What a Day!!!! Saturday Rocked!!!

I have been very busy today......but no stamping was done.  I have a dear stamping friend coming to visit in the few weeks, and I am trying to make a path through my stamp cave so she can get in and see my work area.  Most of the time, when I go down to organize, my stamps call out to me and I make an even bigger mess rather than cleaning.  Well....I am proud to say that today I made some headway.....long overdue reorganizing.  Now, don't get me wrong, it still is a longgggg way from the pristine workshops I see in blogland....mine will never be that!!!!!

I also had such a delightful surprise in the snail mail today.  My middle nephew, who lives with his wife in Colorado, recently took a trip to Scotland, England, and Ireland.  While in Scotland at a conference, he was staying right across from a stamp store.  Well, in my package that arrived today were Scottish related stamps AND some wonderful Tartan plaid designer paper.  The store he visited was Stamper's Grove in Edinburgh!  I'm not sure they appreciate just how special this gesture/gift is to me........but it just warmed my heart!!!!  So. of course, later in the day I also had the pleasure of talking with him and hearing all about this latest trip as well as an earlier one to Japan.  Made my day!!!

Colorado must have been in good vibes with me today as I also had a long and fun conversation with a dear stamping friend......{well, actually a friend, not just for stamping}.......who also lives in Colorado.  Also made my day........

So...what do I have to share today????  Well, I have some cards that have been waiting to be shared....so here ya go......

This card was done for this week's Sketch Challenge on SCS.  It used Nurse Margaret from Totally Stampalcious.

This second card was created for the CAS Challenge on SCS which was to have partial images.  I used this retired Southwest set from SU.  The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.  Inside sentiment says....'.I just wanted my card to stand out!'