Happy March!!

Where to start? There are several new things for the month of March from Stampin' Up!

The First big announcement is the introduction of polymer stamps.  You can watch a quick video with information about polymer stamps here.

And the special for March and April is Sent with Love Bundle

From now until April 30th you can puchase the exclusive Sent with Love Stamp Set  with Love Designer Series Paper.  This product suite offers an array of travel-themed projects.  

And finally, the newest Best Of Stamp set for March is a flower theme!

I am so glad to see my favorite hydrangea from a few years ago in this set!!

Enjoy your weekend!

Easter Cards

Good Morning,

I hope that everyone is enjoying their vacation week.  I have pre-scheduled this post and am actually in Cozumel today!  I hope I am enjoying the sun!  LOL

This is an upcoming card set that I have designed using the Everybunny stamp set from the big catalog and the new spring designer paper from the spring mini catalog.

I love this set.  Stay tuned for more information!

I will be offering a watercolor class in conjunction with this set to show the different ways to watercolor!

I am offering the directions for these cards for $2.  The directions have the list of supplies and all the cutting and assembly instructions for these 5 cards.

2.00 USD

Option 1 $2.00 USD Option 2 $2.00 USD Option 3 $2.00 USD

Thinking of You Card

I just love this simple but elegant Thinking of You card that one of my friends Kathi MacFadden made on Wednesday.

 I love melon mambo and pool party together!  To me it just says spring or refreshing.

Kathi stamped the Just Thinking stamp in Melon Mambo on whisper white twice.  She cut out the middle circle to raiser up the Thinking of you and give the card some dimension.  She added a large rhinestone to the center of the image for just a little bling!!  She cut the Thinking of YOu out using the Window Frames Framelits.

The designer paper is the Pool Party designer paper from the in-color stack. This is mounted on Whisper White and a Melon Mambo card base.  She added a piece of melon mambo ribbon for another splash of pink.

I love this card!!  Well done Kathi!

More Amore Cards - Technostamper challenge

Good Morning!  I am sharing another Valentine today.  This is one that I designed for Mary Jo's Sketch Challenge at www.technostamper.com

I have missed doing Mary Jo's weekly challenges, so I am going to get back into doing her challenges again.  Sketch challenges are my favorite type of challenge.

Here is Mary Jo's sketch for this week.

I used my favorite shade of blue - Baja Breeze with very vanilla.  I used a piece of the More Amore designer paper and the hearts embosslit to cut and emboss small hearts.  I used my favorite embellishment, the pearl rhinestones.

Don't forget to check out what my other Stampin' Friends have made with Mary Jo's sketch.

Valentine's Ideas

The past couple of days, I have been in a Valentine's frame of mind...  It is just a little under two weeks away!

What are you doing for your special Valentine?

I have designed a couple of Valentine's cards which I will showcase over the next couple of days.

Also, Friday night is my Bring Your own project night and I will have these Valentine's ready to go as well as the Valentine's made with the Artisan Embellishment kit.

I just love this romantic card made with the doily and laser cut heart from the More Amore designer paper collection.

  I embossed a piece of vanilla card stock added 3 pieces of More Amore designer paper to fill in the center of the card. 

 I added a paper doily and then cut  two heart using the Hearts a Flutter framelit.  I then embossed the two hearts and added a heart cut from the red shimmer paper.

To finish off the card I addd a couple of hearts cut from the More Amore designer paper to the inside of the card.

Enjoy,

Best of Love Sets

Just in time for Valentine's Day is the Best of Love collection! How perfect is this for romantic cards...whether they are Valentines, weddings, or anniversaries!

Each month during 2013 Stampin' Up! is releasing a stamp set that is a compilation of the best of different stampin' categories.  All this to celebrate Stampin' Up!'s 25th Birthday!!

Here is the February set:

I know that several of these images were my favorite for Valentines or Anniversary cards!!

And if you collect all 12 of the "Best of" stamp sets to celebrate Stampin' up!'s 25th birthday, you will receive a FREE stamp set of your choice.

YOu can see more information here.

If you missed the information for January - you can see that here.

Enjoy your weekend!

Happy 25th Birthday Stampin' UP!

Happy 25th Birthday Stampin' Up!

As part of our 25-year anniversary celebration, we're bringing back some of our favorite stamp images from the last quarter century and combining them into 12 sets, which will release-one set per month-during 2013. Even better, along with some great classic images, each "Best of" set will also include a never-before-seen image!

• Each best of stamp set will include 3-5 images, including a never-before seen image, and will be priced at $14.95.
• While we are releasing just one Best of stamp set per month (with a new theme each month), all of the Best of sets will be available until March 31, 2014.
• All Best of stamp sets are available in Clear-Mount only.

While we are releasing just one Best of stamp set per month, all of the Best of sets will be available until March 31, 2014.

As a special incentive to collect the Best of stamps, we're including a collector's card and 25-year proof of purchase sticker with every Best of set. Collect six stickers, and send it in to redeem a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Free sets must be redeemed no later than April 30, 2014.

Here are the sets that have been released so far. I will add the new set each month!

March - Best of Flowers

February - Best of Love

January - Best of Birthdays

Don't forget to save your proof of purchase!!

February

Happy 25th Birthday Stampin' UP!!

 Happy 25th Birthday Stampin' UP!!  What a great company!  As always, Stampin' Up! is celebrating this milestone with another great offer for all of you, our customers!

As part of our 25-year anniversary celebration, we're bringing back some of our favorite stamp images from the last quarter century and combining them into 12 sets, which will release-one set per month-during 2013. Even better, along with some great classic images, each "Best of" set will also include a never-before-seen image!

You can see the details and images here! 

• Each best of stamp set will include 3-5 images, including a never-before seen image, and will be priced at $14.95.
• While we are releasing just one Best of stamp set per month (with a new theme each month), all of the Best of sets will be available until March 31, 2014.
• All Best of stamp sets are available in Clear-Mount only.

While we are releasing just one Best of stamp set per month, all of the Best of sets will be available until March 31, 2014.

As a special incentive to collect the Best of stamps, starting in February we're including a collector's card and 25-year proof of purchase sticker with every Best of set. Collect six stickers, and send it in to redeem a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Free sets must be redeemed no later than April 30, 2014.

I can't wait to collect my Best Of Stamp Sets!!

More pics from Leadership!!

As promised here are a few more pictures from Leadership!!  What a great time we all had!  There were 3 other members of my team that went with me to Orlando.

Jeanne Nielsen, Margaret Galvez, and Laura Perez.  We had such a good time!!

Jeanne and I were on the same flight and had a great time catching up!  We had a two hour lay over in Atlanta and finished up our swaps!!  What else would you do on a layover??

This is Margaret Galvez and me outside the convention center in Orlando.  And yes it was unusually warm in Orlando - in the 80's each day.  Not that we were outside much!

Since Stampin' Up! is celebrating their 25th Birthday, there were lots of give aways!!.

This is our friend Angela Carter - a demo from Southbridge, MA that we have all come to love!!  Angela has her own special dance when they give away prizes!  She is welcome in our group anytime!! 

Friday night's presentation was a pajama party.  After spending Friday at  the convention center, we all went back to our room and changed into PJs...  Jeanne won a gift from the prize patrol that night!!

Below are more pictures from the "Boards".  These are product designs and ideas that SU posts for the new stamp sets from the mini catalog!

Enjoy!!  The pictures don't do them justice.  This is one of my favorite part of Stampin' Up! events!