Kansas Tornado

OK, I realize this isn't stamping related but I wanted to share some great pictures of a tornado that my husband and I took from our front porch last week! We live out in the country and have a soybean field across the road. You can see part of our driveway in the foreground of the second photo and my van in the first photo! Oops, I uploaded these backwards because the bottom photo was taken first! Of course, we made sure our children were in a safe place before heading out to the porch with the cameras! This tornado was moving from West to East pretty quickly so we only got about 9 pictures before it moved off to cause some damage to a friend's farm! No major damage but it twisted their trampoline into an unrecognizable heap and caused minor damage to the barn! No injuries to humans or livestock thank goodness! Their children were home alone when this hit and the 14 year old had the smarts to get herself and her younger sister into the Kwanza Hut (that's a storm shelter for those not familiar with the term!)! It's awesome to see Mother' Nature's fury in action but I think I've had my fill for now!! In my ummmm......40 something years in Kansas this is only the second tornado that I have seen!

Stamping Related - I'm starting a new venture with my upline in October. We are going to start offering classes in Lawrence, KS, (about 10 miles from my house) and see if we can get something different going! Lawrence and Eudora are hard markets for us with Stampin' Up!, it seems that the people here are very "artsy" but not particularly"crafty" so we will be focusing on paper art projects and techniques! We will start a new blog for that venture so watch for a link to appear so you can see what types of things we are offering together! These might just become "Classes by mail", too! Stay tuned for further details!

Until next time!

Jeanna

Clipboard Days to Remember

I'm using up some of my retired Designer Series papers and making things for the 8 craft shows I have before December! I used strips of DSP to form pockets to slip my monthly tags into! Nothing fancy but I like how it turned out! I've been really busy getting things ready for all the shows and I will be posting more pictures of them soon! Just finding the time to photograph, upload and figure out what to say has been a challenge lately! The kids are back in school so hopefully that will free me up a little for some of these tasks! I really want to share more!

Have a fabulous week!
Jeanna

Convention was a BLAST!!!!

WOOHOO!! We had a BLAST at Convention! This picture is me with my friends M.M. and C.P. They are friends from an on-line group I belong to and I met them for the first time in person at convention! It's so fun to finally put faces to the names!! I'm so glad I got to meet you girls!!! I wouldn't have missed the time I spent with you for anything!! I only wish we'd have had more time to spend together!!

I'm sooooo psyched about all the awesome new things I learned and all the new stamps and tools we are getting!! I am definately ready to have some workshops and classes to share all these new things with you! To get things started, don't miss my New Catalog Kick Off on Sunday, August 10, from 1-5pm. I'm going to design some fabulous cards with the new stamp sets I got from convention that you will get to make and take home with you! I'm also going to have refreshments and NEW CATALOGS!!! You won't want to miss this so please let me know that you'll be coming so I have enough projects prepared for all of you!! RSVP's are appreciated but everyone is welcome so bring your friends! Be sure to bring along your calendar so we can book a fun time with your friends that can't make it!

Now I'm off to my studio to get all these fun things planned! I can't wait to see you all on Sunday!

Stampin' Hugs,

Jeanna

It's Convention Time!!

I'm leaving on a jet plane!! Oops, I just can't get that song out of my head!! But it's true! I am leaving Wednesday morning and flying to Salt Lake City for Stampin' Up!'s annual convention! I am soooo excited! Four whole days of stampin' with thousands of new friends! OK, so I haven't met any of them in person yet, but I'm sure I will come home with some new friends for life!! I will be home on Saturday and will have so much to share with you! Check back soon and see all the fun I had in Utah! And if you don't want to miss out on all this fun, join my team and we can go together next year!!! Better yet, join now and come with me to Regionals in September!!!
It's going to be a BLAST!!!

OK, gotta get packing!

Happy Stampin'!
Jeanna

Grand Opening!! Go Suzie!!!

My best friend Suzie and her husband are having their Grand Opening for their orchard tomorrow! It's called Wagon Wheel Orchard!! They have been working very hard getting it ready to open to the public so I wanted to create something for them and this is what I came up with! What do you think??

The gift bag has the red apple paper from Summer Picnic from Stampin' Up!'s Occasions Mini catalog under the green layer, it's a little hard to see in the photo! I used my Cricut to cut out the lettering for the bag and for the picture frame next to it!

The picture frame is actually from the Target Dollar Spot and they came in a set of 3 for $2.50! I tried to stamp directly on the wood but since I don't have the craft pads it wouldn't take so I covered it in Whisper White card stock and then stamped the apples! On the bottom of the frame is tomorrow's date!

The memo board is also from the Target $2.50 spot! I stamped the apples from ABC Images along the right side and also on white card stock to cover the four magnets that came with the board! The apple post-its also came from Target's Dollar Spot! They are a little muted but they work!! I also attached a Dry Erase marker with the red gingham. The board is magnetic but it also works as a white board! I tried it!!

If you'd like to check out the Wagon Wheel Orchard blog, just click on the link on the right sidebar!! If you live in Northeasrt Kansas, come by the orchard tomorrow and check it out!! All the pertinent information is on their blog (including a map)!!

Happy Stampin'!

Jeanna