A 'Gorgeous Grunge' birthday card......for Steve!

Good morning!

Here is Steve's birthday card......another 'Gorgeous Grunge' one.

You might call this a quickie.

It is clean & simple.

 'Gorgeous Grunge' & 'Bring on the Cake'

cs:  Whisper White, Smoky Slate & Basic Gray

ink:  Basic Gray

supplies:  2 1/2" Circle punch, Label Bracket punch, Extra Large Oval punch, dimensionals

NOTES: 

* I rounded the top corner of the card using the 1 3/4" circle punch.  

* I used 4 of the Label Bracket punch outs to create the layer behind the works- Birthday Wishes.

We had a nice, but busy day yesterday!

The twins went home about 9:00 & I did laundry & cooked meat.

I then worked in my stamp studio a couple of hours, cleaning off my table some 

& I made Steve's birthday card.

My sister-in-law & brother-in-law (Sheryl & Dan) stopped to visit a bit.

(which was awesome!)

Then we went to the Seeley's home for the twins birthday supper/party!

It was a nice time had  by the Seeley & Wood combined families!

 The boys opening their gifts.

 The twins got a bubble machine (you can't see the bubbles).

Too bad you couldn't hear all of the laughs & have seen them trying to 

catch the bubbles....it was super cute!

 I'm off to my studio with my coffee to continue to clean up.

Then heading to town in a bit to go on a walk & visit with my sister-in-law Sheryl.

Then I'll be back home to spend the rest of the day/night in my studio cleaning & stamping!
I have LOTS to get done today for my upcoming workshops this week!

So that means I'll be drinking lots of coffee too.

I hope you enjoy a wonderful Labor Day- whatever you may be doing!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

To the new Mr. & Mrs.....

Good morning!!
Wow- what a busy weekend!!

This is the wedding card that I made for Kimi & Mike yesterday.

When creating this I was inspired by a card that I saw at convention that Debbie Peters made.

I added some more layers & dimensionals- but the center piece is pretty much just like hers was.

I think that this is very elegant!

And I love the printed window sheet.

 'Label Love'

cs:  Whisper White, Basic Gray, Smoky Gray, Brushed Silver

dp:  Quatrefancy Specialty (printed window sheet)

ink:  Versamark

supplies:  Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Jumbo Rhinestones, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Artisan Label punch, 5/8" Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Big Shot, Modern Mosaic embossing folder, dimensionals, glue dot

I think this card is really cool.

I just might have to make this be one of my 'All Occasions' cards for my class next March.

What do you think?

Should I?

The twins were here yesterday as Steve took pictures for a weddng.

I got their hair cut.

(Which wasn't an easy task, but ended up turning out ok in the end!)

Then they went to Kimi & Mikes' wedding with us.

They were thrilled to get to see Brayden.

It was a beautiful celebration!

And we wish them much happiness!

The twins stayed over night & will be heading home soon.

We have another busy day today!

We will be celebrating the twins 2nd birthday!

Manda & Steve are having family come to their home for supper tonight for the boys' party.

I'm cooking a hog now so that we can take pork with us for sandwiches.

I hope you have a SUPER Sunday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

"Congratulations" to Nathan on his WIN at Columbus Junction last night & for being the 2013 Stock Car Champion there!

Here is Drake's M&M 'flip' birthday card!

Good morning!

This is Drake's M&M 'flip' birthday card.

It is the same as Brody's except that I made the base of his Real Red 

instead of Pacific Point.

cs:  Pacific Point, Real Red, Gumball Green, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight

supplies:  Big Shot, Circle Flip framelit, Pacific Point Stitched ribbon, 2 1/2" Circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, Stripes embossing folder

retired:  Alphabet sets

 I think that this card turned out really cute!

Here are both of the cards together!

Did you notice how I made the circle on one of these at the top & 

the other one is at the bottom?

It is so easy to just fold it differently to either of these.

Today is our son-in-law Steve's birthday!

I hope he has a special day!

Tomorrow I'll hopefully share his card with you!

Today is also a busy day with weddings for our family.

Manda & Steve have a wedding that Steve is taking pictures at,

 so the twins will be spending the day with us.

Plus,

Brayden's mom (Kimi) & Mike are getting married this afternoon too-

so we'll be attending their wedding & taking the twins along.

 

I hope you have a SUPER Saturday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

The twins & their "Wood" birthday cake!

Some of you already know our "Wood" family tradition with this cake.

And some of you have even had it before!

For those of you that haven't- you should try it!

It is yummy!

 Here is Brody!

And here is Drake.

They both LOVE crispix cake & they especially LOVE the M&Ms on the top!

The cake worked perfectly this year for their M&M birthday theme.

Isn't this precious!

Crispix Bars/Cake

Melt: 
1 stick margarine
1/4 c. white karo sryup
16 oz. pkg of marshmellows

 (I use small ones as they melt faster)

Remove from heat:
Add 1 c. Peanutbutter

Stir in good.
Then add a 12 oz. box of Crispix.
Stirring carefully so that you don't crumble the hexagon cereal squares.
Press into a greased angel food cake pan or cookie sheet.

(They don't cut very well- we just pull them apart!)

ENJOY!!!

I have taken this cake to work with me at the courthouse for several birthdays.

I've made this cake/bars for downline meetings.

I've made this cake for friends birthdays.

and

I've made this as bars for my stamp camps!

But everyone in our family on their birthday gets a cake like this.

Deke's mom started this tradition & it is been a fun one to continue!

We all love it!

Here is a M&M flip card for Brody!

Good morning!

Here is Brody's M&M flip card.

The twins LOVE M&M's & the theme of their party is going to be M&M's too!

I had no clue what I was going to do when I started playing last night & this is what I ended up with.

 cs:  Pacific Point, Real Red, Gumball Green, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight

supplies:  Big Shot, Circle Flip framelit, Real Red Stitched ribbon, 2 1/2" Circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, Stripes embossing folder

retired:  Alphabet sets

 So I think that it turned out pretty stinkin' cute!

I'm excited for Manda to see them.

I'll post Drake's card tomorrow.

The guys are headed to Columbus Junction for season championship.

Nathan is leading the track points!

I hope he has good luck!!

I'm staying home to do hair cuts (on Steve, Brody & Drake) & stamp!

I hope to get some more much needed things check off of my 'to do lists'!

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

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A 'Best of Halloween' flip card!

Good morning!

 My card today was inspired by my dear friend & downline Judy Hopping!
She did a similar card at our downline meeting a couple of weeks ago.
As Judy would say- this card is Susied Up.
So Judy- what do you think? 
I hope you don't mind that I changed your card & shared it.

'Best of Halloween'
cs: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Very Vanilla
dp:  Witches Brew
ink:  Black Stazon
marker:  Summer Starfruit
supplies:  Black 1/8" Taffeta ribbon, Big Shot, Stripes embossing folder, Label Card Thinlits die, Label Collection Framelit, glue dot
 
Yes- I like to layer!!!
I just like the 3-D look I guess.....that is the way I was taught to stamp by my upline.
So I decided that I would try layering with one of the flip cards.
AND it does work!!
YIPEE!! 

NOTE:
I'll be sharing a layered flip card with everyone joining me for my September 
workshops using a different stamp set.

See- how it flips!

The inside piece is:
'Tags 4 You'
ink:  Pumpkin Pie
supplies:  Label Bracket punch

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Thursday!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Happy 2nd Birthday to Drake & Brody!!

OH my GOSH!

Happy 2nd Birthday to Drake & Brody!!

 

Where has the past 2 years gone.....they sure have flown!

What precious little guys you are & definitely with your own personalities.

I was saying 'cheese' & Brody was repeating me with his funny scrunched up funny face!

They are both true blessings!

Yesterday was the 6 month anniversary of Brody's 2nd surgery & you can't hardly see his scar any more & you sure can't tell by his actions that he ever had anything wrong!  

What a blessing Dr. Menezes is too!

 I also want to note the cute little John Deere hats that the twins are wearing.

Our sweet little Greiner twin friends gave these to our twins.

We LOVE the Greiner twins hand-me-downs! 

We will be celebrating Brody & Drake's birthday on Sunday evening! 

Today I'm making them a 'Wood' cake & they are getting a couple of small gifts to celebrate.

 

Happy with 'Gorgeous Grunge'!

Good morning!

Yippee- I got to finally stamp yesterday afternoon while the boys napped.

Here is the happy card that I created using 'Gorgeous Grunge'.

Gosh....I love this stamp set!!

It reminds me of one of my all time favorite sets- 'Itty Bitty Backgrounds' that is retired.

Although I do like 'Gorgeous Grunge' even better!

The images themselves are so much larger & are awesome for adding to almost 

any style of card you are creating.

If you don't already have this new set, you might want to be adding it to your wish list!

'Gorgeous Grunge' & 'Yippee-Skippee'

cs:  Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Whisper White

ink:  Pool Party, Calypso Coral & Basic Gray

supplies:  1 3/4" Circle punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch, dimensionals

I am now all caught up on sending out birthday cards!!

Yippee-Skippee!

July & August have just been so busy that I couldn't keep up.

I'm happy that I have them all done now.

One thing on my long list of "to-do's" this is now checked off! 
 

I had a surprise visitor....

Brayden was here to visit & eat supper with me last night.

Nathan & Deke were working in the shop & on the farm.

We also sold hogs last night in the heat & got in late.

I am hoping that they all made it on their journey safely.

We wet them down good to help them stay cool.

Gosh......I wish I could do a rain dance & bring some much needed rain to us.

The animals & crops are definitely suffering.

Since we buy all of our feed (corn & beans) for our hogs- this isn't good.

Gotta go......need to get my walk in before the boys arrive.

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A 'Christmas Collectibles' inspiration.....

Good morning!

At my downline meeting a few weeks ago I was inspired by Nancy Klum to create this card.

I added words, more layers & pearls to create this card. 

'Christmas Collectibles' & 'Be Very Merry'

cs:  Smoky Slate, Whisper White & Coastal Cobana

ink:  Coastal Cobana

supplies:  Big Shot, Pretty Print Textured embossing folder, Silver 1/8" ribbon, Basic Pearls, Paper Snips, glue dots, dimensionals

Ok.....so are you just lovin' this stamp set & how about the new ribbon?? 

 Yesterday our feed guy brought some corporate employees & 

they took pictures of our farm, hogs, us & twins. 

They could possibly use the photos in displays for trade shows & magazines for their company.

(Dekalb Feeds from Frytown.)

Luckily they got here about 10:30 & were gone by noon before it got any hotter out.

It was a late, hot night on the farm sorting hogs.

Thankfully Nathan, Steve & Josh all helped us.

Many hands made it not a fun night, but manageable. 

There is no way Deke & I could have sort that group of outside hogs by ourselves.

Tonight we sell hogs so I'm a farmer again.
Darn....we need rain & cooler temps.

We are praying for both!!

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday.

Happy Stamping!

Hugs!
SUSIE

'Best of Halloween' Haunted House.....

Good morning!

Here is another card I made using the 'Best of Halloween' set.

I used the same layout as the one I posted a few days ago with the witches hat on it.

witches hat card

'Best of Halloween'

cs:  Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White

dp:  Witches Brew

ink:  Black Stazon

marker:  Daffodil Delight

NOTE:

I used the Stampin' Trimmer & the NEW Rotary Addition with the Small Scallop cutting blade. 
That is how I cut the black scallop square.

supplies:  1/8" Pumpkin Pie Taffeta ribbon,  dimensionals, glue dots

 Check out the fun fold!

I'll enjoy my day today with the boys & hoping to get alot done during their nap time.

School gets out early due to the heat.

We sure need rain & I've been praying that we get it soon.

Tonight I'm a farmer.

I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Happy 29th Birthday to Nathan!

Here is the birthday card that I made for Nathan.

He turned 29 on Friday!

Gosh....I still can't believe it.

'World Map', 'Morning Post Numbers' & 'Remembering Your Birthday'

cs:  Basic Gray, Midnight Muse, Whisper White

ink:  Midnight Muse, Versamark 

supplies: White Twine, Paper Snips, Epic Day This & That Washi Tape, dimensionals, Big Shot, Stylish Stripes embossing folder, glue dot, paper snips

 

 Here is a good picture of Mark, Josh, Nathan, Brayden & Deke 

at the races a few weeks ago!

We are off to help my sister Julie move into her new home today!

Now all 4 of us- (me & sisters- Barbie, Beckie & Julie) will all have 

Sigourney addresses & live within 4 miles of each other!

I looking forward to seeing my sisters & some nieces & nephews too.

I hope you have a blessed Sunday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

We celebrated August birthdays tonight!

 

Brody & G'ma sliding.

Uncle Nathan, Drake & Brody swinging.

 

 Drake & Brayden riding the horses.

 Uncle Steve & Brayden on the teeter-totter with Papa watching.

Drake on the little teeter totter.

Brayden & Drake on the teeter totter.

 

G'ma & Drake going down the big slide.
 

G'ma pushing Drake in the swing.

Papa & Brayden playing old maid.

Guess who won!

We celebrated August birthday's at Roses in Keswick tonight for supper.

• Nathan- 08/23
• Brody & Drake- 08/29
• Steve- 08/31

After supper we went to the park to play.

And then stopped at my moms to visit a bit & pick apples from her tree.

Brayden came home with us to stay over night.

We had a fun night with our family!