It's been fun and exciting at the same time.  Lot's of you are purchasing the amazing starter kit at 50% off.  If you would like to learn more about this great opportunity click HERE.  Love when my stampin'family grows:)  Makes me smile:)  This year we will have an amazing Christmas party, full house for sure.  My team is working so hard to make this all happen.  Speaking of precious family, my daughter Lauren celebrated her 9th birthday this past weekend, Saturday the 13th.  She made everyone vote if dinner would be Lebanese or Mexican.  When the family would say:  "  I don't mind, well Lauren would vote for them… Mexican!  So Mexican it was.  We had an awesome time.  Getting together with family is the best.  If you don't know Lauren personally, she is my Ray of Sunshine.  Notices when I get my hair done, when someone has a new piece of clothing and will give you the best compliments ever!  It is so sad that K & W Assaly Clothing doesn't exist anymore.  Back in the days it was THE place to shop.  Lauren would have fit in so wonderfully, working with grand aunt Kay would have been such a blessing…Family business has always been practiced with the Assaly's.  I sometimes wonder if one of my girls will work with my husband…

Here is my sweetheart Lauren, happy birthday again my sweetie:)

I have been decorating for the Holiday's earlier this year.  I normally decorate on December 1st, but this year is special.  I am hosting for the first time my semi-annual retreat.  It's a retreat where we decorate a linen album and everyone makes and learn 20 new techniques using stampin'up products.  I love it!  It's lots of work but I use these albums so much.  My focus for this technique day is holidays and winter!  These sampler techniques will also be great mountables for cards.  You ladies are going to have a wonderful day, delicious food & a Holiday Ambiance…

Here is my cover, attendees will be able to do 1,2 or 3 ornaments.  I always do a technique on my cover, this year the new technique is Dying Pearls.  Marina Mist and Early Espresso pearl, I just love it!  More details about this event HERE.  Also, good news, 2 ladies cancelled their 2 go kits therefore everything is cut .  Meaning I have 2 spots open:)  Contact me if you would like to attend!

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Like I said to you on Monday, I truly cherish the friendships since I started as a demonstrator.  One of my favorite friend demonstrator is Jo-Ann Pullen.  She is very caring & talented.  I love it when we meet at events.  As I said, she is such a sweet heart that she made 40 wowser pizza boxes for all of us at my creative escape weekend retreat at Le Viceroy, Lac Simon, Quebec.  Yes it takes patience.  Not only did she create these boxes but she also made treats for inside.  Unfortunately, I am unable to show you the treat since I ate it.  Oh! yes, I ate so many goodies during the weekend that I am on sugar withdrawal!

Isn't her pizza box more than gorgeous?  You can view Jo Ann's blog for details.  Thank you Jo Ann you have inspired me to create my card for my next swap!

My card has a vintage feel, which I love!  This color combo is one of my favorite!  Making 30 of these!  I also added Shimmer Magic:  Champagne shimmer paint mixed with rubbing alcohol.  You cannot see it here but it is so sparkling on the early espresso cardstock.

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Notably Ornate #117098 Price: $29.95

Products used for these tags:

Stamp set:  Notably Ornate #117098(w) #120561(c), disponible en français Déco Noble#120708(w)#120363(c), Welcome Christmas #118736(w), #120597(c),disponible en français, Vive Noel #120717(w)#120369(c)

Cardstock:  Crumb cake #120953, Very Vanilla #101650, Early Espresso # 119686, Deck the halls designer paper #120810

Classic Ink:  Early Espresso #119670

Accessories:  Chantilly 1/2" crochet trim #118480, 1 1/4" Early Espresso Striped Grosgrain Ribbon #119961, Basic Pearls #119247, Petal Card Extra-Large Double Punch #119273, Champagne Mist shimmer paint #116806

Big shot items:  Big shot die cut machine #113439, Northern frost Decorative Strip #120901, Elegant lines embossing folders #119277

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Yesterday I held my first Big shot class.  This is an event that I will host monthly.  You may have noticed that when I post projects, I almost use the big shot everytime.  The big shot is so amazing, do you have this & want new ideas to use with your big shot?  There are 1000 of things you can do with your Big Shot machine!! 

I am showing you samples from last night. 

The first one is Paula's samples

The second one is Manon 's samples.

Completely two different looks but the two sets of samples are beautiful.

Thanks ladies for sharing your projects with all of us.

Come to next months big shot class: 

Come learn and make 5 different projects every month!  Even if you don’t own the big shot, but hope to someday, or just want to get out for a night of fun! RSVP by October 1st. Make 5 awesome projects! Boxes, bags, books, cards and more!  Cost: 20.00 or FREE with a min. of a 25.00 order or more that night. Next class is October 14th (always the second Tuesday of the month)

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I was inspired to create this card for our team shoe box swap.  What is a shoe box swap?  You cut and prepare products for your demonstrator friends.  They go from station to station to create 10 cards.  It's fun because you come home with 10 cards designed by other demonstrators.  They have to be simple and not take more than 5 minutes to make.  I love my color combination card.  Baja breeze and real red are so stylish together.

These Candy Cane designer buttons are huge!  I could not resist and had to add a button to my card.  I also added the matching fabric with my Candy Cane button.  Another of my recent favorite or coup de coeur you would say (in french), is the tasteful trim Bigz xl die.  I used it a lot recently.  Sadly I cannot show you the projects since they are a surprise for my retreat attendees.  But I promise to post them in October!

Je vois que certaines démonstratrices s'inspirent de mes créations pour leurs propres blogs!  Vous n'avez rien vu!  Les créations que j'ai préparé pour ma retraite sont exceptionnelles!  Vous devez vous inscrire à la retraite!  Vous ne serez pas deçu!

Products used to create this card:

Stamp set:  Fireside Christmas #120827 (w) #121136 (c)

Cardstock:  Real red #102482, Baja breeze #111352 & Candy Cane Christmas Designer Series Paper #120809

Ink:  Real red #103133

Accessories:  Candy Cane Big Designer Buttons #121718, Candy Cane Christmas Designer Fabric #121715, 5/8" real red satin ribbon #117286

Big shot products:  Big shot #113439, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL die #120893, Northern Flurry embossing folder #120902

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

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I don't know why but these cards remind me of back to school cards?  What a great gift for a teacher on the first day of school.  My inspiration came from the Play Date Rub-Ons #118760.  When you look on p.184 of the idea catalog you can see what colors match with these rub-ons.  In this case it was Tempting turquoise, so saffron, Chocolate Chip and Real Red.  Then I just needed to pull out these colors for accessories and cardstock.  Quick and Easy.  I love making complicated projects, but once in a while, I love an easy challenge.

I have to confess that this owl rub-on is so cute when you see it live and even more then on this picture.

My four matching cards to put inside the box with the coordinating envelops.  Don't forget to stamp on your envelops or to add a rub-on.  How fun to get a decorated card in the mail.

Supplies used for this project:

Play date Rub-ons #118760 4 sheets for only 9.75$ 

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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 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!

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!