Gina K Design Preview Day 3, October Release!

Welcome back ya'll to our final day of previews! Tomorrow night is the parrrrtay!! woot! Cant wait! Hope to see all of you there too!!

Tonight we have 2 more stamp sets! Up first is the newest set by Rupa Shevde called Winter Friends. I am in looooove with the little penguins in this set!! Here is my card I decided to show tonight:



and the inside:



I LOVE that saying cause I got LOTS of flakey friends, haha! I made him skating on a little pond, put some glitter on it and used the stardust pen on his skates! it really sparkles IRL!

Next up is the new 'One Free with Three' called Signed With Love...And I have to tell you, I am SO thrilled that Gina finally has a set like this!! YAYYYY!!! I am so proud to be on this Design Team, and to be able to stamp some of these stamps on there stating they are from Gina K...well, Im just tickled pink! LOL! Here is what I did with it for tonight:



I made some little business cards! I know some of you sell at craft fairs and such, wouldnt these be awesome to pass a few out , with your info on the back to contact in case they wanted more awesome cards? Or how about putting this card in a gift box of cards like Gina made today on STV?? And they are really quick and fun to make!

We have a couple of our Center Stage Spotlight Designers joining in the previews tonight. Here are their blog links:

Karen Knegten

Sue VanDeDusse

Then, stop by these GinaK Designers' blog for even more projects with tonight's stamp sets:

Gina Krupksy
Asela Hopkins
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Cindy Lawrence
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Emily Giovanni
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Nina Brackett
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber

Our Release party will be held tomorrow night over on SCS in GinaK's Forum from 7-10 pm CST. We'd love to have you join in the fun! There will be contest questions, challenges, chatter, and lots more samples from our designers throughout the party! See you then!

Card Details
Stamps: Winter Friends by Rupa Shevde, Signed With Love (on inside used) from Gina K Designs
Papers: Black Onyx, 120lb white pure luxury from Gina K, dp is by AC
Accessories: MS snowflake punch, rhinestones, glitter, quickie glue pen, ribbon, machine stitching, rectangle nesties, prisma pencils with OMS, pop dots, rectangle nesties.
Business Cards:
Stamps: Signed with Love from Gina K Designs
Papers: SU! cardstock and 120lb weight pure luxury white from Gina K
Accessories: vivid ink in brick from Gina K, clear embossing powder, heat gun.

Gina K Design Preview Day 2, October Release!

Welcome back to day 2 of the previews! Tonight we have TWO new stamp sets to show ya! First up is Asela Hopkins' newest set called First Christmas...this one is gonna be a favorite of ALOT of folks, including ME! I was gonna show an ornament I made with this set, but I have an inkling you will see that tonight from some others, lol! Soooo, I will save mine and show you my card I made, one of them, lol! Here it is:



I just LOVE gingerbread men! I have a bunch I set out for Christmas every year, just ones I have picked up here and there at flea markets and garage sales, just ones that caught my fancy, not really worth much but I love them! So I had to color these up for my card tonight! I colored and then popped up the man one, just to give it a bit more dimension. I think this will be an awesome card for a couples first Christmas together, and I happen to know a older couple that this will be perfect for, found love late in life but they are just perfect for each other and will love this card!

Next up we have a new set by Nina Brackett called, Vintage Borders and OH my! what a fun one this one is! Even though I am only showing one card tonight, I was at first kinda stumped on this set, then the ideas starting flowing! I got plenty to show at the party Thursday too! Anyways, here is a CAS card for tonight:



Isnt this a fun looking card? I just love how this turned out myself, lol! The border of the ornaments up top was stamped in Vivid Brick ink, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I used a white gel pen to highlight a few of the ornaments in spots. That big ole bow was made by some ribbon I had, did a running stitch and gathered it to make a 3-D flower, which the challenge on the JUGS blog inspired me for that one!

For even more inspiration, please visit the Illustrators of the stamp sets featured tonight:

Asela Hopkins: First Christmas
Nina Brackett: Vintage Borders

Tonight, we have several of our Center Stage Spotlight Designers joining in the previews. Here are their blog links:

Deb Felts
Sharri Seffens
Melissa Cash

Finally, stop by these GinaK Designers' blog for even more projects with tonight's stamp sets:

Gina Krupksy
Carolyn King
Cindy Lawrence
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Emily Giovanni
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Melanie Muenchinger
Tami Mayberry
Theresa Momber

Our Release party will be held Thursday night over on SCS in GinaK's Forum from 7-10 pm CST. We'd love to have you join in the fun! There will be contest questions, challenges, chatter, and lots more samples from our designers throughout the party! See you then!

Ok, thats all for tonight! We have one more night of previews tomorrow and then its the party Thursday night! Cant wait! Hope you are enjoying the awesome eye candy from all of the designers, I know I am! They making ME look good, haha!! J/K!!

Card Details:
Card #1
Stamps: First Christmas by Asela Hopkins from Gina K Designs
Papers: dp is Christmas Cheer from K&Company, Cranberry Tart and Fresh Asparagus cardstock from Gina K
Accessories: Lace, ribbon, button from the new Neutrals collection from Gina K, twine, brads, rhinestones, white gel pen, oval and square nesties.
Card #2
Stamps: Vintage Borders by Nina Brackett from Gina K Designs
Papers: SU! Kraft cardstock, pure luxury white and rocket Red (on inside)
Accessories: white gel pen, vivid brick ink, big ole wide ribbon stitched into a bow shape, paper piercer, white button and craft thread.

Gina K Preview Day 1, October Release!

Howdy all, and welcome once again to the most wonderful time of the month, lol! I just LOVE previews and snippets and new stuff to show and...well, you get my drift! LOL! First up tonight is the wonderful set by Melanie Muenchinger called Festive Frame...and I will tell ya, its another fun one to work with, you can go simple and just emboss OR like I have done here tonight, color! Here is my card:




This is another big stamp like the 'Arranged with Love' stamp set! And look how awesome the Oval Nestabilities go in the oval part of the stamp! how cool does that look! I paper pieced behind the oval nestie too, colored the rest of the stamp with copics, added a bit of stickles to the centers of the poinsettias and used the AWEsome Bow Easy (which will be back in stock soon!) to do my bow and added a bit of bling and was done! I LOVE how this card turned out and it was one of those that went together so quick, love that too! It helps having such awesome stamps to work with dont it?

Ok, thats all for now...I have more cards with this, but gonna save for the party THURSDAY night! I will be sure and have that link up too on Thursday!

For even more inspiration tonight, please visit the Illustrator of the Festive Frame stamp set Melanie Muenchinger's blog. Then, check in on our CenterStage Spotlight Designer, Diana Queen who has prepared a project for us tonight too.

After that, check out these GinaK Designer's joining in on the Preview blog hop tonight:

Gina Krupsky
Cindy Lawrence
Erika Martin
Emily Giovanni
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Nina Brackett
Theresa Momber


Thanks so much for stopping by! See ya tomorrow for another sneak peek of TWO more sets!


Card Details
Stamps: Festive Frame by Melanie Muenchinger from Gina K Designs
Papers: White 120lb., Fresh Asparagus, Rocket Red, Christmas Cheer by K&Company dp
Accessories: copic markers, rhinestones, Pure Luxury Organdy ribbon, oval nesties, yellow stickles, pop dots, white gel pen.

Witch shoe! or rather shoeS!

Happy Monday ya'll! I know, not a whole lot of folks happy about it being Monday, start of the work week, but tis a good one for me...allll day to meself, lol! I thought I'd share some little witch shoes I made for my daughter to give the ladies at the bank she works at. Holli, my daughter, sent me an email with a link to SCS, asking me, 'Mom, can you make these?' LOL! WHAT she was doing on SCS, I'll never know, especially since she was suppose to be working!! Anyways, here is the link to Ellen Hutson's template on SCS:

Witch Shoe

Here are a couple of quick pics, cause I almost forgot to take picture of them and she was leaving, lol!


And one up close:



These are really quick and fun to decorate! Not alot of stamping on mine. I used my JustRite small round stamper with the super tiny alphabet to make the names of the ladies she works with, and the curlz font to write 'boo'. Then punched with SU!'s scallop punch, tied it to the bags of candy corn with some craft thread and they were done. Really cute I think! She liked them a lot and is excited to give them to her friends at work.

AND dont forget, tonight starts the previews for Gina K Designs October Release...which will be THIS Thursday! Wooohooo! I am excited to show you what I have created...and tell you what my hubby said about them...cracked me up, rofl!! Thanks for stopping by and remember, The mighty oak tree was once a nut that held its ground!! hahaha!

JUGS3 challenge, a bit late, lol!

Well, I made this card for the color challenge on the Just Us Girls blog, but didnt get it uploaded to my site or theirs in time, lol! I am bad about that, will do challenges then forget to upload them! Here is the card though:



I used Coco from Starving Artists Doodlefactory Christmas stamps from last year that I add. Kinda fun, festive looking card I think! The colors were pure poppy, aqua mist, and vintage cream, really hard colors for me, lol!

Ok, that's all for now! We start Gina K previews on Monday, wooohooo! I already of 3 cards done, thats GOOD for me! LOL!

Warm Winter Wishes Blog Hop!

Hellooo!! And welcome to another inspiring blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Carolyn King's newest set called Warm Winter Wishes...and once again, Cammie is donating all of her proceeds from the sale of this stamp to the Alzheimer's Association in memory of her Grandmother...how awesome is that?? Here is what I decided to do for tonights hop:



I decided to make a coaster set. I purchased these glass coasters at Hobby Lobby on clearance, I think they were about 5 bucks for them. They have an insert for a picture in them, so I colored the adorable snowman in the set and inserted him! I also added glitter for the snow...stamped some snowflakes on the glass and coaster holder with white Stayz On ink and was done! I love how this turned out too!

For even more inspiration visit Carolyn King - the Illustrator of Warm Winter Wishes and the Idea Center gallery HERE.

Then, check in with Carolyn's special guest designers:

Charlene Merrick

Tina Gilliland

Deb Anton

And, finally stop by these GinaK Designer's blog participating in the hop tonight:

Cathy Tidwell
Cindy Lawrence
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Nina Brackett
Melanie Muenchinger
Tami Mayberry
Theresa Momber

and our CenterStage Spotlight Team:

Joy Hadden
Kay Simmons
Linda Payne
Lori McAree

GinaK will be giving away a copy of Warm Winter Wishes on her blog tonight - so pop over there to leave your comment on her blog for your chance to win the set for free! (If you've already purchased the stamp set, we can swap it out for another GinaK stamp set valued at $19.95 or less.)
Ok, that is all from me tonight! Dont forget about all the fun snippets this week on Gina's blog! And then our previews will start Monday, wooohooo! I am excited once again! LOL!

Coaster Details:
Stamps: Warm Winter Wishes by Carolyn King, snowflakes from the STV Kit Holiday Cheer all from Gina K Designs
Papers: Pure Luxury 120lb weight from Gina K
Accessories: copic markers, glitter, coasters, white Stayz-On ink

Special Delivery and Additions Blog Hop!!

OHHH I feel sooo bad for not having my blog post up last night! But apparently my modem just up and died and of course, silly me was waiting till the last minute to do it, lol! But I wanted to get it up as soon as I could this am! These are such fantastic fun sets by Tami Mayberry! OMG the possibilities with these are just endless! Here is my card:



I stamped the image first, heat embossed it and I saw a blog post by Beate
where she did a watercolor wash and so I played around with some memento reinkers I have and did this background on watercolor paper. This is a masculine card for a good friend of mine who is turning 51 next week, thus the '51' on the stamps, lol! I really love how this turned out!

Tami Mayberry, the Illustrator of these two stamp sets has invited a couple of her friends to join in on the blog hop tonight, so click on their blog links to see the projects they've created for us tonight:

Keri Sereika

Jeanne Streiff

Then, check in on these GinaK Designer's participating in the Blog Hop tonight:

Tami Mayberry (Illustrator)
Carolyn King
Kurtis Amundson
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Jessica Fick
Lee Murphy
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber
Kay Simmons

After you're done hopping to all the Designer's blogs stop by GinaK's Idea Center here: Special Delivery & Special Delivery Addition for lots more ideas on how to use Tami's stamp sets. And, don't forget to check in on GinaK's blog so you can leave your comment to be entered as a chance to win these two stamp sets too!

Ok, thats all from me today! Again, so sorry if you hopped here and I didnt have my post for you! We have one more hop this week with Cammie's new set, "Warm Winter Wishes" coming up Wednesday at 10pm CST! I am gonna write up and preshedule my post TODAY, lol!!

Card Details:
Stamps: Special Delivery, Special Delivery Additions by Tami Mayberry, and Tree Silhouettes all from Gina K Designs
Papers: Green Apple, Pumpkin Spice, Black Onyx all from Gina K, water color paper
Accessories: circle punches, copper brads, ribbon from Gina K, Memento reinkers from Gina K, pop dots.

Lord of the Season Blog Hop!

Hi all and welcome to another inspiring blog hop...this time featuring Nina Brackett's newest set from Gina K Designs called Lord of the Season. I decided to use the spring topiary in the set... and go with a springy look card...I KNOW...its like wearing white after Labor Day...not suppose to...BUT I'm not known for following the rules...soo...lol! here it is:



Lots of detail on this card! I sewed in different types of stitches, popped up the greenery and the pot, LOTS of layers ....etc!! But had such fun making it, I had to stop myself though on it, haha! I didnt add a sentiment yet...cause I wanted to be able to use it for anything that might come up, and just put the sentiment on the inside.

For even more ideas with Nina Brackett's Lord of the Season stamp set, visit her blog as well as the GinaK Idea Center here: Lord of the Season

GinaK Designer's joining in on the hop tonight:

Nina Brackett
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Donna Baker
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Jessica Fick

Lee Murphy
Melanie Muenchinger

Theresa Momber

September's Center Stage Spotlight Team:

Janice Melton
Joy Hadden
Kay Simmons
Lori McAree

Nina's Guest DT and friends:

Crystal Bernsdorf
JenMarie Taylor
Lisa Hjulberg

Oh! and Gina is offering this stamp set up for blog candy! here is the link to Gina's blog too:

Gina K's Blog

Thanks for stopping by tonight! I hope you have a wonderful weekend too!

Card Details:
Stamps: Lord of the Season by Nina Brackett from Gina K Designs
Papers: SU! Cardstock
Accessories: CB die cut folder, sewing machine, pop dots, copic markers, ribbon, MS butterfly punch, half pearls, circle and long rectangle nesties, metallic rub paste from Gina K.

Booooo!!!

Just a quick Halloween card for you for now with some stamps from Inkadinkado:



I made this to send to my grandson, real quick one really, I didnt spend alot of time on the coloring, and I used the copic spica glitter pens on all of it, so IRL, it really sparkles! The Happy Halloween is embossed too. He will get a kick out of it and tear off the buttons first thing, LOL!

YAY! TGIF!! Well, my hubby has been off since Wednesday though, he had an upset stomach he says, but it wasnt THAT upset...I was witness to it, lol! He could have gone to work, he just hates this job every since he took it though. I have to agree with him about it in some ways...the boss he has talks something awful, cusses like a sailor or worse! I'm not perfect, I have stumped my toe and sad a bad word myself a time or two, lol, but I'm talking filthy mouth...language I cant stand to hear in movies even....anyways...glad I dont work under him....hubby filed a complaint about 6 months ago on it, all they did was slap him on the wrist, and he didnt change a bit...his boss, slapped his boss on the wrist that is.

Ok, thats all for now. Checked back tonight around 10pm CST for another blog hop, this time featuring Nina Brackett's newest set called 'Lord of the Season'!! See ya later gator!

Card Details:
Stamps: Trick or Treat from Inkadinkado
papers: SU! colored cardstock, 120lb pure luxury from Gina K Designs
Accessories: buttons, craft thread, white gel pen, copic spica glitter pens, copic markers, chipboard letters, embossing powder.

A Very Merry Christmas Blog Hop!

Hi and welcome to another awesome blog hop featuring Theresa Momber's newest set from Gina K Designs. It is such an awesome and so wonderfully illustrated! I just LOVE it! I decided to use the jingle bells image in my card tonight...here it is:



I paper pieced the bells, I actually saw some in a store that inspired me to do this! I then just colored the ribbons with copic markers. Used some foil to make the snowflake bg there and then just did some layering. Tied a bow on it and was done!


For even more ideas with Theresa Momber's A Very Merry Christmas stamp set, visit her blog link below as well as the GinaK Idea Center here: A Very Merry Christmas. Theresa's tip sheet has been added to the Idea Center as a PDF so you can print out her tips and suggestions for a handy reference tool. We've also included her Copic coloring links too.

Here's all the Designer's Blog Links to check out tonight:

Theresa Momber
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Jessica Fick
Lee Murphy
Nina Bracket
Melanie Muenchinger

September's Center Stage Spotlight Team:

Giovana Smith
Janice Melton
Kay Simmons
Linda Payne
Lori McAree

and finally, Theresa's Guest Designers for A Very Merry Christmas:

Selma Stevenson
Sharri Seffens
Geri Utterback
Brenda Turner

I hope you have enjoyed tonight's blog hop! I am off to check out all the awesome eye candy myself too! Thanks for stopping by and come Friday, we have another blog hop featuring Nina's newest set, 'Lord of the Season'. See ya then!

Card Details
Stamps: A Very Merry Christmas bye Theresa Momber from Gina K Designs
Papers: SU! and 120lb pure luxury from Gina K, basic grey wassail dp
Accessories: brads, label four nesties, pop dots, ribbon, foil, cb snowflake embossing folder, copic markers.

Hip To Be Square Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Hip To Be Square Blog Hop! This is Melanie's newest set from Gina K Designs. And of course, another one that has oh so many possibilities! One of the favorite ways of mine to use this stamp, the big one in it, is to make a window scene, and that is what I decided to do with my card this time:



I created a wintry scene, and hung a wreath in the window, lol! I used the tree stamp from the new StampTV kit, Holiday Cheer for my scene here..the wreath was made with a piece of chipboard and I put some paper on it, sanded the edges and wrapped some silver cording around it and hung some silver bells from the middle. Fun!

For even more ideas with Melanie Muenchinger's Hip to be Square stamp set, visit her blog link below as well as the GinaK Idea Center here: Hip to Square. Melanie's tip sheet has been added to the Idea Center as a PDF so you can print out her tips and suggestions for a handy reference tool!

Here's all the Designer's Blog Links to check out tonight:

Melanie Muenchinger
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Jessica Fick
Lee Murphy
Nina Bracket
Theresa Momber

September's Center Stage Spotlight Team:

Giovana Smith
Kay Simmons
Linda Payne

and finally, Melanie's Guest Designer for Hip to be Square:

Karen Knegten

and Special guests:

Tina Gilliland

Selma Stevenson

Geri Utterback

That's all for now! Hope you enjoy all the awesome eye candy!

Card Details:
Stamps: Hip To Be Square by Melanie Muenchinger, StampTV Kit Holiday Cheer, Warm Winter Wishes byCarolyn King (sentiment) all from Gina K Designs
Papers: Basic Grey Wassail DP, Cranberry Tart, In The Navy, 120lb white pure luxury cardstock from Gina K
Accessories: nestie tag, brads, pop dots, vellum, silver cording and ribbon from Gina K, jinble bells, copic markers, SU! inks for sponging the scene, paper piercing tool and template.

Gradient Challenge...

Well, I decided to do that challenge at Moxie Fab World , 'Gradient is Radiant'....I had fun playing with my photo corner punch, lol. Here is my card:



I just had fun with this card...one of those cards that come about by sitting at the table fiddling with all the stuff laying around actually. And see the tree trunk? That was a stick I found laying on my table too..where did it come from? WHO knows, hahaha!! I guess the card fairies thought it would look cool to use as a tree trunk, and I agree with them rofl!

Tonight we start our blog hop for Hip To Be Square!! It will all start on Melanie's blog at 10pm CST!!
Waider Gador to quote my grandson!!

Card Details:
Stamps: Holiday Hospitality from Gina K Designs
Papers: SU! cardstock, vellum and Fresh Asparagus, Soft Sand from Gina K
Accessories: photo corner punch, snowflake punch, gold rhinestones, sewing machine for stitching, distressing tool, vellum glue, pop dots, twig, white chalk ink.

Welcome to my UCD!

UCD? Ugly Card Day! LOL! I am starting a tradition on my blog today. At least once a month, and I am hoping NOT more often than that, rofl, I will post a card I made that I think is UGLY, and will not get sent or used for anything except UCD! And if you find on this day you have one of those cards too, share it with us too here on my blog! It's just for fun thing, no big prize for doing it...it's just to show even new ones that are starting, not everytime you make a card that it is gonna be drop dead gorgeous, oh so awesome creation!! Anyways, here is mine for today:


I have to admit, I do like what I did with the 'hills' on this card, but the stitching is all crooked, the sponging in green on the circle looks bad, the trees dont look right, needed a more sold tree image for stamping right there...*sighs* you see what I mean, UGLY card! LOL! Not to mention the sentiment isnt stamped dark enough...lol. I will admit too, I have 3 cards in my UCD file folder right now...one is so bad I dont know if I will ever show that one hahaha!

Ok, thats all for today! Hope you enjoyed my UCD!! LOL! Thanks for stopping by and tomorrow night, come back for a blog hop for Melanie's newest set "Hip To Be Square"!! 10pm CST!!

Card Details
Stamps: StampTV kit, Holiday Cheer from Gina K Designs
Papers: SU! cardstock and Fresh Asparagus from Gina K
Accessories: Sewing machine, ribbon, brick red and olive vivid ink, circle piercing template, circle punch, pop dots

A sketch challenge card.

Well, I hadnt played with the 2 Sketches 4 You girls in awhile so decided to try out their challenge this week. And then after doing the card I was not going to post it because I am unsure whether I strayed a bit much or not, LOL! BUT here it is:




What's that?? You say you seeing machine sewing??? Why YES you do, rofl! This is my first card sewing with my new little Janome Mini, and I do think i am going to like using it! It is so light weight and easy to move around and with limited space like I have, it's perfect! Anyways, for this card, I sewed on a piece of material I have had since last Christmas and then I stamped the bird from the new StampTV Kit onto a piece of linen that I usually use for counted cross stitch. I used vivid ink too, and just let it dry and it didnt smear at all. I also ran it through my sticker xyron thing and mounted it onto cardstock to give it some weight to it, then cut it out with nesties. There's those gorgeous nestie fancy tags that Mel sent me again too, LOVING those so much AND that ribbon, the sheer is from Gina K Designs too, the velvet ribbon I found in a box I uncovered with all kinds of forgotten goodies in it. Stuff to use on cards AND lots of my counted cross stitch kits too! I still fiddle with that on occasion, just been awhile! I still think this card needs something, like under where the pin is, I know most of the cards in these challenges at 2Sketches usually have all kinds of embellies on them, which is hard for me to do..soo... for the life of me...dont know what to put there....a swirly something maybe? hmmmm...oh well...the challenge is closed tonight at midnight so just gonna leave this for now! LOL!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! It has turned very cool here, only got up to 56 degrees so far today! I havent turned the heat on YET...but do have a burner on the stove on, lol! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Card Details
Stamps: StampTV Kit Holiday Cheer from Gina K Designs
Papers: All from Gina K
Accessories: Velvet ribbon, white sheer ribbon from Gina K, lace, hat pin, Janome Sew Mini Machine, pop dots, oval nesties, fancy tag nesties.
p.s. Stay tuned tomorrow, it's gonna be Ugly Card Day, UCD for short!! LOL! I have decided to do it on occasion...have what I will be calling UCD on my blog!

Happy Hump day!

Yes, the week is half over now! Got past hump day! I dont have a card today, but thought I'd show you a couple of pictures. This first one is a picture I snapped of 2 little birds when it was just pouring here the other day, they were huddled together under my awning thingy and the wrought iron pole:


I thought they looked like 2 little love birds, lol! I dont know what kind of birds they were, they looks like sparrows kinda...

I thought I'd share a picture of me from high school. My class of 1979 just had their 30th reunion this past weekend. I missed out on alot of the festivities because I was in the hospital when so much of the planning and stuff was going on... reservations had to be made on the dinner and I missed going to that too BUT, one of my classmates started a website and he put all of our senior pictures on there, rofl....talk about a walk down memory lane, OMG...



I absolutely HATED these pictures! My Mom thought I HAD to get my haircut for them, and it was cut WAY too short, I had that Farrah Fawcett thing going on before it was cut, lol! AND look at them rose colored glasses!! haha! AND I had a little rhinestone flower down in the corner there too...lmao...I just looked so ....studious or something and I HATED it, rofl! Anyways, thought I'd share that...haha! It was lots of fun seeing all of us in them old pictures...the 3 piece suits the guys wore..the fros....the platform shoes, haha! and WHITE leisure suit that one had on even, rofl!!

Well, thanks for stopping by and letting me share that memory with ya! Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week...looking forward to the weekend here!

My Boo bags!

Whew! Wasnt last week fun with all the new Gina K stuff? And then I decided to give my brain a rest over the weekend, lol! And I still have so many goodies to show that I havent shown on my blog yet, but did at the release party. BUT, I really dont like showing a whole bunch at once, I think people sorta stray if too long a post, haha! Or maybe I'm telling on myself there, rofl! Anyways! LOL! Here are my little treat bags I have made up for Halloween:



These are those little brown bags you can buy at Michaels that I cut down to 4" and then used an EK Success edge punch on the top area. I used Melanie's newest set from Gina K Designs called 'Hip To Be Square'...those are the little round tag looking things on the bag! On the bags I used used the 2 different halloween sets from Gina K too (listed below in bag details). These were really super quick to make. I have about 20 of them made up to pass out to the kids so far, and will probably make about that many more before Halloween gets here. We really dont get that many kids cause we sorta at a dead end road, lol!

Ok, that's all for now! I hope you are having a wonderful week...and a happy Tuesday!

Some personal stuffs....My sister's youngest son was diagnosed with the H1N1 bug...and he has asthma, and then my grandson has the regular flu and he has asthma too...he's been coughing so hard it makes him puke when he does...but hes a puker though...one of them kids that will puke at the drop of a hat, LOL! My daughter still gets all freaked out about it though, and will call me and I just tell her to get used to him doing it, cause some kids are like that...she HATES puking more than I do I think, lol! My sisters kid is much better already though, they all got put on that Tamaflu stuff even though so far he was the only one sick with it. I WAS going to go see her this weekend, but not gonna purposely go into a house with the swine flu there, lol! I've had the regular flu shot and the pneumonia shot, but not the swine flu one yet...I dont know about getting it either...i know they are saying safe and all but its still so new....Its sure the flu weather here right now...cool, wet, and rainy last few days....im not going anywhere...LOL!

Bag Details:
Stamps: Hip To Be Square, Happy Haunting, Spooky Silhouettes from Gina K Designs
Papers: little brown bags from Michael's, pure luxury 120lb. white from Gina K
Accessories: hole punch, twine, EK Success edge punch, spica glitter pens, black embroidery thread.