New adventure for me!

I am crocheting and knitting again.
I am working on some baby items for a charity that I am starting to donate to.
Some pics will follow soon.

Holiday card from my Upline

I got this pretty card from my upline...she does wonderful cards and scrapbook pages.
These 2 views show it folded and opened.

New cards

I've been busy making cards for my annual Holiday Open house and these are just a few of the 100's I made to sell. I did really good this year with selling, but no orders.

Mid-MN Shoebox Card Swap

Here's more...

More Mid-MN Shoebox Cards

Mid-MN Shoebox Card Swap was a hit!

These are some of the cards done at the swap. We had such a great time stamping and chatting and eating!

Fun day with a New friend and a cuttlebug

Sharon and I had a fun day making cards, shopping and getting to know each other. We stamped our cards today at a scrabook & stamp store that lets us use her creative space any time it's available. I also got a cuttlebug for my birthday from my girls and loved playing with it today. Hope you like my samples.

More fun cards

I had so much fun with card swaps this summer...here's just a few more.

More cards from Swaps

Need ideas for cards...here's just a few.

More Cards from Swaps

I've been a busy girl again...but have negleted my blog too long. So here's what I've been doing.

More Cards from Swaps

I've been a busy girl again...but have negleted my blog too long. So here's what I've been doing.

Card Swaps

Here are few cards from this summers card swaps that I joined in. I love all the talented stampers and what they can do with just some ink, stamps & cardstock.

Cards from recent swaps

Sorry, I've been MIA

I've taken on daycare again and been so busy with a couple of infants and a 7 year old girl that I haven't taken the time to update my blog, I know....shame on me!! We also were out of power for a little while and it's hard to stamp without lights and I tried by candle light but it was too hard to see everything. Of course the computer was down for that time too.

I've also been in a lot of swaps these last couple of months, got them all mailed off and I'm finally getting those cards back. I love to join swaps, most of the cards the artists make are so pretty. There were a couple that were really nice, just not my style.

So here's a few I've been making and playing with my stamps a little at a time again.
Hope you like these.

Beautiful Life - friendship card

I made this one up for a swap and then changed my mind...too much pink I thought, and made a different one for the swap. I like the diamond shaped silver brads on the white grosgrain ribbon.

Stars baby card

Here's another fun card. I found these button brads in a scrapbook store and couldn't resist them.

Over the Moon - baby boy card

I've been playing with my Nursery Necessities set again and just love how the cards are turning out. I wish the scanner would show them off better. I love the dimensional stars.

Mini Easter Basket

I made 7 of these cute little Easter baskets for everyone in the family to take home. It's perfect for just a few chocolates to fit in it. I started with a 5-1/2" square of cardstock and scored it at 1-3/4" on all 4 sides. Then I cut into 2 opposite sides on the folded lines, just up to the folded line. Then took the corner rounder punch and rounded each corner over and then folded up the basket. The handle is cut 1-1/4" x 7". Decorate as you like.
I use to make these baskets a lot bigger along time ago, they were called 4-corners baskets. It took 1 sheet of 12x12" cardstock to make that one.

I've been Tagged!

I've Been Tagged...


I have been tagged by Ellen at Stamperiffic. Please check her blog out,she has some absolutely beautiful cards! Thanks Ellen for your wonderful words about my blog and for tagging me. It's my first time getting tagged!
Here are the rules (they are simple):

Link to the person that tagged you.
Post the rules on your blog.
Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their site.

Now, here are my 6 non-important things/habits/quirks!

1. I only clean house when I have too....usually every other day!!

2. I hate winter, yet I live in central Minnesota.

3. I love to do all kinds of crafts, but mostly stamping.

4. I hate bugs and snakes.

5. I'm a girly-girl at heart!

6. I love babysitting babies!



Now it is my turn to tag six other great blogging ladies!! Please check out their blogs.

Ellen at Stamperiffic
Trina at Creative Stampin'
Jana Emmert at Stamp On This
Jennifer Orbaker at StampingNurse
Stampin' Colleen at Colleen's Stampin' & Scrappin' Room
Robin at About A Girl

Swap Challenge

I have another swap I joined and made this one for it. I had to use black, gray or basic gray as one of the colors and then pick another color to use....white or vanilla are neutrals and were not considered a color. I liked how it turn out.
I used Orchid Opulence and Basic Gray and Nursery Necessities stamp set.