New Stampin' Up! Catalog!!

Do you want your NEW Stampin' Up! Catalog in June!!???

Guess what.. demonstrators have the opportunity to receive their NEW (July 09) catalog the first week in June!! It will arrive with the first order we place in June!! Isn't that too cool!??
So, if you are not a demonstrator yet, but want that new catalog in your hands in June, I'd love to talk to you about becoming a demonstrator now, so that you can place your FIRST order (at 30% OFF) in June and receive that new catalog in your order!!!! How cool is that!?

CLICK HERE to read the details about signing up for only $75 in May and to read the PERKS of being a demonstrator and a member of my team!

There will be new "sneak peek" sets available to order on June 1st, too... so it's a great time to order and get that new catalog too!

Don't want to become a demo, but still want a new catalog in your hot little hands as soon as possible? I have preordered them and should have them towards the end of June. Contact me to find out how to get a FREE copy!

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Allison's Baby Book - 7 Months

Last month Allison turned 7 months (she is going to be 8 months this Friday!). Over the weekend I finally got her 7-month day photo printed and just added to her scrapbook yesterday! A month behind again. :) Anyway, here is her 7th month page. This page was made by my friend and neighbor Diane. You can take a look at my original post for all the details on this scrapbook.

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Kim's Workshop

This past Sunday I attended my downline Kim's monthly workshop. Here are the cards we created:

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May Demonstrator Swap

Yesterday we had our monthly demonstrator swap. This month's theme was to create a 3D project and there were no restrictions on using retired products. For my project I decided to use my 3D Pop Up cake die again:

I was inspired by this card here.

But instead of creating a birthday card, I created a little Memorial Day/4th of July table decoration. I used the new windowsheets to attach the stars. It looks very festive, don't you think? Doing something similar like this would be cute for table decorations for a birthday, or wedding, or pretty much any celebration! :)

Here is Merrigrace's creation. This is a little purse using the Top Note die for the Big Shot and the Box die (which is hard to see in the photo).

Next, here is Lenore's creation. She made an explosion box. Very cool!

Next we have Kim's creation. She did a card with spiral pop ups inside. She used the Butterfly Die for the Big Shot, which is another thing I can't get enough of!

For next month's swap we decided to do make and takes. Kim provided us with a sketch that we are supposed to use to create a card. But instead of creating one for everyone, we will create one copy and then bring all the supplies so everyone can create the card themselves. Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. Should be fun!

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Pop Up Cake

So I bought the new Sizzix Pop Up Cake die as soon as it came out and have finally used it! I have to say, I love it! It is so cool! I was worried that it was going to be hard to put together, but it is actually really easy! This is one of my new favorite things. So, without further ado, here is my masterpiece! :)

Here is the front of the card (note: I made this into a large square card, so my card would fit the way I wanted it to inside).

Here is cake in the inside:


I CASEd the color scheme and some of the layout from this card here. Well, like I said, I am loving this die and have some more things coming soon using it, so stay tuned!


Ingredients:

• Party Hearty Stamp Set
• Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, and Whisper White card stock
• Sweet Always Designer Series Paper
• Chocolate Chip twill ribbon (retired)
• Regal Rose 5/8" grosgrain ribbon
• Scallop Circle, Scallop Oval, Wide Oval, and Oval punches
• Chocolate Chip Ink
• Regal Rose Marker
• Sticky Strip

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Stampin' Up! New Catalog Sneak Peek!

The June issue of Creating Keepsakes features a die-cut favor box made with the new Stampin' Up! Fancy Favor Bigz XL die from the upcoming 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog.

NOTE: This product is not yet available. However, I thought you might enjoy an advance sneak peek. This amazing product along with many more new Stampin' Up! products will be available for purchase on July 1, 2009, when the new Idea Book & Catalog is released. Contact me to find out how to get a copy of the new catalog, when it is released, for FREE!!

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Happy (Late) Mother's Day!

I know it is a few days late, but I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day! We went out of town to visit my folks in Southern California. I was so nice to be able to spend Mother's Day with my mom for a change! It was great to see everyone and just spend some time hanging out. For Mother's Day my brother BBQ'd for us at his house, which was actually pretty intersting, since he doesn't have any furniture in his living room. We brought lawn chairs from my parents house and had a totally ghetto fabulous time! :) Anyway, today I wanted to share with you the fabulous Mother's Day creations my girls made for me. First, on Friday I attended the annual "Muffins for Mom" party at the girl's preschool/daycare. This is the lovely creation they put together for me:

There is picture of both Aimee and Allison, some sweet sayings printed out on construction paper, and flowers. You can't really see in this picture, but on the vase are little flowers made out of paint and Aimee's finger prints, and one really big flower made out of Allison's foot print. I love it. So special!

Next, here is the card Aimee made for me at school:

The inside is adorable. She drew a picture of me and her and her teacher printed out something she said for the inside of the card. So sweet!

Next, my husband helped the girls each make a Mother's Day card for me, which I got on Sunday. First, here is the one he and Allison put together. Since she is only 7 1/2 months old, he wanted to trace her foot for the front of the card. Apparently, that didn't go too well, but here is the end result:

Don't worry, her feet don't really look like that! Ha ha. Below is the inside of the card. (FYI - her "Pottie" is her pacifier!).

And here is the card Aimee put together. First my husband downloaded some pictures that she had taken with her own camera. The picture on the cover is of her taking a picture of herself in the mirror.

Here is the inside of the card. There is a picture of her and I my husband took with her camera a while back. Unfortunately you don't get that great of quality from a Fisher Price camera, but it is still sweet! She also drew me a picture inside (not sure what it is!).

And lastly, my mom surprised me by making me a card herself! I have been trying to get her into card making since she has always been a crafting kind of person and was so impressed that she made me a card!

Well, now I just realized that I am going to have to think of something even better that I can have the girls do for their dad for Father's Day! Ack! I need to start planning now! Anyone have any fabulous ideas that would knock his socks off? If so, leave me a comment and help a girl out! :)

Anniversary Squirrel

Today is my 9th wedding anniversary. Wow, I can't believe it has been 9 years already! So, today I wanted to share with you the card I made for my husband. For this card I CASEd the idea from one of Dawn McVey's cards. The colors are a little different as is the flourish, but the it is pretty close to what she did. Anyway, I hope Chris likes it!

Ingredients:

• Forest Friends, 2008 Holiday Tag Collection, and Heartfelt Basics stamp sets (all Papertrey Ink)
• Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, and Whisper White card stock
• Patterns Pack Designer Paper (retired)
• Chocolate Chip and Tangerine Tango Ink
• Scallop Circle and Circle punches
• Scallop Edge punch
• Button Latte
• Linen Thread
• Glue Dots
• Flourish Die and Big Shot
  

May Technique Class

This past Sunday was my monthly technique class. Here are the projects we made this month. First, we did this cute matchbox using the new matchbox die for the big shot and other goodies from the Occasions Mini catalog:

Ingredients:

• Great Friend stamp set
• Walk in the Park Designer Series paper
• Basic Grey and Whisper White card stock
• Cameo Coral and Basic Grey Ink
• 5/8" Whisper White Satin Ribbon
• Matchbox Die & Big Shot
• Glue Dots and Sticky Strip

Next we will be making this Mother's Day card. For this card I will be demonstrating using the sticky pages and glitter with the Big Shot as well as the new Circle Scissor Plus.

Ingredients:

• All Holidays stamp set
• Walk in the Park Designer Series paper
• Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White card stock
• Sticky Pages
• Dazzling Diamonds glitter
• Pretties Kit
• Scallop Circle # 2 and Beautiful Butterflies Sizzix dies
• Big Shot
• 5/8" So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon
• Circle Scissor Plus & Glass Mat
• Tag Corner Punch
• Glue Dots

Next I demonstrated the faux felt technique with this card. The faux felt piece is the close to cocoa piece on the bottom. I pretty much CASEd this layout from this card here. For this card I also dipped the brad from the vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware set in craft ink and then wiped with a paper towel to get the color in the grooves.

Ingredients:

• Forest Friends and On Your Birthday stamp sets
• Riding Hood Red, Close to Cocoa, Kiwi Kiss, and Whisper White card stock
• Walk in the Park Designer Series Paper
• Close to Cocoa Classic and Craft Ink
• Chocolate Chip and Old Olive markers
• Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware
• Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon
• Stampin' Pastels
• Paper Crimper
  

Lastly, we did a Joy Fold card.

Ingredients:

• Thoughts and Prayers stamp set
• Kraft, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White card stock
• Chocolate Chip Ink
• Parisian Breeze Designer Series Paper
• Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
• Oval and Scallop Oval punches
• Stampin' Dimensionals
  

Stampin' Up! May Promotions

Hi everyone! Today I would like to share 3 exciting new Stampin’ Up! promotions with you. These start today and last until the end of May. Click on the image to the right to download the flyer.

First, buy three packs of Designer Series paper (including our Specialty Designer Series paper) or 12" x 12" textured card stock, and get one FREE!

Second, buy a sneak peek stamp set from the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog--Jumble Alphabet (set of 52; double-mounted)--at a 20 percent discount! Click here to see a picture of the set.

And last, but not least, in celebration of National Scrapbooking Month, join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator for only $75 with our limited-time Scrapbooking Starter Kit. The Scrapbooking Starter Kit contains all the business supplies contained in the standard Starter Kit as well as the following:

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