Buttons Buttons and more Buttons

It's that time of the week again. The Monday Feature which this week is Buttons. I made 2 cards for this one couldn't decide what to do! The top card I used my new Mini Crafters Workshop Template . These are so fun and versatile I used my chalk inks with it here and a sponge dauber.The buttons are by Foofala. I used a couple different packs to get all the smallest ones Clearsnap Chalk Ink Olive Pastel here and Chestnut Roan here The rubons are Doodlebug here Cardstock Bazzill Green Tea Red Devil Uniball Signo White pen for my + it worked beautifully. The banner stamp is justjohanna.com Michelle's Banner.

The second card is I used the fun Sweetwater Celebrate papers Buttons are Foofala Playtime the Ink is Clearsnap Colorbox Chalk Charcoal Cardstock is Bazzill Green Tea here and Raven here And the stamp is Christophe justjohanna.com he's being dicontinued which makes me sad he's one of my favorites!

What can you do with buttons? Something to think about?????

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Dianne's Card Kits are now available for sale at Linnecards. There are only 4(well 3 when I get mine) left they are going fast! I love love this card she made with it and all the others as well! These are so cute and include the cards and envies! Check out the other designers card kits as well! Don't forget there is free shipping with a $30 purchase!

It was a gloomy day in Springtime!

Well today it is gloomy and cold. Hard to believe that Friday we were in shorts and it was in the 80's. We were a little to excited about the warm weather I think. Thus the string of 40 degree days now! At least we haven't seen any of the snow predicted! Phew!

Friday was Schnockers at Renee's oh my did we have fun and she and her husband Jeff cooked us some wonderful Thai food! Then we scrapped and played! It was very nice indeed! We even made a little side trip on our way to Hobby Lobby haven't been there in ages! That was fun! Everyone got a little something fun!

Yesterday was Improve your life day HA! Well not really but Dianne and I did head over to Lowes and clean them out of paint chips for our various home projects. I checked out trees for the front of the house etc. then it was off to B&N to improve our minds. Well I bought a new cookbook about heart health. I figured no matter what happens I should make the Fam eat much healthier and if I start now Dave won't be sooooo cranky about it! HA We'll see what happens with all his tests but I certainly don't want to be worrying about it all the time.

Today is Paula's Open House for her new Uppercase Living business. I'm excited to see her walls in real life! She sent us sneaky peakies of them. Visit the website to preview our products. Enter the Customer Corner area by clicking on the “Customer Corner Login” link. Login using Demonstrator ID #548379 and Registration Token: Swanson and follow the registration instructions. The entire catalog is available for viewing on-line. They have lots of cool stuff it's hard to pick!

Ooooh almost forgot. This is my gloomy day card that makes me chuckle! Chas won't let the rain get him down. He'll go scubaing(word?) in any kind of weather! The stamps are justjohanna, Chas Scuba Owl and Big Cloud, the paper is Basic Grey and the die cut is Sizzix. Hope your all having a great day!

Playing with Paper Dolls is Fun!

So Johanna challenged us to alter this paper doll for her Boutique this month! I had a lot of fun with Bree, her new name! She on her way to a Ladies Luncheon only she needs to fortify herself with a Martini before she heads out to meet her "friends". HA Such a vivid imagination! So anyway I used 9 justjohanna stamps on this. Her skirt is the plain jar and her top is the fancy cage, then there is Michelle's banner for her scarf, the other-tini, the top hat and feather, the dragon tail, chaise and chandelier round off the stamps! The papers are K&Co and American Crafts!

A Little Catch Up

Ok so I've been going through pictures! Here are a couple. First we have the weekly feature over at Linnecards.com. This week is Daisy Bucket as the feature. The designers went a little CRAZY making projects this week! Be sure to check out the gallery! Also look for news of a NSD crop and the Design Team call over there! Things are hopping!

The second is the cake I made for Abbi's Birthday! While it's not amazing it worked I was suprised. I baked it in a pyrex bowl. It was fun decorating it. And everyone enjoyed eating it! The cupcakes I ordered from the grocery store. One cake was enough! I just added the sprinkles when I got them home!

Things are moving along here! Dance costumes are coming in. We're up to 2 rehersals a week till the end now. The girls started tumbling, they love it and they get to do it together! Started working in the yard a bit this week now that it's finally nice. Cris brought up some furniture that I'm trying to work into the house and he's headed back to TN. I'm in organizing mode I have 4 more weeks until summer vacation starts for one of them so my 2 hrs of work time is fading fast! Got to get things ready! That's about it for now!

We Have A Winner!!!!

Kim Faucher is the winner of the Scraps challenge! Abbi picked your name out of the hat! Congratulations Kim! Be sure to drop me a line with your address so we can send you your prize!

Time for a Challenge!

Scraps Scraps and More Scraps. We all have them but the question is what do we do with them. How about making a card or 2 or 5 if your like me and save all your leftover bits and pieces! So here is my current scrap box.
I Challenge you to gather your scraps into a pile and pull out a few patterned and cardstock pieces and stamp out something wonderful. Here are the scraps I pulled out of my box.

Here is my sample card. I die cut the tub and accessories. The bubbles are punched with hand punches and the mirror is a scallop and circle punch. I just cut the rug out with deco scissors. Stamps used Flying Al, Thought Bubble, Little Al and Alistair all by justjohanna. The bubbles are accented with souffle and glaze pens. I also did the tub edge and legs with glaze pens!

Once you've completed your challenge post a link to your art either here or on the message board to be entered in the drawing for the Awesome justjohanna prizes listed below. To be entered in the drawing links must be posted by 12am PST Sunday evening or Monday morning if you wish.

Also be sure to head over and check out all the other designer challenges and the gallery for tons of inspiration. Above all be sure to have a Happy Earth Day!

You Could Win This Stamp + a $250 shopping spree!

Just by participating in the justjohanna Earth Day Extravaganza today each challenge is a chance to win!!!! Head over to the message board and gallery to check out all the challenges and inspiration being added!!!!!!

Check back here at 11pm CST for a challenge to use up all those scraps you have!

Let the EARTH DAY CHALLENGES begin!

A Few Days early but more fun for us! The justjohanna DT will be posting challenges every hour starting now! Check the Earth Day forum at the justjohanna message board. Register at the forum throughout the event, there will be challenges to create Earth Day related projects.

You can post them in the Earth Day gallery. It might be busy during the event, so register ASAP if you don’t already have an account.



Prizes Prizes Prizes! The participants from each of the blog challenges will be entered into the grand prize drawing for the following items:



One (1) grand prize of a $250 justjohanna shopping spree.

One (1) second prize of a $50 justjohanna gift certificate.

Five (5) third prizes of 25% off coupons for the justjohanna online store.

One (1) limited edition Al in Space rubber stamp for the winner of each of the individual challenges.

Shhhhhhhhh......It's Coming

Fun.....Challenges....Prizes...............Even Bigger Prizes....................And even more FUN....


Check back in just a little bit!

Spring is almost here!

I swear it's sunny and warmish today! Well it's WINDY oh my is it WINDY but then that's pretty normal!

What have I done lately? OH MY things have been crazy around here it's fundraising season for just about everything again OH MY! We registered Ab's for Kindergarten that was hard. I didn't cry which is a miracle since I cry about every little thing. I did end up signing up to do kindergym! Abbi is not thrilled since I'll be in her gym classes. HMMMMM. The girls started tumbling last week they love it! Ab's is the youngest Em is pretty young too the other girls are all in middle school so they are the babies. But the teacher is on the HS Gymnastic Team and is awesome with them. So hopefully we'll have our cartwheel and splits by the end of the session.

What else? Putting together a class on flowers for spring that should be fun. I'm kinda excited I have a cute bag idea! Oh and the card at the top is fun I used a card I got in a kit that was already die cut with the window. I stamped around it with the justjohanna stormy wave stamp and embossed with a fun green embossing powder! The inside is lined with a cool patterened paper that matches!

OOOOH HEADS UP!!! Earth Day is coming and justjohanna is going to have challenges and prizes and such! That will be loads of fun. Keep watching for exciting updates and details.

Back to Life!

Well sort of. Last week was spring break which was fun. I did make the mistake of switching my internet/TV/phone over right before break. We are still working out problems with service and damage to my home. And can I just say I have new rules in place regarding household services. I can only deal with one utility company one time a day on one issue daily. Even then it's generally an hour long process but the hours on end trying to fix all the problems we have had have taken their toll on me. I now just start crying before the call begins so I can get it out of the way! HA Dave has his own rule and he likes to say it loudly "DON'T EVER CHANGE ANYTHING AGAIN!" And we all know my husband loves to save money but I suppose he figures it's not worth the time and inconvenience.




Anyhoo enough about my technology ICK! I'm happy to be back and have the kids back to their routine and be able to breath again.



Here I missed Easter and Abbi's b-day celebration. Both were very pleasant. There was also a very fast, fun, wildly tiring visit by some of Dianne's crazy friends from Iowa! Those ladies are way too much fun and we scrapped and shopped and ate! Oh My!

So I need a little something happy after an hour of more repair issues today. Here is a cute card with matching envie. I found these cards and envelopes at a Scrap store we used to have it's since gone but they are so fun and bright! The chipboard is Jenni Bowlin, Paper Chatterbox and the stamps are justjohanna! If this shade of orange doesn't make you smile then I don't know what to do! Have a great day!