We have winners!!

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who placed an order with me during my Special Birthday Week!  I would have liked to see more of you grab onto this deal of free shipping but I am thankful none the less because you all are what makes my business successful.
The winner of bag #1 is Patty G!

And the winner of bag #2 is Bev A!

Congratulations Ladies!! And thank you so much for your orders!!

My goal to EARN the Incentive trip is pretty much on target, and your orders are a big part of my success!! Thank you so much!!

Here are some cards that we are making at the March Stamp a Stack classes using these stamp sets

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Thanks for stopping by!

Christi

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Red Hot Challenge

 

This is the card that we made at one of the classes I attended at Glenda's

She showed us how to use the brown packaging paper that arrives in our

Stampin' Up! boxes with our orders and turn them into beautiful Fall leaves

by using the new Autumn Accents Die #127812 $21.95 found in the Holiday Mini

then sponging them and spritzing them with some Champagne Shimmer Mist.

So realistic I had someone ask if I used real leaves on my card.

This card also features the NEW Brushed Bronze Buttons #127833 $6.95

At our October Down Line meeting Glenda shared with the group this same 

technique and we took some paper leaves home from Glenda's stash and were

told to go home and create something with them.

Can you say OVER ACHIEVER??

Here is a close up of each one...

 I love the little Champagne Glimmer Paper on the acorn

One more that didn't make it to the group picture...
It is for a young gal at church who had surgery on her back for scoliosis.

   As I am sponging all my leaves my Grid Paper started to look like this...

 and I thought "how pretty, but why waste it on plain grid paper"

So I laid down a sheet of Very Vanilla Card Stock and started 

sponging the rest of my leaves and this is what it looked like

when I was done...

pretty cool, huh!!??

So I made a card with it!!

I love when that happens!!

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Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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They're BAACCKKK!!!

When deciding what to title this post I thought I could call it "Following a Rabbit Trail" but I settled on "They're BAACCKK!!" because a couple weeks ago my play day pals Rachel and Marla were able to pop in for a few hours of stamping play time.  We all realized how much we missed our regularly scheduled play stamping days.
Hoping they will start coming back on a regularly scheduled date
Which would be TODAY!!!

 I showed them this project that I was working on inspired by the box shown in the Stampin' Up! Catalog on page 181.  Check out this video on on how to make this box.

So Rachel started coloring in all the cute coffee cups and Marla 

attached them after I tied the ribbon.  I normally do my craft sale projects in 12's so 

I automatically stamped 12 of the tags only to realize that I only had enough coffee

 packets to fill 9 boxes, therefore, we had 3 tags left over.  What to do?  

Well, I think they look perfect on this little 3x3 card don't you?

 Next project... I asked them to help me decide how to decorate/design 

a label or tag for some lotion bottles for the craft sales.

 This is  Rachel showing off all the coloring that she and Marla did and then
she added the "bling", (Dazzling Details and some ribbon).
Here's the Rabbit Trail...
When I add ribbon to my cards I usually use CRYSTAL EFFECTS #101055 $6.25.
It is an amazing glue (among other things).
We were singing the praises of how much we liked Crystal Effects and I was
saying that I especially like it when I add a large bow -
like on this card...(inspired by Terry Blais)

 It really helps to keep the bow from falling off.

At this point Marla said "ooohh I have some Pumpkin Pie ribbon like that"

HMMM...so do I

Since the GREETING CARD KIDS Stamp Set was sitting there from making
the lotion tags we thought "why not use this stamp set and use the same layout"

 VOILA!!

I had enough ribbon to make 12 cards... so we did!!

 Thanks to my friend Sue who was loaning me the
GREETING CARD KIDS stamp set #119887 $20.95 Wood Mount or
#120633 $15.95 Clear Mount
so we could make such fun things on our play day.
The sentiment is from GRATEFUL GREETINGS

And you know me, I am very GRATEFUL for my play day gals

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Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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December Stamp A Stack Part 4

Whew! The final two cards we made at this months Stamp A Stack Class...

CARD #7


MENU:
SS: Lovely As A Tree, Christmas Punch, Season Of Joy
CS: Pear Pizzazz, Real Red, WW
INK: Real Red, Pear Pizzazz
PUNCH: Wide Oval
Accessories: Lots of Tags Embosslit, Petals a Plenty EF, Big Shot, Dimensionals
Thanks to: Karen Graff-Povis

CARD #8

MENU:
SS: Grateful Greetings, Stitched Stockings
CS: Garden Green, WW, Silver Glitter
INK: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler
PUNCH: Stocking Builder
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Scallop Dot Ribbon, Tasteful Trim XL Die, Big Shot, Stripes EF, Basic Rhinestones, Cherry Cobbler/White Bakers Twine
Thanks to: LeeAnn Greff

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Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Stampin' Queen Sketch Challenge #10

It's Thursday and another chance to play with the Stamping Queens!

Here is the sketch we had to work with...

And here is my take on it...

MENU:

SS: Grateful Greetings, Serene Snowflakes
CS: Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush, WW, Pear Pizzazz
INK: Concord Crush, Versa Mark
PUNCHES: Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Spring Bouquet Flower (retired-sorry) Decorative Label
Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals,
Organza Ribbon, Heat Tool

Click HERE to check out what the other Stamping Queens
came up with for this sketch.

Thanks for stopping in!

Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Techniques Class

Next Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 is our next Techniques Class.

And this is a sample of one of the techniques we will be making that night.

This technique is called and Easel Card.
A super fun non-traditional card. You're going to love it!

Details:
When: Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011
Time: 7:00 PM
Where: 4845 Summergreen Ln
Hudsonville, MI
Cost: $12.00 for 3 techniques (projects)
Fee waived if a $50 or more (before S&H) is placed.
RSVP: by responding to this blog

Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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Halloween card #1

Time to share some of the Halloween cards that I have been making for the kiddos this year!! You will notice a distinct pattern because I LOVE the new owl punch!!



MENU:

SS: Grateful Greetings
CS: WW, Basic Black, Concord Crush, Daffodil Delight, DSP paper pack - Brights, Chocolate chip
INK: Basic Black
Accessories: Word Window Punch, 2 3/8" Circle Punch, 2 step XL Owl Punch, Bat Punch, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" Square Punch, Dimensionals, Google Eyes (local craft store)

So For Now...

Happy Stamping!!

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STAMP 10

Last week was our monthly STAMP 10 classes. What a great time we had once again. 8 ladies on Tuesday night and a full house of 10 ladies on Thursday night. BTW – you ladies are the BEST! I have so much fun at these classes! Here are the non-Christmas cards we made at that class.

Beautiful Falling Leaves

There's a family joke surrounding this card and why I chose the brown turkey.

Although I like them all, I think that these last two are my favorite. Stay tuned tomorrow - I will show you some of the Christmas cards we made.

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Pleated Tree

Last night was our monthly down line meeting with Glenda and all the fun REDHOT STAMPERS gals. Normally I REALLY look forward to going to these meetings because Glenda makes it so much fun. She is an encouragement and helps us any way she can so we can boost our Stampin’ Up! business. This meeting was a little different because Glenda put Rachel, Marla and myself in charge. She wanted us to share about our experience going to the Cincinnati Regional Seminar last month. As I was puttsing (is that really a word?) around my craft table Wednesday night it suddenly dawned on me that we had nothing prepared. We had tossed out the idea of this pleated Christmas tree card because we thought it was pretty clever so I hope you all like it.

MENU:
SS: Sassy Sparkles Jumbo Wheel, Four the Holidays (Holiday Mini)

CS: Kraft, Old Olive, Dusty Durango, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron

INK: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

ACCESSORIES: Jumbo Wheel Handle, Small Star Punch, Brad, Scallop Edge Punch, Scoring Blade, glue dots

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