Birthday RAK

Thank you so much for all of your sweet birthday wishes! You are all so wonderful! I wanted to share one of the cute birthday cards that came in the mail.....

This one is from Danielle. It had the sweetest note with some super cute card toppers in it. Thank you, Danielle! I LOVE it! :) You can see more of Danielle's (cydriving) at SCS.

RAK From Maria

Happy mail! I got the cutest card from the very sweet Maria Levine. Take a look....

Isn't this the cutest! You can check out more of Maria's beautiful work at her blog Ria Creations.

Thank you so much for this and the sweet note, Maria!

Hope you all enjoy! Have a great day! I will be back in a bit with our Monday challenge.

RAK From Jes!

How sweet is Jessica Russell! She is such a cutie and always ready with a kind word. I just adore her! Imagine my surprise when I opened my mailbox to find this little cutie...

How ADORABLE! You guys can check out more of Jessica's work over at her blog Kindred Arts. Thank you so much, Jess! I love this and you really are such a great friend! :)

Sweet RAK From Linsey

It's a first for me! I have so many new projects on my desk. But I can't show them just yet! Insert sad face here :( I promise that I will start sharing some of them tomorrow. I will share this....I need to find a better place to put the things that I haven't yet photographed...I had one thing all colored...it was just waiting for it's home on a project...it's gone. I think that little Hayden liked it so much he ran away with it. Just glad I didn't put the markers away. It was a great color combo. I always forget what I use.

Anyway...I wanted to share a little RAK I received from the super sweet and talented Linsey. Take a look at this.....

This is one of my favorite Gina K sets. LOVE it! How sweet is Linsey! This is from a secret swapper thing that Joanne hosted a bit ago. You know that little bag was full of all sorts of embelli's! I think that Linsey now officially knows what a dork I am as I sent her this screaming...with JOY....email after I opened it!

...well, the first email came with screaming JOY over just how cute it was! I hadn't opened it because I wanted to take the picture first. I was pretty sure I would botch the ribbon if I didn't! She got a seperate one after that. Yeah, it doesn't take much to get me all happy! ...simple girl....

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Ok...off. Today is a busy one at the school. Iam looking forward to it being over...don't get me wrong....it will be tons of fun...but it's like hosting a giant party! I get nervous when I do that kind of thing!

I have lots of stamping for tonight. The boys are back on their school bedtime routine! That is such a good thing! I need an extra couple of hours at night to get caught up! It's always harder when you stop to play games and whatnot in between! They are ready as well. They are both so excited!

Where did the summer go! By the way...I needed a sweater when we were sitting outside last night! What a stark contrast to Utah!

Have a wonderful day! I will post you all soon!

My Very Awesome RAK From The Fantabulous Jackie Western

How's that for the longest title! ...hey....this is the sweetest RAK! I'm quite sure that you are all familiar with Jackie...isn't she such a sweetie! I just love her! :) Well, how excited was I when I found this little something in my mailbox...

...and check out a close up of that super cute key chain....

Wow! How super cute is that! This is just the cutest thing! Thank you so very much, Jackie! You rock! You are such a sweet friend!

...isn't she wildly talented! Too cute!

Hope you are all having a great night and I will post you soon! :)

RAK From Lorraine

I so love surprises...ok...time to clarify...not like the fridge is broken surprises but nice happy ones!....just thought I would throw that out there!...after this week...it's not such a bad idea! :)

...back to my really nice surprise! I received this beautiful card from Lorraine aka @ SCS as Tavias Charms and you can view her gallery here.

Thanks so much, Lorraine! This was such a wonderful surprise! And thank you so very much for your kind words! You are such a sweetie!

Isn't this the cutest!

...And now it's off to work on Sharon's Stamp Simply challenge. Have you guys checked it out yet? You get to make a purse! ...ok...you could just use purse images on your project...but...How cool is that! I am really excited about this one! You know, I have never made a purse before. I've seen lots of 'em....and they are always adorable! Part of the reason I am so psyched about this is that this is one of the things I put in my little sketch book yesterday! It's kismet! How cool is that! I have this ginormous purse that I never carry...I always overload the thing and then it just gets wayyy to heavy....but I thought it would make for a really cute paper purse. Well, we shall soon see!

Hope you are all having a great Friday and I will post you all soon! :)

Thank you Beate!

Ok, I have been entering Beate's challenges for ...well, I'm not exactly sure how long....but a little while now. It started as just a way to stamp. In all honesty, I did tend to walk past my desk and not pick up a single stamp! I would look over and think, 'I really need to stamp today'...but then I would keep on walking!

One day, my friend Amy told me about Beate Johns weekend sketch challenges. When I got to her blog I recognized her immediately from her picture. This is Beate! She does all of these really great tutorials on SCS! Cool. I was so excited with the first sketch challenge. It was so much fun! I had never at this point even heard of a sketch before. I really love them! It helps to shorten the creating time with a card.

Well Beate has a random drawing each week with her sketch challenges. I, in all honesty, would participate no matter what. When I won the drawing last week I was so excited! I didn't know what I won, but Beate was so sweet to post a picture of my card on her blog! Wow! I was sooo excited to see that! Thank goodness it was a decent card! ;)

Anyway, I have been checking my mail every day since. My husband happened to get it yesterday and put it up on the bookshelf. I didn't realize and it wasn't until this morning that I saw a package had arrived for me! ...from Beate!

Speechless!

I have an actual card from Beate Johns! I am not kidding when I tell you that I want to frame it! She included such a sweet note and put it on a post-it so that I could use this beautiful card! Silly girl! This one will sit on my desk from now until the end! I so cannot bring myself to give it away! Poor card!

There was also some of the cutest ribbon I have ever seen! I thought I was finished with Sharon's challenge but now I have to change it a little! I have got to use some of this crazy cute striped ribbon and twill ribbon! Crazy cute!!!! (...meaning, I LOVE it!) There were also some rhinestone & build-a-brads.

Ok...I took a little picture....I have never created a watermark so I hope this works out. I tried to put a call in to my brother in-law for a quick tutorial but they are not home. ...west coast...I'm sure they are still at church. I will change the watermark once I get him on the phone.How stinking cute is this! Oh my! Thank you so very much, Beate! This is just the sweetest thing!