I hope that everyone is doing well. It has been so much fun participating in different swaps and receiving some very cool RAKs.
I have signed up for some ATC swaps throught stamp-shack.com. It's an awesome sight with great ideas and has many swaps that you could sign up for. For the past few month I signed up for probably more than should have. It has kept me busy after the kids have fallen asleep. Benson has often help me cut the cardstock for the ATCs and have even helped me stamp some of the images. It's like old times again before the kids were born. We would spend hours stamping together and chatting away.
Here are some of the ATCs that I have made.
I sign up each month with a gal from Hawaii named Teri where she assigns each person that signs up a person to send a card to. I was asked to send a card to a wonderful gal that lives in Maui named Kris in Aug. We clicked immediately as soon as we started e-mailing each other. We have so much in common both in the area of crafting and in our personal lives. I never knew I had a twin. :) Thanks again Teri for pairing Kris and I up last month.
Here is the card that I made for her. I made it in using her favorite colors and punching out cherry blossoms to put on the card since that is her favorite flower.
She made this awesome card for me. Look at all the detail that she put into making the card. She used my favorite colors on the card as well as stamps from one of my favorite Asian stamp companies, Mari and Me. Thanks again Chris for such an awesome card. I love it!
I met a wonderful lady named Cary from a friend from church that is even more crazy about stamping than I am. I thought I had lots of stamps until she showed me her collection in her garage. Every month we have been trading cards. Here are the first two cards that she sent to me. Thanks Cary for the great cards. It's been fun getting to know you better. I took pictures of the cards that I made for her but for some reason am not able to find them. I will share them as soon as I do.
Back in July, one of my good friends, Susanna, from church surprised me with this beautiful card where she colored the image with chalk. She included a gift for In and Out and a very touching note in the card. This month she surprised me with a Tokidoki phone zipper and mint tin. She knows how much I like Tokidoki so it definitely brightened up my day when I received the gifts from her. Susanna and her hubby are always so sweet and generous always surprising us with different things. They often give us delicious salads and pastries from Paneras. There generosity and friendship is such a blessing to us.
This is a RAK of kindness that I received from Grace from Hawaii. She was my RAK partner for June. (This is being posted so late because she was not able to mail them to me until Aug. She has gone back to school so it has been extra hectic for her.) She was much too generous in sending me all these goodies.
There are a few things that I have made to send as RAK to some friends, but I will wait a to share them with all of you. I don't want to ruin the surprise for the people that I am sending the RAK to. Thanks for taking time to visit. Please visit again soon.
Here is the card that I made for her. I made it in using her favorite colors and punching out cherry blossoms to put on the card since that is her favorite flower.She made this awesome card for me. Look at all the detail that she put into making the card. She used my favorite colors on the card as well as stamps from one of my favorite Asian stamp companies, Mari and Me. Thanks again Chris for such an awesome card. I love it!I met a wonderful lady named Cary from a friend from church that is even more crazy about stamping than I am. I thought I had lots of stamps until she showed me her collection in her garage. Every month we have been trading cards. Here are the first two cards that she sent to me. Thanks Cary for the great cards. It's been fun getting to know you better. I took pictures of the cards that I made for her but for some reason am not able to find them. I will share them as soon as I do.Back in July, one of my good friends, Susanna, from church surprised me with this beautiful card where she colored the image with chalk. She included a gift for In and Out and a very touching note in the card. This month she surprised me with a Tokidoki phone zipper and mint tin. She knows how much I like Tokidoki so it definitely brightened up my day when I received the gifts from her. Susanna and her hubby are always so sweet and generous always surprising us with different things. They often give us delicious salads and pastries from Paneras. There generosity and friendship is such a blessing to us.This is a RAK of kindness that I received from Grace from Hawaii. She was my RAK partner for June. (This is being posted so late because she was not able to mail them to me until Aug. She has gone back to school so it has been extra hectic for her.) She was much too generous in sending me all these goodies.There are a few things that I have made to send as RAK to some friends, but I will wait a to share them with all of you. I don't want to ruin the surprise for the people that I am sending the RAK to. Thanks for taking time to visit. Please visit again soon.
