Rock On!

Happy Friday the 13th to you all. Hope you're all off to a roaring start :)

This happy little rocker is from the Greeting Farm. I've also used one of my EK success border punches and some DP from a DCWV paper pack - all "bargains" that I picked up at Joann's stateside.


I really need to fill out my collection of birthday cards as I always seem to be short really cute babyish ones and older "more-mature" (LOL) cards - most definitely not part of my arsenal. I suppose it's time to expand my horizons - yeah, I'll work on that ;)

The music note stamp on the inside comes from the Totally Stamilicious "Rockin' Frawg" set and so does the "Rock On!" sentiment.

Well, in case I don't post anything over the weekend - parties galore; quite remarkable for this "self-confessed" homebody - have a good one!

Happy Birthday Chris!

So, it was my birthday last Thursday and my best friend who just immigrated from England gave me a gorgeous Tiffany's necklace - she had to ask the sales clerk in T's if she could suggest anything for a friend who "doesn't really wear jewelery" (apparently the poor girl nearly passed out, LOL!). It's a gorgeous, but plain (just like me - hahahaha!) silver disc with a scrolly-L engraved on it.

Anyhow, said *friend* also gave me a rather sarcastic birthday card - some old biddies under the hairdriers at their local salon with an associated "old" sentiment...but that's alright, I had this set, Old Brawd, from Totally Stampalicious just waiting to be used on her (it's her birthday today - exactly one week after mine)!


I've also used the Stampalicious Sketch Challenge sketch. Who doesn't *love* a sketch to get the creative juices flowing?

The brads along the top and bottom of the vertical strip match each other (ie. the 3 top ones match, as do the 3 bottom ones, but they don't match *each other*). This goes back to when my darling nephew decided to rearrange my brad storage and upended the filled container! My sister was mortified, but I learned a valuable lesson: don't assume that just because your own kids don't mess with your stuff that anyone else's kids will be able to stay away. So now I have this lovely box of "assorted" Bazill brads!

My favourite part of the card is the inside sentiment:


You see, Chris is an IT Project Manager, so the "jab" is double-edged, LOL! The little mouse image is from Hanna Stamps.


The only part I'm regretting are these little Spica glitter dots that I've used to frame the image, but once I'd started, it was too late to stop. The smaller black dots were an attempt to save it, but although I like it a bit better, I'm still sorry I used the gold glitter pen to begin with.

Oh, well...

And Chris, "you'll always be older than me..." :)

Toadally Stampalicious

So, there's this little Canadian stamp company that I came across quite by accident (thanks to SCS) and it was started up by a couple of Alberta girls who shared a common love of stamping. Well, they obviously have a fab sense of humour - you should see their images (and sentiments)!

I thought I'd give them a try - you know, support the local economy during times of financial distress and all (that's my story, don't try to make me change it, LOL!) Well, their stamps are STELLAR - clear polymer, which normally gets such a bad rep. Not the case AT ALL.

I don't know if I've mentioned that I'm a rather "lazy" stamper. I mean, I've read all the suggestions to get a better image from your clear stamps: scrub them, erase them, use a foam pad, use only pigment ink,... But, these images came (within a couple of days of ordering them, I might add) and I had to try them out IMMEDIATELY.


They stamped *beautifully* - no help needed!

And the customer service? I had one faulty image, and after a quick email to the company, I had a replacement in my mailbox a few days later. I will *definitely* shop with them again...and again...and again, LOL!

This card is made using their Rockin' Frawg set. He's paper pieced and Cuttlebugged and standing on a stage of Spellbinder Nestabilities. He makes me smile and he "toadally rocks".

Oh, have I neglected to mention the name of this great company? TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS!

Check them out (sorry, no link as I'm still facing my inner demons there...), but Google knows them well *wink*