I just finished going through all my pictures from convention and was reminded of all the fun looking things to try and make over the next few months. There are always so many amazing ideas, business tips, and sneak peeks (you might even spot one or two in the photos below ;)) . I can’t…
I’m back from a trip to Salt Lake City for the 2010 Stampin’ Up! convention with my Mom and upline, Kathy, my dad, and my son. I love the chance to go meet other demonstrators, including folks whose names I’ve seen on emails but now I got to meet in person, hang out with friends,…
Since I’m pretty new to the Bay area, I recently decided to start up a Meetup group as a way to meet new folks and find some other like-minded crafty people. Today was our first meetup, and so I planned a couple cards for us to work on over pie at Marie Callendars. Between work…
While I sit here and try to not stare at the front door waiting for the UPS guy to show up with my new catalog and pre-order items, I thought I would share the great deal that is being offered in June for joining Stampin’ Up! – the $99 Starter kit that includes sneak peek…
Its that time of year again when we have to bid a fond farewell to many favorite stamps and accessories. This year is even bigger than ever with the big Color Renovation happening, lots of accessories, paper, and ink are retiring to make way for the exciting new colors coming on July 1st. Check out…
So, the May scrapbooking promotion was the kick in the pants I needed to commit to getting the rough type alphabet stamp set. I loved the idea of a high quality clear mount alphabet but was initially on the fence. Well, the incentive of free designer brads was enough for me to just go for…
A few weeks back, the Royal Blog Tour kicked off with a huge number of blogs sharing some fantastic projects. While I was browsing, I entered my name into a few blog candy drawings and much to my excitement, I actually won one! The lovely Peggy Outen had some fabulous projects and sent me the Chit…
I just saw that Stampin’ Up! has added even more fabulous retired items to the online clearance rack. Some of these items are such amazing deals at up to 60% off that I had to quickly share them with you. Check out all the great deals online. I’ll be back again soon with more project…
Well, May is here and that means that the new Summer Mini has been released. Boy is it a doozy this time! With something for everyone, there are great products for scrapbooking, vintage, new punches, awesome new accessories, papers, stamps and more. As a bit of a punch junkie, one of the items I had to…
Oh my goodness! Can you believe it is April 30th already? Where has the time gone? Well, I had to post my last card from the “traveling with limited crafting supplies” series in honor of this being the last day of the Occasions Mini Catalog since everything but the base cardstock are from the mini –…
Here is another in my series of cards I made with limited supplies. Coming this Saturday, the new Summer Mini catalog starts up and in there is some great new stamps, accessories, and designer paper. One of the great papers is this new Travel Journal paper. It is perfect for making cards and scrapbook pages…
Wow, its been a while since I posted. I have to admit, I’ve had lots of intention, even taking pictures of cards I’ve made but yet I never had a chance to post. Well, today is the day to actually get pictures off my camera and up online! Today’s card is one I made a…