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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.

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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!

Love the view on this one…

Another one of my fabulous downline (Debbie Keane) made this awesome card. It just reminds me of a sunset on the beach. It looks like a painting or something. I am so proud to have such talented downline.  I am showcasing a bunch of their creations this month.

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Mojo Monday Challenge!

Here is this week's Mojo Monday challenge. It had a lot of elements to it so it took me a while to come up with an idea but I think mine came out ok.

Here is my card….I used the set Upsy Daisy and the Sweet Pea designer paper stack. I hope you like it.

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Winner of this week’s blog candy!!!!

The winner of this week's blog candy is ….. Theresa Meenan!! Congratulations Theresa on winning the Congrats set, Metal Magic tags and the rope twine! Stay tuned for another blog candy contest next week!

Look at the fun we had at my downline meeting!

I had my downline meeting on Thursday night and we made some really cute projects. I brought a couple projects and several of the girls who came also brought projects. I got the idea for the bag tags from Patty Bennett. She made them at her group meeting and I thought it was a great idea so I copied her!  They got to pick a piece of designer paper from the huge pack of Sweetpea papers. That is a never ending slab of paper if you haven't had a chance to see it up close and personal! You can make so many things with just that one pack. We also used the sweetpea felt flowers to embellish the tags. Sorry the ribbon is kind of covering the second one.

Here is a sweet little notecard I made. I wanted to show the girls that neat flower technique. Too bad I forgot to remember to bring the brads and my hole punch!  I had to give them a homework assignment to go home and finish them! They didn't seem to mind too much!  The directions for the flower are on my Feb 9th post.

This was Niccole's Valentine gift box. It had a pack of sweethearts candy  inside. I included two photos so you could see the front and the top view. This would make a great treat for younger kids to give as Valentine's to their friends.

Here is Melissa's project from the top and the side. She made the box from the square scallop die in the Big Shot! How cute is that? Four Hershey's nuggets fit perfectly inside.

More quilt purses from my downline

I have been showing my downline the quilt bags that  I have been making and several of them came over and made some at my house. A few girls couldn't come and made some on their own so I finally got some pictures of them with their bags last night at my downline meeting. Everyone is loving these bags and they are so much fun to make. Here is Sandy with her cute bag.

Here is Melissa with 2 of the bags she has made. She is definitely the seamstress in the group. She made the giant bag that has I think 66 squares total in it. That is a lot of sewing. She said she could fit several beach towels in it so it is a great beach bag. I think it would be great for a teacher bag or a mommy bag to carry diapers and all that in.

And here is Pam with her cute bag. I love the pink and green together.

Cool Flower technique

My friend Lorrie posted  a really cute card with a similar flower on the Stampin Connection site yesterday. That is an awesome website just for Stampin Up demonstrators to share ideas. It has only been active for 3 weeks and already has over 30,000 samples on there! That is just another great reason to be a Stampin Up demonstrator!

Anyway, I looked at the picture and tried to figure it out and after playing around with it for a little while (I should have just called Lorrie and asked her how to do it) I think I finally got it. I knew it was just a stack of different size circles scrunched up so I punched out 3 of each size (1 3/4, 1 3/8, 1 1/4, and 1 inch) . That was a little too much so I took a few away….so I ended up using 3 each of the bigger ones and 2 each of the smaller ones. So, I scrunched them all up and unfolded them and then poked through all of them with the paper piercer and then inserted a brad to hold them all together. Then start scrunching them back up again one by one until you get them to look like this. I did use 2 different colored patterns from the Bella Bleu designer papers to give it more depth. The vine is from my favorite set Vintage Vogue!

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Anyone want some blog candy??

Hey stampers, it is time for some more blog candy. I did a super cleanout this weekend in my stamp room and have piles of stuff to give away in the next few weeks.  Today's Stampin Up freebies are the Metal Magic tag assortment, the congrats stamp set and some rope twine. These are all brand new items that have just retired so I can't use them anymore.  All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on my blog. I will pick the winner on Saturday.