Stampin' Up! Sign Up Special!! Choose your Own Family!

Wow, Stampin' Up! is doing it again...if you sign up to be a demonstrator between August 10th and September 30th not only do you save nearly 40% off retail by purchasing the kit, earn future discounts and all the other benefits of being a demonstrator BUT during this limited time you'll get an entire Classic Ink pad color family of your choice - ABSOLUTELY FREE! for more information check my Become a Demonstrator page over on the right and be sure to link to Stampin' Up! here and click on "choose your family".
Happy Stamping!

SU Holiday Mini catalog!!

I got a goodie box from Stampin Up today! I actually haven't opened it yet! I have been trying to stave off a migraine fro a few days now so I laid down for a "few minutes" this afternoon... SIX HOURS LATER! I woke up..
I am about to break into that box to peek though.. Maybe even mount a few sets from the Holiday mini.. what? How can I do that so late at night? Why the answer is simple... the mini sets are all DIE CUT from now on! Only the minis though.. Still hoping for the main catalog one of these days but for now I don't mind cutting stamps.. it is part of my process I guess but I do like the break! lol
You can order from the mini (and see it online if you don't have a hard copy) from Sept. 1-Nov. 30 Email me if you want one.

Could I post any less frequently? / lot's of stuff to say!

Well folks, I am still here. It has been truly crazy these last few (two) months. I won't get in to any of the boring details but I will share some great stamp stuff! I have been creating but most for swaps I took to convention July 24-30 in Denver. What a blast I had! Next year will be even better! only 1 SU convention session! It is the 20th anniversary so they are holding only 1 session so we can all celebrate together!
Anyway.. more to say but I am going to post it in separate posts so every great item can have it's own space!!

The strange lighthouse card post from the other day..

I should explain that one I guess.. I was editing my cards in Photoshop Elements for the first time. I was having a rough time trying to figure out how to resize the photos. I normally use the software that comes with whatever cheap printer I have at the time. I figured I have had PSE for a few months I may as well learn how to use it right? I am used to seeing pixels.. the PSE showed inches and picas... WHA? What the heck is a picas? evidently a picas is like a pixel but not really ?? anyway.. I pressed a button and pixels showed up! I did as many cards as I could because not knowing what button I pressed I couldn't do it again I am sure! lol So, that card was made last week for my uncles birthday. The recipe is: stamps: Coast to Coast (retired) , It's Your Birthday and Linen background
ink: Creamy Caramel
paper: shimmery Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
I also used a bookplate and 2 brads from the pewter Hodgepodge Hardware set and brown grograin ribbon. I distressed the edges of the focal point with the SU cutter kit.
TFL!

Fall Winter SU catalog 20 days away!! YAY

I wanted t share a few cards I made using the new sets from the SU catalog preview. I have only done a few so far. I actually did 53 but only 3 different styles! lol I am busy with swaps for SU convention which is actually 43 days away!! YAY

Anyway here are a few cards I did yesterday.. darn.. I keep forgetting they show up at the top of my post.. If anyone can tell me how to fix that I would be very grateful! lol So, I will post the recipes down here in the order the cards show up (I never know how that will be either!)

recipe #1: stamps: Baroque Motifs, Hugs& Wishes

paper: Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi

ink: Purely Poegranate, Wild Wasabi, Basic Brown

flowers are up on dimensionals

recipe #2

I called this card Hungry Hungry Cute Hippo but I Was informed it is a Rhino.. I knew that but for some reason Hippo just was what my mind was calling it! lol

stamps: Zoofari, Holidays & Wishes

ink: Timber Brown stayzon

paper: Kraft, Whiper White, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky designer paper

rhino is colored with watercolor crayons and blended with blender pens, twill ribbon is held on with silver brads. For this particular card I just cut by hand the sentiment tag but I plan on using a Cuttlebug tag die cut on the next.

recipe #3

stamps Baroque Motifs, Holidays &Wishes

ink: River Rock, Purely Pomagranate, Timber Brown Stayzon

paper: Whisper White, River Rock

flower is up on a dimensional and has a brad in the center.

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I have to tell you the new InColors are GORGEOUS! I really did not care for them in the catalog but I will tell you they are awesome in person! Just gorgeous! If you are not sure about them try the combo pack!

just testing my PSE skillz..

How long has it been,Blog Candy and other stuff

I am a horrible blogger. I always kept journals an did the same thing. If you look through my journals (which I still have) you will see entries at least 2 months apart! Oh well, I never thought I was that interesting anyway! lol
I have been working on my convention swaps lately. I finished the 50 cards I am taking to the SCS dinner ( the "other" dinner that is) . I am very excited about that. All of my roommates are registered for that one too. Anyway, I will be sure to post the card I did soon. I used a new SU set! And the new InColor paper too!
I wanted to let you know about an awesome blog candy. If you go to The Wooden Porch
that is a clickable link but if you need to cut and paste here is thhe address http://thewoodenporch.blogspot.com and just leave a comment you can win a $25 gift certificate to Joanns! I think it is a wonderful blog that is funny, touching and thought provoking. Reading the Wooden Porch blog has actually helped me work through a few personal issues!

SU 06-07 retire list is out!

SU retire list YIKES I think I have about 75 sets that are on that list! Boy am I gonna have some sales in the next few months! lol
Off to bed, just wanted to let you know about that! The retire accessory list will be out next month. I will keep you updated!

AMM templates and storeage.. way cool!

I got the coolest little storage thingy last week. It is called the AMM Stack'em Rack. It is a little rack that you can get tins to keep anything smallish in. I have so much smallish crap here I can't find any of it! This does just the trick! I got a few of the empty tins and the brad template. The brad template is my favorite! It is a series of thin plastic templates in different shapes and waves.. it also has a very sharp piercing tool. I got mine from My Scrapbook Nook They seem to be out of the brad templates right now though. You can do a Google search for them or check your LSS. I used the brad template for a layout I did last night. I will post it later on.. Let me know what you did with yours!

My goodies from the 5 scrapbook store trip. The pictures were loaded backwards. The bag is the picture of the goodie bag from NESB in the morning. Then the rest of the pictures are all the goods from the separate store. I spent alot of money but mostly because I bought a few packages of Technique Tuesday stamps. I am not a huge fan of acrylics but I really love the images! I Was looking for a 6X6 acrylic stamp block for the Fancy Pants stamps I bought a few weeks ago. They are so big they don't fit on my blocks! I finished the layouts from the store make and takes last night. I will post those soon along with a few things I have done lately.

I hope to see you all on the net trip!

Bad Blogger.. My scrapbook shopping trip..

I forgot to ask her name though.. I was having so much fun it never crossed my mind! Ya know how you meet someone and get into a conversation and it is like you have known them forever.. That is the way it was so I never thought to ask her nme. I did sneak next door to Beautiful Impressions a stamp store. I bought a few thins there and then we were on our way to the last store. Wiggles & Giggles in Rocky Hill. They were in a different smaller place the last time I was there. We ate dinner there. Lasagna. I couldn't eat it because there were onions in the sauce. Onions give me migraines. I already had a migraine the day before and it was still hanging around that day so I had to pass. I did have a great roll though. It was really good and I forgot to ask where they got it. I bought a few things there but most of the products they carry I either already ad or wasn't my style. They do have a much nicer store front though.
The end of the day! Back to NESB! It was 7:30 already and I was dead tired! We went in for the drawing of the Grand Prize! I didn't win but the gal who did was lucky! It was a bag full of stuff! Tools and embellishments and a glass cutting mat.. really great stuff! and there was coffee and those great little frozen mini eclairs.. yummy! I had to rush home and put some on the PeaPod list! lol So, that was my day.. I am sure I can think of more but this is so long I will leave it at that. I will post the pictures in a new post so I don't lost this one. That would suck.. Just to let you know, they are planning to do another trip in the fall so be ready!