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It's Almost Time!!!!!

For the Online Extravaganza Sale!!!!!

Stampin' Up! has announced the Online Extravaganza Sale that will begin Monday, November 21 and run through Wednesday, November 30!

Make sure you head to My Online Store Monday, November 21 to take advantage of some AWESOME sales!!!!    Just click the "SHOP NOW" button in the top right hand corner under my name and info.  These sales will include:

•FREE digital downloads valued at $40 when you buy My Digital Studio Express


•60% off select Designer Fabrics

•30% off an exclusive ribbon bundle!

•PLUS...two items, on sale for 24 hours only (Nov 21, 12:01 AM - 11:59 PM [MT])

BUT - on top of those AMAZING sales - if you order through my site - I will include a FREE bonus accessory gift!!!!

SOOOO - make sure you DO NOT MISS the 24 hour Online Extravaganza!!!  ( I know I won't ;) )

WOW - I WON!!!

Hi All - long time no chat......sorry i have been really under the weather.....really under.  But - I was notified yesterday that Shelli - yes, THE Shelli, selected my card as a winner for her Christmas card contest!!!  I am super excited - I also get to select any stamp set as a prize for winning......what to pick.....hhmmmm.......

Here is my submission that she selected:
Hung by the chimney with BLING

ta ta for now my stamping buddies!!!

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:)

Hi Everyone!!!  Can you believe it?????  Two days in a row???  I just had to participate in the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge this week - I LOVED the sketch!  Well - I love all of the challenges, but actually had time to carve out for this one.....if there were only about three more days in a week - don't you feel that way sometimes?  hehe!   Wanna see the sketch??

That is a nice one, huh?  And guess what?  I pondered on it for a couple of days and decided on pairing up the Gently Falling set from the mini with the Spice Cake fabric - also from the mini  (  ;)  )  with some totally essential stamps that are from the set French Foliage - it is in the current idea book and catalog - but it was in last year's holiday mini.......do you see a great love of the leaf sets that come out in the holiday minis and me?  hehehehheeee.......
Oh Yeah - I bet you are wondering what I did???  I kind of got a bit side tracked - sorry ;)

Well?  you like?  I used some torn strips of the fabric in place of the three horizontal strips on the sketch - LOVE that!!  The leaves are more mustard, pool party and pear pizzazz topped with an outline of soft suede.  I then went over the entire panel with the three ESSENTIAL stamps from french foliage - the circle paris stamp, the tiny text stamp and the ink blot looking thing - those three stamps could be piled onto anything and it would look Great!!!  And the sentiment comes from Hand Penned, also from the mini - what a gorgeous stamp set!!  Take a closer look at the "stress" my main image panel went through:

that was great fun to rip, tear and dirty up!!

Oh, I don't want to forget - I also did up the inside, of course.....I can't hardly complete a card without doing it, huh??

Well - what do you think? 

OH BOY -

it has been soooo long since I have posted anything......sorry about that!  I have been trying to get soem scrapping caught up - so I figured I would share some of that with you........as I mave warned you a long time ago - it is no holds barred for my scrappin - I have enough supplies to open a store (no joke....really ;)   )  so I use whatever strikes my fancy....but I wanted to provide you with soem eye candy, none the less.  I hope these ideas inspire you somehow -


We are getting ready for another Homecoming Parade at SRU, so I though it was about time to get last year's parade scrapped ;)  I LOVE the retired dsp pack, Night and Day......so sad it retired - but guess what?!?!??!???  It is available as an MDS download, so you will have a lifetime supply of it - just print out what you need.......how easy is that?  I paired that with basic black and garden green for a 2 page spread.....wanna see?

My daughter and two of her friends marched in the parade out in front of the University cheerleaders - super sweet!!!  Here are the single pages:

So tell me - what do you think? 

GOD Bless America -

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the day that changed Americans FOREVER.  Our children will never know life without the fear........






Never forget -

It is unimaginable that a hour and twenty-five minuntes can change the lives of everyone in a nation.......

More Makings of a Summer

Hi All!!

I almost forgot that I haven't shared more of the scrapbook pages I made for the young man that stayed with us for the summer while he played in the collegiate wood bat baseball league.   Sorry about that.....

Here are some more layouts -

Take a closer look at the ribbon thingy -

More fun -

I had so much fun putting this scrapbook together - hope you are enjoying the eye candy......  I still have more pages to share.....later ;)

Have a great day -

Let's back things up a bit, shall we?

Hi All!!!

I gave you a taste of Christmas last week with the stockings - but I feel like I needed to back it up a bit - maybe back to the season at hand.  Well - back to school plus one......how about some halloween eye candy?  LOL!!!

Guess What!?!?!?!?  I finally got to bring an idea to fruition this morning.......it has been a busy week so this was the first time I got to sit down in my studio to get inky.  You know where I went first for inspiration, right???  Oh yeah - the Create with Connie and Mary challenge!!!  This week it was a color challenge.  Wanna see?

What did you immediately think of when you saw it???  I mean - the "first thing" you thought of????  I immediately thought - Greeting Card Kids.  Really - that is what I first thought of.......honestly - pinky swear ;)  Want to see what I cooked up this week?  Well, if you don't turn your head.....you are about to see it- LOL!!

Isn't she the sweetest little witch?  We will start with the card and move up to her, shall we?  You know me - I always have to add a bit of creative liberty - and add a neutral or two......so I went with a basic black card base and cut a panel from First Edition - an absolute MUST have pack of designer series paper - just sayin'.  ;)  I then stamped it with the flourish from Creative Elements in pumpkin pie.  I'm gonna LOVE that stamp - I am just warning you now - I can see it being on everything - e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.

And when you think of halloween - you immediately think of a "baby themed" pack of designer series paper, right?  Of course you do - so I pulled out Nursery Nest for the addition of pear pizazz.  The rich razzleberry panel is from the brights designer paper pack.  Did you notice the same flourish stamped on those panels with basic black ink???  I warned you ;)  I sewed the rich razzleberry, pumpkin pie and basic black buttons right onto the panel with linen thread before adhering it to the card - that way - you do not have to worry that  the adhesive will allow the buttons to come off - and it only takes a second to pierce holes where the button holes are and tie linen thread through them.  easy peasy - i swear. 

Now onto that adorable little witch - wanna see her a little closer???

I stamped her onto watercolor paper with black staz on ink.  She was then colored in with ink refills and an aquapainter.  I did have to add a small glow of so saffron ink around her - if I have said it once, I have said it a million times - watercolored images need some sort of "grounding" - in my opinion - for what I know....which isn't much - lol!!!  It is very subtle looking at the card, but it really does make the image pop out.  Did you see her hat buckle???  No? - go back up and look - I colored it with gold smooch ink.  She was then punched with the 2 1/2 inch circle punch.  And see that scalloped circle around her????  It is from the NEW Perfect Pennants Bigz L die - LOVE that there are two scallop circle dies on there - YAY!!!!!!  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes (no shock there from me, huh? lol)  If you look closely enough - the flourish from Creative Elements is also stamped there in pumpkin pie, it is stamped off so it is subtle - but it is there  :)  All edges of the card are sponged with basic black ink - I had to dirty it up a bit.........had to.

Wait!!  There is more - I did up the inside as well.  Wanna see?

The sentiment there is from Grateful Greetings -


Well - what do you think of this little sweetie?  She sure was fun to bring to life.  Now - go stamp some goodness, it is good for your mental stability, really........... 

WHOOOOHOOOO!!!!

Guess my mojo was on target, somehow!  lol!!

I was selected as a winner of the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge this week!!!  It was my fireplace card - scroll down if you haven't seen it yet - wow - I am so surprised!!!!!
This really puts the pressure on for next week ;)

Check out the badge on my right hand sidebar - purty, huh?

Hung by the chimney with BLING!!!

HI All!!!

I checked out the Create with Connie and Mary challenge yesterday - it was a sketch challenge - yummy!  Now -  a little background on me with challenges.  I usually let my mind "sit" ona challenge for a few hours (or days) to get my idea rolling......but when I saw the sketch for this week - I immediately knew what I wanted to do......but I didn't want to jump right in head first....I needed to ponder it a while to make sure i didnt' change my mind.  WELL - there was no other thought for me.....I HAD to execute what my inital vision was.  I had to......

Do you want to see the sketch???  I bet you do......

Well - what do you see? 
ALL I could see was rotating that sketch and a fireplace is born.......I couldn't get it out of my head......Wanna see what I did with my vision?

Yes......everyone of those bricks were cut and sponged - with three colors - lol!!!  I put them on a river rock base to imitate mortor.  See?

But - let's move to the fore front, shall we?  Those adorable stockings are a HUGE sneak peek item in the holiday mini catalog - which is 43 pages of  creative heaven.........{{sigh}}.
The stamp set is Stitched Stockings.....and there is a coordinating punch - Stocking Builder Punch - LOVE it!!!  Check them out - a little closer ;)

The one on the left was stamped with poppy parade.  The cuff, toe and heel were punched with the BRAND NEW silver glimmer paper - aahhhhhh........  :)  The middle stocking was stamped with baja breeze.  It was blinged up by adding small adhesive rhinestones and - did you see it?????  NEW BLING BABY - Dazzling Details......dazzling diamonds meets glittler glue........Oh yeah - that's right!!  Now onto stocking number three.  It was stamped with lucky limeade.  The toe and heel are poppy parade covered with that new dazzling details glitter glue.  And the htree buttons are from the trinkets button brads.  They are adhered to a soft suede mantle stampes with woodgrain background and sponged.   I adhered a little bow of baker's twine with a small dot of crystal effects.

WELL.....that about sums it up - I think ;)  I would love to know your thoughts on this - right below in the comment section....go ahead.......I double dog dare ya!

New Scoring Board Stamp Camp Project

Hi Stampers!!!

Here is the project you can make for $8 with the purchase of the BRAND NEW Scoring Board that Stampin' Up! is releasing in the Holiday Mini Catalog on September 1st - it is AMAZING!!!!

So, if you are intersted in the camp, check your email if you are on my mailing list or leave me a comment at the bottom of this post.  For local attendees only unless you are able to pick up supplies from me.

The makings of a summer

Howdy everyone!!!  Have you missed me?  I sure have missed each and every one of you!!!  I promised in the last post that I would be back with some scrapbook pages I made for the baseball player that stayed with us this summer.  So here I am for that :)

If you follow my blog and have seen pages of my daughter - you know I put a sticky note over her face....I haven't done that here (except the pages that have her in them)......Brooks is a 21 year old, 6 foot 4 inch, extremely well built....so I don't think anyone will try to kid nap him from the web.......my little girl, another story.....I know I am strange about the Internet and pictures.....but I can't help myself.......

The entire album used the same supplies - crumb cake, garden green, basic black and very vanilla card stock.  I also used some retired Stampin' Up! sets to create the designer series papers and the baseball accents.  Everything in the book is Stampin' Up!, I believe, so if you have any questions....just ask.  :)

Here is the title page:

Brooks encompasses the love of baseball and determination.  I sure hope this scrapbook will bring back fond memories of his stay with us for life.

Here is a close up of the date strip - I created it with the computer, as well as all of the journaling, using typewriter font.

Here are the second two pages, from the home opener -

More to follow in later days - I would love to know what you think of these pages......... Happy Stampin'!

WOW! It has been a while........

I can't believe how long it has been since I was able to stamp something that I can share - and boy have I missed it!!!  If you know me personally - you know that we hosted a baseball player for the summer from Colorado so we have been engulfed in his games  -it has been a really fun summer - busy, but fun!!  Well, he turns 21 on Sunday so I needed to whip him out a card to mail with his birthday gift.  I have some serious stamper's block going on - awful!  I have been stamping all summer, I made him a scrapbook of his season/summer here but not much cards unless it was for a class or club.  So - you know I had to turn to a challenge........What better challenge that the Create with Connie and Mary challenge - this week was a sketch challenge. Wanna see????

Kind of feminine, I think....but I think I manned it up  - wanna see what I did?

I know - I took some creative liberties here.  I flipped the sketch.......took the three elements that would be at the top of the flipped sketch and put it at the bottom - one element instead of three.......please don't beat me.....pretty please.......

I am on a time crunch here- but I will tell you I am LOVIN' the new designer series paper, Well Worn.  And the sentiment came from the hostess set, many birthday wishes. I adhered it to the new denim ribbon with a safety pin from trinkets.  Oh Yeah - the denim ribbon.......I bet you are all thinking that it will be stiff....like blue jeans - it isn't.......so pliable.  I am really liking it too.  shocker, uh?  LOL

Here is a closer look at the main image - the scallop circle is cut from the new pennant die.....a MUST have!  I also inked the chipboard numbers with the not quite navy craft ink spot. 

Everything on the card was roughed up and dirtied up - what do you think?  Make sure to keep checking back - I am going to share his entire scrapbook with all of you.  minus the sappy journaling at the end - LOL

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Inspired Creation......

Hi All!!

I wasn't able to get in on last week's Create with Connie and Mary Challenge - and it just felt "off."  I really look forward to their challenges......so I wasn't going to let another week get away from me - lol.  And guess what?  This week's challenge is actually a two week challenge and they offer a color and/or sketch challenge.  I decided to just go with the color challenge today......here is the color challenge they proposed:

Well - I don't know about you but I immediately had one of those "thank goodness this stamp set didn't retire" moment......because I knew instantly I wanted to use Inspired by Nature......and after laying out the colors - I thought that I wanted to make a sympathy card.  It just came to me......simple as that.  :)  Wanna see what I did?

Well?  How did I do?  I had to throw a little bit of old olive ad soft suede in there for the sake of the flowers.....I hope I didn't violate any color challenge rules ;)  I stamped the flower image onto very vanilla and cut it out before adhering it down with stampin' dimensionals.  And can I say - welcome back basic gray satin ribbon.......y.u.m.m.y.!  The flowers were inked up with stampin write markers before stamping, see?

The colors used for the flowers were old olive, so saffron, pumpkin pie, soft suede and chocolate chip.  The smaller flower was stamped off before stamping it over the sentiment panel.    The sentiment, inside and out,  are from Thoughts and Prayers - another "thank goodness this didn't retire" stamp set.  ;)  And the new edition designer series paper making the new catalog - what else do i need to say about that???  This is one awesome collection of paper!  Oh did I mention that I prettied up the inside as well?  I didn't - well......here it is:

I would love to hear what you think of this little baby below in the comments section.  No one will bite you there ;)  Have a wonderful day!

Ready for some PRODUCT SHARES????

HI All!!

Are you ready for some product shares for the new catalog????  The new ribbons and designer series paper are to die for......I think.  :) 

Let's start with the ribbon share that I am offering:
For ONLY $34.50
You will get two yards of each:

     5 new in colors - the ruffled ribbon

     10 new 1/2 inch polka dot scallop ribbon

     2 new denim ribbons











That is a total of 34 yards of brand spanking new ribbons!!


Now for the Designer Series Paper Shares:

For ONLY $27.00  you will receive 96 6x6 sheets of designer series paper from pages 183-186.  (The Designer Series Paper Stacks on the bottom of page 186 aren't included in this share)


****IF YOU PURCHASE BOTH THE RIBBON AND DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SHARES, YOU WILL RECEIVE A FREE 6X6 ASSORTMENT OF THE BRAND NEW 2011-2013 IN COLOR PATTERNS DESIGNER SERIES PAPER STACK.  (Page 186)

be sure to contact me right away to reserve your shares - regcorn@zoominternet.net
*if youa ren't local, shipping rates will be additional.

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Did that get your attention?  It sure would get mine??

 Stampin' Up! is offering a $99 kit for July that gives you a FREE bonus Christmas Keepsake kit - an additional $40 value!!!!    Doesn't this look AMAZING.........

And your first order earns you 30% off  - so if you have a long wish list for the new catalog or are finally wanting to get the Bog Shot or My Digital Studio - this is the time to get them at a serious discount!! 

This is an excellent opportunity - you can do anything with it from only join for the kit to join up for the one time 30% off to joining to get your supplies at a continuous discount to making a career out of this opportunity.  I am here for you - what ever direction you decide to take.

WOW!!!

Here are the Promotion Details:

Dates: July 1-31, 2011


Promotion Details: A limited-time $99 Starter Kit ($180 Value--See Kit Contents below!) is the perfect choice for the hobby stamper and lover of Stampin' Up! products.

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•PLUS Get a Christmas Keepsake project kit (example below) absolutely FREE--a $40 value! This exclusive kit contains everything you need to create a beautiful Christmas Keepsake Box to hold your most treasured Christmas memories. It will be available with your first demonstrator order in August and must be redeemed by Sept. 30.

Here is what is included in the $99 starter kit:

Contains over $180 in products and business supplies--including new products from the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog! You CAN substitute a similar item of equal or lesser value.



Page                Item                       Description

57                 123225                    Easy Events Clear-Mount Set*

69                 122740                    Pennant Parade Wood-Mount Set*

177               102277                    Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

177               105216                    Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

177               103133                    Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

177               119706                    Brights 8-1/2" x 11" Assorted Card Stock

180               101179                    Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad

182               107311                    Whisper White Note Cards (20)

185               124339                    Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper*

195               124142                    Chocolate Chip 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon*

203               122129                    Blender Pen (1)

205               118486                    Clear-Mount Block C

206               104332                    SNAIL Adhesive


*New to the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog!


Business Supplies

The business supplies in these promotional mini kits will be the same business supplies that are in existing starter kits; no alternative selections can be made for business items.

•Getting Started DVD

•Getting Started Guide

•Guest Invitation Postcards (100)

•2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog (8)

•2011 Summer Mini Catalog (8)

•Stampin' Up! logo vinyl

•Décor Elements applicator

•To My Hostess Envelopes (10)

•My Digital Studio Marketing DVD

•Recruit Folders (5)

•Recruit Brochures (20)

•Customer Order Forms (50)

Email me right away for any further questions (regcorn at zoominternet dot net).