Wow!!! Time sure got away from me...

Have you ever just kind of lost track of time, I mean really lost track of time. That's what happened to me this weekend. I knew I had to post on my blog, but I didn't even think about it until this morning. Maybe I've put a little too much on my plate. Nawwww :) I'm one of those people who HATES to have idle hands. If I'm not running around like crazy, my life just is boring. For example, right now, just in my stamping life I have the following things going on....

LNS Design Team
LNS Tutorial Team
LNS Blog finds of the Day
Had an open house this past weekend and a card class this coming weekend
Tutorial for USTAMP
Blog posting for Operation Write Home Blog Hop
Royal Blog Tour Editorial Staff


Hmmmm, no wonder I forgot to post this weekend. I hope you all forgive me (does anyone even notice if I miss a day of posting?). Anyway, here is a cute little milk carton we made at my open house. I thought the Sweet Pea dsp and the Fox and Friends lion went really well together...what do you think?

Ok, this post is just to brag

For those of you who don't know, I have an amazingly brilliant eleven year old daughter. She participated in Odyssey of the Mind (click the link for more information. It will explain it better than I ever could) and her team won for our region. Now she heads to K-town to compete with all of Europe. Well, my parents in the states wanted to see her competition, but the video was too big to email so I had to post it here. I hope you all spare me this little indulgence. :) (You can watch it too if you want!)

CCS Funky Friday Challenge

Thank goodness someone else picked our challenge this week. After last week's fiasco, chosen by none other than me, I needed an easy challenge. This Friday's challenge is Spring....No colors, no layout, just create something Springy. Well, that's pretty easy, or at least I thought it was. Well 4 cards later I realized that creating springy stuff is easy, but unfortunately I keep using stuff that they don't have in the UK! How in the world am I going to make sure that I don't use Scrapping kits, or DSP, or stamps that aren't available on that side of the world? Punches of course! I saw this adorable tutorial and just couldn't get it out of my mind! I liked it so much I'm teaching a class on it in just a couple weeks. And even better, it's made out of everything they have in the UK!!! Woot!

Ok, I can't wait any longer.....

Remember last Sunday when I told you my bunny box inspired something totally different? Well here is how it happened. I put together my bunny box and like a proud kid showed it off to my hubby. We were getting ready to go to a birthday party at my Upline's house and I was taking it with me. As he looked at the shape of the mini milk carton he said.....wow, I bet you could turn that into a tank or something. I laughed it off, but my wheels were turning. I had no idea how to make a milk carton into a tank, but I knew my upline did. Later that night at the birthday party, while the men were all rocking out to Rock Band, I got Sara working on this challenge. She didn't come up with a tank, but she was able to put together a Stryker! For those of you who have no idea what a Stryker is, I've attached this picture. It is basically similar to a tank, but instead of treads, it has several wheels. Here in Grafenwoehr, Germany, that is what several of our units drive. Anyway, I think she did a great job! She also spoils me a little....so not only did she create a Stryker for me, she also put together a quick tutorial. If you are interested in the tutorial leave me a comment with your email address and I'll be happy to send it to you. Thanks again Sara!!!! You Rock!

100 Days of School

Those of you who have followed my blog for a while know that Jay, my six year old, is my crafting buddy. He loves all things Stampin' Up! (I trained him well!!) but most of all he loves punches. It doesn't matter what the project is, there has to be a punch. Well, today's project is no exception. Today is the 100th day of school. For homework, the Kindergarten kids were asked to attach 100 of something to a big piece of construction paper. Can anyone guess what Jay wanted to attach? That's right 100 punches. So, Stampin' Up! to the rescue. We punched 100 1" circles (Ok, Jay punched 5 and I punched 95....my hand hurts) and we glued them on. He is pretty proud of his sign, and I'm pretty proud of him!

DSP Challenge

The LNS challenge this week couldn't come at a better time, at least for me. After the mini milk carton die fiasco, I realized that my stamp room was being over run with stuff. I admit it, I'm a hoarder. No, I don't know what I might be able to do with 13 empty Slim Jim containers, but I do know that as soon as i get rid of them I will need them. So I hang on to them. But alterable items aren't my only problem. I currently have two large drawers full of DSP. One of them holds all the paper that is already retired, and the other holds the paper that is current. Needless to say, no one needs that much paper! I had just decided to give some away when the LNS challenge to use up your DSP came out. So, I figured I might as well cut into some of those gorgeous pieces of pristine paper. This isn't the first card I made, but it is definitely my favorite. I love this stamp set, Fox and Friends. I am hoping that it will be carried over to the new catalog. I know I haven't used it nearly enough yet. What about you? Do you have this set?

Wax Paper Resist

Last week I held a class at my home on the Wax Paper Resist Technique. This is the simplest thing to do, but it makes some really interesting backgrounds and elements for your projects. I have no idea who originally came up with this technique, but if you want to give it a try you can find a great tutorial by Linda Willman Here. We made three cards using this technique, but I think this one was probably my favorite. Something about these little Animal Crackers stamps that make me smile!