First stamp

So like I said a while ago, my aunt Lori gave me TONS of her old stamps, she decided she didn't want them any more, so yesterday I went through and decided to make a thank you card, not sure for who, I'm not sure if everyone goes through their paper and crafts and says "I'm going to make this card for this person, or this card for this person" I'd rather make a card for someone then make a card and let it gather dust, so I guess I'm stuck to making thank you cards because EVERYONE can use a thank you card...

Materials:
I found some blue and green paper, and I also found some off white paper I ripped, but first I stamped it then I used these chalk things, I'll put up a picture.

I'm not really sure how to use these chalks, but my aunt said just use a Q-tip to rub it on, if anyone knows what, or how to use these, please tell me.

I also need help for a card idea. My cousin Jordan is having his Confirmation at the end of the month, I'm not sure how to do this card! Plus my cousin Gavin is graduating at the end of the school year, but I have an idea on how to do this card..

Any opinions would be appreciated.

Late Easter

So this Easter I went to my Grammas house in Boone, it was a GREAT time. My mom and I hung out with my Gramma Saturday after shopping, then lunch, I bought a CUTE jacket and I dyed eggs for the first time. I know, not right, lol. Then went to night service. Sunday morning we went to church again, got back to the farm and hid eggs for the children, AND ate some amazing food, pretty much just chilled with all of my cousins and made sure I had a great time. WHICH I DID. The only sad thing is, my phone doesn't get service where my Gramma lives, and it's only my phone, so I went all weekend without talking to my guy pal. Sad, sad story I know... =[
Got home and did laundry and all the other great stuff.
I made this thing called a yoyo card I found on Simply Rae's site. She's pretty nifty I must say. I found some polka-dotted fabric I bought a LONG time ago when I wanted to be just like Vera Wang. I was so cute at 12 years old. I made my mother buy me a sewing machine because I wanted to make my own clothes, well that didn't work so hott. lol =D
Anyway, my Aunt Lori called my mom last week and asked if I wanted some older stamps, OF COURSE I said yes. I never really owned any stamps until Sunday, so I got a HUGE bin full of them, and some embossing powder and some umm, what is it called, like chalk paint, or what ever. I'll have to get a picture of it, but I got a crap load of amazing stamps and ink too. I was SOO excited, of course I'm not able to get anything done until next week, SPRING BREAK BABY..

My mom is off to Florida with her friend for a few days of fun then a conference... that meanniness, I get to stay home and chill with my guy pal. =D

I need opinions

I'm having a pretty difficult time with this new relationship. Don't think I'm desperate for advice, I just want some help from other women, besides my mom, especially ones with teenage daughters and/or daughters in general.
My problem is, my guy pal thinks I am not social enough and he believes I am always studying for stupid reasons. He doesn't believe in good grades, and he sure doesn't believe in acting like an adult at 16-17 years old. I, myself, have a different view. I believe that acting more independent and responsible as a teenager will make me more prepared as an adult AND I'm social in a different way, I give speeches and presentations all the time to teachers, students, and even the 6th Judicial District of Iowa, once.
Now, my questions are.
Is it wrong to be more of an adult as a teenager and get to learn the society around oneself. Or should every teenager only play and not care about school and/or education at all?

Education is MY LIFE. I study because I enjoy it, I know and I understand it is my only way to accomplish the dreams I want to achieve. Is it wrong that I don't always go out and party with my friends? Is it wrong that I'd rather stay at home by myself and read a book instead of going to the movies with people I don't feel like hanging out with? It's not that I don't like going to the movies, or hanging out with my guy pal, once a week is fine, but he, and most teenagers at school, do this every night. I don't, is that so wrong?

Ive come to realize that I'm not like other students or teenagers, I'm very unique, outgoing, optimistic, and opinionated, I know it takes some courage for a person to admit all of that. but I know and I understand what I have to do to make myself the person I want to be. On the other hand, my guy pal thinks I work too hard. He thinks I need to chill on my classes, and he thinks I need to drink soda, GROSS.. my schooling is my life. I enjoy getting my 3.776 GPA, I enjoy being 95 out of 436 students in my GRADE, and I sure enjoy being in the top 22% in my class. Is that so wrong?

The question I need opinions on is, is it wrong for a teenage girl to be more focused on her education, instead of hanging out at the movies, the mall, and being focused on a guy? Even though I admit, I do like my guy...

Please help me out, my mom gave me amazing advice, like always, but I need other parental advice. Please gals, what would you do if your daughter was being pressured to change, when she was completely happy with the way she is?

Thank you for letting me vent a bit..
xoxoxo

Queen for a day

My cousin is turning 16 on the second. I'll be chillin' with her this Easter weekend, so I thought I would make her a QUEEN CARD. At first I was looking at blogs to get my own inspiration, and I came across Enfy's blog and found this crown,THIS IS ENFY'S CROWN NOT MINE, THE TOP ONE IS MINE.. =D but then I learned it was a cricut sketch on Bitten By the Bug's blog, well first I don't have a cricut, too expensive, but I did google some stuff and found an amazing crown.
I hope you all love it, and have a FANTASTIC Easter weekend....

Sketch from Jen

So I'm waiting for something to do and I spot a cool sketch to try.
So here's the sketch I got from Jen Del Muro

So I went through my pouch of stuff and found some unused paper that had cute flowers, and I found the same sheet in like, four different colors. I ripped them up and pasted them on. I also used buttons that came with one of the sweaters I bought. I thought it would be cute to add instead of more flowers. I will probably be using this card for a birthday, or give it to a grandparent for spring. I'm not really sure yet!!

Fantastic

I have had a great week. The guy of my dreams asked me for a date. Of course I said yes, oh my! Does he ever float my boat and make my wheels turn... lol
a little lust there huh?
Well here's a creation I have made this week,, hope you love iiiittt
and I'm pretty sure I made this card for my uncle Mike, his birthday is on St. Patty's Day, and he always, well ya know,, lol.. so I made him a Happy Beer-day card.
Well I also found out that he Cammie loves Rootbeer, so I'm pretty sure this card would fit that too!!

=D
RaeAnne

I've been Tagged by Enfys

I've been tagged
Here how it works: 1. Link to the person that tagged you and leave a comment on their blog, so that their readers can visit yours. Enfys tagged me (http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/)! 2. Post the rules on your blog. 3. Share 7 Random facts about yourself on your blog. 4. Tag 7 random people at the bottom of your post, linking to their blog. Let each person know by leaving a comment on their blog.
So, 7 random facts about me, hmmmm

1. Well, I have two sets of families, one being my biological family, then my mentor Roxann and her husband, and their extended family, [this is the mom/family I will talk about on the blog]
2. I change my favorite color every year. This year is yellow, last year was turquoise, the year before that was orange, and all the years before that was pink
3. I do not know how to link people or things on blogger - sad story I know
4. I'm going to be a child advocate when I grow up, or a teacher, or a lawyer, or a marine biologist
5. I'm the type of chick guys call to replace someone in a football game
6. Manatee's are my favorite animals
7. I LOVE generic brand soup with grilled cheese. Chili is my favorite food too
I'm tagging -

Dana (http://kismetartlife.blogspot.com/)
mj albright (http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/)
Lauren (http://kennyandlauren.com/blog/)
Jen del Muro (http://www.iheart2stamp.com/)
Rae (http://simplyrae.blogspot.com/)
Cammie (http://myblogbycammie.blogspot.com/)
Dawn (http://www.dawnmcvey.typepad.com/)

How can this week get any worse?

Not so hot of a week.. college readiness at UNI today, I'm not in the first track meet, I guess I'm not the best hurdler, even though I am the only sophomore one. My sister doesn't respect my crap. Really makes me mad,, BUT track is going swell, Easter is coming up, so I'm going to go get my Easter hair cut.. YEPPY..
I had to do a reproductive project for biology, kinda NOT FUN.
anyways.. HERE are some fun projects....

This is the card I made for my Gramma Dittmer, she loves Easter, I had to ponder on whether or not to make a bunny card, or a religious one, so I picked the religious one.

I absolutely hate not having ANY stamps, so I go around and print off pictures I like. Then I color them. I feel like I'm totally ripping off the stampers, but it all comes down to money.. do I want to pay $20.00 on a cute stamp set, or save my $20.00 for my NYC trip, or a cute pair of shoes for the summer time.. UGH!! hard times.. lol

First page to my 2008 book

My cousin Isaac was born on Jan. 14th. I'm not allowed to show babies on the computer, so I blurred his face,, but it is a pretty spiffy page.. my favorite..
I used some wire and boat buttons for the koolio design.... I also found some yellow paint and added it to some left over stencil punchouts..

PAGE

Worked hard last weekend to come up with ideas.. I decided to make a 2008 scrapbook for my family.. normally we have one family event a month.. so far this year we have had babies being born, twins b-day party, and Feb. b-days... we have a few more to do yet this year.. lol.. here ya go