Where have I been?

Well let me tell you where I have been. My poor 3 year old got very sick with a flu. Her temperature was hovering around 104 for days she had all the symptoms of a flu and on top of it we took her to the doctors and found out that she had croup (don't know if that's how you spell it). She was sick for 2 weeks and is still coughing pretty bad and then this week I caught her flu and I was in bed for days. Good thing for moms. My mom took care of the girls all week. So I think I'm finally feeling better so look for a post soon.

Monday is the last day to sign up the emergency birthday card kit class, click on the link to get all the info, let me know if your interested in signing up.

Happy Heart's Day!

Happy V-day! I thought that I would share the card that I made for my husband for v-day. I knew that I had to keep it clean simple lines and he's really not a red and pink kind of guy so this is my untraditional v-day card. I used blue bayou and soft sky on river rock cardstock. I then used one of our chipboard hearts and covered it with our new chunky glitter. In the bottom right corner I used our new rub-on's. I used a rub on that says You make me happy. Which my husband does make me happy, he is an incredible supporting husband. I then also added the heart rub on next to it. That's the great thing about rub ons, you can add and take away from them. If you only like part of a rub on then just use that part, if you want to use 2 rubs on together to get the look that I did, you can do that too!

Don't forget that you can get these rub-on's for free with a purchase of $50.00 during sale-a-bration which runs until March 17th. I have had a bunch of customers ask me lately, do I like the rub on's and do I use them. Well here is my answer, I LOVE RUB ON'S. I don't use many products that aren't SU but before Su carried rub on's I would purchase them else where because I just love rub on's. I don't know if it's just because it's really fun to watch it rub on to your paper or the versatility of them, but I can tell you that I am very excited that SU started carrying them. I love the fact that they coordinate perfectly with our stamp sets and designer papers. I love the fact that they are 12" in length that way I can use them on a 12x12 scrapbook page, and I have to tell you that these rub on's are a really great quality rub on. Can you tell that I'm excited about them.

Well I hope that you all have a great v-day and enjoy time with someone special to you.

Have a great day and happy stampin!

Birthday card kit - class

Emergency Birthday Card Kit Class

Friday March 7th

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Class fee : $20.00

RSVP by Feb 25th

Please bring your own adhesive

This class is going to be so much fun! This kit is great to give to teachers, co-workers or to just keep for your self. Basically it's a kit of birthday cards for that occasion when you don't have time to make one, you'll have this stash already to go. We will be making 8 cards and envelopes and it will all fit into a pouch with a cute saying on the front. Come learn how to make these so you can repeat them and give them out as gifts.

I will also be offering this as a kit on the go to anybody who can't make it to the class.

Birthday card kit on the go

$20.00 includes everything pre stamped and all cardstock cut and ready for you to put together.

This kit does not include adhesive

Shipping is extra, but if your local and can pick up your kit you can waive the shipping cost.

Pre-made card kit

$25.00 and includes everthing stamped and put together for you, all ready for you to sign the card and lick the envelope.

Shipping is extra, but if your local and can pick up your kit you can waive the shipping cost.

e-mail me at c_riddell@comcast.net to order the emergency birthday card kit.

Stamp Club card - Faux Tile Technique

Look what the ladies will be doing at club on Monday! Isn't this card really neat. I really like this faux tile technique. I love how it gives the card a very elegant look. It's super easy to do too! Join us Monday to learn this technique for your self.

Monday Feb 11th

7:00-9:00pm

RSVP by Sunday Feb 10th

Guests : $5.00 or free with a $25.00 order

Remember this month is Sale-a-bration so for every $50.00 order you will receive a free sale-a-bration stamp set of your choice.

Hope to see you at club if you are local.

Supplies: Artichoke, mellow moss, groovy guava, whisper white cardstock

Ink: groovy guava, mellow moss, always artichoke

Accessories: white grosgrain ribbon, paper cutter w/ scoring blade, dimensionals

Have a great day and happy stampin!

Baby shower card

My best friend is pregnant and she is home from Italy for a week and a half so her sister (who is 8 months pregnant) through her a baby shower and this is the first boy in our group of friends, we have 7 girls and no boys so it was so fun to be able to go shopping for boy clothes for once. So I wanted to make her a special card and she's the type of person who likes modern clean lines so I knew that I wanted to incoorperate that into my card. So I pulled out my bashful blue and night of navy card stock and went from there. I was super excited to use one of the new stamps from our sale-a-bration set So Many Scallops which works perfectly with our circle scallop punch. So what I did was stamp the stamp 4 times. I stamped it in bashful blue ink, barely banana ink and night of navy ink on white cardstock and then stamped it again with night of navy ink on bashful blue cardstock. I punched out the bashful blue cardstock with our circle scallop punch and then I punched out the bashful blue ink on white card stock with our 13/8 circle punch. With my paper snips I cut out the barely banana moon and cut out the sweet one saying from the night of navy stamped image. I used stampin dimensionals to raise up the moon and the saying sweet one. And then on the moon I used, wait for it.....................
dazzling diamonds glitter with my two way glue pen. Having parts of the image raised up on the dimensionals makes it look like one of the expensive embellishments that you would buy at the store but I made it my self.

Here is a close up picture of the scallop circle so that you can see the moon and saying popped up. This card was a lot of fun to make. This card measures 3X6 when folded. It's a 6X6 piece of cardstock which is perfect to make out of a 12X12 piece of cardstock because you can get 4 out of one piece of card stock. The envelope was made to match the card. I used the 5in1 template from SU and made it in Bashful blue cardstock and then added a belly band to it in whisper white and night of navy and then added the same hand stamped embellishment on the front along with blue gingham ribbon which screams baby to me.


Here is a picture of the basket that I gave her with the card sitting in the front of it. Doesn't it go well with the basket. I also added ribbon to the handles of the basket in all different shades of blue and white just to give it that extra special touch. I really did have fun making this basket.
Well that's it for today.
Have a great day and happy stampin!

ps. my spell check isn't working so I apologize for any misspelled words.

It's SALE-A-BRATION Time and a great recruiting special

It's that time of year again sale-a-bration, which is Stampin Up's fantastic sale. This sale is great for customers, hostess and anybody interested in signing up to become a Stampin Up demonstrator. Here are all the details. Click on the picture of the catalog to view the SAB mini catalog.

Customers: For every $50.00 you spend you can choose one of our sale-a-bration stamp sets for free (this year there are 5 stamp sets to choose from and a package of really cute rub-on's that come in 4 colors). There is no limit to how many stamp sets you earn for free. Example: Spend $50.00 receive 1 free SAB set

Spend $100.00 receive 2 free SAB sets

Spend $150.00 receive 3 free SAB sets

and so on and so on. I think you get the point.

Hostess: For every $300.00 in sales you will receive a free SAB stamp set.

$600.00 in sales receive 2 free sets

$900.00 in sales receive 3 free sets

and so on and so on.

Recruits: Receive any stamp set from the 2008 spring/summer catalog for free (that's up to a $47.95 value for FREE). And on top of the free set you will also receive the starter kit at 20% off. That makes the kit only $159.00. You will receive $375.00 worth of stamps and business supplies for the low price of $159.00. Stampin Up has made it even easier to sign up by allowing us to do it right on line through my personal Stampin Up website. Just click on the link to see how easy it is. I love my job do you?

I was just so excited about this great news that I had to share it with you.

Pretties Kit Class

Pretties Kit Class
Friday Feb. 29th
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Class fee: $40.00 (which includes the pretties kit a $35.00 value)
Registration and class fee due by Feb 19th

This class is limited to 8 people so register early!

In this class we will be making 4 cards using the great embellishment found in our pretties kit. I will be showing you all the fun ways to use this kit. The pretties kit is a great way to add that added touch to your hand made cards and to take them to the next level. Each participant will go home with their own pretties kit. Please bring your own adhesive to class. Here's the best part, register a new to me customer and recieve an extra $5.00 in products on your next purchase.
Happy Stampin and have a great day!