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The retiring stamp sets are online, click image above for the list by name, click here for the list by page number.
Wheely good deals ….
SU’s got wheely good deals
Now til April 18th
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD SPECIAL
Stampin’ Ups if offering some great deals with stamp sets and extra-large wheels. Check out the specials page and read about the special going on now. Purchase a listed stamp set and walk away with a matching wheel stamp to go along with it. These wheels can be used to accent a scrapbook page, card, or to create some unique gift wrapping for that special occassion.
To take advantage of this wheely great deal, place your order now with your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator (me!!). We happen to be great creative coaches who can provide you with project ideas and help you with all of your crafting needs. If you don’t have a demonstrator, give me a call to place your order and receive your free Stampin’ Up! jumbo wheel, and start making unique handmade gifts for every occasion today!
~ Happy Stamping ~
Oh where oh where is my UPS man …. oh where oh where can he be?
My Occasions Mini Collection
order is on its way … and I’d say I’m alittle anxious. The order probably won’t arrive til Monday and that means I will have to wait through the entire weekend before I will get to see, hold, and make my new samples. Ugggghhh …
I will more then likely be lstaring out the window waiting for the little brown truck to pull up … and every bit of me will have to control my urge to run down the driveway and snatched my boxes from the truck.
I’m so looking forward to getting my new items and then sitting down at my craft table …. putting together some great samples and ideas to pass along in my upcoming classes and workshops. I can’t wait !!!!
Does this delivery man look familar to you ? The first person to email me (excluding SU consultants) who he is, the show he stars in, and the company he works for I will award you a free stamp set to add to your collection … so don’t dilly dally email me today …. and Happy Stamping !!
President’s Day Sale
Sale-a-Bration
Every year we celebrate President’s Day and every year at the same time Stampin’ Up! offers you the opportunity to earn fantastic, FREE, stamp sets by making a purchase, hosting a creative workshop, or joining Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator.
Earn any of these great limited-edition stamp and crafting sets from our very own Sale-A-Bration brochure and use them to make one-of-a-kind cards, scrapbook pages, treat bags, and more! These stamps are available only during this promotion, so once Sale-A-Bration is over, they will never be available again!
The Sale-A-Bration promotion started February 1, 2008, and runs through March 15, 2008, so don’t miss your chance to earn free products! As your demonstrator I have a color Sale-A-Bration brochure full of beautiful project ideas showing these limited-edition Sale-A-Bration sets. Place your order now with me or even better book a workshop where I can show your friends and family the many uses for these great stamp sets. I’m waiting for you call …….
Happy Valentine’s Day
These are just two collections of the valentines I made for this special day. (*see also the post below of others) Using the Happy Heart Day stamp set for the small pocket scrapbook and Love & Happiness rub-ons on the bagalope. I used red, white or pink cardstock and various types of ribbons to complete each of these ~ enjoy them as I did in making them. See you soon ~ Happy stamping !!
The modern day celebration of Valentine’s Day seems to have begun in France and England. On Valentines Eve young people would gather and pick names becoming a valentine to whose ever name they chose.
Cupid, Doves, Love Birds, Roses, Hearts and Arrows are all symbols of the Valentine’s Day Holiday.
Cupid was the symbol for the Roman God of Love.
Today I wish all of who visit here a Happy Valentine’s Day
This final image Amy Celona (my upline director) allowed me to post for another variation and idea for Valentine’s Day. Way to go Amy ~ how pretty !!
Lots of Thoughts
What fun I had with this stamp set. One of the many wonderful sets from our "Sale-a-Bration" going on right now. This set is called Lots of Thoughts and fits well with a scallop punch to make a fancy message to be used in many ways. I used a larger size scallop for background, color coordinated the ink for the message and what cute little cards. Inside I put a small white cardstock for a message. Coupled with the pocket card what a neat gift to give someone with 2, 4, or all 6 messages from this stamp set. I used the Bali Breeze designer paper for a springy look. I can find another few uses for this set but will leave it to your imagination now. Have fun creating stampers !!
February is here …
"Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November,
February has twenty-eight alone,
All the rest have thirty-one;
Excepting leap year, that ’s the time
When February’s days are twenty-nine."
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February is a Leap Year and a leap year occurs every four years to help synchronize the calendar year with the solar year, or the length of time it takes the earth to complete its orbit about the sun, which is about 365¼ days. The length of the solar year, however, is slightly less by about 11 minutes.
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Happy Heart Day …
My first attempt at making a 2-4-6-8 box for Valentine’s Day ! Filled with candy hearts, kisses or a small gift what person wouldn’t be impressed to receive this thank you for being a friend, a favorite teacher, or even a thanks to your kids for cleaning their room. Either way they are easy to make and will be even more fun to fill with treats. Next a valentines card for just about anyone. Scalloped circles with a tag saying Happy Valentines Day and small butterflies with tales of i love you expressing the days sentiment for that special someone !!
Its here …. look see
It’s finally here ~ our revised and fancy schmancy Stampin’ Up consultant websites. We have full design rights to the look and feel of it. Color choices and even the words in some of the areas. My links are located on the left side and will take you to some of the more pertinent information there. I’ve also placed a link on my JOIN page so for those of you thinking or maybe considering signing on to Stampin’ Up will consider signing up under me. I would love to have you on my team !! So no matter where you are in Alaska to Maine I will be honored to add you to my team.
Our website also helps us maintain our calendar of events ~ creative projects ~ and a place to journal away our thoughts. You can access some of Stampin’ Ups creative projects, the exclusive products, host a workshop, view my calendar ~ or contact me via my website. So take a look around and then come back and post a comment to what you think. What you’d like to maybe see there or to just check back and see what other projects I’ve uploaded.
I have completed a couple more and now just need to take the best picture so that I can upload them and let you see my handy work. I’ve made a birthday card, valentine card and 2-4-6-8 box for valentine goodies. I’m also working on making some coaster calendars, gift bags and a few scrapbooking pages. I need to get moving on things again so that I’m ready for my big open house gathering with workshop classes for all that attend.
Oh and thanks to my dear friend, Cheryl, who helped me change the font size on my blog so you all weren’t thinking … omg my eyes are failing me …. seems the font was set to extra extra small so in order to see it you had to squint or increase the size and even then it was difficult. So thanks again Cheryl. See I told you I was new to this whole blog world ~ so I’m learning as I go along. Also a big thanks to my many visitors from all over the globe who stop in and visit ~ please take a moment now and make a comment so I’ll have your feedback. Well better get scootin’ and get these pics taken ~ big sigh inserted here ~ an artists work is never done (haha) !!
* artwork above is copyrighted from Stampin’ Up website and is not my artwork*
Embrace Life
I’ve been all over the web looking at other blogs and they all have artwork posted …. but nope not Christine. So I hopped on the bandwagon and a crafting I have done. I’m sure there is something I’m missing in posting these but in time I’ll get it right ~ I want you to know this wasn’t an easy task ~ taking picture, resizing to the right format, sharpen image, and then to post … omg I’m ready for a nap and yet I still have more pictures to take and more to post ~ long as you have patience for me I’ll keep trying til I get it right. Well back to the drawing table (hehe) hi-ho-the-merry girl who’s got stamping on her mind ….
Materials Used: Embrace Life (pg 84), Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon, Ginger Blossom Designer Paper (pg 169), Ruby Red, Creamy Caramel & White Cardstock (Earth Elements)
Techniques: stamped the single flower using ChocChip Inkpad & colored with watercolor pencils, crystal effects on finished flower, bottom cardstock (ruby red) embossed flowers using transparent embossing powder & heat gun.
A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other
It is at this time we sit and look back over the last years events ~ to smile and laugh over the good times ~ be thankful for the freedom that our countries men and women fight for every day. We shall cry and be sad over the times we were less fortunate or for the passing of friends or family. And yet we wonder what the next 365 days will bring us.
I myself am thankful for many things in life ~ for the grace of each year that I live to see my children grow and their achievements along the way. My son Brian will welcome another child into the world in July, and for me another grandchild. I am so proud of who and what he has become in life and hope that he sees this as well. My daughter Marisa continues to amaze me with her determination and goals for her future. I am as proud of her as I could be knowing she grows from within every day.
May each of you be blessed with love, understanding and faith ~ good health and fortune ~ and the ability to overcome lifes obstacles.
The strength of our Nation must continue to be used in the interest of all our people rather than a privileged few. It must continue to be used unselfishly in the struggle for world peace and the betterment of mankind.
Harry S. Truman
