Im going to Convention!!!!!

I registered this morning for Convention!!! I didnt wake up at 4am like I wanted to and my alarm clock aka the baby didnt wake up either. So DH woke me up at 8am when he came home for breakfast. So still half asleep I registered!!! Thank God it was so easy to do. Im going to be in Track 8 along with my uplines team. Im sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited to go!!!!! Now I just need to find a baby siter for the boys for the days Im gone while DH is at work.

House is clean, time to stamp!

I have just now finally got my house in order after being away in MI. Today I was busy working on my Mother's Day gift to my mom. Im just waiting for my SIL to email me some pictures and it'll be done. I got lazy this year and used already made cards for my other moms(step,gmas). I got to work on a manly bday card for my BIL. So hopfully tomorrow I'll have some projects to share with you!

SU! Starter Kit 20% Off!!!!!!

SU! is offering another awesome discount on the demonstrator starter kit!!! You get 20% off PLUS a free tin of Hodgepodge Hardware (p. 188) from the Spring-Summer Collection 2008 (a $27.95 value!).*note the hardware in the Occasions Mini Collection 2008 is NOT include for this deal* Please email me if you're interested in taking advantage of this wonderful and limited time only deal, you got till the end of May to sign up! Also you can do it all online, just email me and I'll give you my special code so you can order and personalize your starter kit.

Matching colors with Design Paper

Coordinating Colors for Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series Papers:
Azure: Brilliant Blue, Very Vanilla
Bali Breeze: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Taken with Teal
Berry Bliss: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate
Cutie Pie: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, So Saffron
East Coast Prep: More Mustard, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Wild Wasabi
Fall Flowers: Old Olive, Really Rust, Soft Sky, Sahara Sand, Groovy Guava, Ruby Red
Flowers for You: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise
Ginger Blossom: Cameo Coral, Groovy Guava, Ruby Red, River Rock
Jersey Shore: Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi
Le Jardin: Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue, River Rock, So Saffron, Very Vanilla
Notebook: Kraft, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla
Olive Press: Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Porcelain Prints: Blue Bayou, River Rock, Wild Wasabi
Prints: Monochromatic papers available in Almost Amethyst, Always Artichoke, Blue Bayou, Brilliant Blue, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, Groovy Guava, Lovely Lilac, More Mustard, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, River Rock, Rose Red, So Saffron, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise
Spring Break: Blue Bayou, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky
Spring Fling: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Sage Shadow, So Saffron
Spring Silhouettes: Certainly Celery, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi
Western Sky: Blue Bayou, River Rock, Ruby Red, Soft Sky

And in the Occasions Mini:

Afternoon Tea: Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi
Summer Picnic: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red

I found this on one of my blogs I like to visit. Its funny that I just now found this without actually searching for it because just yesterday I was saying to myself "I need to find a list of colors for the designer paper" and whala one finds me. LOL!

Playing with Garden Whimsy

Here are 3 cards I made today playing with my new stamp set, Garden Whimsy. Its not my best work but pretty good for coming up with my own design and not casing someone else. I think I got too many projects going on right now. Im working on a quilt, this is my newest hobby and am still learning. I am knitting some dish clothes. Im sick of using paper towels to clean up Riley after he eats, so I thought I make a bunch of dish clothes and use those instead. Im also in the process of thoroughly cleaning the house and for reasons unknown to me. You always make a bigger mess while in the process of organizing and cleaning. But on a good note, I got my rebate check in the bank today!!!!!!!!!! A part of me wants to just put it towards bills but we're getting it to boast the economy right?? So Im thinking of getting an entertainment center. Our current one is just an end table and I am soooo tired of fighting with Riley to not get the cords. I would like to get a new bedroom set but I doubt I could get what I want for only $1000. So a nice entertainment center and probably let the husband buy some ammo.

Back from MI

Ok so I havent be able to get online while in MI as much as I would like to and I didnt take as many pictures that I wanted to. But now Im home and totally pooped!! And on top of having to unpack, do laundry...my husband did not do one OUNCE of cleaning while I was gone so I got two weeks worth of filth in my house. I am too tired to clean but its hard to relax when the house is a mess!! MEN!!

1st here's a pic of Riley eating his cake at his 1st birthday party. Turns out I brought the beautiful weather with me to MI, it was absolutely beautiful the whole time I was there and was snowing in WA!! And now Im home and looks like MI is going to get snow on Monday...sorry guys. The only stamping related thing I did while home was the pinwheel class I did for my mom's card swap club. I was too busy to take pictures but I felt we had alot fun, even though we ran into a problem trying to figure out how to get the pinwheel to spin!! I'll have to make a call to SU! support.

Before I lefted for MI I was putting in an order for a workshop I demoed and I kept noticing this SAB reward link in my order page. I thought I didnt earn anything since I did not recruit and only sold what I bought for myself but I guess the big order I put in was enough to earn me a free stamp set!!! YAY!! So I ordered Garden Whimsey, a set Ive been eyeing for a while. But it came after I lefted but now Im home and cant wait to play with it.

Busy Busy Busy

I have been busy getting ready to go home to MI for a while. I have been making cards but mostly for my secret pal so I dont want to post them till thats over. I'll try to post pics while Im in MI. Im sure I'll still be making cards, sorta hard not to do around my mom! LOL!

Color Challenge #4

Here is a card I made for kwerner's Color Challenge.

Recipe:

Stamp- Fun and Fast Notes

Paper- Close to Cocoa, Tempting Turquoise, Fall Flowers Design Paper

Inks- Cho Chip, Tempting Turq markers

Accessories-Cho Chip wide ribbon, blender pen.