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I usually stamp while my DS in napping and then have to stop when he wakes up. Or I stamp when he has found something to entertain himself and stop when he is wants me to play too, so I voted for when "someone interrupts"
I'm w/ the rest of the girls...when I'm tired my brain refuses to be creative. I actually monitor calls while I'm in the stamping room, and if it's someone I know is going to be long winded I let them leave a message (is that bad?)...I also hate it when I get hungry while I'm creating!
I do, however, have to stop at 3:00 p.m. to do the school run (usually I'm ready for a break by then).
I voted OTHER....cause most of the time, it is a combination of ALL of those that gets me to stop stamping!! lol But, tired and hungry are the top reasons i do stop.
I stamp until my kids cry. When I am stamping (esp doing something new) I just don't get tired. I was up until 2:30 the other night, because I learned to do the shaving cream technique. (and boy did i do it....a bunch of cards, a candle, and a gift bag)
Well, I do stop when I'm tired.
I also stop when a show is on - unless it's something I've seen 100 times.
BUT I usually stop when the muse has gone somewhere else! If I'm not feeling creative I can't do anything!
I work nights (only 3 days a week) ........so staying up until I get tired is me. I can sleep anytime my head hits the pillow....or so hubby says. I love stamping until the wee hours, not being bothered by anyone, doing my own thing, watching what I want on the boob-tube, and talking to self about if I like a design!!! LOL
The "answer" I was looking for was not there so I picked "other" - I stamp until I have to go to work....everyday...and sometimes I stamp at work if I can slip enough "stuff" into my apron pockets....and after work until ...well untill I wake up with glitter and ink on my face! Which I wash off which wakes me up so I stamp until I have to go to work....
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Okay, so I voted "till I'm tired", because my other hobby besides stamping is sleeping!
I don't stop stamping when my kids cry, I'm kinda immune to their crying unless it's because they are hurt. Hmm, does that make me a bad mom or a good stamper?
I still stamp while I'm talking on the phone, and if someone comes to the door, I tell them to come in and talk to me while I'm stamping.
I thought it would be cruel if anyone did not click "til the kids cry" but then I thought, of course you'd stop, but only momentarily. Fortunately mine are big enough that this is no longer an issue.
I was thinking "other" also - because I stop of I need some ideas but just need to close my mind. But then I realized that if I'm not tired, I'll go to the computer for ideas and go back. If I'm tired, I stop. So of course that means "til I'm tired."
So that's what I clicked. I have to stop if I'm tired.
__________________ Kathy Wrose "Fun must be always." - Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks "It was fun." - Kirk, Star Trek: Generations
I usually stamp at night so I voted for "tired", but also during the day...whenever it fits into my schedule. As a SAHM, it's far more fun to stamp than clean! So you should have had "until the bathroom looks like a scene from Jumanjii"! ;)
As far as hunger, all you need is a bag of M & M's and a Diet Coke...who needs to get hungry when there is CHOCOLATE!!!
I usaully stamp untill I can nolonger move or keep my eyes open. Or untill my husband comes in the craft room to let me know there are only a couple more hours untill the alarm goes off.
I can eat and stamp at the same time. My stamps took over the dining room china hutch. They are in all the drawers that used to hold china/silver/napkins. Good thing I have huge furniture! Makes it really easy to get food when you are hungry and stamping with friends.
I voted tired.
__________________ Proud Air Force Wife Andi Wrenn
I usually only have time to stamp at night after the kids are sleeping, and since Zachary isn't sleeping so well lately it is definitely "when the kids cry" for me. Occassionaly I do have to take a break for food or a potty run, but since I am in the attic and it is one floor down to the nearest bathroom and two floors down to the food, I try not to do it too often...good for the diet!
I usaully stamp untill I can nolonger move or keep my eyes open. Or untill my husband comes in the craft room to let me know there are only a couple more hours untill the alarm goes off.
OTHER: I stamp until I look at the clock, panic because it's almost time to get up. Then I always see one more piece that I know I can make into something spectacular, make just one more card, drag myself out of the room, fall past the dog who's desperately trying to sleep and looks at me like I'm a crazy person, stumble up the stairs noticing the sky getting lighter and the birds chirping, run a brush over my teeth, try to sleep for a couple of hours but can't because I'm so tickled with the cute stuff I just made, finally fall asleep for a couple of hours, drag myself out of bed and rush back downstairs so I can "love" on my completed projects one more time! (notice my signature)
I stamp until my kids can't stand it anymore lol :rolleyes:
__________________ Christie
mom to Brandon Christopher 1/21/00
and Rebekah Autumn 11/17/02 OH! and don't forget Phoebo (previously known as Phoebe) and Wanda - both the sweetest guinea pigs ever
Ok! Time to poll!
