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As soon as I heard this title, this catchy poem ran through my mind: Peter Peter pumpkin eater,Had a wife and couldn't keep her! He put her in a pumpkin shell,And there he kept her very well!  Instead, I'm changing it to: Paula, Paula Paper Pumpkin PurchaserHad no craft room so thought she couldn't keep it!The supplies arrived in the mail in the Paper Pumpkin box,And there she kept it very well!   (Sorry, couldn't resist!)    Do you have any idea...

Wow, what a weekend!  What a journey!!  My day started on Thursday with a 4:15 a.m. alarm!  Yikes, that's early!  But ... I'd been awake for an hour already ... so excited!  The car came to pick Marilyn (my upline) and I up at 5 a.m. and we were off! We arrived in Orlando midday on Thursday to 80° sunny weather!  That proved to be challenging in our uphill walk over the highway to Convention Center!  Wow again!  What a huge place!!  The weather...

 I have 2 seconds before dashing out the door for work tonight!  I'm working the overnight shift tonight, into Election Day, so I thought I'd look festive!I made a pin using the Ornaments Framelits and some punches.  Check out Uncle Sam!!  (Do you recognize him??!!) Punches Used:  1 1/4" Round, Mini Round Punch, Curly Label (moustache), Large Tag.  I used the Googlie Eyes left over from Halloween and some silver and red glimmer paper to jazz it up!  The...

Tuesday night was my annual Halloween Treat class and I had a lovely group of ladies attend!  We had lots of fun and there was certainly enough chocolate!  I bought out the stores and made a goody bag for each lady to fill their treat containers, plus extra!!!Here's photos -- no time to post details but I will say that most of my ideas came from Stampin' Connection (SC).  SC is an online, invaluable resource to me and all Stampin' Up! demos when I need ideas for a specific card...

Hi People!I'm back again -- so much stamping that I haven't had time to post!  I'm participating in a stamping "Boot Camp" right now so my drill sargeant is pushing us to get organized and share with everyone!  Yep, the business opportunity, stamping in general with all of it's fabulous health benefits, etc.  (Yes, I firmly believe that a hobby is healthy for both the heart and mind!!)I met with my upline yesterday and she encouraged us to participate in Mary Jo's Sketch...