WELCOME HOME USS CARNEY ♥WOO HOO!!!!

THE BOYS {and girls} ARE BACK IN TOWN!!! I AM SO FLIPPIN' EXCITED!!! 7 LOOOOONNNGGG MONTHS ARE OVER!!!!! I have to tell you that even just posting these pictures and videos makes me misty eyed all over again! This morning when I got to the pier, an elderly veteran handed me a little American flag and I just lost it! TOTALLY boo hoo'd! I am SO SO SO PROUD of my husband!!! I am the luckiest wife EVER! Standing there with all the other family and friends of the USS Carney is just AMAZING! Everyone is just so filled with happiness! I HATE deployments, but I LOVE the way it feels to be pier-side at homecoming! To watch new Daddy's get off to meet their precious little one for the first time is just too much! CRY FEST again! OK, I'm gonna stop now before I can't see to type anymore! HAHA On with some more pictures and short videos! ☺

♥♥♥ HERE'S MY SAILOR JOEY!!!! ♥♥♥

♥ HE LOVED HIS SIGN AND SAW IT RIGHT AWAY! ♥

I have to tell you I got TONS of compliments on the sign! LOL...They kept asking...OMG, did you make that???? I replied...YES! With the help of my trusty friends Cher {Gypsy} and my Cricut Expression! ☺☺☺☺☺

In the first little video HERE you can see my sailor waving to me!

Second little video HERE you can hear what they announced as "baby making drumming" hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the third video HERE you can hear Justin Bieber playing in the background! LOL Just can't get away from him....USN Bieber fever! hahahaha

HUGE HAPPY NAVY WIFE HUGS!!!!

♥ Nikki ♥

Route 66

Happy Friday!!! What??? Day 3 of manly cards??? I just don't know what has gotten into me! ☺ I was totally inspired by my Daddy to make this card. He has even traveled all along route 66 in his classic cars in the past! I'm still making good on my vow to post a project from ALL of my cricut cartridges. For this card, I used the Cars cartridge. I actually only bought it because it was on crazy cheap clearance at Walmart, and frankly, I wanted the rewards points! LOL However, after going through the book I really like it! It has some really fun extras and word art too. But I digress...I used Cher {my Gypsy} to weld two signs together to make a shaped card. The numbers are from the Varsity Letter cricut lite cartridge. To finish it off I went into stitching overkill mode. I swear someone will have to pry my Sakura Gelly Roll Pen from my cold, dead fingers! I ♥ my white pen to the moon and back! I should actually say pens, because I have a stockpile! HEHEHE ☺

Have a FANTASTIC weekend!

♥ Nikki ♥

HERE IS A PIC OF MY NANA, AUNT, AND 2ND COUSINS MEETING ☺THE ONE AND ONLY KATHY *PEACHY QUEEN*☺

♥THEY ARE HAVING A BLAST AT CHA!!!!♥

ATV card

Betcha thought I wasn't gonna post a card today, huh?! Well, BAM, here's a card. ☺ Two manly cards in a row! WEIRD! LOL This card was made with the Dude Cricut Lite cartridge. You will be well served to let your Gypsy help you with this atv cut. Cher and I hid contours on the handlebars because they cut so thin they just ripped. But, other than that, super easy cut! ☺

I hope to "see" and "talk" to you tonight over at My Pink Stamper's Pajama Party Ustream event at 8pm Central time!!! I am super stoked dudettes!!! I sure hope my "bestie" Emma makes it in time...Stupid airline troubles! BOO! ☺

Here is the direct link to Robyn's channel http://www.ustream.tv/channel/my-pink-stamper

See ya later alligators!

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. So happy your package got to you Kimmy!!! ☺ Have fun playin!!!

*Peachy Queen* LIVE *UPDATE* and MPS PJ PARTY

I hope you had a chance to watch! Kathy and Lorie, you ladies were AWESOME!

Also some live chatty fun tonight!!!!! With My Pink Stamper, Karlee, Emma, Tammy........Scrappy Superstars ☺ here's the direct link to Robyn's Ustream channel http://www.ustream.tv/channel/my-pink-stamper this way we can all chat and have fun!!!! WOO HOO it's at  8  CST

Here's the drill...

Hello! Today's card was made with the Handyman Cricut Lite cartridge. Just a really simple card. I used the diamond-plate cuttlebug folder for the background.

So here is another cartridge added to the link list at the side! ☺ OOOH you have to CLICK HERE to see the new Cricut Imagine in action at CHA! Joy from EverdayCricut and Obsessed with Scrapbooking asked some really great questions! THANKS JOY, YOU ROCK!

*REMINDER*

Be sure to catch our PeachyQueen Kathy J...LIVE tomorrow at 11:10 am EST from the floor of CHA!!!! Go to COOL2CRAFT.com  to see her and our talented Lorie Souther from the DT too!!!! SUPER FUN!!!!!!!!!

I can't wait to chat like CRAZY with you all!!!!!

HUGE HUGS!!!

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. I'll repost the direct link to the chat room tomorrow morning. ☺

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BROTHER!!!! ☺

So, today is my big brother Jason's birthday! ♫ Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...you look like a monkey, and you smell like one too ♫ hehehe!

I'm 30 and STILL the annoying little sister! HA...It's funny how this card came about because I know NOTHING about racing or the drivers or anything...So I had to text my Sister in law and ask her "what color is Jason's favorite car guy"...She "LOL'd" back. HEHEHE Anyhoo, I guess this guy is Jeff Gordon.  I kept it really simple because I had to fight the overwhelming NEED I have to add ribbon to everything! LOL However.........

I did INDEED use ribbon! See the flag, yep, RIBBON! ☺ And actually that ribbon was found on sheer accident on clearance at Hobby Lobby the day I was looking. Talk about shopping fate! LOVE it when that happens! But I digress, I used Everyday Paper Dolls for the car and driver. The stamp is from PaperTreyInk.com. Oooh, the numbers on the car are from Varsity Letter. ☺

All together now.......HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON!!!!!!!!!!!

i ♥ you big brother!

B-day HUGS!

♥ Nikki ♥

I'm just popping to tell you...

Hey all! I am making good on my promise/vow to post something from every one of my cricut cartridges! I used Carousel for the popcorn container and Slumber Party to make the actual popcorn.  Carousel is meant to be just like a silhouette, but I wanted to make it cheerier. ☺ I think it turned out cute!

And I gasped when I found this cute little sentiment stamp in my stash! {it pays to dig around sometimes} ☺ So, I hope you like my card for today. ☺

Corny-Hugs!

♥ Nikki ♥

♫ I ♥ the song I found for this card! ♫