My Craft Room

May + Stampin' Up! Promotions

2011-05-01T10:03:00.011-05:00

Want to receive 30% off on certain stamp sets, MDS bundles, and/or MDS print products? If so . . . May is your month! Stampin' Up! has a promotion, until the end of May, where you can receive 30% on certain products. If scrapbooking isn't for you . . . these products are great to make cards and paper crafting projects too. Be sure to check 'em out!

Listen to Shelli Gardner, cofounder and CEO of Stampin' Up!, discuss the Strength & Hope Campaign, a philanthropic campaign benefiting The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®. Then purchase the Strength & Hope stamp set*—available May 1-August 31, 2011.

*Stampin' Up! is donating $2 from this purchase to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®. BCRF is dedicated to preventing breast cancer and finding a cure in our lifetime by funding clinical and translational research worldwide. For more information about BCRF, visit www.bcrfcure.org.

The new Summer Mini Catalog starts today too! WAHOO! I had to show so much control, to not purchase everything in this 'lil catalog!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room! Happy May Day!
Peggy

Organization!!

2011-04-13T07:58:00.009-05:00

Okay, with real estate . . . it's all about location, location, location. When you have a craft room, it's all about organization, organization, organization (especially when you have to count everything for tax purposes)!!

I was out on Angie Juda's blog bright & early on Monday morning (6:00A) and got SO inspired, by her organization skills with paper, ink, etc. She redesigned her whole craft room! If you have some time, check out her videos (there are 3 parts) on how she has her craft room is organized! WOW!

So, Monday night . . . while Terry and Nathan were at their Wolf Den meeting, Patrick and I hit HomeDepot. We had to pick up Nathan in one hour, so we had power shopping to do! I wanted bins that I could put my ink pad, reinker, daubber, and sponge in (by color). HomeDepot didn't have what I was looking for . . . so off to Sears we went! Felt kind funny walking around HomeDepot and Sears with an ink pad (to ensure it would fit)! :o) They had them . . . so I bought two! Then we went to K-Mart and bought a labeler! We did all of this in ONE HOUR! Can you believe it?! Once we got home, I just had to start into organizing it . . . here's what it looks like. Excuse the graininess of the photos, I took them with my iPhone.

Here's what each individual drawer looks like. I then put them in alphabetical order . . . thought I could find 'em faster that way. Tonight, I'm helping Patrick's Tiger Cub Den with making a scrapbook . . . they really had to twist my arm on that one! :o)

I have the monthly workshop, on Friday night . . . so I'll post the projects out there either tonight or tomorrow night. Can't wait for the gals to see the new 'lil cabinets! :o)

I'm going to take on organizing my paper scraps next! Gosh this feels good! Look out, an organized monster is erupting! :o)

Thanks for stopping by my craft room! Peggy

Grab a Bag of Stampin' Up! Products!

2011-04-02T14:21:00.004-05:00

Beginning yesterday, April 1st, and continuing while supplies last, you are able to purchase special "grab bags" on my Online Store. These grab bags come in three sizes: the $5, the $10, and the $15 grab bag. Each bag will contain a variety of discontinued products that could include a combination of any of the following: ribbons, Accents & Elements, chipboard, Designer Series Papers, and Simply Sent kit components. Grab bags will not contain stamp sets or tools.

Please keep the following in mind:

Grab bag orders can only be placed on the Online Store.
There is no minimum purchase required to participate in the grab bag special offer.
There is no limit to the number of grab bags purchased; however, grab bag items are only available while supplies last.
All grab bag sales are final. There are no refunds or exchanges.
Not all grab bags will be unique.
You should use the following item numbers when ordering grab bags:

Item	Description
125873	$5 Grab Bag (containing at least $20 worth of products!)
125874	$10 Grab Bag (containing at least $40 worth of products!)
125875	$15 Grab Bag (containing at least $60 worth of products!)

Be sure to share this special offer today!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

My Digital Studio

2011-02-11T16:04:00.007-06:00

Stampin' Up! just came out with a My Digital Studio Catalog! WAHOO! It's 76 pages, so I don't know about printing it . . . but pretty cool that it's all in one place now! Be sure to mark it as a favorite!

Want to see other creative work, forums, or videos? There is a website just designed for My Digital Studio!

We've got Cousin Night, with Theresa's (sister) boys, at our house tomorrow night . . . so I'll be sure to snap some photos of all the boys! The boys look so forward to this night every month! :o)

I made some Valentine/Anniversary cards, for Theresa and Jenny, but since their anniversaries aren't until Monday . . . I'm not going to post the pictures until then. :o( I don't wanna spoil the surprise, if they go out here . . . 'ya know? I hope they like 'em!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

Upline Challenge

2011-02-05T07:44:00.010-06:00

We have a downline meeting today, at Jeri's house (my upline)! Nothing like a few hours of "girl time" and incorporate a meeting too, huh?

Jeri gave us a challenge, at our last downline meeting . . . to make a card or project, made from an inspiration (color, punches, etc). I went surfing through Oriental Trading's website and found a train magnetic photo frame (right). Figured it was really cute and given the age of our boys, thought it'd be perfect . . . here's the card that I came up with.

Nathan helped me out with the eye and mouth, on our train. :o) He did a pretty good job, don't you think?

I guess your inspiration for a project really can come from anywhere! Start looking through your catalogs, to see what you can come up with! :o)

I hope you have an inspirational day! Thanks for stopping by my craft room.

Peggy

January is almost gone . . .

2011-01-30T19:17:00.006-06:00

I can't believe that January is almost gone! Just a few more weeks until spring . . . right?! :o)

We're supposed to get a major snow storm (or so they're saying) this week. Nothing like what the northeast folks are dealing with . . . but a snow storm just the same. Hoping it misses us completely!

We started a Stamp Club this year, where the girls take turns ordering $25 in SU! products and then take turns being the hostess (with all the hostess benefits too) . . . here's a picture of the gals making their projects. We sure had a great time the other night!

Stay warm & drive safely! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Sale-A-Bration Promotion Starts Today!

2011-01-26T07:45:00.005-06:00

From January 25th - March 31, earn FREE, limited-edition products you'll enjoy for years to come during our annual Sale-A-Bration event!

Spend $50 on Stampin' Up! merchandise and receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward . . . NO LIMIT! Click here to start shopping now!

Host a workshop of at least $300 (before tax and shipping) and receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward! Click here to find out more!

Ever thought about joining Stampin' Up? Sale-A-Bration is a perfect time! When you join as a demonstrator, you'll receive a FREE Bonus Bundle that includes up to $50 worth of products, in addition to 15% off the price of the Starter Kit . . . click here to find out more!

We are having our second annual Spring Fling on March 25th - 27th. If you'd be interested in attending, please contact me . . . I'll e-mail you the registration form.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

January Projects

2011-01-20T18:40:00.006-06:00

Sorry it's been me so long! Seems that we've had something to do all the time . . . including weekends! :o) This weekend will be no different!

I meant to post the projects last night, but it took me two hours to get home last night . . . then it was time to eat, take baths, and then go to bed! Thank goodness falling snow looks so beautiful!

Here are the January projects . . . we're using the Take a Spin stamp set & the Game Spinners, with the card on the right, decorate a Stamp Case (with your choice of DSP), and make a Valentine's Day card.

Hope to see you at the workshop! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Handmade Gift Exchange

2010-12-18T09:56:00.011-06:00

There are a number of us gals that get together for a handmade gift exchange. The only stipulations are that it has be ~$5 and made by someone (if not yourself, that's okay). Aren't they gorgeous?

Here are the beautiful handmade gifts I received:
Karen: Acrylic bag (with breast cancer pen & sticky notepad), acrylic clothes pin (with snowflakes) and M&M jar
Tammy: Tumbled coasters (with SU!m edallion stamp)
Theresa: Family tile (with SU! medallion stamp)
Cara: Elf shoe with chocolate bar chimney and bells
Steff: Santa terracotta pot (Steff painted by hand)
Jenny: Monogrammed towel and hot chocolate holder

I made a clock, made with the SU! medallion stamp too! Didn't know it was going to be a medallion Christmas?! :o) Who would have thunk that three of us used that one stamp? Just goes to show you how versitle it is, huh?!

Thank you ladies, for such wonderful gifts! You're such talented women . . . it's no wonder I enjoy time with you gals! :o)

Thank you for stopping by my craftroom . . . need to get Christmas cards in the mail today!
Peggy

Christmas Postcard

2010-12-08T19:12:00.008-06:00

Is it just me, or does it feel that Christmas is sneaking up on me to fast?!

I can't believe that Christmas is two weeks from Saturday!! We have so much to do . . . and we have 2 family holiday celebrations + a birthday party too! GEEZ!

I hadn't even gotten our Christmas cards done yet! So . . . what'd I do?! I whipped out the My Digital Studio and created a postcard! I'll print these off and then mat them on some cardstock (Cherry Cobbler of course)!

This was kind of fun, putting multiple pictures all together. Whatcha think?

Have a happy weekend! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

BSA Locomotive

2010-11-30T08:00:00.000-06:00

I did something I hadn't done before . . . a solid colored background, with nothing else! I wanted the pictures to be the focal point.

The background color IS the color of the locomotive though, using the color picker, and used the color picker again . . . for the photo mats colors. Why not? The colors all look great on the train, why not incoporate the colors . . . easy peasy!

I'm feeling pretty comfortable with scrapbook pages, using MDS, I really need to try my hand at the cards! I'll try it an then post what happened . . . good, bad, or ugly . . . I promise! Giving myself a challenge there, aren't I?

Hope you're having a great day! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

First KU Game

2010-11-29T12:51:00.013-06:00

We took the boys to their first KU game, ealier this month. Nathan & Patrick had an absolute blast!

I'd toyed with what to use as a background . . . the solid KU blue was okay . . . but it didn't pop. I'd taken a picture of the crowd . . . so I'd enlarged it (it pixelated, but that's okay) and then changed the opacity to 25%. You still still see the blue background . . . but you can somewhat see the crowd too, just kind of intermingled. :o) This is one of my favorite ways of doing backgrounds.

I'm definitely catching up on getting pictures into MDS (My Digital Studio) scrapbook pages! I'm having so much fun playing with MDS . . . I think I got another weekend event to scrapbook, when we took the boys to see the BSA train engine.

Happy Monday! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Family Hayride Night

2010-11-28T17:18:00.009-06:00

Hope everyone's Thankgiving holiday went well. The four of us stayed here at home and had a nice/little Thanksgiving dinner. I did get to contribute (a little) in the making of our dinner . . . I made my Mom's dressing recipe. The rest of the dinner, Terry made . . . and he did a fantastic job too! Nathan sure did put away Grandma Betty's cranberry salad! :o)

After a week, I am doing much better! I'm only taken pain medication 3 times a day and I've expaned into canned corn today! WAHOO! :o) I'm using the boy's old baby spoons, so that I don't get overly confident and take too much of a bite . . . knew keeping these things on hand would help out someday?!

I did get out the laptop today, to do some digital scrapbooking . . . the boy's pack has an annual Family Hayride Night. We always have a great time with Caleb's (Nathan's BFF) family.

I just love the picture of Caleb, Nathan, Patrick, and Jim (Caleb's Dad), on the hayride, bottom right picture. Isn't it a cute picture of them? I share the scrapbook pages I finish, with Caleb's Mom . . . she loves taking pictures, but that's about as far as the pictures get. I'm trying to get her on the side . . .

The boys go back to school tomorrow. :o( I'm sure going to miss my 'lil snuggle-buddies!

Thanks for stopping by my craftroom! Hope you have fantastic week!

Peggy

Thanksgiving Cards

2010-11-21T10:28:00.010-06:00

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile . . . I've been working some late hours and then when I get home, it's time to eat dinner, finish up homework, take baths, and then go to bed. It's just been a bit of a worldwind . . . it'll calm down in awhile . . .

To add a bit more wind . . . I needed to have my tonsils taken out. Since I've had strep throat 5 times a year, over the past 2 years, I guess is too much!? So we schedule it for last Friday. I'll be off of work for 2 weeks. I promise that I behaving by taking all my medication on time, keeping my voice to a minimum, and relaxing. I think Terry is liking the quietness around the house too! :o) All I can say is, "thank goodness for pain medication!" :o)

This morning, at 4:30A, I couldn't sleep . . . and the house was so quiet! So . . . since I hadn't made Thanksgiving cards yet, for our families . . . I figured WHY NOT NOW?! :o) The "card" is inside the craft pocket. Whatcha think?

Thank you for stopping by my craft room! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

Peggy

ABCs of the perfect handmade holiday

2010-10-19T08:00:00.001-05:00

Create Amazing cards, Beautiful packaging, and Cherished gifts this holiday season!

From October 19 - December 16, choose from several different holiday bundles containing gorgeous Stampin’ Up!® products—perfect for creating cards, gift packaging, and gifts—and all at 20% off!

Check my website (under promotions), to see the bundles!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Clearance Rack Blitz

2010-10-15T08:59:00.006-05:00

The Clearance Rack Blitz has been a big hit customers, and us demonstrators . . . but if you want to take advantage of up to 80% off of discontinued Stampin’ Up! products, you need to act fast. The Clearance Rack Blitz ends on October 18, so make sure you get your orders in before the blitz ends!

Terry and I were in the basement last night, as the boys were playing Super Mario Galaxy in the living room . . . so while Terry was watching college football . . . it was an opportunity for me to make a card, of course! :o) Here's the Halloween card I made . . . Wicked Cool is one of my new found favorite stamp sets. I know it's just for Halloween . . . but it's a good one! I used the Wicked Fun DSP (2" of it), on the bottom of the card too!

We had our annual Cub Scout Hayride (here's the boys, with Caleb - Nathan's 'lil BFF) . . . which was just SO much fun! About the only time we have "smores" is at the hayride . . . man, those are tasty! Today, we're going to the Renaissance Festival! What a fun packed weekend, huh? Alot of scrapbooking possibilities too!

I'm going to have alot of opportunities, for scrapbooking, at the end of next month . . . I'm going to have to have my tonsils out on November 19th! It's going to be SO quiet around here, since I won't be able to talk for awhile. I think Terry & the boys are looking forward to that part! :o)

Okay . . . off to the Renaissance Festival we go . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

October Workshop

2010-10-11T19:35:00.015-05:00

This past weekend, there were a bunch of us gals that got together for a weekend of cropping and fun! Some of us went to the CK Convention on Friday . . . and some went on Saturday, but we all met up for the Manager's Reception! Here are the gals (l-r): Jenny, me, Vicki, Jeri (SU! Upline), Theresa (sister), Elaine (celebrated her 29th birthday), Cara, Sharon, Sherry (SU! Sideline), DeAnn (SU! Sideline), and Laura. It was so much fun being around such creative women for a whole weekend!

I swear we all played so many practical jokes on each other all weekend . . . I laughed so hard that at times I was in tears! You gals are so creative and alot fun! Thank you for a wonderful weekend!

I'm also very lucky and thankful to married to a wonderful husband, of 9 years this Wednesday, that allows me to have these wonderful (and much needed) times with these gals. Thank you Terry!

I am having the October workshop, this Friday at 6:30P. Here's a picture of your projects! Isn't that 'lil bunny just the cutest?

Please RSVP, if your coming to the workshop. Thank you for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack

2010-10-06T14:28:00.003-05:00

As you know, the Clearance Rack has been operational for over a year now, and apparently the SU! customers are finding it a great place to discover discontinued Stampin' Up! merchandise for fantastic prices. Stampin' Up! has added over two hundred more discontinued items--some at up to 80% off--to help make room in the Distribution Center for new Stampin' Up! products!! WAHOO!

Take a peak and let me know if there's anything I can help you with! Thanks for stopping by my (clearance) craft room!

Peggy

Waterfall Birthday Card

2010-10-02T10:04:00.006-05:00

I'd seen this the instructional video of this card on Dawn Griffith's blog and new I immediately had to make it!

The first one (okay . . . two) I made, were the Halloween ones similar to the one Dawn makes in the video, for the boy's teachers . . . but I need a birthday card, for a girlfriend's birthday this week . . . so . . . I went downstairs and played?! Here's what I came up with.

The background is one of the new DSPs, Greenhouse Gala, isn't it cute paper?! Kinda reminds me to something retro . . . but not as blah as than the 'ole 70's colors. :o)

Once you pull down on the tab, you see each of the little tabs individually . . . as they "waterfall" . . . I stamped "if you are what you eat, eat something cute" on the bottom.

A bunch of us gals are going to the Creating Keepsakes Convention next weekend and stay at Embassy Suites . . . oh my, I can't wait! Theresa, Cara, Jenny, and I are staying all together . . . a whole weekend of crafting with girlfriends . . . what could be better?!?! I'll be sure to take lots of pictures!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend . . . thanks for stopping by my craftroom!

Peggy

My Digital Studio Design Contest

2010-10-01T15:32:00.004-05:00

Date: October 1-November 15, 2010

Stampin' Up! invites YOU to participate in its first ever digital design contest using My Digital Studio and Stampin' Up!'s digital downloads! The My Digital Studio Design contest was created to recognize the amazing digital design skills of our talented, creative customers and demonstrators! The contest is open to all customers and demonstrators who have access to My Digital Studio in the US and Canada; five customers and five demonstrators will be selected to win. To enter the contest you will need to design one digital card and two single-page layouts using ONLY My Digital Studio product and Stampin' Up downloads. Submit all samples along with an official entry form and photo release form (if applicable) to MDSContest@stampinup.com.

Winners will receive free My Digital Studio digital downloads from Stampin' Up valued at approximately $400! You will also receive a digital pin for your personal blog.

Don't own My Digital Studio or want to purchase new Stampin' Up! digital downloads? Click here! Our panel of judges can't wait to see your digital artistry on display, so submit your project today!

Ready, Set, Create! Good luck! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

September Workshop

2010-09-19T11:01:00.019-05:00

Well . . . it's been awhile, huh? I've gotten alot of flack, over not updating my blog in awhile! :o) Two weeks after I broke my left ankle and right foot . . . I got a new boss (my last boss had retired in April). Needless to say . . . between late hours, the boys starting back to school, and now we have two 'lil Cub Scouts . . .

In July, I had the Stampin' Up! Convention and two days later, we traveled (with the camper and nothing broke), on a week-long family vacation for the airshow in Oshkosh, WI with Papa & LaLa! Going to the EAA airshow used to be an annual Father/Daughter trip . . . prior to kids! :o) This was wonderful to share the whole EAA experience with Terry, the boys, and LaLa.

See . . . I told you we've been busy! :o) Then to beat all, I lost my USB adapter to my camera . . . so I had to order a new one . . . that was shipped from China (took a month to get here)! GEEZ!

We did find some time to get a Cousin Night in . . . boy that was difficult, to find ONE Saturday that would work, between Theresa's boys schedule and ours! I can't wait until Brent (Theresa's youngest, far right) has his birthday next month . . . then the boys will be 6, 7, 8, and 9 . . . until Jackson (Theresa's oldest, orange shirt) turns 10 in December. We had a Wii tournament and our tradition breakfast, Pancake Puffs . . . oh what fun!!

I actually went shopping yesterday . . . something I hadn't done in awhile . . . for shoes non the less! :o) I've missed trying on shoes! My right foot still hurts, every once in awhile, but it's tolerable. I bought a couple pairs of short heals . . . WAHOO! Of course, with new shoes . . . has to come an outfit . . . right?! :o)

Here are the projects, for the September Workshop, this Friday, at 6:30P . . . finishing up the 4th project (drum roll please) . . . a recipe page!

I'm having some 'lil ladies over, on Saturday, for a a Kids Krop . . . they're going to make the owl and witch card + they're going to make a travel scrapbook! This will be something that the kiddos can add their travel pictures to, for the rest of their lives . . . 'ya know?

How are you doing? How was your summer?

Hope you're having a great weekend! Going to go watch the Chiefs game with Terry . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

Scrapbook Weekend

2010-06-06T12:54:00.011-05:00

We'd gone on a scrapbook weekend, in April, at Country Keepsakes Scrapbook Retreat . . . we'd won this weekend (for 4) last year, at a silent auction.

Sarah, the owner, is so personalable and sweet . . . the food was fabulous! If you're looking for place to have a scrapbook weekend, I'd highly recommend this place!

We had such a fun weekend! Girl-time with your sisters and/or friends is so important . . . isn't it?

I hope you're having a great weekend! Thank you for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

Another MDS Scrapbook Page

2010-06-05T14:34:00.012-05:00

Last night, when I was getting into bed . . . I heard a pop, from my right foot (the sprained foot). Then the pain started up again . . . :o( When I talked with Jenny, she said it was probably a ligament . . . boy it's great to have a BFF, that is an orthopedic nurse too!

We were supposed to go to Jenny's home tonight, to celebrate Ashley's (Jenny's youngest daughter) 21st birthday. We were all looking SO forward to going and seeing all of Jenny & Scott's family . . . since we only get to see them for the life milestone celebrations. Since I can't walk (like I had been the last two days) . . . Terry has banned me to the bedroom. So . . . I guess the next time we'll see all of them is when Ashley graduates from KU next year.

So . . . as I sit in bed (again) . . . I have my laptop opened, creating more scrapbook pages! :o) Here's another one. We started a tradition, this year, that on the first & last day of school . . . we celebrate by going to Ben & Jerry's, for some ice cream. With MDS, you can color match the punches and stamps. I color matched the apples, to the wall color at Ben & Jerry's, and the mats (and scallop edge) are from the booth. Fun, huh?

Okay . . . back to scrapbooking . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

TGIF

2010-06-04T22:05:00.005-05:00

How are you doin'? I went to the physician on Wednesday and they took off my cast! WAHOO!

They put on a beatiful CAM boot (similar to a walking cast with velcro, so you can take it off). Good thing is that I can be walk around . . . bad thing is that I am! :o) Terry gets on me, when I'm up and around too much, but then all my fellas have almost been waiting on me for almost a week . . . I feel guilty! 'Ya know?

Being forced to lay in bed, is at least making me do some "fun" things finished too! This is a scrapbook page, from the school carnival (last month). It was alot of fun to make, in My Digital Studio.

Stampin' Up! has some retired items too! Want to check them out? Stop by my website . . . great way to get some "Last Chance" embellishments and stamp sets at a fraction of the original price!

Thank for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

As I'm bed contained . . .

2010-06-01T13:44:00.006-05:00

I am bed contained, due to the fact that last Saturday I missed the last step of our camper. Terry took me to the closest hospital and come to find out that I broke my left ankle and sprained my right foot. As you can imagine, it's hard/painful to walk . . . Terry has to help me walk to/from the 'lil girls room. The boys are being cute and helpful . . . coming in every once in awhile, to see if there is anything I need. Terry (and the boys) are being great with all of this . . . I'm so lucky!

I had to fill out my forms (online) for the physician's office, so . . . after I was done filling those out, I decided to scrapbook our Cinnamon Roll Critters class, that we took last month.

I got some cards done too, while the boys were out on their bike ride, with their Dad. Hey, as long as I don't have to get up get it . . . I am able to do craft here in bed! :o)

We'll have to play the monthly workshop by ear . . . I'll keep you posted.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room (bed) . . .

Peggy

More Friday projects . . .

2010-05-17T17:28:00.005-05:00

Here are the other two projects, for the workshop on Friday night. I hope you gals enjoy doin' them!

With it being National Scrapbook Month . . . we're doing something new . . . a scrapbook page! "King of the Grill" is a new stamp set in the mini catalog . . . with Father's Day next month, I'm sure there are expert "grill masters" with our Dads, husbands, and/or sons. :o)

Here's the Christmas card we're going to do . . . we also going to "alter" the front of a little memo notebook.

Hope to see you Friday night . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Father's Day Gift Card Holder

2010-05-15T14:29:00.008-05:00

Happy Saturday to you! How are you doin'?

School is coming to an end . . . then summer time, which equals hopefully alot of camping time! We found a place for our camper to go, it's near a small lake and we have a beautiful view! The owner, of the campground, is going to put in a concrete pad for our camper. Once that's done . . . "Alice" (our camper) is going to be moving to the lake!! WAHAOO! We can't wait!

Terry's step-nephew is getting married tonight, so we've been busy finding "dress" clothes for the boys, for an evening wedding. We bought ties for our 'lil men too! Gosh they're going to look SO handsome! I'll have to snap a picture of all my men together, dressed up! :o) I know time flies by SO fast that we'll be (before we know it) dressing up for our fella's weddings . . . right?

If you're coming to the workshop, this Friday, this is one of the projects you're going to be making . . . a Father's Day Gift Card Holder. It has three envelopes enclosed, where you can put two gift cards + a note in the third envelope. Isn't this the cutest stamp? It's "King of the Grill", from the summer mini catalog! I just fell in love with it . . . this is one that I'll NEVER get rid of!

If you haven't RSVP'd yet . . . please send me a note, letting me know you're comin'! I'll be posting the rest of your projects, this week, so stay tuned! Hope to see you on Friday night!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Little Flower Basket

2010-05-08T07:00:00.003-05:00

Here is a little cardstock basket . . . I'd found this on the Internet earlier this week and just HAD to make it. All you need is a 8.5" x 8.5" piece of cardstock and a piece of double-sided coordinating DSP to make it. Here are the instructions . . . if you'd like to make it bigger, you could use a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock . . . but I'd score it maybe @ 4" or so. If these don't make sense, let me know.

Score CS @ 2.5" on all four sides and cut to the score lines on end pieces.
Cut 4 pieces of coordinating CS (cardstock) at 2.25" square, 2.25" x 3.25", and 1 piece at 1.5" x 8.5".
Cut 4 pieces of coordinating DSP at 2" square, 2" x 3", and 1 piece at 1.25" x 8.5".
Adhere the DSP on the CS and then adhere those pieces to the outer edges of the scored CS. The 2.25" pieces go on the four corners (if that helps out on placement).
You'll also need to have 2 brads - to make the place where the handle and side pieces come together stonger. I place the brads in backwards, so when the basket is emptied . . . it looks pretty. Besides . . . the flower embellishment I made covered up the "not-so-pretty" side of the brad.

We'd driven by Nuts & Bolts today and since they were having 50% off plant sale . . . figured it was fate! Wouldn't this make a cute gift for those green thumb friends, as a "thank you"? You can fit four of the little starter plants (that are about the size of your thumb).

The boys have their "Cinnamon Roll Critters" class today, at the local culinary school . . . I'll be sure to take lots of pictures! Can't wait to see all the critters they make!

Happy Mother's Day, to those of you with 2 legged and furry 4 legged kiddos! ;o) Enjoy your day tomorrow and thanks for stopping by my craft room! Peggy

Lake of the Ozarks Scrapbook Page

2010-05-04T20:29:00.010-05:00

I hope things are going well, with you and your family. Sorry it's been awhile, since I posted last . . . I can't believe how busy it's been around here!

In May alone, we have a wedding, a school carnival, t-ball practices starting, a "Cinnamon Roll Critters" kid's cooking class (for the boys), a Stampin' Up! workshop, and a KC Royals game! Where on earth has the year gone?

Terry's sister and brother-in-law have a home, at Lake of the Ozarks. They've retired and moved to their lake home full-time now . . . so we went to the lake last weekend. Terry's bother (Gary) even went too . . . gosh we had a great time!

You know I just HAD to take pictures! :o) So I created a My Digital Studio scrapbook page!

Bring it on May . . . I'm ready for 'ya! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Teacher Appreciation . . .

2010-04-22T17:50:00.008-05:00

During one of the craft shows last year, a gal approached me about creating the shopping lists I had for sale. She's a PTA President at a local school and wondered if I could put their school mascot on the top (instead of what I had) . . . of course I said, "you betcha!"

The PTA is going to give each one of their teachers one of these, during Teacher Appreciation week . . . which is the first week of May. Here's what I'd created . . . went to Office Depot and purchased 24 of the small lined notepads and then asked them to cut 'em in half ($3) . . . I'll be working on these, this weekend. :o) One down . . . 44 more to go! :o)

Theresa and I are working on the Teacher Appreciation Pill Boxes this weekend, to give to our son's teachers. I know it sounds odd . . . but they're really cute . . . go to her website and see 'em! We'd found Skip to My Lou's blog last year (after we'd already done our gifts), but just HAD to remember this project. Isn't it cute 'lil gift?

Okay . . . gotta finish packing for the scrapbook weekend! :o) Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

May is National Scrapbook Month

2010-04-20T08:16:00.006-05:00

Did you know that May is National Scrapbook Month? Well, guess what?! We're going to change up one of the workshop projects, to include a scrapbook page! This is something we haven't done this yet . . . see . . . you CAN actually incorporate stamps into your scrapbook pages!

Here is the layout of the page . . . want another hint? It'll be a 12"x12" scrapbook page for Father's Day!

Want to complete the page that night? Bring your photos with you! If you wish to have 3 photos, as in the layout . . . you'll need 3 - 4"x4" photos . . . if you wish to do just 2 photos . . . you'll need 2 - 6"x6" photos.

Be sure to mark your calendars for Friday - May 21st, for the workshop! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Workshop Projects

2010-04-15T18:32:00.008-05:00

Sorry 'bout posting this the night before the workshop, but this week has been absolutely nuts! I'm glad that tomorrow is Friday and let the weekend begin! WAHOO!

I sure hope you enjoy these projects . . . with Mother's Day, next month, we just had to do a Mother's Day card. :o) The flower, on the box, I found on Dawn Griffith's website. It's so easy and it turns out really cute! I used the wing, from the Two Step Bird Punch, as the leaf.

Next weekend Theresa, Jenny, Tammy/Laurie, and I are going to Country Keepsakes Scrapbook Retreat . . . it's scrapbook weekend place, about one hour south of Kansas City. Theresa's husband bid on this weekend for us at an auction last year and we actually won! I say "Tammy/Laurie" because Tammy can only come or part of the weekend . . . she over extended her commitments next weekend, so she's splitting the weekend in half with Laurie. There are eight gals staying there in the course of the weekend . . . so we'll be meeting 4 other gals. We're all really looking forward to this scrapbook weekend!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by my craft room,
Peggy

Blooming Flower

2010-04-10T08:34:00.007-05:00

Today is the one year anniversary of Terry's Mom passing . . . today is very heart-warming, with our loving thoughts of her.

When I woke up this morning the plant, that Jenny purchased us last year, was in bloom! :o) Seeing the new blossom just put a smile on my face. 'Ya know? Our Mom used to say that "everything happens for a reason" . . . I believe that the plant bloomed, this morning specifically, to remind us of Betty and let us know she is okay. Isn't the flower beautiful?

"Grandma Betty" was a wonderful Mom, terrific Mother-in-Law, fantastic Grandmother, and an awesome cook. We sure miss our Grandma Betty!

Please keep Terry and his siblings in your prayers today; as I know it is a very heart-warming and emotional day for all of them.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room,
Peggy

Kids Krop

2010-04-09T20:57:00.008-05:00

I'm having a Kids Krop (all girls) tomorrow. I didn't want to post this earlier, because their Moms subscribe to my posts and I wanted it to be a surprise for them too! :o) This is one of their projects tomorrow.

I'd found a similar project on the Internet (sorry I can't remember what site, or I'd give you the credit). Thought it's be good for young gals to create, don't you think?

We're having another weekend crop, this coming October, and this will be my M&T project for the attendees! A little sneak peak, for those of you coming in October! :o) For those going to the weekend crop, in October, I thought if you would be going to the scrapbook convention also . . . this would be perfect to put your money, credit cards, & license in . . . so you don't have to lug around a purse. Those purses can be heavy after awhile! :o) I put my 'lil name tag button, from the Spring Fling on it too! I just had to! :o)

I'll post the rest of their projects . . . their doing a alien card and the the glass jar, from one of my M&Ts at the Spring Fling. I sure hope the 'lil crafters, coming tomorrow, enjoy all their projects.

I'm meeting Jeri (my upline) tomorrow afternoon, to start discussing the Stampin' Up! convention . . . the convention is in Utah, at the end of July. This will be my first year attending and absolutely I can't wait!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room,
Peggy

Color Renovation!

2010-04-08T12:07:00.007-05:00

Stampin' Up! has just announced "Color Renovation"!

At Stampin’ Up!®, color is part of our identity. It’s fundamental to your ability to create and be creative. That also means that it’s important for you to be able to stay up-to-date with the trends in color to keep both your artwork and your business fresh and exciting. That’s why we’ve worked to present you with the Color Renovation—a refreshing, updated color palette!

The new color collections combine current colors with previous In Colors, and five new colors. These luscious collections give you new and vibrant choices, keeping your papercrafting passion original and exciting. Mix and match for your favorite combinations, and make the Color Renovation work for you!

Don't these colors just make your socks go up & down?! Oh my . . . I just LOVE 'EM! The colors will be available this summer, in the new 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Farewell Party

2010-04-03T08:23:00.012-05:00

My boss retired on Wednesday . . . I was the party "paparazzi". Imagine me without my camera, on a life changing day?! NOT! I'm putting a scrapbook together for him, with all the pictures . . . there was a wonderful turn out and Mark had a great time mingling with everyone.

This is a premade kit, with My Digital Studio (MDS), Rock-a-Bye Boy . . . but I changed out a few things, to make it for an adult. I just loved the color combinations and thought it would work. See . . . nothing in MDS is permanent! :o) I figured out a way to place names of the people who attended . . . 'cause you know 5 years from now, he'll forget some of these names. :o)

Once I got home from his party, I found Patrick on the bathroom floor with a blanket and his 'lil puppy. YUP . . . he was sick! :o( Poor thing! He stayed at home from school on Thursday. I then started feeling bad on Friday morning. Since yesterday was Good Friday, we were all off from school and work . . . so we snuggled and slept alot!

Okay, gotta go . . . I have 40 more pictures to scrapbook and add names to the first page! :o)

Hope you and your family have a wonderful Easter! Thank you for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Two-Step into Spring Promotion

2010-04-01T07:00:00.001-05:00

Two-Step into spring with a sneak peek from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog! Be the first to add the Awash with Flowers stamp set to your collection. Promotion runs April 1 - 30, 2010.

Awash with Flowers
117062 - Wood Mount - $39.95
120549 - Clear Mount - $27.95

Plus, purchase spring-themed Two-Step Stampin' sets at 20 percent off the retail price--no additional purchase necessary! Qualifying stamp sets are listed below:

113824 (Page 94) Greenhouse Garden - $20.76
113734 (Page 98 ) Fifth Avenue Floral - $19.96
111578 (Page 101) Flower Fancy - $29.56
113258 (Page 112) Trendy Trees - $14.36

You can purchase directly through my website or e-mail me and I can place the order for you. I highly recommend you to use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig with this stamp set, to get the perfect placement.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

Blogs I have to share . . .

2010-03-26T07:00:00.007-05:00

Stampin' Up! came up with this "Stampin' Connection" website, for us demonstrators to go and share business tips, talk about upcoming events, share projects (pictures and sometimes instructions), and most recently . . . a place for us to link our blogs for blog-surfing.

I've gotten so many great connections through this blog-surfing . . . if you have some time, go check out these blogs! These are some very talented women!

Amanda's Blog: Krafting Kreations
Amy's Blog: Amy's Creative Corner
Andrea's Blog: Scrap Stamp and Play
Ann's Blog: The Stampin' Schach
Brandy's Blog: Brandy's Cards
Corie's Blog: Creations by Corie
Crystal's Blog: Crafting & Rambling
Debbie's Blog: The Paper-azzi Connection
Diane's Blog: Rubbers 'n Rafters
Elizabeth's Blog: Stamping Party
Elizabeth's Blog: Covered in Crafts
Ellen's Blog: Puttin'OnDaGlitz
Holley's Blog: Hello Holley
Jacqueline's Blog: Scraps of Life
Jean's Blog: JeanStamps
Jennifer's Blog: Stamptastical
Jenilee's Blog
Jeri's Blog: Coloring Our World
Katherine's Blog: Craft-a-torium
Kath's Blog: All That Scrap
Kathryne's Blog: Crafty Kat Creations
Kristin's Blog: Sunshine, Smiles & Stamps= Lovin' Life
Julie's Blog: Julie B's Stampin' Space
Katie's Blog: KBStamps
Kim's Blog: Jenkins Journal
Kim's Blog: Kim's Kreative Place
Lesley's Blog: Always Playing with Paper
Lisa's Blog: Add Ink and Stamp
Lou Ann's Blog: LouAnn's Inky Ideas
Lynn's Blog: Stamping with Lynn
Marie's Blog: From Boots to Stamps
Maureen's Blog: Crazy Stamping Lady
Pam's Blog: Stamping with Serendipity!
Peggy's Blog: My Craft Room
Rebekah's Blog: Stamp That
Ronda's Blog: Stamp Scrap Diva
Shari's Blog: Southern California Stamper
Sherri's Blog: Lost in Stamping
Sherrill's Blog: Late Night Stamper
Tashana's Blog: Honeybee's Stamping Hive
Tina's Blog
If I left someone off, I'm sorry . . . it was by mistake, believe me! :o)

I hope you have fun blog-surfing . . . I know I get inspired each time I blog-surf the above blogs . . . I hope it does that same for you! If you see something that makes your socks go up & down . . . please leave these gals comments, subscribe to their RSS/e-Mail feeds, and be sure to follow them too!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room . . . now go get inspired!
Peggy

Retirement Gift

2010-03-24T17:38:00.009-05:00

Mark, my boss, has decided to retire after 21 years at our company. I've worked directly for him since 2002 and before that, my previous boss reported to Mark . . . so really I've worked around Mark since I've been at my job (1994). His last day is next Wednesday . . . I'll be taking next Thursday off, to mourn! :o(

I gotta tell you a funny (but lengthy) story though. A few years back, Mark mentioned that his wife was putting together a scrapbook for their oldest son, who was graduating high school. I told him how he HAD to purchase this "new" electronic die cutting machine on the market! Well . . . a few months go by and it's Administrative Professional Day . . . guess what?! He bought me one! He actually listened to what I'd said two months before!? I'd never mentioned where he needed to purchase one . . . just that he needed to buy one for his wife. I figured if he wanted to buy one for her, he'd ask. So . . . he started out at the Cricket (Wireless) store, thinking that's where you purchased them. :o) He also went to a local craft store and Office Depot, because I'd told him that it was about the size of a printer. Someone told him that you could purchase them at Walmart, but they were out of stock. He went there every morning, on the way into work, until that Friday . . . he came to work with a card and a Walmart gift card (enough to cover the cost of the machine). He knew if he didn't come to work with something, he'd be in a world of hurt (the official day was on that Wednesday). It still amazes me at the trouble he went through for 'lil 'ole me.

So . . . I absolutely know he'll be expecting me to make something for him! I got the idea from Patty Bennett's blog. Mark and his wife own a home with alot of acreage and horses . . . so I thought the sentiment on the front was fitting. On the inside, I put two gift certificates . . . one to a truck parts place (he recently purchased a '53 Chevy pick-up to tinker with) and a local shoe place (he and I have always made a point to go for an annual shoe shopping trip). At least now I'm guaranteed at least one more shoe shopping trip with him! :o)

I sure am going to miss him . . . but I do know they'll do well through this next adventure of their lives.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

p.s. In case you're wondering . . . Mark never has purchased one for his wife, but she is a bit technically challenged. :o) I'm grateful that I'll be able to think of him, whenever I use my machine and smile at the story behind it.

March Workshop Projects

2010-03-22T10:39:00.008-05:00

Hope you had a fabulous weekend! Kansas City was hit with a winter snow, on the first day of spring . . . the accumulation varied between 7" - 11.5". I do recall, as a little girl, having to hunt for Easter eggs in our house . . . since it had snowed on Easter. I'm so looking forward to spring!

With the boys headin' back to school tomorrow, I'll be returning back to the office. I sure have enjoyed my extended weekend, with my men! Vacation days always seem to short, don't they?

Here are your March workshop projects . . . don't forget to RSVP, if you haven't already.

I downloaded the School Days II stamp set, for My Digital Studio . . . here's what I came up with. At our boys school, they're assigned a 6th Grade buddy on their first day of Kindergarten. Then, on the 6th Graders last day of school, there is an Ice Cream Party for the Kindergarten class and their 6th Grade buddies, to wish the 6th Graders well . . . as they go off to Middle School. It's such a neat tradition (can be a bit of a tear jerker too). :o)

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Walking with Papa . . .

2010-03-20T07:00:00.001-05:00

I know this picture pretty much speaks for itself . . . I just couldn't help but to whip out my camera, when I saw my Dad holding hands with our boys.

I need to branch out and do some cards, in My Digital Studio . . . but I've got ALL these pictures on my hard-drive collecting dust! They're just screaming to be put on a page! :o)

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

April's Christmas Card

2010-03-19T11:34:00.009-05:00

Since the boys are on Spring Break this week, I decided to take a couple days off and hang with all my fellas.

We were going to go to the Lake of the Ozarks, but there is a likely chance of snow this weekend. Driving on those Missouri lake roads + snow = one nervous Nelly driver! Can you believe that?! The first day of Spring and it's supposed to snow in the midwest?! So . . . the we'll have to save the lake for another weekend. I think with the NCAA championship on television, Terry wasn't too upset about staying at home either! :o) I was 1st place, last night, in our NCAA bracket (there are 390 of us) . . . I'm down to 4th now. :o( No money for 4th place . . . so I'm hoping there are some upsets today!

Okay . . . you know how we're doing a Christmas card each month, at the monthly workshop? Here's the one for April! I got my inspiration from Jennifer Tribue's blog. This was one of her card swaps, from the Regional seminar she attended. She has a cute blog . . . if you get some time, check it out.

Don't forget the March workshop is next Friday @ 6:30P. Please be sure to RSVP, with how many sets you'd like to make. I'll be sure post the project pictures this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

MDS Page + Sale-A-Bration

2010-03-18T00:13:00.011-05:00

I created a couple scrapbook pages last night, with My Digital Studio (MDS) . . . of our Spring Fling weekend! Creating pages in MDS is so much fun . . . if you can drag & drop photos and like to be creative with colors & stamps . . . MDS is for you! If you have Stampin' Up! products at home, you can create "hybrid" pages and/or cards, to include coordinating products you already have . . . you can me it more dimensional that way! :o)

We're already starting to plan the next crop, so mark your calendar for October 8th - 10th at the Embassy Suites in North Kansas City . . . if you'd like to join us, please e-mail me.

As a friendly reminder . . . Sale-A-Bration (SAB) is through March 31st . . . two weeks away! For every $50 you spend, you receive an item from the SAB catalog for free! Also, if you've been considering becoming a demonstrator, now is the perfect time! During Sale-A-Bration, anyone who joins can choose any stamp set--a value of up to $47.95--from our current Idea Book and Catalog or Occasions Mini Catalog. Plus, through March 31st, get 15% off the price of the standard Starter Kit or Digital+ Starter Kit!

I became a SU! demonstrator because of the quality of the products, I loved how all the colors coordinated together, I wanted to support my hobby, and obviously be surrounded by fun & creative women! :o) As you can see from the weekend scrapbook pages . . . we do have a great group of C.O.W. members and would welcome the opportunity to add you to our group. Please contact me, if you'd like to discuss this further . . . I'll be happy to tell you more about the great benefits and support Stampin' Up! provides.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Spring Fling Doors

2010-03-14T15:17:00.013-05:00

Well . . . I made it home, got everything downstairs, and took a nap . . . notice I didn't say "put away"?! :o)

Here are the decorated doors . . . it was SO much fun to see everyone up decorating their doors on Saturday morning. Here are pictures of the doors, on the suitemates that participated.

The only stipulation was the doors had to include the names of the suitemates. See . . . didn't I tell you that we had alot of competition!? All the gals did a superb job! The suite winner was . . . Jeri & Sharon's room. They created a beautiful quilted door front! Yes . . . that texture is quilting! They did a fabulous job!

Theresa won the Passport drawing, of $45 worth of Stampin' Up! products . . . that she shared with her suitemate, Cara.

I just had to share all the suite door pictures . . . weren't all the doors fantastic? I'm going to take pictures of all the Make & Takes and upload those pictures this week. Wait until you see the projects we made! Oh my!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by my craft room,
Peggy

Spring Fling Photos

2010-03-13T07:05:00.013-06:00

Well, the Spring Fling is going well . . . everyone seems to be having a good time. We stayed up late last night, crafting, and got up early!

The Embassy Suites has a Manager's Reception every evening, with free adult beverages from 5:30P - 7:30P. Here we all are having some "quality" girl time . . . it was alot of fun to sit with all these gals and visit, before everyone started crafting. We came to the conclusion that there are 16 husbands that deserve a large "thank you", for allowing all of us to do this. ;o) Terry said that he and the boys are going to come up today, to bring Mommy some lunch (the hotel is very close to our home) . . . the boys are excited, to see all the gals . . . and maybe Mommy?!

Today, we have alot of gift drawings, given by all the C.O.W. members . . . starting at 10:00A - through tommorow morning at 10:00A. About 1 drawing every hour! My fellow C.O.W. members have done a bang-up job! We also have a "Best Decorated Door" contest, with voting @ 11:00A . . . I'll be sure to post the decorated doors. This is going to be some tough competition, with all this creativity around!

Here are some pictures of our event . . . some of the Make & Takes were in the hallway and some were in rooms. I need to finish up my 'lil passport today and do mingling (from room to room) . . . to see what everyone is working on! :o) Oh my, there are some GREAT IDEAS!

Thanks for stopping by my suite/craft room! :o)
Peggy

Chiefs Digital Scrapbook Page

2010-03-12T07:00:00.008-06:00

Once I got home from work last night, I tuned into a My Digital Studio (MDS) webinar. I have to say that whenever I sign up for one of these webinars, it just gets me even MORE enthusiastic to create some MDS scrapbook pages! This actually started as one of the pages from the Christmas Jingle designer template. I changed the background paper, kept some of the embellishments, added a stamp, and changed the red to match the KC Chiefs colors. With alot of us using digital cameras now, I don't know about you . . . but I have a bunch of pictures that have never been developed! They're collecting dust on our harddrive! :o) At least I'm putting these pictures onto the MDS pages, right?

On Tuesday night . . . Pam, Tina, and Jeri, and I got together to put the Spring Fling welcome packets together. Tina's daughter came and helped out too; she did a fantistic job! My fellow C.O.W. members are so creative and we always have a wonderful time together. It'll be great to spend the weekend with them.

I'm packing up my laptop, my Make & Take passport projects, and half my craft room (kind of kidding) for the Spring Fling weekend! :o) I can't wait until 3:00P this afternoon! A weekend with great food + a few alcoholic beverages + creative friends = one fun girl weekend! I'm so looking forward to seeing how everyone is decorating their suitedoors. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

Glass Gem Name Tags/Pins

2010-03-11T07:00:00.004-06:00

When I went to the Stampin' Up! sale, last Saturday . . . I purchased a basket (for $1) with some small glass gems/bubbles and a few completed project ideas, in the basket. She'd done a great job in coloring a ladybug stamp (on the larger glass gem). I've been racking my brain on how we could incorporate some type of name tags at the Spring Fling this weekend. Well . . . viola! What do you think?

I made one for each of the attendees. I had to figure out how she attached the stamped image though . . . because the basket didn't come with instructions. I stamped and colored on Whisper White cardstock and then used Sticky Paper (over the stamped image). I used the 1" Circle Punch to punch both the cardstock & sticky paper. Once you adhere the sticky paper, to the stamped side . . . then peel off the other liner and then adhered it to the back side of the glass. I tried different types of glue for the pin closure . . . the only one that I could get to work is the 'ole hot glue gun! :o) Because of the glass . . . it kind of acts like a magnifying glass too, so the images (even though they're small) look larger.

We're already talking another "girl" weekend . . . so if you want to join us, mark your calendars for the second weekend in October!

I hope the Spring Fling girls like their name tags! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Pinwheel Card

2010-03-09T07:00:00.005-06:00

All the SU! demonstrators have a wonderful one-stop-shop where we can share ideas, business advice, etc. Whenever we post something to our blogs, we just include our blog link, so other demonstrators can go check it out. I have found so many cute ideas this way. There are so many creative people out there!

Michelle Fairbrother posted this card on her blog . . . she in turn found this card on Barb Mullikin's blog. Barb even has an awesome instructional video, on how to create this card! If you have a chance, check out their blogs . . .

I just love pink & brown together, don't you? These are actually "Sweet Pea" DSP, "Pretty in Pink" & "Chocolate Chip" cardstock! :o) So . . . those of you attending the workshop . . . you want the Oval Flower card or this one? I'd switch out the middle brad for the Chocolate Chip Corduroy Button brads, since we haven't used those before. This card is a little time consuming too . . . so don't let it fool you, but about 1/2 the punching time & no smudged edges. Majority of the votes win! :o)

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Oval Punch Flower

2010-03-07T07:14:00.007-06:00

I'd seen this on Tami White's blog Friday and thought it was just so stinkin' cute, yup . . . you guessed it . . . I just had to make it! She even has a YouTube video tutorial too! If you don't subscribe to her blog, I would highly recommend it . . . she's a very creative and talented woman.

Theresa & Cara came over Friday night, as I was making this card . . . the verdict is still out on this, to make it at the next workshop or not. There are 19 ovals to punch out + smudging up their edges . . . it is some work . . . but gosh it's cute?! For those of your coming, on the 26th, are you up for the challenge? :o)

Yesterday, I met up with a friend of mine at a Stampin' Up! sale. I picked up this paper stand + some stamps and paper (of course)! I think (back in the day) it used to be for greeting cards . . . but it's a paper stand now! :o) Terry was sweet enough, to help me rearrange my craft room once it got home. I'm thinking that it's going to need some "embellishments" on the bottom drawers . . . but it's perfect for my needs! Believe it or not . . . there are some empty spots! :o)

Got a busy week . . . Jenny & Laurie are coming over tomorrow night, to go over our Spring Fling door decorations . . . Tuesday all the C.O.W. members are getting meeting, to put together all the Spring Fling welcome packets . . . gotta to pack up projects, for the crop weekend, on Wednesday & Thursday . . . and then Friday is the Spring Fling! WAHOO!

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by my craft room.
Peggy

March Workshop

2010-03-05T07:00:00.001-06:00

With the Spring Break week coming upon us, I needed to change the March workshop to March 26th. The one in April will resume back on the 3rd Friday of the month, on April 16th . . . so be sure to mark your calendars!

Here are two of the projects, for the workshop . . . I'll post the other two projects later! Gotta tease 'ya some how . . . right?!?! I just love the In Colors . . . the Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry are my two absolute favorites! I sure hope that SU! keeps them around! You could make this little "Bitty Box" for Mother's Day or put a pair of earrings in it, for a girlfriend's birthday. It's similar to a itty-bitty pizza box . . . they're cute little boxes!

I can't believe that the Spring Fling is ONE week away?! OMG! Do you gals have your door decorations planned? Everyone attending, including the C.O.W. members, are eligible to win the Best Decorated Door prize!

Got a pretty busy month in March . . . the Spring Fling, Spring Break, March workshop, and the Kids Crop! Oh twist my arm?! :o) LOVE IT!

Hope you're having a wonderful week! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Note Pad Photo Frame

2010-03-03T07:00:00.006-06:00

Found this via an e-mail, from our Yahoo sideline group. Once I saw it . . . I just had to go and make one, 'cause it was just so stinkin' cute! It's made with the Big Shot Scalloped Square die. If you'd like the instructions, just e-mail me and I'll send 'em to you. The brown 3.5" square (on the inside) is where you can place a picture.

Last Saturday, the boys school had their annual auction. Oh my did we have fun. First . . . BIG thanks to Jenny, for watching the boys. They had so much fun with her . . . of course the always have fun with Aunt Jenny! :o) There was three V-Smile Pockets up for auction . . . we'd seen these in the store, but hadn't bought them. We got 2 Pockets + 12 games, for what we would have spent on just one of the Pockets itself! Caleb, Nathan's 'lil buddy, got one too . . . his parents bid on the third one. We also got a reserved parking spot, at the end of the drop-off lane, a lunch out with one of the teachers, and a music bag (from the music teacher)! I thought I was going to have to hurt someone, if they outbid me again on the reserved parking spot! :o)

Here's a picture of boys, Monday, morning. We'd gotten dressed, eaten, and ready to go a bit early, so I let them play with their new games, until the clock to said 7:50A! It was picture day even! :o) Can't wait to see their pictures!

I hope you're having a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Milk Carton Bird House

2010-03-01T13:19:00.008-06:00

Being very productive today . . . took the boys to school . . . went and had lunch, with them both (I should say "power lunch", since I had 2o minutes with each) . . . then came home and did a little crafting for a bit too! I'll share these craft items throughout the rest of the week. Here's one of the hot items, with all the SU! demonstrators right now . . . the Milk Carton die Bird House! I changed mine up a bit, in adding more shingles to the roof. Since I had some left over birds, from the February workshop . . . it worked out perfectly! :o)

For those of you coming to the Spring Fling Crop Weekend (March 12th - 14th) . . . we are going to have hourly drawings, courtesy of the C.O.W. demonstrators. Each of us donated 2 items for the drawings. Here are my two items. I saw, on Saturday, what the other demonstrators are doing . . . all I can say is "WOW"! We're going to have alot of happy winners!

Do you have some left over scraps? What 'lil crafter couldn't use some paper? I took some of my scraps (from odd cut pieces when preparing for my workshops) and cut them up to 2.5" & 2" squares . . . a little variety scrap pack + a friend to friend notebook. The other is a Hostess stamp set and paper pack. I wish you gals the best of luck . . . I can't wait! Just a week from Friday! WAHOO!

Now I'm onto watching all the shows I've been DVR'g . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Blue & Gold Banquet Scrapbook Page

2010-02-28T20:26:00.009-06:00

I wanted to scrapbook Nathan's Blue & Gold Banquet, from last week. He got his Bobcat badge, along with his pack-mates.

I'd taken a My Digital Studio webinar this week, where Patty Bennett showed all of us how to use our "Opacity" buttons in our MDS backgrounds. I just had to try it out! The clipart did pixelate . . . but I'm okay with it.

I put the boys names under them, so in 10-15 years . . . we can remember their names! :o) Nathan couldn't understand why I didn't put his name on there too! Too funny! Gosh he cracks me up sometimes!

I took tomorrow off, to spend some time with my fellas. Patrick's all excited, because I'm taking and picking them up from school. I've gotta enjoy this while I can . . . they're not going to want me to come within a mile of the school, in a few more years . . . right?! :o)

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

My Digital Studio Page . . .

2010-02-25T07:00:00.003-06:00

This is Patrick's first 6 birthdays digital scrapbook page. Since he's not six yet, there is a "TBD" picture in August placeholder.

In looking at both of the boy's scrapbook pages, you might see a common thing . . . OTHER than layout . . . their 1st birthday pictures! Don't those pictures just make you laugh/smile?!

Patrick was giggling pretty hard, in looking at his 1st birthday photo last night. Hands down, I think Patrick did a better job (over Nathan) at putting more of the chocolate on himself! I'll just have to show you his 6th birthday photo, once it's taken & in place!

We're so lucky, to have two such great 'lil men! It's been so much fun, putting these two scrapbook pages together . . . I'm so looking forward to scrapbooking the rest of their lives & birthdays.

I'll bring my laptop to the Spring Fling workshop weekend, in March, so those of you that want to see My Digital Studio in action . . . you can play with it! Okay?

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

p.s. On Patrick's 1st birthday . . . this is a picture of Nathan and Grandma Betty laughing at Patrick, devouring his cake. Priceless isn't it? :o) Grandma Betty was laughing so hard she was crying! Gosh we sure miss her!!

Haiti Relief

2010-02-24T07:00:00.004-06:00

Wanted to update you on the effort Stampin' Up! has done, on the Haitai Relief. GREAT JOB!

There are just a few days left to participate in Stampin′ Up!’s Haitian relief efforts! Until February 28, 2010, Stampin′ Up! is setting aside $2 from the sale of select stamp sets to be donated to the American Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund.

So far, demonstrators & customers around the world have purchased 11,895 sets, which equates to over $20,000 to be donated to this fund--but don’t stop now! You still have five days left (including today) to participate in this effort and join others in making a difference in lives of those who continue to suffer in Haiti.

Thank you very much, to everyone who purchased this stamp set . . .
Peggy

My Digital Studio Page . . .

2010-02-23T21:50:00.007-06:00

I was playing with My Digital Studio (MDS) tonight and created this page. I really liked the way you can see how Nathan has changed over the years.

He was laughing pretty hard, when he saw his 1st birthday picture. Grandma Betty made that birthday cake for him! He sure went to town on that chocolate cake! :o) Isn't that just the cutest picture?! We'll have to create Patrick's page next! I saved Nathan's page as a template, so I can just drag and drop Patrick's into the same layout!

The one thing I absolutely LOVE about MDS is that everything matches and if you choose to make it a "hybrid" page (add your embellishments) . . . it'll match with the rest of your Stampin' Up! colors!

I'll share Patrick's page, when we get that done . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

My organized punch wall . . .

2010-02-22T07:00:00.002-06:00

I just absoultely hate this time of year . . . time for me to do all the inventory (for tax purposes)! ARGH! I do a little bit each night, so it's not so overwhelming. My only saving grace is taking a little time out breaks, like now, to share parts of my craft room with you.

I'd shown you this, back in March '09 . . . but my punches have multiplied since then! :o) So . . . here's my updated punch wall! I got all my Stampin' Up! punches organized on towel bars. I purchased the top three racks at Nuts & Bolts (hardware store not too far from our home). The baskets and bottom rack were purchased at IKEA . . . these little baskets are perfect, for smaller items (ie: small punches and bottles).

I remember our Mom having these towel racks (top three racks) growing up . . . did you have 'em too? These aren't rounded, like they are now. Did you have these growing up too?

Okay . . . I guess I'd better get back to doing inventory. :o( Thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

Spring Fling Projects

2010-02-20T10:59:00.006-06:00

All the Stampin' Up! C.O.W. (Coloring Our World) members are working very hard, to come up with projects and give-aways at the Spring Fling Weekend Crop! We're going to have a meeting next Saturday, for all the finishing touches! I've heard about some of the projects . . . oh my are they going to make your socks go up & down!! :o) It's not too late, if you care to join us, just e-mail me!!

For those of you coming to the Spring Fling weekend . . . these are the two projects you'll be making at my suite! The square glass votive has a piece of Chocolate Chip vinyl on it and a 3"x3" card, using the A Flower for all Seasons stamp set. The glass votive could be used as either a candle holder or a pen/pencil holder . . . I use it in my craft room, for a pen/pencil holder, for when my gals want to place orders. :o)

We are going to have so much fun that weekend AND it's when the Big XII basketball tournament is in town too . . . bet there will be lots of basketball watching! I can hardly wait!!

I'll try and snap a picture, next weekend, so you can see sneak a peak at all these creative women! I'm very lucky, so be surrounded by their creativity!

I hope you're enjoying your weekend! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Last of the projects . . .

2010-02-17T07:00:00.001-06:00

Here are the last two projects, or the February workshop. I just love the 'lil Build a Bear fella . . . he's just so darn cute!

If you ever "need" a card idea . . . be sure to send me your request. I'll try and come up with something, for the next workshop! ;o)

Also . . . a friendly reminder . . . the Spring ling registration forms & fees are due to Jeri or me by 2/26 at 12P. That's less than two weeks away! We are planning hourly drawings for you and passport projects, brought to you by the C.O.W. (Coloring Our World) Team. We (everyone attending) will all be voting on the best decorated door . . . so don't forget to start planning on your door decorations! The Spring Fling Weekend is less than a month away now . . . OMG . . . I can hardly wait!

Thanks for stopping by craft room!
Peggy

Milk Carton Die

2010-02-16T07:00:00.001-06:00

Here's your 3-D project, for Friday night! Whatcha think?!?! Cute, huh? We're going to be doing two other cards too . . . so stay tuned!

We're going to be using the Mini Milk Carton Bigz die, Eggcoutrements stamp set, Extra Large Two Step Bird punch, Scallop Edge Punch, and Well Scripted stamp set. The two stamp sets and the bird punch are all found in the new Occasions Mini catalog (available through April 30th).

I'd had so much fun yesterday playing downstairs, having extra time with my 'lil men, and just taking it easy. Back to work & school tomorrow. I imagine Terry's (my DH & SAHD) excited to have us all back out of the house during the day! :o)

We've had some busy weekends, in February! We drove to St. Louis, the first weekend weekend in February for MonsterJam! Then we had the opportunity to go again last Friday, here in Kansas City. After going to St. Louis for three years in a row . . . nothing can compare to MonsterJam @ the Edwards Jones Dome! Although our fellas did have fun, on Friday night, it was a disappointment since alot of the well named trucks don't come to KC. :o( Theresa did warn me . . . but you know, somethings you just gotta find out for yourself, right? We've come to the conclusion that we'll continue driving to St. Louis, for our annual MonsterJam trip. The boys think it's pretty cool anyway . . . because we stay in a hotel! :o) Few more years and they're not going to be so easy to please . . . right?!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Mr. & Mrs.

2010-02-15T11:33:00.008-06:00

We have the day off, from work today . . . so I'm enjoying spending time downstairs today! Really had to twist my arm on that one! :o)

A friend of Jenny's daughter, Kendall, is getting married next year. Apparently she's wanting to come up with a party favor, to give to their guests. Jenny showed her the little scalloped bag we made, last year, in one of the workshops.

Here are all the products needed, for this 'lil project: Bag W/Scallops Bigz Xl die, Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set, Certainly Celery ribbon, ink, and cardstock . . . along with the Tiny Tags stamp set (for the Mr. & Mrs), and the Jewelry Tag Punch.

Apparently Kendall is wanting a green in her wedding, similar to the Kiwi Kiss color, for her bridesmaids dresses. Kiwi Kiss is a discontinued color, from last year though . . . so I substituted it with Certainly Celery instead. I'll give it to Kendall to take home on Friday, when she's here for the workshop . . .

Okay . . . gotta get back to stampin', so I can show you the rest of your projects on Friday night! Don't forget to RSVP, if you haven't already.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T18:26:00.006-06:00

I hope all you crafty gals out there are having a wonderful Valentine's Day! We just back from going out to a scrumptious dinner at J. Gilbert's restaurant . . . they're known for their wood-fired steaks. They ARE might tasty steaks too . . . no sauce needed there! I had a fantastic time with my fellas!

Next Friday is the next monthly workshop (@ 6:30P) . . . here's one of your projects. Remember we're going to do one Christmas card, each month? Well . . . here's your February Christmas card . . . you'd need some Real Red & Basic Black cardstock, Top Note die, a basic hole punch, and the Heard from the Heart stamp set! With the way it's snowing outside . . . it's not too hard to think about Christmas right now, is it?! :o)

I hope you're enjoying your Valentine's Day! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Spring Fling Crop Weekend

2010-02-10T18:14:00.009-06:00

Guess what?!?! The Spring Fling Crop weekend is one month from Friday (3/12 - 3/14). . . can you believe it?!?!

Each of the demonstrators attending are coming up with two Make & Take projects for your passport, which is included in your registration price! BONUS! You will have all weekend to complete your passport projects . . . so there is no need to rush! :o) Once your passport is filled in . . . turn in your passport and you'll be entered for a chance to win one of the prizes. Here's what one of my M&T projects will be for you, using the A Flowers For All Seasons stamp set. I'll post the other project in the upcoming weeks!

I'm so into these 'lil 3x3 cards lately. They're quick and simple . . . but still filled with the same amount of love! :o) Sunflowers . . . ladybugs . . . how much more springy can you get?!

Don't forget to get your registrations turned in by the 26th of February at noon. If you need a registration form, please e-mail me.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Branch Out Stamp Set

2010-02-09T20:51:00.009-06:00

Live, Laugh, and Love . . . it's what we do with our girlfriends and our dear family members!

Theresa (AKA: Sissy) and I made three of these, back in the middle of January . . . but she made me promise I wouldn't post a picture until after Cara's birthday . . . see Theresa made Cara one for her birthday! Hope you enjoying your birthday gift Cara! ;o)

Sissy even surprised me with a frame of my own too! WAHOO! Mine immediately went on a wall in my craft room, but when Cara & Theresa came over, to make their purses . . . I had to take it down and put it in the closet, to hide it from Cara! Oh we're so sneaky, aren't we?! :o)

Sissy did all the stamping . . . I did matting and letter cutting. :o) We used the Branch Out stamp set, which is such so cute, but unfortunately, it's been retired . . . maybe SU! will bring it back some day?! I can hope, can't I? Sissy had made one for Tammy too, for Christmas . . . with Live, Laugh, Love, and Friends on hers (on the tops and bottoms of the stamped images, instead of between the stamped images). Didn't Sissy do an awesome job?!

I always have so much fun, spending an afternoon crafting with my sister! :o)

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Well wishes . . .

2010-02-03T20:16:00.013-06:00

Jeri, my SU! upline, is going to have surgery today and tomorrow. Her physicians are going to remove some cancerous skin on her lower eyelid. Apparently this kind of cancer is due to her being a sun godess, when she was younger. When we had our downline meeting, a few weeks ago, Jeri couldn't stress enough for all of us (and our children) to wear sunscreen whenever we're out in the sun. I made her this card, to send her well wishes. Please keep Jeri in your thoughts and prayers.

I used the Whimsical Words stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration catalog, which you can get free with a $50 order. Can I say that I LOVE this stamp set?! I also used 1-1/4" Striped Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Vellum paper. The vellum paper was run through the Big Shot with the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder.

Hopefully Jeri will have a speedy recovery and be back to her 'ole stampin' self real soon! :o) Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

2010-01-31T18:00:00.011-06:00

Nathan did very well in the derby . . . out of 7 Tiger Cubs, he came in 4th. Over all, out of 50 boys in the pack, he came in 11th. For his first ever derby, he did great! Here's a picture of Nathan, Terry, Caleb (Nathan's 'lil buddy), and Jim (Caleb's Dad) . . . they all had a wonderful time yesterday! Caleb got an award for the most creative . . . they made a snake derby car!

Papa & LaLa even came up for the Derby too! It's pretty exciting when your grandparents come up for it, 'ya know? Papa was amazed at how technical the whole derby is now, with the track hooked up to a computer and all . . . wasn't like that when he was a boy! :o)

The Kids Krop was yesterday afternoon. Thank you ladies, for coming and spending the afternoon with me! These 'lil ladies are now going to be referred to as the "Shimmer Spritz Girls"! :o) I swear, if something sat still long enough . . . these girls would spritz it! :o) Girls, even young ones, like bling . . . don't they?!

You want to be a Spritz Girl too?! You can make your own Shimmer Mist with the new SU! Shimmer Mist Paint. The paint comes in three different colors, I used Champagne color (about 10-15 drops) and then filled a small spritz containter with rubbing alcohol. It adds just enough sparkle to any project.

Can't believe tomorrow is February 1st . . . it's 19 more days until the Easter workshop (February 19th) and 26 more days (February 26th) for all the Spring Fling registrations to be in! Oh my!

Hope you've had a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Kids Krop class

2010-01-29T17:19:00.013-06:00

I'm having a "Kids Krop" class tomorrow . . . we might as well say a "young lady" crop class, because they're all girls tomorrow! What a switch, huh? :o) This is one of their projects tomorrow . . . a tin scrapbook. When you open the tin, the paper inside that pulls out (to expand). The girls will also be making a Heart Sweet Treat cup card, and the "Love you much" card (shown on 1/25).

Got another BIG thing going on tomorrow . . . Nathan is going to be in his first Pinewood Derby! He's SO looking forward to this event. The "Spiderman" derby car is ready to go! We've heard the cars don't last more than three times down the track . . . you'd think a bunch of Boy Scouts/men could make it run a few more times than that, don't you?! Anyway . . . hopefully his car holds up for races. Terry is helping out, tonight, with setting up all the equipment for tomorrow. You know I'll be snapping alot of pictures! :o) Can't wait to see our 'lil man race his Spiderman car!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Coffee Cakes

2010-01-28T21:23:00.009-06:00

Nathan, our oldest, is having a "Family Heritage" day tomorrow in his class . . . a time where the kids can talk about where each of their families came from. Nathan and I sat down and started talking about his Grandparents . . . Great Grandparents . . . Aunts and Uncles, etc. The teacher said that we could include food, presentations, etc. anything to show our family heritage.

Since I couldn't see 20 - 1st graders sitting through a PowerPoint presentation of our family tree . . . I decided to talk to their tummies! We made Mangelsdorf Coffee Cakes, a family recipe that was brought over from Germany, from our Great-Great Grandparents . . . and these are delicious (with enough sugar holes)! Right Sissy?! :o)

With being made from a cup of potatoes, 7 cups of flour, potato water, and Crisco . . . they are very dense cakes. The recipe states you need about 4-5 of these so called "sugar holes" per cake . . . Mom & Dad used to always put about 7 or 8 in each of the cakes, to make 'em a bit sweeter. I recall as a child, there never being enough of these 'lil scrumptious sugar holes . . . that was always my favorite part! So . . . we kind of quadrupled the number of sugar holes! :o) We put 13 in each coffee cake . . . oh boy! They did turn our pretty tasty, if I may say so myself!

Wish us luck tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

p.s. We did make a family tree, to post up on the overhead projector though . . . can't be all food, right?! :o)

Haiti Relief

2010-01-27T08:00:00.001-06:00

Stampin′ Up! has a long history of making a difference in the lives of others . . . especially when disaster strikes and the need is greatest. So it was not surprising that so many demonstrators have contacted Stampin' Up! to ask what the plan was for helping to provide relief for those who continue to suffer from the effects of the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12.

Stampin' Up! invited employees to help assemble the kits over a couple days . . . apparently the response was so enthusiastic that they got all the kits assembled in one day! WOW!

Also . . . from now until February 28, 2010, $2 from every I {Heart} Hearts stamp set you purchase will be donated American Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund. The Red Cross is already well-established in Haiti, and this money will be used to provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need.

Clear-Mounted I {Heart} Hearts Stamp Set
Item #: 118571
Price: $18.95
(Block D recommended, Item # 118485 - $8.50)

Wood-Mounted I {Heart} Hearts Stamp Set
Item #: 117010
Price: $26.95

This is a simple and straightforward plan . . . the more stamp sets you purchase, the greater the difference you make! Often it is the simplest plans that work best. :o)

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Who said Valentine's have to be red?

2010-01-25T08:00:00.003-06:00

Who said that Valentine's have to be pink & red?! I got this idea from Tami White's blog. I changed it up a bit . . . but I used the Scallop Envelope die, Heart-to-Heart punch, and the Well Scripted stamp set.

I loved the way the hearts seemed to be floating out of the envelope. Since it's not a difficult card, this will be a perfect Valentine's day card, for the kids class I'm having on Saturday! They're also going to be making a Tin Scrapbook . . . I'll post pictures later.

Valentine's Day is now less than three weeks away (three weeks from yesterday) . . . are you ready? What are you getting that special person, in your life?

Thank you for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Rag Purses

2010-01-24T08:22:00.008-06:00

Theresa (AKA: Sissy) and Cara came over yesterday, to make Rag Purses. We made their purses a bit bigger than the denim one I made. They actually have lots of "stuff" they want to put in theirs! :o)

Cara is going use her purse as a diaper bag and Sissy is going to use hers as a sport purse (when they go to their sporting events) . . . hence the reason it contains all forms of sports. She even included the KU Jayhawk too . . . but she covered him up with her button! Isn't that a shame . . . poor Jayhawk? :o( We cut one out for Cara's friend, Marie, who couldn't make it . . . but she's gotta sew her purse together on her own. Didn't they turn out cute?

We used the Scallop Square die, which makes it a breeze to cut out (can go through about 8 layers of thin fabric). After you sew it all together, you make slices along the scallop edge . . . once it's all sliced, run it through your washer & dryer about 2-3 times and viola'!

We started around 1:00P + dinner + a trip to JoAnn's (for more fabric) + cutting out three purses and sewing? They did great! Sissy's husband about flipped, when she called at 10:00P to tell him that she was on her way home! :o) Too funny!

Had a great time with you two gals!

Patrick is doing MUCH better today . . . thanks for all the well wishes for the 'lil man! ;o) Thank you for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Ornament Punch - New Use!

2010-01-23T10:09:00.004-06:00

Looking for a new use for your Stampin' Up! Ornament Punch?

This card was in out Stampin' Success magazine this month and once I saw it . . . I just had to go and make it! New uses, for punches we already have is always good . . . right?!?! :o) I changed a few things (embossing the cardstock and a making a knot in the ribbon), but who would have thunk . . . an ornament punch as a fish?!

Poor 'lil Patrick has been getting sick since about 3:30A! Nathan has something very similar last Thursday . . . but it only lasted that evening. Hopefully Patrick's symptoms last just as short as Nathan's did. Your heart just goes out to your kids, when they're sick, doesn't it? There's not much you can do . . . except give them medicine (in hopes that it'll stay down) and give them lots of love & snuggle time! :o)

Hope you're enjoying your weekend! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

p.s. Don't forget to enter your e-mail address (on the left), if you'd like to receive an e-mail whenever I post. :o)

Look at what came today!

2010-01-21T17:32:00.004-06:00

Okay . . . I came home from work today and this was in the hallway and I just started to laugh. Wanna know why? Click on the picture and look at the box closely on the top/left! Oh my . . . it absolutely cracked me up!! Tell me you didn't crack a smile, after seeing it! :o) For those of you that placed orders . . . I'll be contacting you tomorrow, to arrange delivery of your order! :o) Isn't Sale-A-Bration time just wonderful?!?!

I've got a workshop tonight, at the church we belong to . . . I have everything organized and ready to go . . . just gotta pack my car. I'll try and sneak a picture or two! :o)

Hope you're having a wonderful week! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Old Window - New Purpose

2010-01-19T17:02:00.009-06:00

One night on my way home, awhile ago, I passed by a house that had a bunch of windows in their front yard with a sign saying "free" next to them . . . at the time, I had NO idea what I was going to do with them . . . but I packed my 'lil SUV with as many windows as would fit in the back! When I showed them to Terry, he thought I'd fallen off my rocker! :o) I just new there was something crafty we could do with these . . . hmmm . . . old windows + paper + pictures = treasure! Jenny came over yesterday and we "played" with our windows!

Here's the one I did . . . Jenny is still trying to figure out how to e-mail pictures from her new phone! :o) Once she figures that out, I'll post what her window looks like. I used temporary adhesive, so I can change them out whenever I want. I put this in our dining room (for now) . . . but I think it looks pretty good on top of Grandma Betty's cabinet. I have one more picture to put on there + some embellishments . . . but didn't it turn out cute?

Hope you're having a great day! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Valentine's Day Workshop Card

2010-01-13T20:24:00.003-06:00

Here's the one of the cards for the Valentine's Day workshop, this Friday. We're going to use the new Sweetheart Treat Cups! I just love the heart shape! I had some left over M&Ms at home, so I could show you . . . but we're going to use some Red Hots for Friday night! If you haven't RSVP'd yet . . . be sure to do so! I'll have the White Russians ready! ;o)

I've purchased some new items, from the Mini catalog and boy-oh-boy are they cute! One of my favorites is the Boy Love Bots Kit . . . it is SO cute! I bought the boys their own personalized stamps, with their names on it . . . they're SO excited! I just hope I can have enough restraint, to allow THEM to stamp their names on these boxes!

I hope you're having a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

p.s. Slight change in plans, for the Spring Fling weekend . . . the Make-n-Take passport is now included in your registration fee! :o) Gosh, we're going to have alot of fun!

Spring Fling Crop

2010-01-12T08:00:00.005-06:00

Do you stamp, paper craft, knit, cross-stitch, or scrapbook and have UFO’s (UnFinished Objects) in your home? Come have a creative and relaxing "Spring Fling" weekend with your girlfriends, on Friday - March 12th - Sunday - 14th, 2010 at the Overland Park Embassy Suites. If you're intersted, e-mail me and I'll send you the reservation form.

Embassy Suites has a delicious full, cooked-to-order breakfast each morning; 7:30 am – 10:30 am Saturday and Sunday AND a complimentary Manager’s Reception from 5:30 – 7:30 pm! Each room has a king size bed and a queen-sized pullout couch. There is pricing if you're planning on coming on your own or with 1-3 of your girlfriends.

Once you get settled in your suite, you'll receive a cute Stampin' Up! welcome packet. There will also be a $15 Passport, where you can go around to Stampin' Up! Demonstrators suites and create Make-n-Takes. You'll have all weekend to complete your passport. Once your passport is full, turn it in for the Passport Drawing! Be sure to come up with your suite theme too (outfits, suite decorations, etc). We'll be having a prize for the best themed suite too!

Hope you can join us! We're going to have SO much fun!! Thanks for stopping by my craft room.
Peggy

p.s. There will be a "Best Decorated Door" contest . . . so start thinking on how you're going to decorate your door! The door must include all the suite-mates names on the decorated door! WAHOO!

Rag Purse

2010-01-11T21:47:00.008-06:00

This is the hottest thing with all the SU! gals . . . running fabric through the Big Shot! You can make purses, with the Scallop Square Stampin' Up! Clear Bigz die, or fabric flowers (as Shelli Gardner did, using the Stampin’ Up! Flower Folds die) . . . all using your Big Shot machine and some fabric! Another cool thing . . . it will cut out about 6-8 layers of light fabric at once (with the denim material, it was about 4 layers)! Cool, huh?

I do need to run this one through the washer & dryer, so the edges ravel some more . . . but I just had to show you! If you're interested in the workshop, on January 23rd @ 1:00P . . . e-mail me and I'll let you know the fabric requirements. You will need to provide/bring a sewing machine, fabric, thread, scissors, and straight pins. The class is $15 and includes your printed instructions, quilt batting, button cover, and a yummy salad for dinner . . . so you won't feel rushed!

I have to tell you what Sandra is doing on her blog, In This Small House . . . a "Get Healthy, Be Well Challenge"! Who would want to eat healthier? If you'd like to join the challenge, just go to her blog and the goals are there.

Gonna go throw this in the washing machine. Thanks for stopping by my craft room . . . I hope you're having a wonderful day!
Peggy

Stampin' Up! promotions started today!!

2010-01-05T07:48:00.009-06:00

I can finally show you all the great items in the Sale-A-Bration and Occasions Mini catalogs!

The Sale-A-Bration (through 3/31) and Occasions Mini (through 4/30) promotions start today! You can also order the new items, like the chalkboard elements, from the new Definitely Decorative catalog! WAHOO!

In the Sale-A-Bration catalog . . . for every $50 you spend (prior to tax and S&H), you get an item in the catalog for free! There are also some items, on the last page, that you can choose from . . . if you're looking for other stamp sets. The Occasions Mini and Definitely Decorative catalogs are packed with awesome new items! There are new Heart Treat Cups too (darling for Valentine's Day . . . hint, hint for those of you coming to the Valentine's Day workshop on the 15th) . . . SO cute!

Stamin' Up! has come out with clear mounted rubber stamps now too! OMG! If you like the functionality of clear stamps and the quality of Stampin' Up!'s stamps . . . these are definitely for you!

Be sure to check out the Clearance Rack, for some discounted items too! Also . . . don't forget about the Forget-Me-Not Keeper, that I'm offering at 10% (in January) . . . to help you get organized in 2010.

If you've been contimplating on becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator . . . now is the time! During Sale-A-Bration, join the Stampin' Up! family as a demonstrator and get 15% off your Starter Kit—plus, you can choose between the standard Starter Kit and the Digital+ Starter Kit!

Planning on coming to the Valentine's Day workshop? Please RSVP by next Wednesday, February 13th, along with the number of sets you want to make. We'll be making 2 Valentine cards . . . 1 3-D item . . . and a Christmas card.

See . . . I told you! Lots of great stuff, huh? Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Valentine's Workshop Sneak Peak!

2010-01-02T08:00:00.001-06:00

On New Year's Eve, we decided to go out to dinner . . . so we went to Red Lobster. The place was absolutely packed!! We had a 55 minute wait, but well worth it . . . we got the BEST waiter, Iluvya. We were privileged enough of having him wait on us before, when we were there in October. He's a huge guy, but when he takes your order or talks to you . . . he squats down (the boys thought that was kinda funny). Here the place was packed and he made us feel that there was no rush, he always remembered what we needed, he was cool and collected the whole time . . . what an awesome dining experience with my fellas!

Once we got home, we played Wii tennis . . . the boys kicked our butts! We knew the boys wouldn't make it until midnight, so we went ahead and popped their "faux" champagne at 9:00P. For Patrick, 9:00P was doing good. He normally drops (literally) somewhere around 8:00P or 8:30P.

Here's one thing that we haven't done, in the monthly workshops . . . a 3" x 3" card! Guess what?!?! We are now . . . with Rich Razzleberry & Kiwi Kiss! :o) I keep forgetting about this size of card, but it's a perfect size for on top of a package. We're going to use the new punch too! WAHOO!

So . . . is everyone up to creating a Christmas card, each month? If so . . . we'll do the snowman fella . . . so let me know, okay?

Just THREE more days until Sale-A-Bration and Occasions Mini!! OMG . . . I can hardly wait!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room,
Peggy

A My Digital Studio Page

2010-01-01T14:54:00.017-06:00

I finally got my little camera hooked up to my laptop . . . so guess what I just had to do?! I created a My Digital Studio scrapbook page! I created this one totally from scratch and it really was easy, to drag and drop pictures . . . add embellishments . . . and pick the background DSP. Boy am I getting so many things done with my time off! Next thing is to get my new 12" printer hooked into our network, so I can print this puppy off! :o)

These photos were from the local scrapbook convention, that we all went to in October. So you know the gals that I talk about . . . on the right side circles (from top to bottom): Jenny, Tammy, Me, Cara, Theresa (my sister) . . . also in the group photo (at the bottom) . . . there is Karen (far left), Laurie (far right on crutches, she'd just had knee surgery . . . what a trooper), along with Stacy Croninger (Editor-in-Chief of Paper Crafts magazine).

We stayed at the Embassy Suites (pretty close to the convention), which worked perfect for scrapbook weekends . . . 'cause you have a "crafting" room and a bedroom. You can see, in the bottom/left picture, how we had our living/crafting room set up. It was so much fun!

I feel very fortunate, to have such great friends and family to do things like this with. ;o)

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Catalogs Delayed

2010-01-01T08:00:00.001-06:00

Happy New Year!

I know you're checking your mailbox everyday, anticipating the arrival of you Mini and Sale-A-Bration catalogs . . . right?!?!? Well . . . I wanted to let all of you know that there has been a delay mailing out the Sale-A-Bration brochures and Occasions Mini Catalogs. Stampin' Up! will sending out the Sale-A-Bration brochures beginning January 8th, and Occasions Mini Catalogs beginning January 15th. I apologize for any inconvenience . . . I will have some catalogs at the January workshop, for you to glance at though. :o)

I've added a new "gadget" to my blog, on the left side. Want to receive an e-mail, when I post? Just add your e-mail address under the "Subscribe via email". The gadget will then send you an e-mail, to confirm you wish to receive via e-mail (so be sure to check your spam mail) . . . click on the link and viola . . . you're set!

Want to start 2010 off organized? I’m running a special on the Forget-Me-Not Keeper, through the end of January, at 10% off! The cost: $10.75/each! Lose the mess—keep the memories! This versatile, archival Forget-Me-Not Keeper provides a convenient way to store and organize photos, or to use as a card organizer for remembering the important people in your life. The twelve dividers allow you to organize photos by theme, month, or occasion.

· White polypropylene with Silver metal snaps
· 12 polypropylene dividers included
· 8-5/8" long x 6-5/8" wide x 5" high when assembled
· Ships flat
· Archival quality, assembles quickly and easilyHolds approximately 720 photos

Be sure to e-mail me, if you'd like to order one . . . as my website will not take the 10% off your order. :o( Also . . . don't forget that for every $50 you spend, starting January 5th, you get an item in the Sale-A-Bration catalog free! Like the Scallop Trim Border punch, from the Snowman Magnet! Guess what?! There is a corner punch that goes with it too . . . it's in the Occasions Mini catalog, for $9.95. See . . . I've already helped you spend $21! You're almost 1/2 way there . . . need anymore help?!?! :o)

I hope 2010 brings you, and your family, much happiness! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

Embellishing Again!

2009-12-31T08:00:00.004-06:00

Hi there . . . from snowy Kansas and Happy New Year's Eve! I've gotta say that the boys are so enjoying time out in the snow . . . I really think Terry is tired of shoveling snow now though! :o)

While my guys were out shoveling and playing in the snow yesterday . . . again! . . . I took it upon myself to get even more Home Decor Elements up! :o) I'm on a roll aren't I?! Here's a sneak peak at one of the new Chalkboard Element (small - 13.95" x 15.95"), in the new Definitely Decorative insert! Ordering from this catalog starts January 5th!

I put this up on the door leading to the craft room . . . for a friendly reminder, as the girls are leaving, when the next workshop will be! :o) Here's your friendly reminder today, that the next workshop is Friday, January 15th @ 6:30P!

Shelli Gardner, CEO and co-founder of Stampin' Up!, put it on a cabinet - leading into their kitchen . . . oh to have her kitchen! :o)

Okay . . . here's a 'lil sneak peak of your 3D project - that you'll be making at the Valentine's workshop, in a few weeks . . . a "Olive You" gum holder! :o) It's a retired stamp set, but I think it's cute . . . and fitting for Valentine's Day!

For those of you that come to the monthly workshops . . . what would you think of creating one Christmas card, at each workshop? This way, in December, you'll already have 12 Christmas cards done or if you're ambitious . . . once you find a card that you really like, you can purchase the items needed and get to making it (early)? I'll go with the majority.

I hope you have a safe and enjoyable New Year's Eve! Here's to a memorable 2010!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

2009-12-30T08:00:00.001-06:00

Don't stand too long around my craft room . . . or I'll have to embellish you, just as I did my laptop! :o)

I just had to show you how I embellished my laptop! Any of the small Vinyl Home Decor Elements would work. I used the Flower Garden (small), but I've also seen this done with the Upsy Daisy one and it's really cute too!

I decided to take another vacation day, to be with my fellas. So my work week just got tougher . . . ONE work day this week! GEEZ . . . how am I going to manage that?! :o)

Can't believe that 2009 is almost gone! I hope you have a wonderful New Year's Eve & New Year's Day! Please be safe tomorrow night, in whatever you decide to do.

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Snowman Magnet

2009-12-29T09:34:00.009-06:00

As I'm enjoying time off and spending time with my family . . . I've discovered that I could SO enjoy being a SAHM! I've really been enjoying this time with all my guys . . . I'd switch with Terry in a heart beat!

I've got some exchanging to do today . . . Terry purchased us a heated mattress cover for Christmas (as I used to put 3 blankets on top of the covers, on my side

of the bed). He thought I'd still be cold (my nature - I even wear sweats in the summer time too, in the house) . . . so he purchased a heated blanket as well! :o) The heated mattress cover is awesome!! It keeps me toasty warm! So, I need to take the heated blanket back,
since it's not necessary. I'm thinking about getting one of those Snuggies, for when we're in the living room. Do you have one? Do you like it?

We've been playing the Wii alot . . . Nathan is quite the 'lil expert tennis player and Patrick had a 178 bowling game! Who would have thunk that a gaming system would be so much fun?! The boys are really enjoying kicking our "tushes" on the games too!

I have been been making time to do some crafting too! WAHOO! We're having a downline meeting, on Sunday, and we have to create something from the new Mini or Sale-A-Brations catalog. I saw this Snowman Magnet, on Dawn Griffith's website and changed it up a bit, to incorporate the new Mini & Sale-A-Bration catalogs. I used the Tote-ally Tess stamp set (for the sentiment, thought it was fitting for a snowman), in the new Mini catalog, and the Scallop Trim Border Punch, from the Sale-A-Brations catalog). Isn't he cute? I just fell in love with him!

These items will be available to you on January 5th! If you're on my mailing list, you should be receiving these catalogs in the mail soon. Oh . . . just wait until you see 'em! For every $50 you spend, you get an item free from the Sale-A-Bration catalog . . . what a deal! If you're not on my mailing list . . . you can sign up for it here. You don't have to be here in KC either . . . I'll be happy to mail you these catalogs, for you out-of-KC crafters too! ;o)

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Happy Holidays!

2009-12-27T07:53:00.008-06:00

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season! I can't believe the Christmas has now come and gone . . . I took off Monday & Tuesday, of next week, to spend at home with my men. We'll get off early on New Year's Eve . . . so I've got a REAL rough work week ahead of me (1.5 days)! GEEZ! :o)

Theresa and her family came over on Christmas Eve, for our traditional boiled shrimp dinner! Theresa made Mom's cheese ball . . . she had to modify since Kraft doesn't make Roka Blue cheese any longer. It turned out absolutely yummy! Great job Sissy! We did cut the evening short, since the weather was starting to get bad. Dad & LaDonna stayed at their home this year . . . since LaDonna was starting to come down with something and the predicted weather wouldn't be fun with a 2 hour drive home! We sure missed PaPa & LaLa though . . . and we hope LaLa gets to feeling better soon.

I did take some time out this morning, to create this digital scrapbook page on My Digital Studio. This was a pre-made page, I just filled in the journaling and dropped in the photos. Terry got me a 12" printer, for Christmas, so I can print these pages off! WAHOO! We have to network the printer first . . . but he's an expert when it comes to stuff like that.

We've also had a snow blizzard here, in Kansas City! The snow started on Christmas Eve and really hasn't stopped! We did have a white Christmas though . . . something we haven't had in years! It was beautiful! We've pretty much stayed inside . . . watching it snow, cooking, eating, and playing with the Wii. No complaints here though! :o) We are going to venture out today . . . after we clear off the driveway.

I hope the rest of your holiday season is merry . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Video from Santa

2009-12-22T22:01:00.006-06:00

Okay . . . I just went through and filled in the blanks, explaining what Nathan and Patrick want from Santa, their ages, uploaded photo, etc. and I have to say that this is awesome! All you have to do is go to http://portablenorthpole.tv and fill in the blanks . . . this would be great on kiddos that still believe in Santa or could have a bit of disbelief?

We're going to have the boys watch it tomorrow . . . after we come home from Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Sqeakquel movie!! WAHOO! Terry is SO looking forward to seeing this, on opening day! :o) What we do for our kids, huh?

I had made a bunch of these snowmen grouping . . . but wanted to make something different with them, for the gals at my office. So I embossed Whisper White cardstock, with Petals-A-Plenty Impression Folder . . . then I dotted all the middles with a Real Red Write Marker. Whatcha think?

Just a few more days, until Santa comes . . . are you ready? Thanks for stopping by my craft room,
Peggy

Blog Candy Winner(s)!

2009-12-20T22:24:00.003-06:00

Sorry I didn't post this yesterday . . . this weekend has been nuts, I'm sure as your weekend has been too (the week before Christmas).

Both Theresa and Tammy had equal number of posted comments . . . so the blog candy winner is . . . you BOTH won!

Congratulations ladies!!

Holiday Decorating + Fourth Project

2009-12-15T07:48:00.018-06:00

We finally put up our tree over the weekend, later than we normally put it up, and decorated the house. Although I love the decorating part of it and final outcome, I've always hated dragging the stuff upstairs. . . and then packing it all away. Luckily, Terry helps bring it all upstairs and then helps me pack it all away. What a dear husband I have! ;o)

When Terry's Mom passed away, there was a cabinet in her garage that she'd put all her gardening tools in. When the kids (Terry and his siblings) asked me if there was anything in the house that I'd like . . . it was this cabinet. They thought I was nuts! I've just always LOVED this cabinet . . . we didn't have a buffet/breakfront, in our dining room, so I thought it would be great there. Can you believe they thought it was junk?!

Here is your fourth project, for Friday evening! I had gotten the idea, from a card swap that we had back in November . . . from Jeri. Her card was a bit different, I had to change it because I didn't have all the same stamp sets that she'd used. I think it came out really cute though . . . I just love the Jumbo Snowflake punch with the half pearl (from the Pretties Kit)! See you gals on Friday night!!

I can't believe that Christmas is just a little over a week away! Are you ready? We have one present to mail off, to an out-of-town neice in Colorado, and then I'll start wrapping! My main concern is to get our family to feeling all better, before then . . . we're having Christmas Eve at our house this year (with my side of the family), for our traditional boiled shrimp dinner! YUMMY!

I hope this finds you well . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

Third Workshop Project

2009-12-10T11:53:00.014-06:00

I'd found this at Dina's blog and thought it was SO CUTE! Here's your Hershey bar tease . . . when you pull up on the bow, it pulls up the bar.

Don't forget to RSVP (via e-mail) for the workshop. I need to know if you're coming on Tuesday or Friday and how many sets you're wanting to make ($10/1 set or $18/2 sets).

Poor 'lil Patrick is at home sick, with a temperature, today. When I called home, to find out how our 'lil patient was . . . apparently he thought it was pretty cool when Dad brought him cinnamon/sugar toast and orange juice to his bed on a TV tray this morning. :o) Hopefully it's just a little bug that goes away soon . . .

Hope you're having a quality day . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!

Peggy

First My Digital Studio Page

2009-12-08T21:50:00.012-06:00

This is my first My Digital Studio Page! My Digital Studio is a new Stampin' Up! product that does digital paper crafting (from scrapbook pages, calendars, DVD/MultiMedia, and cards). . . and it also coordinates with all the Stampin' Up! colors too (so you can make a "hybrid" project by adding paper, embellishments, and ribbon you already have)! Cool, huh? .

Don't look at the pictures too closely . . . you know how everyone looks on Christmas morning?! :o) Nathan had decided to try his talent out with scissors about a week before Christmas . . . so if you look at his picture, that's why he's got a buzz haircut and you can see scalp (right in the front of his head)! I don't see him being a barber in his future!

This was a pre-made Designer page, so all I had to do is drag and drop the pictures in! Easy-peasy! You can also design your own pages too, if you'd like. Gosh I'm having so much fun playing with it and it's very user friendly too . . . you don't have to be a rocket scientist to use this software! I'm thinking I want to go back and embellish it a bit though, maybe with some ribbon/ties + add journaling . . .

If you're interested in purchasing this product, I'll be happy to demonstrate it for you. You can also purchase it directly off my website and through January 4th, when you purchase My Digital Studio . . . you'll get a Décor Elements for FREE (up to a $16.95 value)!

I'll post your Hershery bar tease later! :o) Thanks for stopping by my craft room.
Peggy

First snow fall . . .

2009-12-08T19:58:00.007-06:00

Isn't the first real snow just beautiful?! Our local weather people state that we could get anywhere between a dusting to 8 inches . . . oh my! Good thing I got 4-wheel drive!

Terry strung the lights on our house last weekend too . . . I don't know why, but I'm a very anal-retentive on straight/white Christmas lights. Doesn't he do a superb job?! Once I took the picture, I came in to let him know that we've (he's) got two lights out over the garage . . . (giggling)

Tomorrow, our company is having our annual "Winter Folly". Some of the associates do a skit, play music, sing, dance, etc. It's a neat winter/Christmas program, to kick off the holiday season. I volunteered to make cookies (there is a bunch of us that volunteered to bake cookies). Our company has about 15K - 19K associates world-wide and about 90% are in the Kansas City area . . . not all of 'em come to the Winter Folly, but there are quite alot that do attend. I was watching Ask Aida, on the Food Network, over the weekend and immediately knew the cookie I wanted to try! She made these Honey-Almond Lace Cookies that looked scrumptious and weren't too difficult to make. I have to tell you . . . they are like you're biting into a Heath Bar . . . they're simply delicious! I hope they go over well . . . the small ones I made for the boys to try.

Tomorrow, on the way home, I'm going to stop off an pick up some Hershey bars . . . for the gals coming next week . . . is that a tease or what?! Once I pick 'em up, I'll post the picture of your third project. :o)

I hope you're having a good week . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Another December Workshop Card

2009-12-05T10:03:00.007-06:00

Here is another card, that you'll be making at the December workshop! We used this Medallion stamp back in October . . . we're using it as a wreath this month! :o)

Theresa came over last night and we worked on teacher gifts. We stayed up until about 2:30A! Why is it that it seems that time just stands still and you can forget all about sleep deprivation, when just chatting with your sister or BFFs? I swear we could solve ALL world problems at that time of the morning, couldn't we?! :o)

We made mini Santa pails this year (about 14" in diameter) . . . but I think they turned out really cute! The belt buckle is made with the Stampin' Up! Curly Label punch and a 3/4" square punch. We'd made "real" size paint cans last year . . . you could fill it with stuff, but it really did take alot of stuff to fill it too! After finding (and reading) last year's blog, seems that Sissy and I have a habit of staying up late crafting, don't we?!?! LOVE IT and wouldn't have it any other way though!

Since Patrick has the same teacher, that Nathan had last year, I guess she'll have a mini matching paint tin now! :o)

We're going to make two other items on the 18th . . . finishing up the samples to show you, so stay tuned! I'll be sending out an e-mail reminder next week, but don't forget to RSVP on the December workshop.

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

December Workshop Card

2009-12-01T20:03:00.010-06:00

Happy December 1st . . . 24 days until Christmas!

I got all excited last night when I saw a Stampin' Up! envelope in the mail! WAHOO . . . it's the Petals of Plenty embossing folder!? NO! I opened it . . . and believe it or not . . . it was empty! That is the first time that's ever happened to me . . . empty! I called them today and they're sending one out to me 2nd day air . . . should be here on Friday!

Here is one of the cards we're going to make on December 18th, at the December workshop. Whatcha think? When I found this on Angie Juda's website and just fell in love! I showed the card to Terry and he liked it enough to ask if we could make this our 2009 Christmas cards! Oh geez . . . twist my arm?! I just absolutely positively do love this 'lil snowman group (along with the rest of the stamps in this Level 3 Hostess stamp set). I just love this picture of the boys, in their KU shorts. I took this picture on Halloween day, before Daddy racked up all the leaves . . . I got a bunch of 'em printed, to put inside our Christmas cards too . . . they just look so darn cute!

Don't forget to follow me and leave comments, for a chance to win the December Blog Candy! Good luck!

Hope you had a fantastic day . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Thanksgiving Weekend + December Blog Candy!

2009-11-29T17:32:00.016-06:00

I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Wow . . . we've had a packed weekend, as I'm sure the rest of you have also. Here's the four of us, at Thanksgiving. We made all our family favorites, so we felt the love of loved ones. Funny how the boys taste buds are getting more refined, so they're now liking the dressing, cranberry salad, and pumpkin pie. Oh boy are they!! :o)

On Friday, we only had to work a 1/2 day at work (the day after Thanksgiving we always close @ 1:00P). After work, we drove to Dad & LaDonna's house, to spend some time with them and winterize the camper.

Clinton, MO has their lighting ceremony & holiday parade on Friday night . . . none of us been before, so we drove to the square and enjoyed the lights and watched the parade. Longtime friends of LaDonna's spent the Thanksgiving weekend with them, Bob & Linda, and they went with us to the downtown square too. This was a mini version of the Kansas City Plaza lighting ceremony, but beautiful just the same.

There is a group of 7 of us that attempt to together (we try monthly) and scrapbook/crop. We've decided to have a little holiday swap, the only stipulation we made is that it has to be homemade. Here's what I've made . . . but I'm not telling you what I'm filling 'em with! :o) That part has to be a surprise for the girls! I just love these 'lil jars, can you tell? I think they're so versatile with any holiday, to fill them with candy, etc. I can't wait to make these for Valentine's Day! We just might have to do something at the January workshop with these, for Valentine's Day! Whatcha think?

I've also been playing with our Christmas card. The embossing folder I want to use has been on back order, but should be here on Tuesday! WAHOO! Here's a mock-up of the card so far . . . I've got some tweaking to do (like change out the ribbon and use the Petals-A-Plenty embossing folder). I used the new Simmer Paint too, that I applied with a Sponge Dauber. If you click on the picture you can see the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint better, around the outside of the tree. I just love the little extra this adds. I didn't want to cut my embossing folder, so I cut out a tree in the center of some dense foam . . . this way it doesn't emboss where I want the tree to go. I got the idea from Patty's Stampin' Spot . . . except my shape is a tree (instead of an oval). I'm really liking the way the card is turning out.

Don't forget . . . the Online Extravaganza ends tomorrow evening! You can either order directly off my website or e-mail me your order, before 9:00P tomorrow evening . . . either way, it takes about a week for the order some come in.

Starting with this blog post . . . here's some December Blog Candy (for the snowman jar on the left)! The drawing will be on December 19th @ 12:00 CST. So be sure to 1. follow me (on the left side of the blog) and 2. leave comments often! Limit is one comment per post . . . who ever leaves the most comments wins (in case of a tie, radom.org will pick the winner)! Good luck!

Hope you have a wonderful day . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-26T08:04:00.002-06:00

I hope that you and your family have a most joyful Thanksgiving Day!

May your upcoming holiday season bring you good health, absolutely no stress, and wonderful memories!

Thank you for stopping by my craft room . . . Happy Thanksgiving!
Peggy

Huge Stampin' Up! Sale

2009-11-23T16:49:00.007-06:00

Stampin' Up! is having a huge sale, starting today through November 30th @ 11:50 pm (MT).

Visit my website, to see the great deals . . . card making bundles, scrapbooking bundles, accessories, 30%, 40%, and even 50% off!

Thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Craft Show Yesterday . . .

2009-11-22T07:17:00.003-06:00

Theresa & I were at the Eagle Glen Elementary School craft show yesterday. We had SO much fun, meeting new gals that stopped by, got to spend quality time with my Sissy, and hootin' it up with Jennifer . Jennifer now refers to us as her "Partners in Craft". Cute huh? :o) Here's the picture Jennifer took of us yesterday.

Thank you to all the ladies that stopped by the booth! Congratulations to Elizabeth H. from Raymore, MO on winning the stamp set drawing! WAHOO!

Once I got back home, Terry had dinner made (the Chicken & Rice with Celery Soup) . . . and the he helped me move everything back to the basement. I attempted to unpack the "Green Coffin" . . . but by the time I got home, we had dinner, I made a little jar for Theresa (for her to give to the teachers for Thanksgiving), and then I was starting to get a migraine. I took my medicine and poof . . . off to went to bed! Patrick came and snuggled with me . . . nothin' better than snuggling with one of your kiddos is there?! :o)

We're going to the Chiefs game today, with Theresa and Bruce. Even though the Chiefs aren't having the best season this year . . . I just LOVE the energy out at Arrowhead! I look forward to this day with them each year! GO CHIEFS!

I hope you have a wonderful day . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy

Little Jars

2009-11-18T17:49:00.014-06:00

Happy Hump Day! I hope your day has gone well.

I had seen this idea on Angie Juda's website and just fell in love with it! I e-mailed her, to find out where she got the little jars . . . and bingo . . . I was hot-tailin' it out the door! Luckily, I'm married to a great fella that understands the "urgency" to go get crafting stuff! :o) I think the snowman one would be cute with some homemade hot chocolate in it . . . perfect for a neighbor gift, during the holidays!

I'm going to make some of these little jars for the craft show that Theresa and I are going to be at on Saturday . . . Eagle Glen Intermediate School (from 9A - 4P). We're going to be close to Jennifer Goode too . . . the gourd gal that we met at the last craft show! She's so much fun! On her website, she's come out with ornament gourds . . . oh my gosh! This will be detrimental to my profit margin, on Saturday! :o)

Well, the little turkeys were a hit last night, at the workshop! I can't believe that Thanksgiving is just a week away! Where has 2009 gone? Since this is one of Terry's "firsts", without his Mom . . . he was wanting to just spend Thanksgiving at home. We'll (of course) be watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade, during all the dinner preparations! :o) What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

We're having a Thanksgiving Tiger Cub Pot Luck Dinner tomorrow night. My DH is making his Mom's cranberry salad. I'll have to take a FoodNetwork picture of it and post it. It's very tasty, even with nuts, and it's a beautiful color . . . very festive!

Have a wonderful day . . . thanks for stopping by my craft room!
Peggy