Meet Jane!

Jane arrived yesterday from Beijing, china. She is our very first foreign exchange student. Even thou she was her for just one day she has already been so much fun. Some fun facts that we have learned so far:
It is true.... Only one child per family except for if two single children marry than they can have 2 children
There is No Facebook, twitter, or Instagram in China.... Gasp!
They say their family name first and then their first name
Way means flower and mama means mother

Day 4 of lovely cards

What a little piece of love this card is. I love the layout and little time clothespin. Lorraine created this one last year... I just can't find myself giving this away :(. I guess I will save the picture and pass it on.... Next year!

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Samantha

Day 3- love

This girl is another one of my favorite SCS stamper swappers. Suzie, always impresses! Actually I think she is my favorite! This was her After 5 swap card....so stinkin' cute! Enjoy!

Day 2- valentines love cards

This is another one of the very cute cards I got from one of my favorite card creators on SCS. Tamara has it right with her cute and cozy place to snuggle up after 5.

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Samantha

Donut' you love 'em?

My niece Lauren (11) came over on Friday with 2 cans of biscuits (the cheap 10 for $1 ones) and a can of frosting. She taught us how to make the most delicious donuts ever!!!! Today my kids made them!

14 days of love... Day 1

I have so many cute Love / Valentine cards that I thought I would do 14 days of cuteness! Hope you enjoy! The first one is by Jodi a fellow SCS stamper. I love all her cards! This was for an after 5swap.

Unidentified! 2/10/13

Here is the card I created in no time at all, since I never received my images and got these just Friday. I think they turned out pretty cute! I love doing these surprise image swaps! This image was from Linda Hart
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Samantha

After 5

I can't remember who came up with the name for my 5th swap on SCS but I loved it! "After 5" here is my card. Thanks for stamping by! Samantha

Church Stamp Camp

A few months ago I started going to the Grove stamp camp with Heidi. She only charges $5 and pretty much all the stuff is cut out for you, and the ideas are done! It's lots of fun.....very cheap, and she creates some cute stuff.

Friendship card

 

Candy holder and flower lollipop

Happy Valentines Day!


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Samantha

Christmas Parties

I can't believe that it is already the 7th annual cookie exchange! This one was by far the best! I really love Christmas, Cookies and most of all friends!

Dawn, Lindsey, and Katie

Jennifer, Savannah (my DD), Anette (Heather's mom), Heather my DD BFF, and ME!

14th annual ornament exchange- we have been friends since the 5th grade



Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

This little guy I found on SCS under a "top note" search. He is one of my favorites that I have made. Unfortunately, when I like a card I have a hard time giving it away. Good thing there are pictures so that I can just send a picture of the card to my friends and wish them a Very Happy Turkey Day! That includes you!

Love, Samantha

Christmas Stamp Camp 2012

These are the 5 projects that we made at our stamp camp. We charged $25 and included lunch, drinks, dessert and the projects. If you brought a friend we charged $20.

5 tags- we used the label punch and the big shot two tagz big and another retired tag

top note reindeer- super easy super cute

top note snowman :-)

 

 

 

Top Note gift card holder

We also made a frame with some alumininum snowflakes with the big shot (like the one pictured above) and then took out the glass out of the frame and hung the three different snowflakes in the frame.

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Samantha

Unidentified Swap #5

This cute little guy- didn't agree with me. This was the image that was sent to me and I had to decorate him and send him back. I feel sorry for the people that will be receiving him (sorry SCS sisters :( I really had a hard time creating a cute card- I had no mojo as us stampers would say. But that is what is nice about the SCS groups I am in. Sometimes we get WONDERFUL cards and everyone is very nice and understanding when we don't have such a great card. Hopefully my next one will make up for this one :)

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Samantha

Guy in the big red suit swap

Barb hosted another swap. She does this one annually and this was my second time being in it. Last year I really liked the cards I got back so I joined it again. Hopefully I will enjoy them equally as much. Here are the two that I made. The Grinch I found on SCS I just searched "Top Note" and of course millions of ideas came up. The other one I made because last year I had made a bunch of the circles and this year I am using my Big Shot lots and had just got the snowflake embossing folder- so decided to put those together. Merry Christmas. Enjoy

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Samantha

Here was my Halloween card for my swap that I hosted. Falling 4 Fall. I am trying to host a swap every other month and the theme will reflect the number of the swap that I have hosted, ie the next one will be "after 5" I kinda cheated with this one- there was no stamping involved. This was a cute FREE digi image that I received somewhere and I had printed them out so I decided to use them for this swap. I added the glitter and the spider web embossing and the crazy funky ribbon.

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Samantha

Christmas Picture

What do you think? Merry Christmas 2012!

Just a quick lil post to get back to it again! Ugh....I wish I could just stamp and scrap all day and never work or clean :/ but I can't so my blog gets behind. This was one I made for a "thank you" swap. This set is SU! retired and only available thru me for $15

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Samantha

Mystery Swap #12

This month I was the "HOSTESS" which meant I got to pick the image and got to stamp 200+ images to send out 6 images to over 18 people. I really wasn't that hard, but at first I was like, "What did I get myself into?" The image I picked was the little pig with the saying "Are you cured yet?" from the retired stamp set, Farm Fever from SU! (available from me only for $15)

 

On the inside I made a little tissue box. I chose this image so that I would have lots of "GET WELL" cards for the Touch a heart minisrty that I am in. We write cards to people who are sick, having surgery, etc...

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Samantha

Food in the Forest Swap

By Golly I think I've got it! I have been stamping now for over 20+ years and still never got the whole layering technique down. I have been pretty busy in the craft room lately and I think the more I create the better I get. This was my latest creation and I really liked the way that it turned out. It is a retired SU! set- under the stars (for sale from me $15.)

I created this for a swap that I am on SCS called Food in the Forest. It is a lively bunch of chatty girls. Lots of fun, creativeness, and chatter!

 

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Samantha

Marcy's Birthday

There are 3 girls that I do "Girly" things with. We do things like go to breakfast, girl weekends, and just have fun! Jessica, Eileen, and Marcy. Wednesday was Marcy's birthday so we met at Panera for lunch and good times. I love getting to gether with these girls- they are just FUN! This is what I gave Marcy for her birthday. So easy and quick...love it!

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Samantha