Unprepared camping and a new card...

What a wonderful weekend! We headed out on a fairly "spur of the moment" overnight camping trip with our trailer. We threw in clothes, I grabbed some food, and away we went. I didn't pack enough food...and I left my wallet home! What an adventure. We managed to gather $2.70...it was enough to buy a package of hot dogs at the little corner grocery so that we could roast hot dogs over the campfire. Wood...that was another thing. They wanted $8 for a box of wood. Oh well...I figured we'd go without. But we had a visitor who noticed our plight and she brought us wood! Then, the neighbor, the camper next to us, offered up marshmallows! Could it really get any better than that? We had two giving people and we have sweet memories...and a full tummy!

While there, I got my card made for Lilybean's Paperie challenge. I had a great time making it and I really like the way it turned out! The requirements were heart, button, chipboard, polka dots and ribbon with a "friend" theme. Here it is:

A Slam Dunk! Not a card...a real dunk!

Does anybody else love basketball? This is my "tall son" (see picture on side) during a slam dunk contest over the weekend. He will be a junior in high school next fall. He's a bit over 6'6"... closer to 6'7", but just a hair short of it I think. Anyway, you know how some silly kids volunteer for silly things? Yep...another kid said, "Hey, you can dunk over me if you want to." And mine said, "Yea, okay!" So, I had to watch this one through my fingers as I was visualizing two medic units arriving, one for each kid!! Ugh. Fortunately, he came through and managed a dunk...and thanks to somebody else's dad, we got pictures!!!



The next one is a different dunk...an alley oop that he dunked nicely. He got 3rd place. I think there were about ten contestants and this was his first time, so he was thrilled! He got a Gatorade, a water bottle, and a basketball all for 3rd place. Yea!

I haven't come up with a great "slam dunk" card yet...if you've got any great ideas, send them my way.

My card from candy...

I received my first blog candy win in the mail today!! From Sue, I got some beautiful Stampin' Up! assorted cardstock, some neutral brads, a sheet of "thank you" rub ons, some felt rickrack, AND a bunch of inspiration sheets! I tore into immediately!!! I made a card with some of my winnings! Thanks so much Sue!

My Bingo sketch

This is the FIRST card I've ever made actually following a sketch! I hope to do it a bunch more, but I was motivated to create this to get another number drawn at Poetic Artistry's Bingo!!! Each time somebody makes a card with her sketch, she'll draw an extra Bingo number!! Let's all make cards!

Basketball and softball tournaments this weekend

We spent the weekend at a basketball tournament in Klamath Falls. It was great, but we missed the softball tournament. It's tough with kids in multiple sports! I did take some paper with me, though not much! Here's the card I put together.

Drywall Tape....

This card has the drywall tape that I thought the was on the other card. I found it in the hardware section and it looks just like magic mesh. I did ink this up with versa mark and then heat embossed the bright green onto it. It does take ink, but it's very light, so I opted for embossing. I love the effect!

Another day...

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New card to see? Here's one I made with some an old Stampin Up! set and some new to me SU paper! I used a little bit of transparency that I printed on, some large magic mesh and brads. I love brads.