I feel very special!

Linda, from A Muse, posted pictures of me and my baby on her blog! Check it out here!!

Home again, Thank the Lord!

We have made it home from the Northwest, and I am EX-hausted! We had so much fun, and accomplished our goal! We were in Seattle to pick up my 83 year-old grandmother and move her back here to KC! The move went very smoothly - Grandma was a trooper on the plane (she and Lily napped together!) and she is now getting settled in her new Assisted Living Facility here! She seems very happy! I hope that she will continue to adjust well! Leaving her there today felt like my son's first day of kindergarten or daycare! I know it's a great place, but I also know that Grandma will never really be able to tell me if something is wrong ... kind of scary!

Wait ... I know you're getting ready to run away ... isn't this supposed to be a stamping blog?? I did get to do a little bit of stamp shopping while I was in the Northwest! I went to Ikea in Portland and stocked up on a few storage options (pictures later!), then went to Craft Warehouse, where I was very disappointed that they no longer carry the long ruler with the piercing holes in it, but I did find a new yummy Basic Gray 6x6 pad! Then we went on to Seattle! I didn't have a ton of time, but I did run into Impress to pick up a couple packs of the clear boxes and then I went to The Mother Ship ... the A Muse store!! Again, it was an amazing experience! I just think that Linda is one of the best people around! She is so friendly, and so smart! She has some exciting things up her sleeve ... I can't wait to see them! I only had about an hour to spend in the shop - I could have stayed there all day!! Here are a couple of pics from A Muse! I will take pictures of my goodies and post them soon! Now, I am so flippin' tired! Must go to bed!
The Amazing Linda holding my baby - makes me think about Presidential campaigning when people want the candidates to kiss their babies - forget that - Linda held my baby!!
Me, Linda & Lily - Linda looks very tan next to us pale Kansas folks! I just love the color of the shop!

Thank You Gift Set

I made this little gift set as a Thank You present for my cousin Lauren. We will be visiting with her while we are in Seattle, and she gave me the most darling outfit for Miss Lily - so I wanted to do a bit more than just a card! The notebook, pen and chocolate tin were incredibly fast, but I could not get the layout on this card to look right! I must have messed around with it for an hour! I think I have gotten way stuck in the A Muse mindset - cards should not take more that half an hour, tops!! The paper is all from the Basic Gray Blush collection. The pen is just covered in pink microbeads - couldn't find any clear ones last night!

Here's a close up of the card ...
Stamps by SU and A Muse, CS & hardware by A Muse, paper by Basic Gray, flowers by Prima, ribbon by May Arts.

Thanks for looking - have a great day!

Leavin' on a Jet Plane ...

Have I mentioned that I will be in the Northwest later this week??? I am so excited, I could just about burst!! The main reason for my trip is to get my grandmother and move her here to Kansas, where I live ... but I can't go to the NW without doing lots of other things! So, we are flying into Portland where we will visit with my best friend from grade school (kind of weird to think about being friends with someone for 28 years - we played soccer together in Kindergarten!) and check out the new Ikea store!! I am very excited to see the new store! We will also get to see one of my Uncles and his wife that I haven't seen for years! Then we will drive up to Seattle and get everything together for the big move! I will of course be making time to visit the A Muse store (I am hearing beautiful music in my head, like when someone in a movie comes out of the dessert and finally reaches his destination). I just love it there - if you have never been to the store, you have to check it out! Linda and the girls are so incredibly friendly ... it just feels like home in there! Sometimes, I dream about it! Okay, I really am a junkie! I will take lots of pictures and share them with you when I get back next week!

A Muse Addicts Challenge #3 - Say Thanks

How sad is it that I can stamp straight, but I can't take a straight picture to save my life! I really need to work on my photography skills! I would really like to find a frog - the little pointy thing that people used to use for floral arrangements- like Linda from A Muse uses to take her pictures! I need to start looking in antique stores for that!

This is just a super quick thank you card - seems like I am forever needing thank you cards, so this challenge is right up my alley! This one will go to some of my Grandmother's caregivers in Tacoma.

Stamps by A Muse, CS, ribbon by SU, punch by Marvy ... I am really diggin' the color combo - Wild Wasabi and Regal Rose! It works!

Super Ty!

I finally got my hair cut and highlighted last week - and left my wallet at home ... oops! Pretty typical for me, unfortunately! My amazing hairstylist, Ty, was incredibly understanding! The poor guy has been putting up with me and my mom for 8 years - he knows I can be a flake! So I made him a quick card to go with his check! Can't really tell, but the super guy is colored with my SU Ruby Red marker, then the Versamarker and IIEP - he's super sparkly! I told Ty in the card that he brightens my hair and my life!

Stamps by A Muse and Stamping Bella, CS by SU (I used Ruby Red on 2 cards - I don't think I have used it in a year!), Punches by SU and Marvy, ribbon from May Arts.

Double down!

This card was originally for last week's A Muse Addict's challenge (Use your words), but it also works for this week's Say Thanks challenge! Glad that worked out - now I don't feel so far behind! This was a quickie - again, minimal stamping!

Stamp by A Muse, CS, punches & paper by SU, ribbon by May Arts - can't really see it, but the bottom of the card has a scallop made with the SU small corner rounder!