Get To Know Me!

I've had several new blog readers in the past few weeks so I thought it would be a great time for you all to get to know me! My sister sent me this email earlier today and I figured it would be a great tool to post some facts about me...! I'd love to get to know you too so if you are feeling up to it, send me an email with YOUR answers! I'll randomly draw a name of those who send this back to me for a prize!

1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:30AM2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the movies? The Break Up (seriously, I never go to the movies!)
4. What is your favorite TV show? Daytime, GH…Prime Time, Army Wives
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Diet Coke
6. What is your middle name? Anne7. What food do you dislike? Spaghetti
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? The Jonas Brothers! 9. What kind of car do you drive? Toyota Sienna Minivan
10. Favorite sandwich? Ham with mustard
11. What characteristics do you despise? Lying
12. Favorite item of clothing? Comfy sweatshirts!
13. If you could go anywhere on vacation where would you go? Anywhere with sand and fruity rum drinks!
14. What color is your bathroom? Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip
15. Favorite brand of clothing? Whatever fits!16. Where would you retire? See # 13!
17. Most memorable birthday? My 32nd (I spent the day at a Redskins game with all of my boys!)
18. Favorite Sport to watch? Football or Golf
19. Furthest place you are sending this? ??
20. Who do you expect to send this back to you? All of you!
21. Person you expect to send it back first? ??
22. Favorite saying? Seriously (it must run in the family because this was Michelle’s response too!
23. When is your birthday? August 18th
24. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night
25. How many people live in your house? 5
26. Pets? Are you kidding?
27. What did you want to be when you were little? A Mom
28. Where are you today? Home
29. What is your favorite candy? Skittles
30. What is your favorite flower? Tulips
31. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Sunday…Dylan’s 1st Birthday Party!
32. What are you listening to right now? The boys watching Zack and Cody
33. What was the last thing you ate? Chicken Nugget
34. Do you believe in Angels? Yes
35. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Pink
36. What is your pet peeve? People not putting their kids in car seats!
37. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Michelle
38. Favorite soft drink? Diet Coke
39. Favorite restaurant? Sweetwater
40. Hair Color? brown
41. Siblings? 2 sisters, 1 brother
46. Hugs or kisses? Both
47. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate
48. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? yep49. When was the last time you cried? Saturday
50. What is under your bed? Seriously? I don’t even want to know!
51. Who is the friend you've had longest? Megan
52. What did you do last night. Watched gymnastics
53. Favorite smells? Babies, sun tan lotion
54. What are you afraid of? Lots of things
55. How many keys on your key ring? 2
56. How many years at your current job? 6
57. How many towns have you lived in? 7
58. Do you make friends easily? Yes

Retirement Contest Winner!

Congrats to blog reader, Mary Elizabeth Harrison! You have won my retirement list contest! Please email me your home address ASAP so that I can get your prize out to you!

Mary has won the new Fresh Cuts stamp set!

Look for more blog contests in the near future!!

Decor Elements Sneak Peak

Wow! Judging from your emails to me, I think a lot of you are as excited about Decor Elements as I am!

I've been told that I have to take the link to the brochure off of my blog so if you are returning to look at it, sorry! I have ordered hard copies of it so if you would like one, let me know and I will get it to you as soon as I get them in my hands!

Stampin' UP's New Product Line Available July 1st!

This afternoon Stampin' UP! made a HUGE announcement! We are expanding with a new product line! DECOR ELEMENTS!!

What are Decor Elements?
They are vinyl rub-ons using Stampin' UP!'s beautiful images! There are over 100 images, monograms and sentiments! These will come in various sizes and colors!

Where can we use them?
Anywhere! Over wall paper, on your painted walls, wood, car windows (won't your teens love this?), window, mirrors...! The list goes on!

I am SO excited about this new announcement! I'm picturing lots of seasonal decor for my home and it's totally easy to remove when I change my mind!

These products will be made in house by Stampin' UP! so you know the quality will be superb!

An electronic brochure will be available tomorrow and I can't wait to see it! Let me know if you would like a sneak peak and I'll see what I can do!

Stampin' UP! Retirement List!!

It is that time of the year, again!! Every time a catalog is about to end, Stampin' Up! lets you know which sets will retire. And, it seems like our favorites are always on the list!!

Click here to see the list! Let me know which sets trip your fancy and we'll get them ordered. I'm offering FREE Shipping for all new customers! Don't live around here? No big deal – I'll ship it out to you!!

I've been busy!

Happy Wednesday! I hope you all are doing well! The boys and I are up early today so I thought I would take some time to update my blog with a few projects that I have been working on!

JP's Kindergarden days end on Friday and I wanted to make something fun for the 6th grade bus safety patrols that have been so sweet to my little boy this year. Girls LOVE scrapbooks, right? Here is what I came up with. The directions are on splitcoast under "Clear Envelope Brag Books". I seriously made all 3 of these in under 20 minutes!

I also participated in a color challenge this weekend! we were given color combinations and had to create cards using them. Some of the combos were hard! I threw a lot away before I got them just right! Which do you like best/least?

And last but not least, we had a GREAT visit with Jonnelle and Alex! Here is a picture of us at the pool after a BIG margarita!! I'm in the green and white!

Summer Is Here!

Well, we are starting to get into the swing of SUMMER! Ben had his last day of school last week and JP will finish up on the 13th! The pool is open so we had a chance to spend a few days there wtih Ben's waterproof cast before it fell apart! He is now in a non-waterproof one and it stinks (literally!!). So, we've had to cut our pool time by quite a bit! It is torture for us to be there and not have him able to get in the water! Luckily he get's it off by mid June! Here are a few photos of the boys in their "natural environment"! My boys LOVE to swim!!

This is of Ben getting the green (waterproof) cast removed! He thought he was pretty cool in the "safety goggles"! Oh, for those that don't know...Ben broke his hand! He was just beeing a goofball and trying to walk on his hands/do cartwheels. I guess gymnastics are not in his future!

Anyways, on to the real purpose of this blog...to share my SU creations! As I mentioned, Ben had his last day of school last week. He gave each of his teachers a name frame. Here is the one for Mrs. Luck! Mrs. Lynn's was similar!

I used Summer Picnic DSP, Real Red, Old Olive, and Bashful Blue Ink, Real Red Cardstock, and Old Olive 5/8" Grossgrain Ribbon! Super simple but cute!

This is the card that I made to go with the gifts.

A friend of mine asked me to make her a Baby Boy card so this is what I came up with! I love the Wild About You set! It just makes me happy!

This card uses Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, and Soft Sky cardstock and ink. I also used the Wild Wasabi DSP from the print pack hostess gift and Blue Bayou double stiched ribbon. The circle stamp is from Riveting (last seasons hostess set!).

While I had my things out, I whipped up this card really quick! I have a few sheets of Cool Caribbean cardstock that were calling my name to be used! The Pumpkin Pie CS was run through my cuttlebug for the dry embossing.

I hope you've enjoyed these projects today! Have a great Monday!

Don't forget to email me with your Retiring List Predictions! See post below for more info!

Stampin' UP! Retirement List Contest!!

The Stampin' UP! Retirement List will be released on June 15th! What will be on it??? Send me a list of 25 Stamp Sets that you predict will retire for a chance at a prize! I will be rewarding the winner with the most correct answers with a $10 Stampin' UP! Gift Certificate! Simply email me your predictions before June 14th! How easy is that?

stampinmommy@verizon.net

This contest is open to ALL of my blog readers! Hope to hear from you soon!