Day 4 Giveaway

Ok, so you had to see this coming right?

Because I LOVE this stamp so much I am giving the September Stamp of the MonthTreasure Life away for Day 4!

Woo Hoo! I hope whomever wins the NEW stamp set will enjoy it as much as I am..

Rules for the giveaway: Post a blurb on your blog about the giveaway and link your post back here on the comments and you are on your way to winning FREE stuff!

Another Stamp of the Month Card

I am sure all of you who read my blog are tired of seeing this stamp set. I can not help it, I absolutely love this months Stamp of the Month from Close to My Heart.

Stamp: Treasure Life - September Stamp of the Month

Ink: GoldRush, Topiary, Outdoor Denim, Hollyhock,Cocoa

Paper: More to Adore Paper Level 2 Kit X7075B; Blush, Chocolate, Vanilla Cream and Paisley B&T Paper

Misc: Brads, Transparency

Notepad

Coaster Chipboard

Post It Notes

DCWV School Paper Stack

Unity Stamp Co: Indulge stamp from September Kit of the Month

CTMH Card

Here is a card I made with CTMH Stamp of the Month Treasure Life #D1306

CTMH INK: Hollyhock, Outdoor Denim, Topiary, Autumn Harvest

Brads: Joanns

www.heatherstamps.myctmh.com

Giveaway Day 3

Giveaway Day 2

Alzheimers Awareness

Carolyn King is giving away some awesome blog candy in honor of World Alzheimer's Day (9/21/08). Her grandmother suffered from the disease and she has designed a stamp set that will help raise money to help fight the disease. (A recently released set through Gina K Designs called Whimsical Autumn.) I am sure we all know someone who has been affected by Alzheimer's, my Paternal Grandmother who will be 89 in November has early stages of Alzheimer's. It is so difficult living so far away from her and hearing her confusion when I call or from my Mother when she tells me about my Grandmother.

To enter to win her blog candy contest, here's the card I am sending to the Staff at the Artman Home where her grandmother had been cared for. Please check out her blog and remember to thank an Alzheimer's caregiver!

Twilight Book Series, by Stephenie Meyer

Ok with all the Hype about the upcoming Twilight movie, now taking the slot of my Beloved Harry Potter on November 21st I decided to give it a look.

I love reading, I have a wide range of reading materials/genres.. I never heard about the Twilight series before the Movie but I do live on a small Military base.

I spent 2 days not reading one or 2 books but all 4 of the books. I was a little surprised because my first Vampire novel/series was via Laurell K. Hamilton not Anne Rice and Laurell's books tend to lean to more adult detailed encounters.

I have fallen in love with the Cullen's Family as well as Bella, and even though the series has ended I see many ways for Stephenie to continue writing much like Nora Roberts does, branching off to different family members and such. I do hope that she continues the story in one way or another. I was satisfied with the ending of the Twilight series but because I love the characters I am hopeful that she will provide us with more.

So this was one of the reasons I have not been blogging, the Twilight series.
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn

If you don't mind Vampires, and love stories you should try picking up a copy for those out there who are like me and have not read the book or heard of the book prior to the Movie Release Frenzy.. This is just my humble opinion... Any good book you recommend? As you can see I go through books rather quickly.. (4 in 2 days)

Some Pool Pictures

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Well Tuesday was our Junior Troop trip to the pool to work on our Swimming badge..
I was able to catch a caouple of good shots of each girl, but here are the ones of my daughter Caitlin.

Giveaway!

Whoa! It's been a while since I have blogged... (sorry about that)

In honor of my DH coming home and being home for the next 5 days before deploying again...
I will be having a Giveaway, everyday for 5 days! WoooHooo!! How Fab is that?

Should you want to participate in the giveaway, here are the rules:
Post a blurb about the giveaway on your blog and then link to it from this post.

Here is the first Give Away!

12 Prismacolor Verithin Pencils

and Assorted Images to color in! (approximately 16)

(possibly using the gamsol technique?)

All winners will be posted on day 6... Thank you for visiting my blog and GOOD LUCK!

Layouts

Some Layouts I did at Michelles' house yesterday. I just need to find my Autumn photos and put them in..and figure out some photos to put in the Boom Di Ada pages

Papers: Colonial White, Boom Di Ada Paper, Sunflower, Barn Red, New England Ivy, Olive

Ink: Autumn Terra Cotta, Cocoa, Holly Hock, New England Ivy, Sunflower, Versamark Water MarkStamp Sets: Delight in Everything, Autumn Splendor,

Accessories: Organdy Ribbon, Bigger Brads, Pewter Brads, Gold EP, Autumn Terra Cotta Gingham Ribbon

All items on Layouts CTMH product

Purse Candy Bag

CTMH Best Friends Level 1 paper pack and my stickease

sixlets (do you remember sixlets? I love them)

Halloween Cards

Close to my Heart: Little Spooks (Dracula, Witch, Mummy)

Sentiments: Close to my Heart Hallow Scream

PP&Ribbon: MFT

Nestabilities, rectangles and circles

Transperancy

Cuttlebug: Circles embossing folder

Colored with Copic Markers

My First Card Class

I love the Just Because Card Kit from CTMH so much that my first class is going to be to duplicate the cards from the card kit. I had to cheat a bit as the paper I wanted had not come in yet (I really want that order). So I used some left over paper from my Leaving Prints days (no longer in business, but I have stockpiles of their papers).

With this card class they will make 7 cards, I have provided all pieces pre cut, cards and envelopes. We will also alter a notebook, and a lunch tin to store the cards in. The tin and notebook are in the previous post.

Lunch Tins are by ProvoCraft, and the skittles are called Home Accents.

Close to my Heart

Close to My Heart New Catalog

View the Catalog Online Here

D1306 Treasure Life(Set of 19) $22.95 US/ $25.50 CANWelcome expressions of love share the stamplight with delicate floral designs, warming the heart and planting smiles. Available September 1–30, 2008 only.Blocks: 1" × 3½" (Y1002), 2" × 2" (Y1003), 2" × 6½" (Y1010)

With a minimum qualifying purchase, get your Stamp of the Month at a great discount or FREE! Click here to find out how!

Just Because

Altered Tin & Notebook

Close to My Heart: Just Because Stamp Set (D1327 $22.95)

Email me if you would like to purchase this set of stamps.

Girl Scout Kaper/Bulletin Board

Well here I go again, a Junior Troop Leader. I am so excited, I have been planning and scheming and coming up with ideas for this years activities. Amanda has bridged to Cadettes and this is Caitlin's 2nd year in Juniors she will be in Juniors an additional year because I bridged her to Juniors a year earlier than the other girls.

So I put together my Girl Scout Kaper Chart/Bulletin Board and used my Cricut expressions

I used Cuttin Up for the Font

Graphically Speaking for the jumbled words

Paper Dolls for the Tshirts

DCWV Far East Pack for the titles and words as well as some of the background paper

Delicious

Some delicious/healthy foods that I LOVE!!

Oven Fried Chicken.. doesn't this look delicious? (and healthy without all of that oil)

Chicken Leg, Skinned, sprayed with pam and rolled in shake in bake for Chicken and baked in the oven

Umm Delicious French Toast Strawberries (I had to improvise as my youngest DD ate my shortcakes)

French Toast, Whip Cream, Strawberries

My Favorite Things

I love the smell and feel of Noxzema on my face. The store here on the base wasn't carrying it for a while and I thought I would go CrAzY!

My Pooh & Tigger watch, the only other piece of jewelry I wear..

Eternity one of my favorite scents, even for my DH

I recently discovered this product when I had started growing my hair out after chopping it all off. I love the smell and the feel of this product

Ice Tea, look at the condensation on the cup.. DELICIOUS!

My Polka Dot Bathroom

My wedding band and anniversary ring (my engagement ring is being repaired sometime in the near future.. LOL) I can NOT believe that I have been married for 11 years, it is AMAZING!