Tuesday, March 31, 2009

YARD SALE!

Retired Stampin’ Up! Yard Sale

Yahoo! It is finally here!!! We have a date, time and location!!!

Date: Saturday, April 4th

Time: 8:30 am – 11am (no early birds please)

Location: Marlborough Community House, Marlborough, NH

This is your chance to pick up some great bargains!! Stamp sets start at only $3 and no set will be priced higher than $10. There will also be retired accessories including Designer Series Paper.
Several demonstrators will have merchandise there for you to choose from. This is always a popular event!

If you want to make a day of it, we are also offering a class at 1:00! The class should not take us very long to complete. I am estimating about an hour to an hour and a half. That leaves plenty of time for a walk or some other activity later in the afternoon!! We will use the Fifth Avenue Floral set which I have fallen in love with! Email me to save your spot. The class fee will be $18 for the 12 cards! This class will only be offered in Marlborough at the Marlborough Community House on April 4th.

So here is the info in invitation form

What: "Amazing Dozen" Card Class
Where: Marlborough Community House
When: Saturday, April 4th at 1:00
Class Fee: $18
Things to bring: Scissors, Adhesive & a paper trimmer/paper cutter

Register today so you have a spot!

Please register early so you won’t be disappointed! Your spot in the class is not reserved until I have your registration fee. Class fees can be paid by check and dropped off to me or by PayPal, whichever you prefer.

Children under the age of 14 are not allowed.



Monday, March 16, 2009

Marvelous Monday

A Marvelous Monday? Many people don't like Mondays but this Monday is one I am very happy about because it is my birthday!! I got to celebrate with stamping friends and my family yesterday. Today I will have fun at school and get to have dinner with a very good friend of mine. Some people don't like getting older and celebrating their birthday but I LOVE it!! The getting older part isn't too bad because I feel that I am so much smarter and more relaxed and confidant than I was 20 years ago! Besides if you didn't have a birthday it would mean you were dead and I sure don't want that!



Anyway, onto some great stamping news!




Over the weekend Stampin' Up! announced a great new way to become a demonstrator...
The 3 Easy Payment Plan!
Fabulous idea if you ask me, since we are all feeling the crunch of the current economic times and REALLY NEED our discount on our stamping supplies!!!
This limited time offer allows you to make a partial initial payment and still receive the Starter Kit right away.
3 PAYMENT DETAIL:
· Payment #1 (charged when you order) -$56.34 (+ sales tax)
· Payment #2 (charged April 15) - $56.33
· Payment #3 (charged May 15) -$56.33
JOIN BEFORE MARCH 31 AND YOU WILL:
· Save 15% OFF the Starter Kit (regular price is $199)
· Choose a FREE stamp set - valued up to $47.95 (get a huge alphabet set or something really cool!)
SIGN UP IS EASY:
· Start by printing the order form and customize your started kit.
· Fill out the 3 Easy Payment form
· Contact Me -paperwork must be mailed to Stampin' Up!. You cannot join online if you want to take advantage of the payment plan.
It's the perfect time to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator! You can simply enjoy the discount for yourself or start a club by stamping with a few friends each month or make it a full time business. In my nearly 7 years as a demonstrator, I have never had a day where I hated my boss or worried about getting laid off!
Do I look like I'm having fun??? I LOVE this job!
I would love to have you join my team!
If you have any questions please e-mail me. I'm here to help you benefit from doing what you LOVE!


Also over the weekend I went to a demonstrator event in Massachusetts that was offered by Barbara Lash. It was fabulous!!! We stamped 4 great projects and I learned about a wonderful fun and easy class to create 12 cards in about an hour!!! They had some really awesome displays up and I took tons of pictures! Here is a picture of one of the projects we created. We used several Big Shot dies and SU! punches to create the shapes used to put this together. So cute and springy!!


One of the demonstrations was by the very talented Amy Czuba. She showed us how to create 12 cards with just 7 sheets of cardstock and some Designer Series Paper and ribbon! I will be running this class after the yard sale on April 4th at 1:00. Plan to make a girls day of it! Come for the yard sale, have some lunch and come back for class!! The class should not take us very long to complete. I am estimating about an hour to an hour and a half. That leaves plenty of time for a walk or some other activity later in the afternoon!! Here is a sneak peek at what the cards will look like. We will use the Fifth Avenue Floral set which I have fallen in love with! Email me to save your spot. The class fee will be $18 for the 12 cards! This class will only be offered in Marlborough at the Marlborough Community House on April 4th.
I hope you have a Marvelous Monday. It will be what you make it and I plan to make mine Mucho Marvelous!!!
Thanks for stopping by today!



Saturday, March 7, 2009

Spring is coming!!

Well it sure feels like spring out there today! It was more than 50 degrees at 10 o'clock this morning!! Yippee!
A couple things you may want to know. Before the end of Sale-A-Bration Stampin' Up! is going to offer a 3-payment option for the Starter Kit!! If you have been thinking about it this makes the deal to good to pass up!! They did not release details yet but as soon as I get them you will get them!!!

Also, Lisa and I have set the date for our BIG yard sale!! This is when we sell the retired stamp sets and accessories that we can do longer demonstrate. If you are local to the Monadnock Region this is a NOT TO BE MISSED event!! If you need directions to the Marlborough Community House in Marlborough, NH then please e-mail me. The date is Saturday, April 4th from 8-noon. We sure hope to see you there!!

Now how about the last two samples from the watercolor class?


This darling little whale comes from the Pun Fun set. We used the pastels to color him. You can apply the pastels directly to the image and then blend with the aquapainter or you can pick up the color from the pastel with the aquapainter and add color that way. This next one used the Stampin' Write markers to apply the color. You may want to use the writing tip to get a nice fine line of color right where you want it and then carefully blend with the aquapainter. I will hopefully have pictures of some of the Sale-A-Bration card class samples soon.
Enjoy the spring-y weather!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Terrific Tuesday

Well the new snow that fell yesterday has everything looking clean and fresh! I really dislike the yucky brown/gray icy mounds along the side of the roads and such!


So I shared a couple of the cute love note cards we made at the Watercolor Class in my previous post. Here are a couple more.





This one used the Fast & Fun notes set and the watercolor pencils. There is a flower as part of the stamp but we used a small flower from the Pretties Kit and also colored it with watercolor pencils and blended the color with the Aquapainter.






This next image is also part of Fast & Fun Notes. We used the Classic Ink Pads for this one. Did you know that if you give your stamp pads a squeeze while they are closed you will get a small amount of ink on the inside cover. You can pick this ink up using a Blender Pen or Aquapainter. We used So Saffron, Regal Rose and Tangerine Tango. I wasn't to sure about pink and orange together but it worked really well!!

Off to school. Take care and stop back again soon!





Sunday, March 1, 2009

Great Preorder Opportunity!

Happy March! Well they say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb and it certainly seems true here in the northeast! We are preparing for a major Nor'ester tonight and tomorrow.

Stampin' Up! revealed an awesome added promotion for the month of March. Sale-A-Bration will continue through the end of the month and you will be able to order a select group of stamp sets from the Occasions Mini Catalog which has dates from April 1st through June 30th. Usually only demonstrators get to "preorder" sets but for the month of March you get that opportunity! Click on the link above to see the sets that are available for preorder.

I do want to share some exciting news with you. I had two ladies join my team in February! I would like to welcome Sandra and Sarah to my team! If you are looking for a way to pay a bill or two or you just want to pay for your hobby supplies check out the opportunity that Stampin' Up! offers. E-mail me if you live it the United States and would like information about the Starter Kit. Right now during Sale-A-Bration the Starter Kit is 15% off, that's just $169 to start your own business and work when and how much YOU want! You also get to add any stamp set from the Spring/Summer Idea Book & Catalog to the Starter Kit which brings the product value to over $350 dollars!!! This is really a great opportunity!!

Okay so how about a few samples from our recent Watercolor Class? A couple weeks ago my upline Lisa and I offered a class in watercolor techniques. We gave class participants the opportunity to use six (6) different mediums to color in outline images. We used the images from Pun Fun and Fast and Fun Notes. This one is from Pun Fun and used Bashful Blue and Real Red Craft Pads to color this very cute sheep.

This cute hippo is also from Pun Fun and used Watercolor Wonder Crayons to color it. So very cute!!


I will show you a couple more tomorrow.

Thanks for checking in!