I Can’t Get Enough of This…and March MPP Alternative

Hi Everyone!

Just a quick stop by here for me today. I’ve got several things I want to share before my husband and I are off to buy bathroom fixtures, etc for our upcoming bathroom remodel. Our home was built in 1975 and nothing has ever been done in the main bathroom. It is 40 years old and the bathroom is very dated. The toilette no longer flushes properly, the porcelain in the tub is worn so it always looks dirty, and the sink and vanity counter top are worn as well. I’ve been wanting to re-do it since we moved in 15 years ago, but I am not the type of person that is willing to go into debt to make home improvements. I believe that if I can’t save the money and pay cash for what I want done, then it won’t get done. 🙂

As the title of this post says, I CAN NOT get enough of the Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper and coordinating stamp set and framelits die (Botanical Builder Framelits & Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set). Or the colors. I LOVE all of these colors together. Using all of my current favorite things, I created this note card set with pizza-style box.

I also used the Sale-a-Bration Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum that is only available until midnight on March 31st with a $50.00 order. The neat thing is, you can bundle the designer series paper, Botanical Blooms Stamp Set and the framelits for $51.75 plus tax and S/H, and you will qualify for the vellum stack in the current Sale-a-Bration catalog. The item number for the bundle is 140819. But like I said, the vellum is only available until midnight on March 31st.

Here are some photos of each individual notecard.

And the box…

If you place an order on my online store, I will send you the instructions for the box…FREE…as well. So that would be two things FREE. Be sure to include your email with your order so I can send you the pdf and directions for the box.

As for the March Paper Pumpkin, I came up with an alternative card using some of the things that were intended for the gift card holders. I don’t usually give gift cards unless it’s Christmas, but I need a lot of birthday cards lately, because I have taken the #imbringingbirthdaysback challenge. Here it is!

Hope you enjoyed your visit here today. Until next time…

Happy Stamping!

Watercolor Thank You Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$9.00

Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set

$17.00

Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

$33.00

Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Bundle

$51.75

Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Kraft 12″ X 12″ Cardstock

$6.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$7.00

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$7.00

Hello Honey 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$7.00

Cajun Craze 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$7.00

Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$7.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

$7.00

Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack

$0.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

$17.00

White Stazon Pad And Refill

$12.00

Stazon Cleaner

$5.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

$6.50

Big Shot

$110.00

Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes

$6.00

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My “Head” Friend

Admit it. We all have head friends or friends that exist only in our heads. (Don’t deny it. You know it’s true!) It might be a famous movie star or sports figure; heck, it could be anybody. The thing is nobody knows we are friends…not even the person with which we say we are friends. But, we have regular visits with this friend on a regular basis…in our heads.

My “head” friend is Ed O’ Neil. You know, he plays the role of Jay Pritchet on the popular television show Modern Family. Ed and I go way back! We go all the way back to when I was in college the first time about 100 years ago. We were in the play Private Lives by the play write Noel Coward. Of course, he had a major role and mine was minor, but that is where our long-term friendship began. It was sometime in the late 1970’s when we first met at the Youngstown Playhouse in Youngstown, Ohio.

In my head, Ed and I are friends. We are friends because I always tell people that I know him. I tell people that Ed and I were in that play together a million years ago. He also attended the same university as I attended.

And, to add a little credibility to my story I always add, “And I still have the play program too!”

The show keeps Ed busy these days, so we don’t manage to get together very often. Heck, we don’t get together at all. I am sure that in the “real world” he doesn’t even remember who I am. Then I think, “Why wouldn’t he remember? Would he forget that he had a lead role in that play before he was famous?” So in my head, he remembers.

However, if he did remember, and we did manage to get together with our families, I would treat him as if I would treat any family member I had not seen in a while. I would invite him into my home and prepare him one of the best Italian dinners he has ever had!

My husband says that if Ed comes to dinner, he wants Sophia Vergara to come with him. I guess she is my husband’s head friend. 🙂

Next time I will write about my other “head” friend, Oprah Winfrey.

Today’s card is a Thank You card that I made using the Watercolor Thank You stamp set. I am liking the look of vellum on cards these days! It might be difficult for you to see, but I stamped onto the card stock in Whisper White craft ink using one of the Gorgeous Grunge stamps before I added the vellum. The thank you sentiment is heat embossed with white embossing powder.