Saturday, October 11, 2008
to brighten your morning
This one is just too cheery. I love the colors. Once we move to our new home I will paint my studio apple green and purple.
freebies
If you would like to have
Email me at Vrosenshein@aol.com with your blog site. I would be happy to add you.
Have a super great day
Friday, October 10, 2008
When posting a comment
But please if someone has posted something stupid ignore it until I can delete it. If someone says oh click here for a free car . don't it is a virus link. lol
Bottom line is you all know each other. We know what fellow artists call their blogs. We know if they have a picture is is more than likely safe.
So, from today on....no typing in that silly word thingy.
Altered Cabinet Cards
Now for the some really cool altered cards go here
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Not everything is cheery and all roses
There are times when we have our little disagreements hey who doesn't. But the majority of our lives 99.99999999% are nothing but loving times. We will hang out together on my days off and to be honest with you I don't want to be anywhere else. I have been invited to go to stamp camps before and will always ask. Can my husband come too? He may hang out in the hotel room but at night he is there. Every year I have to go away from home two nights yes two nights a year and those two nights just about kill me. I don't want to be away from him for even two nights.
We don't party, we don't drink, we don't smoke, we don't gossip. We just love and we love each other with every breath we each have in our bodies.
I hate sports yes you heard me I HATE sports any and all. BUT ..... with that said I will take my laptop to bed and type away while he watches those sports thingys. But I am only a few inches from him and can reach out and grab his hand or lean over and kiss his cheek.
And my husband surprises me almost every day with something... be it a little gift, a big gift, dropping lunch off at my job, filling my car up with gas, etc he does that. I have never done laundry or haven't cooked ( unless I want to) since the day he retired. I come home from work to an amazingly clean house every single day and my dinner is done every single day.
I am spoiled...there I said it but as much as I am spoiled I know that I am loved.
I know I am loved by this amazing man even if he didn't say it everyday which by the way he does.
And then today I go to read his blog http://ricksgarden.blogspot.com/2008/10/blogging-memories-thoughts.html and I found that.
So, for the last twenty minutes I have been bawling.... repeat bawling not crying.
I am by far the luckiest woman in the world that I have the husband that I do and forever long as God decides he will be in my life I am ever so thankful. You know I had to go through a few duds before I found him. I guess that was my plan in life was to have all the worse then have the best.
Now I know every single person that reads this will say the same thing about their husband at least I hope so because I want everyone I know to have the same love of their life that I have.
Now if they could just find a cure for this damn illness. http://www.tmsforacure.org/patientinfo.shtml read all the way down.... it is a form of cancer and must be treated with chemo at some point but there is not a cure. A bone marrow transplant will extend his life when the time comes and trust me we will do that......
Bombshell STAMPS does it again
www.bombshellstamps.com
oh and tell them veronica sent ya
Thursday, October 9, 2008
I am totally crying now
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Guess what I have in my hands????
Saturday, October 4, 2008
When you have a husband like this....
He started a blog a few months ago detailing his life and our last vacation. It is amazing to read how he daily blogged our vacation with pictures and everything. I love that I will always have that journal to go too when I need a pick me up and know vacation is only so many months away.
Canada has always been our go to place. We get lost there, lost in the beauty the simplicity of nature.
We get lost in each other. So, if you every want to read a man's perspective of life go here http://ricksgarden.blogspot.com/ and get lost if only for a short time.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Bills will be going out
I will send everyone their bill then. I will also place the order at that time too. yeah.... finally
Guest Designer for WWW.CROPSTOP.COM
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
How to contact me
Monday, September 29, 2008
What can a copic marker do for you?
You color with the marker then go back over it again and instant shading. If you have three colors in the same family you can create just beautiful images. I love love love my copic markers and for the price we get them at I find them to be the best ever.
So, that is what a copic marker can do... much better than marvy or any other in my humbel opinion.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Final and Last Call for Copic Marker Order
So I need everyone's color choice by WEDNESDAY final and firm day. I will place the order Wednesday night.
These are full size sketch markers.
colors can be found at www.carpediemstore.com
Home at last
I am going to get more involved with www.cropstop.com where I am a guest designer
an affair with art I will be more involved
get our copic marker order out
order my stampin up order
what else have I committed to?
oh yes, my audrey hepburn canvas
a canvas for the wonderful woman who sent me my tiffany box
my altered cabinet cards.
better get busy
Saturday, September 13, 2008
You know you're in another country when.....
Friday, September 12, 2008
We are at the lake now
http://ricksgarden.blogspot.com/
Rick has posted over 100 pictures so go take a look. Tomorrow is an off day so no fishing but just getting everything in the cabin set up.
The rental car was packed with provisions and stuff I bought at Border Bob's. Now that I will take a picture of and post later.
Until then hugs
v
A review
There was a party going on down the hall last night and do you know what the front desk clerk said? We are full there are no rooms to move you too... not oh gee I am sorry let me call them and have them be quiet. Are you serious????
You know I think I could have handled the noise it truly is the cigarette smell that I can't stand. Now having once been a smoker I know that I am the worse critic but come on even if you never smoked you would have had complain as well. We actually found the source of the majority of the smoke... THE FRONT DESK
Yes you heard me the FRONT DESK attendant is down there just smoking like a chimney.
OH MY GOSH.... I thought you couldn't smoke in public places here but wow guess I was wrong right?
OH well, Rick is in the bathroom taking his shower and I just got out so in a few minutes we will be hitting the road to have breakfast and then to head to the border.
We will be stopping at Border Bob's along the way and also having breakfast at the moose. Now I am serious if you ever get to International Falls Minnesota there are two things you must do.
First never ever stay at the Super 8 on highway 53 as you are coming into town.
And second you must have at least one meal at THE CHOCOLATE MOOSE as you will kick yourself if you don't.
I have never seen such portions in my life and they have the best best best coffee you have ever drank in your life.
Until tonight from the cabin....
hugs V
Thursday, September 11, 2008
We are here
we are staying at a super 8 tonight until we go across the border tomorrow morning. this place sucks smells like smoke and a lot of smoke.
Air flights today were on time and our gates were pretty close to each other so that was fantastic. We even had time to stop and eat in Detroit at charleys grilled subs yummmmm
so we got the rental car, went to kmart for dry goods, then went to the local super value grocery store for provisions. Car is loaded to the roof top with luggage and food. We then went to the moose for dinner tonight. I had the philly cheese steak and rick had a burger it was fantastic.
We plan on getting up early in the morning to have breakfast at the moose then take some cool pics of the local lore then head on over the bridge into canada.
Gas prices up here are about thirty cents higher than back home.
I stopped into a book store and picked up the book by randy P called the last lecture. Rick is just about done reading it then I will read it. He said it is very good
I read a book by debbie macomber 6 sandpiper way on the way up here.
okay time to go to bed I am exhausted. talk to everyone tomorrow from the cabin and yes I will have tons of pictures of teh moose and the cabin.
hugs v
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
On my way......
The reason you ask?????? Some days the line to get through TSA is oh five miles long.
I hate that....one screener that's it. Take your shoes off, turn on your lap top oops is that a cell phone? OIY
But hey at least we are going. I thought this day would never get here. My next blogging will be from the little cabin on the water with pictures. I will post pictures each day of what we are doing.
Our cabin cooked fresh fish oh and our lake shore lunches are so much fun. The guide starts a fire cleans the fish and cooks the following....
fresh caught walleye fish
fried taters
fried onion rings
pork n beans
for dessert you get good ole puddin in a cup....
Did I mention you get bread and butter too?????
oh the joys of lake livin... any way talk to everyone tomorrow from the hotel after we have dinner at the chocolate moose and yes I will take tons of pics.
hugs
V
Thursday, September 4, 2008
OH MY GOSH
Now I am on hour number four and still haven't got to my desk. When I create I make huge messes but that is how I create. When you use mixed media there is containers of everything and anything cause you never know when you may need something.
If I get a chance later I may post pictures. I am however done with my www.cropstop.com Guest Designer submission and will post that on October 1st.
Be prepared for some new techniques....
Turning Bazzill paper into leather
Quilting of paper
Okay back to cleaning ...... oh and I took every one's advice NO PUNCTUATION. ( sorry babe)
Sunday, August 31, 2008
And with that.......part two
I have reservations for dinner each night and breakfast each day at our Chocolate Moose Restaurant.
Woo HOOOOOOOOOOO Can't wait................ Until then I am working on some projects for Crop Stop as I am a guest designer for October. I have it started and will post it when I return from vacation. Can't post anything until the first of October so you will just have to wait until then.
Okay folks last call for Copic Markers
The order is going in on the 28th and should be back to me in a week then I turn around and mail them out to you. We save almost two bucks on each marker ordering them from this company. woo hoo
so who is in??????????
hugs V
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Saturday
Our day consists of waking at six am each and every single morning. Breakfast, then out in the boat we go with our guide. Each morning we have a different guide we of course have our favorites but each and everyone is wonderful.
Cal is funny and tells the most craziest stories ever
Mike quiet but will bend over backwards for you
Kenny is all about you what do you want where do you want to go
Steve is very very focused and will not give up until both of us have caught the biggest fish out there and he wants to make sure he teaches you everything he knows and that is a lot since he is top in his field
Then there is John, Big John that is he is just so much fun sort of like a grandpa to me.
We have had others but those are the ones that really stick out. I look so forward to going up every single year. I have made friends with the staff as well. Tracy and her Mom Theresa are so welcoming.
And then there is Dakota, Dakota is my favorite reason for going to Canada. As soon as Rick and I pull up into the drive there is this huge rush and hugs and licks like you have never seen. Dakota runs and jumps on top of Rick and just licks his face until he has sat down and played with her. Dakota is a Chocolate Lab that we have adopted just don't tell her owner Steve.
This year Steve put into the Lodge high speed internet.. still no t.v. and that is fine with us but high speed internet wireless to boot. So, that is why Rick and I went out and bought a new laptop to take this year. So that we can blog from the cabin and upload the days pictures.
Later this week I will take a picture of our suitcases you would think that we are leaving and never coming back.
Now this is just our stuff we still have to stop in International Falls for supplies and food before heading over the border. Then we stop up in Canada for meats and such.
Today I close and tomorrow I work ALL DAY open to close and yes even on Labor Day I work open to close.
But there is a light at the end of the tunnel I am off on Wednesday and Thursday those are my last days off until vacation.
Woo hoo
Thursday, August 28, 2008
blogging to you from
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Well, I tried
I guess I will have to make my own Tiffany box
Here it is
So here it is the new laptop on top of my laptop. This one we are calling the traveling laptop..lol
smaller than mine but it will still work just fine. Geek Squad is coming out Thursday night to install my wireless printer and to fix the routers so that all three computers can be shared (note to self delete all orders before Big Daddy sees them..lol)
Just kidding.... that is one great thing about BD I can tease and all but I tell you he has only flipped out once when I purchased on the art supplies I have and that was only because he bought me one too....lol
Gotta love that man
So, here is the shopping list thus far
Copic Markers ( yes laurel we are getting that order soon) Hey Kari girl let me know what ones you want)
Stampinup order from Carolina
Ordering some really cool brand new nestabilities from cropstop since I am a guest designer I get to use my wonderful coupon code don't forget you can use it too...
Hoping that Tiffany's pulls through so I may have to pay them for the boxes.
Let's see I think that is it........
Not too bad eh?
Hey 18 days and counting then we will be CANADA bound..woo hoo
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Tiffany's Customer Service
The boxes would just be the icing on the cake. So, if you know anyone who works for Tiffany's and they would be willing to sell me two small jewelry boxes or a medium size box please let me know and I will send you something for it.
I am so excited about this canvas. I actually found a blogger that is as big of an Audrey Hepburn fan as I am. This canvas will take a little longer than my normal two weeks to finish a canvas I am looking at having it completed by end of month October. I want this one to be perfect. Rick and I went to the craft store today and spent a long time just finding the perfect Tiffany blue pearl and gems.
So, Tiffany Customer Service if you are reading this...... ask anyone on my blog roll call I am the real thing and would be so happy to have those boxes.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Rambling & Art by Veronica
Well, you will get 10% off your entire order at www.cropstop.com and she has free shipping on most of her items and get this......... all those really cool nestabilities you see on my blog she has them and also the new boss cuts. Don't have a spellbinders cutter??? NO problem... only have a sizzix????? easy peasy to use all those dies in your sizzix and I would be happy to show you.
so head on over and use that coupon code.......
Rambling & Art by Veronica
Monday, August 18, 2008
My next Canvas will be..........
I am doing the canva totally in black and white with a splash of Tiffany Eggshell Blue, Pearls and Diamonds. So, stay tuned..... the canvas will be coming by the end of September or this weekend depends on when I get back from Charleston South Carolina. I am going to try and talk Big Daddy into visiting some antique shops so that I can find some cool old vintage items to add to this canvas.
I have always loved the movie Breakfast at Tiffanys and any old movie that she was in. Sadly I have only see the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's once and I really don't remember anything.
I'll never forget one night BD and I were looking online for ideas for Christmas and found Tiffany's website. OH MY GOSH BD could buy me five diamonds for the price of just one Tiffany Diamond. Heck I would just be happy with a Tiffany blue box to add to my canvas. Anyone have one that would want to sell???lol
This is one canvas I really am looking forward to working on. This is going to be so much fun.
I mean just look at how beautiful she was......
And of course with the Tiffany Blue I will have to add just a splash of red
Hummmmm okay so I won't be using the smoking one in the canvas at least I don't think I will
This one oh yes.....Sunday, August 17, 2008
It's All About Me ATC
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Nestabilities
New order from the ATC store
Woo Hoo the mother load from Toni
Okay so I am about to save you hundreds of dollars
Oh look what Carolina sent me
then she sent me a little brown organza bag full of really cool unity rubberstamps.
Thank you so much Carolina for making this a fantastic birthday.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Look what I won from Erica
I made it I made it I made it ........... well sort of
Woo HOOOOOOOOOO
I will be a guest designer for October so make sure you go to www.cropstop.com and join in the fun.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
New ATC
I love this stamp by www.catslifepress.com too much fun. I used gold ink and my white slingo pen. I needed to create something today
Update on Copic Markers
and choose your colors then email me with the colors you have chosen. Once everyone has chosen their colors and we know how many we are getting I will send you a paypal invoice. You will then send me your paypal money and I will place the entire order. I just add a buck or two to cover postage from my house to yours for those of you that know me well, you can ask anyone on the right hand blogger roll call what I am like. Laurel and Kariberry went in on our last order and some other folks. I make NO money on the deal as a matter of fact I usally lose around ten bucks on the outbound shipping but that is FINE with me as I just do this for my friends and blogging friends.
Now Rick and I will be in Canada from September 10 through September 28th so I will try and get this order together before we leave and have it back to me before we leave and sent out to you before we leave. THat is a lofty goal but I will give it my best shot.
okay who's in????????????
Laurel I got your order.
Oh here Email me at Vrosenshein@aol.com with your order.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
48
And where the next 30 years will take me..... I am hoping that the next 30 years will be
- full of life with my darling husband Rick
- a life full of Patience and understanding
- a life full of love and never hate
- a life in Canada or somewhere close
- a life of no regrets
so here is to the next 30 and the last 48!
Happy Birthday to me!!!!!!!!!!!
Present time..... one week to comment and the winner will win Stamps of course.
Need to Buy
whoever answers first I will buy it from........ and then will alternate my orders between the two of you or one of you again I can't remember.
Hugs Veronica
Crop Stop Coupon Code
So seriously go check out her site and see all the great deals on all kinds of die cutters, dies, embossing folders, brads, etc. and most of it ships free to the U.S.
Remember coupon code RAMBLINGV will get you 10% off your entire purchase over $20.00 plus most items ship free.
The new Cuttlebug embossing folders that are only for a limited time she has those too.
Have fun and don't forget your coupon code.







