My new favorite thing!

Hey all! Well, I have a new favorite! These are my first round at this technique and I LOVE THEM! Oh, I can just imagine the possiblities. They are quick, easy, and would make AWESOME gifts! Too bad life gets in the way of crafting or else I would be doing more today! =) Ha! The one tile & the card is of our girls and the other tile is my niece & nephews that I made for my Sister In Law's (Tracy) birthday! Too cute!

Happy March!

OM! Where does the time go? I can't believe I haven't posted any fun, new things since January! (It's that darn facebook!) =) Anyhow I'll try to be better. I had my March stamp class this past week and it was a "card" class. We did 6 cards and I've enclosed a few! It was tons of fun! Also had to post a cute picture of my little leprechans! The girls thought St. Pats day was great...and they looked so cute in their green shirts!

Stamp Class

Hey stampers! I've scheduled a stamp class for February! Hope you can make it! Space is limited so make sure to email me right away to reserve your spot! I'll try to post the projects once I get them done! Happy stamping!

When: Tuesday, February 10th
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Where: Luekens Village Foods North
(Meeting room right off of the deli)
Cost: $12.00 - fee waived with a $25 order

We will be making a SUPER-CUTE mini scrapbook using the BigShot plus 2 other projects/cards. We'll be using sets & supplies out of the new catalog so you won't want to miss all the new ideas! It's also SELLEBRATION time so for each $50.00 you spend you get to choose a free SELLEBRATION set! I'll have the new catalogs, new ideas, treats, and DOOR PRIZES! Plus I will be offering FREE shipping and handling on all orders placed that evening! It'll be a RELAXING, fun evening so sign up today as space it limited! If you need a catalog, just let me know and I'll either get it to you before hand or you can pick it up that night! Catalogs are $9.95 and are filled with many great ideas! You won't want to miss it!

Kristen Hemmingsen
Senior Supervisor StampinUp!
craigkristen@gvtel.com / 435-2662

Hi Everyone!

Where does the time go? I just can't believe how quickly it goes by! It's almost February and I just cleaned that pit of what I call a stamp room so I was actually able to do some stamping today!The new catalog is out so if you are in need of one just let me know and I'll hook you up. With each new catalog release I let Katie choose a stamp set for herself. Well the first time I looked at the last catalog I KNEW this would be her set of choice...and it was! She's had so much fun with it so I decided I need to play with it too. It's actually been really fun! The first 2 card layouts were right out of the new catalog! I used the large scallop circle (113468) from the big shot. It was so quick and easy! For the "my brother" card (okay, isn't it the funniest? And my older brother, Mike, will get a kick out of it!) I used some retired halloween paper, star punch(109045), and the white gel pen (105021). I used the fine cosmo glitter(108796) and the dazzling diamonds (102023) glitter to give them all that WOW! If you don't own the two way glue and dazzling diamonds YOU MUST GET IT! It's a necessity in my stamping room! You can see that this set works great for scrapbook pages too! The page is Katie & her friend Maria getting their first set of roller blades! Well I think that's it for now, hopefully you'll see me sooner than another month! Happy stamping and keep warm!

p.s. sorry about the "off" color on the pictures...my camera is on its last legs...I need a new one!

Hey all!

Hope everyone had a great Cmas! We sure did but I'm always so bummed when it's over! Here are a couple pics of the girls at Gma Kathy's. Santa brought them both guitars! Watch out Hollywood! =) Carly has always loved guitars because her preschool special ed teacher use to play hers for Carly all the time and Carly LOVED it!!! So, she has loved them forever and is happy to have her very own. Katie loves hers too, although, she thought she would be able to sit down and play it so it sounded just like Hannah Montana! So guess what she wants now? Yep, guitar lessons! Maybe...we'll see. On a stamping note... now that Cmas is over and it has settled down, my stamp room looks like a bomb went off in it. I'd take a picture but I'm too embarrassed. Although all of you die hard stampers KNOW what I mean. Anyhoo, my camera is goofing up again so wouldn't be able to get the mementous disaster on camera...ugh. So, hopefully I'll get my camera figured out, get my disaster of a stamp room cleaned, and get some new creative masterpieces made up and posted! Until then have a great week! Happy stamping!

Happy Wednesday!

Well, I had to do a post of Carly! She had her 5th set of E-tubes placed in her ears yesterday and she looks just so rough today! There was a little complication with the surgery...she aspirated and they almost had to intubate her! (SCARY!) But, she relaxed enough with some heavy IV meds (normally an IV isn't even used) and now I just need to watch her closely for pneumonia. It's so hard to watch her go through something she doesn't understand. I think surgery (even a small one like this) is hard on any 6 year old but especially for an Autistic Child who just doesn't understand why. She kept saying "all done" and was trying to get up to leave. Poor thing! Craig was out of town so I went by myself and brought Katie along too as I couldn't ask daycare to take her at 0520 a.m. However, Katie had a lot of questions this time about Carly's surgery and what happens and why, so it was good for her to come along and see what it was all about. She's so good with her little sister - everyone commented on it -that and her dimples. The rest of the day was pretty much spent napping and laying around. Carly seems a little better tonight...she just looks so tough! Her hair hasn't been combed since yesterday early morning and her piggy tails are falling out BUT she was a little more peppy & smiley this evening so hopefully she'll do fine with no complications from the aspiration. The picture attached is kind of blurry but my camera is acting up. I also added my Cmas cards. I've made quite a few different ones this year...the red & green one are Kate & my favorite...Craig liked the black & white. It was kind of fun doing different ones - both were quick & easy - not too fancy. You'll have to wait and see what you get! =)

Bring on the SNOW!!!

Well, we are officially in a blizzard!!! It's been so fun! The sad part is I had to come back from my annual scrapbooking weekend a day early but we had so much fun while we were there. We left on Thursday and stayed at a cabin down in Pequot Lakes. (I don't even know if I spelled that right) The cabin was absolutely beautiful! I went with a friend from work so it wasn't my usual crew that I go with. Shawna, Danielle, and I had a lot of laughs and (of course) created many works of art - most of mine included glitter! =) I tried my hand at doing an acrylic album. It was quick and easy and turned out pretty cute! However, having the pictures of the lake and swimsuits doesn't seem quite right with the blizzard going on outside. There is just something to be said about snow-days! It's just been a fun, lazy day without any commitments (they've all been cancelled), long naps, games, and some stamping. There are no school/special ed issues, therapy, Dr. appointments, home program, work drama, etc. It's just so relaxing! Reminds me of sitting on the beach watching the waves roll in. Enjoy every moment because we don't get many! Happy stamping!