TGIF - the last day of school!!

As promised some Family Friday pictures. Today is the last day of school...it's cold and dreary. I hope that all stops her after today. It's summer vacation for crying out loud!

This weekend my cousin is getting married, so that will be our excitement.

We talked about going to the lake, but if today is any indication, we may not. Maybe just spend time with everyone who is here this weekend.

Have a great weekend....be safe and I'll be back here Tuesday!!

Top: David and his lost tooth;RC, McKinley and Hunter.

Middle: Me, RC and McKinley

Bottom: David's last day(today!) and Pebbles...isn't she cute?!

{How sad}

First off, tonight was my cousins bachlorette party. It was pretty fun...scavanger hunt, off to the bars...home by 10:30. Say much! LOL..

The thing that is so sad, we stopped into one bar and you could hear this mom hollering on her cell phone to her daughter. Small town, I know her and her kids. She is hollering at her daughter (who's a 4th or 5th grader) to tell the 1st grade brother to get to bed. And if he gives you crap tell him he is grounded from the last day of school! What the heck!! Go home and tuck your kids in!! Oh Man!! It was just so sad that the entire place heard. The little boy is one of my sons friends so I just felt so bad!

OK, that was my rant. I know I was at the bar on a school night, but at least my kids had someone at home to tuck them in, and I wasn't there hollering at them on the phone.

Ok, good night!

Can you use a lil pickup?

Another card done with WISH RAK images. Kind of a manly one, although would you send it to a man? Maybe. I think I got a little carried away coloring it with my watercolor pencils. But again, I like the way it turned out. I just used a bunch of scraps that were on the end of my table. Super Simple! LOL...

So many things are buzzing through my head. One exciting one that Greg and I are talking about. I don't want to say anything until I know for sure, but it's got me buzzing!! And so giddy! LOL...

Another, we just got a call from my BIL...he is moving Greg's dad here this weekend and the house they got isn't ready yet. So I guess he is going to stay with us for awhile. We have the room downstairs and if he has a TV we can hook it up down there, so he will pretty much be alone down there. Not that he can't come up here, but at least if he wants the quiet and privacy he can have it. I am not sure how long he'll be here in the house with us, but I guess it will all work out. Then he will be living in Malta for good. I don't think we should have any problems with him living here. But those of you who know us, know that we are already dealing with them from Greg's mom. Not gonna go there today.
Remember I am giddy!! LOL..

Tomorrow is the last day of school. Yeah! Boo. LOL...mixed emotions there. It's actually nice out and the sun is shining, so I'll probably go out today. I have chores to do esp. cleaning good downstairs.

{Birthday Beautys}

Here are a couple cards I made with some images from a WISH RAK.



I've always liked this set, but didn't know if I should get it. I think eventually I will...but you know a new catalog is coming out!


For both cards, I colored the images with my Watercolor pencils and blender pens. I used some of the Polka Dots and Paisleys DP. The ribbon is from CTMH. Pretty simple on both ones.



It's rainy out again today. I love rainy days even tho we have been having a few of them. They won't last long around here so I soak them in while I can.

The boys both have Birthday Parties this afternoon. Got to get gifts wrapped up and chores done! See you later!!

You Can Buy My Stuff!!

OK, so I was going to wait, but I had the time to work on this.

I opened a new Shop on ETSY. You can buy things I've created on there.

Here is the link ------->>INKING OF YOU


I plan to get new things on there once a week. I'll have more Father's Day cards next week and some other things as well. I'll gladly combine shipping costs and would make you more of anything you see, or want! Just let me know.

This is the email I am using....and you can always find the info on my sidebar.

{HAPPY DAY!!}

LOOK WHAT I GOT ------------------------------------------------------------->>>>>

MY NEW CAMERA!! Yeah me!! I was so excited when Mr. Brown came EARLY!! Woo Hoo!! I was ripping the box open and getting this out. RC and Greg came home and I was snapping them! LOL...See I told you I was a fruitcake!

So I thought I should post some fun things for you today...not pictures of my family coming in the door. LOL..

This first set is all the cards I created for VSN. I know I scanned them this weekend, but I wanted to take a picture and they were sitting here!

This next one is all the great mail I've been getting. I signed up for the WISH RAK on SCS and I love it. I am also loving sending some too...it's nice to be needed huh?

Well, yesterday I got all those groovy scalloped punches, and Loads of Love pickup.

Today I got the Cowboy Kid and the Best of Cluck! **I just had a wonderful idea...my cousin is getting married this weekend...to a Kluck. Could I do something with that! Oh yeah!

Anyway, that is my post for now...

Since I have the camera, I plan to get back to Family Fridays and pictures of what my family has been up to during the week. That will only be posted on Fridays. The rest of the week is fair game. Although you should know, this is the last week of school, so I will probably be enjoying summer vacation and not making this my top priority. I am however making Stamping or Scrapping something a priority this summer. I vow to make at least one card, or do one layout a day. That's a lot. But I NEED that time!!

Don't leave me tho....I'll still be sharing it all with you! OK, off to work on laundry!!

{good morning}

Are you tired of coming here an not seeing any pictures? Well your wait is almost over. Today around Noon that wonderful man in Brown will be coming here with my new CAMERA!!! Yeah...watch out world here I come. {the last time I got a new camera, I was snapping pics of Greg as soon as he came home from work!}

However I wanted to send you to a few blogs that have some fun things...These are blogs that I enjoy looking at and where I get some creativity.

The one that started me out looking at blogs -------> Amy R.
I also LOVE this one...she is uber talented ------> Emily
One of my newer places to visit ---------------->Charmaine


It's a blustery day out...too bad I have chores to get done first, but I do need some cards for birthdays. I also have a nice pile here waiting to be photographed, so this week I will have creative things for you. I also have some other things I am working on that I'll share when I get it all ready.

Hope you are nice and warm!!

{David is Toofless}

He lost his first tooth today! On Friday, he told me he thought his tooth was loose, so I checked the top one he was pointing too. Maybe a little loose I said. Then today we were at my moms
and his bottom tooth looked weird, so I looked and sure enough it was super loose. So then he fretted about it all afternoon. I looked right before supper and he was wiggling it way out, so he went to show Greg how loose it really was and he started hollering it came out.

I think it was kind of scary to think it would just pop out but he's better now. The other bottom one is loose and the top two are somewhat loose. We are teasin' him he'll be a redneck boy by the end of summer.

Virtual Stamp Night - Saturday Challenges

Here are the last two cards I got done for VSN.

This first one was to create a flower but not use any flower stamps, or anything that had a flower on it. So I went with Ribbon. Fun huh? I am sure if I spent more time on it, I might create something better, but this is it.





This next one was to create a card that was clearly a Thank You card, but you couldn't use the words Thanks or Thank You. So I pulled out Words by Wilson and used the Tank...there is a saying that says Many Tanks...but I skipped it. Then used some Simon Chipboard and covered the U. I was so happy with myself.

That is all I did for VSN, and I won't be able to get any more on before the deadline, but I am excited to be able to use the rest of the Challenges this week.

Virtual Stamp Night - Saturday Challenges

Here are a couple more challenges I did today.

The first one was a Baby Wipe Technique. You can find that here. It was simple.....and IRL it looks better. This scanning thing stinks!



Then the next challenge I did was to make the sentiment the focal point. I pulled this stamp out from a long time ago....one of the first ones mom and I got. Again, the scan stinks, but I like the card.

I didn't want to do some of the other challenges, and now I am going to take a break for awhile. I'll post some more tomorrow.

Virtual Stamp Night - Friday Challenges

Well, I didn't get back downstairs last night. I ended up watching the Breakfast Club...only to see it was on again this morning!

So this morning I went down and worked on the last two challenges. The first one was to use Summer Sun and Chocolate Chip. It was called Run for the Blacked Eye Susan, having to do with Horse Racing. Hence the horse. I also used some sticky canvas paper from CTMH. Otherwise pretty plain.













Then the next one called for us to use adhesive to emboss on. Well, all I had was a glue stick, so I glued the entire PP and embossed it. Not real great, but I like the card. It's a 3x3, so that was my warm up card today!


The two that were posted this morning were not really something I want to try. So I am making lunch and then going to try the rest this afternoon.

See you then!!

Virtual Stamp Night - Friday Challenges

Probably my last one tonight unless I go down after everyone is asleep here.

The last challenge was to create a Landscape...either a birds eye view of straight on. So this is what I came up with in the 45 minutes I had.

I just peiced papers together, I used Chatterbox Walls for the walls and roof...wasn't that clever? The only other WOWs were the ribbon I cut for the shades, the leaves were flower punched. Everything else was drawn or pieced on there.

See you all tomorrow!!

Virtual Stamp Night - Friday Challenges

Here are the first three Challenges I did. I'll post the rest later on and again tomorrow!!



This first one here was for the kid challenge and the boys aren't ready to play yet. I'm saving this for later when they decide they want to.

Anyway the challenge was Buggy Helpers, to use Bugs and Bright Colors. Well, guess what I got today...my PaperteyINK stamps!! Yeah! So Little Lady just got inked right up!




The next one was Quilled Flowers and I have never tried to do that before...I thought it was hard. It looks hard right? Well, it was super simple! I had to scan it so it looks crappy. When I get my camera I will retake the picture. But I am really pleased with it all!














Then this third one was for A Trip to the Emerald City and was all about the Wizard of Oz. Well, I have no stamps like that, but this checked ribbon has been floating around downstairs so I was so excited to use it up. So I found this image on a coloring page website. Printed it off, colored it, which is why it's smudgy. But I like it too!

I am not a perfectionist. I just have to say Good Enough, but really I am happy with them all!



OK, I was late so I need to get back down there!!

{TGIF} - It's VSN too!!

YeaY!!! It's Friday!! I am sorry for not posting much this week. I haven't been busy or anything, I guess just enjoying the Sun! It's been a beautiful week.
I also thought I had better get you guys some eye candy here since I haven't posted anything crafty lately. This is about as craty as I got this week. Just been working on other stuff.

I guess too that I don't like to scan when I could've taken a picture. But I gave mom back her camera - you're welcome! - and I shoudl get mine next week sometime. It's saying the 22nd, but I am hoping for the 21st! LOL...I'm a dreamer huh?

Anyway, I had posted that I was in a Brown and ??? swap on SCS. I'd also made up another card, but I didn't like it. So I played around and came up with this.
The set is Words by Wilson and I LOVE IT!! Anything that is funny and will make me laugh, I love!!
So I went with this one. I made the fold so it opened in the middle and flipped up, stapled the bottom and added and *Ticket* in the poket.

The dark ribbon is from my ribbon share on SCS, i know I was using it when I hadn't been able to get everyone else there's! EEK!! The polka dot is May Arts that I got at the LSS. I used Cameo Coral for the background, chocalate chip and Whisper White. I colored the boat with my watercolor pencils and blender pen and used Choc. Chip for the sentiments. Then doodled on the ticket.


Now I just need to sign them and get them in the mail.

If you are expecting things from me, I am going to the post office today to get them out to you.


I am also getting ready for VSN this weekend. This is the first time that I will actually be able to participate. We might have friends show up tonight, but I will still be checkin in there.

If you don't know, VSN is Virtual Stamp Night on SCS. Every hour they have challenges that you can do to get the creativity going. I am really looking forward to it. I think it you add them online, you can get put in a special gallery if you are one of the better cards. I really don't know the reason, but it's going to be fun.

After I upload them to the gallery there, I'll add them here too. So be on the lookout all weekend long! We are going to a BBQ tomorrow night, but otherwise no plans for our weekend. I'm excited about relaxing and creating.

If you are adding your creations from VSN to your blog, let me know. I want to check them out. Have a good weekend all!!

{New Babies}

My mom had three cats deliver litters all yesterday morning!! Twelve kittens that we could find. She thinks that there is another momma cat that was wilder somewhere!

When I get my camera next week I will take pictures of the cuties!!

And I 'll be back later with something creative!!

ETA - There are more kittens...the other wild cat had here's on Thursday sometime although mom hasn't found them. She just looked ragged from having them when she came to breakfast. So I think the boys will want to run out there and cuddle them some more.

{Time to babyproof}

I know I should have started that 9 months ago, but I was not pushing McKinley to crawl at all. I love that I can set her in place and she's still there when I come back. Well, those days are over. Until I find a Baby corral...is that the right term? LOL.

Anyway, those days are over. She is mobile and she wants to see what she can get into. It started with more of a scoot. She was sliding on her butt pulling herself with one leg. That was Saturday. Today it is a full fledge crawl. And pulling doors open, emptying the bottom cupboard shelf, pulling on things to stand up! Two nights in a row now I have gone in and she's standing in the crib.

No more baby....it's big girl, I want to destoy!!! Ah. It's been 9 months but I'm still not ready.


It does make it all a little easier to digest when I say her name and she flashes that million watt smile. I guess, I already clean up after the other 3 in the house, why not her too. LOL...

Life is never Dull. Thank the Lord for that! *Ü*

I ordered from Papertrey Ink

Yikes.....all this enabling! I placed an order from Papertey Ink. For starters all I wanted were the awesome clear boxes that Nicole had shown on her blog ----->HERE.
Then I got to looking at the newest set that was released...the lady bug set, and well, I caved.

I want to have the cases for when I sell my cards. And what the hey, now I can make some cards from this set too! LOL.. what a sucker. OK, no more online shopping. Today.

*wink*

{Good evening}

I am getting a camera...I even ordered it today. We did go to Radio Shack, but they no longer carry Kodak and I really like that Brand.

So this is the one I ordered...

It's the Kodak Z612 - 12X Zoom! Yeay!! So I can't wait for it to get here and get to using it!

I am off to cook some tacos now. I worked on some swaps today and need to finish that dang ribbon! LOL... I"ll try to post something funner tomorrow, altough I think this is SUPAH!!

{Happy Mother's Day}

Happy Mother's Day to all the great Mother's out there!!

This is what I am giving my mom today. It's another clipboard and I decorated it to say What's Cooking? so she can use it to hold her recipes when she's baking! She's a great baker!!

I also ordered her some Food Candles. I got them from Pixies Candles....and they will be awhile. But some time ago my mom got this great cake plate with lid. Well, she thought they needed cake or goodies on there all the time. So she was always making them. So I decided that I would order her these so there would at least look nice, but they wouldn't have to be eating something all the time. We talked about it, so it's not like I think they eat too much!!

As for my own Mother's Day, McKinley woke me up with her smile around 6:30 this morning. At least there is something good to wake up to. David and RC made me their own cards, and both had also made me some cool things at school.

Greg sent me an awesome Email too. All wonderful things! And that's about all I need! The love from the 4 of them.

I did however, also get to pick out a camera. You know mine died in January and I've had my mom's for the last couple weeks. We were waiting for some extra money to come, it came yesterday and I got the go ahead to order one. I looked around and I think that I am sticking with Kodak. I really like their cameras. Also, I found one with 12X zoom! I cannot wait!! I actually think that Monday I am going to see if Radio Shack has the one I want before I order online. I really want it now you know!!

Well, you all have a great day. After our lunch out, I hope to take a napp with McKinley and then play. Oh yeah, and cut ribbon! LOL....

It's the Weekend!!

Happy Saturday everyone. Lots to do at the Skiff house today but I wanted to pop in and say Hello as well as wish you all a Happy Mother's Day!! I hope tomorrow is peaceful for you all.

I wanted to sleep in today but no luck on that part. By 7:45, David was in the bath, RC was outside already and McKinley was scooting around getting into stuff. So I just sat back, read the paper and enjoyed my coffee. How boring would my life be if I was able to sleep in every Satruday morning. *Wink*

So I will start my day. Have to work on ribbon, which is relaxing I've found! Greg was up til after 1 wrapping it. Not that I asked him to, he just did. Well, he will be tired today. He and RC left for breakfast and then head up North for an auction today. It's rainy so I bet they won't be there long.
This afternoon have to go decorate and do a Bridal Shower for my cousin. Wrap the gift, make a card, etc. Tomorrow I am hoping will be uneventful for us. Going to dinner out, maybe with my mom and dad. Then nothing, but locking myself away in the stamp room!!

So I will see you all Monday with some new stories and some new creations!! Have a great weekend everyone!!

Mounting Un-Mounted Stamps

OK, since I said I was going to show you how I mount my stamps..I thought I had also better show you the correct way.
First off, there are many Stamp companies that are just selling the Rubber. Yes, it's cheaper for you to buy from them, but you still need to mount it right? So don't get confused.
Some of the companies I have gotten stamps like this from: MissyB, Mandarian Pixie, Stampin Bella. I know that there are more tho. GinaK offers them up both mounted or un-mounted.
I also know that The Angel Company is basically rubber but the foam comes with and you can use your acrylic blocks with their stamps. OR they have some blocks that are just 3/4" plexiglass.
When you order from a stamp company, you need to read directions FIRST!! Not after you get the rubber and you are wondering what the hey? If it comes as just rubber, then you need to order some sort of mounting foam.

I have found Cling Foam, Cling Vinyl and EZ Mount. You need to choose one of the three. Then using the adhesive side of the cushion, adhere it ot your rubber. Then carefully cut out your images. **this is the same as when you get SU! stamps now** Then those stamps can easily be clung to an acrylic block to stamp.
There are then also many ways to store them. You can get a binder and some STAMP AND STORE boards. I've heard people put them in CD cases. Whatever works for you.
Here are some pictures that might also help ------> How to Mount
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Now onto what I did. The first time I bought unmounted stamps was from Mandarin Pixie. I was testing the waters there. Well, of course I neglected to read FIRST!! So I ended up with some rubber and nothing more. How sad...I wanted to stamp!! So I searched and ordered some Mounting foam from Cornish Heritage Farms. Again, Katie neglected to read first. So this foam was for mounting on wood blocks, like in SU! Do I have wood blocks? No.

So since I figured that TAC sells plexiglass, and so does my dad, why doesnt' that work. I had asked him to order me some 3/4" plexiglass, but he didn't. No worries.
By now I had ordered some new Missy B sets and wanted to use them. This time I didn't need to read, I just knew, yet I was so excited that I forgot to order the EZ Mount. So, I decided to be cheap and use up my permanant stuff.

So I went to my mom, and together we mounted the rubber on the foam, cut it out and then she cut the plexiglass. It's only 1/2" but it seems to be working for me. As you have seen I was stamping up a storm with them!
Does this make me a Redneck stamper? Prolly so!

{RAKS - Send them soon!} I was MIA!!

As you know, the mail increase is next week. So start sending out RAKS's this week before it costs more!! Plus, it's nice to do.



I got this cute Crab Card from Dawn, who was asking for cards to send to the troop. I sent her a nice box full. Her hubby is then going to make sure the troops get them and can mail them back to their loved ones at home. Isn't that cool?




Also, I have been MIA for the last couple days. I've been working on ribbon, Mother's Day gifts, Teacher's Appreciation cards, and subbing most of the week.

Tonight I am pooped...my house looks like a tornado hit. I've been laying in the chair watching Grey's and now have things ready for tomorrow. *whew*

So prepare, I have a lot to blog about in the next couple days!!

Greg's Birthday Cards

Last Friday was Greg's big day. So I thought I would post some of the cards he got...well hand made ones! LOL..
This one is from my brother...
Yeah. I love you Matt...you are too funny. It's nicely embossed around the edge and I really love the picture. Maybe I need to send him some hand made cards.

This brown one is from chaikitty on SCS. She sent Greg and Birthday RAK after a post I had on there. Isn't that cool!!














The last one I have here isn't for Greg...it's for me! LOL...it's from Selina who won some blog candy awhile back. SHe sent me this as a Thank You!! She's so cool!!

More Mother's Day Cards and Radom Blogging

Here is one more Mothers Day card from the MissyB set. I liked the lil coupons that were in there and thought you really could use for anything. So be assured that I plan to use this set A LOT!! Ü

I just created a lil pocket and layered some paper on there. You are also prolly gonna see alot of this pp from TAC! It's just sitting on my table and I am using it up.

I used some scraps for the coupons themselves.

Random Blogging - Nothing real exciting, so if you don't want to be bored, you can leave now! LOL

Today I had to get up and make a Dessert Pizza for Teacher's Appreciation Week at school. It looked pale, but there were no kiwi's at the store. PO DUNK town!! Oh well.

Then RC and I went to the bank and set up some Pampered Chef stuff. I'm the Business in Focus for this week. Funny thing about PC and me. I was gonna back off for the summer. I haven't made my *Quotas* for the last few months and I was not really motivated to do anything. I'm not a real great salesperson. So I was going to back away and maybe re-evaluate things this fall. Well, the bank called as did a few others who wanted some orders. What does that mean? I don't know. I'll see what happens I guess but I just don't want to make the effort to really push it this summer.

I am going to Stamp Club tonight. It's a Salad supper which I need to finish..eek. We are doing pressed flowers. I'm kind of excited. Well, I'm always excited about Stamp Club.

I also have 2 more days of subbing. Period. I am so tired of it. The kids are so nasty and have no respect for me or anyone else. It's so sad. And again, I don't want to make the effort.

Am I just getting burnt out? Maybe. All I can say is that I want to pursue things that bring me joy. The rest I am tired of doing. LOL... Maybe I'm just being a whiner today.

Anyway, that was my rant for now. I better get my salad finished and dinner for the boys. I'll be back tomorrow...maybe refreshed after the stamp night, and to show you my pressed flowers, the way I mount my MissyB stamps and some creations!!

Have a good night!!

Another MissyB Card

I had to step away from the ribbon for awhile!! I started doing it wrong for starters!! Ugh. So we went for a walk to my friends house and now it's time for bed.

This idea was mulling around in my mind as soon as I saw the set...Mothers and Fathers. I wanted to add that circle M to the boxed saying. I am really excited with the way it turned out.

Stamps: MissyB Designs

Paper: SU! Cardstock, TAC pp.

Ink: SU!

Ribbon - American Crafts

On a Roll...

I have just been churning out cards like crazt this last week. I'm having a ball. And building up my Sell pile. {If you need any Mother's Day cards, you better holler now...they are going and I won't be making many more!!}

A busy week here with Subbing. Ugh...I am not really excited about it anymore. I believe this will be my last week.

I also just got a box of Ribbon!! YEAH!!! So now need to get it cut and ready to mail. Boo.. LOL... It'll be fun and Greg needs something to do while I am gone subbing.

Tomorrow is also Stamp Club...Double Yeah!! Mary is teaching us how to make Pressed Flowers for cards and we all get a Flower Press!! Mary rocks!!

As for this lil card, I got some Birthday Beauty's from the WISH RAKS on SCS. Had to get her colored and on a card. I'll probably save it for my stash. Have a lil girls birthday in July.

OK, off to make lunch. I'll be posting daily tho, b.c I have a lot of cards I've made, plus ones I've been RAK'd.

Movies

I guess if you have seen more than 85 movies, you have no life...So you are supposed to copy this and mark the ones you have seen.

Let's see.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease (many, many, many times!!)
( ) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints() Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
( ) The Princess Bride
(x ) AnchorMan
(x) Napoleon Dynamite - and I wish my mom would too!!
() Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x ) Scary Movie
(x ) Scary Movie 2
(x ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
(x ) American Pie Band Camp
(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
() Harry Potter 3
() Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer - I wanna be loved by you!
(x) Little Black Book
(x ) The Village - I LOVE this one!!
(x) Lilo & Stitch
(x) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
(x ) Signs - another love
(x) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre - ugh
(x ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(x) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
(x) Robots
(x ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( x) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt - mullets rock
( ) King Kong
( ) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
(x ) Final Destination 2
(x ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
(x ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
(x) Surviving Christmas
(x ) Flubber
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
(x ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
(x) The Whole Ten Yards
(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
(x ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask
(x ) Son Of The Mask
(x) Bad Boys
(x ) Bad Boys 2
(x) Joy Ride
() Lucky Number Sleven
(X) Ocean’s Eleven
( x) Ocean’s Twelve
( x) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
(x) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
(x) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
(x) Curious George
(x) Independence Day
() Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(X) E.T.
( ) Children of the Corn
(x) My Bosses Daughter
( x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
(X) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( x) She’s All That
( x) Calendar Girls
( x) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( x) The Terminator
( x) The Terminator 2
( x) The Terminator 3
( ) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X3
( x) Spider-Man
(x ) Spider-Man 2
( x) Sky High
(x ) Jeepers Creepers
(x ) Jeepers Creepers 2
( ) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
( x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
(x) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
( x) Swimfan
( ) Miracle on 34th street*
(x) Old School
( x) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
(x) Krippendorf’s Tribe
(x ) A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
(x) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin
( ) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
( ) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
( ) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(x) Base-ketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
( ) Highlander
( x) Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
( x) Monsters Inc
(X) Titanic
( ) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x ) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook -just yesterday!
(x) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x ) Waterworld
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 1
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 2
() Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
( ) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones - they ruined a good thing when they made these three!!
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
( x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
( x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
( ) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix: Reloaded
( ) The Matrix: Revolutions
() Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

Total: 126 out of 239

I have NO life..b/c I know there are more movies I have seen!! Yikes!!

I'm a crazy Mom

One of my finds yesterday was a Snow White costume and shoes for McKinley...yes, way too big but eventually she can wear it.

I should've known that RC would want to try it on. Sure enough, after getting dressed he came out with it on.

I'm going to do a scrapbook page...since David is wearing this shirt...he needs a new sister...RC isn't a good one! Then McKinley is the winner! LOL...

Note, can you see her shiner? Yikes. She fell off her lil bike on the patio last night and got that! No worries...she's a tough one! All smiles once I picked her up!

My third post of the day!!

Here I am again!! Three times today!!

If you missed the last one, make sure you scroll down and see my FrogBottom Stew recipe. It's yummy.

OK, so last week I finally got my rubbah from Missy B Designs. She had asked for some ideas on new stamps sets and one that I had been thinking of was a small box that you could add accessories too. I had it all layed out in my head, but I could not get it right on paper, so I shared it with her. She bought it and actually made a stamp set out of it!!! And it's so much better than I could've ever done!! So from now on my ideas go to her! LOL!!

Anyway, when you buy stamps from Missy B they only come as rubbah. So you have to mount them. I'll show you guys how I mounted mine tomorrow as long as you promise not to laugh at me. You'll know I am the real Hillbilly Stamper!!

Anyway, on to the cards I made...I was so excited to ink them all up! Of course I got the What is the Box? set. And I love it!! RC is a major truck guy so I had to make him this truck card...actually it's only the front so he can do whatever with it!!

But I thought how cute to make the truck bed actually dump the dirt! So I added a brad on there so the bed with tip. See the 2nd picture!!

Stamps: MissyB Designs

Paper: SU!

Ink: SU!

Other: brad, CTMH; markers, SU!

OK, no more posts today...we are going to watch a movie and hang out!! Oh, after I do the dishes....ugh!!

{A great recipe}

For Frogmore Stew. We got this idea from Home Made Simple.

When we first saw it we thought about our annual Labor Day trek on the Wagon Train...this would be perfect. But we wanted to try it out first, so we made it for Greg's birthday dinner last night.

It was perfect for everyone...no one complained even the kids....and us adults thought it was delicous!!

Frogmore Stew

By Allison Fishman

Serves 6 to 8

INGREDIENTS

1 cup crab boil seasoning, plus more for serving

3 pounds small red potatoes, scrubbed

1 1/2 pounds kielbasa, cut into 3-inch pieces

8 ears corn, cracked in half

4 pounds jumbo shrimp, shell-on or off

Mustard, for serving

Cocktail sauce, for serving

Lemon wedges, for serving

INSTRUCTIONS
Bring 10 quarts of water to a boil in a large pot fitted with a strainer insert. Add seasoning and potatoes. Return to a simmer, and cook for 15 minutes, or until potatoes are almost cooked through.
Add kielbasa and corn and return to a boil. Simmer 3 to 5 minutes, or until corn is bright yellow. Add shrimp and cook until shrimp are bright pink and beginning to curl, about 3 minutes.
Carefully remove strainer insert from pot, and remove to a large tray (to catch any liquid). Spill the whole pot of stew onto a newspaper-lined table (preferably outside), and serve hot with mustard, cocktail sauce, lemon wedges, and lots of paper towels.

This really is a great meal for outdoors...as you can see we just dumped it on newspapers on the counter and everyone dug in!

{Tis the season}

Garage Sale Season that is!! There were 2 last night and 8 today!! WOW!! Some were of cousrse, better than others, but we still came away with a lot of ....stuff. Good stuff too. I got McKinley the nicest lil Snow White dress up dress and shoes!! Yeah!! And she got a new lil ride on toy. The boys found some treasures and so did Greg. I forgot to add that Greg got the best deal actually. He bought a cell phone case and inside was one of these ear pieces that you can talk without hands. And it works like a charm!! How cool for 25 cents!!

There was also an auction...those are are Vices. We have another couple that we like to go to them with and we always walk away with treasures!! Which we did again today and it only set us back $38! I got this cool jar for my ribbons with a bunch of other things for $2.50!! Way cool. The boys found some treasures and my friend and I split some tiny lil glass bottles. Don't know what I'll do with 'em but they looked fun!!

So now I am pooped. Up too early and ready for some rest!! And it's not even 2 yet!! Man, we did good. Now we need to find a home for all these things. Ugh!

Happy BIRTHDAY to GReG!!

Yep it's Greg's birthday!!! yeah!!

Here is him and RC yesterday as they were headed out to play football!! I really think those helmets were made for kids, but whatever!



I thought for Family Friday I'd throw in some pictures of McKinley too. She was showing SO BIG, and then stuck out her toungue. But mostly she was playing with that pacifier. She doesn't use one, she just likes to play with them when she finds them. She's always pulling on them, and making noises. But mostly we were excited to find the RAIDERS one. Yeah, Greg's a Raider Fan....


Happy Birthday Greg!! I {love} you!

What year do you belong in?

You Belong in 1990

With you anything goes! You're grunge one day, ghetto fabulous the next. It's all good!

http://www.blogthings.com/whatyeardoyoubelonginquiz/">What Year Do You Belong In?

What a Better way to Spend A Blustery Day

Then stamping!!

Well, my To Do list is getting shorter - for today anyway! Good thing for the rainy day we were having too. And it was an AWESOME mail day!! I joined the WISH RAK on SCS and I've been getting Wishes Granted. Yeah me!! Today was a 2 envelopes full of Loads of Love. I now know that I need to get this set.

Jenn D. sent me 12 images and I needed 10 for an ATC swap I am doing. I had other plans but I was so excited to use these images. I colored them with my watercolor markers and my new Blender Pens. {My old ones were hailed out!} Then cut them out, mounted them on the Spring DP from the Mini and then on Barely Banana paper. Used the Slot Punch and added a brad. I so love these!! Aren't they cute?

The ATC swap was on Laura Leonards blog in case you are in it too.

I am also doing a Brown and ????swap on SCS. Well, I thought that Cameo Coral would look cute!! So I stocked up on it and Chocolate Chip...then realized I only needed 6 cards! Oh well, I love the colors!!

I used Delight in Life set, stamped with Regal Red (b/c I don't have a Cameo Coral pad...oops!) then stamped the border flower with Choc. Chip. I also stamped it on Moss and cut them all out and mounted on the WW cs. Then mounted on CC cs and tied some cute ribbon on. On the background I stamped the flower and sentiment with Regal Rose again.

I am excited with both of these.



In other news, David came home sick today and has a fever. I'm just hoping that it doesn't spread as we plan to leave town this weekend. Ugh!
Mom, McKinley and I are going to a shower tonight for a friend. I've got to make an early supper for everyone. Although three of the 5 of us as asleep right now. WOW!!

{Another Clipboard}

Here is another one of the cute clipboards I made. I am not really sure what I'll do with this one. It's a bit bigger than this one. I may save it for a gift...I have some birthdays coming up.

One of them being Greg's but I don't think he wants this. LOL...and I already got his present coming tomorrow! Yeah! We are also BBQing...ok, well, not really. We were going to, but there is the recipe we really want to try out. It's for Frogmore Stew. It looks really good. I'll post the recipe later on.

Today my TODO list is long. I have to clean up some messes that were made this morning. David got up way to early!! Then I actually have a fun list to work on in my craft room, a few things that need to get done today and some swaps that I want to get going on.

Then errands....have to hit the store to get things for the dinner tomorrow and a salad next week.

But I wanted to get this posted today. Have a good Thursday!!

{More PINK}

Here is the other PINK thing I made yesterday. My friend Wendy's brother is getting married and this weekend is their shower at church. So Amber asked me to make a book for them to write down the gifts. Oh man, my wheels were turning so fast I could hardly wait to get down there!!

I had some chipboard and covered it with the paper for the cover and the back. Then used the g from the Simon Chipboard and covered it with some Bridal shower paper. Then used ribbon from CTMH to finish it off.

For the inside I made some pages and used some old CM lined paper to write on. Super simple. That's what I like!!

BTW - it was beautful out yesterday so I had to take the pictures outside!!

{PINK is my favorite color...}

Have you heard that song? It's old, but I like it! **PINK is my favorite crayon***


OK, so back to PINK... That was the color challenge yesterday. Did I stamp anything PINK, no. But I made a couple PINK things.

This first that I'll show you is this. I have not really liked clipboards because I didn't see the purpose. But I found this at our LSS and I love them! They are so cute and little. And I've had these lil tags laying around for so long, note really knowing how to use them. So I picked the Profile one and wrote about McKinley. Now I need to get her Easter picture on there.

The papers I used were Sassafras Lass that I got at Scrap Happy KT, and the ribbon was from CTMH. So there is my PINK item!

Julie at Paper Pleasing Ideas also made a clipboard and she suggested that you could stand it up on the counter for a recipe holder! How cool is that!! So I am off to get more today to make one for my mom for Mother's Day. (BTW - if you click on Julie's name you can see the one she made!

The reason that Emily choose PINK was for Breat Cancer Awareness. Now I am all about that cause. My two wonderful aunts both are surviors. So it's very close to my heart. I also like the whole PINK-ness of it. And if you know I am a Pampered Chef Consultant, May is HELP WHIP CANCER month. And there is a slew of items available for that!!

Here is the Guest Flyer for May - https://www.pamperedchef.com/images/cc/us/pdf/gs_07may.pdf

If you would like to order you can email me - jstaskif@ttc-cmc.net Or contact your PC consultant. $1 from every PINK item you purchase will got to the Amercian Cancer Society to help in the education against Breast Cancer.

Life Preservers ScrapBook Club

My Home away from Home...ok, so online while I am still at home. I thought I would plug the site some.

I've been getting their monthly kits for maybe 3 years. I love them. There are so many cool papers, ribbons, brads, extras. It's just great. And they have Mega Kits, Kit Additions and sometimes Alternative kits, or you can get it all. Best of all....you can go month to month. If you can't afford it or don't like that months items, you can skip it.

There is also a great Message Board as to which I have been active for over a year. The gals there are just super and are always so supportive.

Life Preservers Kits

If you sign up tell them Katie S. sent you, Shellye knows me!! LOL... Oh and your first months shipping is always FREE!!

***STAMPIN UP RETIRED LIST***

OH Yeah...I got this from SCS...

http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/US_retiredstamps_NUMB_COLOR.pdf

Great, no working now, gonna be off marking up my catalog!!

ETA - Well, I didn't get to sit down right away.. I created some things first! Then I rewarded myself with a Pepsi ( I stole from Greg I know, I know!!) and sat down and went through the catalog. WOW!! There is so much that is leaving! Every page there was a set or more. And so many wheels. I have 5 sets I really want and a couple Jumbo Wheels. So I guess I better get to them. Either that or see what my friends have that I can borrow. You know how you need things and then later realize you don't. Well, I know that will never happen with these sets...I NEED THEM!!

{8x8 album page}

Did Monday just Zoom past you too? It always seems to be a catch up day from the lazy weekend! And I had some things to catch up on. Plus it was so beautiful here yesterday! We ended up walking to the park last night and letting the kids play for awhile. McKinley LOVED the swing. So does RC, but he's just crazy. David and Dad played some basketball. It was nice.

I was working on some different projects yesterday. Trying to get my cards together to sell, trying to come up with Mom's and Dad's day ones, and Grad cards. I'll probably be working on them more today too.

But I am also in some swaps. One on SCS is an 8x8 Baby's first year album. I picked October and I didn't want to go with the Halloween theme, just more Pumkins and fall. Just in case, you know. So this is what I came up with. I used the lil Pumpkin stamp, but I think he has too much color. He looks funny in real life, like he doesn't belong there. But I don't know. What do you think? Less Red?
I also made some other things, but I am going to try and enter them in contests so I won't post til it's over. It's just so stinkin' cute!!

I am off to get to work, see if I can't get more done today than yesterday. I also was assigned a project for a friend so I want to finish that. Yeah!! Ideas!!