With Sympathy

My SIL is a 'fabulous' social worker at an area nursing home. She is awesome at what she does. Not just because she took such good care of my grandmother (so good that she was able to be moved to an assisted living floor) but that this is how she treats all of her residents. Last Friday she presented me with a favor. Would I make her a stack of sympathy cards to use when her residents pass away. How could I resist. This is just an example of the little extra she gives to her families...

By the way.. On Wednesday she was crowned EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR... whoop whoop... Congratulations Annie... :) I wanted to make 1 that was more masculine and 1 more feminine...

This card was made using.... Groovy Guava, Purely Pomegranate & Whisper White card stock.. Pretty Peony was stamped in Groovy Guava, Purely Pomegranate (thank you to my stamp-a-ma-jig).. and River Rock.. and the edges were distressed with River Rock. French Script was stamped in Groovy Guava. "With Sympathy" was stamped in Purely Pomegranate and again distressed with River Rock.. I added a strip of Purely Pomegranate double stitched ribbon for that little something extra. I (((HEART))) how this came out...

Here's my more masculine card. This I cased from my SUP catty... This card uses River Rock, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla card stock. Simple Delights were stamped in River Rock.. I stamped the "With Sympathy" in Chocolate Chip. Added a little brown ribbon and a pewter brad.. Simple yet elegant...

What's in a name???/

Here's something fun I found on Rachele's blog.... Go ahead.. Give it a try...

My name is Lisa Moore...
Of the 303,527,753 people in the US...
~ There are 1,068,418 people in the U.S. with the first name Lisa.
~ Statistically the 33rd most popular first name.
~ There are 947,007 people in the U.S. with the last name Moore.
~ Statistically the 9th most popular last name.
~ There are 3,333 people in the U.S. named Lisa Moore.

My maiden name is Hagadorn... Let's give that a try...
~ There are 668 people in the U.S. with the last name Hagadorn.
~ Statistically the 38,739th most popular last name
~ There are 2 people in the U.S. named Lisa Hagadorn.

A little stamping with my Neice...

A few days before Valentines day we had a snow day here in upstate NY. Around 11 my DS called to say she was working from home & my niece and nephew were going stir crazy. So my niece wanted to come stamp. I quickly took a shower (you know how when you're re recuperating, a shower is one of the last things you do.. you'd have to actually get up to do that.. lol).. and we made a few valentine's gifts for her to give away. Here's what she made for her mom & dad..

The heart box is from PTI which we covered in Basic Grey Devotion DS paper. We distressed them with Colorbox Cat's Eye ink in a dark and light brown. Added a little pink grosgrain ribbon around the top and bottom and viola'.. Allie filled them with Dove chocolates.. This coming from someone who hasn't had candy since before Thanksgiving.. YUMMY...

For the matching card we used... Buckaroo Blue, Devotion DS card stock and Whisper White. The flower from Simply Said (SUP) was stamped in black stazon and then colored in red, purple, pink and green copic markers. For a little bedazzle we added stickles to a few flowers... A Valentines day card just isn't a card if it isn't bedazzled with a little glitter.. LOL For the verse, we used the Snap stamps I picked up from Ellen Hutson's store last summer. LOVE THEM when you need a little verse and you don't have one. And finally, we added a little double stitched light blue ribbon.

Not bad for a newbie (with a little help from me... :))

She's BAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCKKKKK

I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.... LOL Hey everyone. I'm back. Sorry I've been MIA. I've had a couple surgery related complications. Come to find out I'm highly allergic to the little purple pill Nexium. Last week I endured a severe allergic reaction of 'full body hives'. Not fun. I was covered from head to toe. Let's just say, it's a little hard to stamp when you're in a drug induced benadryl sleep.... LOL Good news is, their gone. And I won't let one of those little purple pills anywhere near me. Hopefully that will do the trick. I soooo missed stamping, and missed all of you too... :)

Here's a little something I cased from Sharon when I was feeling a little better... I just loved the colors of this card... Don't forget to click on the photo to enlarge it so that you can see all of the details.

Here's my recipe...

Cardstock... Black, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White

Stamp set... Time Well Spent (SUP)

Ink... Black stazon... light & dark shades of pink & green copic markers, SUP black marker (to make trail behind butterflies)...

Accessories... Pink (or) White organdy ribbon, glue pen, dazzling diamonds glitter

Going through my snapfish files...(I just love this website.. http://www.snapfish.com/ (this is where I store all of my photos and when you want to print something their prices are super reasonable.. I believe they are .09 per print...) I just realized I have a few projects to show you all... So stop back tomorrow for my fun Valentine's project (a little late but what the hey... you could always use it for an anniversary... LOL)

The next few weeks I'll also be getting ready for our Eastern NY stamping get together that Teresa and I are hosting on Saturday March 15th.. I'll have some super fun projects and pic's here so hang close.. I have a little over 2 weeks to get all of my projects together.

Happy Stamping everyone. See you tomorrow :)

Baby Liam

Hellllllllllllllllooooo.... and happy Wednesday. As usual the weather here is pretty frightful. It snowed most of the night so schools are closed. DH got called into work at 5 AM so he's going to be pretty tired by the time he gets home. The good news is....... I'm feeling better. I have good days and bad day and yipee.... today is a GOOD DAY !!!!!

I love to stamp when it's snowing. It's just so peaceful in my stamp room..... So last night while the DH was getting his snowblower ready, putting his plow on the truck, checking his list and checking it twice, I snuck upstairs. A friend from work is in the process of adopting a beautiful baby boy from Kazakhstan. He is the most adorable baby boy with huge brown eye and the biggest cheeks you'd ever want to squeeze... .Part of the adoption process is that you come home for 2 weeks (after being there for 26 days bonding with your new child) and then after 2 weeks, you go and meet your child and bring him home. During the 2 weeks she's home were having a surprise baby shower for her at work. Liam is 8 months old so besides an adorable Izod outfit I wanted to make him something extra special..... So here goes...
I was never able to find out if she had decided on colors for his bedroom so I went with a pretty neutral 'boyish' pallete.... For the background paper I used Western Sky SUP DS paper. The name pieces are stacked on Ruby Red, Soft Sky and Whisper White card stock. As usual, my rub-on letters are from Wal-mart... I love how they came out. For the train, SUP Circus Train images were stamped on Whisper White card stock using black stazon and were colored in shades of blues, green, grey, maroon, olive, yellow, pink and browns using my Copic markers. The train pieces I cut out, stamped them with versa mark and then embossed them with Glassy Glaze enamel. This gives them a little extra thickness. When I applied them to the soft sky card stock I popped them up a bit using my pop up glue dots.... Now hmm... how was I going to make this whole piece look like a train? I added the antique brass eyelets to the bottom corners of each piece and then ran natural hemp twine through so they are all hooked together. For the final tough at the bottom of the page, I applied 2 large antique brass eyelets to each side of the page and ran 6 pieces of the natural hemp twine through them. It almost looks like train tracks.

Today because school is out my niece is coming over to make Valentine cards.... This should be a blast.. And the extra company for me is nice too....

Happy Stamping :)

I've been taged....

I try every day (not so much the past few weeks but in general I try everyday) to visit my favorite bloggers in my you've got to check this out. Through blogging I have met a wonderful friend Teresa. We had so much fun going to our last SCS get together and together were hosting a NE NY get together on March 15th... I was tagged by Teresa... Here goes...

*You must post the rules before you give your answers.
*You must list one fact about yourself for each letter of your middle name. Each fact must begin with that letter. If you don't have a middle name, just use your maiden name.
*After you've been tagged, you need to up-date your blog with your middle name and answers.
*At the end of your post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name.(Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and need to read your blog for details.

M - my married name may be "Moore" but my husband's family name is actually Morinelli... In the 50's my FIL was in a band and back then if you had an ethnic last name it was difficult to get work... So he legally changed his name from Dominick Morinelli to Donald Moore... The remainder of my DH's family (aunt's, uncle's counsin's etc) are still Morinelli.

A - Auditor II for an insurance company .. is my J-O-B that pays for my stamping addiction.

R - Really good friend. I don't have a lot of close friends, but those I hold close to my heart I would do anything for.

I - I love gardening.... I plan my gardens all winter long and can't wait to watch the flowers pop through the ground each spring.

E - Eggplant parm is one of my favorite foods... But only when made by my sister's MIL... YUMMMMM it's sooooo good.

Okay, now I have to tag five people ... this is a toughie! Ok, so I can only come up with 3...

Shelley May.... She is such a thoughtful and wonderful friend who I've come to find I have a lot in common with. I love how she speaks her mind...

Alex... OMG... you have not met a more talented artist until you've met Alex. We met through SCS and actually met at the Stampin Up Atlantic City Regionals I've considered her a good friend ever since. Were there for each other and I love her dearly..

Dani... my friend from Italy... I've always wanted to go to Italy and look for my ancestors. My great grandparents on my mother's side were from Italy. May be some day this dream will come true.

Your turn... :)

Happy Wednesday.... and a little stamping

Happy Wednesday everyone. Here in the NE were bracing for a little ice, freezing rain and snow over night. Needless to say, I'll be homebound for the next few days...

Recovering has been tougher than I expected. I just can't get used to the sheer exhaustion. But from what I understand, that too will pass....

I've managed to venture up to my stamp room and have been wanting to try a little dry embossing with my cuttlebug. This idea was cased from Sharon way back in December. Here's my take on dry embossing...

I have quite a few people who have been so gracious and supportive of me through my surgery that I wanted to make some cards to send them to show my appreciation.. All cards were made with Stampers Select White Card stock by PTI and are stamped in the Palette Hybrid Noir ink.

This first card uses the flower embossing folder, light pink grosgrain ribbon (SUP) and the sentiment is from Mike's dollar bin...

These next 2 cards both use the fancy corner's embossing folders, clear bling bling and Stampin Up ribbon.. Both sentiments are from Stampin Up.

Please tell me, what techniques have you seen while surfing the blogs that you've been wanting to try but just haven't done so yet???????