Kind & Cozy Gingham and Holiday Sale!

Hi there!  Hope you're having a good week so far.  It's a busy one for me with more wedding dress shopping this evening and a niece coming in to visit tomorrow.   Lots to do today!  So without further adieu, here is another sample from our Card Buffet made with the Kind and Cozy set.  It's a CASE (Copy And Share Everything) of Lee Conrey's card click here (scroll down to May 21st post).  The Old Olive border strip was omitted on my card, as was the Stripes embossing folder that Lee used.  The 3/8" Melon Mambo organdy ribbon is retired but can be found on the Clearance Rack (Item #129293) for just $3.99 per roll!  Here is a link to my online store if you wish to place an order, or I'd be happy to place an order for you.  My contact information is on the right side bar.  While you're at it, take advantage of our Holiday Sale (formerly known as the Online Extravaganza), which begins TODAY and ends December 2, 2013! 

You'll want to take advantage of the 24-hour Door Busters that are available TODAY only!

Click here to go to my online store to see all of the products discounted for this Holiday Sale!  There are some great deals for those stampers on your Christmas list..... or for yourself! 

Must start on my "to-do" list.  Thanks for taking time to stop by today!

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted. 

Stamps: Kind and Cozy 

Paper: Melon Mambo, White, Garden Gingham DSP (Melon Mambo gingham pattern) 

Ink: Melon Mambo marker, Old Olive marker 

Tools:  2-1/2” circle punch, scissors 

Other:  Melon Mambo striped organdy ribbon (retired), Dimensionals

Last of the Swaps!

Hi there!  Well, today I have the remaining shoebox swaps from our Demo weekend at Pam D'Urso's home May 30 - Jun 2.  What a great weekend it was!  The above card was our hostess with the mostess' swap.  Love the understated simplicity and elegance of Pam's cards.  The flower from the Love and Sympathy set was colored with Calypso Coral and Old Olive markers.  The sentiment is stamped in black.

Next up is Mary Ellen Cope's card using some new products from the 2013-14 Annual Stampin' Up! catalog. 

A strip of Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP) was layered on the strip of Strawberry Slush Core'dinations cardstock.  The Daffodil Delight butterflies were cut from the Beautiful Wings Embosslet die. The sentiment is a new set called Label Love, which was stamped in Island Indigo ink.  There is a coordinating punch for this set.

The final card is mine.

I chose the Summer Silhouettes and Label Love stamp sets for this card.  The ink colors are the new In Colors: Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, and Pistachio Pudding.  (Are you hungry yet?)  My embellishment was made with the new Artisan punch.

That completes the line-up of shoebox swaps from Pam's retreat.  She has already sent out the date for the next retreat in September!  Can't wait!  Love spending time with these girls!  And to think I never would have met these ladies had I not become a Stampin' Up! Deomonstrator! 

Tuesday evening our granddaughter spent the night.  It was a spur of the moment thing.  She brought along the scrapbook that her other grandma gave her and some photos that mom provided.  Miss M completed her scrapbook yesterday and did a really nice job for an almost 6 year old.  I was so busy helping her that I didn't even think about snapping some pics of the process.  Miss M also wanted to make Carla Spradling a gift, whom she never met.  We were meeting Carla later that afternoon at Lion's Choice for an early dinner.  (Carla and I meet there before her Card Buffets and my DIL was stopping in after work to pick up Miss M.)  I was busy pulling out supplies so that Miss M could make Carla's gift.  She's so sweet like that - always wanting to make people gifts.  But what a little task master!  lol   Unfortunately, Carla got stuck in traffic and didn't make it to the restaurant until after Miss M left.  Carla did receive her "gift" of a bunch of decorated hearts and graciously told me that she'll hang them on her board at home.  She's such a sweetie!  (I'll post photos later of the Buffet cards I made)

Time to tackle some chores.  Hope your day is going well and thank you so much for coming by today!