Clean and Simple

Good morning from rainy Northern California! Will it ever be warm again? Today I am taking a class to the county fair... its going to be wet! Anyhow on to the cards.... I had to make about 30 thank yous recently so I knew I had to keep it simple. I used a card kit that I got at my LSS stamp sale... guess how much (for 10 cards!!)? 1 dollar! Yes 1 dollar! It came with window cards, coordinating colored paper with the hole punched out, and envies. I also picked up this bird stamp. It was in a little set by My Sentiments Exactly. It too cost 1 dollar! What a steal! So I stamped the bird on the inside. I also stamped thank you underneath but its not visible in the pictures. Last I added some embellies. The top picture has a flower by Petal loo. The bottom has button and twine from PTI.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a good one!

Cheap Thrills

I saw a pack of these little white tags at walmart (I never shop there but I was on a mission looking for something else). Anyway I saw they were like a buck for 100 so they came home with me. As you can see in the first photo they start out plain white. But just look what you can do in just minutes! So easy and fun. If you only have 10 minutes of crafting time consider making some cute little tags. I used PTI stamps (mixed messages and boxes, bags, and tags) and PTI ink.

I Love a Bargain

Hi there! I love to bargain shop. One of my favorite haunts is BigLots. I love it because you never know what you are going to find. Somedays there is nothing but other times you hit the jackpot! On one of my recent visits I found these great little clear flowers from Making Memories. They are part of the Garden Party collection. They are self adhesive and I scored 56 of them for a dollar! Yes, a buck. Regular price $3.99... so there a few seasons old, I don't care- they're awesome! Anyhow on to the rest of the card. I started with PTI plum pudding cardstock. I stamped it with versamark using Waltzingmouse stamps Off Beat Backgrounds; polka dot stamp. Next I cut a spring moss mat from a scrap. I stamped it with a sentiment, ground, and flower stems from Everyday Button Bits (PTI). I added my clear flowers, dew drops, and plum pudding buttons. Then I added some plum pudding swiss dot ribbon. I have a couple more cards following this same theme that I will put up later this week. Thanks for stopping in!

More Issues...

Did you know that today Bath and Body is having their big clearance sale?  They are changing bottles again so everything is out the door.   I am embarrassed to say how much soap, shower gel, and bubble bath I now own.   It's shocking how much I can over do it!  Which, incidentally, is why I titled the post, More Issues!   I am saving money though... I probably won't set foot in Bath and Body again for another 6 months or so.  I bought 6 of the antibacterial soap... on sale for only $3!  I bought uh.. um.. 6 (yes six... ) bottles of bubble bath.  I was out, I needed more!  Plus most of it was only $3.  I bought a whole bunch of those little sample bottles... normally they are 3.50 but today it was only $1!  How awesome is that?  Those will make some great little gifts.  I also bought two things of lotion, normally I hate lotion but I have noticed my skin is really dry... could be age.... or it could be my diabetes.   Either way lizard skin is not something I want to have.   I also bought some matching products (shower gel, bubble bath, and lotion) for my friend's birthday.  The grand total was 68$!!!  YIKES but lucky me, I had a gift card so we were down to an easily manageable 40 bucks by the time I left.  Now I am sitting here thinking maybe I should have bought more shower gel, maybe I should have got those cute little lip-glosses?   Lucky for my bank account I won't be leaving the house anytime soon.