Kitty Cat ATC's

Even though this is just my 3rd swap hosted...I have been so lucky! Every one's ATC's are wonderful...they are each different and I am so excited because I just love Cat's.

I just finished swapping this out this morning and I hope everyone is as excited when they receive their packages....Just be aware....my quality control crew of 1 "Rocky" was helping....so there might be a little kitty hair. Which is bad for Brooke because she is allergic. I have to give an extra thanks to Brooke....she helped out at the last minute when someone unfortunately had to drop. So thank you. This is the 2nd swap of mine she has participated in and her work is great.

Thanks to all:

• Becca--The Prima Donna Card...reminds me of my Rocky
• Michelle---The kitty with the binoculars....reminds me of Batman trying to get the birds.
• Cindy--Fluffles Exploring...once again reminds me of my cats!!!
• Brooke--What's New Pussycat...reminds me of my other prima donna....Oreo.
• Chris--Cattitude...Do we need to say anymore. I love her bottom and charm.
• Bec--Cats are really people.....That is definitely what my kitties tell me everyday.
• Jennie--Play with me....I made this because my cats want to do this all day...I thought that the older they get the lazier they are. LOL

They are going out in the mail today....I had one swapper I was waiting to see if she had sent her items in. But I didn't hear back from her...and yesterday was my due date for sending out.

Thanks again everyone...

My Winning Entry...

On the Paper Crafts message board 5Treasures (Deb) did a round of challenges...the first round I am sorry say my card was a bit pathetic. However, the 2nd round I did a lot better.

Our goal was to "alter" something....anything...but we had an hour. I used an old soup can that Sheldon was using for his metal detecting money and finds...to melt down.

I had found at Michael's the other day some totally cool metal stickers (on sale of course) and bought a set...it has a firetruck, airplane, police car, etc....I first was going to use the fire truck...and had to pull it back off.

I layered the can with light blue paper...then darker blue ribbon, made some clouds out of a in between blue, highlighed them with black & white markers...then shaded them with dark blue chalk....I popped up one of the smaller clouds...the rest I just taped to the paper....then I added the air plane and another sticker that said ALL BOY.

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I WON!!!

So I am pretty excited....I loved how the can turned out.

Learning through Osmosis....

Well I think looking at this pictures says it all. :) I stopped studing to eat lunch and here is what I came back to...I wish I could study like that.

Weight Loss ADvice ATC Swap

Hi everyone,

Well the weight loss ATC swap is in the mail to all the participants. It was a fun swap. We had some great crafters. Everyone's ideas were differen and it was a lot of fun.

Thanks to:

PrincessEl
bagelmom9
jennie_hi
Brooke St. John
stampingnanny
Kenzlane
wgndrgn
becr8tive
Because I couldn't choose on the "best" card....I am going to quit doing contests because I love everyone's cards and cannot make a choice. So instead I am going to hold a little contest...can you guess the maker of which card.....The first person who participated to correctly match up the card and the name will win a gigantic world stamp. I thought this would be a fun pif to do while studying for my statistics final.

Thanks for playing.

Jennie

Some of my recent creations...

I have been pretty busy. I know I am supposed to be studying. But this is a lot more fun. :) Unless you talk with Sheldon. He says I get very frustrated when I create...I think I just have to learn how to relax and enjoy it more.

I have been on a creating binge...Kitties, Mice, Chicks.....

I recently found scallops and have been using them like crazy. I love how they look on the cards.

Thanks for looking,

Jennie

I am trying....

Sheldon has been reminding me that I am supposed to be selling not just making and swapping...especially since I never give any of the swaps away. So to justify for all I spent the other day at Hobby Lobby...I decided to try and make some scrapbook pages.

All I ever see are girl pages...and thought I was going to do a couple of boy pages first. Everyone has boys so far in my family....so it seemed more appropriate. Maybe Carrie will have a girl.

They are fun...one of my online swapping friends is going to send me a diecut tag to add to the bottom...and then I will post it on Ebay. We will see how they do.

Thanks for Looking,

Jennie

See Our Vegetable Garden Grow

Sheldon and I (and my mom) are amazed at how our garden is growing....I just went out this morning and the squash and zukes are blooming like crazy. The green beans aren't as much but I have eated the first bean off of it....though the kitties might be beating me to the punch.

The tomatoes and peppers are a lot smaller...but they are still doing so good. It probably helps that we screened in that area and don't have as many bugs out there.

I cannot wait to start eating all the veggies....though I will probably overwhelmed once they start to come in.

Jennie

Ugly Card Swap

This is the second card swap that I hosted. :) I took inspiration from an ugliest jewelry contest that I read about. It was so much fun. Everyone's ideas were different...even if they weren't that UGLY!!!

The swap consisted of 8 swappers (including myself).

• singaling (her cards have a suprise inside....a duct tape wedding dress!)
• littledevil
• ShariP
• ant me
• polarbear
• country_stamper
• kimmyqtgirl

Thanks for looking.....

Jennie (aka jennie_hi)

I wonder what we can do for our next "challenge"!

Mom's Birthday Party

Yesterday was a fun day. I should have been home studying for Math, Spanish, Psychology, Accounting & Sociology. But instead Sheld & I went and visited my mom and stepdad in Atlanta. They are here for a few days for a work conference.

We left around noon to take Rich to see the Titantic exhibit. After waiting for 20 minutes at the wrong hotel for him things went a lot better. The exhibit was pretty amazing. There was over 300 artifiacts on display. Each guest was given a boarding pass with a passanger from The Titantic. At the end we found out if we were one of the survivors or not. That made it pretty intense.

Afterwards we met my mom and went to dinner. We were supposed to be meeting my brother and sil also. But there was some miscommunication and they didn't come. However we went out to a Pub and had a pretty good dinner.

It was nice to see mom and Rich. With them living in North Carolina we don't get to see them as much as we would like.

JunkMail & Recycle Swap

This is the first swap that I hosted. Everything had to be recycled or junk mail. All the women in this swap were great. Everyone sent in great stuff.

I just had to figure out how to sort everything. NOtice my handy dandy sorter. The floor. :) Luckly for me all the kitties were sleeping so they didn't help.

Our house has been...

Taken over by the plants. There was a freeze scare here a few days ago. So guess who got to come in and stay inside. All of our veggies. We have tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers, green beans and herbs. YIKES. I cannot even get to my kitchen because of this.

But they are growing healthy. We will eat good this summer.

TFL,

Jennie

Inchie Contest---Lots of Layering

I have been challenged by Lori (littledevil) to hold an Inchie card contest. So once I receive all the "cards" I will post them here and people can vote.

Haven't decided on the prize yet...but since these are small...so should the prize. LOL I will probably have it open to 10 people and 2nd place will get to keep all the goodies.

It is all about Layering.....the more layers the better.

This should be fun.

TFL,

Jennie