Summer Card Swap

A week ago this evening, the Scrapping Buckeye Babes got together at Deb B's house with the cards we made from the new paper packets.

We swapped card kits and made 12 new cards that evening. (A "tucked in" card is missing from the Bella group because I used it for a friend before I got a photo. Oops!)

Many thanks to Deb O (Back Country), Julie S (Animal Cookies), Katie W (Moon Doggie), and Lynda J (Bella). I took the Tinkerin' cards.

We each taught a technique or two--stamp rolling, stamp kissing, heat embossing with inking background, layered stamping, random stamping, and window cutting were some of the activities.

It was a fun evening!

Tinkerin' Paper Sampler

I thought I'd share with my paper crafting friends the Tinkerin' paper sampler that I made for the swap that I attended last Monday evening in Ohio with my super upline Deb Butler and her Scrapping Buckeye Babes unit.

It was my first swap and I loved it! We each made 3 cards to show and provided kits for participants, an altered item to show, and provided the paper samples for each participant.

The robot is on an 8 x 11 paper (he had to be big to use the 2-inch paper squares!).

I felt like I had survived a marathon card making evening after 4 hours, and it was so fun to play with all the new papers and learn a few techniques too.

Today I must write, write, write, as I have a July 6th deadline for a curricular piece, and it's a good thing that I LOVE Mondays! But it's so hard to stay inside on such a gorgeous day...I'm taking the laptop to the deck so I can hear the birds and feel the breeze.

I'll post the swap cards soon--

Anniversary Photo Collage

Before I head to bed for a great night's sleep on our own sleep number mattress (ahh!), I want to share this photo collage that my DH and I created and gave to Dad and Mom for their 63rd wedding anniversary. I took the photos when we visited in April, and though the photo of the gift project doesn't show the rich colors well because of some reflections in the glass, the greens and ivories in the photos look so nice with the wood tone of the collage frames. The photos are 4 x 6's and 5 x 7's.

I just knew that my parents' comments would be, "Oh, we don't want OUR photos on our wall..." and I also knew that I'd have to promise to switch out the photos with those of grandchildren and great-grandchildren during our next visit ... well, maybe I will, maybe I won't ...

Aren't they the cutest couple? Click the image to enlarge and to see their smiles and shining love even better.

God bless you real good, Mom and Dad!