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Good morning! After waking up a little late Todd and Jon are off to the men's breakfast at church where Todd will be doing a little slideshow and talk about his experience in Iraq. I'm very proud of him for doing this! Just wish I could go watch!

It seems that the Beta Blogger is acting up a bit this morning and I can't post the pictures I wanted to so I'm going to come back and try again later!

Have a great Saturday All! Well, apparently there are a couple of pictures showing but I can't see them as I type so...I'm so sorry about this...I'll be back later to figure it out!

Happy December!

Good morning all and Happy December 1st! My middle son was funny last night. He told me he was happy that tomorrow (now today) was Friday. I asked him why...he said...just 'cuz it's Friday. Now isn't it great to look at things that easily?

Anyway, I had a great time stamping again yesterday and made what I think it a great card. It's a little cutie with a winter mini set. The sets are Sweet on You, On The Spot BG, and It's Your Birthday. The card stock is Perfect Plum, So Saffron, Basic Black, Whisper White, and Designer Paper from the Loves Me paper pack in the winter mini. Ink is Perfect Plum and So Saffron. And finally, the accessories are Dimensionals, SS Brads, White Grosgrain, and stitched ribbon from Sweet Shop Originals. Speaking of stitched ribbon. SU! just announced that the stitched ribbon in the In Color colors will continue to be available for the rest of the catalog year! Yay! I thought I missed my opportunity to purchase more...but alas, no! SU! saved me!

Today I think I'll get some more time to stamp as a friend is coming over to finish some stuff up. Should be fun!

Just announced...SU! December Special! With a $30 purchase of regularly priced products you may choose one of each of the promotional sets at 50% off their regular price.

Promotional Item Code Page Number Set Name Retail Price Promotional Price
108981 80 Love Ya Bunches $17.95 $8.98
108982 197 Rough Edges Alpha $19.95 $9.98
108983 49 Merry $22.95 $11.48
108984 24 Tag Time $26.95 $13.48
108985 62 Mini Mates $29.95 $14.98
108986 25 Sketch It $34.95 $17.48

If you'd like to purchase any of these sets for Christmas orders will need to be placed by December 15th.

So...that is the excitement for today! Can't wait for the hostess brunch tomorrow!

It's a Stinkin' Cute Day!

Good morning all! I finally did some stamping last night that I can share with everyone! The sketch challenge on SCS was to use a critter that isn't normally in a holiday set for a holiday card. I had just gotten out my Stinkin' Cute set earlier that day to make a card with it so I decided to try a holiday card with my skunk! Wanna see? I used Whisper White, Real Red, Glorious Green, and Basic Black Card Stock. The sets are Stinkin' Cute, Hung up on the Holidays (the candy cane), Tiny Talk, and Background Basics. The ribbon is, of course, red gingham. After I loaded this card on SCS I noticed that someone had a swap set up with this set and needed one more player so I've joined that swap. Know why that is good? 'Cuz it means you guys will get to see more cards made with Mr. Stinky!

Today I get to spend some time in Kyler's classroom. I do that every Thursday morning. It's such a privilege to help out! Then, I'll be making those swap cards and sending them out. Hopefully I'll still have some time to do some more stamping.

So...that is it for today! I hope everyone makes today the best Thursday possible! Hugs and smiles!!!

Yay, it's Wednesday!

Good morning! It was another day full of stamping yesterday and it was so much fun! I love it when a project starts out in your head and then ends up on paper exactly how you imagined AND it looks great! That was me yesterday....TWICE!!! Can you believe it? Unfortunately...you can't see. Are you guys getting sick of hearing that yet? I have been hard at work getting things ready for my club brunch on Saturday and my chemo patients gift and now they are done. Today, I'm going to do some fun stamping. Stamping just for the pure joy of it and something I can share. If I remember I need to borrow a stamp set from my friend Kathy and I can work on a teachers gift. He'll get a note card set and post it holder with the retired Fly Fishing set since that is his favorite past time.

You know what? I Did find one that I could share with you. I joined a swap on a demo only group during the world series (go cards!) and my team won. So, I was to send her one item and she was to send me 3. I will take pictures of what she sent me today 'cuz you guys will love them! Anyway, here is one of the cards I sent her. So here we go...this is Frosty. He is made with bashful blue, night of navy, confetti white, and snowflake designer paper (from the holiday mini...last day to order is tomorrow!). I used my giga scallop punch from Marvy for the circle and the oval punches from stampin up for this card. I used my aqua painters and watercolor crayons to color him. A little bit of stickles and he was all done. I think he turned out kinda cute!

Alright ladies...I'm starving and off to eat some breakfast! Hope you all have a great Wednesday!

Another day,

Another project I can't show you! I'm almost finished up with my secret Santa's gift. And, I still can't show ya...sorry! I will tell you that I'm especially happy with them! They turned out even better than I imagined! I will share with you though another post it note holder I made last night. This one is with SU!'s Flowers and Friends Simply Scrappin' Kit which is a Level 1 hostess item. I have been using 3X3 post it notes and have decided to try and find 2x2 instead. I like the overall size of 6X4 but there just isn't enough room for the decoration and the 3x3. I'm off to find 2x2's today. Hopefully they have something like that. I love the cheery colors of this post it holder. Hopefully the intended receiver's home colors won't clash with this too much!

I have to tell you all about a great deal that Todd and I got. For some reason (that I still don't understand) we decided to buy a new stove. We have one that works just fine but we thought a double oven range would be really nice to have. So...we started looking around our home town and found the one that we wanted was around $1300 which is a little steep for our blood. Then, I looked online at AAFES (you military people will know what that is) and in the end we got the range for under just over $900. Can you believe that? Unreal, great buy! It isn't here yet but it shipped yesterday so hopefully I'll have it next week. Basically this is what we are getting. Ours will be a smooth top with some neat burner features but it is not convection.

So, I think that is it for today. Hope you all have a great Tuesday and happy stamping!

Excitement abounds!

I'm so excited about a couple of neato things! On Sunday Todd and I decided we were going to take a short trip for his 40th birthday. Guess where we are going? Don't know? Okay, Las Vegas! Woohoo! We have planned some fun things to do with time in the in between for relaxing a little. Todd has never been to Vegas and I've only been one other time so it should be lots of fun. I really want to make sure to see the art museum at the Bellagio. We are going to stay at The Signature on MGM..very nice place it looks like! For extras we are going to tour Hoover Dam, take a helicopter ride over the strip at night, and go to the Improv club at Harrah's. We'll be busy but we like it that way.

I did quite a bit of stamping yesterday but it's all for my chemo patients Christmas present (getting her present done is the second thing I'm excited about) and I really don't want her to see it ahead of time. Tonight, hopefully I'll receive my order, I'll work on a couple of other things I can share. Okay, I did find a post it note holder that I made for a friend of mine. It was her birthday and I totally missed it so I made her this holder and the frog card that you saw on the 17th. She seemed really pleased with it! I will tell you that it is a toadal (get it?) CASE from SCS. However, when I used this set that day I made masks for both the mushroom and the frog so using this set will be much easier in the future!

Well, I hope you all have a great Monday! See you tomorrow!

And it's snowing!

Well, officially our trip is off. Not only is it snowing pretty good here but the pass is traction tires suggested and no over sized vehicles (which isn't as bad as I thought it would be!). I'm not going to risk anyone getting hurt just for a train ride...maybe next year!

I did some stamping yesterday but it's all a secret! Don' t you hate that? I've gotten a good start on so many things and have a ton of ideas swirling in my head. Since I won't be going to North Bend today I'll probably get some stamping done today for my chemo patients Christmas gift. (check it out here if you don't know what that is.) She loves roses so I'm going to do something with the new Wild Rose set from SU!. I'll post that set eventually but I don't want her to look at this blog and know what she is getting. She has 9 children ranging from 18 to 9 so I'll send a little something for them to. I need to get on the stick...I'm telling ya!

I hope everyone has a great Sunday...see you tomorrow!