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Chipboard Clipboards...

2008-08-27T17:38:00.000-07:00

Hello there... Long time, no see. :-) Unfortunately life has been a little unpredictable lately. So, I haven't been around much. And I can't even promise it will change anytime soon. :-(

But... I saw this on http://www.chicnscratch.typepad.com/ and had to make some!!! Aren't they adorable???

Convention was wonderful!!!

2008-08-04T09:23:00.000-07:00

Good morning!! I am back from my Hawaii vacation and trip to Convention!! Convention was great!! We got lots of free stuff, including a visit from the UPS man right on stage!!! Some wonderful stamp sets, and lots of great ideas and so much inspiration!!! I will definetly be setting some goals so I can afford to go next year!! I will be showing some of the many ideas we received, and some of the great swaps I got over the next couple of days, so keep checking back!! Have a great day!!

Tina

Another Make N Take

2008-07-13T15:25:00.000-07:00

I tried adding this to the other post, but wasn't able. This is another of the Make N Takes we will be doing at the Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo in Riverside, CA on July 26th and 27th! If you are in the area, stop by and say hi. Make a card or two. We will be offering the make n take cards for only $1.

Hope to see you there!!
Thanks for looking...

Rubber Stamp Expo Make N Takes...

2008-07-13T12:40:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of the Make N Takes we are doing at the Rubber Stamp Expo in Riverside. We are super excited about it!!!

I saw this Thank You card on one of my favorite blogs... http://www.chicnscratch.typepad.com/

Recipe: Whisper White and Soft Sky cardstock, Pick A Petal and Enjoy The Moment Stamp sets, Soft Sky Ribbon

Rubber Stamp Expo

2008-07-09T17:40:00.000-07:00

Woohoo!!! My upline and good friend Samantha and I are going to have a booth at the Riverside Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo. We are so excited. It's very last minute so we have a lot of work to do. If you are local, come by and say hi!!

http://www.rubberstampexpo.com/riverside.html

I will post a picture of one of our make and takes in a little bit!
Thanks for looking!

Thank you to a great friend!!

2008-07-02T12:32:00.000-07:00

My wonderful friend made my beautiful new banner! I just love it!!!

Thank you so much Sharon!!!

I'm so In Love!!!

2008-06-09T21:26:00.000-07:00

I love this new CARDS book!! It's so easy to make and I can't get enough!! Here is another one I put together today. This time I made a couple of matching cards with the scraps!!

Thanks for looking!

Tina

It's Been A While!!!

2008-06-09T15:45:00.000-07:00

I'm so sorry for the long time away. It's been a very hectic month! I would love to promise that I won't disappear again, but with things being so crazy right now, who knows. I'm going to do my best to post at least once a week!!

Anyway... my first post since my absense is a picture of a gift I made for a great friend of mine!! This girl has been so helpful to me over these last difficult times. I truly don't know what I would do without her. I am going to have lunch with her tomorrow, and I wanted to show her how greatful I am to have her... So I made her this book. She buys a lot of my cards, and I thought she really needed something to store them in. :-) I hope she likes it!! Sue Reynolds from my Stampin Up! demonstrators meeting brought in a similar one to show us. She used the Summer Picnic DSP for hers. I'm a little stingy with mine, so I used Jersey Shore.

Thanks for looking!!!

Tina

We have a new company!!

2008-05-15T09:14:00.000-07:00

My good friend Samantha and I have started a new company! We are so excited about it!!! For now, we are hosting classes and workshops of all kinds! Eventually, we would love to open a scrapbook store in our area.

Our first event was a Stamp A Stack. We made 14 cards for $15 dollars. We had a great time and the cards turned out cute!

Recipe:

Card #1: Stamps: Tart and Tangy; various sentiments

Paper: Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DSP

Various Ribbons

Card #2: Stamps: Pun Fun; various rollers

Paper: Multiple colors

Various Ribbons

We also have some other classes coming up! Be sure to check out the calendar. And visit our Fun With Paper blog.

Thanks for looking and Happy Thursday!

A CASE'd Thank you!

2008-05-08T21:32:00.000-07:00

I was asked to make some baby shower thank you cards for a friend that is about to have her baby... This is what I came up with. I CASE'd it from Splitcoast Stampers...
Recipe:
SU! Stamps: Wild About You, Sweet Shapes, Enjoy Every Moment
SU! Paper: Pretty In Pink, Barely Banana, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White
Ribbon: Pink Gingham

Thanks for looking!

Tina

Garden Whimsy

2008-05-08T20:31:00.000-07:00

Ok, so if you have visited my blog lately, you may have noticed a couple of things... The first is that I haven't posted much lately. The second is that most of my recent posts have been CASE's from other blogs. Well... I have been a bit creatively challenged lately. I know it's just stress, and I really do plan to get back to being creative soon, but until then, I have a few more cards I want to make that I found and loved in blogland!

This card is no different. I found this card at Cindy's Stamping Studio. It's a great blog, you should check it out. I did change a couple little things.

Recipe:
SU! Stamp sets: Garden Whimsy, Celebrate Everything
SU! Cardstock: Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White
SU! Ink: Blue Bayou, Certainly Celery, Purely Pomegranite, Whisper White
Ribbon: Purely Pomegranite; Gold SU! Brads

Thanks for looking and Happy Thursday!
Tina

SC175

2008-05-07T11:29:00.000-07:00

Lookie me.... I did a sketch challenge. :-)

I love the Tart and Tangy set, especially when I can use the Summer Picnic DSP with it!!!

Thanks for looking, I hope you like it!

Tina

New tin for our craft class...

2008-05-06T13:35:00.000-07:00

We are having a tin workshop on Friday night, so I made one as a sample. I used the Crew Kids girl Simply Scrappin' Kit from Stampin Up! along with the Big Deal Alphabet stamp set.

Thanks for looking...

Wow!!!

2008-04-30T21:21:00.000-07:00

What a week!! Between our craft class and my very first workshop, I have had a busy week. Oh, plus getting ready to spend 3 days at Stagecoach!! For those of you not in Southern California, Stagecoach is 3 fabulous days of country music concerts! I can't wait!!!

My first workshop went well. I had 3 guests, plus my hostess. They made 2 cards and placed their orders. It was a pretty successful workshop, I thought. And now I know I can do it! :-)

These are the cards we made..

Hostess Gift

2008-04-21T17:05:00.000-07:00

Well... next Sunday I have my first workshop! I've been a demo almost 3 years, and I have done plenty of workshops/demos at my home, but I have never ventured out to do a workshop. A really great gal I went to high school with was kind enough to book a party through me and I am really excited about it. To show my appreciation, I made her a gret little hostess gift! I love it and I hope she likes it too! I found the tutorial over at http://leslierich.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/ and I just loved it! Here is a picture of the version I made for my hostess. Wish me luck with my first out of my comfort zone party! :-)

Happy Monday!

Tina

Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers - SBS17

2008-04-19T11:10:00.000-07:00

Yah! I am pretty new to the blogging world, so the opportunity to join a Sisterhood seems pretty exciting to me!! I love checking out all the wonderful creations that are out in blogland, and seeing all the creativity that is out there! Can't wait to get to know my fellow blogging sisters!!

Pay It Forward

2008-04-15T18:21:00.000-07:00

It's always exciting to get a little gift in the mail. I was pleased to get the Pay It Forward from my good friend Samantha. And what cute stuff inside...

So, the first 3 people to leave me a comment will get a Pay It Forward gift from me!

Good luck!

Tina

You Make My Day

2008-04-14T13:32:00.000-07:00

I got an award!! My new blogging friend Denise gave me this award last week. I hadn't been able to get it posted yet, but I am super excited about this award! I'm new to the blogging world, so it's great to have someone out there that is encouraging of my efforts!!

Now, for the hard part. Picking 10 blogs that I love. I have so many blogs that I visit almost daily, that it will be hard to chose!

These are blogs that I check as often as I can. They always provide me inspiration and make me want to be a better stamper and a better demonstrator!

Tiffany

Michelle

Robin

Wickedly Wonderful Creations

Tart and Tangy!

2008-04-14T13:13:00.000-07:00

I love this set and the matching DSP! And based on my browses in blogland, I am not the only one! Here are a couple of cards I came up with today.

Thanks for looking and Happy Monday!

Tina

WSC43 and LSC162

2008-04-13T18:25:00.000-07:00

This one is a two-fer... I made this card for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. There was also another blog I found that had the challenge of using only white and 1 other color. Of course, I cannot find that blog now. Once I find it, I will link it up.

Update: I found it!!!

It was a challenge on Splitcoast Stampers LSC162.

Thanks for looking and Happy Sunday!

Tina

CASE'd card

2008-04-13T18:15:00.000-07:00

Well... it's been a while! I have had a lot going on at home and haven't had much opportunity to get out my stamps and make anything creative! I'm glad to be back!! :-)

I got the new Tart and Tangy set last week, so of course it was the first set I got out today! Unfortunately, my mind is in a lot of places right now, so I was struggling getting the creative juices flowing! So to get started, I CASE'd this card from stampnscrapwithval. I love it, and thought it would be a great card to add to my collection!!

I hope you enjoy it!! She has a great blog, that I visit often...

Thanks for looking and Happy Sunday!

Tina

Love Flip Flops!

2008-04-07T08:24:00.000-07:00

I saw these on the About A Girl blog. It's a blog I have come to visit often. And it seemed really easy, so I thought I would try it out for myself! Her's are made with the summer picnic DSP and the Tart and Tangy set. Mine DSP and T&T won't arrive until today, so I had to improvise over the weekend! And I LOVE FLIP FLOPS!!! Been a flip flop fan for many years, so I am always glad for another opportunity to use this set!

Thanks for looking and have a great week!
Tina

CC160

2008-04-02T07:51:00.000-07:00

Good morning... For my first time ever, I decided to attempt a Splitcoast Color Challenge. And of course, I picked the day to do this when all 4 colors are colors I never use. I couldn't imagine putting them together. However, I actually liked the way it turned out. :-)

Recipe: Cameo Coral, Creamy Caramel, Mellow Moss card stock

Simply Said stamp set, Apricot Appeal Ribbon, Cameo Coral and Apricot Appeal Markers, Creamy Caramel stamp pad.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Under Construction...

2008-04-02T07:40:00.000-07:00

So... my craft room was a mess! I was so sick of triping over my exercise bike, and it always looked so unorganized! So... this weekend, I decided to do something about it! I am still working on it, because I have very large cabinet that needs to be moved out of the room and my brother couldn't come help me until tonight, but here is what I have gotten done so far. I love it! Unfortunately, it's made stamping a little difficult right now because I have so much stuff and don't know where half of it is! Ok... that is always the way it is for me, but it's worse right now. LOL
These are some shelves I hung in my closet. The closet is funny shaped because it was added on during my remodel last year.
See all the boxes and mess in this picture. I still have a lot to do!!

This is right above my table. So all my punches and a few of my other main supplies are very handy. I am going to need to change this a little, but haven't done it yet. :-) I will post pictures when I get it all done.

Thanks for looking! Happy Wednesday!

Tina

And yet another...

2008-03-27T13:59:00.001-07:00

These are a couple of bookmarks I made for our last craft fair. It's something I was just playing with. They seem a little boring to me. Not sure what they are missing...

Thanks for looking!
Tina

And another...

2008-03-27T11:55:00.001-07:00

This is a little post it holder we made at a card swap recently... It's very simpe, using a coaster.

Thanks for looking!
Tina

Another...

2008-03-27T10:07:00.000-07:00

This was a little album I made with all scraps from a Simply Scrappin kit.
Hope you like it! Thanks for looking...
Tina

Yah Jen!!!

2008-03-27T08:49:00.001-07:00

I'm so excited to announce that I have a new blogging friend!! Jen has started her own blog at http://rockstarscrappin.blogspot.com/. She is a brand new Stampin Up! demonstrator, and my Stampin Up! sister! Samantha is our upline! She doesn't have any pics of her stuff posted yet, but she makes beautiful cards!! I happen to have this card on my computer from a swap we did earlier this year. Isn't it great?? Welcome Jen!

Happy Thursday

2008-03-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

Good morning! Well... it's Thursday, and this week I have not had a moment to post anything creative! In fact, I haven't had a moment to do anything creative. :-) Between spending the weekend in Big Bear, our dental check ups, a meeting with my son's teacher and principal (my honors/GATE student is getting a D) to the Class of 2012 Welcome To High School meeting (OMG, my son is about to start High School!!), I have been a busy little girl.

So... this morning I went through my box of stuff that I've made in the past and pulled out a few things. I love making cards, but I also like to make other stuff too. I thought sharing some of these other things might give you a little insight in to me. :-) I hope you enjoy!!

This is a cute little scrapbook I made with a 12 x 12 Stampin Up! kit and some envelopes. As cute as they are, they are usually a lot of work, so I don't make them very often. :-)

I'll post more through out the day!

Thanks for looking and Happy Thursday!

Tina

I got an award!!!

2008-03-24T07:49:00.000-07:00

I received this award from my blogging BFF Denise. It is the Arte Y Pico (Art & More) Award and is given to bloggers who share their art and creativity making their contribution to the blogging world. Thank you for this Denise! What an exciting honor!!

The rules!

1. You have to pick five blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.

3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.

4. Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of Arte y Pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.

5. To show these rules.

Now it's my turn to pick 5 great blogs to be awarded. What a difficult task! Since my two favorite bloggers, Denise and Samantha, have already been chosen, I want to pick 5 new blogs. And the winners are... Dawn Easton, Sharon Rivera, Michelle P Fisher, Catherine, and Erin. I love all these blogs, visiting most of them daily. I love seeing all their great creations!!

Thanks again for this award Denise!

In The Stars

2008-03-21T09:26:00.000-07:00

Once I got my creative juices flowing again, I decided to take out my new In The Stars set. I just got it, along with the roller, and punch. I am so in love with stars right now!

Anyway, these are the 2 cards I made.

Thanks for looking!
Tina

I love Rock N Roll!!!

2008-03-21T08:56:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday!! I love Fridays, aren't they great??

Anyways... I also love Rock N Roll. Yah, the music, but I'm actually talking about the technique! I've been a little creatively challenged the last couple of weeks, so I spent yesterday looking at so many fabulous blogs. And low and behold, I find a great card that uses the rock and roll technique! So... I promptly copy the picture to my desktop so that I can take it home and CASE it! And while I was having fun in blogland, I copied about 30 more cards that I really loved and thought I could CASE or recreate to make my own. All I needed was a few ideas to get me started, right?? Well. Sort of! I took the picture of the card home and started away. I wanted to change the colors, but other than that, I was all about copying, bit by bit. :-) Only, I screwed it up and made the stamped image too big. Oops... So this was my first attempt.

I really liked the way this card came out, but it still wasn't what I was trying for... So then I made this card.

I really like this card! I love the colors and I love the Rock N Roll!!! By the way, I CASE'd this from Stamp Workshop. It's a great blog, you should check it out!

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Tina

Stamp Camp/Craft Class - April 26th

2008-03-20T11:26:00.000-07:00

It's almost time for our 2nd craft class. The date will be April 26th. You will make 5 adorable projects for $25. Snacks are also provided. :-) We have 4 Stampin Up! demonstrators hosting this event, so there will be lots of great stuff to see and make!!
Reserve your spot now!
Tina

Sshhh.... It's a secret. :-)

2008-03-20T07:58:00.000-07:00

I thought my Samantha could use a little morning cheer, so I left one of these on her doorstep this morning. :-) I hope she likes!!!

I love BLOG CANDY!!!

2008-03-18T07:46:00.000-07:00

Oh wow!! I got the greatest little treat in the mail yesterday! I received my blog candy from my new BFF Denise! So... to say thanks, I decided to make a little card with the one of the stamped images she sent me. :-) What do ya think?? It took me a while, but I think it came out ok.

Thank you Denise! I love all the stuff you sent!!!

Tina

Card Swap

2008-03-18T07:41:00.001-07:00

We had a card swap on Sunday afternoon, and I always love these little moments with friends!! Anyway, here is a pick of the cards we made. :-)

Thanks for looking... Tina

Adorable!

2008-03-18T07:37:00.001-07:00

One of my best friends Samantha surprised me the other day with this little gift! Isn't it adorable?? I love it! It's such a token of the sweet person that she is!

What a week!!!

2008-03-14T11:07:00.000-07:00

Well this week has been crazy. I wasn't home for more than about 5 minutes all weekend last weekend, and this week hasn't been much better! So of course... I got sick again. :-( I haven't posted anything creative this week, because I haven't done anything. Well... except for the 8 fantastic hours I spent last Saturday scrapping with my good friends Samantha and Sharon! That was fantastic!!

I love my UPS man!!

2008-03-07T09:02:00.000-08:00

Oh how I love when I get home from work, and Brian (my UPS man) has been by for a visit!! You have to understand, I order a lot of stuff online, so Brian and I are on a first name basis. LOL!

Since I had been waiting to order a set from the new Occassions Mini, I hadn't gotten all my free Sale A Bration stuff yet! So... last night was a fun night!!!

I applied some rub-ons to these votive holders for a craft fair Samantha and I are doing next weekend... Then I made the candy bags. I didn't like the way the candy bags turned out at all! Any suggestions?? So having become a little frustrated with my lack of creative abilities last night, I decided I should make a card! Well... I actually made several and they were awful! This was the best of the bunch. :-) And by the way... how great is it that all the SAB sets and the sets from the new Occassions Mini were already cut out for us?? Wow! That was a bright spot in my unimaginative evening! I hope they continue with that! Anyway, I hope every one has a great weekend!

Thanks for looking! Tina

Time Spent with Great Friends!!

2008-03-05T07:39:00.001-08:00

Good morning... Well another evening, another opportunity to create a cute card! I had a great dinner with some wonderful friends, and I left there really appreciating the wonderful people in my life! I have so many great people around me and I love them all!! I am so blessed, and last night I was really feeling the love! So... when I decided to sit down and make a card, I naturally went right to the Time Well Spent set. It's the first time I've used it, so I had to put it together first, but I love the card.

Thanks for looking! Tina

So Many Scallops

2008-03-04T07:53:00.000-08:00

Good morning!! I made myself a little pact a week or so ago, and so far, I am doing good. I promised myself to exercise more and to stamp more! Well... I took a pretty bad fall this weekend, so I have a great excuse to not exercise. :-) Which, means I have even more time to stamp!! I'm not sure why the colors are not showing up well in this pick, but the card is actually Green Galore.

TFL! Tina

I've Been Tagged!!!

2008-03-03T15:16:00.000-08:00

I've been tagged!
How fun is this- I was tagged by Samantha. Thanks!

What was I doing 10 years ago? Working for ESRI (where I worked for 10 years). Trying to get my associates degree...

What was I doing 1 year ago? Working for a company that I hated, spending lots of time with good friends, about to start a room addition on my house.

5 favorite snacks?Girl scout cookies, anything chocolate, cream cheese with Raspberry Chipotle sauce, Chocolate chip cookies

5 things I ould do if I was amillionaire? Move out of state!, make sure my son goes to a great college, invest, help my parents, open a scrapbook store!

5 things I like doing? Hanging out with my son, going to the river, spending time with my close friends, scrapbooking and stamping, and dancing at the BI.

5 things I will nver wear again- short skirts, short shorts, bikini, high heels

5 favorite toys- My laptop, my Xyron machine, my cricut, my Dish DVR, my IPOD

5 people I am going to tag- Mary http://www.bootstostamps.blogspot.com/; Stephanie Ardry http://www.scrappedsilly.typepad.com/; Dawn Easton http://www.treasureoilerdesignz.blogspot.com/; Denise http://denisesstampingpage.blogspot.com/; Heidi http://sweetheidijo.blogspot.com/

I'm new to this blogging thing. I hope I don't offend anybody for sending this. :-)

Beate's WSC#37

2008-03-01T18:14:00.000-08:00

Here is my card for Beates weekend sketch. It is my very first challenge- I like how these inspire to create. I definately will be doing more of these.

Recipe
SU! paper- Regal Rose, Purely Pomagranite, Designer series prints- Rose Red

Stamps- Time well spent, Simply said

Ribbon (purely Pom) and rhinestones (Michaels)

A Good Egg

2008-02-28T09:14:00.000-08:00

My great friend Samantha and I got together last night to make a couple of cute cards! After some good food, a lot of laughs, and some color picking issues we got started! Okay, she started way before me because the color picking issues were mine. :-) She picked this set, and at first I wasn't really attracted, but the cards we made came out adorable!!

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Craft Classes Available

2008-02-21T13:36:00.001-08:00