Vegmom Moments

Sweet Card

A while ago, I made this card for Hubby, just because, and set it on the counter with his coffee pot for early morning viewing.

The other day, I noticed the card, and so I stuck it in the fridge with his Morning Smoothie, so he would see it when he woke up.   He told me that when he sees it now it brings a smile... so I planned to leave it hiding for more days to come.....

It says "Have I told you lately.... I love you" and a hand written note on the inside....

 

Well, tonight when I got home, look what I found on my pillow:

 

He went through my Card making stash, found stamps, inks, punches, scissors and made this cute little card...

I'm beyond impressed..... Even the little flowers in the little circles... hee hee... And the hearts for the corners.... he went all out!!   And his note on the inside is Sooooooo sweet... he even used my scrap paper, rather then dipping in to the full sheets.

And And And, he cleaned the stamps, and put everything back where he found it....

Awwwww, I think he loves me!  *smile*

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

SPUNK STARTS CRAFTING

My Chelsea girl dog, likes to eat paper... it started after her brain thing... she'll eat an entire card before you knew she was chewing on it.  I ALWAYS have to watch her when I leave stuff out.  But I've NEVER had to watch my Spunk dog with Crafting Supplies..... Now Socks, is another story...

But I left some stuff out last night, and when I came home from work, I saw the Spunk Dog, digging through my Marker Bucket.... I mean furiously digging, and then he knocked it over and found his bounty...

Apparantly he Just wanted to fold a card... (Or maybe he knew it was a bone folder?  Surely its not real bone... I hope its not real bone.... )  Anyway, I had to grab the camera....

And so here is My Spunk Dog doing some crafts...

What is this supposed to do??

 

Which way does it go?

 

OH, THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT??

 

Fold right there.... Yeah, that's it.... RIGHT THERE!!!

 

Forget it!  I'll just fold my Paw instead!!

 

Ah, Stampin Up, my favorite!

 

Well at least if he's going to chew on something, it is High Quality!

A CRAFTY MESS

If your wondering how this crafty explosion happened, click here:

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS - A LITTLE LATE

My sweet angel Mom sent us Circuit City Gift Certificates for Christmas.  One for me and one for Hubby.   No offense to Circuit City or my Mom, but there wasn't anything that I really had to have at that moment.  So Hubby used it to buy him some more Video games...

Needless to say my sweet angel Mom was NOT happy about this turn of events and wanted ME to get something for ME...  So I promised I would spend an equivalent amount on Stampin Up stuff. (card making supplies).. I finally did this today.  My consultant placed the order and it should arrive on my door step in the next week or so.... Not only did I get LOTS that I wanted, but I also got some of the free stamp sets in their Sale-a-bration catalog...

Very cool indeed.... Thanks Mom!!  *smile*

END OF WEEK

First New Years week comes to a close!  And another balanced day!  *smile*

Not too many tips to share except this one  "leave Hubby Notes"...  Last night I prepared Veg's lunch to bring with us this morning and left myself a note so I wouldn't forget stuff.  When I got out of bed, hubby had already let the dogs out and fed them, also packed up the lunch from my note, and had everything waiting for me by the stairs.  (he must have thought the note was for him, but I'm not complaining)

Following the tips from yesterday (although going to sleep at 2am and not 12am) we had a successful morning.

Veg and I were Awake, Dressed and out the door in 10 minutes!  WooHoo!!! 

I'll be coming home to a straightend house (picking up as I go really does help), my car is not a mess, and my work task list has been nipped away.  Hubby is picking up Veg so I can go shopping (saving me from doing this tomorrow) and if all goes well, I'll stay one day ahead of myself! 

At least I can hope!

MY NEW CRAFT AREA

My Christmas Present from NeeNee and Gpa Chris.... Yup I got it early!  *smile* 

This is my new craft area!!!  Yippeee!!

And by the way... Its a tad bigger then it looks in this picture.. And every single little piece has to be put together by hand.    Each cube comes in a flat box with parts.  You build it from scratch!  It takes a LONG time!   But sooooo worth it!

CARD SET

SH and I got together last night for another Card making Extravaganza.  I think it was definitely the most productive ever, because we both got a total card set done to send as gifts at Christmas time...  She even got a Scrapbook page done too, while I got a couple additional cards made...

Some of the cards are posted on this page...  But I'm posting the hi lights of my card set here...

First - I got these plain white paper mache' boxes at  AC Moore for a $1, and then I decided to decorate the top Christmas'ish.  The cards inside are not Christmas cards but I decorated the box instead of wrapping it.

I used this "All in the Family" stamp set from Stampin Up along with the Accessories stamps .  Also some tips from the Split Coast Gallery..   

To complete this task it took some imagination, some scrap supplies from the SH Stash, and different inks, markers, watercolors etc.  This was the result...  (I'm only going to show a few cards, but I made 8 total)

Here is the Finished Box Cover:

And a couple of the cards:

And here is the finished set, inside the box with a ribbon and a couple markers...  Oh, I also lined the box with some hunter green paper.. And forgot to mention I stamped each envelop to match their card.

Needless to say, this is a long project, especially with this stamp set.   You have to line up all the body parts because each is a separate stamp.  And obviously there is a lot to color in or cut. 

I think in total this project took 7hours from start to finish, but it is soo nice to have a Christmas gift complete.  Not sure this is a good thing to make for anyone.  It has to be for a crafty type family, or your time in to it may be wasted.  But well worth it for those that do like this kind of thing.

ON a side note... It was a very enjoyable time scrapping and stamping for a total of 9 hours, with a little bit of food thrown in, conversation, and of course our traditional Starbucks Beverages

BALLOONS, INFLATABLES & RUNNING WATER

I got home from work a little late last night, in a hurry to get to the Hot Air Balloon Festival.  I look forward to this thing ALL YEAR!!!  I wanted to see the Balloon Glow... there was a mission, a purpose, a goal... Get home and get Veg ready... Get all our stuff in the car, Dogs taken care of, and we are ready to go... Until my toilet decides, this was a good time to flood my bathroom!  GRRR!!!!

Change of plans, new mission, new purpose, new goal  "CLEAN THE BATHROOM"...... Fix the toilet, clean clean clean, scoop water, disinfect, clean clean clean..... 

Then I shower,  get myself clean clean clean.... Again get everyone else ready, pack the car the rest of the way and get on our way...  We have time, were still on time, all is good.... RED LIGHT!!!

Traffic is backed up... Apparently everyone had the same idea as us.... 35 minutes later we arrive at our destination.  Just in time to see the Balloons fill up with air, which I was very excited about.  Veg and hubby were exhausted so they relaxed in the chairs while I bee bopped around to the music and took pictures.... Show is over, back to the car, and there is a 40 minute wait to get out of the parking lot.... *sigh*  So we wait... Veg falls asleep...

We get home and I carried a sleeping Veg upstairs to use the bathroom before climbing in his bed.  Now, I realize, no one wants to wake up and find themselves standing in front of a Commode but when you have a 4 year old that is not wearing diapers...Going to the bathroom before bed is a priority!  So  he wakes up on our way to the pot and says he has to poop...  Sit him down so he can go, and lets just say... he didn't have to poop!  In fact he had his own running water...  But not the kind that pointed down... Oh No.. It was in the UP position... Take note:  While sitting down on the toilet it is NOT a good idea for a boy to be in the UP position.  Needless to say, I now had more cleaning to do... The floor, the walls, the towels...So, get him off to bed and... CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN!!!  I don't think my bathroom has ever been so spotless. 

So today, we took Veg back to the festival and one of the pilots let him get inside a basket (not attached to a balloon, just the basket)  And he went on some of the inflatable things, but it was madness..  Crowded and long lines, we stayed a little while then headed for home.  Veg had a great time and thankfully, I didn't have to clean up any WATER today!

RECYCLED ITEMS MAKE GOOD CRAFT PROJECTS

Lately it seems a lot of the craft projects we've been doing are items from around the house.  Easy, Cheap, Fun, and some even nice looking!

You know those magnets that people send to your house to advertise their business?  Don't throw them away!!  Collect and  RECYCLE!   Here's how!  Take some flat decorating marbles, glue, scissors, paper and those magnets.... And this is what you get:   

Make a bunch and put in a decorative bag to give as gifts, or just stick them on your fridge or door to hold notes and pictures.  Fun for the kids and easy for all... Thanks to SH for telling me about the Magnets and for Kaboose Crafts for the marble idea.

Don't throw away your paper scraps while scrapbooking or card making... Save them in a bag to use later!!  SH found a Cardmaking Blog Site (which I don't remember the name or I'd list it here) but the lady takes paper from her scrap pile once a week and makes something with what ever she pulls out of the pile.  Then she takes pictures and posts them online.  Of course I don't throw my scraps away, so I thought it may be fun to challenge ourselves and do the same thing... So last night, this was my attempt at making cards from my scrap pile (recycled paper):

If you don't know about Target's $1 bins and your a crafter, you need to check them out!  This month they are filled with mini photo albums, designed paper, cards, punches, stickers, and more.  SH grabbed up some of the photo albums (along with other stuff) and gave some to little ol' me.  Well, that wasn't the recycling part, because there was a purchase involved.... But I decided to turn one of our books in to an activity book.  Some pages have space to write the alphabet, some counting, and a couple mazes.    The MAZES are the recycled part... I pulled out some old Stencils (that I don't use anymore) and added a few lines to make mazes.  He was pretty excited about the mazes, so I'm sure I'll be making more of those!  Here are  a few of the pages I made in the book:

Try to help the color drop find the rest of it's color:

Help the Piglet find its Friend:

FAVORITE CARD

I just love the way this card came out... Think I'll be making more of these for sure, and how easy!  Especially if you have circle punches!   The kids can even help with this one!!

WEEKEND UPDATES

Nothing Fancy to report, this weekend (hense the lack of posts)  but I'm proud to say that I'm sitting at my new $40 dollar desk right now.  It's just my size (short) and fits all my stuff perfectly.  I also have a $20 matching cabinet which is holding 1/2 my craft supplies, so I'm finally almost "toteless"..  The stuff isn't great and will probably fall a part soon enough for that price.  But it is a light wood color and all matches.  Also matches my glider chair, that sort of finishes off the area.  Gotta send some thanks out to Hubby for putting everything together for me.  Even if he did fuss the whole time that the quality "was horrible"  but what do you expect for $60 bucks total.

I met SH for some crafting and dinner last night.  That was a nice visit and we did get lots done which is a bonus.  She also bought Veg a "Peanut Butter & Jelly" game that is just too cute.  You have to build three sandwiches to win.   But better watch out for the fly... If he gets you, then you can't finish building your sandwich.

We've read lots of books this weekend, including one that my MIL gave us that was Hubbies when he was a boy.  Veg found it this morning and brought it in for me to read.  He says "Mom, look I found this new book that's really old, and its really long, I'm not sure if I can read something this long?"  Hubby says, "that book was mine when I was 9 or 10, maybe we can put it away till your older"

Veg goes on to say that he would rather read it now.  So I told him we could read a few pages each day until the whole thing was finished.  But as I started reading, he and hubby were listening intently for the next page.  Veg said he was big enough to hear the whole story and he would even sit still if I wanted him to.  Hubby wouldn't leave the bedroom because he was anxious for the next page (he had forgotten the ending after all these years)  So I read and I read and I read........Until we finished the book.  It didn't even have pictures, so I can't believe Veg was so interested.  But it was nice to have some family time over something as great as reading!

Think thats all the good stuff.

Hope your weekend was a good one!

CARD MAKING PICTURES

I'm going to try to be better about posting pictures of the cards I make before sending them out.  But here is my first attempt... You'll see some of the embossed cards that were made using the cuddlebug gizmo..  I don't have descriptions for this batch, but may start to add those later.  A couple of these are older pics and older cards, but most of them are from our crafty adventure last night.  Nothing Fancy and a seasoned card maker would laugh at these.  But for those of you just getting started, I wanted to show how easy and fun it can be!!

CLICK HERE FOR THE CARDS PAGE

CARD MAKING AND MORE

SH and I met at the craft store yesterday morning for a "make and take" crafty thing they were having.   We were able to make a couple cards and learn about decorating a bag, but it wasn't anything "GREAT"...

So we left and while chatting in the parking lot, decided lunch was needed.. So we ate a great meal at a restaurant near by, and then while chatting some more in the parking lot we realized we didn't have to go home yet.  Ya see, the crafty thing at the store was supposed to last until 3 and since we didn't know what was going to be there, we told our Hubby's we'd be home around 3ish....  This meant we still had several hours which meant we needed some Starbucks...  So we stop off there and started talking about stamping. (mouse stamps specifically)  which then sent us on a journey to another craft store....  I just love these little House Mouse guys.  And finally purchased a couple small designs.  They are sooo cute!  And they stamp really great! All the details show up and are perfect for coloring in with the Stampin Up Water Color Wonder Crayons.

And how do I know that they stamp so good??  Because around 8:30 last night SH came to the house for some more crafty fun.  She brought with her some more Starbucks, and we were card making fools...  She has a new fancy DOO DAD from  Provo Craft called the Cuttlebug and it embosses paper with all kinds of fancy designs.  Of course the more little attachments you buy the more designs you get.  But SH is a queen of 50% off coupons and they have come in really handy for this contraption.  She had lots of attachments. 

Hubby came home about midnight and threw a card at me to say Happy Anniversary.  Thankfully I finished making his card before he got home and decided just to throw it at him like he did mine...  *smile*

I think it was 2:30AM before our crafting ended, We stamped and cropped and embossed and cut and punched, colored and inked and chalked, until we could no longer keep our eyes open. 

What a fun Crafty Day!!!!

VEGAN CUPCAKES TAKE OVER THE WORLD

I decided I needed to come in the office today to get caught up on work.  Undisturbed... NO phone calls, no meetings, and no people coming and going through my office doors... NO dogs barking, and no Lil'Veg or Hubby asking for the next thing to be done.... Just me and my laptop!  I intended to conquer the world in one day... Get the next two weeks worth of work done in the next three hours!  Could it be done?  Probably Not!  Will I try?  Absotutely!!!  But first... I must tell about my cool package!!!  (hence the pic to the left)

Before leaving my house I stopped at the mailbox and noticed the most beautiful hand made wrapping package with cool stamped images and other decorations... Open the box to find this AWESOME BOOK.....  I mean really, it doesn't get much better then this!   An ENTIRE BOOK of Cupcakes made without animal products.  The coolest thing EVER!  There were also some cute scrapbooking supplies in the package, as well as a couple Vegan ingredients to help me get started on my Vegan Cupcake Journey.  A very nice hand made card that had to have taken hours to create, along with a Starbucks Gift Certificate to provide me a couple Birthday Fraps!

THANK YOU SH, FOR THIS MOST AWESOME BIRTHDAY SURPRISE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STICKIES EVERY WHERE

For those of you that are Creative Memories addicts and/or just enjoy scrapbooking... I stumbled upon this little gadget at my Consultants house and she assured me that it was better then all previous Sticky rollers that they've come out with.  The earlier versions would jam, didn't roll right, and tended to be impossible to use.  I Quit using them and moved on to other brands that were easier and sometimes cheaper.  But mostly I used the squares, where you have to clean up all the little papers.  No more clean up with this bad boy!!

The latest version of their Tape Runner was worth every bit of the money I paid for it.  I broke it out today for the first time, and was VERY happy with the results!!  I used it for scrapbooking and card making!  Never jammed, rolled nicely without too much pressure.  I could use as much or as little as I wanted, so it was handy for tiny corners and big sections.  And the Stickies were really sticky.  Not just a little bit, I'm talkin' the permanent not moving kind of sticky..  Click on the picture to find more information!!!  I give this 10 Veg Stars!  *SMILE*