Inkerbelles Convention Swap

My Swap for the Inkerbelles group at Convention 2013

I'm so excited for Convention!  Here's my swap for our Inkerbelle's group.  Tami hosts a great dinner and we all swap cards.  I'm so thankful for Pat and Peggy who helped me make 29 of this card!  They also helped me produce 40 of another swap, that I'll show you tomorrow.

I was inspired by this card.  I really liked her use of the Modern Mosaic TIEF and the pearls for bubbles.  Overall I prefer my design.  What do you think?

Supplies:

sets - By the Tide, Happy Day

cs - Baked Brown Sugar card, 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"
       Pool Party Co'ordinations, 4" x 4"
       Crisp Cantaloupe, 4" x 2"
       Very Vanilla xl oval
ink - Crisp Cantaloupe pad, Baked Brown Sugarpad
access - Big Shot, Modern Mosaic TIEF, sanding block, 5.5" Baked Brown Sugar ruffle stretch trim, pearls, sponge, dimensionals

Happy Stamping!  Mary  

Shoebox Event

Door Prize

Last Thursday I held a Shoebox Event.  We all had a great time making each others' cards.  Click Here to learn more about this event.  Everyone got to pick a door prize.  Each little "bag" held a different retired embellishment.  So fun!  Now I have some room on my Stack and Store Caddy for new embellishments!

Door Prize

Mary's First Card - Triple Time Stamping -  Click Here for a list of supplie.

Mary's Second Card

 I was inspired by this card that my friend, Shelagh, gave to me.  I love this new hostess set, Morning Meadow.  I used Island Indigo and Soft Sky, Quatrafancy Specialty dsp, and the scrumptious retired SAB ribbon

Cathy Hostetler's Card

 I love the simplicity of Cathy's card.  She used one of my favorite new sets, the Wetlands.  Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake are great colors to combine.

Peggy McDonald's Card

 This card was so elegant!  It used the Summer Silhouettes set which is very easy to stamp.  We ran card stock through the Big Shot 7 times!  Pat brought her new magnetic platform so it was a cinch to use the various framelits and edgelits and gave us lots of practice.

Pat Schulte's Card

 Pat's card was beautiful as well.  It used another new, great hostess set called "Simply Sketched."  She chose colors (Melon Mambo and Garden Green - I think) based on the Gingham Garden dsp that is incorporated into her card.

Susie Homer's Card

Susie's card was pure fun punching circles and ovals to create the unique flower! We chose our greeting from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set.  The colors she used were So Saffron, Marina Mist, Whisper White and Wild Wasabi.

Hope you can join us next time!

Happy Stamping!  Mary

Happy 15th Ray - Birthday Ray!

Ray - 15 years old

This is a "You Cam" shot of my son, and not the most flattering, but it's ok.  He's a great son and I love him.  I made his card months ago, but didn't photograph it!

Note: ok, I just photographed it (see below).

Did you know "mustaches" are "in",  Last year Ray got mustache pajama bottoms and a mustache key chain that said,  "You look marvelous" when you pushed a button on it.  So I just had to incorporate a mustache on his card and A Fitting Occasion set has one in it!

He really liked the fun way it opened.  Click here to view the peek-a-boo cards we made in Club last November and HERE and HERE to view more peek-a-boo cards.

Ray using his new phone

FREE DSP!

 I'm so excited that SU! is offering a sale on it's DSP at the beginning of the new catalog year!

Dates: July 1-31, 2013

Deal Details: Buy three packs of select Designer Series Paper and get one for free!

• These items don't qualify for the offer:
  • Designer Series Paper Stacks
  • Specialty Designer Series Paper
  • Designer Series Paper ordered through hostess benefits
• Order online or through me!
• No limits. Order six? You'll get two for free. Nine? You'll get three for free.
• Check out our Designer Series Papers in the annual catalog pages 151, 153, and 154. 

Happy Stamping!  Mary

July - Best of Shelli set

This month's "Best of" stamp set was released today.  You can click here or on the link to the right to view the flyer showing the images.

Mystery Hostess Winners!

I had an online/catalog "party" that ended up being $300!  That means the hostess got $50 in FREE merchandise.  Those who participated decided to split the hostess benefits between 2 people, so they each get to choose $25 of free merchandise.

Here's my 16 year old son picking the winners.  Yes, he was texting while picking the winners!  I guess that ensures that he wasn't looking.

Drum roll. please . . .  The winners are Mary R. and Susie H.  Congrats!

Happy Stamping!  Mary 

New Color Markers

Yeah ! Stampin' Up listened!

For a limited time, from June 26 until October 31, 2013 you can buy any of the new colors in the pack or individually!

ITEM	PRICE	DESCRIPTION
130034	$28.95	Stampin' Write Marker New Color Kit Bermuda Bay, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Soft Sky, Wisteria Wonder
131899	$3.50	Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Marker
131265	$3.50	Blushing Bride Stampin' Write Marker
131902	$3.50	Calypso Coral Stampin' Write Marker
131901	$3.50	Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker
131905	$3.50	Island Indigo Stampin' Write Marker
131266	$3.50	Pear Pizzazz Stampin' Write Marker
131904	$3.50	Pool Party Stampin' Write Marker
131898	$3.50	Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker
131900	$3.50	Soft Sky Stampin' Write Marker
131903	$3.50	Wisteria Wonder Stampin' Write Marker

Happy 50th B-day Sis!

Alice's 50th Bday

Alice's 50th Bday, inside

My sister is turning 50 today.  We are 16 months apart and fairly close.  Yikes, that means I will be 50 next year! 

SUPPLIES

over the hill and a little birdie sets, both retired

black, close to cocoa, garden green, only orange, yoyo yellow card stock, rose red dsp

basic black pad, garden green, only orange, yoyo yellow markers

Alice and I celebrate her B-day June 4, 2010

Happy Birthday sis!  I love you!!!! xoxo