Oh- Happy Day!

Oh- Happy Day!
Here is one of the cards we did at my April workshops.

 'Make A Wish' & 'Ciao, Baby'
cs:  River Rock, Not Quite Navy, Rose Red, Whisper White
ink:  River Rock, Not Quite Navy, Rose Red
supplies:  Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Perfect Pennants Bigz L die, Petite Curly Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Sponge Daubers, dimensionals

What do you think of the background that we made using the sponge daubers?
Looks cute huh!

We enjoyed a busy day yesterday with our families.
We went to Deke's sister Darci & Maria's for lunch with his mom, dad, Doug & Chris.
Then home to chore & off again to Manda & Steve's home to grill out with their family, Nathan, Brayden, plus Mark, Becky & Matt Seeley.

Today will be a fun way to start out my week with all 3 of my boys here!
Deke has meetings all day & one tonight too- so bummed he won't be around all day.
I am hoping the weather is nice & we can be outside to play.
 I have a bunch of flowers I need to get planted, so hoping I can get some of them done.

I hope you have a MAGNIFICENT Monday!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A pretty 'Secret Garden' card

Good morning!
Happy Mother's Day to all of you!
Hope you have a very special day!

Here is the card that I gave you a peek at a couple of weeks ago.

This is a card that I'll be doing at my May workshops.

 'Secret Garden' & 'Feel Goods'
cs:  Certainly Celery, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Vellum card stock
Wisteria Wonder Designer Paper
ink:  Black Stazon, Elegant Eggplant
supplies:  Big Shot, Fancy Fan Embossing folder, Oval Framelits, Secret Garden farmelits, Basic pearls, dimensionals

We are headed to Deke's sisters to have a celebration with is family today.
Then home to chore & off to the Seeley family's home for supper with our kids.

Many BLESSINGS to you on the special day as we celebrate all moms out there.
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

'By The Tide'

 Hello!
Here is a great guy card.

Gosh.....I love this stamp set & have used it alot!

And I'm even more excited as currently this stamp set is in the Spring Catalog.

BUT it is going to be in the new/upcoming catalog, so it'll be around longer now!

I'll update this with a supply list later.

The twins spent the night- so we've been having fun here- but busy!

They are so sweet & funny!

We had a good time.

Hoping to get caught up on alot of things this weekend.

I hope you have a SUPER SATURDAY!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Oh, Baby!

HI!
Here is a cute card that Manda & I made for my great-nieces baby shower.
Isn't this such a cute stamp!

 'Oh, Baby'
Single stamp available until 7/31- #132667= $6.95
cs:  Melon Mambo, Early Espesso, Whisper White
Floral District Designer Paper
ink:  Early Espresso
supplies:  Big Shot, Tasteful Trim XL die, 1 3/4" scallop Circle punch, Brights Designer Button (Daffodil Delight), glue dot, dimensionals

I hope you have a FABULOUS FRIDAY!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A beautiful Swallowtail butterfly card.....

Hello!
Here is another card that I'll be doing at my May workshops!
Isn't is beautiful!
It is done with another form of spotlighting.
Can you see that there are 3 layers cut out on the butterfly?
A dear demonstrator friend from Canada (Allison Solvin) shared this technique & I loved it!

 

'Swallowtail' & 'En Francais'

cs:  Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

ink:  Midnight Muse & Crumb Cake

supplies: Paper Snips, dimensionals

Woohoo!!

Tonight is Stampin' Night at our home.

I have several friend coming to stamp with me & I can't wait to see everyone & share.

I hope you have a very special Thursday.

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A cute 'punch' card!

Good morning!
Here is a cute card that my demonstrator friend Christy Kimball gave to me.

I love the way she showcased the punches with the designer paper.

It makes a very cute punch card!

'Ciao, Baby'

cs:  Not Quite Navy (retiring), Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler

Parker's Patterns Designer Paper

ink:  Cherry Cobbler

supplies:  Big Shot, Chevron Embossing folder, Natural 7/16" Trim ribbon, glue dot, dimensionals, Petite Curly Label punch

It was a late night selling hogs last night.
And it is an early morning getting ready for all 3 boys to visit G'ma again today.
Deke left early this morning to chore & then has meetings all day.
Nathan races tonight- but I just can't go.
I hope he has good luck!
I hate missing them, but I don't even have our suitcases all unpacked & laundry done yet.
And I have stamp class here at our home tomorrow night- so I have TONS to get done before I have a house full of stampers come.

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday.
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Here is the May' Best of Brides' 25th Anniversary Stamp set!

I love the cuteness of the newest Best of Brides & Babies 25th Anniversary stamp set!!!! 

This set is the 5th one in the 25th Anniversary Best of Stamp set collection. 

As a reminder, these stamp sets features some great classic images from Stampin’ Up’s past as well as ONE EXCLUSIVE never-seen-before image!

Here’s are the Best of stamp sets released to date and they are all available for purchase until March 2014!

May’s Best of Brides & Babies- #133482= $14.95

Flyer: Best of 25 Years, May Brides & Babies

April’s Best of Butterflies- #133345= $14.95

Flyer: Best of 25 Years, April Butterflies
Coordinating Punch: Elegant Butterfly- #127526

March’s Best of Flower- #133342= $14.95

Flyer: Best of 25 Years, March Flowers
Coordinating Punch: 1 1/4" Scallop Circle punch- #127811

February’s Best of Love- #132987= $14.95

Flyer: Best of 25 Years, February Love

January’s Best of Birthday’s- #132929= $14.95

Flyer: Best of 25 Years, January Birthday
Coordinating Punch: XL Oval- #119859

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Some things to remember:

• All Best of stamp sets will include 3-5 images, including a never-before seen image, and will be priced at $14.95
• While we are releasing just one Best of stamp set per month (with a new theme each month), all of the Best of sets will be available until March 31, 2014.
• All Best of stamp sets are available in Clear-Mount only.

PLUS you’ll have a chance to earn FREE stamps too!

Each “Best of” stamp set you buy will come with a 25-year proof of purchase sticker. Adhere it to your collectors card, which will begin shipping with the February set. For every six Best of sets you buy, you can send in your collectors card for a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Buy all 12 sets and get 2 FREE stamp sets!

I can’t wait to see what next month’s set is! Hope you are excited too!

'Flowering Flourishes'

Good morning!

This is a cute card that we made at my STYC.

I love the black, white & gray together.

The card idea came from my dear demonstrator friend LeeAnn Greff.

Some time ago she had made a card with this layout & I just copied it & changed the colors.

 I love it!

Isn't it striking!

'Flowering Flourishes' & 'Itty Bitty Banners'
cs:  Basic Black, Basic Gray & Whisper White
ink:  Black Stazon
supplies:  Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder (retiring), Bitty Banners Framelits, Adorning Accents embossing folder, Black Polka Dot ribbon (retiring), Silver Designer Button, glue dot, dimensional

I am sad to see this Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder be on the retiring list!

I had a wonderful day with all of our 3 grandsons yesterday.

We are so happy to be home!

There is LOTS & LOTS to catch up on though.

Tonight we sell hogs- so I'll be a farmer & it will be late when we get in.

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Happy Stamping!
HUGS!
SUSIE

We are doing some community service work!

The Nadi, Fiji Hospital is where we did a Community Service Project to clean, paint & help out their community.

Here is the backside of Deke scrapping paint.

It was an awesome joint effort by MANY in our Stampin' Up! group!

I spent the day with a half dozen other demonstrator friends washing walls in the emergency room area & the drs. offices.

What an amazing day with so many us helping to make a lasting impression in Fiji!

We accomplished so much & they were so appreciative for all we did for them.

I'll have more photos to post about this in the coming days......
It was just a very heart touching & rewarding day!

We are HOME & I'm lovin' this daisy stamp that is in the' Best of March Flowers' Anniversary set!

Bula!
We are HOME!
I have LOTS to do before my boys arrive this morning.
We sure have missed them.

We had a great trip!!!!
IT was awesome!
I will try to find time to download & post some pictures later this week of Fiji.
Our community service mission at the Nadi Hospital was awesome!
Stampin' Up! sure left a lasting memory there with all that we did to help them.

We got home at 12:30 yesterday afternoon & I quickly showered & headed out the door to my  stampin' workshop.
Thanks to Teri, Judy, Laura, Jenny, Lavonne, Deb, Ila, Lori, Denise, Cindy, Sue, Kathy, Lisa & all that helped out to make the day so great for all of us to stamp together!

I am lovin' this daisy stamp!
And yes- it coordinates with the 1 1/4" Scallop Circle punch.
Now how cool is that!!!

  'Best of March Flowers' &  'Sassy Salutations'
cs:  Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Whispher White
Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack (Early Espresso)
ink:  Early Espresso
supplies:  1 1/4" Scallop Circle punch, Extra Large Oval punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (circle), 1 3/8" Square Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Early Espresso Ribbon, dimensionals, glue dot

I hope you have a fabulous week!
Happy Stamping!
HUGS!
SUSIE

Just for you....

Bula!

Here is a pretty card that everyone joining me at one of my April workshops made.

I LOVE this big butterfly stamp 'Swallowtail'.

 'Swallowtail' & 'En Francais' background stamp

The words (just for you) are from the Pop-Up Posies Designer kit!

cs:  Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

2011-2013 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack (Pool Party & Calypso Coral)

ink:  Summer Starfruit, Soft Suede

supplies:  Pop-Up Posies Designer kit, 5/8" Flower Trim, Jumbo Pearl, Blossom Petals Builder punch, Ticket Duo punch, Paper Snips

I hope you have a wonderful day!
Happy Stamping!
HUGS!
SUSIE

Another 'Summer Silhouettes' card

Bula!

Here is another 'Summer Silhouettes' card that we did at my STYC.

Just LOVE these colors & this stamp set!

Have a great day!
Happy Stamping!
HUGS!
SUSIE

Here is a peek!!

Bula!

Here is a peek at one of the cards everyone joining me at my May workshops will be making!

Isn't this butterfly just beautiful!

It is from the 'April Best of Butterflies' Anniversary stamp set.

The technique used to create this card is called Reinker Floater.

Isn't this bright & springy?

I hope you can join me to stamp in May & let me show you how to do this awesome technique!

Have a super day!
Happy Stamping!
HUGS!
SUSIE

'Secret Garden' doing the refill inker float technique.

Bula!
This technique is called refill inker float!

It is lots of fun!

This is another one of the cards I did at my STYC

NOTE:
I will update my blog with supply lists at a later time.
Sorry- I ran out of time to get it all done.

Happy Stamping!
HUGS!
SUSIE

Here is a sneak peek at a new stamp set!

Bula!

This stamp set is a new one that will be in the catalog beginning June 1st.

BUT it is also one that you could purchase early during now until May 30th!

Stampin' Up! has bundled the stamp set with the coordinating 7/8" Scallop Circle punch. Dates: March 15 - May 30, 2013 Price Description Item # Spring Surprise Bundle* (English; clear) 133899= $23.95 What if you already have the punch? Don't fret! Just buy the set! Price Description Item # A Round Array Stamp Set* (English; clear) 129090= $14.95 *Only offered in clear-mount. Wood-mount option will be available in the 2013-2014 annual catalog.   'A Round Array' cs:  Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Pool Party, Whisper White 2011-2014 Designer Series Paper Stack (Calypso Coral) ink:  Calypso Coral supplies:  Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Paper Snips, Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon, Delicate Details Lace Tape (Spring Catalog pg. 3), 7/8" Scallop Circle punch, 1 1/4' Scallop Circle punch, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch, dimensionals, glue dot I hope you have a fabulous day! Happy Stamping! HUGS! SUSIE