I'm here...I'm here!

Hi Friends!

Sorry I haven't posted anything new in awhile...things have been busy around here, and I guess I haven't had felt very creative lately. I have, however, pulled enough mojo together to get my bedroom decorated. After moving into our new home in February I quickly got the downstairs decorated but then sort of lost motivation for the upstairs...that changed this weekend, though! It looks great, if I do say so myself! :)

I should be able to carve out some time to stamp in the next couple of days!

Thanks for being patient with me... :)

A Very Special Sale...

I am posting an email that I got from Kim over at My Favorite Things. I am so sad to read her email. I remember when Kim's friend was diagnosed...my mother-in-law was then diagnosed a month later. We are lucky that my mother-in-law is doing so well. My heart just breaks for Tish's family...

Here's Kim's Email...

A few months ago, I posted on my blog about a friend, Tish, who’d been diagnosed with a very rare form of ovarian cancer. Tish battled through 6 rounds of chemo only to discover two additional tumors, one on her spine and one in her stomach. My heart fell when I read her CaringBridge post which broke the news. Since her diagnosis last August, the family has held the motto of DRIVE ON! in dealing with this aggressive cancer and fought a valiant fight.

Tish lost her battle early Tuesday morning, and I found out about it late last night. Tish leaves behind two beautiful, young sons, and a hubby, Todd, who I worked with for several years in my past life. I know Todd much better than I knew Tish, and know just how difficult this has been and will continue to be for the immediate future. Todd was the most compassionate, tender-hearted *boss* I’ve ever had, and I want more than anything to really help this family. So what I’ve decided to do is two-fold: 1) Starting tomorrow, I am offering a 10% discount on ALL stamps on the site. Use the coupon code Tish at checkout to receive 10% off all all the stamps in your shopping cart. (It won’t discount your other merchandise, just stamps.) The coupon code will run from Tuesday, April 15th-Friday, April 18th. 2) I will donate 10% of ALL proceeds (including money spent on other items on the site) to the family at their April 26th benefit. I am making it my goal to personally make the payment the FL College Pre-Paid plan for the boys during an entire year which will be about $1200. Please help me reach this goal.

How kind and generous for Kim to do this for this family. Head on over to MFT and see what goodies you might need...and help Tish's family, too...

A Mini Meltdown

No, this is not stamping related, but I hope someone can help calm my nerves!!

Our PC that the kids use and that also has 3 years of photos on it....just died. The power won't even come on. I have never been able to figure out how to burn my photos...I'm freaking out that I won't get them back!!! I have printed some of the major "events" but it's the day-to-day snapshots that I am just heartsick about. :(

We have a computer guy coming tomorrow...cross your fingers I can at least get my pictures...ugggh. :(

Mojo Monday 32 Simple Stamping

Hi there everyone!

I am gonna post this and then come back and edit it for details...want to get it in in time for the deadline, but the little ones are screaming for dinner!

Okay...I'm back! Did you miss me?? I mean, I already know that you did because it has been FOREVER since I posted on my blog!! SORRY! :( Things have been busy with my dd playing softball and we are trying to get our backyard landscaped! Fun stuff!! :)

Anyway, another gorgeous sketch from Julee...I think her sketches are my favorite of any out there! I found the patterned paper at my LSS last week...love the colors!! It is My Mind's Eye, so of course the backside is the solid color. I love how they do that! :)

Hope you are all well! I will try and post more often this week! :)

Stamps: Sentiment from Penny Black, Flower from A Beautiful Thing (SU!)
Paper: Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, DP My Mind's Eye Wild Asparagus "Merry Christmas"
Ink: Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Cranberry Crisp
Other Goodies: Chocolate Tafetta, Adhesive Pearls, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Sizzix Big Kick, Brad

And Now This Week's Mojo Monday...

Woooo-hoooooo! I actually got this week's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge done on time!!! :) This was an AWESOME layout!! It took me a bit to figure out exactly what I wanted to do, but I was really overthinking it at first! And I'm so proud of myself...I FINALLY cut into my Afternoon Tea DP! I'm LOVING that Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, too! So fun! :)

Thanks for looking! If you played this week's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge, leave me a link so I can take a peak! :)

Stamps: Live Your Dream, Absolutely Fabulous (SU!)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Papertrey White, Afternoon Tea DP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky
Other Goodies: Sizzix Big Kick, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads, Marvy Giga Scalloped Circle Punch, Marvy Mega Circle Punch, Spica Glitter Pen

I'm A Week Late...

...and it's not what you're thinking!! LOL




HOOOORAY...Spring Break is over and two of my kids are back at school!!!! YIPPEEE!! Sorry...I'm sure all you mothers can relate!! It would have helped if the weather had been nice enough for my kids to go outside last week! It was like Christmas break instead of Spring Break! LOL


I'm a week late for Julee's Monday Mojo Sketch from LAST week! I kept meaning to do it and then forgot...it was such a nice simple sketch that I had to do it anyway!


I went a little crazy with my Swarovski crystals (which didn't pick up very well in the picture...and my battery just died, so I can't take another one!! ARGGH!) from Walmart! It was my first time to use them as I could NEVER find them at my Walmart until a couple of weeks ago! I love how they look...but the little boogers are kind of a pain in the you-know-what to get ahold of and get glued down!


Thanks for looking and happy Monday! :)


Oh, and Julee has a new Mojo Monday sketch up...check it out! If you play along, link me up so I can see! :)



Stamps: Spiral Bouquet (Papertrey), Starlight Starbright (Verve Visual)
Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Au Chocolate DP
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Pretty In Pink, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery
Other Goodies: Chocolate Satin Ribbon, Corner Rounder (for scallops), Ticket Corner Punch, Swarovski Crystals

Taylor's Cupcake Challenge

Hello there! :) How was your weekend? Ours was very nice...except of course that it has been SPRING break and we have had snow eery day!! What the heck?!? My kids go back to school tomorrow, so I'm sure the weather will be nice this week! LOL

This card was made for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge. What a fun layout! I like layouts like these where you can use those small images that are sometimes hard to use! I got this set when it was first released, but this was my first time to use it! I love how all the pieces are seperate...I wish you could buy cupcakes like that. You know, only order a huge mound of frosting! LOL Because I like the frosting the best, I put it up on dimensionals on each cupcake!

Anyway, thanks for looking! :)

Stamps: Hey There Cupcake (Stampendous)
Paper: Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Purely Pomegranate, Bashful Blue, Cutie Pie DP
Ink: Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Purely Pomegranate, Bashful Blue
Other Goodies: Marvy Square Punches, 1 1/4" circle punch, White Gel Pen, Ribbon