I'm On My Way!

I left this morning for SLC and the SU Convention '08!!! It is four days full of a lot of first for me and I am so excited. I thought while I was away I would show you the two swap cards I came up with. The first one is for the SCS Dinner. I will be joining hundreds of other members of the amazing community, SCS! It should be so fun. A great way to start the trip off.
Again we could only use current SU product. I had to make 46 of these babies! Thanks to my Convention roomie, Kristin, we agreed to split the swaps. So she made half and I made the other half. We will each get to keep 23 of the swaps we receive in return. The color combo used is Apricot, Olive, and Regal Rose. We used the Priceless stamp set and once again, I was in a polka dot and circle mood. I think they turned out super cute! I can't wait to see all the cards I get back. I'm having fun! Check back for my other swap card.
Hugs from SLC!

Priceless and A Story

So after yesterday's challenge and all my talk about what a great set, Priceless is, I figured I'd better show you another card with the set. Plus it was on my desk still, as was the shimmery white cs, and soft sky cs. This sketch is from the Card Postioning Systems blog. I am probably the last person around that had never been to the website, but after I caught word they were giving away a Scor-Pal , well, I knew I had to check it out. Boy, oh, boy what I've been missing. I know I'll check back for inspiration and ideas. Fun Stuff! Thanks, Crystal for the heads up. Check it out if you want to see how you can enter for a chance to win a Scor-Pal.

This card measures a 4.25 square, and I'm sure there is some official name for the style of the card, but I don't know what it is off the top of my head. The flap on the right is being held closed with the black scalloped circle. You can see how it opens and closes in the next photo.

So now you are probably wondering what the story is with this post. It has to do with the color combo I chose. It's a cute story, I promise,and if you live in a house full of boys (like I do), you'll probably appreciate my excitement a little bit more.

On Sunday, my DS (who is only 6) wanted to use my new Martha Stewart butterfly punch with "my special paper" as he put it. My first reaction was to say, "No way!" but being that it was Mother's Day and I did not want to stifle any creativity he was feeling I told him he could use the punch and any cs from my scraps (they are all in box in zip lock baggies under my desk). He chose these three colors (celery, black and sky) and I thought they looked fabulous together. I told him I would use these colors on a card I made this week. So here it is! Thanks for stopping by! Tomorrow I have another SUO (Stampin' up! only) card to share and then I'm not sure how much stamping I'll get done. We are having our first garage sale this weekend (it's a Big Neighborhood wide one) and I've got lots of prep work to do for that.

Hugs!