Christie O

Update On Isaiah

2011-10-13T14:35:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone:
I just spoke with Isaiah on skype and wanted to give you an update on how he is doing and what has been going on for him at YWAM.
Isaiah looks well and is so enjoying his time in California! He is having alot of fun skateboarding and sight seeing. Today his team is in Tiajuana for a leadership conference which he seems to be enjoying. Last night they had the opportunity to visit the red light district in Tiajuana where they witnessed the tragedy of child trafficing, drug addiction, and the travesty that poverty and the lack of God create. It is one thing to see this kind of thing on TV; it is quite another to see it with your own eyes.
Isaiah has spent time ministering in friendship to unsaved kids at the skate park and has gotten them connected to local churches and youth groups which has really excited him.
He has had the opportunity to share God and hope with ex members of the Hell's Angels and direct them to the only true source of help and freedom.
He has seen deaf ears healed, financial needs provided for both for himself and others. He has had the opportunity to pray for others himself and see God move in their lives.
When I asked him what direction he felt the Lord leading him in he replied that since he has been there he has taken on the roll of a leader and an encourager and that that feels good to him. He himself has had the Lord touch areas of his heart where there were areas of hurt and unforgiveness and has had the opportunity to be influenced by leaders whom he likes and respects.
Most importantly, Isaiah has had the opportunity to experience God as his own God - the personal God. Isaiah wanted a pair of Rayban sunglasses. He told God that he didn't care how he got them but that he would really like some Raybans. Having no money to spend he laughed at the request and then one of the other guys on his team who has a very wealthy family and a huge brand name wardrobe approached Isaiah and said, "God has shown me that I've based my identity on these clothes and things so I'm giving them away. I have this pair of Raybans and I'm wondering if you want them!"
LOL! That's the God we serve, the God of more than enough, the God who fills the desires, not just the needs of our hearts!
We and Isaiah so much value all of your support. Your financial contributions, gifts and most of all your prayers. God is doing great things in and for Isaiah and we so look forward to sharing more with you as he continues to update us.
Tomorrow is the day that they will chose where they go for their outreach, please pray that God will show Isaiah clearly where he should be going!

Dinoroar

2011-09-09T00:44:00.001-06:00

Benjamin's birthday is coming up and unbenounced to him we will be celebrating it on the Disney Wonder cruise ship! OMGosh, I can hardly wait to see that sweet face light up with excitement! I made this card tonight with some new SU supplies:

I thought this cute little dinoroar set was perfect for little boy birthday cards! I'll post pics when I get back of the festivities!

8 Sleeps & Family Pics

2011-09-08T22:12:00.000-06:00

Its only 8 more sleeps until we leave for vacation and Isaiah heads off to YWAM. I have to admit that I'm starting to get a little emotional anticipating saying good-bye to him for a few months. Doesn't matter how old they are, they're always your baby!! I've been busy making packing lists, buying travel insurance, making sure passports are in order and doing all the online check-ins I can before we leave to make sure things run smoothly. In keeping with that theme my new but very sweet friend and neighbor Shanna brought it to my attention that it would be good to get some family photos done before Isaiah went off to YWAM so she very generously offered her time and did some pics for us. I am absolutely thrilled with how they turned out and just had to show them off to you here!
The one and only absolute love of my life:

Here is my young man all grown up:

I absolutely love these ones:

This is our "We did it! He's all grown up and we're SO proud of the young man he's become." and secretly, "one down, 3 to go" he he:

A boy and his Dad:

He'll always be my baby:

Next in line for a bedroom in the basement: Jacob, 8 years going on 17:

Eli - All boy mixed with complete sweetness:

Snips & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails - I don't care what anyone says this has got to be one of the sweetest faces ever created!!

And then there were 4:

I think being a big brother must be even better than being a super hero!

Boys will be boys!

And with being a super hero comes the "annoying little brothers"!!

Revenge:

"Ew", "get a room", "seriously?", "you guys are disgusting":

Have I mentioned how much I love my life and how I thank God for every day, every moment that I get to have these amazing 5 men in my life? I am blessed more than I could have ever imagined. ALL of my dreams have come true.

Thank you God for this Beautiful life you've given me and forgive me when I take it for granted.

Hug the people in your life that you never want to live without!

A New Home

2011-07-27T10:46:00.000-06:00

It has been forever since I've had a chance to blog. Time seems to be flying by this year and there has just been so much going on! We have just purchased a home which we are SO excited about. We've been renting for the last 2 years and have probably looked at over 100 homes. Finally we found one that was the right fit! While I didn't completely love the floor plan initially, it had everything on my check list which was the first one we saw like that. We could use 1 more bedroom but we'll figure that out in time. I have a ton of the 'before pics' - there are alot of things we'd like to do to this house which will happen over time but for now I thought I'd show you our new home. As we complete our projects, I'll add the before and after pics for you.
When we bought this house, as I said, it had everything on my check list but I didn't think it was my dream home - now that we are in - I am absolutely in love with this house and SO SO thankful that God has once again blessed our family abundantly above what we could ever think or imagine!! I've had my friend and neighbor from our other house, Rachelle over. She is a horticulturist and has come up with an amazing plan for our back yard. We've had the contractor over to give us quotes on a covered deck for the front and some other small jobs we need done and I've had the decorator here to help me pick out some paint colors! I'm so excited to get started but we do have to pace ourselves - not to mention that this house is substantially larger than our last one so we dont' have nearly enough furniture - giggle. Our house is on the nicest street in Kindersley (IMHO). It is across the street from the river and walking path and we have green space across from us with a ball diamond and 2 playgrounds not far away!
Okay, here we go:
The front exterior: (don't love the exterior at all - there are french doors out to the front yard but no deck - (that's where the covered deck comes in).

A little closer up

This monstrosity is what you see as soon as you walk in the front door. It is a fire place with no chimney - someone had big plans at one time but it completely closes off the whole main floor so it will be coming out!

Here are Charlie & Daisy checking out the new diggs! This is our living room. That door on the far wall is the master bedroom.

The front door from the inside - as you can see there is NO coat closet or anywhere to leave your shoes so I'll have to be very creative in coming up with an esthetically pleasing option for this busy family until we can build a mud room!

This is my itty bitty teeny weeny little laundry room - otherwise known as the hallway to the garage - LOL! It is also much smaller than I would have liked but is on the main floor and once the mud room is built we should be able to make this room larger.

This is Eli's room - technically a den but with a living room, family room and rec room we needed the bedroom space so that is what it will be! We'll be taking the french doors off eventually and just putting 1 regular door here.

The message center. Also not extremely functional with the small space between the cupboards and countertop but this space will eventually be made into a floor to ceiling linen closet!

This is Benjamin & Jacob's room - basic - but who puts a ceiling light in the corner of a room - ugh.

This is the boys bathroom. I am not a beige person. I love white, crisp and clean but this tub is sure enough beige and in such like new condition that it will not be going anywhere for quite some time so I will pick some colors for the wall that I think will make it more 'me'.

This is our kitchen which I originally thought would drive me totally crazy because it is quite small but there is actually more cupboard space in here than in our other house and because the space is well designed, my kitchen is actually more organized than ever!

This is our family room - LOVE LOVE LOVE that I have a wood burning fireplace!!

The empty dining room

And with our table: If you have ever been to our home you know that we have a substantial sized table. It is heavy and solid and there was barely enough room to walk around it in our other house - you can see this room dwarfs the table - it looks so small now ;0) I love all the space!!

The master bedroom

Our ensuite - ya gotta love the burgandy and brass - hmmm, wonder what decade this house was built - LOL! With that being said - my burgandy tub is heavenly to have a bubble bath in. I absolutely adore it and also is phenomenal condition so again, hoping to disquise the '80s theme with some great paint colors.

On to the basement: This is our guest bath

not very exciting at all...

This is just outside the bathroom and there is a giant black board painted on the wall. This entire basement was a kids play area when the previous owners were here and we are now containing that space :0). This will be our new workout area with the treadmill and some weights.

This space is opporsite the chalk board wall and will be our new rec room where we'll watch movies with the kids and Andy will play video games here - Alot I'm sure - LOL!

This area will be my craft space with a craft area for the kids at the end where the built in counter top is. The closed door just to the right of the counter will be the play room.

The is the room above with the open door. Right now it is Isaiah's room but with him going away, it may be turned into a guest room - much to his chagrin. If anyone can think of an amazing way to decorate a guest room so that it also functions for a young adult male - PLEASE email me!!

And finally out to the back yard. This is the back of the house - the deck is quite big and actually wraps around the the left of the house.

The yard:

Thanks so much for sharing this little tour with me. We absolutely adore our new home and can't wait to make it ours!

Big Sale

2011-05-25T09:09:00.000-06:00

Hi Everybody! I just wanted to let you know, if you don't already about a great promotion that Stampin Up is running! 30% off select stamp sets in honor of National Scrapbooking Month!

The page numbers are there for you to look up the sets if you like. Please email me by Monday May 30th if you are interested in ordering!
I love sales and I definitely plan to order a couple of these, especially since you never know what will show up on the retiring list!

Jacob's Glasses

2011-05-17T11:02:00.001-06:00

Well, it was bound to happen. At least one of the four boys was going to inheret my eyes and Jacob is the one. I got glasses when I was 8 years old and now, Jacob is 8 and just got new glasses. I'm so thankful that glasses are so common now that kids don't get teased about them!
Jacob picked some very stylish frames! Here is my big boy with his new glasses:

Doesn't he look SO grown up!

Lots Going On

2011-05-17T10:50:00.001-06:00

Wowsa! Its been a while - sorry about that! I do have some paper crafting treats to post but today I want to share some family stuff! First, our biggest news is that our oldest son Isaiah is going to be spending 6 months with a missionary organization called Youth With a Mission.

YWAM is an international and interdenominational organization of Christians working to help make a difference in a needy world. Founded in 1960, it is now one of the largest Christian ministries, with about 1,100 locations in over 171 countries. I saiah will be involved in the DTS, which is an intensive Christian training course. It consists of a lecture phase followed by a two-month cross-cultural field assignment.

The lecture phase takes place at the YWAM base in Los Angeles. Its aim is to prepare people to share with those less fortunate, placing an emphasis on knowing God in depth.

The location of Isaiah's outreach will be determined within 4 weeks of the lecture phase. The Los Angeles base focuses on the nations of India, Nepal, Morocco, Thailand, and South Africa. Past schools have helped start churches, participated in key construction projects, distributed goods to the poor and needy, ministered to orphans, and served in many other types of work.

As you can imagine, a trip like this requires financial support from a number of people. If you would like to support Isaiah in a financial way, thereby being a part of what he is accomplishing, he would be very grateful.

Isaiah needs to raise $2,950 for the lecture phase (which will cover room/board, food, books, and speaker costs) and an additional $3500 for the outreach phase (which covers airfare, accommodations, food, and ground transportation).

Please make checks out to YWAM and send to:

YWAM Los Angeles

Attn: DTS Registrar
11141 Osborne Street
Lake View Terrace, CA 91342

Please DO NOT write on the memo line. Just attach a separate note stating whom the check is for - Isaiah Ortman (Sept 2011 DTS).

If you would prefer to give using paypal, your credit card or debit account, you can click on the Isaiah's YWAM Donation button in the Right Hand Column right at the top.

We would love for you to keep Isaiah in your thoughts as he prepares for this great experience. We can’t wait to see what the Lord has in store during this time.

For You Flower?

2011-03-25T21:06:00.000-06:00

I love this flower stamp and I love that it matches a punch! Stampin Up does such a great job of making their products coordinate! It makes creating beautiful things so easy to do.

I love the color combination too. Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, Chocolate chip & Crumb cake.
If this card looks familiar, its because I cased it from the Idea Book & Catalogue - I just changed up the colors!
Have a great day!

Easter Silhouette

2011-03-22T10:17:00.000-06:00

As soon as I saw the Easter Blossoms stamp set, I knew I had to have it. Having said that I haven't really ever sent out Easter cards - I guess I should start ;0).

This card was inspired by Renee Vanstralen - she is amazing and always has fresh, new, creativity to share on her blog.

I colored the apple blossoms with my white gel pen. The ink is regal rose and the paper is pretty in pink. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the decorative label punch! The whole main image is popped up on dimensionals!
If you want the Easter Blossoms stamp set, you have until the end of April to order it and you can do that right HERE

A Birthday for Twins

2011-03-21T13:31:00.000-06:00

My amazing twins turned 8 on Saturday. Wow, that happened when I blinked. The time has gone SO fast! I only remember snippets of when they were babies, but I remember very clearly the pregnancy and the preparation - practical and mental - for the arrival of TWO babies.
Every single day I look at them and marvel at the amazing little people God decided to trust me with - how humbling! My little dreams come true!
Jacob is a leader - a born leader. Its just who God made him to be. What a huge responsiblity to parent a child like this. To teach him that leaders are kind, to teach him how to make tough decision, and to teach him how to lead with love. Thank God we have the example of Jesus to follow! He also loves to draw us pictures and write us stories and read them to us :0)

Eli is so sensitive, his is a hard worker and loves the status quo. He is eager to please all the time and loves to bless those around him. He is constantly writing me poems and stories, making me cards and telling me how much he loves me. He has still kept his new years resolution and is very proud of that! He is wise and has a very strong conscience, constantly keeping Jacob on track despite Jacob 'leading' him to do things that are questionable. This is one of my favorite pictures EVER!

They had a skating party this year - we barely made it with the weather - it was pretty slushy and we had alot of wet ski pants when we got home but they had fun nevertheless. They were each allowed to invite 4 kids so all together we had 11 (including Benjamin).
As these 11 cherubs were racing around our house slamming doors, chasing each other and screaming, Andy turned to me and said - do you see now why I don't think the movie Cheaper By The Dozen is funny - LOL!

Here are the invitiations I made for their party - I cased them and changed them a little bit from the SU idea book and catalogue:
Jacob's were red:

Eli's were green:

You can find all of the supplies to make these invitations right HERE!
Go hugs the little people in your life that make your dreams come true!

Simply Adorned

2011-03-20T11:19:00.000-06:00

Have you seen the Simply Adorned jewelry in the catalogue? I think it is such a neat idea that I had to order a bracelet for myself. I was so impressed with the quality of the jewelry. The charms have some real weight to them and the the pearl and gems from the occassions mini are really pretty! I decorated up my bracelet like this:

This next one I used the window sheets from the clearance rack and one of the basic pearls.

This is the other side of the same charm:

For the round charm, I stamped the edge of the Elizabeth stamp and added a little gem.

You can get your simply adorned bracelet HERE and the charms HERE or call me or email me today for your own simply adorned workshop and you could get your bracelet for FREE!

Hope you're having a Fabulous Sunday!!

Train Wreck!

2011-03-10T13:37:00.001-06:00

UGH! Well, I'm still on the mend from pneumonia and now I've hurt my back - I have no idea how it happend, all I did was clean my house, but nevertheless, my lower back is in complete spasm and I'm off work by Dr's order until Monday. I do have some stamping goodness to share with you, but I won't get those pics up until tomorrow. I'm going to try and hobble down the stairs to take some pics after my pain meds kick in.

For now, I thought I'd share some more pics of our new baby - Charlie. He's fitting right in!

He and Daisy have become BFF (best friends forever):

He does ALOT of sleeping - and wow, does he SLEEP HARD!!

I especially love this pose - we like to call it - the seal:

He's a perfect fit for our happy family and we're enjoying him (although, I can see the look on Daisy's face occassionally when she is annoyed with her new little brother - LOL). The boys absolutely adore him and I hear, "Mommy, thank you for getting us such a nice puppy like Charlie" at least once a day! Thanks for humoring me while I show off my new baby!

I'mmmmmm Baaaaaack!

2011-03-06T21:03:00.000-06:00

Wowsa! 16 stinking days sick and I just today finally feel like I'm on the mend! Thank God for the amazing immune systems he gave us that can fight back against these viruses! I'm still coughing and blowing my nose like crazy but I'll be back at work this week and I'm back to stamping! YAY! I'll have some eye candy for you later this week! Andy and I have a date day planned on Tuesday in our cuddle room - AKA video game/stamping space - so I plan on stamping my heart out! Thanks for hanging in there while I've been on the mend!

Just a Note

2011-02-22T16:24:00.002-06:00

to let you all know that my Dr. thinks I am likely in the process of getting the same thing that landed my husband in the hospital for 5 days so I won't be posting for a bit - I can barely manage to move my body out of bed at this point. Thanks for your patience and prayers as the whopping dose of Penicillin starts to kick in!

I Love Bliss

2011-02-19T00:00:00.001-06:00

While its been soooo cold outside here, it is the perfect opportunity to stay in where its warm and do some stamping! Sale-a-bration is on right now meaning you can earn FREE stamp sets by ordering or hostessing! The Bliss stamp set from the sale-a-bration flyer is by far my favorite. The damask stamp in it is just so pretty! I thought I'd share this SU video with you making a card using the Bliss stamp set! Enjoy~!

You can get your own Bliss stamp set by placing an order of 60.00 or more right HERE!
I hope your day is simply blissful!

Its A Boy...and He's a Keeper!!!

2011-02-18T00:00:00.003-06:00

My poor husband ended up the hospital with a VERY nasty pneumonia. He's on IV antibiotics and I've been visiting a couple of times every day. While I've been out and about, I've also been running errands and on the list today was picking up dog food at the pet store. Well, along with Dog food, I picked up another little something for an early Valentine's gift for all '5' of my boys:

I do have to admit that I just left a deposit at the pet store while I 'borrowed' this little guy to see if Andy would fall in love with him like I did - and guess what - HE DID! We had been talking about getting Daisy a little brother or sister but didn't have any definite plans and when I saw this little guy, he stole my heart! He is a bassett hound/terrier cross. After I got the nod from Andy, I took the new puppy home to our oldest - Isaiah:

It was two thumbs up there also. We let Isaiah pick a name for this little guy and he decided on Charlie!
Next, I took Isaiah and Charlie back to the hospital to see Andy and then I went and picked up the little guys from school (I wanted Andy to be able to see their excited little faces when they saw Charlie). Here's what happened:

How totally cute is HE!!!

And, the boys weren't the only ones who loved him. He and Daisy hit it off!

It was a long hard day meeting those boys and his new sister!

Thanks for looking at our new little snuggler! Have a great day!

Invites

2011-02-17T00:00:00.001-06:00

The same friend that ordered the invites from me also ordered some invitations and these are what I came up with for her:

This card was made with the Priceless stamp set from SU. You can purchase it right HERE! Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me!

From SU

2011-02-16T00:00:00.001-06:00

I got this sweet card from Stampin Up the other day and thought it was so special that they thought of little ol' me!

Thank You Stampin Up!

Baby Showers

2011-02-15T00:00:00.001-06:00

Alot of our friends have been having babies lately and I've had so much fun making some cute little gift bags to go along with the gifts! I made 2 of these:

They were so quick and easy and looked really cute I think!

3x3s

2011-02-14T00:00:00.001-06:00

I love the little 3x3 cards that make such great tags for gift bags or thank you notes. A friend of mine ordered some of these and this is what I came up with:

That's all for today! Hope you enjoyed these little thank yous!

TONS for Sale!!!

2011-02-13T15:47:00.007-06:00

ETA: I've updated the list here. Its slowly getting shorter - thanks everyone!!

I have a TON of stuff I'm trying to sell - paring down to my favs and trying to save some $$ so here is my ginormous list of things. Please let me know if you have any questions! I'm absolutely open to offers and prices DO NOT include shipping. You can email me at christieortman@ymail.com for more information.

Non Stamping Up Items for Sale:

Ribbon & Fibres

5 balls of “fibres” (brocade blueish, purples, red, Cajun) $5.00

Burgandy velvet ribbon $2.00

17 small rolls of spring green coordinating ribbons $8.00

17 small rolls of crate paper coordinating ribbons $8.00

1 roll of wrmk ribbon (moss, choc & ivory striped) aprox 1 yard $.50

3/8” oatmeal stitched grograin $3.00

5/8” made with love heart ribbon $1.00

Punches & Tools

Cricut Machine (original with Jasmine & George cartridges, manual, instructions, mat & cricut tool kit) $80.00

Marvy Giga Scalloped Square punch $10.00

Marvy Giga Scalloped Oval punch $10.00

Marvy Jumbo scalloped square punch $7.00

McGill 1 7/16 x 2 ½” door hanger punch $7.00

McGill decorative bracket punch $7.00

Fiskars 1/8” hole punch $3.00

Fiskars Paper Edgers – 17 pairs with stand $20.00

Fiskars sliding paper cutter (orange) $5.00

Fiskar’s Treading Water Punch $7.50

EK Success corner rounder punch NIP $7.00

Accessories

Memory box frames $2.00

Stamps

Rubber Romance: (all wood mounted)

Painting girl $5.00

Girl in bed on phone $5.00

Girl holding dog $5.00

Shopping Girl $3.00

Girl in Bathrobe with coffee $5.00

Aloha girl $5.00

3 shopping girls $6.00

Movie Star lady $5.00

Just Rite Monogram Stamper Kit – round $10.00

Just Rite Monogram Stamper Kit (new) (special occasions font) $5.00

Paper Trey Ink Ambassador Monogram (new) $5.00

Green Thumb $10.00

Close To My Heart – free spirit $10.00

A little bee $10.00

Adorable $10.00

With Love $10.00

Moments $10.00

Delight in Everything $10.00

Simple Blossoms $10.00

House Mouse:

Joyous Noel $7.00

Candy Cane Tester $7.00

Kissy Face $7.00

Christmas Treats $7.00

Cap nap $7.00

Swing Chime $7.00

Bunny buffet $7.00

Stampendous:

Happy Birthday pail topper $5.00

Olivia sunflower $5.00

Changito banana $3.00

Changito safari $3.00

Bee thankful $3.00

Julia $3.00

Meg $3.00

Snowheart message $1.50

Paper Salon – let it snow girl $3.00

Whipper Snapper – hershey’s kiss $7.00

Gina K – funky Christmas – nip $7.00

Lizzie Anne – Jolies Fleurs $10.00

Daisy Dots $10.00

Technique Tuesday – In a Word – children $10.00

In a Word – Love $10.00

MFT Howdy Cowgirl (new) $5.00

MFT (set of 11 clear stamp sets – most never used) $20.00

Rain or shine

A flower set

Lady walking dog set (2 sentiments missing)

Its a jungle out there

Large heart and flower set

Background set

Border & Frame Set

Autumn set

Christmas Set

Soakin up the sun (2 stamps missing)

Wedding set

Autumn Leaves – flower set $5.00

Flourishes set $5.00

Inky antics fabulous flowers nip $5.00

Modern blossoms nip $5.00

Halloween turtle nip $5.00

Hanging cat (wood mounted) $5.00

Ink a dink a doo

Christmas tree $5.00

Paper salon pattern play stamp set $7.00

2 stamping Bella Binders full of Bella stamps $50.00 each

All NIP Stamping Bella:

Snowman circle with bird and prezzie $3.00

Beach chair and ball $3.50

5 Pom Pomabella $4.00

Patterned Christmas Holly $3.00

Vase with flowers $2.50

4 Snowbunnybella $4.00 each

Patterned dove with berries $3.00

3 Wreathabella $4.00

2 Oh so pretty bella $4.00

2 Stampabella $4.00

Three little Christmas trees $4.50

Veggiebella $4.00

Bella eating popcorn $4.00

Miniwagonfella $3.00

2 Sweetybellas $4.00

Captain stella and her dingy $3.00

3 Expectafellabella $4.00

Soccermomabella 4.00

Yarn $2.00

Savvyshoppabella $4.00

Agnes ketto $4.00

20 assorted sentiments $15.00

Used once or twice:

shopabellas - 3 bellas with shopping bags - 4.00

bridesmaidbellas - 4.00

veggiebella - 4.00

sittingprettybella - 4.00

surfafella - 4.00

weightwatchahbella - 4.00

pom pom bella - 4.00

i will miss you bella - (cruiseabella) - 4.00

weight lifting bella - 4.00

superbella - 4.00

real estate a bella - 4.00

spabella - 4.00

ohsoprettybella - 4.00

pmsabella - 4.00

bella with minivan and 3 kids - 4.00

bella with christmas tree and santa hat - 4.00

blingafella - 4.00

dare to be different flower - 3.00

one piece bathing suit circle - 3.00

beerafella - 4.00

babycakes - 3.00

babybella hanging bundle - 3.00

rockabella - 4.00

house - 2.00

11 sentiments

copyrightabella - 1.00

lattebella - 4.00

house cleaning bella - 4.00

bellarina - 4.00

bikababeabella - 4.00

billboardabella - 4.00

shopping bella (with lace up boots and short flippy hair) 4.00

shopping bella with big curly hair - 4.00

craveabella - 4.00

speedabella - 4.00

giftabella - 4.00

globetrotabella - 4.00

coffee morning bella - 4.00

glide abella - 4.00

blingabella - 4.00

knitting bella - 4.00

shoeshopping bella - with boots on boxes - 4.00

20 assorted sentiments $15.00

Paper Pretties:

Holiday cheer sentiment $1.00

Bugs & Fishes $3.00

2 Surf’s Up $3.00

Nest snowman $3.00

Flutterby Sophia $3.00

Thankful Sophia $2.00

Chinese food box $2.00

Sassy shoes (no sentiments) $5.00

Cake set (no sentiments) $5.00

Sassy Circles $3.00

Mermaid Sophia $3.00

Bubble sentiment $1.00

Off to School Sophia $3.00

2 You’re fantastic Sophia $3.00

Flirty Fortunes $5.00

Snowangel Sophia $5.00

Love Bugs $4.00

Whiskers Sophia $2.00

One of those days $2.00

Hey PussyCat $3.00

Christmas bird house $2.00

Drummer boy $2.50

Nativity animals $3.00

You’re so sweet $3.50

Make a splash Sophia – wood mounted $5.00

Bookworm Sophia – wood mounted $5.00

Lot of Michaels stamps – 58 stamps $20.00

Paper & Scrapbooks

38 pieces 12x12 various designer printed paper $10.00

STAMPIN UP RETIRED SETS

A Beautiful Season – 2003 $15.00

A is for Adorable $10.00

All in a Row $7.00

All Natural $10.00

Alpha bits $5.00

Art of Life (sentiment stamp missing) $7.00

Background Sampler $5.00

Be Happy (used once) $10.00

Best Blossoms (new Unmounted) $7.00

Best of Cluck $15.00

Big Blossom $7.00

Big Pieces $15.00

Birthday Banter (mounted but never used) $15.00

Bodacious Boquet $15.00

Boho Backgrounds $5.00

Botanicals $20.00

Burst into Bloom $5.00

Butterfly of Happiness (used once) $15.00

Classic Caps (used once) $20.00

Crazy for Christmas (used once) $10.00

Cross Hatch $7.00

Eat Cake $10.00

Easy Elegance $10.00

Elegant Rose $5.00

Everyday Flexible Phrases $20.00

Expressive Flexible Phrases $20.00

Fabulous Flowers $10.00

Festive Four $5.00

Fishy Friends $10.00

Flaky Friends $12.00

Flowers for a Friend $15.00

Fresh Fillers $5.00

Fun Filled $7.00
Gently Falling $5.00

Glorious Gift (missing one stamp) $5.00

Going Buggy $10.00

Good Times $15.00

Graceful Words $10.00

Happiest of Holidays $5.00

2 Happy Harmony (NUM) $7.00

Hip Hip Hooray $10.00

Holiday Spirit $7.00

Hung Up On the Holidays $5.00

Its Snow Time $20.00

Kid Cards $5.00

Label Classics (used once) $10.00

Lexicon of Love $5.00

Looks Like Spring $15.00

Love Without End $10.00

Mostly Flowers $5.00

Oh So Lovely $10.00

On the Spot $7.00

Petal Pushers (used once) $15.00

Reindeer Print $10.00

Reverse Prints $10.00

Riveting $10.00

Sassy & Seasonal $10.00

Say It Simply $5.00

Send a Celebration $7.00

Shapes & Shadows $15.00

Snow Flurries $5.00

Soft & Sweet $10.00

Sparkling Summer (NUM) $15.00
Special Day $7.00

Stipple Celebrations $15.00

Stippled Stencils $5.00

Sweet Shapes $10.00

Sweet & Sassy $7.00

Sweet on You $5.00

Toy Box $10.00

True Friend (mounted, never used) $10.00

Vases in Vogue (never used) $15.00

Watercolor Garden II (used once) $20.00

Wonderful Weaves $5.00

Word by Word $7.00

Stampin Up Accessories

Color Box Petal Point Chalk Inks (earths & regals) $5.00

20 Stampin Write Markers – retired colors $40.00

Retired Color Coach $5.00

Ribbon:

¼” apricot grosgrain $2.00

¼” true thyme stitched ribbon $5.00

¼” vintage violet stitched ribbon $3.00

1/4” cranberry stitched ribbon $2.00

2 Burgundy 3/8” organdy $5.00 each
3/8” caramel grosgrain $1.00

3/8” promegranate stitched ribbon $5.00

3/8” light blue organdy $2.00
3/8” blue bayou stitched ribbon $5.00

3/8” navy organdy $3.00
3/8” orchid organdy $3.00
3/8” celery organdy $3.00
5/8” NIP Choc. Stitched felt (alpine ribbon originals) $5.00

7/8” pink organdy $5.00
NIP – 7/8” celery organdy $5.00

7/8” celery organdy $2.00
7/8” silver organdy $2.00
7/8” rainbow organdie $3.00
Pretty In Pink craft ink refill $1.50
Brick jumbo wheel (went with stipple celebrations) $3.00

Flower jumbo wheel (solid print flowers) $3.00

4 classy brass templates – priceless, daisy, spring fling?, paisleys $10.00

Craft and rubber scissors $5.00

6x6 pattern pack dp paper $3.50

For Caitlyn

2011-02-13T00:00:00.000-06:00

Benjamin was invited to a classmate's birthday party - a little girl - seriously, I am the Mom of ALL boys! I almost had an anxiety attack shopping for a gift for a girl - LOL! It felt like totally unchartered territory - LOL! Well, we found something we hope she liked and I made up this sweet little bag to put her gift in:

The colors look a little funny in the pic but they really did all match - he he! The brads in the center of the flowers are fabric and I was really pleased with how this bag turned out! A little something special for a sweet little girl! Happy Birthday Cait!

Like This Card?

2011-02-12T00:00:00.001-06:00

Look at this super cute valentine card I whipped up. If you like it, you can make one too for FREE TODAY! Join me at the Great Plains college in Kindersley today from 2 - 4 pm. Use the entrance on 5th ave. Come on out and shop for deeply discounted stamp sets, printed paper, and more. We'll have a draw, snacks, displays and lots of laughs! I can't wait to see you there!

You can even book your own workshop where I can show you even more great projects like this!! March is a great time to do it too b/c while Sale-a-bration is on, you can earn even more FREE product as a hostess! See ya later!

Some Bunny Loves You!

2011-02-11T00:00:00.002-06:00

I absolutely LOVE these happy hoppers stamps! They are just adorable, the bunnies look SO real! Our oldest boy had 2 bunnies for pets when he was little and they were just so cuddly and sweet! This is yet another image that I had in my prestamped stack!

The cardstock is SU and I REALLY BELIEVE that there is NO nicer cardstock out there! It is thick and stands up nicely so your cards will have a very professional appearnce. You can purchase your Stamping Up cardstock here. I tried my hand at sewing on this card as well but I'm just now noticing how NOT straight the line is - LOL! Oh well, it gives it character right? I'm pretty sure that the recipient of this card won't care!

Bunny Valentine

2011-02-10T00:00:00.001-06:00

Some of you may know that my youngest son's nickname is Bunny Toes - a long, albeit sweet, story behind that. Anyway, I had this little Mo Manning image in my prestamped pile and thought it would be perfect for him for Valentine's Day!

I used all scraps on this card - can you believe that? Yeppers, all scraps that I had in my scrap bin - use what you have, right! I cut the images out with my nesties and my Big Shot! If you're liking the look of the cut outs, you can get YOUR OWN Big Shot right HERE. There is SO much you can do with this machine and I'd love to come a do a class with you and your friends to teach you the wealth of things you can do with it and use it for - even quilters will love this machine!
Have you made your valentines? Or valentines for your kids to hand out? If you need supplies or a hand with any of those things you, can contact me right here.
Well, that's all for me today! Hope you have a wonderful day! Go give that little special someone in your life a big hug!