The Amy Doodle Of It All . . .

Fairy #2

Fairy Fun!

Trying to keep my mind off the pain since I injured my knee and am now bed bound! I'm creating these colored digital stamps and framing them for sale. There's four little fairies in different settings. I love these stamps I found and put together. There from Mo Manning at Digital Pencil, and Make it Crafty.

 
 

 

Technique Tuesday

I happen to love this paper piecing technique. It adds so much dimension to your stamped images. There is a wonderful blog named "Sending you a Little Smile". , and the artist name is Mariska Van Der Veer. She does this really beautiful technique where she uses multiple copies, colors, then cuts and foam tapes them. The image turns out with allot of dimension, and it's really gorgeous! Here is my attempt at this technique, but be sure to pop over to her blog to see her work!

This image is from Whiff of Joy, Love their stuff!

 

 

  

Angry Bird Progress . . .

I can't wait to decorate with all my birds! I will be working hard today, and when I'm done I'll be sharing the PDF's I made for my birds. I can't wait to show more pics!

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Angry Birds!

Working very hard to get Sam's Angry Bird party done in time for Saturday! Here is a teaser . . .  I will have these dangling from the ceiling all over!

 

Stay tuned for more of the Angry Bird Details!!!

 

Awesome Cards to peek at . . .

 

If you like to peek at a really awesome card gallery

check out my daughters cards!

One more card . . .

Love that Mummu . . .

 

 

Card time!

Home and playing with my crafts!

It's card time!!!

 

 
 

E-Mealz

You have got to try E-Mealz! I love it! It is so easy, and saves you so much time. You sign up and pay $1.25 a week, pick your meal preferences, and your store. Then once a week you'll be able to print off a meal plan for your family. The best part is that your meals are based on the special going on in your store choice, and it's broken down into a detailed shopping list. You will always have This Weeks menu and Last weeks Menu. so when there's something you don't like on one menu you can use the other menu to substitute. You can read more about it here:

http://www.e-mealz.com/how-does-it-work

 

Here is a sample recipe that worked great for one of those nights you usually have at least once a week, where dinner time sneeks up on you, and you have an hour before you've got to be out the door for some activity!  Fast, simple, and Yummy! My kids loved it, and I offered it with different dipping sauces.

Ham-n-Cheese Baked Roll-Up

13 oz can pizza crust

.5 lb shaved ham

8 oz pkg sliced cheese

Spread baking sheet (covered with wax paper) as large and thin as you can. Layer with ham & cheese. Roll up lengthwise. Spray top with
cooking spray; bake as pkg directs. Slice & serve.

Road Trip Extravaganza Update!

The trip so far has been both spiritual, beautiful, and twisted! I have never been in an RV and while for the most part I found it incredibly fun, I was shocked at developing motion sickness from all the rocking. On the way to Idaho we unknowingly popped a tire on the trailer that was towing the car. It felt like we went over a very small bump, an after a few minutes a woman in a van drove up next to us yelling to pull over and check the back of the RV. We pulled over and saw the tire was completely shredded...BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! We also saw that we had been driving on rims, that were apparently creating sparks, and that the side of the freeway was now ON FIRE!!!

 
 
The fire was put out and thankfully no one was hurt! We did however experience heat exhaustion, some nausea, and a ripped off toenail for Kindra thanks to some peer pressure to jump on someones back! We made it to Idaho for a day's rest, and a meet and greet with their new puppy.

 

The next night we went out for a GIRLS NIGHT ONLY full of raiding the $1.00 stamps and scrapbooking supplies at the local craft store. We scored big time! Then we thought we would end the evening with a rowdy dinner at the Texas Roadhouse. Food and service was great and we giggled allot. But wait...that's not all....all of a sudden I felt really dizzy, nauseous, and had a sudden headache. We waited for it to pass, but then decided we would leave early. As Kimmie and I headed for the door I turned to her and said "I don't feeeelll . . . . ." And then I passed out. You heard me PASSED OUT! 3 times actually. So my girls did what any good scrapbooker would do....we documented the whole thing! The ambulance was called and I was taken to the emergency room.

 
 
In between consciousness...this was my view...

 
 

We were at the hospital till 3am, where they discovered my DDiamond blodd test levels were very elevated. This means they found tissue in my blood stream like when you have a heart attack. It turned out my heart was having to work extra hard because I was experience altitude sickness. NEVER heard of it, weird!

 
So we went home slept, and slept, and then left for Utah!

 
We got in pretty late . . .

 

so we had a quick bite to eat and then stopped by Temple Square to see the Temple at night. It was so beautiful. There is a reflection pool in front of it, and I will try to put all three picture in order so you can kind of get an idea of what it looked like, but in no way does it show it's beauty.

 
 
The next day we hit Lots of Scrapbook Stores!

Thrifty Kimmie Always finding the Clearance rack . . . 

 
Kindra in THE ZONE not wishing to be disturbed . . .

 
Ohma always knitting . . .

 
And me photographing everything in the store!

 
We saw Temple Square the next day and I can't even begin to descibe what a beautiful spiritual experience that it was. It touched my heart and changed me. I will never forget it.