A Little Pizzazz

Today I broke out another new set I've been sitting on for awhile (Petal Pizzazz)....I'm finally feeling back to myself again! Yeah! I got my new Stampin' Up Catalog, Finally! I think I was close to the last one to see it. I have a huge wish list and very inspired to get back to stamping!!! I still have 3 new sets unopened that I better start using, soon! Hope this adds a little Pizzazz to your day!! Also a reminder tomorrow is the last day to leave a comment for the free blog candy. Good Luck!

Petal Pizzazz*

Project Details: Petal Pizzazz & Brighter Tomorrow (Retired) Stamp Set, Elegant Eggplant, Regal Rose and Whisper White Cardstock, SU Versa Mark, Ellegant Eggplant, Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose and Elegant Eggplant Ink, Dimensionals and Wide Ribbon. *Cased by "Chanteuse" on Splitcoast....Thank You!

Thinking of You

Project Details: Petal Pizzazz, Best Yet (Hostess Set, Retired) & Filigree Background Stamp (Retired), Raspberry Tart Designer Paper, Regal Rose, Basic Black, Whisper White Cardstock, SU Black Stazon, Brad, Circle Punch, Versa Mark, Dimensionals and Ribbon.

Finally....A Little Bit of Happiness!

Finally, I am giving away free Blog Candy!! It will be a random drawing so everyone has a fair chance of winning....Good Luck! To enter to win all you have to do is post a comment about what you are looking forward to in 2009. If you post a link or mention on your blog, I'm giving away blog candy, you leave your blog site in the comment section you will have an additional chance to win. (Spread the word....more chances to win). One last note, I will ship your blog candy free of charge to anywhere in the United States....Good Luck! I'm also posting a card I made yesterday, enjoy!

Blog Candy

A little Bit of Happiness

Just Buzzin' By

One More Thing...I'm Going To Freak!

Trying to upload Blog Candy and cards I made today....our home computer decided to not work. It keeps locking up and I can't access our pictures so I will try to post the blog candy tomorrow along with "other" goodies. (Sorry)

Hope your having a better night then I'm having! (Can you tell I'm a little annoyed.)

New Year's Surprises....Gotta Love Blog Candy!

Well the day after my last post I visited the ER and ended up having an emergency surgery to remove a tennis ball size cyst/tumor from my right ovary. This was found after a smaller cyst had ruptured, oh the joy! There seem to be surprises around every corner for us! Since surgery I have been trying to recover enough to remove myself from the couch and at least get some stampin' in. Today was the first day I actually felt human and off all pain pills...yeah! I thought I would make my own New Year's Surprises......Blog Candy!! I'll post all the details tomorrow along with some goodies I hope to complete!! (Thanks for hanging in with me while we try to get a handle on life here.)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year Everyone! Hard to believe it is January already....the kids head back to school tomorrow and life as we know it will return to some sort of normal routine. I'm very excited about this!! The late nights and not being home has taken a tole on me....Today after organizing things around the house and taking down Christmas stuff I finally feel ready for the New Year! I haven't made any resolutions yet...maybe get back to stamping! Something I truly miss!!!

Tonight I did make a simple card, nothing fancy....not one of my faves but I thought I would share with you anyway. I wanted to use my new Just Buzzin' By stamp set...it will be out in the new catalog. YEAH! Wish I had more time to stamp tonight to show you more, but I thought I better pace myself I have a long week ahead of me.

Hope everyone had a wonderful New Years!!

Project Supplies: Just Buzzin By (Sneak Peak Stamp Set), Cuttlebug Emboss Folder, YoYo Yellow, Basic Black and Whisper White Cardstock, SU Black Stazon, Circle and Scallop Punch, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Glitter, 2-Way Glue and Markers.

Christmas Wishes

This Christmas is especially important to our family as we are struggling with how to make this Christmas as special as we can for my MIL. We found out yesterday after yet another surgery, her cancer is very aggressive.....since her first surgery 8 weeks ago the 50-60 "sand" size tumors are now the size of marbles-golf balls. These are now causing major problems and pain...Our goal is to bring her home before Christmas so we can cherish what time we have left. My heart breaks as I write this....we need to remember how precious life is!! Enjoy every moment with our children, parents and grandparents, we never know when we have to say Goodbye. (I did post a link for those of you interested to my MIL caringbridge blog and our dear friend Dave, who is also struggling with stomach cancer. They were diagnoised one week apart, go to the same church and their kids grew up together....)

I have been struggling to keep my life together in all this craziness as you can see I haven't posted much....I have new catalog stamps still haven't left the box. (So unlike me, especially ones this cute) I know I need to keep the focus on our families. Thank you for everyone for all your wonderful support and kind words, your e-mails mean a lot!

I am happy to say I did get Ashton's Composition books covered for her class.....it took me four hours and lots of tape, but they are done! All the paper I purchased at Hobby Lobby. (Sorry) Since I had to make 20, I wanted to do them as cheap as possible! Ashton will be giving these to her classmates along with a matching pen and goodie bag. I hope they are enjoyed by all!

Christmas with Sesame Street

After getting snowed in today I thought I could "Finally" get the kids school Christmas gifts done....I've been putting it off and putting it off. Things have been crazy here!!! (MIL just started Chemo and all the other craziness that comes with the holidays) I have hardly had time to stamp let alone get my Christmas shopping done!!! Anyway, I bought these cute Sesame Street coloring books and thought I would cover crayon boxes to go with them for Aiden and Adison's preschool class. It was a fun afternoon project, the kids got a kick out of it!! The look on Adison's face when they were done was priceless. (Now onto Ashton's class) I hope everyone is having a wonderful Holiday Season!!