No Time To Stamp?

Today I have a Vintage Valentine Kit to show you that I put together using a product I have long loved — Cotton Scraps by Crafty Secrets.  Unfortunately, these Cotton Scraps are no longer being manufactured, so when they are gone, they’re gone.  They were a produt that I’ve used over and over and over again over the years and how I wish they were still available.  My supply is limted, and once sold out there will be no more of this kit.

First let me show you a card I made this morning using the Vintage Valentine Kit contents:

This card is 6.5″ x 4.75″, made that size so it fits perfectly into an A6 Clear Box.  This card has a fair bit of dimension, so inserting it into the Clear Box protects it, makes a wonderful presentation and is also mailable.  There is just something about giving someone a card in a Clear Box.  They  just love it and it always evokes a lot of WOW’s!

All designer paper used is from the Blush 6×6 pad by My Minds Eye.

All coordinates to the Blush pad can be seen here.

MME makes a lot of pads great for vintage themes and they can all be seen here.

My Cotton Scrap image was cut with pinking shears and it’s hard to see, but it is layered catty-wampus style onto 2 other sheets of designer paper.

The bow is of the 1/2″ Wrinkled Ribbon, adorned with Fairytale Roses.

The bow was made on the Original Bow Easy.

When I made my bow, I left long tails and then just twined them around until they looked right, adhering in inconspicuous spots with glue dots.

3D Foam Squares were used for elevation.

The valentine sentiment is included in the Happy Everything Tag Making Kit by JustRite (currently on sale).  It’s an all-inclusive kit with a large variety of sentiments, the clear stampers and dies.  It’s one of those sets I use over and over.  The other Mini Sentiments made to coordinate can be seen here.

My sentiment was stamped onto a 1/2″ strip of paper and the ends were hand cut with scissors.

Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink was used.

These are the Sheer Rosettes – love the fun vintage/glamorous touch they add.  They are adhered with Scor Tape and there is a strip of 5/8″ Crochet Lace peeking out of the top.

Stamp Simply Vintage Valentine Kit

This Vintage Valentine Kit contains:

1 Romance Cotton Scrap by Crafty Secrets (8 1/2″ x 11″)

1/2 yard Sheer Rosettes by May Arts (Burgundy)

2 yards 1.25″ Silk Ribbon by May Arts (Burgundy)

5 yards 1/2″ Wrinkled Ribbon by May Arts (Burgundy)

2 yards 5/8 Crochet Lace by May Arts (Ivory)

1 package Fairytale Roses by Prima (French White)

1 package Rhinestones by Kaisercraft (Lippy Red)

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Other Cotton Scraps in stock can be seen here.

All items are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

Thanks so much for stopping in today.

I’m off for a much needed haircut later today and a huge grocery shopping — Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboards are bare!

Have a wonderful day — see you real soon!

Before we begin, would you please all join me in sending HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES to my dearest friend, Deb, who is far, far away in Tajikistan.  She is hopping with us today, so you can catch her on the hop or you can scoot over there right away if you wish – you can find her here.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEB!

May God Bless You with all the desires of your heart!

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Welcome to another Saturday of Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.  Today we are all using Sheer Ribbon.  I’ve had a long love affair with sheer ribbon.  Years back I couldn’t make a card without adding some beautiful, sheer ribbon.  Well, what happened?  I think all the goregous ribbons available today have allowed me to put my beloved sheer ribbon on the back burner — how sad.  Well today sheer is holding center stage — and deservedly so!

Here’s my project for today, each card using some type of sheer ribbon.

I made a trio of cards, all different, but all using the NEW Sunday Picnic collection by Webster’s Pages.

You can see it all in the store here, OR

you can see larger photos on my blog post of yesterday.

All 3 of today’s card are made 6.5″ x 4.75″.  I like that size as they fit perfectly into an A6 Clear Box, both for safe keeping, presentation and mailing.  Additionally, making the cards a bit larger like this allows me to use more of the gorgeous sheets of paper as I have to cut off less, and that’s a good thing!

The paper used on all all cards is Sunday Picnic & Everyday Poetry by Webster’s Pages.

The colored cardstock on this card is SU Blush Blossom.

The cameo, bird and button are from the Sunday Picnic Perfect Accents package.

I did not stamp a sentiment on this, but rather cut a piece of the designer paper — after all, it’s filled with beautiful words of Everyday Poetry!

I used the Nested Lacey Pennants dies to cut my sentiment.

I used 3/8″ Dotted Sheer for my bow in white.  I love the texture that the dots add.

The bow was made on the Original Bow Easy.

The white lace and orange-ish trim are from the Sunday Picnic Trim Card.

I LOVE that white lace.  It is wide and stretchy — very soft — like lingerie elastic — super easy to work with.  To make the ruffles I just ran Scor Tape across the panel front and placed my lace down, hand pleating as I went, using my finger as a measurement to get my pleats even.

I then placed another length of Scor Tape on TOP of my pleats and ran the orange-ish trim on top.  Super quick and easy.  Oopps, actually the paper is on TOP of the pleats, then the orange-ish trim is on top of the paper.

The colored cardstock here is SU Pink Pirouette.

The white lace pleats were done exactly as described above, but on this card I used scrunched up 5/8″ Sheer Loop (that’s the pink).  I LOVE this stuff — so fun.  I’ll describe what I did down further as I show a picture of this ribbon.  It’s SO pretty and girlie looking!

Miss you is from a NEW cling relese by JustRite — Your Special Day Medallion Labels.

The die cut is done with Spellbinders Postage Stamp dies.

Again, the bird is from Sunday Picnic Perfect Accents.

I used 3D Foam Squares for elevation — there are 2 sizes in each package and the tops peel off easily — gotta love that!

The corner die cut is a Cuttlebug die – Vintage Dies.

To easily adhere those small corner flourishes, I run them through my Xyron X — it instantly turns them into a sticker so it’s just a matter of pressing them on — love that!

Ink used is VersaFine Onyx Black.

OK, here’s a closer look at the scrunched up 5/8″ Sheer Loop.  Again, I’ll discuss this below.

The following card uses this same 5/8″ Sheer Loop, but not scrunched.  It was used just as it comes off the spool.

The colored cardstock is SU – an older gray-blue — I’m having a senior moment!

I again used the Cuttlebug Vintage Die in the upper corner.  It’s been a long-time favortie of mine.

I also used another bird in the package of Sunday Picnic Perfect Accents.

OK, see the Sheer Loop?  That’s how it comes off the spool.  I just adhered it with Scor Tape.

There’s a layer of 5/8″ Crochet Lace peeking out from under the blue striped paper.

The bow is made from 1/4″ Silk Ribbon and Fairytale Roses sit atop the bow.

Once again, the sentiment is from a JustRite NEW cling release — Your Special Day Medallion Labels.

And once all 3 cards were done, each was slipped into its own A6 Clear Box.  And since this will be a gift, I took another form of sheer ribbon, 6″ Tulle, and used it to wrap my 3 boxes together — super easy to do with a big impact.

Then I made a quick tag using another sentiment from the same JustRite Set — Your Special Day Medallion Labels.

I used the Charm Dies made by Spellbinders for JustRite to cut and hang my tag.

To coordinate my packaging with the top card that shows through, I used 1/4″ Silk Ribbon in Ivory to hang my tag and Fairytale Roses to finish it off.

And here’s a view of those boxes from the side, all tied together with the 6″ Tulle.

Now I’ll talk about the Sheer Loop Trim.  I’m showing it to you in black only because it’s easier to see.  It is available in many colors.  This is how it comes and it’s fun to use as is.  But if you want that scrunchy look like I did with the pink sheer loop all you have to do is pull a string and it scrunches up easily — once you find the right string — LOL.  You can kind of untwine the center threads and one of them is the right one — it’s just a matter of trial and error.  Also, if that doesn’t work for you, then you can just pull one of the sheer ribbons that makes the loops — that’ll do it as well.  It’s just a matter of experimenting a bit until you find which way you prefer.  I have done it both ways.  You can see all colors available here.

And that’ll do it for this project.

All product in stock by Webster’s Pages can be seen here.  Much of it is at reduced pricing.

All items used are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked.

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Blog Candy

This is the blog candy offering this week.  Yes, I have another set of Lace Borders by JustRite to include — compliments of JustRite as the result of a shipping error.  Their mistake — our gain!!!  Thank you, JustRite!

Also included are 6 spools of May Arts Ribbon — 3 yards per spool — they include 3 types of sheer, suede, satin and wired pearls!  FUN stuff!

This is a Mystery Blog Candy, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, January 24 and will be posted here on my blog on Wednesday.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

Good luck!

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Now, if you are still with me after this long post — hop on over to these blogs for some FABULOUS INSPIRATION:

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store (you are here)

Barb Schram

Holly McMillen

Deb Saaranen

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Thank you SO much for joining us today!  We appreciate your visits and comments more than you know and it is always our hope that you leave with just a bit of inspiration and desire to sit down and create!  It does a body good!

Have a wonderful weekend — we have it VERY cold, but not much snow at all.

Thanks for coming — see you real soon!

Just a quick post to announce the winner of the Lace Borders cling stamp set by JustRite.  Random.org chose #46 who is:

Kathy Martinsen

And here’s what Kathy had to say:

“What beautiful lacey stamps……wonderful accent on our cards. I would love to win these!”

Congratulations, Kathy, and thanks to all who played along!

Kathy, please email me with your mailing address — ssj@up.net.

And thanks to JustRite for the donated set.

Please join us tomorrow for some Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.

Hope to see you then!

Have a wonderful evening.

It’s truly a love affair — Webster’s Pages and me.  What can I say!  Whenever I get a delivery of new product by Webster’s Pages it’s one of those “Oh, be still my heart!” moments.  I just want to look, and touch, and let my imagination run with ideas of what I’d like to do with such gorgeous beauties in my hands.

My Webster’s Pages shipment of the brand new Sunday Picnic collection arrived today, so I’ve been looking, and touching, and dreaming!  Take a peek at what came in:

Sunday Picnic & Everyday Poetry 6×6 Pad

Sunday Picnic Trim Card

Fabric Flower Bloomers W12

Sunday Picnic Fabric Tickets

Sunday Picnic Dazzle Me Gems

Sunday Picnic Mini Princess Petals

Sunday Picnic Perfect Accents

So how is that for a whole lot of gorgeousness!

The entire Sunday Picnic collection can be seen all together here.

All items are available for immediate shipment at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

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So now I’m off to spend some time with Webster on a picnic — even if it isn’t Sunday!

I’ll be back on Saturday morning with samples using some of these goodies.  That’ll be our weekly Ribbon Inspiration hop, so I hope you can join us.

Thanks for stopping in today and I’ll see you real soon.

Much to cover again — first let’s announce the winner from this past week’s Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style hop.  The winner was chosen this week from Holly’s blog, and the random number generator selected:

Betty Neville

Huge congrats! to you, Betty.  Please email me at ssj@up.net to claim your prize — which is this ribbon sampler:

May Arts Ribbon Sampler – Vintage Brown created at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

All Ribbon Samplers can be seen here.

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Next, how about some MORE Blog Candy.  This is compliments of JustRite.  Actually, there was a shipping error and I ended up with some things I shouldn’t have, so rather than return them JustRite was kind enough to allow me to give them away as Blog Candy.

This cling set, Lace Borders, is the set up for grabs today.  Just leave a comment and a winner will be drawn at 6 p.m. on Friday, 1/20, and posted here sometime thereafter.

Plus here’s a BONUS BLOG CANDY.  IF the winner selected is ALSO a follower of The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store on Facebook, then I’ll throw in a bonus package of ribbon for you!  You can find The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store on Facebook here.  So LIKE us there if you haven’t already and it means a bonus pack of ribbon if you are the winner!

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Unfortunately, I needed another sympathy card this week, this time for another unexpected death of a very vibrant, kind and giving woman from our church in her 60′s.  A total shock to us all.  I still can’t believe it.

This card fits perfectly into an A6 Clear Box, which is how I’ll bring it to the funeral.  I made it 6.5″ x 4.75″ to fit pefectly into the A6 Clear Box.

Paper:  Kaisercraft Chanteuse

Stamp: With Sympathy by JustRite (used inside and out)

Dies:  Nested Oval Medallion Label Dies by Spellbinders for JustRite (made to coordinate with the stamp set used today)

The corner die:  Vintage Dies by Cuttlebug

Ink:  Versa Fine Onyx Black

Ribbon:  1.25″ Silk Ribbon in Taupe

Bow made on:  Original Bow Easy

Roses:  Prima Fairytale Roses in Orchid

Elevation:  3D Foam Squres

And here’s the inside, again using another sentiment from With Sympathy by JustRite.

All items used are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

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And how about some beautiful inspiration today:

Check out Holly’s darling Chest of Drawers here.

Check out Barb’s sweet baby card here.

The  stamp Barb used has sold out.  If you are interested in one when the next order arrives, please email me at ssj@up.net and I’ll contact you when it arrives.

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Thank you so much for joining us today — MUCH appreciated.

We’ll be back on Saturday (if not before) with our weekly Ribbon Inspiration hop.

Hope to see you then — have a great end of the week!

Welcome to our Saturday Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style challenge.  Today the design team felt they needed more thank you cards, so we decided to create thank you cards with a twist.  We were each to make 2 cards essentially the same, but one being clean and simple while the other one was more decked out.  It’s been fun to see what the girls came up.

Here’s my project for today, but I must say, if anyone is going to break the rules, its always got to be me — so sorry — I kept to the challenge idea, I just didn’t do thank you cards — but I’m happy with them, and that’s what counts!  Take a look:

The card on the left is, of course, the decked out card.  It is a 5.5″ square card that I’ll keep and present in a 5.5″ Square Clear Box.  The more clean and simple card on the right is a standard A2 at 4.25″ x 5.5″.

I like them both.  The paper is so pretty you can get away with a simple card and still have it look so pretty.

The paper used is Prima’s Pixie Glen, a 6×6 pad.

All coordinates to the Pixie Glen Collection can be seen here.

This card could be used for any number of occasions — a general purpose pick me up card, a Valentine, anniversary or birthday card, or even a sympathy card.  Well, if you guessed it, the sentiment did come from a sympathy set — LOVE the versatility it lends the set.  It is JustRite’s newest sympathy set — With Sympathy — a large clear set from the brand new release that is in stock and shipping.

Ink used is Versa Fine Onyx Black.

And I used JustRite’s brand new dies that coordinate with not only this set but many others in the current release.  The die set, called Nested Oval Medallion Labels, is made by Spellbinders for JustRite.  It, too, is in stock and shipping.

See all the JustRite current releases here.

Please Note: Several more of the JustRite January releases arrived last night and are now listed in the store, ready for immediate shipment.  Refer to link above.

For my decked out card I used several layers of 3D Foam Squares to elevate my sentiment, 1.25″ Silk Ribbon in champagne and Prima Fairytale Roses from the Coral package.

The bow is made with the original Bow Easy.

And here’s the clean and simple version.  I omitted the ribbon and in its place I inserted a narrow strip of paper (that I refer to as a piping strip) to lend some interest and set off the two patterns.  I also only elevated one layer of the sentiment on this simpler version.  Additionally, rather than making a layered/matted front I merely covered the entire front with designer paper, something I rely on often — I not only like the look but it is super quick to do.

The cardstock colors used are SU Very Vanilla and Blush Blossom.

And here’s my decked out version again, in its 5.5″ Square Clear Box, ready to be given.  I really like the 5.5″ size box as it’s so easy to make a card to fit perfectly using a standard 8.5 x 11″ sheet of cardstock.

All items used are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

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Blog Candy

May Arts Ribbon Sampler – Vintage Brown

This ribbon sampler, created at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, contains 25 yards of rich and luxurious ribbon by May Arts in colors ranging from deep, rich chocolate to creamy vanilla.  One yard of each of the 25 ribbons shown is included in the Vintage Brown  Ribbon Sampler.

Check out yesterday’s post for links to each individual ribbon shown.  All ribbons are available for purchase individually in larger quantities as well.

This is a Mystery Blog Candy, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, January 17 and will be posted here on my blog on Wednesday.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

Good luck!

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Now enjoy your hop as you check out the fabulous projects from the Stamp Simply designers below:

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store (you are here)

Deb Saaranen

Holly McMillen

Michelle Woerner

Barb Schram

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Thank you so much for joining our hop today!  We love having you and hearing from you — MANY thanks!

Have a wonderful week ahead!

Today I have a NEW ribbon sampler to show you — I actually have two views of the same sampler:

Both photos show the NEW sampler created at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:

May Arts Ribbon Sampler – Vintage Brown

This Vintage Brown Sampler contains 25 yards of rich, luxurious, quality ribbon by May Arts. You will receive 1 yard of each of the 25 ribbons shown in the photo.

The Vintage Brown Sampler can be found in the store here.

Here is a list of all the ribbon included, which can be ordered individually in larger quantities as well.

1.5″ Satin Pleats – Brown, Ivory

5/8″ Satin Pleats – Brown, Ivory

3/4″ Velvet – Brown, Antique Gold

1.5″ Crochet Lace – Brown, Ivory

3/8″ Velvet – Brown, Antique Gold

3/8″ Velvet Zig Zag – Natural

5/8″ Sheer Loop Trim – Brown, Ivory

1.5″ Crochet Lace w/ Velvet – Brown

1″ Vintage Lace w/ Velvet – Antique Gold

1.5″ Silky Crushed Ribbon – Brown, Champagne

5/8″ Crochet Lace – Brown, Ivory

7/8″ Crochet Lace – Ivory

5/8″ Scallop Satin – Brown, Ivory

1/8″ Velvet – Brown, Antique Gold, Ivory

All ribbon shown available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

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All Ribbon Samplers in stock can be seen here.

All Stamp Simply Embellishment Kits in stock can be seen here.

All Stamp Simply Complete Papercrafting Kits can be seen here.

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Thank you, once again, for checking in!

I’ll be back tomorrow with our weekly Saturday Ribbon Inspiration Challenge.  Lots to do before then so I must run.

The Stamp Simply Design Team and I all hope to see you tomorrow.

Have a wonderful day!

– the MOST adorable altered wood letters that Barb did for one of her granddaughters.  I’ll just give you a peek and you can go over to Barb’s Blog to see the full name spelled (and decorated) out:

Having problems with the link to Barb’s blog — if the above doesn’t work – try this:

http://barbschram.blogspot.com/

Barb used Kaisercraft paper – Chanteuse – with Silk Ribbon and Avon Roses by Prima.

What I’d like to show you today is the butterfly Barb used.  It adds so much to her project.  These butterflies are by Prima and are just exquisite!  You can see all the Prima Butterfly Kisses in the store here, but I’ll post photos below as well with links to the full collections in stock which include coordinating paper and flowers galore!

From the Fairy Collection - Butterfly Kiss, Sugar Blooms,  Trinket Flowers

From the Botanical Collection

From the Sparkling Collection

From the Reflections Collection

From the Moulin Rouge Collection

From the Madeline Collection

From the Melody Collection

All items linked above are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Thank you for that gorgeous project, Barb!

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And thank YOU for stopping in today.

Enjoy your week.

Be back real soon!

Today I have a clean and simple masculine sympathy card, but first let’s announce the winner from last Saturday’s Ribbon Inspiration challenge.  We worked with a Valentine theme and this is what was up for grabs:

Vintage Pink Ribbon Sampler

And our winner this week was chosen from Deb’s Blog.  The winner selected by a random number generator was:

Donna

You can check out Deb’s Blog and you’ll be sure to be delighted by Deb’s new Valentine creation for today.

Donna, please email me at ssj@up.net to claim your prize.

Thanks to Donna and everyone else who played along.  We love having you visit our Ribbon Inspiration Hops and leaving your commnets.  Thanks to all!

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I have a quick and easy, clean and simple, masculine themed sympathy card to show you today.  I made this card about 2 weeks ago.  Again, my boys requested that it be as plain as possible and totally flat — so it is!

This card uses 3 different sentiments from the new With Sympathy set by JustRite, a large clear set filled with appropriate sentiments and images for sympathy cards.  I used two on the card front and one inside.  This is very plain and flat (as requested).  I used a piece of designer paper from a Christmas pad I had opened, and I didn’t write it down and can no longer remember where it came from — sorry — but it’s just a darkish burgundy subtle print.  I used Burlap String in burgundy to add a bit of texture.  I simply placed a 1/4″ strip of Scor Tape across the card front and then wrapped my string around the card.  With the Scor Tape it sticks tight on the front — very easy.

And here’s the card inside using another sentiment from JustRite’s With Smpathy, a clear set.

All items used are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

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Store News

All the new January currently released JustRite sets are in stock and shipping.

You can also see those JustRite sets one post down.

Baker’s Twine is now available in Peppermint – a gorgeous twist of red, pink and white!

See all Baker’s Twine here, as well as Valentine treat bags.

Christmas items remain on sale. Stock up for next year at fabulous savings.

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Thank you so much for stopping in today.

Have a wonderful week and we’ll see you real soon!

Just a quick post tonight to let you know that the first release of new JustRite stamps are in stock and shipping.  Here they are:

Always and Forever Medallion Labels

Warm and Cozy Medallion Labels

Starburst Medallion Labels

Your Special Day Medallion Labels

Sea Shell Bay Labels Twenty Two

Shabby Music Background Stamp {LOVE this!}

Just Keep Calm (HOW totally FUN!)

With Sympathy (I’ve always had a soft spot for Sympathy sets and can’t wait to  create with this one!)

I would like to direct you to the JustRite Blog to be inspired by all the samples from the very talented JustRite team using the above stamps.

I have these stamps in stock and ready to ship.

The remaining JustRite releases and dies will be available later in the month and once they are available they will be listed here for immediate shipment to you.

These stamps are all available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.  My apologies for such tight spacing on those links.  My blog is NOT cooperating tonight — sometimes you just have to let it go and move on — LOL!

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Thanks much for stopping in.

I’ll try to get a sample card up tomorrow — oh, how I WISH I had more creative time!

Have a wonderful week — see you real soon!