Pinky if finally done for 365 Cards daily Challenge!!

Day 67-Think Pink Card challenge. Wow I have two done out of 365 days. I know I'm all talk and NO action but some of you know why....Memory Box baby took highest priority and also scrapbooking. Just in case you do not know I'm a new Friday Guest Designer on Dave the owner of Memory Box's blog and I'm darn proud of myself and his awesome company. So there!! I will not talk about it anymore this weekend as I don't want to get a big head but thanks for the comments. It really does mean the world to me that you left me some love. It is so nice to read a comment when you have worked hard on something. I know I'm guilty of not always commenting but whatever. Now throw a little prize in the mix and people come out of the woodwork!! LOL.

This (designing and blogging and computer problems) all takes time trust me on this. Some days I want to pull my hair out and scream and throw my HP laptop out the window. And, I'm slow with designing which doesn't help matters but old habits are hard to break. I'm just so gosh darn fuzzy I meant fussy LOL and a really bad perfectionist for those of you that DO NOT know me yet.
Stewart
Back to my card for this rainy MN nite...I can not seem to get off the Martha Stewart butterfly punch kick. This little pink number took me over an hour to make and yet it is so simple. I used four punches, pink ribbon, pink ink to dye the white paper to match my brown and pink and brown dots paper, creamy brown and chestnut roan ink, and Versafine vintage sepia. The stamp is from Rubber Moon and the pink felt applique sticker is from Martha Stewart . I used pink pearls on the brown scalloped rectangle and my Cuttlebug Swiss dots folder on the small white circle under the double butterfly. Whew. I have to move on now to Graphic 45 as I have a class next Sat. May 16 at Anchor Paper (I have to look up which location). I love that paper line SO MUCH. I guess I love everything well almost everything.

Thanks for stopping by and remember to go to www.memoryboxco.com to see my first blog. I will be a guest designer for Memory Box every Friday and Nancy, my online friend does it every week too on Tuesdays I believe. I hope I have the day right for Nancy. Catch you later alligators. Please keep the love coming. We all need it!!! Tami Big Smiles!! ;]

HOPE and its Friday!!...Oh happy day!!

This card was made by my friend Sherry and its very important to me for several reasons. She has been an angel for me and its funny as I had this card she made in my *special stash!!* I think we did a trade for something awhile back but I just love this card so much. Sherry makes really awesome cards usually with buttons hence her blog name. I love the photo and if you only knew everything that has gone wrong in my life these past few weeks/months you would understand more why the word HOPE is SO important to me. Anyway, I am fine and am so very happy about my latest gig. I am now a Friday guest designer on Dave's Memory Box blog. He is the owner of this fabulous company and he asked me if I'd like to do it. Of course!! The funny part is I am friends with Nancy Pope and she's also a weekly contributor to Dave's blog. Her work is so nice and Nancy is just a sweetie pie. Her blog is listed on my blog. Please check out my very first post!! If you leave a comment on Dave's blog you will have a chance to win a little prize from me. You have until the end of Sunday, Mother's Day. If you come back to my blog anytime from now until the end of Sunday and leave me a comment telling me what you think I will put your name in "the hat" twice. I will write out each name on a real red ticket (I have a huge roll) and will have someone other than myself draw a name on Monday. I will post the winner on my blog and mail out the prize next week. How does this sound?? One item will be a Memory Box stamp and the other item(s) will be a surprise. Tami

PS...I have to tell you a couple things that happened yesterday some funny and some not so funny. First off, my power cord for my laptop died right in the middle of a very important project (my first Memory Box post). Of all days can you believe it? Meanwhile $110 later with the help of the Best Buy Geek Squad I am the proud owner of a new universal AC power adapter and that was the lowest priced one of three. We won't mention I recently replaced this cord from HP and my laptop has a new battery to boot. Can you say ouch and I really can't afford this!! Oh well those darn electronics. I also have tons of phone problems but I have most of those issues resolved with a few new phones. Next a funny thing. I drove to Wayzata after all my errands yesterday to get my *free* Oprah KFC grilled chicken dinner and they had NO chicken!! It was so frustrating but oh well. I knew it was too good to be true. Has anyone been able to get their free chicken dinner?? It was a special offer from Oprah this past week. I am laughing right now. After no chicken, I finally returned my overdue magazines I found in my living room and can you say ouch at .30 per day per magazine. Its my own fault. Next thing. I missed Ugly Betty but was able to see half of Gray's Anatomy. Oh I also had major photo ordering and printing problems on Tuesday and Wednesday with Walgreen's. Remember I'm scrapbooking now and I need these prints. I need to find my digital camera and get that baby working!! And now for the funny part. Last nite I wanted a glass of diet coke. I had bought a 2-liter bottle at Walgreen's and it was laying on its side in my fridge. When I opened the fridge, I accidently knocked out the bottle of soda as I was rushing so and so nerved up with my laptop and typepad problems. I also knocked the plastic lid off my egg container with the bottle and the eggs fell out onto the floor. Only two eggs broke but what a mess!! I had to scrub the entire kitchen floor as it was so disgusting. Have you ever tried to clean them up. It doesn't work too well with a sponge. It was so gross. OK I'm a little cracked!!!

Anyway I am going to make two cards now and I think I will scrapbook later and possibly on Saturday at Archiver's?? Its a big maybe at this point. I have to get two cards made for 365 Cards blog challenge to please my new cyber friends and Sherry!! I am SO addicted to this site and its really fun to do the challenge. I have only done one but plan to do more. Please remember to check out me on the Memory Box blog!! Dave has five blogs and I need to take the time and check them all out too. THANKS SO MUCH!! Lots of love from me to you. Tami

Lastly, A BIG shout out to my good friend Mary in NH. She always helps me. Her blog is listed on my blog as well as Sherry's. All my friends are SO great and awesome stampers/yes scrapbookers too. You are all very important to me whether you have a blog or not. I love all my friends so much. xxoxoxoo Peace!!

Somewhere over the RAINBOW...

Hello my friends. Finally I wrote out this card for my middle sister and got it off to Boston. I LOVE Memory Box stamps especially the adorable penguins and pandas. I must admit I have quite the collection!! Anyway this card is paper pieced and I actually colored on the Memory Box paper with my Copics a tad bit. I used my new Martha Stewart border punch. I had to mail off five cards to New England today (two Mother's Day) in padded envelopes no less and I was stressing big time as Monday is my Dad's birthday plus two other special friends. I've yet to make those birthday cards. One of the cards I mailed today was purchased at Walgreen's last weekend for my nephew who is 16. It was an adorable and BIG Hallmark dog card. I know, shame on me but I didn't have time to mess around. Even though I am a stamping instructor in the Twin Cities I'm really bad at mailing out cards. I frequently buy them at Caribou, Target, Hallmark or bookstores if I'm pressed for time. I know, BAD Tami!!

It was so humid this afternoon and then it started to get really windy and dark around 5:30. I decided to treat myself to a Starbuck's iced coffee. Of course while I was in there enjoying my coffee it started to rain like cats and dogs. I then went next door to Rainbow to do a little grocery shopping. After coming out of Starbuck's I couldn't help but notice the most beautiful twin rainbows. I was just blown away by their beauty. I sat in my car and just enjoyed them for a few minutes. Have you ever done this before? The colors were so vivid especially on the predominant one and I couldn't help but think about art and color. The word HOPE kept surfacing in my mind. Recently I've been *a little blue* and have gone through some serious rough patches in my life but today I realized there is hope. I kept thinking about the song "Somewhere, over the rainbow." I hope if you are still reading this long post I am not sounding too mushy. My afternoon experience seemed to tie in with my little penguin card as well as me and my family out east. I think this is an adorable little 3.5 x 5" 4-BAR penguin card that just speaks sunshine and smiles. Speaking of rain, even though I knew we where going to have a storm why didn't I use one of my four umbrellas in my car? I guess I just didn't care if I got wet or not!! Now I am thinking about how I used to play in the rain when I was a little kid. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and I'm going to start updating my blog more. For those of you local that take my classes I'm going to try really hard to squeeze in a weekday May class at Smudges as well as a Sunday May class at Lunds. Please email me if you have any questions or comments. I hope to have these two additonal classes in place by the end of the week. Lastly, I've started a scrapbooking project. I'm working on a mini 6 x 6" album for my little sister and I'd like to thank Sherry and Mary too for helping me get started. I really do LOVE it!! I am sending sunshine your way. SMILE!! Tami :')

PS...Sherry (Button Junkie) blog told me about 365 Cards blog and I'm hooked. Its in my blood now and I want to do it every day but I haven't been able to. I have never really done any card challenges but I'm very drawn to this site. Such nice ladies and so much inspiration. I will be back soon with my PINK card challenge hopefully soon. It was today's challenge. I must do this one....PINK? Come on now!! I've made lots of pink cards in my days.

Remember one very important thing: Nice matters. I read these beautiful words on a *blinkie* somewhere on some one's blog this week and I want it on my blog really bad. I don't know how to do it nor do I remember where I saw it?? Can anyone out there please help me???? I was able to figure out the Memory Box *blinkie* (little company logo) for those of you that don't know what that is. LOL!! Isn't Dave's little birdie just the sweetest?? Again, thanks for stopping by. Peace out.

Card challenge for Mother's Day!!...Day 65

This is my first post for Day 65-Mother's Day Card on 365 Cards Blog. I just found out about this awesome blog from my friend Sherry Button Junkie and I just had to beat her to the punch today. I think she will be shocked to see I actually participated when she gets up.

My card is 5.5" square and I used Basic Grey paper and coral chalk ink for edging. I stamped the Happy Mother's Day sentiment in a pretty green Momento ink. There are also green rhinestones from Memory Box below the sentiment. I used the St. Up corner punch and I pricked little holes in the larger corner punch out located on the upper left corner with a paper piercer on top of a foam pad. I used a Prima flower, a fancy pink flower cut from Maya Arts ribbon from Archiver's and I used Stickles on the middle of the flower. The three tiny butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch and I popped their wings up. Then I painted Stickles (glitter glue on them with a small paintbrush-no mess). Thanks for stopping by. I am SO excited about this *new* 365 Cards blog. Sherry my friend, I will see you at Archiver's later on today but for now I must get some beauty rest. Its wicked late right now and I can't sleep again. Tami...nightie night!!

A card from the Button Junkie!!

Blogger won't let me post so Sherry's card will have to wait until Monday. I am so sorry. I know I'm such a tease. I guess you will just have to stop back later.

I'm trying again a few hours later so wish me luck.

Woo Hoo.....I have two followers!!

I'm moving up in Blogland and man I can hardly stand it. I now have two followers thanks to my *Button Junkie* friend Sherry www.buttonjunkie.blogspot.com . You need to check out her awesome blog!! Here's the card Sherry made for me just because she was thinking about me and I totally love it!! Thanks ever so much girlfriend. It certainly brightened my day. We met early this morning at Caribou Coffee. Then of course a quick visit to Michael's! Do you think I bought anything? Guess again. Yes-sir-re-bob. I just had to purchase another Martha Steward border punch and its all Sherry's fault. The sad part is I'm not 100% sure if I already own it? Sad fact but true!! Can anyone relate to what I'm saying??

I hope to post one of my Memory Box cards I made for my middle sister when I get home late Monday nite. The truth is I can't find where I put it. I just hate when I can't find things!! Do you ever have that problem and waste so much time looking for something?? Drives me nuts.

I have some rather BIG news!! I'm going to scrapbook tomorrow!! Yes, you heard me right...I will be SCRAPBOOKING my very first chipboard album!! I am majorly excited about going to Archiver's tomorrow for some good cropping fun!! Sherry will hopefully be there for me as this is a big step for me!! I've been fighting it for probably a decade. No lie!! Now I just have to pick the pictures up and I'm good to go. Oh yes, I must finish packing. That's exhausting too!! LOL!! I hope you have enjoyed Sherry's beautiful card and thanks for stopping by. It was a beautiful day in MN. Sunshine makes me happy (think John Denver) and so do the big bowl of pansies on my deck thanks to Wendy. I hope you all have a great week. Tami

I'm back....Happy May Day!!

I apoligize for my lack of blogging but I honestly have not felt like it. I mailed this card off to my little sister today. I made it a long time ago at The Gathering in White Bear, MN. Lots of my friends tell me my cards look so much better in real life and I have to agree. I am going to try and stamp more this month. I have been busy with some personal things. I do have several May classes booked at two Anchor Paper stores and I hope to add one at Smudges and another at Lunds. Thanks for your visit if anyone is still reading my blog. Tami