Welcome to my Stamping Blog

Good morning all! What a gorgeous day again, here in Boston Massachusetts! My grass is starting to green up now that we got about 4 inches of rain earlier in the week! Yay!! It has been such a long time!! I need to apologize that this post wasn't up earlier -- I made the card and took the pictures on time, but then sent the camera with my daughter Lyndsey who went to the Justin Bieber concert last night in Providence Rhode Island! Before she left for Volleyball tryouts again this morning at...

Today's cards use the Extreme Elements stamp set from Stampin' Up! My son is an "extreme" player, as are many of his friends, so these stamps are great! I love the images from the "elements" set -- so random, so fun! I stamped off the ink first, but I think it's possible that the Black Staz-On would have covered it regardless. All supplies are Stampin' Up! and can be purchased through my online store HERE.Stamps: Extreme Elements, Extreme Skateboarder, Full of LifePaper: Basic Black, Tempting...

Remember the Staples commercial: "It's the most wonderful time of the year" ... set to the Christmas tune that escapes me right now?! LOL! I'm really not looking forward to the kids returning to school! Lyndsey starts high school this year (she laughingly says the Taylor Swift's "15" song is her theme song since she turns 15 this year as well ... not the first day of school, but the second!!!) and Christopher is going into 7th grade! My babies are growing up! That means I'm supposed to grow up...

What a great day we had yesterday! To all that came, thank you! It was fun to sit and talk, and to share my love of Stampin' Up! with all of you! To the "stampin' newbies", welcome! I'm looking forward to our Tuesday night class now! I'm so excited that you enjoyed it as much as I did!I'm still doing my Open Stamp and Scrap tomorrow morning (Tuesday) from 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Tomorrow night we're repeating the Watercolor Trio class, by popular demand! The time is 7:30 - 10 p.m. tomorrow night...

Big Shot Special - Tax Free Weekend in Massachusetts!! Massachusetts Sales Tax Holiday Sat/Sun Aug 14th & 15th This weekend is Tax Free Weekend in Massachusetts!! So ...I am celebrating with a Big Shot Sale. I have put together a couple of Big Shot packages to get you started with this fabulous toy!!Also, if you purchase the Big Shot from me, you will be invited to attend my special Big Shot Class in September for Free (a $20 value). I will cover all of the ins and outs of using the Big...