Time FLYs when you are having fun!!

Wow!!  It has been a whole year. These days are flying by with house work, homeschooling and STAMPING. There are a lot of new products in our catalog and a whole lot of AWESOME coming. I am excited to bring it all to you! Check out our new catalogs.  The Occasions catalog for the spring and our Sale-a-Bration catalog.  If you remember during January 3-March 31, 2018 for every $50 you buy you can get a FREE Sale-a-Bration item!!  This year you can even earn bigger items with pretax purchases of $100.  There are so many wonderful things going  on this year for Stampin' Up's 30th year!!  (I have been stamping with them at least since the year 2000!!) So excited to share this all with you!  

It is here!

I love a new catalog and the Occasions catalog has come out for the spring!  It has Valentines Day, Easter, Weddings, Babies and Father's day stamp sets!  Flower sets and bug sets are just a few of the really creative sets we have this spring!  Follow this link to see all the goodness!  Also, this is the most wonderful time of the year because it is Sell-A-Bration!  When you buy $50 of product you get a free item from the Sell-a-Bration catalog!  There are so many different items you can choose from!
Please let me know if I can get you a copy!  Hope to see you here soon!

UNBoxing!

I made my FIRST VIDEO!  I wanted to share some of the new products I ordered from the new Stampin' Up Catalog.  It went live June 1st and I finally got to place my order!  It has some amazing items in it and I hope this is just the first of many videos that I make for you.  The stamps and dies I unbox will make some great cards. I can't wait to show you how to make them!  Thanks for stopping by and I will post soon!

Early Espresso makes me happy!

I don't know if I have ever told you one of my favorite things about Stampin' Up!  I love how the colors all go together.  The inks and the papers and the ribbons and the buttons all match each other!  You can create so many amazing things with color because the colors are in color collections!! I made these two cards last week with my new favorite combination, Early Espresso and Daffodil Delight.

Ok...if this post wasn't about color I would be talking about this adorable stamp set!
See it here and yes there is a matching die cut

EEEEEEeeeeek!  I think this is the sweetest baby stamp!

The colors from the Stampin' UP Annual Catalog (click on the right side column and peruse!) can make a plain project into a perfect project!  On the top card the Early Espresso ink, baker's twine and paper from the Neutrals Collection (page 183) work with the Daffodil Delight from the Brights collection (page 180).  In the bottom card the Daffodil Delight shows through not only with paper but with the candy dots and the Designer Series Paper.  I love the way it all pulls together.  It is so helpful, especially for the little girl I was, who still can't match my clothes!!   

An embossers dream!

This week has some amazing weekly deals if you want to emboss!  Three different embossing folders are on sale.  If you have a Big Shot or a Texture Boutique you can create wonderful textures on your projects!  Having the correct tools for your project is important and does not have to break the bank! The Texture Boutique is only 29.95 and there are so many embossing folders to use with it.  Please remember that if you spend more than $50.00 during the month of March you get a FREE gift from the Stampin' Up Sale-a-bration catalog!  If you need to see all the fun please click on the catalogs on my sidebar!

What a ride!

Stampin' Up has been a part of my life for at least 12 years!!  I have been stamping with friends at people's houses and creating cards and scrapbooks for a long time.  In the last couple of months, I have had a real desire to step up my game and do more with my business!  I have had some parties and made some sales and I am thrilled!  I have learned a couple of things I would like to share.  First, I can do this.  Second, it is fun!  

If you have wanted to create cards, keepsakes, recipe books, family heirlooms, gifts to wow or gift wrapping to impress, please consider getting together with me for a workshop.  I would love to help you create something special with your friends.  I am going to step up my game blogging as well!  

Treatsies!!

Is that a word?  These are the treatsies we are giving out for Valentines' day this Saturday.

 While you may be thinking that is great but I can't get all the stuff and make those cute things by Saturday but I would like for you to think BIG!  You can do this for Thank you's, Birthday's, team way to go's or thinking of you treats.  If you work in an office these would be great for secretaries day or for your child's teacher.  The possibilities are endless*!  I am going to show you how quick and easy they are to make.  I made 40 of them in under 2 hours.  First, from my stampin' up website you will need these cellophane bags, then this punch and finally this punch.  It is always my goal to make a video but until then here are the directions in pictures.  First, fill your bags with M&M's.

pray that the bag you buy has not been smashed a lot so your m&m's aren't broken

then you seal the bag at the top with the built in adhesive strip.  Then punch all the hearts you need out of Cherry Cobbler cardstock from Stampin' Up.  I used this stamp set called A Round Array

I really love how it has a whole lot of sentiments and pretties.  One of the most wonderful parts of Stampin' Up is how the products work together.  The 7/8 scallop punch fits right over these stamp impressions and cuts them out easily!!

Cherry Cobbler ink 

Finally, quick as a wink, staple your heart over the bag and use one of these to put your stamped image over the staple to cover it up and make it real cute!!

These are really cute and easy to make up and hand out to friends* all about your day!  Who doesn't like a treatsie?!

* coworkers, party guests, baby shower favors, graduation, 4th of July picnic buddies, teammates...