Theresa's Cards

Here are pictures of the cards Theresa made on Saturday . . . didn't she do a fantastic job?! Theresa got her inspiration off of Sue Nelson's website. Sue is a very talented gal . . . be sure to check her website out! Maybe she'll be the inspiration for your next card too!

Thanks for stopping by the craft room! Great job Sissy, on your cards!
Peggy

March Blog Candy . . .

Well . . . we're still not as organized as we would like, to give to our tax accountant . . . but we're another step closer! I just had to stop and show you what you could win, for the Blog Candy!!

Want to know the March Blog Candy? If you are the March winner . . . you'll win your choice of either Paperboard Fairies or Chipboard Queens! There are quite a few paperboard pieces, in these . . . perfect for a scrapbook or card embellishment!

Theresa e-mailed me pictures of all her card projects, from yesterday . . . I'll be sure to post them tomorrow! Until then, I hope you have a quality day!

Good luck ladies! Thanks for stopping by the craft room!
Peggy

Dotte Crop

Us girls had a WONDERFUL time yesterday! There were 12 of us gals, Melanie and Laurie left earlier in the night and missed out on the Kodak moment! :o)

We had some "fresh meat" there too! Karen (grey outfit) showed up to the crop. She and her husband recently moved here from Texas, but was originally from Tennessee. Funny . . . she didn't really know a soul there, but because of common interest of crafting/scrapbooking and her personality, she fit in perfectly!

Jenny brought us a little project to do, that we'd seen @ Jeri's on Tuesday evening . . . covered Hershey Bunnies! (shhhh . . . we scraplifted!) Are they cute?! Take a 5"x6" piece of designer paper and wrap your chocolate bar . . . then you'll need the following punches: large and small oval (ears), 1 3/8" circle (head), 3/4" circle (face), and regular paper punch (eyes) or you can get googly eyes. You can cut a rectangle out, for the teeth, or leave it off . . . it looks cute either way.

I played with some of my new stamp sets and got a some cards and scrapbook pages done. Theresa's already starting on her Christmas cards! :o) She made four different ones; they all turned out really cute! I'll have her send them to me, so you could see them. Jenny reincarnated some glass Frappuccino bottles, covered some paper around the middle of the glass and pop-dotted a scalloped circle on the top . . . they were cute! Melanie came and made 3 recipe book fronts, for her sisters. Melanie and her three sisters get together every year for a weekend . . . Melanie is making each of them a family recipe book. Cute idea huh?!

I have to share this with you . . . Theresa found these @ Michael's, in the $1 section! The chipboard and jump-ring was $1 + the pre-cut paper was $1 . . . so for $2, you have a cute little chipboard album! They have the star, a house, and a water splash . . . wouldn't the house be cute for first-time home buyers? I asked Theresa to get me the star, so I could put the boys pictures of their achievements or classmates, etc.

I had a fantastic day, with a wonderful group of gals! Thanks for stopping by the craft room!
Peggy

p.s. Gotta go finish getting our taxes ready . . . I'll post the blog candy later today!

This weekend . . .

Hey there ladies! I hope you've had alot of fun, these past few days, and all is well!

This Saturday, a bunch of us gals are getting together and renting a hall for $50/day. Depending on how many of us show up, we divide it evenly among all of us equally. Jenny asked if I would bring the little triangle box, for a $1 Make & Take. (Oh darn . . . a reason I have to go downstairs to craft AND make a little money too?! Twist my arm, why don't 'ya?!) I changed the colors a bit . . . and the stamp . . . but here's what the M&T looks like, for Saturday. The below diagram is how you make the triangle box. Once you have the box made, punch some holes @ the top and string some ribbon through it (this will hold it together - see other picture, for punch placement).

I just gotta share this with you! Terry and I have a Mac computer at home and I use a PC all day at work. The problem I had most with the Mac is I couldn't do spreadsheets or a text document very easily at home. Problem solved! Terry bought me Office:Mac, off eBay, and it arrived today! WAHOO! I can do Excel spreadsheets & Word documents now! Isn't it wonderful, when it is the small things in life that make your socks go up-n-down?! Good thing I'm easy to please, huh?! :o)

Tomorrow night, I will be deciding on what to take on Saturday and packing all my stuff. I promise I will take some pictures on Saturday, so you can see all of us gals "crafting" . . . so far, I believe there is about 15 of us. We're going to have so much fun! I can't wait!

I'll post on Sunday . . . okey dokey? I'll post the Blog Candy then too! Until then . . . thanks for stopping by the craft room!
Peggy

Crop with Nancy and girls . . .

Well, yesterday, I finally got to meet Nancy, Emily (Nancy's youngest daughter), and Christina (Emily's friend)! Nancy and Jenny met years ago, via work . . . I can see why they became friends! Nancy has a great sense of humor, a kind heart, and that Minnesooota accent . . . too cute!

Here we all are (L-R: Cyndi, Jenny, Laurie, and Nancy), before we all got REALLY started . . . you can tell, because you can still see the table in the picture! :o)

Jenny had some projects, for the teenagers to do . . . stamping on tile + decoupaging some wooden boxes, etc. and the projects turned out really cute!

Jenny and Nancy worked on their address books, the workshop from last month. I got done with my stuff, so I asked if they wanted me to help with one of their divider sheets . . . heck, they had 13 to create! I took one of the Stampin' Up! stamps with a porcupine and a butterfly on it's nose . . . stamped the sentiment, "Thanks for sharing you with me". I made a little pocket and put a piece of cardstock in it. On the piece of paper, they are to write each other a note (about their weekend together) and then swap 'em, before Nancy leaves on Wednesday. I thought it would be neat, to look back on the address book, years from now, and remember the weekend, etc. Cute huh?!

Okay . . . now onto the food section of our day! Scott really out-did himself! Not only did he make us gals Taco Soup . . . but he made these cute 'lil Phillo cups, with a chicken, taco seasoning, and cheese mixture (for an appetizer). Jenny said that he comes up with these food concoctions on his own . . . great job Scott . . . they were delicious!

We all had a great time crafting @ Jenny & Scott's house and it was wonderful to finally meet Nancy!

Thank you for stopping by the craft room!
Peggy

SU Regional Seminar in Lincoln, NE

Oh my gosh! I had SO much fun @ the Regional Seminar! Look at all the card swaps I came home with?! It was such a great experience! I left yesterday @ 8:45A . . . got to Lincoln around 12:15P. Once we got into the hall, we found seats and started swapping! It was alot like Trick or Treating, but for cards. :o) The seminar lasted until 5:00P and then I drove home . . . in some hellacious rain storms in Platte City, MO and St. Joseph, MO I might add! I was only about 1 hour from home by then, so I just threw on my wipers on high and white knuckled through it! :o)

I learned some GREAT ideas . . . a couple of them we're going to do at the Easter Workshop, on February 20th. How cute is this little basket?! I made this in a matter of minutes this morning! Take 2-Bigz Scallop Envelope die, 1-Desiger Series Paper (DSP) cut to 1"x12" (for handle), cut coordinating DSP 1 3/4" x 7 3/4" and score @ 2 1/4" and 5 1/2". Adhere together and viola' . . . you're done! If you want a thicker basket, you can cut the DSP 2" x 7 3/4" . . . it'll make it a bit wider. Wouldn't this be cute with some Easter grass, jelly beans, and Peeps?!

Today I'm going over to Jenny's house. Her friend, Nancy, is in from Minnesota, along with her daughter and daughter's friend! Jenny's having us all over for an afternoon crop @ her house. I haven't met Nancy, but have heard so much about her, from Jenny, over the years. I'm SO excited to finally meet her. I promise to sneak a picture of all of us (they think I'm bringing my camera to show them stuff from yesterday . . . HA HA HA . . . do I have news for them?!) Scott, Jenny's husband, is going to fix us Taco Soup for dinner! Scott is an absolute wonderful cook and enjoys trying out new recipes, so we know it'll be delicious!

Here are some close up pictures, of some of the cards I swapped for yesterday . . . aren't they beautiful? Thanks for stopping by the craft room!
Peggy

Getting ready for Regionals . . .

I guess I'm as ready as I ever will be, for tomorrow, at the Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar . . . I can't wait! I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve! I'd better take a sleep aide tonight, or I won't sleep! :o)

I need to thank Jeri (my Stampin' Up! upline), for all her help! She helped me map out all my projects, since I'm a newbie at all this . . . I didn't know what to expect . . . still don't, but I feel more prepared thanks to Jeri!

Jeri also created a blog yesterday too! She's a very talented lady and has a inspiring craft room . . . I've learned so much from her! Check out Jeri's blog and leave a comment . . . remember how excite we all got, when we all got our first comments posted on our blogs?

Dad is back home now! He had his first physician appointment and his BP was 120/70 and his HR was in the low 80's! SUCCESS! Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers ladies!

Okay . . . gotta get up early tomorrow . . . got a 3.5 hour car ride (by myself)! Oh Sissy, you can only imagine all the songs I'm going to be singing on the way to Nebraska . . . I'll have my own 'lil rock concert! :o)

I'll upload all my swaps, once I get back home! Thanks for stopping by the craft room!
Peggy

Get Well Wishes Dad . . .

I went downstairs again today! :o) I had to, to be able to watch the season finale of the Bachelor . . . oh Terry . . . twist my arm!

Theresa had sent me a link to this little tea bag holder, the other day. I decided to see if I could tweak it . . . since I coincide tea bags with being ill . . . you know who I immediately thought of! Dad! The first little section is for our get well sentiments and the second little section is for the tea bag.

Dad had another Cardioversion today . . . listen to me whip out those medical terms! :o) I Cardioversion is "a brief procedure where an electrical shock is delivered to the heart to convert an abnormal heart rhythm back to a normal rhythm." In non-medical terms, they used those paddles on him. Well, guess what?! It worked! WAHOO! They had to shock him FOUR times, but so far . . . so good!

I'm going to stop by the hospital again tomorrow . . . so I decided to make this for the big guy. Hope he enjoys it (the tea bag is a flavored decaffeinated tea)!

Going to go finish watching the Bachelor finale . . . have a great night! Thanks for stopping by the craft room and all the well wishes for our Dad!
Peggy

Finally crafting today!

Awww . . . thank you Sandra! That is exactly what I did this afternoon . . . Theresa & Tammy came over to "play" AND a matter of fact, there was chocolate involved! It felt wonderful to go downstairs and craft. I'm still not all done, with all my cards that I'm taking to regionals . . . I'll save those for tomorrow night. Here are a couple cards I did, when Theresa & Tammy were over. I just got the little chef (Voilà Stampin' Up! stamp set) and the scallop envelope (it's a Sizzix brand, but I ran it through my Cuttlebug just fine) in the mail this past week . . . it sure was fun to play!

Theresa and I started "Cousin Night" last year. Once a month, the other ones kids go to the cousins house for a sleep over. Last night it was our turn for Cousin Night. The boys sure do enjoy their time with their cousins! Can you guess which two are mine? Give you a hint . . . they take after their Mom?! :o) The boys do like cutting things out with the Cricut and coloring together, so they really had to twist their Aunt's arm to craft! We had our traditional Pancake Puffs (something different than just pancakes), for breakfast and then Theresa & Bruce were here to pick the boys up. :o( It is not only fun for the boys to have time with their cousins, but it gives the non-hosting parents get a date night! ;o)

Dad had a pretty bad time, when Theresa and I went to see him this morning. His blood pressure was 55 over ?, the doctor couldn't hear his systolic number at all. I can honestly say, the doctor & nurses were ALL over it/him! He had about 10 people in his room . . . pumpin' drugs in him, taking blood, and hookin' him up for an EKG. After about 35 minutes, his blood pressure (BP) was getting back to where it should be and he started getting some color back in his checks. You could tell he was beat and he was yawning alot . . . so we took that as a clue to let him rest. Just hung up with him and his BP and heart rate were both doing pretty good. They're doing another test tomorrow . . . we'll keep our fingers crossed that this goes well, so he's on his way to recovering.

Thank you for the thoughts and prayers . . . and stopping by the craft room! :o) Talk at 'ya tomorrow!
Peggy

The February Blog Candy winner is . . . Tammy! Congratulations Tammy!!

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I've made up some of my swaps, for the Nebraska regional seminar . . . I'll upload them later today!

Thanks for stopping by the craft room! Have a great day! GO KU!! :o)
Peggy