Fishing is not my idea of fun.  I never liked it as a kid and nothing has changed today.  Mostly because I am extremely impatient.  I also do not like putting a live WORM on a hook.  It's nasty and I feel like I am hurting the worm.  I know, silly!

The kids on the other hand love to fish.  Anything outdoors they are game. Alexis still holds a fishing pole with a little fashion:

Brandon had dirt from head to toe at the end of the day.  You can tell from his picture that he is just happy to be out of the car and not stranded on the side of the road!

…and then there is Russ! This pic speaks volumes!  This is why I love this crazy guy! We have laughed at each other over and over again!

You might be wondering if we caught a fish… the answer would be NO! Russ scared them all off. 

We are actually sitting in West Virginia tonight.  The last leg of our trip is tomorrow.  It will take about 5 hours. Thank you to each of you for sharing your fun stories with me. Russ and I have enjoyed them and laughed together.  While moving is never easy it's been much easier when I can share it with you. 

While I've been on the road my little brother had a birthday.  Here is a card I made for him. It's not in the mail yet but will be in just a few short days.    He's also in the Navy so I thought this would be a fun card done in Red, White and Blue.  The stamp set comes from the Level 3 Hostess set called Playful Pieces. WOW this is a great set.  There are tons of pieces in it.  

I stamped each of these boxes in Craft ink onto Crumb Cake.  I really love Craft ink and love it even more on Crumb Cake.  I cut each image out and popped them up with dimensionals.  It's a super easy card including the cutting.   

I hope your weekend is fantastic!  Again, many thanks to each of you for your continued prayers, thoughts and laughs.  If you only knew what it does to a girl's spirit.  <wink>

XOXOXO

Tonight's card doesn't have new stuff actually.  I was going through pics of cards I had made and wanted to share this one because I think it's fitting for how I feel today.  Honestly, I made this card for my dad's birthday which is at the end of the month. The birds however look like our little family today.  Big Birdie Dad and the rest of his flock following him.  That pretty much sums it up!

At the end of the day… this is how I really FEEL:

This stamp set is called On a Pedestal (113814).  Great set with many ways to use it.  I decided to get scissor happy and cut a lot of the layers out.  This gave the card lots of dimension.  I also used buttons and white linen thread to add accents.  The layered cake was matted and then placed on a Pink Pirouette cardstock layer that was run through my Big Shot using the Polka Dot embossing folder.  These add perfect texture to any project.  Lastly, I added a bit of Shimmer Mist to the card.  Lately, there isn't a card that doesn't get a little shimmer added. 

Now, for a move update.  Packers came yesterday.  The stamp room is officially packed.  However the lazy bums decided that TODAY they would not come and they would finish on Friday.  I think they made a big mistake.  I cannot see how they will finish packing this house tomorrow.  I will simply keep my big nose out of it and let them figure it all out themselves.  I hate not being in control.  My only concern is actually leaving when we originally wanted and not prolonging the pain of leaving this great place any more than I have to.  The kids think the whole process is great.  Thankfully I've had awesome friends take them for play dates and my kids think this is ONE heck of a summer vacation.   

I'll keep you updated.  I hope your FRIDAY is filled with stamping.  I think mine will be all about supervising.  I'm pretty good at that.  <sigh>

XOXOXO

I want to share one of my favorite sets that is going away.  It's been used SO much.  I used this set for one of my rounds of Scraps in the Mail and it was a really great set to scrapbook with.  Here are two cards I made using it. 

Here is another one…

For both of these cards I used Bermuda Bay cardstock (Retiring) and Pear Pizzaz cardstock (New In Color-whoo hoo!)  Both cards use the Certified stamp set. The bottom card uses the Park Avenue Patterns.  You can see these sets HERE for all the images in the sets. 

I used Bermuda Bay ribbon as well on the bottom card and it's retiring too.  These are simple cards but fun! 

I can't leave today without showing you a few more fun photos of my great ladies I will be saying goodbye too….

This one below makes me laugh all over again.  <smile>

Have a SUPER week.  I am in the midst of a MESS! 

XOXOXO

I had a super fun time with my kids yesterday.  I painted Lexi's nails and she stamped with me.  Brandon had a few friends over after school so we had "US" time this evening.

I have a new playlist with some Glee songs I liked.  Sickly addicted to the show now.  Jeesh!

Then, most importantly… I brushed the dust off a FEW stamp sets and created.  Ahhhhhh!!!  The sweet sound of tap, tap, tap!

Here are the results!

For this card not only did I dust the stamp set off but my sewing machine too.  I just felt the urge to sew on a card.  This is the Level 3 stamp set The More the Merrier.  I love BIRDS! Skinny, chubby… love them all. I haven't used this set in MONTHS!

Oh, that Circle Circus stamp set.  Remember that one?  When the new catalog came out last year I used this set on everything.  Since then it's been on the shelf crying to be used.  Really had thick dust on it.  Another set I NEVER pull out and seriously I am just silly is the All Holidays stamp set.  OH MY!  I forgot what a GREAT set this is.  Need a sentiment? Look no further.  Isn't that Happy Birthday a fun font? This was a serious simple card.  Of course I used my favorite Kraft cardstock (AKA Crumb Cake!!!) and had to pledge the Flock Together DSP due to MASSIVE dust bunnies on it.  Love Tempting Turquoise on Kraft.  I used Whisper White craft ink on the base of the card with Circle Circus stamp images.  I used the new Satin Ribbon (White) and ruffled my ribbon with a little sticky strip. 

Last one… I kinda cheated!  I actually had the stamped images stamped for about 6 months sitting on my desk waiting to be used.  I borrowed this set from my girlfriend and stamped the images and they just sat there on my desk!  So I wiped the dust off and created.  This card uses NEW colors.  Oh boy!  The beautiful Cherry Cobbler and Daffoldil Delight are so pretty. 

I added glitter and a rub on for the sentiment.  This is a 4 x 4 card.  Cute and simple.  Used the Bitty Buttons again.  So fun!

The stamp set used was Greenhouse Garden.  Lovely images!!  It's a Two Step stamp too. 

It's another busy day.  Sure hope to get more fun stamping in.  I am on a SERIOUS roll and checking things off my list of To Do's.  Feels fantabulous!!

I pulled out a new stamp set A Little Bit of Magic (118613) from the new Summer Mini and I love it.  There is something about Fairy's that I love.  Every year we go to the Renaissance Festival with the kids.  I think I am more excited than anyone, but I love to see all the Fairy's and how they interact with the kids. They are just awesome.  Here is one of my favorite fairy's—->

Alexis gets all dressed up every year when we go.  I cannot find the picture of course, but here is a picture of our favorite fairy at the festival. 

So, my love of fairy's went into this card.   They are pretty magical!

Of course lots of glitter and shimmer mist is on this card.  I loved watercoloring her. 

Now, here are a few of the workshop cards we did at my Demonstrator Event last weekend.  I have more… don't worry. 

I'm off to do more work.  Lots to do around here lately.  Have a Skippin' good Friday!

I love the Stamp set Sense of Time (113804).  It has so many great uses for all kinds of projects.  I thought this fit perfect for some old photos from earning my FIRST Founders Circle.  It was QUITE the moment.    I used the Extra-Large Cogs Double punch (118873) which is so fun and matched this stamp set perfect.  To make the coordinating even BETTER, I used a piece from the Cog On Board Book (117237) and stamped the cogs from the stamp set using Basic Black ink randomly over it.  The circle chipboard piece also came from the center of that Cog Chipboard piece and I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set onto it.  The alphabet stamp I used is called Contempo (111570) and it's a perfect alphabet set to scrapbook with.  This page is a 12×12 layout. 

I have tons of stamped images that are tossed into a bucket that either were rejects or just never used for one reason or another.  Who really knows why.  Anyways, I pulled that bucket out and put this card together.  The stamped image comes from Friends 24/7.  I used the Frost Shimmer Paint and mixed it with Bermuda Bay reinker.  I took a foam brush and gently tapped the colored paint onto the stamp and then stamped it onto Kraft cardstock.  It's so pretty in person.  The Rub On's are from Chit Chat again.  I <3 them. 

Okay, last project for tonight is a card using the new stamp set from the Summer Mini called Sentimental Journey (120075).  What a fun stamp set.  I also used the Travel Journal DSP (117156).  Great paper for both cards and scrapbook pages. 

Well, that's all I have for today.  More coming tomorrow.  Yippie!!!  Tomorrow I will share the pages from the Briefcase On Board Book.  Stay tuned and have a GREAT night.

Not ONE layer!  Holy Cow!  Hopefully you have not fully noticed that the stamping is not so straight!  Seriously… needed fast! 

I used the Friends 24/7 stamp set and stamped across the card using Rose Red Craft ink onto Kraft cardstock.  I love this stamp set.  Then I stamped the sentiment just below.  The sentiment is from Well Scripted from the Mini Occasions catalog.  I tied a piece of hemp around the card and tied a button from the Fresh Favorites buttons.  THAT's IT!  Phew!  Fast, simple and in my eyes… not bad. 

So here is the challenge…I want to see what YOU can do!  Make a card using no layers.  Post a comment with a link to your creation.  I will choose a random winner this Sunday (March 20th) Midnight MT and I'll send the winner a fun card using LOTS of layers! 

I can't wait to see what you come up with.  Enjoy your weekend.  I will be playing in snow.  So happy! NOT!

I have lots to share with you.  I hope you enjoy all the samples!  Below you will find all my samples that I shared with the moms and kids. 

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Lexi had a birthday Friday night as well so we made her sweet friend a Build a Bear birthday card.  See how fun they are!

You may notice that I have a new scallop punch that I used on the card above.  Well I received all my cool new toys earlier this week from the upcoming Spring Mini Occassions.  I am sure you heard me scream!!!  I haven't had  a lot of time to play with those new toys but I couldn't stand it any longer and pulled out that punch (it's a Sale-a-Bration punch… OH BOY!!!)!!!  Felt so good.  This card also screamed for a button!  I can't live without them anymore.   

Once again it's way past my bedtime.  I'm starting to wonder if Kimberly has a bedtime. Ha!  I have a few things to wrap up tonight as I watch a few more snowflakes fall to the ground.   It' so cold here. Check out my doggie… she was so cold this morning.  I put her sweatshirt on  her and she was nice and warm.  However she wasn't happy!

Have a GREAT week!!

Tonight we put our Christmas tree up.  I love putting Christmas music on and watching the kids put ornaments in places that almost make me jump out of my skin.  All the while telling them it looks FANTASTIC!  Do you do this?  I remember my mom every year putting the tree up.  It drove her CRAZY when we would put ornaments close together.  I knew she couldn't wait for us to go to bed so she could completely rearrange.  I didn't have the energy to rearrange our ornaments tonight.  There is a major bare spot that I can see and it will just have to be fixed at a later time.   

So how about some creations?

I have stamped!  I've actually been working on some Build a Bear projects I will share later this week.  Here are a few fun projects I worked on tonight!

I love that little Dasher stamp set.  He is super cute and inexpensive.  I used Serene Snowflakes all over the card and then used Christmas Greetings for the sentiment.  Of course no card is complete without a little ribbon and a few buttons.  Oh how I love buttons! Speaking of buttons, my MIL brought me a ton of VINTAGE buttons.  I squealed LOUDLY when I opened them up.  They are delightful!

Here is a close up of my Dasher!

Then I decided to pull out my Yuletide Christmas stamp set out.  Love this set!

I added a little ribbon, and some beads.  Oh my!  Just vintage pretty!  <squeal>

Last I had to make a birthday card and I wanted to add snowflakes for a winter birthday feel.  Does that even make sense? Oh anyhoo!

I LOVE Kraft paper! I LOVE buttons!  I LOVE Stampin' Up!  Seriously!  Love all their products.  I used the Serene Snowflakes and the Charming stamp set on this card.. 

Here it is close!

Love Kraft cardstock with Soft Suede cardstock.  It just screams PRETTY!

Lastly I will leave you with a peek of my kids and their cute santa hats.  I love this time of year!

Have a GREAT week!  Create lots!