My Cousins

Okay, before I talk about my last digi layout from my class at JessicaSprague.com I have to tell you about the GREAT DEAL I got today.  I didn't even take the time to create because I was wheelin' and dealin' and lookin' at my new stamps!

LOOK!

I got 143 House Mouse Stamps and two House Mouse acrylic sets for soooo cheap!  I called my sister and told her about it and she said, "You better get them."  

I met this lady about 1-2 months ago, who was selling all of her scrapbook supplies.  I went to see what she had hoping she had some stamp sets.  They were hardly any there.  I looked around at ALL of her stuff.  She had a lot.  I was talking about how I am a stamper and was looking for stamp sets.  She told me she had about 150 of them at a pawn shop and would be interested in selling them to me when she got them out.  I agreed.  

I thought I would never hear from her again!  I looked online and saw she lost my number and was trying to contact me.  I called her yesterday and we made a deal where I would meet here at the pawn shop today and I would pay to get them out of pawn and a little more, so she could get some other things out too.  

My DH was very skeptical and I told him I wouldn't do it, if I thought something wasn't right.  Well, it was right!  It only took about 10 minutes and I drove home to unpack them.  Most of them have never been used.  I think she was a collector and not a stamper.  I haven't even decided which ones I am going to keep and which ones I am going to try to sell.  If my coloring doesn't get better by the time I am done playing with the ones I want, it never will.

My sister wants me to do a House Mouse card every week, but I told her I would have to do a lot of coloring to get that done.  I will slowly work on it, but I will not make any promises.  Looks like I might have to join the House Mouse group on Paper Craft Planet, so I can talk stamps.  LOL!

I have a PTA meeting tonight and haven't typed the agenda yet or gotten anything ready, so I am going to show you the last layout I did in the digi class I took.  When I saw this picture of Tate and my two nephews in the tree, I knew this paper was perfect for it.  These three boys have so much fun when we go back to my parents.  They are between 7-9 right now and Tanner follows them around like he is a big boy too.  This picture was taken when Tanner was less than one year, so he couldn't join this climb.  

The one thing I really liked about this layout was how the journaling turned out.  I like how they showed how to make key words bigger and to stagger the lines.  We cut the paper to put in the rectangles and it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.

My second digi class starts next week and I can't wait.  I want to start creating two-page layouts and learning more about making embellishments pop.

I will be working on a Molly card this week and a video.  Off to look at my new stamp supply!

Happy Stamping!