Cards I've Made

Here are a couple of cards I've made using Stampin' Up's Wanted set. If you live in Texas, you have to have it (I used to live there). It is great for those cards for men when you don't want to use flowers!! (too girly for those macho men!)

Father's Day is Coming

Father's Day is June 15th. This is a cute tie holder for Dad!! HERE are the directions.

Sunset in Hawaii

I'm thinking about you!!

Spring Has Sprung - Journal It!

Want to create this darling Spring Journal? Click HERE for supplies and directions!

Hawaii Flowers

Aren't they gorgeous?

Hawaii picture

These are pictures from the last time I was in Hawaii!!

Stampin' Up Specials for May

Just wanted to let you know about the specials Stampin' Up is offering for the month of May. When you spend $35 on any Stampin' Up! products, you'll get 25% off all On Board chipboard products from pages 178-179 of the Spring-Summer Collection 2008! Stampin' Up!'s On Board chipboard collections offer a fun and easy way to embellish projects, create custom greetings, and decorate scrapbook pages. The exclusive, versatile, die-cut chipboard is designed to coordinate with many Stampin' Up! stamp sets and accessories

Also, another special - From May 1 through May 31, when you purchase a Cutting Mat (p. 184), you'll receive a FREE Hobby Blade with five refill blades (p. 184)--a $4.50 value! The Cutting Combo Pack is a great tool for cutting card stock and Designer Series paper to layer over Stampin' Up!'s On Board chipboard products. Use combo pack item number 113421 when placing your order to receive the free blade.

Contact me to place an order.

Sharon

Hawaii Bound

I am on my way to Hawaii as you are reading this!! My daughter is presenting a paper at a medical conference in Honolul and invited her Dad and I to join us. Doesn't take much to convince me to go anywhere, but especially to Hawaii!! My hubbie didn't want to go (I know, crazy, huh?) He says he has no desire to see Hawaii. That's ok with me - more girl time! He'll be ok though. My brother-in-law will be coming from Texas on Sunday to hang out with him. Don't want to think about the trouble they could get into! This will be good for both of them, though. My sister died in November and this is the first time he has come to see us since we moved to NC. They were both scheduled to come visit us for Thanksgiving, but she didn't make it that long.

Here's the hotel where we are staying. Pretty cool!

I won't return home until May 8 (Thursday) so no posts for a while!! I'll be thinking of you as I'm sipping my Mai Tai and soaking up the rays.

Sharon

Life is what happens ..... Cards I've recived this week

I have to share a couple of cards I received yesterday. Both are using Stampin' Up's Priceless stampset. This is a great stamp set and I can't believe I don't own it!! My daughter has it and I have borrowed it on occasion!! May have to again REAL SOON (ya reading this, Ashley??) The first card is from my Monday Mailer friend, Carol. She used Certainly Celery with our "In Color", Purely Pomegrante (I'm sure going to miss this color when it retires!) and the green polka dot Designer Paper. The two flowers are cut out individually with silver brads through the center.


The next card has to be my all time favorite card! I'm not prejudiced but it was made by my daughter, Ashley. It is better than any Hallmark card, believe me. She used the saying from the stamp set, Full of Life, since it was for our anniversary.This stampset can be seen on the last page of Stampin' Up's mini catalog (click link to see catalog). There are some really good sayings in this stamp set - I think I may just have to buy it!! What sold it for Ashley is the saying "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" by her all time favorite Beatle, John Lennon. But, isn't that saying just the truth??

If you decide you can't live without either of these stamp sets - or maybe one of the others in the catalog, give me a holler!! Stampin' Up now accepts credit cards!!! Yay!!

Sharon

The Power of Positive Thinking

My day started rather slow - woke up with a headache - but things sure got better! Today was my day to read to my first graders. Once a month, I visit South Elementary in Mooresville and read a new book to them. The Newcomer's Club that I am involved with has a Literacy Group that I belong to. The club buys books for all the first grade classes at South and we volunteers read the book to the children and then leave it for them in their library. Since I don't get to see my grandchildren as much as I'd like and do the fun things with them that most grandparents do, this sorta makes up for it, even though it is only for an hour each month. Today's book is called "A Frog Thing" and it is so cute! I love frogs anyway, but ...this book was just delightful. It is about a frog (named Fred!!) who wants to fly but everyone tells him frogs just can't fly. He is determined though and won't give up. After he rescues a baby bird that falls into the pond, its mother is so grateful of Frank's swimming skills that she takes him for the ride of his life. Frank clings to a twig as the bird and one of her friends lift it and him into the air to fly. When he returns to the ground, the young frog tells his parents that he realizes he should be proud of his own special talents. The book delivers a powerful message about how you can do anything you put your mind to, no matter who or in this case "what" you are. I think we can all learn something from Fred, the frog! I think that I taught my children those lessons as they were growing up. They both strived for great things and did not give up. My son wanted to go to West Point - that was his dream and he worked hard for it. He graduated from West Point in 2001!! My daughter wanted to be a doctor and knew how expensive medical school was (not to mention the grades you needed to get in). So, after graduating from Trinity University with high honors, she joined the Army and they payed her way through medical school. She graduated from University of Texas Medical School in 2003!

After I read the book to the children, they were excited to share something with me. In their classroom, they had one of those collapsible mesh laundry baskets hanging from the ceiling full of cocoons and butterflies that had hatched! It was incredible and such a great idea. Not all the butterflies have hatched yet but when they do, there will be one for everyone. They will set the butterlies free sometime this month. I don't know about you, but way back in the dark ages when I was in first grade, we sure didn't do anything as cool as that!!

Here's a picture of the children with me. You can see the butterflies hanging above our heads!

Sharon