Mr Darcy I Presume

This is Mr. Darcy with my daughter Sarah. Whenever she comes home

to visit, she spoils Mr. Darcy. He is already rotten to the core but she

babies him constantly. Of course he is soooooo cute it is hard not to spoil

him!

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Another Thank You Note

This is another Zindorf that I cased with my "very" few changes. You think you have all the different colored card stock and ink pads and markers and then poof! You find out you don't have " Going Gray" paper and so what am I suppose to do? Improvise, which I do a lot of and so I substituted Sahara Sand for Going Gray and I must say I like the combo!!! I'm giving this one to my boss who is so generous with gifts for me every year. He has actually framed some of my work and displays it in the school office. What a compliment to me!!! I used the "Thank You Kindly" stamp set as well as the "Nature Silhouettes" set for this card and the "Serene Snowflakes" set too. Happy New Year Everyone!

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Thank you notes

Many of you know what a big fan I am of Michelle Zindorf's work and so I cased

some of her work today with a few changes of my own. This card was done with the SU set

Branching Out and the "Thank you" is from a discontinued set "Wonderful Words". I used sponging and brayering for this card and several layers as well

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Gifts from New Zealand

What a wonderful surprise I got in the mail a few weeks ago. This boot and awesome kiwi bird

came in a box with some other stamped goodies with chocolates from my dear friend Tracey and another fellow stamper Holly G. who made me a pocketbook with chocolates. I wanted to show you the boot and kiwi bird in our Christmas tree and Tracey, know that these ornaments will be on our tree every year now. I sent her a little package of Reese's candy bars since they can't get those over there. I hope they got through customs okay!!!

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A Gift For Fran

I woke up around 3:30 a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep. Boy do I hate that. Especially when I have to go to work. Anyway I knew that I had an appointment with Fran (she's a nutritionist) today after work and that I wouldn't see her till after the new year. She loves handmade cards and so as I was trying to get back to sleep and couldn't, I laid there and put this card together in my head. I got out of bed and pulled out my Bella Toile stamp and combined it with the new Vintage Vogue "F" friend stamp (coming soon in the new mini) in Old Olive ink. Added some of the new awesome satin ribbon which will also be available January 5th in the Occasions Mini Catalog. I made four of them and put them in a clear plastic box with more ribbon. Needless to say Fran was touched. And now I bid you farewell as I go off to bed and hopefully get a good night's sleep. If not you may see another card here tomorrow!

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Gone to the Dogs!

Today I took Mr. Darcy to be groomed and boy did he need it. I always like to make a card to put a tip in for the groomer and since it was the holidays I thought instead of reindeer, I would stamp a dog from the D is for Dog set in Christmas colors. By the way Mr. Darcy looked so cute when I picked him up. The girls had put a red collar on him with bells!

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Trying to Catch Up

I forever feel like I'm constantly apologizing for not keeping up with this blog which I love. These past few months have been crazy with work, stamping, classes, and health issues. I found out yesterday that I have a torn tendon in my foot which explains the pain and swelling I have been experiencing this past year and a half. I just thought it was just my arthritis and that I should deal with it but at least now I can do something about it. Last night I went to my demo meeting at my upline's house. We had a potluck dinner, exchanged handmade stamped gifts and made some awesome projects with some of them from the new mini. Love that milk carton sissix die! Anyway I only scheduled two classes this month because I know a lot of people are stressed and busy and so am I but I hope to play a little this weekend and get some new cards and projects posted for you. I hope you all have a great weekend and stay warm wherever you may live! Check back tomorrow! Smiles. Debbie

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