My friend Deb Valder showed me how to make these cool ribbon roses so I had to do a card with my customers this month and show them how to do it too! If you are a demonstrator, the directions are in the November Stampin Success magazine. I had a bunch of the Bride designer paper (retiring) left so I decided to use that for the background. I brayered over it with bashful blue ink and then made the ribbon rose to put in the center of the pretties kit flower (also retiring). It was a pretty easy card but looks like it was a lot of work.

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This is one more swap card from my downline meeting. This one was made by Sandy Alexander. She was my featured demo of the month in March. She used the Cupcake wheel in all different colors for the background. Very cute card!

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Last week was my friend Michelle's birthday so I took her to lunch and gave her one of the rag quilt purses I made with a couple goodies inside and she handed me a bag full of stamped goodies too! It felt like it was my birthday. Here are just a couple of the things she gave me. The first one is a tissue holder that is so adorable!

Here is the side view so you can see how it is wrapped about the travel size pack of tissues. She used the Wellness Wishes set on pg 60.

Here is another item she gave me. It is big card (like a whole sheet folded in half). You can use it for a card or a bag topper. It fits perfectly over the kraft bags you get with the white handles. You just cut a big slit in the top to go over the handles. For this card, Michelle used the new bird punch and the Big shot scallop square die. I am so lucky to have such sweet friends!

We had another birthday celebration at my house the other day….it was Sandy’s and Colleen’s birthdays this month so we had a double birthday bash. This framed art was Sandy’s gift to Colleen. It is just stunning.  I wish I could find some frames like this to copy the idea. Sandy used 2 of my favorite sets to create it too….Fifth Avenue Floral and Great Friend. I just love it . They both got some fabulous gifts so I will be sharing more pics in the next week.

PS….my surgery went very well and I am doing great. Thanks for all of the emails and prayers that many of you sent my way.

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This is one of the cards I did in my stamp clubs this month. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Parisian Breeze designer paper and will be so sad to see it go next month. All of the papers in that pack look great and make it so easy to throw together a quick card. This one takes only a couple of minutes. I should have fixed that ribbon before I took the picture so you could see the words. It says "Just thinking of you on your birthday!" The flower and pearl are from the pretties kit and the satin ribbon is in the Occasions mini.

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Hey everyone,

If you read my blog often, you have heard me talk about my group of friends that meets at my house every other Wednesday. It is all Stampin' Up demos in this area and we share ideas and we each bring projects to share ( that's called a shoebox swap). I started this group several years ago and it has saved me so much time because I get great ideas from these girls, plus the friendship and girl time is great also. We celebrated another birthday this week so I thought I would share some of the pics I took. It was Fairle's birthday and here are a couple of items she got.

This adorable gift was made by my good friend Colleen. She used our decor elements to decorate the jar and then filled it with candy and card stock shreds (in matching baja breeze) that were crimped first and then shredded . How cute is that? What a simple gift that can be reused too. That would be a great Teacher Appreciation gift! I am so going to copy that one!

These next 2 items were made by my good friend Lorrie. She always comes up with the cutest projects. She used the Heartfelt Thanks set and the Parisian Breeze dsp to make these cute notepads.

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Hey everyone,

It is time for this week’s Diva Coffee Break Design challenge…. this week’s challenge was to come up with a card using this design……

and here is what I came up with…..

I used the Crazy for Cupcakes set to create my card this week and  I cut out 3 extra cupcakes for the side buttons. I put glitter on each one but it is hard to see in the photo.  Make sure you check out the other diva designers here

Here is one more of Melissa’s gifts.This one was made by my friend Colleen. It is basically a larger card and she put in a swirly frame….very pretty.  The set on here is one of my new favorites…Friends 24-7.

This is another one of Melissa’s birthday gifts…I know you all want to be in our group now, huh? THis one was made by my good friend and downline Sandy Alexander. I really wish my birthday was coming up soon so I could get a whole bunch of presents like these! LOL!  We are very fortunate to have such a great group of demos in this area. There are a ton of us ( I know of at least 10 within 3 miles of my house) , but many of us are good friends and share a lot of ideas. There are 6 of us from this area who all earned the Stampin’ Up Hawaii trip that I am leaving for TOMORROW!!!! I can’t wait!! I am setting up my blog to post a few times while I am gone but I will post pics from Hawaii when I return.