Crap On A Cracker I bought The Same Stamp Twice ...4 SALE

I almost never buy the same stamp twice but darn if I didn't this last week.It is a Magenta deeply etched thinking of you stamp.Size is a little over 3 1/2 wide and 5 1/4 long.It is mounted on gray cling. I paid$12.99 for it and will sell it for $13.50 and THIS INCLUDES SHIPPING.If you want insurance it is extra.E mail me at goblue11654@yahoo.com if you would like to purchase it. Sorry but NO PAYPAL  payment can be checks or money order or well concealed cash.I have had people do the last one with no trouble.


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Our Budding Artist.

My daughter in law Shawnie takes THE best pics of our grandchildren.She so captures exactly how they are.Here is our new budding artist Ella Jean .Both our granddaughters LOVE to draw and color and our fridge is never at a lost for magnificent artwork provided by the girls.So someday they will be blogging about their art I hope.

Get Well Paul B.

We have the sweetest couple that sits next to us in church on Sundays Paul and his wife Ann are just the nicest people.Ann has been having some health issues and this week Paul had some flip flops with his heart.He is home now and hope he is doing much better.I am sending him this card as a reminder that we are all thinking of him.Get well Paul so Ann does not have to worry about you.
I used a embossing folder for the front and added some little teal gems from Hero Arts.The saying and the image are actually stickers I purchased at Haveman Hardware in Fremont MI last week.They are so nicely made that they looked stamped so I decided to use them on this card.The inside was stamped and is a House Mouse word stamp...Wishing you good health...#11-1996.
They were supposed to have a stampers garage sale at Haveman's  but only one seller was there when I arrived.I did score nine Copic's for $12.00 and all of them are still pretty juicy.I also found two sets of Nesties,one for $5.00 and the other was $7.00.Would have cost close to $50.00 if purchased in a store. Was a nice ride there and found an oldie's radio station on the way up .BTO and Queen almost the whole way made the long drive go fast.
Get well Paul we miss you.

Our Mini Vacation....Or How I Shopped For Stash Through Two States.

My hubs takes a canoe adventure vacation that lasts one week with his brothers every other year.Since we only get two weeks vacation(he also has to save part of that if he is sick or needs to go to the dentist)  I get hosed every other year as we don't get to take any other vacation.He says MY vacation is him being gone.The last time he went away I painted the whole upstairs while he was gone...yup just lazed around eating bonbons.This year he decided that he would take me anywhere I wanted to go for two of the vacation days.We left on a Friday morning early heading to Nashville Indiana,with a stop in Indy on the way.So I will bet you are thinking we stopped in Indy to see the race track.Mnmmmmmmmmm no,Archiver's Scrapbook Shop was my destination.They closed the one in Fort Wayne Indiana and this is the next closest,not even day trip close now )-: .They do not allow you to take pictures in there but here is some of the goodies I left the store with.Some of the pics are of things I bought on the way back into Indy going home..darn if they do not have two Archiver's in Indianapolis....YESSSSSSSSSSSS.

BLING to the max.

LOVE AI stamps

After we left Indy we headed to Columbus Indiana where we were going to stay for the remainder of our trip.The Sleep Inn was totally remodeled and had the prettiest rooms and the cash price( yes if you offer cash it is cheaper)was $79.99 a night.Everything else around their was way over $100.00 a night.Tom was just happy that a flat screen TV was in the room and the race was on....I watched a movie on my Nook and used the FREE WiFi at the Hotel.That night we went to downtown Columbus and ate at a great Ice Cream place called Zaharakos.It is like a mini museum and everything is the way it was eons ago.It is a must see if you are ever in Columbus Indiana and the food is really good.

The next day we enjoyed a really great breakfast at the Hotel..fresh fruit and waffles and eggs juice coffee and much more..that was included in our stay.We headed out for Nashville the one and only plcae I really wanted to go.My real reason for going was to visit Papertrix stamp and scrap store.I had read about them in a magazine two years before and decided that someday I would get there.....that day finally arrived.

These are the owners of Papetrix,Cindy and Wayne Hawrys. They are THE friendliest people and they make you feel right at home.I could have stayed there a week if I thought the hubs would sit on the porch that long.They had a great selection of Graphic 45 and I even found some of the old movie stars paper that has been retired.

The pink floral paper was used in my daughter in law Shawn's mom day card this year.(previous post )

Finally had to leave Papertrix but I for sure will be going back.We toured the town a bit and rode a train that took you on a little tour and highlighted some of the great buildings in town.

Our train Engineer.

Here are just a few of the buildings and flowering trees we happened upon that day.

The hubs ...he really was having fun.

We then drove over to Bloomington Indiana to a cute scrapbook shop called The Paper Pusher.NOT easy to find as it is back behind a bunch of condos and when GPS has a hard time finding it you know you are in trouble.It was really a nice shop though.Had a huge bank of windows in their crop area and the colors were so soothing..sort of spa like.I bought a couple of things I had not seen anywhere else.

On Sunday we went to a movie,Oblivion with Tom Cruise..it was pretty good but man oh man sticker shock.We are used to the Old Regent here in town where a first run movie,popcorn and two soft drinks total $10.00.The theater in Columbus was $8.00 each for the movie and we skipped the popcorn and soda as that would have been $22.00..no thanks.

Much to fast our vacation was coming to an end.I wanted to hunt up a Joann's as I was looking for a 61/2 inch wide quilting ruler.I had been borrowing my friend Tina's to cut strips for a couple of quilts I am making for the girls new bunk beds.I found one and had a great coupon so it was pretty dirt cheap.

Now back to housework and real life.Thanks hubs for the nice minication...best time ever.Oh ya I was reading a magazine on the way home and found a coupon for a free jar of paint at Loews. I am thinking of painting my family room this color..what do you think?Sort of a dark pumpkin color.

Happy Mothers Day.

Today we celebrate mothers..weather you are a mom,going to be a mom or are a mom at heart.It is a day to honor you for all the things you do for your children or children of other moms that you care for.
We celebrated with our son P.J and his family.I made my sweet daughter-in-law Shawn a card for her moms day.She has three sweet reasons to celebrate.Grace,Ella and Eli.

The card body is from DCWV the patterned pink paper is from Chatter Box/Scrapbook Walls.The stamped flower image is from Hero Arts K5585 Starbursts.I used SU ink on the project and the words are all computer generated.Ribbon is from Mikes and flower is from Prima.The pink stickpin is from Close To My Heart and the other one I can not remember the name of the company..The band of punched brown stock was created using a Martha Stewart Large border punch.  **If you click on the picture it will bring it up larger in a new window.**

Hope you all had a great Mothers Day.

Sewing Department Cross Over Card.

I found these white shabby sheik flowers at Wal Mart in the sewing trim department.I bought 1 yard and that gave me 12 flowers,they ran about $4.33.I cut them apart to use individually on cards.I found that making Memories ribbon glue holds them fast to the card body.I also dusted the flower I used on the card with SU brocade blue ink. The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby.The diamond brad in the middle is from Hobby Lobby.I used Spellbinders Labels 14 for layering the word stamp.Heartfelt Sympathy from Paper Inspirations F10501.The card body is from DCWV and the Damask card stock layer is from Teresa Collins,her Stationary Noted  collection.The inside paper is from unknown source.The inside was punched with a Martha Stewart large punch.The inside saying is from My Sentiments Exactly S136.
I am going to load my mini vacation craft store shopping trip to Indiana on here in the next few days.I had serious fun on this trip and even purchased some cute Christmas gifts for one of the girls.I try and get most of my Christmas shopping done by Thanksgiving so I can enjoy the holiday.Nice to go away but glad to be back.

Shoes..Right,Left,Wrong.

Last week Shawn and I took the girls shoe shopping at Stride Rite.Poor Gracie she has not much to choose from as she is getting so tall and her foot is so skinny.Both girls picked out this pink cute tennis type shoe that had sparkles on them and when you walked they lit up..Woot,Woot.Ella thought the light up part was the best.I think she about wore herself out jumping up and down to make them light up.They both decided to get matching shoes..OK that sounds really good until I remind you that Ell is 2 and Grace is 6.Here is what happens when mom says go put your shoes on and then does not look at your feet until you arrive at your destination and notice that her kid is "walking weird".