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I am a Minnesota native soon to move to Green Valley, Az in Oct. Of course all my stamping supplies ( 6 HUGE Boxes) are going with me. I am interested in making my Christmas cards, but need a Southwestern Christmas idea. Can anyone help me.
Thanks
Sue G
I think it's Copper Leaf that has a saguaro stamp with lights on it and a chilli pepper wreath and prickly pear wreath. Stamp A Mania also carries some southwestern Christmas stamps.
I recently moved from Anchorage, Alaska (was there 27 years) to Casa Grande, AZ (we're now neighbors). Last December I used the melted snowman from the retired Thanks Snow Much set and then put in this poem that I cased from SCS. Not sure who to give credit to.
Winter Wonderland, Arizona Style
Palm trees wave, are ya listening?
In the pool, water�s glistening.
A beautiful site, we�re happy tonight,
Livin� in an AZ Wonderland.
Gone away is the blizzard,
Here to stay is the lizard.
A warm sunny day, we like it that way,
Livin� in an AZ Wonderland.
In the desert we will have a picnic,
Cactus, rattlesnakes, sand, and sun.
Christmas dinner is an old tradition,
It�s pinto beans and tacos by the ton.
Later on we�ll perspire,
As temperatures rise even higher.
A warm sunny day, we like it that way,
Livin� in an AZ Wonderland.
Is that Green Valley or Verde Valley? We used to live in Flagstaff, and I miss it SO MUCH! There is a great stamp store in old town Scottsdale..they have lots of SW stamps (sorry can't remember the name, maybe Frenzied Stamper???)...wish I could be there to stamp "southwest style" w/ you!
Sue - I can't help you with any ideas for a Christmas card from Arizona. However, my dear, dear stampin buddy, I can tell you how much I am going to miss stampin (and working) with you.
If any of you stamp in Green Valley, Arizona, having Sue there will be your gain. It sure is Minnesota's loss. Sue, I am crying already!
I understand what you're going through! I'm a native Minnesotan and I'm moving to Vermont in 3 weeks! I'm thinking of getting one of these stamps for my Christmas cards (probably for the outside flap of the envelope):
Sue -- As a transplant going the other way (relatively native Arizonian comin' up North to the frozen tundra!), I bid you non-snowy holidays filled with cactus and sagebrush! Not quite the same as being burried in a foot of snow, but you do get used to it! I do miss my mountains, but I love the seasons up here even more! Green Valley - that's the land of the retired folks - I used to live in Tucson, so I know all about Green Valley! Safe and happy travels to you - let us know how you're settlin' in!
P.S. I think that AZ Wonderland poem is hysterical!! We never did Christmas dinner of pinto beans and tacos, but it sure is funny!
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*Shari*
�Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.� ― W.B. Yeats
�I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time.� ― Mary Ann Shaffer
I live near Tucson...very seldom do I get a chance to use snowmen stamps! One year I did a card with the snowman and said "I'm DREAMING of a WHITE Christmas" ('cause that's as close as I get to the real thing!). So you could certainly use some of your current stamps and just put a spin on them. Or once you get out here you can find plenty of SouthWestern stamps. There is a stamp store in Tucson called Stampin' Insanity on Grant Road. There is also a scrapbooking store at 1st and Wetmore that carries a fair amount of stamps. I personally have only been to the one on Grant once and they were so rude I've never been back. The people who own the SBing store are super nice.
New transplant to Az-looking for Xmas card ideas
