Summer Days....

They are crazy busy or what? I don't know which way I'm going and I have four kids that are saying "Mom" every two minutes! I'm not complaining, but I sure don't find much time to stamp. And, when I do find a minute, it seems my MoJo went on Summer vacation.

So, this morning I just grabbed some things from my piles. Later today UPS brings me all my pre-order stuff from SU!, so hopefully some new colors and toys will kick my MoJo back home to me.

The stamp is from eP by Stampendous... I just love Fluffles the cat. I bought this one awhile ago, and just haven't had time to play. I finally got the atyouSpica Glitter pens and I LOVE them. The snail shell is all glitterfied with the yellow one. I also used the orange for the center of the flowers. The big flower is from the Die Cut Blooms from Stampin'Up! The sentiment is from the High Hellos set from Lizzie Anne Designs.

The Recipe:

Stamps: High Hellos (Lizzie Anne Designs), Snail Fluffles (Stampendous)
Paper: Prism Classic Yellow, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Real Red, Summer Picnic Designer Paper.
Ink: Adirondack Pitch Black, Copic Markers.
Other: Die Cut Blooms, Round Scallop Punch, Tag Corner Punch, Dimensionals, Cuttlebug, Nesties, Crafter's Tool Kit, Circle Punch, atyouSpica Glitter Pens, Sakura Black Glaze Pen, Gingham Ribbon, Janome Sew Mini, Scor-Pal.

Hope you are all having a great summer. Thanks for stopping by. I'm going to try and be better about posting more. Hopefully I will catch up soon. See ya tomorrow!

In The Treetop

Good afternoon everyone! Thanks for all the comments about the LAD blog candy. If you aren't Jan (the winner from my blog), then you still have a chance to win. Check out the Anniversary Celebration page for a list of blogs where you can enter for blog candy over the next few days. You can still win some birthday blog candy in your mail box. :) And, don't forget about the card contest... you do not want to miss that! The new LAD sets are AWESBOMB! I can't wait to show you on the 15th!

The card today is stamped with the set In the Treetop. I stamped the tree outline onto glossy with Versamark, then used a big sponge dauber to add the sky, then wiped the blue off the tree with a tissue, than daubed on some Wasabi classic ink. I added the little flowers with a punch I picked up at The Dollar Spot at Target. The centers are all glitterfied with my pink Atyou Spica pen.

The recipe:

Stamps: In The Treetop (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Paper: Glossy, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi, Summer Picnic Designer Paper.
Ink: Brilliance Coffee Bean, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Versamark.
Other: Dimensionals, Nesties, Cuttlebug, Pink Gingham, Styled Silver Hodgepodge, Crafter's Tool Kit, Bashful Brads, Janome Sew Mini, Scor-Pal.

Have a great day everyone! Thanks for stopping by. :)

Blog Candy Winner!!

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Timestamp: 2008-07-07 05:05:29 UTC

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Jan K said...

This is not just a summer recipe. We just tend to people over more often in the summer and I use this recipe a lot.

Cheese Ring

An appetizer cheese spread with pecans
accompanied with strawberry jam.

Ingredients:
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
¼ cup mayonnaise
1 3-ounce package cream cheese
1 cup chopped pecans
1 small onion, grated
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon garlic salt
dash of cayenne pepper
1 (8 oz) jar strawberry jam

Directions:
Combine all ingredients except preserves
in a food processor. Mix and refrigerate for
2 hours. Scoop mixture onto a platter. Use
your hands to mold mixture into a ring (I suggest
a sheet of wax paper between your hands and the
mixture to prevent melting and stickiness).
Spread strawberry preserves in center of ring
and serve with wheat crackers.

Number of Servings: 4 cups

July 6, 2008 10:00 AM

Thanks for the awesome recipe Jan! Send me your snail mail address (cambriaturnbow@charter.net) and I'll send off your information to LAD and you'll get your birthday blog candy!! Thanks to LAD for the candy.... it was so much fun!

Thanks for all the comments girls.... a lot of you like watermelon! If you ever come and visit, I'll be sure to have watermelon. :)

LAD Birthday Blog Candy BABY!!!

Whoo Hooo! Have you been over to the Anniversary Celebration at Lizzie Anne Designs? Did you see the contest? WOWZA baby! I love those girls...... have I told you that? *wink*

Today is the day! It's my turn to give out birthday blog candy! I will draw a name tonight at 10:00 Pacific Time. The winner will get a surprise birthday present from Lizzie Anne Designs! How cool is that? I LOVE mail from LAD!

Okay... how about you leave me a comment and tell me your favorite summer time food. And, you all know how much I love it when you leave me recipes! LOL.... recipes are always optional though, but make sure you tell me one of your favorite summertime treats so that you can have a chance to get a surprise from Lizzie Anne Designs!

I'll be back later this afternoon with a card..... I'm catching up from the weekend. :) See ya in a few!

4th of July... I Survived.

I don't have any photos of cards, scrap pages or projects, so I thought I'd share a few of my favorite photos from the holiday. This is typical of how we spend almost every weekend during the summer. The kids love it, we come home exhausted and sunburned. I spend the week catching up, then we do it again. LOL. Actually, we take a small break the rest of July, then spend the entire month of August making potato salad and tubing at the lake. The fun part is that these friends and family have been coming since I was a kid, so it's cool to look back and see how everyone has grown. Above is one of my twins Baylor (left), my oldest Sheldon (center), and our family friend's son Brad (right).

This is how it starts. Someone always takes turns being on the right. Usually Baylor (or the smallest, or most scared to get knocked off) is in the middle. This time it's Sheldon on the right, Baylor in the middle and our fourth son Dirk (He's been Sheldon's best friend since Kindergarten and comes with us every summer) on the left. They hang on for dear life, with huge smiles on their faces.




Until there are two.....Then Averie holds up a big flag while we circle back to pick up the one who flew off. They usually take score of how many times the person on the right has flown off... once they are satisfied that they have flown off their number of turns, or they are just too tired to hang on anymore, then switch, and we do it again.







Averie is a really good flag girl. I yell at my husband to let him know one is in the water... we are a good team. Averie likes to tube too, but she doesn't like to go very fast and for sure likes to stay on the tube.









This is them at the end... hands are sore and they are hungry. By now they have switched sides at least twice and have each been thrown off three to four times.



These are my tubers. They were so sore today.




Jayce and his friend tube, but not all day long like these guys. They do spend most of the day in the water either swimming or in the paddle boat though.

Here's my favorite photo from the weekend of my other twin Jayce. I hardly have any photos of the boys dry.




We were all so happy to finally have some warm weather on the OR coast.

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with family and friends.

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow! It's BIRTHDAY BLOG CANDY from Lizzie Anne Designs and It's my turn to give it away!

Make sure you check out their Anniversary Celebration Page and don't miss out on all the fun stuff going on all month long!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

Big Girl Party Panties

If only my big girl panties transformed me to a Super Moose! LOL. Although sometimes.... you can feel super with the right pair of big girl panties! *wink*

I think my kids think I'm some kind of super when they are all yelling at me to go in different directions. Get everyone packed, get all the groceries, plan the meals, cook the meals..... I know you all know what I'm talking about. Time to get the big girl pantie super amour and have a fun family weekend. Oh yah baby! Are you gearing up for the weekend? You got your panties packed? LOL. DA DA DA DAHHHH....

YOU GO SUPER GIRLS!! Have a wonderful holiday weekend. Stay safe and have fun! Yah, I know it's only Wednesday... but I'm preparing my amour. :)

The Recipe:

Stamps: Riley Moose, Just What I Meant To Say (Hanna Stamps)
Paper: Real Red, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Prints Pack.
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Copics
Other: Dimensionals, Striped Ribbon, Small Star Punch, Real Red Brads, Crafter's Tool Kit, Sakura Glaze Pen, Atyou Spica Glitter Pens, Nesties, Cuttlebug, Scor-Pal.

Super out.... thanks for stopping by!

Lizzie Anne Designs Turns Two!

Whooo Hoooo! Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you.... Happy BIRTHDAY Lizzie Anne Designs.... Happy Birthday to YOU!!! (thank goodness you can't hear me sing!) Guess what? It's their birthday, but YOU get the presents baby!!

Check out all the cool stuff going on at Lizzie Anne Designs to celebrate their birthday during the month of July! CLICK HERE! You do not want to miss out on any of it.... trust me! And, don't forget to stop back here on the 6th, cuz I get to give out birthday blog candy!!!

Today, I'm sharing a card with one of my favorite LAD sets. Look at that little cutie enjoying the beach... reminds me of one of my boys. I'm using the sketch this week from the LAD Forums too. Go ahead, try the sketch, post your creation and you could win a free stamp set! Did ya know that LAD does this every month!! Check it out here. They always have awesome sketches!

This is a trifold card which is held closed with Basic Grey Magnetic Snap Closures. One is under the main image of the boy and the other is under the strip on the inside flap. I LOVE those things... it makes cards SO cool... maybe it's the snap noise? Or, maybe it's because your cards seem like magic.

The paper is from Imaginisce and is all sparkly and embossed, so I had to make the mermaid all sparkly and embossed too. Yep, grabbed my trusty Sakura Glaze and Glitter Pens... have I told you how much I LOVE those pens? I seriously use them everyday.



Just look at her sparkle! I love how she pops up when you open the flap! I wish I had put the ribbon under the main paper, but it was one of those things I added later. Next time. :)

The Recipe:

Stamps: By The Sea, Shore Thoughts (LAD)
Paper: Prism Frosted Yellow, Georgia Pacific White, Ruby Red, Blue Bayou.
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Copic Markers.
Other: BG Magnetic Snaps, Sakura Glaze and Glitter Pens, Circle Punches, Round Scallop Punch, Marvy Scallop Circle Punch (yellow), Stitched Ribbon, Imaginisce Designer Paper, Corner Rounder Punch, Dimensionals, Scor-Pal.

You can check out the LAD design team all day today for more LAD favorites! Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Hanna Sneak Peek

New Hanna's are coming! That means there will be a release party in the SCS member forums on Thursday night. You don't want to miss it! Kristi always has tons of prizes and fun challenges at her release parties.

I tried to get all the glitter and shine to show on the images, but just didn't have enough sunlight today on the OR coast. The cake has a clear glaze on it that really makes it look like frosting. You just have to touch it, they are so pretty. Of course everything has a touch of glitter too. These are just a few images in a new wedding set... I know you'll love it.


The Recipe:

Stamps: Wedding Day (Hanna Stamps)
Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Groovy Guava.
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Copics
Other: Sakura Glaze and Glitter, Dimensionals, Cuttlebug, Nesties, Gingham Ribbon, Small Oval Punch, Embossing Folder, Scor-Pal.

Have a super day everyone! Thanks for stopping by!