Promotion and DATES!

PROMOTION FOR ONE WEEK ONLY!

Only one week to take advantage of this promotion!Wishing You Cheer stamp set of 4 is 20% off through November 3. See it on page 33 of your catalog! Create winter and Christmas cards with this versatile set, only $11.16 (or 13.43 with s/h & tax).

November promotion! DESIGNER PAPERS!!! All through November you can buy 3 get one FREE! On Stampin Up's designer papers! (This is NOT card stock) For more information, contact me!

DATES:

November 9 - Christmas Gift/ornament Party! 6:30 - 8:30 (pictures to be posted soon!)
November 16 - Stamper's 10 Club Meets (6:30)
November 23 - Christmas Gift Party! 1:30 - 5:00

Watch my blog for pictures of the WONDERFUL GIFTS we'll be making!

October Special!!!

STAMPIN UP SPECIAL FOR OCTOBER!!!!

This information will be provided in the form of a flyer this weekend - however, if you are unable to make it but are interested in making Christmas cards - you may be interested in this WONDERFUL SPECIAL!!!


**Purchase one of holiday stamp sets (below) and get the Holiday Glitz card kit (110286) for the special price of $24.95 each, or

**Purchase the Holiday Glitz card kit (110286) for $28.95 each with no additional purchase required.

Each Holiday Glitz card kit makes 15 cards and includes:

Precut card stock and Designer Series paper (15)
Whisper White Envelopes (15)
Rhinestone brads (15)
Real Red zigzag ribbon (15)
Full-color instruction sheet (1)

Stamp Sets that will get you a discount on the above kits:

Item #109234 page 45 Snowfall cost: $23.95
Item #106786 page 36 The Snowflake Spot cost: $20.95
Item #109266 page 35 Big on Christmas cost: $18.95

Item # 110359 page 5 (holiday mini) Love & Joy cost: $23.95

FAQs
Q: Do I have to purchase a qualifying stamp set to purchase a Holiday Glitz card kit?
A: No, you don't have to purchase a qualifying stamp set, but you do receive a discount on the kits you purchase when you do.

Q: Is there a limit to the number of kits I can purchase?
A: There is no limit. You may purchase as many as you wish whether you just buys the kit or buy the qualifying stamp set to purchase the kits at a discount.

Q: When does this promotion end?
A: This promotion goes as long as we have quantities of kits remaining.

To see samples of cards - go the Stampin Up Web site - there are some samples on the first page of the web site. Or ask me for a flyer! www.stampinup.com

CLASS!!!!

This Saturday - October 20 - from 12:30 - 7 p.m. is an OPEN class for the 2 cards and 2 "gifts" from the September post listed below. There will be some stamp options if you want to make a few changes to the "gifts" especially! If you need to come and go that will work!!!

I do NEED an RSVP though and teens are welcome to participate!!!!

The cost is either - $15 cash OR $15 purchase.

Belong to the hostess club? Well then, you get to come for free!!!! AH, the perks of membership! OK, now I sound like the Am. Express commerical so I'll quit! :)

If you are interested please contact me by phone or e-mail. Hope to see you Saturday! Please let me know by Friday!!!!

October CHRISTMAS!

Just wanted to show off a PORTION of the October cards and gifts.



Ornaments and/or magnets - great Teacher or co-worker gifts!

Here's a great SNOW DAY GIFT. You'll leave the workshop with a tin filled with 2 packets of hot chocolate, 2 pieces of chocolate candy, some cards and a pen to fill your tin.



This tin would also be a great tin to make a "sick day" tin - using a soup can design. Want to see what that would look like? Sign up for the workshop! or watch the blog in late October. It will have soup, crackers, and a puzzle book with pen. We'll make the puzzle book!!!

CARDS!!!! Using current and retired stamps. Don't have the retired stamp, I'll have current options!





Watch for more details!!!

Stampin' News

SEPTEMBER SPECIAL – FROM STAMPIN UP!
Fall Frenzy Promotion
We're excited to present our upcoming September sales promotion. From September 1-30, 2007, when customers spend $30 on regular priced merchandise, they qualify to purchase one each of the six following sets at 30 percent off!*
Choose from:
Item Page Number Description Discounted Price
105355 26 Bitty Boos Too $12.57
109284 29 Haunting Halloween $13.27
107383 30 Thoroughly Thankful $16.07
109373 108 Autumn Fest $16.77
109421 91 Elementary Essentials $19.57
110366 17 Stem Silhouettes** $22.37

FALL CALENDAR OF TAMI’S EVENTS:

September 14 Stamper’s Club meeting 6:30 Purchase $15 in merchandise
September 15 Christmas cards - see previous posts - 3 designs - 5 of each
Cost: $15 or $15 purchase of mechandise in September
September 28 – 29 Vineyard Scrapbook Retreat


October 12 Stamper’s Club meeting 6:30 Purchase of $15
October 19 Christmas card and/or gift workshop II $15 for both or $10 for one**
Cards from 6:00 – 7:30
Gifts from 7:30 – 9:00
October 26 Open House Craft Night at Tami’s 6:00 – 11:00ish
NO COST - NO PURCHASE NEEDED

November 9 Stamper’s Club meeting 6:30 Purchase of $15
November 10 Christmas card and/or gift workshop III $12**
Cards and Gifts will be set up from 1:00 – 5:00
*If you are a regular member of the Stamper’s Club there is NO COST for any workshop. RSVP is required though
**If you purchase at least $15 of merchandise at a workshop the workshop fee is waived!

One Sheet Wonder

Well, I almost got all the cards for Friday night's Stamper's Club done this afternoon. There are 3 that I need to either emboss or need a different ink. For the most part, I'm pleased with the results. I have to say though the picture does not show these cards well. Hope this post doesn't scare off the club members! :)

This is one of my favorite techniques because I don't always use all the stamped paper at once. I'll just do a sheet and then cut off as I need it - maybe getting 10 cards, maybe not. I hope the club members will enjoy it!

This week in STAMPING!

This week we have our Stamper's Club going on Friday night at 6:30 - we're doing a "One Sheet Wonder" with a fall theme.

Then on Saturday it's time to start Christmas cards. All 3 of these cards were CASED from Splitcoast and since I'm not sure how to do a "link," I'm having to just give you the name of the artist. You can do a search for her work!

The first card is the "present" card. It is a different color than the original and I used colored pencils instead of watercolor crayons. I also added the bow. Thanks to Taylorinco!


Next we'll do a twist on sarahtaptap's card using the in-colors blue bayou and white embossing. The inside is stamped using the blue ink and I'm really liking this card. It's one of my favorites!




Finally, the 3rd card we'll do Saturday is inspired by valeriej. Her card is much nicer but I didn't have the paper to do what she did. We'll also be adding brads instead of the paper "berries"


I'll post our one sheet wonder cards once I'm finished with them all! Also, watch for other cards and gifts for the October Christmas workshops. Thanks for looking!

OPEN HOUSE

Just wanted to post that I will be having an OPEN HOUSE to celebrate becoming a Stampin' Up Demonstrator!!!! It will Friday, Aug. 31 at my home. Come enjoy some good food, see some of the ideas for classes in the fall, browse idea books for crafts, enjoy the company of friends, and have FUN!!!! I will also be posting pictures of projects and class schedule here!

New Links

I've added a couple of links to places that I go to often to purchase items such as tins! I also like to look at their sales items. Between these 2 new additions - Oriental Trading and Create for Less - I get a number of items - such as the lunch box tins. They are also good for keeping up with what's the latest and greatest. Oriental Trading has a scrapbook catalog you might want to subscribe to. Just passing on some info that I've found helpful in my creating moments!

Just a couple more

OK I got a little "punch happy" but once you get started on these cards they go so quick and then I did some embossing with the Doodle That and I'm telling you it took very little time to get these cards ready. That is HUGE for me because of how busy I have been.

I've been gone over the past 4 days to THE RAMP and didn't get all these posted like I wanted but it only took me about 3 hours between Tuesday night and Wed night to get these cards done AND get some laundry done and work on other things! That is so AWESOME for me!!!!

I'll be writing more about the Ramp experience in my other blog if you want to know about that but for now I have to run over to my brother's house. So watch of the Ramp blog on my other site either later tonight or tomorrow! Thanks for looking!

Pooh

This is the card I will actually sign and put in one of the baskets. Love how this turned out!!!

Cards & More Cards

This one shows where I also added a small ladybug on the inside using the smaller punches. One of my favorite EASY cards to make!!!! AMAZING how quick thos goes!!!!

More gifts

This is a gift - one of 3 cards to go in a basket with a couple of gift cards. It is REALLY simple - I just white embossed the Doodle That and a word at the bottom. I love this set Embossed. The next couple posts will just be the Other cards for the gift sets (2 sets of 3 cards each and a basket for each lady)

Sunday school teacher gifts

This gift is a $1 picture frame that has a magnet on the back. I used the Cranberry Crisp ribbon and clued it on with the sharpie. I stuck the post-it notes on to the frame and had made the background to slip in the frame. This is rather heavy so I added 2 more strips of magnets to the back it it holds on well now. This was a favorite for Awana leaders.

Busy, Busy, Busy

I've been really busy both with getting some cards done that are gifts and with getting some tins and picture frames done that are gift for Sunday school teachers and Awana leaders. So these are the cards and the gifts. I'll do them a little at a time but that will make for a number of entries.

I've also just started a class toward getting a doctor of psychology. I must be losing my mind!!!!

Anyway, here are the gifts for the teachers - the tin is like an Altoids tin and I put 2 small sticky note pads and a small sharpie in each. I did trucks with a man or woman driving depending on who the gift was for. This went to Sunday School teachers for this last year along with a book - called EPIC.

What you can't see is that it has the True thyme ribbon around the lid. That's the paper I used and then I cut the truck out and did the "grateful" in black.

Stamper's 10 cards

This is one of the cards we'll be doing at our Stamper's 10 - it's a CASE from Splitcoast and I'll be posting the instructions and credits tomorrow when I've got it all written out for the stampers.

It's "punch" night at Stamper's 10 and I have 2 other "simple" cards using punches. In fact very little stamping is happening but I still like the cards. I'm not real crazy about the one with the gold background - I didn't have the same ribbon as the one I was CASING so I made an adjustment. Also, it has holes punched in the gold leading up to the ladybug and they didn't show in this picture. It's ok but not my favorite - I like the plain no layer white card best!!! I'm going to do several of these for thank you cards this weekend - quick and easy and I just like it!

Change of Date & sign up

I had to change the date of the scrap book night at my house! It is now June 22. And so far I have 2 "FOR SURE" sign ups. I'm excited because I have several things I want to work on and who knows by then there may be more. Watch this weekend for pictures of the "recipe books" FINALLY!!!!!

Scrapbook Night

HAVING TO CHANGE THE DATE - THE DATE ONLY IS CHANGING - IT WILL BE FRIDAY, JUNE 22.

I'm planning my first fun event for the summer. It's a scrapbooking night - June 22 from 6 to 10 p.m. at my home. Bring your own scrapbook, pictures, and adhesive. You can use any of my supplies and cutters. I'm going to have a few things out for you to see if you want.

I'll have room for 8 ladies. I think it could be fun to have a nice evening working on books and enjoying the company of other ladies. This is a test run for a scrap book club when I become a Stampin' Up Demonstrator! I love that I'm having a chance to try something before I move into this! You can e-mail me or call to RSVP for a spot!!! Hope to see you there! Tami

Another blog I'm doing

I want this blog to be personal but also for it to be about the part of me that loves to create - thus, the habit, I mean hobby :) of stamping and scrap booking. However, I also want a place where I can share those crazy random thoughts I want to write about. SO, I just linked a new blog site to this where I will write about those things that I wonder about, learn, or fail to learn. I hope at some point you'll check it out!

Frog cards & folder

Some time ago, I needed to come up with a little something for the Awana leaders in our church. These wonderful people give their Wed evenings to about 30+ kids each week. Since it's men and women leading, I was trying to find something that the men could use to send a card to the kids and it not be "girly" - so I got out my frog from the Pocket Fun and set to figure out what to do. It is at this time I realize I need to find some stamps I can use for the men in my life - but no time to order now, I'll make this work. I had purchased some cranberry crisp paper - had plenty of night of navy, a roll of thyme ribbon, some wiggly eyes and off I went. While these are not anything to "write home" about, they were my first attempt to do both the card sleeve and some cards to go in it. I did more of a postcard effort - knowing that men, if they used it, wouldn't want to write much. Every folder had 4 cards in it so the leaders could drop their kids a quick note. I'm not excited about this design but it was quick and they have been used! Which was the point. I really like the idea of having more of these card folders. They make a great gift! So I'm still learning! and having fun while I learn!!

Graduation Announcement

I think I mentioned in a previous blog that we have 3 graduating this year! So what aunt Tami is doing is making the graduation announcement. I used my cuttlebug folder to do the Congratulations embossing and to cut the 07. I then printed the information on the inside of the card. Tied blue and white ribbon. And we have a picture of the 3 grads on the inside of the card. I'm very pleased with how it has come out - but I will say - tying all the ribbons is a bit more time consuming than I thought. But they are worth it!

"Lost Boy No More"

I just finished reading "Lost Boy No More" last night. It's the true story of a young man who when he was 9 or 10 became a "lost boy" in Sudan. The story tells of the thousands of boys who were "lost" when their villages were attached in southern Sudan. There are 2 missionaries that our family and church is supporting working in southern Sudan right now. My brother spent almost 4 months there helping them this last year. After finishing the book, I'm glad I didn't know then what I know now. The violence, the slavery, the darkness over the land is hard to get a grip on when you live in a free country. The book isn't real graphic but it's real and with my imagination, I could see these boys walking thousands of miles, fighting off lions, wild dogs, with their feet bloody, starving, eating whatever they could find, hiding in the night out of fear - oh, it is amazing how God delivered them. Then many come to America and are overwhelmed by our culture. I'd not one to keep up with world affairs - not one of my best traits - so this book was a good read for me.

Great News!

Great news came our way as our "lil John" received a full ride scholarship this last week to the college he really wanted to attend! Basketball has once more taken him to a good place!!! We are very excited for him since it was a childhood dream to play b'ball and eventually go to college!!! And in addition to that dream coming true ~ we will get to go to all the home games since he's staying close to home!! All very exciting!

Provencal Set

I love this set! I watercolored the castle with my Watercolor Crayons and Aqua Marker. These Crayons are going to last me a life time!!! I love that too!! I used the French Script as the background and finally broke down and used some of my antique brass pieces.

Cards in the Tin

Wedding Card

This card was CASED from Splitcoast - I had seen one like it and just added the ribbon and words to it. I've got to start paying attention to who does these wonderful cards now so I can give credit where credit is due!

The words are from the God's Blessings set. The pearl accessory came from Wal-mart. I stamped the words on vellum with stazon on black. It is MUCH nicer in real life. I chose the royal blue ribbon because we had a friend who was getting married and that was her color.

Cuttlebug Thank you

This little card went into the tin of cards I did for my sweet sister-in-law, who is more like a sister! It's a blessing to have family members who you enjoy being with - even when they are very different in personality from you. Before telling you about the card let me mention that our family is so "put together" by God. My brother and I did not grow up close at all. After he and I both came to the Lord at separate times in separate places - God began to grow us into family. He and his lovely bride of 20 years adopted 5 of their 6 children and I've had the honor of being a part of their lives. I think because I've nevered married, it's been especially good to be involved with their family! It keeps me from being too self involved!

Now on to the card - I did a one sheet wonder some time ago on glossy paper. This piece with the flowers was the last piece left. So I got to playing around laying things out on card stock and loved the yellow "thanks" from my cuttlebug with the flowers. It doesn't show really well but I matched the pinks - and sponged some on the thanks to make it "match" more.

Materials used: Papers - glossy white, black, barely banana Inks -yoyo yellow, pink passion, stazon black.

Singing Spring Card

This card is one of my favorites and I've only kept it because I want to copy it for some gifts! I bought the musical score background (retired) specifically to go with the words on this card and this was the first time I used them the way I wanted to. Natural Beauty is one of my favorite sets - of course I only have about 15 "favorite" sets thus far. But when I want to create without a CASE - this is one of the sets I go to. I used my Pretty in Pink ink to make leaves as the background - they don't show up really well in the picture - a new camera that I'm still learning to use! Did the musical score in Certainly Celery on Certainly Celery. Watercolored the bird using my Watercolor crayons. Then used my word punch to make a place to add ribbon.

I have to admit - I didn't know if I would enjoy this putting pictures on a blog and writing about them but it's actually rather fun!!!

My first Tin

This tin was done back in January or February in a class. My excellent and most awesome demonstrator showed us how to do the tin and now I have several others to make. This one was for my dear sister-in-law, who does not craft, but loves things done by others! I filled it with 33 cards and envelopes. Some were done in a birthday card class and the rest, I did myself with inspiration from Splitcoast. I'll start posting some of the cards as time permits this week.

I used Stampin' Up's Recollections paper - which I LOVE!! It's by far my favorite paper!!! I then used Certainly Celery ribbon on the outside of the box. And the ribbons on the handle and on the lid inside are from the In Color - Cranberry Crisp. I had a chipboard "M" I had bought sometime ago because my sister-in-law and all my nieces' names begin with an M. So I used Cranberry Crisp Ink and "dyed" the M. Attached to some Certainly Celery paper and cut out by hand the background of the M.

I used the matching paper to "make" the pen - bought her postage stamps to put in the tin. Filled it up and she seemed please. One of my favorite gifts to give is cards with envelopes - I never keep any of my own stuff!!!

Book Review

Just finished Get Out of that Pit by Beth Moore. If you are serious about wanting to get out of an addiction or a habitual sin then this is a good resource to help with that process. I love that she talks about the 3 kinds of pits - those we get pushed into, those we slip into and those we run and jump in. Then she discusses how some people get a one-second miracle deliverance and then there are those who get the process. I tend to be a process person! Then the process has 3 phases and she goes over those. Once I got serious about reading it I finished it quickly and will probably be going back to it soon!!! A good read if you're ready!

Big project in the works

In about a month my nephew and 2 oldest nieces will graduate from high school. John (19), Maria (18) and Mel (17) have all been homeschooled and John is now at a private school. He did 5 years of high school because when he came to the family, he was behind in school from being in foster care and since he was homeschooled at the time ~ we were able to work with him and he will be graduating with honors now. Anyway, my big project is I'm doing a family heritage recipe book for each of them. Their mom, the most awesome Michelle, is not a craft person but is helping me. We are including family recipes, stories and pictures. I should have pictures of some of the pages up soon. I have a little less than 2 months now so that is what I've been working on continually! Yet I'm ready to get some things on this blog! Thanks Julie for suggesting that I take pictures of the "project" to post! Now I'm even more motivated to get more done.

Coming into the 21st Century

Well, I've finally come into the 21st Century and created a blog! If it wasn't for the desire to become a stampin' up demonstrator, I'd not have this thing. But alas, I see so many cool blogs with cards and stuff ~ how can I not join in! So, welcome to my blog! More to come as I learn more and especially when I become a demonstrator....till then it will just be pictures of what I'm learning and doing!