LAST CHANCE OCCASIONS MINI & APRIL PROMOS

Today's the last day to order from our Mini Occasions Catalog & April Promo offers. So don't let those items you've been eyeing get away from you! Here are just a few of my favorites from this mini catalog: Fancy Flower Punch, Well Scripted, I {Heart} Hearts, Fox & Friends!

Stampin' Up! is offering a sneak peek stamp set that will available in the New Idea book & Catalog July 2010!

Stampin' Up!'s Two-Step Stampin' sets allow you to quickly and easily take your creativity to the next level. And now, from April 1-30 only, you can purchase the brand-new Awash with Flowers Two-Step Stampin' set

Item #117062 Awash with Flowers (wood mount; set of 18) $39.95

Item#120549 Awash with Flowers (clear mount; set of 18) $27.95

Plus, get 20 percent off a selection of perfectly springy Two-Step Stampin' sets from our current Idea book & Catalog:

Item#113824 Greenhouse Garden SALE: $20.76 {reg.$25.95} pg.94

Item#113734 Fifth Avenue Floral SALE: $19.96 {reg.$24.95} pg.98
Item#111578 Flower Fancy SALE: $29.56 {reg.$36.95} pg.101

Item#113258 Trendy Trees SALE: $14.36 {reg. $17.95} pg.112

Put a little style on the menu with Country Living Cards à la Carte by Stampin’ Up Complete with stamps, ink, and Designer Series paper, with this kit you’ll create handcrafted cards, notes, invitations, and more in just minutes.

Item#119113 Country Living Cards à la Carte stationery kit $19.95

Click here to start shopping our limited time Mini Occasions Catalog and April Promotions!

MINI FOLD OUT ALBUM

Afternoon All, I realized that I never posted pictures of my fold out album. At the time my camera was MIA and I guess once found it slipped my mind. This was one of the samples shown at our last class it is a mini fold out album using 1 Sunny Day Simply Scrappin' Kit. My mini fold out album was a lot of fun to create and is the perfect gift, with Mother's day creeping around the corner this would be the perfect handmade gift. You can view another sample at my cousin Niki's blog by clicking here.

In this picture I tried to show you all the different folds that it has for pictures and or journaling.

Here is the top view, this album is a lot easier to put together than it looks. If you would like to get started on yours click here to start shopping!

THANK YOU, BEVERLEE

Good Morning, I received these cute little boxes last week. It was a very unexpected thank you gift, the door bell rang and I thought to myself I wasn't expecting anyone I wonder who that could be? I opened the door and to my surprise it was my up line Beverlee with these cute little post it note boxes for my grandma and I, needless to say I was pleasantly surprised! Beverlee volunteers at interfaith in Tracy so we had donated birthday bundle care packages for less fortunate families. You can find out more on how you can help by clicking here. Thank you so much Bev we absolutely loved them.

I'm not sure of all the supplies that were used to create these boxes but you can jump on over to Beverlee's blog for more info by clicking here. Thanks for stopping by.

PUNCH BOOK CLASS #4

Date: Thursday, May 20th

Time: 6:30 PM

Cost: $5.00 {book included}

Minimum Order: $15.00 {day of Class}

Where: My Home in Tracy

RSVP by Sunday, May 16th

Each page is a different image of course. Everything is punched out for you in advance you just attend and put your images together while having fun and visiting with friends.

Remember, all classes can be done my mail as well. If you can't make it to the class, there is no reason for you to miss out. Did you miss the first 3 classes? Well you can buy those too. If you would like to join now and start at class #4 then the cost of the class is only $5 but if you would like the first three classes as well then I can do that for you too! The cost is just $20. If you can not attend you can pick up your punch book contents anytime after May 20th or I can mail them to you for an additional postage cost of $3.00. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me.

SIMPLE THANKS!

Hey there, it's been a few days since my last post. It's been a crazy weekend for me my cousin is here visiting from Hawaii and I've had family in and out all week and weekend so there hasn't been to much time to create or to be Internet bound. Here is a really quick and easy "thanks" card that I made, I needed in a jiff. I like SU! note cards it allows you to be quick and simple by just adding some DSP, ribbon and a sentiment of your choice. Sorry to be so brief but I need to get going on some errands, Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Thank you Kindly

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Paper: Thoroughly Modern DSP

Accessories: Elegant Notes & Bermuda Bay Polka dot Ribbon

CARD EXCHANGE WINNER

I received a lot of beautiful cards at our Imprints meeting last week, but this was the winner of our card exchange. I loved this card the color combination the layout basically everything about it. But then again I'm a sucker for butterflies and rhinestones! =D This card was created by the talented Angie Jackson. Great job Angie, I love it! This card had several layers and dimension to it as shown in the picture below. Thanks for stopping!

SUMMER MINI SNEAK PEEK

As most of you know our Summer Mini is just around the corner, it will start May 1st. I'm really excited to say that there are a lot of fun stamp sets, accessories and great color combination ideas coming our way. Here is one of my sneak peeks. I used the New Square Lattice embossing folder for my background. I'm really loving this folder and seem to be using it a whole lot. I love the texture that it gives the card stock. I wanted to keep my "thank you" cards quick and simple, I'm so behind on getting them out so I didn't want complicated!

Supplies:

Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Old Olive, Whisper White and Sweet Pea DSP

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Stamp Set: Fox & Friends, Thank you Kindly

Accessories: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Scallop Circles #2 Die, 1 3/8 circle Punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, dimensionals

IMPRINTS CARD EXCHANGE

Good Morning All, I hope that you had a great weekend. I know I did it was fun, productive and relaxing! I had our Imprints meeting on Saturday which was a lot of fun. I received many great creative cards and I always walk away learning something new. I was bummed that some of the demonstrators weren't able to make it, but all around it was a good time lots of laughs and chattering.

This was my card exchange, the theme was bright and cheery. I hope that I accomplished that. I really love butterflies so of course that is what I would use =D ! They cheer me up. I decided to go with Taken with Teal and Pumpkin Pie I love that color combo too, and better yet I love this DSP it can be found in the Sweet Pea DSP pack in the mini which is a awesome huge bundle. So if you love this paper as much as me be sure to buy it soon because it wont be available after April 31st. My card didn't win in our card contest but that's OK the card that won was really pretty and had a similar color combo. I will post that tomorrow! I gotta run, it's raining here and I'm off to appointment and don't want to be late! Card supplies can be found below.

Card Supplies:

Paper: Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Vellum, Sweet Pea DSP

Ink: Pumpkin Pie

Stamp Set: Tiny Tags

Accessories: Scallop edge Punch, Scallop Square Punch, Butterfly Punch, Polka Dot Embossing Folder {used w/BIG Shot}, Tiny Tag Punch, Fresh Favorites 1 buttons and Pumpkin Pie Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by and Enjoy your DAy!

EXCITING NEWS~ NEW COLOR RENOVATION

Stampin' Up announced yesterday of an exciting new Color Renovation to us Demonstrators. I'm sure you are all wondering, What does that mean? Starting July 1st our Stampin' Up colors and color families are going to be changing. Here are some of what I know:

4 New Color Families:

Brights, Subtles, Regals & Neutrals
Each Color Family will have 10 colors
Of these 40 Core colors there will also be
25 of our previous colors {from our previous color families}
10 returning past In Colors {I'm excited about that some of my favorites are coming back!}
5 NEW colors
And yes, in our July Catalog we will also have 5 NEW In Colors for the 2010 year. Plus a new set of In Colors that will stay with us longer and have a 2 year lifespan!

I am not allowed to show you the new colors or color families just yet but, but as soon as SU! gives me the go ahead I will let all of you know. What I can tell you now is which colors are getting a Fond Farewell. Here is the list, and if there are any of your favorite colors on this list and you are sad to see leaving us then now is the time to stock up on the pad and reinker. I think that it's safe to assume that these colors will be available only while supplies last and may go quickly.

FOND FAREWELL COLORS:
Almost Amethyst

Apricot Appeal

Ballet Blue

Barely Banana

Blush Blossom

Bordering Blue

Brilliant Blue

Brocade Blue

Cameo Coral

Close to Cocoa

Creamy Caramel ( marker still will be available, because we need it for flesh tones)

Gable Green

Glorious Green

Going Gray

Green Galore

Handsome Hunter

Lavender Lace

Lovely Lilac

Mellow Moss

Only Orange

Orchid Opulence

Pale Plum

Pink Passion

Pixie Pink

Really Rust

Ruby Red

Sage Shadow

Summer Sun

Taken with Teal

NEW ITEMS: Watch for details on new color kits, Stampin' Up! markers for all Core ColorS (including former In Colors and the newest colors), expansion of colors for Stampin' Pastels and Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an awesome NEW Color Coach tool that will make color selections and color coordinating better than ever! Stay tuned for me information as I will let you know when it becomes available!

MONKEYING AROUND

Good Morning All, I thought that I would share some pictures I took of my son's bathroom that I'm working on. It's still a work in progress. Boy taking these pictures were a little harder than I thought it would be. I apologize for some of them being a bit hazy. I kept getting reflections from every angle.

I decided to do my son's bathroom in a jungle theme being that he loves animals and what better idea than to use our Nursery Alphabet Elements minus the alphabet {pg.21 of our Definitely Decorative catalog}. I love our decor elements they are extremely user friendly. I love the idea of being able to apply them without any mess or chemicals. Also on the plus side if you decide later down the road you want to change things up they can be removed with ease and again with no mess!

I'm sure some of you are wondering about cleaning. Does it ruin them? Do they lift? How do you clean them? Well let me tell you how I clean them. I don't spray my cleaning solution directly on my element, I spray around it and then wipe over it with the cleaner still on the towel. I have not had issues with lifting or warping of the image. They have held up just fine!

The monkey in the above picture I love, I put him on both of the oval mirrors in our bathroom, I placed them in the corners so that they would also reflect off the medicine cabinet mirrors! Looking like their were more of them. Aren't these little guys so cute. My son loves them he says Hi & Bye to them everyday!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that all of you have a great day! If you have any questions that I didn't think to answer about Decor elements or Decor elements being in the bathroom please do not hesitate to drop me a line!

TWO-STEP INTO SPRING PROMO

Stampin' Up! is offering a sneak peek stamp set that will coming in the New Idea book & Catalog July 2010! For a limited time only you have the chance to purchase our NEW 2-step Stamp set Awash with Flowers or you can get it for FREE!

Stampin' Up!'s Two-Step Stampin' sets allow you to quickly and easily take your creativity to the next level. And now, from April 1-30 only, you can purchase the brand-new Awash with Flowers Two-Step Stampin' set--or get it FREE when you host a $350 workshop!

Item #117062 Awash with Flowers (wood mount; set of 18) $39.95
Item#120549 Awash with Flowers (clear mount; set of 18) $27.95

Plus, get 20 percent off a selection of perfectly springy Two-Step Stampin' sets from our current Idea book & Catalog:

Item#113824 Greenhouse Garden SALE: $20.76 {reg.$25.95} pg.94
Item#113734 Fifth Avenue Floral SALE: $19.96 {reg.$24.95} pg.98

Item#111578 Flower Fancy SALE: $29.56 {reg.$36.95} pg.101
Item#113258 Trendy Trees SALE: $14.36 {reg. $17.95} pg.112

Contact me today to book your party to earn your "Awash with Flowers" stamp set!

Click here to start your Spring Shopping.