Chocolate Bunny Ensemble for UStamp

Hey, hey, Saturday was MY day on UStamp with Dawn and Friends. This is one of my two projects for the Spring Soiree. If you would like the directions to this project and a whole months worth of other projects, come on over to UStamp HERE.

My Project Featured Today on UStamp!!

Today is my day over at UStamp! I was so busy with Leadership that I didn't do any promotion for this session called, With Love. Yep!, it's all about love and Valentine's!! You can sign up HERE to join in all the fun!

I made these cute little Valentine's Bags for my first of 2 projects. UStamp, With Love just started yesterday and we have a whole month of projects still to share! Come join in on the fun!!

Guess What???

Guess What?

Very early Saturday morning my blog counter passed

ONE MILLION HITS!

Can you believe that? A million is a heck of a lot of visitors! Thank you so much for all your support. I love your comments and e-mails and I'm so glad you are inspired enough to check back now and then!

Thank you!!

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I said I was done..... I told Dawn I would do UStamp Fall session as a Guest Designer then I was done. Somehow I got roped into the Holiday session and got bumped up to a Creative Crew Girl, then I was sure I was done. Seriously 2 sessions is plenty, I was full, happy and DONE! Then something happened...and here I am again announcing that I will be on the Creative Crew for the Year End Blowout Session 2009 of UStamp with Dawn and Friends.

Please join me for the Year End Blowout session of UStamp with Dawn & friends December 1-31!

Year End Blowout 2009 will give all of us an opportunity to do something REALLY FUN for ourselves by escaping the Holiday Stesses, even if only or a few minutes a day, to check out a project or peak into the chat room to say hello to some friends across the ocean. Don't we all deserve a few minutes of fun to help us re-charge and enjoy what we love??!! Of course we do!!

One of the many great things about UStamp is that YOU create when YOU are ready. LOVE the projects, but don't have time to make them yourself during the crazy holidays?? No worries!! The website will remain open for many months, ready when you are to create so you won't miss out.

Fun project themes of "Parties, Celebrations and Gift Giving" will totally hook you up for all your upcoming celebration needs right out of the gate for 2010!! Once all the hoopla of the holidays dies down, you will be thrilled that you can fill your January making creative projects from the Year End Blow Out event.

We will be celebrating from December 1st until December 31st posting projects everyday AND giving away prizes everyday too!!

Would you like to join in on the fun for FREE?? All you have to do is leave me a comment and 2 random winners will be drawn Tuesday, November 17th at 7 pm! It could be YOU!!!

ETA: Please feel free to leave a comment but a winner has been chosen and will be announced soon. Thank you!

Join us TODAY to get in on the Early Bird Special of only $19.98!! You will definitely want to hurry because the Early Bird Special ends Nov 17th and the fee will go up $24.98.

Click HERE to sign up!

At the top of Dawn's blog, click on the UStamp link and follow the directions from there.

I love it when I am out and about on the web and come across someone who has made something from my blog!

Giant Nugget Box from Cannie Hunter, you can view her details HERE.

This one was on Splitcoast Stampers and is from Theresa Forseth. You can also see it on her blog HERE.

If you would like to make a Giant Nugget Box, the instructions can be found HERE. Let me know what you come up with!

Thank you again one million times for visiting my blog!!

Today's Feature on UStamp

Today, my second of two projects is featured on UStamp. Dawn always presents each day with so much excitement...this Holiday Session has been awesome! You should join just to read her intro's each day. Ü

As I've said here many times, UStamp is an online 'class' you can sign up for HERE .

Every single day for a whole month features a different project and guest artist from the UStamp team that Dawn Rapsas has put together. UStamp is all Stampin' Up! products and patterns and instructions are converted to every language that Stampin' Up! does business in - Spanish, French, German and English.

This card box looks like a book and can hold a dozen or more cards.

If you are interested in the pattern for this project, check out UStamp! You'll get this one and the entire Holiday Session for $ 24.99!!

1st UStamp Project

Today, one of my two Holiday projects is being featured on UStamp with Dawn and Friends. I thought you may like to see it. If you are interested in participating in the Holiday Session of UStamp, you can get information and sign up here.

We are into it about 7 days so far and the projects have been fabulous!!! It's never too late to join, you will have access to all the projects for a long time, even after it closes.

My project is a Christmas Organizer.

It is 4-1/4" x 5-1/2", perfect purse size! You'll not only get the step by step tutorial , but all the templates for the inside pages for to print off too!!

Come join in the fun over at UStamp!

More UStamp Coming Your Way!

Edited to Add: Sorry, I didn't place the link to sign up with UStamp, it's there now and also can be found here. And, I forgot to add that that the contest for a FREE pass to the Holiday UStamp closes tomorrow Sept. 28th at 10 am.

If you've been following my blog, you know I was asked to be a Guest Designer for UStamp. Below is the project that I designed exclusive for UStamp .

What is UStamp so many of you have asked... it's an online Stampin' Up! class run by Dawn Rapsas (Stampin' Up! #1 Demonstrator of the Year, 2009) and her friends from all the countries Stampin' Up! has demonstrators in; Germany, France, England, Australia and New Zealand. Every day for 28 days, you get a new project complete with pdf instructional tutorial and colored photos. (All projects are shown in all languages with the proper measurements for that country's language). Plus they offer prizes, you can chat on line with the designers, a photo album so you can see what others have made with the projects shared each day, an organized swap, etc. It's very fun!!

And now for the big announcement...........I've been invited back!! Yeah me!! This time I am a Creative Crew Girl and I will be designing 2 projects exclusively for UStamp members!

Join today to get in on the "Special Pricing" of only $19.99. You will want to hurry because pricing increases to $24.99 on October 1st. Join HERE.

UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! Holiday 09 will open bright and early Friday, October 16th and will wrap up Friday, November 13th. You are getting a GREAT value with this event because we have 28 days Plus 1 EXTRA day for good luck, of amazing creative holiday fun!!

You want to join me?? UStamp is offering a FREE tuition for me to give away!! Valerie Durham was my winner of a paid tuition for the Fall session and you could be next!!
All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me why YOU should win. Please leave your contact information. Last time some of you had the correct answers to the questions I asked but there was no way for me to contact you.
If you have already paid and are a winner, no worries, your money will be refunded.

9/29 The contest is now closed. I have a winner!!! Just waiting on Dawn to let me know when I can announce it. Thank You to all who left comments. That was AMAZING!!
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Also, a reminder that my 12 Days of Christmas is set to run October 1-12 right here on this blog!!

• Just like last year, no detailed descriptions will be given.
• Just like last year the complete tutorial of all 12 days will be released of the 12th.
• And just like last year the cost will be $12.95 because you are getting 12 projects!!

Super Exciting News!! and the Pumpkin Basket How-To

Here is a little sneaky peeky to the Super Exciting News!!!

Today I am the guest designer for UStamp and here is a smidgen of the project exclusively for UStamp!

This is my first time ever with UStamp. For those of you who are not familiar with UStamp, here is Dawn in her own words:

We come together because of our love of Stampin' Up! products, but we leave with so much more. Did you ever think that your heart could be touched by so many you never even met?? Us neither!! But that is exactly what happens every time, and THAT my friends is what makes US so special!!

When you join us, expect to feel connected, be inspired, have fun and lots of laughs in our chat room open 24/7, maybe even win a prize!! Our Design Teams ROCK!!

Our "Dream Team", "Creative Crew" and "Guest Designers" are Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from each country that Stampin' Up! is open for business. The United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, France and the United Kingdom are all on board for our Fall 09 event!! We will be celebrating the exciting New Stampin' Up! Catalog release and the FABULOUS NEW Holiday Mini catalog, so will NOT you want to miss this event!!

UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! Fall 09 will open bright and early Friday, September 4th and will wrap up Friday, October 2nd. You are getting an even GREATER value with this event because I have added 4 MORE days!! YES!! 28 days of amazing creative fun!! New projects/video every day!! Tons of Chats, Lots of Prizes, Gallery Sharing, of course the highly requested "Creative Swap", and a few surprises too!!

Attention International Friends... All project dimensions will be available in both CM and Inches!! Every Project PDF will be translated and available in French, German and Spanish!!

It's not too late to register for UStamp Fall Session. You can still see the first 6 days that have already 'aired'.

Register HERE today, at http://www.ustampwithdawn.blogspot.com/ and you too can create this project!!

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Yesterday I received a TON of e-mail asking for the little pumpkin basket directions. It's always funny to me to see what catches people's attention! Here we go...

1. Cut cardstock to 2-1/4" x 5-3/4".

2. Score along the bottom at 1".

3. Score the length at 1-3/4", 2-3/4", 4-1/2" and 5-1/2"

4. Cut on the score lines up to the intersecting score line at a slight angle (to avoid any overlap and it 's cleaner look). Cut off the little piece at the end as shown in the photo.

5. Punch 5 ovals with the Wide Oval Punch, sponge the edges for added depth. I used Pumpkin Pie cardstock and ink.

6. Handle is 6" x 1/2".

7. Apply SNAIL adhesive to back of the center punched oval and start layering the ovals on the left and right sides alternately.
8. Bottom view is what the back looks like when complete

9. Fold the box and secure with Sticky Strip.

10. Attach pumpkins to the front and back of the box.

11. Hand cut little stems and stamp leaves if desired.

12. Attach handle with a brad.