Well today I have no pictures to share- I finally got the program I needed to make Vista work with Outlook, so today I was reading email and getting caught up that way. I did begin to play with my Corel Paint Shop Pro x2 program and was having fun with that. I am getting to understand how these things work, for me this has been a long road -I am not the computer girl so slowly I am taking the steps needed to get there. This week I am having a canvas class so next Sunday there will be pictures to post.
Have a good week
Lisa

A Day of Card Making

Well today I decided to make some cards, so I headed downstairs to "craft world" and set out to crate great things. I had my cup of coffee and the T.V. was set to the football game. I then settled in for a marathon session in card making. I felt that I have neglected my friends and have not sent out anything since Christmas so I have lots of making up to do. This card will get sent to my in-laws, they sent my husband some bread pans that have been in his family for many years. I water colored this card, then I distressed it, I used Urban Garden Paper, Kiwi Kiss, Not Quite Navy and Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip and So Saffron inks. I rummaged through my collection of gadgets and bling and this is what came out. I like it and think it has a great look to it.








This next card was made for a friend of Rik's, he gave us some wine that he makes at his vineyard in California. The wine was great so I felt he deserved a card. I did use a stamp that has retired, but it was most appropriate for this situation. Some times you have to look in your closet and see what is there.
I then decided to make a card for a friend of mine, and well this was a quick card to make and I kept it all to two colors; Basic Grey and Whisper White. I did add some bling with the Build a Brad and used some Bravo Burgundy to make the brad. I had to color the ribbon to get the color i wanted. A fast card to make and it looks great!

My next card of the night came out of the Stampin'UP Catalog, I feel in love with this card and felt I can do it. With the help of my friend Christy I was able to figure it out. I did use craft ink to do the vase portion then embossed it, this gave it an antique look. I did water color the rest of this card, I love to water color it makes be just go off into a world all my own. The hardest part of the card is deciding what colors to use!!!
The last card I made had a rooster on it!!!! For those who know me they understand that I have a love of Roosters, so this set is my new favorite. I used the cooper paper and embossed it with a clear embossing powder, then I embossed the Bella Rose Designer Paper as well as black paper. I did use a none Stampin'Up ribbon in this project. I still love the look, it reminded me of France lots of the same colors are used in many home kitchens and that was the look I trying to get.
So my overall day was a good one, and I may even continue to play in "craft world" tonight and see what else I can come up with.

Lisa

Christmas 2008

Here is one of this years Christmas cards that I made. I used some old colors as well as some new colors. I love the snow flakes they make the card.

I have also been learning how to manage my blog site. For me a computer challenged lady this has been a great learning expericnce. I would love to Thank CS for all her help!!!!

So this is a small post to get things up and running and I will post again later tonight after I make some cool stuff. Thanks

Lisa

Well I am back from a much needed vacation. We spent some time in Florida and then a Cruise to the lands of sun and sea, Key West Florida, Grand Cayman Island and then Jamaica. It was a great time and lost of needed stress reduction.

I am working on my new calender for January for Stampin' Up, I will be doing 2-3 classes a month. I will be doing a Canvas class and scrapbook classes, I love doing scrapbooks and after a vacation and Christmas it is going to be fun to put my memories down on fun pages. My calender is on the Stampin' UP site: LisaMeyers.stampinup.net Check it out. Thank you

Lisa

Friends

Friday night found me in my stamp room with Friends making this Christmas 9x9 flip album. We had lots of fun and enjoyed making a great present to give to friends and family.

When we were done with the photo book, I showed off my scrapbook page. This page was created after seeing a page similar to this in a sales catalog for "cheep stuff" - I looked at it and felt I could make this page more sophisticated and fun. It is a very girlie page but it is nice...

Saturday night my family came over for dinner and we had a good time. We played games and ate lots of turkey, yummy!!!! This is my nephew Zach, at age 4 he is lots of fun and full of energy.

Sunday was a day with friends and spending money.....A pampered chef party. Now I have not been to one in years and well this was fun and I did spend some money. Forgot to by scrappers the one item I wanted. Guess I will have to buy more later.

Well I am leaving for a much needed trip this week so my blog will be behind. I will be in Florida and will have lots to post with pictures when I come back. Have a Great Thanksgiving.
Lisa

Saturday in November

Well it has been a while since I have updated my blog, it has been a crazy time. My dad has been diagnosed with lung cancer and well I had to put stamping on the back burner for a while, mostly to process what was happening. Now I need Stampin' UP and my other family, they make me laugh and smile and well this is the best way to deal with stress that I know.

I did some tiles last week to give to some friends- I used Viola and had a great time making these tiles. Laura taught me some great cooking ideas and tricks of the trade and Jessie is her helper, or should I say the Greatest helper, Jessie is also a Green Bay Packers fan so her tile is in her team colors.

So with this said I did have a class on Friday night, a Christmas Card Crank and we had fun, I had a new lady there Stephanie and she had fun and did a great job, I hope she continues to come out and make great cards with us. I do have to thank Christy S. for helping me "come up" with some great card ideas. I did add to one and well the other was perfect and they were a big hit, Thank You. At this time I will have to give Kim lots of credit she has been very instrumental in teaching me what to do as well as believing that I do have creativity. Yes I did use her cards as well for class and they too were a big hit.

So next week I am having a 9x9 Accordion Album, Christmas Style. This class is going to be great! Now I just need my stuff to get here, if it does not I will make some great scrapbook pages. It seems that the stamping world feel for the I Wish Simply Scrappin Kit which I can understand. So now I look out for the UPS guy and wait.....

Election Day

So as I sit here and type I am listening to the election in the background and thinking: November 5th will be a day of history and yes the political adds will stop. YEA!!!!
This week is a crazy week for me, I have doctors appoitments and class projects to create as well as to cut lots of paper for a workshop on Friday. To add to the craziness is a cooking class and an Opera (for which I do not have a dress for). So I see a mall in my future, come Sunday I will just relax-after my class at Kim's house. My goal this week is to get some project pictures up as soon as I make them.

A few reminders:
I have a Christmas card class on November 14th at 6:30pm- this is sure to be fun- plus lets face it Christmas is around the corner so why not get the cards made now.

November 21 at 6:30pm - I will be teaching a 9 x 9 Accordian album, this is so stickin cute and makes a great gift.

Well its time to watch the VOTE

Lisa