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Small Purse - 3D Scrapbook

Last year, when I attended convention, Annette, another demo in the same line I am in, gifted me with a scrapbook purse.  It was the absolute cutest thing and I determined then that I would learn how to make it.  It was much easier than I thought and I didn't even have to tear it apart to figure it out.  Many demos will see something they like, tear it apart and create a template.  I always think that is risky for me becuase if I can't make it work, I don't even have the original!

Here's the purse closed up:

I have since added an embellishment to the front, but I was waiting for the embellishments to dry (I had to add a little bling to them!).  My impatient spirit wanted to get the picture taken when I had the opportunity. 

This purse was made using the Cottage Wall scraps of paper I had left and I absolutely love it.  The Cottage Wall paper was gorgeous, but wait until you see how Stampin' Up! has reworked the same patterns -- you will adore it!

So, here's the purse opened and ready to embellish with pictures of whatever events or people who float your boat!

It is all a matter of folds.  As you can see, I didn't have to stamp much here -- because I had to make so many for a swap, I did try to keep it really simple, while using most of the scraps of paper that I had available to me.    

When you see it from the outside, you certainly don't expect this when you open it.  Remember that you can click on any picture and it will enlarge.

Thom asked me to work longer hours this week and as a result of my preparation for the swaps I am participating in, I didn't get to Blogger's Challenge.  That is two weeks in a row and that is not something I'm proud of.  So, look for me to definitely get something ready for Blogger's Challenge next week.  I think I'll start it on Saturday to make certain it gets done!

Have a fabulous weekend and stay cool!  God Bless You!

3D Big Shot Creation and a Fabulous RAK

I've been playing with my Big Shot and trying to force myself to start using it for home decor projects.  I always say start small and work up, so here was an easy project that gave me a measure of success.  This is something I need if I am to continue working on that 3D goal!

Andy knows how I love candles and he has a habit of buying them for me as gifts.  Great idea and I just decided that I wanted to do some sort of deco project to wrap around these small jars.  I have at least 10 of them and thought this was something I could easily create.  I was right!

I ran the strip of cardstock through the Big Shot embossing folder and then secured it with brads.  Glue dots won't work because as the candle burns, glue dots melt.  I know this from experience (heavy sigh!). 

Next, I cut my leaves using the Little Leaves Sizzlit and Old Olive cardstock.  The flowers are cut from Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie using the Daisies Die.  I secured them together using the Chocolate Chip Corduory brad.  Again, this makes it nice because when the candle burns, it won't hurt the embellishment on the outside.  The leaves are glued on using glue dots but I don't think this will be a problem.

Very easy, and took about 20 minutes for me to create.  I'm happy with it and next time, I'll use some new methods to create the flowers.  It is important for me to have early success and continue working up -- so look for some newer flowers in the future.

Here's a RAK I received from Carey Rogers of the VC Rocks group.  I think this is one of the most beautiful cards I have ever seen or received.  Thom and I were both WOWED! by this one.  Thanks Carey for sharing your fabulous art with me!

Is this not one of the most gorgeous creations you've ever seen?  I love the colors, the beautiful ribbon and just everything about it. 

I've got another project to share tomorrow, as well as a card from Fabulous Francie!

And Happy Birthday to my wonderful DAD!  I sent his card yesterday and am hopeful he actually receives it today.

Have a wonderful day -- see you tomorrow!

  

Gifts and Home Decor

One of the areas in my stamping that is severely lacking is 3D, Gifts and Home Decor.  Okay, so that's really three areas but I'm lumping them all together.  My goal through the end of July is to start playing and creating in this area.  Here's the first project I tackled.

This is a coaster that I created through layers of stamping.  I had these coasters left over from our bathroom renovation so this project was a no brainer, if you will.  First, I cleaned the tumbled stone tile and let it dry.  Next, I pulled out my craft inks and the Inspired by Nature set.  My goal was to create a scene with some color versus stamping an outline and coloring with markers.

I first inked the grass in Garden Green and stamped it.  Next, I baked the tile for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.  I let this cool and went back at it with the same stamp set.

I used sponge daubers in Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green and Chocolate Chip to ink my flowers and then stamped them into the grass.  Again, I baked the tile and let it cool.

Perhaps I should have stopped here, but never content to just let something be, I used the punch I normally create cattails with to punch out a thick piece of cardboard and lengthened the punch by punching it twice.  I used a small paintbrush dipped in my craft reinker to ink the brush and then laid the cardboard template over where I wanted the cattails.  I painted them inside the template and then lifted the template very carefully.  Once again, I baked my tiles.  I think I could have combined steps two and three, but I was doing enough tiles that I didn't want to chance it.

Because this is craft ink and I baked the tiles, I think the ink would be fine, but I did spray these with a matte acrylic sealer to be on the safe side.  As a final step, I added felt pads to the backside corners so the tile will rest softly on a tabletop.  I like these and have plans to make more to give as door prizes for the Ronald McDonald Card Event we are doing in August. 

Mark your calendars for August 7, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., John McIntire Library lower level if you can help.  I would love to see us make 1,000 cards to donate to the RMH for use by the families who reside there while a loved one is receiving life-saving medical treatment in Columbus.  Can you help?  Can you recruit some others to help as well?  Stampers of all levels, including beginners, ages 16 and up, are encouraged to attend.  It is a free event and I am donating all supplies for the cards.  It isn't necessary to be there for the entire event -- we would be happy to have any time you can donate.  There will be door prizes awarded during the event and all cards made will be donated.  More to come about this event in the future.

Have an awesome, God-filled day and thanks for stopping!

WHO KNEW? Home Decor and More!

If you haven't paid any attention to the Decor Elements line from Stampin' Up!, you are truly missing an opportunity!  If you live in an apartment or can't put things on your walls for one reason or another, this is the most inexpensive fix in the world!  Here's a project I did this afternoon in less than one hour and it was so easy!

I waited until I found a frame I liked that was on sale at 50% off.  Brought it home and cut a piece of regular 12 x 12 cardstock down to 9 x 12.  I splotched on some River Rock, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla ink with the plastic wrap the frame was covered in (I'm cheap and I'm trying to be green!).  Next, I rolled some marbles in the Gold Encore ink, tossed my cardstock in a box and rolled those marbles all over it to get that marbled effect.  LOVE IT!  I heat set the gold ink (you must ALWAYS heat set this ink!).

Next, I applied the Decor Elements to the cardstock and here is the result!

The background paper is So Saffron -- in my excitement, I forgot to mention that part!  I love this verse and now I can hang this in my craft room, my house, my office or wherever I need to see it!  Here's a close up of the background I created -- I wanted something a bit special.

Click it and it will get larger.  We have faux painted our walls at home and that was my inspiration.  When I originally decided upon the walls, I wanted to see movement and I think you get that with this background.  I'm very pleased with it.  Yes, I do realize I could have managed to place this exactly in the middle if I had taken the time to measure.  Did you read that it didn't take me very long to create this?  For crying out loud, it's handmade!  And I did it (placing emphasis on the "I"!) -- Anyone who knows me will be grateful to get it and if they squawk about the fact that it isn't exactly centered -- I'LL TAKE IT BACK and give it to someone who will appreciate my effort!

Why is Decor Elements so special?  It's a post-it note for the walls!  Goes on super slick and easy and comes off clean -- no marks, no discoloration and no guilt!  You truly need to take a look at the catalogs and see what inspires you -- then amaze your friends and family with your creative decor!

I received two more RAKS this week and they are both special!

This one is so gorgeous!  This is from Gloria Washek in Oregon.  I just love getting mail from all over the world!  I don't own this set and wish I did.  She embossed on the portion underneath the vellum, as well as on the vellum and then colored the backside of the vellum -- IT IS AWESOME!  I love the embossing on the first layer as well -- this card took some effort and if I had made it, I doubt I would ever have sent it -- it's too pretty to send to someone else!

This would be a great technique card for embossing and the use of vellum -- very effective.

The next card was sent to me by Sue-Lynn Bock from East Greenville, Pennsylvania.  I especially loved how creative she was in using these cards.  These are the Fresh Cut Notes from page 168 in the Idea Book and Catalog.  I've done something similar to what you are about to see, but mine absolutely pale in comparison!

Sue-Lynn scalloped the bottom, added the colored cardstock backing so it fills both the center and shows through the scallop.  In addition, she punched a smaller flower and added the bling brad -- who doesn't love a bling brad -- if you have followed by blog, you know I am a bling brad ho!  Love those beauties!

Okay, so if that isn't enough, she stamped on the card itself and added ribbon!  It's beautiful and I love it.  You know the best part about RAKS?  They are unexpected and these gals never write in them so I can use them to send to someone I want to send some love -- I ask you, "How Awesome Is That?" 

I was even more impressed with how she mailed this.  She flipped the card around so the brad was on the inside and then she used a crimper to crimp a piece of cardstock to put over the card.  It mailed for regular postage with the bling brad and that is quite an achievement!  I may be trying this myself -- I seriously thought it was genius!

Thanks, ladies for making my week!

My hands are really bothering me today and my inner domestic goddess is really laying on the guilt.  As a result, no stamping the remainder of the day.  I've got to go launder work socks for Thom (I should just buy more!) and then iron the pants for this family.  Did I mention I hate to iron but I hate when my inner domestic goddess harangues me and makes me feel guilty even worse than I hate ironing?  So, I'm off to pursue the feel-good vibes that come with cleaning, ironing and fixing the evening meal!

Enjoy your day and make sure you come back tomorrow -- BLOGGER'S CHALLENGE AND SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY -- I warned you -- It's a twoferone!

  

Guest Designer - Becky Hughes Clawson

I started stamping because I hoped to meet other women in this area.  I grew up two hours away and when I married Thom, moved to this area.  I didn't know any women, other than his sister, who is fabulous.  However, she has her own life and I needed to make my own friends.  Certainly I met women at church, but many of their lives don't mirror mine -- they have small children, our children are older.  You know what I mean -- different places in our lives and as a result, our priorities are different and our free time is spent differently,

I was very fortunate to meet Scrapbooker Extrordinaire -- Becky Hughes Clawson.  She is a scrapbooker the majority of the time, but she also makes fabulous projects and cards.  When I dropped an order off to her on Friday before Mother's Day, I found this waiting for me -- AND IT IS THE ONLY GIFT I RECEIVED FOR MOTHER'S DAY!  I'm not even her mother!

Those of you who read my blog know that I don't alter well at all -- I try, but it isn't a talent I possess.  In the course of thanking Becky for this fabulous gift, she told me it was her first altered clip board and I flat don't believe it!  It's gorgeous!  It includes paper clips, a memo pad and holder, as well as four fabulous cards for friends -- and I don't know about you, but I can always use those!  I love her choice of papers -- bright and beautiful and I love the ribbon touches!

I've included pictures of the clipboard without the cards so you can see what it really looks like.

I ask again?  Isn't this fabulous?!?!?!

The cards are shown below as well, but what I love best is the verse inside.  It is truly one of my favorites and reads "FRIENDS are those people who know the words to the song in your heart and sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.  Anonymous"  

There are also two cards that are blank inside so you can write whatever is in your heart.  I truly love this gift and cherish it because it was given to me by someone I admire and respect and am so blessed to call a friend. 

Here is the outside of the cards but they all have different ribbon treatments (and I LOVE THAT!).

I didn't have a clipboard either and it is going to be well utilized in my stamp room.  Becky, I can't thank you enough and want you to know how much I appreciate you taking time to MAKE ME SOMETHING!  I LOVE IT!

I haven't stamped in several days.  I'm going to come home after work tomorrow and hit my studio first thing.  The laundry can wait -- the Domestic Goddess in this house is taking Wednesday off and will wait until Thursday to start that laundry.  You know...I've got this figured out.  In our house, because Thom wants everything ironed because it feels better on his skin (yeah...right!), we have only ironing -- it's just dirty ironing or clean ironing and before it can become clean ironing, it needs to be laundered!  Did I mention that ironing is not my favorite chore?

And last night, I was having anxious thoughts about my child graduating so I made brownies.  That chocolate therapy really does help, you know?  If he weren't graduating and I wasn't looking forward to college tuition, I might have tried some retail therapy -- at this point, that is out of the question!

I'll be back with the Bonus Card from the Start to Finish Stamping class tomorrow.  I taught myself that 6x6 paper can make a whole lotta cards!

Thanks again Becky, not only for the gift of the altered clipboard -- but mostly for the gift of your fabulous friendship!

God Bless!

Decor Elements -- Serve the Lord

If you haven't seen Stampin' Up!'s line of Decor Elements, you owe it to yourself to check them out!  These rub-ons and stencils are fabulous and make home decor or hand crafting gift items a snap.  Here's a project that took me about 5 minutes to prepare.

I used an oval frame and as you can tell, put a More Mustard background behind the glass.  I actually used the rub-on directly on the glass and it was so easy to do, I was shocked.  I thought that since it was a larger image, it might be more difficult, but it wasn't.  Truly...5 minutes, start to finish!

I'm going to change the background so the seam in my paper is horizontal versus vertical and I will undoubtedly use some sort of floral and ribbon to cover the seam.  Hopefully I can get out tomorrow and pick up some florals that will work.

I love this verse from Joshua and I love Decor Elements!  So easy -- and this will make a fabulous gift for Christmas once I fix and finish it!

Enjoy your day!  I'm looking forward to some easy stamping this afternoon and hope to have some new items to show you on Wednesday!  I'm resting and really seeing some great strides in this carpal tunnel issue.

Bloggers Challenge - Christmas Decorations or Ornaments

Well, here it is Friday and I have not been able to post this week other than once!  Sorry about that!  Andy had a college visit and life interrupted, plus stamping has been painful at best.  I'm getting better but I normally stamp after work and since this has been statement week at work, I've been using my hands quite a bit.  By the time I get home, they need a rest.

My bloggers challenge was easy this week, though, so I knew I had to find time to make something and post.  I love luminaries and that is what I made, using the Fancy Favor Box die and my Big Shot.  Here's my pix:

I used the Fancy Favor Box die to cut Glorious Green and Real Red luminaries using the Big Shot.  Once I cut the boxes out, I punched the Christmas Ornament Punch both front and back, and then used the Autumn Harvest rubons to add a bit of panache to each luminary.  I added a tealight candle to each luminary and voila! 

Obviously you don't want to burn these without supervision and never around small children.  Since it is just Thom and I , I think these will look fabulous on the mantle burning in the evening.  I also suggest you burn the tealight for a bit so it isn't as full when you start burning it inside the luminary.  Quick and easy and just my current style!

I'm off to see what everyone else has done!  Enjoy your weekend and I'm hopeful I can come up with some time to stamp and post next week!  Andy has his first basketball game tonight and second tomorrow -- the whirlwind of basketball season is now in full swing!

Finally....I stamped something!

It feels so good to have actually stamped something!  It's been so long since I've been in my stamp room and I just decided pain or no pain, I was stamping.  I'm not sure we have the right diagnosis but I do know that the medicine they gave me cannot be consumed by this body.  Truthfully, with one half oa a pill, and I am allowed to have two at a time, my nose goes completely numb, my face tingles and I cannot hear correctly.  I have decided that there has to be an alternative and I'm seeking it!  But in the meantime, I do feel a bit better and will just have to plan my work and work my plan!

Because I knew I didn't have much time to stamp and wouldn't be able to really stamp much, I pulled out one of the slim tins I bought at convention.  I recently purchased the Elegant Notes from the Idea Book and Catalog, page 168.  I love the look of these and knew that they would have to be a gift as the post office will not deliver them.  But, I also thought they would look gorgeous on a gift and that I could dress them up a bit and use them as a Hostess Gift prior to Christmas, allowing my hostess to use them for Christmas.  I love the design and I paired the notes with both Handsome Hunter and Bravo Burgundy for a really rich look.  Here's a look at the cards themselves.

The notes themselves come with the design punched, but not removed.  I removed the design using my bone folder and covered the diecut with either Bravo Burgundy or Handsome Hunter, adhereing a piece of cardstock that was 1 3/4" by 2 3/4".  Very easy.  Next, I used the sentiment from All Holidays, #114916, to stamp the front.  I wanted something that looked both elegant and that wasn't too cluttered and I really like this one.  I could have tied a piece of the 1/4" grosgrain around the bottom to add to the look, but I just liked the richness of the Very Vanilla card with these colors all by itself.  Sometimes, less is more and in this case, I thought this was just enough.

I recently purchased the Christmas Greetings set, #115448, because I love the font that "Merry Christmas" is written in.  Plus, at $10.95, this is one of those sets that I can easily see myself using throughout the Christmas season.  I personally am a "Merry Christmas" lady versus Seasons Greetings.  I know that Jesus is the reason for the season and I'm not going to use any other sentiment than Merry Christmas on my Christmas Cards.  I like the way this looks stamped inside the elegant notes.

 

The left hand picture is the tin itself.  All I did to dress it up was to use some of the Christmas Rub-Ons using the snowflakes from the Icicle Rub Ons from the Christmas Mini, #116804.  Took 2 minutes if that because I first cut them out and then placed them on the tin, using the popsickle stick to rub them on.  The right hand pictures is the inside of the tin itself.  This tin easily holds 8 of these cards and since you get 15, I'll use 8 in one, 6 in another tin and keep one to use the embellishment on the front as a stencil for other cards, envelopes and whatever else might come into my path.  I love the design on the front of these notes.  Tied with a ribbon in Handsome Hunter, I think the presentation is pretty and elegant but not over the top.  And, it easily fits into my purse so I can present it when I walk in the door at any Thanksgiving gathering.  I toyed with the idea of making a belly band and may still do that so that the presentation is a bit more grand.

Easy and simple.  Quick too!  Just what I needed today!  My hope is to be able to get back to stamping something everyday and posting Monday through Friday.  I love to stamp and I am unwilling to give this up because it is such great therapy for me.  As I work through finding out what is indeed the source of the pain in my fingers, hands, wrists and up my arms to my elbows, I may not get something posted everyday, but trust me, that is my intention.  I appreciate you sticking with me and if you see something you like and have questions, let me know!  Have an awesome day!

Young Lives - New Organization in Muskingum County

Sorry I didn't get anything posted yesterday.  I'm diligently working on the cards for the Ronald McDonald House and I wanted to do some packaging of the door prizes; however, the door prizes may not have pretty packaging, but they will still be there!  The best laid plans.....

Yesterday, I took a moment to read the Times Recorder and there was an article on the front page about a new organization in Muskingum County called Young Lives.  I fervently believe in their mission -- to assist young teen mothers.  These moms have chosen the much harder route -- keeping and raising their own chldren, when the option is one I don't even want to consider.  I know that their lives will be forever changed, but there are people who want to help and they have founded, or are in the process of founding, Young Lives.  If you didn't get a chance to read the article, I urge you to look it up.  Young Lives will be a support type organization for these teen moms and I would like to help them succeed.  I've offered my services for their crafting needs -- teaching scrapbooking and card making, and perhaps hand crafted gifts.  But for now, they are doing their first fund raiser on Sunday, and of course, I won't be able to attend as I am coordinating the Ronald McDonald House card event, so worthwhile in and of itself. 

As a result, I'm donating some stamps, some scrapbooking materials and some cards that I was able to do very quickly (VERY QUICKLY!) yesterday.  I haven't had an opportunity to show you the Decor Element Stencils and used them for the gift bag because I'm so far behind myself.  No, it isn't a real WOW at this point, but it's a start and unfortunately, this is how it will leave the house.  At least it isn't a plain bag and it's free for their auction.  When you are trying to make money, free is always good!

I love to use Kraft bags because you can use a myriad of colors to dress them up!  Here, I've used the Christmas Ornaments Decor Stencils and I've just inked them using a sponge and my ink pad.  I used Night of Navy, Baroque Burgundy, and Handsome Hunter to ink the ornament.  I used the embellishment stencil on the Night of Navy ornament with my Platinum or Silver Shimmer Paint and used the same stencil with a gold reinker for the Handsome Hunter ornament.  I used the Champagne Frost Shimmer Paint (which is almost too opaque) on the Baroque Burgundy ornament.  I used my piercing tool to punch a hole on the side of each ornament and then threaded gold and silver cord through and around.  I had to tie a knot on the inside of the bag and then pull it around to the outside so I could tie a bow.  Trust me, I wasn't going to quit until I got the look I was trying to achieve, but my fingers just aren't functioning as they should be and it took some real effort.  However, I wasn't going to be defeated!  Once I tied the bows, I used more of the same cording to tie around the bow on the outside and just took it up and over the top of the bag to make it appear that the ornaments are hanging.  If I had the time, I would first have tried to stamp some evergreen stamps on the outside to make this appear that these ornaments were hanging amidst the tree branches.  However, my time is limited and I just wanted to have a prettier than blank bag.  I also used my shimmer spray to make the bag shimmer, spraying it all over on all sides.  Here is a better picture of the cards I included.

This dormant set, Branch Out has quickly become my favorite with the omission embossing technique because it is quick, easy and pretty.  I used Soft Suede as a base, stamped the tree in Soft Suede and used Old Olive, Crushed Curry and Dusty Durango as my leaves.  I stamped the boots on the envelopes and tied all my cards together with a Soft Suede Polka Dotted ribbon.

The stamp set was an old Hostess set that I didn't use a lot.  Now, I'm glad I still had it because of the sentiments involved in the set.  It is titled Happiness Always and one of the sentiments says "Be all that you dream to be."  I truly believe these young women are going to face some hurdles and I trust that the Godly women who will be guiding them are going to be "real" but will give them the heart they will need to keep striving to meet all of their dreams.  God can make all things for good and we know that from His Word because He said so.  I love being Andy's mom and can't imagine not having him in my world.  I hope these young women will have an opportunity to enjoy motherhood while they face the setbacks and hurdles that are sure to come their way.  I just know that if they stick in, trust in God and believe that He will help them through this, they will be blessed for giving their children a chance to be born and to fulfill their purpose on this earth!

God's blessings to you today!

Happy Friday!

I have a confession to make.  Today was Blogger's Challenge and I opted out.  Now, hear me out here.  I played along and created a card, but Thom thought it was so horrible, he said, "Don't post that!"  So, without going into too much detail, I listened to what my smart hubby said.  I created a Halloween card using the Sock Monkey (which I detest!) and I paper pieced his body with Perfect Plum DSP and gave him a jaunty little red hat, trimmed in perfect plum and accessorized him with a red purse, complete with a plum rhinestone.  Do you see where I'm going here?  I was going to post it this way, "No Treats Here -- Just Tricks!"  Well, my play on the Red Hat Society didn't get it for him so I skipped the challenge.  The theme was Halloween and truthfully, I just don't do it.  We don't get beggars where we live and there are no family members close by who celebrate Halloween so we just skip it entirely.  I made one Halloween card for club members and have already posted it, and I just wasn't inspired.  My bad. 

But, here is something I can show you.  This is an extremely easy Card Pouch that holds four cards and envelopes and can be dressed up or down for gift giving.  If you want to give a bag of tags to a hostess as a hostess gift, this bag would do the trick. 

I took the picture with the pouch empty as my cards were competing for attention through the window.  However, as you can see, without too much difficulty, I cut out the circle and attached acetate after stamping and coloring on the window to dress up my pouch.  Can I just tell you how easy this was?  If you want to make it even easier, don't cut the window...just create the pouch and dress up the front with DSP or stamping on the front of the pouch.  I know that anyone you wanted to give a bag of tags, an assortment of cards or whatever you could fit into this pouch would love to receive it.  After all, the best gifts are handmade and useful -- that is my philosophy anyway!  But keep in mind, I also keep a list for those who want to purchase their gifts for me -- there's always something I can use!  And yep, that is me you can see in the window of the pouch!  If you are coming to Techniques Class or Card Club this month, here is your extra project!

I'm creating the designs for the Cards for the Kids Event this weekend and have to kick this into high gear as this event is next weekend!  I kept hearing God tell me to go to a specific store today and I did -- I listened and He found me a fabulous deal on adhesive which we can use for the Cards for the Kids Event!  Saved me a ton of money and will make it so much easier for us to create!  God is good and I don't mind telling you!  I have been testing glue sticks, glues and other alternatives this past week to see what we could use -- nothing I've tried has been acceptable to me.  I once had a workshop participant tell me that whenever she went anywhere else, she was given glue sticks.  I promised her she would never receive a glue stick at my events as I do not use them...PERIOD.  And I mean to keep that promise forever!

Enjoy your weekend!  I'm already feeling that cold weather that is supposed to roll in but I've truly enjoyed the gentleness of the weather today -- it is gorgeous and fairly warm.  I hate to see Autumn go but I know that Winter is on its way.  Don't forget to fall back this weekend -- one more hour of sleep and I'm looking forward to the extra snuggle!  Blessings to you and yours!