July 28th shoebox swap

Hi all -

I can't believe we haven't posted since early May.  In our defense, life has really! gotten in the way.  Andrea spent some time in the hospital with a serious problem with her leg in late May/early June.  Thankfully, after a long haul, she is almost fully recovered.

I went on a two-week vacation to Grand Canyon and Scottsdale, AZ with my husband and his parents in early May.  It was great fun but hard to get back to reality.  Here are a couple pics of that trip.  If you've been to Grand Canyon, you know that there are no words to describe what you are seeing and pictures can't do it justice, but here are a few of my attempts.

This is the view from my chair at the pool in Scottsdale.  Tough life!

 

These flowers were around the pool.  I think they are really pretty, and I've never seen anything like them around here.

When we returned from vacation, my husband wasn't feeling well.  This translated into visits to three hospitals, a little over three weeks in those hospitals, three surgeries, near death, and a long, slow recovery.  Thankfully, he is on that road, but as you can imagine, it really threw a kink into things. 

Life is finally returning to normal, and today's swap is just what both Andrea and I needed!  Thanks so much to everyone for coming today.  We were happy to see our "regulars" and to meet new friends.  We hope you all had as much fun today as we did.

Here are the great cards we made:

#1 Andrea (abendis)

#2 Lisa (landerson1129)

#3 Sue (susane4)

#4 Karen (vixenstamper)

#5 Pam (dixiesmom)

#6 Deb (scrapadoodle)

#7 Erica (esivils)

#8 Carol (luvsSU)

#9 Mary Helen (maryhelennichols)

#10 Betty (bettystamper3556)

#11 Michele (mmulich)

#12 Lynn (lynnhersh)

#13 Mary (Mary McWilliams)

#14 Janine (jgregorek)

#15 Marilynn (marilynnwiseman)

#16 Joyce (Joyce Harkins)

#17 Michele (heart)

#18 Jeanne (jeanne73)

#19 Elaine (e.garrity)

#20 Marge (Marge Sexton)

#21 Laura (joppastamper)

#22 Kelly (chaud66)

#23 Barbara (babsmcleod)

#24 Linda (lcmccaslin)

#25 Linda (Linda Gallion)

#26 Jacki (scrappinjacki)

#27 Karen (karen7661)

#28 Tracey (traceylynnwolf)

#29 Valeria (from LA!) (thumbunny)

#30 Tanya (from Azerbaijan!!!)

#31 Lisa (landerson1129)
Since we only had 30 people instead of 31, Andrea and I wanted to be sure you got to go home with all 30 cards.





 Here are a couple pics of our group:

And last but not least, here is a picture of Deb with her flamingo towel that she won by choosing the winning name of Fillipio for our 2nd flamingo mascot.

Don't forget to check out the Ocean City info by clicking the link on the right.  It is a ridiculously fun time.  Keep in mind that it is your time, so if you want to scrapbook or sleep or hang on the boardwalk, it is up to you.  We have plans to keep you entertained and busy, but it is up to you.  We will be posting some of our activities and projects in the next couple of months.  Where else can you get three days of planned activities and four great meals for the low, low cost of $162??  Besides all that, you get to spend the weekend with us and stamp-y friends!  Okay, consider this informercial over.  :0)

Thanks again for a much-needed day of fun and great cards and great food (I'm talkin' to you, Marge! (PB fudge for those of you unfortunate enough not to have tried it))  The broccoli salad and chocolate chip cake were yummy, too.  Who am I kidding??  It was all good.  I'm pretty sure I tried most everything.

Our next swap will probably be in April.  OC is in November, and we haven't had the best luck with weather in the early months of the year, so we'll shoot for spring.

Here's hoping we see you in OC.

Lisa

Stamp Camp - May 6, 2012

Stamp Camp was fun and it is great to catch up with everyone.  I am late in posting the cards, the week just zoomed by me.  I had put all the inks away but do have the name of the sets I used.  All the stamp sets are being discontinuted from the current catalog.  Here are the cards that we did:

Stamp set: Autumn Days
I have always liked this set, it makes great man cards.

Stamp set: Baroque Motifs
I have used this set a number of times. It makes great wedding cards.

Stamp set: Inspired by nature & Flight of the Butterfly
I waited a long time to get Inspired by nature....love it

Stamp Set: Wedding Sweet
I made 2 sets of wedding invites with this set.  It is a must have set.

Golf card

Hi!  Didn't think you'd hear from me again so soon, did you?  I guess I got in the groove from our swap, plus my husband wanted me to make a golf-related card for his parents 54th wedding anniversary because he bought them tickets to the 2013 U.S. Open (incredibly nice gift if you know anything about golf).  Here is what I came up with:

I whipped it up in about an hour last night after I would normally have been in bed, so this morning when I looked at it, there are some things I would definitely change, but considering I did it half asleep, it turned out pretty well.

I made a card for my mom's birthday, which is tomorrow, but I'll save that for another post.

I hope you are well. 

'Til next time -
Lisa

April 14th shoebox swap

Hi!

It's taken me a while, but....finally.....here are pictures of the card swaps. 

Andrea (abendis) - 1

Lisa (landerson1129) - 2

I think this is Kim's (kimrn96) card.  Two cards lost the note I put on them - this one and #31.  If I mixed them up, please let me know and I will correct the mistake.  Sorry Kim and April!!!

Sue (susane4) - 4

Patti (pgilcher) - 5

Michele (mmulich) - 6

Deb (dbrann) - 7

Karen (vixenstamper) - 8

Lynn (lynn hersh) - 9



Mary (marymcwilliams) - 10

Janine (jgeroek) - 11

bonus card from Marcia's friend b/c #12 didn't show...thanks, Marcia's friend!

Linda (lcmccaslin) - 13

Teresa Hartsoe - 14



Mary Helen (maryhelennichols) - 15

Janet (golden phoenix) - 16

Teresa (gisela64) - 17

Marcia (mkfrances) - 18



Kelly (chaud66) - 20

Pam (dixiesmom) - 22

Marge (Marge Sexton) - 23

Carol (luvSU) - 24

Laura (joppastamper) - 25

Erica (esivils) - 26

Susan Snyder - 27

Delores (dnaze) - 28

Elaine (e.garrity) - 29

Lynn (stolynn) - 30

April?? (vaummon) - 31 (April, if this isn't your card, please let me know if it's #3.)

So, that's all the cards from our swap.  Each card was better than the last!  The #21 card is from Danyelle and is on it's way to me in the mail.  When it gets here, I'll take a picture of it and add it to the list. 

We hope you all had as much fun as we did!  Hopefully, we'll be able to get together again soon.  (See the side bar for OC information.....hint.....hint........)

Take good care -

Lisa



Shoebox Swap - April 2012

I just wanted to thank everyone that attended the Shoebox Swap, it was a great success.  The pictures of the cards will be posted soon.  Andrea