Rainy Monday Morning!

Creatures

coasters1Karissa was having some fun yesterday with these wood coasters.  I’m not sure where she got them…my guess would be her cousin Austin cut them for her but I’m not sure…maybe on Friday she can tell us??

How cute and adorable!

We are finally done with our four shows in a row and for the fun of it a couple of funerals in there too!  We are looking forward to some time at home.  Although we have lots to do today…I have 16 orders to get out so I’ll be busy.

For those of you who have been waiting for the lifestyle crafts circles and scallops.  They are finally here and we will begin contacting those of you who have asked us to.  Otherwise feel free to order on the website.

For those of you have been asking how we cut the three circle cards.  WE DON’T!  We buy and sell them that way.  You can cut a half circle but to line three of them up and do it three times requires far more patience than I have.  The cost of the Triple Circle Z Fold is either 24 variety pack (2 of each color) or 25 single color packs for $11.00.  We will be loading them on the website as soon as we get our current orders out so that you can purchase them from our website.

Yesterday Kevin and I did nothing.  Well not really but sort of! 🙂  We went to church in the morning, had lunch with some friends of ours, and then did nothing for the rest of the evening!  I know….hard to believe!

H&LSo these are two ladies I met at the Scrapbook Expo show in St. Charles, IL this weekend!  They have the cutest story.

They are Helen and Lois.  They were making the make n takes and they seemed like best friends or sisters so I asked them if they were sisters.  No, they met each other the year before standing in like to get into Scrapbook Expo and became fast friends this past year!  How cool is that!?? they seemed like they had known each other forever.  So I asked if I could take their picture and  post it and Lois (on the right!:)) says wait….let me put lipstick on!  So she put her lipstick on and I took their picture because it was such a heart warming story!

 

 

Friday Challenge: White Card stock

Birthday, Creatures
Woodland creatures celebrating birthday

Woodland creatures celebrating birthday

wood you

 

Happy Friday everyone! This morning I decided to challenge myself with white card stock. Do you find white card stock challenging? One thing I like about the white card is the clean, fresh look of it. It also saves time from having to layer colors and eliminates the need for tape/adhesive (I have run out of adhesive except for my 3-D dots). Please forgive my chevron border, I accidentally dropped it. Oops, I hate it when that happens.

Stamps used: EE36 KB’s Fox, CC57 KB’s Party Hat, HH31 Chevron Border, F224 KB’s Kite, E251 Wood Birthday, A190 Tiny Solid Heart, DD52 KB’s Clara Owl , DD60 1.25 Circle & Dots

Copic Markers used: R29, E47, E29, YR07, E33

Have a wonderful weekend!

– KB

pink and grey bookish owl card

Birthday, Creatures

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E256 KB’s Bookish Owl,

 

E256 KB’s Bookish Owl,

EK Success Punch

DD55

Good morning everyone, this Friday looks like it is going to be a beautiful day. Here is another card with KB’s Bookish Owl. I have always struggled with this EK punch in the past but with the DD55 Fun Cube, the words fit so well in the middle punch which allows layering with the large punch and is such a cute addition.

Stamps used: GG33 2.5″ Circles & Dots, DD55 Owl Fun Cube, E256 KB’s Bookish Owl, C233 Happy Birthday Caps

Have a wonderful weekend! We are in Novi, MI this weekend so if you are in the area, we hope to see you at the stamp festival! Click on the link below for more information.

http://www.heirloompro.com/shows2010/shows-Novi-08-03-2013.html

Another Year Wiser

Creatures

photo 1It’s Hump Day today!  Half way through the week!

I love getting up at 5 am…the last two mornings I’ve gotten up at 5 and I get so much done!  I feel like I’ve complete a day’s work and I look at the clock and it’s only 11!  I love that!

We are frantically getting ready for Novi, MI show.  We have added for sure 3 new Make n Takes and if I have time today I might add a fourth!

We painted the pool deck this week and it looks awesome.  I love clicking things off my to do list!  Kevin thinks I add three things for every one thing I cross off!  If you need to paint an old deck or old concrete the new Behr DeckOver paint at Home Depot ROCKS!  You use a lot so be prepared!

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pool deckCan you see Kevin in there painting the inside steps!??  We rolled all the deck part, hand painted the steps, and sprayed the lattice.  Wanted to take lattice out since it’s so old fashioned but we only plan to keep the pool a few more years so decided not to spend any more $ on it!

 

 

Bee Happy!

Creatures, Friendship, smile

beeWhew…lots going on today.  Just little things that are time consuming to take care of!  But I’m loving these new Z fold cards with our new fun cubes.  Here is the Bee Fun Cube.

DD57

Stamps Used:  DD60 1.25 Circles &  Dots; DD57 Bee Fun Cube; EE19 KB’s Bee’s Lg.  I’m currently working on one for our coffee cups and frogs.

 

Happy Friday

Creatures, Owls

Well today has been quite a busy day! It started with a 6am alarm and has not slowed down. Today is my turn to blog, so I’ll tell you about our day. Met Beth and Kevin (M&D for Mom and Dad) last night at the hotel not knowing M had plans to get up and ready for work at 6AM. If I had known that I would have stayed at my place! JK, it is really good to spend time with them. We had breakfast at 7am and were ready to rock and roll, well sort of, it sometimes takes awhile. I need a lot of coffee to get going. You may not realize this and it has taken me many years to learn but mom’s are usually always right. I may regret saying that later… Anyway, mom suggested I go to the DMV at 8am right away before people get there to renew my license. My plan was to go at around 11AM. Well, I went at 8am but Siri sent me on a wild goose chase to some gated community with no DMV in sight. Not a good start to the morning, so after asking google maps app, I finally arrived at the correct place and had that taken care of really quickly because the waiting line was really short. After that went straight to the Ramada hotel where the stamp convention is at. Please forgive my distraction here because I think Siri is kinda funny. So I told D how Siri was being naughty and he asked how she would respond if I told her that. Her response was…

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So sassy, but after that the real fun begins! M brought the new stamps to the show and they are just adorable. I love tiny things and these little stamps are so cute. M made the Clara owl tiny to fit into the circle cards and DD60 circle stamps.

tiny clara owl

tiny clara owl

Trying not to get too distracted by the cute new stuff, I labeled and packaged some before heading to work. These DD55 phrases can fit in a ton of different scenarios and are not limited.

DD55um

DD55um

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After M&D and Trav, set up the booth, they met me in Uptown at Famous Dave’s for dinner over my “lunch” break. Loved that they could come and join me! Whew, can’t believe it is 11pm already. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and hope to see some of you at the show in Bloomington tomorrow and Sunday. Here is a link for more information: http://rubberstampevents.com/bloomington-mn-show 

– KB

Mini Cards

Creatures, Valentine's Day

ImageThis post was supposed to be for Friday but a crazy storm blew through and knocked our power out. There are trees down on almost every block. Hoping everyone is safe! 

Stamps used: EE36 KB’s Fox, D262 Mustache Valentine, DD46 KB’s New Tweet, F210 Fancy Rectangle, B263 KB’s Mustache Small, HH31 Chevron Border

The words on top left and bottom left cards are rub ons, not sure where they are from. They were found in a stack of paper. 

On the inside of the right top and middle cards is the D262 (pictured below).

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Have a wonderful weekend!

October 10, 2012

Birthday, Creatures

This is kind of a crazy card!  I made the outside a birthday card…the inside a father’s day card!??  Ever done that before?!  Some days… I’ve been working on the website.  We are trying to get each image so you can choose wood mount or cling mount and I’m trying to get the new stamps on the internet.  I guess I better get to work!

 

October 8, 2012

Creatures, Thank You Cards

Hello!  We had a nice weekend here in Indiana and this morning we are heading to York, PA.  We are going to make a stop in OH at the Longenberger Basket Homestead.  I’m very excited.  It’s been several years since we have stopped and just looking forward to browsing and having fun on the way.  Most of the time we don’t stop and smell the roses and we just keep traveling so looking forward to just doing something for no reason!

This week it’s going to be Red Hot and Berrylicious week!  Love these two colors together.  Enjoy! and have a great Monday.

 

October 4, 2012

Creatures

Good Morning!  We are off to Fort Wayne, IN this morning!  Only a seven hour drive so that is easy!  I have a scarf project I am working on in the car so anxious to get it going.  This Lion card is also one of our new Make n Takes!  It’s Adorable!  Hope to see you in Fort Wayne if you live in the area.  Here is the website with information.  www.toomuchfunpromotions.com