A little bit of stamping....

I got my new catalog order from Stampin' Up! on Wednesday evening. Then yesterday, I got my SAB preorder. I haven't had time to do anything but mount my new sets (3) and put away the inks, ribbons and papers. Last night I did take a minute to try the new rubons though. I had bought some rubons last year at Michael's and could not get them to stick to ANYTHING. So when I heard that SU! was coming out with rubons, I really didn't care. Well, the ones that we will be featuring during Sale-A-Bration are just so dang cute, I had to get a set in my pre-order. I tried one on textured cardstock and it came out REALLY CUTE. Then my friend Janice asked if I had tried them on GROSGRAIN RIBBON yet? WHAT WHAT WHAT????? So, I went and cut off a 6" piece of the 5/8" wide Chocolate Chip Grosgrain and tried it..... HOW STINKIN CUTE IS THIS?????

I thought it was pretty cute!

I also had to do another sympathy card..... this one was hard since I actually knew the gentleman who passed on. A dear sweet man. Since I was really happy with the way the card came out that I did for Jan a couple months ago, I decided just to do another one. I did the roses in So Saffron (aquapainter with WaterColor Wonder Crayons) this time, made the Always Artichoke mat bigger and then matted that onto Brushed Gold and only used 3 brads. The images are not Stampin' Up!, but the supplies all are.

I need to make a run up to Lake Tahoe for some Hard Rock pins they've been holding for me since November. I had planned to go up today, but the weather looks like Tuesday will be GORGEOUS and I'm hoping it won't be crowded. Today I imagine it will be a ZOO as some of the ski areas got over 10 feet of snow in the storms this past week and this will be the first CLEAR ROAD day. The weekend ought to be INSANE up there and I think we may even have a 3 day weekend with Monday off for Martin Luther King Jr. for the state workers... Yeah. Tuesday will be better.... So maybe I'll get my new stamps out and see if I can whip something up to post here tomorrow! Wish me luck!!!!!