Thanks for being patient with me.  Our 2 p c are broken and I have to admit, there are things I still don't know how to do on my mac.  I also need to thank my husband who had the tech come in today STAT! 

For being so patient, my post today will be a double one and you are going to be pleased.  First of all I had created for my Sudsol swaps this first project.  It was also to be featured on Marvelous Monday's.  I just love the turn out and hope my Sudsol swappies will love it too.

Blythe was the hostess, and I have to admit she is really a sweet lady for accommodating me on such short notice.  You have to see my post on the weekend and see why I have been so busy.  Not only back to school but I have been working on something big lately.  Ok enough chatting!

The first card is for the demonstrators that participated in the swap.  I made 40 babies of these.

The second card is my upgrade and this one is for my hostess, Blythe.  Sometimes, adding just a few accessories can bring a card to the next level.  Simply elegant!

Supplies used today:

Stamp set:  Level 2 from the new Holiday mini = Peaceful Season  or also available in french Paix sur terre

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla #101650, Crumb Cake #120953 and Early Espresso #119686 (what a yummy combination!)

Ink:  Early Espresso classic ink #119670

Accessories:  Victoria 5/8' Crochet Trim #118481, Basic Pearls #119247 linen thread #104199

Big shot supplies:  Decorative Strip Northern Frost #120901, Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder  #120902

Punch:  Eyelet Border punch #1198553

Instructions: 

1.  Cut very vanilla cardstock 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, crumb cake 5 1/4 x 4

2.  Take piece of crumb cake and sandwich it in the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions embossing folder

3.  Stamp Peace on Earth on embossed crumb cake cardstock

4.  Cut  early espresso cardstock 1 1/2 by 4 and punch  on one side with the eyelet border punch

5  Add Victoria Crochet Trim to the Early Espresso punched carstock and glue to crumb cake cardstock.

6. Tie the snowflakes with linen thread

7.  Add pearls if you wish

8.  Voila a beautiful vintage Christmas card

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 Next post coming soon + you get a picture of my kids on there first day of school yesterday!

There are so many benefits about joining the Stampin'up! Family.  One of them is the preorder.  What does a preorder mean?  One month before a new mini or Catalogue is to be released to the public, we demonstrators from hobbiest to top leaders get to order products and play with them ahead of time.  I always do the happy dance when that comes along.  It also get me ready to swap with other demonstrators to find ideas for all of you for future classes.

My angel Lysanne and I planned out these cards for a swap that I am participating in.  I used supplies from our 2010-2011 catalog and from the new Holiday Mini coming out September 1st.

Book your Christmas Card class  or if you would like to purchase the starter kit as a hobbiest or to make extra money like I do,  email me today!  The first one to schedule a card party and the first one to email me about the starter kit gets a FREE gift.  HINT:  holiday mini.  Stampin up has challenged the Canadian demonstrators to have a new team member join our family.  What's in it for you or me?  We get expedite shipping, that means we get our poducts the same week as we ordered instead of 10-14 business day the entire month of September! wohhhhhhooooooooo! Hello! That means you get your orders from the new holiday mini the same week you ordered them!

Supplies Used:

Stamp set:  Bells & Boughs #120831(w) #121142(c)

Cardstock:  Cherry cobbler #119685  Old Olive #100702 ,Very Vanilla #101650 and Jolly Holiday designer paper #117159

Ink:  Cherry cobbler #119669 and Old Olive #102277

Tools:  Big shot #113439, Embossing Folder Petals-a-Plenty #116824, versamark #102283, brayer #102395, Blenders Pens #102845

Accessories:  Old Olive 3/8 Taffeta Ribbon #119767,Basic Pearls #119247

I hope that today's card has gotten you inspired to call a friend and stamp together or come and stamp with me!

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I would love to share with you today my Personal Journal for Wowser Wednesday.  In the past few months, I have learned that when I set specific goals I can achieve them.  This on board art journal will be my goal tracker to earn the next stampin up incentive trip which is Walt Disney World.  This trip means a lot to me because I would like to bring my children along.  They already know that stampinup organized this incentive trip and I must admit they have been my hardest trainers as of yet.  Already they are constantly asking have you earn it yet.  I am determined to earn this for them.  I also have other goals for this year and have been keeping track of them.

My favorite color is Baja Breeze but I was determined to use some other color, the love letter designer paper is beautiful and elegant which made me focus on this designer paper.  After that everything came about on it's own.  This designer paper coordinates with so many accessories, I had to hold back because I wanted to add more.

I am hosting my gala in September for members of my team:Cupcake cuties and they will be doing something similar + be spoiled in more than one way.  I am having an event to thank them for the wonderful year they had.  And it is partly because of them that I am where I want to be today!  So I am very grateful for all of the girls on my team.  Each team member has brought something wonderful to my personal life and my business.

We are on vacation this week and yesterday we went to Calypso Water Park.  It was great!  This picture will be in my journal to remind me of one of the goals I have set for myself and my family.  By the way, I have 3 kids, any trick out there to share with me for having all of them look at the camera at the same time.  I wonder how the Gardner's do it every year on the Gardner Family Photo for the Catalog.

Products used for the Journal today

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PREV | NEXT On Board Art Journal Everyone wants to keep a record of events or a place to jot down thoughts of gratitude, quotations, and ideas. This is the perfect book to record all of these important life moments. Stamp the cover for a personalized look, and use the Spiral punch for additional pages. ? 80 gauge chipboard cover (front & back). ? 5-3/4" x 8-3/4" ? 50 pages (blank and unlined) 65-lb. white cover paper ? Bound with brushed Silver wire binding ? Stampin’ Up! debossed logo on the back cover

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PREV | NEXT Mostly Vintage Stencil Stencil your way to stunning décor for your home or on custom gifts for your loved ones with our Mostly Vintage Décor Stencil. You can use both the positive and negative images to create an intricate design on any décor project. And there’s no end to your creativity—use the stencil again and again.

Art Journal #107065

Love letter designer paper #117162

Very Vanilla cardstock #101650

Riding Hood Red cardstock #111348

Basic Black classic #101179 craft #102192

Riding Hood Red classic ink #111836

Artistic Etchings stamp set #118517(w) #120573(c)

En Francais background stamp set #109521

Mostly Vintage decor stencil #118877

Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder #120175

Two Tags Dies #115954

Big shot #113439

Accessories

On board alphabet soup chipboard #119239

Neutral Designer buttons #119743

Antique Brads #117273

Paper daisies #119243

Basic Pearls Jewels #119247

Chantilly Crochet Trim #118480

Basic Black satin ribbon #117285

Basic Black Striped grosgrain ribbon #115615

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If you have any questions about this project type me a line, I also love reading your posts in the comment section.

Have a great day!

I promised to come back today with my progressive page completed.  Here is the before page.  Well I am posting a little late because we drove out of town to do some errands today.  Actually I find when you go shopping with 3 kids, it takes longer and cost more!  They wanted something in every store we stopped!  I wanted to buy my bulb so my pictures would look clear.  We also drove out of town to deliver a bunch of orders from workshops I did in July.  Now for my 12×12 progressive page.  WARNING:  my husband is topless but since the picture is from far far way, I thought he wouldn't mind. lol It was extremely hot that day.  We went to Chateau Montebello by boat, we left our house to this Fairmont Hotel.  We brought my dad and my brother and their spouses for Father's Day.  It was a fun day except like I said very humid and hot!  I just love this picture because of the background filled with flowers.  I just love love love to scrapbook because I can look at this page and all the memories from that day just come to me!

Adding microbeads to the flowers really makes them jump out!

I also love to run my alphabet threw the big shot and then place them in a embossing folder to create dept.

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 Have a great weekend everyone!

Have you been struggling with your scrapbooking or you don't have enough time?  Creating progressive page is a easy and a quick way to create lots of pages.  I have prepared for you today 3 projects that feature the Greenhouse Gala Designer series paper.  The colors are so yummy! Don't be shy about leaving a comment, actually it would be nice to see if someone in the cyber world is looking at these projects lol

Step 1:  start by cutting your pear pizzazz cardstock at 6×6 and then embellish with designer paper and ribbon.

Step 2:  with snail adhesive add you 6×6 page to a 8.5×11 cardstock.  I used early espresso.

Step 3 Mount you 8.5×11 onto a 12×12 piece of cardstock.  Check in tomorrow to see the final project with title and pictures.  But this simple page takes a maximum of 15 minutes to create.

I also added a matching card that was design by my friend Jacynthe.

This is when you open the card.  Note:  I would add a small piece of cardstock to add wording to the card.  ( A piece small enough that when the card is close you cannot see it)

Finally I created the matching 3D box and added chocolates inside. Oh and did I say I love the half pearls. You get 150 for 6.50$can.  I have been asking for those and stampin up has listen to us, demonstrators.

What a great gift for a good friend, a handmade card, scrapbook page and 3D box!  I just love giving gifts that coordinate.  Actually the reason I choose stampin up for my business was because everything matches. You save lots of time and the final projects are gorgeous. From markers, to ribbons, buttons, cardstocks, inks, the list goes on and on……

Products used to create today's projects:

Greenhouse gala designer paper # 117167

Pear Pizzazz cardstock #119795

Early Espresso cardstock # 119686

Whisper white cardstock # 100730

Early Espresso classic ink #119670

Pear Pizzazz marker #119801 You get all in color markers

Baja Breeze marker #120965

Early Espresso marker #119680

1/8" taffeta ribbon in early espresso #119959

Big shot #113439

Vintage wallpaper embossing folder #120175

Fancy Favor bigz xl die #115965

Extended cutting pads #113478

Basic pearls #119247

Perfect Punches stamp set #117022(wood) #120515(clear) French set available:Notes Parfaites #121219(bois)#121324(clair)

Friends Never Fade stamp set #118750(wood) #120618(clear)

Oval Extra-Large 2"x13/8" punch #119859

Scallop trim border punch #118402

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Have a great day and see you tomorrow!

It's the middle of the week and I wanted to share with you a wow project.  FACT:  Did you know since stampin up associated themselves with Sizzix, Sizzix had to hire 20% more employees.  We are also very lucky that stampinup has a partnership with them because they get to customize dies just for us!  The big shot has a lot of advantages and today I will show you one of them. 

I made these for the 3D sudsol swap at convention, and gave one to a few special people in my stampin up life:  my trainer Ronda Wade, my SAM (service account manager) and one to stampinup.  Seriously you will love these, people would stop me to take a picture and ask questions.  A perfect gift for a hostess during Christmas time.  I will be making a few of these for my clients that book a workshop in the next 3 months.

The Pattern box , I had, It's not a die!  But you can print the pattern Here

The following materials work well when creating die cuts with the Big Shot machine and Bigz and Originals dies. Please note the maximum thickness of several materials. As a rule of thumb, you can cut a material with your Big Shot machine and Bigz or Originals dies if you can cut it using your Craft & Paper Scissors.

I will be creating my first video on how to make these but for now here is a list of material needed:

Big shot # 113439

Snowflake #2 die #113460

Roofing material called flashing

Fine Cosmo glitter #108796 (for my votive)

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Have a great day and see you tomorrow!

I have to say, I've been getting great comments since I started wearing my Simply Adorned Charms.  It all started when I participated in two swaps, one in Canada & the second in the States.  After receiving different ideas from demonstrators, I fell in love with these adorable charms…

I  have been displaying them in my studio and have them in bags, separated them in all the different sizes.  Here is a close up of one of the charms.  I don't have the name of the demonstrator that designed it but I just love it. 

Here  is one that I created in black & white.  Sorry for the picture, it is not as clear as I would of liked it to be.

You can purchase these charms from me 3 ways:

1. Email me

2. Shop on line

3. Come to one of my fun classes

The Simply Adorned charms and Chains are in the summer mini on p. 17

CHAINS:

Simply Adorned Bracelet 8" #117342

Simply Adorned Chain 24" # 116800

Simply Adorned Chain 34" # 116853

CHARMS:

Simply Adorned 5/8" circle charm #117349

Simply Adorned 5/8" square charm #118476

Simply Adorned 1 1/2" x 2" rectangle charm #116799

Simply Adorned 1" x 1 1/4" rectangle charm #116798

Simply Adorned 1" x 1" square charm #116797

I think it would make a fabulous gift for someone special, with the chains you can create necklaces,bracelets or even a key chain.    You can create your own inserts with you stampin supplies or add a picture.  I love that I can create inserts that match my clothes.  I am planning on giving one to one of my daughter's sweet teacher.  Can't wait to see you at my next simply adorned class, aren't they simply adorable… 

Tomorrow it is Friday, wohooooo!  Off to Kathie's workshop

Does your Recipe Book look like mine? (picture not shown, but maybe I should show it on another post, so you can see the mess)   When my husband looks in my recipe book, he shakes his head.  I guess it's because he is better organized then me.  Right?! 

When I earned the stampin up carribean cruise, someone from the stampinup staff had created this awesome recipe book and I had to recreate it for my own kitchen because it is simply adorable and easy to do.  Only took 2 minutes and voila!

It is as easy as 1 2 3:  I placed the definitely decorative (EAT) on my album with my decor elements applicator and then embellished with my fancy ribbon.  That is it!  Ask Jennifer she saw me do it!

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Polka-Dot 6×6 album #119833

Small Eat  in white #117852

Décor Elements Applicator #114285

1.25" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Old Olive #115618

Isn't it so stinkin' cute?  Check out the other definitely decorative elements that are on sale & available until June 30th in my store.  Starting July 1st look for the new Definitely Decorative 2010-2011 catalogue.

I promised to post about share night.  Sorry for the late post.  I have been doing lots of stampin'parties for my customers.  And they are truly earning lots of amazing FREE stampin up products. By the way ladies,  your orders are in (view pictures below).  Yes 13 stampin up boxes to sort.  They are as high as the side entrance door.  I think it is about time I find a helper.  If you are interested contact me!

More fabulous pics from the SU cruise!

My digital studio from Patty Bennett, digital creations! Sorry picture isn't great.  There were so many of us taking pictures!

These are fabulous, if you want a super deal on my digital studio click here

Sorry I don't know who made the chipboard suitcase album but it is simply adorable and cheap to do. 

Briefcase item # 118766 only $6.95

Designer Series Island Oasis item # 117173 $13.25

Tombow glue item # 110755  $5.50

The tombow glue works well to glue your designer paper.  Also you can stain your chipboard album with Kraft ink. 

Order online today or contact me, look for my briefcase class in June, you don't want to miss that one!

From cards, scrapbooking pages to fabulous 3D items.  It was truly a fabulous share night.