nothing clever right now....

well, actually is it ever clever or am I just in a delusion?

Well any way, got back from camping Monday instead of Sunday, am I surprised?  Eugene always like to take an extra day if possible and it was possible. (my p key on my computer keeps sticking...)

We got home in time for me to have Christmas card night....pizza and stamping.

Today Mom made 12 Christmas cards and helped me finish 20 Church cards.

Several of you (hi Carol) wanted the measurements for the triple layer card...(thanks Barbara), so here they are.

Card base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded in half...cut 3 pieces of Whisper White card stock 2 x 3 1/4,
3 x 4 1/4 and 4 x 5 1/4...layer them on top of each other and temporarily adhere together and stamp.
Take them apart and mount the 4 x 5 1/4 piece on the card base. Then layer a piece of 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 on top of that..layer the 3 x 4 1/4 stamped white on top of that and put your 2 x 3 1/4 stamped piece on top of a piece of 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 colored card stock..tie a ribbon and mount on top if them all...

Well have a good evening, night (it's 11 pm here and time for bed).

Planning on posting Mom's Christmas card tomorrow...

(do you know how many times I've had to retype the stuppppid P tonight>?)

Later,
Wanda

sorry no pics today....Friday that is.

I am actually writing this Thurs night to post tomorrow...my laptop with my pictures are in the camper and we're fixing to head out, but I thought I'd let you know I won't be back here till Monday...

I did take some stamping with me but it's stuff you've already seen. I am just going to finish up some extra cards that I had cut up for class and use them for church cards next week.

Have a lovely weekend..

Happy Stampin until then,
Wanda

think we are going to get a storm?

We are suppose to go camping this weekend, in fact tonight. Eugene was going to try to get home early to take the camper to Stonelick State Park.  It's not too far from here, and he is getting home late tomorrow night from work, so he thought he'd do it tonight......

They are predicting severe winds, hail and thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening...

Well enough of that.  I am also suppose to go swimming at the Y today for exercise.  I have went two other times so far, but one of my buddies can't make it.  I am waiting here from the other one....

Back to the real reason you are here...

Remember this card?.........Well here is what we did inside.....

We made it into a tunnel card! We used a regular 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 piece of card stock.  Fold it in half and then fold the two side pieces back up to the middle..cut out a piece in the center (I used the Labels Collection Framelits).  You match up the to side pieces to the card base on the two outer corners and adhere to each side.  One day I may make a video,(don't hold your breath).  I find this idea on dawnstampingthought.net, she does have a video.

Well just got a text and swimming it is...

Catch you later.
HS,
Wanda

here i am again, twice in tthe same day.....

I have a couple of things to cover...First is a card kit I am offering for next month..

I have gathered ideas from here and there and this is what I came up with...

There are 2 more cards not pictured...You get 10 pre cut cards, 36 buttons, bows already tied, bakers twine, envelopes for $18.  If you want the stamp set and kit it is $37 clear or $47 wood (add $5.50 for priority shipping if you aren't going to pick it up).
Basically if you order the stamp set, you are only paying for the supplies,  I do all the work for free!
Email or call if you need more info.

Secondly I thought I'd give you the measurements for this card..

Cut your card stock at 4 1/4 by 7 1/4..score at 2 3/4 and 3 3/4.  If you need to know I can anything just ask..

Well I'll have to go for now...

Later, happy stampin',
Wanda

i can't believe i ate the whole thing...

well actually I didn't eat it, but it seems like I did.  I use 2 whole packs maybe three plus of Whisper White card stock for classes and church cards this month.  I am currently scrounging around trying to find a sheet or two so I have enough paper for this mornings class...

I do have stuff to show you, but I have a class in less than an hours and I need to get ready...

I don't have any card pictures taken yet, so how about a picture of a dead squirrel?

This is my grandson Grant, and no he didn't shoot it...it was for a scavenger hunt...long story, but his Mom, my daughter Angie made him sterilize his hands after touching his tail...

(you'd have to know her to appreciate the irony, she is a germ freak.)

Well I must be off, to get ready for class that is ...hopefully today or tomorrow I will have more to share.

HS,

Wanda



a miracle.....

I am posting so soon...of course when you get up at 2:30 am you tend to have a little more uninterrupted time....

Here's another evolutionary, or evolved card that we will be doing in class this week and next...

I wasn't even going to do this one because of the trouble it was, but once again my hero Barbara P came over and rescued me.... She did all the cutting and embossing for 30 cards...I owe her big time...

It's a swing card.. We used Basic Gray and Very Vanilla card stock.. Pleasant Poppies, Papillon Potpourri and Teeny Wishes stamp sets.  Labels Collection Framlets, and Fancy Fan Embossing folder...the new butterfly punch, pearls.. 

A very nice card but lots of work...

Well I am getting sleepy,  but I still have lots to do for class tonight.

Later,
Wanda

something quick..

before it gets really busy around here.

Tomorrow is d-day for class, which simply means I have to force myself to make the final decision for the cards I am making...did I hear someone say procrastination?

Well the problem is, there are just too many choices....I gotta get with the program.

This is a card made by Barbara P. using Betty's Blossoms stamp set... It's really cute.
Barbara comes to my rescue lots of times, in fact she will be here soon, once again to help me out.

Sheri A. is stopping by tomorrow with some mustard re inker I need for classes this week and forgot to order...what would I do without my friends....

Well I'm outta here...work to do, places to go and cards to stamp....

Have a lovely week, I doubt if I post again before Friday.

HS,
Wanda

i believe in evolution and a reason to smile.....

...not the kind where God didn't create the heavens and the earth, but card evolution.....

Yesterday Debbie H came over and worked on the swaps she is taking to convention.  I had 40 to send with her, thanks to Mom....

After she left Barbara P came over and we worked on card class for next week...after 86ing my idea (in case you don't know what 86ing is, it means cancelling or nixing, a term from my restaurant years...i digress) for the swing card, she suggested we make a triple layer card....

like this one..

or this one....perfectly satisfied with this for class until.....

Since the this stamp set is on SALE this month for only $5.00 with a $50 purchase called A Reason To Smile...we decide to make a few more cards to showcase how versatile this set is ......well we, mostly Barb came up with this card....

this is the card that "evolved" though a series of trail and era as most cards do.....

I fought it, I really did, said repeatedly to Barbara, We are not going to make this card...I kept trying not to look at it, but in the end it won out...It is so pretty in real life.......

Yes we did to a couple more, but this is our favorite and a real Reason to Smile.....

We will be doing this card next week in class...hope to see you there....

Live in the sunshine and smile....

Wanda

no i'm not dead....

just feel like it.....

Busy, busy, busy is all I can say.  Weddings, graduations, camping, babysitting, reunions, and stamping.....but no time to take pictures and post....

We went camping for 5 days over the 4th of July and this weekend I had two family reunions, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.

Mom and I made 70 something cards the week before the 4th and we just finished up 25 swap cards that Debbie H is taking to convention for me.  (I hope to get some more done by Thurs for her to take too.  I am a dreamer.)  We also got all of the card cut and mostly ready for class next week.

I have been having Rachel and the kids over a lot lately due to several facts...one of them being she is expecting no. 5 in February....no it wasn't planned...but it will be loved.  However is quite wore out.  She is up and down a lot during the night, so not much sleep.  She comes over here and I watch the kids while she sleeps....

Well that's where I've been and what I've been doing for the last little while.....

Now for some cards...This card is one that Mom and I made for church cards last week....Sheri A did the basic design and we just made a few changes.  And yes this is a retired stamp set...Sorry it took so long to post Barb.

This uses the Herbal Expressions stamp set (retired). It's stamped on Crumb Cake card stock in Early Espresso, then the leaves were colored in with Always Artichoke  and the flowers colored with a white gel pen.  The edges are sponged with Early Espresso and a knot is tied in the ribbon.  We mounted it on either a Sage Shadow (retired color and Mom wanted to use it up) or Always Artichoke card base.

The next card is one done using the shaving cream technique.  We will be doing it in class next week.

Pretty cool...Mom and I made 36 of these..

This is a card we will be doing next week...I also did these for swaps...Inside of it is a surprise..

Well that's all for now...

Hope to post sooner....

HS,
Wanda