T Stands for Tuesday

 "Holy tea cups Batman it's Tuesday" 
"That's right Robin, and time to link up with Elizabeth and Bluebeard" LOL

Ok so that is a little on the goofy side I admit, but hey it is that time of week again.  Time to go a blog hopping and see what everybody else is drinking today.  Won't you join us, just click on the link and find out what it is all about.

This week my first picture is of a card I made a loooooooooog time ago.  I had entered it in a contest at a local stamp store that has been gone for ions.  I won a prize for it, but it has been so long ago I don't remember what I won.  I figure I made this card somewhere around 1998, due to the fact I entered the contest before I started submitted things to the Summerset Studio magazine and finally got published in 2001.   I have kept all the cards I've made that have won something or got published, and that is why I STILL have this card. LOL Talk about hoarding!

 

 So here is a wide shot of the card sitting on my laptop, and why am I showing this angle?  For my mug shot (coffee in that cup) and look at my clean mat!! And Betsy is sparkling too! But we are not picturing the floor beneath Betsy (hanging my head is shame)

 

Here is picture of when I had just finished, with my cleaning tools: Oxygen Orange, 6" metal ruler and a nail brush!  I used the metal ruler to scrape off glues and drips of paint, the scrub brush is self explanatory.  I really like this Oxygen Orange cleaner, use it for nearly everything.  I get it at one of the $$ stores.  There are two kinds Awesome Orange and Oxygen Orange, the OXYGEN Orange is the one to get.

 

This is a closer look at my mat, oh yes, I am one proud crafter at the moment.....LOL

I could have just flipped the mat over but what fun would that be??

 

So what are you drinking today? Have you a secret to getting a craft mat clean?

 

Tea stained hugs

Krisha