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Grandkids came

Everyone came ,starting Sunday Nov. 22nd!! We had 11 people in our little house. The weather was great,we had sunshine everyday. thisweek Monday we came out of Dr's office w/ our car covered in snow. The most we have seen on our car in years. It's upposed to be down in the 30's for thererst of the week.
It was nothing short of a small miracle we pulled this off.I got to play w/my 4 g/kids.I managed to clean up the house with Allen. It was a good thing I cleaned both b-rms. Wed. nite the main toilet overflowed. the rental office was close til Mon. We had to use my toilet,so it was a good thing I had scrubbed it up.
We had a stash of paper plates,cups & bowls which saved alot of d/washing. I can't believe e/body pitched in & no complaing.
No heart problems for me. I did have to take time outs to crash & sleep. I made it out to 1 activity for activty. Others I sat out on & rested .

Can't believe this!!

Don't understand why other blogs offer blog candy & ask U to click as a follower,people sign up. I'm offering handmade cards as a set, they will go for $5 or $ 6 if I was to sell them. My cards can be seen on my Flickr clip here.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS!!

I looked up the 500 th vistor I looked up on my traffic feed blog. I found the person had come from Swap -Bot. I went to the forums,stating what town I was looking for someone. I just found a thread asking ?'s about me. I was shocked !I was trying in good faith to find the person to give them my blog candy.
A lot of people have come here from Swap Bot. I'm not going to post another notice on Swap Bot & have my intensions questioned.!!
Instead I offer to the next person WHO COMES HERE& CLICKS ON AS A FOLLOWER,&LEAVES ME A NOTE IN MY CHATBOX,I WILL SENT U A SET OF CARDS.Please leave me UR e-mail addy so I can get UR address.
I have won blog candy& it never was sent to me. Or there is so many people ,it's like a million in 1 I get it.

An angel on Swap Bot

A good thing came about posting on theForum on SB. 1.the flaker will be known,2 I was invited into a group which I couldn't get into till I had swapped 5 swaps w/ 5 rating. S/one read my comment I had been flaked 2 in 1 week. 3. Someone angel me Sat. I got an e-mail saying a package was coming. It came Mon. It had a red Sharpie in it since my red marker ran out. I got a charcoal Cat Eye which I like to use for my cards edges. A bunch of snowflake stickers which I can use for my winter cards for Iraq G's. Plus it had other goodies in it. The envelope was packed full of items.
Plus I got my $ 1 swap from Newfound. It had a NF postcard in it. Plus a bunch of Hello Kitty & teddy bear stickers in it. I was outof both of these. H.Kitty stickers are hard to find here. I have 3 DD & 2 g-kids who luv those.
I think I'll stick w/the sticker,smal s/bk items & p/cardswaps there.

FINALLY!! Laura's baby pic's done

I finished the book Mon. pm. II t took me longer than expected. I started journaling the pages in Oct. a few a day sinceI can't hold a pen ve y longto keep my h/writing legible. I had 110 pic's to journal. I put ribbon on it Sat.I decided not to distess the edges w/the Ranger Walnut Distress ink. It was going to be too messy. The ink from the pad was getting on my hands & I didn't want it on my pages s/where smeared. I used up alot of my ribbon scraps,esp the small pieces.This is a big relief to have this done. Allen helped me stamp the last 6 strips w/the journal stamps. That saved my hands.

Laura's book

Her baby pic's are about 2/3 done w/ journaling. Used up all my old baby stickers,girls & words on the sides of the journal block. Got to cut out 6 more strips. Have to have Allen stamp the journal block this time, Last time it put my hands out. When I got my hands adjusted it took 2 days for my hands to stop hurting.Debating on whether I want to put Walnut distress ink on the edges.

Stampscape Media Experiment

Hmm it was playtime finally w/ my various media. I'm learning don't wait to try out new techniques befor U need it. I lost Sept. because of my hospital stay. Oct. was catch up month. I have 3 big projects due for Nov. I'm working on all 3 of them
I've been afraid to try out my new unmouted stamps. I tried using 3M double sised tape on my acrylic block. I also used Aileens Tack It Over. The cling mounts are too expensive for me right now.The lighthouse stamp is too big for my card size right now. Plus it's going to take some playing around with all the pieces. So I'm using the Chapel in the Woods Stampscape one for my C-mas cards for Iraq. They need to be in the mail by the 15th so they can send them to their families.
I made alcohol ink b/grounds w/ 3 colors, the oregano,pesto & bright yellow for the grass. The denim & bright blue for the sky. The copper,gold & pearl for the middle section where the church is to be stamped.I stamped it in Momento tuxedo black. for some reason my Stazon black ink stuck to the card & smeared it coming off the glossy c/stock. The jury is out on this look. I wonder if I should cut out church in Sephia & mount it on the alcohol ink b/ground instead.
I stamped the church in Verafine sephia on white c/stock. I mat it w/ brown.tan c/stock on an ivory card .I like the monchromatic look of this style.
I embossed the church w/Colorbox black & embosssed it w/clear powder. I also did it in gold embossing powder. I went back & colored it in w/ chalks to make the gold stand out a little more.
I tried my markers, either they are not wet enough or the wrong texture for the stamp.
Next to try out the brayer which I have never used. I have dye inks for the glossy c/stock.

Swap-bot

I've been FLAKED twice this week!!!! I'm a newbie ther, have to do 5 swaps to get a good rating to get into some other swaps. I like mail & being able to trade items I'm not using for s/thing new. The paper one wasn't a big deal but the 5 new items was. I was hoping if I traded some of my floral items that I won't be using for my Iraq card route. I wanted s/thing new to play with.THIS SUCKS.