Stampin Stresss Away with Carole'Anne

Recipe Saturday created on My Digital Studio

Good Morning to you all!

so today is a big day around here

It's Kayla's Graduation day

it's always a big beautiful event in our neck of the woods

It seems like I am getting pro at Grads LOL
next year I"ll have Tyler and then I think I should be done sigh

I am stretching my shoes on my feet as we speak lol

did you know that

THE STAMPIN UP HEAT GUN

works fabulously for stretching shoes lol

I heat them up (PS they are real leather lol) from the inside

put a thick pair of sock on and slide my foot in

walk around in the shoes for a few hours and voila

shaped to my foot he he

you see I wear a size 4 1/2 in a shoe but they do not have the luxury of the different widths in those shoes

so my foot as Renee would say are baby dinasour feet lol so they are wide

and so that is where the Stampin Up heat gun comes in

all right enough of my details of my shoes

let's get down to business

I have cool fun easy breakfast recipe to share with you

ready?

I so love making recipies in the

"My Digital Studio"

they look pretty don't you think?

look at t

all blended

Charlie just loves this toy

and he also really loves to bug Max with it

he squeeks it and Max goes crazy lol

and then their is My Max who is like a poster doggie

lol

if only that propane tank was out of the way

it thought of moving it but I knew that Max would also move lol

so I just had to take this photo and share with you

anyways friends

that will do it for my post today

hope you all don't mind it's a bit lame

but it's a recipe a good easy fun one to make

so for now I will leave you with  a wish of an amazing beautiful weekend

I'll be back Tuesday morning

I have to still share the card I created Rex

wait till you see all the photos I put it in

so cool

anyhooooowwwwwssssss

I gotta run

so happy Saturday

Embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway

 

Scrapbook page with my mom's wedding photo

Goooooooodddddd MOOOOOORRRNNNNINNNNNGGGGG

I'ts Friday of a Long weekend for us here in Canada

July 1st is Canada Day

so our office will be closed on Monday

I am actually looking forward to taking Monday off and spending time with Margot and her three kidlets!

once we get passed today we should be flying into the weekend

yhippy

tomorrow as you all know it Kayla's grad - bid day for her!

would you beleive that I have not decided what I am going to wear 

oh I know UH???

crazy lol

I will pull it together always do somehow he he

yesterday was a super hectic day at the office with lot's to accomplish

today will bring much the same with the addition of installs that Renee and Woody will do

I have Kayla off and Tracey off today (Kayla was off yesterday too - this getting ready for grad is big uh?)

anyways we did manage to go to our yoga for strength last night

it was awesome would you beleive that their was only the 4 of us there

so we kinda had a private class with Krista

oh my goodness it was so awesome

loved it 

learned proper poses

I really enjoy Krista's classes 

so onto a little Stampin Up stuff now

ouh first I want to thank you Annette for being such a sweetie and offering to help me with my swaps

so we are planning on getting together next Sunday May 8th after Margot leaves

I'll be trying to prep so we can be ready to assemble

it will be fun I promised coffee and goodies he he

and I have my mom who's also willing to help

I am so blessed to be loved!!!!

all right so my next project that I submitted was my mom's wedding photo scrapbook page

you all know that I am not a such a great scrapbooker

maybe that's why I didn't get pick ????

I stamped the entire background with 

"En Francais" background stamp

I used Sahara Sand (cause I thought it was a less used colour)

softly sponged

along with back and cherry cobbler

I created a card to go with this page as well

using the same elements 

(again trying to keep it as simple as Carole'Anne can hehe)

sorry about the glare here on this photo 

I had all the projects bagged

so this was ready to go after I journaled it

and the card on it's own

I had creatd an MDS sheet for each project listing all the products used

you had to have everything listed

so two more of the rejected projects shared with you

I will post my recipe tomorrow

and may not be able to post till Tuesday after that

we will have to see how the weekend goes with grad and company

it will be hectic week as well

thankfully Rex Evan and Tyler are home so they can help 

we will do a wiener roast over the next week at the land

I'll share photos of all the dirt work that Rex has done there and the grass he planted as well

so lot's and lot's happening

ouh and did I mention that I have two double full time jobs sigh

and yes Convention coming up

I am looking forward to seeing my pals

always so nice to visit with my special friends

right Miss Lee and Sis!

all right so until tomorrow I wish you all super FABULOUS Friday

embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway

another project to share that did not get chosen as Artisan Award

Hello Friends

sorry that I did not get to post yesterday

phew what a day

and a start

I did somehow manage to make it to my 6:00am hot flow yoga class - with my Renee woop woop

I beleive I have mentioned that things are hussling around here right ?

lol

oh well it's all good 

love that I am a busy bee - it makes this girl a happy one he he

anyways onto the next project that I created for Stampin Up Artisan Award 

that did not get chosen

I tried my hand a quilted card

never done that before 

I made it into my Christmas card

oh and I have a recipe from yesterday sorry but it would not post on my MAC and I had to run

so I will try to get it posted at work for the weekend for you all

the pattern I started with

I used 1'' squares punched out

and I used the new DSP

I really like that Gumball Green

it was looking pretty good

just had to make final adjustments

sponged and layered it on a a piece of very vanilla

then to add the quilt feel look what I did

oh yes I ran it thru Mr Big Shot with a folder

now for the last details of this card 

I actually really enjoyed this card

and I thought it was a unique Christmas card

there was my final Christmas quilted card

I added some Crystal Effects on the berries

and coloured the white ribbon with Gumball marker

I was happy with this

I am in a swap for quilted cards for convention so I hope to accomplish that soon

oh my can you beleive that the Stampin Up Convention is only 2 weeks and 5 day away

how in the world will I get swaps done

yhikes

did I mention Grad this weekend 

and company coming from BC

it will be great to visit with Margot and her three super special Kidlets

ouh la la the next 10 days will be a tad NUTS

anyways I gotta go to work and make some money

no 6:00am yoga class this morning

but Kayla Renee and I will be happy to be at the 5:30 Hot yoga for Strength

yippy 

I look forward to it

so for now friends I'll wish you all a terrifik Thursday

embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway

Velum Flower Card to match blossom tree

Good morning y'all

it's a humid Tuesday morning here!

Weird for Alberta!

But my skin likes it - reminds me of eastern Canada when I used to live there!

I am continuing to post photos of my projects that I created which was submitted to Stampin up

for the Artisan Award 

I want to thank you all for the wonderful kind words from yesterday

you all made me feel like winner(even if Stampin Up did not choose me as a winner)

and for that I truly appreciate it

it was weird- like I said to not post photos of what I was creating 

but at least with not being chosen you get to see them now he he

this next project I created was to match the cherry blossom tree that I shared with you yesterday

I did the same flower that was on the tree

Punched

sponged each velum punched flower

and then softened each petal with my bone folder

after that I cut and created the flower

used the vintage wallpaper folder

with a framelit

I also did sponging on the card to match the flower

a white ribbon 

my goal in my creation was to create elegant yet simple projects

with the exception of one whow project which was my tree hehe

tomorrow I'll share a recipe for breakfast smoothies that Renee and I have been making 

the recipe is a recipe that I created from a lot of trial and errors

on Thursday I'll share the scrapbook page that I created from one of my mom's wedding photos

I usually have way more step by step in my posts so I want to share a couple photos are that are neat

Evan went camping last weekend with his friends and take a look at this photo

is this not a the coolest photo of ever

Evan was able to pet this little baby deer

look at the little spots on it's back and the white tail

such a unique photo

brought back a moment for me 

cause I have a very special photo of my baby brother Paul holding a little baby deer much like this one that Evan is photographed with

Paul had tucked into his jacket!

sigh

I love the look on Evan's face too 

oh now I have to show you all a photo of Max

he is so sweet sleeping away 

this was taken on Sunday 

it was raining outside and he sure had the right idea - lol but cooking was my idea 

he he

I am not sure if I have mentioned to you that we are doing renovations to our house?

anyways renos have started and I look forward to this floor being turned to a beautiful tile

should be fun to choose that in the next week

did i say lot's happening

the day after Kayla's grad we have some very very special company coming our way

Margot we can't wait to see you and visit with you and your beautiful kiddlets - for an entire week

I KNOW A WEEK OF MARGOT 

fill yhippy

well that will do for me today  friends

I am going to work to make some money now

always good right??

I'll be back tomorrow

and I will be announcing something new and fun he he

again from my heart I thank you all so much for your super wonderful kind comments

really does means tones to me

embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway

Stampin Up Artisan Winners congrats - NOT me sigh

Good day to you all my friends

My weekend was a busy one trying to help our Kayla get ready for Grad-

Friday work day was nuts and it consisted of about 16 hour day

Saturday was equally busy

the morning started in the office at about 4:00am

then Renee and Woody did an install on site with the decals I assembled

Kayla and I went and picked up her grad dress

don't you worry i'll share photos over the next weekend

she looks stunning

however the shoes she had picked out a few weekends ago she decided she did not like with the dress

sooooo off to get another pair of shoes oh and the earings did not match either

we spent the entire day at the mall

Renee and Woody joined us and we also birthday shopped for Kayla

done done done yhippy

Sunday was a quiet morning I actually slept till 4:30 am I was a tad tired 

then headed to 90 hot yin yoga

have I said I love yoga lol

on Sunday it was also Rex and I's 23rd wedding anniversary

it's one of them days that you truly reflect on 

I remember chasing my little American Eskimo pup in field with my veil on my head a few hours before my wedding 

with my dad sigh

I remember my brother being teary eyed when we were getting family photos done of the 5 of us

it seems like along time ago

and yet it seems like yesterday

I remember Rex's face when he seen me walk down the aisle 

with my mom and dad

sigh tear

anyways enough of that

okay so I will share the beautiful card I made Rex towards the end of the week

but first something I had not shared with many people was that I had entered the Artisan award contest

well I am not a winner

but I do want to share some of the projects that I submitted

hope you all don't mind?

this week  I will show you what I sent to Stampin Up

starting with with this flower tree

it was a lite up flower tree that I created

I made 29 of these 6 to 8 layered velum flowers for my tree

I sponged all the layers as well

assembly took place of the flowers onto the branches

my tree

it's hard to see what they really look like uh??

the next photo is not too good but wanted to see how it looked lite up

like I said hard to see uh?

okay one more photo of my non winning tree sigh

there we have it friends

I will continue to share during the week

It was weird creating projects and not sharing with you!!!

tomorrow I will share the card I created to go with this tree

so for today I hope you all have a magical Monday

embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway

Recipe created by Carole'Anne in My Digital Studio Stampin Up!

 

Good day y'all

whow it's FRIDAY

can you beleive it??

I will say it's been an interesting week 

between the disasters and the work load - it's been eventful

I even had to replace my Iphone cause I smashed the screen on it - and I thought I had lost everything on it last night

and well thank goodness for ICloud - cause this morning it's all better 

I have all info - contacts and my calendar by - lost 1300 photos off my phone but at least they are in my laptop - 

sigh 

oh yes been a week lol if only you knew everything else that went down you'd wonder why I don't drink LOL

good thing I am high on life he he

MY FAMOUS LAST WORDS

EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON!

on the up side Evan is done his 4th year of his Journeyman heavy duty mechanics at NAIT

this week he has been taking his Class 1 license so he can drive our semi's (this word is fun to pronounce - it's different in Canada then the US right Miss Lee LOL)

so yes did I mention lot's going on he he

 HEY I can report thought that

our four legged fur babies are doing awesome including Mr. Max who got groomed

and I would say I'd share a photo but I don't have it lol

but all's good in my neighborhood - everyone is safe and sound and this week is coming to close

okay so I know you are not here to listen to my week

sooooooo I created a pretty little recipe in my Digital Studio this morning for you

this recipe is my homemade BBQ'd burgers

Kayla says  they are the best burgers ever thanks Kayla you are too sweet

 

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as everyone else does at my house

on a side note we load our burgers with everything under the sun including fresh avocadoes YHUM he he

so for now this is my boring post for you

I do wish you all a very fabulous FRIDAY

and I will not be able to post tomorrow

as it's going to be a work day for this girl

I will see what Sunday brings and perhaps I can play in my craft room

got so many cards to make I gotta get caught up

here's to a good weekend for you all!

happy day

embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway

Reason to smile with hand stamped sentiments and blog candy winner

Good morning y'all

holly here is my second attempt at posting my card today

I guess that's what I get for missing out on recipe Wednesday right? lol

I have been in my craft room since 2:23am

I got to try a new technique thanks to Hand Stamped Sentiments

http://handstampedsentiments.blogspot.ca/

so exciting to that uh?

I also used a new stamped called a reason to smile

how perfect for blog candy winner day he he

This new stamp a special that will take place for you all on July 1st!

I love this stamp set

okay let me share with you what I did this morning and then I'll announce the winner

I am rushing again this morning

yoga starts at 6:00am I am to be out of the house by 5:30am

and then onto work busy busy day

tomorrow will be even more busy so if I don't post tomorrow you'll all know why

so we shall do recipe day Friday 

oh why not rigth LOL

colours chosen here

Gumball green

Primrose petals

whisper white

then I added early espresso

I stamped the image several times

this is a two step stamp

first attempt

FAILED lol

but hey I don't give up real easy lol

second attempt

oh yes much better

the scoring is not even

if you want to check out the tutorial it's on splitcoaststampers

ahw that's better

I like the little ribbon along it

cut out the images

looking good

used the stamp set called 

ITTY BITTY BANNERS

with the framelits

bitty banners on page 191

I stamped with gumball green

a pretty bow

with Miss Lee's bow maker

and I am almost done this cute little card

bling bling

done done he he

voila a new card created by me he he 

with Reason to smile

ouh la la I will give you a reason to smile now

ready set

ANNOUNCE

THERESA IN KITIMAT

you are the blog candy winner

yhippy yhahoooo

I'll have new candy for you all next week

so please keep posting your comments

I really do love to hear what you think 

so now one more photo and I am out of here like a hurd of turtles

that will do it for me

I wish you all a wonderful Wednesday

I'll be back Friday

embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway

 

 

Blooming with Kindness along with Stamping 411 challenge

Good day y'all

so I am supposed to be posting from Calgary today

and well that plan had to change this week

and rescheduled for the end of July

I guess that is a good thing since this week is already shaping up to be quite the week

all good but lot's on the go he he

always appreciate and feel blessed to have lot's on my plate

sooooo onto what I did this morning

I made a card 

yha I did really hehe

so I used the Stamping 411 sketch

I will have to condense this post

cause I took 35 photos of this process with lot's of mind changing in the process and 

well it's all ready 5:15am

you would never know that I was playing in my craft room by 2:45am uh??

anyways I have to get to work so I will post selected photos of my card creation

hope you all don't mind

colours I chose for this one

Midnight Muse

Baha Breeze 

and Very Vanilla

here we go 

stampin 

I used both midnight muse and baja breeze

I really wanted to find a way to layer this flower

that was a challenge

okay well layering it was a harder then I thought

and the greeting

well that was an issue in it's self lol

ouh wait till you see

I managed to layer this flower he he

layered 

ahw success sigh

oh yes my next challenge

this greeting

I tried like at least 5 different things

and ended up using an oval punch lol

see 

oh well I think it turned out okay in the end

this stamped greeting is from the set called

OCCASIONS ALPHABET

that's better

fits  well don't you think 

PS don't forget today is the last day for your chance to win

BLOG CANDY

now for some bling bling bling

I just had to add something more to the flower

ready to see what the card ended up looking like??

there it is

I know it don't really look like I struggled with this does it lol

I like the layers 

what do you think?

one last photo

and I  have to hit the road jack

you can see it a bit better this way I think? 

okay I wish you all a super terrifik Tuesday

and please don't leave without posting a comment

I really love to hear your thoughts I my card or post

and besides blog candy is always  a bonus right

so friends that's it for me today

Embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski

AKA STampin STressaway

 

Harvest Blessings for Fathers Day Card along with Mojo Monday sketch

Good Morning Friends

It's a nice Monday Morning here in Alberta Canada

I am going to share the card I made for Rex for Fathers day on this fine morning

then I am will be heading to my 6:00am hot flow yoga class

then onto work!

don't forget about the wonderful

BLOG CANDY I AM GOING TO BE GIVING AWAY

I know I said I was going to draw tomorrow

but I will have to do it Wednesday 

hey that is good for you

YOU get one more day to post a comment to win 

CALORIE FREE BLOG CANDY hehe

so yesterday consisted of a nice family dinner

we were all together

thank you Mom for helping me make Rex's Fathers day really special

I made homemade BBQ burgers that I had seasoned the night before (I am going to share this recipe on Wednesday)

Kayla says my burgers are the best lol thank you Kayla you are too cute

I made a really yhummy spinach salad with my own dressing

and a spring salad again with my own dressing

did some beautiful roasted veggies

cut up alot of different veggies for the burgers including avocadoes (we all love them)

Renee and Woody were in charge of the dessert

which was super good as well!

I had also made homemade soup

and had corn ready to boil  (butI fergot to cook it LOL)
oh well it will go with tonights supper lol

so now onto what I created yesterday morning for Rex's card

I used the Mojo Monday sketch (from last week lol)

and two new stamp sets

NEW SETS USED "HARVEST BLESSINGS & DELIGHTFUL DOZEN"

Let me begin

I used Basic Black for my card base

but let me say that I changed my mind alot after this he he

I was going for this DSP

I stamped the tractor on watercolor cardstock

with black staz on

then I started on the sketch

so at this point I was not happy with the look

onto some changes he he

I rethought this and I like this much better

I used my folder called

''AGYLE''

ouh la la and more NEW GOODIES

DELICATE DOILIES SIZZLITS

how adorable

oh but wait I kept the shape of this but

I used basic black with that doilie instead

now for the greeting

I really did a number on this one he he

like I said I really did a number on this greeting lol

I stamped it three times and die cut it with the bitty banners

 I coloured the image

(not like the best I have ever done - I was running out of time)

now for assembling this baby

colours used

BASIC BLACK

VERY VANILLA

CHERRY COBBLER

AND OLD OLIVE

I coloured the pearls with my black stampin write marker

these did take a while to dry just so you know

but I like them they look nice

note that this only works with your black stampin write marker

stamped the inside

and 

well friends that will be Rex's Father's day card ready

there it is

well my blogging friends

this will do it for me today

hope you enjoyed my post today

I would love to read your comments

after all you could win the fabulous BLOG CANDY

I wish you all a marvelous Monday

embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway

 

Saturday Blog Update for Stampin Stressaway

Good morning friends

sorry I was not able to post yesterday 

being on the road makes it a tad hard to mainting my blog sigh

and even harder to make a card

so I am sorry to say I have no card to share with you today!

But I have a blog update for you at least hehe

the one thing I want to mention to you all is that I have

BLOG CANDY TO GIVE AWAY 

remember????

soooooooo friends on Tuesday when I am back in Calgary for my Safety Auditing Course I'll be posting the winner of that blog candy

I am sure hopin that Sunday Morning I can play in my craft room long enough to get started on some convention swaps

and then I can share some stuff with you during the week 

this is my hope anyways that I can do stamp a little in my hotel room in Calgary while taking this 4 day course

siiiiiiigggghhhhhhh

The month of June is quite the month I tell you 

tomorrow we will have a BBQ at our house for Fathers Day

which will be nice

then I will do a full day at work on Monday

Monday night head to Calgary for 4 days

that weekend of the 24th will be Rex and I's 23rd wedding anniversary

then the weekend after will be Kayla's grad 

and then we have our wonderful cousin/friend come to visit us on the 1st of July

Margot and her kiddlets

soooooooooo yes I am going to be over the top busy

not to mention in all that we have lot's going on at work he he

love it I do and so grateful to have such a beautiful busy life

so very very blessed 

having said that if their are days from now till July that I don't post

please bare wtih me 

cause I really do value you as my blog followers

all right enough blah blah 

let me share some stuff with you

okay?

these are stickers that we did for a school in Innisfail

Renee had to resign their logo - this is the style they wanted and she had fun trying to make pretty

she redid the horse and add the grass in

she also made the logo more user friendly too bad I don't have a before and after photo uh?

let me share more stuff we have been working on in the office

making decals 

making this trailers pretty with a stripe

doing shirts

these are baseball shirts

Renee created this logo as well

more shirts done right at our shop

and did you know we do some awesome banners

he he -

these banners was almost the death of us

right Heather???

lol

thank you Tracey for working so hard to track these

you see they were shipped on Tuesday

EXPRESS 

Heather should of 

received them on Wednesday and well Friday morning still no sign of banners

deep yoga breath was happening for Renee and I 

cause Heather needed these banners for her parade today

yhippy got a call yesterday afternoon sayin that they were located and Heather was on her way to picking then up

we did three banners for her

so happy she has then and she is decorating her float

happy parade day Okotoks!

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you need a banner?? 

check out my work website

www.mirrorimagedecals.ca

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I have to share a cute photo of Charlie chillin with Krystal

too cute don't you think

okay so now I want to share a couple photos

of Stampin UP

after all that is why you are here right?

sorry that I shared so much other stuff today!!!!! 

really hope you don't mind

this is in preparation for my 

JULY 29TH 

SHADOW BOX CLASS

have you signed up yet???

it will be such a wonderful class

we will be creating a treasured shadow box with your fav recipe

could be from your mom in law or your mom's recipe - your grandma's recipe

or your bestfriend

what a wonderful wedding gift or a special birthday gift

let me show you what I am working on for this one

I want to use some of the new wonderful DSP 

and the new edgelits with the folders

it should be so fun to create uh??
so won't you join us in making a treasured shadow box

email me

stampinstressaway@me.com

to reserve your spot

I have 4 spots only left

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the other event that will be coming up

STAMPIN STRESSAWAY

1st annual

CHRISTMAS CARD BUFFET

Sunday August 19th

starting at noon

more details to come on this

I will be using several of the new stamp sets from the

NEW HOLIDAY MINI

sooooooo hope you can make it to this Christmas event

I KNOW UH??? can you beleive we are thinking Christmas all ready

never can start too early lol

all right so my friends that will do it for me

I'll be back Monday

ouh I almost fergot

please leave a comment

this will enter you in a chance to

WIN SOME BLOG CANDY!!!!!

you all have a super Saturday

embossed hug from

me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway