Had to brag! I got a promotion!

I love the fact that I can give myself promotions based on how hard I work. I've been promoted to Sr. Supervisor. So what does that mean you might be asking. Just a pay raise for me and lots of FREE stampin up products! How cool is that! If you're interested in starting your own stamping business, where you are the boss and you make the decisions on when you promote and when you get a pay raise, talk to me. Stampin Up has made it easy to get you're business rolling by offering a 3 month installment plan to pay for you're starter kit.

Today's cards are for some special ladies in my life. Some of my Stampin team members went above and beyond durng sale-a-bration to work their business and I just wanted to show them how much I appreciate them and to let them know how proud of them I am. So I sent each lady a special card, designed just for them. I did use chipboard on each of the cards and I have to say that I really love the way that each of these cards came out! Most of the ladies should receive them today so I can post them here.

This first card is for Shanun, she is going to be having an open house soon to try and get her business jump started and I just wanted to let her know that I have faith in her and she can do it.

This card is for Laura, who has rocked her business during sale-a-bration and she had an amazing class a couple days before the end of sale-a-bration and the sweet person that she is donated the proceeds to the relay for life. So I wanted to let her know how proud of her I was for doing so well and getting some new customers. She will go far in this business! And she's uber talented too!And this card is for Mel who just did amazing during sale-a-bration and she recruited her FIRST team member. I'm so proud of her and just wanted to let her know. This last card is for Jen, who is one of my Mary Kay team members and she just signed up in Feb and she is just doing AMAZING and just wanted to make sure she knew how proud of her I was.I am so blessed to have such wonderful women that surround me. Thank you all for loving what you do and sharing it with the world!

We would love to have you join our group of fun demonstrators. If you're interested we can sit down and talk and get that paper work started.

Or come on by Tuesday April 7th at 6:30 pm to see how much fun we have at our team meetings.

Have a fantastic day and happy stampin!

I Love what I do!

Wow, I can't believe all the stamping I've been doing lately. This is awesome! I've been fitting it in here and there and I love the projects that I've been coming up with. I wish I had thought of this weekly challenge thing a long time ago. I gives me somewhere to focus my attention and I'm just whipping out the projects.

Remember that tomorrow (Wed) is the last day to submit your projects for this weeks challenge which was to use chipboard. I don't care how you use it, just use it! Today I'm going to share 1 last way to use your chipboard. This project I have showcased on my blog a long time ago, but it fits in with the whole using chipboard thing so I figured I would show it again.

Chipboard & Stamping:

Ok the name of the company is Stampin Up! So maybe a little stamping on chipboard would be a good thing!

Step 1: Pick out your chipboard, you're stamp and your ink color

Step 2: Stamp on your chipboard

Step 3: Finish project as desired

I mean come on, how much easier can it get right?

This technique works really well with bigger pieces of chipboard that have a good amount of space to stamp on, but it can also be accomplished just as nicely on smaller pieces of chipboard too!

I hope that my chipboard projects has inspired you to try out your own projects using chipboard. It really is a fun easy product to use.
Tomorrow I'm going to be sharing 4 cards with you, that I absolutely think are so adorable, and yes they do use chipboard again! I just couldn't help myself, I've really been enjoying using my chipboard and I'll give you a hint. I'm doing a technique that I've already showed you and those of you who know me, know that this is my favorite item to use on any and every card that I can! Any guesses on which chipboard technique it is?
Have a fantastic day, it's sunny here and I'm going to enjoy it while I can, I hear we are in for some more rain. The joys of living in New England I guess.
Have a great day and happy stampin!


Today (Tuesday) is the LAST day of sale-a-bration! Get those orders in, before you miss out on all the free products!
There is still time to sign up to start you're own Stampin Up! business. Call me today and we can do it right on-line!

chipboard, chipboard who has the chipboard?

me apparently as I have been using it on all of my projects all week long! Happy start of the week to all of you! I've added a poll to the right side of my blog, so please feel free to vote. I'll be putting up different polls from time to time so I better know how to help my customers and find out what you're really interested in.

Ok on to today's post. I have another way to use your chipboard. Ready?

Chipboard & Rub-on's:

Step 1: Sponge ink onto your chipboard

Step 2: Apply rub-on of your choice

Step 3: Finish your project as desired

Isn't that easy! That's all there really is to it and I love the effect it has on this scrapbook page. You can also see that I used chipboard with glitter again, but this time it's the chunky glitter which gives it another whole look. The F is for family, friends and fun it could also be for my mom's first name Frances as this is what this scrapbook page is all about.

As you can see in the close up picture, I've also stamped out some images, cut them out, glittered them up (because I have to you know) and applied them to the chipboard as well. The rub-on's where actually all one rub-on and i just cut it apart where I wanted to and applied it to all 3 chipboard tags.

Alright you're turn, show me your projects that you've used chipboard on. I'd love to see them. Wednesday is the last day to play along with this challenge and then we'll be on to something else! I hope that you decide to join in on the fun.

Just a reminder that tomorrow Tuesday is the last day to take advantage of sale-a-bration. Orders of $50.00 or more qualify for free product. Orders can be phoned in to me, e-mailed or shop right on line at http://www.angelariddell.stampinup.net/ click on "shop now"

For every $50.00 you spend you can choose free products from the sale-a-bration catalog. Any order of $150.00 or more also qualifies for free hostess benefits so grab some orders from your friends and give me a call and we'll throw in and order and get you lots of free Stampin Up products!

Thinking of signing up to become a Stampin Up demonstrator? Do it before tomorrow to take advantage of the discounted price on the starter kit so that you can get your business off to a roaring start with out paying full price. New recruits also get to pick out an extra free stamp set of their choice from the catalog. So hurry so you don't miss out!

More chipboard!

Before I start my post for today, if you receive my blog posts by e-mail and didn't receive one yesterday, click over to my blog to see yesterdays post. I showed a really cool way to use chipboard. You won't want to miss it! Sometimes my posts don't get sent via e-mail. I'll have to figure that out. But anyway, on to today's post.

Happy beautiful Saturday to all of you. The sun is shinning here and we are expected to hit 60 degrees today, yippeee! My girls have been outside all morning so I"m hoping that they take a good afternoon nap so I can get a lot done. Today I'm showing another way to use chipboard.

Chipboard and Crystal Effects: This is a great way to make your chipboard shiny!

Step 1: sponge color of your choice onto the chipboard

Step 2: Apply crystal effects all over the inked chipboard and allow to dry. A good 4 to 6 hours for drying is needed. I did these pieces of chipboard before I left for the evening and when we came home they where good to go.

(sorry for the blurry picture, try applying crystal effects and taking a picture at the same time, it really doesn't mix!)Step 3: Apply chipboard to project and finish how ever you would like.
Isn't this a really neat way to use chipboard. People pay big bucks for shiny chipboard and we can do it with everything that we already have on hand. After you've applied the crystal effects you could also add some glitter to it before it dries to give it an extra special touch.

You can see here that I glued my 2 chipboard pieces together and I also added ribbon to the reversed heart image. That in it's self is a really cool way to use your chipboard.

Ok so I've given you another way to use your chipboard, so now go do it! Remember to e-mail me your pictures of how you are using your chipboard and I will post them to my blog. I have a really cute project for you tomorrow and yes it does involve chipboard. See you tomorrow.

Only 3 more days left to sale-a-bration, if you haven't taken advantage of our biggest promotion of the year, do it quickly before time runs out on you!

Have a great day and happy stampin!

reach for the stars with chipboard

Alright ladies, so the challenge is on! If you read my post yesterday, I challenged you to use your chipboard. You can use it on any project you would like to use it on. I thought over the next few days I would show you some of the different ways that you can use chipboard. So today we are reaching for the stars with our chipboard. Isn't this giraffe just the cutest? I think he's so stinkin cute.

So for the chipboard:
1. I sponged on ink until I got the color that I was pleased with. 2. I then applied tombo mono multi adhesive (love this stuff) and then sprinkled glitter all over. This chipboard star really sparkles! Isn't that an easy way to use your chipboard? The cute little giraffe was colored in using blender pens and our pastels. It gives a really nice soft look to the card. Did you catch the texture on the creamy carmel cardstock, aren't those diamonds fabulous? Don't they just add that extra little touch to the card? If you haven't tried out the texture plates yet, you really have to. Did you catch the ribbon and the rhinestone brad around the star. I love how it color coordinates with the card.

Remember you only have a few more days left to take advantage of sale-a-bration. To order your Stampin UP products simply call, e-mail me or order right on line through my website http://www.angelariddell.stampinup.net/ click on "shop now".

Also remember if you're ready to get your own Stampin Up business started there are only a couple more days left to take advantage of the 15% off of the starter kit and don't forget that you get to pick out an extra free stamp set of your choice and if that didn't make it easy enough for you to sign up, don't forget that you can also pay for your starter kit over 3 months. I love being a demonstrator! I love helping people find their creativity. I love the fact that I can promote myself by how hard I work. I love the fact that I can't be fired or laid off. I love the fact that I get to work my work schedule around my family's schedule. I love that I get to meet new people all the time. I love the fact that I get the opportunity to earn free products all the time and I have the chance to earn free incentive trips too! How many people can say that they LOVE their job? Not many but I can honestly say that I LOVE my job!

Questions, please feel free to call me and we can get together and talk.

Have a fantastic day and happy stampin!