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June card class

Hello Stampers!  Have you heard the news?  If you are a subscriber to my newsletter then you have already heard that I have changed the number of cards that we will be making in my monthly card classes!  We will now be making 8 cards, two each of four designs!  Why the change?  I just decided that I really appreciate all of my customers and I wanted to show you!  Plus, many of you have told me in the past that you like to save a sample of your cards for ideas.

Here are the cards that we will be making in this month's classes:

The cost of this class is $15, or free with a minimum purchase.  

Tuesday, June 12th  10:00 a.m.   Hobby Lobby - Arnold

Tuesday, June 19th  6:00 p.m.  Hobby Lobby - Arnold

Please RSVP and bring your own adhesive!  Hope to see you at class soon!

Kid and Baby cards

Hello Stampers!  I recently had a team meeting and our swap theme for the month was anything baby or kid related!  Here are the cards that I received:

 This card was made by Lynn.

 This card was made by Karen.

 This card was made by Laura.

 This card was made by Ann.

 This card was made by Sheila.

 This card was made by Debbie G.

 This card was made by Joan.

 This is a bookmark that was made by Jeri.

 This is the card that I made.  For this card I used the 2 1/4" circle punch and the 1 3/8" circle punch for the Mickey Mouse head.  The white polka dots are from the 3/4" circle punch.  I adhered everything to the Real Red cardstock and then ran it through the Big Shot using the Cable Knit embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Incentive trip achievers part 2

Hello Stampers!  I showed you before some of the swaps that I received in an achievers swap that was held before the Thailand incentive trip.  Here are the swaps I received in another one of the groups:

 This card was made by Jenn Gulch

 This card was made by Amy Combs

 This card was made by Lynn Feldkamp

 This card was made by Sandy Carlson

 This card was made by Kim Vogel

 This card was made by Tamra Davis

 This card was made by Karen Titus

 This card was made by Dena Rekow

 This card was made by Barb Mullikin

 This card was made by Renee Kohnke

 This card was made by Hattie Walker

 This card was made by Jackie Ross

 This card was made by BJ Peters

 This card was made by Mary Anne Grimmer

 This card was made by Meg Loven

These were great don't you agree!  Let me know if you have any questions!

Trip achiever swaps

Hello Stampers!  Awhile before I went on the Thailand incentive trip, there was a swap among any achiever who wanted to participate.  I of course did because I LOVE to do swaps!  It is so awesome to get samples and ideas from people with different styles than my own!  I was in two different groups, so today I'm going to share one set of the cards!

 This card was made by Monika Davis

 This card was made by Tara Davis

 This card was made by Sandy Carlson

 This card was made by Amy Combs

 This card was made by Cynthia McQueen

 This card was made by Nancy Juliano

 This card was made by Mary Anne Grimmer

 This card was made by BJ Peters

 This card was made by Jackie Ross

 This card was made by Renee Kohnke

 This card was made by Barb Mullikin

 This card was made by Karen Titus

 This card was made by Kim Vogel

 This card was made by Lynn Feldkamp

 This card was made by Jenn Gulch

Thanks for stopping by and checking these out!  Come back tomorrow to see the other group!

Christmas Stamp-a-stack

Hello Stampers!  I hope that you had a great weekend!  I had a great day on Saturday with some of my team members!  We hosted a Christmas Stamp-a-stack.  We each created some cards and invited all of our customers.  There were 26 people who signed up!  Too fun!  Here are the cards that we made:

I made these treat bags for everyone who signed up.

These are all of the door prizes that they could win!

We had yummy Christmas cookies and listened to Christmas music!

This was Colleen's first time stamping!  Great card!

This was Sherri's first time stamping too!

Sharon was our third newbie stamper who made some fantastic cards!

And here are some pictures of some of the other stampers having a great time!

We will be having another one of these Stamp-a-stacks during Sale-a-bration!  Be watching for the info as it gets closer!  You won't want to miss it!

 

Meeting swaps

Hello Stampers!  Every month I hold a meeting with my Stampin' Up! team.  We hold a swap at our meeting every month too.  Our theme for this month was baby or young child card.  Would you like to see the cards that I received?  Here they are!

 This is Julie's card.

 This is Jackie's card.

 This is Lisa's card.

 This is Laura's card.

 This is Karen's card.

 This is Debbie N.'s card.

 This is Lynn's card.

 This is Pat B.'s card.

 This is Kathy's card.

 This is Tracy's card.

 This is Debbie H's card.

 This is Pat V's card.

 This is Alice's card.

 This is Jeri's card.

Are you wondering where my card is?  Well, since I had a death in my family, I had to leave town and didn't get my swaps done.  As soon as I get them done I will share one with you!

Wouldn't you love to join in on our next swap?  Contact me and I'll tell you how you can join in!  

Team meeting swaps

Hello Stampers!  I held my team meeting a couple of weeks ago, and I haven't had a chance to share with you my swaps that I received!  So, today is the day!  Our theme for this month was "anything goes"!  So it was our choice what type of card we wanted to make!  

 Debbie N. made this card.

 Sheila made this card.

 Tracy made this card.

 Debbie H. made this card.

 Becky made this card.

 Lynn made this card.

 Julie made this card.

 Julie made this card also.

 Laura made this card.

 Karen made this card.

 Lisa made this card.

Isn't it great the variety that we received?  Love them!  

Thanks for stopping by!

More Team Swaps

Hello Stampers! Today I wanted to show you some more swaps from one of our last team meeting!

 I think this one is from Kathy.

 I think this one is from Debbie N.

 This candy holder is from Pat B.

 This card is from Lisa.

This is the card that I made.

Thanks for stopping by to check out the rest of my swaps! 

 

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Embellished Events

Hello Stampers!  Today I thought we would take a look at some of the samples I have from the retiring stamp set, Embellished Events.  There are quite a few of them!  Here they are:

 Outside of card

 Inside of card

WOW!  You can really do a lot with this stamp set!  Tons of great images! 

Check out the rest of the retiring products:

Retiring products

A Fitting Occasion

Hello Stampers!  WOW what a busy weekend I have had!  Friday evening and Saturday was my crop at First Baptist Church.  I am amazed at how much I can get accomplished when I craft away from home!  Do you agree?  Then you should come join us for our next crop!  We hold it once a month on a Friday and Saturday.  Friday is 6 - 11 and Saturday is 9 - 2.  The cost is $5 per day, plus a snack to share with the group.  Everyone gets their own table, and you can even leave your stuff out overnight if you want to.  We even have people who come for just one of the days if you can't do both!

Contact me if you are interested in joining us on June 12th and 13th!

Today I had my monthly team meeting and my daughter's Baccalaureate.  Now I'm tired!

Did you know that there are only 15 days left to order from the 2014 - 2015 annual catalog and the Occasions catalog?  Each day between now and then, I'm going to be featuring projects made with retiring items, starting today!  Are you ready?  Then here we go!

Today's stamp set is A Fitting Occasion.

Thanks for stopping by and checking things out!  Come back tomorrow to see the next retiring products!  Here is the full list of retiring products:

Retiring Products

 

Team meeting show n' tell

Hello Stampers!  I'm so glad that you came back to see some more of the show n' tell items from my team meeting. 

 This is the card on the left in the picture above, opened up!

 This one isn't Stampin' Up! related, but so glad that Debbie brought it in to share!  She made this out of mason jar lids!

 Here is my team!  We have a great time together!  Would you like to join us for a meeting some time to see what fun it is?  Just let me know!  We'd love to have you as our guest!

Team meeting show n' tell

Hello Stampers!  Today was my team meeting so I thought I would show you some of the show n' tells that the gals brought to share!

 beautiful card!

 Post-it note holder

 hand sanitizer

Aren't they a talented bunch of gals?  I love all of the inspiration and ideas that we all share at our meetings!

Come back tomorrow and I'll show you some more from these talented ladies!

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Unite & Excite

Hello Stampers!  Over the weekend I was lucky enough to get to attend a Stampin' Up! event!  They hosted several of these events all over the US that they called Unite & Excite.  A demonstrator was picked in several different areas and was in charge of the event.

It was a fun afternoon filled with stamping, swapping, socializing, and eating! 

Want to see some pictures?  Here is the make n' take that we did that day:

 We used the great Seasonally Scattered stamp set.

Here is the swap that I made and brought:

 I used the Festival of Trees stamp set with the coordinating Tree Punch.  The best thing is you can get these two products as a bundle and save 15%!  I used the Lucky Stars Embossing Folder for the stars on the background.

Here are a few more swaps that I received:

 Made by Denise Wisdom.

 Made by Joan Eckert

 

 Made by Pat Baum (love the little kleenex box!)

 Made by Rebecca Schuder

That's it for today!  Wouldn't you love to attend the next Stampin' Up! event with me?  We have such a good time just getting together to stamp and socialize!  Contact me and I can give you some information on how to join my team!

 

Monthly Card Class

Hello Stampers!  I'm so excited for my card classes this month!  Why you ask?  Because we are going to get to play with Stampin' Up!'s new Blendabilities!!!  Those are our new alcohol ink markers that are specifically made for blending and shading!  I love them!

Here is a video that Stampin' Up! made to help introduce you to these wonder markers!

 

Now, are you ready to play with these markers for yourself?  Then come to one of my card classes this month!  Here are the cards that we will be making this month:

Here are the dates, times, and locations of this month's card classes:

Monday, August 11th  10:00 a.m.  (my house)

Friday, August 15th  6:00 p.m.  (Hobby Lobby - Arnold)

Friday, August 22nd  6:30 p.m.  (FBCA)

Please RSVP for which class you would like to attend!  And please let me know if you have any questions!  Hope to see you at class this month!