Stampin' Up! Are you ready for Christmas?

I've been making cards and if you check my Paper Craft page you'll see what I've been up to.

This little note card is so cute!  I'll either use it as a thank you or a quick note during the holidays.  But it could also be used for a gift card and tucked into a stocking.  The stamp set is Merry Mistletoe.  

These tags were die cut using the largest oval die.  Spent some time running them though the Big Shot one morning.  Then the next day I stamped them with Watercolor Christmas. Whisper White card stock and the DSP made the sandwich.  I used some gold twine from my stash

I really need to be making fall cards...

If you need anything let me know.

Not in Rockport

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are not in Rockport, Texas.  Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week you'll know about Hurricane Harvey and his arrival in Rockport along the Texas coast.  Apparently battering that quaint little port wasn't enough, it had to dump several feet of water all along the coast as far east as New Orleans.  After several times coming and going, in and out of the Gulf, it headed up north.  Still dumping water on everything and everyone.  It's a wonder there's any water left in the Gulf of Mexico.

Reaching inland several miles he flooded..... well, just about everything.  And because Texas does things in a big way, everything in Texas is bigger, the city of Houston was given a mighty big bath!

Seriously, it will take years for all that was damaged in the flooding to recover.  I know, New Orleans is still recovering from Katrina.  Although I think there's more money (businesses) in Houston so that may speed things up a bit.  The cleanup will take forever and all those who lost their homes (100,000) last time I checked.  I try not to read about it.  Not because I don't care, but because it's a terrible reminder.

If you can help in any way, do so. Your heart will be lifted.

So we'll pause in Rockport another time.  Meanwhile, God willing and the creek don't rise, we'll go to San Antonio.  The beach and salt water therapy can wait.

By the way, it's really warm here....August is not the best month to be in the Rio Grande Valley.  Although it is a dry heat.  But when I open the oven it's a dry heat and I get rewarded with a treat!

All is right in our world.