Kisses From My Stampin’ Sisters

Everyone really outdid herself tonight at our project challenge!  I mean, REALLY!!!  The cards and projects were absolutely awesome.  The challenge was to use “kisses” somehow… anyhow… whichever way you wanted.

We ended up with a cute triangle-shaped box with three chocolate kiss candies; a “goody” bag filled with chocolates; a kiss bookmark (how unique!); three totally different styles of Valentine’s cards; a “slider” card; and a card featuring actual lipstick kisses that were heat-embossed with clear embossing powder (who would have thought THAT would work?!?).

Jodie's Card

Jodie didn’t have a kiss stamp, but she had lips and some lipstick that her mom had quit using.  She kissed a sheet of paper, sprinkled on some clear embossing powder, heated it, and it worked!  She also used the lipstick to write the X’s and O’s and heat-emossed them too.  Talk about thinking outside the box!

We had a great time learning how to make super-easy slider cards, and used up some scraps left over from last year’s Valentine’s cards.  And, of course, we had a great time just laughing and spending an evening together as friends who enjoy stamping and paper-crafting and each others company.  Another one of life’s blessings!

Rain, Rain, Go Away…?

Just a quick thought… I often hear the saying, “Every cloud has a silver lining.”  I suppose that’s true, but I’d need to get inside the cloud (which, on this rainy day, is hovering pretty low) in order to see that lining.

So… in my mind, I’m imagining myself up there, in the clouds — above everything and everyone that’s trying extra hard today to keep me stuck in the grayness of this gloomy day.

Even though it’s not a very pretty day, I am blessed because I work with a great bunch of people who seem to be on their best behavior today.  I am blessed because I have a job to come to that I truly enjoy.  I am blessed because I have everything I need.  For all of this, for today at least,  I am thankful, and will keep my heart in the clouds.