Greenville Michigan Vendor Expo

You are invited to a VENDORS' EXPO with

SPECIAL PRIZES JUST FOR YOU!

Saturday, October 3rd

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

St. Charles' Activities Building

505 S. Lafayette; Greenville, MI 48838

Over 50 different vendors from every home-based business you can think of will be available for a convenient shopping experience!

As a special offer for visiting my blog, I would like to offer you a chance to win some special prizes...

OVER $2,000 in prizes!!

All you have to do is print off the door prize slips here, fill them out and bring them to the Expo for your chance to win.

Keep in mind you can only enter once for each prize and you must be 18 or older to win.
Drop off each door prize slip at the proper booth and you will be entered to win that item!!

No purchase necessary.

Free admission.

No need to be present to win.

There is a special drawing at 2 p.m. for two - $50 gift certificates.
The winners of the gift certificates can use them at the Expo vendor of their choice!
You will need to fill out a drawing slip at the entrance of the Expo so look for our special booth!

Prize pick-up will be that day or special arrangements can be made with vendor.

I look forward to seeing you there!  Make sure to tell your family and friends (and print off a copy of the prize slips for them too!)

Stampin' Up! Trendy Trees Card Idea

Stamp Club Project #3

Trendy Trees is a stamp set where you get more than your pay for!

This little set is SO versatile... It comes with different trees that you make in 2 steps, and 2 greetings... a Thinking Of You and a Thank You So Much.

Now, this is NOT my original idea and I am sad to say that I cannot for the life of me remember where I saw it.  So if it is yours, please let me know so I can give you credit for it! :)

The hills were made my hand, free cutting them out of old olive cardstock.  Then stamp them with one of the spiral tree images from the set.

I used the paper piercer w/ the mat pack (which has holes pre-punched in it so you can get perfect piercing!) to make a border around the edge of the focal point.

I really like working with this set.  It's so versatile and can be adapted for any season.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hoped you liked this project and will visit again!

Stampin' Up! For All You Do Card Idea

Stamp Club Project #2

I participate in swaps occasionally with demonstrator friends of mine, and I got this template from a swap that I thought was really fun to make.

To create the pocket on the front of the card, use the scallop circle die, fold in the sides and bottom, then wrap the designer paper around it, and attach the embellishment.  Here we used Pale Plum, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry cardstock, with the Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper.

We also used the big shot with a texture plate to create a dimensional backgroun.

Tomorrow, project #3.

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Asian Artistry Card Idea

Stamp Club Card #1

Here is one of the project club members made last night.

It uses the Artfully Asian hostess set.

To create the sun, I punced a 1" circle from scrap paper, then used the piece with the hole punched out as a mask to sponge summer sun ink onto the corner of my white cardstock.  I used my markers to ink the stamp with old olive and ruby red, stamped the image, then used my blender pen to bleed the color inside the bird.  The flower stamp lightly in the background is with creamy carmel ink, stamped off once before stamping onto my cardstock.  I then used the Modern Label Punch to punch out the greeting.

Check back tomorrow for project #2.

Stampin' Up! Autumn Days & Cheep Talk Card Ideas

My friend Beth is such a great stamper....

Here are two more of her ideas from our Team Stamp & Share.

This card features one of my new favorite sets... Autumn Days.

Beth used her circle scissors and the big shot with the #2 scallops die for this beautifly card. It would be great for anyone... even the men in our life!

This card is fun and lively with the Cheep Talk stamp set.

LOVE the corduroy brad!  These little birdies are just adorable!!!

Well, my club meets tonight and I need to finish prepping projects (You can come check us out sometime!  RSVP for the PMSS nites I hold during my stamp club time.  CLICK HERE to learn more.....

Watch for the samples of what they make tonight!

Stampin' Up! Inspired By Nature

Yesterday I said I'd post a card done my one of my recruits, Beth Jansen.

Here one of her ideas.... this card features the Inspired By Nature set.... I LOVE this set! (Don't own it yet, but it's on my wishlist!)

Beth used Night of Navy, CHocolate Chip and Certainly Celery.  After she inked up the stamp, she sprayed water up in the air, and caught the droplets on the inked stamp.  Then stamped it on the white cardstock.  IT gives it a speckely kind of look.

See you tomorrow with another BETHIE card!

Stampin' Up! Taking Care of Business

This stamp set is so fabulous for anyone with a home-based business... Don't have a home-based busines??? Well, if you are on my blog that must mean you love to stamp... and guess what?  I have a home-based business opportunity for YOU!  Email Me to find out more....

Ok, this set.....

We used it to make a project for my monthly Stamp & Share event that I do with my group of demonstrators.  This month we made packets that we could give out to new people we meet to show them what we do.

This little envelope was made with our Scallop Envelope die for the Big Shot.  My friend Patty Bennett found a way to make this envelope bigger when you cut it out, and it holds a business card or gift card.  (inside mine is a business card).

Then we made a card and a packet to hold the business card envelope, the card/envelope/a little poem about what we do, and our class schedule.  Now who wouldn't love getting one of these with a Holiday Mini Catalog.

Check back tomorrow to see some ideas my direct recruit Beth Jansen shared with us at our event.

It's time for...........

Blog Candy!

If you posted a comment on my blog anytime during our Holiday Blog Tour, you were entered into a drawing to receive a PRIZE from me!

Well, I had 135 entries during the tour, and today I randomly picked the winner.

And.... the winner is.................

JAMIE D.

Jamie, please email me with your full name/address so I can send your prize.... a pack of A Perfect Day rubons!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by and left me your thoughts.  They were all so sweet and very encouraging.  I love what I do, and I'm glad you do too.

Have fun stamping, and I'd love for you to send me your creations!

A Thoroughly Modern Christmas-Stampin' Up! Style!

Day 4--The Finale--of the RemARKable Stampers

Holiday Blog Tour

Hello Blog Tour Hoppers!  Today is the last day in our 4-day RemARKable Stampers Holiday Blog Tour... (SNIF, SNIF!)  I know, I have enjoyed this ride as much as you have!  And even though this one must come to an end, I can guarantee that from all the WONDERFUL COMMENTS we are getting, we will be doing more of these blog tours, so make sure to sign up for my newsletter and for updates when I post to this blog so you don't miss the next one!

For today's ideas, I chose to go way outside the box... (I've been known to stray away from the norm from time to time!)

I chose to use the new Thoroughly Modern Designer Series Paper to make some Christmas ideas.... and this paper is definitely NOT your traditional Christmas colors.....

Here is my first idea.... It's a treat holder that I found on Stampin' Up!'s website.  They have a special section for demonstrators and they post hundreds of patterns on there.  Sure makes it easy for us.

This one holds a mini Hershey bar.  I took out the home-made rose red shredd so you could see how cute the candy is decorated with the designer paper....

And here is a close up of the tag.  I stamped it with the new Serene Snowflakes from the Holiday Mini Catalog.

And now for my FAVORITE IDEA for the day.  And yes, this one is an OLIVER ORIGINAL!  I almost forgot about this fun little guy.  A few years ago Stampin' Up! asked me to present a WOW project at one of their regional conferences, and this is one of the projects I designed.  I tweeked it with the new papers and stamps for the blog tour.

Can you guess what's inside it....?  Come on... I bet you can't!

If you said CHOCOLATE... you.... are.......

WRONG!

How about some Christmas gift tags!  I used the word window punch to create slots for the tags to slip into.  It holds shut with just a smidge of velco.

Ok, I knew you'd love it!!!!  Here is the pattern for this fun little gem! 

You can click on the image to make it larger.

So this Christmas, think outside the box.  Go for fun, unique colors and watch your friends and family say WOW!

Thank you SO MUCH for visiting my blog!  I hope you will mark it in your favorites, or subscribe to my feed/updates so you will stay in touch!  I enjoy your comments, and look forward to sharing more of what I love with you.

Sweet Treat Cups Ideas

Day 3 of the RemARKable Stampers Holiday Blog Tour!

These have got to be one of the slickest things since sliced bread!

These Treat Cups can be found in the Holiday Mini Catalog on page 7.  You get 12 and they are only $2.95.  They have adhesive liners around the edge so you can stick them to paper after you fill them and display your treats! You will need the 1-3/4" circle punch to punch perfect windows to put the treat cups through.  How FUN!

Here's what I came up using them.... and there's more than just cards!

Here is a Halloween idea.

I filled the belly of the spider with orange M&M's... (the boys thought I was crazy for picking out just the orange ones, and thought I wasn't going to need the rest... of course they wanted them!)

The spider's legs were EASY to make using the rounded tab punch... here's what I did....

First, punch out one tab, then line up the cardstock again so that just a strip of the cardstock shows inside the punch like below.

Continue doing this until you have 4 little black pieces (that look like bats... you could use them for that too!)

Then, just cut the pieces in half to make 2 legs.  VIOLA!

Next I made a decoration for this cute basket/box I made with the Square Scallop die for the Big Shot.  (I made one like this that held cards for a class that you can see HERE.)

I used the Sweet Centers set from the Holiday Mini Catalog that was made to go with the sweet treats cups.  I stamped several petals from the set and cut them out, then adhered them to the edge of the treat cup.  The leaves are from the set too.

This is really a gift within a gift, don't you think???  Oh, and I had to hurry and pick out the yellow M&M's before they were gone... those boys!

Now for my FAVORITE IDEA!  Yes, this one is an OLIVER ORIGINAL as well!

Who wouldn't LOVE to get this little gem for a gift!  Especially when it's filled with Stampin' Up! goodies!

I took a 8-1/4 x 6 piece of our NEW Christmas Cocoa Specialty Paper from the Hoiday Mini Catalog... folded it in half at 3".

Then I used my 1-3/4" circle punch, sliding the paper all the way to the back of the punch, and punched a circle 1/2" from each side, and one in the center (I punched through both layers of DSP).

Then I inserted the treat cups between the 2 layers of DSP WITHOUT REMOVING THE PAPER COVERING THE ADHESIVE. 

I used Tombo Multi-Purpose Adhesive to put a line of adhesive in between each of the cups, from the top of the paper, down to the fold.  ONLY put adhesive between the cups, not above or below them, to make sure you have free space for your tag pull-outs to move freely.

Then, take 2 x 3-1/2" pieces of coordinating cardstock to create your pullout tags.  Insert them between the DSP layers.  Then fill with goodies.....Here's what the back side looks like.  This is a cool idea because you don't have to tear apart the project to get to the good stuff... and it's refillable.

And I couldn't resist using the new Shimmer Paint for some snowflakes on the tags I made with the Rounded Tab Punch.

I will be making lots of these this year, and even filling them with CHOCOLATE would be a great gift!

And the Tour Goes ON!

Day 2 of the Remarkable Stampers Holiday Blog Tour!

Today I must tempt you!
And really, it is a temptation of something to come!!!!

Stampin' Up! just announced its NEW MY DIGITAL STUDIO Software and has released it in the new Holiday Mini Calalog.  It is available for you to order on October 1 (yes, I know, you have to wait.... Or, you could sign up to be a demonstrator RIGHT NOW and order it in about 10 minutes (one of our PERKS!) after you sumbit your starter kit order online from my website.... and you could get it for 30% off too....)  Oh, got a little sidetracked there!  I'm just so excited!

Ok, what is it? you say?  Well, it is software that contains all 48 of our colors, plus in colors, as well as our punches, stamp sets, accessories!  It is a Stampin' Up! creating center on your computer.  You can use it to create cards, scrap book pages, as well as complete, bounded albums. You can also print (or have our printer print) pages for you to frame in your home or to use as gits.

I have to admit something.... It is a very shameful thing for me to say, but up until now, I was not much of a scrapbooker (GASP!)  I know!  But, this sweet little product was delivered to my door, I patiently put it on my computer, and once I opened it, I was MESMERIZED!  It is SO MUCH FUN to work with!  Here are some of the FABULOUS things I made... All in one day!

One of these photos you've seen before when I posted highlights of the Hawaii incentive trip I earned from Stampin' Up!
You can create titles that involve your photos, like I did here.... And I even added a couple eyelets too (yes, digitally!)

And what/who do we scrapbook about most... OUR CHILDREN!  Here is my son Mitch during baseball this year.

It was so easy to do this page. I picked out a 'predesigned layout' and simply drag/dropped my photos in the layout.  It automatically sized my photos to fit the layout!

The stars are from our Sporting stamp set (images are included in the software) and you can even make them any color you want!  And I added lots of digital brads.

You can use any font that is on your computer for any words/journaling you want to add.

Here is another page made of my son Jake's prom with a predesigned layout.  I added perfect mats around all my pics.  The background paper is one of our designer prints.  Don't you love the digital designer brads and ribbon???

And lastly, and most sweetly, is this page I made of my son Jake, who graduated last year.  I have to admit, I got quite teary-eyed doing this one!

I added digital buttons and ribbon... plus, you can create drop shadows around your imgages, like I did around the photo mats and the "&".

Ok, I know you are addicted already... You can do one of two things.....

SIGN UP TODAY from my website, and order this software with your demonstrator discount (Best Choice)

RESERVE YOUR COPY today to be ordered on October 1st and receive and 'accessory pack' from me to create hybrid projects (part digital, part traditional)

Digital Blessings to you Today!

Let the Tour Begin!

Day 1 of the RemARKable Stampers Holiday Blog Tour!

Are you ready....?  Let's get on with the ride!

Today I am showing some fun ideas with our new SHIMMER PAINT (p. 27) from the Holiday Mini Catalog.....It is so GORGEOUS and easy to use... And it dries so quick!  (I didn't smear or smudge once!)

This Christmas card idea uses the new Serene Snowflakes Set (p.26-27) from the Holiday Mini Catalog.

I stamped the snowflakes in Bordering Blue, Sahara Sand and also with the Shimmer Paint.

Simply apply the paint directly to the stamp using a sponge dauber.  Then stamp your image.

Here is a closeup so you can see how the paint shimmers (the camera just doesn't do it justice!)

You can also create very elegant wedding invitations with the SHIMMER PAINT too!

Here I used the beautiful Wedding Sweet set with the champagne shimmer paint... I applied it directly to the stamp with a sponge dauber.

The Big Shot using the Top Note Die and Finial Press Embossing Folder helps to round out the elegant look.

It's absolutely gorgeous!!!!

And lastly, but not least... Here is my favorite Christmas card (it will probably be the one I do for my cards this year...)

I used the new Sweet Treats (p 6-7) and Serene Snowflakes (p 26-27) sets from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  The colors are Blush Blossom and Soft Suede.

I stamped the image in soft suede on blush blossom cardstock, then I punched it out with our 1-3/4" circle punch.  Then, take some Champagne Shimmer Paint on a sponge dauber and rub it over the front of the punched out circle.  The result is stunning!

See you back tomorrow!