"Survivor" night - season 19 : week 5

I'm way ahead of the game now......its only Tuesday and I will have last weeks "Survivor" night blogged and still have time to get ready for this weeks night....might even get a blog or 2 extra in....hmmmmmm or maybe not....what busy things I must have to do instead.
Well "Survivor" was again at my house.....I made a pork chop dish with apples and stuffing with cranberries (mixed in the stuffing).....and I found out that cardzgal doesn't like meat and fruit together...note to self....don't make that again or any other fruit and meat dishes. For dessert I made (yes I did-not like last week) a Dutch Apple Pumpkin Crisp....strange combination but it was quite good.....will have to make that again. What is Russell's problem....if he keeps going off on people like he did with Liz....they are gonna catch on and he will be going BYE-BYE....oh how that will make me so sad....NOT!!!!!!! I really don't know who should have gone this week...not Ashley....I say RUSSELL....why can't they see through him....he makes me so mad!
Calm....calm....breathe....on to the cards - cardzgal used a House Mouse stamp, coloured with Prismacolor pencil and blended with gamsol,used a nestabilities scallop die, the candy diecut is from the Cricut cutting system. For my card I used a unmounted stamp that I purchased at a stamp show that was held in Hamburg, N.Y. last fall and the company name eludes me, I used versamark and clear embossing powder, used american tag corners and some prima flowers and baubles and the Martha Stewart fir punch, added some Frosted Lace stickles to the branches to give them a frosted look.


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"Survivor" night - season 19 : week 4

Well all I seem to do is try and catch-up with the blogging....I just don't know how I can not keep up-to-date.....I must be very busy doing other things.....just don't know what they can be....the time just seems to fly by....I need more hours in a day.....don't we all!
So week 4 of "Survivor" was held at my house....I made Mac and Cheese, with a salad for dinner and for dessert it was an Apple Crumble Pie(store bought-I do better next week). As for the show....Russell still has to go, don't like him - no way! Myself I thought Monica should have gone for her performance in the challenge, but Yasmine was very lazy around camp.....and her comments to just about everyone and especially on her visit to the rival tribe were uncalled for.....glad she is off the island!
Our cards - cardzgal used a BoBunny stamp, sentiment stamp from imaginisce, spellbinders nestabilities, quickutz damask die and a fir branch punch and some baubles. For my card I used a cuttlebug embossing folder-snowdots, quickutz snowman die and the sentiment stamp from hampton arts.




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"Survivor" night - season 19 : week 3

Alrighty now, onto last weeks "Thursday night ritual". We got together at cardzgal's house. Chicken fingers and roasted potatoes and salad was for dinner, with a delicious, tart Lemon pie for dessert----YUMM-Oooooo!!!!
Okay so I'm happy that Ben is gone, thats one down and Russell to go, to bad its not a call in and vote for the "Survivor" to go....he would have been long gone on the first night....in my opinion. We'll just have to wait and see what happens tonight.

Last week cardzgal used the new stampendous stamps coloured with prismacolor pencils and did some paper tearing; and for my card I used stamps from TooMuchFun( I purchased them at the Rubber Stamp show in Novi, Michigan last year), I used chalk and shimmer paints and did some heat embossing, everything was cut out and popped, added a ribbon bow and some liquid pearls and the sentiment is a "peel-off"

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Maybe One Day I will be Organized Enough

Well its Thursday and its the 4th show into "Survivor" season and I haven't posted a card yet.....whats the matter with me? I thought after getting all caught up with the card exchange cards I would be keeping this blog up-to-date....bad blogger, bad blogger!

Okay, so whats been happening? Cardzgal and I are getting together as usual for our Thursday night "Dinner and Survivor and card exchange". We didn't do a card on the first show.....we just weren't that organized. The second show in we had dinner at cardzgal's and it was also my birthday that night, so I'll post the birthday card that cardzgal made and our exchange cards(christmas themed for the whole season)

For my birthday card - a Bella Stamp was used

For our exchange cardzgal used stamps from Imaginisce, fun flock, flower soft and the oval nestabilities and added some wiggly eyes; and for my card I used a stamp from Inkadinkado, a cuttlebug embossing folder; I chalked a bit of the image and distressed the edges and added some ribbon and popped the image.

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Catch-up post #3

Well here it is and less than week after the exchange, yeah I'm all caught up. So for this months card exchange we had to do a card using a recipe or making it with a cooking theme. Our little group all used some wonderful recipes, we even got to sample two of them. Some wonderful and yummy "Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies" and while we were exchanging our cards a warm "Fruit Coffee Cake". We also got recipes for Banana Bread and GingerBread Cookies...yum-oh!

I have up-dated the side bar with upcoming themes and when our next exchange is gonna be. Everyone keep their fingers crossed that I can keep this going and not get sidetracked with other business.

This will be the last post for today, but of course with the new "Survivor-Season 19" just starting last night......you know I am going to be posting a lot, yes cardzgal and I are doing our weekly card making challenge--Christmas themed again......and with saying that, here is my last thought on last nights show.....Who HATES Russell-the little fat man with the hat?....hes got to go...SOON!... like last night. Okay enough said, here is this months card and featured card of the month.









Featured Card of the Month

Catch-up post #2

Okay, I'm on a roll now...hmmmm better not get myself too carried away. So August's card exchange was to use a die cut(s). I do believe the weather started getting better this month because I remember July being very cool for a summer month and I was hoping for nice...not "too hot" weather as this was the month my baby girl was getting married...Yeah!!! for a nice August.
Our little group was very creative again, we even had 2 christmas cards done for the exchange....and after me mentioning the cool weather and hoping for warmth.....but I just love Christmas cards any time of the year....hmmm maybe a christmas card challenge every month....okay stop the groaning, I'll just challenge myself with that one. So here are our cards for the August exchange and this months featured card.




Featured card for August

OMG!!!!!! Its been how long??

Hello all, my oh my how the time has flown by. Its the middle of September and I haven't posted since when- June?? Thats not a good blogger. Well as some of you know, I have been very busy, making Wedding invites and then the shower invites and then oh yeah! helping out with a wedding, and with that all going on trying to keep up with card exchanges too.....so something had to give and I'm sad to say it was the blogging. However the Wedding is done and now things can get back to normal....whatever that is. So this is going to be the first of many post....so I can get everyone caught up with our creativity....and I might even throw in some pictures of the Wedding invites too.



The card exchange way back in July was the Baby theme and here are the cards we did and some pictures of a feature card....something new from me.........can you feel me sucking up for my deliquency..LOL





Featured card for July