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July team swaps

Hello Stampers!  Today I thought I would share with you the swaps that I received at my last team meeting!  Our theme for the month of July was anything from the new catalog!  Here is what they came up with:

 This card was made by Kathy.

 This card was made by Alice.

 This card was made by Pat B.

 This card was made by Lynn.  I had not even noticed these framelits in the catalog and I think I have to have them!!!

 This card was made by Karen.

 This card was made by Laura.  For the white on the flowers she used a white stamp pad with a blender pen!

 This card was mad by Debbie H.

 This card was made by Sheila.

 

 

 This card was made by Pat V.

 This card was made by Julie.

 This is the card that I made.    For this card I used the new stamp set Marquee Messages.  I wanted to show that you could use the stamp set without the big marquee sign.  I just love the font of the words!  The circles and scallop circles are cut out using the Layering Circles Framelits.  I love these because you can find all sizes of circles and scalloped cirles for matting! Finally I have one of the new Delicate White Doilies behind!  They are a touch smaller than the old ones were! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Would you love to join in our next team swap?  Contact me and we can chat about you joining our team!

 

Vacation Stamping School make n' takes

Hello Stampers!  Today I want to show you the make n' takes that we made at this last weekend's Vacation Stamping School that I attended.  They all use the new stamp set Fresh Fruit.  

I love this stamp set!  It has been on my wish list, but I just haven't ordered it yet.  Now I have to get it soon!

 This is a fun strawberry card inside one of our Glassine Gift Bags. So cute!  And I love the Gold Binder Clip!

 I love the curvy front on this card!

Thanks for stopping by to see my make n' takes!

 

Swaps from my Vacation Stamping School!

Hello Stampers!  I spent part of my morning getting on to the Stampin' Up! demostrator website and watching the sneak peek video for the upcoming Holiday catalog.  All I can say is WOW!  I'm so excited, I want it all, and I can't wait to show it to you!  

But I can't now, so instead I will share with you the swap cards that I received this past weekend from the Vacation Stamping School that I attended!  Such cute cards!!!  First, here is my swap in progress:

And here is my final card:

 I just love the new stamp set Bella & Friends!

Here are the swap cards that I received.

 This card was made by Joanne Cantrell.

 This card was made by Faith Steinberg.

 This card was made by Betsy Crider.

 This gorgeous card was made by my friend Sue Scheets.

 This card was also made by Sue.

 This card was made by Linda DaValbiss.

 This fabulous card was made by my team member Julie Weber.

 This card was mad by Laura Borchert.

 This card was made by Cathy.

 This card was made by Sharon McNeely.

 This card was made by Heidi Reistad.

 This card was made by Rachel Chamberlain.

 This card was made by Dawn Woodard

 This card was made by Mary Donna

 This card was made by Debbie Gruszka.

 This card was made by Robin Johnson.

 This card was made by Linda Reaney.

 This card was made by Martha Swift.

 Ths card was made by Debbie Jones.

 This card was made by Beth.

Thanks for stopping by!  Tomorrow I will share the make n' takes from the stamping event!

Don't forget about the Bonue Days promotion going on!  There's only a few days left!

For every $50 that you spend in July, you will receive a $5 coupon to spend in August!

 

Stamping Vacation

Hello Stampers!  Did you read the title to this post?  It sounds like I'm going to be taking a vacation from stamping doesn't it?  Well, no way!!!  I love to stamp and I love it when I can stamp every day!  Who could possibly want to take a vacation from it?  Not me!  

Any way, Stamping Vacation is where I was this last weekend!  A couple of demonstrators (Julie Davison and Meg Loven) put on this fabulous stamping day every year in Champaign, Illinois every year and I was lucky enough to be able to attend this year again.  I went to it a couple of years ago and loved it and so wanted to go again!  It is a day long event filled with stamping, demonstrations, business tips, etc.  

Want to see some pictures?

 I thought this little flag was so cute!

 Here is a picture of me and my team member Julie who went with me this year!

 This was a sample of the Smack Down technique!

 These fun tags were on a display table.

 These next couple of cards were on one of the display boards.

 We had a demonstration on shaker cards.

 We had a demonstration on slider cards.

It was a great day!  Come back tomorrow and I'll show you my swap cards that I received!

Canvas painting

Hello Stampers!  I have found through the years that when you find someone who loves to craft, they usually love to craft in lots of different ways.  I have always been a fairly crafty and I have tried several different types of crafts.  I have obviously handed down my love of crafts to my oldest daughter, Casie.

Casie has just recently discovered Project Life!  She loves it and in fact we even had a Project Life party with some of her friends on Friday evening!  These girls were a lot of fun!  Casie also loves to sew and paint!  

I saw this really neat sign at a craft fair that a home based business woman had at her table.  It was about wanting hostesses for parties.  I decided I wanted one, but I wanted it small enough to carry around to my craft fairs.  Casie had some free time last week and this is what she painted for me:

 Isn't it great?  She found some designs she liked on pinterest and tweeked them a little until we were both happy with it.  She cut out a template using our Silhouette Cameo and then traced her design on a 12 X 12 canvas.  Then she hand painted it!  It really didn't take her very long since she is getting really good at it!

Thanks Casie!  So glad I handed down this crafty gene to you!

Happy Birthday Hershey's Kisses!

Hello Stampers!  Did you know that Hershey's Kisses just celebrated their birthday?  That's right!  Hershey's Kisses celebrated their birthday on July 7th!  Now I know you are asking how in the world I knew that!!!

I received a card in the mail celebrating!  That's right!  This came:

Isn't this a cute card?  My friend Julie sent me this card!  I love it!  Thanks Julie!  The silver foil paper works great for the wrapping!  My only question was where are the kisses that the tags came off of???????

I received something else fun today too!  I had loaned a friend a pack of Night of Navy cardstock while she was waiting for her order to come in, and she brought it back tonight with this super cute tag attached!

 Love it!  Thanks Lisa!  I just love all of the friends that I have made through my Stampin' Up! business!  I am blessed!

Necklace

Hello Stampers!  I have decided that on Fridays I'm going to work on other crafts that I love to do!  I have always been a very crafty person.  I like to cross-stitch, quilt, scrapbook, paint, stamp, etc.  I ran the Santa Shop at my girl's grade school for probably five years.  It was a year round event because we hand made every item in it!  Thousands of items every year!  It was so much fun!

So on Monday's I will be showing you some of the other projects that I have made and have been working on!  Today I wanted to show you a necklace that I made at one of our recent team meetings.  One of our team members asked if she could teach us all how to make these necklaces so we said sure!  

Here is the one I made:

  They were very easy to do and I just love the way this one turned out!  I wear a lot of coral and orange so I have had several chances to wear my necklace already!

Thanks Julie for introducing me to this new craft!

Christmas in July card class

Hello Stampers!  Yes, you read that title right, Christmas in July class!  I'm so excited! I just love Christmas and I really love it when I get to start making my Christmas cards!  I usually send out between 80 - 100 Christmas cards each year, so I have to get started early making them!  And as long as I am making my cards, I might as well hold a Christmas in July card class!

Here are the cards that we will be making in our class:

 There are four different cards, and you will be making four of each of them! So you will leave this class with 16 Christmas cards!  The cost of this class is $30 and includes everything you will need except for adhesive.

Class will be held on:

Wednesday, July 13th  6:00 p.m.  (Hobby Lobby - Arnold)

Can't make it to class, let me know and I will make up a kit for you for the same price!

Please RSVP!

Happy 4th of July!

Hello Stampers!  I hope that you all are enjoying a great long weekend with your family and friends!  I made a cute patriotic card using the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits a few days ago to share with you all today!  Wouldn't you love to see it?  Yeah, me too!

I started a super deep clean of my stamping room a couple of days ago, and I totally tore my room apart, top, bottom, drawers, shelves, etc.  I am just about to get it put all back together, but guess what?  I can't find the 4th of July card!  When I do find it, if I do find it, I will certainly share it with you!  

Until then, one of my super sweet team members brought me a 4th of July gift this morning!  So, I'm going to share that with you instead!

 Isn't this super cute?

She used the banners from the June Paper Pumpkin kit!  The 4th and banner are from the Number of Years stamp set and coordinating Large Numbers Framelits. And of course the inside is filled with the patriotic Skittles!  Yum!

Thanks Lisa and Rachael for this great gift and for sharing your talents with us!

Cards for the church

Hello Stampers!  Several months ago, one of my team members and I started a card community at our church.  We get together on a monthly basis and make cards for the church to use.  It took awhile for the church staff and community leaders to get what we were doing, but now they seem to get it and they are putting in tons of requests for cards!  Her are a few that we have recently made:

 This card uses the Botanical Builder framelits. They make such gorgeous cards! 

 This is one of our baptism cards.  This card uses the All God's Grace stamp set. I think this is such a beautiful cross!  I also love all of the sentiments in this set! 

 This card uses the Over the Rainbow stamp set.  I love how you can use one of the stamps to color in each letter!  So quick and easy!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great 4th of July weekend with your friends & family!