BIO Swap #1...

Here are 2 more entries in the BIO swap I am in...

First one is from Jessica Fick, she's an AWESOME designer let me tell you!! What an enormous amount of work on that inside. Goodness. I really like this set and wish it hadn't been retired.

The second tri-fold is from KaLee Lopez. Gotta love that au chocolat paper. It is simply GAWJUS! I bought it and then it retired. So I will be trying to make a few things with it for a craft show I will be in. Maybe some covered notepads and such. I think I've got 3 more entries, maybe 4 counting myself. If it is 3 then I will wrap it up tomorrow and if it is 4 then I'll space it out on 2 days.

I cannot believe this heat we are having! We are in our 23rd day of over 90 degree temperature. I think the average for this part of Indiana is 18 days! We might break the record set in 1951 or so. Can't wait to see if we do. Makes going outside out of the question!!!

BIO Swap #1 More pics...

from the first BIO (by invite only) that I am in. All cards/items should have 4 layers and 2 embellishments or 4 layers 1 embellishment and 1 technique. We are now on our 6th and final month which is just a 'new stamp set out of catty' card. Should be goodlol. Anyways, here are 2 of the swappers with their triangle tri-fold cards, Debra Currier and Ceceil Nues. Both tri-fold cards use SU stuff.

I really like the color combo on the Debra's. I might have to CASE that combo. Very springlike and summery... can the combo be both at once?? Yikes!

I will have 2 more tomorrow, for sure. I scanned them all in, cropped and added my thingy in Corel Draw and resaved them into my 'Blog Art' folder. Cool how I have a folder huh?! hehhe I REALLY need to get out more! hehehe

3rd Tri-Fold by Jessica Crawford

WOW... I can't believe it's been a WEEK again... longer actually or is it shorter? hmmm... sometimes I'm so clueless I think my white hairs much be blonde! Yikes! Summer just makes us so darn busy! And we don't even go on vacation! I pet sit so I think I started 'Summer dogs' on May 22nd, had a one week lull and down I've got dogs until the end of July. Mostly staying at my home (I can't get to people's homes w/a 17 mon old and a 4 yr old, not to mention the OUTRAGEOUS price of gasoliney!).

I've got a rottie pup visiting now who is testing my patience! He'll go home Father's Day and I've got a schnauzer coming on Saturday for a week. Then I pick up a Shih Tzu on the 25th who will be staying with me for THIRTY FIVE (yes, I did say 35) days. I don't know if he will remember his mommy when she gets home! I may have 2 Shih Tzu's and a long haired Daschaund staying a week if the woman gets the okay from her hubby to bring them up from Nashville, Indiana in brown county. That's about 1 1/2 hrs away. I was referred to her... yes, I am THAT GOOD... hehhe Just kidding. I have an acre fenced in that gives doggies free rein to go chance chipmunks, squirrels, bunnys and dig up moles if they get THAT itch. THough I've had no takers as of yet.

I will be taking a care of 4 mastiffs the first two weeks of July. I will visit them once a day to feed them and they can go in and out as they like. Love those big dogs! I just really don't want to go thru puppy training... so tiring and time consuming lol. I think we can wait... Oh and I've got a kennel full of Labrators to watch to for a week in July. My client breeds the European line and they are fun too.

Okay on to more 'creative' stuff! Here's another installation of the triangle trifold. This GORGEOUS card is by Jessica Crawford. Stamp sets: Doodle This, Warm Words; Paper: Petals & Paisley DP, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, WW; Ink: Black, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Acc: Aqua Painter, White Gel Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Ticket Corner Punch, Wide Organdy White Ribbon. All SU Stuff.

2nd Tri-Fold by Krystal Kuckenbaker

I wanted to post a 2nd tri-fold before I went to bed. I had 2 customers over tonight to help them design some wedding favors. A matchbox fold that will utilize the 'Do the Hula' set on the front and hold a sand dollar and their wedding info on the inside. It was a lot of fun designing that one.

Here's the 2nd tri-fold card from my BIO Swap (and these are in NO particular order at all)! This one is made by Krystal Kuckenbaker.

This card uses the Petals & Paisley stamp set all Demo's received from SU for Christmas. What a GREAT Christmas Present.

Okay I'm off to bed. It is supposed to get to the low 90's tomorrow so I think we will be spending most of the day outside in the sprinklers. Boy do my kids LOVE water! hehehe

Nighty-night!

Criminey...

has it been over a week? Well, can I tell you the last day I post my nose blew up (figuratively speaking lol) and I went to the doc on Friday and found out I have a bad sinus infection. I kept telling DH to take Gman in before memorial day but he didn't think he needed to go. Then I told him to take him to med check on Monday to no avail. Both my kids are not very sick when they are sick. Hardly any symptoms at all. Just a little fussier and wanting to be held more. I thought at first it was molars, but after 8 days of runny nose (sometimes yellow) I decided to take him in this past Wednesday...DOUBLE EAR INFECTION again! Poor boy!


Then today was Lgirl's 4th birthday. Where does the time go? My goodness... I can remember when she came into the world. So I've been racing like a mad woman doing stuff for that. Made cupcakes and had a couple of kids over for lunch and 'party games'. It's so funny watching them pin the tail on the puppy hehhee. She doesn't need much but grandma went a bit overboard w/the princess stuff. What can I say? She's the only granddaughter. Gman doesn't make out nearly as good, but it's harder to buy for boys... clothing is a major bummer! No cool stuff at all.


I'm in a By Invitation Only (BIO) Swap that started last month. THe card we had to make was a triangle Trifold. I am going to start posting these, one a day so you guys can see all the awesome cards. We were to pick our favorite and that person won a prize.



I will list the creator and try to get a pic of the inside too. I am going to try something new and scan them in vs. taking a pic and having to upload and then reduce the size. Here' s the first card by Sharon Einstein. I was seriously thinking about buying Roses in Winter and then it went on the retirement list so I was majorly bummed. I still might try and trade for it. Would love to have it or even just borrow it... hey ... maybe I'll ask my upline! hehehe

Isn't this card gorgeous? I Love it! I hope you can get some inspiration from it!

Night!