The Smithsonian

Here are some pictures I made while we went through the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. We didn't have much time so we quickly went through a few areas!

More DC Pictures

This jewelry is in the Smithsonian. The pieces are just beautiful!!!!!

This is a picture of the Hope Diamond (from the Smithsonian). I decided to take a picture of this so I can put it on my wish list! lol

Mt. Vernon (Washington's House) - Here is a picture from the front and the view from the back! The next picture is Washington's tomb.

White House- Our group was able to tour the White House, however, we were not allowed to take pictures inside. It was great to be able to walk through and see inside!

Iwo Jima Memorial- I know the picture is blurry but I had a hard time getting one to take and not blur and still be light enough to see. I think this is the best one I have.

This is the Washington Monument. We went to the top and it was so neat to be able to see all the city from the top.

Here are some more photos from Arlington National Cemetery. The 2nd picture is the Kennedy Gravesites. A week before Kennedy was assasinated he was sitting on the porch of the house right behind the grave. He told someone he could stay there forever. When he was killed that person remembered that and that is why he was burried there.

World War II Memorial- 4,000 gold stars on the Freedom Wall commemorate the 400,000 + Americans who died.

I'm Back from DC!

I'm back from Washington D. C.- we took a group of 5th graders and their parents for a trip over spring break. We had a great time and saw a lot! All the walking made me so sore and I don't know that I'll be able to walk for the rest of the week! Here are a few pictures I took while I was there.
The first day we were there was just beautiful. It was cold and it was windy but the sun was out. The second day we went to Arlington to start and it was raining and dreary. We were able to see the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

























Vietnam Memorial

















Lincoln Memorial



















Korean Memorial- I think this was my favorite memorial.


























Jefferson Memorial

For my science fair judges

I know, I know- I haven't posted in forever and now I've post twice in one day. I made these two notebooks for the high school teachers coming down to our school next week to judge the science fair. They volunteer their time to come down and see what our elementary kids do for the science fair. This is the first time we have had high school teachers come down and I wanted to make a little something for them.


I just have one problem... the third judge is a man- OMG! What do I do? I know he doesn't want a flower notebook! I don't have any money from the school to spend. So whatever I do comes from my pocket. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Double the Fun

This is a card I made for my brother and his wife. They are expecting twins! I'm so excited for them. They don't know right now if they are boys, girls, or both. They should be finding out later this month. So I made this to let them know how excited I am for them!

I'm a slacker this week!

I've become a stamping slacker! lol I got a new toy, a Nintendo DS this last weekend and I have done nothing else since. I guess I should just say that I'm a slacker this week in general. Everything in piling up, laundry, dishes, etc.! lol I've got Brain Age 1 & 2 so I guess I could say I'm keeping my brain active! The game I have played the most is the Sims 2.

For those of you who know about my health problems, I thought I would let you know I'm on the waiting list for the Mayo Clinic. Hopefully they will be able to get me in soon and figure me out!

Embrace New Stamps

I got some new stamps the day I went back to work. Isn't that normally how it goes? The order comes in about the time it is time to go back to work! lol So I sat down tonight and had a chance to play with this set: Embrace Life. I love it! I even used the brads my friend Pegi sent me. I love the brads and I was waiting to use them on the perfect thing. Since the brads are copper I added a little copper cord around the DP. I love this new paper too! How do you like it?

Last Elzybell

Here is the last Elzybell card I made. I started on these last night and finished them this afternoon. I wasn't crazy about the direction I was headed in so I stopped. When I went back today I changed a few little things and added the faux stitching to the red strip. It went along with the DP I used as the large circle. I cuttlebuged the pink with the snowflake folder again. I'm so glad I picked that up at HL because I have been using it a lot!

Happy New Year!

What did I do for New Year's? I stamped of course! I was so excited when I went to my mailbox and my new Elzybells were there. That was really quick shipping! Here are the stamps I got and I just had to play right away!

Here is the first card I made. I used some of my new paper I picked up at HL the other day. I colored part of this with my new Copic markers and the red is a SU marker. Then I added some glitter on the snowflakes with my glitter pen. I'm not sure that you can see in the picture but across the bottom of the card I stamped "Warm Winter Wishes" in red.

The second card in my favorite! I used pretty in pink for the main color on this one. I punched out the scalloped circles and used the snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder on the DP. I added LA and glitter to the girl to make the "snow" really pop! I hope you enjoy!

Stamp from HL

Here is a stamp I picked up while I was at Hobby Lobby the other day. I wanted to order this stamp a while back but it was out of stock. So I got the single monkey and the one with the banana on his head. I was tickled when I found this one at HL! I also got this paper there too. So I had to make a few cards with this. Now, all the cards look the same, but I have 6 of them. That is normally what I do, I make 4-6 cards each time I sit down to make one. Which is great if I like the way the cards turn out.

Now, the Bella card, I'm not too thrilled with it. But I also have 6 of them! lol I don't know what is missing from this one but it just seems a little plain. Maybe I could add something to it but normally that turns into a disaster, so I just left it as is.

I can't wait until my orders start coming in. I got some money for Christmas and I have ordered some things from MFT, Bellas, SU, and Elzybells. I can't wait- and of course they will get here after I go back to work!

Eat Cake!

Here is another card I made the other day. I'm thinking something is missing from this one. Oh well! I used Eat Cake because I really like that set, however, I have yet to create a card with that set I'm in love with. I guess I need to spend a little more time with it!

Yesterday was a good day for me! When Chris got home we went to Hobby Lobby and I bought some Copic markers with some of my Christmas money. I will give them a try and post my results later. We also went to the book store and I picked up a couple of yoga books. My SIL told me that it might help with my side hurting/Crohn's so I bought some. And I'm going to try to do it at least once a day and see if it helps at all. Things were going well in that department until I ate some chili yesterday afternoon and WHAM! it hit me like a ton of bricks. The crazy thing? I had the exact same chili the day before and it didn't bother me at all. I can only hope the yoga helps since nothing else does. Ooops- I didn't mean to slip into the poor pitiful me act! I'm off to try my yoga and make some more cards!

Another Case

I've been making several cards over the last several days. My craftiness is slowly coming back. I saw a card similar to this on SCS so this isn't really my idea. I used the Christmas set I used for my own Christmas cards but I used different colors so it doesn't look so Christmas like. And I changed a few things. I pulled out my in colors- soft sky, blue bayou, and purely pomegranate. I also used the Cuttlebug to emboss the soft sky background. So, what do you think? I love it! A way to use a Christmas set throughout the year! Yippie!

Christmas Thank You Cards

I decided to make my thank you cards this year and I wanted to make a card where the snowman looks like marshmallows. So I used my square punch and the corner rounder and got busy. I also used the word window punch to make the graham cracker base. I used my Cold Play set to make the face and hands for this little guy. I'm not sure why I always end up using night of navy for snow cards but I do. So here are my thank you cards that I've already mailed for my Christmas gifts.

Where to get tins?

Well, since Lynn asked about eating all those Altoids, I had to share this. I order all my tins from http://www.specialtybottle.com/index.asp. I love this site and their prices are reasonable. I normally order 20 or so tins and it takes me a while to use them all. It is about time to order more. The tins for gift cards are the specialty tin THN4. I hope this helps!

Gift Box

Here is a box I made for some cash I'm giving for Christmas. I wanted to have a cute little box to put it in. I used the SU Christmas paper and a few pieces of chipboard. I also added a little tag that I had and a little bling in the middle.

I have ordered some more stamps with my Christmas money so I'll be stamping again soon. I'm off work for a week or so- so I do plan to make some new things and update my blog.

Things have been so crazy at school that I haven't had much time to do much stamping lately. When I get home I'm worn out! With my time off work I'm going to clean up my stamping desk and make some new goodies!

OK, I know...

... I haven't posted in a while. I have made a few things but none of them are finished yet. I even forgot and gave some gifts without taking pictures.

So I thought I would share something we did at school with my 5th grade class. We dissected owl pellets! The kids loved it! Here is a picture of a skull we found inside one. In case you don't know, an owl doesn't have teeth. So it swallows its food whole. Then all the stuff that it can't digest gets packed in and spit back out as a pellet. The kids loved it!

My Christmas Cards

My Christmas cards are done! This is a complete CASE from splitcoast. They were so easy to make and I whipped them out in a few hours. I used the Christmas DP. Since I had to make 30 cards I used two different designs of paper. I love the way these turned out. It wasn't too hard to do and I can't wait to send them out.

The crazy thing is that I had these made before my Halloween cards. That is so unusual for me but they are finished! I haven't been stamping much lately because I haven't been feeling well. It's been a rough few weeks for me. Maybe I'll feel like stamping again soon! I've just about run out of things to show you so I guess I need to get stamping!

Bee Movie

Tonight I went with the kids from my class to see the Bee Movie. It was pretty funny and it had some adult humor as well. It was funny to hear the adults laughing and the kids had no idea. It was a lot of fun. We normally plan a movie night a few times a year so the kids can bring their families and meet us at the movie.

I thought I would post another card I made 2 weeks ago and didn't ever post. I love this new set and I just haven't had time to play with it much. I used the floral background on the card base. I can't wait to make more cards with this one!

Halloween Cards 2007

For some reason, this year I just couldn't get inspired to make a Halloween card. I tried many different designs and just wasn't happy with anything I made. I finally decided to make these to send out but I still wasn't thrilled with it. But this is it for this year. Maybe I'll be more inspired next year!