I'm baaaaa-aaaack!

OK – Its been a very long time since my last post…like 2 whole months!!! So let me catch you up on a just a couple of things. I’m still having internet issues, but I’ve decided to hijack wireless access wherever possible until I can convince my hubby to break down and get HughesNet. The other day my hubby had to try and navigate our super-slow and totally unreliable dial-up and he realized just how aggravating it is. So I don’t think I’m too far away from getting a new system!


Lets see…what else is new?!? I’M PREGNANT! Yep, my hubby and I are expecting our first child at the end of August. The first few months brought all-day nausea and a ginormous cyst that put me on restricted physical activity. Needless to say, the restricted physical activity part really limited my time in the craft room. Actually it limited time doing anything other than sitting in the recliner, reading Stampin’ Success and doing word searches! But now we’re smooth sailing. I’m 18 weeks so we find out the sex in about a week and a half. Woo hoo!!

Considering this fabulous news, I thought that it was only appropriate that the first project posted after this little hiatus be a baby card! This is a project from the March Stamp Camp – Rock & Roll. Each project used on of Stampin’ Up!’s regular or jumbo wheels. This one uses the jumbo wheel Nursery Letters.


The Nursery Letters wheel was inked with my Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad and wheeled along the bottom of the card front. The patterned paper is Soft Sky Designer Series Paper lined with a ¼” border of Barely Banana and layered over the previously wheeled letters. The star image from Nursery Necessities was stamped with Certainly Celery on a piece of scrap paper and then punched out with my large star punch. The punched star is mounted on the scalloped square with dimensionals and then the scalloped square is layered on the card front with dimensionals. Inside I stamped “rock a bye baby” in Soft Sky.


I think this card would work as a congratulations card, a baby shower card, or even a thank you (once my little bundle of joy arrives)!

Drum Roll Please....

The winners are Jill, Nancy, and Dishaloo! If you guys will send me your addresses (aksimplesentiments@yahoo.com), I'll get your goodies out to you! Remember, its your turn to Pay It Forward! If you don't have a blog or website, then do something sweet for three special people in your life.

Thank you all so much for your sweet comments! This was so much fun, I might have to offer blog candy more often!

Blog Candy Pics

I promised sneak peeks at the Blog Candy that I'm offering up tomorrow - so here you go! The first is two packs of double-sided patterned paper (from the 2006 Holiday Mini), the second is a new spool of Whisper White grosgrain ribbon and white eyelets, and the third is the Christmas Simply Scrappin' Kit from last years catalog! I figured with the holidays around the corner, you guys might like some papers/embellishments that you can incorporate into your holiday projects. Each winner will also get a little something extra thats personalized. (Once the winners are drawn and the goodies are personalized, I'll post pics of them too!)

So if you are interested in snatching up any one of these holiday-themed items, then scroll down to the original Blog Candy post and leave a comment. I'll draw three names Wednesday night. And don't let not having a blog keep you from entering - even if you don't have a blog or a website, you can still Pay It Forward by passing along goodies to three lucky people in your life!

Blog Candy - Pay It Forward!

When I got home from my trip to West Virginia for my grandfather's funeral, I checked a couple of my favorite blogs to see what I had missed while I was gone. Turns out that I won some BLOG CANDY! Yay!!! Flossie from Flossie's Follies posted some Blog Candy (Pay It Forward-style) and I was one of the winners! Thanks Flossie - you made my day!

Now its my turn to Pay It Forward. Here's the deal: leave a comment on this post and on Wednesday (11/7) I'll randomly pick three winners. If I pick your name, you'll send me your address and then I'll send you some goodies (which I'll post pics of tomorrow). Then those three Pay It Forward by posting blog candy on their websites/blogs!

Check back tomorrow - I finally made my way back into my craft room and I have some goodies to share!