Stamping With Di

Petal Card Punch Tutorial

So I taped a quick tutorial on using the Petal Card Punch, I was using it wrong and maybe you are too. I used a program on my laptop that allows me to add like a title and captioning and an ending, very cool. I feel so Steven Spielberg-ish.  I still need to learn more to make it fancier, but hey it's better then nothing.

 

Jeff was pulling weeds and stuff today and found this plant underneath the pine tree so he moved it under another tree.  He says it is probably a weed, but it looks too pretty to be a weed. Do you know what it is?

I hope it's not some dangerous contagious plant. It just looks like it will be pretty when it is all in bloom. Anyway if you know, let me know...thanks!

So those of you that have not watched American Idol yet...STOP READING NOW!!

Tonight was Rock n Roll, and it was fun how Steven Tyler introduced Rock & Roll and different stars and stuff.

First up was:

Jacob: Micheal Jackson song. I liked that he changed the song they wanted him to sing and he went with his heart, and sang what he wanted.  He looked cute all dressed in white. He controlled his voice and didn't get all screamy.

Haley: She finally got to sing a Janis Joplin song as the judges keep comparing her. It was not bad and at least she moved around the stage. She didn't time her arm throw right when the song ended, she was early and the music was still going. I say bottom three.

Casey: He got out his bass and did an awesome job on the song from Creedance Clearwater Revival. He was accompanied by a mandolin and I get the shivers when I hear one, that is one of my favorite instruments. Loved his performance.

Lauren: Aretha Franklin, she was amazing and she sounded beautiful, and although the hairdo and the checkered shorts were not the best look I love her talent.

James - he was up next and while the commercial was on Jeff and I were trying to figure out who he was gonna sing, they said he was gonna make it soft, and I thought maybe Kiss' Beth song...I love that one, and Jeff guessed Foreigner (he has a thing for Foreigners - I mean he married one didn't he?) So anyway he sang George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and the singer helper guys at the beginning, I think they were almost wanting him to change his mind, but he stuck to his guns, he wanted to sing a song for his family. So the rocker came out and sang the most hauntingly beautiful song, and I cried as he sang, I love this guy.

Scotty - well I do believe that Elvis has entered the building, he did a great job and was still that quirky Scotty, holding the microphone all crooked like he's playing the flute or something, and I don't know if he was doing Elvis in Vegas cause a lot of his hand gestures looked like he was shaking dice. At the end these girls came up on stage and were mobbing him. That was odd.

Pia - before she came on Jeff said "write this down for your blog - she is going to rock the house" and I just rolled my eyes, so we all know she can sing, and she can, and I hope you are sitting down when you are reading this she actually moved. She walked around the judges and back on the stage and I think she did some squats and maybe side to side motions and that was it.  I say wear some sensible dang shoes and maybe she won't be afraid she's gonna fall and break her neck.  I say maybe bottom 3.

Stefano: It was a lot of screaming, I didn't like it.  I say bottom three.

Paul: OMG he sang a Johnny Cash song and you know how much I love my man in black. I don't know what I thought about it, it was not bad and it had me shaking my head and tapping my toe.  I think I much more prefer Adam Lamberts Ring of Fire over this. He jitterbugged all over, and a few times he was getting so close to that one other guy playing the guitar, its a wonder he didn't scream "get out of my space man!"

Jeff said his bottom three were Jacob, Haley, Stefano and Paul - "I said that is four" and he said "yes, those are my bottom three" and he gave me that wicked grin he does. The brat.

So I voted for: James, Casey & Lauren, those are my top three.

So did anyone else find it odd to have Todd Rundgren in the audience? Steven Tyler kinda gave him a nod, he is the guy that Liv Tyler thought was her Dad till she was like 9,and then she found out it was Steven Tyler. After seeing Rundgren in the audience tonight, I think I'd want Steve as my Dad too. Who's yer Daddy?

So who loves the Yaya commercials? They need to come up with more, I have only seen two of them. Too funny.

I also think I want to go see the movie Arthur.  

Well I am going to try to get to bed before 1am tonight, the last two nights was so late, and I gotta get up early tomorrow to get our hotel reserved for convention.  I'm rooming with MAMMa since my BFF Tracy is staying home this year. It's gonna be weird without her but she is going to come to AZ this fall instead, and I like that better...so does Jeff.

Have an awesome Thursday and thanks for stopping in!

 

Million Dollar Quartet

Maybe I have been under a rock, but I had never heard of this Broadway show and OMG! if it ever comes near me, I am going to see it.  I have a bit of a "history" with Johnny Cash so this show would be amazing to see.

I turned on the TV today and saw the tail end of them performing on the View, so I googled them and found this.  I don't think I would be able to sit still in my seat, you should see me when we go to see my boys  Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband, it's like I got ants in my pants. Speaking of which RS&RB have a new CD, and I ordered it today, I am so excited to get it.

I worked on my April FLICKs cards today and I will show them tomorrow.  I have my downline shoebox, and pizza party tomorrow, so I also got those cards all cut and ready.

Oh and too funny, a few of you commented about my Designed to Sell story, the show is real, but I made up this story. I mean there are people on there like that that complain and stuff, but I made this one up. So if you are googling that episode, it's only in my noggin...sorry about that.

Don't forget tomorrow the 23rd is the last day to place your qualifying order to be entered to win the Free Stamp Set of the Week. Thank you to all that have placed orders, I really appreciate it.

Have an awesome Saturday and thanks so much for stopping in!

To place a Stampin' Up! order, my on-line store is open 24-7. Don't forget the Clearance Rack!!

Memories of the Man in Black

OK, so I really don't have memories of Johnny Cash, just pictures and stories that my Mum and Dad have told me over the years.

Seems that I was actually at the concert where Johnny proposed to June.  My Dad used to be a drinker, and he would drink and hang out with Johnny Cash when he came to town.

It was very interesting to watch the Johnny Cash movie "Walk the Line" with my Dad, cause he would comment different times during the movie "well the bus wasn't like that" or "the curtains were a different color" things like that.

So all I know is this:

 

 

At one of the concerts, Johnny Cash held me, and here is the proof.  I don't know if this is when he proposed to June or not.

I look a little frightened, but I think at that age every kid is.

Then a couple years later I was at another concert, I was quite the social butterfly I guess. I sat on his lap while he signed autographs. In fact the picture above with me as a baby is signed on the back.

This was maybe my first kiss from a man other then a relative.  Hmmm.....

Then this is me trotting off with my signed picture, and remembering the kiss from a star! Heck I don't know what I was thinking...probably I can't wait to scrapbook this...ha!

So when I was not out at concerts partying with all the stars, I guess I was killing animals, and putting meat on the table. Ha! Not really, but I think Diana stands for the Goddess of Hunting...well the only thing I hunt to kill now is scorpions (it's the season).

Although I did marry a hunter, so maybe that counts eh?

It just floors me that I look so innocent with a big smile on my face, and the poor old deer is dead, and I am sitting there.  Ugh!

 

I am so excited, we are going to be going to see Peter Breinholt, Mary Hoffman (unless she wins the contest tonight then she will be opening for Kenny Chesney, Lee Ann Rimes, and Keith Urban instead), and my favorite band - Ryan Shupe and the RubberBand - I just got their new CD, (it's autographed and everything) and listened to it about 4 times straight today while I made my Stamp Club deliveries. 

I am a bit of a stalker of the band, (this will be like the 6th time I have seen them - only cause we don't live in Utah or it would be more) in fact they were the entertainment for the Stampin' Up! Convention last year, and I pretended I did not know, but I asked their management team and they told me. So my BFF Tracy and I were going in to Convention early anyway, so we went in and saw the entertainment last year twice....I know bad....but hey, they are my boys ya know.  I always flirt with Craig Miner the banjo player.  Hee!Hee!  I guess I should blame my parents, heck they had me kissing musicians when I was a kid, dragging me around sitting on laps, smoozing with the paparazzi  Ha!....it's in the blood man! Wonder if I can sit on Craig's lap while he signs autographs.....???? Huh honey what ya think?  NOT!!!!

Anyway thanks for stopping in!

Hugs, Di