Happy Birthday to ME, Happy Birthday to ME...!

Yup. The big FOUR-OH. That's today, June 12. It's been a good celebration so far, with getting pedicures with four wonderful girlfriends Sunday, and getting presents from friends who are also customers Monday night. :)

This card sample is from my 10/10/10 class Monday night, too! Thanks to Melissa, my downline and one of my awesome girlfriends, for the oval punches - this is using the large oval, and the 1-1/4: circle punch. The "happy" is from Polka Dots & Paisley. Colors of card stock are Garden Green, YoYo Yellow, and Creamy Caramel. We dragged the YoYo Yellow through a Summer Sun ink pad, and the Creamy Caramel through a Close to Cocoa ink pad, after we'd wadded each punch up and straightened it out again. I just think this is too cute - and hardly any stamping, although the little stamping IS embossed with the orange EP from the Brights EP Stack.

I am SOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to the new Idea Book & Catalog!!! We keep getting small hints of what will be in the accessories section - like a new scallop circle punch, and dyable flowers - that make me SURE the best are yet to be shown. AUGH!!!!!!!! They're such TEASES at Stampin' Up! :D

Well, I'll post on Wednesday what we did for my birthday. Ken's already told me the food plan, and I must say, it's a good one. :D Don't forget, you can still email me a file of a birthday card you've stamped until MIDNIGHT CENTRAL TIME JUNE 12!!!! Email it to me at poohisstampin@aol.com, OK? I'd LOVE for you to win my contest!!!

Talk to you Wednesday. :) Have a wonderful day!

We had SO much fun yesterday!!!

I took control of my birthday somewhat this year; I decided I wanted to celebrate with some girlfriends, too - so I said, "Let's all get a pedicure, go to dinner, then go swimming!" So, my friends Angela, Cris, Melissa, and Amy and I all went to get pedicures at the Walmart in Lebanon. It was a great experience - they even stayed open late to get us all in. The chairs were massage chairs, and the pedicures were spa pedicures, so everyone was so relaxed! :) Dinner didn't work out exactly as I'd hoped, but it was good - and the girls took care of my dinner costs. :) I got great presents, too. :D Forty still doesn't sound like an age I want to be, but it's what I turn tomorrow, so I guess getting presents helps ease the pain a LITTLE. :D

After dinner, Melissa had to go home - she's the only one of us who has an outside-the-house job, and her family had just gotten back from a trip, so she was pretty wiped out. The rest of us piled into Amy's van and went to her in-laws (who are out of town currently) and went swimming. I LOVE TO SWIM AT NIGHT! It was a BEAUTIFUL night, and we had a wonderful time. After we'd been in the water for about two hours, we went inside and just talked for another hour or so. I got home right at midnight, and it was one of the best times I've had in a VERY long time. Thank you, girls!!!!

Another girlfriend told me yesterday morning that they're PREGNANT! Congrats, Joni and Ryan!!!! :) (Seems like EVERYONE in our choir is pregnant - except yours truly....:D)

Today is a stampin' class; I had two cancellations, so I've got extra card stock again. If anyone local reads this and wants to come stamp, please do! :D

Don't forget that TOMORROW is your LAST DAY to get your birthday card contest entry in to me! Look at previous posts, or email me at poohisstampin@aol.com to get more info. I'd LOVE to have a few more entries, y'all!

Gotta jet - have to make a Tunnel of Fudge cake for my customers tonight, and write thank-you notes for my gifts. :) Have a wonderful day!

I am totally CRAZY!!!

I can't help but laugh at myself. :) I had a workshop tonight, I have a class Thursday, and I have large classes on Monday. That's THREE different things to design and prepare for within SIX days! PLUS my birthday celebrations start on Friday night. :D I deserve it, right?????

Speaking of which, don't forget my contest going on! Stamp me a card, and either email me the scan, or email me at poohisstampin@aol.com to get my snail mail address to send me the HARD copy (and I'll RAK you back!). You'll be entered into a contest, and have a great chance of winning a prize! I've got one email file, and know one snail mail card is on its way. The rules were posted earlier in the blog, so you can look at them - the BIG one is I MUST have it by JUNE 12!!!!!! :)

This card is one of the projects for tonight's workshop. ALL Stampin' Up!® product, of course - Real Red, Basic Black, and Whisper White CS, MINI MATES stamp set, which is retiring . Black ginham ribbon, red EP from the Brights EP Stack, ticket corner punch. I thought it turned out really great! :) Let me know what you think!