A New Car and more importantly, NEW STAMPS!!!

Yesterday was a FABULOUS day!!! And I bet you are dying to hear all about it! And if you're not.....you're gonna anyway! hahahaha!!

Al and I got going early and he headed out to drop his truck off at the Ford dealership. I followed in my car a few minutes later as he was going to have to sign some papers and stuff...how boring! So I picked him up and then we headed to London. We went to the Nissan dealership and WOW was I impressed with the new car!! I was expecting a little tiny hatchback, you know the bottom of the line little car that's great on gas and just gets you from A to B. To be truthful I was expecting something like my very first car, which was a Ford Festiva (which they don't make anymore) and it was very basic. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that it is very snappy looking, white with dark tinted windows and awesome looking lights and exterior! The inside is amazing....lots of legroom, cool stereo system with a 6-cd changer, a plug to hook up your MP3 player, a feature to connect your cell phone to a handsfree system....it's super nice! So Al was really happy.

While he was signing the paperwork and stuff I headed over to Michael's in my car because I knew he'd be a while with that paperwork. I scooped a couple of cute things and then just as I was leaving, I noticed that the Martha Stewart stuff had some sale stickers on them! I rarely even give that aisle more than a passing glace, as most of it is really not my style and all of it is VERY overpriced!! Well, they had one of the acrylic alphabet stamp sets on for $9!! So I scooped that too. I also got a raincheck for an awesome white shelving system which I hope to get with my 40% off coupon when it comes in!! Heehee!

Then we left my car in the parking lot and toured around in the new Nissan Versa! It rides really nicely and it was fun to have the day off together!! Anyway, we headed over to this Rubber Stamp Store that my friend Heather has mentioned to me several times. It's called Stamp Art!! We walked in there together and .....well, put it this way....within the first 30 seconds, I told Al that he needed to go for a drive!!! I knew I was going to need to spend a good while in there!!! There were SO many stamps and SO much to look at!! I was greeted so warmly by Dianne and Nancy and they made me feel right at home!! I felt like a giant dork, because I kept gushing over all the stamps. I was so overwhelmed and Dianne joked that she was going to have to revive me when I passed out from hyperventilating!! They had Penny Black, Stampendous, Whipper Snapper, Hero Arts, Stampscapes, Magenta....you name it!! I was in Stamper's Heaven!! Needless to say, I came home with a few lovely new purchases.........wanna see???



Aren't they lovely?? And after spending so much time in that store, I decided to save the other stamp store for another day!! My poor little heart couldn't take much more excitement!!! And here is a card I whipped up last night when I got home!!



I have always wanted a stamp of a sheep and this Penny Black one just jumped right into my basket!! Isn't she just the cutest?? I can just see all the cute 'ewe' sentiments to go with her!! I stamped her in Archival Versafine in Black Onyx on shimmery white paper and used my SU markers to colour the image and I used Almost Amethyst to shade around the white part of her wool. I used some pink bazill carkstock to mat her (because that's what was handy in my scrap pile) and matted it on Square Scallop punches using Basic Black. The card base is also Basic Black and then I used the desinger paper in Almost Amethyst from my Palette of Prints pad and stamped 'Thank Ewe' on it in black using my 1/4" Karen Foster Snap Stamps! It was very simple but I can see whipping up a bunch of them for card sets or for when I need quick cards.

It's also one of my favourite colour combinations to use pastel colours, like any of the Soft Subtles with Basic Black. It just really makes the whole card 'pop', don't you think??? So here's a challenge for you......how about you create a card, any style any shape and layout....but you use a pastel colour and black!!! Then comment back here and link up your card, or email it to me! You have until midnight on Monday, June 25th to join in the fun. I have to head out to work now (all day on a Saturday...how rude!) but I will post the prize tomorrow. Happy Stamping!!!