This is one of the cute little Michael's dollar stamps I got this past weekend - it is so cute! I just had to mask them so they look like they are stacked. I used Tempting Turqoise and Certainly celery - the ribbon is just to die for - it is from Michael's - and comes on a cute wooden bobbin. I bought a couple of those! For the background I used the background stamp from Polka Dots and Paisley then colored in a few of the circles with my white gel pen. The layered background is of course done with my cuttlebug, then I sponged on some tempting turquoise. I cut the ovals using my creative memories oval cutter and mat - I have had the circles and ovals for several years and found they work great for my card creations. I doodled! I doodled around the edge of the oval and believe it or not it actually came out like I wanted it to. *wink* I don't doodle very much because I don't think I am that great at it, but maybe practice makes perfect. The brads are the jumbo brads from Hobby Lobby and the sentiment at the bottom are my karen foster snap stamps.

My first card since my demolition in the kitchen started a week ago (it's not quite finished, still working on all the little things - trim, lighting, etc.). I made this card for my Stamp Club group swap and since I was pressed for time, I decided to go the "simple" route - but I still think it came out great. I used my cuttlebug for the background (which I dearly love!). Those Happy Harmony flowers are just amazing - and they look great in Taken With Teal! I am starting to feel under the weather, which isn't a good thing - I have been fighting a cough, runny nose and a stuffy head for the last day or so and today it seems to be getting worse and of course this week is my vacation - that just figures! I planned on stamping and working in my yard some because the temps are supposed to be in the 70's this week, but who knows now. I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend and I will see you tomorrow with something new! :)

Robyn and I returned from our overnight trip and had an amazing time! We went to tons of great stores, Michaels, JoAnn, Hobby Lobby, etc and had some great food to eat! I got so many goodies - the stuff in the picture is just a sample lol There were some wonderful "cool caribbean" tins that I got from the Target dollar spot and a clear glass jar that I filled with the wooden spool ribbon from Michael's that I couldn't get in the picture. I did get some extra $1 stamps for blog candy :) Well I am off to get my things ready for tomorrow's stamp club meeting - check back tomorrow for something *NEW* to be posted!

HAPPY FRIDAY! Today is the day! I am headed out of town this afternoon for the big City of Arlington, Texas for a girls weekend getaway with my friend Robyn! I am so excited and can't wait to leave! We have planned to hit a lot of stamping/scrapbooking/craft stores and of course all of those yummy restaurants! My stamping club meets on sunday afternoon so I should have something new and cute to post since I know you all have been waiting so long. :) And YES, I am almost ready to post pictures of my kitchen. See you soon..........

Lookie, Lookie what I got - check out this adorable Blogger RAK I received today in the mail from none other than my friend Cindy Brockes (stampalicious) aka Cindy Lou Who on SCS! Cindy had a contest going a couple of weeks back on her blog - it was a contest to name this cute little long-lashed fishy stamp! I got in on the contest and threw in the name "Flirty Francesca"............well low and behold Flirty Francesca won and Cindy sent me several stamped images of Francesca - they are way cute! Thank you so much Cindy for sending me this cute RAK! Go check out Cindy's blog - she is so talented! :)

I received this very special Blogger RAK card in the mail today from a very close and dear friend of mine, Laura Leonard (LuLa's Corner). This card is not your normal run of the mill RAK card - it is much more than that to me. You see, this particular card is the VERY FIRST card that Laura ever made when she first started stamping - and she wanted me to have it. I must admit when I opened it and read what she wrote inside I started to cry - it really touched me. Laura, this card will hold a very special place in my heart and I feel so honored that you wanted to share it with me. Love ya bunches!! :)

Update on the Kitchen: I am ALMOST completely finished! I am doing some of the final touchups to the flooring and putting up new blinds and new hardware on the cabinets - as soon as I get all that finished and get the baseboards on I will post some pictures of my handywork! lol

I do have something exciting (well to me anyway) to share with you - this coming weekend I will be heading out of town to Arlington, Texas with my best friend Robyn for a girls weekend of retail therapy! We will be hitting Michael's, Hobby Lobby and a ton of other places and of course we will be eating at some of the greatest restaurants! lol I am also on vacation next week so I will be able to create some new stuff for all my faithful blog readers out there!

Kitchen Still Under Construction! Well I have been MIA now for a couple of days, but that is only because for some stupid reason I decided that my kitchen needed to be renovated!!! I have been working tirelessly for the last several days and I am hoping to see an end in sight soon! I am now trying to finish laying the flooring and getting everything put back where it goes. My body is aching and I am missing my stamping time. Don't fret, as soon as I get this job completed I will be back with some great new creations! Hugz!