Saturday, December 12, 2009

nontraditional Christmas colors

If my buddy Pat hadn't been with me today, I'd have thought this card to be a perfect one to give her this Christmas ... if it had a little bit of bows and glitz?! My buddy loves pinks and this one fits that order in a big way, eh?!

Today's make-'n-take from Karen's, there are no deets to share today - all materials were supplied in the class.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

happy blogoversary Sheetload!


It's been crazy busy at work and I'm just dropping into a chair when I get home, but I WILL stamp again soon - honest! 'Til then, I'm blog trolling this evening and happened to check out the kind folkes at Sheetload ... and see they're celebrating their blogoversary by offering blog candy, some of which is pictured at left. So stop by, leave a comment, visit a spell ... and I'll talk at ya tomorrow!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

SU news, part deux

Blog-surfing this a.m. I happened upon some more sneak peeks of changes to come in January, pictured here. Interesting ... looks like ek success-styled punches in our immediate future, doesn't it?!

I'll be back with a card post later ... off to play!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

the blind side

A few friends and I went to see The Blind Side today and grab some eats afterward. If you're unfamiliar with the story, it's a docudrama based on the life of NFL offensive tackle Michael Oher. Tho' these types of movies are never 100% true to the facts, it was an interesting flick and I'd recommend it. I laughed. I cried. I laughed again. I'm a huge fan of Sandra Bullock, but my major fault with the movie is that it seems to be more a movie about Leigh Anne Tuohy than it is of Michael Oher; maybe that's to be expected tho'. And it was still t'riffic, maybe a 4/5 star rating.

enabler alert re color inc

Hi folkes! Just a quick stop to let you know that Donna Downey and the kind folkes at Color Incorporated have teamed up to offer some sweet blog candy on her blog - giving away each of their three products (a stand out, framed print, and gallery wrap canvas) to Donna's blog readers. All you've got to do is leave a comment on her blog post by 10 p.m. EST Sunday to enter.

SU news

Had you heard the news? Starting January 5th you'll be able to purchase SU stamps in your choice of wood or clear mount. The new clear mount stamps store in DVD cases made especially for them. They'll be cheaper than buying wood mount, tho' both stamps use the same kind of rubber. I'm pleased! I'd recently been debating removing my stamps from their original wood blocks and mounting them on cling vinyl, mainly for storage issues.

Friday, December 4, 2009

blog candy at JB's

Hi, it's your friendly neighborhood enabler ... checking in with a quick post before hitting the hay to let you know that Jenn Biederman of Created by JB fame is offering some blog candy, so stop on by some time between now and Sunday, December 6th! (so what are you still doin' here?! I'll catch ya later!)

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Operation Write Home

I mailed a package - this time with 44 cards and a donation to offset mailing costs - to the kind folkes at Operation Write Home this past week. They in turn will mail them to deployed service people to use to be able to write to their friends and family. OWH can use a variety of themed cards so I think it's good to occasionally weed thru the cards in our stashes and think of our heroes. If you've been making more cards than you can use lately, please think of them, won't you?!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

happy b'day SueS

I hang with a couple other Sues ... it made life interesting when we bowled on the same team some years back ... who's up? Sue? Sue? ... or the other Sue?! Or Barb, Debbie, or Laurie?! And another coincidence? When I was pregnant with my first born, so were Barb, Debbie, AND Laurie! And the same doctor from a group practice of three delivered both mine and Barb's babies, just 4 days apart! We were recommended to this group practice from different primary care doctors, however. What a grin, eh?!

But, back to the present - for Sue's birthday I decided that since it's December AND I recently purchased these cool self-adhesive candy dots (a.k.a. snowballs), a snowman birthday card was in order! My stamping buddies Pat 'n Kim 'n I recently took in a stamping show in Birch Run MI where I spotted these cuties and snatched 'em up. I stamped and embossed the snowflakes background, stamped and colored the snowman, matted the image and outside sentiment, and used a combo of Inkadinkado and SU stamps for the inside sentiment, which now reads "a little note on your special day ... the chill of winter is warmed by friendship. Happy Birthday." We're getting together to take in a movie this weekend and eats later where I'll be able to hand her the card rather than risk mailing these "snowballs." Heck, they could melt, y'know?!

stamps: Inkadinkado's picket fence, SU's It's Snow Time; paper: SU's Night of Navy, Whisper White; ink: StazOn Jet Black, SU's Dusty Durango and Old Olive, Tri-C watercolor markers; accessories: Pebbles' candy dots

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

NORAD Santa tracker

In its 54th season of tracking Santa Claus on his annual journey around the world, the North American Aerospace Defense Command annually provides a minute-by-minute update on Santa's travels.

The Web site - at www.noradsanta.org - features the history of the program, information on how NORAD tracks Santa, and interactive games - available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Tune in on or after December 1st to check it out!

Monday, November 30, 2009

happy Cyber Monday!

Had you checked out all the online wheelin' and dealin' going on this weekend? I did - at least on some of the scrapbooking offers out there! So, here's a quick post with a link to enable you all ... 'til midnight, or in some cases later ... compliments of the kind folkes at Craft Critique!

... and, did you ever wonder where the term "Cyber Monday" originated from, OR whether it truly IS the highest volume of online sales? Here's an interesting read for that as well! Enjoy!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

on family traditions

Ah ... family traditions, old and new. Mine (the "old" example) is to watch Miracle on 34th Street. Mark and Jessy's (the slightly "new"er example) is to watch Trans Siberian Orchestra's The Christmas Trilogy. We did neither this year - they forgot their DVD, I couldn't find either of mine (b&w nor colorized; tho' not to worry - they'll have sprouted legs and gone into Geoff's room, I'm sure!) of my fav, and my sis was in favor of watching Elf. BTW, the Elf CD has some t'riffic Christmas music on it!

I spotted this on the Web today and HAD to share - enjoy!