Here's Why I'm On Santa's Naughty List!

These are some of the items I purchased recently, the ones that got me on Santa's Naughty List!  

I love the style of writing on the stamps above. There are also matching dies in behind the stamps. 

Above and below are a set of banner dies. Five different sentiments. "Merry Wishes", "Let it Snow", "Happy Holidays", "Peace Love Joy," and "Merry and Bright".

The die below is called, Dashed Rhombus, and it perforates the card an cuts out the edges on all sides.

 

  The stencils I used on the card below is also new, so I am still learning how to use them!

 

Below is a new background stencil, called Snowy, I think. I also used the Dashed Rhombus stencil on the card. I popped the card (above) up on some foam tape then on to a folded white card. Below is what the Snowy stencil looks like. You can see what the Dashed Rhombus looks like, below. 

What is this, (below) you maybe asking! A good question! I also bought a Grip Mat, which is 8 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches, I think. OMG! It holds my stencils SO well while I'm using them! I really wasn't sure about it at first, but after watching a few videos on using them, I decided to get one. I chose this size because as well as the postage collage stencils, I have some bigger size ones, and  wanted to be able to use them with Grip Mat too. I love this tool! I have mine stuck to the lid of my stamping tool. The lid is detachable so it works well. I also clean the stencil I used with a damp cloth while it is still stuck to the mat. I find it easier than taking the stencil to the laundry to have to clean it. So that's what the photo below is! Hard to see it I know.

I still have a couple of things to come, but they may not arrive until net week, if I'm lucky! As far as I'm concerned, these are my Birthday gift to myself! Yes, it's my Birthday today- all day! Yesterday my beautiful boy, Romeo-Valentino, had his 15th Birthday, so we've had a 48 hour celebration!  So much fun! And on the topic of Birthdays, a big thank you to Andrea for the voucher she gave me to spend at Lavinia Stamps! (Yes, I still love Lavinia Stamps, and I love other brands of stamps too!) That was such an awesome surprise!  My laptop is doing some seriously weird annoying things as I am doing this post. I am a cat's whisker away from biffing it out the window!! I had 'issues' loading the photo's, it kept deleting them as I was loading them. On  top of that,  the space bar is a sensitive wee thing and will only put a space between words if  I press it directly in the center of the bar! And for some obscure reason sometimes it jumps up a line and before I now it I am writing in the middle of the sentence one line above! Grrr! I really don't want to have to buy anew laptop, or Santa will have me on his Naughty List for the next ten years! Ok, thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHNE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!