To The Moon and Back!

I do love my boys to the moon and back!

Youngest Son and I actually have a "game" we play nearly every day regarding our love for each other. He'll say to me. "I love you Mom", and I'll say, "not nearly as much as I love you, son!". And I'll throw my arm around his neck (in head lock fashion) and knock gently on his head with my knuckles, saying "When are you gonna get that through this thick skull of yours??", and he'll say "Jeez mom, I thought you were smarter than this, are you ever gonna realize you can never love me more than I love you?" and so on, and so forth. We do this nearly every day in some way or another, but always teasing like this. It's so much fun. Kids just don't understand how much a mother loves their child, do they?

Anyways, that's why I got these two new stamps from A Muse...the rocket and the sentiment. The sentiment reminded me of my son. I thought both together would make a great Valentine for a child! I'm sure I'm not the only Mom who plays this kind of game with their children!


Do you want to know what else is so special about this card? I'm giving you a TINY sneak peek of one of Verve Visual's newest stamp sets, which is slated to be released January 10th, that's what! Lordy, lordy, you are going to L-U-U-U-V Verve's FIVE new sets! Yes, I said FIVE!!! Each one is better than the next, I swear. Can you guess which stamps on this card are from Verve? Did you guess the moon? Nope, that wouldn't be right, since it's not a stamp (tee-hee). Did you guess the stars on the main rocket panel? Nope, those are from the Starlight Starbright collection that Verve released a few months ago. If you guessed the polka dot stars, you guessed RIGHT! Mmmm-mmm, you are gonna love what Julee's got in the works for you this month, ladies! Be sure and head on over to the Verve Visual blog today and each day this week to see what the design team has been cooking up with the new sets!

I got the idea for the rocket exhaust from Julie over at Paper Trufflez, she was the inspiration for this whole card actually. The other thing that's imporant to note about this card is that, if you can tell, I made the stamps fit my style, instead of forcing myself to adapt to the style of the stamp. I'm adamant about doing this sort of thing. While I adore A Muse stamps, I would have to be fair and say they aren't really "ME". You know, I love designer paper and paper piecing, but A Muse is all about simplicity. I really don't think I'm a simple stamper in the least! But, again, I made the stamps work with my style. I paper pieced the rocket, and used lots of fun designer paper! I love the end result. So the lesson for today? Don't shy away from a certain stamp line because it's not your style. Make the stamps your style! That's what I did here and it worked. It will work for you too.


In case you're wondering whether or not my friend Sue liked her birthday present on New Year's Eve, I'm happy to report she did! Here's a shot of her holding her new gift.
It gives you a good idea of how big the letter actually is! And look closely at the artwork on the wall behind her....those prints match the letter almost perfectly! Did I nail that, or what? The one thing I did to the letter AFTER I posted the picture of it on my blog this weekend was to add vintage buttons all the way around the outside edge of the letter. It was the perfect touch, it really brought some whimsy to the piece! I'm just sad to say I forgot to take a picture of the buttons, dang!

Well, today I've got to finish up my final radio buy. That's right, I'm still not done with it. Today's the day, though, I promise. And I have a few errands to run too. The boys go back to school tomorrow, and the hubster starts the job hunt in earnest again today. I pray something comes up that's perfect for him and gets him back into the workforce soon.

Have a great day, everyone!

Hugs,
Amy