More information on New Stamp Pads

Check  out the new foam stamp pads with Shannon West from Stampin' Up! Hands down they are the greatest! What a nice image they create!
I hope you are having a great Memorial Day Weekend! Looks like we may get a little moisture again!

Flower Smooch Card

Another fun card using the Smooch Designs which will be available on June 1st when the new catalog comes alive!!! I used Daffodil Delight, Real Red and Tempting Turquoise cs along with some Smooch DSP! How fun!!!
I spent all day yesterday preparing for my May and June clubs! Wowser, does it ever take a long time to create cards and cut the paper. You would think I would be getting faster instead of slower. Today after church I planted the garden. It was my husbands idea to get some tomato plants, etc so we did that and came home and planted. I saw so many people I knew at the garden shop so was a fun trip!!! We also ran into my sister and her husband from Colorado as they made a stop and we were just coming out of the cafe for lunch so that was a surprise!
If interested in joining Stampin' Up! just let me know as it only costs $99 and you can choose $125 of anything of your choice in the catalog--like the Big Shot, MDS, downloads, etc! Then you can join our fun team. You can join for a business or just for your own pleasure and stay as long as you would like but of course I am sure you would stay after you see how much fun we have!!! There is still time to sign up for convention and join us on a trip of laughter and enjoyment!
I also have a couple openings in my clubs which meet on the first Monday of the month at 10 am, the first Tuesday of the month at 4:30 pm and the 4th Wednesday of the month at 6 pm. We make 3 projects and have a great social time!. Email me if you are interested in joining or want any details.
Have a great day!!!

Joe

This is the one of the newest editions to our place in April. This is Joe, a Border Collie  that has added a lot of conversation pieces to our day. He loves to ride in the Ranger when we check mares, cows or fix fence. He is dragging everything out of the garage and onto the lawn. What a fun puppy!!!!

Folded Card

This is a fun fold card that I cased from Patty Bennetts blog and we made it at our clubs. You start with a 8 1/2 x 11 piece of card stock and score vertically and horizontally in half. Then score at 4 1/2 inches with the new diagonal plate on the top right and turn paper and score again at top right. Turn paper over and fold paper up and then over > Decorate as you please!!
Wind, wind! That is what we had all day today so I got my books all caught up again! Yeah!

Vase Smooch Card

This is another Smooch Card made with the fun stamp set and all of the bright colored card stock, rhinestones and new ribbon! What fun this card was to make and all of the items will be available on June 1st unless you would like to become a demonstrator and then you can order all of these fun things and even get $125 worth of supplies for $100 by joining Stampin' Up! Email me if you would like to become a demonstrator or just go on to my website and Join Now!!! Would love to have you on our great team!!!

Benjamin

Our latest edition to our place--Benjamin! Benjamin was born from an embryo from a black mare and mothered by Paula. Just born yesterday and is very little. The embryo was a success so has been fun to watch!!! This colt is very small but will hopefully take off and grow!!! Paula has been a great mother!

Raining Flowers

Happy Mother's Day to everyone in heaven and on earth! Hope you are having the best day ever! We plan to have some family time and maybe do a little fishing.
The card today is made out of some new products from the 2012-13 Catalog. Can you find them? I used the stamp set Raining Flowers and stamped each flower four times and cut aound the image and then added dimensions to each layer. I also cut out the stem and leaves. (a little time consuming but well worth the time)
Products:
Floral Distric DSP 5 1/4 x 4 and 5 x 3 3/4
Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Primrose Petals, Whisper White
Stamp Pads:  Gumball Green, Primrose Petals
Scallop Oval Punch
Small Oval Punch (retired)
Rhinestones
Baja Breeze Pleated Ribbon
Scallop Edge Border Punch
Scissors
Dimensions
Sponge
Stamp Set: Raining Flowers

MDS 2 Coming Soon in 2012

This is some exciting news from Stampin' Up! Wow! Colored Stamps what fun with the MDS2

Melvin & Mothers Day Card

 This is a picture of "Melvin". He had a rough start but is doing well and home now from the clinic.

 Melvin is getting more active as now chasing a bucket around the pasture with his mom "Rita". The three colts are so much fun to watch as they play and explore!

 I made a Mother's Day Card with some of the new products that will be coming out in June in the new catalog. Can you see some of the new products? I used the new In Colors- Gumball Green and Raspberry Ripple and also the new Gumball Green Ribbon and the Floral District DSP! What fun this card was!! The new catalog is out and so many new ideas! Stampin' Up! is incredible!! I have been struggling some with my blog as there have been some changes and also added my pictures to Picasa. I love the program but it has been a struggle to get my pictures posted. I am starting to get it each time! Wow, life has so many changes!!
Had a great downline meeting on Thursday but never got pictures of the cards! Carol was so excited as she sent in her first order of MDS and got her cards back in a short time! They turned out so nice!!! How exciting to have her first project turn out like she wanted it! We laughed so hard at the meeting my gut hurt! I havent laughed that hard in a long time and it was so great to be able to laugh again!!!  Have a great day!

New Babies for 2012

This is some pictures of our new colts for 2012! The top picture is a filly that was just born today! The bottom picture is Frankie who was born in April. We are half done foaling now. I will try and get a picture of the other one this next week! They are so darling watching them run in the pasture by their moms.

Sympathy Card

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We made this sympathy card in my Stamp A Stack Sympathy class! Just love this stamp set as it makes such nice sympathy cards. Tomorrow I will try and put on the blog some pictures of our little colts. They have been so much fun but exhausting for waiting for them to arrive. I am not patient on mare watch anymore! We got all of our branding done and cows to summer pasture so that will help the workload a lot. I have received some new goodies for the new catalog and today my new catalog should arrive! Can't wait to see it in the hardcover as have seen it online and of course it is beautiful again!!!!
Have a great day!

New 31 Bags & Patterns

Just had to show you a couple of new bags I got in from 31 Bags!  So cute!!! The top one is the small utility Bag so just added some embroidery on it. The bottom one is thermal and like a knapsack! If you ever need any graduation gifts, etc just let me know. I am in the middle of making rhubarb pies and rhubarb cobbler. We are loading out pairs so it between I am trying to get some baking done!! Yummy rhubarb!!!

We made this scrapbook page in club this month by using Crumb Cake 12 x 12 card stock and different shapes and sizes of Brights Collection (#117155) Designer Series Paper. We also added the pennant punch (122361) in Tangerine Tango and Whisper White card stock. The letters smile were added to the pennants.This is a great generic page as you could make it into a birthday, child's, outdoor, etc page. It is also a great way to use your scraps of DSP as you could make the sections smaller or bigger. Have a great day!

Smooch Card

 This card was made with the Smooch Suite set and Daffodil Seam Binding. I just love the colors in this card as it makes one so happy with all the bright colors. The Smooch Set will be available again on June 1st when the new catalog will be out.