September Stamp Clubs

These are the projects we will be making at our September Stamp Club meetings.

If you are in the Boise area and would like to join one of my Stamp Clubs, e-mail me at yasou@cableone.net. Clubs will be reforming in January. Sorry, at this time I am not offering an online club.

Playing with the Wicked Fun stamp set and the Wicked Fun Specialty Designer Series Paper.

The card on the left was inspired by Debbie Currier and the card on the right was inspired by Sandra Hanedanian. I saw them both on Stampin' Connections, Stampin' Up!'s fabulous recourse for demonstrators only.

If you want in on the fun to see the hundreds of postings a day, ALL by Stampin' Up! demonstrators, check out this posting HERE. We have a fabulous special going on right now to sign up!

Now you ready to see something cute??

After seeing all those darling confectionery displays at convention this year, I thought this would be a cute display of Spooky treats! I found this mini shopping cart at Cost Plus World Market here in Boise. It was only $7.99. Pretty fun, huh??!

Imagine The Possibilities

Single sided note cards for customer thank yous.

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla and Basic Black

Stamp Set: Word Play, Artistic Etchings

Accessories: Love Letter Designer Series Paper, Scallop Edge Punch, Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestone Jewels

I'm re-posting both of these to let you know that I got an e-mail from Andrea Walford saying she is restocked on the small note pads and the calendars. You can see them on her blog, HERE. I had literally hundreds of e-mails from disappointed readers telling me she was sold out. They're back!!
Details on this posting can be found HERE.
Details on this posting HERE.

A Little Laughter

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Basic Black
Stamp Set: Morning Cup, Word Play, Woodgrain Background
Accessories: 5/8" Basic Black Satin Ribbon, 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta, Heart to Heart Punch, Watercolor Crayons, Blender Pens

I'm going to Billings, Montana...would you like to come stamp with me? I'll be there Sept. 14-19 for some jam packed days of FUN! Kim and I will do a workshop together, a Stamp Camp on Saturday a downline meeting and an Opportunity Night! E-mail me today at yasou@cableone.net if you would like more information on attending one or all of the events in Billings! It's going to be SO fun!!

Don't forget about this TOTE-ALLY Awesome Opportunity!

From now until October 18th, receive a FREE craft tote (a $39.95 value) when you join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator! The fall and winter holidays create some of the BEST stamping opportunities...it's a great time to earn some extra money! I would love to have you join my Inking Everything team!

Imagine... sharing your ♥ of Stampin’ Up! with this stylish and practical tote, patterned after our Greenhouse Gala Designer Series paper and large enough to carry 12” x 12” card stock and a Paper Cutter, as well as punches, ink pads, and accessories. And with two Starter Kits to choose from-Standard and Digital-at a brand new lower kit price, there’s never been a better time to join the Stampin’Up! family!

Contact me for your password to join and you could be a demonstrator today!

Tags til Christmas

Oh -Magosh! Have you seen the NEW Holiday Mini catalog yet? Seriously, this is THE best Holiday Mini we've had!!! I accidentally Ü ordered a ton of things from it and have so many new toys to play with...even tho I still have new toys from the NEW Idea Book & Catalog that I've hardly played with. Good thing that one lasts a year, right??

Take a look at it HERE! There are new Designer Series Papers, ribbons, giant buttons, awesome glass glitter, stamp sets, die-cuts...oh MY, you have to see the Tasteful Trims die-cut with the big rick-rack, so darling! And gorgeous fabrics that match the papers and ribbons and I don't even sew but I have them! This is beginning to sound like I have a problem....


Here are the cards I made for Diana Gibbs Holiday Mini swap. I knew the minute I saw Tags til Christmas I was going to use the heck out of it...and I am! I can't wait to see the rest of the cards, they should be here this week! Thanks again Di for inviting me!

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Deck The Halls Designer Series Paper

Stamp Set: Tags til Christmas

Accessories: Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Extra Large Decorative Label Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Crop-a-dile, 1/8" Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Pearls (I love these and the NEW jewel rhinestones!), Tasteful Trims die-cut and the Big Shot (you need one of these babies!)

Don't forget about this TOTE-ALLY Awesome Opportunity!

From now until October 18th, receive a FREE craft tote (a $39.95 value) when you join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator! The fall and winter holidays create some of the BEST stamping opportunities...it's a great time to earn some extra money!
I would love to have you join my Inking Everything team!

Imagine... sharing your ♥ of Stampin’ Up! with this stylish and practical tote, patterned after our Greenhouse Gala Designer Series paper and large enough to carry 12” x 12” card stock and a Paper Cutter, as well as punches, ink pads, and accessories. And with two Starter Kits to choose from-Standard and Digital-at a brand new lower kit price, there’s never been a better time to join the Stampin’Up! family!

Contact me for your password to join and you could be a demonstrator today!

Anyone live in Billings, Montana or there abouts? Would you like to some stamp with me?

I'm headed to Billings to make good on a challenge I put out there for my one of the gals in my group...you know her... Kim Sinclair, OK...some of you know her as BFF! I talk about her all the time! I'll wait to brag on her accomplishments and why I'm going to Billings, in person when I see you all!

We're going to do a workshop together on Thursday, September 16th and a Spooktacular Stamp Camp on Saturday, September 18th from 1-4. Plus a downline meeting for the gals in her group and an Opportunity night if anyone is interested in joining her team...which is my team too :)

With this great TOTE special and all the holiday stamping to do this time of year, it's a great time to sign up to be a demonstrator!

E-mail me at yasou@cableone.net if you would like to stamp with us in Billings or if you have any questions about any of the events. I'd love to meet you!!

TOTE-ALLY Awesome Opportunity!

I've got a TOTE-ALLY awesome opportunity for YOU!!! From now until October 18th, receive a FREE craft tote (a $39.95 value) when you join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator! The fall and winter holidays create some of the BEST stamping opportunities...it's a great time to earn some extra money!

I would love to have you join my Inking Everything team!

Imagine... sharing your ♥ of Stampin’ Up! with this stylish and practical tote, patterned after our Greenhouse Gala Designer Series paper and large enough to carry 12” x 12” card stock and a Paper Cutter, as well as punches, ink pads, and accessories.
And with two Starter Kits to choose from-Standard and Digital-at a brand new lower kit price, there’s never been a better time to join the Stampin’Up! family!

Contact me for your password to join and you could be a demonstrator today!

Isn't this darling...if I do say so myself! I had a customer purchase a gift certificate for a special birthday so I had to package it up super cute!!

Once again using a birthday card inspired by Mary Brown.

Cardstock: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight

Stamp Set: On A Pedestal, Word Play

Accessories: Large and Small Star Punches, Big Shot (you need one!), Polka Dot Embossing Folder, 1-1/4" Old Olive Striped Grosgrain, NEW Rhinestone jewels

You can order the pattern to this gift card size purse HERE. It is one of the Tres Chic Handbags.

More Aviary!

I have to get better at my titles because I have lots more Aviary cards in my future and they shouldn't all be titled Aviary, right? I just LOVE this stamp set!!

Edited to add: Thank you to Kristin Moore for letting me know this was her design. I was given a photo copy of the card from one of my customers and she had no idea who's it was. You can see Kristin's card HERE. Thanks Kristin!

Cardstock: Marina Mist, Confetti White, Night of Navy

Stamp Set: Aviary

Ink Pads: Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Night of Navy

Accessories: Big Shot (you have one yet?), Lattice Embossing Folder, Top Note die-cut, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Corner Rounder, Night of Navy Satin Ribbon, Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon

The fair was going on all last week and since it had cooled down a bit, we decided to head over there. Have you ever seen anything like this? It is a Swirl Fry...remember I'm in Idaho where potatoes can do anything! This thing was well over a foot long and had a stick through it but it was a french fry. I didn't try it...too weird, but Benjamin ate it all and LOVED it!

Nicholas on the other hand, prefers games to food...and we are now the proud owners of 10 goldfish! Don't even get me started!
Happy Birthday to my husband today! Here's George with his 3 boys. Ü

Are You Ready For Christmas Stamping?

Well, I wasn't really either, but decided to break out the Christmas paper. Last weekend I was asked to be a 'surprise guest' demonstrator at another groups demo meeting. I had a great time demonstrating for them and meeting new friends. Although I am not going to share the presentation with you as they paid to attend, I will to share a couple of the other samples I had on my table for display.

A pull up card using the Scallop Square die-cut. The snowman is from the new Tags till Christmas set available Wednesday in the Holiday Mini catalog and the Tis The Season is from Punch Pals (which apparently is never going to retire!).

Of course I had to make a purse for display! This one uses the Holly Jolly Designer Series paper. The pattern can be found in my Tres Chic Handbag tutorial HERE.

The clasp is made using the new Glimmer Brads available Wednesday also. Super sparkly and oh so pretty. The tag is from the Tags till Christmas set.

This tag is a die-cut from Two Tags, uses the Tags till Christmas set, snowflake die-cut, Glimmer Brad, Spiral Punch, Jumbo Antique Brass Eyelet, Clips Assortment, Old Olive Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon available Wednesday.

Penny's Show

This is the demo I did last night for Penny's show. Showing off some of the new colors !

Just Believe in Wild Wasabi, Aviary in Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso and Word Play with On A Pedestal in Rich Razzleberry with Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive. (Thanks Mary Brown for the great idea to put the words over the image...you're awesome!) The bottom two were the make-n-takes.

Thanks Penny! It was fun to stamp with you and your friends. :)

A Morning Without Coffee...

Here is the second of the two I made with the Morning Cup set. It was set to post yesterday but our Internet was out all day! :(

Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Early Espresso, Wild Wasabi, Riding Hood Red, Woodland Walk Designer Series Paper
Stamp Set: Morning Cup
Accessories: Basic Black Watercolor Crayon, Blender Pen, 1" Circle Punch, 1/8" Very Vanilla Taffeta, Small Heart Punch, Corner Rounder

Also, to address the comments left regarding the video I made. It is for my downline blog and will not be showing on my public blog. Thank you for your encouragement tho! If you really, really, really want to see it, you can join my team.

Have a great day!

Perk Up!

This week has been a crazy one! I'm preparing for a demonstrator event this weekend and my September workshops. I scheduled my fall line up of classes. I registered Benjamin for high school, Nicholas for Middle School (boo hoo!) and my husband had surgery. I started a downline blog and made my first video...do you know how weird that is to talk to a camera? I'm not ready for show business, I guess.

Usually I try to keep things a little calmer than this! Thank goodness for a good cup of coffee. Ü

Cardstock: Early Espresso, River Rock, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla

Stamp Set: Morning Cup

Ink Pads: Marina Mist, Staz-On Jet Black

Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Square die-cut, 1-3/4" Circle Punch

Two-Tags Birdhouse

I loved this layout by Lisa Young on Stampin' Connections, our demonstrator sharing site. She used the tag from Two Tags die-cut as a base for the bird cage. I changed it up a bit by using my Riding Hood Red cardstock!

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Stamp Set: Aviary
Accessories: Big Shot (you NEED one of these!), Two-Tags Bigz die-cut, Bird Punch (leaves), Bitty Flower Punch, Pearls, Jumbo Eyelets, Cherry Cobbler 1/2" Seam Binding, 1/8" Basic Black Ribbon, Love Letters DSP

Birdhouse Bookmarks

Have some reading to do? Maybe a bookmark for your new catalog...maybe not, I would need about 50 for my catalog! Ü

Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White
Stamp Set: Aviary
Ink Pads: Real Red, Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Jumbo Eyelets, Crop-a-dile, Marina Mist 5/8" Grosgrain, Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain. Punch Pack flower punch, Rhinestone Jewels, Two Tags die-cut, Big Shot