Hi everyone! Have you missed me?

It’s been a crazy summer for me, what about you? The kids went back to school Monday and I have a two week break before my next semester starts too!

I want to give you all a bit of an update about what’s going on in my life. I’m at a point in my academic career where I have to really focus on it. In fact, I’m beginning my master’s thesis! Next fall, I’ll start a doctorate program which will be even more intense. So, I will be scaling back my crafting adventures. I plan to still post occasionally to my blog, but it will definitely not be daily. I will be closing my online store as well. Beth has moved all her digi images to her own blog so please visit her there! I’ve had a lot of fun with all the blogs I’ve been involved with and I’ve met a lot of great people. I’m happy and blessed to have had that experience!!!! But now, I need to focus on psychopaths and insanity pleas.

I’ve got a sale going on in my store if you are interested. I’m not sure what date I’ll be closing the store but it will be soon. Definitely by the end of September. So grab what you can while it’s cheap! I’ve got some Copics to get rid of too (both Ciaos and Sketch) and will be posting updated lists soon. It’s too much of a hassle to put them individually into my store!

BUT!!! Tomorrow I will be participating in The Prairie Fairy blog hop. I made a card!!! WHOOT! So be sure to check back then!

Hi stampers! I know it’s been awhile since I’ve updated.

I’ve decided that I need a little bloggy vacation this summer.

I am sure a lot of you can relate…

Anyway, I really need to take a small step back from all the blog work I’ve been doing lately and take a rest.

My kids get out of school this week so it’s the perfect time to kick back and enjoy the summer with them.

It’s amazing how fast they grow!

So I am putting my blog, store, and all design team work on hold for the summer.

I’ll still troll around and check out what others are doing and I might even share a project here or there.

All of StampInsanity’s digi stamps (and mine) will still be available to order in the store.

If you email me, I might not get back to you as quickly as I have before but I’ll be around.

I’m going to try and only answer my email once a day.

So, here’s a card I made way back in the summer of 2008!!!

 This card was a lot of fun to make back then. I added Stickles to the blue and orange flip flops

I added Crystal Effects to the red and green ones.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun back then.

I made this one at the same time.

I always liked the way the colors meshed. I used Stampin’ Write markers.

I colored directly on the rubber with two colors, then stamped.

This makes me want to pull this set out and play!

I hope everyone enjoys their summer!

I’ll looking forward to catching up with everyone a little later!!