My February calendar page.....

Good morning!!

Here is my February 2013 calendar page.

'Affection Collection'
cs:  Regal Rose, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
ink:  Regal Rose
supplies:  Extra Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, dimensionals
(heart is from triple heart punch that is retired)


Last night Deke went with me on my stamp delivery run.  We ate supper at Olive Garden & then went to Paul's to buy Christmas gifts for the boys.  They are getting tractors & so got most of what we needed to get.  I need to run to Osky & Williamsburg next week sometime to finish up a couple little things.  Time has gotten away from me again this year & I can't believe I don't have anything done for Christmas yet. 

Today I'm hoping the boys play well together as I need to catch up on things here.  I need to get things from my calendar classes all put away in my stamp studio & it cleaned up.  Then tonight I will be stamping the night away!!  I get to play with all of my new Spring Catalog products that came last Thursday & Friday!  I haven't even opened the boxes yet.  :(  But tomorrow I have my downline Christmas Get-to-Gather- so have to get everything ready to share with my team!  I can't wait to see all of them that are joining me & spend our time together stamping!

Hope you have a great day!
Happy Stamping!
SUSIE

12/13/12
1:25 p.m.
Here is an update on Brody.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts & prayers. Brody did great with the MRI & sedation today!! Lonnie (Dr. Menezes assistant) thinks he is doing great! Dr. Menezes is on vacation right now though so we are unsure if another surgery will be needed until he gets back & reads the results. It could be awhile before we hear from him & know anything. Please continue keeping Brody in our prayers. Thank you!
Love & Blessings-
SUSIE & DEKE

A snowman for January.......

Good morning!

In December each year I don't do cards at my workshops..... we make calendars!  They are 4x4 in size & are connected with jump rings & stand up nicely on your desk or counter, etc.  I have many customers that join me for this annual event & make one calendar for themselves, while many customers make multiple calendars & give them as Christmas gifts!

Here is my January 2013 calendar!

'Button Buddies'- snowman

'Winter Memories'- words

'Jolly Bingo Bits'- snowflake

cs:  Real Red, Whisper White, Bashful Blue

ink:  Black Stazon, Bashful Blue

marker:  Real Red

supplies:  1 3/4" circle punch, Marina Mist 1/8" Taffeta ribbon, glue dot, dimensional

Today Brody goes to Iowa City for a brain MRI.  It was a year ago on Sunday, (12/9) that he had his surgery.  WOW- how fast the past year has gone & how blessed we all are.  What a special little boy Brody is.  He is a true blessing!  You'd never know from looking at him, nor by his actions can you tell that anything was every wrong with him- other than the helmet he now wears to protect his skull/brain until his bones close in.  We will see what path we will be going down next.  I pray that all is well.  I am hoping that he doesn't need another surgery, but if he does I hope that he can get it done sooner than later & onward we will go!  Brody has an amazing Dr. Menezes, for which we are all so very thankful for him & his awesome team!  Please keep Brody in your prayers.  Prayer is so powerful!

It is just Drake & me today!  He stayed over night with us last night since Brody had to be in Iowa City early this morning.  Papa is home today for a change- so he'll come in from the farm to eat lunch with us.

Tonight I will be meeting my gals from my IC group to deliver their stamps.  Deke is going to go with me & we are going to do some Christmas shopping.  I haven't bought anything yet.  And time is nearing that I must get alot done!

I hope you have a blessed day!

Happy Stamping!

SUSIE 

Our Boys!

Grandma tried to take a picture of the boys today to put into my New Years card......what a task! Brayden was great! He was so much help! The twins on the other hand were going in different directions- literally. It was quite comical! I did get one picture of them that wasn't too bad....I'll use it if I don't get a chance to take another one. We had a FUN day all together! Here is one of the cute pictures I got of them!

Our day together!

 

Drake, Jordan, Barbie, Brody, me, Beckie, Jackie & Julie

My mom takes us 4 girls to Pella every year to the tour of Christmas homes.

It is one day a year we are all together.

As our girls have gotten older- some of them join us from time to time.

And this year the twins got to come along too!
It was a great time last Friday!
Thanks Mom!  
Love ya,
SUSIE

What a pretty package!!

Good morning!

Here is a pretty package!  I love the BOW!  And check out the tag.....it is created with one of the hostess stamp sets- 'Christmas Wishes' from the Holiday Catalog.  Wouldn't you like to get a package from someone that looked like this!

'Christmas Wishes'
cs:  Naturals White, Real Red, Polka Dot Parade designer paper
ink:  Old Olive
supplies:  Linen Thread, Merry Minis punch pack (star), Basic Rhinestones, Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta ribbon, glue dots, dimensionals, paper piercing tool & mat pack

(This package was on our display board at convention last July!  Someone is pretty creative!)

I am looking forward to today.......Brayden is coming to spend the day with the twins & me.  He hasn't been here for almost 2 weeks & told his mom last night that he missed us & needed to come spend the day with us- so we are looking forward to our day together!  Papa has meetings all day, so won't be around.  It will just be my boys & me!  I am hoping to get a picture of the 3 of them for our New Years card......we'll see how that goes!  Wish me luck!

Hope you have a great day!!
Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE

A beautiful wreath card

Good morning!  

This beautiful wreath card was created by my downline Dawn Klein for a shoe box swap that we did at our last downline meeting.  

I just love it!!

Dawn is an awesome friend & stamper!

'Daydream Medallions' & 'Petite Pairs'

cs:  Real Read, Old Olive & Whisper White

ink:  Old Olive & Real Red

supplies:  Big Shot, Floral Framelits, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Petals A Plenty embossing folder, 1 1/4" circle punch, White Organza ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, dimensionals, glue dot

 Today every spare minute I have will be finishing up cutting my last Christmas card kit for a customer and working on getting all of my 2013 calendars stamped that I will be giving as gifts to family & friends.

 When the boys leave tonight I will be out the door to be a farmer & help Deke.

As we sell hogs tonight.

I got my box of new Occasion Catalog things late last week & I haven't even had time to go through the boxes & look at stuff yet. 

I have an "Iowa Inkers" downline meeting here on Saturday with the girls that have signed up as a demonstrator directly under me.

I can't wait to find time to play & created with new things to get to share with them!

Have a great day!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE

'Lovely As A Tree'......I love this stamp set!

Good morning!
OH.....this is an oldie but a goodie.  I so love this stamp set for any season.  It is one of my all time favorites. 

'Lovely As A Tree' & Loving Thoughts'
cs:  Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso & Naturals Ivory
ink:  Early Espresso & More Mustard
markers:  Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze
supplies:  dimensionals

This is the thumping technique.
 

 WOW!  What an amazing weekend of stamping with many ladies!

Thanks to those of you for coming to stamp with me this past week & make calendars!

I am exhausted though......you wore me out!

I think today will be a sweatsuit day of nothing but catching up on laundry & playing with the boys.

Tomorrow I'll get back to work.

Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE

A photo with Santa & Mrs. Claus!

Another pretty birthday card.....

Good morning!

Here is another birthday card......it is the same as the one that I shared with you yesterday.  But it is just different colors!  

'Beautiful Birthday'
cs:  Midnight Muse, Whisper White & Baja Breeze
Patio Party designer paper
ink:  Midnight Muse
supplies:  Elegant Butterfly punch, Basic Pearls, dimensionals

Yesterday was a fun day, but exhausting!
Lots of ladies came to make calendars & stamp with me.
I'm glad that so many came.
 
Today I'm stamping with Heather & Darla & all of their friends!

I can't wait to share!!
They have a big group coming!

I'm off to finish cutting card stock, then packing up, then load my car & off I go!

Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!

SUSIE

A pretty Birthday card.....

Good morning!

Here is a pretty Birthday card.  It is so simple, yet elegant.

'Beautiful Birthday'
cs:  Rose Red, Crumb Cake
Floral District
ink:  Rose Red
supplies:  Basic Pearls, dimensionals, Elegant Butterfly punch, Champagne Shimmer Mist spray

 Today I have my annual 2013 Calendar class at my home.

I will have a house full of ladies here coming & going all day long to create their calendars.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone & spending my day with them.

Hope you have a fabulous day!

Happy Stamping!

ENJOY!
SUSIE

Some photos to share......

I'm catching up on pictures that I just got downloaded off of my camera. 

These pictures were taken last Saturday night when Brayden stayed with us!  We sure had a fun evening!  Here he is putting a Red Glimmer Star on the top of our tree with Papa's help.  He just insisted that I have a star on the tree!  And red is his favorite color.....so he was thrilled when he helped me make this star out of our SU! Glimmer 12x12 paper.  

When they were done decorating the tree they built log houses.  There were lots of precious memories made.  I loved the giggles, smiles & cheering when they were creating these masterpieces.  And I can't forget the sighs of disappointment when it fell over & they had to re-build the tall building a couple of times!  So fun!

Here is their TOWN!

Oh- and Brayden says I can't forget to show you the garage over on the other side of it, where his pick-up is parked.

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We have a family tradition of my mom taking us girls to Pella to Tour the Christmas Homes.
Today was our day to do that!

As our children have gotten older some of the girls have joined us.

This year 2 of my nieces (Jackie & Jordan) went along.

And the twins went with us too.

It was a very nice day spent with my family!

Here is a picture of the twins with Jackie & Jordan.

'Perfectly Preserved' apple

Good morning!  This set is so neat.....I love the jar!

'Perfectly Preserved' & 'Sassy Salutations'
cs:  More Mustard, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple
Orchard Harvest Designer Paper
ink:  Early Espresso, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade
supplies:  Big Shot, Cannery Framelits, Lucky Limeade Bakers's Twine, Scallop Edge Ribbon Border, dimensionals

 I am running late this morning.

Late night of stampers last night & trying to get house picked up & back in order as boys will soon be here.

I am off today to spend the day with my sisters, my mom & 2 nieces.

We are doing our annual Pella Tour of Homes.

The twins are going with us.

HOPE we have a fun day!

Drake had a fever & little fussy yesteray from his shots he got on Wednesday.

Brody is fine!  They didn't seem to bother him afterwards.

Have a great day!!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE

Merry Mini's in a jar.....

Good morning!
 
At Founders I got a cool card similar to this from Mary Ellen.  It is such a neat idea to showcase so many cool items from the Holiday Catalog. 
 
This was one of my Fall STYC projects.  Everyone loved using the Paper-Piercing Pack to go around the inside of the scalloped oval.  And check out the Merry Minis punch pack with the Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Paper.

Note:

The Scallop Oval punch is punched out of the card front & the words are stamped on the inside Real Red card stock piece.
 

 'Petite Pairs' & 'Perfectly Preserved'

cs:  Real Red, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Paper

ink:  Early Espresso

supplies:  Big Shot, Cannery Framelits, Merry Minis punch pack, Early Espresso Bakers Twine, dimensionals, glue dot, Scallop Edge Border punch, Scallop Oval punch, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing tool, Mat pack

Yesterday afternoon Manda met me at the clinic so that the twins could get their 15 month shots. 

Poor little guys- they each got 3 shots.

It wasn't fun!

Felt so sorry for them.....they both cried pretty hard.

Hope that they slept ok last night & are feeling ok today.

Tonight is Stampin' Night at our home.

I have a full house of ladies coming to join me.

I'm so EXCITED to stamp with everyone that will be joining me.

Everyone will be making a 4x4 Chipboard 2013 Calendar!

(Or maybe more if they are making some for Christmas gifts!)

The calendars are adorable!

I can't wait for everyone to come stamp with me.

Deke is gone again to meetings all day.

(He has 3 meetings alone just today!)

So the boys & I will be home alone again for lunch.

Have a great day!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE

Awwh......perfect for a chilly day!

Good morning!

Here is another simple 'Scenstational Season' mug card.

'Scensational Season' & 'More Merry Messages'
cs:  Garden Green, Real Red, Whisper White
ink:  Real Red, Basic Gray
supplies:  Big Shot, Holiday Collection framelits, rhinestone, dazzling diamonds glitter, 2 way glue pen, dimensionals

I really like this stamp set!
 
I THINK that all of my boys are finally over that darn bug they have had!

YIPEE!

Yesterday was a beautiful day outside!!

It is hard to believe that is December.

But I'm lovin' this weather & sure not going to complain.

The boys & I went on a walk & they played outside for a bit.
We all needed the fresh air.

Deke & I put up garland & ice cicle lights on our porch right before lunch too.
Happy to have that task done, as wasn't sure we were going to get it done this year.

Deke is gone the rest of the week for meetings, so it is just the boys & me.

I am cutting & cutting & cutting card stock every spare minute I have for my calendar classes.

 I am home all day & all evening today- so pray I get lots done.

Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE