Vacation is really over.  Can you believe I am about to take my winter jacket out to go see and support my daughters on the ice.  Megan normally skates all year long but this year she needed to go out of town for the summer, which meant leaving her with another family (a family that I didn't know)  I thought to myself at 11years old, I wasn't ready to let this happen.  It was a long summer for her cause she loves the sport so much but I had this gut feeling that it wasn't the time.  Tonight is going to be a hard one on her because at the level that she skates you aren't really suppose to stop for so long.  That it why I am going to support her every step of the way.  And then Jordan is starting her first lessons tonight.  I also want to be there to kiss her knees and bottom for when she falls on the ice:)  Megan started when she was 4, Jordan is 6 and didn't have the health to start earlier.  So wish me luck, I will be the proud momma in the stands with the winter boots and jacket! 

Yesterday I mentioned that we had our shoe box swap at our meeting,  you can read more about it here .  Here are a few other samples from demonstrators on my team.  It was a great event and will have another shoe box swap in October but with the Holiday Mini.

Kareen Fillion-Aubut designed this card.  She is my downline from Matane,Quebec

Lucinda Burton designed this one, love the matchbox fold

Roselyn Denis designed this card, I love the fold on this one too

And Manon Parent designed this one.  I love how she used the bright colors!

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Tomorrow, I move on to another fabulous stamp set from Sale-a-bration.  It's the most popular one as of yet.  Can you guess which one it is?  But before, I wanted to share a few fabulous swaps from leadership with the bliss stamp set.

The first one is from one of my uplines Marlayne.

This one is from one of my uplines Rochelle.

Here are a few more, these are fabulous!

love this color combo, card from Sharon Wheet

Love this technique, so fun to stamp over the black and white designer paper. This is a card from Naomi Keeling.

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Avec une commande de 60$, tu peux obtenir un jeu sale-a-bration clair ou en bois, gratuitement.

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I looked at my post this morning, wow was I sleepy when I wrote yesterday!  I said I had trouble creating the second tag.  I played a lot more.  I was determined to use my always artichoke big designer buttons.  I also liked the color combo of crumb cake, always artichoke, very vanilla and early espresso.  Reading this seems like I am talking about a recipe.  It's fun what stampin'up! can come up with for the names of ink colors! Here they are my second batch of Christmas tags.

I should be posting about Fall, Halloween, Back to school, but this is the mood I am in!  I will challenge myself.  Actually I am so due to create a scrapbook page for my daughters.

I have to say, looking at this picture, my waffle paper needs to be fixed.  It was pretty.  So if you get this swap from me, making sure it's all ruffled!

Tags til Christmas #120847(w)#121169(c)

En attendant noel #121723(w)#121760(c)

Decorative Label punch #120907

There are 8 punches that matches Tags til christmas stamp set.  Il y a 8 poinçons qui coordonnent avec le jeu d'etampes En attendant Noel!

Products used for these tags:

Stamp set:  Fireside Christmas #120827(w) #121136(c), Bells & Boughs #120831(w), #121142(c), Tags til Christmas #120847(w)#121169(c) disponible en français En attendant Noel #121723(w)#121760(c)

Cardstock:  Crumb cake #120953, Always artichoke #105119

Classic Ink:  Early Espresso #119670, Always artichoke #105219

Accessories:  Victoria 5/8" crochet trim #118481, Always artichoke 1/2" seam binding #121000, linen thread #104199, Deck the Halls big designer buttons #121002, waffle paper Assortment 2 #120985, Extra-Large punch decorative label #120907

Big shot items:  Big shot die cut machine #113439, Top note die #113463, NEW! Scallop Squares duo #120903

There as never been a better time to book your Christmas card class party, call me or email me today!

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This year I participated once again in my dear friend Chrystal's Holiday tag swap!  I wanted to use a color combo that would stand out.  I think I succeeded, wouldn't you say?  When you come in my home, you can see these colors everywhere.  Except for my stamping studio which is a light blue, my favorite color.  I would love for you to share with me, what is your favorite color combo?  Paula thanks for giving me a hand with those!  Paula came to borrow some ink and after finishing her project she helped me with my swap.  It was easy to design the first one but the second one, oh my!  Sometimes I can add layers like you couldn't believe.  It was becoming a little too silly!  We loved these so much that we created each one for ourselves!

These are prettier in person, I get to swap with 10 other demonstrators + 1 extra for Chrystal!  I have to confess, my mother in law decided to have a little retreat with all her granddaughters, so my girls have been gone all afternoon, for the night and part of tomorrow, I had to do some stamping.  It was so fun!  I was suppose to do major cleaning in my stamp room but I had so much fun creating different projects instead.  How do I get so messy?

Here is a close up for you.  I hope you enjoy my Christmas tags! Even if it's September, it's never to early to start your Christmas cards and tags.

I finally learned how to post with my MAC, thank you Jo-Ann for your precious time the other night.  I couldn't figure how to paste my watermark.  And I love having it there especially when my kids picture is on a page.  Good bye PC!

Had a lovely dinner tonight with my husband and some friends, now I just can't sleep so I decided to post and maybe it will make me sleepy!

Products used for these tags:

Stamp set:  Fireside Christmas #120827(w) #121136(c), Peaceful Season #120819(w) #121124(c) if you want this hostess set it's available in french Paix sur la terre #121719 (w) #121754(c), Christmas Collage #121279, And one of my favorite:  Welcome Christmas #118736(W) #120597(C, it's also available in french: Vive noel #120717(c) #120369(w)

(welcome christmas set)

Cardstock:  Crumb cake #120953, Cherry Cobbler #119685

Classic Ink:  Early Espresso #119670, Cherry Cobbler #119669

Accessories:  Early Espresso 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon #119961, Early Espresso 1/8" tafetta ribbon #119959, linen thread #104199, Deck the Halls big designer buttons #121002

Big shot items:  Big shot die cut machine #113439, Top note die #113463, NEW! Scallop Squares duo #120903

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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!

Well I have to share that I’m having way too much fun with the Christmas products from the holiday mini catalogue and the 2009-2010 idea catalogue.  I decided to sign up for Chrystal’s tag swap for the third year in a row.  Here is what I created for my fellow swappies!

This is a tag for those large gifts that you just can’t wrap properly.  I used my favorite bigz clear die, scallop square and used the on board book basics as my background chipboard #110713 and the specialty designer series paper, christmas cocoa specialty from the mini catti.  Glued them together using my tombo glue.  I took the vintage ornaments I stencils from the definitely decorative catti and dabbed chocolate chip ink in my stencil.  I then added my second stencil and put some stencil paste to create a 3D image.  Why?  Because my husband said it wasn’t popping out enough… And he was right!  I hate to admit it but he is pretty good at commenting on my projects.  Try it with your husband let me tell you some interesting ideas come out.  My stencil paste was white but when it dried it had a little greenish color which I didn’t like at all so I dabbed some chocolate chip ink on my paste and needed to also add a little champagne mist shimmer paint.  And voilà!

 Here is my close up picture!  Vintage it is.  Then I added a mini tag from the stamp set Four the holidays and I added 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon in chocolate chip.

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Second tag was very simple and quick to do.  I saw this die at convention and had  to order it.  It’s exclusive to stampin’up!, Stampin’up! Two tags.  I decorated it with the specialty designer series paper, christmas cocoa specialty from the mini catti. When you touch this paper it feels like felt.  I punched out a snowflake from the Jumbo snowflake  punch and added some frost white shimmer paint.  Let me tell you, you can go a long way with that shimmer paint.  I have been using it like crazy!  I had to add my final touch a pearl from the pretties kit and 5/8" satin ribbon.   And for all the ladies in my group, I personalized all your tags.

I printed the names on my computer matching my ink to the stampin’up! colors RGB codes.

That is my share for the day, have a great one!