<Jambalaya> HI Y'ALL

<BlackCats> hi

<keribou> exactly- thqat was me- I napped and slept most of the afternoon and evening

<keribou> Shannon baby

<Shannon> hey hey

<BlackCats> brb

<Jambalaya> OK I'M THE FIRST TO ADMIT, I'M JUST AWFUL ABOUT SENDING OUT RAKS

<keribou> me too

<Jambalaya> WHO HAS A GOOD PLAN TO GET IT DONE?

<Shannon> i used to be good. now i suck.

<keribou> Make up a bunch in a batch ahead of time so you have them?

<Jambalaya> THAT DOESN'T WORK, I HAVE A BOX FULL OF READY CARDS<G>

<purplrose> thats a good idea

<CindyC> don't look at me, i am the worst

<BlackCats> keep the cards you need to rak in a basket right in front of your worktable

* cak shrinks into a dark corner

<Jambalaya> LOL, CAK

<Jambalaya> I SEE YOU BACK THERE

<stthmom> I try to make 8 extra cards when I have stamps out by stamping a sheet in collage style then cutting it

<cak> darn it

<CindyC> i would offer a suggestion but i can't think of any that would work for me!

<CindyC> i am horrible about sending anything!

<CindyC> tjat

<CindyC> that's why i love uploading... lol

<Redstick> I was thinking about doing a "monthly" thing on the website. Make the 1st or the 15th RAK day....if it's always the same day, you might remember

<BlackCats> whenever I come up with a design that I like I make at least a dozen

<Jambalaya> THAT'S A THOUGHT RED

<Redstick> or the 2nd Monday, or something similar

<purplrose> gettit would be easier if there was a certain day

<Jambalaya> I MADE A TON OF SERENDIPITY CARDS LAST FALL, AND HAVE YET TO SEND ANY OUT<G>

<Shannon> i think my problem isn't so much remembering. it's just doing it.

<keribou> me too shannon- getting in there and making the cards

<Shannon> we need a class on how to make ourselves stuff t hat envelope and take it to the p.o.

<Redstick> Open a biz...that'll do it :)

<Kriztina> maybe you should ask janet how to do that shannon : )

<Jambalaya> OH YA, I SHOULDA NAMED THIS CLASS MAILING101

<Jambalaya> <G>

<Shannon> i've had a card sitting on my desk for almost a month...waiting....wanting to be mailed

<CindyC> that's exactly why i haven't opened a biz red!

<Kriztina> to me?

<Shannon> lol kriz

<stthmom> do you all RAK back a card if you get one?

<Shannon> we need a pill to cure procrastination. or laziness. or whatever keeps us from getting this stuff done.

<purplrose> thats for sure

<Jambalaya> WELL, I FEEL GUILTY THAT I DIDN'T, DOES THAT COUNT??

<Shannon> i always intend to rak back. sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesnt.

<MomCat> me too

<Jambalaya> HI LARRY

<LArry> Hey all

<Redstick> DO you go so far as to put the cards in envies, put on a stamp and return addy?

<Shannon> i used to be an awesome raker. kept a little card file s ystem and everything.

<BlackCats> I have a stamp that says "She who procrastinates", shannon

<Jambalaya> WE'RE TRYING TO FORM A PLAN TO SEND OUT RAKS

<Redstick> Then all you hafta do is address it

<Shannon> i dont get that far

<Shannon> it just sits on my desk.

<LArry> i don't get that far

<MomCat> I don't get that far either

<Jambalaya> HEY THATS A GOOD THOUGHT TOO RED

<Redstick> It should be part of your "card making" then

<BlackCats> I tend to let them pile up and then spend a couple of days catching up on all the RAKs needed

* Redstick KNOWS how to organize.....DOING it is something different :)

* Jambalaya LOOKS THROUGH THE MAIL TO SEE IF RED SENT HER A RAK<G>

<LArry> hopefully since we have the new house and are poor, I will have more time to stock up

<BlackCats> then make a trip to the post office followed by lunch out somewhere

<Dusty> My excuse is that I need a NEW card to send.

<Jambalaya> OHHHH INCENTIVES BlackCats ! GOOD IDEA

<Dusty> Not the same one again.

<CindyC> if i promise something it usually gets sent, so i try very hard never to promise

<Jambalaya> HI craftykim

<BlackCats> lol. also includes a trip to LSS and/or the M store

<LArry> well i just wanted to say hi....talk to you all later

<craftykim> Hi everyone

<BlackCats> hi, kim

<Jambalaya> WE'RE TRYING TO FORM A PLAN TO GET RAKS SENT OUT

<craftykim> Hey BC your cat book is real cute!

<BlackCats> ty

<Shannon> we need a support group for dysfunctional rakers

<Jambalaya> OH HEY THERE'S A THOUGHT

<Dusty> I gotta get going. Nite everybody.

<Jambalaya> FORM A YAHOO GROUP AND SET AUTO REMINDERS<G>

<Shannon> oh yeah. and i can delete them with all my flylady reminders.

<BlackCats> and you have to make at least one RAK to attend the meeting <G>

<Jambalaya> THE REMINDER COULD SAY HAVE YOU RAKED ANY JambalayaS LATELY?

<Shannon> lol

<BlackCats> lol

<craftykim> Oh Shannon, I did the flylady thing too!!

<Shannon> i so totally failed the flylady

<craftykim> me too!!!!

<Shannon> another support group: flylady failures

<Jambalaya> I'M STILL TRYING TO HUMOR THE FLYLADY

<BlackCats> what is flylady?

<craftykim> I wish I could do all that stuff, I just need a wife

<Shannon> she's a nazi housekeeper

<craftykim> LOL

<Jambalaya> www.flylady.com

* Redstick flunked flylady101

<BlackCats> forget that!

<BlackCats> my dh is bad enough

<Jambalaya> OH SHANNON, SHE'S NOT A NAZI

<Shannon> she is too.

<Jambalaya> SHE'S MORE LIKE A JEWISH MAMA

<Shannon> she tried to make me put shoes on.

<craftykim> she's Mary Poppins

<Shannon> she probably actually mails her raks

<PMstamper> Hi Everybody!

* MomCat heard about Flylady and shoes and avoided that site.

<Jambalaya> SHE MAKES YA FEEL GUILTY FOR NOT WEARING SHOES

<Shannon> good move momcat. run far run fast

<craftykim> and has a little organized notebook for them

<Jambalaya> HEY PAT!

<Shannon> she'd roll over and die if she saw my kitchen sink

<craftykim> LOL

<CremBrule> good evening everyone

<Jambalaya> HI CremBrule

<Shannon> who wears shoes in their own home?

<Shannon> it's not natural.

<craftykim> I actually feel guilty about my sink now, I never did before

<Jambalaya> WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO FIND A GOOD SYSTEM FOR SENDING RAKS

<Shannon> oh yeah. raks.

<craftykim> oh yeah

<PMstamper> My dh made everyone take their shoes off when we moved in our new place

<CremBrule> what are RAKS

<Kriztina> everytime you eat chocolate, make a card and address and send it

<CindyC> yea, making us put shoes on? i knew that wasn't going to work right then and there

<Jambalaya> RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

<CindyC> yikes kriz

<CindyC> i couldn't afford the stamps!

<Shannon> kriz i might do that if the card would remove the extra pound that chocolate gave me

<Jambalaya> OH KRIZ HAS IT DOWN PAT, ALL STAMPERS LOVE CHOKLIT

<BlackCats> lol

<Kriztina> i know a system that would make it real easy for sending raks

<CindyC> my jaws hurt... pout

<CindyC> rak me everyone

<craftykim> would it be a sin to recycle some of the ones I have... I have drawers full

<Kriztina> those under 18 turn away

* Shannon listens to kriz

<cak> lol

<Kriztina> when you have sex with your hubby, send a rak

<Kriztina> so we are talking what, like 4 times a year

<Kriztina> : )

<craftykim> toooooo much like work Kriz!!!

<BlackCats> wouldn't work for me :(

<Jambalaya> BWAHAHAHAHAHA

<Shannon> lol

<Shannon> that's about my current rak schedule kriz

<BlackCats> on the other hand....

<Kriztina> lol see its working for shannon

<Shannon> it's jayson's birthday, everybody gets raked

<Kriztina> lol

<MomCat> rofl

<BlackCats> need my addy? lol

<Kriztina> and new years of course

<Shannon> lol

<Shannon> and the night you have 1 too many margaritas at el chicos

<Shannon> there's your year's worth right there

<craftykim> how bout every time I have a margarita...that sounds better!

<Shannon> that wouldn't work for me. i'd be making raks every dang night

<cak> (but, oh! the cards that'll get sent after the margaritas!)

<craftykim> but you'd be happy doing it :-)

<CindyC> well, kriz, since i take zoloft i still won't have to send raks... so i like it

<Shannon> that might do it for me. make mailing raks a drinking game.

<Jambalaya> LOL

<Shannon> make the card, take a drink. address the envelope, take a drink. put the stamp on, take a drink.

<craftykim> there ya go!

<BlackCats> lol, shannon

<Shannon> ya baby. i can do this.

<Kriztina> next thing ya know shannon is address the card and sticking the stamp on her forehead

<craftykim> lol

<Shannon> lol

<Jambalaya> THE ENVELOPE GOES OFF TO TIMBUCKTOO CUZ SHANNON SCRAWLED WHILE DRUNK....

<craftykim> but she get

<craftykim> a new penpal!

<Shannon> well at least i'll get further than i am now

<craftykim> Okay, I'm gonna go get the blender

<MomCat> what are the reasons for sending RAK'S

<Shannon> and it's sad....there's someone you want to rak or rak back but the longer you put it off the less important it becomes to rak that person until finally you just can the wh ole idea.

<Kriztina> are there any rak groups? ones that thats what they do,with timelines etc?

<Redstick> There are Rak lists

<MomCat> and what other kinds of RAK's are there besides cards

<BlackCats> I'm in a card club where if you get a card you send a card

<Jambalaya> YA LETS SAY WE WERE ALL GREAT AT SENDING THEM, NOW TELL WHY WE SEND EM?

<BlackCats> no real time limits, but...

<Shannon> well. the random acts of kindness i send are very rarely random.

<BlackCats> sometimes I get behind but then the guilt gets to me and I get caught up

<Kriztina> to use up that orange and green polka dot paper

<Shannon> lol

<craftykim> I send them to surprise people, for birthdays, etc

<Kriztina> i still have that card shannon, the orange one

<BlackCats> to keep in touch with stamping friends I've made on the net

<Shannon> orange one. which orange one?

<craftykim> I like to send them to newbie stampers too, 'cause I remember how much I liked getting them

<BlackCats> I also send out sympathy cards for furkid loses

<Kriztina> i think it was a postage stamp swap shannon

<Shannon> oh gawd.

<Shannon> eewww.

<Kriztina> i used to look thru the rak list and pick out people whos birthdays were near mine and rak them

<Jambalaya> SHANNON MADE AN ORANGE CARD??

<Shannon> i sometimes rak other feb. birthdays.

<Jambalaya> KRIZ, YOU SHOULDA KEPT THAT INFO TO BLACKMAIL HER WITH

<CindyC> oh cool, i just noticed, why you all didn't tell me, that stubby caries my fav. memories mango. now i can tell people where to get it!

* Shannon has made lots of hideous cards

<Kriztina> i can still put it up on line : )

<Kriztina> for a price of course

<Shannon> oh no kriz. that's okay. really.

<Jambalaya> CINDY?

<Jambalaya> REFRESH THAT PAGE

<CindyC> yes'm?

<Kriztina> hmm wouldnt it be a good idea to rak someone you rakked very early on in your stamping habit, with what you can do now?

<Shannon> i still have several kriz cards but they're all good

<CindyC> still there

<Jambalaya> AND TELL ME IF YOU STILL SEE MANGO?

<Jambalaya> HMMMM

<craftykim> Hey good idea Kriz

<craftykim> surprise old stamping buddies

<craftykim> Think I'll do that!

<Kriztina> that would be kinda cool

<Shannon> i think my main re ason for sending raks is i make all these cards and what else am i gonna do with them?

<Shannon> gotta get rid of them somehow.

<Shannon> newbies are fun to rak. they gush and gush over everything.

* Shannon likes raking gushers

<craftykim> And they can learn new stuff

<MomCat> I mostly make cards for classes and then they get sent to the stamp vendors

<Kriztina> i always picked thek pros to rak

<Shannon> lea is fun to rak. she's quick with a return and even she gushes a lot.

<craftykim> I like to RAK people who live in other countries

<Kriztina> thats fun too

<craftykim> Like to get 'em from other countries too, come to think of it

<craftykim> I used to keep a map...wonder where it went, lol

<PMstamper> I tend to RAK people that I have some idea of who they are, like someone I talk to regularly online

<MomCat> me too PM

<craftykim> Yeah PM, I do that too, then it seems worth the work

<Shannon> i do that too

<PMstamper> or someone I hear is having problems

<CindyC> oh kim that is a great idea

<CindyC> mapping

<craftykim> Do any of you ever RAK non stamping friends?

<PMstamper> yes

<craftykim> Yeah Cindy, it was fun to see where they came from

<CindyC> i used to

<craftykim> See I think handmade cards really cheer up non stampers

<PMstamper> most of my cards go to non-stampers

<CindyC> i figure i give lots of free advice online answering questions, pointing out great sites etc. those are raks too

<craftykim> They sure are Cindy

<CindyC> and of course sharing directions

<CindyC> it is nice to give raks to those i know will appreciate them

<BlackCats> yes, that's great RAKs

<CindyC> i do wish i were better about it

<Redstick> Are those RAKS or DAKS though?

<MomCat> I sent (as a Trivia prize) an envelope of card stock and "collagy stuffs" to one of the Norwegians

<PMstamper> I rak in cycles

<CindyC> my family all knows if they get a birthday card from me they had best cherish it

<Redstick> I thought RAK were totally random

<CindyC> but i will email them or call

<CindyC> i just hate mailing!

<CindyC> true raks are

<PMstamper> it's totally random when I will get them done

<CindyC> daks are really more the trend any more

<craftykim> But don't you just love real mail??

<BlackCats> cycles, pam?

<CindyC> i am happy seeing things online too kim

<MomCat> I took travel adds out of magazines and wrote on them the names of the Cyberstampers who live in those places

<keribou> I have a swap card from Shannon from 1997

<PMstamper> yeah, sometimes I seem to get several done and..

<keribou> Its a classic beauty

<PMstamper> sometimes I can't seem to finish anything

<CindyC> but i do love it when i get homemade things with me special in mind

<BlackCats> ah

<craftykim> good idea mom

<BlackCats> what is a DAK?

<CindyC> deliberate act of kindness

<BlackCats> ty

<CindyC> yw

<BlackCats> had to go feed the herd

<BlackCats> and missed that

<CindyC> i used to be on the rak yahoo group and they were truly raks as i knew none of them

<CindyC> it was fun for a long time

<craftykim> what group is that Cindy?

<CindyC> but now, i know most folks on the stamp lists so they are really daks made with certain groups in mind

<CindyC> it was a RAK group

<CindyC> this was several years ago and they didn't just send cards

<MomCat> hi, Phil

<phil> hi

<CindyC> it might be little punchies, or ribbons or whatever

<BlackCats> hi, phil

<CindyC> this was before i got into stamp groups

<BlackCats> I guess since most of my stuff is clubs or a planned swap mine are DAKs

<craftykim> I was on one where we would send stuff to each other for a month, then at the end of the month you sent a little goodie box

<CindyC> my yahoo first experiences well, not yahoo then egroups

<CindyC> i have been in those too kim

<CindyC> i have also been burned in some of those swaps

<craftykim> They are fun, but it can get to be hard if you work real hard and then get burned like that Cindy

<CindyC> when you get into the bigger money ones you have to be willing to take the chance that your given partner doesn't have the funds, or the heart to really give as you might

<craftykim> yep

<phil> any time you do anything on the web you stand to get burned if you are afraid of that then you will end up just doing nothing

<CindyC> but since i was in so many, i had both ends of the spectrum

<CindyC> so true phil

<craftykim> I loved getting seniors on a fixed income, then I would fill the goodie box to the brim, for me it was fun

<craftykim> haven

<craftykim> t

<CindyC> at one time lesle blackburn had me as her secret pal, and man oh man did she send me the stuff. and i was new enough into all this to really be amazed

<craftykim> done that in a long time

<CindyC> yea kim, i liked getting newbies too

<CindyC> you could packages together that had full kits to do types of cards or projects with a sample, that was neat

<CindyC> i guess mentoring is kind of my thing

<craftykim> Hey I think that is a great idea for a swap Cindy

<CindyC> oh folks do em all the time

<craftykim> I gotta find that group

<craftykim> I get creative block

<CindyC> some call them shoebox swaps. you send all the items to make the project a sample and instructions and they send you one too

<craftykim> so need fresh ideas

<CindyC> laurie at weevillagestampers yahoo group is starting one right now

<CindyC> ok, everyone else, what do you do?

<craftykim> Okay, I

<craftykim> check it out

<CindyC> tell laurie i sent ya... sweet lady

<craftykim> okay

<CindyC> reasons for raking someone are?

<CindyC> daking really

<CindyC> well, i can think of one thing that might motivate me to rak/dak someone

<craftykim> what's that?

<BlackCats> what?

<CindyC> because "I" need a pick me up and giving to someone who I think could use a pick me up too, will to it every time!

<BlackCats> oh, good idea!

<craftykim> good reason

* CindyC wonders if she isn't a bit too selfish, even in her giving she does it for her own benefit....

<CindyC> hmmmmm

<BlackCats> nah, that way you both get something out of it

<MomCat> that is enlightened self interest

<CindyC> oh i like that mom

<MomCat> it didn't originate with me

<MomCat> I got the concept out of some book or other

<CindyC> what all do they say?

<Jambalaya> there's nothing wrong with feeling good cuz you did a nice thing

<CindyC> oh no, that's not what i meant

<CindyC> but it would be a little nicer if the wanting to bless someone came first from a desire for their happiness rather than my own... lol

<CindyC> and yes, those happen to me too

<CindyC> CArolyn!

<Carolyn> hi

<CindyC> where ya been woman?

<Carolyn> just getting here

<CindyC> what makes you follow through with raking someone?

<CindyC> i am lousy at sending raks

<CindyC> i often purpose too

<CindyC> have list lying all over the place of who i want to dak, honestly, but they eventually get lost

<CindyC> ma bad?

<Carolyn> I make a list and try to RAK once a week

<BlackCats> a list of newbie stampers somewhere would be nice

<BlackCats> I remember how thrilled I was to get my first stamped cards

<CindyC> there used to be a yahoo group for them too

<CindyC> stampingnewbies

<Jambalaya> uhhhh newbies wouldn't know to put themselves on list

<CindyC> don't know if it is still going or not

<BlackCats> lol, yeah, I guess that's true

<Carolyn> I think you have to be part of an organized group

<CindyC> well, if you were new to stamping, wouldn't you first join a group called stampingnewbies? lol

<CindyC> we often ask on lists who is new

<CindyC> i know maggie the night owl does that all the time asking for personal interests to match even

<CindyC> she is a giver for sure

<BlackCats> it took me a while to find any groups since I didn't surf around much

<BlackCats> just happened upon cyberstampers by chance

<Carolyn> me too

<CindyC> i first began chatting back in the aileene's show days. they had a chat room online

<BlackCats> sure glad I found y'all

<CindyC> i met sue nelson in there, from heartprints? and she got me started stamping

<Jambalaya> me too monica!

<BlackCats> ty

<CindyC> me too

<CindyC> i love the stamping network online

<BlackCats> aww, y'all make me feel good

<Carolyn> I guess I'm still a newbie-still more of a scrapper than stamper

<CindyC> it has been amazing to watch it grow over the years

<BlackCats> yes, you meet some wonderful people

<CindyC> remember when egroups had only a couple of pages of staming groups?

<CindyC> now how many? wowzers

<BlackCats> carolyn, are you on the snail mail list?

<Carolyn> no

<CindyC> have made friends all over the world through some of the groups, met many in person and felt like we had known each other forever

<CindyC> hey momma

<pyromomma> hey CIndy

<pyromomma> Lorie from Stampers Corner

<BlackCats> I'm looking forward to meeting some of the folks from here in Atlanta in 12 days

<MomCat> Pyromomma! Do you keep snakes and lizards or collect shed skins from the wild?

<BlackCats> and then perhaps more in B'ham later in the spring

<pyromomma> that is me!

<pyromomma> but not from the wild

<pyromomma> from pets

<BlackCats> what do you do with them?

<MomCat> your pets?

<pyromomma> let them hang out, look cute

<BlackCats> lol, no, the skins

<pyromomma> also use them for education of kids and Boy Scouts

<Jambalaya> oh ya monica, i hope you get to b'ham, i think i'll be at that one

<phil> in early 1997 there were only about 3 groups, rs, saral and rubbertown(gone)

<BlackCats> oh, good

<pyromomma> Oh, LOL, I thought you meant the animals!!

<BlackCats> probably will make it since it looks like dh is headed to Kansas long-term

<MomCat> I got a card once that had a bit of boa constrictor shed on it

<BlackCats> oh, neat

<MomCat> Pyromomma let's chat in #cyberstampers sometime

<pyromomma> I have used the shed skins as a layer under tissue, then watered glue on top with some ink, interesting addition to nature or desert theme cards

<MomCat> I keep them too

<CindyC> sara was one of my first ones for stamping i think

<pyromomma> okay momcat

<MomCat> I have Janet news

<CindyC> yea?

<MomCat> she broke her shoulder and is not supposed to type

<BlackCats> oh, no!

<keribou> how did she do that?

<MomCat> I will be running trivia

<phil> oh now how

<MomCat> she fell at home

<CindyC> so it is broken huh?

<MomCat> yes

<CindyC> stumbled and fell on cement she said

<BlackCats> now there's someone who needs DAKs

<CindyC> yup

<Jambalaya> hey, think she did this to get raks?<g>

<pyromomma> D = Deliberate?

<MomCat> lol

<BlackCats> lol

<CindyC> righ pyro

<MomCat> yes pyromomma

<BlackCats> how long will she be out of commission?

* Redstick gets orders, but not too many rak/daks

<Jambalaya> we don't know that yet

<MomCat> She sees the orthopod tomorrow

<Jambalaya> but everyone send her a dak

<keribou> Red- question for you- if I were to send you a card- how would you feel if it wasn't all of your stamps on it?

<BlackCats> glad she got to have her Italy trip before this happened

<CindyC> hmmm, me makes a mental note of that red, but i am bad about those lists

<Jambalaya> hi sMaria

<keribou> hi smaria

<BlackCats> hi, smaria

<MomCat> Red, I am going to make wrapping paper with your Shadowland animals

<sMaria> hi

<MomCat> want a sample?

<Redstick> doesn't make any dfference to me, keri...I like to get pretty mail regardless of what it is :)

<Redstick> Would love one, MomCat!

<keribou> I always feel weird sending cards to a vendor if I don't use all of their stuff on it

<keribou> Like they'll think I'm disloyal

* Shannon gave red a rak/dak

<Redstick> You shouldn't...we like ANY mail...

<Redstick> Yes...Shanno DID and it's beeUtimous!

<Shannon> oh thank you. see that one was easy. i didn't have to mail it.

<Redstick> sometimes...and this can be taken as you wish....when you decorate an envie with an order in it, most vendors include a lil something extra in the order...

<Redstick> just cause vendors don't get much neat mail, mainly becuase they don't have time for swaps, etc

<Jambalaya> now there's an insider secret, i never knew that

<Shannon> ah ha

<CindyC> see, what i lose by using my cc and or paypal???

<Shannon> and i almost never decorate envelopes. i'm too lazy

<CindyC> but we know how i send stuff.... sigh

<keribou> hmm good insier tip red ;)

<BlackCats> I mainly use my address stamp to do the envys

<Redstick> That's one thing the internet is bad for...

<BlackCats> it's a large cloud with stars around it

<phil> you mean that stamps are made to be used, I haven't used only one of mine in the last 2 months because I'm so busy

<Froggie> I know what you mean Phil

<BlackCats> it's one of the first stamps I got and everyone who sees it loves it

<Redstick> There used to be a vendor that wouldn't accept mail orders...UNLESS you decorated the order form :)

<pyromomma> yea, but the interent is bad for me becasue I always spend too much online in stamping sites

<MomCat> I haven't used any since I made samples of Christmas stamps.

<MomCat> Christmas cards

<phil> pyromomma have you spent any time at www.red.castle.com ?

<pyromomma> yes, phil

<phil> www.red-castle.com cant spe

<pyromomma> you have a great site and I tell all my friends about it

<phil> thank you

<phil> I need to say good night

<Froggie> good night Phil

<pyromomma> thank you especiall for all of the cool free software that you have. I use your calendar softweare all of the time

<Jambalaya> nite phil

<phil> you are welcome

* keribou says Good night all- have to go turn in my payroll so I get a paychaek so I can spend some money buying stamps- not that I have time to use them!

<pyromomma> nite

<keribou> Good night everyone

<MomCat> nite

<BlackCats> nite, phil

<Froggie> nite keribou

<CindyC> nite phil

<Jambalaya> nite keri

<Shannon> nite nite keri

<CindyC> nite keri

<MomCat> pyromomma, you need to see http://www.evolving-images.com/dies60-68.htm

<BlackCats> nite, keri

<MomCat> if you haven't already

<pyromomma> ooohhhh, I have been there. Terrific stamps

<MomCat> the lizards and turtles were designed at my request

<MomCat> but she won't do snakes for me

<pyromomma> they are very very nice

<pyromomma> funny, I don't stamp much with animals

<MomCat> the pictures are from Dover, but changed to make outline stamps

<pyromomma> use animal parts, but few animal stamps

<MomCat> I don't do much with out animals

<pyromomma> Right now I am looking for some MC Escher images

<BlackCats> guess y'all know what stamps I use the most <G>

<pyromomma> which ones.... Cats??

<BlackCats> LOL

<Shannon> stamp out cute used to have a fabulous escheresque background. dont know if she still has it or not.

<Redstick> MC Escher is cool....theere used to be some of his images, I know...the birds/fish one

<pyromomma> Tried to get Stampoutxcute's website, but it is down/does not exist anymore

<Redstick> I know she's still in biz

<Jambalaya> i think they only do conventions now

<Redstick> cause she was coming to N'Awlins but missed her plane

<pyromomma> hmmm, maybe one of the vendors can still get them

<Shannon> try...uuhhhh....oh crap.

<pyromomma> ??

<pyromomma> drop something on the keyboard?

<Shannon> there's a new website and she gave me the card and i dont remember what i did with it.

<pyromomma> if you find it can you tell Cindy C so that she can put it out on the StampersCOrner group?

<Jambalaya> red, what happened to stamp camp for n.o. con??

<pyromomma> or you can email me

<Shannon> it'll come to me...eventually

<Redstick> Ahhhh....that was stamp camp/....sorry, get em confused

<Redstick> SOC is on cardsnstamps.com

<pyromomma> I found some there and asked them if they could get the Escher ones, but no word yet.

<Redstick> if you Google "Stamp Out Cute" you get several co. with their images, but not their website

<pyromomma> I have been trying google all week, no SOC website that works

<Redstick> True....but several company's websites that carry them

<Froggie> Didn't they also used to have a yahoo group?

<CindyC> may have decided not to have their own website

<Froggie> I could be wrong

<Froggie> but thought I was on their announcement group once

<Froggie> I'm often wrong, lol

<Kriztina> http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/

<pyromomma> Maybe cardsnstamps.com will get them in

<Redstick> Geeze! I didn't realize how late it is! We're going to look at puppies tomorrow morning :)

<Kriztina> this web site is for half of soc couple

<Kriztina> they split up and the wife started lost coast designs

<Shannon> that's i

<CindyC> nite all

<Shannon> t

<Froggie> night

<Redstick> Night Cindy

<BlackCats> nite, cindy

<Redstick> I'm outta here too

<Froggie> I'm going to bed now too

<cak> Night CindyC

<Froggie> see ya all tomorrow

<Redstick> Have a good'un ya'll!

<cak> And Redstick

<cak> And Froggie

<BlackCats> nite, red, froggie

<BlackCats> see y'all tomorrow

<Jambalaya> ok, if anyone wants to chat more, lets move over to #cyberstampers