new tutorial

Here's my newest stamping tutorial. Thanks for stopping by.

happy mothers day

I hope you have a beautiful mother's day. I took mom to my alcohol inks class yesterday. It was her first foray into card making and what an amazing job she did. The other students couldn't believe she'd never stamped before. We went out for dinner and pie and had a lovely time. It's very quiet here this morning, but the guys are taking me for brunch later. Sounds like a beautiful day to me. I hope you have some happy moments today. Thanks for stopping by.

inky fun

This is what happens here when the guys go out overnight fishing. I have been cranking up the tunes and stamping myself silly. Thanks for stopping by.

family time

We had a wonderful visit with the whole clan last weekend. Those adorable kiddos are my nieces and nephews along with my son, the oldest, in the middle. I met the two youngest on the left at this visit and fell in love with them just as I did with the two older ones when they were here for a visit a few years ago. It's an amazing thing to me that we can so completely love our sweet little kiddos. Josie, on the far left, melted my heart at dinner the first night when she sat next to me and shared my food. I knew we'd be fast friends when she licked the butter off the bread and dipped her french fries in the sour cream on my baked potato. Jay, in front of Kyle, grabbed my heart the next day at the zoo. We were walking in the rain and he said I need someone to hold my hand. I jumped right in and held his hand all the way to lunch. He told me that he likes hamburgers with ketchup only and no real tomatoes. Gotta love a kid that know what he wants and holds your hand. I think they all had fun playing together this weekend.

My mother in law made it through her surgery yesterday, which was quite extensive. We are all so thankful that she is on the mend and have hopes of another visit when she is feeling a bit stronger.

busy week

I can't believe I haven't posted all week. I've been busy teaching at school and I taught a fun class last night on distress techniques. It was such a fun class with 6 very inspiring students. We got really messy. My mojo has been in overdrive all week. I love when that happens. I've got a ton of 1/2 finished things rolling here. It must be the warmer weather that my muse is loving. Mom and I went to see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Sunday. It was so racy and completely hilarious. I think our sides hurt from laughing when we left. We are getting on a plane bright and early tomorrow to go visit all the in-laws for the weekend. Curtis' mom is having surgery next week, and we are having a little reunion before she goes in. I hope you have a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by.

new video tutorial

better

I had a much better day today! It's ok if you laughed yesterday, I would've if it wasn't me. I spent my day in Kindergarten and 1st grade today. It doesn't get much better than that. Where else can you carry around a purple crayon in your pocket and discuss rainforest creatures such as the margay. I'm working on a new video tutorial, should be up in the next day or so.

monday the 13th

I am seriously considering going back to bed and starting over. I've had an earache for 2 days now which I think is swimmers ear from my lap swimming last weekend. I got some medication yesterday, and it's starting to feel a bit better. I pad into the kitchen barefoot this morning to make my tea with 2 teabags to make it nice and strong. I get just the right amount of 1/2 and 1/2 in there to make it yummy. I take a step over to the sink to remove the teabags and ouch! It feels like I stepped on broken glass or a sharp pin. My toe is killing me and something sharp is in there. I look down as I'm hopping around and there is the nasty culprit. A yellow jacket is hiding under the toe kick of the bottom cupboards laughing at me. I'm telling you my toe swelled up to twice the normal size, pain all up my foot, pure agony. There just are not enough curse words for that kind of pain. I've still got it on ice 4 hours later. It's ok if you want to laugh, I won't hear you. I'm going back to bed.

new class

Just a pic of some samples for my next alcohol inks class on May 9th. The link is over there on the right. I love teaching the techniques and then letting students run with them. I've got a few surprises up my sleeve for this one including all those new alcohol ink colors shown at the bottom and a surprise non card project.

We are having a great spring break. The beach was warm and sunny and gorgeous. We watched Kyle's rugby game on Saturday and then I spent my day outside in the gardens and park on Sunday while the guys went deep sea fishing. The flowers were plentiful, but the fish were elusive. Dinner out, some swimming, and a few new books rounded out our getaway. ahhhh

crayon resist

I got on a roll with crayon resist after making the last tutorial. I made a set of these for my local card swapping friends. There's a bit of masking and over-stamping with the blue flower in the background on this one. I tried out Jennifer's fancy punch layering thing. It makes for an interesting corner.

It's been pretty crazy busy here lately. Kyle's still playing rugby and we're running up and down the mountain regularly for practices. I've been working lots more, earning a bit of money for summer vacation. The magazine is really rolling fast, so I'm writing and creating for that. We're running away to the beach this weekend to kick off spring break. I hope you're having a nice start to spring. Thanks for stopping by.