Sneak Peek

I am in love with all the pretty new Designer Series Paper that is available in the new catalogue! Here is a sneak peek of the Comfort Cafe paper...enjoy!
Remember, my New Catalogue open house and BOGO event is on June 10, beginning at 2:00pm (past hostesses and Stamper's Club members can shop one hour earlier!) Click HERE for more details.

A Fun-Filled Weekend

First, this was the weekend of the Crop For Autism Awareness, for which I was the Stampin'Up! demonstrator. I set up my "booth" with my displays of cards, scrapbook pages and My Digital Studio samples. I also did a card class, where half the fee went directly to the crop, to support Autism Awareness in rural communities. I brought Stamp Bear with me, and wore my cool Stampin'Up! shirt.
Secondly, it was my Dad's 80th birthday, and we had a surprise party for him. All five of his kids came (as well as some in-laws and grandkids) and we took lots of pictures, but this one is my favourite. This is all the siblings together, a rare event.
We pooled funds and got him tickets to the Blue Jays playing the Red Sox in Toronto as well as train fare to and from Cobourg, where he and my mom will stay with my brother, Dane and go to the game with him. My Dad was genuinely surprised...it was wonderful!
Thirdly, I went to my friend Jen's for a fun, creative day stamping with team members.
Fun-filled weekend.

Playing with new Christmas stamp set

Oh, how I LOVE new product! This designer series paper, Be of Good Cheer, is so awesome! I know many of you can hardly wait to get your hands on the new catalogue, so why not come to my New Catalogue Open House and BOGO event!
Sunday June 10, 2:00pm-5:00pm (past hostesses and Stamper's Club members can shop one hour earlier!)
Cost is 10.00 and includes:
-your own copy of the new 2012-13 Stampin'Up! catalogue
-2 make and takes using NEW product
-door prize ticket for attending
-homemade goodies and Keurig coffee or tea
-lots of displays to get your creative juices flowing
-and best of all...shopping from my tables filled with hundreds of retired product!

Buy One Get One FREE...
For every dollar you spend from my tables, you get to pick that same dollar amount in NEW catalogue product! NO limit! You just pay shipping and tax. You spend 50.00 you get 50.00 FREE...spend 100.00, get 100.00 FREE!

Over 200.00 in door prizes, all new catalogue product! Everyone gets one ticket for attending, and there will be tickets available to purchase.

RSVP Michelle Sturgeon (613)534-4623 or comestampwithme@cogeco.ca

Rosettes display

I just finished making one of my displays, using the Rosette die. The largest rosette uses 3 pieces of  6"x12" paper, the medium rosette uses 2 pieces of 3"x12" paper and the small rosette uses 2 pieces of 2.5"x12" paper. I used the brand new Floral District DSP from the new catalogue and is available June 1st!
One of the cool features with this rosette die is the 2 different edges...one is pointy and one is scallopped, so you get two looks in one!
I added a few butterflies to decorate them, and voila! I love it!
So, I will be at the Crop For Autism in Winchester on Saturday May 19...come check us out!

Away for the weekend!

I am so excited to be able to share national Scrapbook Day with my friend and upline Jen and some friends of ours! I will creating all weekend, but i have not planned a thing! I am hoping the pre-order that i had expedited will be here today so I can play with my new goodies, but if not, I'll keep playing with my retiring products. I will post hopefully when i get back on Sunday!
Have a good weekend everybody!

It's a beautiful Mocha Morning...

I was at a crop on the weekend and my friend sam had her idea books out and we came upon this sketch that we both loved. I decided to open up my Mocha Morning DSP (p.183 of the Stampin'Up! idea book and catalogue) and made these cards following the sketch.
I just LOVE them...in fact I made several to have on hand. They are so elegant and rich, and remind me of expensive chocolate! i made the butterflies using the Sizzix big Shot die beautiful Butterflies (p.222).

Don't forget to check out the Returing List! You can also shop directly from my online store...just click the link!

"And now for something completely different..."

Hey, look at that...cards! I made these for the Button Buddies specialty class that was held in March. It was so popular that I am hosting another Button Buddies class on May 1st!
The class cost is 35.00 and INCLUDES the clearmount Button Buddies stamp set. You will make these 3 cards PLUS a bonus card that I am not posting because it is a surprise! Contact me to register for this class.


Thanks for stopping by!

Are you REALLY going to blog?

Yes.
I mean it this time.
No, really!
It has been a few months, and things are settling down. We lost our beautiful cat Shawn last month, and I'm still very sad about that. Someday I will do a scrapbook page about him. this is him. He was only 2 years old.


I am still stamping and creating and selling my creations. I am still doing my monthly classes. I am still teaching at day care. And as of today, I am blogging again.
No, really.

My latest Christmas card

I made this using the beautiful Pines and Poinsettias stamp set from the mini catalogue. I used these markers to colour directly on the stamp: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green. I added a bit of glitter to the pine cones.


Now, here are some Christmas cards I made using my Copic markers to colour. I just love the blue-green tones.

Gently Falling

Another sneak peek of the upcoming Holiday mini catalogue. This card uses the stamp set Gently Falling (for the leaves) and the sentiment from the set Hand Penned Holidays. This is one of the make and takes we are doing at tonight's Holiday Mini Sneak peek event.