You betcha Pam. I just wanted to give it a year or so to get situated before I started hacking at it lol. Hopefully I'll bring some to share next spring and you'll be first on the list. I also had a lovely dark and light blue bearded Iris called Congratulations that I moved 1 or 2 years ago and have managed to lose track of it. It hasn't bloomed since the move and I'd love to know which clump it is. It was gorgeous and I remember someone from here saw a pic and said they wanted some. This is from a couple of years ago: I'm like you, I also like pointing out to people what I got in trades too as well as clearance plants. Most are very surprised this kind of plant trading goes on and want to know more about it. Danielle

Thanks a lot! I was looking at similar sites, but without nearly as much material. Will see if I can find what I'm searching for then shoot her a message if I'm still empty handed. Thanks for the excellent link.

Lia- I am sure Barb probably cut that tiny mat since she does a lot of framing for their gallery. It would be harder to cut such a small mat cause there is no room to hide your mistakes and it is so hard to work with such a small piece of scrap board. I just hated cutting mats in art school, but we had to mat most of our projects before turning them in. I never did get the hang of a bevel cutter so I just cut squared mats. Cutting a mat: Mark your frame opening on the back side in pencil. Then take a nice sharp needle and poke a hole in each corner from the back to the front. Flip the mat over & cut on the front side using the pinholes to show you where to start & end your cuts. The pinholes also "clear out" your corners so you do not have a tuft of uncut fibers from trying to line 2 right angle cuts up to each other. Have a fresh blade in the knife and use a metal straightedge. Put your item on a scrap of smooth matboard or a good cutting surface. Put the tip of the knife in the hole, line up the straightedge so it presses against the knife and touches the next hole, and cut firmly with the blade at a straight 90 degree angle. If you need to run a second cut to get thru the board, hold the straightedge firmly & be careful not to let the cut stray away from your first cut. If you need 3 cuts to get all the way thru then you probably need a fresh blade. Gram- shrink first, then added some embossing powder, unless the powder is clear. If it is clear, you can glue down the stamp, then put the clear EP over the stamp which will seal it. Looks to me like she either used a template or decorative scissors to create the nice edges. I know just what you all mean...it is very hard to find fresh ideas for men's cards!

Taunia Please thank Barbieboop and thank you for posting it.Ithink you can save it to your files and then add a column. This is sure going to help me in my craft room The only thing I added was the freezer paper. There are a couple of things I'm not familiar with but will ask about them later on. ABCs and rubber stampingon Sat, Jan 18, 03 at 23:46 I thought this was cute; the list was made by barbieboop: (edited by Minnie-Tx) ABCs & rubber stamping Lets have some fun! ABC's and rubberstamping: how many stamping products are there? can we make a list of them from a-z? A adhesive, adventerous (I mean you've got to try some new things!), acetate, artistic wire, aluminum foil, amazing glaze, appliques, art markers, acrylic blocks, Anti-Static bag, Angel Dust- a stamping powder, B brayer, buying, blending, blender, book making, books, beedz, beads, baby wipes bleach, buttons background papers bone folder boxes C chalk collozzle creating crafting cutting circle cutters crystal laquer chocolate charms corrugator compressed sponges cardstock color wheel confetti cold laminate collage cutting board Carving tools and erasers COOL FINGERS Corner Pro Corner rounder Corner punches D die cuts dream weaver stencils dry embossing/de bossing diamond glaze, Dr. Martin's of course dried flowers in paper double-sided adhesive tape Duplo CS daubers (finger and mini) decorator papers decorative scisors dimension deckle scissors DOTS--the stamps and the POP kind E embossing powders embossing pens Envelopes, EVOS templates exacto knife erasers, F fun foam fairy dust fabric ink FINGERS french fry box (makes a wonderful pattern) fibers foam board Fit-It Custom Template Printing cd-rom foils flock fabric Faerie Dust Faerie Myst Paints Faerie Glass Fiskars paper edgers freeform emboss Freezer Paper Flesh color pencils by Lyra Fuschia ink & pads funtustic??? funky film??? G glue glitter glitter glue gel pens gold leaf glossy paper glue stick garanimals tags( makes a neat image on a card) gem stones glimmer glow spray glycerin, H heat gun hand made paper HALOS hole punches heart templates, I ink ink pads interference IRON, J juicy ink pads and pens junk- for embellishing jewelry (good for collage) jump rings jelly rollers (pens) Jute Joss Paper (you can find it at oriental markets) Judikins K kat trax tool-(A kat trax tool is something the radiant pearls people put out to stipple the radiant pearls with. Kind of like a wiry brush- holly.) Knives KAI's scissors kid fingers kaleidacolors Kreate a lopes, L liquid Applique loop lace liquid crystal light box, M marvey markers metallic rub ons metallic markers Memories ink pads mulberry paper Mica milwaukee heat gun marbled stone marbles mulberry paper MaGill Punches magic Melt Embossable Pearls N new techniques new stamps nail polish (for background tech.) needlenoise nylon ribbon Nesting Templates Neopaque paints??? O oval templates oval cutters orginal works of art organizers O- rings for dangly things ORGANZA RIBBON Orgami papers Oil pastels! P puff paint pearl ex pigment ink perm. Ink powdered pearls pens pencils paint brushes paper paint(tulip paint for fabric, embellishments) PolyShrink Positioner paper punches PATTERNS-COOL SHAPPED CARD postage stamps cancelled paper towels polymer clay PAPERMAKING KITS PAPERCASTING KITS PAPERPUNCHES FOR PUNCH ART penscore paper clay Q q tips for blending and chalks QUOTES FOR INSPIRATION Quick drying glue Quilt cards Quilling toolsuestions R rubber stamps rubber radiant pearls ranger ink pads rice in a balloon for a background stamp ruler rubber bands ribbon raffi re-inkers Rollagraphs, S stenciling stippling sponges sayings stamps salad spinner shelf liner sticker paper Stickles- (acid-free glitter glue by Ranger) scoring tools scissors salt!-(for watercolor resist technique) spackle Scotch tape shrink art SWAPS scraps STAPLES shaker cards and supplies scrubber-used to scrub the ink off your stamps stylus seed beeds and sugar beeds String self healing mat T tidy tray tea bag folding tranparancybeing toilet paper- (faux paper casting with tp, starch, water and bold stamps) tria tags Tape templates TOMBOW markers tack it over and over U UTEE umounteds Ultimate Embossing Powder unry paper(like mulberry) UHU glue sticks, V vivid ink pads velvet paper vellum paper velvet to stamp on Velcro vacuum (from the mess of the embossing powder) Versa Mark vinyl- for attaching ums to acrylic blocks VIDEOS FOR TEACHING, W wax seals water colors (crayons, paint, or pencils) wire water wonder under wonder tape weaving wire cutters Window card washi paper X xyron machine Xtreme Gel Pens (The BEST gel pens! They color beautifully on laminate! X-acto Knife xerox paper Xray film for templates, Y YES glue yarn yards of ribbon yard stick Y&G gel pens Z zebra pens Zenas stamps Zip lock baggies... Can YOU add to the list?