{Happy Labor Day}

I hope you are having a lovely long weekend. I don't know how I could be so excited about having a day off when I just started back to work, but I sure am! I love not having to get up at 5:20....I think that's what it is! This will be a quick post. We're having 14 of Caitlin's friends over for dinner tonight---and you know how college kids can eat---it's that nasty dorm food. It just ruins them!

Saturday night we went to a party that some of our best friend's had for their son and his new wife to celebrate their recent wedding in the Virgin Islands. The mom is one of my closest friends (and my most committed blog reader). It was a lovely affair with great food and CUPCAKES for dessert! She had this lovely tiered cupcake holder---it was really great. I had gotten the gifts ahead of time, but of course, it was an hour before I needed to leave and I was starting this card and trying to get ready. Hmmmmm, now, let's see....if you know you have a party/wedding/birthday coming up, wouldn't it be a good idea to make the card, let's say, AT LEAST A DAY AHEAD OF TIME? Just a thought. Anyway...I did the quick go to wedding card again---

I think this one is pretty self explanatory, so I won't go into a lot of details. I used my Cuttlebug embossing folder for the brown paper.














I have a close up of the monogram made with my Just Rite Stamper that I purchased here. I'm looking forward to some more time to play with this. I love it for wedding cards, but you can do so much more with it. I used the small letters for the first time to spell out "Congratulations" and the date of the actual ceremony.

I used my Stampin' Up! corner rounder to make the scallops---I don't have that cool new scallop punch yet. On the Celery scallops I added a 1/16" punched hole to each one. I had planned to add buttons on the cream sentiment line, but I was already 10 minutes late leaving----so you can imagine how nice that would have been (not the arriving late, but the buttons)!! This is the blog of the hurried stamper---perhaps that should be a new title....hmmmm.
Well, I need to close. I still have two pans of brownies and some home made ice cream to make---not to mention the laundry and cleaning I have to do! I hope you have a blessed day and enjoy some relaxing time with family and friends...until the insanity again tomorrow!!

Hugs~
Kathleen

Here's what I used:
Stamps: Just Rite Stamper Special Occasions font, small letter set (Just Rite Stamper) Mixed Messages (PTI)
Paper: Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate (PTI), Certainly Celery (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Dark Choclate (PTI), Certainly Celery (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: 5/8" celery grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, corner rounder punch, 1/16" hole punch (SU!), circle and scallop circle nestabilities (Spellbinder's), Embossing folder & Cuttlebug (Provocraft)

{Ten Minute Card}

I keep seeing these---"ten minute card" posts and I think to myself, "yeah, right"---but, yes, I actually made a ten minute card--so I must quit complaining to myself when I see one! My oldest had a wedding to go to and she was leaving in---you guessed it--10 minutes.

So, I pulled out my Just Rite Stamper and went to work. I used the Special Occasions Font and the wooden stamp mount. I used the Flowers Cuttlebug Folder for the pink paper and tied it with organdy ribbon. I am still a newbie when it comes to these Nestabilities Dies, so my circles were a little large and I was running out of time, so no scallops. BUT, I did get it ready in time for her to leave. I added a monogram stamp on the envelope and I was done!


So, not the most elegant/fancy card on the planet, but it had the couple's new monogram and it was in the wedding colors--pink and black, so what's not to love?

So, do you have the Just Rite Stamper? What's your favorite thing to do with it?

Thanks for looking~
Kathleen

Recipe:
Stamps: Just Rite Stamper
Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI), Pretty in Pink, Basic Black (SU!)
Ink: Jet Black Stazon
Accessories: Circle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Organdy ribbon from Wal-Mart (a scrap, so I don't know the brand)

{Just Rite Thank Yous}

One of the sweetest things about being a teacher---especially a "Specialist" of any kind is that you teach all of the students in that school. I teach Lower School Music at my school so I feel like I have about 160 extra children! I love them---they make me smile---most of the time. Today was the last day of school (YEA!!--on so many levels, but one of the big ones is more stamping time!) Anyway, at this time of year I always need a lot of Thank you notes. I was inspired by Taylor VanBruggen's Fine Stationery post here. OK, I copied them!!! They were so fast and easy. I didn't do the lovely box and seals---just the note cards! Check out her blog---she's one of my favorites!

The monogram on my card is made with the Just Rite DIY Manual Monogram Stamper. (You can buy all of these at Taylor's store, too.) Taylor used a Papertrey Alphabet & Borders & Corners set, which I own and have used, but I wanted to see how this new monogram stamper would do. I used a wooden mounted set and I loved it. All 10 of my cards/notes took me less than an hour to make---and that includes the normal 7 year old boy interruptions, which I won't go into right now! Anyway, if you need some quick cards for yourself or a friend. I HIGHLY recommend these---they were so simple and fun to do!

ETA: I had another set that I must have deleted in the processing--so, here are two of the three! I made 10 total.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Kathleen

Recipe:

Stamps: Sassy DIY Manual Monogram Stamper

Ink: Sage Shadow

Paper: SU Whisper White, Sage Shadow CS, Basic Grey Romani DP