Shimmering Snowflakes

"Quilted" Color Challenge

Here's my answer to the "Embellish Magazine's color challenge": SU kraft, soft suede, crushed curry, bermuda bay & very vanilla CS, Frost White shimmer paint in alcohol spritz, sizzix petals-a-plenty texture folder, scallop square punch & bo ho punch. R ;)

Embellish Magazine Color Challenge

this challenge ended dec 24/09... but I was so inspired I just had to share.... R ;)

A few of last year's pretties..

these cards were done last year... SU Old Olive, Certainly Celery & Very Vanilla CS & several SU stamps... R ;)

my days are running together...

the other day I was supposed to mention a little more about that special email I received last week... my days are so full of Christmas prep -I forgot!! however, it is getting harder & harder to keep my secret -- sure can't wait to tell!! & be assured, I will deliver - some very delicious blog candy fairly soon... somewhere between Christmas & my secret -- I am very excited, & so far the only news that has improved on having said that: UPS says I'm scheduled for an SU delivery!!!!! hee hee, MERRY CHRISTMAS to me, then in short it will be a MERRY CHRISTMAS to atleast one lucky blog reader...

SU HOSTESS CLUB christmas party

last night was our SU HOSTESS CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY & it was a great success...

we stamped, we inked, we cut, we glued, we ATE! we melted, we froze!!! we yankee swapped, we gave, we received, we glittered -- we even had the RCMP visit us!.... ;)

WE HAD FUN!!!!

we did a MYSTERY HOSTESS ORDER before the HOLIDAY MINI RETIREMENT...

& we have 2 winners!!!


Diane & Kirsten!!!
both are enjoying a 'win fall' of $45 in FREE SU merchandise & a FREE hostess stamp set!!!
sure hope it make their Christmas' MERRY!!!

Stamping Friends & Email Surprizes

lol, you never know when you are going to get a wonderful surprize -- the other day was a monday -- not just a regular monday, but real gloom & doom monday, the kind that shakes you around & you remember all about Murphy`s Law... I was thinking, how on earth am I ``gonna get it all done, cope, survive`` all this holiday stuff & everyday life & curve balls, etc, etc, etc... yup, the pressure was on... later that night, I finally sat down & checked my email, low & behold an email from a recent `new found` stamping friend... that email threw me right back into `reality` -- completely made my day!! & totally washed away all that yucky `gloom & doom monday` stuff -- just like that -- lol, maybe not quite cloud 9, but atleast 8.5 or so... what a welcome surprize!! stick around & in a few days I`ll tell you more about that email & maybe even find some blog candy, until then HAPPY STAMPING ;) R