A Quick Hello From Utah!!

Well, we made it and omg, was it ever a long trip!! We flew from Winnipeg to Minneapolis to Vegas to Utah. Seemed a little redundant to fly over Utah to Vegas and then back again but I'm not a pilot so who knows, maybe it made perfect sense? Anyway, I can't blog long tonight - way too tired, but I will try and get back on here over the course of this week and post some pictures of all the fun we're having...who knows, maybe some of you will get jealous and decide you need to be a Stampin' Up demonstrator so you can join me in Utah next year! There's a really good deal on the starter kit right now AND you get a special ($50 value) present from Shelley!! ;-)

Anyways, talk to ya later!

Lifetime Milestones

My Uncle Moe is a firefighter and he is actually (finally) retiring this summer! It's amazing to think of reaching that point in your life when your days become your own and you can just do what you want to do, when you want to do it! Summer holidays used to be like that for me, prior to taking on the lovely job of being a Mom! Still, I know the day will come when my summers will be my own again (and I'll probably be bored the whole time!) and eventually the day will come when I get to retire! Only 25 or so years to go! ;-)

So, anyway, we're off to my Uncle's surprise retirement party this afternoon (shhh, don't tell him) and I wanted to make him a card. It's funny, I make cards for a living and yet I'm always scrambling when it's time to give someone in my life a card. I think that's just the way it's supposed to be, right? We came home early from the lake because I wanted to give him a homemade card and here's what I came up with...

I think it turned out pretty cute! I inked the puppy (from Wellness Wishes) with my markers so that I could leave out his pouty mouth and then I just used the pen side of my marker to draw in a smile instead. And the fire hydrant idea came from the following site, http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/2010/07/doggy-fire-hydrant-sliding-pop-up.html

She's got all sorts of cute ideas! I'm not usually one for making things from my punches, it's just not how my creativity works but in this case I thought it turned out great!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, I'm still working on Christmas samples...I've got three in the works but none of them are finished yet. Again, I'll post them as I finish them!

TTFN!

Happy July!!

I'm off to Utah next week for the SU convention and I'm really looking forward to it! In the meantime, today, I'm hoping to prep a ton of stuff for my upcoming Christmas in July Stamp a Stacks (July 22 & 23). I'm not going to have a lot of time when I get home from Utah so I'm hoping to have everything prepped before I fly out on Tuesday.

We went to a friends' birthday bbq last night and had a great time, Addie was SOOO riled up by the time we left! I took a few pics of the cards and gift bag that I made for her as part of her present to post here. I think they turned out super cute!

Pinwheels are so popular right now and just really scream "Summertime!!" so I thought I'd explore how to make some and then I really wanted to make at least a part of the gift be homemade so I thought I'd make the gift bag for her present. It was so simple and, I think, turned out really nice!

Addie also had to pick out a gift for her Aunty and so she chose these flowers and then I decorated the pot a little and made a card for her to sign.

Well, I should get to work prepping...hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures of the projects today before we head out to the lake!