Terrific Tuesday

Welcome back to me!  Yes, I've been very lax in posting, but today is one of those days I just had to share with you.

About ten days ago, Stampin' Up unveiled the new Occasion Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Catalog....I was so impressed, this is the first catalog that I truly WANTED IT ALL...well when I started to enter it all I said to myself, Merry Christmas, Happy Valentine's Day, Happy Mother's Day, and Happy Birthday...yeah I knew this wasn't going to happen, so I had to really look close at everything....and when my order came last week, yup Merry Christmas to me.

Here is the first card I made:

If you look behind that picture there are some of the new stamp sets, those are only the photopolymer ones that I don't have to put together, oh yeah, there is another stack of clear and wood ones that I have to put together yet, can you see that I'm doing my happy dance.

If you haven't received your new catalogs yet and would like one, please let me know. 

I hope you have a wonderful day.  Stay tuned for tomorrow, I'll be posting a new product that I'll be offering as a class....

 

Holiday Extravaganza Online Sale

Happy Monday....

Stampin' Up is having a huge sale for the next week...select items at 20%, 30%, 40% and even 50% off....if you are interested in any of these products you can contact me to order, or order online through my website.  PRODUCTS ARE LIMITED AND WHILE SUPPLIES LAST...HURRY

Click on the link to the right for more information and to see the products.

Have a wonderful day...

Friday Flair

Oh my its Friday already...where did the week go.

Today I wanted to share with you a card I received from my dear friend Lynne T.  We swap monthly and here was her swap last month.

This is so Lynne........just love clean and crisp.

Stamp Set:  Thoughts and Prayers
Ink:  Soft Suede
Cardstock: Whisper White, Crushed Currey, Soft Suede
Accessories:  Candy Brads and Crumb Cake  1 1/4 Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

Hope you enjoyed Friday Flair....remember all you have to do is send me a card to be featured. 

Have a wonderful weekend.

Snippet Thursday

 

 Its time for another "Snippet Thursday"....I just love sharing with you cards that Carol and Joyce have designed with just "snippets"...amazing.

Todays card was designed by Joyce M.

 

Thanks Joyce for sharing this week....can't wait to see more snippets....I have a bag for you today!!!!

Wacky Wednesday

I'm so excited to share with you a card that you can do at our next Stamp A Stack. 

You may be wondering what is the difference between a Stamp Camp and a Stamp A Stack.

Stamp Camp

You are making 10 difference cards that have more elements to them. 

Stamp A Stack

You are making 20 cards; 5 different cards 4 of each.  Very simple to do, the elements have already been die cut out or if the embossing folder is used it is done for you!


Here is a card for our next Stamp A Stack which will be held November 21-22.  At this Stamp A Stack we are offering both Christmas and All Occasion...

Here is one of the All Occasion one.....

 

Here is one of the Christmas ones....

Terrific Tuesday

Stamp Camp is only 10 days away....I'm so excited I just have to share with you another sneak peak of one of the cards.

Its a gift card holder...using the Top Note Die (oldie but a goodie)...so cute.

And of course here is the finished product....the trees are stamped with the All Is Calm Designer Series Paper and of course we had to add a little bling with the Frosted Embellishments.

I hope you can come and bring your friends it should be a fun time.

Monthly Stamp Club

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I wanted to give you a little sneak peak of one of the cards we will be doing at our monthly stamp club.

You may be wondering how the monthly stamp club work.  Well its pretty simple...you commit to come to stamp club for a minimum of four months and spend only $20 then......you come to my house and stamp three cards and get a little "treat" when you are done AND one of those four months you co-host a Stampin' Up party and receive the hostess benefits!  How simple is that.  Club is typically held the first week of the months, but the date/times are very flexible.  Well here is the sneak peak of one of the cards.

 

We will be using the new Under the Tree Specialty Designer Paper....we will also use the star framelits....can't wait for Club.

VA Project

On a personal note, my Mom and Dad were married almost 67 years when my Mom died in 2010.  My dad was so lonely it was so hard to see him like that, after about a year, he realized that he needed to get out with people and we were able to enroll him the VA Adult Day Health Care Program (ADHC)....what a blessing!  He met so many wonderful people.  One day he called me and told me that there were some high school kids who came and visited with them, they did crafts, played bingo and just talked to them....HE LOVED IT.  I immediately had to find out what school, I was so surprised when I heard it was through the Area Learning Center.  I knew when I retired that I wanted to give back to all the people that helped my parents....so I contacted the head of the program and started my volunteering with the program.  When I walk into the ADHC I have such a wonderful time with these guys, they appreciate everything we do for them, but if they only knew how much they did for our family, especially our Dad! 

So.....one of our projects this month is Veterans Day...WOW this is such a special day because we remember all of our Veterans and I'm so proud to say that my Dad was one.  For those of you that knew my Dad he was maybe a little rough around the edges, but he loved his family, country and his God and for that I'm very thankful.  He was proud to have served his country during WWII and proudly wore his Purple Heart. 

This weekend, my sister Brenda and I are prepping for the projects we are die cutting the stars and then next week one day I will go to the Area Learning Center to work with the students gluing the stars together....then on Friday November 7th, we will go out to the ADHC and finish the stars and play some bingo....what an honor to not only work with these students, but to spend a few hours with our Veterans.

Here is the finished product.

They can either hang the stars in their rooms or stand them up....My friend Lynell helped me come up with this idea...then I called my sister Brenda and she volunteered to help prep them...what a wonderful time we will have at the lake prepping for this and remembering "Dad".

Friday Flair

Happy Halloween.....I hope you have good trick or treaters tonight....we are prepared and whatever we don't give out....well we will just have to eat ourselves right!!!!! 

Today's Friday Flair comes from one of my fellow Demonstrators, Brenda C.

What a beautiful card.  If you notice she used the Seasonally Scatter set but then put the pumpkins over the words....WOW that's so cool. 

Thanks for sharing Brenda.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Snippet Thursday

When I have stamping events I have "pieces" of product left over....in my world if it isn't at least a quarter of a sheet its considered a "snippet"....I don't keep snippets, but I have friends that love them, so I give them my snippets, in return they love to show me what they have done with them.

I'm having so much fun looking over the cards I've received from snippets!  Makes me rethink that I should keep a few!  Just kidding...for those who know me I don't do snippets, but I have friends that do....thanks Carol and Joyce.

Here are a some of cards I received from Carol last week....

Again, I'm truly amazed and what she can do with different shapes of paper....keep it up Carol.

Wacky Wednesday

Can you believe that October is almost over...it seems the months fly by so fast.  I'm so excited to go to Veronica's house on Thursday night for a party....this group is so much fun, amazing women and of course their kids are great too.

Veronice asked me to use the set "Endless Wishes", I was very happy to do that since it is one of my favorite sets because it is so versatile.  Here is the card I came up with....simple, clean and cute (in my opinion at least)...what are your thoughts?

I'm now off to design cards for our monthly stamp club....maybe you'll get a sneak peak!!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Totally Terrific Tuesday!

Tuesdays are the day that Stampin' Up makes annoucements and updates the "Weekly Deals" so don't forget to check those out.

Today I would love to share with you one of my swap cards from our Sunshine Stampers Monthly Stamp Share,.

Our group of Stampin' Up Demonstators get together monthly and we have such a fantastic time.  We eat, stamp and share!!!!

 by Kathleen W.

 

This card was done using the Holiday Home set....I wasn't that fond of that set until I've seen a few cards done with it...this card is so stinkin' cute.

 



 by Sandy K.

 

Can we ever get too tired of the stamp set Work of Art...I can't.  I just love how clean and simple this card is.

 



 



Friday Flair

I love posting cards that I've received for my Friday Flair....today is no different.  With Halloween around the corner I thought this was very appropriate. 

This card came from my friend Susan D.  She is also a Stampin' Up Demonstrator who I swap cards with every month.

Stamp Set:  Mingle All The Way
Ink:  Memento Black, Basic Black Marker (mouth of ghost)
Cardstock:  Motley Monsters Designer Series Paper, Tangerine Tango, Back Black, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Accessories:  White & Tangerine Tango Two Tone Trim, Black Ribbon, Lucky Star Embossing Folder, Googly Eyes, Fun Fall Framelits Dies

I hope you enjoy this cute card.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Snippet Thursday

Its that time again for another "Snippet Thursday"!!!!

This snippet card comes from my very dear friend Carol D.  It's amazing what she can do with little pieces of cardstock that we fondly call "snippets".

 

 

Carol told me that the only thing not snippets was the card base and candy dot....she even found a tiny piece of linen thread....wow that's awesome.

 

Thanks for sharing Carol.



Wild Wonderful Wednesday

 

What a beautiful day, its so hard to be inside when its this gorgeous outside.

I wanted to share my swap card for my downline meeting tonight.  Our group name is Sunshine Stampers and we meet monthly, for stamping, sharing and of course food!!!!  We have so much fun and I can't wait to see them all again.

Stamp Set:  Amazing Birthday
Inks:  Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango
Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Confetti Celebration Designer Paper
Accessories:  Tangerine Tango Bakers Twine, Scallop Thinlet, Chevron Embossing Folder, Banner Thinlets, 1 1/4" circle

What a quick and easy card to make.

If you would like to become part of our group, contact me....being a demonstrator is so much fun.

Terrific Technique Tuesday

WOW did that title get your attention....well I just wanted to share with you one of the techniques we are doing for our monthly technique class.

Its called "kissing" its an oldie but a goodie.  I hope you enjoy this sneak peek for tonight. 

Technique class is monthly....and there are two ways to participate.

1.  Choose to participate for four months purchasing $25 in free merchandise, one of those months you will be the hostess and receive all the benefits.
2.  Just come to class and pay me $10 no commitment.

If you are interested....let me know....

Hope you all have a wonderful day

Snippet Thursday

Thank you to Joyce and Carol for more "snippet cards" ......

These were "snippets" for our monthly club, we had embossed the feathers with silver embossing powder on the silver foil paper, they really were thinking out of the box.

Wacky Wednesday

Would you like another "tease"....well here you go....a card that we will be offering at our next Stamp A Stack.

This one is part of our Christmas collection:

 

 

 This one is part of our All Occasion collection:

 

 

 

If you are interested in attending please let me know...cost is $20 for 20 card with envelopes.  All you need to bring is your own adhesive and a scissors.  RSVP by Friday October 17th.

Terrific Tuesday

I had such a nice surprise waiting for me when I went outside this morning, my friend Brenda borrowed a couple of Stampin' Up products from me and when she returned them, she dropped off some Halloween cards done by Janine P.....that to me was a sign that I should post them today...so here they are...

 

I love receiving cards like this....would you like to be featured on my blog....send me a card, via email, text or US Mail....I would love to share.

Monday Tease

Happy Monday....today I want to "tease" you just a little by showing you a couple of cards to our next Stamp A Stack. 

The Stamp A Stack is scheduled for October 24-25 at the St. Joe Fire Hall.  On October 24th you can come anytime between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (we need everyone to be done by 9:00 p.m.).  October 25th we are starting at 8:00 a.m. and need to be done by Noon.

We are offering two different kinds of cards this time, Christmas and All Occasion.

First card is one of the Christmas cards.

 

The next card is a sneak peak of one of the cards from the All Occasion set.

You can make these cards plus four other ones, that perhaps I'll "sneak peak" sometime.  At the Stamp A Stack you make a total of five different cards four of each for a total of 20 cards (including envelopes).  Cost for this is $20 for each set.  The deadline to sign up is October 17th.

Hope you enjoy.

Snippet Thursday

It's Snippet Thursday....today's cards are done by Joyce M. 

 

 

Just use various size strips to add a beautiful background to your card...snippets!!!



 

 

I just love both of these cards....using the same layout (small strips) look at how different they both are. 

 

Hope you enjoy the cards!



Friday Flair

Happy Friday,

It's Friday Flair day....I hope you enjoy this card.

The card was done by my friend and Stampin' Up Demonstrator Dena L.  I thought it was really cool how she cut the burlap ribbon in half and fringed it (I know that is hard to see on the picture).

Stamp Set:  For All Things and Good Greetings
Cardstock:  Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss, Color Me Autumn DSP
Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories:  Burlap Ribbon, Linen Thread, Gold Metal Buttons

I hope you enjoy the card.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Snippet Thursday

As you can tell by the title I'm starting a new weekly card....Snippet Thursday.

You may be wondering what "Snippets" are....well they are the leftovers from cardstock, designer paper, ribbons and pieces of Paper Pumpkin, that, in my world, have no need for anymore.  In comes my friends Carol and Joyce.   They have taught me that every "snippet" has a purpose.  I've been giving my snippets to these two awesome, creative stampers for years and the creations they come up with are amazing.  Well today I have a couple of cards that they have made and every Thursday will try and post another one, its always blows me away with what they have done.

 



Now I don't know exactly what snippets I've given them, but I guarantee you those two women use them.

I hope you enjoy this new segment.  If you have a snippet card that you would like to share, send it to me and maybe I can spotlight you on a "Snippet Thursday".

Have a wonderful day.

Rectangle Card

As promised yesterday I wanted to show you how you can make a rectangle card out of square framelit.

 

I started out with a card that is 4" x 5 1/2"

 



 

I folded it in half the long way (hamburger fold)

 

 

I then used the 5th square from our square template collection and positioned it over the middle of the card.

 



and walaaaaaa look at what happens...

 

and of course here is a card I made using this idea....

 



And this will be one of our cards we make at our October stamp club.  Thank you Carol D for the awesome idea!

Have a wonderful day.

I've been AWOL

Hello everyone....so sorry I've been AWOL this past week.  Way to many things going on, not that I need to go into detail, but one thing you want to know is that I was very busy cutting cardstock and getting ready for my stamp camp last weekend.  As you can tell from this pictures everyone had a good time....

 

 

Be watching tomorrow I have a special card I want to share with you, how would you like to learn how to make a rectangle out of our square framelits!  Stay tuned...have a wonderful day.

Friday Flair

I thought this card so quick and easy I just had to share it.  I received this card from my friend Georgia, who is a Stampin' Up demonstrator.  I just love being a Demonstrator, the friendships I've made through this awesome company are priceless!

Stamp Set:  Work of Art
Cardstock:  Natural Ivory
Ink:  Bermuda Bay
Crisp Cataloupe
Baked Brown Sugar

Thanks for sharing Georgia, I just love this card.

Stamp Camp Sneak Peek

Here is another sneak peek of a card we will be doing at our Stamp Camp September 12-13.

This is using the Wondrous Wreath stamp set with framelits.  I hope you can join us its not to late to sign up.

Stop back tomorrow for my Friday Flair!

Terrific Tuesday

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.  We spent the weekend at the lake with our family, what a wonderful time, hard to see it end, but we know there will be more.  While at the lake Brenda and I finished planning our stamp camp.  Hope you enjoy another sneak peek....its a money holder card, but it doesn't have to be.

I'm so excited to share the other projects with you.  There is still room....please come and bring your friends.  Here are the details.

 

STAMP CAMP

WHEN:  September 12-13
WHERE:  St. Joe Fire Hall
TIME:  Open house style....come anytime on Friday between 2:00 p.m. and 9:00, Saturday we open at 8:00 a.m. and go until approximately 3:00 p.m.
COST:  $25 for 10 awesome projects, plus you will go home with extra product and a goodie bag!
RSVP by Friday September 5th.

Friday Flair - "Baby Style"

I received this baby card from one of my stamping friends, Rachel T.  Rachel is a Stampin' Up demonstrator who I met years ago, she is an awesome stamper, I'm so thankful she shares.

Stamp Set: Something for Baby, Something to Say
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Bright Designer Series Paper Packet
Ink:  Memento Black, Daffodil Delight
Accessories:  Square Framelits, Baby's First Framelits, 2013-15 InColor Sequin Assortment, Distressed Dots Embossing Folder

I hope you enjoy this card.

BONUS CARD....yes indeed, I wanted to share with you one more card I received for my birthday, its from my friend Manette.  Manette has been part of our monthly stamp club for many many years and has truly become a dear friend.  It was her birthday this week and I forgot to send her a card, but I'm going to get one in the mail to her today!

I just love the bird, and she made it look like a robin which is awesome.  I know its hard to tell from the picture, but she colored a baby pearl for the eye!!!!

Stamp Set:  I think its a retired set, but you could use Sassy Salutations
Cardstock:  Marina Mist, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Old Olive
Ink:  Soft Suede
Accessories:  Bird Punch, Scallop Square Die, White Organza Ribbon

Thank you Manette for the wonderful birthday wishes, and I hope you had a great day too!

Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!

Stamp Camp "Sneak Peek"

I wanted to share with you a little sneak peek of a card we will be making at our next stamp camp on September 12-13, there is still room, so please come.  Cost is $25 and you will be making 10 cards plus go home with some extra product and a little goodie bag from me.

This card is done using the Wonderous Wreath stamp set and matching framelits!  I know you can't see very well from the picture but there is cherry dazzling details on it....really makes those berries pop!

Reflection Technique

I wanted to share with you another club card for September.  Remember if you would like to join our club you can do that at anytime, the only commitment is purchasing $20 in merchandise for 4 months, in addition to these awesome cards you will co-host the party one month.

This technique is called "Reflection Technique", and we use wax paper...yup its awesome....

Can't wait to share it with club next week.  Its not too late to sign up for club...contact me for more details.