Monday Montage #52

Three days in a row??? SERIOUSLY??? I'm trying to make up for the past couple of weeks! And since it was time to play with the Monday Montage girls again, it worked out pretty well for me!

Ya know how sometimes you completely BYPASS things you see in the catalog ... don't EVEN remember LOOKING at them??? Well, yeah ... that was me with BOTH of the stamp sets I used on this card ... unTIL I saw what OTHER people were making! Then I KNEW they had to be mine!!! SO cute!

Stamps:  Words of Truth, Writing Notes Background
Paper: Basic Black, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Red Glimmer DSP, Silver Glimmer DSP, Typeset DSP
Ink:  Basic Black, Real Red,
Accessories:  Confetti Star Border Punch, Stars Framelits Dies, Chevron Natural Ribbon, Mini Stapler

Click "Back" for Melissa Stout and "Next" for Amy O'Neill ... No matter WHICH way you go, you will be happy you did!!

We're Freakin' FABULOUS!

It's official!!! Fall IS in the air!!! And the Control Freaks are playing right along!! (Actually, we're doing a Fall/Holiday theme this month based on some cards we recently swapped with one another!) My friend, Margaret Raburn, made some GREAT projects, didn't she??? I'm sharing one card that I used for our fall swap and one card that I didn't!!!

I actually went on a girls' night out/sleepover with some of my BFF's last night (I've been in the same book group for nearly 25 years ... which is amazing since I am only 27!! And we often take Book Group Excursions!). We had such a FABULOUS time!!! We were up at my friend's cabin ... the fall colors were GORGEOUS ... the air was crisp and clean ... oh how I love the Fall! Which is what inspired this card for me today ...

Stamps: NONE!
Paper: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla, Tangelo Twist, Blackberry Bliss
Ink: NONE!
Accessories: Postage Stamp Punch, Squares Thinlits, Paper Piercing Tool and Mat, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Burlap Ribbon, Expressions Thinlits, Gold Sequin Trim, Project Life Corner Rounder Punch, White Accents (colored with a bronze Sharpie), Leaflets Framelits Dies

Peek-a-BOO!!! I guess I am going to be caving in next weekend and putting up my Halloween decor (I have a LOT of Halloween stuffs ... almost more than I can actually USE!)!!! This card is what started my brain to start to make the shift out of summer and into fall. And WASHI TAPE!!! I swear I have SO many rolls of the stuff!!! And I {{{HEART}}} them ALL! I used this card for my swap card with my Freaky Friends ...

Stamps: Howl-o-ween Treat, Gorgeous Grunge
Paper: Very Vanilla, Black Glimmer Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper
Ink: Basic Black, Tangelo Twist, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories: Mini Treat Bag Framelits (Washi Tape), Happy Haunting Designer Washi Tape, Boo to You Framelits, Lucky Stars Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Star Border Punch

Speaking of BFF's, my bestie Jan Tinklenberg is up next (she will tell you the only reason we became friends is because I STALKED her once she became a Control Freak ... used our association there to call her on the phone and MAKE her be my friend)!!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Fab Friday #73

And then, just like Houdini, I reappeared!!! Holy COW!!! This past two weeks I have been on a train to CRAZY TOWN!!! But more on that in a minute ...

Welcome to Fab Friday!  Ohmygoodness! Fall is DEFINITELY in the air this week (my footsies have been FREEZING!).  I seriously LOVE the fall ... although I will be missing summer ... this summer has been SO dang great ... LOTS of busy, to be sure, but I made some wonderful memories with people I love!

Stamps: Acorny Thank You
Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Old Olive
Ink: Soft Suede
Accessories: Striped Scallop Thinlits Die, Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Cotton Ribbon, Burlap Ribbon, Gold Sequin Trim, Note Tag Punch

Soooo ... do you remember the HUGE pile of bags I posted on the LAST Fab Friday??? And that is was FULL of laundry that needed doing because of my daughter's .... a-hem ... bedbug problem??? Well, the battle continues!!  We have cleaned, wiped down, steamed out, cleaned out, EVERYthing she owns.  We ended up moving her into a totally different place (which, by its own right is ADORABLE ... and CLEAN ... and SPACIOUS ... and LOVELY!)!  And since they we have been in our own version of World War III with the landlords ... sigh ... the saga continues ... we are hoping for a happy outcome and that my daughter and her friend can be released from their rental contract.  Keeping my fingers crossed!

I have ALWAYS loved this color combo!!! Proud to say that this is NOT the first time I have ever used it ... it's pretty classic ... LOVELOVELOVE!






Excited to see what all of our challenge players come up with!!

Here's a link to the Fab Friday Challenge Blog so you can play along:

Fab Friday Challenge Blog

Check out the Fab blogs of my fellow Fab Friends:

Mindy Backes
Cindy Beach
Heather Heroldt
Brian King
Justin Krieger
Amanda Mertz
Brenda Myers
Pam Steckman
Jan Tinklenberg

Headed up into the mountains this evening for a girl's night sleepover with some of my besties ... refueling the tank, so to speak!!! Such a blessing in my life!!!

Monday Montage #51

Happy Labor Day!!! Monday Montage is upon us again ... and the girls have been cookin' up some GREAT stuff!! I'm so happy that I actually have Monday AND Tuesday off of work ... NICE long weekend for me!!! Except for the fact that I have done about 20,000 loads of laundry this weekend (thanks to the bedbugs in my daughter's "new" apartment!)!! Good news is that I FINALLY got it all done!!!

I made this kinda for MYSELF for my "birthday card" ... hehehe! I was trying to decide what I LIKE for myself ... and this is what I came up with! I am REALLY stuck on Crumb Cake and Whisper White ...

Stamps: Awesomely Artistic
Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Mint Macaroon
Ink: Smoky Slate, Mint Macaroon, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Vellum
Accessories: Ovals Framelits, Washi Tape Punch, Mini Stapler, Neutrals Candy Dots, Burlap Ribbon, Venetian Crochet Trim


Click "Back" for Melissa Stout and "Next" for Amy O'Neill ... enjoy their creations and enjoy your day!!

Fab Friday #72

Yaaaaawwwwnnnnnnn!!! Yep ... I'm ZAPPED!!! But welcome to Fab Friday (and sorry I am so late with my post ...more on that in a minute!)!

I had an AWESOME week last week!!! I spent three days with my sister-in-law, Diann, and my bestie, Cheryl, in Disneyland (yeah-yeah-yeah ... I went AGAIN!)! We played and ate and ran around and ate some more. All in all, it was a GREAT way to spend my big 5-0 birthday week!!

On Friday, my actual birthday, I had to go to work (like most of us do!! BOO!)!! Then I ended up taking a drive up to Logan with my husband to pick up my daughter and bring her back down to Salt Lake for the weekend (wanted to have the whole fam together for my unofficial "birthday dinner"). So grateful my kids are far enough "away" from home that they feel some sort of independence, but close enough I can jump in a car and ride to their rescue, when needed ...

Stamps: Acorny Thank You
Paper: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Tangelo Twist, Early Espresso, Happy Haunting DSP Typeset Specialty DSP
Ink: Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Tangelo Twist
Accessories: Bitty Greetings Thinlits, Mini Treat Bag Thinlits (for the strip with the holes cut out ... that's a NEW FAVE for me!), Acorn Building Punch, Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Very Vanilla Thick Bakers Twine, White Accents (Colored with gold Sharpie)

Which brings me to the reason I am SO wiped out (and probably will be for a couple of days) ... see this pile of bags??? They are FULL of clothing ... ALL of my daughter's clothing ... every last STITCH of it. We spent most of yesterday running it all through commercial-laundromat-type dryers. WHY??? Because my daughter's "new" apartment (into which she just moved last week) has too many unWANTED roommates (aka BEDBUGS!!!)!!! I now have to WASH every article of clothing in these bags (figure I am safe from infestation since they have all be zapped in the dryer!)!! And we steam-cleaned shoes and dresser drawers and such ... now if someone would just come and help ME clean up MY house (luckily, I don't have a bug infestation!!)!!

Cute layout ... and I had to work HARD to come up with something that was NOT a doily (because my out-of-the-box brain would NOT let me use one ... too easy!)!!! I made this little accordion-fold flower (kinda miss my Bigz die that did this for me ... need to dig it OUT next time!)!








Excited to see what all of our challenge players come up with!!

Here's a link to the Fab Friday Challenge Blog so you can play along:

Fab Friday Challenge Blog

Check out the Fab blogs of my fellow Fab Friends:

Mindy Backes
Cindy Beach
Heather Heroldt
Brian King
Justin Krieger
Amanda Mertz
Brenda Myers
Pam Steckman
Jan Tinklenberg

I need a NAP today ... I may actually TAKE one for a few minutes at some point!! Sleep tight ... and don't let the bedbugs bite (ok, THAT was too easy ... and kinda YUCKY!!)