Happy Birthday Lana Lepinski!!!

Oh... there is this chick. I first met Lana at SCS years ago... I can't remember how many because they just all meld together now (is meld a word?). This sweet girl went out and braved storms to get me some matboard... remember the matboard journals? From that point on, we were true blue friends. LUCKY ME!!!!

I got to meet Lana last September in WI at a stamping retreat. I had THE BEST time of my life with the most awesome women. I was bawling like a baby when I got my first hug.... but for those of you who know me, you know it's not hard to make me cry. LOL My ears were ringing from the screaming. She is even more amazing in person. She makes me laugh like no other.... and brings a smile to my face on even the worst of days.

I really can't describe how giving, caring and truly amazing Lana is, those of you who know her, you KNOW what I'm trying to put into words. I truly feel blessed to have her in my life . I know she will be one chick I grow old together with..... until we can't IM anymore. Then, we'll use the phone more....by then, she just might be home to answer it. Anyway.........

Happy Birthday Lana Lepinski!!!
You are DA bomb of bombs baby!!!!!

Love ya from the bottom of my heart sweet friend! Hope your day is AWESBOMB!!! LOVE the (you know what) outta you girlfriend!!!!


Hope you all have a super Saturday. If you have a chance, just scream out Happy Birthday to Lana. :)

Inky Antics

My good friend Bev Barton sent me some Inky Antics images, a crayon box and some ribbon and gave me a challenge. I LOVE these images and had a lot of fun playing with them. My other good friend Beate, who always takes pitty on me since I'm craft store deprived, sent me a bunch of scalloped punched out shapes. I now NEED those other scalloped punches. Beate is such an enabler!! The paper was a birthday gift from my super friend Heather McNally. It is called The Pocket full of Posies Stack by DCWV. It is beyond beautiful. It has all these raised up spots with glitter. I love the entire stack! I'm so blessed with wonderful friends.... thanks girls!!




The crayon box it wheeled with craft white and my favorite jumbo wheel, Petals... out of the Spring Mini.





If you look closely, you can see that friend is spelled out on the bottom corner of the card with the kitty. I got those from JoAnn's. They are clear peal and stick letters. They show up better IRL. Some of the images were too big or too small for the square scallops, so I either cut the images out, or added the slit punch with a little flower on the side. I love my slit punch... have I said that?




The sun has decided to peek out, and I'm SO happy I can send the kids outside!! I'm going to get my van cleaned out so that we can take a trip to Eugene tomorrow to see my cousin's new sweet baby girl!!!! Costco here I come! The kids are excited to try out a swimming place called The Wave. They are SO ready to get out of the house and do something fun for spring break.

Have a super day!!! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Jumpalina Treat Bag!

At my last workshop, my friend Kathi Horne brought me the cutest little treat bag. It was one of those dollar store bags covered in paper. You can see it here. As she was leaving, we were talking about how cute the bunny was with the punches and it hit me! OMGosh... she would look so cute on a little treat bag! Then, I remembered this little folded pattern that I had tried last month with the Loves Me DS paper! It was sitting on my desk... just waiting for Jumpalina. Kathi and I had so much fun brain storming future projects. I hope we can get together and stamp again soon. I think now that I have Jumpalina, it takes the sting out of not getting that Bunny/Easter set out of the mini.... yah, that's it. That's my story and I'm stickin to it. I really don't NEED that set? Right?????

Jumpalina is attached to the bag with the brads that are also her eyes. She looked kinda lonely without a body, so I gave her one with another circle punch. Her ears are the small and large oval punches, this time, the inside of her ears are polka dotted (Au Chocolat DS paper). The handle of the bag is attached with brads and two daisies punched out with the daisy punch and pink colored brads. The only punch that isn't Stampin' Up! is the little flower barrette in her ear... since she doesn't have hair? LOL. It's a little punch I picked up at Target when I was at a stamping retreat with friends in WI. I love that little punch. The handle is actually close to cocoa card stock, but the photo is kind wacky.

I found the instructions for this box on SCS a while ago. It was originally for a tote purse that would hold 6 cards with envelopes, and I've made little totes with cards as gifts... it is perfect. For the smaller size, I believe this one was 9x9. You can make any size, you just need to start with a square. PERFECT with the designer series double sided paper! Go... try one! :)

Here come Jumpalina Cottontail, hopping down the girly bunny trail......... Spring is in the air baby!!!

Have a super day girls!!

Here are the folding instructions (click on it to see it larger) :

Happy Spring!

I love Spring. Here in Oregon, everything is green, green, green, and the flowers are just beautiful. It is suppose to rain all of spring break, but today, the sun is popping out in between the clouds, so I'm hoping that weather man is wrong.

This was the card we did at my workshop on Saturday. I don't know who the brilliant person was who first discovered that the new round tab punch could be turned into a basket. If it was you, jot me a note and I'd be happy to give you credit and link to your blog or gallery. I first saw the tab punch basket in Tallymom's gallery. There is a link to her gallery in the Here comes Peter post below. The ones that I kept seeing used a weave stamp on caramel or brown card stock to make a real looking basket. I don't have a weave stamp, so I reached for my favorite DS paper. I had to use the items in this month's special with Stampin'Up! so that my customers could pick out a stamp set from the mini at 50% off.

The basket is just punched out with the round tab punch, the handle is both the small oval and large oval punches. Just grab a piece of scrap paper, punch out about 2/3 of the small oval punch, then punch over that cut with the large oval punch. The little rim of the basket is also something I added. My friend Katrina Kopp (she is a stampin' genius) had done that on her punch tab and I thought it added something extra to my little spring basket. You use the round tab punch and punch just the round end portion out on a piece of scrap paper, then you line it up exactly where you just punched out a piece and punch again as long as you want your little edge. The easter eggs are scraps of designer paper and card stock punched out with the small Oval punch. There is a dimensional closed up inside the basket to give it depth and keep it all closed and tidy.


This is the first punch you make for the basket rim.

This is the second and final cut








This isn't a trifold card. The base (pink) is 4 1/4 x 4 1/4. The cool caribbean piece is 4x8 then folded in half, then trimmed 1/2 inch off the right side. Use the slit punch on the top for the closure. To add a little accent to the closure, punch out a circle with the 1/2 inch circle punch and add a colored brad. The cool caribbean card stock is wheeled with craft whisper white using the new petals jumbo wheel. Happy is stamped from the Polka Dot and Paisley stamp set, and the spring stamp is from Everyday Flexible Phrases.

We also made a sour cream container. We've done these before in my clubs, but it's been awhile, and they are just perfect for Easter basket treats. We used a different design in class, but I also demo'd how to do versamark resist on this card. I had the piece left over so I made a sour cream container out of it too. It was very pretty in glossy!

These are super easy!! Just use a piece of 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of card stock, stamp as desired. Place adhesive across the bottom of one long end, and sticky strip along one short side. Peel your sticky strip and roll into a round tube shape and adhere. Squeeze the end that has the adhesive on it together. Put that end into your crimper and roll up and back three to four times. Add your candy, then turn your container the opposite direction, squeeze that end together and run in through the crimper. Punch two holes in that end, run ribbon through. Punch out a couple daisies with the daisy punch and punch a holes in the middle of both. Run both ends of your ribbon through the holes in your daisies and then tie in a knot. Your container is closed nicely and the recipient can get the candy out without destroying the pouch.

Thanks for visiting today!! Hope you all got to stamp this weekend!! Don't forget to contact your Stampin'Up! demo so that you don't miss out on this awesome Spring Fever special!!!

Jumpalina Cottontail!!!

chelemom wins Jumpalina!! Averie insisted on Jumpalina and just would not budge. I think she just liked the way it rolled off her tongue. She jumps when she says it too! :) I have to say that all the names really made me smile... Mchooty Hopper! The boys also like Jumpalina and Little Stinker. Petals was very creative... that was my vote. Man... I always get out voted in this house... I think I should have had another girl to even out the testosterone a little.

Send me your address chelemom and Jumpalina is on her way to her new home!

Thanks so much for playing girls!! And thanks for the cheer!

Thank You Kathi Ann!!

I had a workshop today. I love my hostess club gals.... they are so good to me. This workshop was at one of my friend's church, so everyone was welcome to attend.

I met this very cool chick from SCS... actually, I've met a TON of very cool chicks from SCS, but this one I got to meet a year or so ago when she came to my house to stamp as a guest of one of my club members. It was SO much fun to stamp with her. Come to find out that her parents live in a nearby town called Lakeside and she was visiting. Well, I was THRILLED when she actually MOVED here!!! Unfortunately, she started school at our community college and I rarely get to see her... not to mention stamp with her. Like, pfft.... what's with that? She studies instead of stamps. Yah, well, I still love her. SNORT! Today, she got to come to our little gathering!! And... look what she made for me! How sweet is that? I thought it was totally clever of her to cover that little box with paper. Pink chocolate and Chai tea.... how awesome is that? Thanks so much Kathi Ann! I'm so happy you got to come and stamp with us today!!

I'll share what we did at our meeting soon. And, the clever ideas my girls came up with!!

Hope you all got to do some stampin' this weekend!!

Here comes Peter..... No Wait!

Totally NOT a boy bunny... can't be Peter Cottontail. She is definitely a bunnette? Bunnita? Are girl bunnies still just bunnies? Hmmmm.....I should ask my friend Joni.... who has real bunnies at her house. I think we need to name her! Leave a comment with a name for this cute bunny, and if we (the kids and I) like your name best, this card will be on it's way to your house! I'm picking a winner on Saturday so she can be on her way by Monday. :)

I saw a bunny made by Tallymom on SCS. Click on her name to see her awesome gallery. She does amazing things with punches, and you all know how much I LOVE my punches. Thanks for the inspiration babe!! YOU rock!

This cutie is totally made with just punches! I used the 1 3/8 circle punch for her face, the small and large oval punches for her ears. The 1/2 inch circle punch for the snout (is it a snout? cheeks?), 1/4 inch circle for the nose, and the 1/4 inch square for the teeth. Finally, the double circle for the eyes. Her little bow is just a knot attached with a mini glue dot. The ear is folded over with half of a dimensional in between. You know those little pieces of the dimensionals sheets around the edge? I just cut out one of those... gotta use every piece.

Of course I wasn't done with my punches yet. The bottom of the card is a strip of the new Petals & Paisleys DS paper. Then I cut a piece of cool caribbean card stock 1 1/2 x 4 1/4 and used the slit punch (pushed all the way in) side by side to make that scallop. After you punch it all the way across, then I trimmed it down a bit and placed it over the top of the DS paper. Add some ribbon, and some colored brads (with the spongey mat from the Crafter's Took Kit and the poker thingy) and the bottom was complete. Before all of that though, the whole card was rollered with the Petals Jumbo wheel in whisper white craft ink. I also did the same to the so saffron piece under the bunny. The tab on the side is the spring stamp from Everyday Flexible Phrases on the new Round Tab Punch of course. :)

Okay..... I totally spent A's preschool time on stampin' instead of laundry. I MUST go and get milk and do at least a few loads of laundry.

Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail.....now that song will be in my head all day.... SNORT! What is her name?????? Tell me girls!!!!

Good Morning!!

My friend Joni called me last night (love Joni!). She said...."Hi, Cami...... when are you going to post again on your blog?" She always makes me smile. Then, this morning, I woke to some very nice emails from some of you asking if I was okay. THANK YOU! Now, THAT is the way to start the day!! Talk about feeling the love baby......

It seems I was sicker than I thought. I probably should have gone to the Dr. when I couldn't hear out of one of my ears, but I think I'm officially on the mend now. My Dr. moved, last year and I just haven't been in to see anyone else. I really hate going too.... I know, what a baby. I probably would have felt much better way before now if I had just put on my big girl panties and made an appt.

So, now... you guessed it. I have even bigger PILES of laundry. Yesterday I spent the afternoon paying bills and running some errands. I took A (Averie) to her gymnastics instead of my Mom/Husband. Of course then I was beat at the end of dinner and dishes. Today..... must get more milk. A got the last drop in her cereal this morning after her brothers scarfed down their breakfast. I think I need to just invest in a cow. LOL.

I promise to sit down tonight and work on some things..... including a workshop I have on Saturday.

I just want to say thank you so much for the emails and phone calls!! I'm on the mend baby!!!

Have a great day everyone!! I'm off and running this morning!!