2008 June » » Page 2

2008 Epilepsy Walk Around Kentuckiana

Jun 212008

What a day we had today! Great weather, family and friends all gathered for the Epilepsy Walk. It was great to visit with old friends that we haven’t seen in a year, and make new ones! You get to know the other teams who walk year after year, and this year, we had the great privilege of meeting Joshua. Joshua and his team, Joshua’s Helping Hands, have been walking years longer than we have, and it was nice to finally meet Joshua and his family. I was able to talk Kate and Joshua into posing for a quick photo.

Even though my family was running late this morning, we still had time for some quick photo ops before the program began. Here is our team (with the exception of a couple), all gathered and ready to go.

While we were all together, and sisters were sitting with sisters, I had to get a few more photos. Here’s Kate and Mallory together, posing like they always do,

then my aunt and mother, with Kate and Mallory hamming it up behind them.

Since it’s so rare that we are like this all together, here’s my sister, Carrie.

For those of you who claim that Jeanne and I must have been sisters separated at birth, here’s a pic of Jeanne and me.

Of course, before you begin something as strenuously as walking around the zoo, everyone knows that you need to warm up and get your blood pumping. This is always my favorite part of the walk, the aerobic warm up during the opening. This year it was to Elvis and as I turned around and looked behind me, here’s our team – the same ones warming up as always.

We had a couple of hours to stroll around the zoo, and here we are heading out.

Carrie started out walking with me and Jeanne, and we actually thought we were behind the rest of the team. Wrong! We were in front, but didn’t know it. Jeanne and I made a quick stop, and Carrie decided to go ahead and we would catch up with her. During our stop, my mother and aunt ended up catching up with us. It seemed like we were all spread out, everyone going their own way. We never saw Carrie again – actually not one of us had run into her. With just a few minutes left, Jeanne and I walked into the stage area and here is what we found!

Carrie, sitting on the bleachers with her feet up. She walked as quickly as she could all around the zoo, and I forgot that she still had a broken toe on her right foot and her left was swollen.

Because of your generosity, we were able to raise $2,610 of the $60,000 raised for the Louisville Walk. We didn’t come close to the top three teams, who raised (approximately) $10,000, $8,000 and $7,500, respectively. We are however, very proud of ourselves for raising what we did this year! In the past two years, we’ve averaged just around $500 a year. We set our bar higher this year and hope to continue to grow with each passing year. Thanks to all of you who contributed to our efforts – what a difference you helped us make!

I almost forgot. You’ve seen the front of the shirts in the photos above, but not the back.

(Jeanne’s back after a long afternoon nap!)

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I’m sure there will be more adventures to share in the upcoming days!

Stampin' in Your PJs

Hanna Stamps 3 Responses »

Jun 202008

WOW, can you believe it’s Friday already? This week has flown by and I’m still running to catch up with myself! Jeanne and I spent last night making shirts for the Epilepsy Walk tomorrow and I still have one more to finish for that. Oh my BADNESS, it just keeps coming in and I’m running 10 paces behind.

I’ve got to finish up some projects that have been down on my desk for a week now, because

IT’S A PAJAMA PARTY TONIGHT! Join us for an evening of Fun, Contests, Challenges and Stampin’ in Your JAMMIES!!!!!!!

Throw on your Coziest P.J.’s and come out to play. Many of the DT Members are working on some exciting Themed Challenges for you and I’m still scrambling to get mine done.

WHEN: Tonight, Friday June 20th
TIME: 7-11 p.m.
WHERE: In the Hanna Forum on Splitcoaststampers

We will have some very EXCITING surprises for you that night!!!

I also have some more exciting news to share with you!!!! I have accepted the permanent Guest Designer position with Our Daily Bread and will be one of the High Hopes Diva’s for the next three months, as a Guest Designer. I’m so excited to be working with both of these companies and can’t wait to share new images and designs with you!

Tomorrow is our walk, and hopefully I have tons of pictures to share with you! Have a great day!

More Shimmer and FLowers

Lizzie Anne Designs 6 Responses »

Jun 182008

Good afternoon! Jeanne got here last night around 8:30, and by the time we stopped for drive through, got back to the house and got her settled, we only had a few hours to chat before we both just crashed. We have errands to run today, but I had a brainstorm (and yes it did hurt) for the Sketch Challenge on SCS today. I couldn’t wait to make that second , walk the pups while waiting and then head to the stamp room. Jeanne is still down there working away! She claims to be working in slow motion today.

Anyhoo, what I decided to do was incorporate both the Sketch and Technique Challenges today. Once I got the image stamped, I realized that I was going to need to go to a bigger card. Cut the panel wrong in the beginning. Oh well, we now have a 5-1/2″ square card.

All the panels started out as Neenah Classic Crest Solar White. I stamped the flowers and the swirls, and then misted the paper with Shimmer Mist made with Scattered Straw and Gold Perfect Pearls. The sentiment panel is just a scrap of white, misted with the Shimmer Mist and the sentiment stamped in black. The flower panel was distressed, and then all the edges of the white (now shimmery) were sponged with Adirondack Latte.

Stamps: In the Meadow and So Swirly from Lizzie Anne Designs
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Basic Black and Kraft
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Adirondack Cranberry and Latte, Tim Holtz Scattered Straw Distress Ink
Accessories: Ranger Mini Mister, Gold Perfect Pearls; Tonic Tim Holtz Distress Tool; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Ribbon; Mounting Tape

I hope you have a great day today! We are off to run some errands and I’m gonna get a quick haircut.

Set Sail for a Treasure Hunt

Rubbernecker 12 Responses »

Jun 172008

Arrrrrrr ye mateys, it be a Tuesday and ya know what that means. It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker Stamp Company. Put ye swashbuckling skills to the test and plunder all the treasure that be waitin’ fer ya. Set sail along with me mates and join us fer the first clue. Along ye way, there are a few ports ya need be stoppin’ at. There be some extra treasure to be found today – set sail now for The Ports of Candy and Shelly! After ye stops there, head on over to Rubbernecker where ye will find the first clue and more deets on how ya may claim ye bounty!

While ye are sailing around today, make sure ye stop at Jeanne’s place and check out the Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge today. Why stop there, just keep on a sailin’ and visit the rest of me mates, Kittie, Broni, Tami, Leigh and Linda, who have samples posted today. As fer me, I was awash at sea and lost me way. But if ya will check back in later, I’ll have some samples for ye as well!

Well, I’m back! I decided I needed to get a little stampy today and did the SCS Color Challenge. I was a little hesitant about the colors, but I must admit that they are terrific together. I would never have thought to put kraft with black and blue. I also have to tell you that I had forgotten how much I love to stamp with pigment ink. I now have all the new Ranger pigment inks, and they are quickly becoming a favorite. The dimension and vibrancy they add to a card are what I’ve forgotten about.

I stamped the backgrounds with Cloudy Blue pigment ink, but stamped the image panel with Cloudy Blue dye ink. The edges of the white panels are sponged with Latte. Both the image and sentiment panels are raised on mounting tape.

Stamps: Stamp Oasis Background Collection Diamond Background SKU:1340 SO, KK Originals Sentiments Collection Thank You SKU:04-06 KK, and The Jeanne Streiff Collection Just Leaves SKU:403-02 and White Flower SKU:403-03 from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Kraft, Basic Black and Soft Sky
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Adirondack Latte and Cloudy Blue
Accessories: Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Brads; Ribbon; Mounting Tape

Shimmer and Glimmer

Challenges, Grunge Paper/Board, Lizzie Anne Designs, Tag Art, Techniques 6 Responses »

Jun 162008

Good Monday afternoon! I can’t believe it is already this late. I started the morning off running errands, bank, store, blah blah blah. Now here’s the best part of my day! I emailed Jeanne to see if she was getting close to being ready to fly in on Thursday. I went on downstairs to work on today’s Try a New Technique Challenge, and Jeanne called. Jeanne isn’t coming in on Thursday. She gets here TOMORROW! You know I vaguely telling me her plans had been changed but it was probably one of those moments when I really wasn’t paying attention. It also goes to tell you how often she ACTUALLY reads my blog, because I’ve only been talking about her getting here on Thursday for a week! On the downside, the house may not be as spotless as I would want it to be. However, on the upside, I’m gonna have some help getting the shirts made for the Epilepsy Walk this coming Saturday! WOO HOO! One of my errands this morning was to go buy mine, Jeanne’s and Mallory’s shirts as well as the transfer paper. Now I just have to rework the design in a program that allows me to print iron-on transfers, and I’m golden!

Speaking of the Epilepsy Walk, I’m going to give a shameless plug. If you haven’t read Kate’s Story, we are doing the Walk Around Kentuckiana this coming Saturday for the Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana. Even though through your great generosity, we have far exceeded Kate’s goal, we are still taking donations through the week. Before I start to get weepy again, I’m going to move onto today’s stamping.

When I checked on Beth’s Splitcoast Try a New Technique Challenge today, I laughed myself silly. Beth and I had been working on this technique during the demos at the Collinsville Stamp Show a few weeks ago, and I was teasing her that it would make a great challenge. By golly she did it – and better yet, she made her own samples! WOO HOO Beth!

Today’s Technique Challenge is to use Shimmer and/or Glimmer Mist to add some shimmer and shine to your project. To make my own Shimmer Mist, I use a Ranger Mini Mister, add one dropper full of Tim Holtz Distress Reinker and then a bit of Ranger Perfect Pearls. I actually use my scissors and pick up the Perfect Pearls on the end of it and drop them into the Mini Mister. Fill the bottle with water, just a bit down from the top, and give it a good shake. It lasts forever and I make a number of bottles at one time depending on the color I’m using. (i.e., I will make 4 Mini Misters at one time all with the same color of ink, but each with different colors of Perfect Pearls). I write on the side of the Mini Mister the combination – Scattered Straw Gold, etc., and then keep them stored in an old coffee mug on my desk.

Instead of making a card today, I decided on a tag using a number of sets from Lizzie Anne Designs.

I took a manilla shipping tag and stamped a few swirls from So Swirly in Milled Lavender. Once that had dried, I misted the tag with Broken China Gold, Dusty Concord Pearl and Scattered Straw Gold Shimmer Mists. The swirls that I had stamped earlier absorbed some of the color of the Shimmer Mist and popped out from the background. Flowers from In the Meadow were randomly stamped in Dusty Concord. The sentiment, from Say It in Script, was stamped on a separate tag, trimmed, and then misted with Scattered Straw Gold and Broken China Gold Shimmer Mist. The edges were distressed with my distress tool and then sponged with Dusty Concord. The sentiment panel is raised on mounting tape. For some added dimension to the tag, I inked a Grunge Board flourish with Milled Lavender and then misted it with more Shimmer Mist. The Grunge Board is attached to the tag using Ranger Glossy Accents.

Here’s a close up of the sentiment panel and Grunge Board hoping to show some of the shimmer on the tag.

Stamps: In the Meadow, So Swirly and Say it in Script from Lizzie Anne Designs
Paper: Manilla Shipping Tag
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Tim Holtz Broken China, Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord Distress Inks
Accessories: Ranger Mini Misters, Pearl and Gold Perfect Pearls, and Glossy Accents; Tim Holtz idea-ology Grunge Board Elements; Tonic Tim Holtz Distress Tool; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Paula Best Fibers