Stampin! with Jaydee

And Lou's birthday give-away winner is.......

Hi Everyone. Happy Monday. It was choose a winner today in the jaydee/Lou household. Before we announce the winner, we wanted to thank those of you who left messages or sent emails wishing Lou a happy birthday. We really enjoyed reading all of them and Lou felt very special because you choose to participate. I wrote everyone's names onto pieces of paper - one for each person, every time they commented - and scrunched them up. I then handed them to Lou and he threw them in the air and said that the first one to land would be the... Read more →

Nine Lives for Paper Players #454

Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday. It's my turn to host the Paper Players challenge this week and it's color week. So, black and white and ONE other color. As fall is just around the corner, really?! We only started summer about three weeks ago, didn't we? Anyway, I digress.... where was I? Oh, yes! As fall is just around the corner, I decided to go with orange. But, today's card has NOTHING to do with fall :-) As a last minute purchase, I slipped Stampin' Up's! Nine Lives into my basket. as I adored the little cat. I love the way... Read more →

Party Like.....

Hi Everyone. Happy Friday. This is the last of the cards that I made for Lou. So, you have until around 5.30 cst on Sunday morning to make your last round of birthday wishes for Lou to be entered into the draw for the tonic kit. As a reminder this is what is up for grabs. What's the blog candy on offer? It's the Tonic Craft Kit #13 Snowflake Gift Card Box. I've been waiting to add this as blog candy as the timing for it is perfect. You can see all the details on the craft kit at this... Read more →

Sailing Home - for Lou's birthday and blog candy reminder

Hi Everyone. Happy Thursday. If you missed my initial post about Lou's birthday and the blog candy, you can check out all the details here This is the second card that I made for Lou. Jeanne, this is for you - another SU card :-) I love this Sailing Home set and the papers are fabulous. I decided to try my hand at a layered card using some of the papers and the die-cuts that come with the set. I blended some Neenah White card stock with blue ink to serve as the focal layer. I die-cut it with my... Read more →

Say a Heartland Happy Birthday, Lou and tonic craft kit give-away

Hi everyone. happy Wednesday. Today is Lou's birthday. Lou categorically told me that he did not, in any way, want to celebrate his birthday and wanted to breeze right past this year. Really???? So, being the cantankerous wife that I am :-), I decided to make a big deal out of it here on my blog and I am hoping that you will all help me do that. I made 3 different cards to help Lou celebrate his birthday (remember he didn't want any!) and I will be sharing each one over the next three days. A couple of weeks... Read more →