Ready for Spring!

I am so ready for Spring to be here. I keep telling myself that it will be here before we know it. I mean really it's almost March. March can you believe it. I know me either. This week has been so insane. Last Thursday my daughter Kayla came home with what turned out to be strep throat & a really bad viral cold. She finally returned to school yesterday. On Wednesday my little guy Robert came home from preschool with a temp of 103.5. Then all day yesterday it kept spiking to around 105. That does not make a mom happy (or Robert for that fact). Well we spent 6 hours in the ER last night & low & behold Robert has a small case of pneumonia. Not that you can tell since he got up. He is running around playing & watching his beloved Backyardagains. This does make mom happy. So I am trying to get caught up on some work...starting with my blog. So how about some spring stamping?

This first card is perfect for St Patrick's Day & the IRISH in me just loves it.

It uses my favorite Sale-A-Bration stamp set, So Happy for You. The base of the card is certainly celery. The next layer is old olive cardstock & play date designer paper. The words & the shamrocks are stamped with old olive ink on whisper white cardstock. The ribbon is old olive satin ribbon.

I hope you have a great weekend. Our is pretty low scheduled. Just lots of play practice as we get ready for our daughter Alexis to be in our high school presentation of Phantom of the Opera.

Cool Sale-A-Brations & another Mom moment

So our weekend was just nutty. My oldest daughter Kayla has been sick since Thursday. I took her to the doctor on Friday. I was sure she had strep throat. But the rapid test came back negative. But I just knew that is what she had. So low & behold they called this afternoon and the test they sent to the lab was positive. So now we have to wait 24 hours of her being on the antibiotic before she is no longer contagious. Life is nothing if not "fun" around here. My other daughter Alexis has a few different parts in our high school's upcoming play "Phantom of the Opera." She is also quite the artist & drew this awesome picture.

They are actually going to put it on the front of the playbill. Super proud mom moment there. (smile)

Now onto some stamping...That's why you stopped by right?

I love these cards that were made at the Regional I attended in Minneapolis. The 2 stamp sets that are used to make them are create a cupcake & so happy for you (sale-a-bration set). The basket is one of the cupcake liners from the create a cupcake, as is the bow on the basket. The cards are made in pretty in pink, tempting turquoise, old olive, daffodil delight & real red. Just love them. So much that they are my hostess gifts for any workshop that I have in March. If you are interested in hosting a workshop in March contact me asap. Dates are filling up since Sale-A-Bration ends March 31st.

These super cute cards were also made on the stage at Regional. The use the stamp set bring on the cake & the ice cream parlor quick accent stickers & ice cream parlor ribbon & buttons (both are Sale-A-Bration FREE items). I also liked these so much that they will be my customer birthday cards for the month of march. If you are one of my customers make sure that I have your birthday so that you can get your free birthday surprise from me.

Have a great week. Thanks for stopping by.

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Another Crazy Week!

So it's another crazy week in store for the Bettenhausen Household. Play practice for my daughter Alexis is really ramping up as we are under a month away until Dunlap High School Present's Phantom of the Opera. She is getting super excited (as are we all). But boy will I be glad when it is over. It's just a lot on top of her already crazy dance schedule...oh yeah plus school. : ) I am getting ready to head north...well northwest. To Minneapolis Minnesota on Friday & Saturday. I will be attending a Stampin' Up Regional. I can't wait to see some of my new friends from Leadership & get even more wonderful ideas. Plus for 2 of my team members it will be their 1st ever Stampin' Up event. Fun girl time. I just love it.
Ok now for some stamping.

This card just makes me think spring. Now maybe it is the pretty flowers, maybe I am sick of cold & snow...I would say probably both. This card uses two of the awesome sets that you can choose from out of the Sale-A-Bration catalog for every $50 in product that you purchase. They are So Happy for You & Sweet Summer. See just the name makes you think of warm weather. Wouldn't that be a great card to send to a friend so that they know you are thinking of them.

This next picture is from the Momento Mall area at Leadership. Momento Mall is exactly what it sounds like. It is a shopping area of products that are available just by attending leadership. Now some times those items that are left over after the event are put up on the Demonstrator Website for purchase. So for those of you that love my purse & wallet, let me know & I can be on the lookout to see if they appear for purchase.

This adorable chicken wire frame was in a few different colors around the store but this one was my favorite. It probably is the pretty pink pirouette color. Let alone the adorable cards that are attached to it. Just love it.

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Buttons Buttons #1 & A Proud Mama Moment

Happy Monday to All! I hope wherever you are at it is not in the line of this snowstorm that we here in Central Illinois are supposed to get clobbered with. Hopefully it is sunny & warm.

So to get us ready to enjoy some time after the weather hits. Here is the first of the 6 cards we will be making at my Button, Button event. All the information can be found on my classes page. Email or call me with any questions or to register.

This cute card is made by fellow Demonstrator, Director & awesome trainer Ronda Wade. It uses the stamp set So Happy for You from the sale-a-bration catalog (which of course you can get for FREE with any $50 purchase). The designer paper is from the Sew Suite collection, it's called Sweet Stitches. Then the buttons are made using the Big Shot & the Sweet Buttons embosslit. Just love it. So simple so cute. If you would like to check out more of Ronda's items click Here.

So as for my proud mama moment...My little guy Robert is about to turn 4 1/2 years old & he has been wanting to put on his own shoes. But his tennis shoes are high tops and hard to get on the way it is. So he was practicing with his slippers. Here he is, not only with his slippers on but on the right feet. Way to go Robert!

Of course he is rolling his eyes at me because he only likes to have his picture taken when he wants to have it taken. Which let me tell you is not very often. : )