Tag Archives: About Me

Dec 16 2013

Ronald McDonald House!!!

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Ronald McDonald House, www.LaurasStampPad.com

 

Stampin’ Up! has been connected with Ronald McDonald House Charities globally for many years now – giving monetary donations, Stampin’ Up supplies, and so much more! For about 2 years now, my husband and I have been saving all of our soda pop tabs in a little Ronald McDonald House in our kitchen! My husband even has everyone as his work donating as well! They drop their tabs into his lunch bag every day! Each time our little house gets filled (a sandwich bag full) I mail them to our local Ronald McDonald House in St. Louis, Missouri! I always fill the rest of the box with stamped cards and goodies that I have laying around and haven’t used for another project! The picture above is the package that I sent out a few weeks ago! I even extended the donation to all of my stampers at the classes in November! If they had any cards or items to donate, they could bring them to me and would get a $10 Gift Certificate! Thank you to all of you who participated! I send out a box about every quarter so gather any extra cards you might have and bring them to the next event! I will put them in the next box to send and you will get a $10 Gift Certificate! I love knowing that the drinks I enjoy are helping others too! And I know the cards will put many smiles on others faces!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Dec 2 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAD!!!!

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Tomorrow is my husband, Brad’s Birthday! I thought I would share some fabulous things about him like I shared about myself on my Birthday just so you know a little bit more about me (and him)! I would share on his actual Birthday tomorrow but didn’t want you all to miss out on Technique Tuesday! 🙂
Brad and Laura, www.LaurasStampPad.com~Brad’s favorite color is Blue! 95% of his shirts are blue!

~Brad is my computer geek! He works in IT and fixes all of my computer meltdowns as well! It is great to live with someone who is sooooo tech savvy!

~Brad is also a gamer! Most of the time he plays late at night after I have gone to bed or when I have stamp events! All of his gamer friends ask me how my stamping is going because they know that is what I do when he is playing!

~Brad is a night owl and can survive on little sleep – total opposite of me!

~Brad knows more about stamping then most Stamper Girl’s husbands, I think! It is great because then I can ask him for advice like what does this project need or how can change this up!Domo Card, www.LaurasStampPad.com

~Brad loves spicy foods! He thinks that sweating through a meal means it is a good one!

~Brad loves to watch cartoons as much as my nieces and nephews!

~This card was created by Brad for my Birthday! He used all of my stamp stuff – markers, punches, stamps, ink and adhesive! He even cleaned the stamp afterwards! I taught him well!

Happy Birthday to the best Husband ever! Leave a comment below and I will be sure to pass it along to Brad!

~Laura

 

Nov 28 2013

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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Thankful Banner, www.LaurasStampPad.comJust wanted to post a little greeting on my most favorite Holiday of the year! HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I am so thankful for so many things this year! I am thankful for my Family and Friends and Stampin’ Up who has allowed me share my love and creativity with so many of you! I am thankful to have meet you, crafted with you, shared stories with you, shared laughs and tears! You all are like family to me! Thank you for being you!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

~Laura

Nov 15 2013

Loving What I Do, Sharing What I Love!!!

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Stamping, www.LaurasStampPad.com

I loved this moment – stamping with my Mom and my Niece!!!! Here we are making my Mom’s Christmas Cards! I love stamping and what could be better than stamping with those that I love! Every year, my Mom and I make her Christmas Cards. Usually we do it on Thanksgiving Day while the turkey is in the oven but all of the family will be in town this year so we thought we would do them on a different day! My Mom picked three different styles for her cards this year. We cranked out 50 cards, 3 styles, 3 people, in less than 3 hours (I did do the pre-cutting though). Stamping with others and stamping in multiples is so much easier! Here are the samples of the cards that we created!

Manger Christmas Card, www.LaurasStampPad.com

So this one was created in Night of Navy and the baby and the star are from a stamp set that was available last year – First Christmas. My Mom bought the set last year and we never got to use it! But the greeting was from my FAVORITE Holiday Set – Greetings of the Season!

Special Season, www.LauraStampPad.com

This card is so amazing and the picture doesn’t do it any justice! This card uses Smokey Slate Cardstock, Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper, Silver 1/8″ Ribbon, Pearls, and the Special Season Stamp Set!

Calm Christmas, www.LaurasStampPad.com

This one was the easiest one! Super Simple and Amazing! We made the most of these (30). The card features Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo and Whisper White Cardstock! The Stamp Sets are Calm Christmas and Greetings of the Season!

I hope these cards gave you some inspiration for the Holidays and I encourage you to share what you love with your family and friends!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Sep 23 2013

My Family Reunion!

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Yesterday was my big family reunion and when I say big I mean BIG!

My Family

This is only a little bit over half of the family! I love having a big family and when we all get together it is a good time. There were about 97 people in total at this family reunion. Every year I take a group picture of each of the “families” (the photo above is all of my Grandpa’s “family” which is his kids and grandkids and great grandkids). Then I take pictures of my Grandpa’s brother’s families as well. I have created a scrapbook with these photos each year and listed the names. I’m not going to lie, some people aren’t labeled because I don’t even know who they are. That is on my to-do list though! 🙂 This year, I just asked the group after the photo was taken so I could complete the page! It’s so crazy to see how the families have grown and I’m so happy to be able to have these memories. Scrapbooks are such a treasure and a keepsake! I am also working on a “Family Tree” album which consists of family pictures and stories. It has been amazing to get the stories about my family – hearing where they came from and how they lived. It is so amazing and I can’t wait to pass it along to my children (future children….this is not my pregnancy announcement. 🙂 )

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend too!!! Happy Monday and Happy Scrapbookin’!

~Laura

Aug 29 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

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Wedding PictureToday is my BIRTHDAY!!!! I love Birthdays! It is so much fun to celebrate a day (or all month long) dedicated all to YOU! So since I am celebrating today I thought I would do a post ABOUT ME! This picture on the left is ME on my Wedding Day! I love love love this picture and that day was so fabulous and even though it was over 2 years ago, it is still amazing! I loved having my photo taken a million times and I loved marrying my best friend! Here are a few other random facts about me!!!

~I love the color PINK, Macaroni and Cheese (anything with cheese), Black Cars, Cupcakes, Curly Hair, and Working Out!

~I am really loud, enjoy laughing a lot, and very smiley!

~I met my husband back in High School when I randomly got a forward email from him. I added him to my messenger asking who he was and we continued chatting!!! We were only 45 minutes away from each other but didn’t meet in person for about 3 years.
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~I grew up in a small town on a family farm! I graduated for the University of Illinois! I-L-L…..I-N-I

~I love Pageants, Rodeos, Tractor and Truck Pulls, and Family Traditions!

~I rock out to 80’s music….DAILY! We also watch Friends almost daily too (nothing better on TV)!

Okay, I think that is enough craziness for one day! I hope you enjoyed this post…..now go have a cupcake and celebrate my BIRTHDAY with me!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

 

Jul 23 2013

First Post!!!

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Hello Everyone! I am so EXCITED (and a little nervous) about starting this blog. I feel like when you have a blog…it’s like REAL! I can’t wait to start sharing so much with you!!! Of course be sure to subscribe to this blog by signing up on the right hand side! That way you will get notified every time I post!

So here is a little bit about me.

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I have been stamping for over 9 years now. I started out as a scrapbooker and then I was introduced to Stampin’ Up! and I was completely blown away by the fact that I wouldn’t need a million sheets of alphabet stickers anymore. Now I can purchase an alphabet stamp set and use all the fabulous colors. AMAZING! So I signed up because I just had to have it all. Here I am 9 years later and I am having the time of my life! I have a few classes each month, Stamps In a Snap Club (via the mail), workshops, private classes, and other events. I like to keep my calendar full because that means I get meet lots of new people and laugh A LOT! I hope to stamp with you too soon! In the meantime, enjoy this blog!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura