I'm Leaving... on a jet plane....

LOL You have to sing that to actually get it ya know...okay I am a dork!! I am at work this morning but I leave at 11:30 to fly out to Atlanta to a KVN conference that i have to speak at. The KVN is the Key Volunteer Network. It is for Marine Corps spouses and I am the coordinator for the 6th Marine Corps district RS Jacksonville. That probably means nothing to you so i am sorry for all the Marie Lingo!! But i will have an alright time I am sure. I am excited to go but not excited to leave Jeffrey and the kiddies for the weekend. I think I packed more stampin stuff in my bag then actual clothes but thats alright with me if I need to I can fashion a skirt out of designer paper and primas. LOL! So hopefully when i get home on Sunday I will have some stampin stuff to post. Sorry for my lack of communication here lately it has just been a rough few weeks with the move and Tyler passing and all. I hope you folks have a great weekend and i hope to see ya'll on Sunday with some hotel room stampin goodies!!

Stampin Hollywood squares.

So there is a fun game going on over at amuse stamps. Its hollywood squares stampin style. Head on over to amuse blog and check it out!! If you are not registered yet go ahead and take the plundge and tell them Ally Blankenship sent ya! We might both win something!! They have super cool contests and games for a-muse-a-palooza. Head over and check them out! I just got my 1st a-muse set and let me tell you I am hooked!!

Birthday gift cards!

This morning I had a few mins to play in my stamp room so I decided to do some warm up cards. I just made 2 3x3 cards using some of my $ spot stamps from the big M. I am pleased with them and they were super quick to make.

On the brown one I used my gel pen and added some faux stitching around my focal image, amazingly enough I do not think I have ever tried faux stitching but I like the way it looks so I will be using it more. I also scalloped the edges of the designer paper with my corner rounder!! this is super cool that I can use mine for this! I just love the way it looks. The 2nd card I also used the corner rounder and some paper flowers I got from walmart, I got 8 on a sheet for .97! I got vanilla, tempt tuq., summer sun, and pink passion. the colors match up very very good! and they already have a sticky back so you don't have to worry about that. they were not with the scrap booking stuff in my store though, they were right above the ribbon with the little ribbon roses and stuff. Hopefully I will get a chance to play tonight when I get home from work. I am having a going out in style party tonight with a few great ladies so hopefully that will turn out well!! We are making 5 cards and matching envelopes using retiring sets and I will have some of my retiring sets up for sale as well!! I know we will all have fun!!

I've been tagged!!

I have been blog tagged by Stephanie at Islandblossomshop Thanks so much Stephanie!!
Now I have to list my favorite 5 blogs!! Man this was hard cause I have about 40 that i surf every day and they are all FAB~O but I will try and narrow it down!!

1. Lori Ames at Live-Love-Laugh-Create~ This lady is super talented and one of the nicest people you will ever talk to!! I won her blog candy contest and got the super cool set Happy harmony! Which I will be posting a few cards from later!! She has been peer pressuring me to create with it!! LOL!

2. Stephanie at Islandblossom Shop~ And no its not just because she tagged me!! I just found her blog a bout a week ago but she has so many great ideas i just drool over some of the stuff shes got over there!! Her store is supper cool as well!!

3.Heather at A secret garden grows here~ I met Heater a few years ago through our online yahoo group for our SU downlines group! She has 3 beautiful children and we were preggy with our youngest together for a little while!! I whined to her a little I am sure!! She is also very talented when it comes to SU! The idea she has on her blog for the card jars is super cute and I so will be CASEing it!! Go check it out!

4.Melissa over at Stamping through the tulips~ Melissa did my banner for me and my SU water mark she is uber nice and very talented!! And while making my banner and watermarks she made sure that I loved everything about it and was willing to make any changes I wanted...even though I didnt need any, the 1st draft was just fine with me!

5.Cori B at Inkventive Expressions~ I think Cori is the 1st blog I ever visited. I met her on SCS when her and I did a trade and she was so sweet, well I saw her blog address in her siggy line and visited, I think I started a blog that day!! and let me tell you having a blog actually forces me to stamp because I do not want my readers to get board!! Well Cori is the bestest, she has so many great ideas and I just LOVE her FAB~O style!

Well there it is, 5 blogs!! Listed in no particular order but every ones blog is great!! If you subscribe to my blog please leave a comment here so I can put you on my blog roll!! I have been getting a few emails saying I have new subscribers so introduce yourself!! I wanna know ya!!

Do you see what this is?? yeah its a clean Stampin table!! make sure you save the link to this post cause i cannot promise that it will stay like this for long but by golly it is clean right now!! I am almost afraid to stamp on it but that will pass tomorrow. I will give it one night of cleanliness!! I decided tonight that I would try and get my Studio in order, so i started with the table and will work my way around the room little by little! Tonight I had Haley underfoot who is trying her hardest to walk using my legs and chairs as aids and Presto the very inquisitive/helpful 4 year old! His favorite word this week is "why" as he was helping he kept saying "why do you need so much paper mommy" and "why do you need all these cool markers". So I said "son I dont know how to tell you this but Mommy is addicted to stamping". without missing a beat Preston said "oh that's okay I can be addicted too" At 4 years old I doubt he knows what addicted is but it was funny!! he amazes me sometimes!! Well that is it for tonight. Hopefully I will get to work on my bitty book tomorrow and I will have some pictures to post!! Good night ya'll!!

New Blog Banner!!

I just got a super cool new blog banner from Melissa at http://stampingthroughthetulips.blogspot.com/ Isn't it just the coolest? She did a great job and even made me a very nice SU watermark that I will showcase tonight when I post some stamped stuff! She was fabulous to work with and did everything just like I wanted!! So if you got a minute click on over to her space and show her sum love from Ally B!!

On another note to all of you bellaholics out there that are also SU demos...since you have become addicted to Bellas do you ever feel guilty for neglecting your precious SU rubbah. I do not know why but I feel a certain loyalty to my SU's. I feel like an unfaithful wife (well no, not really but I had to go for the dramatics) I just feel a little guily, I know it will become easier with time but dang!! I have been stampin like crazy with my wonderful bellas and just using a sentiment stamp from SU. I guess its because the only stamps I have ever bought using my own money were SU stamps, I can easily walk by the stampin isles at wal-mart and Micheal's and not give them a second glance but these bellas have given me a run for my money. They are the only non su stamps I have bought. I like to refer to them as my contraband stamps!! LOL! So for the next few days I will try and show some love to my beloved SU rubbah! I started working on a few things last night so I will need to finish up and post later!
Hugs Ya'll!!

Blog candy!

Click on the link...http://watermarkdesigns.blogspot.com/2007/04/bella-special-blog-candy.html For a chance at a blog candy watermark!! This is especially for all of you AddictaBellas out there!! She does great work!!

Contest at Really Just Ribbons

So while surfing other stampers blogs while i am unable to sleep I found this great website and they are having a contest so go and check it out. If you are a ribbon Horder like me I am sure you will find lots of things here you will love! heres the link to the site...http://www.reallyjustribbons.com.au/ Have fun!
Night now!