Willing my Parents House to Sell

If prayers alone could sell my parents house it would have been sold months ago! They are in the process of trying to move from Winnipeg back to Vancouver but the market in Winnipeg has just not worked in their favour. The have THE MOST BEAUTIFUL house I've ever seen there, but the market for more expensive homes in Winnipeg is not very large. All they want is to get back to Vancouver to their grandchildren and children. I was playing with this stamp set, Welcome Home, the other day and decided that if I was going to have to make some cards for my mom when they moved that they would have to be simple seeing as she TWO ZILLION friends! My downline Sabriena came up with this layout for me:) I used up some of my old Riding Hood Red grosgrain as I will often use retired products when working on a sample for the first time; but this card would look stunning with any of the new colours of 1-1/4" Striped grosgrain and coordinating cardstock! I do however LOVE the colour combo of Kraft and Soft Suede and this was used here!

Talented Club Members!

One of the things that I love most about my clubs is the contagious sense of excitement. Something that has developed over the past year is this little show-n-tell session at the start of club night. Many of my girls will bring their latest creation to share with us. This month was no exception. This was just one of the cards that was brought. This amazing friend was quite concerned that "it isn't all Stampin' Up"... never an issue! We all have our favourites that we work in along side our SU stuff. I thought this was an absolutely stunning card that she had made for her partner for their anniversary. She had used the card style that we worked on last month as her base and then she just went from there. I don't know how many of you remember the Rustic Rooster hostess set from the last catty, but if you look on the far left and far right panels, that was how she created the script background! Thanks for sharing ladies... keep them coming!

Worst Photo In History:)

I'm so sorry about the photo quality here... apparently my brain stopped working and I forgot to check the photo quality before my ladies left lastnight:) We had club lastnight and I threw in a quick little 3-D project. This was done using the new Flower Folds Die. We used the two smallest sized flowers. After pushing the new jumbo grommets through the smallest flower, we used our punch and put in the rhinestone brads through both flower layers. Finally we curved up the petals of the smallest flower and worked the Mega paper clips (4") around the brad. The are very secure, but not permanent so that they can be changed out when you get bored.

Make-n-take #5

I bet that you're wondering exactly how many projects that we did while at Convention... well let's just say I've got a few days more. These were done using the Treat Boxes on page 159 of the catty. You get five in a package for $5.25 and they take only second to assemble. The looking stunning by themselves, but by adding a tag and the new Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain they were absolutely adorable. Looking at this photo just reminds me how stuck in the box I am as it would never cross my mind to stamp my sentiment twice like this and just punch out a portion to put over the original! (Anybody out there worried about me teaching Grade Seven yet?:) I think one of the coolest things that I found out about this product that had also never crossed my mind was that it is the perfect size to fit A2 notecards and envelopes. I can't think of any cuter packaging to take to a friends house as a hostess gift during the holidays!

I Couldn't Resist:)

I couldn't resist taking out my Blackberry and snapping a pic of these fabulous t-shirts at Convention! I immediately emailed them to my hubby:) You can only imagine his amusement as he was sitting at home taking care of our two little monkeys!

Make-n-take #4

This was another one of the adorable make-n-takes that we completed at Convention. As I was watching the presentations on Main Stage I realized that I am definitely one of those people who has a hard time thinking outside of the box. There were so many products that were used in ways that had never crossed my mind. I then realized that not only do I have a hard time thinking outside of the box, I am in the box with the lid locked! For some reason leaving the comfort of a standard A2 card that opens either vertically or horizontally seems to be my comfort zone. I love this style of card though and the belly band completes it! Once again I changed up the ribbon a little and added the snowflake stamp all over the background of the card front (it felt naked without it and who wants to see a naked card:)

Happy Birthday Dawn!

I just thought I post a quick that I made this morning after finding out it was Dawn's birthday! I've been meaning to use my Pop Up Cake die forever and this gave me an excuse:) I still need some work on making the cake... it looks a little like my baking sometimes... leaning a little to one side:)

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Dawn,
Happy Birthday to you!

(now you know with having four and five year old little boys what I was really singing was... you look like a monkey and you smell like one too!)

Have a great day Dawn!

PS I'm still in my PJ's too and I have no excuse;)

Seriously... Can It Be Any Cuter?

If you haven't already received your Holiday Mini in the mail, start watching for it! Stampin' Up has offered some brand new products in it and they are all SO CUTE! This is a CASE of a card in the mini using the new Sweet Treat cups and Sweet Centers stamp set ($41.95)! As demonstrators we are usually offered a pre-order from the new catalogue items. On top of that SU often offers us some kind of deal on the items in the new catties and this one was no exception. We were able to order the Sweet Centers stamp set for only $7 with the minimum purchase of some other stamp sets from the catty. By joining my West Coast Creators team right now and taking advantage of SU's fabulous recruiting promotion (click on the link on my right sidebar), you would still have access to this preorder special until August 31st! This particular card is a thank you card for one of my fabulous hostesses in September! Notice that the little Sweet Cup is filled with the new Playground buttons! Just wait until you see the Mom and Me Class that I have for October!

Mojo Monday #100 Day 1

I finally stopped working on Christmas cards lastnight for long enough to play with the Mojo Monday challenge from Monday. The only part I had to omit was the square background because I chose the only heart that couldn't fit. As usual I decided to kill two birds with one stone and make my parents anniversary card using the Ever After stamp set. Not only do I need to be convinced to stop making Christmas cards, but I also need to be convinced to put away the Cottage Wall DSP; unfortunately I was only going to do one or the other:)

Another Stamp-a-Stack Sample

Now that I'm home I promise that I'll move away from the Christmas cards done with the Christmas Cocoa DSP, but boy did I have fun with it while away! I don't think that this card is quite done yet as I feel there is still some tweaking to do, but it (or a close to version:) will be part of my Stamp-a-Stack. This adorable stamp is from the new set Wandering Words ($33.95) from the new Holiday Mini. You can get this stamp set for only $14... check out how! Make sure to contact me ASAP to book your workshop as my dates are filling up fast; you can even hold your workshop at my house and just bring your friends and food! (avoid the cleaning:)

Hostess Promotion

Dates: September 1-November 30, 2009

Promotion Details:

We're excited to bring you this sweet deal for hostesses September through November:

• Host a workshop totaling $330 or more and choose any one item* from the 2009 Holiday Mini Catalogue for only $14!
  *Offer excludes hostess sets and My Digital Studio.

After My Digital Studio is released, this offer will become even sweeter:

• Host a workshop of at least $525 and get My Digital Studio for 50 percent off the retail price (retail price: $106.95; promotional price: $53.47)!

Christmas Stamp-A-Stack
Monday September 28th
7-10pm
$15 for 15 cards
6 different designs to choose from
*you will choose 3 designs and make 5 of each

**This class is limited to 8 spaces so RSVP early to avoid disappointment
or
Call me to book a private Stamp-a-Stack for you and your friends!