My New Love - Reading

For almost my entire life reading was not something I enjoyed doing. In fact, I avoided it like the plague. I found no enjoyment is doing it and for the life of me couldn't figure out why anyone would spend hours with a "book". Well, some of my friends talked me into reading for enjoyment. At first I was skeptical that I would be up to the challenge, but after finishing a wonderful Christian novel by Lori Wick, Sophie's Heart, I realized I could enjoy reading. I moved on to The Shack which really made me think about a lot of things and now I'm reading Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. I know many of you will find this hard to believe, but if given the choice to stamp or read, lately I've chosen to read.
I joined a Shefari.com group that includes some of my dear friends, Becky, Kelly, Tina, & Jeana. And I've meet and gotten to know better a couple of other friends, Nicole & Natalie. We had our first get together at Cuppies & Joe to discuss books we've read and would recommend to others to read. Cuppies & Joe is a real fun place to just hang out and talk with a cup of coffee and a cupcake. When we arrived at Cuppies & Joe we all met in the parking lot and this one lady looked so stinkin' familiar. I said to her..."you look so familiar". Well guess what, she works at Chesapeake Energy too and we mentor at a local elementary school together.
I had the best time and am so looking forward to our next get together. I think we are going to the Melting Pot next month for desert fondu...yummy!!!!

I'M BACK!!!!!

It's been FOREVER since I blogged.  To all of my friends and followers I'm sorry that I've been away for so long.  My Dell laptop has been very sick and barely functional.  I was so tired of it taking forever just to open Internet Explorer that I gave up.  

WELL....my Valentine gave me the second best Valentine gift I've ever received..a new laptop.  But not just any laptop...a Mac Book!!!!  I am so converted to the Mac.  It's so much easier and I have lots of fun tools to play with to enhance my blog and start working on Alyssa's blog set up.  Woo Hoo!!!  I'm so excited.  

I will post the pictures from this month's stamp club projects later today. 

Happy Stampin' Valentine's Day!!!

Pam

Birthday Card Contest WINNERS!!!!

I want to thank EVERYONE who mailed me a birthday card. It was so FUN to come home and open the mail box each day to see what the postal worker delivered. I received 7 cards on my actual birthday....WOW...I have some pretty amazing friends.

So...who won the contest. I received 16 cards. I layed them all out on the kitchen table and Charlie, Alyssa, Michael, and Miranda took turns viewing the cards and picked the following cards as winners.

BECKY BENTON

KELLY THOMPSON

Each one of these ladies will receive a $50 gift certificate to go shopping the the Stampin' Up! catalog.

Again, thank you to all of you who were so kind and sent me a birthday card. I don't want you to think you are going away empty handed. So....I've decided to give everyone that participated a roll of 1/4" grosgrain ribbon color of your choice.

I will scan all of the cards that I received and post them tomorrow evening.

Take care & happy stamping!!!!

Pam :-)

Birthday Card Contest

It's hard to believe my birthday is only 3 days away. Don't forget about my Birthday Card contest. Send me a birthday card and my husband, son & daughter will pick their favorite card. The winner or winners will receive a $50 SU gift certificate from me. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!" It was brought to my attention that Tuesday is a Federal Holiday for Veteran's Day, so I've extended the deadline to Thursday, November 13th for the cards to arrive. I've received two cards so far and they are both BEAUTIFUL. It's not to late to get that card in the mail to me. The cards must be made with all Stampin' Up! products (retired is ok). Email me if you need my address.

Pam :-}

October Christmas Card Stamp A Stack

Ok...I know I'm a little late posting these pictures. These are the cards that we made at the October Christmas Card Stamp A Stack. We had 7 stampers sign up and we had a total blast. It was a bad weekend as it was the Saturday of Fall Break and many of my stampin buddies had other plans. I have one more Christmas Card Stamp A Stack planned for November (11/22). If you would like to come please email me to RSVP. You will get to make 2 each of 4 designs. The cost of the Stamp A Stack is a $25 product order (before tax & shipping). Hope to see you there!!!

Pam ;-}

OKC Thunder win FIRST home game!!!

We attended tonights OKC Thunder verses the Minnesota Timberwolves at the OKC Ford Center. Alyssa took on of her girlfriend Aspen and we all had a great time. The girls, and me of course, cheered the Thunder on to their first victory in the Ford Center. We ate dinner before the game at the old Ice House (not sure what it's called now), went to the Thunder retail store and picked up a t-shirt for each of the girls and a set of pom poms each. We then made our way to our seats that were courtesy of Chesapeake Energy in section 119. Our seats were GREAT and we could see the entire court. The game was fun and exciting. The girls made up their own pom pom cheer for defense. We were on our feet the last few minutes of the game as it was definately a nail bitter. It such a good feeling to have our own NBA team in OKC. We love supporting our teams and OKC proved that we were worthy of an NBA franchise when the Hornets spent a couple of years here until they had to move back to New Orleans. Can't wait for the next game I get tickets to.

GO OKC THUNDER!!!!

Pam :-}

Week 5 of McFarlin's Academy

It's hard to believe McFarlin's Academy is over. Five weeks of stamping every Wednesday night. Each week we made at least 4 cards. A couple of the weeks we made 5. My students were AWESOME. We started off with monochromatic stamping, moved on to adding color, then taught heat embossing, made cards using punches, and on the last night I taught some advanced techniques to include Joesph's Coat, Faux Mother of Pearl, Crayon Risist, and Polished Stone. Here are the samples from the last week.









Pam :-)