Totally TURTLES

I had such a fun time today with my friends. We made 10 Christmas Cards and 10 Forth of July Cards. My friend brought her 9 year old daughter who did a great job making cards. I may have to hire her to help me make swaps for convention. I got to see my downline's swaps and they look gorgeous. She used the Pick a Petal stamp set. We're going to add some black taffeta ribbon as soon as it comes in. We've got time. Convention is July 21-25. I can't wait! Our group that's going is awesome! We have matching shirts and are usually the first ones to run into the convention hall. We have something special planned for that but I can't give away too much. Everyone noticed that I had lost weight today too. I'm so thrilled! I've lost 20 pounds so far. I'm getting into pants that I couldn't even pull up. It's awesome! I've been doing the no carb diet for over a month and I feel great. I'll keep you posted on how I'm doing. Still have 22 ...

I'm so excited to be getting my catalogs in just a few days. I've been lucky enough to check one out with my upline but I've been wanting my very own copy since June 1. Sunday is my Christmas Card Class and I can let those that come have a first grab at the catalogs. They only cost $10 but if you join my club you get it for free. I'll have more details on Sunday. In addition to the Christmas Cards you can also opt to make 10 4th of July cards too. Cost will be $5. Very simple fast cards. I sent out 4th of July cards one year to my family and got so many responses.  They loved it! I had a contest last month for scrapbooking. I didn't get the response I thought I would but I was not disappointed. Becky made a wonderful two page layout using all Stampin' Up! I posted a picture of it on my Facebook page. If I can download pictures from my cell phone I'll add them here. She won the stamp set A Little Somethin' that was a level II hostess set. I will m...

My little girl is bridging to Brownies this Friday and I wanted to make her a card to show her how proud I am of her. Here's what I came up with. I think she'll love it! I used all Stampin' Up! punches to make the bridge and the girl. I did use the Crop-a-dile for the eyes though. Okay enough of me procrastinating for tonights punch class. I have the rose and one card designed. Still need one more great idea for a card. Off to research some more. I'll post the cards we make tonight on the blog tomorrow. Happy Stampin'!

Do you want to learn more about making cards and creating beautiful scrapbook pages? Maybe you've heard about the new Smooch Spritz from our Summer Catalog. I'm having an open house on May 12 and would love to have you and a friend come and see what's new with Stampin' Up! I really am excited to show people the new colors coming out this summer and all the fun new stamp sets in the Mini Catalog. Visit my website for more details. My true passion was always scrapbooking. This month is National Scrapbooking Month. In honor of that I want to have a little contest. If you have a picture that is crying out to be scrapbooked I want to challenge you to make it into a scrapbook page and email me a picture of your completed page. I'll be  posting some of my scrapbook pages this month for inspiration. I'll be giving away a free stamp set to the most creative and current Stampin' Up! Scrapbook page. So give it a go and see what you come up with. Here's a sampl...

If you were thinking about getting this stamp set you better act today. Here's a cute card I made with the monkey from the set Fox and Friends. I love how you can make the set work for a boy card or a girl card. Plus there's a stamp of a turtle. Who doesn't love turtles?? Today is Amanda's horseback riding lesson. Last Friday it rained so her lesson was canceled. It's starting to rain right now and her lesson is in an hour. I hope it stops. Here's some pictures from Jessica's lesson yesterday. I'm loving the horse Rocky. He's a rescue horse from a family going through a divorce. They had stopped feeding him so he lost a lot of weight. I fed him an apple yesterday and gave him a good brushing. He's the sweetest horse and so loving. I can give him a big hug and he puts his head on my shoulder. I love him. Please keep him in your prayers to put on weight. Jessica on Patches You can see Rocky's ribs which is not a good thing. He's pr...

I just had to show off the swap I made for my demo meeting. Jeannette and Linda had some great swaps too but I'll just show mine today. Of course when I made this swap everything on it was current but now the paper and the felt is sold out. At least you can still get the Charming set. :) Here's some unstampin' stuff to tell you about. My turtle that I thought laid 10 eggs really laid 14 eggs. I can't believe it! But I did find another turtle yesterday in the habitat and then later in the morning I found 3 more. I think that's a world record or something. LOL. Here's a picture of the newest baby. I named her Polka Dot. She's so cute! I wanted to find all the babies at the same time and take a picture of them all but I can't find them all. LOL. Maybe tomorrow morning I will. Happy Stampin' and turtle watching!

I was touring my favorite blogs and saw a great new idea. See Dawn's Blog . She uses our butterfly punch to make these beautiful pansies. I had to try it myself so here's what I came up with. I'm pretty happy with my first try at it. Maybe we'll make this card tomorrow for Stamp Club. If you want to come to the class it's only $5. Let me know if you are coming. Happy Stampin'!