Virtual Race Shoot Out! Please VOTE!

Nathan asked me to share this final Shoot Out Race....... You can vote TODAY & TOMORROW!

Please VOTE-

STOCK CAR: Vote For Only 1 Driver (Trouble seeing, click here)

THIS IS THE LINK!  https://polldaddy.com/poll/9929379/

The final stage of the 2018 Iowa's Virtual Dirt Track Classic has begun. Show your support for your favorite drivers with your votes now.

The "Top 5 Shootout" features the final five drivers in each division that remain to battle for this year's championship. Your votes help power your favorite drivers towards the finish, and voting closes Thursday, February 1 at 5:00 PM-CDT. Remember, you can vote once every 24 hours.

Nathan Wood has been closing in on Stock Car Leader Cole Mather. Wood took over the lead yesterday and now leads the Stock Car Top 5 Shootout division. Woods' fans have helped him collect the most votes in any division across both rounds of voting. Mather runs second followed by Chad Palmer, Devin Smith, and Mike Nichols.

ALL VOTES ARE NOW RESET TO ZERO. The driver who collects the most votes over the next two days will win. Our '#VDTC18 Grand Champion will be the division champion who collected the most votes during the the entire 2018 Iowa's Virtual Dirt Track Classic.

VOTE BELOW! Only one vote per division. 

THANKS SO MUCH!

Another 'Beautiful Day' flower with Brusho!

Are you tired of this flower stamp yet?  I hope not- as here is another pretty flower, made with the 'Beautiful Day' stamp set, using Brusho!

How did I do it?

• I heat embossed the flower onto Shimmery White card stock, using White Embossing Powder.
• I then sprinkled Red, Orange & Yellow Brusho over the flower & carefully sprinkled Green Brusho over the leaf.
• I used my spritzer & lightly sprayed water over it.
• I let it air dry for approx. 30 minutes.  (Time may vary, depending on how much water you put on it.)
• I took my Paper Snips & fussy cut the flower/leaf out.  

stamp set:  'Beautiful Day'
card stock:  Thick Whisper White, Real Red, Shimmer White
designer paper:  Tutti-frutti 6x6 DSP
ink:  Real Red, Versamark
other:  Paper Snips, Real Red 1/8" Ribbon, Brusho, Spritzer, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, White Embossing Poweder, Heat Tool

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Yesterday was a busy day the kids.  Last night we all went to the HS Basketball game to watch Brayden play ball during the boys half time & be honored for his free-throw shooting during the girls half time.  And I stamped when we got home. 

Deke is up early to chore & head to the office.  I'm up early to walk & spend my day with the kids.  Tonight I'll be a stamping!

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

Another 'Beautiful Day' flower!

OH- I just LOVE this card!!  I think it turned out just beautiful!!!  

Here is another pretty flower card using the 'Beautiful Day' stamp set flower image.  I mixed different colors of Brusho powder onto my Clear Block & then picking up the ink with my Aqua Painter to get this color. 

Now could I ever get this exact color again- I doubt it!  But this ended up matching perfectly with Fresh Fig card stock doesn't it!

HOW DID I GET PURPLE?  

• I mixed Brusho colors of Red & Blue on the Clear Block, using the Aqua Painter to get purple! 

stamp set:  'Beautiful Day'
card stock:  Fresh Fig, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Shimmery White
ink:  Vesamark, Pear Pizzazz, Fresh Fig
other:  Big Shot, Standard Platform, Petal Pair (cluster of flowers) Embossing Folder, Brusho, Clear Block, Paper Snips, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals, Aqua Painter

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It was a fun day with kids yesterday!!  They were all tired from their busy weekend.  When everyone went home I stamped all night!  I have some cool new things to share that I worked on & will post them sometime soon.

This morning I'm off to take the twins to school & spend my day with the 3 little ones.  Tonight I'll be tamping again!!!  

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

'Beautiful Day' with Brusho!!

I've been playing some more with Brusho!!  And having lots of FUN!  There are just endless possibilities when using it!  

Check out this clean & simple, yet- very pretty card!

Oh & look closely at the Whisper White card stock layer.....I used one of the pretty new Petal Pair (flower image) Embossing Folder.  You can find this on pg. 23 in the Occasions Catalog.

Check out this flower!!  What do you think?  I colored it using the Brusho powders & an Aqua Painter. 

How did I do it?

• Using Versamark ink, I stamped the flower image onto Shimmery White card stock.
• I put White Embossing Powder over it & heat set it with the Heat Tool.
• I then took a Big Clear Block & tapped some Orange & Yellow Brusho onto it.

(Gosh- don't look at my messy grid paper- I didn't realize it was that bad- sorry!)

•  Using my Aqua Painter I added a little water with the Brusho powder & then colored my flowers. 

• NOTE:  I did use a Pear Pizzazz ink pad- by squishing the ink onto the ink pad cover & picking it up with my Aqua Painter to color the leaves.  
• I used the circle make up pad that I bought at the dollar store to lightly pick up some extra water in some spots. 
• I then let my flowers air dry for about 30 mins.
• I then took my Paper Snips & fussy cut out the flowers.

stamp set:  'Beautiful Day'
card stock:  Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Shimmery White
designer paper:  Tutti-frutti 6x6 DSP
ink:  Versamark & Archival Basic Black
other:  White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Brusho, Aqua Painter, Clear Block, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Standard Platform, Petal Pair Embossing Folder (flower image)

These are the 5 different colors of Brusho! 

IMPORTANT TO KNOW:  You just take a tack pin & poke one hole in the top of each lid & use them like you would a salt shaker!  Store them with the tack pin left in them.  DO NOT TAKE THE LID OFF OR OPEN IT......as the Brusho is a very fine powder & it will poof all over & make a huge mess.  

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This morning Deke is up early to chore & head to the office for his weekly board meeting.  I'm off to walk & then head to town.  I'll take the twins to school & then spend my day with the 3 little ones- Trey, Masen & Ainslee.  Brayden will ride the bus out after school, so I'm looking forward to see him a little too.  Tonight when everyone is gone home I'll spend my night stamping!  As I'm creating & getting ready for my February stamp classes.

Gotta run.......

I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-

SUSIE

A fun fold 'Beautiful Peacock'!

This is another one of my January monthly class cards!  It is a fun fold card!  

This 'Beautiful Peacock'- Level 1 Sale-a-bration choice, is super cute!  And I was amazed at how easy the peacock lined up to stamp!

My Peacock stamping TIP:  I found that if I stamped the dark body of the peacock first & then could easily line up the feathers.

This DSP with the little circles along both sides of this card front here are from the Bubbles & Fizz DSP- Level 1 Sale-a-bration choice.  

I love this new Lemon Lime Twist Striped ribbon.....it goes perfectly here!

This is a fun fold door card!!  Check it out when it is opened up!  Keep reading- as I shared the measurements for you on how to score & fold this card!

Here are the supplies & the measurements-
stamp set:  'Beautiful Peacock'- Level 1 Sale-a-bration Choice
card stock:  

• Lemon Lime Twist-  4 1/4 x 5 1/2"- base; 4 x 11"- score at 2, 3 3/4, 7 1/4 & 9", 2 3/4" strip
• Dapper Denim-  2 3/4" strip; 3 3/4 x 3 3/4"
• Whisper White-3 1/2 x 3 1/2"- stamp swirls on for card front, then add layered circles with peacock; 3 1/4 x 3 3/4"- to stamp words on inside card piece; 2 1/2" strip- to stamp peacock on & punch out with the 2" Circle Punch

designer paper:

• Bubbles & Fizz DSP- Level 1 Sale-a-bration Choice- 4 x 1", 4 x 1"

ink:  Lemon Lime Twist & Dapper Denim
other:  Simply Scored Tool, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Layering Circles Framelits, Starburst Punch, 2" Circle Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Lemon Lime Twist striped ribbon, dimensionals, glue dots

NOTE:  There are 2 pieces of Lemon Lime Twist card stock for this card.  The base piece has 2- 1 x 4" strips of DSP- put along each edge.  I then centered the scored & folded piece, onto the middle of the base piece. 

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Yesterday was a busy day playing catch up.  Last night Deke & I went out to eat supper & made a quick stop at Walmart & Menards.  

Today will be a repeat day.....I'm home alone today & have tons to get accomplished.  

I hope you have a SUPER Sunday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

'Amazing Congratulations'

I have another clean & simple card to share today using the 'Amazing Congratulations' stamp set!

Look closely at the cool Simple Stripes Textured Embossing Folder that I used here too!  I love it!

NEW products:

• stamp set- 'Amazing Congratulations'
• Simple Stripes Embossing Folder
• Whisper White 1/4" Organza Ribbon
• Light Pool Party Stampin' Blend

 

How did I color the word?

• I stamped the words using the Black Memento Ink
• I colored them in using the Light Pool Party Stampin' Blends
• I used the shadowing stamp image, inked it in Bermuda Bay & stamped it over the the words.

stamp set:  'Amazing Congratulations'

card stock:  Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Whisper White

ink:  Black Memento, Bermuda Bay

Stampin 'Blends:  Light Pool Party

other:  Big Shot, Standard Platform, Simple Stripes Embossing Folder, Glue Dots, 1/4" White Organza Ribbon, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

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Yesterday was a busy day with pigs, kids & stamping!  Our baby piggies are so cute!!  Thankfully the weather was really nice, other than it was SUPER windy!  

 

Today I'm home....working on my piles of bookwork, stamping & tax stuff.  I hope I get tons done today & tomorrow.  Deke has a full weekend of working on the farm, playing catch up there too!!

Tonight we hope to make a quick trip to Menards to exchange my stove exhaust hood that I got for Christmas, pick up a few groceries & maybe eat supper at our favorite place- Boogies in Albia, as we got a gift certificate from some of our dear friends to eat there. 

Our kids are all headed to "Fun City" for a weekend of fun in Burlington.  We aren't able to go with them- but we are looking forward to hearing all about their weekend venture when they get home.  

Gotta run......

I hope you have a SENSATIONAL Saturday!!

Happy Stamping!

Hugs-
SUSIE

Virtual Racing Main Event- Vote for Nathan Wood- Stock Car

The voting has begun for the Bill Colwell Ford 

Main Event (VOTE HERE!) 

 Please VOTE- STOCK CAR- Nathan Wood
http://k985.com/cv-sports-iowas-virtual-dirt-track-classic-main-event-voting/ 

• Click on this link above
• Scroll down to Stock Car & click
• Click on Nathan Wood
• Click on VOTE

Thanks for all of your votes for Nathan in his virtual racing.  He WON the 1st round!  Now I hope he wins the 2nd round!  

 

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Everyone will be able to vote (once every 24 hours) for two drivers in each group until Tuesday (Jan 30) at 5:00 PM. That's when we will throw a 'competition caution' and stop the voting engines.

Then Wednesday morning we will reveal the final five in each division that will race for the championship. At that time, everyone will only be able to vote for one driver (once every 24 hours) until Thursday at 5:00 PM.

We will crown our champions in all five divisions and the 'Grand Champion' Friday morning.

Hi 'Party Panda'!

Today I have a clean & simple card for you!  This little 'Party Panda' stamp set is just totally adorable & so is this card!

I stamped the 'Hi' words & cut them out the Sweet & Sassy (heart) framelits & popped it up with a dimensional.  

Look at the Balloon......I colored it with the Light Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blend & then went over it with the Clear Wink of Stella.

Young or old......who wouldn't want to get this cute card in the mail!

stamp set:  'Party Panda'- Level 1 Sale-a-bration choice
card stock:  Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Whisper White
designer paper:   Bubbles & Fizz DSP- Level 1 Sale-a-bration choice

ink:  Black Memento
Stampin' Blends:  Light Cherry Cobbler & Light Smoky Slate
other:  Tutti-Frutti Sequins ( Pool Party), Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Sweet & Sassy Framelits, Wink of Stella, Dimensionals

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Yesterday was a busy day with kids.  The 3 little ones & I went to visit my mom & aunt yesterday morning for a bit.  The 3 big kids got out of school early- so they were all here to play too together.  When everyone went home I spent my night working on bookwork.  And Deke had a meeting.

This morning I'm up early to walk & then go to Manda's, as she has an early meeting again.  I'll take the twins to school.  Then Trey & I have a few errands to run in town.  We'll then head out to our house & head outside.  We'll spend our morning & part of our afternoon- helping Deke on the farm,  as we get baby piggies today!  The 2 littler ones(Masen & Ainslee) will get here about 1 or so- as soon as I can get back into the house from working on the farm.  Tonight I'll be working on stamping stuff!!!

Gotta run.......

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

'Happy Wishes'

Here is a quick card I made to send to a friend!  I hope she likes it!  I used the Level 2 Sale-a-bration stamp set called- 'Happy Wishes'.  

Check out the pretty DSP.  It is from the Painted With Love Specialty DSP in the Occasions Catalog on pg. 19.

I added little gold sequins & layered the words with Gold Foil paper, to add some additional gold bling!

stamp set:  'Happy Wishes'
card stock:  Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Gold Foil
designer paper:  Painted with Love Specialty DSP
ink:  Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral
other:  Gold Sequins, Fine Tip Glue, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Calypso Coral ribbon

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Kids & stamping pretty much sums up my day again today!!  

Deke is off early to chore & head to Ottumwa to a meeting this morning, home to chore & head to another meeting tonight.  I'm off to go get the boys, take the twins to school & spend my day with the 3 little ones.  The 3 bigger boys will be here after school.  And then tonight I'll be playing catch up still!

I hope you have a great Thursday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE 

Getting Pre-Paid Paper Pumpkin Subscritpion!!

Now is the perfect time to earn Sale-A-Bration rewards when you purchase a 3, 6, or 12 month pre-paid Paper Pumpkin subscription. Purchasing a pre-paid subscriptions is a great way to earn FREE Sale-A-Bration products!  Paper Pumpkin kits include everything you need (including ink and a stamp set), for you to create fun new things each month!!  It is so fun to get a box full of surprise in the mail each month!  

 

IMPORTANT TO KNOW about pre-paid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions-

• Just like with all orders, there is a $6.95 minimum shipping charge to get your FREE items mailed to you!!  If you want to do this pre-paid Paper Pumpkin subscription with me as your demonstrator- please contact me personally HERE before you do it, so that I can help you & offer some other options to you! 
• Also- when you spend $250 or more during Sale-a-bration this year, you earn an additional $25 in FREE hostess rewards- which is really an awesome deal!!  WOO HOO!!!

View the Sale-A-Bration brochure and rewards

Discover the rewards you can earn when you buy the following pre-paid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions during Sale-A-Bration 2018:

3-Month Prepaid Subscription	1 Free Level 1 Sale-A-Bration Reward
6-Month Prepaid Subscription (saves $1 per month)	2 Free Level 1 Sale-A-Bration Rewards or 1 Free Level 2 Sale-A-Bration Reward
12-Month Prepaid Subscription (saves $2 per month)	4 Free Level 1 Sale-A-Bration Rewards or 2 Free Level 2 Sale-A-Bration rewards or a combination! ***plus your earn hostess benefits!!!

Brusho & 'Waterfront'

Oh how fun!!  Oh how pretty!!  I just LOVE this stamp set!  And I just working with the Brusho!

Here is another card I made playing with Brusho & the awesome 'Waterfront' stamp set!  I really like the way this Watercolor piece ended up turning out with the Brusho I added to it.  Don't you?

This is just a great guy card.  I also think it could be a great sympathy card too.  

IMPORTANT NOTE:  In order for me to get this dark of an image with the 'Waterfront' stamp set, I did stamp the mountain & trees 2 times, using the Archival Basic Black Ink.  Since this stamp set photopolymer- I could easily line up the stamps & stamp over what I did the first time!

stamp set:  'Waterfront'
card stock:  Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Watercolor Paper
ink:  Archival Basic Black
other:  Brusho, 1 1/2" Circle Punch, Aqua Painter, Brusho (blue), Dimensionals

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Yesterday was a busy day with the kids.  Deke truck has been in the shop for the past couple of weeks.  They called us on Friday & said that it was done.....so the kids & I took him to Belle Plaine to get his truck.  It is an hour drive one way- so the kids thankfully all took naps on the way up & back.  Last night when everyone was gone home I worked on piles of bookwork.

This morning Deke is off early to chore & head to the office.  I'm up early to walk & head to Manda's early, as she has an early meeting.  I'll take the twins to school & spend my day with the 3 little ones.  Tonight I'll be working on catching up on my piles of bookwork.

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!!

Happy Stamping!
hugs-
SUSIE

Celebrate You Thinlits Die!

This is a sweet Valentine card- isn't it.  Clean & simple.......but I love the little hearts on this dsp, they are totally me. 

I think all of this designer paper just awesome!  It is from the Painted with Love Specialty DSP on pg. 19 in the Occasions Catalog.  And if you look back through some of my posts the past week or so, you'll see I used it on a few other cards too!

To pull out the gold accents in the dsp, I used the Gold Foil Paper to cut out these words & 3 little hearts that are along the right edge. 

stamp set:  'Petal Palette' -for inside words
card stock:  Powder Pink, Melon Mambo, Vellum, Gold Foil
designer paper:  Painted with Love Specialty DSP
ink:  Melon Mambo- for inside words
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Sweet & Sassy framelits, Celebrate You Thinlits Dies- Level 2 Sale-a-bration choice, dimensionals, glue dots, Metallic Enamel shapes, Banner Triple Punch

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Yesterday was a busy day with kids.  When they went home last night I made a quick supper for Deke & he headed out the door for a meeting.  I worked on updating my demonstrator website calendar with upcoming classes!  And I spent the rest of my evening working on bookwork- although I didn't get near enough of the big pile done. 

Today Deke is home to work on the farm all day.  I'm up early this morning to walk & then go get the boys.  I'll take the twins to school & then spend the rest of my day with the 3 little ones.  
Tonight I'll be doing more bookwork & hopefully a little stamping too!  

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

Our yearly Virtual Racing poll for you help me out & VOTE!

 

Those of you that know me personal or if you have followed me over the years, you know that our son, Nathan has a stock car & we race from April through October each year.  It is a family event!

Well, each January, a radio station does a virtual racing challenge with local Iowa race car drivers in all of the divisions.   Nathan does this challenge each year!!  And many of you have taken the time to click on the link & vote for him!  Are you ready to do it again this year?

If you would like to vote for Nathan each day- he (we) would appreciate it!   

How do you do it?

• Just click on this link- http://k985.com/cv-sports-2018-iowas-virtual-dirt-track-classic-round-1-vote-now/
• Scroll down to the STOCK CAR GROUP 3
• Check Nathan Wood- stock car driver
• Then click the VOTE link! 

It is easy to do!  And you can vote one time each day from every computer or device you have! 

Nathan Wood- Stock car driver!!  

Thanks so much!!!!
Hugs-
SUSIE

'Heartfelt Blooms'

WOW!!  This is just such an amazing stamp!!  This flower bouquet is so gorgeous!  This stamp set- 'Heartfelt Blooms' is a Level 1 Sale-a-bration choice & can be yours for FREE with a $50 order! 

Check out the fine detail & depth of this stamp.  It is called a Dist"ink"tive stamp, as the ink is laid down in different depths.  It is so easy to get this beautiful look.......just ink the whole stamp (all at one time) & then stamp it onto your card stock!  You have a perfect photographic finish every time!  This stamp almost looks as if it a 2 or 3 step stamp doesn't it.  But it isn't......it is just one single stamp!  Amazing huh!

I'm patiently awaiting the design & release of more Stampin' Up! Dist"ink"tive stamps for us to use in the future!  And Stampin' Up! is awaiting the patent on this amazing stamp design. 

There are 3 different word stamps in the stamp set too!  They are all very elegant, with cursive & upper case fonts, to go along with this elegant flower bouquet stamp.

How did I get this look?
I randomly stamped the flower bouquet all around this piece of 5 x 3 3/4" Whisper White card stock, using the Smoky Slate Ink pad.  It almost give an image of having a vellum over lay on it, doesn't it.  It is just so beautiful in person!  

I would say that clean, simple & elegant are great words to sum up this card!

stamp set:  'Heartfelt Blooms'
card stock:  Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Berry Burst
ink:  Smoky Slate
other:  Tailored Tag Punch, Banner Triple Punch, Shimmer Ribbon Pack (Basic Gray)- Level 1 Sale-a-bration Choice, dimensionals, glue dot

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Yesterday was a busy day stamping & trying to get caught up on my piles of bookwork.  I got alot done, but not near enough.  I had planned to help Deke on the farm for few hours, but he ended up not needing me to help him, so that was a nice surprise.  He got the pigs all moved on Saturday, so he spent the whole day power washing yesterday

This morning Deke is up early to chore & head to the office for his weekly board meeting.  I'm off to go get the boys, take the twins to school & spend my day with the 3 little ones.  The 3 big boys will be here after school again too.  When everyone is gone home I'll spend my night working on things I still have in my piles to catch up on- stamping & bookwork!!  

I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

Another 'Beautiful Day' Butterfly with Brusho!!

Here is another butterfly I made using the 'Beautiful Day' stamp set & Brusho!!  OH MY GOSH!!  I love how it turned out!!  It is just beautiful & stunning in person!!  It reminds me of a stained glass window!

So this is what the piece of Watercolor Paper looked like before I stamped the Butterfly onto it. 

How did I do it?

• Watercolor Paper
• I sprinkle Green, Yellow & Blue Brusho onto the Watercolor Paper
• Spritz the Watercolor Paper 
• Lightly blotted it using a make up flat sponge.
• I let it air dry over night- as I wasn't sure what I was going to make with it.
• Using Black Archival Ink I stamped the Butterfly onto it.
• I fussy cut the out the Butterfly using my paper snips. 
• I used my Clear Wink of Stella over the entire Butterfly to add the shimmer to it!! 

WOW!  Don't you love the color combination here!!  I just love the way it turned out!! 

stamp set:  'Beautiful Day'
card stock:  Marina Mist, Basic Black, Watercolor Paper, Dapper Denim
ink:  Archival Basic Black, Dapper Denim
other:  Brusho, Spritzer, Paper Snips, Clear Wink of Stella, Dimensionals

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Yesterday was a busy day working on the farm & stamping!!  I enjoyed my time stamping with everyone that joined me yesterday here at our home. 

Today will be the same- pigs & stamps!

I hope you have a SUPER Sunday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE