Birthday Set!

I really love this new stamp set I got from SU. PP is from Making Memories and I used my QuicKutz embossing folder I got from DCRU on the blue. I added googly eyes to the animals for fun! Can't wait to put this set of 3 in my etsy shop! Why might I showcase a birthday set??? Maybe because Friday is MY birthday! WOO HOO!

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Cutting Above

HSN/Provo Craft Gypsy launch on September 24th starting at 12 AM. Be sure to DVR or TIVO the show if you will not be home to check out all the coolness. Also check out the new blog Cutting Above.

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Personal Request

I am posting tonight to request prayers of strength from those of you who would care to do so. September is a hard month for me. Not because my birthday or anything, but because 4 years ago the 28th I lost my little brother and I am having a really hard night tonight. Just hit me as I was putting my little guy to bed. All of a sudden I start remembering every detail of the night in the hospital after his wreck when I got to go in after he already passed and hold his hand and say goodbye. I have cried for about 2 hours straight tonight b/c I felt like I needed too. Over the next week or so, you will probably get a few more of these requests as the devil loves to remind me of all the reasons I should be mad, upset, and angry with God for taking a wonderful 18 year old from this earth, from me. I know God has a plan and I HAVE to have FAITh in Him. Without my faith, I don't know if I would have gotten out of bed on the 29th, or 30th, or 1st. or ever. Some of you may not be a believer and I am sure you have your reasons, and I respect everyone's beliefs, but for me, I HAVE to have faith. I don't have Matt, aka Bubba, so Faith is all I have. Faith, memories, pictures, and his namesake, my Matthew. PLEASE say a special prayer of protection from the enemy and STRENGTH for me. Blessings. - SJ

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For a Gracious Hostess!

I love little gifts! I made this to give to my aunt who had the family over for a Labor Day Cookout. It's also my work for the Tuesday challenge at Die Cuts R Us. Check out the challenge HERE! Join In!

I added chocolates in the box which is an old Stampin Up Stamp box that one stamp came in! Add some paper, embossing, pretty ribbon, tag, and stars and WAH LAH! Anyone have any great suggestions for hostess gifts? I love new quirky ideas! Maybe it's something you have given or have received! (Mind you that I come from a country family and I never knew you took hostess gifts until I moved to the "city" lol. Our form of hostess gifts was a side of hash brown casserole, potato salad, or macaroni and tomato to go with dinner!

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Housekeeping and Birthday Card!

Couple of housekeeping items first. Spots still available for stamped image swap. I will be taking signups until the postmark date of Sept 30th. See the top of my blog for details. Card swap girls- be sure and postmark cards by the 30th as well. If you are particpating in both, you can mail them together!

2- SaraBeth. You are amazing. I received my PIF gift from her, and it is crazy cool. I will post pics soon! You are awesome! (On that note, I have been working on miue one at a time, so if you were on my PIF list- I am working on it and have sent one out already!)

3. Just wanted to share this little card I made. I realized on the way to giving it the other day that I hadn't taken a picture to share! AH!.loo . So yes, at a redlight, I put it on my dash and took one! Papers and chipboard are Sassafras and I am IN LOVE with them more than life itself right now. The stamped image is SU and I got it in a stamped image swap! I colored it using my Copics from Die Cuts R Us. Enjoy!!!




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Recycle!

Who doesn't love fun new embellies? Try some cardboard, die, spray paint, crimper, and brad and you have : WAH LAH! I use priority mail boxes that I have received product in to make these. I hate throwing the boxes in the trash!! Don't forget to check the top of the blog for the links to the blog candy, freebies, and swaps!!!!

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Tutorials

Hi all! I have gotten several comments wanting to know about the fabric and felt flowers I used on the card I posted earlier today. I used my Cuttlebug with Sizzix Dies to cut them! Anyone want a video tutorial ?? I am thinking about maybe doing video tutorials on things like this. So, if you are interested in some video tutorials, leave a comment with different things you'd like to see, know, me to show, etc! If I don't know how to do, I'll try it for the both of us!

FYI- If you are tkaing part in a swap, I have the links posted on the top of my blog to make it easy to find the details. Once I get your package- you will see it marked! Stamped images swap is still open!

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FREE FUN!

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Quick Card and Reminder

A fun lil card. A little wild, but so what! I wanted to use my new QuicKutz Embossing folder I got from Die Cuts R Us. I also made the felt/fabric flower and sewed a button on the middle. After I embossed the cardstock I turned my Chlak Ink pad over and hit the circles, then inked the edges and then held it in front of my room heater to set it! Add a ribbon, the feltie, and done!

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Swappy McSwaperson :) UPDATEDTuesday 9/16

Stacie said it best: "What a great way to get a bunch of new images without having to buy them all!!!" JOIN US! (Read more: HERE)

Here is an updated list of who I have in for the Stamped Image Swap so far: LIST OF THOSE WHO ARE IN SO FAR:
Yvette
Dana - Got them!
Mary - Got them!
Ms. Cheryl

Karen
Sheryl
Amanda - Got them!
SJ - Got them!
Jana
Stacie

Nicole

Tanya

Raegan

Crystal

WHO'S NEXT?

Spread the word on your blogs too!!!

Just liink to my post HERE for details!!!

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Earth Love- What do You Do?

How cute are these birds. Seriously! I took a couple minutes the other night to make this pair from the new Earth Love by Cosmo Cricket. I got my paper and my chipboard accents at Die Cuts R Us. Seriously, the line is adorable. Full of birds, butterflies, mushrooms, flourishes, flowers, and more. You should check it out. Sp, sspeaking of the Earth, tell me what you have done to Go Green. I really haven't met one person who hasn't changed something! Share!

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Stamped Image Swap! **UPDATED 9/10!!

I know I already posted today, scroll down for that, but someoen emailed me with a fab idea and I wanted to pass it on! A stamped image swap! If you are already a part of my card swap, you can combine the two and send them together and get yours back together. If you aren't in the card swap, you can just do this one! Here is how it works- you stamp **USING STAZ ON OR MOMENTO TYPE INKS (this prevents smearing best for watercoloring or copics)20 of your favorite stamps- quotes (avoid simple quotes everyone has like Happy Birthday and such) , pictures, whatever stamp or stamps you have that YOU LOVE onto white cardstock squares or rectangles, **LEAVE AT LEAST AN INCH BORDER AROUND IMAGE FOR CROPPING**. Place them all in an envelope (include a stamped selff addressed envelope inside) and mail them to me, you will get 20 stamped images from others back! I know a lot of us have so many stamps out there, what agreat way to share your favs or soem you don't use much and get some cool ones back. I am SO going to use some of the new stamps from the SU mini catalog for my set!!! And to make this deal a bit sweeter- I will randomly draw one participant of this swap to get a FREE stamp when their package comes back to them! So, cut some squares, stamp and let's swap! Comment if you are interested in joining in!!! **PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU IMAGES ARRIVE SMEARED YOU WILL GET THOSE IMAGES BACK AS PART OF YOUR 20. Please only send images you would want to receive and make the quality of your stamping fab! Email me with questions and I will respond with my shipping address!!!!

LIST OF THOSE WHO ARE IN:

Yvette

Dana

Mary

CraftPrincess

Karen

Sheryl

Amanda

SJ

Jana

Stacie

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A Lil Something Inside & Out :)

A card makin fool the past few days :) Nothing fancy here. Just some Lime Rickey by BG and some SU cardstock I embossed with one of the new QuicKutz embossing folders I got from Die Cuts R Us. I layered my paper like usual and then used my punch to punch through all the layers! Takes a couple hard squeezes to get through all the layers, but it will work! Add a super cool handmade felt flower with a button sewn in the middle and wah lah, a notecard with a lil something inside and out :)

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A "Sweet" Card...no really....

Just wanted to share this little Halloween card I made using the new SU! Sweet Centers Stamps and Treat Cups! It's a hostess set in the new Holiday Mini. It was fun to make, but it took me a second to figure it out! And yes, the red Skittles are no where to be found. I ate them as I made it. It took all the willpower in the world not to eat the purple ones as they are my fav, but I needed them for color:) The sacrifices we make :) I think Matthew will give these to his preschool friends since there are only 7 or 8! I am going to make some to sell in the shop too! Have a happy day!


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Operation Nice Giveaway Winners!

Giveaway ONE: 29 comments: True Random Number Generator Min: 1Max: 29 Result: 8 Powered by RANDOM.ORG
WINNER IS: Amy Croley


Giveaway TWO: 19 Comments: True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 13 Powered by RANDOM.ORG
WINNER IS: GINNY

Thanks to everyoen who commentes! Remember the more post you comment on the more chances you have for my monthly comment giveaway! And a VERY big welcome to all the new followers!!!! Amy & Ginny- Email me your mailing address! sammyejo@62cards.com



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Swap Peeps- I need your info!

Would the following peopel please email me at sammyejo@62cards.com so I can send you the details of the card swap? Rembmer, I have one spot left if you want it! You make or pick from your stash 10 cards, mail them to me, then you get 10 new in return. They can be any theme, style, etc. I do ask that you keep them to an A2 size 4.25x5.5 so shipping should be close to the same across the board. If you want the one spot left, email me! I have almost everyone's email address except: Terria & Sherry C.! Look for an email from me this week!!


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It Was So Much Fun! LO (from scraps :)

I am not totally happy with this LO, but my goal was to use mostly scraps on it and still make it cute. (Diane did a great post on the DCRU DT blog last week talking about scraps.) So, I punched circles out of all my small scraps. The Patterened paper was left over from his birthday banner I made, and the felt brackets wereleftover from something! I cut the letters out of a PP (Patterned paper) sheet I had. The Jenni Bowlin Bingo Card was new and I circled the 11 spot b/c he was 11 months old in the pics! I can't believe summer is almost over. You can smell fall in the the air for sure! What was your favorite part of summer? We didn't get to really do a lot since Dustin had a couple surgeries and such, but we made the best we could! Baseball outside, picnics on the porch, and lots of crafting time!!!!

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Update

SO sorry about the no post yesterday. Dustin's grandma passed away on Saturday and I left Dustin for the first time for more than 30 minutes Saturday to pick up Matthew from my mom and eat lunch at my aunt's house. So, we will be traveling to Etown, about 45 mins away today for family visitation. Pray for us as it will be Dustin's first trip out of the house and he is feeling horrible still from the surgery. I am so afraid he is going to be out of it all week long. He will not be going to the funeral tomorrow. (Let me just tell you that the relationship that the grandparents had with the grandchildren is not a typical one. Much different than the relationship my grandparents and I have and I think a lot different than most. They were not close, didn't do birthdays and holidays, and I can count on one hand the times they have seen Matthew. Just different. Dustin's dad though was close with his mom, so we are going to support him. Our sorrow is for his loss. My Father-In-Law is a wonderful man who I love and respect so very much.) Anyways- Just wanted to give you guys a heads up to my whereabouts :) I will post a "normal" post for today in a few. Thanks for being fab :)

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Operation Nice- Day 2- Giveaway 2

Happy Day 2 of Operation Nice Blog Hop ALL!!!!!!
If you are just landing on my blog, make sure you start at the beginning HERE! Tomorrow, I will have another nice deed listed and another giveaway. This hop is all about being Nice. To celebrate, I am offering some fab BLOG CANDY! To be eligible, become a follower (Because you are nice :), and leave a comment! Check back on the 7th, the day after this hop ends for the winner(s)!EACH DAY DURING THE HOP THAT YOU COME BACK, DON'T FORGET TO COMMENT B/C THERE IS GOING TO BE A WINNER EACH DAY! :) (if you missed yesterday, scroll down to comment and be eligible for the prize!

Now on to tell you about one NICE deed.

I got a GREAT monogram stamp set from Die Cuts R Us and I couldn't wait to try it out. SO, I made my sister, my friend Lindsey & my friend Lee a set of monogrammed notecards. They all loved them! I even stamped a few monogrammed circles for my friend Reagan too. It's so much fun seeing someone smile with something so little!!!

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Friends & Flip Flops & More :)

Hi all! I know that I am in the middle of a blog hop, so if you are here from OPERATION NICE, scroll down for today's post. Don't miss the giveaway :)

I just wanted to share this LayOut. I host a monthly LO swap and each month you make 3 pages, turn in, and then you get 3 new ones in return. Well, I always make 4, so I can have one of mine for myself! The theme for August was Summer, so here is what I made to share with the swap group! Supplies are from We Are Memory Keeps, Reminisce, Prima, Stickles, and Cricut carts Life's A Beach and Simply Sweet, along with my Design Studio to weld them. This was my son and his Aunt Sissy (Dana, my sister last summer! Love them!

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Operation Nice Blog Hop- Day 1

Happy Operation Nice Day ALL!!!!!!

If you are just landing on my blog, make sure you start at the beginning HERE!

Now on to tell you about one NICE deed. Tomorrow, I will have another. The pretty lady in the pic is my little sister! For her birthday I made her a set of "25" cupcake toppers and cupcakes for her. I also made her a matching Scrapbook page so she could just add her pictures of the day! Love you sis! :)

This hop is all about being Nice. To celebrate, I am offering some fab BLOG CANDY! To be eligible, become a follower (Because you are nice :), and leave a comment! Check back on the 7th, the day after this hop ends for the winner(s)!
EACH DAY DURING THE HOP THAT YOU COME BACK, DON'T FORGET TO COMMENT B/C THERE IS GOING TO BE A WINNER EACH DAY! :)

Now on to your next NICE stop! Have a great day!

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Summer 09 LO

Just a layout to share with you all day! My little guy had a friend over in the early summer and both of us momas and the little ones spent some time in the pool. I know you can't really see the smaller pic, but Matthew was throwing a fit b/c I wouldn't carry his float. Mind you, I had PLENTY (there should be a font for sarcasm) of room in my hands on top of the drinks, towels, sunscreen, snacks, other floats, etc. He made it just fine thankyouverymuch! :)

Cardstocks are DCWV & SU, PP, Chipboard Numbers, Embellies: Sasafrass Lass, Lettering Sasafrass Lass & Some Random PP :). Have a great day!

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Coming Soon!Operation Nice Blog Hop

Coming September 4-6th- Operation Nice Blog Hop! Over 24 blogs participating, many with Blog Candy! Read some great stories, check out some new blogs, and maybe win some goodies!Check back here on the 4th!!!

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WOOHOO!

2 LO's of mine are now up and published on www.Scrapbooking.com! I am so excited! I am on the front page under die cuts department. You can check out the direct link HERE! Color Me Happy!!!!!!!


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Halloween Mini Sample!

I have a great peak for you! A few weeks ago I posted the titles of some upcoming mini kits I had coming out in my shoppe. I asked you guys to sign up if you would like to be the "Guest Designer" for one of them. Well the first one out the door was the Halloween Kit to a great gal Amanda. She just finished the kit and emailed me pics yesterday to share! Great job A! I love seeing what you did with the kit!! I have 3 of these kits left, so if you need or want one, go to my shop! What a super cute Mom gift for Halloween! Let her scrap the kids like Amanda did!!! (If you didn't noticed she used each page as a different year and plans on displaying this album every Halloween season!

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