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My name is Diana Gibbs, and I am a Wife, a Mum, and a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. I have been a Demonstrator for 14 years and I live in Arizona with Jeff my Hubby of 28 years, our 24 year old son Eric, our 5 year old Yorkie-Poo Toby, and our five chickens, Stella, Clara, Fiji, Mork and Mindy, RIP Gertie & Alice. I am a 2009 Stampin' Up! Artisan Award winner, I am one of the Top 100 Demonstrators for 2010, 2011 & 2012. I am having so much fun, I love my job!

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"Tweak"
To tweak, tweaker, tweaking, tweakster", any of those words used on my Blog means to like someones card, scrapbook page, project, whatever and you copy it but you change it up a bit.
"The Gnomes"
This is actually what I was calling "the girls" our chickens before we got them, when Jeff was building their coop. The girls are called Alice, Clara, Stella, Fiji, Mork & Mindy
"My Precious"
This is my Droid phone...and I love it! I am on my second one and this one is a RAZR M.
"FLICKs"
First Level Incentive Card Kit(s) - these are the card kits my girls can earn based on their monthly sales.
"BFF Tracy"
Everyone knows that BFF stands for Best Friends Forever. Tracy lives in Pennsylvania and we met through Stampin' Up! and we talk and laugh every day, and we both wish each other lived next door. We only see each other a few times a year. Everyone should be so lucky to have a BFF like my Tracy!
"Card Guts"
Left over class packets of cardstock all ready to make cards.
"MDS"
My Digital Studio - Stampin' Up!'s new Digital Paper Crafting program for making scrapbook pages, cards, calendars, DVD's, etc.
"Toby"
My dog
"Eric"
My son
"Jeff"
My hubby
"Dit"
On the ruler it is the little lines in between the big lines, they might be 16's, 18's, heck they could be 44's, to me they are dits.
"What-cha-ma-call-it"
Something I don't know the real name of, or maybe I just can't spell it right
"Dealie-bob"
What-cha-ma-call-it
"Sansodor & Stumps"
An oil for blending watercolor pencils, and the stumps are what you apply the oil with. You can also use it with the Watercolor Wonder Crayons.
"TLC"
Technique Lover's Class
"DSP"
Designer Series Paper
"MAMMa"
My Arizona Mum Marlene
"10/10/25 Class"
10 cards, 10 envelopes for $25.00

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J.R. Ward: Lover At Last: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood

Movies I Recommend

"Death at a Funeral"
Make sure you get the original 2007 British version. So many funny moments, I love swearing in a British accent. Oh and Uncle Alfie on the crapper..."it's touch and go" and "you missed a bit" - Classic
"Barefoot in the Park"
This is so funny, Jane Fonda's Mum and all the stairs is hilarious and when she gets drunk....ya gotta watch it!
"The Butterfly Effect"
Make sure to watch BOTH versions, the theatrical and the director's cut...let me know which one YOU liked best!
"Mr. Holland's Opus"
I love Richard Dreyfuss, since Jaws and this movie is so uplifting and beautiful.
"Serendipity"
I think this is one of my favorite movies of all time...well at least the one with NO vampires in it...ha! I believe in fate...do you?

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December 24, 2012

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

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Well maybe, ha! I did get some Christmas cash and it was burning a hole in my pocket and I still had to pick up some gifts so I went for a drive today...me and my Breaking Dawn 2 soundtrack. I went to a place I had never been before. The Rustic Hutch in Mesa, OMG! what a cute store. It has one of my favorite vendors there, Julie's Home Decor and I got something from her booth, I always do (she has a booth in several other places I go). I swear if I knew her we would be great friends...and I would be broke.

Here's me finds...

Are these not adorable? These were from Julie's booth. The chunky glitter on top looks like sugar and you wanna lick it...you don't, but you wanna.

Everyone needs some rusty balls...err bells on their tree. These are like baseball sized.

This little guy actually spoke to me and said "please Miss (he had me at Miss) take me home and love me".

This shabby stool was a steal and I love it, it is nice and solid and perfect for when I sit at my cutting table as that is the same table as my sewing machine, plus...

...it fits under the counter when I don't need it.

After I finished wrapping I had some empty tubes and Toby said he'd take care of them for me...gotta love the little guy.

Ho!Ho!Ho!

Have an awesome Christmas eve and thanks for stopping in.

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