From: rubberstampers-owner@xmission.com To: rubberstampers-digest@xmission.com Subject: rubberstampers Digest V2 #86 Reply-To: rubberstampers@xmission.com Errors-To: rubberstampers-owner@xmission.com Precedence: rubberstampers Digest Tuesday, 4 February 1997 Volume 02 : Number 086 In this issue: I need Miracle Tape!!! Re: TAN: To Kindergarten Teachers and Homeschoolers RS: Detailed Images Re: RS:what company does custom address stamps? TAN: FYI TAN: FYI Dragonhome MOM Re: Precious Moments Swap RS: TTPO #6 and Kate's Mail Days & Evenings Super-Nice People Re: Favorite Chalk Techniques? RS: Grapevine Info...Useful Version Bonnie's swap proposal Stamp Stores in Daytona, Florida TTPO Arrived MOM Janet & DAD Frank Re: Favorite Chalk Techniques? Re: Celtic postage stamps Re: April's Jan SSS!!!!!!! [none] [none] Re: Iowa Re: jode@cutey.com (Jodie T.): TAN: To Kindergarten Teachers and Homeschoolers See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the rubberstampers or rubberstampers-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mavinci@juno.com (Ma Vinci) Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 09:49:02 EST Subject: I need Miracle Tape!!! Sorry to copy to the list guys, but I have like four different addresses for Stampo and I don't know which to use! Stampo!! I lent my catalog away, and now I need more Miracle Tape!!! I need to know how much the 1/4" size is, and if there's a price break on it if I buy a certain quantity!! Also the shipping $. I absolutely LOVE this stuff and I'm finding I'm using it for everything I do now, so I need more, more, MORE!!! Thanks muchly!! Ma Vinci ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Without art, we are but monkeys with car keys. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ ------------------------------ From: Janet Detter Margul Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 08:41:52 -0600 Subject: Re: TAN: To Kindergarten Teachers and Homeschoolers Take her to the opera. Take her to concerts. Have good music playing on the stereo. Turn off the TV. Play with her. Create with her. Oh. When mine was in kindergarten, some teacher told me the biggest greatest tip ever, and it's so danged simple I would have never thought of it or made the connection... When you pick her up from school or day care or wherever you pick her up? TURN OFF THE CAR RADIO! That's it. Just turn off the radio. The silence is for her to fill with tales of her day. And she will, given that silence and that chance. Mine is almost 17 now and I STILL turn off the radio whenever she gets in the car with me. Granted, now she usually turns it right back on and not to a station I like, but it's such a habit. And a really good one. She still gives me a complete rundown of her day. And usually asks for the same from me. ========================================================================= Janet Detter Margul | Real women don't have hot flashes... WeeBe Graphics Plano, Texas | they have power surges! ========================================================================= * * * janet@plano.net * * * janet.npc@genie.com * * * NEW web pages with a new address: http://www.dallas.net/~janet/index.html ========================================================================= ------------------------------ From: S_Blodgett@prodigy.com ( STACIA D BLODGETT) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 08:58:01, -0500 Subject: RS: Detailed Images Pam, Just wanted to share that "Enchanted Creations" makes a wonderful embossing powder for detailed stamps. It is called Gloss Clear Superior Detail embossing powder and it is wonderful. No affiliation with Enchanted Creations, blah, blah, just a satisfied customer. Also use a brayer to ink the stamp, as this reduced "pooling" in the grooves. This "pooling" will cause "blobs" of ink on your paper. Now, if you need any help with these highly technical terms, contact Shannon Green, cause she knows about everything, except foofing, and she has had to give this up. Thank goodness she knows when she has been beat.......hope this helps, Stacia Blodgett ------------------------------ From: Rhonda Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 06:58:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: RS:what company does custom address stamps? At 06:25 PM 1/28/97 -0500, you wrote: >Hello, > >I need to order two or three different custom address stamps. I've seen >them before in Herbarium I think, but who else does them? I can't find a >source! Help! Thanks! > Sorry, The Herbarium no longer makes custom stamps. You can get them done so cheaply these days at most office supply stores though, even when you bring in custom art. Rhonda ------------------------------ From: gmaattic@wolfenet.com Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 07:02:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: TAN: FYI Just thought I would let any of my " kindred spirits" out there who loves Mary Engelbreit and lives in WA, that there is a store in Bothell at Country Village called "Ruffles". This store had the biggest selection of ME I have ever seen! (and believe me, I've looked!) So get there anyway you can! It's too cute!!!! TTYL Barb ------------------------------ From: gmaattic@wolfenet.com Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 07:02:45 -0800 (PST) Subject: TAN: FYI Just thought I would let any of my " kindred spirits" out there who loves Mary Engelbreit and lives in WA, that there is a store in Bothell at Country Village called "Ruffles". This store had the biggest selection of ME I have ever seen! (and believe me, I've looked!) So get there anyway you can! It's too cute!!!! TTYL Barb ------------------------------ From: Linda Lewis Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:05:58 -0500 (EST) Subject: Dragonhome MOM Did you get my post - my system is acting weird - just checking. Your bashful shy loving kid Lynn ------------------------------ From: Julia Sidebottom Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:10:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Precious Moments Swap I have been off the list for a while but would love to find out the details of this swap if it is still open I would love to get in on it! Could I too get the details. Julia Sidebottom On Tue, 4 Feb 1997 Stampjkr@aol.com wrote: > I'm sorry. I lost the page that said when the swap was due plus the address > and contents of the swap. Could you please email me again? > ------------------------------ From: "Katherine J. Whitridge" Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:12:33 -0500 (EST) Subject: RS: TTPO #6 and Kate's Mail Days & Evenings At least I'm pretty sure that it's TTPO #6 - I'm not to good with numbers. Last night around 9:00 p.m., the Post Office delivered two items to my door - I'm still not sure what to think of this, as Canada Post does not do evening deliveries to my knowledge, except during the week before Christmas. Anyway, the first object, to my bemusement, was long and fruity, with a sinfully sweet, colourful center - my first TTPO item(s), from Gail Zwang. I'm impressed by the combination of fun and functionality! The second was a box of Griffin & Sabine Postcards from Stampo of VLVS! Wow! The box that is sold up here has 4 copies of 6 patterns, but the one that arrived last night has a complete range of postcard patterns. This will provide some additional inspiration for the Venetian's Wife Swap. Thanks Stampo! Of course, it wasn't just the unusual delivery hour that was remarkable, but also the fact that both of these packages cleared Customs without any duty owing (joy! bliss! more funds to spend in Florida!). And I forgot to say thanks to Lisette Cannedy for the wonderful Non Sequitur order. This arrived in about 2-1/2 weeks - amazing speed to Canada! And in addition to my order, there were 3 unmounteds which will be great for Nick Bantock-style cards, and a glorious card and a challenge that I'm looking forward to meeting! /\ (o) .\/\ /\ . . . in the darkness, light . . . . \.\/\ / .\ /\.\/. \ /. .\ /\ Kate Whitridge /. \/. .\/ . \/. \ The RubberSnark ./ . . \ . / ..\/\ whitridg@achilles.net ------------------------------ From: AlphaBecky Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 10:11:33 -0500 Subject: Super-Nice People Okay - so I'm a greedy person. I got my compressor half-price at Michael's, but then someone mentioned a big set of colored pencils - of course, I wanted those, too. Today is recycling day and I knew that in everyone of those blue boxes was a Michael's 50% off coupon. BUT, we just moved here and I don't want to be known as "that lady who digs through our trash". So I waited till the recycling guy came by and told him what I wanted and he (very patiently) let me dig through the papers in the truck. I found Sunday section B and thanked him very much. When I got in the house I saw it was January 26th's paper - the WRONG week!! Well, I tried - it must not be meant to be. But then there was a knock on the door and there he was - with a complete Sunday paper from the house up the street. Can you believe that? He didn't even know I had gotten the wrong one, but he said he wanted to be sure I got the right section. WOW!! I guess I'm meant to have those pencils after all - now where are my car keys?? AlphaBecky greene10@mto.infi.net ------------------------------ From: Jayhawk <"jayhawk@wasatch.com"@mail.wasatch.com> Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 08:14:35 -0700 Subject: Re: Favorite Chalk Techniques? Hi...I'm teaching a stamping class. One of my students asked about using chalk. The method I use is very simple, rubbing chalk on typing paper and then applying it to my images with a Q-Tip. I'd like to know how other people use chalk and what kind of fixative you use. Thanks in advance, Rachel Jayhawk ------------------------------ From: Shannon Green Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 09:23:04 -0600 Subject: RS: Grapevine Info...Useful Version I think we've run through all the gossip, so here's some of the neat things that caught my eye at the convention: Fantastic um grabbags from Stamp Camp, 100 Proof Press and Stamp Out Cute. More great ums from American Art Stamp, Darci's Country Folk, RBBB, Rubber Gems, Worth Repeating and VLVS. That Art Institute Glitter stuff was impressive. One of my adoptees had sent me some to play with, so I didn't intend to buy any more.......until I watched the demo. So, I bought a kit then ran over to JudiKins to buy some stamps to use with it. JudiKins. Oh my. I bought stamps, lots of embossing powders, sealing wax, glue pens, etc... Embossing powders were on sale 6 for $12, and buy 8 stamps and get the 9th free. My checkbook is still writhing in pain. Toybox has long been one of my favorite companies. No ums this time, but a great selection of mounted stamps, stampable wooden boxes, those great stipple brushes, and demos to die for. Their sale was buy 3 mounteds and get the 4th free....buy a Petalpoint and get 2 Cat's eyes free. A Stamp In The Hand had lots of neato accessories. I bought rub-ons, glues, penscore, a corrugator, and I'll stop there so I won't look compulsive. Stamp Out Cute not only had fantastic mounted and unmounted images, but boxed sets of Griffin & Sabine postcards, and the new stamp positioner that comes with two sizes of acrylic plates. Stamp Cabana had great deals on scenery sets. These sets had everything you needed to make a particular scene. Some of the stamps in the sets were HUGE. There was so much more there, but these were just a few things that caught my eye. The Wichita Falls area stampers surprised me Friday night with a birthday cake after dinner! We all enjoyed it very much once the fire department left. The "icing on the cake" for the weekend was the trip to Paper Routes and Stacia Blodgett can never disclose how much money I spent there. If she does, I'll tell everyone what she does in her closet with rubber cement and E6000. (She mounts rubber, of course!! What were you thinking??) Shannon ------------------------------ From: Bonnie Linhart Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 07:25:40 -0800 Subject: Bonnie's swap proposal Hi everyone!! OOOPS! I thought about this last night after I went to bed! You don't have to "just" use the bird, but you do have to use it on your card, even if you use other stamps. Let me know by February 15 if you want to do this swap and if you need to order a bird. Payment at time of order/swap sign up. Hope to hear from you soon. Bonnie "Lass" - -- Bonnie "Lass" Linhart Lass Creations 6339 Ventura Lane Central Point, OR 97502-9355 ------------------------------ From: Susan Mitchem Date: 4 Feb 97 10:30:06 Subject: Stamp Stores in Daytona, Florida Hi everyone! Hope you are having a nice Tuesday. Here in Washington, it looks like rain. However, I have a question: I am visiting my mom as a surprise for her birthday this month and will be in Daytona. Are there any places to shop for stamps in the area? I hope to visit the flea market, it is the best for strawberries and looking at all the stuff, but I don't believe there are any stamps around. A great cross-stitch place is in the flea market, if any of you are interested. Thanks in advance! ------------------------------ From: Impressionable@vval.com (Kathy A. Nakata) Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 07:42:54 -0800 Subject: TTPO Arrived Hi All! I got a TTPO item from Michelle Hannah. They are just in time. My niece and nephew are going to be the ones benefitting from these things. Thanks, Michelle! Kathy ------------------------------ From: Elaine Morgan Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 10:52:32 +0000 Subject: MOM Janet & DAD Frank They say the brain needs food too...maybe you need a *wee snackie* or some hors d'oeuvres...whatcha think?? Lt. Governor of The State of Confusion Club InkyPinkies Elaine Carpe Diem! ------------------------------ From: Impressionable@vval.com (Kathy A. Nakata) Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 07:49:27 -0800 Subject: Re: Favorite Chalk Techniques? jayhawk@wasatch.com@mail.wasatch.com,Internet-Vval.com writes: >Hi...I'm teaching a stamping class. One of my students asked about >using chalk. The method I use is very simple, rubbing chalk on typing >paper and then applying it to my images with a Q-Tip. I'd like to know >how other people use chalk and what kind of fixative you use. There's also the technique I (and about a thousand other people) learned from VIP. You emboss in white (or white sparkle looks really great too) on a dark cardstock (I love black and dark blue) and then use a Qtip to rub chalk over the embossed lines. After you've "colored" your lines, take a small sponge or paper towel that is *barely* damp and wipe any stray chalk off the card. Then I seal with Krylon Crystal Clear. It's a great way to add some subtle color and if you use the white sparkle EP, you get a glimmery color. I've also been known to use a makeup sponge and swipe color bands across my cardstock for a background. This takes a little more finesse because the chalk really doesn't want to stick to the makeup sponge! Kathy ------------------------------ From: Rhonda Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 08:02:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Celtic postage stamps At 08:17 AM 2/4/97 PST, you wrote: >Rhonda, do you have postage with a celtic theme ie knots borders, >animals? I saw some once and I thought the sender said they were in your >catalog? Also, are you not doing custom address stamps anymore? waaaa!! > Hi Laurie, Well not that topic specifically. We do have about 100+ topical packets of postage stamps as well as countries and of course the Irish stamps have many celtic images. That would be the closest I could think of, although of course not all Irish stamps have celtic artwork. For others: we recently got a large amount of stamps from India in as well (that isn't on the catalog list). In fact, I can order almost any country you might want stamps from. Have fun! Rhonda ------------------------------ From: Impressionable@vval.com (Kathy A. Nakata) Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 07:58:21 -0800 Subject: Re: April's Jan SSS!!!!!!! blueyes@micron.net,Internet-Vval.com writes: > I bought the bowl and the >thing that kindof looks like a quiche cooker (I cannot remember what it is >called) and I have no idea how to really use it. The deep dish (or mini deep dish) baker! One of my absolute favorite kitchen tools. And one of my two favorite recipes using the baker is the mini cinnamon rolls. Just take packaged crescent rolls and divide them into squares. Roll out the perforation across the squares. Spread butter on the squares and sprinkle cinnamon/sugar all over the surface. Roll the squares starting with the longer edge. Cut into about six or seven pieces. Placing cut sides up, place in baker (one package of crescent rolls for the mini - two packages for the full size). Sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon/sugar over the top. I also add pecans before I bake. Bake the rolls. Make an icing of powdered sugar and apple juice (or milk). When the mini rolls come out of the oven drizzle the icing over the top. Let cool slightly and enjoy! They are just the perfect size for popping in your mouth! :) Kathy ------------------------------ From: owner-rubberstampers@xmission.com Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 09:34:59 -0700 (MST) Subject: [none] ------------------------------ From: owner-rubberstampers@xmission.com Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 09:38:25 -0700 (MST) Subject: [none] ------------------------------ From: JimStamper@aol.com Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 11:13:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Iowa In a message dated 2/4/97 3:32:49 AM, you wrote: >>>Idiots out wandering anywhere<< >Can I have more explanation on that one? well it spells IOWA I O W A Then there are those other jokes. why don't they have coffee breaks in IOWA? It takes too long to retrain the employees. These people out here have a great sense of humor 'eh? Best Jim ------------------------------ From: Barbara Holl Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 08:08:50 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: jode@cutey.com (Jodie T.): TAN: To Kindergarten Teachers and Homeschoolers Just have to add to this. Taking walks with your children can be an education for you too! Children of that age find all sorts of things to pick up and look at. Just be carefult to watch what they start to pick up. In these times we must remind children not to touch everything they see. It's hard for them to understand. Looking first and examining what they find for a while is a good thing to teach them. If they grow up to become an investigator of any kind: police, archeologist, anthropologist, etc. it's better to look first. Walks in the woods can be very interesting and fun. Collect leaves, seed pods, etc. and press the leaves into a book to keep. Who knows, these children may grow up to be botonists! I guess what I'm trying to say is to have fun with your children, talk to them, explore with them and always teach safety. Your interests often rub off on your children - I love the woods, and wood itself and my son works with wood - builds furniture. I enjoy the computer, meeting people and I have to organize everything - my daughter is an office manager (secretary) at Boeing and does very well. Barbara (StampBear) bholl@halcyon.com On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, P Bagdon wrote: > I too have a Kindergartner and believe me they are learning plenty in > class!! Outside of school I try to avoid doing "homework" or schoolwork > with him, or at least calling it that....there's plenty of time for that > kind of pressure later. What I do is try to read to him as often as > possible, about anything and everything. We also like to spend time > together on the computer. His favs right now are Jumpstart Kindergarten > and Jumpstart Kindergarten Reading. He love to "play" (as he thinks of > it) with these two programs for hours. In reality they are excellent > educational programs concentrating on letter recognition, reading and > math skills to name a few. Find ways to have fun with your daughter and > you'd be surprised at just how much you are BOTH learning. Good Luck & > Have Fun!! > > HappyStamper > > --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- > From: jode@cutey.com (Jodie T.) > To: rubberstampers@firewall.genie.net > Subject: TAN: To Kindergarten Teachers and Homeschoolers > Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 20:27:58 -1000 > Message-ID: > > Hi Everyone, > My daughter is in Kindergarten and I was wondering > what we can do at home to help her in school. She is > not having any problems at school, but I feel like I should > be helping her do more studying at home. I'm not talking > about more homework during school nights, but just other > fun things that just happen to be educational that we > can do over the weekends. I've asked her teacher what > we can with her at home, but didn't really give us a response... > > And I'm asking for help because I just want to make sure > that the activities are in line with her age and skills... > > Thanks, > Jodie > > > > --------- End forwarded message ---------- > ------------------------------ End of rubberstampers Digest V2 #86 *********************************** To subscribe to rubberstampers Digest, send the command: subscribe rubberstampers-digest in the body of a message to "majordomo@xmission.com". 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