Happy Mail Day!

What a happy mail day!!! I received all of these fun stamps from Kat. Thanks bunches Kat just love them! She got them at A C Moore when she was visiting her mom in PA. I know Micheal's also carries these stamps but I have not see ones for the holidays. So awesome!



She also sent me cards. Just love the Once upon a Time card. If and when my dear daughter ever decides to get married, I'll be giving her this card. I have her scrap book already for her wedding, again if and when! I got the Once Upon a Time paper, and scrapbook from Michael's, now I just have to sit back and wait.





Oh and did I forget to say Kat also included candy in the package? Well what is a package without the chocolate. Have you ever heard of Cheesecake Hershey Kisses? I never heard of them. Of course not until Lisa let the cat out of the bag that I would be getting some from Kat. (Sorry Lisa) Anyway they are yummy!!!!

Hope everyone is having a good week. I know I am. Only two more working days till a 3 days weekend. YAY

Happy Stamping

Paper Cone

I made this for hubby for Valentine's Day. I found the paper cones at the local craft store. The size is 9 x 5. Cone is made by Darice. I haven't checked Michael's but they may carry them there. I know they carry Darice products. Anyway......I used Basic Grey paper to cover the cone. The doily is one I had from Guam days. I wish I would have bought more of them now. They were pretty inexpensive. Heart is from Stampin'Up! Love and Kiss stamp from See-D's.

Hope your Monday is going well. Only three more days for me to work this week. I'm looking forward to it. I took some time this evening and watched Broke Back Mountain. This was a very well done movie. Of course I couldn't watch it when hubby was around. He didn't want to be in the same room with this one. It's so sad that Heath Ledger died. He does have one more movie coming out this summer. It's a Batman movie. I think he is playing the Joker. Till tomorrow.....

Happy Stamping.

More Stamps!

Got a bit carried away yesterday at the craft store. Bought lots of stamps....but in all fairness to my 50.75 total it wasn't all mine. I did pick up stamps for friends as well.
I really love the French Quarter set. It's the largest one. It is selling for 9.97 at Pat Catan's. Thank You set is 2.97 and the smaller ones were each one dollar. I see happy stamping in my future!!!!



I did do little bit of stamping today. The card is cut 4 1/4 by 10 then scored at 3 1/4 and again at 6 3/4. This will make a tri-fold card. For the front I cut a wave free hand with my scissors. Here's a tip for you.....to get clean cut lines turn the cardstock as you cut not the scissors. It really does make a difference. Stamp set used is Here Kitty Kitty. On the inside panel of the card I added Chocolate Chip cardstock then used the 1/2 punch to punch out Tempting Turquoise circles. On the inside of the tin I plan to put a set of earrings for my daughter. Her birthday isn't till November, but I'm trying to work ahead a bit for this year.



That's all for now. I can't believe the weekend is over already. I didn't do anything at all today. I did make a big pot of chili. That was yummy! But I just didn't want to do anything. I was talking to a friend of mine today and she suggested it was the winter blues. Could very well be. I'm looking forward to a short week. I took Friday off as a vacation day. I have to start training the Seasonal staff on the 4th of February and I won't be able to take any time off for the next three months so I figured I better take one day before all the FUN started!

Happy Stamping!!!!

Framed Love

Hope your weekend started out well! Mine did. Came home from work yesterday and made a nice pot of hot comforting soup. (and enjoyed a York peppermint patty brownie, shhh don't tell on me)

I'm going to bring mom some lunch today, then stop by Pat Catan's on my way home. I need to check out those stamps again!

The frame is 8x8, and the designer paper is Lucky from Basic Gray. I have been collecting Basic Gray paper for some time now, and I really need to pull it out of the drawers and use it! Why oh why do we hoard our stamping stuff? The world may never know! I purchased a dozen test tubes so I had to come up with a way to use them. This one holds the flowers just right.

I'm so excited! Tonight starts a new season of Torchwood. The show is a spin off from Doctor Who....I'm such a sci-fi/fantasy geek. Wish my brother was still here to enjoy it with me. He is the one who got me hooked on Doctor Who back in the seventies, when the BBC first started the show. Back then it was an 1/2 hour program and came on channel 25 (public broadcasting network). Sigh.....miss you Tony.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. I know I am!!!

Happy Stamping!

Sympathy/Brownies/New Stamps

I made this card for a good friend who recently loss her step father. So sorry for your loss Kat. I'm also sorry this card is late getting to you.Please know you have been in my thoughts and prayers.
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We are having a pot luck tomorrow at my job. Now normally I would make a main dish, but just didn't want to lug a heavy crock pot across the parking lot. So....I opted to make a dessert. I made a recipe called York Peppermint Patty Brownies. I want to rename them to gooey sugar high! They are good but let me tell you they are no fun trying to cut and get them out of the pan! Here is the recipe if you care to give it a go

1 1/2 cups butter, 3 cups white sugar, 1 TB vanilla extract, 5 eggs, 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt, 24 small peppermint patties

Mix butter, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs till well blended. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Blend well
Reserve 2 cups of the batter, set aside
Grease 13x9x2 inch pan. Spread remaining batter in prepared pan. Arrange peppermint patties in a single layer over batter about 1/2 inch apart.
Spread reserved 2 cups batter over patties. Bake 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes till brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

I took them out at 40 minutes and they were done. Check them as all ovens are different.





I stopped at Pat Catan's after work today and they have new See-D's STAMPS! I'm such a sucker for new rubber!! The larger ones are 2.97 and the small ones are 1.00 each. I had my son with me so I didn't get a good chance to rummage though all the bins of these stamps so I'll have to go back over the weekend when I can take my time and let my fingers and eyes take in all the new rubber! I'm telling you it's really a sickness!!!!

Happy Stamping
and Thank Goodness it's FRIDAY!!!!

Mess

I thought it would be fun to show you a picture of my desk after a stamping session. This is what it looked like the day I made the Barbie card. Hubby always advises me to clean as I go. When I'm finished with one item put it away that way I don't have so much to clean when I'm finished stamping. However.......when I have tried to do that I find it interferes with all those creative juices. So the desk is a mess, so I have to clean it before I start a new project. I'll just have to live with it.

I did get out my stamps after the clean up was done. Stamp set is called In the Garden. It's made by See-D's



I used this same stamp for a recent magazine submission. It turned out great. Wish I could show you, but I can't post it anywhere. Did you know that Certainly Celery and Close to Cocoa go well together? I think they look great on this card. The window flower box was popped up. I'm trying to use some items I haven't use since I acquired them. The green flower ribbon running down the length of the card was given to me. Sorry girls I can't remember now if it was my friend Lisa, or Kat. I know it came from one of them. The gold hammered brad reminds me of an upholstery tack. I picked this up for 1.00 at Pat Catan's. They came in a set of 12. Of course I also had to get the silver ones, and the brass square ones they had......and speaking of Pat Catan's......I got some new stamps when I stopped by there this evening.....but that's a story for tomorrow.

Happy Stamping!

Barbie (it's about time)

So how is everyone this wonderful "hump day"? I really could use some more sleep, but you know how that goes. I'm a night owl and always have been. I try to focus on stamping early in the evening after dinner, but after working all day, then fixing dinner, and clean up......I just can't be creative anymore. I watch some tv, or read email and check out blog sites. By the time I can find some creative energy in me it's about 10 pm...the time I should be going to bed.

My friend purchased these Barbie stamps, made some cards, then passed the stamps along to another friend who made some cards, then finally passed them along to me, and they have been sitting on my desk just looking at me for the pass 6 months. Oh Dear! I should have used them sooner. So last night on the phone my friend who was reminded by the second friend that I've had these stamps for 6 months. WHEW! Okay ladies I did make a card last night. I found this wonderful layout at http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com Julee has the best sketches! Check out her blog and see for yourself.



Whinny the Pooh day was on the 18th. I received several cards from friends for this fun obscure holiday. Thanks girls! I did receive 4 of them, but one is floating around in the stamping room, you know how Whinny is....always going out and about on some type of adventure. I'll have to track him down. I wonder if he's with piglet or Christoper Robin?