Well, the week was quiet...er!

I am sitting here on Sunday night completely wiped out! The week has been quieter, but still tiring. On the plus side, I made cards! I kind of had to, as my mother-in-law bought 30 of my 55 Christmas cards. So I need to bang some more together! Luckily I have invested in "a few" Christmas sets....

One of my favourite festive sets ever, "No Peeking" (126292 $17.95 CM, 126290 $24.95 WM) - How cute is that reindeer??? This coordinates nicely with the BEAUTIFUL "Snow Festival" designer series paper. Best thing about this paper - one of the colours is PINK! Primrose Petals to be precise. So I've made a few PINK, red & green Christmas cards...

Please note - this card is NOT matted really badly, in fact I grabbed whatever cardstock was nearby for the background of these pictures & unfortunately it was Raspberry Ripple.

Finally, this was a CASEd card from something my upline found on Stampin' Connection, the demonstrator-only SU! forum. The design is by Ann Schach, clearly a very clever lady! In the end, it was really faffy, but it looks pretty cool now finished. I am not sure I will make too, too many though. I have insufficient patience.

This uses the "Scentsational Season" bundle mainly (129946 $32.95 CM; 129945 $36.95 WM) - gorgeous solid stamps that ink up BEAUTIFULLY with our new pads, plus the matching Framelits dies. The set coordinates with some scented embossing powder, which I haven't had chance to try yet, but I will, count on it! Shame this isn't smellernet though.

In other news, I cooked 60 portions/meals this weekend. It was HARD. I've never done that many before, but I arranged with Heather to trade 30 for 30, so we had to make less variety each, which certainly made it easier. I am looking forward to less stressful dinner times, however I am heartily sick of the kitchen right now!

A nice, quiet week ahead? Here's hoping!

I know I have been neglecting my blog lately, but I have had several good reasons!

First up was the move. We got the keys to our new house on 13th October in the end, but I had packed up my craft stuff at the beginning of October. It is now just about useable again, though I have lost my big Expedit to the basement where it is doing a great job of being a room divider...

Then my dad came to visit on the 16th of October for a week and a half, during which time he helped me move & clean out the old house, as Stew was working 12 hour + days, six days a week.

The last weekend in October we were just starting to relax & enjoy our new place when Hurricane Sandy started looming large. So last week I spent getting over that, then Leo got sick with a horrid chest infection (which I have now caught!).

Yesterday I took my Praxis I tests which was exhausting, but I THINK I will have passed them with a following wind & a bit of sunshine! So I have booked Praxis II: Chemistry Content Knowledge for 24th November. That leaves Praxis II: Principles of Learning and Teaching to be booked, I am leaving that until last as it's essays & quoting people's theories which I totally suck at! Once I have (hopefully) passed all those, I can mail off my application for Maryland Teacher Certification. Cool eh?

I have ordered the official ETS study guide for Science exams as the Kaplan one I had for Praxis I was useless as it turned out. But until that arrives, I *should* have time to do some stamping. I definitely need to, as my MIL bought 30 of my Christmas cards, and I have another person wanting to buy an unknown number, so at this rate I'm going to have none left!

I also have some sewing projects on the go, at the moment I am wishing for more hours in the day because I just have so many ideas swirling around the old noggin!

Anyway, apologies for being a bit AWOL lately. I can't wait to catch up on what all my fellow ACAD'ers have been up to.

Single Stamps and 15% off!

Just a quick heads up - in case I can't get online tomorrow (Thanks Sandy, bah!):

You may not be aware that SU! are now offering a limited number of single stamps. I think it's pretty awesome, particularly for the Word Play ones - I actually have the set but only use 3 of the stamps in it! Wish this promotion had been around when I bought it... To find the Single Stamps selection on my website, click "Shop Now", then "Stamps", then "Single Stamps". There are so many great stamps in this selection, including some great options for holiday cards.

Want to know the best part though? Tomorrow ONLY, there is 15% off pretty much ALL stamps SU! sells. That includes the fabulous cookies stamps. I have a few sets of those in mind for Christmas gifts. And I used them today on our "emergency" cookie supply:

Can't you tell I have my priorities just right!! (Just to give credit where it's due, Jacob actually stamped these! Didn't he do great? He is VERY excited for Hallowe'en, so we are really hoping Sandy will have been & gone by then).

The digital kit offer also starts tomorrow, though that's not such a panic as it runs for a week. What digital kit offer Bexx? The 50% off ALL digital kits offer! There are also 3 downloads available for FREE. Yes, free. Gotta love a freebie, right? Even if you haven't yet dipped your toe in the water of digital designing, download them anyway - you just never know when you might fancy giving it a whirl!

Just a quick pic of my new stamping space!

Super Duper Offers!

Just wanted to share this with you - it starts on Monday! I will be stocking up...

There is also a super-special 15% off ALL stamp sets on Monday only... watch this space!

Moving house...

Well, we're in our new house and more or less sorted! Phew!

It has been an incredibly hard couple of weeks, Stew has been working loads of hours. Thankfully my Dad came to the rescue on a transatlantic jumbo jet! He left today, and I drove him to the airport. Whilst I was there, I decided to go to IKEA to buy another table for my new craft room. Clearly, I hadn't measured so I am now dealing with the fact that it's 2 inches too long for the space. AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH!

I am hoping a brainwave strikes during the night. I really wanted to get up & running tonight but it is not to be. It feels like it's been WEEKS since I stamped!

Change of Blog Title

A little story for you...

When I was about 7 years old, a friend (who is now a medical doctor) called me a Demented Spoon when I was being silly. I always remembered that insult, and at the time thought it was pretty cunning! 

However though, I've come to realise it isn't the nicest blog title. People who don't know the story behind it could easily be offended. So, I'm sorry if I offended you!

Hence, I have changed my blog title.