Totally TURTLES

I'm so excited because this is the first year that I'm close enough to earn the incentive trip. As a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator I'm able to earn free stamps and make money but I'm also able to earn points towards an incentive trip each year. This year the trip is to Hilton Head, SC. Wow! That would be such a nice trip and I hear there are pillow gifts every night of your stay. I so want to get those! So in order to reach my goal I need a little bit more in sales. Since I don't want to just ask people for orders without giving them something I've decided to give away FREE STAMPS! Here's how it works: You order from me from the new Catalog by June 30th. Your total before tax and shipping is what you can use to get stamps from the list below. If you order $100 you can pick $100 in Free stamps. Easy! If you are far away I can mail your free stamps to you for free as well.   Click here for the online catalog. Here's what you can pick from: Polka...

Last week was a milestone. My two girls went away to camp without me. Of course I had to make them cute little packages, cards and a journal to write all their adventures in. I used Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake envelopes and cut some cardstock to make these journals. The envelopes provided pockets for fun things they collected. I also provided them some ideas for using the journal. I used packing paper to make little "cards" to insert into the envelopes. They could do leaf rubbings on them or draw a picture. I was sure they would be able to do this in their free time. LOL. I also left some pages for them to write about their horse since it was a horse riding camp. Notice that I'm using my retired stamp sets. I know that's not fair to you all who want to get these stamps but I have to say that even as a demonstrator I do use my favorite stamps for fun projects for my girls, scrapbooks, etc. Never get rid of your favorites. So I spent some ti...

Hello stampers! Here's a great new promotion just for hostesses! Earn an extra $50 when your party reaches $450. With the new catalog coming out it's sure to be at least that much! Let me know when you want to do a party or you can have a catalog party. I can bring you a stack of catties to hand out to your friends and then you can go shopping for free! What can you get for hosting? You can get $115 of free product plus any item 50% off! (when you reach $450 in sales). But the free products start at $150 order. Earn $25 of free bonus bucks. No need to have a party. I give hostess benefits to all orders of $150 or more. Another great promotion that is coming up is the stamp set Reason to Smile. Normally this set would cost $16.95 but you can get it for only $5 when you spend $50 or more next month. Click Here for the flyer and image of stamp set. It's only available for the month of July! As a demonstrator I can pre order the set. It's great to have those ...

I can't believe it's been a year already! New details this month about this year's 4th Annual Crop for a Cure can be found at the website: www.daphnecrop.blogspot.com Date: July 28th, 9am - 9pm Cost: $40 early bird registration ($50 after May 31st) Place: Jubilee Baptist Church, Pleasant Road, Daphne, AL Includes lunch and dinner, t-shirt, door prizes, raffle, contests and more. Visit often and tell your friends!

I've been hearing this a lot lately. I don't have time for that. I don't have enough time in the day for everything I need to get done. I get asked a lot about how I have time to do everything that I do. I really only have 24 hours a day just like you. I go to bed around 10:30pm most nights so I'm not burning the midnight oil to create my cards. I get up at 6:30am and can't function properly until 10am. Seriously. So really I don't have a lot of hours to get everything done that I do. But I have to say that without Stampin' Up! I might go crazy(er). Stamping is an outlet for me and something that makes me feel good. I can lose myself in my creation. I get so focused on making my card or scrapbook that I don't remember the laundry piling up or the dishes in the sink. I only feel relaxed and happy. Of course the reality is that the laundry does need put away and the dishes do need to be washes but another reality happens too. I make something that's ...

Got inspired by some cards I saw on Splitcoaststampers. I love how this turned out. It looks like a painting or watercolor. So neat how it's done all with sponging ink and masking off sections. The stamp set Plant Hope has the perfect size pine trees for this. The saying is from the hostess set Perfect Words and these words are perfect for this card since I was inspired by other stampers. Visit Sharon Field and Cheryl  to see the step by step instructions on doing a scene like this. I hope you don't mind me posting two in one day. LOL.

Here's a stamp set that I'm sad is retiring. Plant Hope. It's got two lovely trees that I will miss. Here's a Father's Day Card that I just made using the pine trees. I used Well Worn DSP too. I really like the masculine feel to that paper. But it also has some other natural wood that would work with any occasion. Also used Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Soft Suede cardstock. Antique brads with hemp twine. Punch is the Designer Label Punch and I stamped Happy Father's Day from the stamp set Delightful Dozen (not retiring). I used a blender pen and Always Artichoke Ink to color in the trees. Oh and I also sponged the edges of everything in Soft Suede. You know me. Gotta sponge on all my cards. LOL. Here's my Christmas card that I sent out. I used the palm tree and Winter Post (also retiring). Thanks for looking. Off to do some laundry, make dinner, run the girls to dance rehearsal and then sleep. Maybe. LOL.