How would you answer this question?

Why do you need so much stuff?

I didn't have an answer either when my husband looked at me in all seriousness and asked me, "Why do you need so much stuff?" I'm still speechless. I don't know why, I just know that I do! We were talking family finances ( bad move) and I mentioned how much I spent at that convention a few weeks ago. I really didn't do too bad, I was only there two hours and made a couple of .. ahem...three or four purchases. There I go justifying and making excuses. lol.

Anyway, I was just thinking that he was a nice man for driving the college girl back on Sunday and he had to go and ask me something like that ??

Cleaning has it's benefits other than the obvious. I found this while cleaning out my file cabinet. I did this back in 2001. I call this Watercolor Stamping. I don't know why it has to have a name in the first place, but it does. I used water color paper and regular water color paint. The trees (AAArubberstamps.com) are stamped with water color paint. I apply the paint directly to the stamp with a small paint brush. I stamped and embossed the mountain tops( Posh Impressions) with pearl embossing powder. I painted the rest in with my little old paint brush. I added shimmer to the sunset with Pearl Ex water colors pallet.

I'm having a lot of fun right now, believe it or not . I'm cleaning and purging with a vengeance. As you know it always looks worse before it gets better. Here's what my room looks like now. I'm showing you this so that when I get it really nice and clean, you'll be impressed. (smile)

If you don't hear from me in a couple of days, send for me.....

Starting with... A

Stamps:

Small thank you is a partial stamp from Morning Star Stamps. The large T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U is one of the Paper Studio sets below.

The stamp used in the background on the green is Stampin Up.

The Alphabet stamped in green on the circle is Hampton Arts.

The Little Boy is Me and My Big Ideas.

Ink and Card Stock: Cool Caribbean and Gable Green (SU)

Coloring Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

Other: Coluzzle, Ribbon:

A is for Alphabet Stamps

I like alphabets and fonts. ( Just humor me for a moment. Let's just pretend that the only thing I like/collect is alphabet stamps) I don't really have that many, but probably more than I need (smile). So recently I found this incredible blow out-can't-pass that-up-sale and I bought a couple several more sets. Here's a link to the sale at Crafts ETC. ( Hobby Lobby's online store). It looks like the price went up a little, but, wow, you still can't beat that price.... if you are in the market for Alphabet stamps.

ETA: I bought all these sets for around $10.

I mentioned before that I'm organizing(and purging). The goal is to see and therefore use what I have. I decided that I need some kind of order to my self-challenges to use the stuff I have. So I'm going thru the stamps and accessories according to the alphabet.

My son was in a school wide spelling bee last week and my neighbor brought him a balloon and candy to congratulate him (for 5th place). Here is the card I made for him to thank her.

Do you like the timing of this challenge with the alphabet stamps and the spelling bee?? I love how that worked out!

This is his "Mom don't make such a big deal in front of all these people" face.

I made this card first. After it was all said and done I decided that I didn't like it enough, so I put my thinking cap on and remembered that I recently bought the Me and My Big Ideas Kids stamps.