A snowy day

Hello friends,

Well Sunday and Monday it snowed quite a bit here in Nebraska. I have about 8 inches in the yard. We reported to work late and then were dismissed early. Yesterday and today the schools were closed. Today they should have been open. I have to laugh when people say that I got a lot of time off...Yes I was not at work, I was at home...shoveling!! At least yesterday it wasn't extremely cold or windy. Today is another story. High today around 14 and a whipping wind.

I rec'd some new punches in the mail today I can't wait until the weekend to play with them and post some photos.

Until then....Happy Stamping!
Pamela

Cards Jan 2011

Click on photo to see all of the cards!

Keeping busy in the New Year

Well here it is 10 days already gone in 2011. I can't believe it. One of my resolutions is to make 365 cards this year. I am off to an OK start. I have more than 10 made. Most of them I will sell, donate or give to my friends. I have posted some pictures for you here.

I also want to try to submit to some magazines this year. Those are my two resolutions.

Instead of other resolutions I am setting weekly goals. Last week it was to exercise in the gym at least 2 times. I made it to the gym twice and I did a Pilates class on Saturday loved that! I also shoveled snow on Sunday. I didn't love that so much.

This week my goal is to go to they gym twice and to keep a food journal on line. Then I am going to try to make a journal and write in it. We'll see. My class has me very busy and I don't know if I can fit everything in. But I will certainly try and not beat myself up if I can perfect everything. I have to really focus on the class because I want to go to a crop on Friday and make some more cards. I'm in a zone now.

Back to the cards. I used some images from Hero Arts, papers from Graphic 45, Webster's pages and DCWV. The crinkly ribbon I made myself and the buttons I got from an antique fair this summer. It started as a project to use the scraps on my table and then out came the sewing machine. It kept going from there and I was glad to have an afternoon to do it.

The brown card is embossed with the cuttlebug and the wood pear is from K&Co. The card w/ the car is from Tattered Angels. It is a retirement card. I hope you enjoy them.

Wishing you all the best-until next time. Happy Stamping!

Thankful

This is the weekend after Thanksgiving. We spent the day with our friends. She is deploying this week. It was a wonderful day of food and friendship.

Friday I managed to drag out for a couple of sales at JoAnns and JCP. It was a little intense with all the crowds. I didn't really do too much damage!

Saturday I was fortunate enough to go to my LSS and spend the day at a 12 hr crop. I worked on a recipe book for my Mom and some cards for a gift I'm making. I'll try to post some pics once they are ready to go. I also spent time there with one of my best stamping buddies. We were able to catch up since her trip home to Wisconsin.
I got a lot done and it was a good group of ladies.

Today, I spent time catching up on some much needed rest and did a little stamping this afternoon. I also completed a little bird house and a tray for the holidays. I'll try to post some pictures of that too.

I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am so grateful for the wonderful friends that I have in my life, my family, my pets and my art. The experiences I have been blessed to have in my life are more than I ever hoped to receive.

Many Blessings to all of you,

Pamela

Another Visit

This year I have had a chance to visit several midwest stores that specialize in stamping and scrapbooking. I traveled to Des Moines in July, Memory bound was one of my favorites there. I love Ben Franklin in Lincoln NE. I was also able to visit Stamper's Ink in Kansas City home of Riley the Moose. Love him he is so cute! Today I went to Kettering Ohio and visited Simply Scrapbooking. Beate from splitcoaststampers recommended it to me. What a wonderful store! Loads of stamps and all the "stuff" you need to go with them. Sizzix dies, cuttlebug, EK success etc....and of course paper. Lots of vintage items such as Crafty secrets and Graphic 45 as well as Webster's pages. I had a hard time choosing what I wanted to try to squeeze into my tiny carry on. But I ended up with a set from Just Rite stamps, some trim from Girls Paperie, a set of sizzix embossing folders by Tim Holtz and a bottle of Tattered angels GLAM in gold.

I can't wait to get home..finish this weeks homework and then PLAY!.

Thanks to Beate for recommending the store.... Happy Stamping!
Pamela

Christmas Cards

Here are some cards I made recently. I hope you like them.

I'm still working on a few more. I hope to post those next weekend. It's hard to believe it is November. We've been so blessed to have wonderful weather. I think today was one of the top days of the year. Sunny with fall colors in abundance.

I'm still plugging away at school. I'm healing pretty well from my accident, but I have a long road ahead with the dentist.

Hope all of you are enjoying wonderful fall weather as well.

Fall is here

OK, so maybe I'm a seasonal blogger. Is it fall already? My favorite time of the year. I love the leaves, the crisp feel of the air and of course the Halloween images. Lately I am very inspried by the vintage feel of things and feeling nostalgic. I've been playing with some images from Graphic 45, Stampin UP! and some Tim Holtz goodies I've picked up. Of course, I have my eye on the holidays already and lots of glitter for poinsettias, swirls, ornaments etc. Its a great season for cardmaking. Now just to find some time.

It seems every day I work and do homework, work and do homework. It's an endless treadmill. But, I keep thinking I'm more than halfway done and I just need to stick with it.

So now I have to say good bye, because today homework is due to the discussion board and of course, I am waiting to post mine on the last day. Hopefully, this weekend I can carve a little time in the stamp room and produce a little treasure or two.

Hopefully, I'll blog again before Christmas.

Pamela