Crafty Me - Welcome Little One

New Baby Boy Card

Ok so I have improved my card making skills A LOT since my first post when I first started "Stampin' Up". One of my coworkers asked me to make a card for her to give to someone (I forget who) that is having a baby boy. Here is what i came up with!

This is called a "Slider" Card and I got the idea from a YouTube video. I put the link on my Pinterest page. Check it out here.

The top is the card closed and the bottom is the card when you slide it out (using the ribbon) to the right and reveal the rattles.

I think it's cute! Wish I had more supplies to make this kind of stuff, but I think I did pretty good with what I had and thanks to another coworker who let me use her stamps!

Let me know what you think!

I'm Stampin' Up!!!

HELLO WORLD!!!

So I have picked up another hobby...CARD MAKING! I have my co-worker to thank because she invited me to a Stampin' Up card club and I was hooked instantaneously! Bought $120 worth of supplies to get started on my FIRST night!

How it works is you find a Demonstrator and either go to their house or you can host at your house. Mine comes up with the ideas for 3 cards and we just made them using her instruction. We pay $12 and get 6 cards (2 of each) and the envelops to go with them. If you order while there, she even gives you half off of the club price so it's only $6!

We have card club this Friday night and I am super excited to see what she is going to have us do! I love these clubs because you get to try out tools and techniques and see if you like it. I used a few tools last time that I added to my Wish List and I plan to purchase SOON! I love using my imagination so this is wonderful because others get to share in my creativity. You can also make other things, not just cards, but I am just getting my feet wet!

Here are some I have done on my own just to practice and see what I can do! Sorry if it's a little blurry....

I will also be adding my crafts here on Pinterest

You can check the Stampin' Up website out here and get started yourself!

Cool and Creepy Products

I am not sure if these things are in mass production, but I found this site that has a bunch of "Bizarre and Unusual Product Designs", some of which I thought were cool and would actually buy if I found it in a store! On the other hand, there were some that I thought were creepy or pointless lol. The one above was my favorite. I don't like milk, but I would buy it! See some of the other ones below.

Cool

Invisible Chair

USB Typewriter

"iRetrofone"

Dell Flipping Tablet

Bathroom Sink Aquarium - this one is borderline..

Creepy

Blood Bag Energy Drink...gross

Pillow Hands...not sure how I feel about this

I am not even sure what this is suppose to be, but it's creepy...

What other cool or creepy products have you seen or heard of?

StandOut Ads - Nemo 2

Not funny! I hope no kid ever sees this ad! LOL

No Pookie...Just Sanchez!!!

Above is the new love of my life. Well...I have had him for 4 months now, but it still feels new. His name is Sanchez and he is 5 1/2 months old (pictured above). He is a Husky-American Bulldog mix and is such a joy! He is the sweetest dog ever and loves everyone so makes it easy to take him places. I don't worry about him attacking anyone or even any other dogs. Honestly, it is usually other small adult dogs that like to bark and growl at him and he just sits there looking at them like they are crazy. I am so happy I was able to get a dog now that I moved and am home more. I still travel, but most of my travel is drive-able so I can stay at pet-friendly hotels and take him with me. See below for more pics starting from when I got him at 8 weeks.

I'M BACK!!!

I'M BACK!!!

So after a 7 month hiatus, I have returned to my blog!!! It has been rough to get into the mindset to blog after I went back to work following my surgery and subsequent medical leave. Between working and all of the changes in my life (more on that in upcoming posts!), I will admit I just did not feel like blogging. My bff and fellow blogger Lala has been bugging me for months to get back on it and I always said the same thing..."I will as soon as things settle down." Well days turned into weeks and weeks into months and now finally here I am. Lala started a new blog about health and fitness and I started to think dag I miss blogging! I have been keeping up with other blogs, but just have been neglecting my own. It may be a slow start since I have to try and fit this in with working almost 13-15hr work days for the next couple of months, but we will see how it goes. I have a lot to share so finding things to write about in the beginning will definitely not be a challenge. I look forward to getting back to it and if it's only to help get some stress relief from writing, I am fine with that. So stay tuned this weekend for some new posts!!!