Pup Sympathy

It's been one month without our little Katy pup

Life goes on, but her memory lingers still. 

We purchased a memorial slate plaque, and the day before she passed we imprinted her paw into a mold and added some mosaic tiles to make it pretty

As soon as our grandkids heard about Katy's passing, they wanted to make us some "cards" - these are so precious and come from their hearts. They will be placed in our photo album along with all of Katy's "lasts" photos.

Katy's last walk - she only made it down two driveways and then had to be carried back

The day before she passed she made it outside to the deck and just gazed toward the neighbors backyard. Probably looking for Dexter, the black lab, who she loved to run the fence with. Joyful barking all the way!

She had visitors:

Our daughter Julie & Josh came to say goodbye

And our special neighbor, Paddy, who has puppy-sat for us multiple times, and just loves her so much. Paddy also owns one of Lucy's puppies!

My Tuesday Stampers and my downline team love on all of our dogs every time they come, but I could say "Bev's coming" and she would just wait & wait until she showed up.

This photo was taken on her last day, she was so weak and tiny, down to 5.4#

One thing that Katy loved to do (and all of our dogs) was to sit on the back of the couch and look outside.

We had her for three weeks after she was diagnosed, and cherished every single moment. We hated giving her these treatments to flush her kidneys, but we did it (plus gave her meds) until we could tell it was no longer helping and she wouldn't eat.

Katy, you will live on in our hearts forever!

Thank you, everyone, who sent cards and words of encouragement this past month

There are two new kits available for purchase - kits are an amazing way to craft with friends or craft on the go.

Check them out HERE

Heirloom Arrangements #165007 $23

DETAILS
- Makes 8 cards: 1 each of 8 designs
- Folded card size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" 
- Colors: Basic Black, Blueberry Bushel, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Pretty Peacock

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
- Heirloom Arrangements Photopolymer Stamp Set
- Clear stamp block
- Pecan Pie Classic Stampin’ Spot
- Basic instructions
- 8 printed envelopes
- Precut elements 
- Specialty vellum
- Adhesive
- A 9-7/8" x 6-1/2" x 2-3/4" printed box for storage or crafting on the go

KITS COLLECTION
- Includes predesigned projects that come in a range of project types.
- Is perfect for new crafters, busy crafters, or crafters who want quick and easy projects.

So Much To Celebrate  #165011 $14.00

DETAILS
- Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs
- 2 folded card sizes
- 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" 6 cards
- 6" x 3"  3 cards
- Sentiments printed in Dutch, English, French, and German 
- Colors: Balmy Blue, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Petal Pink, Pumpkin Pie

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
- Step-by-step instructions
- 9 printed envelopes
- Puffy stickers
- Gold foil
- Adhesive
- A 9-7/8" x 6-1/2" x 2-3/4"  printed box for storage or crafting on the go

KITS COLLECTION
- Includes predesigned projects that come in a range of project types.
- Is perfect for new crafters, busy crafters, or crafters who want quick and easy projects.

Today is the last day of Sale a bration! Have you placed your order yet to get some free product? Don't wake tomorrow and wish you had placed your order and gotten free products.

There is also some new product available with a qualifying purchase - these products are pulled from our current inventory and you might be more interested in these. Especially the Brushed Brass Butterflies - these are a great addition to any card

Get your order in before it is too late

AND consider purchasing the starter kit - It's the best deal out there with EXTRA benefits during SALE A BRATION. Today is also the last day to take advantage of the starter kit deal.

Here are the details:

OPTION 1:

For $99 plus tax (shipping is always free on Starter Kits), you get to choose $125.00 worth of your choice of products

PLUS: you get TWO sets of STAMPIN' WRITE MARKERS - Each set has 10 markers and you get to choose the color families that you want, they come in Subtles, Brights, Neutrals & Regals. Each set of markers has a value of $35

ALSO you get a stamp set called HANDMADE DESIGNS (see attachment) which has a value of $21

This is the BEST DEAL with a total value of $216.00 for only $99 + tax

However there is a second option

If you do not want the Stampin' Write Markers & the exclusive stamp set you can get the same deal of $99 and get the $125 in product PLUS an added $30 in product bringing it to $155 in product for only $99 plus tax.

One thing to take note of ... you do not get the SAB FREE products in the Starter Kit, but you can place an order after you purchase the starter kit and get free product for every $60 spent.

Current Catalogs                    

           You can also take advantage of the on line exclusive products at my online store.

 Just click HERE to check out all of the online exclusive items available

Click HERE to see a PDF of the January to April catalog 

However if you want a copy in your hands please contact me HERE

Click HERE to view the PDF of the Sale-a-bration brochure

Click HERE to view the PDF of the Scrapbooking Brochure 

Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin before March 10th to receive the March Paper Pumpkin Kit

If you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber you can also purchase the add-on die set SPRING IS IN THE AIR for only $12 and it will coordinate with the January, February & March Paper Pumpkin Kits

Click HERE to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

Shop the Clearance Rack - Save up to 60%

Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin HERE

Join Christi's Creative Crew

Click HERE to shop with me

 

PLEASE USE THIS HOSTESS CODE 

WHEN PLACING YOUR ON LINE ORDER

 CUNN6M34

Christi Waite, Christi's Creative Crew

christiwaite@gmail.com

christicreativecrew.blogspot.com

 

Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 

Have an amazing day!

Christi

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More Wildflower Birthday

Guess I have been on a mission to make as many pretty cards as I can using the WILDFLOWER BIRTHDAY Designer Paper

The hardest part for me has been the fact that I love the pretty in pink gingham print so much that I run out. I tell my ladies "it's just paper" but, my goodness, my favorite prints seem to be back to back and I cannot choose which card to make with which print. The "banner" comes from the sheet with the sections on them and of course the large floral spray comes from the ephemera sheet. (not shown in the photo)

Card  #1 was inspired by Brian King. Don't you just love that large spray of flowers? It makes me think of the bouquets that our grandson, Sawyer, loves to bring to us.

This Peach Pie color print is the backside of all of the sectioned pieces so I have to decide which sections I am willing to sacrifice to make a card with this print. I adjusted the size of my card to 5-1/2" x 4" to be able to get as many cards from the 12x12 sheet that I could without compromising all of the sections on the opposite side. I ran out of leaves in the punched out ephemera so I pulled out my Magnolia Mood stamp set and stamped the small flower with leaves in Basic Gray onto Basic White card stock and then colored it in with a light Old Olive Stampin' Blend. The leaves were the perfect size, and look like they belong with this set. Update: Magnolia Mood Stamp set is gone but you can still get the dies on the last chance list.

This card was inspired by one of our German demonstrators  

For card #3 the banners are cut from 2 different prints using the STYLISH SHAPES DIES, and the largest circle from the same die set. It was inspired by Amy Koenders and I love how she inspired me to stamp the words directly onto the printed DSP.

This smaller spray of flowers was fussy cut from one of the tags that are included in the sections sheet. I love to fussy cut so I cut out the sprays for my Tuesday stampers, and the size of the DSP is the flip side of  another one of the sectioned pieces. Like I said - I have to decide which section I am willing to sacrifice for another card. I chose to use the die from UNBOUNDED LOVE and the words from HOPE YOU KNOW. Some Twisted Gold Twine is the perfect addition because it ties in the gold foil that is wrapped around the flower stems. Inspired by a card I saw on FB. I chose to use some of the Peach Pie Ribbon instead of card stock.

The pretty layered cake image is also another section from the sheet that has all of the section pieces and I cut it out with the scalloped rectangle from the retired COLOR & CONTOUR dies. "Celebrate" comes from UNBOUNDED LOVE, and the 1/2" strip of the gold foil polka dots on Pretty in Pink is from another piece from the sectioned sheet. Some PARTY DOTS added on the cake decorations are the perfect touch and it was inspired by Candy but pinned by someone else on Pinterest so I do not have a blog post to link you to.

Current Catalogs                    

           You can also take advantage of the on line exclusive products at my online store.

 Just click HERE to check out all of the online exclusive items available

Click HERE to see a PDF of the January to April catalog 

However if you want a copy in your hands please contact me HERE

Click HERE to view the PDF of the Sale-a-bration brochure

Click HERE to view the PDF of the Scrapbooking Brochure 

Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin before March 10th to receive the March Paper Pumpkin Kit

If you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber you can also purchase the add-on die set SPRING IS IN THE AIR for only $12 and it will coordinate with the January, February & March Paper Pumpkin Kits

Click HERE to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

Shop the Clearance Rack - Save up to 60%

Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin HERE

Join Christi's Creative Crew

Click HERE to shop with me

 

PLEASE USE THIS HOSTESS CODE 

WHEN PLACING YOUR ON LINE ORDER

 CUNN6M34

Christi Waite, Christi's Creative Crew

christiwaite@gmail.com

christicreativecrew.blogspot.com

 

Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 

Have an amazing day!

Christi

 

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Wildflower Birthday

The Beautiful WILDFLOWER BIRTHDAY Designer Paper has been so much fun to work with. The colors are absolutely gorgeous in the subtle color family. Soft greens and pinks, peaches and a touch of blue!!

It comes with this sheet of sections that you can choose to use for tags or easy card fronts. Or you can use the Peach Pie design on the opposite side

There is also 2 sheets of punched out ephemera but I don't have a photo of that sheet, however you will see these pieces used on the cards

The cake slice is one of the ephemera's and the front piece is one cut from the multi-sectioned sheet. "Make a Wish" is stamped with Versa Mark and heat embossed with gold onto Basic White then cut out with a banner from Nested Essentials. it was inspired by Amy

This next card was inspired by Brian King

This card front is also from the multi-sectioned sheet, then I added the "46" for our daughter's April birthday card. The tiny little flowers popped up are from the ephemera sheet and I added some gold foil dots. 

This is a fun fold z-card. The birthday cake is one from the ephemera sheet, with the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" from SIMPLY SAID. Just a few PARTY DOTS add so much to the total look, and it was inspired by Brenda

This fun card front was cut 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 then cut corner to corner, and then corner to corner again, flipping two of the sections over before attaching them to the Soft Sea Foam piece that measures 4 x 5-1/4.

It was inspired by Mary Deatherage

I used the SIMPLY SAID Stamp Set again for the "LET'S CELEBRATE", and again some Party Dots. The gold foil banner and the large ephemera comes from the ephemera sheet. It was inspired by Jaimie. I keep thinking that if I were to make more cards like this I probably would dry emboss the card base front, That is probably what tripped me up.

The Soft Sea Foam DSP is the opposite side of the floral. I love it, because I could cut out the Arch from EVERYDAY ARCHES and then just flip the desire paper over.  Once again the cake slice comes from the ephemera sheet, and I used Party Dots. It was inspired by Peggy Noe. When I made this card I did not have the BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Stamp Set so I compromised and used THROUGHOUT THE YEAR for the "HAPPY" - There is always a way to change things up.

Super easy card using a large ephemera and a circle from SPOTLIGHT ON NATURE. The "happy birthday from ROUND WE GO was heat embossed with white embossing powder onto Basic Black card stock using Versa Mark.  This card was inspired by Laurie Bradshaw

This last card also uses a large ephemera along with a gold foil sprig from that same ephemera sheet. The HBD for "Happy BirthDay" was cut from Basic White card stock using the MINI ALPHABET DIES, then glued onto some gold foil and fussy cut to give it a gold border. The PLASTER PAINTING 3D embossing folder is also a new product. This time instead of using Party Dots I used the FREE SAB Sequins, and some GOLD TWISTED THREAD.  It was inspired by Jaimie

I hope you are inspired to purchase some of this beautiful designer paper by seeing these samples.

There are two new kits available for purchase - kits are an amazing way to craft with friends or craft on the go.

Check them out HERE

Heirloom Arrangements #165007 $23

DETAILS
- Makes 8 cards: 1 each of 8 designs
- Folded card size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" 
- Colors: Basic Black, Blueberry Bushel, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Pretty Peacock

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
- Heirloom Arrangements Photopolymer Stamp Set
- Clear stamp block
- Pecan Pie Classic Stampin’ Spot
- Basic instructions
- 8 printed envelopes
- Precut elements 
- Specialty vellum
- Adhesive
- A 9-7/8" x 6-1/2" x 2-3/4" printed box for storage or crafting on the go

KITS COLLECTION
- Includes predesigned projects that come in a range of project types.
- Is perfect for new crafters, busy crafters, or crafters who want quick and easy projects.

So Much To Celebrate  #165011 $14.00

DETAILS
- Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs
- 2 folded card sizes
- 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" 6 cards
- 6" x 3"  3 cards
- Sentiments printed in Dutch, English, French, and German 
- Colors: Balmy Blue, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Petal Pink, Pumpkin Pie

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
- Step-by-step instructions
- 9 printed envelopes
- Puffy stickers
- Gold foil
- Adhesive
- A 9-7/8" x 6-1/2" x 2-3/4"  printed box for storage or crafting on the go

KITS COLLECTION
- Includes predesigned projects that come in a range of project types.
- Is perfect for new crafters, busy crafters, or crafters who want quick and easy projects.

Sale a bration is only 2 days away from ending! Have you placed your order yet to get some free product?

There is also some new product available with a qualifying purchase - these products are pulled from our current inventory and you might be more interested in these. Especially the Brushed Brass Butterflies - these are a great addition to any card

Get your order in before it is too late

AND consider purchasing the starter kit - It's the best deal out there with EXTRA benefits during SALE A BRATION

Here are the details:

OPTION 1:

For $99 plus tax (shipping is always free on Starter Kits), you get to choose $125.00 worth of your choice of products

PLUS: you get TWO sets of STAMPIN' WRITE MARKERS - Each set has 10 markers and you get to choose the color families that you want, they come in Subtles, Brights, Neutrals & Regals. Each set of markers has a value of $35

ALSO you get a stamp set called HANDMADE DESIGNS (see attachment) which has a value of $21

This is the BEST DEAL with a total value of $216.00 for only $99 + tax

However there is a second option

If you do not want the Stampin' Write Markers & the exclusive stamp set you can get the same deal of $99 and get the $125 in product PLUS an added $30 in product bringing it to $155 in product for only $99 plus tax.

One thing to take note of ... you do not get the SAB FREE products in the Starter Kit, but you can place an order after you purchase the starter kit and get free product for every $60 spent.

Current Catalogs                    

           You can also take advantage of the on line exclusive products at my online store.

 Just click HERE to check out all of the online exclusive items available

Click HERE to see a PDF of the January to April catalog 

However if you want a copy in your hands please contact me HERE

Click HERE to view the PDF of the Sale-a-bration brochure

Click HERE to view the PDF of the Scrapbooking Brochure 

Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin before March 10th to receive the March Paper Pumpkin Kit

If you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber you can also purchase the add-on die set SPRING IS IN THE AIR for only $12 and it will coordinate with the January, February & March Paper Pumpkin Kits

Click HERE to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

Shop the Clearance Rack - Save up to 60%

Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin HERE

Join Christi's Creative Crew

Click HERE to shop with me

 

PLEASE USE THIS HOSTESS CODE 

WHEN PLACING YOUR ON LINE ORDER

CUNN6M34

Christi Waite, Christi's Creative Crew

christiwaite@gmail.com

christicreativecrew.blogspot.com

 

Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 

Have an amazing day!

Christi

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