Finally, Celebrating Gabey's Birthday!

...And Uncle Mike's & Aunt Leah's!!

After many post-ponements, we finally celebrated Gabriel's third birthday! Leah's twenty-something birthday (--sister-in-laws stick together and never reveal their true age! lol!), and Uncle Mike's 29th birthday (gosh, you're old!!!)! Gabey was excited, and proud, of his cake! It was a complete "zoo" affair as Gabey (and Co.) opened up a fun new "zoo" themed pool complete with a giraffe slide! Needless to say, it is being filled with air as we speak!!

A little late...but Congrats!!!

I am a little behind this week, but congrats to Crystal P. for winning the beautiful flower arrangement!! And again, thanks to Michele for such a lovely design!! Have fun Crystal! We can't wait to see what you create!!

Creativity at it's best!

An arrangement absolutely perfect in every way! What more could a scrapbooker/cardmaker want?? Scrapbooking products, flowers, and chocolate! The only thing needed is time to enjoy! This beautiful arrangement was designed by my friend Michele Bridges as my raffle prize for my Fundraiser this weekend--Luau-ing for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! Too bad I can't win! lol! CTMH products included are: Liquid Glass, Edge Distressor, Summer Carnival Bigger Brads, Summer Carnival Sassy Strands, Summer Carnival Brads (regular size), Bonding Memories Glue, Sanding Kit, Prisma Glitter, White Daisy Mini-Medley Accents, & White Daisy Brads. $60 retail value just in CTMH product!

There will be other great raffle prizes from the fantastic vendors from Longaberger, Pampered Chef, Scentsy, Premier Designs, Tupperware, Mary Kay & Local Merchants! Tickets are $1 each or 6/$5. E-mail me if you would like to pre-purchase tickets.

Happy Birthday Gabey-Luke!

Yesterday we celebrated Gabriel's 3Rd BIRTHDAY!! Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday, we moved to VA with 3 week old little Gabey and now he is a BIG THREE! Gabey's birthday wish was to go to the "Hot-dog place" (AKA Yanni's in Broadway)--so that is just what we did! Grandmommy & Daddy were able to go with us and Gabey & Abby had their first milkshake!! Smiles all around! The day was finished off by the first night of Bible School. What a happy day!

One stamp - three variations!

I love this stamp set! It is called Extreme Happiness and coordinates with the Moon Doggie Collection! There are just so many possibilities! Here, I have created the same card with a variation of stamping techniques and as you can see they produce vary different results.

The first, is a complete stamping of the stamp.

The second image was created with 2nd Generation stamping. A very simple technique. To do, ink the stamp with Exclusive ink color of choice. Stamp the image on a scrap piece of paper. Next, without re-inking, stamp the image again on the paper that you want your final image on. Depending on your pressure, this technique will produce a much softer image.

For the third image, ink the stamp with the Exclusive ink of choice. Stamp lightly with about 1/2 of the pressure that you would normally apply. This will allow the cardstock underneath to show through the design, and give the image a more "spongy" or textured appearance.

Whatever technique you use, you will create beautiful art! Have fun!

Luau-ing for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society--Auction Goes Live now!

Welcome to Luau Week! I have organized a fundraiser for this Sunday, July 12th at the Plains District Community Center in Timberville, VA. The event, Luau-ing for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is a vendor summer Celebration. I have consultants from many awesome Direct Sales Companies that will be present to strut their stuff! As a part of my table, I will be selling the following retired items at HUGE discount prices & all of the proceeds will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! You can purchase yours here, and now! The quantities available are listed by the item. I will update these as items sell down. Please know that the items available are in limited supply.

To order, send me an e-mail and we can work out payment and delivery/pick-up arrangements. If the order needs to be shipped, please add a $8 for shipping. Special note: for those of you in the Lima & Toledo area, I will be traveling there the last week of July, and will be more than happy to deliver them to save you shipping cost.

For more details about the event itself, visit the Luau's Blog at:

http://luauforleukemiaandlymphoma.blogspot.com/

or, you can always e-mail me at: inallsassiness@juno.com.

Deck the Halls My Stickease (4 sheets to pkg) - $4
Qty Available: 2

Denim Days Level 2 - $6 Qty Available: 4

#1 DAD: My Reflections Scrapbooking Kit Qty Available: 4

Brass Templates: $3 each or 3/$5


Qty. Available: 3

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Qty. Available: 8

Qty. Available: 7

Qty. Available: 1

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Qty. Available: 6

Dimensional Self Adhesive Ribbon Slides, Bookplates, Charms $4

Atomic Caps My Acrylix Stamp Set $6 Qty. Available: 2

Princess Stamp Set $8 Qty:1
Abundnce Borders $6 Qty:1

Miracle Stamp Set $8 Qty. 1

There will also be an awesome raffle available! Each vendor has donated a prize, and the CTMH prize is amazing! It is filled with CTMH products in the Summer Carnival Palette, all beautifully put together with flowers! Designed by my friend Michele, it will delight all of your senses! Stay tuned to my blog later this week for a photograph. Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6/$5. If you would like to purchase tickets, send me an e-mail.

Ride-em Cowboy!

Ride'em Gabey! Mr. Daredevil himself! We went to downtown Luray this evening for a community event and the fireworks display and my kids had a great time! A much needed break for all of us! Gabey decided he wanted to ride the mechanical bull!! He stayed on for quite a while before a little fear set in! It was a great night! Just what I needed to re-group and be inspired for a new month!

And the winner is...

John & Janice Hines! John & Janice have won a $25 CTMH Gift Certificate drawing for placing an on-line order in the month of June! Congrats to both of you!