Spring SU Quarterly

I am getting tired of unpacking - gonna stay home for a while!!

Got back from Quarterly last night.  We had some scary weather in the part of the state I was in.  Our Quarterly got cut a little bit short when there were reports of tornadoes in the area over by Ft. Bragg and we lost electricity at the school where we were meeting.  A lot of the gals went to Becky and Danielle's homes to wait it out before going back to finish the projects.  Not me though!  It was already 4 pm and Sonny was waiting in the parking lot patiently.  He was such a good sport to drive me down there!  So, we got in the car and hauled a** home.  We both needed a potty break but everywhere we looked, the power was out as well as the traffic signals.  The sky looked bad and I was a little nervous - it seemed like we were driving into the storms.  I got a radio station from Raleigh and they were giving detailed weather reports.  Seems a tornado had gone through Raleigh and through Sanford.  I got the NC map out and tracked the counties  they were mentioning.  Luckily, we were traveling west and the storm was moving to the east.  The Weather Channel reported Saturday's tornado tracked across a 50-mile stretch.   A Severe Weather Expert  said that the record number of tornadoes in a year for the state of North Carolina is 67 and that was in 2004. As of 9 pm Saturday, there were 81 preliminary tornado reports setting a record.  Wow!!  Guess we won't forget this quarterly!  Here is a picture that says it all:

This is a neighborhood near Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville.  The flag got caught on the fallen tree.

OK - enough weather.  On to the fun stuff .... the sharing of the great projects!  These are the Shoebox Swaps that we did on Friday night.  Unfortunately, I can't give credit to all the wonderful ladies that created most of these cards because I'm not sure whose they are but I've tried to give credit where I know the designer.

New Four Frames stamp set

 This card uses Strength & Hope stamp set (from Summer Mini).  SU is donating $2 from each purchase of this set to Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  This card was designed by Pat Wilkinson.

Bold Blossom stamp set (Summer Mini)

Priceless stamp

cute little bunny box - holds 1 Hersey Kiss!

Inlaid Embossing technique - I goofed - the leaves are supposed to be embossed also!  Designed by Lynn Creech.

Land of the Free (Summer Mini)

The Open Sea (summer mini) by Janie Murphy

Sew Suite (Alana I think)

Flower pot is Ornament Punch / leaves and petals are from Bird Punch 

Using new 4 Frames set and Awash With Flowers - designed by ME