Coffee and Friends

Last week's winner is: testimonies of grace
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This week's prize is this fabulous wood mounted CTMH wood stamp set Happy Birthday. To win just leave a comment on this post and I will post the winner next Friday.

Today's card uses some retired SU paper that uses the colors So Saffron and Burgundy. I used my saleabration so saffron ribbon. The stamp set is Hot Stuff but instead of using the main image I used the coffee cups. The middle cup is paperpieced and the other two are colored in with copics. The sentiment is stamped in Burgundy. I added some brads on the bottom for a little interest. It's nice when a card comes out better than you expected!

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Think Green

I just love the colors in today's card. It uses this new stamp set from MFT Who's That Girl Goes Green. I was so lucky to still have this haiku paper from SU, now retired. The main image is paperpieced and the rest of the image is colored with copics. I also used some retired ribbon from SU.

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Today we are heading to a little local waterpark, should be fun. We went to a small zoo today, it was great. They had a small amount of animals, a carousel, a train and a decent playground so the kids had a blast!

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Bright true friend

Did I mention that we also went to the Circus? When I got back from SD and checked my email there was a coupon code for half price tix for the Circus for that weekend so I bought tix and we went. The circus was not what I remembered, it was a lot of fluff - but the kids didn't know any better and Ty really had a great time.

Today's card uses an old favorite of mine True Friend. I cased this card from someone on Splitcoast. It uses paper from Sale a bration 2 years ago, still getting milage on that paper. I stamped the flowers with white craft ink on baja breeze, green galore and regal rose and then cut them out. The main true friend image was stamped in regal rose and punched out. I adhered it to the card using dimensionals. I like how this is such a different use of this stamp set. I usually see it used with muted colors.

Today is the last random freebie day. If you would like a freebie from me please leave a comment on this post and then email me with your address. I will send freebies to the first 5 people who comment. You can comment until Sunday.

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Sweetest Stem

On our last day in San Diego we planned on going to the zoo but just couldn't face another all day affair with that darn double stroller so we opted for the merry-go-round and the train located at Balboa Park. Agove is me, Tyler and Lily.

Here is my sister, her husband and Tyler on the train. There was a large orange spider in my stepdaughter's seat and she stood up stomping in the middle of the ride in which I had to yell at her to sit down before she fell out.

Here is a pic of the three little cousins. Thank goodness for my Canon Rebel, that camera is the only reason why I was able to even get this shot. They woudn't sit still for nothing.

Another pic taken on the last day. On the way home we stopped by a playgym but we had to leave early because it was overrun with day camper! A fun but super fast trip.

Today's card uses tons of retired product. The base color is regal rose and I used regal rose ribbon and kiwi kiss corduroy button and ribbon. The stamp set is Sweetest Stem and the paper is rasberry tart. I do like these colors together! I have been doing a great job using up my retired papers but I will have to put them away to start using up some paper from last year and then of course the new paper for this year!

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Fanciful Favorites Blog Candy

Last week's blog candy winner was: Sequin
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This week's prize is this Fanciful Favorites stamp set, new! To win just leave a comment on this post and I will post the winner next Friday.

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Bunches of thanks

Well here is day two of my San Diego trip which was spent at Sea World. Fun but so exhausting. We busted out the double stroller - that sucker is heavy. We went on all of the water rides and only got to see the Shamu show but we got a 2nd day so hopefully we will get to see the dolphin show Blue Horizons when we go back. Above is a pic of Lily giving her daddy some love.

A cute picture of my coconut niece Kayla. That girl is even more active and rambunctious than Tyler.

One of the sharks that we saw, one of the cooler exhibits.

One of the many Shamu's. How do they get those huge creatures to do that?

A family pic with all 5 of us. Sea World was fun and we spent most of the day there but we had absolutely no energy to stay for fireworks! Back to the hotel and bed for us!

Today's card is kind of a wierd looking card in my opinion. Sometimes you take a stamp and try to make it work with certain dp for example and it just doesn't quite come out right. That's kind of what happened here. I used this retired dp from SU that uses summer sun and chocolate. So I decided to color my flopsey and his flowers in the same color. I think that I would've been happier to paperpiece the bunny. Anyway, sometimes you gotta experiment to find out what doesn't work!

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Movie Night

Well I finally got some time to talk about my little vacation. The first day in San Diego was pretty relaxed. We visited Coronado Island. Here we are at Hotel Coronada, we rented bikes and rode around. Really fun. The above picture is my sister, brother-in-law, niece and Lily.

We also visited the park at Mission Bay. Here I am with Lily climbing this rope, not as easy as it looks.

Here we are posing in front of the Bay. More pics this week!

Below is the card for the day.

It has been forever since I've been out to the movies. Instead I find myself sitting on the couch watching DVD's. Today's card is a fun use of some popcorn boxes that I had gotten as part of the MFT VIP kit. I cut down the popcorn box and adhered it to my cardstock with my stamped tickets. I stamped the main image on white cardstock cut it out and colored it in with my copics. I am most proud of my brown couch doesn't look like microfiber?

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Felt flower fun

Hi everybody, well it's cooled off a little here, it's actually very nice weather. Today's card uses very little stamping - just the sentiment up in the corner. I cased this from Inking Idaho's site. The vase is made using the ornament punch, I just snipped the bottom to make it more round. The flowers were made using the retired felt flowers from the spring mini. I also used the top note die and paper from the 12x12 paper stack from the same mini. It is so nice to use my stash. I have been stamping like crazy and stockpiling cards so that I have plenty for my blog when school starts. The next year is going to be crazy, my assistant's position was cut so I will be doing extra work and I want to still have things to post. I also want to start up again with my scrapbooking. I have fallen waaaay behind!

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Fruits Candy!

Last week's winner is: stampincathy!
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Today's card uses Season of Friendship and paper from the 12x12 paper stack from last year's mini. I used the SU top note die and the colors pink pirouette, chocolate and olive.

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Birthday Girl

Todays card uses this Birthday Girl stamp set from MFT and it uses retired Always DP. I paperpieced her dress and presents and colored in the rest of the image with my copics. I also used brown satin ribbon from SU. I really like the colors on this card. I think I'll save it for my sister's birthday.

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Going Places?

Today's card celebrates my vacation, going to San Diego for some family fun time! It uses MFT stamp set Going Places and some 4 year old dp from SU from my stash. I used the paper to paperpiece her dress and then used my copics to color in the rest of the image. The punch is SU as well as the pretty satin olive ribbon.

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In harmony...

Today's card uses a retired stamp set called Harmony. I stamped the flowers in clear ink and the butterfly is a sizzix die. I found this stamp set in the back of my stamp shelf and it was really fun to find a way to use this stamp set!

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Blog Candy!

Last week's winner is: JODI
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This week's prize is this fun receipe border stamp set from SU. To win just leave a comment on this post and I will post the winner next Friday.

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To You From Me

The card here uses Eastern Blooms and this bright and fun Maine Blueberry dp and old olive ribbon. The sentiment is a past hostess level I stamp set but I still use it quite a bit. I also used my neglected Top Note die.

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Red Eastern Blooms

Today's card is a simple one. It uses Eastern Blooms in a little bit different way. I stamped the flowers in white on riding hood red and cut them out. I decorated the middle with white pearls that I had on hand. The ribbon is also riding hood red. The white cardstock is embossed with dots . This is a case, I don't remember where but I just love how different the use of the stamp is here or at least different than how I normally use it.

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It's the thought

Today's card is a 4x4 card. I rarely do different sized cards, mainly because I like the standard cards for one thing I don't have to worry about having the right size envelope. This stamp comes from one of the new hostess stamp sets Its the thought. I used retired Love Always paper and regal rose cardstock and ribbon.

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Wishing you love

Last week's winner is: Bethany
Please email me with your address. This week's candy is this really fun CTMH fill in set. it comes with this blocked main stamp set and then other stamp sets that fit in the blocks. To win, leave a comment here and I will select a winner randomly next Friday.

I just love this card. It's a case and I can't remember the details so if you're the one I cased this from please let me know. I used some retired dp and this fabulous stamp set called For a Friend. The hearts were punched using the SU triple heart punch and the heart was colored in with a red copic and then I used stickles over it. The circles on the dp have rhinestones on them. The colors are tempting turquoise, chocolate and pink pirouette.

It's been a fun week. I took the kids and (my niece came too), this very cute little amusement park called Adventure City on Tuesday. It's like less than 10 minutes from my house and geared towards kids under 10. Tyler especially had a blast! We ended up not going to the fair last week- 95 is wayyyy to hot! We went on Wednesday which was the perfect day, very cool around 75 which was way better than 95. The kids had a blast, especially Tyler - he must have gone on the Goliath slide about 15 times, pretty good for a 3 1/2 year old! We stayed in the Kiddie Land area for about 5 hours which was much longer than we expected to stay. So when we left it was starting to really get crowded and the traffic home was not so nice! But we might try and go again before the fair ends.

Happy days!

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