A NEW announcement from Stampin' Up!

Be sure to stop back by tomorrow & find out the rest of the details!

Retired List Blowout Sale

Get excited! 

We are offering a 25%-50% discount on many of the retiring products. 

This will be live on May 22, but you have to act fast, as this special offer is only available for the until June 4, 2014. 

If you missed out on a product the first time, this is your last chance to get it before it's gone for good!

'Swallowtail' butterfly

Good morning!!

Here is a pretty card that was soooo easy!

It made me remember why I fell in love with stamping!

It is because of all of the cool techniques you can do.

Yep- that is me....a technique junkie at heart!

I especially like the easy technique of embossing.

It is just such a wow!

I remember the oohs & awhhs when I first saw it 

& I love hearing them when I share embossing with new customers now too!

Here all I did was emboss the butterfly with black embossing powder 
& then sponge on a rainbow of different colors.
 
I will update this post with a supply list soon.

What a  BUSY & fun day on the farm we had yesterday!
The new piggies are so cute!

The boys had a blast.  

They were so tired.

We were outside most of the day helping Papa.

I'm was so tired too. 

Thankfully Nathan helped us sort, load & sell hogs last night.

All of the boys are excited that we are RACING tonight!

This will be our first family night of attending the Southern Iowa Speedway 

this year to cheer on Nathan. 

I hope that he has good luck! 

I think that all 3 boys will just stay over night here afterwards.

Or anyways- that is the plan at the moment.

I am hoping the weather is nice today & the boys can help me 

& we'll get some flowers planted. 
Deke is gone all day to meetings.

Ok....off I go to get the boys.....

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday.

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

This weeks WEEKLY DEALS- May 20th- 26th, 2014

Coloring with the White Chalk Marker....

Good morning!

Here is another STYC card.

My dear demonstrator friend & Stampin' Sister- Lyssa 

did a card that was similar to this that I loved.

So I copied hers & changed the fold a bit for this card.

The White Chalk Markers are just so cool!

And that is how I colored these flowers.

 Crumb Cake is one of my favorite colors.
And it is just stunning here with the Early Espresso with it.

I will update this post with a supply list sometime soon.

I'm off soon to pick up the boys.

Then I will be a farmer the rest of the day.

We get baby piggies in this morning.

And then this afternoon/evening we will be sorting pigs from our outside lot 

& loading them whenever our semi gets here.

Not sure what time that will be- so it might be another late night on the farm.

Last night I took the boys home after work & 

stayed at Manda's to help her plant flowers.

They sure are pretty!

(Now for me to find time to get flowers planted at our house sometime.)

 Brayden & Nathan were here & brought mushrooms for supper- which were yummy!

And then I stamped the night away after they left, 

as I was making my monthly swap I'm in with Carol.

I used the upcoming new stamp set- 'Sea Street' & coordinating designer paper.

I will share this sneak peek with you soon.

Ok.....gotta run.

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

'Polka-Dot Pieces'

Hello!

Here is another STYC card.

I will post a supply list sometime soon.

 I had a crazy/busy weekend stamping!!!

Loved sharing with everyone that joined me.

I will get photos of the cards taken & start posting them later this week.

I'm off soon to pick up the twins.

Deke has a meeting this morning.

Tonight I hope to get to go with my mom & aunt to my great aunts visitation.

I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!!
Happy Stamping!

Hugs!
SUSIE

A "reflection" 'Lovely As A Tree!

Good morning!

I love this card......and this is definitely one of my favorite all time stamp sets.

How you can go wrong making any card with such an amazing stamp set?

It is so versatile!

And I think it is one of the longest lived stamp sets ever in the catalog.

Thankfully it is going to be around for at least another year!

 I will update this post with the supply list sometime soon.

Gosh........I had an amazing day of stamping yesterday.

What a fun time we all had at my wreath class.

Then when it was over with many more ladies joined us for my monthly card class.

Leslie was our hostess.

Great company, yummy snacks & cute cards.

What more could you ask for?

Today I have another big stamp class.

Kay & Norma are our hostesses.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone & stamping again this afternoon.

I hope you have a SENSATIONAL Sunday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Masking Tape Technique....

Good morning!
Here is a cool masking tape technique card that everyone did at my STYC.

 I'm headed out soon to my Burlap & Blossoms Wreath class that is this morning.

And then I will be having my monthly class with my N. Liberty group.

I will update this post with the supply list sometime soon.

Have a SUPER Saturday!
Happy Stamping!
HUGS!

SUSIE

'Peaceful Petals'- White Wash technique

Hello!

Here is a beautiful card everyone made at my STYC last month.

I love this technique.

I'll update this post sometime soon with the supplies & directions on how to do this technique.

 I had a large group of ladies joining me last night to stamp at the Pizza Ranch in Sigourney!

It was fun meeting some new ladies & catching up with some old friends too!
We all enjoyed a fun evening together- that is forsure!

I'm off to get the boys now.....

I have a full weekend with LOTS of stamping!

Tomorrow I have my Blossoms & Burlap Wreath class in the morning.

And then my monthly stamp class in N. Liberty in the afternoon.

And Sunday I'm in Hiawatha stamping with the ladies for my monthly class there!

I can't wait to see everyone & share! 
Woo hoo!!

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Another sneak peek...... 'Work of Art'!

Hello!
Here is a quick post.....sharing another sneak peek card for you

from the upcoming new catalog.

You can order this & other new stamp sets on June 2nd, 2014!

 'Work of Art'

cs:  Smokey Slate, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

ink:  Rich Razzleberry & Smokey Slate

supplies:  Basic Rhinestones, dimensionals, 2 1/2" Circle punch, 1 3/4" Circle punch

Brody did great yesterday.
Thanks for keeping him in your thoughts & prayers.
Here is Manda's post she put on Face Book last night.

Brody was a champ again today- didn't even shed a tear while getting his IV! Dr. Menezes is on a leave for family reasons so we saw Dr. Wilson. He said there isn't noticeable bone growth from the previous scan but he didn't sound discouraged. He said the brain is fine and we just need to give the skull/bone time to grow/catch up now that his head growth overall should slow down. The best news was that we don't have to go back for another scan for a year!! Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers! We told Brody the next time he is back at the U we will be bringing his baby brother into the world!

 

 

Woo Hoo!
I've been burning the midnight oil creating for my monthly classes
 that I have tonight, Saturday & Sunday.
I can't wait to have everyone join me to stamp!

Gotta run to get the boys....

I hope you have a very special day!!
Happy Stamping!
hugs!
SUSIE

Here is my cruise swap!

Hello!

Do you want to see a sneak peek??

Here is my cruise swap.

I used a brand new stamp set-'Work of Art' 

that will be available to purchase beginning 06/02/14.

Isn't it sweet!

 'Work of Art'

cs:  Smokey Slate, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

ink:  Rich Razzleberry & Smokey Slate

supplies:  Rich Razzleberry (Brights) Candy Dots, dimensionals

I shadow stamped the hearts to get the progression of dark to light colors.

We had a late night on the farm selling hogs.

It is not fun making super at midnight.

Today I'll just have Drake, as Brody has a CT/sedation scan.

(See post below)

And Brayden is still sick......so he'll be here for a few hours this morning with us.

I feel so sorry for him.....getting his tonsils out has not been a good experience for him at all.

I pray he heals fast & feels better soon.

What a week he has had.

Tonight I'll be a stampin' fool!

I have lots to do!!

I pray I have good mojo! 

The guys will be racing....so hope they have good luck!

 

Manda posted this on our face book pages last night 

& I wanted to share with all of you too!  

Please pray for Brody today. 
He is a true blessing & so precious!

This lil cheeser heads in for CT number 4 & sedation in the morning! All positive thoughts and prayers are appreciated. Keeping our fingers crossed we get a good report! 

Thank you!!

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE 

This weeks "Weekly Deals"- May 13- 19, 2014!

A Chevron Punch 'LATTICE'!

Hello!
Here is another card from STYC.

I love the LATTICE- don't you!

 'Petite Petals', 'Hardwood' & 'Too Kind'

cs:  Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake, Whisper White & Early Epresso

ink:  Raspberry Ripple & Early Espresso
marker:  Early Espresso

supplies:  Chevron Punch, Petite Petals Punch, Big Shot, Little Leaves Sizzlit, 
2 1/2" Circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scalloped Circle Punch, dimensionals, glue dots, 
Essentionals Paper Piercing Pack template

This 'Hardwood' background stamp is one of my favorites.
It is just so versatile.
On this card I took a ruler & drew straight lines on the boards 
& added dots for nails...to make it look more like boards.
What do you think?

We are finally "HOME SWEET HOME"!
We walked in our door at 2 am yesterday (Monday morning)-
 after spending all day Sunday in the airport with delayed & cancelled flights. 
We had an amazing time last week with our Stampin' Up! family.
But it is always so nice to be home again to our family, 
sleep in our own bed, shower in our own shower, etc.
We are truly blessed!!
 
We literally got off of the plane- hitting the ground running.
We both have a crazy busy week here.
Deke left early yesterday morning for meetings.
And I was blessed with all 3 of my boys.
Nothing is sweeter than our little ones hugging us telling us they missed us too!
Poor Brayden got his tonsils out last Thursday & isn't feeling so well yet.
Hope he is better soon!!

Yikes- I have mounds of laundry, piles of mail & 372 emails to catch up on.
Deke will be home today- moving pigs & washing buildings today,
as we are getting ready for new baby piggies that come next week.

Last night I got a few loads of laundry done.
And I got my Burlap & Blossoms Wreath for Saturday mornings class all created.
It is so CUTE!!!
I'm so excited about making this with everyone coming.
You are all going to love it too!

I'm off to pick up the boys this morning & spend the day with them.
Tonight I'll be working on laundry & figuring out cards for this weeks classes.
Deke has a night time meeting.
And then we are selling hogs LATE- after he gets home....
so we'll be burning the midnight oil around here out on the farm.

My Uncle Jerry & Aunt Kathy were gracious enough to take care of our animals while we were gone.
We can't thank them enough for doing all of our chores-
 as it is so hard for us to be able to leave with all that we have to do here.
Bless them!
We can't thank them enough for helping us out!

Gotta run...
I hope you have a TERRIFIC day!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A 'white wash' technique using 'Happy Watercolor'.

Hello!

I love the White Chalk Markers.

Isn't is cool how you can color the flowers with them?

These color combination is awesome too.

Just so clean & simple!

My dear demonstrator friend LeeAnn Greff used this set & layout with black 

& yellow that she sent to me.

So of course I thought this would make the perfect card for the me to use at STYC doing the White Wash technique with the White Chalk Marker.

'Happy Watercolor'

cs:  Sahara Sand & Basic Black

ink:  Black Stazon

marker:  White Chalk 

supplies:  Scalloped Edge Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, glue dot, dimensionals, Basic Pearls

I hope you have a SUPERB day!!

Happy Stamping!
SUSIE 

A vellum overlay flower!

Hello!
Happy Mother's Day everyone!!!
I hope you all have a very special day!

Wow- I love how the colors on this flower pops!
I stamped on the vellum using Basic Black Stazon 

& then turned it over & colored the flower using markers.

Coloring it this way just helps to make the flower POP!

 'Peaceful Petals' & 'Petite Pairs'

cs:  Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Whisper White, Vellum

dp:  Quatrefancy Specialty

ink:  Black Stazon & Daffodil Delight

markers:  Old Olive, Tangerine Tango

supplies:  3" Circle Die, 1/2" Circle Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, White Twine, dimensionals, glue dot, sponge dauber

Many blessings to you today!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

An embossed resist technqiue with the 'Chevron' background stamp!

Hi!
Here is another techniques card from STYC.

It is called embossed resist.

It was so much fun to do!

 'Chevron' background stamp & 'Six-Sided Sampler'

cs:  Coastal Cabana, Basic Black, Whisper White

ink:  Coastal Cabana & Versamark pad

supplies:  Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder, Sponge, Hexagon Punch, Large Oval Punch, Butterfly Punch, Basic Rhinestones, dimensionals

I hope you have a very special day!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE