3 specials for May

Stampin' Up! is celebrating National Scrapbooking Month by giving us 3 specials for May.

Special number 1   Buy three packs of Designer Series Paper including Speciality Designer Series paper or 12x12 textured card stock and get one FREE.

Special number 2  Become a demonstrator for only $75 with a limited time scrapbooking Starter Kit.

Special number 3  Buy the new Jumble Alphabet stamp set, a sneak peek from the upcoming 2009-2010 Idea Book and Catalog at 20% off.  This is a set of 52 double mounted upper and lower case alphabet stamps. Item #115199 Regular price $43.95   Sale price $35.16

Have a honey of a day!

My days have been so busy with so many things.  I have been stampin' just not posting.  

So sorry.

Well today I found a card called a spring card over at Dawn's Stamping Studio.  You will have to check her archives and go to January 16th or 17th.  So cute.  I pulled out my Juntos Designer Series Paper available in the SU! Spanish Catalog and tried my hand at one.  It took me several tries to get everything straight and I think I might need a bit more practice.  I've always been more inclined to estimate than measure but I like it just the same.

And a little teaser ...  SU! is having a special in May.  Buy 3 packs of 12x12 paper, textured, Designer Series etc. and get a 4th pack free. You could pick up a pack of this beautiful paper for free!!!    Remember you didn't hear it from me, at least not till May 1st!

Hostess Technique club next Tuesday!

Our monthly club meets next Tuesday and I thought I would give you a small sneak peek of the technique we are doing.  It is called Craft Smoosh.  I love the name.  This is just a small portion of the front of the card.  Sorry for the blurry photo, I am starting to think it is not the camera it is the photographer.

Another guest stamper

Jean N is the new guest stamper and she does beautiful work.  She has a real way with watercoloring.  She says she is going to give me "lessons".  Jean and I walk a mile each day and usually talk about stampin', it makes the time go very fast.  Thanks Jean for sharing your beautiful card with all of us.

It uses Naturals Ivory as the base with layers of Kraft and Baja Breeze.  She used the SU! watercolor pencils to color the bunnies and butterflies and a piece of twill across the back.  I love the extra added touch to the inside.  Keeps one from stampin' the sentiment crooked or otherwise messing up a really nice card.

Easter is coming

Where does my time go?  I think I would have more time to stamp if I had a full time job!!   Here is a pic of two Easter treat bags I made for two special people.  Have 10 more to make by Thursday.  The handle is punched out with the Scallop Oval punch and then used as the layer behind the Easter greeting. I filled a small SU! cello bag with jelly beans tied with coordinating ribbon and it is stinkin' cute if I do say so myself.  Gotta love that Big Shot, cut out all four Top Note Dies at the same time, what a timesaver. 

Welcome Kaylee

I have decided to have guest stampers on my blog and who better to start with then my daughter Kaylee.  Kaylee is the reason I started stampin' so all of this is her fault.  Kaylee makes cards to supplement her income while she is studying photography at Northern Kentucky University.  She hopes to become a pet photographer when she is finished at NKU.  So without further adieu, here are two of Kaylee's latest cards.

Do you want to be a guest stamper?  Send me your cards using all Stampin' Up! products in an email and you can take a turn being featured as a guest stamper.

3x3 mini joyfold baby cards

While taking a shower last night this idea popped into my head and I actually remembered it later!!!   I love making the joy fold cards and thought they would be even cuter in miniature.  Yep, I was right.  These cards fit in a 3x3 envelope and open in a unique way.  The little part opens to the right and the larger part opens to the left.  The baby face is from All in the Family stamp set and the adorable bunny is from the Forest Friends stamp set found in the Occasion Mini that is available starting on April 1st. 

Don't have an Occasion Mini catalog?  Better contact me today, this mini is full of new stamp sets, a new scallop oval punch, new window sheets, new Designer Series Paper and new Corduroy Brads.  One of the best minis I have seen !!  Of course I saw this about all of the minis but this one is really something else.