August Crafting....

August is typically a crazy time for me....getting my classroom ready and planning for the first days of school after returning from our lake vacation (usually).  I totally cased all the cards for my August parties--but then again, I usually case a lot anyway. Ha!  I do so appreciate the creativity of others!

Here are the cards we made:

This was cased from Erica Cerwin and uses the framelits and stamps from the Colorful Season bundle fount on page 147 in the Annual Catalog.

These 4 cards were a sample of what you can make with the Label Me Pretty bundle on pg. 27 of the annual catalog and the Petal Garden designer series paper found on pg. 187 of the annual catalog.  I totally cased all of these to a certain degree from klompenstampers.com.

The daisy punch is finally back in stock so I can demo it!!  The bundle can be found on page 127 of the annual catalog.  You know when I first saw this set in the catalog I was pretty ho hum about it, but oh my have I seen some gorgeous stuff made with it!  The coordinating designer series paper is one of the prettiest in the catalog in my honest opinion.  This was cased from Janet Wakeland I believe.  The thanks greeting is from All Things Thanks found on page 129 in the annual catalog.

Now I'm heading to my stamp room to prepare for my upcoming September parties and get things cut out for a women's retreat that I'm helping with.  Fun, fun, fun! (I mean that with NO sarcasm)--I really do love having time to create!

Let me know if I can help you in any way or if you'd like to host a party!  

Keep stamping!   Dawn

The School Year begins...

My summer plans were to clean out my basement, stamp and blog....and that was it....until June 15 when I got a call to inform me that I was going to have to move my classroom.  Yep---my classroom filled with 26 years worth of "stuff." When I was asked to move I got very quiet on the phone....and was asked if I was there.  I just had to take a pause as I was watching my summer plans fly out the window.  I spent the rest of the summer doing a little vacationing and a lot of packing and unpacking and organizing.

I did to a bit of stamping for my 2 groups that meet monthly....here is one of the cards that I shared (most were totally cased and I'll try and give credit!)

This card was inspired by one that I saw on Chic 'n Scratch.

Really to love the "This Little Piggy" set and can't wait to do more with it!

Happy New Year--Stampin' Up Style!

Today is the first day of our new catalog and oh my, I can't tell you how excited I was to have it finally go live!  I sent in an order the minute I could today because I couldn't wait to get my hands on this adorable pig set called This Little Piggy-(and maybe a few other items!)

I held 2 Open Houses on May 30 and 31 to try and get the catalog in the hands of those who were really dying to get it!

Click Here to See the catalog online!

If you don't have one yet--let me know and I'll try and get one in your hands!!

At the Open House, I had a little goody bag for each person attending, plus a drawing for some extra Sale-A-Bration stamp sets and items that I had from last year along with 3 of the new in-color stamp pads.  We also had a make and take featuring the 5 new in-colors which I think are pretty awesome this year!  The card also used the new Happy Birthday thinlit.  This was totally cased from Rachel Brumley.  Loved it and how it showcased the new in-colors!

Sorry for the shadows and poor picture quality...it's late and I'm ready for bed.  I have 2 grandkids staying with me for a few days and they are keeping me hopping!

Happy Stamping!!     Dawn

  

April Fun

So much stamping fun has happened this month!  In early April I drove to OnStage in Shreveport, Louisiana with Molly (a demo friend from Wichita).

I had a fabulous time and came home with a lot of stampin' goodies!  I took a ton of pictures....what fun seeing all the gorgeous samples made by such talented stampers.

This is just 1 section of the "Swap Board" which happens to include my 2 swaps.  

 This card uses the Dragonfly Dreams set and was inspired by a card made by Michelle Last.  My next card was supposed to be my swap, but I only got a couple of them made....here's what it looked like...with all those pieces already cut out I'm guessing it might become a make and take in the near future!  Ha!

Oh my goodness, my friends....wait until you see the new catalog!!

 I'm just going to tell you-- I can't wait to get my hands on so much stuff!  It is awesome!

After a full day of Stamping' Up fun a few of us (90) joined Erica Cerwin (Pink Buckaroo Stamping) and Kay Cogbill for and "After Party" of stamping using the Cool Treats stamp set.  Such fun!  Kay came around giving out door prizes and thought I was sitting by my sister.....

...but we'd just met that night!  I guess you could say we were stampin' sisters!

I love being a Stampin' Up demonstrator!  You meet the greatest people (while having fun) and you get a discount on all the great stuff in the catalog!  WIN-WIN in my book!

My Poor Neglected Blog

I had a friend and fellow demonstrator ask me in November if I was still a demonstrator...."uh, yes, " I replied, "why do you ask?"  She responded with, "Well, I've been checking your blog and you haven't posted in so long I wondered..."

Uh-oh--better get on it I thought (and yet here it is 2 months later).  It's not like I haven't been stamping--I just haven't been stamping regularly due to my busy-ness with school this year. So here's a quick catch up of some of my holiday cards that I have made with my stamping groups over the last few months--at least the ones that I took pictures of before I sent off in the mail!  Ha!

I loved this sweet angel....if you like her maybe she'll be on the clearance rack soon!  =-)

The goal is to be a bit more "bloggy" so I'm going to try!  I have a lot of pictures that I took  before Christmas that I can post while I'm playing with my new Occasions goodies!