National Stamping Month Layout - Friendship Layout

As you know, September is National Stamping Month.  I love the TRIPLE STAMP SET ($47.90 value) called "You Are My Happy" that Close To My Heart is offering this month for only $10 with a $50 order.  You can take advantage of this happy deal on my website during September.

My friend and downline, Brenda Rose made such a gorgeous layout with this stamp set, and with her permission I'm sharing it with YOU today. Thanks, Brenda!

Not only is this layout beautiful, and not only does it use the "You Are My Happy" stamp set perfectly, but it also commemorates something special. I met Brenda through Close To My Heart. She is a team member of mine and is a superstar! The ladies that Brenda chose to feature in this layout are downline of hers with Close To My Heart and they have all become such great friends as well...all because of Close To My Heart. I love that this company brings people together.  Some  of my very best friends are my downline and customers.  How cool is that? I also love that Brenda chose to make a layout featuring her relationship with some of her downline.

By the way, I'd love to have YOU join my team. You can do it for as little as $49.  Just click HERE.

Here is the triple stamp set (each carrier sheet is 6" x 6"):

Happy Mail!

I love it when I walk out to the mailbox and there is happy mail waiting for me.  This beautiful card arrived from on of my team members, Brenda Rose this week. THANK YOU, Brenda for the beautiful card and the very sweet note! You mean so much to me!

Below is a photo of the two of us at the Close To My Heart annual convention a couple of weeks ago and below that is a detail shot of the card.

Happy Mail and Happy Birthday, Dawson!

Last week I went to the mail box and lo and behold, what did I find there?  A BEAUTIFUL card from my dear friend and downline, Brenda Rose.   This card has so many yummy details that I sat and stared at it for a while before I even opened it up to read the note (which, by the way, was just as beautiful as the card).  Thank you, Brenda! I  love it!

Here's a little detail shot:

Yesterday  was my "baby," Dawson Danner Pedersen's birthday.  He's 19 years old.  I can't believe it! Where did the time go?  To celebrate, Dawson, Dan-the-Man and I went shopping on Friday for more things he needs for his mission to Australia, went to the new movie 42 (I highly recommend it!) and to dinner at Olive Garden.  Yesterday, on his actual birthday, we had his grandparents over for dinner. Dawson chose chicken enchiladas, green salad, fresh fruit, deviled eggs (I know that doesn't really go with the dinner, but he wanted them anyway.  Birthday boy ruled.), chips and salsa and Spanish rice. Yum!  Instead of a birthday cake he wanted Scotcheroos.  Again, his wish was my command.  It was a great dinner. The only thing that would have made the meal better was having all of our other kids and their families in town to share it too. You can find my recipes for the following things at these links:  Chicken Enchiladas, Deviled Eggs, Scotcheroos.

I had to take a little walk down Dawson Memory Lane today. Please indulge me...

Have a great week! I'm headed out of town on business so you probably won't hear from me for a few days.