scrapbook your faith 4th class

This is our 4th set of pages in the scrapbooking your faith class. This one's lesson was about our purpose and talked about sharing our testimonies. I included bigger squares so we would have a larger area to journal in. The darker page is suppose to be about their life before becoming a Christian and the lighter page is about how their life has changed or is changing now that they are a Christian. Or even what God means to them or if they have kids what they would like them to know, etc. It has a lot of possibilities. But we talked about how there is so much we can do now, not in the future, but now. How we can be used at any time, we just need to look around and jump in and serve and share. So these are the two pages we made to go with that theme. We used the refuge and strength stamp set (there are little gray flowers in each of the 4 corners of the bigger white pieces which are hard to see. The scriptures from that set went well with the pages too, so I included them on the page too.
So I hope you enjoy the pages today.

Here is what I used to make these pages.
paper: Walk in the park dsp, riding hood red, whisper white, basic gray
ink: riding hood red, going gray
stamps: refuge and strength
accessories: riding hood red striped ribbon

daisy birthday card

This is a birthday card I made for my mother in law. It uses the Daisy die from the Big shot as well as some punches and some ribbon. It was fairly easy to do. I punched the daisy out and curled the edges some and then stuck all of them together. I then punched out circles for the centers. I then Stamped the greeting on to white and punched it out using the large oval punch. I like how it coordinates with the scallop oval punch. There is white grosgrain ribbon under the saying. It was a quick fun mailable card. I've been trying to watch some with all the new regulations at the post office. This isn't very thick and doesn't have bumps or brads on it.
So I hope you enjoy my card and I hope you all get some time to create today. God bless

Here is what I used for this card:
paper: elegant eggplant, summer sun, really rust
ink: elegant eggplant
stamps: on your birthday
accessories: big shot, daisy die, circle punches, large oval and oval scallop punches, white grosgrain ribbon.

Soft Summer thank you

Wow, only a couple more days till the retired sets are gone and the mini is finished. If there were sets you'd like to get before they're gone then now is the time to do so. On the other hand only a couple more days until you can order from the new catalog which is exciting too.
Here is a sample of a card I made with some retiring products. I made this card as a thank you for a relative of ours. I thought it turned out soft and pretty. I used the Soft Summer stamp set in the mini - it's a two step stamp. I stamped the middle of the flower with Baja Blue and Certainly Celery and then the outline with basic black. I used the blender pen to remove the Baja before adding the celery. It's a big space so it was easy. I then took a blender pen and highlighted some lines with Pacific Point to give more dimension. The ribbon is the striped Pacific point and I just covered the stripes with regular white grosgrain ribbon. The words are stamped in Pacific Point. Pretty quick and easy really and I think it makes a nice card.

Here is what I used for this card:
papers: Baja Blue, Pacific Point, Whisper White
ink: Baja Blue, Certainly Celery Marker, Pacific Point
stamps: Soft Summer
accessories: Pacific Point striped ribbon, white grosgrain ribbon, stampamajig, blender pens

All star onesie

My friend's baby finally arrived and he is such a cutie. This little onsie card I made earlier and I was saving it for when he was born. I can tell he's going to be an all star "musical" baby. :) The proud daddy is a musician, but I don't have any musician sets, so I thought this all star one was fun in it's place.
These are fun little cards to make. You can make them in any colors, add scallops for the girls, etc. Basically you just take a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of cardstock and fold in half so it makes a regular size card. Then you use the circle punch to punch legs and a neck hole. I just straightened out the leg holes to make it look like the legs were down, but you could leave them alone if you want. It's hard to see but there is a score line across the bottom about 1/4" up too to look like where the snaps go. I just added strips for the sleeves and used 2 circle punches to make the little red collar. I've seen cards like this before but have no idea who created the first one, so have no idea who to credit for it. It's a fairly quick card and a lot of fun. So I hope you enjoy my card and crongrats to my friend for her precious baby boy. :) Hope you all have a great day today.

Just beachy fish card

I'm sorry, but this card just cracked me up when I got done with it. It made me laugh so much. I think this set is cute. I need to make some scrap pages with it. We have lots of aquarium pictures as well as lake pics to go with it. I needed a laugh today as I've been worried about a couple of my friends that haven't been feeling well or who have been down today. So it was a a fun project to get completed.

Yes I ended up cutting out all the fish, but they weren't hard to do, except the one with teeth. His teeth would have been harder, but I got around that by making him jump out of the water. But with the saying I thought he went well with it, so it worked. It's a little hard to see in the pic but I sponged on some faux clouds in the background too as well as on the big "cloud" with the words. I made the choppy water with my circle punch. I thought it came out kind of cute too as that's the first time I had done that one. So I hope you enjoy my little card today and take time to laugh today as there are a ton of blessings out there when we look around. God bless.

scene in a garden water color

This little set is in the mini. It's all separate parts that you put together. I thought it was cute and I like the table. I can see putting other small items on the table too. Alas, it is retiring at the end of the month. I'd hoped it would end up in the new catalog but it didn't. But I love coloring and I enjoyed coloring this set too. It's a little hard to tell here but the wall is sponged lightly with olive too, so the whole card is covered in coloring. I had debated about doing some highlighting, but I liked the card just the way it was, so I decided not to change it.
I'm also definitely thinking of some of my friends right now who are not feeling well or are worried or sad, so I thought this an appropriate card to share tonight. I'm praying that they feel better soon as I care a lot for them and I want them to feel better and I want them to know that I'm thinking of them. So I hope you all enjoy my little card and have a great day today and remember to enjoy the little blessings in life today. Today would also be a good day to reach out and just tell someone you are thinking of them when you get a chance. Let them know you care and that you love them.

Here is what I used to make this card.
stamps: scene in a garden, sincere salutations
ink: stazon, chocolate chip, close to cocoa, olive, really rust, summer sun
paper: confetti white, old olive chocolate chip
accessories: aquapainter, sponges

just beachy card

This is a card made with the Just Beachy set. It's a stamp set in the mini which is only good through the end of this month. I couldn't resist this set. I thought the little fish were hilarious and great for lake or aquarium pictures. Not to mention my kids like it too. I liked these flip flops too. They just reminded me of the beach or some nice place to be. So I hope you enjoy the card today and have an awesome day today and stay cool as it's hot here today.

Here is what I used to make this card:
Paper: green galore, rose red, tempting turquoise
ink: green galore, rose red, tempting turquoise, creamy caramel markers, basic black
stamps: Just beachy, On your birthday
accessories: tempting turquoise grosgrain ribbon

tag flower card

Here is another card we did in club. It is made using the tag punch and then folded. We then arranged them in a circle to form a flower. I covered the overlap with a couple punched circles and a button. I put it on a pink pirouette top note piece and wrapped riding hood red ribbon around it. This is backed with kiwi kiss. A fun little project using several of the retiring items. This idea is not mine, but I can't find the name of the demo who I saw the idea from as it was a couple months ago when I saw it. If someone ends up seeing this that knows let me know and I'll give them credit. The technique was taught to us in the SU magazine that demos get. So I hope you like my little card. Have a great day today.

Here is what I used to make this card:
Paper: kiwi kiss, pink pirouette, raspberry tart dsp
accessories: big shot, top note die, 1 3/8" and 1" circle punches, button boutique (bulk), riding hood red striped ribbon, glue dots

Inspired by nature bag

Since I'm still pseudo on vacation I thought I'd share some items from club. I'll have some new projects soon, but at the moment we are having some family time (mini vacation) and I'm getting stuff ready for some upcoming classes.
This is a bag that they showed us how to do at convention with a few minor changes but not much. I love this bag, but unfortunately most of this is retiring. You could substitute colors though. I think it would look good in pumpkin too. The ribbon (so saffron) and the gift sacks are retiring too, but last I heard are still available if you are interested.
The bow is a called a faux bow and the little card is just a 6x3 piece of white cardstock folded in half. You punch a hole in it with the cropodile and use your snips to cut to the corner and it slides right on. So I hope you enjoy the decorated bag today and have a great day. Also don't forget to "live with passion" as life is short and we should love what we do. :)

Here is what I used to make this bag
stamps: inspired by nature (currently dormant but will be in new catalog)
ink: versa mark, white craft, tangerine tango, basic black
paper: tangerine tango cardstock and designer prints, whisper white
accesories: sponge daubers, sticky strip, cropodile, snips. so saffron twill ribbon

celebrate catd- red, white and blue

I was playing around with some stuff and made this quick card. I thought it could be used for a birthday, father's day or even a card for Fourth of July. It had lots of possibilities. It was simple to make. I punched out a bunch of red and blue stars. I added some red ribbon and some linen thread. I colored on the the celebrate with the red and blue markers and stamped today in blue as well. Pretty quick and easy. So I hope you have a great day today. I'm pretty sore. We had a great day tubing yesterday and we are all feeling it today. I'll try and make some more new stuff this weekend, but we are still on a vacation of sorts, so bear with me as I show some stuff some of you've seen as we take a short break. I hope you are able to enjoy some of this weather since it's not raining at the moment. :)
Here is what I used for this card.
stamps: celebrate everything
ink: real red, brilliant blue - markers
paper: whisper white, real red, brilliant blue
accessories: star punch, small star punch, real red grosgrain ribbon, linen thread

pink flamingo scallop album part 2

Here are some more pictures from the flamingo album. See how I matted some of the pictures. I also used some to journal on too. You can add as many or as few embellishments as you'd like on these. I chose to make it somewhat basic for time issues, but you could really decorate it up if you'd like. If you had big enough pictures you could cut them too and a whole page would be a scalloped picture then you could embellish the picture too with rub ons or the white gel pen. There are lot of options.
So I hope you liked seeing my little album. We are at the lake today, so I'm not going to write much. I hope all of you have a great day and stay dry with all the rain.

pink flamingo scallop album

This is a little album I put together using my Big Shot. It's a scallop circle album. I just punched out scallops using the pink flamingo dsp (which isn't retiring by the way). I love the fun colors in this dsp. I thought they worked so well for all the bright colors of our Disney trip, so I picked out some of our pictures and used my circle scissors cutter and cut out pictures to fit on each page. I'll show a couple more pages tomorrow as each one is different. Some I added mats to, some journaling, etc. I ended up liking the front so much I decided to leave it plain. I just added a tag using the new Modern label punch and a bow and some ribbons around the ring and thought that was just enough. I almost covered up the flamingo, but I liked it and decided to leave it. I thought it a fairly quick album and pretty easy and basic which is what I'm liking lately. I also inked all the edges with Chocolate chip ink and both of the covers are covered chipboard. The Bigz dies can cut out like 50 different materials and one of them is chipboard, so I cut out some chipboard for the covers to make the album sturdier. I just glued the paper to them using my anywhere glue stick.

So I hope you enjoy the album and I hope it gives you some ideas. Have a great day and take some time to create.
Here is what I used to make these pages:
Paper: pink flamingo dsp, summer sun
ink: basic black journaler, chocolate chip
accessories: big shot, scallop circle, cropodile, ribbons: turquoise, red, white, apricot grosgrain & 5/8" regal rose grosgrain ribbon

wild about you onesies

I'm really going to miss this set. I know I've mentioned this lately. It retires at the end of the month. Anyways I have a good friend getting ready to have a sweet baby any day now and I just recently read that you can stamp on fabric. So I just had to try this set on some onesies. Here are a couple of the trials. Sorry the picture lighting isn't the best. It was the best I had at the time.
The elephant is what it looks like with no tweaking. The alligator I guess my ink pad was a little faint and it came out too light, so instead of working with the stamp-a-ma-jig I had a reinker and I decided to use a brush and touch it up a little. I've been told it should last in the wash, but I told her to try and let me know the results. If it turns out it doesn't work I'll let you know. Of course you can always stamp on items you wouldn't wash - purses, bags, hats, etc. I've also heard you can bleach stamp on them too, but haven't tried that yet (works best with dark colors). Here is a couple of tips I've learned in doing this. One I've heard you should ink the stamp and stamp off first and then reink before you stamp on fabric. I've heard if you condition your stamps this way it helps the ink sink in better. You also need to use craft/pigment ink and not classic. I've also heard that Stazon is not good for the fabric. Hold the stamp on the fabric a few seconds to make sure it sinks in before you move it.
You need to prewash the fabric, but don't use fabric softner (I found this out after I stamped mine- I'll let you know how mine do). It's important that they are washed beforehand helps with shrinkage and helps condition the fabric. Stamp the image and then heat set it. I did mine two ways. I used an iron first (with paper in between so it doesn't come off on the iron or stick) and then I threw it in the dryer for a bit too. So that's another idea for you. I've already picked out a couple more sets that I want to try out. I just got a good deal on t-shirts and I thought I'd stamp some t-shirts for my kids. If it works well, I might even try one for myself too. The wheels are already turning. So I hope this helps inspire you to try some new things. I'll try and remember to let you know how it turns out.
Thanks for looking and have a great day today.

more new circles - sneak peek

Okay, I just can't help playing with new stuff. This is another look at the Circle Circus set. Most are punched out with our punches, but a couple are cut around the image. Most fit one of our circle or scallop circle punches which is really cool. They are also stamped with all our new IN colors. The thanks is from the Thank You Kindly set and is punched out with the new Modern Label Punch which fits a new set called Teeny Tiny wishes really well. I would have used that but just got that one and hadn't mounted them yet, but this one works well too. I'm also using the new Melon Mamba and Rich Razzleberry paper too. So I hope you enjoy the sneak peek. Have a great day today.

picture frames

I was trying to straighten some stuff up and I found these two frames (only one pictured) that nothing had been done too. They were a cheap purchase many years ago. they were pretty basic and plain, just slap in some pics and be done with it kind of frame. I had thought about putting some scrap stuff in some of the squares, but I love pictures so I just opted for pictures in each one. But that's another option too. I thought that the frames looked a little dull and blah, so I was looking at it and realized I could put dsp in between the edges on the outside rim. So I cut the dsp to fit inside the edges. Then I used my Big shot and some buttons to add a few extras here and there.
Sorry, I took the bottom picture first, but it got dark by the time I got to take a picture of the last one, so the colors are duller.
So I felt proud of myself. I used up my two old frames, got rid of some of my retiring dsp and also played with my Big Shot which I love too, and had fun in the process making it work.
So a good challenge for you would be - is there anything old you can make new somehow? Interesting thought anyways.
Hope you have fun trying. ;)

Here is what I used to decorate these frames:
paper: good morning sunshine dsp, pacific point, summer sun
accessories: big shot, sparkle die, button boutique and button latte, anywhere glue stick and glue dots

sneak peek card

Okay, I couldn't resist showing this one. it's made using some of the new supplies. I used the new Circle Circus stamp set to make the flower. I also used the new Rich Razzleberry IN Color to stamp it and also the new dotted ribbon is the same color. I thought it was a fun way to use the circles and the new color. I really like this color by the way. I also put dimensionals under the circle to help pop it up too.
So what do you think? It's fairly simple and showcases some of the new colors. Some days, I like simple. So I hope you enjoy my card and I hope you remember that each day is a precious gift and enjoy the day.

Here is what I used to make this card:
stamps: Circle Circus, Refuge and Strength (in current catalog)
ink: rich razzleberry
papers: whisper white, rich razzleberry, garden green
accessories: dotted razzleberry ribbon, scallop circle & 1 3/8" circle punches, big shot, little leaves sizzlet, dimensionals

scrapbook your faith class blessings

It just dawned on me that I hadn't shared our scrapbooking your faith pages. This time we focused on the blessings God gave/gives us and I shared scriptures about God's blessings and what a blessing means. This month we are suppose to think about the blessings we have and try to focus on the good things in our lives. So on these pages we are suppose to list our top ten blessings and pick pictures that correspond with those.
It's a little hard to see in this picture, but all the white is edged with Riding hood red and the green has grass stamped on it with the Inspired by Nature stamp set. The flower is from Petal Pizazz. The letters are cut out with my Big shot. There is a gold brad attaching each strip of white too. So I hope you enjoy the pages if you haven't seen them and if you have, I hope you are getting a chance to work on them as it makes it so much more fun if you share.

Here is what I used to make these pages:
paper: kiwi kiss, riding hood red, whisper white
ink: riding hood red, kiwi kiss
stamps: inspired by nature, petal pizazz
accessories: big shot,serif essentials alpha, billboard alpha, gold brads

Hoppy Memories 12x12 pages part 2

Here is another two page spread that I did using the Hoppy Memories sskit. There are a couple items I wanted to point out about these pages.
First off everything on the pages without the pictures are from the actual sskit. I did add some items later, but the blanks are from the kit itself (with the addition of kraft background paper.)
All the pages were placed on the kraft paper. I don't think I said that before.


So here is the first page. Nothing real elaborate here, just a normal page layout. The white strip is a border sticker from the kit.

Here is the page after I added some pictures The differences are that I added a rub-on from the bright delights rub-on directly onto the picture. Did you know you could do that? Above my daughter's head you can see the word delight and it matches perfectly. Also on this page is a little piece of ribbon (from Pig Tails again). That ribbon is attached to a journaling piece where I talk about how my daughter felt like the jellyfish were following her because every where she went they seemed to go too. I'm sure it was a coincidence, but it was funny. Either way it delighted her.

This page went across from the other one above. One thing I added extra to this page is a kiwi corduroy button on the star. The middle of the button was bare and we don't have string or yarn to match. Instead of hunting around in my craft room for some, I actually took a very thin piece of cardstock and fed it through the holes and it gave just a little bit of color and filled the holes. Pretty quick and easy. So I hope you enjoy my couple of tips for the day and have a really great day today. Don't forget to take a moment and delight in the wonderful blessing we have everyday. :)

Hoppy memories 12x12 page 1

I took time this weekend to finally do some scrapbooking just for fun. Yeah! I finally used my Hoppy Memories scrap kit. Unfortunately you can't get that one through SU anymore (it's retiring and sold out), but I thought I'd still share some pages I made just to show some of the design. You can substitute items and still have the same effect. Like you could stamp or use chipboard letters instead of the cardstock stickers, use the pattern papers instead of the kiwi, etc. Another demo shared how to get 16 pages out of a sskit and some extra cardstock so I tried her idea. I did tweak it here and there though to fit my likes and pictures. So here is page one. The first picture shows the page without my pictures so you can visualize it better. The second I added my pictures and I also outlined play with chocolate so it would stand out better as I thought that the kiwi got sort of lost on the kraft.

I also added some ribbon (orange ric rac) from the Pig Tails Ribbon originals too, but pretty much everything else came from the scrappin' kit.
I wanted to use this earlier, but it took me a while to find the pictures that went the best with this paper. I chose our trip to the aquarium as it has a lot of blues, green and red in it. We also saw frogs, turtles and lizards and such, so I thought it fit this paper really well. So I hope you enjoy the pictures and ideas and have a great day today.

Wild about you 12x12 pages

Did I say recently how I'm going to miss this set? lol. I know I'm showing this one a lot. Alas it is on the retiring list. This will be the last pages for a bit. I have some other things to show you after this.
Besides making the baby album, gift bag and gifts, etc. I also created this 12 x12 page set for my album for my kids. I got inspired by the one 6x6 page set and made this one. Now all I need to do is stick on some 4x6 pictures and I'm done. I'm liking the quick mat mounting that I've been doing lately.

These are fairly basic pages. I stamped the 3 animals on very vanilla cardstock in Brocade blue (elephant), so saffron (giraffe) and old olive (alligator). I then stamped an extra elephant, alligator and giraffe and cut them out. They are raised up on dimensionals and the alligator is placed so a picture will slide right in under it.

I also added chocolate chip marker to the cut out giraffe to make it spots and mouth and eyelashes stand out. I also roughed up some edges using the distressing tool.
Pretty quick and easy pages. I hope you enjoy seeing them as I had fun making them.

Here is how they look laying side by side.
So tune in soon for some other cool projects. I just finished 16 pages out of one sskit, made several cards as well as got together my next couple of bible study pages plus I also need to show you the last one we did, so lots more coming. I hope you have a great day today and come back and visit soon. :0)

more baby boook

Okay, I know new stuff is exciting, but there are some other things I want to show you as well. Here is another really cute page (at least I think so) that I made for my friends baby book. It uses the Wild About You set that is retiring. I'm bummed that this one is retiring as I really like it if you have kids or have a lot of kids you like to send stuff too or like to scrapbook. This was a fun little page. I thought it was quick and cute to add pictures too.

Also, if you have any questions about the retiring lists or anything on it, let me know. The retiring stamps, accessories that are left, and the mini catalog items that aren't continuing will only be available until June 30th.
So I hope you enjoy the pages today and have a great day.

Here is what I used to make these pages 6x6.
stamps: Wild about you
ink: brocade blue, old olive, so saffron; marker - chocolate chip
paper: very vanilla, brocade blue
accessories: brocade blue grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Some IN color comparisons

I'm posting some pictures of some comparisons of some of the new IN colors. The one on the right side is always the new IN color. Hope this helps you visualize some of them.
Here is the Crushed Curry (yellow) color on the right.
It's compared to So Saffron and Yo Yo Yellow (in order).




On this one the Soft Suede is on the right.
Close to Cocoa and then Chocolate Chip is displayed. Against these colors Soft Suede almost has a greenish tint.






This one showcases two of the colors:
1. Dusty Durango (orangeish color). It's compared to Really Rust and Pumpkin Pie.
2. Bermuda Bay (blueish color - right).
Tempting Turquoise and Taken with Teal are next to it.




This one is Rich Razzleberry (bottom right).
It's shown with Elegant Eggplant and Lovely Lilac.







This one is Melon Mambo (right).
It is compared with Rose Red, Pixie Pink, Regal Rose.

So I hope these help you visualize how they compare to the regular colors. These are very rich colors in real life.
I hope you enjoy seeing these comparisons.

New IN Colors

I have to say I love the new catalog already and I already have a very long list of items to get and I still have items in the current catalog I like. I think I need to get another job to support my habit. :) I can't wait to show everyone. We can't show pics of the new catty until it's released, but it has some different types of new things in it and I like it. Still haven't seen the spanish catalog or the new Decor elements yet though. I've ordered catalogs for those of you that normal get them, but they haven't shipped yet. So far they have only released the one they provide their demonstrators.


Anyways, I just got my preview stuff.
Here are the new IN colors for the year. They are very rich.

For the preview items we were allowed to purchase a set of ink pads, papers, and ribbons to get us started and ready for next month. Some days it's really cool to be a demo. I love getting new stuff - and being the first one to get to see everything. It's so much fun.

So do you see what's cool about the middle picture? IN color markers! For the first time ever they are going to have IN Color markers. I'm excited, so now we can color in parts of the various stamp sets to match now and don't have to try and remove color anymore.

This last one has an item I forgot to include in the above picture and that is the polka dotted ribbon in the IN colors (this is a sample of just one though.) It's polka dotted on one side and solid on the other, so you can use either side.
So here is your sneak peek. I'll show the scallop circles tomorrow as it's really late tonight. It will show you how the new colors compare to our current colors. Hope you have a great day.

baby scrapbook pages 2 & 3

Sorry I haven't posted lately. It's been a somewhat busy last few days. School ended, had my bible study class (I'll have to show those pages too), had to meet with a landscaper... I could go on and on it seems. I also got my new preview stuff in and my NEW CATALOG! Can you tell I'm excited. I'm working on getting some stuff together to show you. We aren't allowed to show pictures of the actual sets or catalog pages until it's release date, so I have to make some items with the new stuff and I can post those. It's exciting. My list is soo long. It's a good thing this catalog goes for a year now. :)
So in the meantime, I thought I'd show a few pages of a 6x6 album I made for a good friend of mine. She's having a baby soon, so I thought I'd make her a book for the beginning baby stuff. I used somewhat neutral colors as they don't know what they are having. I used the Wild About You set on most of the pages, but didn't use it on this one just used the same color scheme. I can't believe that set is retiring. I really like it.

I wanted to show these pages because of the brads. I forgot to take a really close up of it, so this is as close as I can get for now. The brads are actually the very vanilla brads in the hodgepodge hardware set. I colored them. I stuck them in the old olive craft pad and then wiped off the top. The ink stays in the grooves. I then dipped it into some clear embossing powder and heated it and it gave it a shiny appearance. Pretty quick and made a cool embellishment that matched. You can also color the whole item with craft ink and embossing powder. So a vanilla hardware can become pretty much any craft color you'd like. I still need to try it myself, but SU showed us a video on it and it's really cool. I also sponged the background pages to give them more dimension too. So I hope you enjoyed these tips and have a great day.

Here is what I used to make these pages:
paper: brocade blue, so saffron, old olive, very vanilla; old olive marker
ink: old olive, saffron
stamps: calendar alphabet
accessories: vanilla hodgepodge, dauber, dimensionals, earth element brads, piercer, mat pack

specials for June

Do they have a stampers anonymous? lol. I stayed up really late waiting for all the different lists. I'm totally addicted I believe. Not only did they share what's retiring as a demo they gave us a sneak peek of a few of the new sets coming out including a few of the new hostess sets. One of the great things about being a demo is being the first ones to see new stuff. It's so exciting.

The Last chance list or retiring lists as they have been called are out. There is a stamp list, an accessories list and a decor elements list. If you are interested in any of these or would like to order something let me know. Accessories are while supplies last and several things are already sold out. These are good through June 30th or while supplies last, so let me know if you are interested in anything as I know others that are wanting to order too and would like to combine to get the best deal on shipping. If you just want to order from the website you can do that too. Just go to http://detailmama.stampinup.net.
The other special is a hostess special. If you have a workshop or catalog sales totaling $250 to 399.99 before shipping and tax you get $20 more in free merchandise. If you order or have sales over $400 you get an extra $40 in free stuff. That's in addition to the normal hostess benenfits. So if you have a $400 party you'll get $85 in free product plus hostess level sets. If you'd like to have a party, a catalog sale or just want to buy some bigger items let me know as you may qualify for extra free merchandise.

sense of time

This is a card I made using the Sense of Time stamp set in the mini. I liked both the sayings on this set. I also didn't have any sets like this and thought it would be fun for both scrapbooking and card making. I tried to give this one an aged look. What do you think?
The circle in the middle is punched out and raised up as well as the saying at the top. It was different and I really like it.
Here is what I used for this card:
stamps: sense of time
ink: old olive, chocolate chip, close to cocoa (also markers)
paper: whisper white
accessories: 1" punch, dimensionals, sponges