More Shares

Gees, I have a heck of time getting here to post. Need to get my ducks lined up again. Lately they just wander all over. I do have all my swaps mailed out and just about done with all the little books I had to stamp in. Have 2 to make and their all gone. Started sewing yesterday, need to really get busy on that or I won't be doing any bazaars this year.

I said I had some exciting news, so here it is. I put in for a Site Manager job for the afterschool program at the High School and got the position at North. I'm so excited to be working with 1st and 2nd graders. Have some ideas I want to try and a great staff to work with. Now just wish me luck that these ducks line up.

Guess I better get to sharing. The first card is the Vellum card. I really like this card and got the idea from my friend Lanae. The back ground is Navy blue cardstock, from my stash. With 2 layers of vellum with torn edges. The top on is embossed in gold. The stamp is retired from Close to my Heart and one of my favorites. It's very simple but elegant.

The second card is the one with Flowers. These are the one you get in the jars. I used Goldrush cardstock as my background, they layered a piece of creme bulee that was run through the Cuttle Bug using the writing plate. The flower on the bottom is yellow with Goldrush tips, the next flower is a lighter yellow with Goldrush in the center, the last flower is a creme bulee with a Goldrush brad used to hold them together. The cardstockused for the Thanks is Sunflower. All Close to My Heart paper.

This was a great swap for using things that don't always get used or you forget you have. My challenge to you is to find something in your stash and make a card around it. Until next time.

Hugs,

Bobbi

2 Shares today

Yesterday was a pretty laid back day. Got another Homer from my little books in the mail. Now I have 3 to share.

Todays share is still on the Stuff Swap. I do have to say when you start using up stuff you have in your stash, it's challenging. I had the hardest time with the Button one, so hope you like what I came up with. The base paper is Goldrush, it's brighter in person. I stamped the fish bowl in Black and the inside water in Heavenly Blue. The fish was stamped in Black and colored in Gray Flannel with Goldrush on the scales. Everything was cut out and placed on a light blue mulberry paper. The button are the bubbles in a light blue. Once you get the idea go with it. I start out going to make a candy type bag and fill it with buttons, but it didn't look in real like it looked in my mind. I suppose most of you will know what I'm talking about.

This next card was a little easier on my brain. I started looking at what I had for stickers and ran across these rub-ons. The frog is stamped with Topiary. The cat tails are colored on the stamp then stamped. All inks on both cards are Close to my Heart. The papers are from some tablets I got for Christmas. Back to the card I used the curly-q as the frogs tongue making it look like it was after the dragon fly.

I've really had fun working on these cards. Yesterday, I started a new swap. It's a technique swap using a technique from the Technique Junkies Newsletter. Hoping my cards turn out like I want, so far they look cool, just had to check and see if I could tweek the technique a little as it wasn't working using what they used. Until tomorrow enjoy the day as it's a little warmer. Have a safe weekend.

Hugs,

Bobbi

Card Share

Try as I might I've had a heck of a time finding time to share. I've been busy trying to get my gambling books in order, I'm still working on it and looking for stuff to finish my reports. I gave 2 TIPS classes last week, was wonderful. Made a trip to Wenatchee for one. Was a hot trip, the next day it cooled down 30 degrees. It's still fairly cool now, suppose to warm up to the 80's for a few more days.

I've been busy making cards for my swap and doing pages in little books. Got 2 homers, so will try and get them shared later. For today I'm sharing another card in my 6 card swap of buttons, ribbon, brad/eyelet, flowers, stickers/rub-ons and vellem. This one is my ribbon card. The stamp set is called "Who Love you". It's done with Clover Meadow, Chocolate and Desert Sand inks. The ribbon is from Walmart. The background papers are Clover Meadow and Crystal Blue. The saying says "just because". I think it turn out rather good. Until you start to do a swap like this, you don't realize how hard it is to figure out what to do. Believe it or not I have the whole swap done as of today. It will go in the mail tomorrow. Then I'll be working on a technique swap. Haven't figured out what I'm doing for it.

Next week I have a big secret to share, so be sure to keep up with me. I'm very excited about it. Until tomorrow, have a good evening.

Hugs,

Bobbi

Hopefully I'm Back

Life has been busy for this old girl. Summer school is over for this year. Was a great experience. Hoping the fall session is as interesting. I'll miss the kids that came to the program this summer. They were a kick. Our last day together was a blast. We went to the Waterslides, this was a first for many. They had a great time.

Now it's back to life as we know it. Tonight is our yearly BBQ for friends. Have a salad to make and straighten the house and I'm ready, hoping the weather cooperates. Has started to cool down. Was 100 on Wed. and 80 yesterday.

I have had some time to make some cards for one of the Swaps I'm in. It's kind of a cool swap. We make 6 cards, each one different. One needs buttons, one eyelets or brads, one ribbon, one rub-ons, vellum and flowers. The one I'm sharing today is for the eyelets. The stamp set is from CTMH called Little Boys. I colored the train with markers on the stamp so I could have two different colors. Mostly this is showing the ways to use these different items. I'll share another one tomorrow.

CTMH will be dicontinuing all the stamps sets in Feb. and come out with all new papers and stamps. These will be good for the next year. The catalogs will be coming out twice a year instead of 3 times. The fall and winter catalog goes live to customers on Sept. 1. They have a lot of new stamps and papers.

Until tomorrow, have a great day.

Hugs,

Bobbi

I'm Back

Hi All, I'm back, sorry I've been totally busy. Summer school started 2 weeks ago and I'm having a hard time keeping up. I'll share my experiences as we go. I did finally find time the other day to finish a swap from the first of July. I'll not be joining any in Aug. because my time is limited.

Summer school started on July 19. As you know I was Site Manager for the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. I had 27 students registered of which only 23 showed up on the first day. I also had 3 teachers. One teaching Science, one for Readers Theater and one for Drama/Music. The classes were divided into 9 students each. The first day I had more parents call in and want their children to join, which was fine by me, we had a limit of 40 students. Things really started to pop then. Some of the students registered didn't show up and alot did. I finally got it figured out and got the classes set up. Two of the classes did what I was told they were going to do, the other didn't. It was at this point I knew I was in trouble. I can shoot from the hip so here I went, Oh! My God! It was a total disaster. The teacher didn't have a clue. I may have screwed up, but I let her do her thing. The kids weren't happy and I can't say I was. I finally called the head boss and she said to hire a helper. I was very lucky and found someone that had music in their background. She started today. She and I had a very good visit. I think maybe this class maybe saved, for that I'm very thankful. We have our first field trip on Friday which is for Science. We will have Watermelon at the end to see whom can spit the seeds the farthest. Great game if your a kid. Our next project is a Open House with music as the core. The kids will sing, "Under the Sea", and do a couple of rap songs by the new person. Then for the very end we will go to the water slides for all those attending 18 days. I really look forward to this as some of these children have never been this far from home or to anything like this. I maybe selfish about this but I love to catch the expression of these children that have never been to anything like this. These make the greatest memories for these children.

My share today, after a long absence is a card for a yellow swap. The daisies are cut out and put on. They also have liquid glass over the coloring. The stamp is a retired one from CTMH.

Hope I didn't ramble to much, come back again.
Hugs,
Bobbi

Still on Vacation

This has been a busy vacation. All fun and not much work for us. Chuck mowed Kim's yard so we could make a baby blanket for one of her friends. We actually got 2 backs done but only one totally finished. Went to friends one night for dinner and games. It was a lot of good food and a more laughs.

We took off to Fallon the next day. Stopped and had lunch in Lovelock and a great Bar-b-q place, at least it used to be great. They didn't have a cook, we had cabbage salad and Tri-tip sandwiches, they were ok. Back on the road again, we went about 5 miles and Kim & I had a blow out on our tailer. Of course we had no spare. Chuck & I set on the side of the rode while Carl & Kim found a tire. Cost double cause the tire shops are closed here on Sat. Carl's car is Charger, he runs in the super pro class. This class is for cars that do about 180 mph in 1/8 of a mile. He did about 144 mph on his runs. He started to fast and went out in the first round. This is his first year driving this car, so they are still getting used to each other. He's raced the Duster before.

Talk about hot, it's been in the 90's and 100's. It cools down at night. Kim's car is a 1970 Duster, she runs in the Pro class. The picture is of her do a burnout before her run. She went out in the 2nd round. We enjoyed watching everyone race. We all camped at the track for the night. One of the gals, made soft shell tacos for everyone. We took chips and dips. Rose took birthday cake for those having Birthdays in July. The racers are a fun bunch of people and support each other in everything. We made alot of new friends and renewed some friendships with others. It's been a great 2 weeks. Just so everyone know, Nevada isn't only about gambling it's about fun people and trying new things. We've done some gambling but have spent alot of time just doing fun stuff. It's back home on Wednesday for rest and work and saving up to do this again. If your on my facebook check out more of my pictures. Thanks for stopping back, I'll be back to cardmaking and scrapping next week. Have a lot of pictures to do up. Come back again.

Hugs,

Bobbi

Vacation fun

We're still on vacation. Had a really nice trip down. The weather was warm but tolerable, going home might be a different story. Spent the end of the week just messing around. Went to a bar-b-q on Sat. night. Was nice to see some old friends and make some new ones. Sunday we went to Reno. Got our motel room and went down to the street fair. It was a chicken wings cook off. They had a lot of boothes and some pretty good wings. Anywhere from not so spicy to very. Rose bought me a new hat for the ballgame as she didn't like the one I had. I'll share a picture when I get to the ballgame. We went to the parking garage for the fireworks. They shot them off over the ball park. Some very pretty ones. Was just like when we were younger sitting on the tailgate drinking beer (except I don't like beer). Then we did some gambling and headed to bed. Monday we ate and headed to the ballpark. Walked about 2 blocks, got there at 11:00 and stood in line until 12:05, each of us got a bar-b-q set that said Acers. Their the AAA team for the Arizona Diamonds. It was a real good game. We almost got hit by a foul ball, the game a row up and behind us caught it. Here's out ballpark picture. The only bad part about my hat is it didn't cover my nose, so it got redder. Our arms burnt, but are turning brown now. We spent Monday shopping, that was fun. Our next adventure will be the car races this weekend. Then we'll be heading for home. Today, we're making aprons and baby blankets. I'll share when we get one made.

Thanks for coming by. Stop by again and see what silliness I'm up to.

Hugs,

Bobbi