In an ongoing effort to simplify my life, spend less money, have less stuff, and make my home a refuge for my family in this crazy world, I am switching back to my Blogger blog. Here's the link:
http://staceykingman.blogspot.com/
I hope to see you there...
I usually try to post a link when I have something up at the Fiskars website, but I completely missed linking this one! It's a Mother's Day card for an expecting mother.
I used Prism Simply Smooth cardstock and Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, and Heidi Grace clear stamps. The instructions and other photos are at the Fiskars website, along with another project for each day of May!
Jolie's birthday has been very fun! The girls got new pointe shoes today and both of them have two differently sized feet - not a big deal with flip-flops or even tennis shoes (Converse is about all they wear these days...), but with pointe shoes, having one foot bigger than the other is a problem! I had to buy an extra pair of bigger toe pads ($25.50) for Jolie to even out her shoes and then when Darby had the same problem, we used the other extra toe pad for her. And extra pair of toe pads is much cheaper than having to buy two pairs of pointe shoes (at $70.00 a pair) for each girl just to have the correct fit for each foot... So I guess between the two girls, they have FOUR different shoe sizes!
Then we went to the Cheesecake Factory. Um, YUM.
I didn't take any pictures of the day's fun because I left my gigantic "professional-size" memory card at home. (And then I almost left my camera at the Cheesecake Factory! I guess that would have been a decent excuse to make another trip to The Woodlands for more cheesecake!)
Birthday presents and a treasure hunt (planned by Darby and the boys for Jolie) tonight, followed by popcorn and Paul Blartt, Mall Cop. (I probably spelled that wrong...)
Have a lovely evening!
{During the forty years that I led you through the desert, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet. Deuteronomy 29:5}
I did some fun cards for the October Afternoon blog last week using their new Wild Cards. Here's one of them:
You can see the others at the OA Blog.
And look here! What a fun surprise!
I went to www.random.org and it gave me the number 1! So Gina, please send me your address and I'll send you some scrappy goodness!
Today is my Jolie's birthday! I cannot believe my sweet girl is eleven years old.
Happy Birthday, Jolie!
{I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14}
Summer's here and so is summer school! :)
Fiskars has a way cool, totally free summer school thing going on at the Fiskars website all summer - new cool classes, guest designers, DT girls, lots of unique, inspiring crafting projects!
My class went up today and I'm so excited to see it! Here's a little peek at one of my the cards in my class.
And here's another one:
All of the details and instructions, plus lots more pictures are over at the Fiskars website...so go check my class out, look at the other Summer School classes, maybe even make something amazing and cool, and come back and tell me what you thought...I'll choose one random person who leaves a comment to receive a big box of cool scrappy stuff!
Let's see...It might take you a few days to check everything out, so I'll choose a winner on Sunday, June 7th at 10pm CST. Have fun!
Oh, and don't forget to check back at Fiskars website all summer - lots of new classes will continue to be added until September 1!
It's time for summer school! Not academic summer school...crafty, fun, creative summer school! From May 21 - September 1, Fiskars will be having Summer School in session with great projects from the Fiskars design team girls as well as some guest designers from the craft industry!
The most recent project is from Susan Weinroth...I just love what she did with cardstock, thread, and fabric scraps! She's amazing.
My own Summer School lesson will be up on June 4th...and to celebrate, I'm going to be giving some of my favorite scrappy stuff away, so check back with me on Thursday!
In other fun and exciting news....
CPS Blog is looking for a few Guest Designers for the summer. I'll post the details and if you'd like to apply, you can read some other important stuff about it here.
The details:
I went to www.random.org and it generated the number 95. So...I need to go figure out who posted the 95th comment and I'll be right back...
Okay, here's the winner!
***Cathy K is the winner!!!!****
I have been working on some fun stuff with a kit from Green Tangerines! They are having a huge two-month-long blog party with lots of creative hosts and over $1000 in prize giveaways!
So, it's my turn to be the hostess and I have some cards I made to share:
I am a huge fan of mixing colors and patterns, so I dove right in with mixing several of the yummy patterned papers from the kit to make this Kiss Hug card. One of my favorite things in the kit was this strip of polka-dotted fabric...I used it more than once!
I love this little October Afternoon monster...he looks like my youngest does when he wants to be picked up, which is what inspired this "hugs" card. And I used that cool fabric again...
I used my Fiskars Scalloped XL Seal of Approval, Large Mint Condition, and Medium Round 'n Round punches to make these flowers. The kit had a package of blue gems from Kaiser that I used to bling them up.
Here's another mixed-papers-lots-of-patterns card where I used the cool clock transparency and the custom-made circle embellishment that was in the kit. I added a kraft circle (Fiskars circle cutter) between the two pieces and used some more of the blue gems (I still have a bunch of those blue gems left over and I used a ton of them!). I don't know if you can tell, but I cut down some of the foam Thickers alphas to make the word "rock" because I wanted it to be a little smaller than the original alpha size. The "o" is the top part of a "g" and the "c" is the original "c" turned on its side and cut. The "r" was left alone and the "k" was just shortened on every side.
There's still enough product in this kit to make at least 193 (rough estimate) more cards (or some layouts! or a mini book!) and now I get to GIVE A KIT AWAY! Between now and 5pm PST (that's 7pm Texas time, or figure out your own time zone's deadline...) on Thursday, May 21, leave a comment and I will randomly choose a winner who will receive an awseome Green Tangerines kit with more than $50 worth of scrappy greatness in it! I'll post the winner's name tomorrow night, so check back.
As far as leaving a comment goes...just say "hi" OR tell me what your family's favorite movie to watch together is (we are looking to expand our movie choices around here!).
OH, and I almost forgot! If you visit the Green Tangerines blog, you'll have another chance to win a free kit!
So, to re-cap:
1. Leave a comment HERE to for a chance to win a free kit
2. Leave a comment at Green Tangerines for a second chance to win a free kit
Easy-peasey! (I have no idea how to spell that.)
Get going! :)
{Prism Cardstock - Simply Smooth Ivory, Kraft, Prismatics Spring Willow Medium; Stamping Bella Stamps; Momento Pear Tart Ink}
Make sure you visit my blog tonight at 7:00 PST (9:00 in Texas!). I'll be sharing some new cards and giving away a cool scrapbooking kit! Don't miss it!
Tonight.
7:00 Pacific.
9:00 in Texas.
Free awesome kit.
See you then!
{In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. Ephesians 3:12}
"I'm mostly just vacuuming big hairballs." Me
"If it wasn't the state bird, I'd go wring it's neck." Darby
"Ms. Sarah doesn't blow sunshine up our skirts. She doesn't let us wear skirts." Jolie
Here's a quickie card with lots of Prism cardstock and Heidi Grace Reagan's Closet...
What a lovely day we had in Texas today. I hope you had a great day, too.
Be sure to check back on Wednesday...I will be giving away an awesome kit from My Green Tangerines as a part of their huge, two-month-long blog party!
{Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Deuteronomy 11:18}
"I wish all the bread tasted just like cheese." Corey, 4
"I didn't bob for pickles." Darby, 14
{Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:35}
Love those cards, great mix of patterns!