Flood

As most of you know, we had flooding in SE MN yesterday. Of course not as bad as Cedar Rapids, but our Cedar River flows right to them. We are on a hill so the water comes up just a short way. In back of us is Queen of Angels Church, totally flooded. Along with many homes through out the city. I wasn't one of the joy seakers out driving yesterday, I could walk in my back yard and see enough. The photo is 1 1/2 blocks from my house. I'm standing on the bridge looking north. You can see how far the water is up to the bridge. The current was awful. I got off the bridge as fast as I got on there!

When I stood in my back yard, on the hill, this was my view. See the pavilion almost to the top!

3 houses away is the corner from my house. I'm standing in the middle of the street. Center, at the very end, is where the river is. Its a "T" intersection there and one of our main streets going through town. On the left is the Church and on the right is the park. Just over on the next block, they aren't as lucky as we are being on the hill. You heard pumps working all night long, trying to empty their basements. We flood about every 4 years. The worst being 2004.
Just thought I would show you what disaster we've had in town. My heart goes out to all the people, here and Iowa that have lost everything. You are all in my prayers.
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5 in 1 Box

I've been working on this for a few days now. At SCS they have directions for this and I've always loved it! I bought the 5 in 1 template from SU a while back and just haven't played with it yet. Well here is my box, finally finished and 4 note cards to go inside. I decorated the lid with Swirls V:I by rhonna farrer. Ribbon is in my stash ribbon box! The sentiment stamps with flowers are woodmounted and by Studio G.
I love the way it turned out. When I first made the bottom of the box, the lid fit in it! I had to do some tweaking to make it the right measurements.
Cute little box and note cards for a gift!
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Girly Girl

I made this card for my granddaughter Mariah. She is so girly girl, 6 years old, and she will love it. I used a new stamp set I got from Loreen at "Wish On A Scrap". Great deals if you join her yahoo group!! Also you can shop at her store, http://www.wishonascrap.com:80/ . This was one of the add ons in a kit she had for the month of June. Its by Gel-a'-tins called Best Friends. So cute of a set for little girls! I used colored cardstock in pastel colors and ran a sponge soaked in ink over the edges and then lightly ran over the whole cs. I cut the large circle out of my mega marvey punch and the small circle from my SU punch. The oblong are from my nesties. Dotted the edges with my black gel pen. The hugs and kisses is from Papertrey Ink.
Time to clean up for the night. Hope everyone had a great day... see you tomorrow!
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Coffee Time...

A good friend of mine retired in April and we try to make it at least once a month for coffee. Dosn't always work, but we give it our best shot! I think she is more busy being retired than when she worked! I made this card for her to come for coffee. Its my turn so its my house or my treat out. Thought I would send this her way. I usually make some little card and send her at least once a month. This is a one sheet criss cross card. No wasted paper! I love it and so simple. You can catch the directions here... http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=2z34rR55cNA&feature=related
remember, my link button dosn't work!! Easy tut and explained excellent!
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Baby... Not ME!

Emily's girlfriend and her husband are going to have another Baby! Emily and Holly have been friends for years. They were always in trouble! And I'm not kidding! Dumb stuff but enough to drive a mother crazy! I remember Holly staying over night and me asking her, what do you want to do when you grow up? She said she wanted to be a beautician and have lots of babies! LOL, Well she is a beautician and she is on her second bundle of joy. She is just an awesome mom, I always knew she would be. So I made this card for m, to give to Holly. The tutorial for this cute onsie is on Lauren Meaders blog. The cute giraffe is a gift I got from my friend Loreen. I receieved it yesterday in my box of goodies! I fell in love with that little guy and just kept looking at him and thought of Holly. The "sweet" is by Papertrey Ink.
Just thought I would share my newest easy card!
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Invitation Anyone?

Crusin around the blog world yesterday I ran across a card that I loved, loved the concept of it. You could order the kit for $25 but thought Oh, I can make that. Well 24 hours later! I had no idea what I was actually going to put on it. I call it "winging it"! My colored cardstock is getting low once again and went with a color I had enough of and a nice neutral color, still no idea's in mind. I found a ds in my stash and decided to go with the colors in the ds. I had my layout done and about 30 stamps sets down trying to figure out what to do! Well the mailman was late yesterday, usually we get our mail at 10AM and he didn't get here till after 3:30! I never check after 12 noon! My husband brings in a big box!! WOOOOHOOOO my goodies are here that I ordered from Loreen! Open it up and STAMP SETS!! I went with a pool/BBQ theme! So this is what the inside looks like....

This is the side view of the card. It has 2 5x5 (cut 5x10 and scored in the middle) panels on the end, and I cut the middle panel 6x5, giving it 1/4 inch overlap to tape to the inside of the folded front/back.

This is the front of the card, ribbon not tied so I could show you the front. I cut out my flap using my oblong nesties and punched slots on front and back to run my ribbon through. Only problem is when tied, part of my saying gets covered up. But I tried many ways to figure it out, and because of the weight of the card and the folded panels, I had to secure it, but also make sure it would open up more like a frame. I think it turned out great. I had a lot of fun making it so happy that my new stamps came yesterday!!

This is the front tied and ready to go...in a box! LOL Its so heavy! The flowers on the front I punched out with my SU flower punch, scored them, ran versa magic dew drops over the edges.
Thanks for stopping by! Hope everyone is having a great week!
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Small double pocket bag

Last week a good friend sent me a double pocket bag and I love it. She got the pattern for it from SCS. She also sent me directions on how to make it! I have made a couple now but this morning I wanted to try a small one. I love to decorate the Christmas tree and usually find someway to make a bag or something for the lucky ones that get money as a gift. Well I decorated this one for a trial run. Turned out real cute and will hold the bill just perfect! You could also make them a little bigger for a gift card. I don't know how I would of managed without my SP!! Love that thing! The stamp is from SU So Many Scallops. I used my SU scallop punch to punch it out. The ric rak is something I had in my stash to make the handles and tie a little ribbon around it. A couple more of these and I will be done with my bags for Christmas!
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Dreamsicle Anyone?

The tut for this came from a good friend and for the life of me I cannot find it and give the person credit. When I do I will post who the creator is. Isn't it to cute? It would make a great invite for a bunch of gals to get together poolside for a margarita! To bad I don't have a pool! But my daughter does, so maybe I can borrow it for a Saturday afternoon in the sun party! Super easy to make. Used my SU scallops punch for the "bite" and I found all these colored popcicle sticks at the dollar store! Matched my orange paper perfect! The image was a gift from Mary-Jane and I never knew what to use it on! Well it fits perfect! I ordered a stamp set off of ebay of summer fruit. Its a CTMH set. I thought it would be perfect having all the fruits on there and adding them to the card. Just have to pick up some inks to go with it.
I worked on many projects this weekend and actaully finished them! I will post them to my blog later. Right now I have an explosion box in the making. Never made one before and me and my bright idea's tried something a littl different and now I have to figure out what to do with my sides! I hate that when I think of a "great" idea and it just causes more work for me! Oh well, if thats all I have to worry about, life is good!
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Woof Woof Good Dog!

I made this card watching the stupidest movie. My husband loves wierd shows and this one rates right up there with all the rest! Snakes on a Plane, has anyone seen this movie?? BAD!! But the cards cute!! The dog and his house are from PinkPetticoat called Home Sweet Home, its one of their newest releases. The Good Dog stamps, are called "Dogs" from Inkadinkado. I made the card 5x5. I added some brads and corners I punched out from SU punch. I stamped the background with doggie foot prints. I'm going to give this to my grandson next time he comes for a visit, mabye with some dog stickers inside.
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Miss LadyBug

I colored her a couple of nights ago. I had my circles cut out and dotted but I just couldn't get it to look right. So I went for the rectangle nesties. The Ladybug is by Rubbernecker and I thought she was so cute. Reminds me she might be on her way to church. No bling, just added some red ric rak I had in my ribbon stash.
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