More is More

We posted all the deets for StampMania over at SCS about 5 days ago and we already have 60 people registered with payment and a bunch more checks on the way!  WooHoo!!!  If you’d like to see what all the fuss is about click here.  This is our 5th SM event (well actually 6th if we count the *Mini* we held as well) and we expect it to sell out.  It’s so hard to believe that in the Fall of 2004 we started with just 10 or 11 people getting together for a little shoebox swap and we expect to register approximately 140 people this year with space for 90 of those to join us for dinner.  This is a SCS community event and any stamper is welcome to join us as long as you register a screen name at SCS (which is free and very easy – simply click here and then click on “become a member” on the left hand side of the SCS home page.).  It started as just a SoCal event, but has grown into an event people travel from all over the country and even Canada to attend.  Don’t hesitate – sign up now!

After three full days of laying around doing a bunch of nothing…feeling stir crazy but not up to anything but a couple of loads of laundry…this evening I finally felt if I didn’t create something I was going to explode!  Do you ever feel that way?  I decided to sit down at my stamp table and just try to do something simple.  LOL!  As you know, I don’t *do* simple very well so that sounded much easier than it was.  But I came up with this…

OK, stamping just doesn’t get more basic than this.  I used two of the new Paper Trey Ink sets I got for Christmas (Beautiful Blooms and for the sentiment Spiral Bouquet) with Versamagic Chalk inks on a Fabriano Mediovalis notecard.  The flower centers are Adorn it droplets in pink and gold and I added some glitz with a Spica glitter pen (doesn’t show up in the photo of course).  A little grosgrain ribbon finishes off the card.  Phew!  At least I made something!  I was getting a little worried there.

I’m so proud of my friend Carol who is in my stamp club!  She actually took all the pieces from her One Sheet Wonder Friday night and made 7 cards over the weekend with them.  Check out her blog here and leave her a little comment.  I never finish stuff when I take pieces home like that!

Good news eclectic Paperie is open and shipping again after a much needed and well deserved vacation!  Be sure to go check them out!  I think I’m going to need some of that new Basic Grey Two Scoops collection.

I sure hope I can sleep tonight.  I coughed and coughed most of the night last night despite taking medicine.  Wishing you sweet dreams and thanks for stopping by!