A LONG Overdue Thank You Post

I have some blog candy "thank you"s and photos to share with the world - and I am ashamed to say these are from late June/early July. They ended up getting caught in the Category 5 Hurricane of our household move and I never got them photogrpahed and posted. So, sorry for the lateness and a HUGE thank you to everyone for the candy RAKs and prizes. *MWAH* to each of you!

This one is from Lorraine Rowe. She had a "guess where I CASE'd this card from in the SU catty" contest and I won her candy. Can you BELIEVE the amazing generosity?!?! Three unmounted SU stamp sets. Don't worry, they have found a loving home, heeheehee. She also sent me this beautiful card:

This next one is from Deb Neerman. I got four new stamps from Diva Impressions - NICE! Can't wait to ink 'em up now that they are found again (I did a little stamp area cleaning and moving around over the weekend - just a little, but look at the fabulous finds, LOL. Imagine when it's all finished....).

Lastly, I got these great clear stamps from Page Plans. I won one of their weekly sketch contests (Page Plans 5), and this was my prize. Wow!! As soon as I have time again I'll be back to doing their weekly sketch challenges - if you haven't visited them yet, check it out! Chris & Lesli are super talented.

RAK from Leanne!

Look at this beautiful RAK I received the other day from Leanne!! Don't you love it? She did a fabulous job coloring the image, and the combo she chose is just so...RICH. What a wonderful surprise to flip through the mail and see something fun for a change! She wrote me a sweet note too - Leanne you totally made my day! Thank you. :-)

RAK From JenMarie

Just a quick "hi", we're deeeeeeeeeeep in house stuff & packing right now! I wanted to share this sweet RAK I received from JenMarie -- she won the $10 JessicaLynnOriginal gift certificate I had as blog candy during the big June release earlier this month and she made this CUTE card with her new goodies. Wasn't it sweet of her to send it to me? I *LOVE* happy mail! Thanks JenMarie! {She sent it right away too, I am just behind in posting things}.

You can see more of her work on her blog - Taylor~Made by JenMarie.

Blog-RAK Received!

Look at this fabulous card I received from one of the ladies in the Blogger's RAK Club - Heather. She sent a nice note too - what a great mail day that was. Heather, your card really made my day. I am sorry I'm a bit late posting it, my parents have been visiting so I didn't even get it photographed until yesterday. I have to say, this burgundy and guava color combo is really quite sharp. I am going to have to try that one!

SBS13 Card from She

I can't believe I never posted a picture of this card! I got it forever ago from my SBS13 Sista, She. Isn't it fabulous?! We did a little 1-for-1 cards swap - super fun. I love the layout and the cutie Prima flower bouquet. Oh, and I *want* that shiny silver paper! It came by Royal Mail from the UK - very impressive, huh? I was impressed at any rate. :-) Anyway, She, I am so sorry I didn't post this earlier. Go check her blog!

A Wonderful RAK

I received this card the other day from Erin as a thank you for my last blog candy drawing. Wasn't that sweet!? That designer paper is one of my favorites too. Thanks Erin - I just love happy mail!

A Very Full Mailbox!!

I had the most amazing mail day yesterday!! I received my AWESOME blog candy winnings from Beate from her 1.3 million hits - Gina K's Make a Wish stamp set plus oodles of yummy May Arts ribbon!! Truly a wonderful and generous prize package. Beate also included the cutest card in the package. I feel so totally spoiled! LOVE love how she did the brads with the little cardstock punchies behind. I'll be trying that out soon...

I also got a card from Danyelle over at Hangnailz N Papercutz. She sent me a couple of pieces from the silver hodgepodge hardware kit from the upcoming Occasions Mini. I am participating in her "virtual swap" and was missing this element, so she graciously offered to send me something to work with. Of course it came in an adorable card - this color combo ROCKS! Check out the swap details at the bottom of her main blog page - there is still time to sign up!

I also got a wonderful thank you card from Diane, who won my 2,500 hits blog candy. {It wasn't even that long ago, I can't believe I'd doubled in hits in that short of an amount of time!!} She is the absolute sweetest person, she posted a picture of her winnings on her own blog with a big die cut "Thanks" right in front, and she also sent me this card with a nice note thanking me for all the great stuff. Check out her blog!

I had so much fun opening all these fabulous envies!! Happy mail is the cure for....everything!