Monday Montage #76

Blogging is WAY MORE EASIER and WAY MORE FUNNER when I can do it from my COMPUTER!!! My awesome son spent a week giving my computer a tune up. SO grateful for the help (and he doesn't even charge me!) ... but I felt like I was missing a limb without it!! YIKES!!! Happy it is back home and I could use it to post for this week's Monday Montage blog hop!!

Little mountains, little trees, little tents ... what is NOT to love about this stamp set/framelits set combo???? Our family LOVES to do all things outdoors-y, so this set really makes me happy!!

Stamps: Always An Adventure, Sunshine Sayings
Paper: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, So Saffron, Old Olive
Ink: Dapper Denim, Daffodil Delight
Accessories: Outdoor Adventure Framelits Dies, Sunburst Thinlits Die, Banner Builder Punch, Sewing Machine

Click "Back" for Melissa Stout and "Next" for Amy O'Neill ... it's always so much fun to see what they create!

Control Feak Peekin' for the Holidays!

It's time for the Control Freaks Holiday Catalog Sneak Peek Preview Blog Tour!! After a fun couple of days with my dear friend up in Park City (which included an EXTREME tubing slide aka The Nordic Skip Jump!) ... I am back home and ready to share! (and it was AWESOME, by the way!!!

Did you see LeeAnn Greff's GORGEOUS and FUN creations??? If you are following our hop around, she was right before me!!! AMAZING!!

Halloween is my most-most-most favorite holiday EVUH!!! So I was happy to have a reason to make some Halloween goodies to share (even though it IS only August!) LOVE the creepy, staring EYEBALLS!!

Stamps: Jar of Haunts
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Perfect Plum, Halloween Night Specialty DSP
Ink: Basic Gray, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Halloween Night Designer Washi Tape, Labels & Tags Framelits, Halloween Night Baker's Twine, Silver Sequins

Made this bottle topper tag from the new Cheerful Tags framelits dies ... don't you LOVE the swirly background behind the greeting at the top??? That's made with one of the dies AND the new Pumpkin Pie Glimmer DSP. What's NOT to love????

Stamps: Jar of Haunts
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Halloween Nights Specialty DSP, Pumpkin Pie Glimmer DSP
Ink: Perfect Plum, Basic Black Wink of Stella
Accessories: 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Cheerful Tags Framelits Dies, Halloween Nights Baker's Twine, Halloween Nights Washi Tape, Cascade Ice Sparkling Water

Park City was AWESOME!!! It was fun to have a couple of days OFF. The weather was beautiful, the company was great and the relaxation was just what I needed!!

Next up??? The very clever Kelly Acheson!!! She's as nice as she is talented ... so happy to call her my friend!

Fab Friday #94

 

Well ... THIS blog post has been an EDUCATION!!! Have any of your ever tried to blog from an iPhone or iPad?? I can now OFFICIALLY say that I HAVE!!! Even after downloading a $5 app I was struggling ... So this blog post is being created from my iPhone ... It's a good thing I have MAD texting skills!!  Happy Fab Friday!!

Gonna be honest ... I went out of town and totally SPACED that this was Fab Friday week!! Luckily for me, I still had this card from OnStage that I hadn't posted yet ... And it is only made from ONE of the new In Colors ... So I'm gonna say that counts!!

Stamps: Fabulous Flora
Paper: Whisper White, 2016-2018 In Colors DSP Stack
Ink: Dapper Denim, Pool Party, Soft Sky
Accessories: Ovals Framelits, Dapper Denim Ruched Rivbon, Tags & Labels Framelits, Linen Thread

 

See all the purdy colors???








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

It's been a lovely couple of days up in Park City with my bestie, Tammy. I'm typing this at 11:30pm on Thursday evening ... We are planning on going to the Utah Olympic Park in the morning and taking a ride on the Extreme Tubing Run (it's the Nordic ski jump without snow!!)!!! We are both hoping we don't DIE!!! I will keep you posted if I survive ...

Monday Montage #75

I spent the better part of the weekend doing my fair share of volunteering ... well, I suppose that was my Saturday. I got to give back some to the wonderful Huntsman Hometown Heroes team (there is a running team and a cycling team ... members run/ride to raise money for cancer research). We were able to volunteer some time for the Tour of Utah road race. Those cyclists are HARD CORE!!! It was fun to be able to set up some "relief" for them in the way of water, Gatorade, goo/gel, nuts, oranges, bananas ... the works!!! And then I went and helped out a little with an event at The Leonardo downtown ... an exhibit on aviation that is FANTASTIC. Some of our experimental aircraft-y friends were there with their planes ... what a COOL day (even though it was stifling-ly HOT). Then I got to play with some stamps today for our Monday Montage team ... pretty good weekend, if you ask me!

This probably looks like a hundred other cards I've made ... purple and yellow and green ... with some FLOWERS!!! Couldn't help myself today ... I was in such a happy, sunny mood!

Stamps: Fresh Fruit, Sunshine Sayings
Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Wink of Stella
Accessories: Banner Builder Punch, Mini Stapler, Pearl Basics

I need to get up and RUN in the morning. This heat has put a serious cramp in my style!!! I've done a lot of walking, but I don't want to let myself get out of shape. It will be GREAT to start next year's training season with a little bit of work under my belt!!

Click "Back" for Melissa Stout and "Next" for Amy O'Neill ... they always end up costing me $$$$ ... stamp sets/accessories I NEVER though I would need get moved to the top of the list due to their "magic" touch!

Fab Friday #93

What a glorious Friday!!! It has been bone-scorching HOT here in Salt Lake City for the past couple of weeks ... up in the three-digit range, people!!! It's even been super hot at night. But ... HOORAY! ... it has cooled off a bit the last couple of days. Since we are just starting into August I expect that the higher temps are coming right back, but I'm happy with where they are right now!

Stamps: Foxy Friends, Sunshine Sayings
Paper: Very Vanilla, Peekaboo Peach, Early Espresso, Dapper Denim
Ink: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Dapper Denim
Accessories: Ovals Framelits Dies, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon, Burlap Ribbon, Mini Stapler, Word Window Punch (I know, it's retired ... it's still my fave!)

I PROMISE that I did NOT see Mindy's card before I set out to make mine ... (Great Minds ...)










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
Amy Koenders
Justin Krieger
Amanda Mertz
Brenda Myers

My nephew married my daughter's BFF last week. It was a crazy, whirlwind of a week. The day turned out so very lovely ... the bride and groom looked so very happy ... and the auntie looked so very tired when it was all over (but blissfully contented!)!! Now if I could just get my daughter to pick a date ...