Pretty in Pink....

Hello and Happy Friday Everyone!!!

Well this is it! The LAST DAY of 2010!!!

I don't have any wisdom for ya... other than

to say that I wish 2011 is a blessed year for

each and every one of you! And that I hope

you get the most out of the New Year! My

card today.... for the last day of the year is

a wedding card! It is a simple card... :o)

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You guys are gonna think I'm nuts....

But I can't remember which cartridge

I cut this from... I know it was cut @ 3 1/2"

with the shadow... The Embossing Folder

is Devine Swirls....

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I decided to take a side view picture

cause I got a new camera for

Christmas.... And I'm hoping it

will help improve my photo shots....

All the Supplies are Stampin' Up!

And I used Dimensionals to pop

up the center cut design....

Well I guess that is totally it

for me in 2010! I'm looking forward to

wonderful things in 2011 and I can't wait to share

what I create with all of you!

Have a wonderful New Year and

if you plan to go out...

BE CAREFUL, & BE SAFE!!!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Happily Ever After Wedding Card...

Hello and Happy Thursday Everyone!

Well, the week is going by sooo fast!

New Year's day is just around the corner...

Have any of you made Resolutions for the

New Year? ME? Nope... I don't make them

cause I never stick to them! Sooo Why do it if

you're really not gonna try and do it? I guess that's

why I chose not to have any.... All I can do is try to

be the best person I can be and work harder on being

better in the New Year! :o) I did get some time Yesterday

to get my photo downloaded... Sooo I do have another

wedding card for ya! I did see this is my Card Creations

Magazine and Fell in Love with it.... Soooo here it is!

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I think this is soooo Pretty! The one I seen

was very similar... I changed the embossing cause this

is what I have and my supplies are Stampin' Up...

My ribbon is also different and I added the Silver Hearts

Shape to mine..... My Sentiment is done in my Word Program...

I just LOVE how this turned out... Sooo Elegant....

What do you think? Let me know.... I Love

reading my comments! And thanks for

stopping by to take a look! I guess this

is it for me in 2010!!! My sister should be

posting for you thru the New Year!

I Wish Everyone and Joyous and

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Theresa

A Late Christmas Card.....

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Well I got through my monthly shopping

yesterday thank goodness... I really wasn't

expecting the store to be sooooo busy but

boy everyone from my little town was

there shopping too! I think they were all

getting their shopping done before the snow

storm hit us today! We got NOOO snow

on Christmas just lots, and lots of rain! And

now after an actually dry Nov. and Dec. we are

getting some snow... Not that I like snow mind

you.... It's not my favorite, but it was going

to come sooner or later... :o) I was going to

post another wedding card but because I was

gone all day and by the time I got everything

put away my 7yr. old son wanted me to help him

put together a hole bunch of Dragons he got

for Christmas... That took up the rest of my evening,

so I didn't get to take a picture of my card... Sooo

I'm gonna post a Christmas card instead! LOL

One I haven't shown you of course... I know

Christmas is over... In fact I know because I've

already taken down the tree and all the outside

decor and inside decor.... :o) You guys are saying

WHAT??? YES... I take all that stuff down shortly after

Christmas.... This is my thinking on it.... I believe Christmas

is Wonderful... and it is apart of 2010 sooo.... When 2011 begins

I like to start off fresh and clean.... and soooo I take all my

decorations down and put them away for next year and start

my New Year off with a clean slate! I know you guys may not

think it makes any sense but it does to me! LOL Soooo, that is

why I take down all my stuff before the New Year Begins... :o)

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I sent this card to my sister Mi-Mi!

I believe this is a sketch from Mojo Monday #152!

They really have some great sketches over there!

Anyway everything is Stampin' Up

I used the Double Scallop Punch &

Snowflake Punch by Martha Stewart

And the Oval Circles are Nestabilites

I promise to have another Wedding Card

ready to go for ya tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope

you have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Another Digital Wedding Card...

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I hope you are all off to a wonderful

Week... I am doing my Monthly shopping

today... It's the day a dread every month...

My kids think I love grocery shopping but

I don't! I LOVE SHOPPING!!! But not

for household supplies and food...

Craft stuff.... You BET I DO!!! :o)

Groceries - HECK NO! :o)

Anyway... It is like an All day event because

I have to drive an hour to get there then shop for

a months worth of supplies then drive

another hour back home... then unload

and put away all the things I bought to get through

another month.... Now some of you are reading this

and saying WHAT??? Shop for a month's worth

of food?? That's just crazy!!! Well it is... But I

live in a small town and the closest big grocery store is

an hour away... sooo I can't just jump in the car whenever I need

a gal. of milk... and it ends up being cost effective in the long run...

I plan out my monthly meals and supplies.. make out a list

and stick with it! :o) And then I'm set for another month

with nooo worries of what to feed my kids next week.... :o)

You get use to it and other than it being a long day for me...

It is only once a month so I don't mind it.... I guess... LOL

Well now that I've taken you WAYYYY off track...

Let's get back to the card that I made!!! tehehehehe

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I used My Digital Studio (Stampin' Up) and

I created the writing and the large

stamped image... I don't know french sooo

I googled french LOVE sayings...

and this saying came up... Now after looking

at it I think I still mis-spelled the first word...

But I typed it in the text over and over and then

picked a color after that I picked a Digital stamp and

placed that on top of the text words and

 chose a color again... then I printed it out

with my Canon Photo paper... and presto

I got a stamped image without using a stamp!

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I wanted to add just a little bit

to the design... so I took some ribbon and

I got out a Stampin' Up Stamp and stamped

the sentiment on some Photo paper and used

my McGill punch set... I have to say...

even stamping on the Photo paper made

it look clear and crisp! :o)

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So... then I thought.... why not add some PEARLS...

And that took the card over the edge of WOW....

It was simple and yet looks elegant for a wedding card...

Or at least I think it does...  I'm really happy

with how this card turned out... :o)

Well.... that's it for me... I'll be back

tomorrow with another Wedding card....

Thanks for stopping by... Have an

AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Wedding Card...

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful

Christmas with your family and friends.....

I enjoyed watching the boys open their

gifts and the wonderful day we spent together...

Now I look forward to celebrating the NEW YEAR!!!

With bigger and brighter things to come... Well

I hope so anyway! :o) I mentioned last week that

someone had requested some wedding cards... So

I have been working on some... Today I'm gonna

show you one I made using (GASP) My Digital Studio

Program... I did use a stamp as well but no cricut...

Sooo I hope you like it! :o)

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I think it came out Pretty... :o)

Everything is Stampin' Up

The Red Background with the Black

Swirls is from My Digital Studio... I designed

it real quick and then printed it out on Canon

Photo Paper... The Photo Paper shows true colors

more so than reg. White Card stock...

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Here is an angle view.... I also used a

Martha Stewart Border Punch and

Nestabilites for the circles and scallop...

Well I hope you like it, cause tomorrow

I have another one to show you...Using the

same program and it came out really pretty too!

Thanks for stopping by... Have an

AWESOME Day!!!

Theresa

Christmas Greetings!!!

Hello and Happy Thursday Everyone! WOW!!!

Tomorrow is Christmas EVE!!! OMGOSH! The year

is coming to an end and we can start a fresh New Year

in about a week! I'm looking forward to spending time

with my boys the next few days and just enjoying

Christmas with them... :o) I get sooo excited for

Christmas day like a little kid does... But my reasons

are not the same as a child's... I LOVE looking at my kids faces

when they go to open that first gift and I LOVE seeing the

look in their eyes when they realize it was something they

had been wishing for.... Having 2 teenagers makes gift giving

and celebrating a little harder cause they are older but my 7 yr.

old still looks forward to Santa coming and stories about why

we celebrate Christmas.... Anyway... I'll stop talking about

mushy stuff and share the card that I've made with you! :o)

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Another quick and simple card for ya!

Everything is Stampin' Up

Ribbon is Red Velvet and 

from http://ribbonandbowsohmy.com/index.php

Border Punch is Martha Stewart - Double Scallop Punch

I think it is one of my favorite punches right now...

Well I guess that's it for me this week!

I want to wish everyone of you

a Very MERRY CHRISTMAS and

I hope you enjoy your families this

weekend!!! Have an

AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

7yr. Olds Christmas Gift...

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone!

It's getting closer to the BIG Day.... OR at

least my 7yr. old thinks that way! :o) He is

a sweet little boy and even though his 2 BIG

brother's like to pick on him he still wanted to

give something to his brother's for Christmas...

He has been asking me to make a card with

a Tree on it and Merry Christmas on it as well...

Sooo we came up with this cute Pocket card....

Well... I thought a pocket card would be cute and

found the tutorial for it on Split Coast Stampers! :o)

This is my 7 yr. olds Piggy Bank!

And he said he wanted to give his

brother's a dollar a piece... Sooo I

was like.. are you sure??? And he said

YES!!

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Here is the Pocket card we made together....

My son LOVES my Cricut Machine... Sooo when it

was time to cut the pieces out he could not wait

to touch the buttons! :o)

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Here  are the spec's for this card....

Card Stock, Ribbon - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Imaginisce

Stickles

Cartridges - Winter Frolic (Tree)

Cut @ 4"

Beyond Birthdays (Merry Christmas)

Cut @ 1 1/4"

We did decide after I took this picture

to put the dollar bill in the back so

we can show off the tree and that

the card is from him... :o)

We made 2 cards (1) with the blue color

Designer paper for one boy cause he loves

blue and the other (1) is with the hats in Green

color because the other boy loves green... Anyway

I hope you like our gift pocket card! My son is very

proud of it and he can't wait to stick them in his

brother's stockings! :o) Thanks for taking a peek and

have an AWESOME Day!!!!

Theresa & Hunter

Stamped Merry Christmas....

Hello and Happy Tuesday everyone!

I hope all of you have completed your holiday

projects and goodies and wrapping and are

enjoying these last days before Christmas....

My youngest and I baked some cookies

yesterday and will probably bake just a little

bit more today.... We also completed the cards

he wanted to make... So, I will post those tomorrow....

Today's card is simple and stamped... :o)

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Everything is Stampin' Up

The Large Oval and the Large Scallop

Oval are Nestabilites...

I wanted the Stamp to be my main focal

point and I think I did a good job of doing that here!

The card went together very easy but the

coloring took a long time, trying to use different

shades of greens and reds...  Well... I hope

you like my card today... I'll be back tomorrow with

the card my son and I made... Have an

AWESOME Day!!!!!

Theresa

Holiday Thank You....

Hello and HAPPY Monday Everyone!

I Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

I Did... I did absolutely NOTHING all weekend

long! It was nice and I even got bored of doing

nothing.... Soooo Now I will get back to doing

something... :o) My 7yr. old and I will be baking some

cookies for Santa and He wants to make a Christmas

card sooo I told him we can make one together.... I also

got a request to make Wedding Cards sooo I'll be working

on those this week... Unlike most Children in the U.S.

My Children are still in school this week.... Apparently our

school board doesn't think our children need 2 weeks off

for Christmas... I really don't like that part of our

school system but what can I do? I've lived here 5 yrs.

and my kids got Christmas off for 2 weeks only once....

I LOVE having them home during the 2 week break but...

I guess they don't agree with that.... So they are in

school up until December 23rd... I know... Nice of them

to give my kids Christmas Eve off! LOL

Sorry about the rant.. but it bothers me... Any who

here is my Holiday Thank You Card! :o)

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Now, first off this sketch is from Mojo Monday!

I believe it is Sketch #168 and I really liked

the layout and had to make 16 cards for my card swap...

Sooo this is what I came up with! :o)

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Card Stock, Ink, Stamps, Ribbon (Stampin' Up)

Designer Paper - Bo Bunny

Cartridge - Winter Frolic Cut @ 3"

and I used the flip button on my machine...

I used stickles to make the ornaments shine and

I used Silver brads from my stash...

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Here is another side view to show the added

Dimensionals that I used to Pop up

the Bird and the Flower on the

Thanks so much... Everyone at the

swap loved how they turned out...

Anyway that's it for me for today...

I'll be back with something

tomorrow... I hope??? :o)

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

The Best Brown Sugar Cake....

Hello and Happy Thursday Everyone!

My goodness the week has flown by sooo

super fast! I have been a very busy bee! I spent

all day yesterday making Brown Sugar Cakes and

I have more to bake today.... Plus I have my Card

Swap tonight... Well I wanted to show you my yummy

cake and show you how I jazzed it up to give to my

neighbors.... I even have the recipe for YOU!!!

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First... let me start by saying that I made this

last year for my neighbors (Cake)... and I got such a HUGE

response on how yummy, moist , and Delicious this

cake is... So, I decided this year to give them my recipe...

Sooo, I spent time Tuesday night making the recipe cards

out in my Word program... then I cut them out and used some

Self Adhesive Laminate with some Transparency Sheets...

Then I punched a small hole and added an eyelet for my

recipe card to hang on the package...

Here are a couple of them that I made....

This one is ready to go with the powder Sugar on top!

And here is what it looks like when I take

it over to the neighbors.... I use Red Cellophane

that I got at Wally World... This color was on clearance and

it was hiding behind the baskets in the craft area...

The tag you've seen before.... It's from my Gift Tag Set

for my Cricut Cardz Challenge... And then the Recipe card...

I tied it all up with ribbon I got for $1 at Wally World to!

I think it looks very festive and I know my neighbors are gonna

LOVE IT! Well that's it for me this week.... Be on the

look out for Miislucky... she should have something to show ya!

Have an AWESOME day!

Theresa

OOPS: I almost forgot to give you the recipe....

Best Brown Sugar Cake

1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix

1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

4 eggs

2/3 cup Sour Cream

2/3 cup water

1/2 cup oil

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 tsp. powdered sugar

HEAT oven to 350ºF.

BEAT first 6 ingredients with mixer 3 min. or until well blended. Add brown sugar; mix well.

POUR into 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan sprayed with cooking spray.

BAKE 50 Minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 15 min. Remove pan; cool cake completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar just before serving.

Let me know if you made it and if you like it! Enjoy the rest of your week!!!!!

Theresa

Cricut Cardz Challenge #55....

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone!

It's time for http://www.cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/!

This weeks Challenge is to make a Christmas

Card with a mini banner on the front, using

any cartridges or colors.... Well.. I have to say

I had to think about this one for a bit... I took a

little more time with trying to figure out how

to put a banner on my card! I used my Design Studio

to help me organize my card.... Took a few adjustments

to get it just right.... I'm still not thrilled

with how it turned out.... but it's my card! :o)

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Ok... First off... I had a lot of trouble getting

the picture just right... there is a lot of glitter

on this card sooo it was really hard

to take a good photo....

I shut off my flash and that's why this photo looks sooo yellow/dark...

So I'm sorry about that!

Also... I always say the paper makes the card...

Well I'm not sure this paper makes the card...

 I'm probably my worst critic... but it's the best I could come up with!

Card Stock - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - MME

Cartridges - Martha Stewart All Occasions

(Banner) cut @ 1"

(Star Banner) Cut @ 1" (4x's)

The Word (Happy) Doodletype

The Word (Holidays) cut @ 1"

 Welded in my Gypsy (Gypsy Font)

Snowflake is a Fiskar Punch

Branches are a Martha Stewart Punch

Stickles were used on the "Holidays"

Glue & Glitter was used on the word "Happy"

Blue Bling is from Kaiser Craft 

Here is a picture with the flash on... Let me know

which picture looked better! :o)

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Now it's your turn... Head on over to

http://www.cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/

and show me your wonderful card! I'll stop by

and say HI!!! Thanks for taking a look!

Have an AWESOME Day!!!

Theresa

Swinging by....

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I have this really cute card I want

to show you! First of all... I am a

Great Aunt! Literally and figuratively speaking.... :o)

My niece (Mi-Mi's oldest Daughter) has 2

BEAUTIFUL children.... and AS the "Great Aunt"

I send them cards all the time.... Well, her baby is

turning 1yr. old on Saturday and I had to make the

little guy a cute card! Sooo this is what I came up with! :o)

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Is this not cute or what??? :o)

I designed it first in my Design Studio...

I do that with a lot of my cards... trying to figure out

the sizing and such first before I cut... Anyway here's

the specs on this card...

Card Stock, Ink - Stampin Up"

Designer Paper - DCWV

Cartridge - Create a Critter (Monkey) pg. 46 is cut @3 1/4"

(Vines) are cut @ 4" (4 x's)

(Balloon) pg. 30 is cut @ 2 1/4"

(B-day Hat) pg. 29 is cut @ 2 1/4"

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Here is a side view to show the popped up Vines....

I really wasn't planning to "POP" up anything....

but I could not help myself.... :o)

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So here is the other side view to show

the popped up balloon.... I used my

Peachy Keen stamp "Everyday Character"

3/4" face for the balloon.... I thought it looked cute on the balloon!

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Here is the inside with my sentiment for

my sweet little Great Nephew.... I hope he likes it

as much as I liked making it... I know he's only going to be 1....

But I can hope he likes it... Right? LOL

That's my card for today! I hope you liked it...

Have an AWESOME Day!!!!

Theresa