Happy New Year!

I just wanted to tell all my friends, family, and stampers, Happy New Year. I just can't wait to start off 2007 with Stampin' Up! 2007 will start off with the Sellabration promotion. For every $50 purchase you will receive a special stamp set from the sellabration catalog. Hostesses during January and February will also receive an additional stamp set for a $300 workshop on top of the gifts they would ordinarily receive. I have seen the sellabration sets and I want them all. See the link for the sellabration catalog under My Links.

I am planning a workshop for January 26th. We will be doing a couple valentine cards and the pictured photo explosion box. I may be adding another card in there also.

Can't wait to see and stamp with you girls again. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and have a great New Year!

Santa came early!

I took advantage of the half price stamp sale and bought myself a couple of sets for Christmas. I ordered Love ya Bunches and Tag Time. For those of you who were at the camp where we did mostly birthday cards, we used Tag Time for the balloons with the curly strings. I thought I would post one of the cards that I did with my Love ya Bunches set. It is a really cute girly-girl set. I hope you all take advantage of this offer. I will be taking orders until Dec. 28th for the half price sale.

Google Group

I have started a google group and sent out invitations for all my customers to join the group. If you join, you should get an update by email when I publish to my blog (if I have this set up correctly). If you know of someone else that would like to join the group or that was left out in error, please let me know. You can also discuss things, like a forum, on the group. So feel free to use it however you want. It doesn't have to be all scrapbooking/stamping topics. Thanks.

Submit your work

Have any of you ever done a scrapbook page or card that you were just extremely proud of? If so, consider submitting your work to Papercrafts Magazine. They are always on the lookout for projects to publish in their magazine. The instructions for submitting are on their website, www.papercraftsmag.com. I also have them listed under my favorite links. They have bunches of ideas and use a lot of stampin up items. Their magazine only comes out every other month - that's a bummer! Check it out and let me know if you send in any of your work

Teacher's gifts

I wanted to share pictures of my teacher's gift for Jarrett's 4th grade teacher this year. I took inexpensive items from the Dollar Tree and stamped them up to make cute little personalized gifts. I covered a composition notebook with some of our specialty paper (Spring Flowers) and added a few embellishments. I made a matching ink pen by adding paper to the inside of the pen and tying on some ribbon. I also made a matching candle. For those of you that have not had the opportunity to learn the stamping on candles technique, please email me and I will give you the instructions - it is really easy. I think Jarrett's teacher will love her gift.

Half Price Stamps!!

If you’re looking for great gift ideas this holiday season, look
no further than Stampin’ Up!® From December 1 through
December 31, you can get six beautiful stamp sets for 50
percent off their regular price with a $30 minimum purchase*.
Whether you’re looking for gifts for your favorite stamper or
just want to sneak a gift under the tree for yourself, you won’t
want to miss out on the Holidays at Half-Off Promotion! And
if you haven’t already checked out our new Simply Sent Card
Kits, they make a great gift for any stamper and will also count
toward your $30 minimum purchase.
Call me today to place your order. Because of holiday postal
delays, you’ll want to place your order before December
15 to make sure you get it in time for Christmas. I look
forward to hearing from you!

108981 pg 80 Love Ya Bunches $17.95 now $8.98
108982 pg 197 Rough Edges Alphabets $19.95 now $9.98
108983 pg 49 Merry $22.95 now $11.48
108984 pg 24 Tag Time $26.95 now $13.48
108985 pg 62 Mini Mates $29.95 now $14.98
108986 pg 25 Sketch It $34.95 now $17.48
For more information, check out the website!