200,000 Hits My Goal!!

One of my favorite blogs just hit over 200,000 hits!! WOW!!!! Thats totally my goal is to get that many hits. She is giving away some iCandy...maybe I'll win :). Check it out iSTAMP, I just love her site! I am working on ABC Flashcards right now, but I just ran outta real red paper. But luckily I have a box waiting for me at my upline's house that has...Real Red Paper!! I am doing an event tomorrow so my goal is to get it finished tonight to have on display tomorrow. Will post a pic of finished product soon!!! I was thinking of offering it as a class but ...wow...its alot of work so perhaps not.

Trying to Kill two Birds with one Stone.

Here is my attempt at Dawn's newest project(post it note holder) and doing Kristina's Color Challenge. I am NOT in love with this...but I gotta get my butt working on my MI swap...this month, weddings/anniverseries. Im sure I could whip out something better. My creative juices are NOT flowing so well lately.

Recipe:

Stamps- Garden Whimsy

Inks- Brillant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue

Paper- Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Brillant Blue

Accessories- Cho Chip Ribbon from Mini

Ok I take it back...

The part about not getting gifts on your birthday. My armywife friend Katie just showed up on my door step with a bday gift!!!!!! It was such a sweet surprise. She got me the movie 27 Dresses and CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES!!!!!!! Its actually funny that she got my that movie because I almost bought it yesterday but instead got the movie PS I love you...with Gerald Baker....yummm. Thanks again Katie!!

I turn 24 today!!

Today is my 24th birthday....YAY!!! Though after you turn 21, birthdays are not as exciting as before. You reach the age where you just get cards and no gifts...but you're also at the age where you start buying gifts for yourself!! This year I got myself a sewing machine...yes another hobby. I got a super deal on it so I couldnt pass it up. DH is excited about it, he has all these plans for things he wants me to make him. I did recieve gifts from my mom whom as a fellow stamper always gets me the best gifts. This year she got my the light cutter and a subscription to Martha Stewart's Living. YAY!!! Anyways...I didnt get to finish my star book for my mom yesterday. I was waiting for some recent pictures of my nephew from my SIL. I didnt get them till late yesterday so I just finished it today. So here's it is!! Note, you see my new sewing machine in the background :)!

You can find the intructions HERE. Its not perfect being my 1st time trying it. But it was alot easier to do than it appears. I used Summer Picnic Design Paper, Tart and Tangy stamp set, and I also used the retired set Fruity Phrases. I know my mom will just LOVE it, I used pictures of all her grandsons plus an ultrasound picture of her newest grandson Jacob...who is due to be born anyday now!!

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!