Heart shaped box

Good morning!
Now that things have finally settled down a bit- I've had time to play with my new goodies a lot more. Thankfully!

The item I'm sharing today is an absolutely adorable heart shaped box. It opens to reveal a small gift. In this particular box, I put in a hand sanitizer from Bath and Body Works. Even though the box is fairly small- there's plenty of room for a small candy treat. Unfortunately I wasn't the clever one who designed this. All the credit goes to Erica Cerwin. Isn't it absolutely adorable?

Patterned Occasions

Good morning! Today I have a thank you card to share. All of the products used (with the exception of the card stock and ink) is from the 2013 Sale-a-bration catalog. I love the bright colors of the Sycamore Street DSP and the super cute stamp set called Patterned Occasions. Too cute!!!

Creative Crew Gallery

Here it is!  The moment we've all been waiting for!  The Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew Gallery is now live!  Creative Crew Gallery January 2013

The January Challenges were Back to Basics!  Here is the information on the challenges that I copied from SCS:

This month's challenge is brought to you by Jana, aka - indyemmert 

2013 is Stampin' Up's 25th anniversary! That got me thinking about what made me fall in love with Stampin' Up back at the beginning, and the answer is the basics: stamps, ink and paper.

(with apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein, LOL)
"Let's start at the beginning,
A very good place to start.
When you read, you begin with A-B-C.
When you stamp, you begin with S-I-P."

This month, let's remind ourselves and our customers why we love Stampin' Up by focusing on S-I-P: stamps, ink and paper.

CCREW0113DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- DSP/Color Focus: We have an embarrassment of riches in the Occasions catalog and Sale-a-bration catalog. Choose YOUR favorite DSP from either catalog, and convince the rest of us to love it too!

CCREW0113CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Do you remember what it's like to be a beginning stamper and wondering how in the world to create a card with just the basics? Create a card using just stamps, inks and paper that will win over beginner and advanced stampers alike!

CCREW0113HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Holiday focus: Since it's Stampin' Up's 25th anniversary, make an anniversary card using the attached sketch.

CCREW0113SF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Scrapbook focus: Create a scrapbook page about your stamping. What inspires you? What does your stamping space look like?

Happy stamping!


January 2013 Crew Gallery

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What are you waiting for?  Come play with us!  

These are my submissions:

 CCREW0113DF

 CCREW0113CF

CCREW0113DF 

CCREW0113CF

 CCREW0113HF

 I hope you enjoy!

Happy New Year!

It's that time of year again!  Another year is over and a new one has just begun.  I swear the older I get the faster time goes.  I haven't made any New Year's Resolutions yet and I'm not really sure that I will.  How about you?

Last night I was busy creating my submissions for the Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew.  I don't like to wait till the last minute to get stuff done but this time I didn't have a choice.  My preorder was delayed not once but twice due to weather.  I will be posting again this afternoon once the Creative Crew Gallery goes live over at SCS.  

Until then- here is a card that I created at about 2am.  I'm not really much of a late night stamper so you can tell that I was a little sleepy.  (that would explain the extra red lines).  I must admit that normally I would not share a card that isn't perfect (or very close to it) but yes, even I make mistakes while creating!  

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Good afternoon!
I am a day late with this post but I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas!  I'm sure you have all been just as busy as me trying to get everything in order before the big day arrives.  This is the first year in MANY MANY years that I didn't send out Christmas cards.  This makes me really sad.  Each year I look forward to sending out cards.  I love to share what I create with my friends and family.  Especially at the holidays!

Since I was so busy getting ready for the holiday- I didn't really have a whole lot of extra time to spend in my craft room.  Now that the holidays are over I will be spending a ridiculous amount of time making lots of new things!  As you can see from the right side bar on my blog- I was one of several Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who were chosen to be a part of the Creative Crew over at www.splitcoaststampers.com.
I cannot wait to share all the wonderful creations with you and I hope that you too will play along with our monthly challenges.   I will share the challenges as soon as I know what they are!  I will also post the link to the gallery once it goes public.

Thanks for checking in and I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season!

Holiday Video

Good Morning!
Today- I'm sharing a cute Holiday video from Stampin' Up!  The video was created by several very talented people at the home office.  I enjoyed watching it and thought you might too!

Clearance Rack Blitz!!!

Just wanted to give you a quick update.  The Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack has been updated with over 300 new Clearance Rack items with discounts up to 80% off!!!  For the first time only- Stamp sets have also been added to the clearance rack at up to 40% off!  That's a HUGE bargain!  You MUST place your order ONLINE through my online store.  Please click the SHOP WITH ME button on the right sidebar to take advantage of the fabulous Clearance Rack!  This offer is while supplies last only so hurry!