Paper Pleasing Ideas

Quick Hair Tool Tip

The hardest thing about grieving (for me) is finding the motivation to do anything. Seriously my bathroom had not been THOROUGHLY cleaned since Russ was still here. Since he has been gone more than 3 months now, I will let you do the math ... hehehe . But, on Saturday, my motivation and the MOOD to clean came together on the same day. I wish I had before and after pictures, because that was a lot of work. I only cleaned my vanity(<---scroll down), but that took about 3 hours. It was not just cleaning, though, it was also getting rid of some of Russ' stuff that won't be getting used here anymore.

As I tidied up, I decided to take a picture of a cheap thingamabob for my hair heat tools.

 

I bought an inexpensive silicone hot pad from the dollar store ! The newer tools get way hotter than they used to, and flat irons don't usually have a stand to keep them off the counter. So for $1 I never have to worry about my vanity becoming burnt. Also, it is really easy to clean, when it gets all covered in hairspray, just rinse under the tap. Well, off to ZUMBA® before I stamp, I teach my second class tomorrow!

Happy Birthday Frame

Well, I had not stamped this past week, so today I had to GET BUSY !!  Here is the first card that I finished.

 

I really like this card, for the fact that I used Valentine colors, but DID NOT MAKE a Valentine's card !!  Sorry, but I don't need to many of those this year. Instead, I am making cards with IDEAS for Valentine's Day that you can use, but putting other sentiments on them. Stamp an "I Love You" in the frame and you are set! I used retired DSP (patterned paper), but the card stock is cherry cobbler, black and vanilla.

The frame was made by punching the 1 3/8 square in the DSP , and then stamping the sentiment on the vanilla CS underneath. That stamp is from the Afterthoughts Hostess set. And here is a little tip for you.

I had already put the whole card together and realized I needed more embellishments than just the ribbon. I wanted some brads, but did not feel like having the tabs of them inside. So, I punched out 6 black circles with the 3/16 hole on my crop-a-dile and glued 2 together times 3. After attaching them to the card, I covered them with Crystal Effects, and now they look just like the real thing.

Tootles, have fun and happy stamping!!

A New Look

I have changed my blog look, to be keeping with the season that we are in. Those in Google Reader will have to click over to check it out.  Hope you like it! 

Boy To Man - In Daddy's Belt

This is hard for me to show you. I cry just looking at this, but I am so proud of him.

 

You see it was farmer day at school. Russ, though not a farmer anymore, was still a farmer at heart. He rode on every piece of equipment that went on our land. He missed out on so much this fall, that his brother even went around in the fields while the harvesting was going on. He taped many of the farmers in the area out combining and then them give words of encouragement to Russ. Many of them said to get better, just so he could get back out on the field! They missed his ride-a-longs.

Well, Dylan is his father's son and so, for farmer day, he had to wear one of Daddy's belt buckles. It was so hard for me to jimmy that belt to fit him.  The whole time I was in tears, but the look on his face when I showed him that he could wear it was priceless. He was so excited to have a chance to put it on, and he told everyone at school that he got to wear Daddy's belt. Apparantly, I have to buy him more Wrangler's because he announced today he wants to be just like Dad.

 

Photo Of The Day !!

 

Do you know what this is? I totally snagged this from the Stampin' Up! photos on facebook. This is the distribution center all stocked and ready to go for the GREATEST EVENT IN THE STAMPIN' UP! YEAR.

Yep, Sale-A-Bration starts TODAY!! And Canadians who purchase $60 worth of product (before taxes and shipping) get to pick a FREE stamp set. Here is the breakdown for you - there are rewards for everything ... customer, hostess, and signing up to be a demo. Everyone wins when Stampin' Up! has the best promotion in history - YAY !! What are YOU going to order?

The link above for the breakdown is right to my online store, and if you want to sign up to be a demo the password that you need is paperpleasing *shocker*.

 

 

Sparkle Valentine

I made this card on Thursday, and am only getting around to posting it now.  I have been doing Zumba for about 2 hours a day, and have a class starting on Tuesday.  I really want to make sure I have it down, andstamping, and blogging gets the back burner until then. Then again, it is only 2 days away, so I may need a nice break after that (like a whole day ... lol).

 

Isn't this the sweetest Valentine?  I just love the Greeting Card Kids (#119887 wood ; #120633 clear) set, and decided to use this stamp since I have not inked it up yet. I used black stazon and colored it with my Stampin' Up! markers (Picture Tutorial Or Video Tutorial). The sparkly DSP is retired, but the CS color is Pink Pirouette.

I colored here with the rose red, regal rose, and pink pirouette markers for her dress, hair bow and socks. Her hair is crumb cake, and colored over with Daffodil delight. Her cheeks are pink pirouette again, but blended down with the blush blossom marker. For the shadowing around her, I used sahara sand.

The sentiment is from the Love You Much set (#113756 wood only), and I used the scallop circle(#119854), and the 1 1/4 circle punch the cut out the different layers, and then the heart was cut out by hand and attached with a dimensionals.

I used the vanilla satin ribbon (#117291) and rose red brads (Subtles #119732). I also used the Pinking Hearts punch (#117649) to edge the image panel.

Too cute, and perfect for the the boys to give to Grandma. Tootles, have fun and happy stamping!!

 

Just A Blessing For You Today :)

I do have a card to share, but that will have to come after church. I hope you have a blessed day today, and give someone a hug "just because".

 

Friendship Box

OK, so we made this next project at my last stamping class, but I never finished it. I sat down this morning and put the rest together, and I hope you like it.

I totally love the colors on this box and though the DSP (patterned paper) is from Nursery Suite (#117165), it is great for any occasion! This is the Fancy Favor die box (#115965), and the handle was just created by cutting the box top again. I added another strip of DSP for embellishment and then the ribbons to cover the seam. The inside bottom of the box has some more to finish it off a bit more.

  The front embellishment is created by punching the 2 3/8 scallop punch with chocolate chip piercing in each scallop. I added the circle after rubbing the edge on the pear pizzaz ink pad, and stamping the flower from Vintage Vogue (#118598 clear ; #117690wood) with pretty in pink. The antique brad (#117273) was added to the center of the flower.  The "F" from the same stamp set was inked in baja and edges with the chocolate chip marker, stamped on baja and cut out. The word friends was stamped on a piece of Celebrations DSP (117164) and cut out. These two accents were added with dimensionals, and then the whole thing was added to the box with dimensionals.

I really ♥LOVE♥ this little box and it would be a great package for a small gift, like some small lotions, or chocolates. Tootles, have fun and happy stamping!!

 

 

Kleenex Needed :)

Not in a bad way, but I received a very inspirational flashpoint the other day (Thanks Becky) and I really wanted to share it with you.  I can only figure out how to get you to it by a link, so here it is.

The Season Of Life

It is so beautiful and it really touched my heart.

Also, I have made a commitment with my SIL to make at LEAST 2 cards a week, to get me back stamping.  I figure, if I make it a priority, then it will happen. So, a big huge YAY for that!

Quadding Time - Another Way To Say, "I ROCK"

I am doing so many things that I would not have done if Russ would be around.First, I ROCKED OUT HERE, and now I have done something else.

 

First, I went and borrowed some ramps (mine are at the lake apparently), and loaded the quad on the back of the truck.  Driving a machine up on two pieces of metal that are narrower than the tires was a little daunting.  In fact, at one point it felt like I was going to tip backwards.  But, I pressed on (ok gunned it) and made it on!!  I didn't even take out the back window - YAY!!  Why was I doing this, you ask?

 
I brought my quad into the city to get a snow blade added on to the front!!  Now I can clean my own yard, instead of hiring it out. The blade comes plain, but then I got a welding shop to add on the sides, so that the snow wouldn't keep falling away.

 

And this is my yard after I cleaned it all up!!  I had SO MUCH FUN, ripping around the yard, pushing snow. It was pretty FREAKIN' cold, but I had my snowmobile gear on and I got 'er done. The pile in my ditch is getting pretty big, from all the snow that has been coming down. The boys are loving the homemade sledding hill. Well, I had better jet, time for some hot chocolate.  Tootles, have fun and happy stamping!!