We have a winner--make that two :)

The winner of the "sounds of scrapping" blog candy is Suzanne. And the bonus trivia winner is Tracy. It was season 4 where Pheobe and Monica start their catering business. They are working a funeral and the widow won't pay because she's too "upset", then she's suddenly singing "You're A Grand Old Flag". Gotta love Friends :)

Congrats ladies and email me your address and I'll ship out your goodies!

Busy Busy

When am I not busy? Some of you have asked, and yes, we are still pursuing the move to Idaho, and no we haven't heard anything yet. In the meantime, I've applied to re-instate my Idaho Teaching Credential and am in the process of getting my application in order. I can't really do much else until my credential goes through. If I can get a teaching position soon, then Mike can, inaddition to his application for the position in Boise, also apply for a forced transfer if I have a job up there. Still keeping those fingers crossed.

In the meantime, I finished a couple of fun projectws over the weekend. The first is my first ever knitting poject--this scarf. I finished it Friday night. I still can't believe I learned to knit on Thursday and finished a scarf Friday night--wowsa! Of course I have a few spots in the scarf that aren't as pretty as I'd like, and I'm not anywhere near ready to move onto anything that involves actual measurements, but it's a start!

Yesterday I completed a project I've been wanting to try ever since I went to Las Vegas for CTMH Regionals last month. This lady had a purse that she made that was so stinkin' cute. I think her name was Judy, but I'm not sure. She told me the basics of making one and I had to try it. Mine is nowhere near as cute as hers, but I like it. The papers/stickease are CTMH's Floral Tapestry kit. Not my favorite paper, but I had bought a black purse handle and all the other papers I love have brown in them, so that would have bugged me.

If I ever try this project again, I want to find come kind of spiral binding for the bottom because lacing all that ribbon was tedious. I cut all the holes with my Bind It All.

I also got my new green itty bitty bug on Friday. I have been seeing so many cute Cuttlebug cards that I finally had to buy one! I only have two embossing folders for it though, so I need to find a few more. I've played some, but haven't finished any cards yet. I'm hoping to post some soon :)

New Artwork and a New Hobby

Here are some of the cards we will be making for my card workshop tomorrow. We are actually making 15, but the rest I've previously posted on here in other catagories. I was aiming for simple/quick cards.

I saw Caron Bernard's idea on the CTMH board about making "His and Hers" cards for a workshop. I came up with these two based on two of her cards:

I had the same idea with these two. They were inspired by Kathi's cards, but are no where near as beautiful. I wanted to show how you could make feminine and masculine cards from one stamp set, in this case, Thoughts of You.

These two are using the Stamp of the Month, Simple Beauty. The last one came from one I saw (ok copied) on Lisa's blog. If you haven't seen her artwork--it's GORGEOUS!

Another hobby? I must be crazy!!

After reading all the Blossom Street book by Debbie Macomber and finishing Friday Night Knitting Club a couple days ago, and seeing Nona's beautiful little poncho, I decided I was going to learn to knit. I've always wanted to. It must have been meant to be because when I went to Jo-Ann's yesterday to buy blank cards for my workshop, all the knitting stuff was on sale. So yesterday afternoon I went back and forth between a book I have and a few internet sites and taught myself how to knit. Here was the first piece I didn't rip back out--LOL! I *think* it's going to be a scarf. Mike keeps laughing at me (why do you want to knit all of a sudden?) and the kids keep wondering why mommy keeps starting over. It may not be too polished yet, but I'm pretty proud of myself.

Just for FunPoll and Friends Trivia

Ok, I've been working on some fun things, some of which I'll be posting soon and some that either I already mailed without taking pictures of (ugh! I hate when I do that) or are for my secret sis, so I can't reveal ;-)

In the meantime, how about a fun little poll. What do you like to watch/listen to while you are scrapping and stamping? Me? It's all about the Friends. Occasionally, I'll throw in a movie (something I've seen a million times like 13 Going on 30 or Sweet Home Alabama) or play music, but 9 times out of 10, I throw in a Friends DVD. The only season I'm missing is 9, which I swear I bought, but cannot find. I never missed an episode in the 10 years it was on and watching them is like visiting an old friend--LOL!

I want to hear from you--what do you watch or listen to? I'll draw a random winner on Saturday, the 8th to receive a fun little package from me.

And for all you other Friends fans, yesterday I couldn't stop singing, "You're a Grand Old Flag"--can anyone name the season and episode (a description is ok). I'll draw a random winner from the correct answers on Saturday to win a handmade card :)

Yee Haw!

Yesterday, I went to my friend Angie's baby shower--what fun! They had a western theme and everything was pink cowgirl. I rode with my friend Brandy and we had quite an adventure getting there thanks to Mapquest (as Brandy said, the first place we got off the freeway looked like the setting for an episode of COPS!). After a little stress and a lot of laughs we made it there and had a great time. That baby is going to be one very loved little girl--I can't wait to meet her!

Here was what I made for her. The baby's room is a western theme in denim and gingham. The paper I used is from a retired CTMH set, Giddy Up and some denim paper I got at the LSS. I love doing these paint cans because they are so much fun :)

Word Puzzle Club Projects

Last night I came up with these projects for March's club. All projects use the March Word Puzzle set. Nothing fancy, just some fun, simple cards. Enjoy :)

Calendar page/layout page 1

Paper Garden papers: Blush/Sweet Leaf/Petal

Layout page 2

Card 1--Happy Easter

Colors: Blush, Petal and Sweet Leaf

Card2--Lucky

colors: Clover Meadow and white

Card 3--Happy Spring

Colors: Blush and Sweet Leaf

Card 4--Bloom

Colors: Blush and Sweet Leaf

P.S. It has come to my attention that having music come blaring out when you click on a page can be a little annoying. Since I certainly don't want anyone irritated or knocked out of their computer chair ;), I changed my music playlist so that it doesn't automatically start. I love having it on here, because I like to listen while I surf the net, but I totally understand that it's not for everyone. However, if you want, you can still click play over in my sidebar and enjoy my tunes, so rock on :)

Technique class: Resist Stamping

Last night I taught a class on resist stamping. Here were the cards we made and some brief instructions:

Card 1: Wax Paper Resist

It took me a long time to try this technique because I was scared of the iron--LOL! It is such an easy and fun technique:

Wax Paper Resist

You need glossy paper or cardstock (I used regular cardstock here), wax paper, and an iron.

Crumple up the wax paper and then set between the glossy sides of the glossy paper.

Take an iron at medium heat and iron over the paper for between 10 and 30 seconds.

Then run an inked brayer (in this case Orchid Bouquet) over your cardstock

you can also use sponges or direct to paper inking for your color.

Card#2 Versamark Resist

For this card, you will need glossy paper because I couldn't get it to work on cardstock

Stamp your images (in this case the larger circles) in Versamark

Either let dry a couple of minutes or heat set.

Brayer over paper with ink (Garden Green)

It may take a minute or two for your images to appear

Last, I took a smaller circle in New England Ivy and stamped over the top and heat set

Card #3 Embossed

First stamped the eggs and "Easter" in Versamark and emboss with Clear powder

Then use a sponge to color over the card in Baby Pink, Amythest, and Buttercup

Last take a paper towel or sponge and rub the color off the embossed images to make them pop

Card #4 Versamark Combo (at least it was supposed to be)

Use Glossy paper. First, stamp the large flower in Versamark and emboss it in Clear

Then I stamped another flower in Versamark which was suppoed to turn out like the circles in card # 2, but didn't show up. I think the yellow might have been too light of a color--don't know.

Next brayer in Sunkiss Yellow over the whole card

Then stamp flowers in Spring Iris and Pink Carnation and sponge over them with those same colors to get the tie-dyed effect for the background

Last, rub a sponge or paper towel over the embossed images to make them pop.

PS--I used a sponged to ink the flower for this card too :)