Yee Haw!!

The first day of summer break! Yeah! Yesterday afternoon I went to the end-of-year party at one of the teacher's houses; it was great to see everyone relaxed and looking forward to their break. The teachers definitely earned it! I stayed for a few hours and then came home to watch "E.T." with Nattie :)

Today's card is made with Artful INKables' "Rodeo Rodent" stamp set. I used some older paper I found from Stampin' Up! and some kraft colored cardstock, and I added some gold brads to go with the "Sheriff" badge.

We are having a day at home today; I cleaned the house this morning, and am planning to do some stamping this afternoon while Iain paints the guest bedroom - his sister is coming to visit from Scotland at the end of July for 10 days. Then this evening we're all going down to our neighbor's house for a get-together :) Should be fun!! Have a great Saturday, whatever you're doing!

New from The Cat's Pajamas :)

Today's the day that The Cat's Pajamas is releasing two brand new sets - the "Nightie" alphabet, and the "Happy Camper" set, which I used for the card on the left.

This card is also my card for TCP Tuesday this week, and it's a card I made for my circle journal group challenge (use 10 items from your stash). Thanks, Lisa, for making me use a bunch of supplies this week!

Howdy!

I hope you're having a great Thursday :) Nattie had her last day of 6th grade today, and tomorrow is the last day for Jamie and me!

Today's card is made with one of Artful INKables' new sets, called "Rodeo Rodent". I used torn paper to make the layers of sand, and then stamped, colored and cut out the images to form the scene on blue cardstock, before hand stitching around the edge for a rugged look :)

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for release day for 2 new sets from The Cat's Pajamas!

Just sitting here stinking...

Here's a card made with the "Happy Camper" set coming in just 2 days from The Cat's Pajamas :) Isn't this little guy sweet? And on the right hand side, I've posted the inside of this card :)

Back online :)

We finally got our internet connection back late this afternoon, so now I'm playing catch-up! The DVR unit and connection are definitely fried, so we have DirecTV coming by tomorrow to get that sorted out for us.

Thanks again to Ana for so quickly taking over TCP Tuesday for me this week! I have to take photos tomorrow for my TCP Tuesday card (Inspiration Challenge) and my Seasoned CJ Survivors challenge (use at least 10 items from your stash!) - and, of course, there's the new release from The Cat's Pajamas coming on Friday - yeah!

I really appreciate all your thoughts following our scare this past weekend. I am soooo thankful that there was no serious damage to our house or, more importantly, our family :)

Just 3 days of school left before summer break! I'll be back with photos tomorrow - now I have to go and catch up on all my favorite blogging friends!

Coming this Friday...

I hope it's true...

that lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice - because our house got struck on Saturday evening! The four of us were playing the Wii together, then all within a split second we heard a loud CRACK - and an outlet plate flew 8ft across the room, having broken into 3 pieces!

Fortunately that and our internet antenna were the only things damaged. So here I am, posting via BlackBerry until the antenna is fixed.

If you're looking for this week's TCP Tuesday challenge, Ana has graciously stepped in for me - you can see her blog in my "Cat Pack" list over on the right. Thanks, Ana!

I hope you all had a super holiday weekend - hopefully I'll be back online very soon!

I hope it's true...

that lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice - because our house got struck on Saturday evening! The four of us were playing the Wii together, then all within a split second we heard a loud CRACK - and an outlet plate flew 8ft across the room, having broken into 3 pieces!

Fortunately that and our internet antenna were the only things damaged. So here I am, posting via BlackBerry until the antenna is fixed.

If you're looking for this week's TCP Tuesday challenge, Ana has graciously stepped in for me - you can see her blog in my "Cat Pack" list over on the right. Thanks, Ana!

I hope you all had a super holiday weekend - hopefully I'll be back online very soon!

You're HOT!

Here's another card made with the two sets being released by The Cat's Pajamas this Friday (May 29th). I used the "Nightie" alphabet to spell out "HOT!" to go with the campfire image :) Hahahaha!! The ribbon and button are from Alma's new line of embellishments, and the patterned paper is once again the "Mr. Campy" line by Cosmo Cricket :)

Stay tuned for another card over the weekend! Have a super one!

One week to go!

This coming Friday is our last day of school before summer break! This year has simply flown by. As is probably the case in most schools, things are getting a bit wacky towards the end of the year: lots of activities finishing up, the kiddos getting a bit antsy, and generally just a busy time! The kids in the kindergarten class where I work are anxiously counting the days until they become first graders :) They are so sweet!

Nattie and Jamie are excited for school to end too; we have a week in Maui planned for July, and other than that we'll be hanging out here at home with day trips out to the zoo, science museum, movies, etc. It's going to be a nice, relaxing summer!