Jovan's Blogiversary Hop!!!!!!

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone! Sorry I didn't post anything

yesterday.... I was pretty busy! I can offically say that I'm 99% done

with the Store!!! Yeaaa ME!!! I seriously couldn't have done it without

the help of my family.... It was a lot of hard work and loooong hours

for me personally and I'm happy to say that today & tomorrow I will

get some much needed REST! We will open July 5th which is Thursday,

and I look forward to finally opening up the store and making some

money again! :o) I know you didn't come here to hear me babble on....

You came here because of JOVAN'S BLOG HOP!!!!!

If you arrived here from the talented JESSICA'S Blog you're on the right track...

If you just showed up to take a look around please start

at the beginning with KATE and hop along with us to celebrate

JOVAN'S Blogiversary!!!! The theme is CELEBRATION!!!

Jovan will have  three giveaways, 1st giveaway will go to someone who comments on all the blogs in the hop. 2nd prize will go to a comment left on Jovan's Blog.  The Grand prize will go to someone that plays in the challenge.  The challenge is to make a "Celebration" project - any kind of celebration.  The challenge will run for two weeks.....

Now that sounds like a great way to celebrate a blogiversary!!

Here's what I created for this hop & the Challenge!

A friend of mine back east is having twins.... And she also found

out she was having a boy & a girl, so I made these to "Celebrate" the

new babies!!! The sketch is from Mojo 200.... I just flipped it upside

down to suit my needs for the cards.... :o)

I used my IMAGINE and the Baby Boutique Cartridge....

You know I HAD to add some BLING to this card!!!! :o)

Here's the baby boy card.... The cardstock & Ribbon

are from Stampin' Up

And YESSS I HAD to add just a touch of BLING

to the boy card as well.... :o)

Well that's it for me... Next Stop on this hop is the talented CINDY

You'll love what she created.... :o)

Here's the "HOP" list just in case you get lost along the way...

KATE

ALICE

JESSICA

"ME"

CINDY

JOVAN

Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you all

join in on the fun! Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Summertime, Summertime, Sum,Sum, Summertime!!!

Hello and Happy Wednesday everyone! Have I got ya humming

to a song??? Hummmm? Well today's post involves Summer!!!

Over at Cricut Cardz Challenge 

we challenge you to make a Summer themed card!

Can't get any easier than that... Right? :o)

Here's what I made for this challenge...

To me...Summer means going to the beach or taking a vacation

which you all know I could use right about now! LOL

 

I actually designed this card last year in the CCR program

and never cut it out.... Soooo I thought this challenge was

perfect for this card! :o)

 

I used Life's a Beach,

Create a Critter

Blast Off Imagine

Hopscotch Imagine

I hope you join in the fun over at

Cricut Cardz Challenge

and don't forget to check out the rest of the

Design Teams cards, cuz they all look FABULOUS!!!

I wanted to let you know that I'm participating

in my Friend JOVAN'S BLOGAVERSARY which

is coming up on JULY 3RD!!! She's having a great

giveaway to celebrate her blog... I know you're all

thinking how could I have time for a blog hop?

Not to worry.... I always have time to participate in a fun hop! LOL

Oh... And I'm completely out of the OLD STORE NOW!!! YEAAA!!!

THANKS TO MY WHOLE FAMILY FOR HELPING!!! :o)

I just need to go back and vacuum/shampoo the carpets... And we've

already started to get things up on the shelves in my new store!

The book room is almost done thanks to my MOM!!!

The craft room & linens area are done thanks to my SISTER!!!

And I had some time to get the electronics up on a shelf too!!!

Today will be shoes, dishware, some more clothes....etc... :o)

HAVE AN AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Howdy Pardner....

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! Sorry I've been MIA!!!

But the store closed on Friday and we've been moving all

kinds of stuff out of the old store and into the new one...

I'm already exhausted and I'm not close to being done yet!

My sister came down to help us out for a couple of days....

She's really not in the best shape to help due to her medical

issues... but she said she could handle it and has been a trooper!

I know she's in pain but she still keeps trying to push herself to help....

I was up til 4:30am Sunday morning working with my hubby.... We

had everyone else go home and we stayed to work some more.... Normally

I don't work on Sunday.... but I did this weekend.... after finally getting to bed at

5:30am we got up at 11:30am and back to work I went... About 10pm I got sooo

worn out that I said it's time to go home so I could shower and get some laundry done.

I need to have clean clothes to work! :o) Any way... it's really just been a lot of packing

and moving right now.... I'm hoping to be completely out of the old store by Tuesday!!!

Keep your fingers crossed for me that I can do that!

Ohhh and that drill we rented WORKED!!

Yesss.... I got my shelves up in the book room and my mom is pricing them for

me today! :o) I have lots of stuff to put up on shelves and the new place is really

starting to take shape.... I'm looking forward to opening day! :o) 

As it gets closer I'll take some new pictures of the store so you can

see the big difference! :o) But for now... I have a card for ya!

Now... just an FYI... I don't have any time to craft right now!!

This is one of the cards I made my MIL last month...

I got a bunch of cards done before June 1st so I could focus

on getting the store done.... :o)

I used my Cricut & my Silhouette on this card!

I LOVE how this turned out... and so did she! :o)

The card shape & Banners were made on my cricut and the

boot was made on my silhouette.... I inked the edges

around the boot and used a zig pen for the design shape

on the boot... it really looked like a worn out boot in real life!

I HAD to add the gems and I wrote the sentiment out myself....

Well that's about all I have for ya today! I'll be back on

Wednesday for the Cricut Cardz Challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have an

AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Umbrella Hi....

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone!!! I hope you guys had a

great weekend with it being Father's day and all.... My oldest son

left this morning with his friends..... I had a house full of young men!

It was nice to get to know my sons friends.... It's nice to know who

my kid is hanging with... Yes I know he's an adult... but the "MOM"

in me still likes to know things! :o) Any who..... Sorry I haven't stopped

by your blogs in awhile.... Just way to busy... I promise once we get open I'll

be able to stop by more frequently like before.... It's just a few weeks

away yet! I did remember to take pictures of the New Store.... I haven't

downloaded the pictures yet but I will.... Hopefully this next Sunday I'll

have a free moment to download them and show you what the new place looks

like.... Of course when you see the pictures.... you may think to yourselves....

It doesn't look like she's done much!!! Cuz That's what I was thinkin' when I

took the shots! LOL I thought 12 hours a day for this???? WHAT???

But as I said before... the clothes are the most time consuming part of this

whole process.... I've already priced and hung well over 2000 pieces

of clothing! Nothing else yet... Just clothing! We did start to get the shelves

up which I'm happy to see going up... Once they go up I think things will be

10x's faster! I also had a few bumps in the road this past week and I

actually started to have a MELT DOWN!!! Like CRYING!!!! UGH

I didn't cry but was on the verge.... between being exhausted and having

shipping issues I was about at my wits end.... I'm Ok now... Sort of! LOL

I just have to keep reminding myself that it will be over soon and then I

can get some much needed rest! Or so I hope anyway! :o)

Enough about my crazy busy life.. Let's see a project! :o)

I made this card for my MIL... YESSS!!! It's one of the cards

I needed to get made for her.... I like how this one turned out....

I finally used some ribbon I had been hanging onto because I

thought it was toooo pretty to use! I know I got issues! LOL

Any who... I used my Imagine for the designer papers and I used

an EK border punch and I used some other cartridges that

I really can't remember at this time.... But it's a nice clean

simple card... :o)

Well I guess that's all I have time for today....

Thanks so much for stopping by and always being supportive!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

I'm so glad you're my DAD!!!

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! I've forgotten to take

my camera with me the last 2 days.... But today I'm gonna take

some pictures for you.... :o) In the mean time it's CHALLENGE

day over at Cricut Cardz (aka Cardztv)

The challenge this week is "I'm so glad you're my dad!"

Make a card for Father's Dad!

That should be easy for everyone to do!

Reminder: Make sure you use your CRICUT!

Here's the card I came up with for this challenge.....

I welded the Shield together from the Father's Day Cartridge

I used the JT Imagine Cartridge & the Industrial Glow Imagine Cartridge

for the Designer paper....

Punched out the tag shapes & Inked around the edges

The Sentiment is Computer generated

Bakers Twine & Papertrey Ink Button

and that's all she wrote! LOL I also made

a white shaped shield for the inside so someone

could write their message to there dad!

Well I hope you like my card for this weeks Challenge....

Make sure you take a look at the rest of the Design Teams

cards cuz they ALL look FABULOUS!!!

I know this is a quick post but you guys know

how busy I am right now.... Thanks so much for stopping by &

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Hello.....Silhouette...

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone! Or is it a Happy Tuesday???

I'm not sure as yet..... All I know is that it's 2:30am and I can't sleep

because I'm to busy thinking about all the things I need to get done

 at the new store location! UGH! I also never heard back from

that lady my friend told me about..... My friend said she was thrilled

with the idea of working in exchange for clothes & stuff..... But she hasn't

called me yet... I guess it's gonna have to be "Plan B".... Which I really

didn't want to do but I'm gonna have to.... Plan B involves my mom whom

I asked out of retirement to help me.... She agreed to help, and I try to have

her work only 3 to 3 1/2 hours a day.... But as I've said in previous posts.....

I can't be in both places at the same time.... So now I'll have to ask my mom

to work all day at the store while I spend all my time at the new location

setting up... UGH! I was really trying to avoid this idea at all costs....

I'll be asking my mom in the morning.... I know she ain't gonna like

this, but hey.... She's my mom and I know she wants to help me.....

I guess I'm gonna have to do something extra special for her.... :o)

Since you're here I might as well show you another card I made for

my MIL... Here it is.....

Card stock, Ink, Brad - Stampin' Up

Designer paper - Bo Bunny

All the cuts were made with my SILHOUETTE

This is another 99 cent download.... it was super quick

and easy to do and put together.... I just sized it @ 5 1/2 x 4 1/4

The (Hello) Font is from my computer... can't remember the name of it... :o)

Ohhh..... I don't know if I told ya this before... But another wonderful

thing about the (SILHOUETTE) is that you can use your CRICUT MATS

in their machine!!!! YESSS... It's true! Cuz I'm using mine and it works

just fine! I think the Silhouette mats cost more and you only get 1 mat...

Where as the Cricut mats are less and you get 2 to work with...

Seriously.... you can't be that! :o)

Well that's all I got for ya today.... Maybe if I'm up late

again tonight.... I'll post some pictures of what my store

looks like.... then I'll take some pictures of the New Place

for you to see my progress..... Hummmm Let's hope

I'm not toooo busy, so I can do this! Eh?

Thanks for stopping by and have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Smooch Birthday.....

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Hello and Happy Friday!!! I LOVE Fridays!!! It's the end

of the week and usually I get a couple of days off.... Of Course

It's June and that's soooo not gonna happen! But I can sleep in

cuz I'm the boss! LOL  I thought I would take a couple of

minutes to post something.... Cuz I don't know if I'll get time this next week!

Here's a simple card I made for my Mom....

My Mom's birthday was this past Sunday.... and I wanted to make her

a little something since I already gave her, her gift

earlier in the month.... Luckily my Silhouette was here to

rescue me!!! They have lots of shapes and things on

their site.... but what I really like are the "QUICKIE" cards

they have for 99 cents... And since I made this at like 1:30am

That Sunday morning.... it was super easy! I just needed paper!

 Card stock/ Designer Paper/ Button - Stampin' Up

Baker's Twine

All the cuts were done with my Silhouette.....

I measured it out to fit on a 4 3/4" square card....

Well that's it for me this week.... I hope you all have a Fabulous

weekend and have an AWESOME DAY Today!!!

Theresa