I Won I WON!!!

Okay so I'm braggin a little, but I just wanted to let you all know that I entered some things into the local county fair this past weekend and I am soooo pleased to say that I actually won! I entered 5 things and got...5 ribbons! I got 3 first place ribbons, one for my scrapbookpage, one for my stamping note card, and one for crafted item (from paper) and I also got 2 third place ribbons! One for my domino Christmas magnet and one for my stamped article (the cool hat!)

Anywho, I hope you have a happy stampy day! I hope to have more stamped goodies for ya! Busy getting things ready for us to go to the beach...we leave this Sunday! YAHOOOOOO!!!!

Happy Stampin'



P.S. Don't worry I have things planned for you to see while I'm away! I wouldn't leave you hangin!

Tuesday's Teacher

Hello Ladies and gents! Sorry for the late post...the girls didn't want to go to sleep tonight! Mostly the little girl, so we stayed up and played for a bit and now she's OUT! Here is today's Bible verse.

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians's 4:13

Ohh how I Love this Bible verse...Okay really there are many that strengthen me and lift me up and make me push harder, but this one really makes me want to strive and achieve ALL my goals...I have been using this verse in my head a lot lately...I have recently made a deal with myself...I'm going to be the healthiest, in the best shape of my life (it's really important for me to show the kids that it's good to be healthy and in shape...plus high cholesterol runs in my family and so I thought I would nip it in the bud before it starts!) So I have been working out a lot and when I feel like I can't push on any more, when I'm the sweatiest I have ever been and my heart is racing and I just can't go on I just repeat this verse in my head and I keep pushing through! I have joked with my husband that I'm going to stamp that verse on the garage wall, that way I can see it when I'm on the elliptical! H said go for it, but I haven't been brave enough yet...maybe soon though!

What is it that you need help pushing through? Are you having marital troubles? Are you facing a tough decision? Or is it hard for you to just simply get out of bed in the morning? (Depression is a real disease!) If you need me to pray for you, please ask, send me an e-mail I will be more than happy to pray for you! Also get this verse in your head...Jesus Loves you, he wants you to succeed and we can do all things through Him. He knows us, he knows our needs, our struggles and He wants to help us...ask Him!

I used to have the hardest time praying, I used to think that you had to have fancy words and fancy prayers in order for God to hear me, guess what? God just wants you to talk to Him, I have had the best talks with God...sometimes I think I'm just blabbering on and on, but God is there, just like any friend, He wants a relationship with you and He wants to strengthen you. Have you talked with God today? Have you asked Him to help you through all things?

Today's Tutorial

Workout Journal

Supplies: Bind-it all, or other binding system/method

-binding coils

-2 pieces of 4 x 8 in. Illustration board, or chipboard

-modpodge, or other strong paper adhesive

-foam brushes

-2 pieces of 4 x 8 in. of Designer paper (here Berry Bliss, retiring August 10Th)

-2 pieces of 1.5 x 8 in. of black card stock

-Stamps or focal image (here I used a Stampingbella Image that was given to my by and SCS friend, thank you!)

-1/16Th inch circle punch

-scraps of card stock to layer on the stamped image

- Lots and lots of pretty matching ribbons!

The first step is to add your adhesive to the back of the designer paper and adhere it to the illustration board or chipboard. The paper will curl or bubble a bit, but it will smooth out as it dries!

You will then punch the scallops in the black strip with the scallop boarder punch (available August 11Th) and then punch the circles using the hand held circle punch. Adhere the strips over the designer paper and add modpodge over entire surface (this will protect the paper from any accidental spills or dripped sweat...LOL)

Color the stamped image and adhere it and all layers on the book cover and add another layer or modpodge.

In this step, I also stamped the title of my journal...a little hint is to start from the last letter and work your way in, this way you always have enough room for all the letters!

Here I am punching the inside pages of my journal (I made mine out of computer copy paper that I cut to 7 7/8 x 3 7/8, just slightly smaller than the cover) To punch the holes, I am lining up and edge with the Bind-it all and then moving it in a tiny bit...since the pages are a tad bit shorter than the cover!

For the cover, I just inserted the page flush with the machine on the left and punched, then moved the cover all the way to the other side and placed it flush with the Bind-it all on the right and punched again...this way I knew that the top and bottom would be perfectly spaced!
To make sure that the book looks a bit more professional, you will want to make a sandwich before you add the coils.

This is how I start...back cover, front cover.

Lay the front cover on top of the back cover, then add the pages on top of the front cover

You will want to feed the coils from the top of the sandwich all the way through. Do this for both sets of holes.

Put it through the Bind-it all to squeeze them shut...
and

Voila! One super professional bound book...the squeezed part is now on the inside of the book, so when you close it all you see is nicely rounded coils! Just like the journals you buy at any store!

And this is the finished project! I added a bunch of ribbons and I colored in the image...Pretty in pink pants with pink passion polka dots to match her pink passion bar bells and sweat wrist bands!

I hope to use this book for many months to come...I think I put in enough pages to last me all year...I am writing several entries on each page...Plus my friend sent me a bunch of images, so I can have a new one each year!

What do you think? Do you like it? Don't you just want one of your very own???

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you liked and are encouraged by today's Bible verse!

Happy Stampin'

August-30 September Special

Never before seen stamps 15% off! Here is a list of the stamps that will be 15% off from August 11th to September 30th! Book your workshops now ir host a catalog book party (all the benifits without the clean up!)


Item Code
Pg. #
Description
Regular Price
15% off Price
111690
32
Snow Swirled
$24.95
$21.21
111586
55
It's a Stretch
$23.95
$20.36
111544
81
Putt Putt
$24.95
$21.21
111626
91
Eastern Blooms
$21.95
$18.66
111672
98
Pocket Silhouettes
$18.95
$16.11
111710
101
Upsy Daisy
$18.95
$16.11
111556
109
Under the Stars
$29.95
$25.46
111644
145
Heard from the Heart
$22.95
$19.51
111570
157
Contempo Alphabet
$40.95
$34.81
109381
23
Felicidades Siempre*
$17.95
$15.26

PS. I will be back later with my Tuesday's Teacher...It's my FAVORITE Bible verse EVER today!!! And what a fun little project too!

Another Spring...

Card that is! Okay so I really like making these, they re super cute and super fun and fast! Here is the one I made for todays Limited Supplies Challenge 179...the limit was we had to make someone smile with this card...I hope it makes you smile!

The stamps for this card I got a while back at the dollar spot at Joann's Fabric...isn't he just a hoot! LOL And the paper was given to me by my good friend Wendy... I don't know the brand...sorry!

You can find instructions for the spring card here...although I did modify my measurements to make mine 4.25 inches wide!

Here is a side view so you can see what this card looks like from a different angel...would be great to have the info to a birthday party printed and on the square in the middle, great for people to display and not forget!

What you'll need:

Stamps: Old Owl from Joann's $spot Inks: stazon black, gable green, yoyo yellow
Paper: yoyo yellow cardstock, designer paper, shimmery white cardstock
Accessories: scor-pal, 1/4 inch circle punch, grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

You're a Classic!

Hey there ladies and Gents! Here is a little card to fit yesterdays Sketch Challenge and todays Ways To challenge...ways to use scraps was the challenge, and I used my scaps on the background as well as on the truck...I love how this little guy turned out!

It's a bit more shabby than I normally do, but this stamp totally called for it! It's a birthday card for my father in law and the stamp is called classic cars by Little paper shop...they are having awesome shipping right now...just a dollar for any order!

Anywho, I stamped the image on the very vanilla paper first and then I stamped it again on the designer paper (old Su! back from 05...it was a scrap!) and then I cut it out, I also used the exacto knife to cut out the windshield and window, and a 1/4 inch hole punch to cut out the headlight! I am not steady enought with the exacto for that! I then colored the lights barely banana and the windows sage shadow and applied Crystal effects to both...they look like glass...too cool! I adhered the designer paper right over the other stamped image, so now you can hardly even tell...I love paper piecing! It makes the whole thing look so awesome!

To finish off this card I used my Chocolate Chip craft pad and destressed all the edges and smudged it up a bit...made it look old! The sentiment was computer generated!

For the 3 strips behind the main image, I stamped the card on sahara sand using sahara sand ink and then sponged all the edges with always artichoke, added some hodge podge and called it a day!

What will you need:
Stamps: Classic Car from little paper shop
Ink: always artichokeclassic, shara sand classic, chocolate chip craft
Paper: Always artichoke, sahara Sand, very vanilla, retired SU! designer papers
Accessories: Hodge podge hardware, crystal effects, small oval punch, markers, sponges, 1/4 inch circle punch

Thanks for looking!

Happy Stampin'

I'm feeling lazy!

I made a card today but didn't have the energy to take a picture and upload it and stuff...so I leave you with this...

Yup, the NEW CATTY!!!! If you are fortunate enough to be at convention this year you get this gorgeous cag filled with all the stamps and the brnad spanking new catalog!

To view more pictures from convention you can go to this blog...if you click on the pictures you can view them a little bigger!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Tuesday's Teacher

Hey all...if you can believe it I had todays project done yesterday...all pictires taken and uploaded and resized all ready to go! So without further adieu, Here is today's Bible verse:

"The Lord is my helper; I will not fear..." Jeremiah 13: 6

This is one of those bible verses that I just can't help coming back to again and again! It always seems that I am worring or nervous about somehting...Will I be a good wife I thought before I got married. Will I be a good mom was my number one fear before I had kids. And now I just seem to worry about the littlest things...I have to trust in the Lord my God...He knows what is in store for me, I know I have to do my part to get whre he wants me, but I don't need to worry about all the little details...Like what my kids will be like in college, are they going to be good kids? You know the oldest is only 4, I have a long way before he gets to college and I should just focus on what we are doing today! The Lord is my helper...all I have to do is ask and he will answer my prayers...might not be in the way I think he should answer it, but he will answer! LOL

"Faux Ric Rac with scallop punch Tutorial"

Supplies: Su! Scallop border punch, 2 strips of paper(one) 1inch thick and (one) 7/8th of an inch thick...Mine are 5 inches long because that is what length I needed for my card!

You will want to start with just punching a scallop border with the new Su! scallop border punch.

This is where the magic begins! Once you have punched one side of the paper, you will want to flip it over and lign up the curve of one scallop with the point of the bottom scallop...so that they are NOT ligned up...am I making any sence? Once you figured out the placement of the paper you will bring it down so that it's flush with the punch and go for it!

I hope that wasn't too confusing!

See the ric rac forming as you move the paper and keep punching?

This is what the ric rac looks like after you have punched it...I tried to make an even smaller piece, but it fell appart...sp pretty much 7/8th of an inch is the smallest paper size you can start with!

And this is the fisnihed project! What do you think? The fold on the front of the card is called a blintze fold and was the Wt challenge yesterday on Splitcoaststampers. Thanks for looking! I hope you can make lots of your own ric rac too! I love love love this puch!

If you would like to order this punch or any other SU! merchandise please feel free to e-mail me at mabieme1999@yahoo.com

What You'll need:

Stamps: Much Apprecuated (no longer available after 8/10/08)

Ink: Stazon Black

Paper: Basic Black, Pretty in pink, Berry Bliss designer paper (no Longer available after 8-10-08)

Accessories: Blasck grosgrain ribbon, paper pierving tool, black Su! Marker.

This card also fit into another Dare to get dirty challenge from last week...Thanks Lindsey for the black and pink color challenge and faux stitching challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'