Card Swap

I didn't finish my cards in time. I had to scrap my bag toppers -- they just wouldn't turn out!! It was incredibly frustrating. So at the last minute I bought new paper to make cards. We'll see how it goes :( blug.
Here are the cards from this month: (amazingly everyone used different paper ;)
I'll post mine and Tammy's later.

The kids are going crazy so I don't have time to post a description, so you'll just have to guess who made what :)

I LOVE sour cream containers

This has to be the easiest and cutest paper craft that I've done in a long time. Even easier then those cricut-box bags. Anyway, Here are pics of the sour cream containers that I made for our R.S. treat (for those who did their reading).
As you can see all it took was a glue stick, paper scraps, and a paper crimper (THANKS AGAIN TRISH!). In fact, I used paper that came with one of those stack pads that inevitably have papers you don't like. It was great. Anyway, here are some pics! They are small too, they only fit a smarties-type candie and a p.b. cup inside them.

Response to Marcie's Blog

Okay Marcie asked for nonfiction recomendations. I have to admit, besides church books I don't really read a lot of non fiction. I did however, read one that was totally fabulous! Well, in the interest of full disclosure I haven't finished it yet but I am working on it. It is Zell Miller's Deficit of Decency. He is one of the most admirable people in politics today. While he is a democrat he recognizes the need for his party to become what it once was, something to respect. I believe he also spoke at the RNC when Bush ran the last time. I recommend reading that speech as well. I normally am not really into politics at all but so much of what he has to say is so right on, he's totally a dry mormon! In the book he compares the goverment to a dead fish and when a fish dies it starts to rot from the head down and how the disinigration of our country is because that is what we are learning by example from our leaders. So much of that book is one awesome quote after another. I am going to try and post the cards from my stamping class for the last couple of months sometime this weekend:)
~Tricia

Card Swap

Sorry these pictures stink! You get the idea though.
These are the pictures minus Aubrey and Jen (and Tricia's get well)


First off, mom's card was by far the most popular. Definetly unique;)
Here is Tammy's. I love that stamp.
These two are also tammy's. You can kind of see the embossing on the left in the pic.
This one is Delaina's and Laura's. Delaina made her truck with DSS, and I love laura's paper.
Trish, here are your two baby ones.
The top one is mine. My bug looks grey becuase I have a crappy half-dead stamp pad. I embossed the red with swiss dots. The bottom is the first from Grandma Whimpey!

Finale

Part 2

Cookbook Final Results