A tease or two...

So I just got to look at the new Close to My Heart Idea Book, which is active for customers May 1st, 2009. I have to say I am very excited lots of cute and fun new stamps and papers. I already have a list over $300! When I get some of my new things I will be sure to post some project pictures. There are two really great boyish papers with matching stamps that I just have to have. Good thing I have that new nephew ;) If you are currious I will say that right now it's a toss up for my favorite new paper set between Tinkering, and Animal Crackers. You'll just have to wait for my projects to see which you like best.

On Friday I am flying out to Phoenix for Project Book Babe. I am very excited. They are doing a really cool online auction as well so go over to www.projectbookbabe.com and check it out. I will get to spend 3 days with my very best of friends from college Melly, and Kitty. I can't wait. Kitty is expecting her first munchkin in the fall and Melly has two munchkins the youngest of which I have never met. Naughty Auntie Lecy, I know. Melly's hubby is in the Air Force currently stationed in Germany so there is a good reason.

Well I am off to drool some more over the new products. Have a great night!

-Leslie

Blog candy winners

Well since I had two comments I have decided that I will send candy to both Sparkle and Sanela. Please email me with your address at leannelion@yahoo.com I know bad bloger, no dessert for you! I am sorry I haven't updated in a while. I have had the craziest shifts because of vacations (mine to Vegas) and the regular graveyard guys. The last few weeks at work have gone something like this: 7 days on, 3 days off, 1 day on, 1 day off, 7 days on, 2 days off, 10 days on, 3 days off, and right now I am in the middle (litteraly) of 6 days on again. Oh well at the very least this pay check will be nice. I was able to get some cards made on Friday at Girls Night out at my lss. I was tired so I made the four cards and called it a night at 8:30. The paper and stickers are by Doodlebug maybe I think don't quote me though. ;) I have recently decided I really like rub-ons. I vaugely remeber using some as a young child and I know that I enjoyed them then, so I guess I have just really re-found and old friend?

I love Riley he's so much fun and this stamp is one of the very few "boy" stamps I own. I don't have any children as of yet so I buy what I like.

This card is for my little soon to be nephew, my brother is engaged to a sweet lady who has a 3 year old son named Alex. Hmmm, maybe I need to start stocking up on "boy" stamps after all. ;) This little card I think I will give to one of my favorite girls either Elie or Mady. Two of my favorite children to babysit, they are so very well behaved.

Well, have a great week and I will try to post again soon. This next weekend I will be in Phoenix Mom and I are going to see Stephenie Meyer at the Project Book Babe fundraiser. We are both so excited. If you would like more information you can go to www.projectbookbabe.com

-Leslie

A few cards I have accomplished

These are just some cards I created yesterday afternoon. I was trying had to get out of the box I usually find myself in. I don't as a general rule do much with flowers or buttons. I do however have small collection of each. Yesterday I decided to take some and see what I could do with them. I think it turned out well, I really like them and my Mom did as well. What do you think?

So I made a few changes...and the promised blog candy.

I have been eyeing everyones pretty blogs for ages now, but I could never figure out how/what to do to make mine pretty too. But today I figured it out and I hope you all like it! I am making one of my all-time favorite foods for dinner tonight! Cheese and Onion Enchilada's, and I am using the good sauce. My favorite enchilada sauce is not sold anywhere near me as far as I have been able to see, it's Macayos, and it is soooo good! Yummy! I am so excited about them I can't help myself, I might have to go and start them now, even though nobody is home yet.

Okay so for my very late blogaversary candy I am offering up some cute images of three dragon stamps from High Hopes Stamps, a couple Bella's and some Riley's as well. I am also including a sampling of some of the really cute papers I picked up this weekend in Vegas. The samples will be 6x6 sized in order to facilitate mailing easier.

Leave me a note about what your favorite comfort food is and maybe a recipe and I will enter you in the drawing.

-Leslie

It's been a while....

Well I guess it's been longer than I realized, but I do have some things to share with you. I also will be going out of town this week, Nascar in Vegas! I can't wait to be nice and warm. When I return I will post some blog candy to celebrate my 1 year aniversary. I didn't think it was already passed, but it has. Better late than never right? My first card is for my Grandma Stinson's 70th birthday, it uses some of CTMH's Unforgetable paper, the stamp set Aspiration, and the new Love Notes rubbons. The second is the card I made for my Momma for Valentines day, and third is Hubbys card. The fourth is for a thinking of you card swap I am participating in.

Hope you all enjoy your week and weekend, I know I will ;)

-Leslie

An award for me?! You are too sweet Tilda!

The Fabulous Award Rules:

1. You have to pass it on to 5 other fabulous blogs in a post.

2. You have to list 5 of your fabulous addictions in the post.

3. On your post of receiving this award, make sure you include the person that gave you the award and link it back to them.

Here are my 5 addictions

1. My family

2. Any sort of gadget really

3. Fabric, quilting, and crossstiching paraphenalia

4. Dr. Pepper

5. Candy, chocolate, or fruity gummy thingys.

I will tag, Nicole, Sparkle, Kathi, Tresa, and Laurel.

Well, I am going to go play with some toys, and get my work done. See you all later. -Leslie

A new layout by me!

How long has it been since I posted a layout. Umm, I think I know the answer and it's too long! I went to Girls night out on Friday and I managed to get this layout completed. I thought I would share with you all. Have a great day!

Leslie

A little fun stolen from Sparkle...

The bolded items, I've accomplished.

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland/world

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied?

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Gotten flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check, back when I was young and stupid

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy, I still have probably my first stuffed animal

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar

72. Pieced a quilt, I love to quilt, I just bought more fabric for a new one

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone, I managed to crack my elbow falling on the ice

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person, I was born in Northern Arizona

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car, hubby and I both got new cars 8 months before I got out of the Army

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox twice

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone, infact I just got a new one before Christmas

99. Been stung by a bee

Some pictures

Hello, it's been a little while hasn't it. I got to go and see my dad this week. his birthday was Monday, and I got to go out and see him on Wednesday. He lives in Nebraska in a little turn of the century farmhouse that he and his wife Lisa (such a sweet lovely lady) have been slowly but surely renovating themselves. My dad is a very talented carpenter, and it shows in his house. The living room is ceiling to floor in Knotty pine, so pretty, and all the floors are wood. Anyway another little tidbit about me is that I have two brothers one half one full, and I have two stepsisters. Lucas, is the baby of the family, literally. He started Kindergarten this year. Yeppers, my littlest brother really is littlest. Okay well maybe not; I haven't seen him in four years (yes, I know bad sissy, naughty, naughty, naughty!) So you can imagine my suprise when I find out that he is the tallest kid in class, and then I realized that he comes darn close to the height of my shoulder! I told Dad and Lisa that at least someone got his tall genes. Well actually Lisa is taller than me as well so it was probably inevitable.

So about the pictures, the first one is of me when I was a tiny munchkin. Number two is Lucas who is totally obsessed with Batman right now. The third is my brother Andrew and I at our Grandma Smith's wedding, I was five so he was almost four. The last one is a picture of my Dad with Andrew who looks slightly confused. Sorry the pictures are clearer. I don't actually own them, my dad does. Since he lives in the middle of nowhere, I couldn't take them to Wal-mart to make copies for myself so I took pictures of them with my camera, all in all they came out pretty decent.

Talk to you again soon (hopefully!)

Leslie

Shh...don't tell my boss.

I am at work, the graveyard shift. I love the shift, dislike the lack of things to keep me occupied. I usually just surf the internet all night long, or if I have a project I need to finish ie a swap I do it on my graveyard shifts. Well I ran out of glue, Darn it! So all I can really do tonight is play with my markers and color in some images. The image on this card is only hanging on by a small bit of glue at the bottom, but I promised I would put it together and show you so here it is.

I used CTMH's new paper pack Stardust, my Prismacolor markers, and some cheap ribbon from Walmart, image is from High Hopes Rubber Stamp company, and the sentiment is from CTMH For Every Occasion.

Enjoy!

-Leslie