It’s Bloomin’ Beautiful!

I did this card as one of the make and takes at my downline meeting last night. I used the Bloomin' Beautiful stamp set from pg 98 in the Stampin Up catalog. It is one of my very favorite sets. It is hard to make a card that isn't beautiful with this stamp set. The background paper is from the Sweet Pea stack of designer papers. That is the best deal around right now. You get a whole slab of designer papers for $24.95. There are 48 double sided sheets in a pack (all 12×12 too) so it comes out to about 50 cents per sheet.  I have made a ton of cards with these papers and I still have a ton left. The thank you sentiment is from the Fresh Cuts stamp set.

Featured Demonstrator of the month for March- part 1

This month's featured demonstrator is another one of my fabulous downline, Pam Browne. Pam has been a demonstrator for about a year and a half but was a natural right from the beginning. She is already one of my top downline and is so motivated to be successful. Here are some of her awesome creations.

I love the spring colors of this card. She used this week's mojo Monday sketch to create this one.

This is a frame Pam picked up at the Dollar store and then created a cute picture to go inside. I love framed art. You can take a card idea and stick it in a frame and voila, you have a nice gift. She used my favorite set, Vintage Vogue and also the Fresh Cuts set for this one.

Here is a sweet Easter card that I just love! The tiny details really add a lot to this one.

This card uses the Of the Earth hostess set to create an oriental flair. I love the red and black together.

I love this last card too. What a great idea. Pam stamped the flowers from the Inspired by Nature set and then using her paper cutter, cut apart the pieces and then kind of put of them back together like a puzzle on the card. She sponged around the edges to create more texture and to make it pop out more. These are just some of Pam's awesome creations. I will post more tomorrow. Pam also has her own blog if you would like to see more of her work. You can check it out here.

Half Price deal!

Sale-A-Bration Recruiting Promotion

Promotion Dates: January 5-March 31, 2010

Promotion Details
During Sale-A-Bration, new recruits will get 15 percent off the price of the Starter Kit (Standard or Digital+), plus, a FREE stamp set (valued up to $47.95) from the current catalogs!

This starter kit contains approximately $325 worth of Stampin Up products for only $169!  That is almost half price! You can pick your own stamp sets, ink and paper too!  Hurry, the special is only good til the end of the month. If you would like to join, please email me at stampgirl2@cox.net

March Stamp Camp projects!

For this month's stamp camp, we are doing a stamp a stack!  You get to make 3 each of all of these cards for a total of 12! This will give you a nice little pile of cards to have on hand for all occasions- birthday, thank you, friendship, etc. You will make all of these cards in less than 2 hours too! I will have everything cut and ready to go. Cost of the class is $20 and includes all supplies, envelopes, door prizes and refreshments. If you can't make it to class, you can still reserve a bag of the supplies ready to go so you can make them at home or, if you prefer, for $10 extra ($30 total), I will make them for you. Click on my calendar at the top of the page to see the dates and times. The Sunday 1pm class is full, but I still have a couple spots left in the other classes.

Mojo Monday challenge 3/8/10

Hey stampers,

It is time for the Mojo Monday challenge again! Here is what this week's challenge looks like:

And here is what I came up with:

I ended up making my little piece go straight because I couldn't fit the words in there if it was tilted.  I used some leftover scraps from my Guest Book Scrappin kit class for the designer pieces. I LOVE that kit. It is basically designed as a wedding kit, but it is great for so many other uses too. Why don't you try the mojo Monday challenge and see what you can come up with?

Adorable Easter project!

This is a photo I took of one of the display boards at convention last year (sorry it is a little fuzzy). It was such a cute Easter project and I had been saving it all year to post now. It is super easy too. You just use 2 top note dies that you cut out with our Big Shot and the center piece is a sheet of cardstock folded up to create an open box. You can stuff that with some candy! The bunny is almost all punches. The carrots and the leaves are stamped and cut out using the Trendy Trees set. This would make such a great project for little kids.

Note: I played around today and came up with a piece that works for the middle…..

take a 5 1/2 x 7 inch piece of white cardstock (so you can get 2 out of one sheet this way)

score it at 2 and 5 on the long side

score it at 2 and 3 1/2 on the short side

Then cut in on the 2 score marks on both of the long sides up to the first mark and fold it up like a box. I hope that makes sense.

Winner of this week’s blog candy!

The winner of this week's blog candy is Melissa Carr! Congrats Melissa! You win the Echoes of Kindness set and the District Ribbon! Thanks to everyone who left a comment last week. Look for another blog candy contest coming soon.

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Awesome class from my friend Debbie!

This past weekend, one of my good friends and downline, Debbie Keane, offered a class that was fabulous!!   She went to a class offered by Michelle Zindorf last fall and I have been begging her ever since to do a class on it.  Michelle is another Stampin Up demonstrator who is famous for her brayer technique classes. She travels all over the country teaching people these techniques. You can find the tutorials for these cards on Michelle's site here.  Anyway, Debbie showed us how to make 3 gorgeous cards using Michelle's techniques.This first one uses the brayer for the background and torn paper to create those mountains. I just love it!

This vase card was done by brayering also. The vases are made from the modern label punch and the wide oval punch.

This card we did by using the direct to paper technique. You take your ink pad and just rub it directly onto the paper in a back and forth motion to create this look. Make sure you start with the lightest colors first. I am so bummed that this tree set is retired. I just love it! Maybe Stampin Up will bring it back one day.

Way to go Stampin’ Up demos and customers!

Haitian Relief Results

March 4, 2010

Once again, Stampin′ Up! demonstrators have shown what Stampin′ Up! is all about by making a difference in the lives of others. Worldwide, demonstrators sold 13,587 of the stamp sets that were set aside for Haitian relief. From each of those sales, Stampin′ Up! will donate $2 to the Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund. That’s over $27,000 donated to people who desperately need your help. Congratulations!