Flowering Flourishes & Hearts

Hi there!  Forgot to post this card that was my swap for the Demo Holiday party card swap last month.  It was also one of the make n takes for our Customer Appreciation Open House held on Dec 2nd.

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Flowering Flourishes, Field Flowers, Tiny Tags,
Paper: Vanilla, Real Red, First Edition DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Crumb Cake
Other: Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Small Heart punch, Chocolate Chip Scallop Dots ribbon

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for visiting today!

Apothecary Loving Thoughts

Hi there!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Mine was busy and fun!
Today's card is one that was sent to my friend and side-line, Jayne Singleton, as a thank you for providing her home as the venue for our Customer Appreciation Open House and SO much more!  She is such a sweetheart! 
The Vanilla background panel was made with the Very Vintage wheel using Soft Suede ink and then sponged heavily with Crumb Cake and a little bit of Soft Suede inks.  That panel was then adhered to the Rose Red mat and card base.  The focal piece and mat was cut from the Labels Collection of Framelits.  I used watercolor paper and a blender pen to color the Apothecary Art image - and more sponging to tone it down.  The sentiment from Loving Thoughts was stamped on a scrap, ends notched and popped up on Dimensionals.  The butterflies and pearls were added for a finishing touch.

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Loving Thought, Very Vintage wheel
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Watercolor, Vanilla
Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive, Certainly Celery
Other: Framelits, Sizzlit embosslit - Beautiful Wings, blender pen, pearls, Dimensionals

That's it for now.  Thank you for visiting today!

Penguin Punch Art

Hi there!  Hope your weekend was everything you wanted it to be.  Mine was fantastic!   More about that in a minute but first I'd like to post this adorable penguin card from my friend, Rita.  He's so cute!  Didn't she do an awesome job?  Rita was inspired by Kay Sha.  Click here to go to her web site.  Thank you Rita!

OK as mentioned in my last post, Friday evening was our first Demo Christmas party.  It was fun mingling with everyone, making the two projects, and of course swapping.  Sally Nusbaum did an outstanding job organizing this event for us!  Saturday Jayne Singleton held a Valentines for Soldiers event.  We stamped Valentine cards which will be sent to the troops so they'll have cards to send home to their loved ones.  A very worthwhile cause!  Not exactly sure how many cards we stamped.  I had to leave early to get to a Red Hat Christmas party.  The ladies who signed up for the class made three cards each.  Most of them had never stamped before and they did great!  Sunday afternoon Jayne, Mary Taylor, and I hosted our Customer Appreciation Open House.  We had a good turnout and everyone enjoyed the event - and the weather was gorgeous.  Afterwards while cleaning up, we realized that we forgot to take pictures!  Oh well, maybe next time.

It was a busy weekend and tons of fun. (I'll post pics of the cards later)  Now it's time to tend to those things that were pushed to the "back burner" as the saying goes.  Hope you have an awesome week and thank you for stopping by today!

Oops!

Hi there!  Oh my, just saw that yesterday's card had already been posted!  Sorry about that.  Please scroll down to yesterday's post to see the last of the November Stamp Camp cards.

It's a super busy weekend.  Tonight is the Demo holiday party organized by Sally Nusbaum.  Saturday is a day of stamping Valentines for the Troops plus a workshop with a Red Hat group in the evening.  Sunday Jayne Singleton, Mary Taylor, and I are hosting our Customer Appreciation Open House.  What a fun weekend!!!  After Sunday, I can shift gears to prepare for the holidays.

That's all for now.  Have a great weekend and thank you for peeking in today!

You Suit Me to a Tea

How 'bout that - a post two days in a row! lol   Hope you all are doing well and aren't too frenzied preparing for the holiday upon us.
Just wanted to pop in real quick to give you a sneak peek from the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog.  The Tea Shoppe set was used for one of the Make n Take projects at our Customer Appreciation Open House on Dec 11th.  This set will be available for purchase on Jan 4, 2012.  Absolutely love this set - so romantic and feminine!  Our customers loved it, too, and can't wait to buy it.  (Pre-ordering new products is just one of the great perks of being a Demo!!)

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted.
Stamps:  Tea Shoppe
Paper:  White, Blush Blossom
Ink: Blush Blossom, Pear Pizzazz
Other: Twitterpated Designer Fabric, circle punches, Pearls, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

Jayne and I had a fun day chatting and relaxing with everyone.  There was plenty of food and good cheer!
Unfortunately, neither Jayne nor I thought about taking pictures.  On the other hand, maybe it was for the best once the "good cheer" began.  Know what I mean? (wink)
We truly appreciate our customers support, but most of all we cherish the friendships we have made.  Thank you again ladies!  You are the BEST!!!

Have a great Christmas weekend everyone and thank you for coming by today!

Pam's Surprise Farewell Party

Hi there and happy Monday!   Gosh, can you believe next week is Thanksgiving and then all the hustle and bustle begins to get ready for Christmas.  Yikes!  I'm already sick of the Christmas music some of the stations are playing.  Why do they do that???  Let's have Thanksgiving first!

You know how my blog has been neglected lately?  Well I can now share one of the reasons for that.  We were putting together a surprise farewell party for our "inkcredible" leader, Pam D'Urso.  Once we learned of her move date, it was a scramble to organize a party in a short amount of time.  The stars and moon must have been aligned just right because it all fell into place!  We had a good turn out for such short notice.  Our group (Demos, customers, and neighbors) met at Las Fuentas Restaurant.  Megan, Pam's daughter, brought Pam about a half hour later.  Pam was so surprised.  It was great!  Her expression was priceless.  I took pictures but they did not turn out.  (I keep telling you all I'm camera challenged!  Hopefully, I can get pics from someone else to post at a later date.)  Pam will be moving about three hours away on Friday.  : (   We will miss her soooo much - but ya know what that means .... road trip!

Our thinking caps burned up with all that cerebral activity going on to come up with a unique gift for Pam. We decided to pool our resources to present her with a gift card that she'll be able to use to buy whatever her heart desires.  Not so unique, but it won't take up much space!  lol  Well now, that finally brings me to the card for today.  It is a criss-cross pocket card.  I ran the Neighborhood jumbo wheel (retired) on Whisper White card stock, colored some of the houses using markers & a blender pen, and then cut them out.  The image on the little tab is from the Loads of Love Accessories.

The inside has slots to hold the gift card in place and enough room for everyone to sign.  I had to make an envelope since the card wouldn't fit in an A2 size envelope.  I just took some copy paper and ran the wheel over it several times.  Easy enough - and everything coordinated!

Whew, this ended up being quite the novel!  lol  Thanks for hanging in there with me!  Must step away from the computer to finish organizing everything for my Stamp Camp this coming Saturday and work on plans for our Christmas Workshop and Customer Appreciation Open House that Jayne Singleton and I are co-hosting.  Busy, busy,busy!  Really need to squeeze grocery shopping in there today, too.  Must start stockpiling supplies for "Cookie Baking Day" that the youngest daughter and I do every year.

OK, I'm out of here.  Thank you so much for stopping in today.  Hope your day is fantabulous!