Stamp Camp Projects

Here's the projects we'll be doing at stamp camp tonight! Never heard of "Stamp Camp"? It's a fun night stamping with the girls where all the projects are designed, pre-cut and ready to go for you. All you have to do is show up (with your adhesive) and stamp and assemble your projects. They even come with envelopes! It usually takes about 2-3 hrs and all levels of stampers are welcome. The "old pros" are always willing to help the "newbies". Cost is $12. Please leave a comment on my facebook if you'd like me to add your name to my email list or watch my facebook page for upcoming "Camps". The first card features the eyelet border punch and the ribbon of hope stamp. This card was "cased" from splitcoast and features the owl punch and the brand new 2 3/8" scallop punch. It also uses some of the new soft subtles designer paper.

This is a cute little "beach tote". It's hard to see, but if you look closely, you'll see the pattern embossed onto the front panel, making it look like a weaved bag. We will even stamp tissue paper to match!

The last card is my favorite and uses a new stamp set called create a monster. You have the 3 basic monster shapes and tons of eyes, mouths and tenticles/hair to choose from to make your very own monster. Love fun stuff like this :)

Here's a picture of all the baskets with the individual projects. See...everything you need is right there for you all in one place! Give it a try - sign up for Stamp Camp!

Scrapbook Club - looking for members!

Many, many people have asked me to start a scrapbook club or class. It's finally here!! I'm so excited as now I can get my scrapbooks up to date too! Click on the flyer below to learn more about how this club works and let me know if you have any questions. Club is limited to the first 8 members to sign up so contact your friends and sign up together. Day and time of meetings will be determined based on what works best for the group.

Cards & More Club - looking for members!

Do you like to rubber stamp or would you like to learn some new rubber stamping techniques? I'm starting a new club where we make cards and gift items. Wouldn't it be nice to have a card on hand when you need one? Clubs are a great way to build your supply while having a fun night out with the girls! Click on the picture for a closer look and let me know if you have any questions or would like to join. This club will have 8 members, so get your friends together and reserve your spots today!

Happy Birthday to my Dad!

Today is my dad's 69th birthday. Happy Birthday Dad (Yes, I know he doesn't read my blog!). Hopefully my mom or my sister will tell him that I gave him some love on my little piece of the web! Here's a picture of him doing one of his favorite things. He bought an old school bus and converted it into a "redneck" limo of sorts. He takes all sorts of people on tours of the wine country and the bus has been nickednamed the "fun bus" or the "drunk bus" around town. Where was he with this bus when I was a kid, lol?!? He is a great dad and I definately get my wit and my humor from him - so thanks alot dad, you sure have gotten me into alot of trouble,lol!

Here's the card I made for him. Kinda appropriate for him as he's a bigger wise-a$$ than I am! I'm' sure he'll chuckle! At work, we were getting rid of a bunch of these old fingerprint cards, so I snagged them to cut up for card fronts. I had the Crime Scene Kit stamps that were a perfect add-on. Cool, heh? The fingerprints were made by actually rolling my fingers in the ink - that was fun! Thanks for stopping in and if you see "Ike" wish him a Happy Birthday!

I only have eyes for you Baby!

I got my first order from the New Catalog today. Make a Monster was the first set I cracked open, I just think the little monsters are adorable. My husband reminded me during dinner tonight that our anniversary is tomorrow - ummmm, thought the MEN were supposed to forget those things - oops! The monster has lots of eyes stamped on him and the sentiment is computer generated. Happy Anniversary Dear!

New 2010 Catalog is Finally here!

Isnt' she beauti-mous? Today, July 1st marks the date that the brandy new catalog goes live! Whoo Hooo!!! Take a peek, there are LOTS of new stamps and accessories to make your projects stand apart. Click on the picture above to open an online version of the catalog. If you would like one of your very one to have and to hold (and kiss goodnight if you want to, lol), call, email me or leave a comment here and I'll be sure to hook you up! Cost is $7. $10 if you are not already on my customer list.

You can shop from this catalog RIGHT NOW and have items shipped directly to you by clicking here to visit my demonstrator website . Happy Stampin'

My baby's Birthday!

Happy Birthday "T"!! My baby reached double digits today... he's 10 already. Here he is fresh out of bed with his new cell phone. He's been begging for quite some time and we kept putting it off saying when he's 10. Well, he quickly became 10 and we reluctantly gave in to technology. I couldn't find a baby picture of him on this computer, so this is one from when he was 4 with my nephew, Austin. Dontcha just wanna pinch those cheeks?!? Why do they grow up so fast....

And here is the card I made for him using Extreme Elements and Extreme Dirtbike stamps from Stampin' Up. Have a great day. We'll be at the ball field all day and then my niece's sweet 16 party. Nothing like cake at the baseball field for your birthday, lol!

Summertime, Summertime.....

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I posted, hope you are all still hanging around here....
We've had lots of baseball and soccer games going on as well as lots of birthdays and end of school activities. I made this card and little tote awhile ago for a friend's birthday. The card uses sets from Stampin' Up! called Summer fun, Tropical Party and Itty Bitty Backgrounds along with some sponging. The surfboards are dimensional stickers - cool, eh? This is a little basket full of ribbon made using the Baskets & Blooms die and the square lattice embossing folder. How fun is this?!? I filled it with some shredded DSP (gasp!) and lengths of in-color ribbon.

You can have it all at your fingertips!!!

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Watercolor Trio stamp set (wood-mount) $22.95
I {Heart} Hearts stamp set (clear-mount) $18.95
Clear-Mount Block C $6.95
Homemade single stamp* $8.95
Whisper White card stock (8-1/2" x 11") $8.50
Brights Collection assorted

card stock (8-1/2" x 11")* $6.95
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad $5.95
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad* $5.95
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad $5.95
Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad $5.95
Basic Black 1/8" taffeta ribbon* $6.95
Color Coach* $14.95
SNAIL Adhesive $6.95

Retail value of products in kit $124.90

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The Mini Starter Kit also includes the same business supplies that are in the standard Starter Kit! (no alternative selections can be made for business items). Contents are listed below:
Getting Started DVD
Getting Started Guide
Guest Invitation Postcards (100)
2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog (8)
Summer Mini Catalog (8)
To My Hostess Envelopes (10)
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Recruit Brochures (20)
Hostess Brochure (20)
Hostess Benefits Form (10)
Customer Order Form (50)
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Last chance for these stamps and accessories!

A selection (a rather large one) of stamps and accessories from the 2009-2010 catalog are retiring and now is the last chance to get them. Click on any of the images to see the lists for Stamps, Accessories and Home Decor (Decor Elements).

Accessories are "As Supplies Last"! The list gets updated daily at 6 pm. You can click on the picture to check and see what's out of stock or call me and I'll check for you!
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or would like me to order something for you!

A challenge to be Wicked!

There are many, many challenges out there to help spur our creativity. This challenge was to use one of the soon to be retired colors, Dusty Durango. I also used Rich Razzleberry and some of the cottage wall Designer paper. The stamp set is named Awash with Flowers will be in the new catalog when it is released on July 1st. Thanks for looking and a special thank you to all the service men/women for protecting the freedoms that we enjoy daily!

graduation gift card holders

It's graduation time again! My co-worker needed some gift card holders, so I used the My Digital Studio softare to type in the name of the school and the class year, chose the color ink I needed to match the stamped images, copied and pasted and viola - a gift card holder! I printed a full sheet of paper and then used my Sizzix gift card holder die to cut them out. The stamped graduation caps are from the new set called Go, Graduate (Wood Mount $19.95 or Clear Mount $14.95) from the Summer Mini. Here's the inside of the holder. The gift card goes in the little pocket on the right. Here's the whole stack of them!

Thanks for stopping by!

My Digital Studio - Clear Mount DVD case insert

Today I have a fun MDS project to share! I've decided not to wood mount these stamps and instead, I'm storing them in one of Stampin' Up's! new plastic DVD style case. They all fit into one slim case - LOVE IT! The new clear mount stamps you get from Stampin' Up! come in these cases and have a great insert that shows the stamp images on the front and down the spine, so I created my own insert. I can't take all the credit though, I've seen some done on blogs and such, but I did import all my own images, and create my own margins, so I guess it's kinda mine, lol!Here is my first whack at it! I really was pretty easy once you fool with the margins and stuff. Now I have a template I can use for any future sets I decide to unmount. What do you think?

doodle factory creatures

Today I have some cards that I made for a friend. She has the same goofy sense of humor as I do, so I know she'll love these kinda "off-color" cards. Please stop reading if you are easily offended!

I made a group of 10 cards using the Doodle Factory Critters (I and II). This first card features Zed who is new. I just love these little guys and I wish that I had gotten the whole new set at the recent stamping expo.


The inside of this card reads "may the simple pleasures be yours today and throughout the coming year". Don't cha just love him... he even has a little green fun flock booger :)

This is Snargle, I like him as he can be for a man or a woman!

The inside of this card reads: "I just wanted to give you a reason to celebrate a little longer" Happy Belated Birthday.

And below is the whole set of cards. They are all birthday cards and will be a birthday present for my goofy friend, lol! I hope you can click the picture to see them in detail.
And here's a shot of my workspace after my 10 cards in one day frenzy. Why do I always seem to end up with only 6 inches of space to work in...

Gotta go clean up the Rubber Room now! Thanks for stopping by - have a great weekend!

Red, White and Blue Wheel

Do you ever look at the wheels in the catalog and think, they're cute, but I never use the wheels once I have them. ME TOO! I've recently decided that I will not be afraid and I will cut apart my wheels....yes, CUT APART!!! I know it sounds scary, but look what can come of it! This is a card I made for a Summer Mini Catalog swap. It features the Red, White and Blue Jumbo wheel from the new Summer Mini. Below is a picture of the wheel cut apart, and stored in a CD case (although I may change to a SU DVD case now). This is the "inside" of the card. See the back of the star now? That is done using the movers and shapers die and the "half-cut ornament window" technique as shown on Dawn Olchefske's youtube channel. Cool, huh?

The jumbo wheel was carefully cut apart, tombo mono-multi adhesive applied and allowed to dry and then I just use these stamps on my clear blocks. I can even put them all back together (I'm good at puzzles, lol) on a large block if I want the "wheel" affect again. Another cool, huh?

Thanks for stopping by! I'll post my other swap card featuring Tropical Party tomorrow.

WNY Spring Fest 2010 pictures

If you follow my blog, you probably remember me saying how excited I was to be able to attend the 3rd annual WNY (Western NY) Spring Fest held in Buffalo on May 1, 2010. This is a wonderful event, hosted by Tracy Harp. This year was the biggest year yet with over 100 stampers registering!! We were to make a "shoebox" project for our assigned table. A shoebox project is where you provide and cut all the materials for everyone at your table (usually 8-10) to make your project. Once you are at your assigned table, the projects get passed around and everyone does everyone else's project!... Fun Stuff!!!! This was my shoebox project. It features the Totally Tess set that was available in the Ocassions Mini. The sentiment on the panel reads "My husband told me if I'm gone one more night stamping, he'd leave me.... I'll miss him!" As part of the WNY Spring Fest, you are asked to sign up for at least one swap as well as bring a shoebox project. I signed up for the 6 x 6 recipe swap and the ATC (artist trading card) swap. I had to make 36 recipes....

And 32 ATC's...

I have some other pics from the day itself that I'll post over the next couple of days. Thanks for stopping in!