Happy Summer!!!

Today begins our first official day of summer vacation! I hope you all have a great summer! What do you have planned?? 

This is a pic of me and some of my close friends.  We had a BBQ at our house on Memorial Day and had a blast!

My baby loves hot dogs!!

My oldest son loves to pose for pics!!  He is a crack up!

Episode 116 - Organizing Ribbon Tip

The Pink Stamper Shorts (Episode 115) - Layering

Hi Everyone!!

I am introducing "The Pink Stamper Shorts"!! Since summer is almost here for our family, I am going to have even less time to make my videos. I have decided that I will just make "Shorts". These will be about half the length of my regular videos but still give you a basic idea. I hope you like them!!

Here is my first "Short"!!

Happy Sunday!

Hi everyone!!

Sorry with all the pics of me and my family but I thought I would fill in for a day until I get something craft related up here. I have my next video filmed, I just need to edit it. Hopefully I can get that done tomorrow night. I hope you all are having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!!!

This is me and my oldest son.  He looked so handsome in his suit that I just had to get a picture of us together.  My 9 year old took the picture.  :)

My 2nd 5K Race!!!!

Can you believe I ran another 5K race???? A friend of mine talked me into signing up for another 5K race that was scheduled for today and I am so glad she did!! Karlee & ,I along with our husbands, all had a blast running today's 5K. Us girls ran it in 30:43, which beat my old time!!! We both also placed 3rd in our age group!!!! I GOT A MEDAL FOR RUNNING!!!!! I feel like a running STAR!!! Of course I know, it's only a 5K, but to me it was SOOOO super BIG!!!

Here are the pics of the day.....

It's so neat that my husband and I now both share a running hobby.  We have many goals for the future that we want to accomplish TOGETHER!

Here is me and Karlee after the race.  We sent our husbands out to the car to get our cameras so we could capture it all on film.  We must be scrapbookers, huh??

Funny story....  Just about 2 k's into the race we noticed that there were some runners now running our direction.  We totally thought they were the marathon runners who had started 1 1/2 hours before we did.  We were cheering for them, screaming, telling them they are AWESOME!!  Then we realize that they are the 5K runners!!!  At the halfway point you have to turn around and come back!!  We were only a little bit behind the people we were cheering on!!!  Honestly, when we thought they were the marathon runners our speed picked up, our energy level got higher, and we just were pumped.  After we realized that we were in the same race then it was pretty funny.  :)

After we were done running we thought it would be fun to go back out on the course and cheer the marathon runners on.  Karlee and I were doing cartwheels, "WHOOOOING", and doing kicks for them!  Some of the marathon runners loved it and we felt that it also annoyed some.  :)  It was soooo super fun, though!!  I really want to attend marathons just so I can be a cheerleader for them and keep their spirits up.  What an amazing accomplishment for them!!  We are setting a goal to run a marathon in October 2010.  Just 1 year and 5 months away!!!

Here is a pic of Karlee and me with our 3rd place medals.  We both placed 3rd place in our age group.  Of course they were 10 years apart!!!  What a fun day.  I am going to miss Karlee sooooo much when she moves in 2 weeks!!!

Episode 114 - A Girlie Card

This is the card I designed for our Cricut Swarm last Saturday.  Hope you like it!!

Karlee's Friend Book

Yep, this post is about my friend, Karlee, again!! For her going away party I made her a word book that I created on my Cricut Design Studio Software. Didn't I do good??? No, I don't have the .cut file if you are wondering. I accidently deleted it after I cut my book and it is also on my other laptop that I cannot get online very often. Sorry about that. I do, however, have a video I made for Custom Crops coming up that has 2 .cut files that I created for 2 Word Books. I'll post a link as soon as they get them up and going.

Here it is.....

Cricut Swarm

This Saturday I had so much fun attending my 6th Cricut Swarm! I only got 6 layouts done but just getting together with all my old friends and new friends was a blast!! Here are some pics of me and Karlee. :)

Surprise Party!

My BFF, Karlee, is moving away from me in 3 short weeks!!! I decided to throw her a surprise going away party with just the girls. We had a blast!!!! We had lots of yummy goodies, girl talk (which I won't be sharing!), fun in the Jacuzzi, eating very HIGH CALORIE popcorn, singing American Idol WII, taking lots of pictures, and watching a chick flick. Did I mention I had a BLAST??? Here are the highlights.

Yes, of course my Cricut was involved!!!

Karlee is showing off my cute banner I made for her using Hello Kitty Font Cartridge.

Love my Karlee!!!

Look at all the yummy food!!!  I made lots of chocolate covered fruit which was DELICIOUS!!  I took the night off from counting my WW points.  Bad Robyn!!

I made this tiny little purses as party favors using Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge and they were cut out at 3 inches.  They were super SMALL and soooo cute!!!

Exciting News!!!

Hi Everyone!!

I have had to wait until today to announce something very big!!!  I'm so excited!!!

Custom Crops has invited me to be one of their new designers!!!  So, what does that mean for you???  You will be able to see exclusive videos I have made just for the Custom Crops website.  At least 1 new one a month!!!  Here is a link to my first video.  Please leave me a review and click my stars!!!   There are other fun articles to read, too, so be sure you check them out!  

Custom Crops Cherry Video by The Pink Stamper - CLICK HERE TO SEE

There will be another video you will not want to miss, too, so be sure to check back often!!!

Episode 113 - Color Challenge #4

Hi Everyone!  I'm a couple days late in getting this color challenge out!  Sorry about that!  Life has been super crazy, as usual!!!  Here is the challenge...

Color Challenge #4:

Black and Pink

Easy enough!!!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!!!

Episode 112 - Another Board Book with the BIA

Hi Everyone!!  I hope you are having a fabulous day.  It seems like I have so much going on this week!!  Here is a video I filmed for you yesterday and edited today.  I hope you enjoy it!!

Okay, there was a YouTube problem but I fixed it!  YaAAAAA!

What are you up to?

My family and I are on a short vacation. We left yesterday to go about 3 hours from our home to go fishing and "camping". Okay, we aren't really camping because we are in a (small) cabin with a bathroom but we are right on a lake. We just finished fishing and are about to go out on a boat we rented for a couple of hours. Should be fun! They are expecting a storm in a little bit and the water is probably around 40 degrees. Yet, my children are still in their bathing suits. Of course, I am NOT letting them get in the water.

I hope you all are having a great weekend! We will be driving home tonight. :)

Teacher Appreciate Gifts

Good morning everyone!!

It is looking like it's going to be a very busy day for me so I thought I would quickly post something for you. I made these books for my children's teachers for Teacher Appreciation week. Didn't they turn out AWESOME?? The teachers loved them, too.

Today I have to take 2 of my children into the dr because we think they might have Strep Throat. YUCK!! Then I have to take my doggie into the boarders because we are going out of town this afternoon until tomorrow night. Wish me luck! Lots to do!

The Joys of Motherhood

Today my first grader had his "Spring Sing". It was so adorable!! Afterwards the parents went to the classroom where we were presented with many gifts. Isn't he a sweetheart??

And the winners are......

Here are the winners for all the giveaways!!  Please contact me asap so I can get these in the mail!!!   Congratulations!!

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Giveaway #1 Winner - 

 Sammye Jo

“62 Cards - Sammye Jo said...

WOW! I haven't seen that paper around here!!!!! Thanks!”

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Giveaway #2 Winner -

Anne Ayers said...

You Rock!!!!!!! I havent been able to do many challenges but I am trying!!!! Thanks for hosting this awesome event!!!!!!

MissScrapAlot

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Giveaway #3 Winner -

ExpressionsbyLori said...

I have been wanting to try the vinyl. Thanks for having these here.

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Giveaway #4 Winner - 

Tina said...

Thanks Ted. I love this place.

poohfabulous

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Giveaway #5 Winner -

Debbie said...

You are doing a great job, I love all that you do.... Thank you...


Starlight535 @ hotmail.com

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Giveaway #6 Winner -

pj4beck said...

Thanks for the opportunity to win this! I'm still looking for one. Awesome prize!!
Peggy
pj4beck@yahoo.com

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Giveaway #7 Winner - 

Anonymous said...

Ooooo- $50!! That's an awesome giveaway! I sure could use this!!
Cathy (cathyhartle@gmail.com)

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Giveaway #8 Winner - 

Anonymous said...

Versamark Pad... a must!
thank you so much!!
steffo_gal1@yahoo.com

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Giveaway #9 Winner - 

ralphieadie said...

Loved the tutorial. Thank you.

ralphieadie Cricut MB

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Giveaway #10 Winner - 

*BJ* said...

This has been fun. Thanks for the great day..

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Giveaway #11 Winner - 

Melanie said...

Thanks Christina! very nice layout! thanks for the inspiration, easy to follow.
-vjmelai24@yahoo.com

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Giveaway #12 -

Anonymous said...

Hi Robyn, i don't have a blog so here's a link for the mother's day card picture i took just now. http://picasaweb.google.com/jastylpdx

Hope you like it! It also has the layout challenge. I made both today and tried to finish them before the time is up. Thanks for having today's challenge, it is soo much fun!

jastyl@yahoo.com

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Bonus Giveaways

Hi Everyone!!! No, I didn't forget about my Giveaways!! I closed all entries last night and I haven't had a chance to pick the winners yet.

Today has been a day of sickness.  Now my 9 year old has a headache, neck ache, and sore throat. I'm sure she will be full blown sick by tomorrow.  My 4 year old threw up this morning (good thing he made it to the toilet).   My 7 year old is still sick with a fever of 103.5, headache, sore throat, neck ache, congestion, small cough.  Oh, did I mention that we have 1 confirmed case of Swine (H1N1 Virus) Flu in our state and one school in our district thinks they might have a positive case, too?  Of course we have the medical technology in our country to take care of it if that is a possibility but having a sick child is just not fun.  Period!  

So, I was thinking today about how much I appreciate all of you.  I just don't think 10 prizes are enough to give away.  So......  I have decided to give 2 more away.  I want to draw from the people who commented in the Challenge Posts.  I will pick 2 people from this group of 10 Challenges.  It won't count if you are just now leaving a comment on one of those posts.  YAAAA!!  I love giving away stuff!!!  Here are the goodies....

Giveaway #11 will get.......   A set of the Cricut Primary Markers.  (Yes, I do have a video showing how to use these!)  Check the link of All My Videos to the right.  

Giveaway #12 - A set of "The Pink Stamper Original" homemade cards.  Yep, most of these are from videos I have made in the past year.  These are some of my favorites!

Episode 111 - Color Challenge 3 (Butterfly Card)

Teacher Appreciation Bee Card

This morning my neighbor called me at 10:15 and asked if I could make her a card by 11:00.  I told her I was up for the challenge!!  Man, was I whipping around in my scrap room like a crazy lady!  I guess this is what you all felt like on Saturday while I sat back and read about it on my computer, huh??

The bee was cut from Pooh and Friends.  Enjoy!

~I made my first BIA chipboard book!!!

Thanks to my BFF Karlee for showing me how to make this awesome book!!!  I think it turned out sooo super cute!  I also made one of these for my other daughter.  I presented the books to them last night and told them to use it as a scripture journal so that at night when they are reading their scriptures they can share a thought in it or share the scripture.  My 9 year old was so excited that she read 50 verses!!!  That's a lot for her!!  I love how my hobby can also be something more to my family.  :)

My NSD Pictures!

I thought it would be fun to share what "I" was doing the entire NSD while you were all doing my challenges.  Karlee and I were having a blast being goofy and I also was sitting in front of my computer the entire day!!  FUN STUFF!!!

NSD Not Over Yet!!

Hi Everyone!!  If you didn't get the chance to join us yesterday for National Scrapbook Day don't fret!  You have until tomorrow night to complete the challenges and get in the drawings for the awesome prizes!!  Here is a linked list to the different challenges and prizes.  Have fun!!!

National Scrapbook Day Challenges and Givaways

Giveaway #10 - Spectrum Pad, Brads, & Hand Punch

**This Giveaway is officially CLOSED. The last comment that will be counted is 392. Thanks for participating!!**

This is my last giveaway of the day! Thanks everyone for playing along and visiting me over on The Pink Stamper!!!

This Giveaway is a Kaleidacolor Rainbow Pad (that rocks), a lot of brads, and a punch to use with your new brads!! Good luck!!!

NSD #10 - Circle or Shape

Can you believe this is the very last challenge???  Did you make it through the entire day????  Way to go!!!!  This challenge is to make a scrapbook page or card incorporating a circle or scallop shape.  (Or another roundish shape.)

Challenge #10 - Make a Layout or Card using a cirlce, oval, or other shape.  

Giveaway #9 - Karlee's Chipboard Book & Flowers

**This Giveaway is officially CLOSED.  The last comment that will be counted is 439. Thanks for participating!!**

That's right!  You can win the chipboard book that Karlee demonstrated in the 2nd challenge!  Plus she made a matching card for you, too.  I added some Spare Parts flowers just for fun!

*Just leave 1 comment in this post to be put in the drawing.  :)  I need to know how to get in touch with you if you win, too.  

NSD Challenge #9 - Mix It Up!!

Okay, for this challenge I want you to mix up your fonts and sizes.  Make a really fun title!!  I loved how my project turned out and this is honestly the first time I have tried this.

Challenge #9 - Mix It Up!

Giveaway #8 - Ribbon & Versamark Pad

**This Giveaway is officially CLOSED.  The last comment that will be counted is 382. Thanks for participating!!**

One of my most prized possessions in my scrapbook/stamp stash is my Versamark Pad.  There are so many fun techniques you can do with this pad. You can emboss, watermark, color resist, use with pastels, etc. etc.  

This ribbon was also donated by Christina.  What a sweetie she is!!

NSD Challenge #8 - Card Sketch by Christina

Thank you to Christina over at www.creationsbychristina.blogspot.com for helping me with this next challenge.  She made this sketch, video and sample.  Hope you enjoy!!

Challenge #8 - Card Sketch

Giveaway #7 - $50 Custom Crops Gift Certificate!!

**This Giveaway is officially CLOSED.  The last comment that will be counted is 543.  Thanks for participating!!**

Custom Crops was nice enough to donate this next Giveaway!!  That's right, it is a $50 Gift Certificate to buy anything in their online store at www.customcrops.com.  The owner, Kelly, is just so super nice!