Busy Weekend!

Why is it that time off flies by faster then when you're working?! I don't get it! LOL! This weekend just flew by and I have nothing to show for it! We did the typical check out the new house routine and there is a lot of progress but nothing that would really show up in pictures as they did mostly taping and mudding of the dry wall! Brian and I went to Sam's club to get our membership there. Then we spend about 4 hours trying to find the right shoes for Breanna to wear in a certain event. It's special news but I have to wait until I get a picture to tell you! Sunday, between church and running errands it flew by too! Not fair! I wait all week for my weekends! OH well, I have off on Tuesday so that's a nice treat! So, since I got NOTHING done I'll show you some great cards I made at one of Bobbye's classes that I haven't shared yet! I'm not sure of the set but everything in these two pictures is all Stampin Up!





Doesn't she come up with great cards and layouts?! I love the multi coloring of the one branch and flowers! Such a cool marker trick!

Until next time....

Striped Snowflake

I have the coolest snowflake card to show you today! This is another one that I made at the shoebox swap I participated in but I didn't post it with the rest! We used the SU designer paper for this card and it, of course, has two sides! YEAH - right?! Well since my SU demo lady, Bobbye, designed this card I was able to make two of them. I made one on each side! This one just needed "something" and I found that something this weekend! Anyway, without any more chattiness, here's the card!



What was the "something"? It needed the red button! Just in case you're wondering - it's all Stampin Up products and the snowflake is that sparkly felt you can buy at the craft store! Interested in any of it?! Well, contact Bobbye and she can give you details!

Until next time....

Inspiration

Sometimes you look at all the role models that are out there for young girls to follow and it can get depressing! You have this sweet baby girl and you hope for nothing but the best so when an opportunity comes along that you can show her that women can do some amazing things you jump at it right?! Well at my new job I work with some pretty amazing people, some pretty high ranking people too! One person in particular is a 3 star General - and a woman to boot! Not only that but, she's the highest ranking female officer in the USAF! I can just stare and saw "WOW" when I look at her and all she's accomplished! She's very humble to say she didn't get the position due to being a woman but was chosen based on her abilities! That's pretty awesome! So anyway, when Breanna got to meet the 2 star General I work with she was so in "awe" of him and I told her, you know there's a woman upstairs who outranks him - she said "I've got to meet her"! Well, ask no more..... I was able to coordinate that today! Here is a picture of Breanna and the 3 Star General who is a darn good role model, and a fellow half marathoner as well!



Breanna will remember this meeting for a long time and I was happy to make it happen!

Until next time....

Gettin' Krafty!

LOL! Okay I admit it! The title is a little much but sometimes that's the hardest part of a blog moment! LOL! I got that title because two of the cards I am showing you today are made with the Kraft cardstock from Papertrey Ink! I'm so in love with this good sturdy stuff that I'm seriously thinking I have to buy more...and more...and more....and... okay you get the picture! LOL! Speaking of pictures, here are two cards I made.
The first one is using their new coffe cup set called "Warm Happiness"! If you know me then you know I'm a caffeine junky! Love my coffee! I made this using scraps from my "We Moved" cards I made my sister-in-law! I love this set since it can go for just about anything! I don't know who is going to get this one but, when the need comes, I'm ready!



This one is made with a stamped image that one of the sweetest ladies ever swapped me for some monkey images! I needed a dog for a project and she had some super cute ones! I made this card using more scraps from other projects and added some of my favorite dew drops in there too!



Well I hope you like them!

Until next time....

Words To Remember...

Well, it had to happen sometime! I'm going to be a "Bella" in March or April! Yep, my oldest child is expecting! I prefer to not be called anything starting with the letter "G" - it's just not "me"! I'm excited for her and her partner and hopefully time will fly by quickly! She mentioned recently wanting to keep notes of things to tell the baby and to show the baby so I decided to make her a notebook! I had seen this paper being used for other projects before and I just knew it would be perfect for this one! It almost looks like "Bambi" doesn't it? Here's the notebook!

I covered one of the $1 notebooks from Michaels with the paper. It's called Walk in the Park by October Afternoon! It's double sided so the gridded blue is what you'll find on the other side! I also used some stamps,CTMH "Expecting", I borrowed from one of the AFIT wives here named Alicia! She's the sweetest lady who has the most adorable baby! Anyway, she'll soon have a blog of her own! Back to the card, I also did some random stamping on pages on the inside too! All in SU inks! I chose not to do a lot to it as I see it getting a lot of use!



I also made a card to go with it using all the same supplies as before except the card base is SU Close to Cocoa! The ink on the front is SU Chocolate Chip! The flowers have rhinestones in them that I picked up at Target! I like to get their $1 body rhinestone tattoos as they are cheap and work great on the projects I put them on!



I hope you like them and that Jessica does too! If you're inclined, could you keep Jessica in your thoughts and prayers? She's doing great but being a diabetic (insulin dependent) she has some rough spots at times! We all appreciate it!

Until next time....

3rd Piggy Pic

Huh? Say what? Okay I was trying to come up with a clever post title and all I could think of, to coordinate with this one, was the story of the 3 pigs where the 3rd one had a house of brick! Anywhooooo...... we, obviously, have brick up on our house now! YEAH! We also have dry wall up! YEAH! It seems like it's closer but, there are still many details that need to be done so it's still going to be a while! Here are some recent photos we took on our "Fun Friday" and even include Cameron! LOL!












I'm so excited it's beginning to look like a real house now!!

Until next time....

Friday Fun

"Beep...beep...beep" is how my Friday started out! My first thoughts were "OMG why can't it be Saturday so I can just roll over!" Well the day went along just fine, had lunch with my co-workers for our "Wingman Day" activities (if you're military you know what those are!) anyway just trudging along in my duties and I see this guy at the door wanting to come in. From a distance I can't tell who it is and I'm thinking since it's a secure area and if he had a badge he would let himself in. I tried to walk away but he waved at me to come to the door! Who was it? It was my sweet honey and Breanna! Well I "had" to open the door for him and when I did he says "We have a surprise for you...." and who was sitting there but Cameron! I was just beyond speech! Cameron was one of my friends/co-workers from school where I worked in Virginia! He is also known as my "adopted son"! LOL! I had a couple of "adopted kids" there! OMG! To say the least I was thrilled and almost cried because he had taken the time out of his schedule to come up to see me for my birthday! He had flown up and driven from the airport to our townhouse jus to say "Happy Birthday"! Isn't that the sweetest thing?! Somehow my other "adopted daughter" kept it a secret....explains why she hadn't called in a while! Probably would have leaked it! LOL! So after introducing him around as my "adopted son" to my co-workers we took him to see our house and then he treated US to dinner! He's good since not many people can get the bill past my honey - 19 years and he's only the second one! That's good! LOL! Since the pictures I took when I left didn't turn out I made sure we got good ones this time! Here they are;

Breanna and Cameron



Me and Cameron



Now doesn't that make for one of the BEST Fridays ever?!

Until next time....