Totally TURTLES

Okay this is a little inside joke with Carla and Michelle but truly there is a lesson for us all here. While working on Valentine's Day cards the other night we realized that a certain stamp was just too big to fit into the space that we had created on the card. So I, having had too many Frescas, decided that with the miracle of stamping you can do anything. It was a saying stamp so I stamped it on scrap paper and then cut out each word so that it could be placed anywhere on the card. The miracle of stamping. Another miracle is that there's no such thing as a mistake. If we smear or stamp crooked then all that is needed is some scrap paper and restamp on that, cut it out and reattach to card. The miracle of stamping. I'm sure you get the idea now go make your own miracle of stamping card. LOL.

Here's another card that I came up with for my husband to use as Thank You notes in his business. He's a real estate Agent and when he gets a new listing it would be nice to send a note of thanks for picking him. I asked him the colors of the resent house he listed so I could personalize it. I made the house stand out with dimensionals. What do you think? Steve liked it and now I'll have to make more of them for him to use. The best part I think is that I used yellow and black for his company colors. Happy Stampin'!

I'm getting ready for my class on January 22. It's a Valentine's Class so here's a cute card that's very simple to make using the new heart punch and coordinating stamp set. I used crystal effects on the flower petals and then punched a heart for the center of the O. A touch of the new designer paper on the inside of the card makes the scallop border stand out. Today my girl looked so sweet going off to school for Fairytale day that I had to take a picture. Don't you think she's cute??? Well I'm off to stamp some more or do my dance revolution game.

Here's some great cards to make using the level 3 stamp set from the Fall/Winter 08 catalog. I love the colors and how the girl pops from the card. Now I just need to write inside and send them on their way. The inside has the cupcake stamp that says "Dear______________"etc. Amanda just filled them out. I helped her spell the words but she did all the letters herself. She did a good job. It's actually good practice for writing. Today I baked some cookies for Jessica's school. It's fairytale day tomorrow so she has to dress up like a princess. I'm off to make some cards for the Valentine's Class. Happy Stampin'!

I've had a busy Christmas break visiting my family in CA and then my husband's family in New Orleans. It was fun but I'm glad to be home. The funny thing was that today's horoscope said, "happy at home". That's me. I put the Christmas Decorations away today. It's sort of sad to pack it all up. But that's what's so fun about pulling it all out next year. The memories that all our ornaments bring back and the wonderful feelings that seeing the house decorated makes me feel. I love Christmas but it's good to have it for only a short time. If you have been looking at my Schedule you'll see that there's only three classes this month. Please let me know which class you'll be coming to. I would love to see more of you this year. I hope you all had a safe New Year's. Here's to 2009 being the best year yet!

Okay I admit that I've been neglecting you. My husband says the same thing. He wishes I would finish doing laundry and put away all my Stampin' Up! stuff that's been sitting on the kitchen counter for a week. I wish I was better at putting things away and also doing the laundry. I have tried to pick up my office. LOL. Those of you who know me know that my office is a wreck. I want to be organized. Really. But it's not really my personality to be organized. I'm more about being moved to make a card or paint a beautiful abstract. It's easy for me to justify my disorganized self. So in the interest of saving my marriage I will try harder to keep my office neater so that my Stampin' Up! stuff doesn't spread all over the house, me frantically searching for a cleared surface to stamp on. Soon I'd be using the bathroom counter. But I'm done with my Christmas cards. There are a few that didn't get one. But I can't make any more. Really. I made ov...

I know. It's still early. But nearly everyone has their lights up and some have trees strapped to the top of their cars. I've bought a few Christmas presents already and I've even started to work on my Christmas cards. I've got about 40 done. Plus I'm using the Handmade Holidays Card Elements kit to make some too. The kit makes 18 cards. Here's a picture of the trio I made using it. I'm going to try making some different ones too. But the instructions included in the kit show you how to make these. Kit is $17.95. I'd love to show you the cards I'm doing for the majority of friends and family but that's something you'll have to wait to see. I've been busy with cleaning up my office. I let it get out of hand and I've even lost my Versamark Pad. Gasp! At least before it was a controlled chaos. I could still find things. But now I'm losing stuff so I need to organize better. I have way too many boxes in my office that I can't see ...