Thanks for coming by from my wonderful friend Merit‘s blog. It really is the most wonderful time of year – the 2018 holiday catalog is live! I love all the fun new products, Stampin’ Blend markers, tins, ribbons, stamps and Designer Series Papers. I am …
A few days ago I told you about a Fun n’ Crafty Team Card Swap that I participated in. Today I wanted to share two cards with you that I received. What I love about these cards is that the inside is stamped! That’s right …
We had so much fun at our August Cute Card Class. We laughed, we ate, we created, and we laughed some more! This month we had a small group – several people were out of town or not feeling well. I am hoping to hold the August Cute Card Class again for those who missed it. As always, we made 6 cards (2 each of 3 designs).
The first card was made with the limited time Color Your Season Bundle. I knew that I wanted to make cards with a purple theme – good thing everyone at class loves purple just as much as me. To be honest, I really wasn’t in love with this set. I’m not really a flower person and looking at all of the images that’s all that I saw. I did however love the stitched layering shapes framelits.
The first card I made with it, I used white embossing power and used Water Color Pencil Assortment #2 using the Cajun Craze, Granny Apple Green and Gorgeous Grape. The second card I embossed the image with gold powder – and boy do I love the way it came out!
Our second card was made using the Love What You Do set and the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. My two favorite parts of this card is the Pearlized Dollies and the Blueberry Bushel ink.
The final card was made was a fun card using the Southern Serenade stamp set. We also used the new Gray Granite ink and card stock. We did stamp off the lace background image two to three times depending upon the look they wanted. We colored the flowers in with Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blends (both dark and light) and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends (dark and light).
Don’t forget about all the August happenings!
Do you need a little crafty escape that you can take with you on the go? How about a little boost to get our of your crafty slump? Well, now is the time to try Paper Pumpkin! Each month you will get everything you need (expect a pair of scissors) to create the cutest little projects you’ve ever seen – cards, baskets, treat boxes – every month is something fabulous. But, don’t wait because the offer ends August 10th!
Seriously FREE shopping is horrible, right? I mean you have to figure out what you want, then you have to order it, then you have to wait for it to arrive – all for FREE! Thank goodness for Bonus Days right? Finally a reason to shop for FREE. From now until August 31st for every $50 spent (before tax and shipping) you earn $5 to spend in September. Here’s a tip – print out your coupon codes as soon as you get them AND save the email in a folder. I have no way to look up the coupon codes that are sent.
As if earning $5 for every %50 spent isn’t enough – with any $60 order placed using the special August VIP Host Code you will receive a FREE Simply Shammy! Let me tell you – this is the greatest tool to have in your craft area! A little tip is that the shammy will stain – but not to worry the ink won’t give you Inky Fingers Stamping! (haha….I’m so funny!) No seriously, everyone needs at least one Simply Shammy in your crafty tools!
Seriously FREE shopping is horrible, right? I mean you have to figure out what you want, then you have to order it, then you have to wait for it to arrive – all for FREE! Thank goodness for Bonus Days right? Finally a reason to …
It’s been far to long since I participated in a card swap and wait for it….wait for it….a blog hop. What is a blog hop you ask? Well, its when a group of people create a project based on a specific set or topic, …
I’ve got a BIG ordering incentive for everyone the rest of July! I’m really trying to hit my next Leadership goal by the end of July. So, I’m going to reward everyone who shops with me the rest of the month to help me reach my goal in July!
So here are the details:
All online Stampin’ Up product orders between July 24 and July 31 are eligible. Order anything from my online store.
All items are cumulative (qualifying totals are pre tax and shipping)! Spend $125 and get all four freebies!
You MUST use the Hostess Code E7SHAZEJ
Any order with out the hostess code will not be eligible (even if your order is over $150.)
I will order all the freebies on August 1st and get them in the mail to you the following week.
I spent the last two days photographing over 400 retired Stampin’ Up! items that I have been hoarding away. I’ve created an album on my business Facebook page to shop from for my family, friends and customers. There is also an album of miscellaneous …
In my cleaning out the craft loft getting things ready for my BIG retired sale, I’m finding lots of cards kits that have just been laying around in boxes. I spent a good part of yesterday and today putting all these kits together. I’ve not …
I can’t believe I haven’t posted in seven months. Literally , like seven months to the day. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to or that I haven’t had projects to share. Life seriously just has happened – and well family always comes first.
Jackie has finished her term as the youth presiding officer for Washington Job’s Daughters. While she is closing a chapter of her life, Ken and I are starting a chapter of our lives to become the adult presiding officers for Washington Job’s Daughters. It’s something we believe in. We want to teach these girls to be girls. What does that mean – well exactly that. To be anything they want to be – president, a lawyer, a baseball player, a mom, a teacher, an artist, anything they want to be.
I’ve also started to work with a business coach to help me with my Stampin’ Up! business. I am just so close to making this my full time job. I’ve got a retired Stampin’ Up! sale coming up, classes scheduled for the next few months – and I’ve actually completed several sets of cards to use over the next few weeks to send out! I love summer break.
I can’t promise that I will be sharing everyday – but I can promise you that I am going to step up my game. Work on a schedule and be more present online. I’ve begun the process of a site refresh, new branding, videos, online shopping for my hoards of retired Stampin’ Up!
Life is still happening – but what I’ve decided is that I’m not going to let life stop me from living my dream. I’m going to keep my dreams – keep moving towards my dreams – and keep living life.
With the start of a new year and trying to clean my craft space (more on that later), I’ve found that I hoard Designer Series Paper (DSP). I’ll say it again, I am a DSP hoarder. I look at all of the pretty papers with …