The Purple Princess

It's Not that I haven't Been Busy...

2012-01-21T11:56:00.002-05:00

I just haven't been keeping up with my blogging! :o/ Over the next few days I will try to post some of the things I've made. Right now, I think I need to be working on a Sympathy card and my invites for the Ocala Christian Women's Club.

So.... TTFN (in my best Tigger voice)

Laurie

Mega-Coupon Starter Kit Giveaway...

2011-10-19T12:22:00.003-04:00

‎Krazy Clippers has teamed up with Teach Me 2 Save to bring you: Mega Coupon Starter Kit Giveaway complete with 10 Coupon Inserts for a Giveaway!

Christmas Cards for a Swap...

2011-10-05T14:07:00.001-04:00

A Couple of New Cards...

2011-03-08T21:54:00.004-05:00

I made this card up for my brother-in-law's Birthday. I used the new Bo-Bunny Timepiece collection, the papers, stamps and pearls. I also used scrapper's floss and a button from my stash.

I also made up this card for one of hubby's customers. She recently lost her sister and then just a few weeks later the daughter of her sister. Been a rough year for her, so far.

For this card I used the new Bo-Bunny set, Gabrielle... again, papers & stamps. I also used my favorite ribbon... the Crepe ribbon!

I hope you enjoy seeing my latest cards...

Laurie

My Latest Tilda...

2011-03-02T05:14:00.005-05:00

This was my Spring card for the Priceless Scrapbooks blog, in February. I enjoyed making this card, but the real icing on the cake, was that my husband saw this card and said it was "Gorgeous!" This is coming from a guy who doesn't totally see the value of my "crayons, paper and paste" hobby! LOL

Anniversary...

2011-02-25T13:44:00.001-05:00

We had a wonderful evening last night. We saw the movie, Gnomeo & Juliet, then went out to dinner. I also received these lovely flowers.

Another Shameless Post...

2011-02-08T09:57:00.011-05:00

This is another shameless plug for Gooseberry Patch cookbooks! I found this recipe here at Delightful Country Cookin' because she is an Early Bird Reviewer for Gooseberry, so this is one of the recipes she shared. Its called Special Chicken Noodle Soup. Since I'm not overly crazy about canned soup and never seemed to be inspired to make my own... I decided to give this one a try. Since I always have chicken on hand and the days were quite chilly, I thought this was a good idea. Well, its the Best idea I've had in awhile! This soup was So Good and So Creamy! Oh, and very, very filling. It took no time at all to make, a big plus for me, as I like simple meals that look really nice. This is getting added to my Favorites and I will be sending a copy of this to my son who is addicted to soup. You will definitely want to grab this recipe and make up a potful. I will also be adding the cookbook to my library... cause I know there are other wonderful recipes to be made. I grabbed the recipes that the other reviewers shared, as well and I will print those out and choose another one to make.

Here's where you can find the cookbook for this recipe as well as many other wonderful meals, desserts and other yummy goodies. While you're there checking out this fabulous cookbook, take a look around, they have so many wonderful books and even some e-books, so you can have your recipes sooner! Just click on the photo of the cookbook to go to their website. Enjoy!

Have a Happy and Blessed Day!

Laurie

aka: Purple Princess

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2011-01-26T22:58:00.001-05:00

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Originally uploaded by the Purple Princess 24

Well, here's my art journal page after the second week's lesson. I still have two more lessons to apply to it, so we'll see where it goes from here.

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2011-01-25T00:09:00.002-05:00

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Originally uploaded by the Purple Princess 24

I've been wanting to try my hand at Art Journaling, so I signed up for the Strathmore Workshops. This is my first lesson from the class. I will hopefully get to the second lesson by sometime tomorrow.

Thanks for looking!

A Ribbon Giveaway...

2011-01-17T11:16:00.002-05:00

Wow... As I went Blog Hopping this morning... I found this cool site (well, I knew it existed but forgot about it) and they are going to be having a HUGE giveaway... go check it out at Really Reasonable Ribbon. Well, I'm off to do some more blog hopping... I hope to be back later today to post a card I made for a friend.

Shameless Plug for Gooseberry Patch...

2011-01-09T22:35:00.006-05:00

This was our dinner tonight... from one of my favorite Gooseberry Patch Cookbooks, Meals in Minutes. This was a Super Easy recipe with a great flavor. I added some rice and green beans for a quick and simple meal, with lot's of flavor! I know the picture is a little blurry, but we were in a hurry to eat our yummy dinner! Here is the cookbook that I used for the recipe:

I hope this will inspire others to pull our some of their favorite cookbooks and try some recipes that can become favorites for the family.

Nite All!

Got Cupcakes?...

2011-01-08T21:00:00.003-05:00

Had a lot of fun at my local scrapbook store crop last night. I made this darling card for two challenges. Over at Totally Stampalicious their challenge is to use a cupcake on your project and then I used the sketch over at I Heart 2 Stamp.

Card Recipe:

Stamps by My Favorite Things

Inks are Memento Tuxedo Black & Creamy Brown Catseye

Papers are Crazy Love by Bo Bunny

Cardstock by Bo Bunny

Lacey Square Nestiblities by Spellbinders

Rhinestone by Bo Bunny

Colored with Prismacolor Pencils & blended with Gamsol

2011-01-05T12:50:00.002-05:00

Good Morning All... I've been blog hopping this morning, and found this blog... go check it out for your chance to win a new Gooseberry Patch Cookbook:

~ Laurie ~

aka: Purple Princess

Last Minute Christmas Gifts...

2011-01-04T13:31:00.002-05:00

Hello everyone! Here I am, running behind as usual :o/ These were last minute gifts for Christmas that I put together. I was not much in the Christmas Spirit this year, so just kinda waited for the Season to pass by. Not sure I'd liked it that way.

Anyway, I made these up using the 12 Days of Christmas Tutorials by Becky Roberts. I really like her projects and these were just too wonderful to pass up.

I used my Stamping Up Cardstock, DSP (Holly Jolly '09 & this year's set, don't remember the name) I think the stamp set is called Tags Til Christmas, or something like that... it was in the Christmas Mini.

I hope you like my project and would love to hear some feedback on them. Thanks for stopping by.

~ Laurie ~
aka: Purple Princess

Sorrow...

2010-10-07T22:17:00.003-04:00

I made this card for a dear friend whose husband just recently died. He had been sick for a while, but that still doesn't make it easy to say Good-Bye. Her faith in Jesus Christ and his Promises will sustain her at this time, so I wanted to send her a card to let her know I care.

I used Wisteria patterned papers and Stampin Up cardstock for the card, and Stampin Up stamp sets; Watercolor Trio and I forget the one. Ink is Close to Cocoa and I also used Nestablities Circle and Scalloped Circle. After seeing a photo of my card, I'm thinking its a bit plain and now wished I had added some rhinestones down in the bottom right corner. Oh, Well, its on its way and I know she will appreciate it.

Well, off to browse some blogs.

Trick or Treat...

2010-10-01T14:01:00.003-04:00

I made this card up for the weekly challenge over at Totally Stampalicious, where the challenge was to make a Halloween card. So I saw this image set from Our Craft Lounge stamps and thought it was cute. Well, Tricia over at Priceless Scrapbooks just got them in last week... so I decided to get them along with a Halloween word set from Hero Arts. Well, then I needed Halloween paper... (I don't really fuss with Halloween) so I picked up the latest paper pack from Echo Park.. I'm really loving their papers too. The inks I already had, Black Tuxedo from Memento and various Ranger Distress Inks. What little coloring it needed was done with my Copics.

Fall Happy Tilda Set

2010-09-30T19:04:00.002-04:00

Fall Happy Tilda Set
Originally uploaded by the Purple Princess 24

Made up this fall Tilda set for the Challenge over at Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge blog. I used Bazzill cardstock, Apple Cider paper & leaves by Imaginesce, Pumpkin Shapeablities by Spellbinders and the sheer ribbon from my stash. Tilda was colored using Copics.

Still learning how to do different things on my blog, so please forgive any redundancy. LOL

Sometimes, Life is the pits...

2010-08-10T11:55:00.001-04:00

Sometimes, Life is the pits.
Originally uploaded by the Purple Princess 24

Just playing with my camera. Over at www.photochallenge.org the weekly challenges this month are to take Macro photos... so this photo was my choice for this week.

Laurie

2010-08-08T15:22:00.002-04:00

Did a couple of layouts for some challenges over at Scrapbook Elements. This one is
for the Power of One Challenge:

Did a couple of layouts today for some Challenges over at Scrapbook Elements. This layout is for the Bookmark Exchange:

If you would like a copy of this head on over to Scrapbook Elements and join the Bookmark Exchange, you will get this bookmark, plus many other wonderful ones to brighten up your Summer Reading.

Credits:

Kimberly’s UBI Summer Memories Paper Pack 2; UBI Summer Memories Element Pack 3; UBI Summer Memories Element Pack 1 and Rina Kroes' UBI Summer Memories Page Titles.

Last Day for this Magnolia Blog Candy!

2010-08-04T10:55:00.002-04:00

Today is the last day to get your blog entered for this Magnolia Summer kit! Run, don't walk to this blog to get entered: www.kelliewinnell.com.au

Lot's of Luck... But I really hope I Win!! hehe

Magnolia Blog Candy...

2010-08-03T10:50:00.004-04:00

Wow... Another chance for a FREE Magnolia Summer Kit!! Go check this out at Inked Inspirations to learn how you can enter! Good Luck!

Thank You Everyone...

2010-07-23T11:12:00.002-04:00

Gosh... Thanks to everyone who left a comment on my Chocolate Tilda card! I am amazed that so many of you liked it. I'm going to play with some of the suggestions to hide the adhesive and see how it turns out. I'm liking her a lot more now! Thanks for the encouragement.

Chocolate Tilda...

2010-07-21T17:40:00.004-04:00

Well, this is what happens when you try to create when you're not feeling it! :o(

I was attempting the Chocolate Tilda challenge over at Totally Tilda Challenge Blog. The colors didn't turn out as I'd hoped... and as you can see... totally forgot to use different adhesive for the vellum! (duh..) I also used the sketch from the monthly sketch challenge over at Card Scraps

Tilda stamp by Magnolia Stamps
Patterned paper by Basic Grey: Capella collection
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
Image and pearls colored with Copics.

My Little Craft Shop...

2010-07-21T13:51:00.002-04:00

I've been busy out in my little craft shop... clearing out a place to do my stamping and crafting. I still have a long way to go, but at least its a start and I'll have somewhere to play, without messing up the house. LOL

Magnolia Blog Candy...

2010-07-20T01:04:00.003-04:00

Wow... Here's an opportunity to good to pass up! More Blog Candy! WooHoo!

Go to this blog and check it out! Who wouldn't want more Magnolia Stamps!

2010-07-19T23:06:00.002-04:00

Almost forgot to send out my Dad's Birthday card!

Everything is Stampin' Up except the pattern paper, which is Basic Grey Cappella collection.

2010-07-17T23:21:00.002-04:00

In the second class we used patterned paper and cut it for the backgrounds. It was a really neat technique which will help me see patterned papers in a different light. The Unity Stamp set we used for this card set was called Could I Be Any Cuter and the papers were Bo Bunny's Sunkissed Summer. I really enjoyed these classes and have found another series of stamps to be addicted to! LOL

2010-07-17T23:09:00.010-04:00

Well, I spent the day at my local scrapbook store taking some card classes using Unity Stamps ( http://www.unitystampco.com/ ) The teacher for the class was Kelly Landers ( http://www.mybucketoverfloweth.blogspot.com/ ) who taught a couple of really neat classes. The first card class was for the Spring Fold card. We used the Unity stamp set called Best Wishes and Blooms, the patterned papers were from Bo Bunny's Peacock Lane collection. (love those papers!)

2010-07-16T22:35:00.004-04:00

Here is my card for the MAGNOLIA-licious challenge. This was so fun to make, even if it did take me all evening! LOL The real challenge was figuring out the scoring on my Scor-Pal, but once I got that done, the rest just came together. I did stamp her swim ring on patterned paper and then layered Tilda over it and Pop-Dotted the whole thing.

I used Beach Tilda and Swim Ring both by Magnolia Stamps; Sentiment stamp by Hero Arts; Everything else is Bo-Bunny Sunkissed Summer; Ribbon is unknown. Coloring was done with Copics.

2010-07-16T10:14:00.003-04:00

I realize this card is rather simple, but I made it for my hubby. I tucked it in his suitcase for him to find when he unpacked. Kind of a tradition with me, only now they are handmade.

Magnolia Stamp, Sentiment is MFT, Patterned Paper is Capella by Basic Grey, CS is Stampin' Up. Colored with Copics.

2010-07-16T09:59:00.004-04:00

Well, found this guy hanging around our backdoor.. thought it was a perfect photo opp, so grabbed my camera. Composition is a bit off, but not a bad photo. (kind critiques, welcome)

~ Laurie ~

aka: Purple Princess

2010-06-05T16:07:00.002-04:00

Added the Swagbucks Swidget to the bottom of my page. You can earn points by going through the Swagbucks link and earn gift cards and such. I have enough points now to get $10 in Amazon gift cards. Just for using them to search and shop through. Its worth taking a look.

~ Laurie ~
aka: Purple Princess

2010-03-10T15:48:00.002-05:00

I've been a bit under the weather and my right arm has been bothering me, so I've been staying away from the computer. Hopefully I'll be able to get in the swing of things and actually do something with this blog. Wish me luck!! LOL

2010-02-04T12:38:00.002-05:00

Well, I finally went ahead and signed up for UStamp with Dawn... with Love 2010 They always have such cute projects and ways to use my new Stampin' Up goodies. So I will be off stampin' and creatin'. Saturday I am going to an all-day crop at my LSS, so maybe I'll get even more goodies done!

2010-01-20T10:32:00.003-05:00

Well, Here we go with a New Year! Maybe this will be the year that I actually stay on top of my blog and update it enough to draw visitors. I've been doing a lot of stamping and card making, so I need to get photos of my creations up on here. All the Christmas cards have gone out, so can't get pictures of those!

Hopefully I'll post more soon!

2009-12-04T22:30:00.003-05:00

Well, Terry, Ben & Kevin have been diligently working on the new back porch. They might have had it finished today if the darn rain would have let up.

Ran by the mall today with Angie and things are looking a lot like Christmas! Very Festive!

It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

2009-12-01T10:25:00.003-05:00

Well, I may be taking the easy way out with using The Cutest Blog on the Block but hey... at least I'm updating! LOL

On Another note... the new UStamp with Dawn Holiday Blowout '09 starts today! I can't wait to see all the cool projects they will be offering. Its not too late to join in... click on the photo in my sidebar for more information.

Yebo rocks!!

2009-11-25T10:29:00.005-05:00

WooHoo... I am so excited to see what is going to be shared for the next round of UStamp with Dawn & Friends. I joined for the Holiday round and got lots of really cute ideas. Some I already knew and do... but so many more that were totally new to me and Very Creative!! This is a wonderful way to get the creative juices going and have lot's of fun! You can join up here: http://ustampwithdawn.blogspot.com

I hope you'll come join the fun!!

Laurie aka: Purple Princess

2009-11-23T10:24:00.001-05:00

Good Morning... Still fiddling with my blog. Hopefully I'll get it all set up the way I like!

2009-11-22T14:55:00.002-05:00

Still trying to decide how to make my blog look. Seems to take a lot more time than I'm willing to give, but I know if I just get the basics mastered, it'd be no big deal.

I want to add some pictures of the various cards and papercrafts I've made, so may work on that a little today.

Bye for now,

Testing Siggie Again...

2009-11-20T11:40:00.000-05:00

Okay, Trying this again! LOL

Testing Siggie...

2009-11-20T11:33:00.002-05:00

Still checking out some things. So what do you think??

Still Puttering...

2009-11-20T10:05:00.002-05:00

Found some websites that offer free backgrounds... so thought I'd add a pretty background to my blog. Not sure if it works, but its all a learning curve.

Testing Photo Adding...

2009-11-16T10:14:00.002-05:00

Trying to get the hang of this blogger thingy! LOL

This is my oldest Papillion, Jasper... many moons ago when he was a pup.

I've been doing a variety of projects and want to get photos of them and get them posted for all to see... assuming anyone wants to see... :0/

Need to get the hang of this...

2009-08-27T22:19:00.003-04:00

Gosh... I just can't seem to get the hang of coming back and posting here. I need to learn a few things so I can post photos here. I know its got to be really easy, but hey... I'm a procrastinator! LOL

2009-07-20T20:16:00.002-04:00

Well, this is sad... I haven't been back to my blog in 3 months! I need to learn how to post photos and also add links. If I could just make this a habit, maybe I could stay on top of it a bit more.

Well, in other news.. we added a new little pet to our menagerie... I got a little grey and white kitten. She is such a sweetie and loves to play. I have a large sunken bathtub that she discovered and loves to play in. Well, I tossed one of hubby's plastic practice golf balls and she just has a blast chasing it all over the tub. She stayed at it for more than 15 minutes. Since she is so comical, I went with the name Gracie... like Gracie Allan... LOL I zeroed in on the Grace part, because she really isn't very graceful. Somehow our cats end up with names that are opposite in someway to who they really are.

Well, I need to focus on getting some layouts and QPs done! Don't want the boss getting after me for being tardy!! LOL

Been a Busy Month...

2009-04-15T13:21:00.003-04:00

Well, just a quick update... Things have been quite busy. Since my last post, I have been working in my little craft shop and also getting the house cleaned and squared away for our friend to bring up a youth group to stay while on Spring Break.

The first week of April was especially busy... Our church had a Community Outreach on Palm Sunday. We called it 3G Sunday, for Gather, Go, Give. We had about 15 groups of (gosh, I don't know how many) people, who went to various projects such as Habitat For Humanity, Interfaith, Arnett House, Kimberly's Kottage, and other local Charities. Each group had a different project to do, whether it was painting, cleaning, mulching, mowing, handing out food. I chose to give out food... we packed up box lunches and handed them out to the poor. We had wonderful responses for all of our projects and a lot of fun. If you want to see photos you can go to my Pastor's blog ( http://www.incourageu.com/ ) and scroll down to April 6, click on photos to start the slideshow.

On Monday we drove down to Orlando and Downtown Disney to meet our daughter, Susie and her family. We had a great evening with them and time spent with them and our darling granddaughter is always special. We had dinner at the Rainforest Cafe, and Emily was not too sure about the thunder & lightning storms in the restaurant. LOL

Then we spent the next two days, finishing up around the house for the kids to arrive on Wednesday. They arrived in the late afternoon and were here until Saturday. We had 7 boys and 4 girls, as well as the youth pastor and our friend. If I can figure out how to share photos I will add them later.

So now its back to a regular schedule which involves my Ocala Christian Women's Club on Tuesdays, Church of Hope Women's Bible Study on Wednesday evenings and BSF on Thursday morning. So with that, I'm off to work on my Bible Studies.

More again soon, ( I hope!)
Laurie
aka: Purple Princess

How's it Look?

2009-03-27T12:24:00.003-04:00

Well, been fiddling around with my blog this morning with the help of fellow Muse, Denise. So, How do you think it looks? I realize its not Purple... that will change... but right now I'm trying to learn my way around. Still have more to do, as I haven't figured out how to put the credit tag on.... so to give proper credit... This Blog wear was made my Kimberly Stewart, using In Memorium page kit by Rina Kroes and Kimberly Stewart.

That's all for now... I've got to get up and move around a bit.

Gonna Dress Things Up Around Here...

2009-03-27T10:30:00.002-04:00

Well, I'm going to work on dressing up my blog so it looks more inviting. I have some friends who are going to help me learn my way around fiddling with this thing.

Debbie.... Thanks So Much for being my first follower!! Wow... now I'm accountable!! LOL

I hope to offer some freebies and such down the road. I enjoying making up hybrid projects and even want to try my hand at a few mini-kits, so this will be a fun stop on the cyber-highway.

Hugs & Prayers to all,
the Purple Princess

Where Does the Time Go?

2008-12-17T12:46:00.001-05:00

Well, I had good intentions of keeping this blog up... but somehow real life got in the way and it didn't happen. So... I will try, try, try again! LOL

A Brand New Venture...

2008-10-14T19:38:00.000-04:00

Well, I'm am finally starting a blog! I've wanted to for quite awhile but just haven't taken the time to check it out. Yet another thing to learn, but I hope to stay up to date with this as well as sharing some freebies as I attempt to become a Digital Scrapbook Designer. Until I really get good at this, you may want to subscribe to my blog if you would like to know when I post. Who knows there might be a Digital goodie for you.. LOL