Stormy Evening

These photos are from a storm that passed over us last night. The clouds were really dramatic!

We have a winner!!

Using random.org, here's our winner:

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Here are your random numbers:11
Timestamp: 2009-07-11 14:21:22 UTC

Which means that the winner is MAUREEN!!! Congratulations, Maureen! Send me an email at toners@wispertel.net with your snail mail info and I'll get those goodies sent out to you!

Thank you to everyone else for playing along :) Have a great weekend!

Happy Camper

Here's my card for Susan's TCP Tuesday Stamp Challenge :) Susan is challenging us to pull out our "Happy Camper" set once again! I found some sweet patterned paper (the "Little Sprout" collection by Crate Paper) and combined it with some kraft cardstock and some ribbon from TCP.

Would you like the chance to win the "Happy Camper" set - plus some other TCP goodies? Okey dokey! Just leave a comment to this post - and tell me your 3 favorite things about summer! I'll draw a winner on Saturday morning - all comments before 11pm MST on Friday will be entered :) Good luck!!

TCP Tuesday - Stamp Challenge

Hi! Susan is hosting TCP Tuesday this week, and she's challenging us to use our "Happy Camper" stamps. Hop over to Susan's blog for all the details on how to play along with us :) I'll be adding my card tomorrow (Wednesday), so be sure to stop by to see what I came up with AND for a chance to win some blog candy!

Nice and simple

Here's an easy and simple card :) I like the tall, skinny layout - it makes a nice change from the usual 4.25" x 5.5" card size. I believe this one is 7" x 3.5". The paper is by October Afternoon and the stamp is by Hero Arts.

Jamie had a follow-up appointment with the pediatrician on Monday afternoon, and his ear is looking all clear. He was relieved, because he knew if it was still infected he'd probably need a third round of shots. I have to get some drops to help prevent swimmer's ear while we're away on vacation next week; the doctor just wants his ear to get a nice long time to heal after this tough couple of weeks.

It's just 8 days until we leave for Maui. Nattie especially is counting the days - she loves to play on the beach and in the water! Jamie is so much more confident in the water now, so we will all be able to relax a bit more by the pool this year. Have a great Tuesday!

Happy Monday :)

Well, the sun has finally come out here in Conifer after a weekend of rain! The forecast says we'll be in the high 70s this week :)

Today is the last day of my current school class - I have a 3,000-word paper to finish by tonight, though! My next class doesn't start until the end of the month, though - so I can really relax when we head to Maui next week.

Talking of relaxing, this Stamping Bella image has that theme too! The stamp is called "Bubblebella", and the layout is from a sketch challenge at "Our Creative Corner" a couple of weeks ago.

Thank you for all the well wishes for Jamie. After the shots on Thursday, he had to have 2 more on Friday. He was so brave! We need to go back in today just to have his ear checked, but he hasn't talked about any more pain, so I think it should be OK - the doctor said that 2 days of shots clears up the infection in about 95% of cases. Fingers crossed...

Fun in the Sun (or in the rain!)

Happy Sunday! I hope you enjoyed your 4th of July holiday :) Today I have a cheery, Summery card for you, made with stamps from "The Cat's Pajamas" ("Sprinkle Annette" and "Fun in the Sun"), and patterned paper by We R Memory Keepers.

We had fun at our neighbors' party yesterday, even though it rained for most of the afternoon and evening! They had planned ahead and had several covered areas set up, so we were able to keep dry for the most part while we enjoyed the company, music and food. At the end of the night we were all sitting around the fire, listening to the rain coming down :)

Happy 4th!

Hi all :) Here's the card I made for Tracy's Sketch Challenge this week. Isn't Sprinkle cute in her stars and stripes hat? These TCP stamps are called "Patriotic Sprinkle" and "Bold Fourth". The ovals and stars are cut out with Nestabilities dies. This card also goes well with the challenge from Our Creative Corner - to use the colors red, white and blue :) I've also heard that participants in this week's challenge will be eligible to win some stamps from The Cat's Pajamas :)

What are your Fourth of July plans? The park that we usually go to down in Littleton to see fireworks has canceled the show for this year for budget reasons, so we're going to stay here in Conifer and go to our neighbors' house for a cookout instead :)

Birthday Best

Here's a card I made with Artful INKables' "Birthday Best" set. It's another image that's lots of fun to color. The cardstock is all Bazzill Bling, so it has a nice shimmer to it.

Jamie had a rough day yesterday. The ear infection he had a couple of weeks ago returned, so on Friday we got another round of antibiotics. He's allergic to penicillin, so the medication options are a bit more limited. We finished the medication on Tuesday, and on Wednesday morning it was hurting again. I took him back to the pediatrician and he had to get a shot of antibiotics in each leg. Ouch! We also have to go back again this afternoon for another round. Poor litle guy :( Hopefully this will get rid of it once and for all! The nurse said they've had 4 other kids come in this week with resistant ear infections.

Happy Wednesday :)

Hi all! Today's card is one of several that I made for my circle journal group challenge for June: we were challenged to make as many cards or scrapbook layouts as we could using 3 sheets of patterned paper plus some cardstock. I chose some paper by October Afternoon, and for this card I used MFT's "Reading Flopsey" stamp.

Jamie had a friend over to play yesterday. It was the first time these two had played together outside school, and they got along really well :) They split their time between playing with Legos in Jamie's bedroom and playing on the Wii.

I'm in Week 5 of my latest school class (Criminal Justice Policy Development). I have to say, I think this is the least interesting of all the classes I've taken so far. Just 3 classes to go after this, though - and my next one doesn't start until after our Maui trip (we leave in 2 weeks!).

For all you stampers out there, I wanted to let you know that Kristin (the owner of Artful INKables) is looking for new Design Team members for the next term! The current team's time ends in the middle of August. This has been a terrific group of ladies to work with! If you're interested in joining Kristin and the new team, you can find all the details here.