Stamp Time Somewhere

Wrapping Up the Holidays

Wow! Stampin'Up! has got some great Specials going on right now! Just in time for the Holidays, we are going to help you "Wrap it Up!" (Really helpful after all the gifts you bought this morning)

I'll be offering a class here in December where we'll make the 3 projects below that feature the tins and gift card holders. Please contact me if you are interested in attending.

Here is the flyer with all the info and photos.

Take a look at these cute samples made with these projects!

Hope you'll be able to join me for the class

Last card from my Stamp A Stack

Here is the last of the three designs we made at my stmp camp. I also made the stamped supplies available as kits and was very pleased with the results. I am working on being able to post a page on here where I will be able to offer these kits to you!

Again, I cannot take credit for this beautiful card as it was cased from one of the many gorgeous cards on Splitcoast. How could I resist offering it? The colors are Kraft cardstock, Always Artichoke and Bravo Burgundy - a nice classic color combo.

On a side note - I hosted a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner here yesteraday and we had so much fun! I'll have to post some of the Whip Cream photos!! And yes, I did brave the sales at 4am - yikes. I am tired, but I came home and put on PJ's, left the boys in theirs and I am not getting out of them until tomorrow morning!

Card Quote of the Day - Christmas

Eva K. Logue
A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small.

Card Quote of the Day

Winston Churchill
We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.

Card Quote of the Day - Christmas

Thomas Tusser
At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year

Card Quote of the Day - Christmas

Helen Steiner Rice
Peace on earth will come to stay,
When we live Christmas every day

Card Quote of the Day - Christmas

Charles Schulz
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.

Ok, so I thought it would be fun to start adding quotes that we can use for all of our amazing cards that we've been making lately! Don't worry, I'll throw photos in the mix too. All of the quotes will be available in the "Quote of the Day" category, found in the right hand sidebar for future reference!

Quote of the Day

In the book of life's questions, the answers are not in the back.

Charles Schulz

Another Card from my Stamp A Stack

Here is another card theat we did on Saturday. This was also the first time that I offered kits for sale to those who couldn't make it. Seemed to work out well.

Again I found such a lovely card on splitcoast and it fit so well for my class. I changed only a few things on it, but it's practically identical! The colors are real red, certainly celery and whisper white. I used the polka dot background stamp and Perfect Presentation- a hostess set. Hope you like.

Sorry I haven't posted

Not much sleep this week, but I was blessed to be able to attend the birth of my new second cousin! My cousin is in Iraq and his wife just delivered their first son yesterday morning. Momma and Baby are doing great. The best miracle? Dad called on the phone right before the first push - he got to hear everything. It was amazing.

So it was a good first experience and so far, with the exception of that whole lack of sleep thing, I loved every moment. Walking with her to help with her labor, our "munchie" run to the convenience store, rubbing her legs and just generally supporting her with the grandest moment of all being the birth. I am still hoping that one day when the boys get a little older I can look into being a Doula, it's been on my mind for a while now, and after this - probably even more so. I had an amazing friend at the birth of my first son, and my great SIL at the second, and having that extra support from women who are just there to help you and reaffirm your power as a woman was so important.

As far as stamping. Yeesh! I had a stamp a stack Saturday, and we had a lot of fun. Here is one of the cards that I offered.

  The idea was cased from an awesome cream/gold card I had seen on SCS. This card uses Bordering Blue, Whisper White, Silver Encore and Basic Gray in the Taffeta. Very monochromatic, I think very beautiful. There's Dazzling Diamonds on the tree from Lovely as a Tree.