New Release Par-Tay! :)

My Favorite Things is having their New Release Party tonight over at Splitcoast Stampers! The fun starts at 9pm EST. Click here to get all the details from Kim's blog! I used one of the new sets to decorate this magnetic tag...

Love Machine!

I love this little guy :) He was released in 2007 as part of The Cat's Pajamas' Spring line and will be featured in a new collection of acrylic stamps being released in just 10 days! Isn't he adorable?

How is your day going? I got lots of stamping done yesterday, and today my mission is to get started on a Circle Journal for our Seasoned CJ Survivors group. I need to mail it out to Sue by the weekend :) Iain is in San Francisco for a couple of days, so I'll get some nighttime creating done too!

The kids are back at school...Jamie is thrilled to be back with his kindergarten class but Nattie would have much preferred to stay home a little longer! Ah, the joys of 5th grade...

Tagged!

I've been tagged by Janet! Here we go...

1. Name your two favorite scrapbooking topics: family and travel.
2. What are the two best places you've been to? That's a tough one, but if I have to narrow it down, I'd say Lake Wolfgang, Austria and London, England.
3. Name two things you do every day: check my e-mail and drink tea!
4. Tell us two things that everyone pretty much knows about you: I have a Scottish accent; I have 2 kiddos.
5. Two places you wish to visit: Alaska and Norway.
6. Two things you may not know about me are: I was born in England (we moved to Scotland when I was 5); I have a younger sister.
7. Two nicknames you've had at some time in your life: Toners and Bones (don't ask!).
8. Name two of your favorite drinks: Earl Grey tea and Mai Tais (not together!).
9. What are two interesting (in a good or bad way) jobs you've had in your life? Grocery store clerk (only interesting because it was my very first job!) and office temp (yeah...the filing...the filing...and more filing....).
10. The question I'm adding is...what are two things you would like to learn? Baking and knitting (two things I have tried so many times and continue to stink at them! LOL!).

Notice a theme? All the questions have "two" in them. Answer the questions, add one of your own (this tag started with 4 questions), and tag two people. Simple enough? I'm tagging Linda and Karrie. Enjoy!

Back later with a card :)

Did someone say CANDY???

Well, there are actually 2 types of candy to talk about here...the first is covered candy wrappers stamped with - yep - you guessed it - Spring stamps from The Cat's Pajamas! It turns out that the Avery labels fit perfectly on Hershey Nuggets! The ink used here is Stazon Red and Black, and ColorBox Aqua. Flowers are of course by Prima :)

And the other type of candy? BLOG CANDY! Yahoo! I'll have a set of the brand spankin' new Cowboys set to give away on Monday the 14th....so stay tuned later this week for the details on how to enter! Have a great evening!

Your teepee or mine?

I love this phrase! What fun for a Valentine's Day card, huh? Hee hee!! One of the things I like about the new Cowboys set from TCP is that there are a whole bunch of creative opportunities for guy cards! Yeah! Oh - and the patterned paper for this card and the previous card is the "Gretel" Collection by Cosmo Cricket.

I got my other Spring Flowers ATC finished this evening, so now I just have to work on 2 Valentine's ATC's. It'll be fun to break out the pink paper and create!!!

The kids and I went to see "Alvin and the Chipmunks" this afternoon. It hadn't got the best of movie reviews, but it was a little better than I had expected. The kids loved it :) One movie that we all enjoyed over the holiday season was "The Water Horse" - set in wartime Scotland and all about a version of the story of the Loch Ness Monster. An awesome family movie (although Iain and I thought some of the Scottish accents were terrible!) with beautiful scenery - it was filmed in New Zealand and Scotland.

Happy Trails!

Here you go...another card made for the sneak peek of the new stamps from The Cat's Pajamas! And the release date is...drum roll please...January 19th! Yep - mark your calendars - that's the day you'll be able to get these fantastic new stamps ordered from Alma :) And don't forget to check out the other DT members' blogs for more sneak peeks - you can see them linked over at the right-hand side of my blog!

I'll be back tomorrow with another card! Have a great evening :)

Starting to think Spring...

so I signed up for a "Spring Flowers" ATC swap. Here's my finished card.

I'm not doing too much today...at a doctor's appointment on Thursday I found out I have a sinus infection. Not exactly what I wanted to hear when I'm scheduled for surgery in just over a week, so I'm hoping these antibiotics kick the sinus infection's butt :)

Enjoy your Sunday, and stop back again tomorrow for another TCP sneak peek!!

Howdy!

Here's another little cutie from the Spring line! Alma has really outdone herself this time - what a fun set to play with! And I know a lot of us are often thinking there is a distinct lack of boy-ish stamps out there. I like the effect of the stitching on this one...

How's 2008 going for you so far? Unfortunately Jamie seems to have some kind of stomach bug, so today will be another jammie day for him. The kids don't go back to school till next Tuesday, which they are both glad about. And I think there's more snow on the way this weekend! Happy Friday!

It's that time again....

time for a sneak peek of a card made with The Cat's Pajamas' latest line of stamps! How cute are these images? A release date? Well, all we know so far is that it will be some time this month, but I will be sure to let you know as soon as I do!

I had big plans yesterday to get the tree and decorations taken down but it didn't quite turn out that way. I did, however, get almost all the laundry done from our trip, which is a feat in itself! LOL! Perhaps today for the tree....

Have a fantastic Thursday! And come back tomorrow for another peek!

We're baaack :)

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year. Warm wishes to all of you for a terrific 2008! We got back yesterday from our trip to Palm Springs - we had tons of fun! The hotel was gorgeous and the high temps were in the low 60s, which was perfect for the little day trips we had. Jamie and I went to Legoland for a day and Iain and Nattie headed to Six Flags in L.A. - rollercoasters are one of their favorite things! LOL! Jamie loved Legoland and he really enjoyed Miniland - there was a new exhibit of Las Vegas :)

Thank you for all the happy birthday wishes! That morning Iain played golf and the kids and I ate lunch by the pool, then in the afternoon I went to the spa for a few hours. Got a facial....aaaah! Bliss! Then that evening Iain and I went out for a meal together - it was great!

We also visited the Palm Springs Aerial Tram which took us up to 8,500 ft at the Mount San Jacinto State Park. It reminded us of Conifer with all the pine trees and snow-covered ground! Here's a mix of photos from the trip.

Oh - and stop by tomorrow for a sneak peek of a card made with the brand new Spring line coming from The Cat's Pajamas! You will LOVE this set!