Prom Night

Hi All,

Tonight my daughter is at the High School Prom. Her boyfriend goes to a different High School (her school's rival school). We as well as he could only afford one Prom so they decided to go to his Prom. They are both Seniors. She attend her school Prom last year so decided to go to his this year.

Samantha and I spent the day together, getting the flowers, dropping off her car for later tonight, getting her hair done, getting her dressed and we had a nice lunch in there too. We stopped at my parents before picking up her boyfriend so they could see her in person. Of course she's going to be out all night and we are nervous about that but she's 18, it's Senior Prom and we have raised her right. Where did the time go? It seems like yesterday she was a cute little girl that wouldn't leave my side. Now she is a strong-willed 18 year old who wants her freedom.

Donna

TGIF

Thank goodness it's Friday. I know I haven't posted in a while. I've been busy and then we've been without our desktop computer for over a week and I was without my laptop for a week. Our desktop got a virus and crashed. It's now being restored (hopefully) and we should have it back soon. My laptop power cord died and I had to wait for the new one to arrive. I have it and all is working well with my laptop. This week I was busy with something every night.

Monday night was the South Jersey Stampers meeting at the Mays Landing Library. Below is the Mothers Day card I made for the swap. It's hard to tell by the picture but I stamped and layered the rose 3 times. I cut a smaller part of the rose each time to layer it with Stampin' Up! Dimensionals. I also outlined each layer with a Stampin' Up! Bashful Blue marker to give a shadow effect.

Stamp Set: Fifth Avenue Floral

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Whisper White

Basic Black

YoYo Yellow

Hope you like it.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Donna

April Stamp Club

These are the cards we are doing in my April Stamp Clubs. In my stamp clubs you learn new techniques and go home with complete projects and a project sheet with a picture of the projects and all the supplies used, as well as any instuctions that may be specific to the project.

If you like these cards and would like to know the supplies used or would like to do them in a workshop please contact me at 609-335-3586 or hustedde@msn.com.

Donna

Happy April!

Stampin' Up! has some nice specials going on that I wanted to update you on.

1) Spend $40 on Occasions Mini Catalog products between April 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009 and choose one item from the "Under $10" page in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog for FREE. Hostess who hold a workshop between April 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009 of $150 or more also get a FREE stamp from the "Under $10" page.

2) If you have thought about signing up to be a Demonstrator, now is the time. From now through April 30th you can purchase the Starter Kit for $199 and pay for it in Three Easy Payments. The first payment would be $66.34 (+ tax) due at the time you sign up, the second payment would be due May 15th and the third and final payment would be due June 15th. If you are interested in signing up or would like more information please feel free to contact me at 609-335-3586 or hustedde@msn.com

3) FREE CATALOG - now through April 30th, place an on-line order on my website http://www.donnahustedde.stampinup.net/ and receive the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog for FREE.

Happy Birthday to my niece, Brittany!

My niece Brittany turned 18 the other day. Saturday is her party and my daughter will be taking this card and box (with her birthday present in it) to her. Hopefully she doesn't see this before then.

I made the box at the Mays Landing Library South Jersey Stampers meeting. These ladies are a wonderful group of stampers who meet once a month, on a Monday night. We take turns showing each other different techniques and ideas. This months was a Bag in a Box by Carol Phillips. It is so cute and I really enjoyed learning how to make it. Thank you Carol! We also do a card swap - each month a different theme.



For the Bag in a Box I used the following supplies:



Stamp Set: So Many Scallops (Retired)
Ink: Bashful Blue
Paper: Summer Picnic Designer Series Paper (Retired)
Old Olive Textured Paper (12 x 12)
Whisper White
Bashful Blue
Accessories: White Gel Pen
Scallop Edge Punch
Scallop Circle Punch
1/4" Circle Punch
1 3/8" Circle Punch
1 1/4" Circle Punch
Bashful Blue Stipped Ribbon

For the Card I used the following supplies:

Stamp Set: It's Your Birthday (Retired)
Ink: Old Olive
Bashful Blue
Paper: Summer Sun Designer Series Paper (Retired)
Old Olive
Accessories: Flower (sponged with Bashful Blue) and
half pearl from the Pretties Kit
Bashful Blue Stripped Ribbon
Sponge Dauber

Thanks for stopping by and looking.

Donna

Happy Saturday

I had a very enjoyable afternoon today with the ladies who attended my Stamp-a-stack. Congratulations to Pam for winning the Door Prize, a $25.00 gift certificate for Stampin' Up! Project. Here is a picture of the cute basket with the gift certificate. I had my camera out and planned to take pictures at the stamp-a-stack but I never did.

Also, check out my Retired Stamp Set blog for a lot of atted retired Stampin' Up! stamp sets I now have for sale. Contact me if you are interested in purchasing any of the.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Donna