It is a clean & simple Saturday!

Here is a sneak peek of one of the hostess sets from the New Occasions Catalog.  I love this little worm.  He is one of the 8 stamps from the set- 'Time to Celebrate'!  This card is a clean & simple one that I cased from someone that created it & had on our display table at Founders last fall.  I have no clue who made it though.  It sure is a clean & simple card- but I love it!

stamp set:  'Time to Celebrate'

card stock:  Whisper White

designer paper:  Back to Black

ink:  Black Memento

Blendabilities markers: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive & Coastal Cabana

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I spent my day stamping yesterday & will be stamping all day again today!!  I'm having fun with the new products from the upcoming New Occasions Catalog & Sale-a-bration Mini catalog.  I can't wait to see everyone joining us for Kathy's stampin' party tomorrow.  It will be my first party of 2015 to kick of these new catalogs. Woo hoo!  

I hope you have a very special Saturday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

An Occasions Sneak Peek!

This is a single stamp that is in the Occasions Catalog.  I love the tulips!  It makes me think of spring.

stamp set:  'Love Is Kindness'
card stock:  Soft Sky, Basic Black & Whisper White
designer paper:  Painted Blooms
ink: Black Memento pad
Blendablitiles Markers:  Bermuda Bay & Wild Wasbi (2 new sets of colors)
other:  Linen Thread, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Scallop Edge Border Punch, dimensionals, glue dot

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I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!

Happy Stamping!
hugs!
SUSIE

It is 2015! Happy New Year!!!

Woo Hoo!  Happy New Year to all of you!!! I hope that 2015 brings much happiness, health and wealth to each of you!  I look forward to sharing my love of stamping with you this year!

So what do you think of my card?  I tired to make it a sparkly one.  I rarely use gold- but thought it was fitting for the occasion.  I think it turned out pretty cute!

stamp set:  Embellished Events

card stock:  Baked Brown Sugar, Gold Foil, Whisper White

designer paper:  Fancy Foil Designer Vellum

ink pad:  Baked Brown Sugar

other:  Gold Sequin Trim, Glue Dots, Scalloped Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Dimensionals

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I had a nice day yesterday as Brayden spent the day with me.  Nathan and Mark worked in the shop.  Deke was in the office in the morning & then spent the afternoon/evening choring and trying to fix a water problem on the farm.  Our poor piggies didn't have any water to drink....so the pump/well guy came and put a new pump in at the pond and it still wasn't working.  So we re-routed things from an old well here at the house so that the piggies would have water through the night. 

Deke and I were suppose to go out for supper with my sisters/brother-in-laws, but we were disappointed, as we didn't get to go since Deke didn't get in the house until about 8.  So we went to town to Nathan's for awhile to spend the evening with our family.  The boys had fun playing and we all enjoyed our time together visiting and chatting about upcoming wedding plans.  We were home early and to bed long before midnight.

We were up bright and early this morning as Deke's friend Bill has a backhoe business and he's coming out to help Deke dig.  Someplace we have a bad leak.  I just pray they find it and can get it fixed today!!

I think I'm home alone today.....so I have LOTS to catch up on, on my day off.  I want to stamp all day!  I pray I have good mojo and things just click for creating cards for my upcoming January classes.  I am excited to get to play with a bunch of new products from the Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogs!!

New Years day isn't a day that our family celebrates much.  As today is the 29th anniversary of my brother-in-law (Deke's little brother) Daryn's passing.  He was a special young man and he will never be forgotten.  Oh how we wish he was still here with us!!

I hope you have a very special day!!

Happy Stamping!
Love and Blessings-
SUSIE

Another Sneak Peek!

Love is in the air!!  Here is a cool heart card that would make an awesome card for Valentines Day or even a wedding!  I love the script of the love stamp.

I love how these hearts are touching & looks like they are interlocked.  
stamp set:  'Hello Life'
card stock:  Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White
ink:  Black Memento, Real Red
other:  Full Heart Punch, dimensionals, Paper Snips

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We have love in the air around our home.  Nathan & Sarah got engaged right before Christmas (December 23rd).  How blessed we are to have Sarah join our family.  2015 will be a busy year of planning a wedding for them.

 

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Here are some more of our family pictures I wanted to share!

How blessed we are!  I just wanted to share the rest of our family pictures with you.  I love them all!  Bless our son-in-law Steve for taking such awesome pictures for us.  Didn't he do a great job!  Don't you love our backdrops for all of our photos of the old buildings, the old loading dock & the bags of feed.  We took them all in Sigourney at our local feed dealers business.  We couldn't think of a better place to do them on a cold & snowy day than someplace close to our home, that meant something special to all of us!


I hope that you enjoy these pictures & seeing my family!
 

Here we are with our boys!  Aren't they precious!  We love them all!
Trey, G'ma Susie, Papa Deke, Brayden, Brody & Drake


Here is a picture of just our 4 boys together.


Here is a picture of me & Deke.

 
Here is a picture of Nathan, Sarah & Brayden.
 
Here is a picture of Trey, Amanda, Brody, Steve & Drake.

This weeks- WEEKLY DEALS! December 30, 2014- January 5, 2015

Woo Hoo!!! There is alot of Sale-a-bration going on!!

Check out all of these Stampin' Up! catalogs!!!  If you are a customer of mine you should have gotten these 2 new catalogs- The Sale-a-bration Mini & the Occasions Catalog (with a mustard flyer for Sale-a-bration attached to the cover) in the mail in the past 2 weeks.  If not- please contact me.  Or- if you are a follower of mine & need a catalog- I'd love to hear from you too! 

NOTE:  The Sale-a-bration Catalog & the Occasions Catalog go live to order from beginning next Tuesday- January 6th, 2015!  

Woo Hoo!  I can't wait to share with you at upcoming stampin' parties!  Be sure to check my blog daily too for new projects.  I post & share something new each day!
 

Another Sneak Peek!

Here is a cute birthday card that is a sneak peek of some more new products.  The stamp set is a Sale-a-bration (SAB) one called- 'Big Day'.  I colored the letters in CAKE using the Blendabiities Markers that you can purchase in sets of 3 from our main catalog- pg. 212.  OR you can earn them for FREE too during Sale-a-bration (SAB).

Check out the cute bow on the bottom of this card!!!  I LOVE IT!  There is now a new punch that you can use to make this.  It is so fun & easy to do!  It is called- Bow Builder Punch & you just put it together with Glue Dots. 

Stamp Set:  'Big Day' (SAB)
Card Stock:  Coastal Cabana, Soft Suede, Calypso Coral, Whisper White
Ink:  Black Memento Pad
Blendabilities Markers:  Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake & Calypso Coral
Other:  Big Shot, Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Circle Framelit, Starburst Framelit, Paper Snips, Bow Builder Punch

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Last night I took the night off from working.  I actually sat on the couch & watched a movie with Deke & did nothing else at the same time.  Oh my gosh- I can't tell you when the last time I ever did that was.  I should have been stamping.....as have lots I need to be getting done.  But I did enjoy our night together hanging out.  

We were up super early this morning, as Deke had to get chores done & he was on the road by 7:00 for a meeting in Burlington.  Manda & the boys will be here today.  I am looking forward to that.  Tonight I'm a farmer & will be outside helping Deke, as we sell hogs.  I am dreading dreading being outside in the cold for that long.  

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

An Occasions Sneak Peek!

Here is a fun birthday card!  It is created with the new set- 'Celebrate Today'.  I got a swap from demonstrator Kim Allen that was similar to this.  Hers was very clean & simple & I loved it!  So I added some more layers & colors & created this card from her inspiration.

 

This balloon image is rather large & i would have never thought of stamping if part way off of the page like this.  ALSO NOTE that this stamp set has a coordinating Balloon Framelits to do with it!  When you purchase the stamp set & framelits together as a bundle you get a 15% savings.

ANOTHER SNEAK PEEK on this card is the stripped designer paper.  It is from the Best Ever Designer Series Package that you can earn for FREE during Sale-a-bration!

stamp set:  'Celebrate Today'

card stock:  Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Whisper White

ink:  Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Black Memento pad

marker:  Project Life Journaling Pen (for the balloon string)

other:  Glue Dot, Dimensionals & Basic Black Baker's Twine 

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I spent most of my day yesterday working on our farm bookwork.  I just have a little bit to finish up this morning.  while Deke goes to his meeting at the courthouse.  Then we have an end of year appointment with our CPA this afternoon.  I need to get a few groceries while we are in Osky.  And then I hope to get home at a decent time to get chores done & I want to stamp some tonight too.  I'm excited that my first stampin' party for 2015 is going to be this coming Sunday!!  My head is just a spinning with ideas & I need to get figured out what projects we'll be making so that I can get my reminder emails sent out.

I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Another New Occasions Sneak Peek!

Here is another Valentines Sneak Peek!  I used lots of new products from the upcoming Occasions Catalog.  I'm having fun creating with new products.

stamp set:  'Hello Life'

card stock:  Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White

inks:  Black Memento Pad & Real Red

supplies:  Confetti Heart Border Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, dimensionals

 

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I hope you have a SUPER Sunday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

An Occasions Catalog Sneak Peak!

 I worked on cards yesterday for swaps that I'm doing with some fellow demonstrator friends.  This is one that I created to swap with Kelly's group!  I guess I was in the red/white & black mode yesterday- as that is what I ended up creating with & making some different Valentines.

 I think that this one turned out pretty cute!  But then I am a Valentines & Heart lover......so guess I'm partial in that area.  Isn't this new Confetti Heart Border Punch just so stinkin' cool!  Heck- all of these new products are stinkin' cool!  I especially LOVE the new Stacked with Love Paper Stack- they are all black & white on one side & then include the colors of Real Red, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Basic Black & Whisper White.

stamp set:  'You Plus Me'

card stock:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red

designer paper:  Stacked with Love Paper Stack (LOVE THIS!)

ink:  Black Memento Pad

supplies:  Confetti Heart Border Punch, Big Shot, Heart Framelits, 2 Way Glue Pen, What's Up Punch (arrow), dimensionals

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I pretty much stamped from the minute I got up yesterday morning until the minute I went to bed last night.  We have stamps all over our house again.  Brayden ended up going with his dad, so I was home alone.  I quit stamping long enough to make Deke lunch & supper & other than that I was in a creative mode.

I plan to stamp all day again today & hope to get my swaps all done.  Then I'll be switching modes & working on farm bookwork the next few days to get our end of year things all done.

I hope you have a SENSATIONAL Saturday!!

Happy Stamping!
hugs!
SUSIE 

An Occasions Catalog Sneak Peek!

Here is a new Occasions Catalog Sneak Peek!  

stamp set:  'Crazy About You'
card stock:  Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil Sheet, Vellum 
designer paper:  Typeset
ink:  Black Memento
supplies:  Big Shot, Heart framelits, Hello You Thinlit Dies, Paper Snips, dimensionals, glue dot

This is pretty sweet huh!!!  I'm lovin' these new Hello You framelits!!  And I'm SO EXCITED about all of the new products in the upcoming Occasions Catalog that is coming soon- beginning January 6, 2015!

Even though this is black & vanilla- it would still make a cute Valentines card.  

Oh Christmas Trees!

The boys each made Christmas trees!  What fun we had crafting together.  Here are their creations using Stampin' Up! products.  

This one is Brayden's tree.  His is made using Garden Green card stock.

There are Brody & Drake's trees.

Their trees are Old Olive card stock.

card stock:  Old Olive, Coastal Cabana, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry

supplies:  1/2" Circle punch, Star Framelit, Big Shot, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dimensionals

I cut 3 squares:  1= 4 1/4"; 1= 3 1/2" ; 1= 3"

I then cut them at a diagonal & they got 2 trees out of each square.

The tree base is 1 1/2" x 2 3/4".

 They were pretty proud of their Christmas trees & couldn't wait to take home to put on their refrigerator. 

We also made these super cute reindeer too!

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We have had a busy & wonderful Christmas celebrating it with our family!  It definitely came & went too fast.  Gosh...before we know it, it will be Christmas again the way that time flies.

Deke & I are both home today.  Deke will be working on the farm & I'll be stamping away.  Nathan & Sarah are headed to pick up some race car parts so he can get busy & get his new race car built.  And Brayden will be here to spend some time with me.  Manda & Steve both have the day off- so they'll be at their home with their boys.  I've got a ton of stamping things to get done in the next few days.  Last night Deke & I watched a few movies & while doing so, I made the most of my time by cutting & putting together New Occasions Catalog products that just arrived on Tuesday.  I plan to play with them today & enjoy creating- hoping that I have good mojo.  I've got some swaps I've got to get in the mail today & some more I have to have in the mail tomorrow- so I'll be a busy bee creating & getting them done.

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!

Happy stamping!
hugs!
SUSIE

Here comes Santa!

Santa comes to visit at our home!

 The boys were so excited!

 Drake, Brody, Trey & Brayden with Santa

Santa asking them if they'd been good this year & what they wanted for Christmas!

They had lots of FUN opening their gifts.

The big boys each got a truck & livestock trailer & Trey got a musical toy.

Santa getting some snuggles from Trey before he heads back to the North Pole.

What an awesome evening with some priceless memories made.

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!

Wishing you all a blessed holiday season!

We have so much be thankful for.....

Love & Blessings from the Wood Family-

Nathan, Sarah & Brayden

Deke & Susie

Amanda, Steve, Brody, Drake & Trey