While Everyone Else is Sleeping...

I thought this was an apt title for my post today. I confess, I'm awake at 2:30 a.m.! I'm just too excited about finally going on vacation and I also have some extra adrenalin from stamping with my buddies earlier in the evening. I can't believe it has been a whole year since dh and I took a vacation. We are going to cast an early vote and then head towards Boone, NC. This is peak season for the leaves turning color in the mountains. I have all my camera gear packed and my laptop (of course!). I finished my October Raining Cards for my Yahoo Group, Magnolia-licious. These will go out in the mail today. I just had to ink up Edwin's Snowman and I finished this card also:

Maybe I am already experiencing separation anxiety - vacation means no craft room, no stamps!

Hopefully, I will have some good photos to post in the next few days.

Happy stamping! I think it's already beginning to look like Christmas in my craft room!

Christmas Anyone?

I have been wanting to ink up my newest Edwin stamp, I'm getting excited about Christmas already! This was just so much fun to create. I decided to make a gate card and chose to emboss my background as snowflakes with my Cuttlebug. I then went a little embossing crazy and embossed a background for Edwin and two other snowflakes for embellishments.

And.....my payment for the Magnolia winter collection has posted, yippee! I hope to have these new little darlings in my hands soon. I can see late nights in my future...

Here is a picture of my Christmas Edwin:

This is how the inside of my card looks:

Well, now I need to create a card with Tilda to compliment my Christmas Edwin! Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

A New Magnolia Tilda and More

I can't believe it has been a whole week since I have posted. I have been totally swamped with all kinds of demands on my time lately. I have to agree with my husband that once you retire you do not get vacation time nor do you get any days off, LOL! I do want to post a different color paper I used for the "Cross Stitch Tilda" made for September's raining cards in my Yahoo group, Magnolia-Licious. I also made two birthday cards, one for a dear friend, "Tilda With Birthday Cake" and another I made for my granddaughter's birthday:

Cross Stitch Tilda

Tilda With Birthday Cake, for my dear friend Gretchen

Happy Birthday Angie

My mother turns 86 on October 13 and I made a birthday card for her from Papertrey's "Women of Life" set. I consider myself extremely fortunate to still have my mother and father here with me. My retirement was a "God thing" since they both experienced health problems soon after I retired. I want to wish everyone a wonderful weekend and happy stampin'! Marsha

Happy Friday!

Hello everyone and Happy Friday! I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted. Last weekend was devoted to hosting my first Angel Company open house. I think everyone had a wonderful time and I know I enjoyed sharing all the beautiful products and helping my first time stampers. I absolutely love sharing and learning new techniques!

I think the stage was set for my busy week on Monday when I had to spend the day helping my uncle with his outpatient surgery. That in itself was not so bad, it was just having to pick him up by 5:00 a.m. The surgery went well, which is quite an accomplishment when you are 88 years old! It seemed like I've been running all week!

I would like to post the Tilda card I sent out for the "raining card" event I participate in every month with my Magnolia-licious group. We have a group and four members are chosen every month to receive cards. There are some very awesome cards sent out!

I also worked on a Christmas card which has the most beautiful snowflake spinner I've ever seen! I received my inspiration from Jak Heath - you can see her original card on her blog, http://crafterskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/08/snowflake-spinner-tutorial.html. Here is my version:

Thanks for looking!