Last night I had an organized swap that took place in the hotel. It was a swap in your jammies. I asked my friend and upline, Catherine, to take a picture of me in my zebra pj's with some of the swaps I received. The first picture was awful and […] Read more »
Up, up, and Away
Leaving today for the annual Stampin' Up convention in Salt Lake City. It's always such fun, connecting friends from all over who I have met over the many years I have been a demonstrator. There is always so much to do, classes, parties, demonstrations, and so much more. And of […] Read more »
Awesomely Artistic Dragonfly
So here's the swap I did for convention using the little dragonfly. I used the stamp set Awesomely Artistic. To create this card cut a piece of white cardstock 2" wide and punch the end with the new Banner Triple Punch. Then lay it on top of the white panel […] Read more »
Tuesday Weekly Deals
It's Tuesday and that means a new set of specials from Stampin' Up. I am going to be placing an order on Thursday evening so let me know if there is anything you want. I love the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit Die. This is one of them I made along […] Read more »
Open House Photos
Yesterday was my annual new catalog Open House and retired product sale. So many of my regular stampers go North for the summer and can you blame them, it's over 90 degrees here today. And very humid! So I was happy to have about twenty people come. I love doing […] Read more »
Stamping With Fran
Today I went to demonstrator Fran Sabad's house to a stamping class. I met Fran several years ago at Convention and when we realized she lives in the same neighborhood as my son in Lexington she invited me to come stamp with her. After several invites over a few years […] Read more »
Blooming With Kindness
This card is CASE'd from one I saw by Julie Gearinger. She is a very talented stamper and demonstrator and I immediately wanted to make this card. I changed some of the colors and I added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to my card which doesn't show up very well in […] Read more »
The Birthday Continues ….
Here are a few more birthday cards from friends: Stamped by Linda Sabourin Love the way Linda coordinated the envelope flap with the patterened paper on the card by embossing it with dots. And look at how cute the butterfly closure is. The flap tucks right under the top of […] Read more »
Happy Birthday to Me!
My birthday was last week and it seems as though I have been celebrated by family and friends for at least a week. It's been fun and today I want to share some of the hand stamped cards I received. Stamped by Grace Benjamin I just purchased the bow punch […] Read more »
Make Someone’s Day – Send a Card
With Mother's Day just over and my birthday coming up this week I have been getting some cards in the mail. I get excited when I find a card nestled in the box in between the bills and junk mail. I've always had a love affair with greeting cards so […] Read more »