You can't have a rainbow without a little rain

Bright colors make me so happy!  I guess they just remind me of sun and summer and all things good.  This card is chocked full of them too!  Again I am using a Lawn Fawn stamp as the main image and the sentiment comes from Pink Cat Studio.  I really wanted to use a different sentiment that said, "You can't have a RAINBOW without a little RAIN."  But I don't have that in stamp form and no printer at home, so couldn't make it on the computer.  I used this one instead and although the raindrops and umbrella contradict it, I think it has a pretty sunny feel, especially with the bitg sun shape as the  backdrop.

This card is based on a sketch from Papercrafts Magazine.  They are having a sketch challenge over at Moxie Fab World right now, featuring this sketch and others.  I was so intimidated when I first saw this sketch, but then it just came to me.and I feel pretty happy about it.  Like I said, just the colors perk me up.

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Enjoying Lawn Fawn

Have you checked out Lawn Fawn stamps?  They have some super cute stuff!  I've been having fun with a few sets I bought.  They don't have them in my neck of the woods though, but I found some when I was visiting one of my besties in MN.

Speaking of woods, we took Sophie on her first camping trip in July and she loved it.  Here is a page I made of her and Grandma while camping.  Oh and how cute they matched! I loved using my new Petite Pendant Punch from SU! for the banner since they are so fun, and I used a Hero Arts alphabet for the letters.

This next one is just a silly card I made with the LF porcupine stamp.  The have a sentiment in that set that says "I pine for you!"- I changed it and put "I PORCU-pine for you!" on th inside. :)

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Decisions, decisions, decisions...

I have spent the last 6 months hemming and hawing and have finally come to a decision, I am no longer going to be an SU! Demonstrator.  Technically I am, for the next four days, but after that I will be no more.  I can't tell you for certain what made me come to this decision, I absolutely love SU! and their products, but...the time for change has come.  I suppose this has actually been transpiring for some time.  it was a hard decision and I will miss it, but it is time to focus on new things and I am going to think of it as an opportunity.  I will still be crafting, because that is the part I really loved, so don't expect all the lights to go out on you, I will just be using a wider variety of products with no affiliation to anyone.  When I was thinking about this yesterday, as another opportunity came up to continue my demoship but at a lesser degree, I came accross this quote which I quite liked:

"Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress."

~Bruce Barton

So there you  have it, I am moving on to the next stage in the evolution of my life.  I hope you'll come back and visit and have some fun with me.  I'll still love getting your comments of encouragement and suggestions.

Just so this post isn't all seriousness, I'd like to share the card I gave my Mommy for Mother's Day. :)

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I'm Ba-ack!

Did you think I was never coming back?  Well you are not so lucky, I am here.  I have been very busy with work, outside obligations and more.  Not to mention that I had misplaced my camera cord for about 1.5 mos.  I finally found it though and am soooo happy about that.  I didn't really want to go through all the online ordering from the camera company for a new one.

So not that I am here I am not sure what to update you on since it has been so long and so many things have happened... my little girl got her first stitches, we took her on her first camping trip, I took a trip to visit one of my BFF's in MN, the summer in Seattle is making me depressed, etc....so I won't, I'll just give you my card and the process by which I made it.

This card was for a friend's wedding shower at work.  Her wedding theme is blues and some green's and some hydrangeas (her fave).   This card, was fun and took me quite a while to make.  It is 6X6, I usually make work cards this large so the whole office can sign them.  Obviously, I found some beautiful hydrangea DP which is what inspired me.  I ran the Marina Mist through my Elegant Lines embossing folder.  For the center hydrangea I used my Because I care stamp set from SU!.  I stamped it with brown Staz On onto some watercolor paper.  I then took various blue and green inks (Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Ballet Blue, Pacific Point, Certainly Celery, and Wild Wasabi)  starting and applied them with my blender pen.  I started with the lights and went to darks until I was satisfied with the colors.  Then I used some blue and grreen stickles to highlight a few areas on the flower.  Once all was dry, I cut it out, tied a little twine around the bottom and assembled the card. 

In conjunction with a few other crafts that were made for the shower, it was cute and fun.  She liked the card and I hope you do too.

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Have you heard the one about...

...the family of tomatoes walking down the street and the little one lags behind and his dad says, "Ketchup!"

Hehe!  I have many years of kiddie jokes to look forward too with Sophie.  Right now she likes to say, "see you later alligator" and the like.  I can only anticipate the years when she says to me, "Mama, how do you keep a skunk from smelling?  You plug it's nose!"  I had a whole book full of these when I was young.

today, I am hoping to "ketchup" on some posts I have been meaning to do for a while.  I am sorry for being absent, I've just been a bit busy and haven't had time.  I am here now though, with several cards to show you. :)

First is a very simple sympathy card I made just last night.  Not much too it, but I really love how the Cherry Cobbler just pops out.

The second card is a Thinking of you card I made for a co-worker who was sick recently.  I am in love with these little flowers and can't wait to stock up on more of them.

I have a more cards to show you but I may just save them for tomorrow or another day.  I don't want to post them all in one day.

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The one I forgot

Tib-

This post is for you, the one I forgot in your packet.  BTW, saw the video and LOVE it!  Especially the part where you say hi to me twice. :)

Edited 8/24/11 to add: 

Moxie Fab World is featuring some  awesome  sketch challenges this week.  The sketch posted today (shown below) is the sketch that inspired me to make this card.  I think I orginally thought of submitting it to the magazine but didn't.  I decided to give to my friend Tirzah, which I still haven't done, shame on me!  I promise I will!!!!  So since I didn't submit it then, how about doing so now for the sketch challenge. :)  I have another one from this week that I did too and hope to get it up today.

Thanks again for stopping, hope you enjoyed.  TIB I WILL GET YOU YOUR CARD AND THEN SOME- PROMISE! :)

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A GINORMOUS Thank You!

A few months back I saw some advertisements for the MS Walk in Seattle.  I thought to myself, I should do that.  A few weeks went by and I didn't sign up but then I saw that it was MS awareness month and was reminded.  Finally, I signed myself and my family up as a team.  I have MS and thought to myself, "if I am not going to fight for my cause, who will?"  We only had a few weeks to raise money, so I made our initial goal $250 dollars, not much, but it seemed do-able. 

Now I want to tell you what we actually raised...$2,430!!!!  WOW!  What a generous group of people I know!!!  Can you believe that?!?  There is actually still time to donate if you are interested, check out our Team Website here. 

What is even better is that I had about 5 friends sign up to walk with myself, my husband and my daughter.  They were willing to take time out of their weekend to walk with us for this great cause.  So kind.  When the walk finally came and I showed up to meet with my team, I was so suprised to see ~20 extra people there with Team Katie shirts on!!!  Of course I cried, I couldn't believe the love and overwhelming support.  I can't imagine being so lucky to have so many wonderful people in my life!

I've only made about 45 (2/3) of the thank you cards I intend to make so I have a ways to go, but I want all of those people who donated and/or participated to know how thankfull I am.  Here is a look at the cards and a picture of team Katie.

Thank you all so much!!!!