Thank You Bees

I just LOVE this Thank You card I got from my good friend and fellow Demonstrator, Kari Downing.  She knows how much I love Bees!

Happy Birthday Gift To Me!

I wanted to share the beautiful gifts I got from my Downline Kathy Johnson.  It was such a sweet and thoughtful gift!  The bag held my favorite, TEA!  and fun tea PJs to wear while drinking my tea.  The cookies were for my husband but they were so good I made him share ;)  It was MY birthday after all.

Swap With My Downline

I participated in a swap with my downline.  Check out the AWESOME cards I got! 
Note:  there are materials that are retired or are not Stampin' Up!

Marge McGuire

Jill Perkins

Kathy Johnson

Carol Johnson

Carol Johnson

Kathy Johnson

Marge McGuire

Valentine from a friend

I wanted to share the Valentine I received from my good friend and fellow demonstrator Kari Downing.  What a smile it brought to me and my husband!  Thank you Kari!

Downline Swap Cards

I wanted to share the cute cards I got from a swap with my Downline.  They are so talented!

 

Jill Perkins

 

Kathy Johnson

 

Carol Johnson

 

Marge McGuire

The Cookie Monster

Check out the CUTE gift I got from my downline, Carol Johnson.  What a cute punch character and a cute way to use it!

Sale-A-Bration Celebration

I spent the last three days at Leadership and had a WONDERFUL time!  I learned so much, saw so much, and met so many wonderful people!  I will be posting some of these things over the next couple of days but right now I wanted to post about the event that followed Leadership: Sale-A-Bration Celebration.

This event was in the evening after Leadership closed.  It was open to all Demonstrators AND Customers for FREE.  It was targeted to Florida demos and customers because, well, they were the closest.  I attended the event with one of my downline that came up just for this event and my husband because he wanted to see what a Stampin' Up! event was like.  And may I just say, if you have never attended a Stampin' Up! event, do so as so as you can because they are AMAZING!

The evening was filled with stamping presentations, giveaways, and MANY great incentives for the customers in the audience.  All the great presenters that Demonstrators get to see at the events presented here too!  The energy and excitement was just fantastic!  I thought this was SO GREAT that Stampin’ Up! did this and I really hope they continue to offer this “taste” whenever they can!

There was some overlap of projects to what was shown at Leadership but there was new as well.  Check out some of the projects we got to see created or got tips on how easy they are to make ourselves.  (Pardon the pictures as they were taken off of a big screen or from the flyer.)  Hope you enjoy!

Awesome Framelit Storage!

I absolutely love the new framelits but I am not a fan of there storage.  I have to open the folder completely to remember what the framelit shapes are and the tape is a little bit of a pain, especially after several uses.  So I made myself a better case with some inspiration from a fellow paper crafter :)

First I took the cover out of the envelope and cut it so it was one sided and trimmed the edges downed a little being careful not to cut the words.

I slide the cover into an empty Clear Stamp Case that I bought from Stampin' Up!

I bought a roll of magnet that was sticky on one side.  I positioned it in the case on the back of the label.  How much and what direction depends on what framelits you are putting in the case.

Here it is with the Holiday Collection Framelits.  The framelits "adhere" to the magnets well.

I put the magnet on the label side so when the case is closed, I can see my framelits through the back.

I added a label to the spine so that I could store them with my Clear Stamp Sets.

In case you are wondering, my stamp holders are DVD racks from IKEA.

The Floral Frames Framelits is a tight fit in the case but if you slide it down a little bit so the petals are straddling the case locks it will fit.

Wedding Card Making Day

Recently I got together with some friends to make up Wedding Invitations and matching Thank Yous.  They called it the Drink and Cut.  We had wine/beer, cut and prepped everything to put together the wedding invitations and thank yous.  It was such a great time!

They choose Lucky Limeaide and Early Espresso as they matched the colors best.   It is a wedding on the beach so they picked out a couple of shell stamps at the local store.  The cards are just PERFECT!