It has been a long time!

Well it has been quite awhile since I last posted. One reason is that my computer died. Well perhaps it didn't die but it was really sick and had to be repaired. It was gone to the repair shop for almost two weeks! The happy thing is that I now have it back and I didn't lose any files!!! I will be creating a back-up system though as this has taught me a valuable lesson!!

This darling chick was one of the cards we made at the last punch class. It is so cute and easy! Just 3 circles 1 3/8", 1 1/4" and 1". We did use the small star punch and cut off one point for the beak and the horizontal slot punch makes the legs.

I will try to get pictures of the other cards as well as the ones we did at the open house.

Have a happy day...it is a choice we all get to make at the start of each day.

Thanks for stopping by!

Spring/Summer Idea Book and Catalog!!

Yipee!! Today is the day! We can order from the brand new Spring/Summer Idea Book and Catalog!! I showed it off to several customers yesterday at my New Catalog Open House and it was a big hit! There were lots of new stamp sets that got noticed including the Animal Crackers, Hoppy For You and Thoughts & Prayers.

I will be back later with a couple of samples from yesterdays open house.

Remember that today is a day for remembering the great effort and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His dream is coming true through continued work by lots of caring people!!!
Thanks for stopping by.

Happy New Year - a bit late

Wow...It seems like forever since I posted last. We had some very lovely days between Christmas and New Years. Rich was home and the four of us were able to just be together in a very relaxed way!

Then we were back at school and I was preparing for my new session of stamp club. I offer an after school stamp club for first and second grade students. I have 8 students for 4 weeks and then start a new session with 8 more students. I will photograph some of our projects and share them with you. The kids really seem to enjoy it and I have received lots of positive comments from the teachers at school as well.

Another exciting event of the past couple of weeks is there is a new baby on our street! We had a baby shower for the mommy at the beginning of December. I chose to make her 30 thank you notes as one of my gifts. I found these notes at Michaels for $1.00 per package of 10 notes! Such a deal!! Combine with that the colors they chose are red, black and white and they were a have to buy item!! I liked the size and the shiny red stripe at the bottom but hated the presents in the middle! So it was off to my Stampin' Up! suppies to figure out how to "fix them up". I found Basic Black and Whisper White card stock and my Zoofari stamp set. My daughter helped me color the zebras and then I found the smallest red bows I could and put one on just the center zebra. This is what we ended up with. I was very pleased with the results and so was the mom-to-be! I received a thank you note from her (which I had told her was unnecessary) and so I used the note to create a scrapbook page for her. I did not tape down the bottom edge of the note so that a list of the gifts she received can be centered on the red paper. Shannon got into the scrabooking mood as well and created this cute page for some of the many pictures they have of the new baby sleeping...remember those days?!

I am off to my New Catalog Open House. I will post pictures of the make and take projects soon. Remember that today is the last day to order from the Fall/Winter Idea Book and Catalog! Tomorrow at Noon Mountain Time the Spring/Summer Catalog goes live!! It is lovely and FILLED with Terrific stuff! The accessories section is HUGE because they have added all the Sizzix dies and added some great new ones as well as showing of a selection of the Decor Elements in lots of great shapes and colors!

Sale-A-Bration starts in just a couple short weeks!

Here are the details:
Sale-A-Bration runs from Sunday, February 1st to Tuesday, March 31st.
Customers: Choose 1 FREE Sale-A-Bration product for EVERY $50 you spend on Stampin' Up!® products!
Hostesses: Choose 1 FREE Sale-A-Bration product for hostessing a $300 or more workshop, in addition to the normal hostess benefits!
If you are interested in signing up to become a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator this would be a great time to do it! Recruits get to choose any retail stamp set (a value up to $47.95) from the current catalog when signing up during the promotion!

Happy Sunday! Enjoy this great stamping day...we are getting snow here in the northeast so not much else to do besides watch the NFL Divisional Championship games and stamp!!!

Love You Much Bundle

So it Probably seems a bit strange to have a Valentine's Day promotion announced just a couple days before Christmas, right?! I tend to agree...but just think of how far ahead you will be on those valentine cards, favors and decorations if you start in January! What better way to spend those long cold nights than stamping in fun pretty colors with new stamps?!

I was able to get the stamp set for FREE as a demonstrator and I bought the Designer Series Paper and the punch. I can hardly wait to crack those open and get stamping but I have to finish the Christmas cards first!

So any way here are the details of the promtion. You can purchase the Love You Much Bundle from now thru January 31, 2009. Get ready for Valentine's Day with the exclusive Love You Much Bundle (item 115405). The Love You Much Bundle includes the following:

Love You Much stamp set $25.95 (retail value)
Candy Lane Designer Series paper (Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla)$9.95
Heart To Heart punch $15.95

Bundle Retail Value $51.85 Your cost for the bundle is just $41.48 saving you 20%!! Hostesses who hold a $150 workshop or more will qualify to use their hostess free dollars for the Love You Much Bundle.

So now you know what to spend you Holiday cash on so that you can keep yourself busy on those dark, cold evenings in January! Call or e-mail me today to place your order or just click here to go to my Stampin' Up! website to order online!

Merry Christmas and may 2009 bring blessings to you and your family!

Retired list and FREE Shipping!!

Good Tuesday morning!

Today is the day Stampin' Up! released the retiring stamp set list. The other BIG announcement today is that from today, December 9 through December 23, all orders of $70 or more will receive free shipping! This means that those folks buying for you can save even more!!!! Plus ALL retiring sets are 10% off!

You can order directly through my Stampin' Up! website by clicking here and then clicking on the SHOP NOW button at the top of the page. If your order is more than $70 then the ordering system will take off all shipping charges automatically!!

Have a terrific Tuesday!

The Holiday Extravaganza Sale Is Here!!

So the big announce ment was up on the Stampin' Up! website this morning! The Holiday Extravaganza Sale is HUGE!! Stampin' Up! has bundled together some great products and everyone is sure to find a bundle that suits them or somone on their gift giving list!!

You can click here to view the flyer. As an added incentive to order these amzing bundles I am holding a raffle! EVERYONE that orders either online through my website or by e-mailing their order to me by December 1st will be entered to win one of several stamp sets. These are brand new, previously offered hostess sets that are no longer available! If your order is $150 dollars or more then you will also recieve the hostess benefits on your order! If you go to my SU website and click the SHOP NOW button but want the order shipped to me so I can gift wrap things for you just put my address in as the shipping address.

Have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Big News coming from SU!

Be sure to check back here Wednesday morning (the 26th)! Stampin' Up! is going to release a special sale, only for November 26-December 1. I don't even know what it is, but I know that supplies will be limited, so you will want to JUMP on ordering online as quickly as you can to make sure you get what you want! You can click here to go directly to my Stampin' Up! website then click on the Shop Now button. I'm going to sweeten that deal too! Everyone that places an online order with me between November 26 and December 1 will be entered into a drawing! I have some great brand new retired sets that I will be giving away. I will announce the winners on December 2nd!

For those of you that want your orders to be holiday gifts and are in my local area, you can have the order shipped to me...no sales tax that way...and I will make arrangements to deliver the gifts all wrapped up pretty to you or the gift giver.

Here is a very easy holday decoration you can make with our Home Decor element called Jingle All the Way. It was on display at the Virginia Beach Regional I attended a couple of weeks ago. Our Decor Elements are sort of like large rub-ons made of sticky back vinyl. They are easy to apply and also easy to remove. This one was applied to a 12x12 tile from a home improvement store (Home Depot or Lowes around here) and then inked with VersaMark ink and sprinkled with Iradescent Ice embossing powder. Heated and displayed on a plate stand or table top easel. A bit of Ribbon tied to the easel finishes the lovely holiday decoration! Click here to see the online video about the application of our Home Decor elements.

Have a super day and check back on Wednesday for the big news!

Way to go Patriots!! Big win over division rival Miami Dolphins!