Aug21
Monogrammed Gift Set
I can’t believe it’s been a week since my last post! I’ve been in my scrapbooking room all day long every day since convention, and I have lost track of time (easily). At 6pm, the kennel called and asked if I was coming to get my dogs! OMG! I forgot what time it was and almost left them there! Lucky for me Sally, the owner is such a nice lady (Oaklane Kennels).
I made a set of gift cards for a great friend I met at the same company that I met my husband. We all worked together in Cambridge Ma and were constantly together. However, when Dan and I married, we moved a couple hours north into the mountains of NH, and I lost track of my friend, Mary Beth. A couple of months ago, she found my husband in a huge Disney hotel’s convention center. Coincedently, she works for a division of IBM now who owns the software company that my husband makes his living consulting for. What are the chances of her seeing him in that mass of geeky men? We aren’t lost from each other any more and she celebrated her birthday yesterday, and I’m late. Surprized? lol
So here’s the gift I made her.
The stamp sets used are Together Forever (the double circle frame) and Lovely Letters (the "C"). I used coordinating inks and designer series papers, in contrasting colors, and flipped a small strip of dsp over for the little stripe of dsp in the center. I used the same color inks as the paper, and the same color brads too! The scallop circle was die cut with my nestabilities in my Big Shot, however, my new Stampin’ Up! sizzix BIGZ die with the scalloped circle came later today and it’s the same size as this nestability, so for the next set, I can cut 5 at a time instead of singles. YEAH, I love that convenience!
I hope she likes them. Now to get them to the post office 
…… stay tuned. Tomorrow I hope to post my schedule for upcoming classes to both websites. I’ve got my card class up there for September 10 and 13th, and I’ve got the pictures, but will post it in the am.
thanks for looking!
