A little late, but Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, Stampers!  I know Christmas is past, but it was a busy time with family, friends and such.  I hope each one of you had a Merry Christmas and are headed into a wonderful New Year!  I wanted to share my personal Christmas card with you.  I almost didn't get them done and distributed in time.  Actually (guilty look) some of them didn't get sent out at all.  Oops!  I will try to do better next year.

I will also try to post a little more often this year.  It has been a bit of an adjustment with a second child in the house.  Hopefully we have that all set now.

That's it for today.  Remember, if I can stamp, you can, too!

NEWS FLASH!!!!

Hi Stampers!  I woke up this morning to a FABULOUS Stampin' Up! promotion!  I blew my socks off and that was pretty hard to do since I didn't even have them on yet. 

If you have ever even thought about becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, now is the time!  During the month of October, all new recruits will receive a FREE BIG SHOT!!! or $100 worth of merchandise of your choice in addition to the products that come in the starter kit!  Talk about a sweet bonus!

I'd love to have you join my team.  Call me (405-659-8473) or email me (tabray@sbcglobal.net) to set up a time to discuss the benefits of becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  Or if you know it's right for you, you can sign up online.  Just go to tory.stampinup.net and click "Join the fun."  Right now you can't go wrong!

March club project #1

Hi, Stampers.  I can't believe it's been a month since my last post!  Things didn't slow down much.  Well, in a way they did.  We all took turns being sick at my house.  I hope we are finished with that now that it's getting warmer out.

Here is one of the projects we made last week.  It uses one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets.  If you like the set, hurry and order it.  Sale-A-Bration ends March 31!!!  You can find the supplies for this project as well as all the Sale-A-Bration items here on my website.  Just click on the "shop now" button.

This set is SO versatile and lends itself to vintage projects.  We used the First Edition DSP from the Occasions Mini, some Victorian Lace trim, and classic ink pads in More Mustard, Soft Suede, Peach Parfait, and Pear Pizzaz.  We also used Stampin' Sponges to get the "old" and distressed look.  The card stock is also Pear Pizzaz.

We had a couple more projects, but I will have to show them to you another day.  I promise it will be soon.  That's it for today.  Don't forget, if I can stamp, you can, too!

Here comes a New Year!





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Hi, stampers!  I bet you thought you wouldn't see me again this year.  It has been way too long.  Well, I have been busy and the holidays were hectic, but I have been creating today since I am home.  I am working on calendars today.  I made this one for my upline.  I thought it turned out SO cute!  I just love the Springtime Vintage paper that will be available in the Occasions Mini Catalog beginning Jan 4.  It is so pretty!!!  I also used the Build a Blossom punch to make the flower.  Oh and one of the Big Buttons in the Springtime Vintage Collection.  The final touch was to monogram it with Monogram Sweet for that personal touch.

Here is a picture of the back.  I again used the Springtime Vintage DSP for the background.  Then I decorated it up with the stamp set Hello Again that you will be able to earn for FREE when Sale-a-Bration starts January 25th.  How great is that?!?  I also used the small oval and the scalloped oval punches as well as the builder wheel Posy Party.

I have a feeling that we will be making these in January.  If you would like to make one, I do have a couple of spots open in my club.  We meet on the afternoon of the second Sunday of each month.  Just think!  You could order the supplies to make this and get the stamp set used on the back for free!  Ask me how it works!

Until next time (and I'll try to make it less time between) remember, if I can stamp, you can, too!

Playing with leftovers

No, I don't mean playing with your food.  I meant playing with left over pieces from my project for a shoebox swap I am participating in this weekend!  What is a shoebox swap, you wonder.  Well, it is where a group a stampers each create a project, prep the materials and put it all in a shoebox to carry to the location where they all gather.  The shoeboxes are then passed around and everyone makes one of the projects.  If that sounds like fun to you, you need to contact me right away about joining my Stampin' Up! team!  We do all kinds of fun things like that.

Oh!  Some of you want to see what I did with my leftovers!  I had some Top Note die cuts left so I played with them and came up with this.

cardstock: Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Concord Crush

hmm...no ink

accessories:  Daffodil Delight 1/8" taffeta ribbon, pearls

I got some of the new pearl accents and they are so pretty.  You get 50 each of 3 sized and 3 strips of connected pearls to make spacing a non-issue.  that is what I used around the bottom right edge of the Top Note,  If you can't see it very well, just click on the picture to make it bigger.

I hope you enjoyed seeing it as much as I enjoyed making it!  If you'd like to learn how to make beautiful cards and gifts yourself, I'd be glad to show you and your friends just how easy (and FUN) it is!  Give me a call or send me an email.  At least leave me a comment.  I'd love to hear from you!  Remember, if I can stamp, you can, too!