Happy Birthday to me!!

Hello friends. I am sorry I haven't blogged in ages but to be honest I haven't felt like it. My blogging days seem to be over. My birthday was last week and I'd like to thank everyone that remembered my special day. I have lots of good friends and of course my loving family. Thank you for making my birthday so special. This picture has always cracked me up so I clipped it for my blog. I hope you are all well. How about the crazy weather we are having in MN. Spring is trying so hard to stay. We have had enough snow for crying out loud. Take care. Thanks for stopping by. Some day I will start stamping again. I've been on a two month break.

Tami...the old lady!!
PS. I am not quite 100.

Happy February!!

Hello!!
Yes, still alive and BAD BAD blogger. At the cute little Minnetonka library now and just scanned this card before I mail it off to my BFF (OK one of my BFFs from "Team Tami")!! Ha ha and just a little inside joke. I hope you are all well. Just returned from a mini girlfriend retreat in Northern MN. I am very well rested, energized and roaring to go. I thought I'd check in to let you know I am still around and still here in the Mid West. Thanks for all your nice emails. Our snow count to date is like 61.4" if my memory suits me well. Have a super week friends. I'm so looking forward to the weekend. Its the month for my annual "Superbowl Stamping" gathering with friends. Cheers!! Tami

PS. Made this Graphic 45 beauty in a class. Bye bye card!! Feel free to leave me a little stampy love. Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Thanks for stopping by today. Forgot how to crop so my scan will have to do. I tried to figure it out but NO dice. Something is better than nothing right? Catch you later and soon I hope.

December greetings and the heat is on!!!

I am happy as a clam and NO longer freezing my you know what off. Sorry I've been absent for so long but my life has been a whirlwind lately however I am still alive and kicking!! Thanks for all the nice emails my dear friends. I've been taking care of business which does not leave much time for blogging. Now that I finally have my furnace repaired its time to bring my car into the shop on Tuesday. Its always something in Tami's world.

I have tons of new cards to share with you however I have to bring them to the library to scan them so I can post a few. Take care now and please stay warm. Feel free to leave me a little love as God knows I certainly need it now more than ever. 'Tis the season for the crazies too. Don't you just love when people wig out over the smallest things and are just plain rude? I witnessed this yesterday in a coffee shop. "Geeze Louise" as the Minnesotans say. I say take a chill pill lady. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week. Tami

It's a chilley one!!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!!...only 29 degrees at 4:30 am. We had our first official frost last nite and it sure was cold and frosty when I took the trash out. I apologize for being a bad blogger but I still have no working printer to scan my cards. Plus I sent a whole bunch of them out this week. Here's a card my friend Wendy made last Sat. nite when a bunch of us stampers got together. I loved how her card turned out and thanks for photographing it Jan. Hope you all have a spooktacular Halloween weekend. Thanks for stopping by. Hope to have my cards to share with you soon. Tami :) Boo to you!!

Happy Fall Y'All

Greetings friends and Happy Autumn. Finally got some fall stamping done so I have cards to share with you this week. My printer is still inoperable so my friend Jan took photos for me. I hope you are well. I had my annual Halloween party last Saturday night at Jan's and we had fun stamping the night away. I love Halloween more than any other holiday. How about you? What's your favorite holiday? Thanks for stopping by. So have you missed me or what?? Happy Stamping friends. Its time to turn the furnace on here in chilley MN. That's another story. Its always something I tell you. Have a great day. Tami

Happy October!!

Just popping in to say hello and I hope you are all well. Don't these look yummy for a little fall treat? I found them on Etsy and sure wish I could bake some but that probably won't happen. I've been enjoying the beautiful fall weather here in MN and my yummy Honey Crisp apples. Thanks for stopping by. What is your favorite thing about fall? I love the beautiful colors of the season. Tami

These boots were made for walking!!

This was one of my highlights of Scrapfest on Friday. I only went one day this year and got my fill. Thanks Grandma Jan for taking this photo for me. The gentleman was HOT from head/hair to toe and there were several men in their fancy pants inside of Archivers at the Mall of America. I know this might not be for everyone but it was a nice diversion from the sea of women at Scrapfest and total eye candy. Tami

Scrapfest Begins....October Afternoon!!!

I attended an October Afternoon Crop Thursday evening at Scrapbooks Too (Bloomington) with four of my gal pals. The crop was SO awesome and it was held from 5pm to midnite. I enjoyed meeting John and Kim (owners of October Afternoon). They have been in business for four years and are located in Apple Valley, MN. We are very lucky to have such a fabulous company in our state. Here are projects we completed at the crop.





















I am caving and going to the Mall of America on Friday. I just can't help myself. I will have my friend Grandma Jan photograph our October Afternoon goody bag and share that with you soon. Its SO late and I need to get my beauty rest. Scrapfest really gets me on a high. Stay tuned my friends. It's only just begun. Thanks for stopping by.Tami

PS...Here's my ATC (Artist Trading Card) from Wednesday night at Smudges in Chanhassen.

Cosmo Cricket has arrived for Scrapfest!!

Hello friends-
I don't have a working printer at the moment so I can't scan anything new to post. Sorry about that and I know I am a bad blogger. Tonight after our monthly ATC meeting at Smudges I hurried to Bloomington as I wanted to welcome Julie and Lindsay from Cosmo Cricket to Minneapolis (two of my favorite peeps in the industry). I always get really excited when its Scrapfest time at the Mall of America even though I won't be participating in a lot of things I am so grateful for the events I do get to attend. More on that later. Planning on venturing out to the BIG Mall of America on Sunday if all goes well this week. Unfortunately it started raining early today and hasn't really stopped all day. The forecast for the weekend is for a soggy and wet weekend. Oh well, can't control mother nature. I am off to clip some type of photo or image before I press publish. Hey I found a card I recently made. Thanks Grandma Jan for being the best photographer and for saving my you know what. Have a great rest of the week everyone. I will try my hardest to post again soon. I'd like to wish my friend Cindy a very Happy Birthday (on Thursday). Five of us will be attending a crop tomorrow evening. I am sure we will have a blast. Thanks for stopping by and I beg for a little love. Anyone??? Tami

Happy September...a little Halloween treat!!

Hello friends. This was suppose to be ready by Aug. 31 but Blogger has given me lots of problems for two nites now. Recently made the Halloween card and the image is from the UK Pink Petticoats. I love that company. Notice the Tim Holtz tiny stapler. Had to run out and buy it after my friend Donna let me use hers! I got it at Michael's with a 40% off coupon. What kills me is you get a tiny amount of staples with it!! Geez Tim could you spare it? The stapler retailed for 15.99. Expensive little bugger but oh so cool and no regrets. I hadn't been inside a Michael's for like two months. I was weak and caved!!

Back to the card...background paper (Basic Gray) and I swiss dotted the black paper. Happy Friday. Going to spend the day crafting with my friend Sherry at Archiver's.

Thanks for popping by the 'ole bloggie. Tami

My first Christmas card!!

Hello friends

How are you? I must admit because I am rusty at blogging I totally forgot to post my card today. The products I used are from Kaiser, Anchor Paper, Archivers, Cuttlebug, Sizzix, Quick Kuts, and The Pine City Scrapbooking Co. The card took me SO long to get it to my liking but I am pleased how it came out.

My friend Ruth Ann has the new Basic Grey embossing folders and man do I want a couple sets.....(Santa Baby)!!! They are a must have and she purchased them at Joann's. I have been dreaming about them ever since she showed me them. The folders match the Basic Grey papers. Totally cool beans. Me wants bad.

Another wicked HOT day with that yucky humidity. We are going to have the same weather tomorrow but a few degrees cooler. I can't wait until the heat passes and am looking forward to fall. How about you?

Hope you had a great Monday. Thanks for stopping by. Tami

A little birdie told me.........

Oh my goodness? I am going into shock myself because I'm back blogging!!! OMG!. Here's a card I recently made with my Cuttlebug (I dropped it yesterday at my front entrance -oops but it still works). Anyhow the card was an idea *I saw* while on a little road trip in Sioux Falls, SD this month. I just loved it and had to have it because I love to emboss paper. What do you think? Pretty cool hah. Why not give it a try with an embossing folder and a few stamps. The inside is really *butter* too it says treasure life. The designer paper is from K and Co. and was purchased at Michael's (8 x 8" pad).

The stamp set is from Close to My Heart and my BFF let me borrow her brand new set. Thanks Wendy. I will be back tomorrow with another card. Yes read my lips. I hope your Sunday has been sunshiney and relaxing. Its a beautiful windy day in MN with a nice HOT breeze. I appreciate you stopping by today very much. Tami

Happy Birthday Nurse Sue!!

How do you do? This card (make and take from Smudges) left for Cape Cod today for one of my 'ole gal pals from MA. I hope Sue likes it and I know it will be a total surprise for her. Hope you are enjoying the summer. Haven't been doing too much stamping lately as its not fun in the heat for me. Recently went on a mini vacation (two days) to Duluth with a couple friends. We had a good time on the north shore but it went by so quickly. What have you been up to? Can't believe July is almost over. Thanks for stopping by. Tami

A DeLovely card for sis!!

Hello friends!! Did you think I fell off the face of the earth? Nope, I just melted from the excessive heat and needed to keep a low profile!! Man this summer has been a HOT one but I know its even hotter in other states so I really shouldn't complain. The heat is OK if you are near water. Speaking of water, I went to Lake Minnetonka on Sunday to check out something (friend of a friend's daughter's wedding). It was a glorious day and I even met a new friend at the lake and her adorable dog. Too funny. Lots of cute dogs and boats of all sizes there. Can't wait to go back this coming Sunday!!

I am mailing this card off to my middle sister. Sami's new dog Annie bit her early Friday while she was playing with Annie before work. Sami had to go to the emergency room and get seven stitches. Poor little sweet girl. I told her that because she is so sweet just like her older sister (me) that Annie had to take a bite out of Sami's mouth and find out just how sweet Sami really tasted. I have a picture of the inside of Sami's mouth with stitches and part of her lip but I don't think I should put it on my blog. Its kind of gross and I hope she doesn't get an infection.

Have a super week my friends. I will be busy again this week and am even going on a little road trip to Duluth with a couple friends. I can hardly wait to get out of town. Thanks for stopping. Hope you are having a nice summer. This card was made using Cosmo Cricket products from the DeLovely collection. Cheers and sunshine wishes!! Stay cool!! Tami

PS...I am sorry if you received this post numerous times. I had so many problems with blogger, AOL, and myself (proofreading skills). Yikes!!

Sizzling HOT!!

Hope you all are surviving the heat wave. It is so hard to even sleep on warm muggy nights. I simply hate it. I made this card for my sister using Cosmo Cricket DeLovely papers (yes I can't get enough of the paper) and incorporated a photo my friend Jan gave me that I believe came from the Internet. Man how I wish I still lived in New England. I really miss the ocean and going to the beach. That was certainly the life and vacationing on Cape Cod. I must say I love how the card came out and it was a reminder of all the fun times we had in MA, NH and CT at the beach. I hope sis enjoys it. I used Stickles on the sun rays. Have a nice weekend. Stay cool in the pool and have lots of fun in the sun. I am headed to Pine City on Saturday on a little road trip with my friends. Fun fun fun but out of the sun sun sun. Tami

Happy Birthday Mama Ellie!!

Here's a card I recently taught using Cosmo Cricket DeLovely. It went postal today for a VIP...Mama Ellie. Hope you are having a great week. TGIF!! Thanks for stopping by my poor little neglected blog. Happy Summer. Tami

HOT HOT HOT...HAPPY 4TH!!!

Hope you all had a great day. Here's a picture of me and just about the size of my fan!! We still have HIGH humidity whereby everything is sweaty Betty. I did make some delicious Cowboy Caviar tonight and it came out so good. Haven't been stamping too much lately as stamping and HOT weather don't mix too well with me when I have no air conditioning. Thanks for stopping by today. Proud to be an American even when times are tough. BIG shout out to Channel 2 today!! Tami

Happy Independence Day

Wishing you a very happy July 4th. It was so HOT here on Sat. (92 degrees with high humidity) yuck. Sorry the photo I clipped for this blog is rather small but the heat has shrunk my brain!! Fireworks anyone?? I hope to catch some somewhere as I missed ours on Wed. Be safe and have fun this weekend friends. I am thinking watermelon right now or some yummy strawberries. Bang bang, pop pop!! Tami

Little Miss Beach Bum

Finally the picture posted. This stamp line melts my heart. How about you? Do you own any PI stamps? I do and want more!! Have a great week and stay cool. Tami

Photograph by Candy!!

Here's a little eye candy!!! LOL

Hey friends. Blogger gave me nothing but problems on Friday and Saturday nite so I couldn't post my class samples. How are you today?? Hope you are having a great day full of sunshine. I love my family and friends so much and I am so greatful for the little things in life. Its what matters most to me. Time to go sweep my front entrance and pick up the pieces from the horrible storms (no lie my plants are all hacked off from hail balls and horrific winds). I just want to cry but there are worse things that could have happened thank not good Lord. It was so beautiful out there on my little deck until Friday evening. Oh well...Mother Nature, I have BIG issues with you!! How dare you crumble my little world in just a few minutes. The beat goes on. Thanks for stopping by today. Its so humid here again. Yuck a do. What's a girl to do?? I feel like going to buy more plants but that's not going to happen. Should I just go look??? Finally Blogger just let me upload a photo after so many tries!!! Its so frustrating. I will try to post little Miss Beach Bum tonight. Thanks Candy for being my assistant photographer when Grandma Jan was not available. You rock!! Tami