller :P ) I made this card for the SU New Cattie Swap. Supplies Used: SU If the Halo Fits & Ribbon in Elegant Eggplant, Whispers Ink & Markers, DP & Cardstock from Provo Craft, White Card from PaperZone.

Let me eat... CAKE!

If I could have a job making Wedding Invites and baking Cupcakes all day long, I would be in heaven! Any holiday, even President's day, is worth celebrating if you can have a cupcake! I made these cupcakes for work (I gotta bride people now and then... hehehe), and of course saved some for me. The secret to great cupcakes in a flash is... Betty Crocker Cake Mix! You can do just about anything with a vanilla mix. In honor of tomarrow's special day, and me slaving away in the restaurant kitchen, I baked Red Velvet Cupcakes. If you're in a pinch, here is my secret recipe.

• 1 box Vanilla Cake Mix
• LOTS of RED FOOD COLORING
• 1 Package CHOCOLATE INSTANT PUDDING, sm box
• and Cake mix package directions (usually 3 eggs, 1 1/4 c water, 1/3 c oil)
• Tub-o-frosting ( I like the Whipped Butter Cream from BC)

Thats it! Instant success! Hope everyone has a fantastical valentine's day!

Life's A Highway....

Remember that song from the Cars movie? I think its a great song, especially because I LOVE Rascal Flatts, but soo dang true in this chapter of my life. I spend way to much time driving across the interstates of Washington and sometimes Idaho. In a stupid moment while I was flying down I-82 leaving Yakima (that's where I went today, in case you are wondering), I thought it would be a great idea to take some pictures. I took this one and the two below while I was going 76.2 MPH, not bad for a $200 camera, I think it's a keeper.

Pictures I took while going 76.2 MPH

Everytime I pass these trees I always think they would look great in a B&W photograph and since i happen to have my trusty new camera in my purse, I decided to take a few pics! So they didnt turn out to be magazine still life worthy, but still not bad for going 76.2 MPH!

Wedding Sneak Peak

My ultimate Dream job would be to design Wedding Stationary. I love working with great colors and textures. This invitation I designed from the ground up. At the end I will have handcut EVERY SINGLE sheet of paper! Yikes... image the paper cuts! These inviations are for Stacey and Derek, a great couple to work with!

For these invitations, I used Stampin' Up Baroque Motifs & Carte Postale stamp sets and Elegant Eggplant Ink. All the paper I bought at Paperzone. I created these invitations using a Mountain Cow program.

-- Staci & Derek, thanks for having great faith in me! I hope this wedding turns out to be everything you've ever dreamed of! --

Swap Cards

I created this card for a swap that I am in. I love joining swaps on the Papercrafts website, the format is easy to work with, and the ladies are all really nice.

Wow, a papercrafting blog!

Im starting a papercrafting blog to coincide with the purchase of my new camera! I've enjoyed browsing thru everybodies blogs for inspiration, so I thought I would give it a try.