Couple of CASEs & Another Recognition!

This is for The Queen For The Day - Kim.  I had the pleasure of meeting Kim at a stamp retreat a couple years ago.  What a fun person she is.  I have also watched her stamping progress to an awesome level!  Of course the card I CASED is my type of card - nature!  I used Gina K Designs Take Flight and PTI's Turning a New Leaf.

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This is for the Featured Stamper - Neva.  She is the pro when it comes to challenges! Wow can that girl join challenges~~  I CASED her card with Mark's Finest Papers sneak peek Fish You Were Here.  Once again, the coloring with copics - I need more depth.  At some point, I will get these darn things to work!

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AND, to make my day totally awesome, ANOTHER amazing stamper (Patricia, Rubber Stamping is My Game) sent me this Blog Award.  It has been so fun being recognized by fellow stampers!  Patricia and I go back a couple of years.  Even though we have never met, we kept bumping into each other in blogland -- it was fun to say hi.  Then, we both took the Copics Class -- Patricia finished the class and does AMAZING coloring now (check THIS out!).  Me?  I have no patience and did not finish the class -- my bad.  I would like to thank Patricia for sending me this awesome award!!  I am suppose to send this on to 15 bloggers, I am so sorry, but I don't even follow that many blogs- I am too busy stamping!  I will keep this award, and be on the look out for bloggers that I find and in a future post I will list them.

Thanks for stopping by!  See you later - 

Whoops & Thank You!

I received this wonderful award from one of my followers!  How fun is that.  To have someone unknown to me send me this award for being inspired by my blog -- TOTALLY AWESOME! Totally validated - that's why we have blogs right???  To inspire other stampers~  I do have to say I am late in posting this, I put it in my pending file and [NO SURPRISE] I was too busy stamping and forgot about it!   I am now rectifying that.
I guess I need to tell you 8 things you don't know about me and then send this fun award on to 5 other bloggers.  Okay, let's see
1.  I have a 17 year old son
2.  I have been married 25 (!) years this year  
3.  I am a semi retired Store Manager of Starbucks who now works part time 20 hours a week
4.  I smoke (which is REALLY stupid)
5.  I am 15#'s overweight - this has happened due to STAMPING all the time over the last 2½ years!
6.  I have 2 puppies who are now 4 months old
7.  I am originally from Seattle, Washington and totally LOVE living in Arizona - no, I do.not miss rain :)
8.  We had a pool built at the end of last summer and about the time it was done, the weather turned so I   have only used it about 6 times!  I can't wait for the hot weather so it will get warm (it is currently 55) so I can SWIM and get off my 15#'s!!

It is my pleasure to forward this Blog Award to:

Karen Knegten - Studio at the Lake.  Her blog is fairly new, however, she puts out some gorgeous work on her blog!  She has email sign up and I highly recommend signing up!  You will not be disappointed!
Colleen Dietrich - Dietrich Designs - I have also been receiving daily emails from Colleen's blog - again, an amazing stamper, who because her work ROCKS, is the newest Team Member on the Speedy the Cat's Blog Team!
Susan Raihala - Simplicity - The most FABULOUS CAS stamper around!  I also get her blog by email - she is totally awesome with her humor and the teaching of doing the PERFECT CAS card! Because of Susan, I have fallen back in love with creating CAS cards!  Thank you Susan!
Geri Utterback - Geri's Cards - There really is only one word to describe Geri's creations; STUNNING! - I KNOW my jaw will hit the floor every time I visit her blog, to be able to color like her~~ I would be in heaven!
Roxie Glaza - Paper Scaper - Roxie is the Technique Queen.  She just inspires me to try new techniques with my cards.  I don't always do it, but she does inspire me!  She always tells you HOW she made her card -- it really is an informative blog, along with some beautiful eye candy!

Again, thanks Lisa M. for sending me this award! I really appreciate it~~

Blog Award!!

I got this awesome award from my blogger friend Karen over at Studio at the Lake.  As she said, and me too I hope this means a good attitude!  Apparently I am suppose to tell you 3 things that is different from everyone else and than I get to pass this on to 3 other blogs.  So, let's see---
1.  I work at Starbucks - I was a  Store Manager and I stepped down to part time hourly partner  when  I moved to Arizona.  I am going on my 12th year with Starbucks!
2.  We put in a swimming pool in August and I only have swam in it 5 times -[ kind of like the "semi closet" treadmill that's in my bedroom - you know the one that you hang clothes from!]
3.  I do nothing but create cards unlike you gardeners, seamstresses, cooks, exercisers - HA - I do pick up a book now and than at least!

I would love to pass this award on to the following blogs:
Cards for All Reasons - Sally's cards are just too awesome!
Geri's Cards - gosh her coloring is phenomenal - just stunning 
Simplicity - I love the fact Susan got me into CAS cards - such fun and quick creations! I look forward to her daily posts~

Thanks so much Karen  for giving me this award!!  It's really appreciated.