Late Night Stamper

Beautiful Jenelle Birthday!

2009-08-22T10:02:00.002-04:00

Good Morning Stampers!!!

Yes it is really me!!!! How are you all doing? I have been wonderful! I took a little break this month from stamping to spend some time with my awesome family! These are the most important people in my life and I am so glad I am able to be with them!!!!

I made this card a few weeks ago for my friend Danika's daughter Jenelle! She turned 1!!!!! What a special special birthday!!!!! I used Lilly at the Beach from Pink Cat Studios! I can not tell you enough how much I love these stamps! I used my Copics to color Jenelle (LILLY) in and added some glitter to her fins. I used the new Burmuda Bay ribbon from Stampin Up which matched PERFECTLY with the Designer paper I picked out. I THINK the paper is from Basic Grey!

Zakary is at his moms this week, but will be back next Sunday for his last full week here before school starts. Our house is going to be so quiet when the school year begins and Zain is going to miss his brother so much! Every other weekend is just not enough time for him to be with us. Thank goodness for school vacations!!! Zak has made so much progress here with us this summer! He is eating vegetables, his manners have improved tremendously! He is swimming like a fish! And so much more!!!! Chris and I are so proud of him!!!! We could really see the light at the end of the tunnel back in June and here we are just 2 short months WOW!!!!!

I am hoping to get some crafting in this week as well!!!! If that sun is shining though I will be outside with Zain!!!!!

Rain is here today so we are getting caught up on some MUCH needed house work!!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful day doing whatever makes you happy!!!!!

Biker Babe

2009-08-05T08:52:00.004-04:00

HI Stamping Friends!!!

Last night my mom took the boyZ for a sleep over. Zakary was so excited. He never gets to sleep over there because Chris and I are a little selfish since his time here during the school year is so limited. He is here a lot more in the summer so he was able to go and talked about it for the first 3 days! LOL Chris and I had some adult time last night and it was spectacular!

I made this card using Cindy's Dirty Girl sketch from a couple of weeks ago. The Dirty Girls over on SCS had a whole weekend of challenges. I am hoping to print more off and put them in my book so I can play soon!

On this card I used some of Gina K's digi paper. Can I just say what an awesome idea to whomever thought of that! I love it because usually when I buy a pack of paper I have my favorite sheets....then when it's all gone I have to buy a whole new pack IF I can find it...Digi paper...always have what I want!!!!!

I used the bikabababella which I have been wanting for some time now! I got her when we went for our shopping trip. I also for the little yellow flowers as well. I colored my image with my copics...duh hahaha

Off to get the two Z's today. Hoping the weather is nice enough for Chris and I to join them in a quick swim before heading back home. I love the pool on hot sunny days!!!!

Have a wonderful day doing whatever makes you happy!!!!

Inky Impressions 2nd Design Team Call

2009-08-03T23:26:00.004-04:00

Hi Stamping Friends!!!!

Yes you read the title correctly, I am apply to be on a Design Team for Inky Impressions! I do not have any of their stamps.....YET and I actually just heard of the company and let me tell you the stamps are SO CUTE!!!!! Go check out the store and let me know what you think!!! My favorite is Lili's Secret and UH OH Spaghettio O's. How cute would those 2 stamps would be on a card!!!!! I can not wait to place my order!!!!!!

In order to apply for the DT (Design Team) I had to post one card and one non-card project that displays coloring. I used my Sarah Kay stamp and used my Copics on Gina K paper! The DSP is some VERY old SU paper that I thought went well with this image!!!! I loved coloring this image in!!!!

I sat at dinner tonight with Chris and the boyZ, I was so excited to let them know I would be in my stamp room for a "real" reason tonight. I started telling him about the deadline, this that and other things....he then looked at me with horror in his eyes and said "Kylah today is the 3rd" So here I am at the last minute posting to my blog. I must have been having way too much fun with the family the past few days....Really where did July go?

For my non-card project I made a photo album for the boyZ! They have been playing ball together outside and I have captured some great moments. I wanted somewhere to display them all. I used Tyler the jock from Bella. I also colored him with my Copics on Gina K paper (which I need more of ASAP!!!!!) I love the little clips from Stampin Up. It just added a little something to the project. I also distressed around Tyler and the layering colors. I usually don't like that look but on this project it just fits!
I want to thank everyone at Inky Impressions for this wonderful opportunity! I also would like to wish everyone that tried out GOOD LUCK...I have gone to your blogs and you all ROCK!!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day doing whatever makes you happy....I know I have been!!!!!

~Kylah

Light Problems

2009-07-29T10:00:00.002-04:00

Hi Friends!

Man oh man I have been having some serious problems taking pictures of my cards! This one looks horrible but it was the best one out of 25!!!!! Hoping to play more with my camera soon so I can see what's going on.

I used Gina K's OUT WEST stamp set for this card....which I just gave back to Cindy WAAAAHHH BUT hoping to buy VERY soon!!!!

The designer paper is one that I bought from my shopping trip a few weeks ago. It just screams Cowboys!!!! I colored my image with my copics and the card sketch was over on Gina K's stampTV!

Last night we went to see AC/DC with Zakary and it was so much fun!!!! He had a GREAT time, I am so excited that we could do this for him!!!!

Well off to go get Little Z at my moms!

Enjoy doing whatever you love most!

Sunflowers

2009-07-23T22:58:00.002-04:00

Hi!

I had such a beautiful image of this card in my head and "THIS" is what came out. So not what I wasthinking about. I made this for my grandmother's birthday.

I used a sketch from SCS and used Gina K stamps. I then added black chunky glitter to the center of the flowers. BIG MISTAKE!!!! I was so upset after doing this and Zakary was working on a project next to me....he said Kylah I really like the glitter and I think Mum will too....plus you made it that will make her love it. That really touched me....I have been trying to make him understand how important handmade gifts are and how they are made with so much LOVE....I think he is getting it!!!!!!

Well I am off to watch a little TV before heading to bed! I hope you all have so much fun doing what you LOVE!

~K

Chillin Birthday

2009-07-18T23:27:00.003-04:00

What a wonderful Saturday!!!! It started off a little rainy, but Chris and I had high hopes so we pack up the kids and drove to the beach over in Sunapee, NH. We are so happy we did because the day was BEAUTIFUL!!! They had so much fun playing in the sand and swimming in the COLD water!!!!! I even got in!!! We picked Sunapee because I use to go there when I was much younger and we really like bringing the kids to places we use to go when we were their age ;o)

We left the beach and came home to get ready for a good friend Corey's birthday dinner at a local restaurant. You know me that meant I had not made the card yet....I grabbed berrafella stamp from Bella and a few Copics and this is what I came up with. So sorry about the phot...I took it in the car (on the way to dinner) on my skirt haha!!!! We had a yummy dinner and an enjoyable time visiting with our friends!

Well I am off to sit with Chris...I think he needs a little aloe on his back...not enough sunscreen today....

Have a wonderful rest of your weekend I know we will!!!!!! Thank you so much for stopping by I love seeing all the new people that have been commenting it means so much!!!! Always brightens my day!

Hoppy Birthday to You!

2009-07-15T21:41:00.003-04:00

Hi Stampin Friends!

What a wonderful day I had today!!!! I spent most of the day working with Eleanor and then came home to all 3 of my boyZ! We had a fun afternoon in the backyard with the pool and water guns! Tonight I started a new "training" program with my friend Cindy (you may have heard of her one happy stamper ;o) ) We are starting walking/running intervals and tonight we hit the cemetery. We had a GREAT workout and I feel wonderful! I am so excited to do it again on Sunday!

I am also so excited about this card!!! I won Lauren Meaders contest a few weeks ago and my prize came in the mail from Pink Cat Studio the other day! I couldn't wait to ink up Billy! This image with the frog on his head is just so cute!!!! I used the sketch from Mojo Monday paired with some new designer paper from my shopping trip last week! I colored Billy with my copics ;o)

Speaking of my trip I forgot to mention that I met a great Blogger!!!!! Donna-Marie ROCKS! She works at Wholly Scaps in North Hampton, NH. This was our last stop on our shopping trip and the store was GREAT!!! Donna-Marie really knows her stuff!!!! Check out her blog and make sure you say HI!!!!!!

Lots to do tonight! I have a workshop tomorrow evening....maybe I should figure out what we are doing ;o) Have a wonderful night!

~K

Grateful for Family

2009-07-13T22:19:00.003-04:00

Hi Stamping Friends!

Oh my goodness where does time go? So much has been going on here at the Lent/Marro household these days. I love planning little outings with t he boyZ or just playing outside in the back yard. We bought a little $10.00 blow up pool (which I had to blow up with all my own air because Chris was at work, with the pump in his car, and Zain WANTED to swim!). We have been enjoying the pool and the SUN. I am soooo grateful for all the family time we have been able to have this summer! I LOVE that Zakary is with us this summer!

I made this card LAST month for my SU Club swap. I needed a quick card and one that I could mass produce very quickly! I wanted to use new IN colors! I used my Stampamagig so everything lined up very well! It is a bright card which I LOVE! I also used my SU textured plates in the Big Shot. I bought them 6 months ago and this is the first time I have used them BUT I had to have them LOL!

I hope you all have fun doing whatever it is that makes you HAPPY!!!!

~Kylah

Cowgirl Birthday Wishes

2009-07-05T21:57:00.003-04:00

Hi Stamping Friends!!!

Her I go again playing with the wonderful Weiman Wrangler digi stamp images from Pink Cat Studios! The DSP I used is some very old SU paper I had in my stash. I colored the horseshoe and put some stickles all over it. I love my bling!!! I also put some crystal effect on the balloon. My image is colored with COPICS!

Whew I have been so busy! I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! I know I did! Friday the fireworks were here in Keene, we took the boyZ to watch but they were set off so late (10:30ish) and Zakary was not that into it. He was so tired! Zain on the other hand was screaming BOOM BOOM LOUD BOOM he LOVED them!!!!

Saturday we went to my great uncles 80th birthday party and then went back to my parents for more fireworks. My dad sets some off at the top of our road and again Zain LOVED it! He kept clapping and screaming YAAAA PAPA!!!! Zakary had a nice time with my cousin Sydney. They were up to no good ;o)

Today was such a beautiful day, NO RAIN!!!!! We stayed at home most of the day. Chris had to work so the boyZ and I played outside and had a picnic! AHHH it was so wonderful!

Tomorrow I am off shopping to different scrapbook and stamping stores :) No stamping till Tuesday night...I have not touched a stamp in a few days...I am starting to shake! HAHA

I hope you all have a wonderful week!!!

~Kylah

Sheriff Ethan

2009-06-30T22:46:00.003-04:00

Hello Stamping Friends!

I am ready for a full day of NO rain! I hate knowing rain is coming and the sky getting all dark...but still not knowing WHEN it will be here. The boyZ wanted to go on a bike ride tonight but the sky was so dark and the wind was blowing. I knew a storm was coming so I told them we couldn't go...guess what storm didn't come for 3 hours. UGH I was so upset!

Guess what?!?!? I won Lauren Meader's Weiman Wrangler contest!!!!! I am so excited! Not only is this for a wonderful cause and t he stamp set is OH SO CUTE, but I also have $25.00 to spend at Pink Cat Studio! I am so excited! I don't have many stamps from there and I have a few on my wish list that I will now be getting WAHOO!!! Thanks so much Lauren!!!

I started this card a few days ago and just finished it today. I have just couldn't make this one work. I used Cami's Weekend Sketch for this card. I like the star in the middle and I decided to make a Sheriff Badge with Ethan's face in the middle. I was happy with the way it came out. Zakary saw the card and said "Kylah that's a cool Sheriff badge can you make me one too?" So that made me REALLY happy!

I used Gina K's digital paper called "stars and stripes" which is FREE on stamptv. Just become a member and you will see all the FREE items she offers!!!! I also used OUT WEST for HOWDY and the horseshoe.

Thanks to Cami for a great weekend sketch....maybe next weekend I can post it DURING the weekend....OH WAIT prob not it's the 4th of JULY! :o) Not sure what we are doing yet though? Fireworks are on Friday and Chris works....I will DEF take the boyZ though! Hopefully Zain will not be scared!

I hope you have a wonderful time doing whatever makes you happy!

~Kylah

2009-06-29T22:57:00.002-04:00

Hi Stamping Friends!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and a nice start to your work week! I was able to take a nice walk with my friend Avril today. Just her and I no kids. We walked for about an hour and a half. It was so nice! I can't wait to go again on Wednesday!

I made this card a few weeks ago for Zain's friend Evan. He had to have tubes put in his ears :( Poor little guy. Zain and I walked to his house and left this on his porch.

Colored my Gina K image with Copic makers. LOVE GINA K stamps! LOVE MY COPICS!!! OHHH and NEW SU colors....totally forgot the name of them right now....it will come to me soon I hope LOL!

I am going on a Scrapbook/Stamp Store trip next Monday and I am soooo excited. We are going to travel to a bunch of different stores in NH. WAHOO!!!! I LOVE ordering online but there is something about touching and feeling the product before you buy....then having it in your hands right then and there ;o)

Well I am having a bit of a creativity block tonight so I am going to attempt to make a card.....Wish me luck!

Have a great time doing whatever makes you happy!

~Kylah

Classy Celebration

2009-06-25T23:38:00.003-04:00

Hi Stamping Friends!

Today ended up being a wonderful day!!! I was able to bring Zain strawberry picking with my great friend Avril and her daughter Jolie. We had a lot of fun and got some WONDERFUL berries! Strawberry Jam here I come!!!!!

I made this card the other day for Jen's "A Sketch for you to Try" I also used the pink and blue for a stamp TV challenge ;) I used Rupa Sheude's set Retro Boutique from Gina K Designs. When I first saw this dress I wanted to use it, just didn't know how....Then I decided it screamed paper piecing and PEARLS!!!!

I was very happy with the way this card turned out!!!!!! Go ahead Celebrate in Style tonight...then tell me all about it ;)

Have a wonderful Friday!!!!

The Weiman Wranglers

2009-06-24T22:35:00.003-04:00

The Weiman Family has touched my heart. Ethan's pictures jumped out from the computer screen and I smiled with him. 4 year old Ethan lost his 2 year battle with cancer last week. I have much admiration for his family as I have grown to know them through this blog. Tears of joy and tears of sadness wet my cheeks as I read Alicia's words. I have no idea the pain they are feeling but my thoughts and prayers are with Alicia and her family.

Pink Cat Studio has done as AMAZING thing!!!! They made The Weiman Wranglers Digi Stamp Set!!!! All proceeds will go to Make a Wish Illinois Foundation in Ethan's name. Ethan was a true cowboy!!!! This set is PERFECT!!!! I got the entire set for only $8.00, 2 sentiments with Cowboy Ethan, and Cowgirl Ava (Ethan's sister). Not only are these images super super cute but what an AWESOME cause!!!! As of this afternoon PCS has raised OVER $1000.00 for Make a Wish!!!!!

I read on someone's blog "God definitely picked another perfect Angel!!"

Ethan is colored in using my Copics and I then cut his out :) I used some old SU DSP and the sketch from SCS sketch challenge. I hope you all enjoyed my card and are able to play with YOUR new Weiman Wranglers!!!!

Checks out these blogs for some great give a ways just by using your new Weiman Wrangler Images!

Lauren

Vickie

Heather

~Kylah

Flamingo Quilt

2009-06-17T07:52:00.003-04:00

HI Stamping Friends!

Oh boy I have been so sleepy this week!!! I have been falling asleep by 10pm on the couch! This is not like me at all!

I made this card for another stampTV challenge last week! Joanne Basile was the host...She is so fun! I was able to meet her a few months ago when I went to Stamp NE :) We had to make a quilt card...I saw the challenge and almost passed because I have no idea what a quilt is suppose to look like. I then decided this is what a CHALLENGE is all about so I grabbed some DSP and off to work I went. I was very lucky because Eleanor's hair dresser Elaine was there and helped me put it together :) I think it came out GREAT!!!! I made this card for my mom because she loves pink flamingos.

I paper pierced all around the triangles and used my white gel pen to get a stitched look.

Off to work I go....I have a few purses a friend wants me to make so hopefully I can work on that while Eleanor is in activity :)

Happy Stampin Day!

~Kylah

Happy Birthday Zakary!

2009-06-15T07:30:00.003-04:00

Good Monday Morning!!!!

Whew what I BUSY weekend I had!!!! My 10th year high school reunion was this weekend in Claremont. We went to Claremont on Friday afternoon and came home Saturday afternoon. It was nice seeing some old friends!

Saturday was Zakary's birthday....He is 7!!! He spent his birthday at his mom's house this year so I made him this card and mailed it to him. I used the Gina K stamp set called WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT. Such a cute set!!! I also used last weeks SCS sketch challenge.

I colored the image in with my copics. It was a very simple layout and not a whole lot of accessories or layers because I had to put it through the mail :)

Off to work I go! I have to teach a class at the nursing home this afternoon! Those ladies get so excited!!!!

Happy Monday!

~Kylah

Out West Thanks

2009-06-11T21:56:00.002-04:00

HI Stamping Friends!

I have been having so much fun playing all of the challenges over at StampTV this week! I used the Gina K stamp set Out West designed by Theresa Momber. This set is AMAZING!!!! I actually borrowed it but I HAVE to own it! If you know anyone who loves horses this is the perfect set for them!!!! I used the sketch challenge they had last week :) What a FUN FUN sketch!

I colored these wonderful images in with my Copic sketch markers!

I broke out some retired SU designer paper and old IN colors. It felt so good to use these colors again :) I wish I had more :)

Friday I have my 10 year reunion from igh school, as I sit here and write that I find it very hard to believe! TEN YEARS....WOW it feels like just a few years ago that I graduated. It will be nice to see some of my old friends that I have not seen in a long time :)

Off finish up the dishes

~K

Friend to Friend

2009-06-09T23:48:00.002-04:00

Hi!

I had a wonderful time tonight stamping with some Stampin Up friends :) The projects were WONDERFUL and if you want to check them out go to Cindy's Blog for the next couple of weeks...I am sure she will be posting them :)

I made this card last week with my FIRST Sarah Kay stamp. I LOVE all of these stamps!!!! I NEED more! I colored the image in with Copic markers on Gina K white paper. I was actually really happy with the way my coloring came out. I really think ANYONE can color with Copics....I mean come one...if I can do it anyone can! I used an old sketch from a SCS challenge :)

Here are a few pictures from Story Land....
Zakary 44 inches tall!
Zain 34 inches tall!
My family at the end of our Story Land day :) What fun we had!!!!

Have a great stamping adventure!

Elegant Butterfly

2009-06-07T21:18:00.002-04:00

HI!

Ahh what a wonderful weekend!!!! My family went to the White Mountains on Saturday morning and went to STORY LAND with the kids! What a wonderful place!!! We had soooo much fun!!!! I will post a few pictures tomorrow:)

Last week I did another stamptv challenge :) I used this beautiful butterfly from GinaK :) The paper came from Michael's. I got a huge pack on clearance for only 4 bucks!!!! This challenge was a sketch challenge! I really think those are my FAVORITE!!!! I used Copics to color the butterfly in. Pretty easy card but it looks so elegant :)

Well I am pretty beat and Chris has a movie in the DVD player...off I go. I hope you all had a great weekend as well :)

Red, White, Blue Bubble Fish

2009-06-02T23:47:00.004-04:00

HI Stamping Friends!

Monday night I had dinner and coloring with some of my favorite stamping girls! I always get so inspired to stamp more when I hang out with them!!! I got home around 9:30 pm and instead of putting my feet up (ya right like I EVER do that!) I went straight to my stamp room and started to challenge over on StampTV. You had to use Red White and Blue, but it COULD NOT be a patriotic card. I borrowed a few of Cindy's Gina K stamp set and this is what I came up with. For whatever reason this card did NOT just come together! It looks like such a simple card but it feels like it took me ALL night!

The Gina K stamp that I used is called BEST FISHES. It is so cute. Go check out all of the great stamps here.

I am off to bed! I am one sleepy girl today!!!!

Have a great night! :)

Harley Babe for Birthday Boy

2009-05-22T21:38:00.003-04:00

HI Stampin Friends!!!

First I would like to say...YES i know this is a plain card...not much going on :( My excuse.....I made it DURING my club party for my good friends husband. His birthday is TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL!!!! I wanted to make him a card, but didn't have much time. He LOVES LOVES LOVES his Harley so I decided to pair up this great paper with the bathing suit Bella! He really got a kick out of the card. On the inside I wrote "from one hottie to another" LOL :)

There are so many things I see I "should have" done to this card....aka would have done if I had more time....I would have embossed the top of the orange with my cuttlebug (soon I will be saying BIG SHOT it was ordered today YIPPIE) added some rhinstones somewhere....I could go on and on.....

Okay so I am trying to decide if I should watch The Secret Life of Bee's tonight or wait till Sunday when Chris is at his concert....hmmm I could go make a fun purse....Well I am off to decide :)

I hope you all have a fun safe holiday weekend!

Stamping Love!

Kylah

2009-05-19T14:57:00.002-04:00

HI Stamping Friends!!!

So Zain has been sleeping for and a half hours so far...it is a beautiful day and I want to get outside...BUT will NOT wake him because then he will be a bear! I have watched my guilty pleasure GH ;) and my stamp room is all cleaned waiting for me to mess it up when he goes to bed tonight ;) I don't want to start a card because I am sure he will wake SOON!!!!

So I decided to post this card I made for my friend Meg (hey girl!) a few weeks ago.. Don't you just live the reds and pinks together....I am going through a red and pink phase.....you will see over the next few posts!!!! The DSP I used is SU's PINK FLAMINGO! LOVE IT ( I know I already said this) I used one of my new Bella's...she looks so comfy in her PJ's holding her bear! I colored her using my copics. I could have done a better job with the pink...it does not look very even.... I used some red liquid applique on her slippers and collar of her jammies.

The card sketch I got from SCS challenge a few weeks ago. the sketch challenges are my favorite!!!! I have not even posted this to SCS....I really should!!!! Oh but I hear my little boy!!!! Time for a nice long walk n such a beautiful NH day!

Stampin Love to you all!

2009-05-07T13:00:00.003-04:00

HI Everyone!

WOWZERS we have had a week of rain here in NH with a few hours of the sun coming out for a little tease. How I do miss the sun!

Last weekend I did a quick little demo at Spring Fling. My SU upline, the ever so talented, Cindy Lawrence put this wonderful event on :) I was busy busy busy making some samples for that event....now I just feel burnt out so I took a few days off from stamping....I did make this quick card (lately all my cards have been quick) for my friend Jeff. I just love this stamp set!!! It can be found at Pink Cat Studio and the stamp set is called Dress up Billy! Billy is so cute...so is Lilly! I made a card for my dear friend Avril with Lilly and forgot to take a picture :(

I colored "Jeffie" (aka Billy) with my copics and added a J to his shirt :) I also scored the red CS to make a nice textured background (not sure if you can see it very well in the picture) I am loving the new SU oval punch! Very handy!

Well Mr. Zain is napping so I should go ink up some of my new Bella Stamps and play with my Copics....

I hope to post my projects from last week SOON!!!! Just have to take some pictures!

Have a wonderful Thursday!

Baja Breeze in the Garden

2009-04-30T07:43:00.004-04:00

Hi Everyone!

WOW I am loving all this beautiful weather here in NH!!!! It is making it so hard for me to get ready for my demo at my local SU Spring Fling this weekend. Needless to say I have been staying up VERY late every night because I am not starting to work till 10pm....Actually though I am feeling very good about my projects. I am demoing "GREAT GIFTS FOR UNDER $5.00" You can still make someone a FAB gift for not a ton of money. I am so happy with some of the items I have made!!! I will share them with you after Saturday! Maybe I will give you a little sneak peak tomorrow ;)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this stamp set...I think I have mentioned this before! I really wanted to use the Parisian Breeze Specialty Textured DSP! OH is it so yummy! (So is the Pink Flamingo DSP CINDY) So I used WCP and my reinkers to color in the image. I also used my Stampamagig to line up my images so I would not waste any of my WCP if I messed up.

I also used my CB embossing folder to give the top part of the card some texture! I wanted to try and not use ribbon on this card although it would have looked beautiful so I added some buttons to the right hand side with thread instead.

I was really happy with the way this card came out!!!

Have a great day to YOU!

Birthday Card for Ella

2009-04-25T23:42:00.004-04:00

OH MY GOODNESS we had some BEAUTIFUL weather in NH today! I was outside ALL day! We had a birthday party for Miss Ella today and I decided to make her card 15 minutes before having to leave. YIKES...that is how nice it was outside I didn't want to come in! I used Lauren's Color Challenge for this card and I was happy with the look of it! I would have added more accessories if I had time. My girl friends and I swapped some images last week and I got this Bella Image for Cindy Lawrence. It is oh so cute. I may need to stamp it a few more times next time I see her :) I was going to make another card just like this (plus more accessories) but I was coloring her while I was watching Grey's on the DVR and I was crying so hard that I messed it all up. BOO HOO!!!! So in the trash it went. Oh and I used my very last piece of Baja Blue ribbon....I love these SU IN colors and I am very sad they are going away in a short while! I am going to have to stock up!

Well I am so tired. Off to bed I go. Have a WONDERFUL Sunday!

Thanks for stopping by for a look :)

Lauren's Saturday Sketch on FRIDAY! :)

2009-04-24T15:22:00.008-04:00

HI! Today I decided to play in one of Lauren's Saturday Sketch Challenges! I love this layout and just had to make 2 cards. A boy card and a girl card ;) I was looking through my stash of cards the other night and I don't have any boy cards....I had so much fun making this card. I kept picturing this little dragonfly from Bella Stamps as Zain LOL!!!! I colored the little dude in with my Copics on Gina K white Lux paper. When I was all done coloring I looked at it and thought one more stroke rigggghhhht here...and that is when I went outside of the lines. I was so mad! Instead of getting frustrated I just covered it up with my white gel pen and went on my way haha!!!! I decided to use some old SU DSP that I have been hoarding. My girl friends told me I hoard so girls I am using this for you :) I was quite excited with my boy card!!!

Now my girl card not as excited about. It took me forever to find some DSP that I looked and I couldn't find 2 different ones that matched well....I made 6 of these cards and kept the boo boo card for myself forgetting to take a picture of the "good" ones. The "GOOD" cards didn't have an empty space at the bottom. As I went to stamp this card the phone rang and my placement was just all wrong...BUT I didn't want to waste it! I cut the butterfly out and used some stickles and Crystal Effect...oh so shiny and pretty IRL

Well that is it for me today...off to a playdate that I am already late for because it took Zain forever to fall asleep at nap time. He really needs his naps too or he is CRANKY. We are going to dinner with friends tonight :) That always makes me happy.

Have a wonderful night and make sure you check out Lauren's blog on Saturdays for her fun Challenges. ALL NEW IN MAY!!!! (what am I talking about check her blog EVERYDAY!)

Where is all my Stamping time?

2009-04-21T21:45:00.006-04:00

Hi Everyone!!!!

Oh wow where did time go? My last post was weeks ago....I haven't even really been stamping either. I am redoing my stamp room and it has been one BIG mess!!!! I went to IKEA and got a couple of really cool items. I will share them with you as soon as my room is complete! I really want to make a table so it may be a few weeks....who really knows.

So I am still loving my Copics! I am ordering some more the end of the week LOL so bad! but OH SO GOOD!!!!

I just love this set from SU's mini catalog! I really think this will be a hot seller. I colored this same image with my Copics about 6 times :) I was just having so much fun and I was practicing :) I know I am such a DORK!!!

I have been reading some blogs and getting tips on how to color with my Copics. Everyone is so nice to share! www.ilikemarkers.blogspot.com is a great teaching site! I sat up last night till 2am reading! I can't wait to go color!

I spent a great evening with friends on Monday night and we did an image swap. I will be coloring those soon and posting them. Girls I love ya!

I have a workshop on Thursday and nothing ready LOL ya typical me...I am going out with a friend Wednesday night that I have not seen in 3 years! I am so excited!!!! So I guess I better go clean my stamp room and start cutting card stock...oh did I mention I am really sleepy! It's going to be a late one!!!!!

Hope to be back soon GIRLS ;)

Digital Images!

2009-04-02T22:04:00.003-04:00

Hi Everyone!!!

I am so excited about digital images!!! They are the coolest thing! I bought mine from Little Paper Shop, go check them out they are pretty cheap too!

The first card I did was with colored pencils because I didn't have my Copics yet....BUT I do NOW!!! I used the image Mom and Chick. It is oh so cute!!! I can't wait to use this image with my Copics! The second card I made this morning at the nursing home while Eleanor was taking a nap. One of the nurses needed a birthday card for her daughter I used the image Katie Mushroom. I got the new DSP that is in the new mini from SU. OHHH and I got some liquid pearls that I had to try as well!!!! I couldn't really get the shading down on this card but I am still practicing!

I LOVE MY NEW COPICS :)

I hope you all have a wonderful day!!!!

~Kylah

For a Girl OR a Boy!

2009-03-25T05:00:00.000-04:00

Good Morning Everyone!

I watched Twilight last night and it was a good movie but the book was much better. There are so many more details in the book that the movie never even touched. If you LOVED the movie and have not read the book you NEED to read it!

Yesterday I decided to play in the Color Challenge over at SCS! I was so happy to see Jodi aka Kharmagirl was hosting. She picked Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze, and Kiwi Kiss. Here is the card I came up with. How excited was I when I saw that I had Copic markers that matched these 3 colors! I am still playing with my markers and falling in love a little more everyday! I know I will be needing to get some new ones soon LOL!!! I am so addicted!

I paper pieced some of the shopping bags with SU DSP...I thought it tied the card together very wonderfully :) I also dyed my SU organza ribbon with the Copics....thanks to Cindy Lawrence for showing us that little tip at SNE!

I hope you all have a wonderful day!!!! I am hoping to play in another challenge today if everything goes as planned.

~Kylah

Thanks a BUZZZillion

2009-03-23T05:00:00.001-04:00

Happy Monday Morning!

I wish I had one more weekend day but here it is Monday morning! I got so much done in my house yesterday and I am very excited to stamp for fun this week! I am going to use my brand new sketch book that we made at SNE this past weekend. I am hoping to use everyone's favorite sketch :) I will show you the very cute sketch book that Karen Motz designed! (Have I told you how cute Karen is!!!)

My friend is coming over tonight to make a nestabilities storage book with me that I found on a blog a while back....I will share that as well :)

I made this card a few weeks ago for Lauren Meader's Saturday sketch, Mytimess23. So I am VERY late posting it but that is ok :)

I had a fun time using this little bee set again...I used my yellow stickles...LOVE that stuff! I sponged around the so saffron piece which I also ran through the cuttle bug. The sentiment I used is from Family Phrases...it is a very nice set to have!

Today I am going to play with the Gina K showtime stamp kit that I won this weekend! There were 2 stamp sets, pure luxury card stock and patterned paper, and a whole pack of embellishments! What a lucky girl I am to have all this fun stuff to play with :)

Talk to you soon!!!!

2009-03-22T04:35:00.019-04:00

Good Sunday Morning!

Oh my goodness I am so excited and I just couldn't wait to share with everyone! I just went to a fabulous event in Portsmouth NH at the Sise Inn put on by 3 INCREDIBLE ladies! JoAnne B, Kim Schofield, and Julie Masse made Stamp New England one of my favorite stamping trips! I had such an awesome time. It was a packed day without the stress and overwhelming feeling! I was able to go with a small group of my favorite stamping friends, I met some new wonderful friends *HI GIRLS*, and learned a lot of really cool stuff! Oh and wait guess what...It felt like we were on the Oprah show because we kept getting FREE stuff!! As you can see from my first photo I was able to meet Lauren Meader. I LOVE HER!!!! She is the nicest, most caring, talented woman you will ever meet! IF you have not checked out her blog you are missing soooo much. Thank you Lauren for taking time out of your day to chat with me :)

I have so many items to share from this weekend but I will just start with my name tag and swap card. I went to Michaels the other day and was so excited to see that they got all new scrapbook paper! It is so pretty! I bought about 10 new pages and I really had to stop myself because I could have kept going. My name tag is very simple yet I feel it shows a few of my favorite things! I LOVE butterflies and PINK so this paper was for me!! I love any kind of border punches and decided to go with SU's new one. I can't wait to get some of the new EK Success punches! Dew Drops...well ya!!!! I had to add those :) OH and how BEAUTIFUL is this flower! Kirsten made one for all 6 of us! We all looked so cute with our flowers! Thanks KFS!!!!

I had so much fun making this swap card! My dear friend JoAnn came over and helped me cut the paper because I had so many projects to get done last week. I used the Bella stamp huggybellas and paired it with SU's new single stamp "So Glad we are Friends". When I bought this stamp it really reminded me of my dear friend Avril and myself....so there we are :) I had fun coloring the girls in with my aqua painter and reinkers. I purchased this beautiful ribbon from Flourish's a few months back. It is so pretty!!!! Oh and look Dew Drops again :) I am in love :)

I purchased my first batch of copic markers and so far so good. I do still need to play with them more but they are pretty cool! I was lucky enough to get some great tips this weekend at SNE!!!! Oh man I can't wait for the next one!

There is so much more I need to share so keep in touch! Have a wonderful day!

~Kylah

2009-03-09T23:51:00.002-04:00

Hello!!!!

How is everyone today? I am just peachy. Monday we had about 6 more inches of the white stuff fall from the sky. I heard we are suppose to see some more snow on Wednesday. I love the way snow makes the trees look so beautiful after it falls...BUT I also love the idea of tulips popping up...I am afraid they will not be doing any popping anytime soon with all this snow.

This is my second card I made for the small swap I was in. I used my pastels which I have not used for a while and I forgot how much I LOVE them! I had a lot of fun making this card! I put some diamond stickles on each leaf, this really makes the tree come to life!

I bought some digital images from LITTLE PAPER SHOP tonight and I am so excited to play with them! I tried one tonight but I got frustrated because I will be needing some COPICS....I said I would never buy them but now I NEED them for these images. I tried heat setting my images then using my SU markers but the ink still bled SOOO I see COPICS in my near future. For now I will be coloring these cute images in with colored pencils. If anyone has any other tips for me please let me know :)

I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL Tuesday!

Oh I am on page 424 in NEW MOON hahahahaha

Happy Stamping!

~Kylah

BZZZ Bee's Cute and Scary!

2009-03-08T22:12:00.006-04:00

Hi Stamping Friends!

How are all of you doing??? I am great! I have been very busy with work and life the past few weeks, I have barely had any time to stamp :( and less time to blog {double} :(

I made this for a small swap that I was in. I was 100% inspired but all of the wonderful talented ladies over at SCS! I CASED most of this card, and now can not find the designer anywhere. I know I wrote it down somewhere??? If this looks like your card leave a comment for the credit!!!!

I just LOVE these little bee's they are so cute!!! Even though IRL (in real life) I am quite scared of bee's. My brother almost died from being stung while I was babysitting him while we were younger. He is VERY allergic, so is my dad...my grandmother told me he almost dies when he was a kid as well. Needless to say they both have epi pens in case of a sting. We do joke about it all the time so maybe I will make him a card using this set.....

My goal this week is to post to my blog 3 times. I miss posting everyday...I want to get back to that!!!! Wish me luck!

Off to go read my book NEW MOON (ya I am never going to get any stamping done HAHA...seriously tomorrow night is stamping night after Zain goes to bed!)

Have a wonderful day, and it is GOOD to be back!!!

~Kylah

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZAIN!

2009-02-13T08:34:00.005-05:00

Good Morning! Today is Zain's 2nd birthday and I am so excited because he sort of gets it! He has been running around for 2 weeks saying TWOOOO!

Here is the quick invites I made for his party. I saw the design in the SU catalog and LOVED it. I put red liquid appliqué on the balloon to make it pop.

Well I am off I have a CRAZY BUSY day today....I have to get the rest of the party stuff together, drive to NY, make the frosting and the cakes, and all of my motherly duties as well :)

Have a great day!

What?!? Could it be????

2009-02-10T07:47:00.005-05:00

HELLOOOO!!!!

Yes it is true your eyes are NOT playing tricks on you! I am HOPEFULLY back! After my computer crashed it took me a long time to get into the swing of things again and that includes stamping...When I finally started to stamp again I found myself not having any time to blog...well friends I am making time NOW!

I have been doing a lot of blog surfing and I am making the cards that I really LOVE! I found this card on my friend Cindy Lawrence's blog and knew I really wanted to make it. You can check out her card here!

The biggest pain was cutting the rose out. BUT after I was done with the card it was OH so worth it!

I have a very busy week making party decorations for Zain's second birthday so you will start to see a lot of CARS on here :) I was going to have a Handy Manny theme party but he likes CARS just as much as there are so much more CARS things in the craft store :)

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL day!

~Kylah

No Computer :(

2008-12-20T11:53:00.002-05:00

Hi Stamping Friends!

I am so sorry that you have not heard from me in weeks. It may be a while till I get back to blogging again. It makes me so sad! My computer is DEAD with a capital D. It needs a new motherboard and it is not worth the money to fix....so I need to get a new computer YIKES when will that happen????

I have sooooo many projects to share with you! Hopefully I will get a chance to download some photos at my moms house soon and I will share them all with you.

I wish you all a VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!!

See you soon!

Keep on Stampin!!!!

~Kylah

A LOT to be THANKFUL FOR!

2008-11-27T08:10:00.002-05:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my US friends! There is so much to be thankful for this year. Most importantly is my family and friends! I asked Zakary what he is thankful for and he said "I am thankful for all my dogs." The other night the four of us all colored some turkeys to hang on the wall and we also made a family turkey with Chris's feet as the body and all of our hands for the feathers. After I hung it up Zain kept pointing to his hands. :)

I hope everyone enjoys today! I know I will!

Birthday Card for Colline!!!!

2008-11-24T22:50:00.000-05:00

BRRRRR I am soooo cold!!!!! It's only Nov and I am freezing! I am in for a LONG winter!

I was on SCS the other day and this card caught my eye. I knew I HAD to recreate it! It is just so stunning! My dear friend Colline's birthday was on Saturday and I knew she would just love this card. I really had a blast making it!!!!!

I have been a busy girl the past few days! I taught a class at the nursing home yesterday and everyone LOVED the project! We made trees and decorated them with ornaments. I then hung them on everyones door. The Paloma unit at Langdon Place in Keene looks AMAZING. I can not wait till all the holiday decorations are done.

I hope everyone has a great Tuesday. If you have to go to the grocery store you better go today. It was so CRAZY in there yesterday!!!!! Ugh and I forgot cheese...I guess I have to go back.

~Kylah

Fall Fest Swap

2008-11-20T08:14:00.004-05:00

I made this super quick and easy swap card in the hotel the night before attending Fall Fest last weekend. When doing a swap for other demos I like to incorporate a couple of different accessories. For this card I used the scallop punch, dazzling diamonds on the tree and choc chip ribbon.

I made a couple too many so I will convert them in whole cards and give them out this holiday season!

I hope everyone is staying warm it is so cold here in NH BRRRRR. Zain does not understand that HOT is only for HOT stuff not for a change in temp. Every time he touches something hot or cold he says HOT HOT HOT

Tonight I have my stamping club over. My girls are so much to hang out with!!!!

Quick and Easy Holiday Card

2008-11-19T07:53:00.002-05:00

Hi!

I have to admit to everyone that does not know me I wait till the last minute to get things done! Sometimes I surprise myself and things get done with ZERO stress BUT usually not so much LOL! So I decided to make some quick and EASY holiday cards. When I say easy I mean EASY! The first one is just stamped 2 times and I added a rhinestone sticker to the middle of the image. The second one I stepped it up just a tad BUT it is still very simple! I added some ribbon and glitter. I also paper pierced around the outside of the mat. You can whip out about 20 of these in an hour....start to finish! Go give it a try!

My water heater is hopefully all fixed. The plumber came over yesterday to replace the thermostat and said he felt that we caught it in time. He also said BUT (I hate that) he MAY have to come back and rewire or replace the entire water heater if this did not fix it....so far so good!

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!!!

~Kylah

Moosey Laundry!

2008-11-18T06:00:00.004-05:00

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Please please be a happy Tuesday. Yesterday was a crazy busy day and when Chris and I were all done the dishes from dinner and just about to sit down with Zain we found a HUGE problem! WE had a leak from our kitchen sink and it was leaking all over the basement....ALL OVER electric, ALL OVER my hot water tank...oh how I want to cry! So i am not the smartest when it comes to stuff like this....so I called Chris's uncle and he came over. They fixed the leak under the sink, and luckily we had turned off all power down in the cellar because when they removed the cover to the water heater it was BLACK! Now this morning I need to call my landlord so we can get everything fixed...

On to my card....I used my very first Riley stamp from Hanna Stamps. They have so many different Riley Moose stamps out there...they are ALL so cute. Please let me know if you order one...I want to know what you decide.....OR tell me which is your favorite if you already have some. It took me a while to decide which one I wanted to order but when I saw this I knew it would be perfect to make thank you cards with. A few weeks ago when I didn't have a washer my grandmother, aunt, and mom all let me use their washers.

Ok off to call the landlord I hope this disaster goes away very soon!

Roomie Gifts!

2008-11-17T06:00:00.001-05:00

Hello! Whew it feels like it has been FOREVER that I have blogged....I only missed a few days last week but it really feels like longer. I had a really wonderful weekend! I went to Fall Fest in Holliston MA with a wonderful group of friends! I travelled with Avril, Meg, and Jen. We all had such a fun time together. We met Ann and Cindy there as well! The four of us girls decided to make it an overnight and I wanted to surprise each of them with a gift in our hotel room soooooo I made these swap totes that I saw a very long time ago from Julie Edmonds. I am so happy with the way they came oiut. It took me a while to do four of them but it was so very much worth it! THEY LOVED THEM!!! I love being able to make people smile!!!!

I cut all my card stock and DSP, then laminated it. I proceeded to punch all the holes (by hand, long story) so I could cross stitch the sides to the bottom with floss. I really think I want to make a couple more!

I hope you all try to make someone smile today!

See you tomorrow!

Horrible Picture, but FUN project!

2008-11-12T08:33:00.002-05:00

Hi Everyone!

First I have to say sorry for not posting yesterday! I have not been feeling very well and I am trying to take it easy this week! I have a fun filled stamping weekend planned and I do NOT want to be sick for it!

Secondly HOLY HORRIBLE picture!!!! I am so sorry I do not know what happened...I must have ran out of daylight or Zain changed the setting on the camera???? Who knows??

Zak and I made a few turkeys the other night :) HE made a patriotic one and I will post that as soon as I fix my camera! I found an example of this turkey over on SCS. At the moment I don't have the girls name in front of me but I PROMISE I will get it to you!

I used:

scallop punch, oval punch, 1 inch circle punch, 1/2 inch circle punch, and word window punch

It really was EASY to do!!!!

HAve a great Tuesday I am off!

Rockin' with Glitter!

2008-11-10T06:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday to you all!!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! We did!!! It rained here on Saturday so the four of us had a pretty lazy day. The boyZ played with their toys and Chris and I enjoyed some coffee at the table as we watched over them. We then went to the store because Chris wanted to make a YUMMER dinner! We had the BEST roasted chicken. Seriously it was out of the world! It was sooo very juicy! We also had stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, and broccoli. My sister Hannah came over and joined us for dinner...I mean after seeing all that how could you not?? ON Sunday Chris had to work and Zakary really wanted to got meet my mothers new puppy Abbie so we took a little ride to Caremont...(oh I did laundry too because my machine is BROKEN...BUT my parents are getting me a new one and it will be here Tuesday YIPPIE) Zak really enjoyd playing with the puppy!

Ok on to my card. I made this last week for a sketch challenge on SCS. If you compare this card to my pumpkin card you will see that the layout is the same. I had a ROCKIN' time making this card. It was so fun! I kept smiling as it came together. I love this glitter paper that I found in my stash. I think I got it from Michael's in the clearance bin a long time ago. A whole 12x12 slab for 5 bucks!

I colored rockabella in with markers on WW card stock. I then took my stickles and put some in her hair and on her guitar....oh have I told anyone that I really love glitter??? ;) U ROCK comes from the LITTLE PAPER SHOP. I really love that set, it is called ROCK STAR.

So here is what I used:

Stamp: Rock star LPS, rockabella

Card Stock: Basic Black, WW, DSP from Michael's

Ink: Staz-On, YoYo Yellow marker, Taken with Teal marker, Going Gray marker, Certainly Celery marker, Choc Chip marker

Accesories: Sickles glitter, fibers, sponge

I hope you have a WONDERFUL day! I will be working on some turkey's today!

Paper Craft Planet

2008-11-07T22:45:00.001-05:00

Fabulous Friend!

2008-11-07T06:00:00.000-05:00

TGIF!!!!!!

It is really onlt Thursday night as I write out this post....I still have a few more things to do before I can retire to the couch....

Tuesday night I was chatting with Avril online and I told her I wanted to make a card BUT couldn't think of a set to use. I asked her to name one off and I would make a card with that set. Well the first one she named I didn't have LOL (good cause I really didn't like it haha) She knew I had Fabulous Flowers and I have had it for sometime now...This is the first time I have inked it up.....Guess what?!? I LOVE this set! For the background I dragged the ink pad across the More Mustard CS. It gives it a nice look. I just got a few new bottles of dew drops so I have been using those like crazy! I just love all the colors!

Here is what I used:

Stamps: Faboulous Flowers, pocket silhouettes

Paper: WW, More Mustard, Old Olive, Haiku DSP

Ink: Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, More Mustard

Accessories: Dew Drops, dimensionals

Here is the YUMMY Cherry square recipe that I told you about earlier in the week:

1 cup Wesson Oil

2 Cups sugar

3 cups Flour

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 can fruit pie filling

Mix oil and sugar, add eggs, flour, and vanilla

Grease 13x9 pan

put 3/4 of the batter in pan

cover with fruit filling

Dot with the rest of batter

Swirl

Bake at 357 degrees F for 45 minutes. Cool in pan

Happy Thursday!

2008-11-06T06:00:00.000-05:00

Hello!

Whew Thursday...1 more day t ill the weekend and I AM READY!!! I have been so sleepy this week! I dashed over to SCS yesterday morning to check out the Wednesday sketch and I LOVED it! It was the SAME sketch I did for THIS card. I only had a short amount of time to put this card together. I heard Zain waking up through the monitor as soon as I sat down at my table. The card didn't come out exactly how I wanted, but I was happy with the result UNTILL I took my color spritzer tool and ruined the whole card :( OH WELL not ever card is perfect!

Ok here is what I used:

Stamp: Snow Swirled

Ink: Old Olive, Ruby Red Marker

Paper: Ruby Red, WW, Choc Chip, Old Olive, Holiday Treasures DSP

Accessories: Choc Chip taffeta ribbon, Styled Silver Hodgepodge, dew drops, Tag corner punch

Thanks for stopping by today! Have an awesome day :)

~Kylah

You Rock!

2008-11-05T06:00:00.000-05:00

Good Morning!

I got this stamp set a while ago from the Little Paper Shop. I really LOVE this stamp set! It is called Rock Star and has some great images! Perfect for me!

Oh Guess what I did yesterday? I VOTED!!! Yup I did my civil duty! First time! It was very exciting :)

Back to the card.....I had so much fin making this quick card! I found this paper in my stash...I am not sure where I got it...but I LOVE it! So sparkly! I put some dots of stickles around the scallop punch. I LOVE GLITTER just in case you didn't know ;)

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!

~Kylah

2008-11-04T06:00:00.000-05:00

How are you all doing today? I am just wonderful! Last night I made so very YUMMY cherry squares. Oh they were delicious! I will share the recipe later this week!

I participated in a challenge that Cindy hosted for her downline. The challenge was to use Real Red, Old Olive, and Chocolate Chip. We could do anything else we wanted...this is what I came up with. I used a sponge to change the color of the felt snowflake. It is just enough old olive!

I used markers to color the image of the stamp and the first time I used stickles....well the WHOLE image ran...I was so upset because it looked so good with all the glitter! The second time I decided to do the cracked glass technique. I inked the entire oval with versa mark and embossed it with glassy glaze enamel 4 times. Put it into the freezer for a few minutes...bent it and VOILA....It is so cool!!!! I also added a little dazzling diamonds to my enamel to give it a little sparkle.

Here is what I used on the card:

Stamps: To You and Yours

Paper: WW, Choc Chip, Old Olive, Real Red, Holiday Treasures DSP, DSP ?

Ink: Choc Chip ink, Choc Chip marker, Real Red marker, Old Olive marker, Versa Mark

Accessories: Glassy Glaze Enamel, Little Felt Flurries, Circle Ice rhinestone brad, real red grosgrain ribbon, ticket corner punch, dazzling diamonds,nestabilities, sponge

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL Tuesday!

Happy Stamping!!

~Kylah

What a Weekend!

2008-11-03T08:26:00.004-05:00

Hi!

Did you all enjoy your Halloween night? I sure did! Zain was so good and he knew just what to do by the 2nd house! He opened his dr bag right up and waited for the candy to drop in. If we stayed at one house too long then he would open it again LOL! I decided to dress up as a nurse and Zain was a DR! We really had a fun time running to each house together!

Last week I went to Walmart and I saw some nice notebooks for very cheap. I bought a few of them and decided I wanted to make a book where I keep all of my card sketches. I also thought it would be a nice present for my good friend Avril. So this is the one I made for her! It was sooo EASY all I did was covered it with DSP and used the Spiral punch so it would have a nice finish...it looks as though this is the way it was made! I used some chipboard for the S and I covered it with DSP. I am really pleased with the way came out....Now I just have to finish mine LOL!

Have a wonderful day!

~Kylah

2008-10-31T06:00:00.001-04:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Okay so I have to tell you I LOVE this card... so yes I made it and I am telling you I LOVE IT LOL!!! I think it has a lot to do with the image. I just love the bella girls! She is so stinkin cute!

I water colored her on WCP and guess what I added GLITTER.....

I also used my small circle punch for the 2 circles on the right hand side. I added some orange stickles to those! If you have never used stickles what are you waiting for...go get some!

I got this layout from a sketch I found online....I think it is from MOJO MONDAY....

Here is what I used:

Stamp: Bella stamp

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Basic Black, Ghostly Greetings DSP, WCP

Ink: Choc Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Blush Blossom, Going Gray, Black Staz On

Accessories: Ticket corner punch, 1/4" circle punch, black grosgrain ribbon, pumpkin pie grosgrain ribbon, aqua painter, cuttlebug embossing folder, and stickles.

I hope you all have a spooktacular Halloween! Be Safe!!!

~Kylah

2 NEW stampers!

2008-10-30T06:00:00.003-04:00

Happy Thursday!!!!

IT SNOWED yesterday!!!! Not enough to amount to even a dusting but I saw it spitting out of the air!

Today's card is using my new set from Flourishes called Forest of Trees. This stamp set has the best trees! You should really just go check it out!!

This card came together fairly easy...I was using a sketch I found online but it didn't come out anything like the sketch. LOL oh well I still like it!

The tree is all glitter the picture really does not do it any justice!

Here is what I used!

Stamp Set: Forest of Trees and Poinsettia & Boxwood (JOY) both from Flourishes

Paper: Glittering Christmas paper (Flourishes) Handsome Hunter, and WW

Ink: Handsome Hunter, Versamark

Accessories: Gold brads, Gold embossing powder, white gel pen, stickles, paper piercer and mat, ribbon from Michaels

Here are my 2 new favorite stampers! Jolie had a great time stamping her hand onto the beautiful card that she made her mommy, and Zain had fun eating the ink pad LOL....

I hope everyone has a wonderful day! I am getting ready for HALLOWEEN!!!!

~Kylah

Beautiful Display

2008-10-29T06:00:00.001-04:00

Hi Everyone!

I want to share this card that I found on SCS from Petal Pusher. All of her cards are so wonderfully put together, and I fell in love with this one the moment I saw it! I used this card for Octobers Club! The only thing I did a little differently was added some liquid applique and chunky glitter to the cupcakes. I got that idea from the wonderful One Happy Stamper. I really enjoyed making this card...so much that I made 8 of them!

Here is what I used!

Stamp Set: Crazy for Cupcakes

Paper: Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, VV, and WCP

Ink: Black ink and marker, Staz On, Ruby Red

Accessories: Cuttlebug embossing folder, Rectangle Nestabilites, scallop circle punch, Designer label punch, silver hodgepodge, liquid applique, chunky glitter, ruby red button, silver cord

Thanks for visiting today....I am working on a color challenge today so we shall see what I have for tomorrow :)

~Kylah

Polka Dots CC189

2008-10-28T06:00:00.003-04:00

Hi Everyone!

Last week I decided to check out some of the challenges on SCS and I found that I MISS doing them! I am going to try very hard to do at least 1 a week! I have to start small so I don't overwhelm myself!

I actually made 2 cards for this color challenge! The colors are Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, and Chocolate Chip.

I used the bella girl and a paper pieced her pants, and both bags. I water colored her shirt, boots, and hair...I had to add a little glitter to her hair with some stickles as well!

When I was finished with this card all I said was HOLY POLKA DOTS!!!! LOL I didn't think I was big on polka dots but I really do love how this card came together!

So here is what I used!

Stamps: Bella, Best Yet

Card Stock: WW, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose DSP

Ink: Chocolate Chip pad and marker, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: white gel pen, nestabilities, stickles, dew drops

SWAPS!!!!

2008-10-27T06:00:00.003-04:00

Good Morning! As promised here are the swaps from October's Stampin Club. Tis top card is MY swap card. I was inspired to do the silhouette from lbrown on SCS. This is suck a great way to make your stamp set look a whole new way! I also used the robe twine from the Holiday Mini Catalog. Oh how I love it!!!! I used silver brads and then colored them with a brown sharpie. SO EASY!!!! I love doing the sponged background!

Here is what I used on my card

Stamp Set: Happy Blessings

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun, Really Rust, Old Olive, WW

Ink: Summer Sun, Really Rust, More Mustard, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip pad and marker

Accessories: Paper piercer, silver brads, brown sharpie marker, robe twine, 1 1/4 circle punch, post it notes, sponge, dimensionals.

The next 2 cards were made by Erica and Chelly. Erica made the blue STYLE card this is SOOO her and she did a great job....I should have taken a picture of the inside that came out great as well, and Chelly made the Get Well Soon card I love how she colored in that flower.....oh and !

JoAnn made the witch card see how she used many different sets awesome ummm HOLY layers LOVE LAYERS!, and Heather made the butterfly card. I love how she paper pieced it's oh so pretty!

The final 2 cards are from Buffy she made the leaf card...I love the 3 panels awesome! and the pumpkin card is from Samantha...I LOVE this layout!!!!! Great coloring technique on the pumpkin too!

Ladies I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of your cards and I can not wait till next month to see what you come up with!!!!!

Till tomorrow!

~Kylah

Fun times to share!

2008-10-26T21:19:00.004-04:00

Hi!

I am going to share some pictures of this past week! The first 2 are from Pumpkin Festival here in Keene. We went for a few hours in the morning and the boyZ dressed up in their costumes. Zak was Gene Simmons I am very proud of the way his make-up came out. Zain is a DR. You can't really tell because his straps from the stroller cover his scrubs but it says Dr. Zain. The next 2 pictures are from Jolie's Halloween party. Zain had a great time! Tatie (Colline, aunt in French) helped him decorate his cookie. The last picture is of Zak and Zain at my moms riding on the treadmill. So as you can see we had a pretty busy week! Zain got croup this week and we did NOT have fun with that at all! It was a long second half of the week! He is bouncing right back! He is now all done with his meds and just has a runny nose....NOW I am feeling sick...it is just starting and I am taking meds so I HOPEFULLY will not get it bad. My throat is killing me and my nose is running but I am NOT sick...LOL

Well check back tomorrow for swaps from my last club meeting!! They are SOOOO good!

BRRRR!!! I am COLD!

2008-10-18T22:21:00.005-04:00

Man oh Man I am cold! This is going to be a QUICK post my fingers are frozen stiff! The first 2 projects are from my Halloween Class a few weeks ago. I did this little treat bag that Avril found online. For the life of me I can't find the site....I also made this little center piece for each of the tables. I just filled the vase with candy corn (YUCK) and stuck some lollipops in! Chelly came over and helped me punch and stick these cute figures to dress up the pops....then she went home and made 40 more for a bday party LOL.

My next 2 pictures are the girls making their projects.....Jo can you see? Look how busy they are!!!!

The final picture is from Alyson's Orchard. Chris was behind me and the BoyZ. He snapped a few pictures like this and I LOVE them! The scenery ROCKS!!!

OK I have swap cards from the girls! I will take pictures and post them ASAP! Hopefully I will take the pictures tomorrow :) But no promises my little fingers may be frozen still....oh real quick why are my fingers so cold? Well I do live in NH and it IS Oct 18th. That means it is starting to get cold out and I SHOULD be turning my heat on BUT while I was still living at home with my parents my dad would NEVER turn the heat on till NOV 1st! I would complain complain complain! He would tell me to put a sweatshirt on and use a blanket...I thought he was nuts...TILL I had to start paying for my own oil! So now in my house the heat does not go on till NOV 1st...BUT I do have a couple of electric heaters so it is not as bad. So now you know we are all a little weird...hey just trying to save a few bucks so I can get more stamps....PLanning on coming over for a visit? Bring a sweatshirt LOL!!!!!!

Off to sit with a blanket and a cup of tea!

Trick or Treats OR APPLES????

2008-10-13T22:20:00.003-04:00

HELLO!!!!

Last Thursday I had a HAlloween Treats class that Avril and I planned together....BUT because we can't find a hall to rent at an affordable price we have to do our events separate :( SO SAD....if you know of a good place PLEASE let me know!!!! So I did a total of 6 projects all together...Here is two of them....we did the SPOOKY jar that SU had on display at convention...I think...well i know for a fact it is on the flyer for these AWESOME SPOOKY SPIDER Decor Elements. I got the jars at the Wally World and it was so EASY to put these on! Here is a picture of the spider and how it appears on the sheet...you just chose where you want it to go...a jar, your door, your car....anywhere! Just order one SOON they will only be around till Oct. 31st

The card I made is a COPPY CAT card from Dannie's Design...I tweeked it a little but not too much :) I love the skull...go figure! I used my pumkin pie ink pad and rubbed it over my card stock to give it a little something...I really like how it turned out!

I leave you tonight with 2 pictures of the boyZ apple picking. We had a great time and I have so many more pictures to share with you!!!! Stay tuned...Now off to get ready for this Thursday's Club!

Winter Post

2008-10-07T08:00:00.001-04:00

Good Morning Friends!

Can I just tell you all how much I LOVE the Holiday Mini! Look on my side bar and go check it out...then go right on over to my website and order everything you want...You deserve to treat yourself!!! I was in a swap last week and I used the new Winter Post stamp set. I do not know what it was about this stamp set that drew me to it...I just really like it! I got inspiration from a wonderful stamper on SCS go check out ponygirl40! She is so talented! Check out her entire gallery while you are there!!!! I had to make 18 of these cards! My fingers were hurting after I cut out that cute little couple. I loe how she used Lovely as a Tree in the background! I LOVE LOVE LOVE that set and have not used it for a while. So here is what I did with this card:
Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree, Winter Post
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Choc Chip, Naturals Ivory, and Bella Rose DSP
Ink: Choc Chip, Basic Brown, Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette, and Old Olive
Accessories: Corner Rounder, Alpine Ribbon, Dimensionals, and Dazzling Diamonds

Here is the box of full of my materials needed for our Treat Class. I am so excited for it. The projects ROCK!

This picture of Zak and Zain is my new favorite picture of them. Zak is so wonderful with Zain and he loves to take him under his wing!

Have a GREAT DAY!

~Kylah

Zak with Frankie

2008-10-06T08:00:00.001-04:00

Good Morning!
Last weekend when Zak was here it was a YUCKY rainy day so when Zain took a nap we played in my stamp room. I was making some Frankie treat bags that I will share with you later in the week...We are making them at my Treat Class on Thursday night. I gave Zak all the stuff he would need and a picture of Frankie and he did everything himself! He did a WONDERFUL job!!! Oh can I just tell you how much I LOVE the Top Note Bigz Die that Stampin Up sells!!! I have a cuttle bug and it goes through it so easily!

Off to prepare for my treat class!

~Kylah

I LOVE Fall Walks!

2008-10-05T23:04:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone!

I HAD to share a few pictures from our walk today. I just love walks in the fall! The air is so crisp and all I can say is AHHH!!! Zain had a great time running through the park. I think his favorite part was watching the waterfall! When my sister Hannah and I tried to get him to leave the waterfall he FREAKED out! Hey my boy has a good taste for a wonderful view!

I hope you all had a wonderful day!!!

~Kylah

Backpack with SKULLS

2008-10-05T08:00:00.001-04:00

Good Morning!

I do have a lot of things to show you all that I have been doing over the last few weeks! I made this cute little backpack that I have been seeing all over blog land! I found some great instructions from Inking Idaho and it made it a breeze to whip up. The first one took a little thinking but as you complete your first one you will be itching to make more! Zakary found this in my stamproom and now wants a lunch box to go with it LOL!!!! This is a really cute idea for a school teacher...just fill it with some candy or anything that you would like to give them! Here is what I did
Followed pattern from Inking Idaho
Paper: Black, US White, Ghostly Greetings DSP I colored every other skull red
Stamp: Just Jawing (LOVE IT)
Accessories: Star Designer brads with crystal effect and red glitter, Crystal Effect on the small black circles, Skull ribbon I found at Michaels.

Enjoy your Sunday!
~Kylah

Oh Baby!

2008-10-04T11:19:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone!
Chris's sister Shana is expecting her first baby in December. She had her baby shower a few weeks ago and here is the card I made for her. As soon as I saw this Bella I knew I had to have it! The first thing I thought of when I saw it was popping out her belly with paper piecing. It looks so darn cute! Paper piecing is so easy and adds a great look to your stamped image! All you do is stamp the portion of your stamp on some DSP, cut it out, and glue in on VOILA done! I also paper pieced some of the bags and watercolored the rest of her. I had to add a little glittler to her hair cause it's oh so pretty!!! I got a little carried away when I was coloring her hair and oops wnt right into her eye....oh well we all make mistakes! So what did I use you ask?
Stamp: Bella (forgot th mae of her teddybella I think
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, US white, and Urban Garden DSP
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Pretty in Pink, and Blush Blossom
Accessories: Dew drops, stampin dimensionals, Baja Breeze ribbon, and aqua painter

I also made her a diaper cake. This was actually the first boy one I did and it was so much fun! I like to add some tags with "advice" on it....from one mom to another ;) I really love making these diaper cakes and what a great gift they make!

Today is world Card Making day so go ahead stamp yourself a card! Have fun doing it!!!!

~Kylah

Mum, Mum?, MUM!!!

2008-09-26T23:19:00.005-04:00

Hi!

I came home from work the other day to find this awesome message on my fridge! I have the sweetest boys! Chris helped Mr. Zain put this up for me! He said that Zain was yelling MUM, MUM, MUM all day.

Last week for the club party I wanted to make a Halloween card so I used the MUMMY card that has been floating around on blog land for a few weeks. Avril forwarded me Dannie's blog and I followed her directions. For whatever reason I was not placing my stripes in the right place and there were holes. So I just took the scraps and made extra bandages. I like the way it came out! It was a really easy card and they really liked it!

Tomorrow we are off to Zak's football game in NY...oh yes in the RAIN!!!! UGH! I love watching his games but I hate the drive and I hate cold rain! I am keeping my fingers crossed it will stop just for the game :) It is a 2+ hour trip and Zain really hates the car. Sometimes he falls right asleep but other times he just wants OUT! We are leaving right when we get up in the morning so I doubt he will sleep! We have the DVD player all hooked up hoping the TV will entertain him. He does not really have any interest in the TV...which is a good thing, but honestly sometimes it would be a little easier if he would just sit and watch one 1/2 hour show...not pushing it though because I know there will be one day that I will be complaining that all my son does is watch TV LOL

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! It is going to rain all weekend here :(

Where am I?

2008-09-25T21:27:00.006-04:00

Hi Everyone! Sorry I have been MIA for the past week. I am been very tired so I caught up on some much needed ZZ's! I wanted to share some swap cards from my club last week. The Red White and Blue card is by JoAnn May, the Pink card is by Chelly Downing, and the Halloween card is by Buffy Tarr! These 3 ladies did an awesom job! I have 2 more I need to share as well! The bottom card is the card that I made for the swap. I used directions from SCS and I hallenged myself to use Tangerine Tango. I have to admit it was not my favorite color...BUT I must say it has grown on me! I used the Haiku DSP from Stampin Up with the INspired by Nature stamp set. I LOVE that set!!!! To keep t his tri fold card closed I used a Filigree brad but instead of the plain silver brad it comes with I used a green rhinstome from Making Memories. I really LOVE how this card turned out! Well hopefully I will not be MIA for a while! I do have a lot of things to share with you all! Have a wonderful night...I am off to watch Grey's....YAHOO!!!
~K

Love the Bella Girls!!!

2008-09-18T23:23:00.002-04:00

Wow I just love these Bella Stamps! I think every girl should have one! They have so many of them! I just got 7 of them in the mail the other day! i can't wait to use them!

For this card I started to go through some of my new designer paper and I found this striped piece in the Parisian Summer pack that I really wanted to use! I paired it up with Very Vanilla and Bravo Burgundy CS. I used my cuttlebug embossing folder and I included some So Saffron Poly-Twill ribbon! So YUMMY!!! And YES I used dew drops! I love those things! Time to order more I think!!

Well I have been a very busy girl this week! I had a workshop tonight and I will take pictures of my swaps to share with all of you! I didn't get Heather's though :( If you make another one take a pic and send it to me!!!!

I have been busy with laundry and such because I just really want to stay on top if that!

I am off to bed! Early tonight!!!! I have not been seeing my bedroom till at least 1AM!

Night Night

2008-09-10T23:37:00.002-04:00

Hello Everyone!

Last night as I was sitting on the computer I started to think about the swap I was invited into on SCS. I knew the due date was 9/13...I also THOUGHT I had plenty of time. I was not stressed at all! Then the date caught my eye WHAT?!?! 9/9 HOLY SMOKES...I better get those swaps DONE and in the mail. So last night I made this really cool Baja Breeze card. It is called a gate fold card and you can find the directions over at SCS. I sponged the edges of the DSP...I think it gave it a nice look! These cards were a lot of fun to make. This is the first swap I have done come up with.

Today Zain missed his nap because we had to go for a follow up appt for his shoulder. They forgot to order the x-rays so we were at the clinic for 2 hours. They said it is healing very well and we have to go back in 3 weeks to make sure it is 100% healed. He was a very tired boy tonight! Daddy gave him a bath and then sat him on the couch. I just love this towel and he usually will NOT keep the hood on. He just sat there for a few minutes so I grabbed the camera and snapped a few pictures. Bed time was a snap tonight, he was soooo tired. He actually smiled at me when I told him it was night night time.

Well it is now night night time for me! Have a GREAT day everyone!

~Kylah

Sparkly Fairy CC183

2008-09-09T22:20:00.003-04:00

Hello!

Today I decided to play on SCS! I did the Tuesday Color Combo Challenge. Today's colors were Green Galore, Going Gray, and Riding Hood Red. Yikes colors I would not normally use together. Something about Green Galore.....Any how I was actually quite pleased with the way my card came out! I found this Fairy stamp set from Michael's yesterday. It is made by Inkadinkado...When I saw the set it first screamed GLITTER and then WATER COLOR!!!! So I grabbed it. They were not even on the shelf yet...still laying in the box on the ground. I sat right there and went through the whole box. There are some really nice sets in there!!!! I only got 2 maybe I will go get some more next week ;)

I have put glitter all over the fairy's hair, wings, and on the polka dots on her outfit. I put these rhinestones, that I also picked up at Michaels a few weeks ago, on the center of the flower and the bottom row of the scallops. I used my nesties (thank you JoAnn!) for the wonderful rectangle! The cuttlebug is what embossed my background and yup I did some paper piercing! I hope you enjoyed my card. I really had a fun time glittering it up!

~Kylah

YOU ROCK!!!

2008-09-08T23:59:00.003-04:00

Hi everyone! I am here for a quick post before I go to bed! I just fell asleep on the couch but because of that NOTHING on my to do list got completed. While I was in Florida my dear friend Avril decided to host a FAVORITE NEW STAMP SET SWAP....I thought I was too late to sign up when I finally got the email BUT there was my name in the 2nd spot with JUST JAWING. Does she know me or what?!? I was so psyched when I saw this stamp set in the new catty! As soon as I saw it all I thought was glitter in the heart eyes!!!! This skull reminds me of the skull blanket that my dear friend Michelle made for Zain before he was born. I will HAVE to take a picture of it tomorrow so you can all see it. Ok so here is my swap card. I made this card for my swap with my club girls last month as well. Tonight I was suppose to be working on other swap cards for SCS BUT didn't get to it....hopefully tomorrow afternoon!!!! Have a great night! I am going to bed!

~Kylah

Sleepless in Keene

2008-09-07T23:54:00.004-04:00

Well Hello! How was your weekend? Mine was very productive, we got so much needed housework DONE!!! Well actually let's think about that...it really is NOT done because housework is NEVER done...so we got it caught up to date LOL!

As you can see I am sleepless yet again...and this time it is NOT because of my son! I had Chinese food tonight with family in Claremont and now I am thinking that is was not a very good idea! UGH I hate having a stomach ache! I am such a baby when it comes to that! I would much rather give birth...I am not even kidding! (my labor was not too bad as you can tell) So anyhow while I am up and awake waiting for this to go away I thought I would post Zain's new cup! I found this straw cup at Target and it is specifically made to decorate. I think you are suppose to let your child decorate, but I wanted to LOL! It came with a few blank sheets of white paper that fits right inside the cup so I decided to stamp his name in REAL RED CRAFT INK (so it won't fade) and then put a skull border around the top in the bottom. Now that it is the Halloween season there are skulls everywhere! Everytime he sees them he points and has just started saying "ULLS" Way too cute LOL (I know there are people out there thinking I am nuts but I am not I promise.) Well Zain is now going to be the ROCKINGEST (is that a word?) KID on the playground!!!!

Ok off to see if I can get any sleep!

~Kylah

I've Fallen IN!!!!!

2008-09-05T23:13:00.003-04:00

Hello Friends!!!
First I have to tell everyone that Mr. Zain just about slept through the night last night...BUT guess what I COULDN'T sleep!!! Go figure! He woke for a few minutes but I just stood by his door and told him it was night time. My mom thinks he may be going through separation anxiety??? What do you all think? He is 119 months old (almost) Or she thinks maybe he is afraid of the dark? I am off to get a night light this weekend....

Ok on to the projects!!!! Why I have I fallen IN? Because I can't stop playing with the new IN colors! HELLO KYLAH there are so many other wonderful colors out there!!!! I made this card for Avril with a matching bag that I posted the other day.....I love making those! I am going to make another one for my sister this weekend! NO IN colors I promise (fingers may be crossed behind my back LOL) I put a small bag of tea in this bag. Avril and Colline really liked their gifts! I was very pleased!

LOOKIE LOOKIE at all of this wonderful ribbon!!!! I hosted a ribbon share and here it all is! 5 people joined in and they got 2 or 3 yards of ALL the NEW ribbons! What an awesome way to try it all!!!!! My great friend JoAnn came over to help me cut and we whipped it out in no time! We wrapped all the ribbon around card stock that I punched the the round tab punch. I saw someone do this on SCS and I thought it was an awesome idea! If anyone else would like to participate in a Ribbon Sampler it cost $30.00 plus shipping to you. Please send an email to kmarro@verizon.net and I will send you ALL the details! So far everyone that has come to pick up the ribbon has been very very happy! Oh and I gave everyone a sampler of the NEW IN color buttons! Now can you see why I have fallen IN LOL!!!!!

Well I am either going to watch GH or go finish the birthday card that is now 4 days late....poor girl.....

Nighty Night!
~Kylah

Ouchies, Swaps, and Birthdays Whew!

2008-09-04T23:02:00.003-04:00

Hello Everyone!!!

My first picture is of Zain's bruise from his accident last week. I am not sure if you can tell how yello it was. This bruise actually appeared 3 days after the table fell on him....I gave him a bath Friday night and there was nothing there and then Saturday afternoon my mom asked me what was all over him. I had no idea what she was talking about so I said well he just had a jelly munchin and I have not cleaned him up yet...she started to just laugh :) The bruise is all gone and he is actually using his arm a lot more. Again last night did not go so well BUT I am feeling very positive for tonight! He fell asleep at 9:15ish and here it is 11pm and he is sound asleep. It only took him about 5 minutes to fall asleep tonight. I would just like to say t hat I give all parents with children that won't sleep a HUGE GOLD STAR because I really don't know how you do it. I have been very blessed with Zain...he usually sleeps very well! These past 3 days I have felt like a ZOMBIE! Oh and not to mention ZERO stamping! I always stamp when he goes to bed BUT when he is NOT going to bed......So in a few minutes I am going to PLAY!!!

I have been very busy making sure that my swaps were in on time for Avril's Favorite New Stamp Set Swap...here is a sneak peak...HELLO a skull YUP I had to have it!!!!!! This set is so much fun I can't wait to make more things with it!

So I love making cards! BUT I am so BAD at mailing them out on time! This is my sister Leigha's birthday card. I am not sure if she checks out my blog but if you do here is your real card :) I did send a different card home with my mom last weekend but I really wanted to make her one with this cute BELLA stamp. I LOVE the Bella's! I did a little paper piecing on the balloons....TIP number 1 do any coloring before you glue on your pieces because if you don't look at my balloons and you will se what happens....The glue may run and then the color is resisted from that spot. I used the NEW 1" Chocolate Chip ribbon and put the 5/8" Regal Rose ribbon over it...I LOVE IT!!!! I also used some new designer paper this one is called Sweet Always. I am really enjoying this pack of paper! I used that on my swap cards too!

Well I should go make another LATE birthday card! Better late then never right?!?

~Kylah

2008-09-03T08:32:00.002-04:00

Good Morning Friends!

I wanted to share a cute little Thank you gift I made for my friend Colline. She was nice enough to help out with my dog Molly when we went to Florida. I saw the cute bag on Cindy's blog and I knew I HAD to make it! something about me and bags...I see one at the store I buy it, I see one on a blog I make it....I have issues when it comes to bags! Anyhow....This was very easy to make!!! check out this post on Cindy's blog and go create!!!! I used the Bella Rose DSP because I love it so much!!!! I also made her a little bookmark. Colline is a HUGE reader so I knew she would love this! OK here is what I used!

Bag:

Stamp Set: Upsy Daisy

Card stock: Kiwi Kiss, WW, Bella Rose DSP

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

Card:

Stamp Set: Say it with Scallops

Accessories: Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon

Bookmark:

Stamp Set: Dreams Du Jour

Accessories: Filigree Brads, scallop square punch, white gel pen, Kiwi Kiss Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today! I didn't get much sleep last night because Zain woke up for the second night in a row just wanting to be with someone....We don't want him to get use to the idea of coming to our bed so I laid on the couch with him for a while then put him back to bed. This is not like Zain at all!!! He is one that wants to be in his bed and no where else...I am hoping that this won't change! As I sit here posting he is sound asleep in HIS bed while I am walking around like a zombie. LOL as long as he gets his rest and that arm shoulder heals!!!!

Off to work I go!!!

~Kylah

Finally...

2008-09-01T08:45:00.004-04:00

Happy Labor Day!!!! I FINALLY have some new pictures to share with you!!! I had my Club girls over last week and guess what we stamped in MY STAMP room!!! I was very excited! I have been trying to make that room work for some time and I think I have it now!!! YAHOO!!! OK on to the projects! The top card I used the set Inspired by Nature, a new set in the catalog...I just love it and you will see this in the next couple of days. It was a very simple card but everyone just LOVED it!!!! They even want me to do another card with this set next month!!!
The next 3 cards are cards from 3 of the girls in my club!!! We have decided to do a little swap each month! HOW FUN!!! I love to see what they come up with! The flower pot card is made by Heather Thomas, The Butterfly card was made by JoAnn May, and the birdie card was made by Chelly Downing. They ALL did such an awesome job and it made the other girls want to participate next month so I will have even more cards to share!
I hope you are all having a great day and thanks to all the comments about my Mr. Zain. I really thought it would just keep getting better each day....BUT that has not been the case. We have good moments, bad moments, and REALLY bad moments! My concern now is the amount of advil he has been getting. I have been giving it to him everyday for 4 days....you always hear don't give them it for too long....but without it he really is in PAIN!!!!! I will have a nice picture to share with you tomorrow of his YELLOW bruise that appeared on Saturday! In closing enjoy this picture of the four of us at the New England Revolution Soccer game held at Gillette Stadium the past weekend....this was the end of the dame so we had some tired boyZ but I just love their new shirts!!!!

OUCH!!!

2008-08-28T14:09:00.003-04:00

I know my title does not match my pictures...just read on to get to the OUCH part.... I promise I will have some new projects up by tomorrow! I am just waiting for my camera to charge. Here are the boyZ on our trip to Florida. We had a great day at the ocean! I LOVE the ocean so much...The water was sooo warm!!!!!

Ok so do you want to hear about our exciting day yesterday? OK here I go....Yesterday morning Zain woke up a little bit earlier then usual. Chris brought him down to the living room to play and I woke shortly after that. I was in my stamp room rearranging it for a workshop and Chris was paying a bill on the computer....all of a sudden we heard CRASH WWAAAAHHHH!!!!! Oh no!!! We both went running right to him. Well he was under a card table that I had folded up leaning against the wall. The card table had a big wood slab on it so it was a very heavy piece!!! Poor Mr Zain was in a lot of pain and we could clearly see that (oh and hear it) We made the decision to bring him up to the ER after the clinic telling us that they couldn't see him for a few hours. Well he was a very brave boy when it came time for his x-ray...he even got a sticker that he was very excited for! It turns out that the poor little on has a fracture in his shoulder :( He went again for another x-ray today and again it shows the same thing. There is nothing that they can do except put him in a sling BUT he is a ONE AND HALF year old boy that WILL NOT stay in a sling. We just have to watch him very closely and help him out till it heals. At this point when he is laying on his belly he can't even push himself up. He is very active and he is not liking that he only has full use of 1 arm...he gets very frustrated! Zak is doing an awesome job at keeping Zain busy on the couch, bringing him new toys and cuddling with him when he is in pain. I could not have asked for a better big brother!

Well till later have a wonderful day!

A BIG thank you to

2008-08-21T22:10:00.002-04:00

ALL MY CUSTOMERS!!! Without you I would not be able to continue on my adventure as a SU demonstrator . To show them just how much I cared I hosted a customer appreciation with 3 fellow demos to night. We had a great time, but I am very tired! I didn't even unpack the car. Saving that for the morning! I am going to go PLOP on the couch...I don't even remember when the last time I sat down was! Enough complaining! Here is one of the fabulous projects that they were able to make tonight. We used PUN FUN (I LOVE THAT SET!) and made a note card holder with 4 note cards. Everyone loved it! Ok enough out of me....Time to go PLOP!!! TTFN!

~Kylah

more IS MORE

2008-08-20T00:58:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone! Not much time to chit chat I am so sleepy!!!! I have been getting ready for an event I am having on Thursday night. Why oh why do I wait till the last minute to do things? Oh I know because I am too busy playing the awesome challenges over on SCS!!! This challenge was More IS More, MIM0808. You had to take a card and make a simple version, then step it up! It was so much fun and it just so happens I needed 2 cards! One for a a great friend who just had a birthday (she really is so much more then a friend!) and the second was for another friend who has been going through a tough time. Ok well I am really going to bed now! I think I am getting Chri's cold! UGH just what I need!

Oh want to know what I used?

Stamps: Bella Toile, Elegant Greetings

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, WW

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Flower Fusion Too, Silver Hodgepodge, Sriped Grosgrain Baja Breeze, rhinestones, dew drops, stickles

Techniques: window card

Good News with a Little Glitter

2008-08-18T21:20:00.004-04:00

Hi Everyone! Oh my goodness I have sooo much to talk about....First I need to thank Jen Cowart for letting me know that MY blog, yes MY blog was a newly discovered blog on Allison's blog. (Wow how many times can I use the word blog in one sentence?) That was really a shock for me...I feel honored...Thank you Alison!!! Please go check out her blog, her work is AWESOME

Ok more great news...My upline Cindy Lawrence is now a designer for the Dirty Dozen on SCS!!!! That is so awesome I am so happy for her! CONGRATS!!! I headed right over to splitcoast to see what this Dirty Dozen was all about and I can proudly say I am now a member of the Fan Club! There are so many other galleries out there! WAHOO!!!! They have different challenges every month and I decided to play...This month it is all about glitter so I broke out all my NEW (more good news) stamps from the new catty and started to play! I used the new upsy daisy stamp set which I LOVE!!!! I first inked up an oval from glossy cs with my sponge daubers then I stamped the flower image with blck. Be very careful because it is slippery! I used my cuttlebug embossing folder (got that in the mail when I was gone to FL) and I had to use my dew drops!!! Here is a full list of what I used:

Stamps: Upsy Daisy

Paper: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Glossy White

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Nestabilities, dew drops, cuttle bug folder, Very Vanilla/Kiwi Kiss ribbon, white gel pen stickles
Ok I have a ton of work to do! I am having a customer appreciation this week and I should really get going with that LOL you know me wait till the last minute!

Have a wonderful day!

~Kylah

I'm Baaaccck!

2008-08-13T23:22:00.002-04:00

HI Stamping Friends I am back from Florida and there is so much to do!!!! First I have to give a HUGE thank you to a NEW friend Jacque Bayliff from West Palm Beach Florida! She was nice enough to give a brand new copy of the SU catalog when I was in Florida! I can't thank her enough! Go check out her blog!!!

So the new catalog ROCKS!!! I love everything about it...right down to the great cover detail with the scallop edge! If you have not seen the new catalog you HAVE to!!!! My first order is coming in just a few days! I am soooooo excited!

OK now on to the card...I made this card for a swap I was in...The set I used is a level 2 Hostess set from the new catalog. It is called Serene Spring. Ever since I have fallen in love for watercoloring I always look for a set that I can use that technique with. Oh I found it with this set! I really had fun doing these cards. I scored the background (Riding Hood Red) with the paper cutter and scoring blade to make a criss cross background. This gives the card a really nice texture! So you ask me what did you use???? Well....

Stamp Set: Serene Spring

Paper: Choc Chip CS, Riding Hood Red CS, Kiwi Kiss CS, Watercolor Paper, Bella Rose DSP

Ink: Choc Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Tangerine Tango, and Black Staz-On

Accessories: Dyed Tafeta Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Scallop Edge Punch, Glittler, Paper cutter with scoring blade

Here is a close up of the water coloring. I was really happy with the way it turned out!
Ok well I really should be making a project that I need to get done...plus I have a million thank you cards I still have to make....I think I am really just going to go to bed!

Till next time!

~Kylah

Off to Florida

2008-08-06T01:18:00.002-04:00

Hi Friends

I am off to Florida in just a few hours...I can not sleep right now so I thought I would give you a quick update. My grandfather passed away peacefully on Sunday morning. I was able to talk to him about an hour before he passed. He was a wonderful Pop to me and I am going to miss everything about him. He made me laugh all the time!

So Chris, the kids, and I are off to Florida to spend some much needed time with my family! We are going to celebrate his life on Saturday. If anyone out there in my blogging family would like to send my Gram a card I know she would love it. She is always so amazed over my cards.

Please post a comment with your email address so I can email hers to you. I don't want to post it on here. Thanks girls I know she will be thrilled over this and she is really having a hard time (even though she says she is fine)

Well even though it is a very sad occasion I am still very excited to go down! This will be the first time my family meets the boyZ! I have not seen them in almost 3 years!

Ok I really should try to take a nap...We have to leave out house at 3:15 and it is 1:25 now....

I hope to post while I am down there but not sure if I will be able to post pics???

~Kylah

Dahlia Fold!!! WOW

2008-08-01T07:48:00.004-04:00

Hello! Happy August!

First I just want to say that I have already gotten so much information from all the girls at convention....oh how I just love blogs!!!! Thank you all very much for sharing!

Oh on to the cards! I say the dahlia Fold many times and always told myself that I can't do it...Avril told me it was pretty easy so off I went....you know something it IS very easy! So easy that I even did one for my club last night. They all seemed to like it...BUT as Chelly said she wouldn't sit down and make 100 of these. I think a card like this is for a special occasion! So pretty and elegant!

This red card was my first one! I just love this card so much! It really POPS!!!! I added some Stickles to the inside edges of the flower. It really makes it sparkle!!!

Okay off to get Zain up. He is going to visit at the nursing home for a half hour this morning! Eleanor just LOVES him!
Have a great day!!!!

~Kylah

Flowers, Flowers, and MORE Flowers!

2008-07-29T08:14:00.007-04:00

Oh GOOD MORNING!!!!

Some of my stamping friends are getting ready today to leave for convention! I just want to take this time to wish them all a very safe trip and to remember (ya like they will forget) to have so much FUUUUNNNNNN!!! They all get to see the new catty tomorrow.....ahh they will be in Heaven

The card I am sharing today is a Triangle Trifold card and the directions can be found HERE. It was so easy peasy to make! I actually did it in about 20 minutes while Eleanor was taking a nap. I used a BRAND NEW hostess set for the catty that will be coming out in just a few weeks! These are also some of the new IN colors and new Bella Rose DP ahh I am in LOVE I dyed the ribbon with Kiwi Green ink. Oh how I love to dye ribbon

Here are some pictures of the beautiful Day Lily garden that the BoyZ and I went to on Sunday. The flowers were so amazing! Zak kept saying it was a forest of flowers! I think he was right!

I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday! Please keep my Pop in your thoughts and prayers. They moved him to the Hospice unit last night and he is resting comfortably. Also keep my grandmother in your prayers as well. I love both of you very much!
~Kylah

Our Sunday

2008-07-27T21:46:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone!

I made this album for my grandparents down in Florida. Mum and Pop have not met Zain yet so I try to send her photos very often! I used Real Red and Brilliant Blue textured CS. I used a retired stamp set called Crayon Kids. I love using this stamp set for kids birthday cards. I will have to post my favorite one! Any who...So the designer paper is Creative Memory and I thought it went perfect! The inside of the album is clear envelopes! This was SOOOO easy to make! Oh I think I put about 30 pictures in! The binding is held together with build a brads so it matches just perfect!
I hope everyone had a great Sunday! We sure did! We had a lazy morning waiting for the sun to come out then we left for Alstead NH to a day lily farm. OH MY GOODNESS it was BEAUTIFUL! I picked out 3 lily's and I planted them this afternoon. We also went to my parents for a quick visit. Zak went into the pool while Zain worked in the garden with his Papa. (My dad). We also went to visit my grandparents and my grandmother was so impressed with Zain because she gave him a cracker and he said "THANK YOU" it was very cute LOL!!

Tonight I made Cindy's Blueberry Pudding Cake with the blueberries we picked yesterday and all I can say is OMG!!!!!!!!!! It is soooo good I know i am going to eat the entire dish tonight! Zain couldn't stop eating it! Zak didn't want to try it. Well all this talk about it I think I should sign off and go have some!

Have a great night!

~Kylah

Baseball

2008-07-27T00:17:00.002-04:00

Hello Friends!!!!

In honor of the baseball weekend I decided to post these 2 birthday card baseball caps that I made for some of my friends. She's a Boston fan, He's a Yankee fan, and they are happily married! How can that be :) Hopefully tomorrow's game goes Boston's way!

Despite the horrible score of today's game we still had a WONDERFUL day! I got a lot of picking up done in my pantry which I have been wanting to do for some time. After some yard work was done we jumped in the car and went to Troy, NH for some blueberry picking. There were SOOOO MANY blueberries! I think Zain ate 3 pounds and Zak ate just 3 berries LOL We met my sisters and brother there and we all had a great time. Just like with strawberry picking this was the first time Chris ever picked blueberries....he said we are going back HAHA...oh and the berries taste suppppppeeeerrrrrr YUMMERS!!!! I grabbed my camera to take some pics of the boyZ and as I turned it on the darn camera beeped at me saying NO MEMORY CARD...oh I was very mad! I had forgotten to grab it out of the printer UUUGGGHHH...oh well there is always next week when we go again!

Okay it is 12:30 am and I am wired because I want to start my swaps so I just drank a huge coffee OH BOY here I go.......

Have a great day!!!!

~Kylah

Girly Thank you

2008-07-20T20:01:00.004-04:00

Searching blogs is becoming quite an addiction to me....not only searching but then trying to find time to CASE everything I find because the ideas out there keep coming and I want to try it all! With that being said I found this wonderful dress card on Linda McClain's blog. She even has step by step directions on how to make it. When I saw this card I knew it was the perfect thank you card for my Gram down in Florida. She loves being a girly girl!!!!

I used my cuttle bug for the Choc Chip back ground and I think it compliments the card very well. I have a TON of embossing folders on order from OH MY CRAFTS but because I ordered a few that were not out yet they have not shipped any of them....I am so sad because I really want to play with all my goodies that I paid for!

Well I am off to work. Today is Monday and that usually means Eleanor takes a LONG nap...I clean up her room and try to reorganize anything from the weekend. I hope all of you have a great Monday...the start of a new week!

OH I should start thinking about my swaps that are due on Aug 1st AHHHH

~Kylah

Goodbye :(

2008-07-18T20:46:00.002-04:00

I had my retirement party last night and here are the 3 cards that we made. I was so crammed for time (because I am a PROCRASTINATOR!!!!) I found all of these lovely cards on SCS Thank you to all you lovely ladies for helping me out when I was in a bind. I did change all 3 of them just a little. I wanted to keep the cards simple..also I wanted to use IN colors. SOOOOO this is what I did. Off the top of my head the only one I know is the Artfully Asian card is from onehappystamper aka CINDY!!!!! She is going to kill me because I keep CASING her cards but they are ohhhhh so purty!!!!! Thank you so much Cindy!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I just looked up the weather online for tomorrow and they say light rain. I really hope not because I am going to my mom's pool for the day...Bring on the sun!!!!

~Kylah

What a MESS!!!!

2008-07-16T13:33:00.002-04:00

What a mess my stamp room was! HOLY COW! How in the word did I work in there??? Oh I didn't I was working at the dinning room table making that a mess too LOL!!! Yesterday I got most of my table picked up while Zain was sleeping. Tonight I will finish it up and finish cutting everything for my retirement party. I am having a SPECIAL buy 2 stamp sets get the 3rd 1/2 off!!!! WOW what a deal! (on sets that are equal or lesser value)

I have seen so many apron cards floating around on blogs and I wanted to make one as a thank you card for Avril. I like how it turned out! I used the cherry paper for the cherry stamper.
I hope you enjoyed today's card and mess LOL!!!! Zain is awake so time for me to go....till next time!

~Kylah

2008-07-15T13:40:00.002-04:00

Oh my I am loving the new IN colors! I made this card last night. It is a CASE from Cindy....here is a link to her card on SCS. The new designer paper, bella rose is soooo pretty! Oh I can't wait to start my swap cards with my new stamp set!!!

Here is what I used

Stamp Set: Wonderful You, Fresh Cuts

Paper: WW, Baja Breeze, Bella Rose DP

Ink: Black Staz On, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red

Stickles Cuttlebug EF Tafeta Ribbon dyed in Rinding Hood Red

I am off to finish another thank you card while Zain is taking a nap. Then off to run some errands.

Have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by!

~Kylah

Oh this stamp set is GREAT!

2008-07-14T08:29:00.005-04:00

Oh my goodness why didn't I get Pun Fun so long ago? I found this card on SCS or was it a blog....I am kicking myself for not writing it down! I loved the card so much I didn't change a thing when I made it! I love how the creator (whoever she is, thank you!) popped the elephants head...way too cute! Oh what did I use you ask?

Cardstock: Groovy Guava, Blush Bloosom, Going Gray, and WW

Ink: Groovy Guava, Going Gray, Black Staz ON

Stamps: Pun Fun, Paisley BG

Silver brads, Photo Corner punch, paper piercer, aqua painter, and stampin dimensional

Well off to work I go I am hoping to clean my stamp room tonight...it is a horrible mess....I should take a picture of it for you LOL!

~Kylah

Gift Card Holder

2008-07-13T07:54:00.002-04:00

Good Sunday morning to you! I hope everyone is well! I am hoping to bring the boyZ swimming today if we get some sunshine! It is suppose to be in the 80's and Zak will swim when the weather is in the 60's soooooo come on sunshine! I made this gift card holder for one of Eleanor's nurses. She celebrated her birthday on Friday. I LOVEEEEEEEE Pun Fun! This was only the second time I have played with it...I just got it about 2 weeks ago. Oh man I love it! I used my nestabilities and stickles! Oh how I love to play! I am addicted to these gift card holders! I made a Harley Davidson one as well! I will post that soon too!

OHHHH guess what?!? I posted to SCS! here is the link to my gallery...I only have 2 cards in there now but I have to start somewhere. It was soooo fun and the people there are so nice!

Well I hear Mr. Zain waking up so I am going to get breakfast ready. Have a wonderful Sunday!

~Kylah

Pretty Tote Bag

2008-07-11T08:28:00.002-04:00

Good Morning! I made this bag last week for my grandmother's birthday present. She LOVES tote bags so when I saw this in one of SU's publications I know I had to make it! I HAD to add some BLING to it as well!!!!! I am mailing it off today I hope she likes it!

Have a wonderful day I am going to be a busy girl this afternoon!!! I hope to get some stamping in tonight!!!!

~Kylah

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

2008-07-09T08:37:00.004-04:00

TO MEEEEE!! Today is my birthday so I woke up and made myself a card!!! I tried to use things that I have fallen in love with over the past year. There is just so much you can use on one card (well for me anyways!) So I started with Afternoon Tea designer paper and picked my 2 favorite IN colors from this catty...Soft Sky and Groovy Guava! I used the prettiest kit, tafeta ribbon (dyed thank you Cindy), My cuttle bug AAAHHH love that! DEW DROPS and a bella stamp. These girls are so cute and look she has curly hair!!! OHHH and I had to water color because I have just fallen in love with it!!!! Well even though it's my birthday I still have to go to work so off I go!!! I hope everyone has a great day!!!!

~Kylah

Friends, Dew Drops, Marshmallows what more can a girl ask for?

2008-07-01T06:54:00.002-04:00

Good Morning! Well I have been beat at night the past few days! We have been playing hard every chance we get and I really enjoy being with the boyZ at night! I did this fresh cut card with my stamping group last Thursday! Look at them they are so awesome! I used DEW DROPS and they ROCK!!!!

Last night we had a little fire so Zak could toast some marshmallows...he has always said he HATEs them and Chris does not like them either so I always have to eat them all! Well I got the makings for s'mores and was quite excited about that! Zak then questioned what a marshmallow really tasted like so we had him try it...His first reaction was they taste a little "FUNKY" LOL. Well a little while later he wanted a s'more all to himself....What a great time we had...NICE R&R

I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL day! First day of July...Before I know it my birthday will be here! I really like my birthday just not the whole getting older thing....

I've been tagged!

2008-07-01T05:58:00.002-04:00

Wow! I've been tagged by my fellow stamping friend Leslie! Leslie and I share something very big in common! We are both HUGE NE Pats fans!!! Okay so here we go...7 weird and or random facts about me

1. I LOVE sales!! I am such a bargain shopper....when I find a good deal I try to buy as much of it as I can!

2. I love watching the kids sleep...I could stand at the edge of their room for hours watching them. They look so peaceful and i feel so good that they had a great day and they are getting ready for another one!

3. I really don't like to go barefoot...I have flip flops every where in my house just for that reason!

4. I am a picker! If I think it can come off I pick it...and it doe not even have to be on my body...I pick at sticks, chipping pain...anything.

5. I LOVE eating out...I hate cooking for myself! I cook for work and the last thing I want to do is cook again....but I do for the kids

6. My favorite number is 13. I know I know this is most people's unlucky number but not mine! This was my number in soccer for 10 years...I always told people that it was everyone's unlucky number then is HAD to be very lucky for me! Zain was born on the 13th of February and Zak' birthday is June 13th! Oh and a few months after Chris and I got together we found out that we both loved the number 13 ;)

7. I am doing this when I am normally sleeping....I love to sleep in!!!! Most days I don't get out of bed till 8AM. I love that Zain sleeps in too!...I just can't sleep this morning and I am going to be paying for it later!

Okay here are 7 blogs that are awesome! I am not going to tag them because it looks as though they have all been tagged by this one!

My good friend AVRIL has a great blog go check it out

Well Cindy of corse!!! I send you there all the time!

Lynn's blog is so great! I love getting a chance to chat with her at our events!

Kirsten is a hoot I just love her! she is ever so talented! She is also an awesome sport in dealing with me... ;)

Oh how I love MAKE A CARD MONDAY!!!!!

Tina is GREAT...what more can I say?

I always love reading Karen's blog and looking at the great creations!

Okay that's it! I hope you all take a little time to enjoy these blogs as much as I do!

~Kylah

Strawberry Picking!

2008-06-30T08:02:00.005-04:00

Good Morning Everyone! WOW look at this I am posting in the morning ;) This weekend we went strawberry picking in Charelestown at Peachblow Farms! I have been going there for a very long time! My parents would bring us all as kids and now I get to bring my kids it is awesome!! We had a very good time and got LOTS of yummy strawberries! They were so big and juicy! This was Chris's first time ever going!!! What fun he had as well! He did most of the work and wanted to keep picking...I kept reminding him that we would have to eat all these strawberries before they went bad..HAHA

Sunday I decided to make some freezer jam...Oh how I love that! My mom use to make it all the time...Zak helped me out a little too. He didn't want to get his hands in the strawberries though?!? Today I can break open a jar and I am ready!!! I hope everyone has a great day!

Demo Class

2008-06-27T00:20:00.001-04:00

Last week I went to a class held by Cindy Lawrence and Ann Walker for SU demo's. I had a great time making the projects they had for us! Here is a cut bag in a box...I did this with my club tonight and they just loved it. I will post some other bags tomorrow...I hope...I go get Zak tomorrow afternoon so we will see how much free time I have tomorrow night...I may just want to sleep ;)

TTFN

~Kylah

Wonderful CASE

2008-06-24T23:50:00.003-04:00

This card was cased for the wonderful Cindy Lawrence! I love this card soooo very much! I told Cindy I was going to make it and she was so nice to give me the center gems in the flower! She got them from Target a long time ago...I am still keeping my fingers crossed that they will come back and if they do I WILL buy them...so please keep your eyes open for me!!! I actually bought this set just to make this card! I LOVE IT!!! I can't say it enough....I get all giddy when I see this card....and now I have 6 of them WAHOOOOOOOO

Okay today Avril asked me to watched Jolie for a little while...an hour and a half actually....OK so I may have taken 60 pictures of the kids today! LOL they are both just so darn cute. I went into the kitchen to fill up juice cups and I noticed how I didn't hear a peep out of either of them...well that always means trouble....this is what I walked in on. I just started laughing out loud! Then when I went to open the door they both quickly went to close it!

No New Projects....photos that is

2008-06-23T22:22:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to give you a little update. I do have some new projects I have been working on just no pictures of them yet. I have had a pretty busy weekend...my brother graduated...OOOHHH I found my camera!! Wahoo!

Today I got a phone call from my mom and my Pop has stage 4 bone cancer....so today has not been a very good day. We are planning a trip down to FL in the next couple of weeks so please just bear with me and my postings.

Well I am going to sit and watch a movie now....maybe it will help a little.

~Kylah

Where oh Where???

2008-06-20T08:15:00.001-04:00

Has my camera gone...where oh where could it be????

And this is the reason for no new posts :( I HAVE to find it today because I have to go to my brother's graduation!!!!!!!

No Stamping?

2008-06-16T23:46:00.004-04:00

Hello! For those who want to know Zak's Birthday party was great and he told us that he had a great time...Oh and he loved all his presents LOL I will upload some pictures in the next couple of days.

I just want to let people know that I probably won't be blogging much on Sat, Sun and Mon nights because that is when Chris is home and I want to try and spend as much time with him as I can because we don't see each other at all the other days of the week. But here it is Monday and I am blogging. He actually went to bed early because he has not been feeling well.

OK...I made this card a few weeks ago because my upline Cindy featured me on her dowline blog. So if you are part of SBD go check it out! I feel very honored to be a feature...Oh and let me tell you I was the first one. I was shaking as I made some extra projects...I had no idea what would be good enough. This card is called a Two-Way Open card. It was so fun and easy to make! Oh and look NO stamping. I used rub-ons. Man those things are additive!!!! Guess what paper I used...Afternoon tea...MY FLIPPIN favorite!!!!!

Tomorrow night I am going to a demo only class at Cindy's house. WAHOO!!! This is my first one and I am so excited! Oh you bet I will be back tomorrow night showing off whatever beautiful creations her and Ann Walker came up with!!!!!

Till then Good Night

~Kylah

Bind it All...ROCKS!!!!

2008-06-09T21:25:00.005-04:00

Oh how I love little machines! For Mother's Day Zak and Zain (AKA the best dad in the world, Chris) got me the bind it all. I really didn't think I would be able to use it but this thing is SSOOO easy! This is my first project I used it with. It is so flipping cute! It is a little book with pockets made out of ONE 12x12 piece of paper! ONE that's it! I think I may have pushed a little to hard when I went to shut the wires because they were a weird shape...but that's okay that's what ribbon is for...to mask any mistakes ;) Plus I think the ribbon makes the project!

Well it's 9:30 quite early for me to be posting...(I made this project a couple of weeks ago) should I go to bed, stamp, or watch the tube with my man? YUP he is home and we were able to spend the whole day together....I think I will sit with him because the long work hours start up again tomorrow ;(

I hope everyone is keeping cool in this heat wave we are going through! It is suppose to be even hotter tomorrow!!!! Whew good thing for AC!!!

Happy Stamping!

~Kylah ;)