It wasn't pretty but...

The #11  ranked Badgers beat Michigan tonight to move to 6-0 in the Big Ten Conference, and 16-2 overall...

The game recap can be found at ESPN.com\ (I'm actually at a loss for words after this one, not much to write about except the fact they won)

Hey, we have ONE basketball team in the state that can win on a consistent basis...

Looking forward to this weekend, as I have TWO Badger Hockey games on Saturday to go to! 

Have a good night! More stamping tomorrow...

My Stampin Space...

Good Evening!

Thought I would post a picture of my stamping space - when it's clean (LOL!). Most of my goodies are in sight here, behind the desk is a twin bed that I keep all my extra stuff "kind of organized" on. The SU stamps on the left shelf are current, and my retired sets are on the right shelf. My favorite drawer is in the bottom right hand corner, where I keep all my punches...although I need a new spot for those. I also have a different chair now. but that's about the only thing that has changed since I took this picture (well, there is a FEW more stamp sets on the shelf!)  My dad put the shelves up for me about 3 years ago, They were pretty inexpensive. :D

Have a great night! Laura Jean

Chipboard Box...

Hello! Happy Friday! Thought I would share a project I worked on tonight. Earlier this week my SU Group Leader (Suzanna) asked me if I would do a chipboard demo at our next down-line meeting in February after seeing the LOVE chipboard I posted earlier this week. Is that cool or what? So this is the first project I came up with for the demonstration. To get the green "B" I all I did was rub my Certainly Celery ink-pad on the chipboard. I didn't cover it completely, to give it a little bit of a worn look. The project also uses a stamp from the SU So Many Scallops set, which is available during SAB beginning 2/1! The box measures 4X6, and then it's 2" deep :) I cut it from one sheet of 12X12 cardstock. :) 

Project Supplies:

Set: So Many Scallops

Paper: Certainly Celery & Bashful Blue, Cutie Pie DSP

Ink: Certainly Celery & Bashful Blue

Access: On Board Simon Lower Chipboard, scallop punch, circle punches (1.25 & 1 3/8), Crop-A-Dile, Jumbo Eyelets (I'm using these like crazy lately!), Bashful blue grossgrain, Bashful Blue gingham, FairyTale Ribbon Originals, Soft Subtles Brads 

Have a great night!  Go BADGERS tomorrow night! They are home against Northwestern! 

Bucky Goes to 4-0!

Evening everyone, 

Happy to report, the Badgers won @ Penn State 80-55 last night. It was a good game to listen to that's for sure (would have been more fun to watch, hello Charter Communications are you reading this???). Michael Flowers (left) set a career high in points (23). 

The only downer on this game was that Penn State's best player went down for the season with a MCL Injury (Claxton). Claxton was their leading rebounder, and for the most part their best player. I'm not sure if it helped Wisconsin that he was out just 7 minutes into the game, but you never want to see any player get hurt, even if it's on the opposing team. (well, ok I can make 1 or 2 exceptions - TO would be one of them!) 

Tomorrow night I will have another card to post...I Just got my SAB pre-order today (as a SU Demo I can pre-order the month before SAB sets are available to customers). I ended up getting So Many Scallops and the Rub-Ons. So tomorrow (and this weekend) I'll show off a few cards/projects using that stuff! Have a great night! 

A little L-O-V-E

I'm not big on Valentine's Day, but I got this idea the other night (last week actually) and ran with it so to speak. I think it turned out cute. It would have been done sooner but I lacked the Groovy Guava Ribbon to finish it off. The chipboard hearts are about 3.5 inches tall each, so the entire word is a little over 12 inches long. I used the new SU Ginger Blossom DSP, Stamped the letters out in Ruby Red with the Big Deal Alphabet, and attached those with dimensionals. On the "O" and the "E", if you look closely, I used the Build-A-Brad for a little extra embellishments. And to tie in the ribbons, I used the extra large SU Pewter Eyelets (I love these!) 

This will go to my mom to hang up in her kitchen :) Thanks for looking!

Another preview

From the "experts":

ESPN PREVIEW

Enjoy

BUCKY BASKETBALL ON THE ROAD

Another Monday has come and gone. So which brings us to what is going on tomorrow night...you got it, mens badger hoops! They'll be going for win #14 on the season at Penn State. Today Coach Bo Ryan addressed the media (as Badger Coaches do normally during the season).  You can find some of his comments at www.UWBadgers.com I always am a little cautious watching any Big Ten team try to win on the road. It's tough to win on the road anyways, but the Big Ten plays those grinding games, where teams like to use the entire shot clock (I'm a supporter of the NBA and College using the same shot clock - which doesn't happen now but I think it should change - and I am probably in the minority). Look, if the NBA wants to push the ball up and down the floor, they can do it just as much with a 35-second shot clock as they can a 25 second shot clock. I also don't understand why the NBA plays quarters and college plays halves (It's not that way in football, baseball, hockey or any other college sport that has a pro-sport parallel). Just my two cents. I am sure the "powers that be" are reading this with much interest! 

Once again, (and this will be for the rest of the season for the Badgers) the key is to get Brian Butch involved inside. I really think the offense gets going when you have an inside player, especially in the Big Ten that can get in the paint and have success. It would also be nice to see Trevon Hughes play the way he did in the Illinois game next week. 

The game starts at 8pm and of course, it's a BigTenNetwork game, which means I will be listing to Matt Lepay and Mike Lucas on the radio (which is the way Badger Basketball should be listened to by the way!) Have a super night...