Advent Frame and Boxes

My longtime friend, Kathie came to visit today and stamped, she brought some show and tell.   This is an advent frame with boxes that she brought to show me.

This frame and all those boxes came flat, she put together all the boxes and the pieces of the frame.   Then she painted the entire project, YES even the insides of the boxes.   It's hard to see in the picture, but the numbers are on small punched out circles and have crystal effects on them, a great touch.   The angels are cut out and glued on, there are lots of embellishments on this project.   Kathie, I think you did a Great JOB!!! Love it.

Club cards for August

WOW!!! where has August gone?   This makes me kinda sad.   I love summer, the heat, beach, sunshine and yes love watching lightening and listen to the thunder.   NOW! I don't like the hurricanes or earthquakes both happened here last week.   The earthquake happened while I was working at the Church  in the office (A good place to be).   Irene blew through here on Saturday evening and our lights flickered and we lost a couple limbs and about 1000 twigs from our trees, but that was it.   Truly Blessed.  I have friends still without power, lost $$$$hundreds in spoiled food, going to gym and friends houses to take a shower and filling jugs with water for flushing the toilets.   Going to Starbucks, Panera's and other like places to charge phones, ipods, laptops, etc.   My daughter and I actually played a game instead of being on the computers all night.  Praying that the Power companies stay strong and get power turned on to all.  Praying for that day to come soon!!!

I have a few things to share:   I have tons of pictures, but it would take forever to upload them all, so here are a few.   The first  is one of the August Stampers Club cards.....

When the Summer Mini came out, I just had to have this set....On the Grow....Did I use it?   very little!  SAD, gotta have that stamp set, then barely use it.   I finally pulled it off the shelf, dusted it off and made this card for the stamper club...I used Calypso Coral card stock for the card base, From the Garden DSP (JUST LOVE THAT PAPER!)  Tomorrow is the last day for the DSP special, buy 3 get 1 free...Need more information, just contact me. 
I used watercolor paper and stamped the scooter in black staz on, let dry a few minutes and then used those WONDERFUL WATER COLOR CRAYONS and my aqua painter to color in the image.   SO FAST.   I attached the image to daffodil delight and Pacific point card stocks and then using dimensionals, put that onto the card.   With some white satin ribbon and a flower brad.    The card took some time to put together, but the recipient will love you for it.

This is the 2nd club card:

Wisteria Wonder card stock as the base card, Concord crush card stock as the layer under the stamped image from Upsy daisy stamp set.   Using wisteria wonder ink, I inked up the stamp, then using sponge daubers, sponged  concord crush and elegant eggplant inks directly on the stamp randomly and stamped the image on white card stock.   I punched out some scrap of concord crush using the large oval punch and tied some wisteria wonder ruffled ribbon (OH MY...LOVE IT.   My new favorite ribbon).

New Holiday Mini starts in a couple of days and can't wait to show you some of those new items in that mini catalog.

Keep Save all my friends and thanks for stopping by.

GREAT DEAL!!! Buy 3 get one FREE

Stampin' Up! has a great promotion that started Aug 1st and runs thru Aug 31st .....Buy 3 packages of Designer Series Paper and Get 1 package FREE.    This is a SUPER Deal....and if you only want half a package, the deal is even better.  Let me know which packages you like to split and I will match you up with someone else wanting those same papers.

Don't Delay, this offer won't last forever...

Details:   During August, you will get a FREE package of Designer Series Paper when they buy three!  Use this limited-time offer to stock up on all your favorites, including brand-new designs from the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog.   Hostess and Speciality DSPs not included in this offer.

Here are a few projects using DSP:

This first project is the Blossom Box, it is a new Big Shot Die (I don't own it, YET).   Isn't it cute???

 This one uses the Fancy Favor Box Big Shot Die.....Using Designer series paper in the Big Shot is super easy and you can cut more than one piece at a time.   Like the Big Shot?   Own One?   Own a similar Die Cut machine?   Want to learn how to use it?   Use it to it's potential?   Watch for my upcoming Big Shot Class....and for those of you who purchased the Big Shot from me....This class is FREE for you.

 OK, this card shows just using a small strip of DSP.....How many cards can you make from one sheet of DSP???? 12 for this size with just a strip leftover.  That's a lotta cards outta one sheet of DSP!

 AND this card:  All DSP and some ribbon...Cute way to use up scraps, huh? This was a swap card from convention....It also uses the Big Shot...the embossed image around the edge.

Notice all those clear mount stamp sets behind the card?    That's some of the FREEBIES we received at Convention.

Inspirations

I have returned from Convention and a mini vacation with my husband.   I have been drooling over my swaps from my 3x3 swap.  There were 150 cards total for this swap, so I will have a lot of inspriation coming your way.    Here are the first 2.......

This first one was done by Pamela Rollings   using some punches and BS embossing folder

 This next one is by Donna Snider and uses the Fun Flowers BS Die.   I love that BS die and just got it while at Convention with my Birthday Discount......Just another great perk from SU.

    ENJOY!

Stampin' Up! Convention - Day 3

OH MY GOSH!!!!!    It is SO GREAT to "work" for such a great company.     Stampin' Up!'s Annual Convention in Salt Lake City is fantastic!!!   We paid $280.00 for convention.  Then, if you signed up early, you only paid $250.00.   Then...OK, I am going to be saying this alot!  Then, we get to Convention and the first thing we do is pick up our Convention Bag, filled with FREE stamp sets and an exclusive Catalog with it's own binder, value $25.00.  The Bag is exactly like a Demonstrator bag that demonstrators can buy for $47.95 + ship/tax.   BUT this bag is embroidered with some adorable flowers on the front.   The stamp sets from the new catalog, sell for $80.80 again, no ship/tax added.   Are you adding this up!!!!  Then we attend a HUGE party, swapping going on, where some people were picked to play games and win prizes. There were stamping demonstrations set up all around demonstrating techniques and products.  Display boards with hundreds, OK thousands of projects, cards posted on them.   All of this, no cost..part of the original cost of Convention.    THEN, Convention starts and I have posted some of the highlights on previous posts so I won't bore you with those.   BUT we received FREE a Simply Sent Kit (in back of catalog - $12.95), a whole package of NEW Holiday Mini catalogs, our regular cost of those, $3.50.   A Workshop in a Bag  - Has everything needed for a workshop for 10 people, except a stamp set and ink...embellishments, card stock, envelopes...value $30.00.   Then we had our make and take projects, full color directions, all the paper supplies and embellishments needed..$20.00 value.  Then, we had FREE classes to attend and if we attended all of our classes, we got a FREE stamp set.....This one is for demonstrators though, but I figure the value is $20.00.   Then, yesterday, at the end of Convention, we all were given a FREE stamp set, Hostess set from the new upcoming Holiday mini and a My Digital Studio CD filled with lots of goodies for Digital Scrap booking/card making and more, value:  $43.00.   Total for all the FREE stuff!!!!!   $280.00!!! original cost of convention!!!     The Convention Experience ......PRICELESS.

Wanna join me next year???    Right now there is an Awesome promotion to sign up.   Starter Kit only $99.  Also a Christmas Keepsake Box....and from Me...A gift from Memento Mall.   Don't wait too long, the promotion ends July 31st.

Convention Day 2

Today was another busy day here at Convention.  Classes to attend, demonstrations by Shelli, her daughter, Shalae and one by Donna Griffith.   So many cute projects, cards and more.   I am going to share a few pictures out of the hundreds I have taken.

The first is a picture of the warehouse....where the orders start and get packed and shipped out.

Here is the shelves stocked to the ceiling with stamps, inks cardstocks and more.   An order comes in thru the computer and starts its way thru the conveyor and gets picked and boxed and sent out.   The orders are done in the order they are received, except Canada and Expedited shipping.   They said Canada's orders get done first because they take longer to get thru customs and then onto their destination.   I was there after work hours, so no orders being processed while I was there.

This next picture I took from across the room.   It is a display area of all kinds of projects, products done so cute in various themes.   Every time I walked pass this display I would find something else I didn't see before.  

 These display boards are filled with card samples.   Cards that were sent in for contests and more.

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of cards.    In addition to the cards were lots of projects too,

That's it for today....Gotta get some sleep for the last day of convention....boohoo.  I have lots of swaps to share with you when I get home.

Convention Day 1

Oh my, where do I begin.....We have been treated SO well and it is only Day 1.   Lots of FREEBIES.   A simply sent kit for everyone...we had already gotten the stamp set to the kit in our Convention Bag. 
We got a SNEAK PEEK at the Holiday Mini Catalog and boy am I in T R O U B L E!!!  A quick look thru the mini and my TOTAL is $342.   BUT!!!   If I order everything on my list.   I will have made my minimum for the quarter.   I also will only pay $273 for all those items.   In addition I will receive $50 in FREE merchandise of my choice.  Not bad.  

I will share a few pictures tonight, then it is off to bed.  Day #2 starts in a few short hours.

This is the scene we encountered when we walked into the Convention Center this morning....All the Home office Staff was there and applauding us as we entered thru the doors.   How cool is that!!!

This next picture is of Me, Sara (Shelli's daughter) and her daughter, Sidney .   Normally Sara and Shelli demonstrate some cool new products.  However this year, Sara did it all on her own and she did a fantastic job too.

Here is my swap card that I made 161 of.   The SWAP was very well organized and I received some great swaps to share with all of you.

There is so much to share, I can't wait to show you all the new cool things....