Wow!  It is hard to believe that I signed up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator TEN years ago today, May 7th!  I'm amazed at the journey that I've taken.  I started out thinking that I only wanted the discount.  Then a friend asked if I would teach a couple classes on stamping…and the rest is history!  I am simply blessed to have the friends I've made thru Stampin' Up! in my life!  I probably would never have met them otherwise, but I am SO thankful that I did!  I earned my first Incentive trip on a Alaska Cruise last year and was totally blown away by this awesome company, Stampin' Up!  Thank you Shelli and the rest of the Stampin' Up! team for all your support.

Over 10 years ago I went to a workshop and was amazed at what a stamp, some markers and Dazzling Diamonds could do for a snowman card.  I placed that card on my shelf and must have walked by and admired it at least 20 times!  lol!  I remember buying everything that I needed to recreate that card…I had NOTHING!  I was placing MONTHLY orders trying to accumulate everything I needed.  Finally deciding that enough was enough…I would just sell it myself to get the discount.

Since I signed up in May, I was able to go to that year's Convention in July.  I was hooked…I've gone to all 10 Conventions since I've been a demo…and only missed one Leadership since I qualified.  I'm SO happy to go and run into people I've met online and from previous conventions…one of the best parts about going for me!  It's my GIRL time!  I love the excitement and all the information that Stampin' Up! gives us!  I come back re-energized and ready to dig in again!  It charges my creative batteries!

In February 2008 I started my Blog as a place I can share my creations.  Thanks for checking in and supporting my blog…you all keep me growing and stretching creatively.  Recently I ran across a box of the first cards I made ten years ago…I sat and laughed at them!  I'm happy to say that my skills HAVE improved!  It was a real eye-opener!  lol!

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!  I appreciate your support and your business!  Thanks to my upline, downline, my stamping friends and customers!  And…here's hoping for another 10 years!

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Really trying to clear out these final products, so prices are drastically reduced and new items added!  I found some accessories in my stash that I haven't used…here are some oldies but goodies!  Take a look!  Great deal on TAKE IT ALL CHIPBOARD!  See below for details!

Shipping is extra.  Please email your zipcode so I can figure it for you.  Only payment holds the products …sorry…I've had a few back out after I've saved them.  I will issue you a Paypal invoice so you can pay it promptly.  Thanks for understanding.   US only, please.

  EMAIL ME HERE!

Left:  Recess – $16
Right:  On the Grow – $14

Accessories for sale:

Nursery Suite Designer Paper – 12 sheets – $7
(missing one pink stripe, added one additional scallop square)  SOLD

LEFT:  Watercolor Wonder Crayons NEW COLOR KIT...these update the original colors with 17 new colors like Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, etc…NEW, UNOPENED (I ordered two by mistake)  $15.00  SOLD

RIGHT:  Fun Frames & Tags – Oval & Rectangle frames & tags – package of 48 – $2.00

Left:  Door Hangers and Tags – Glossy White – 1 full package of 18, plus 20 loose hangers & tags – $3.00
Right:  Door Hangers with Pouch – Glossy White – 1 full package of 12 – $2.00

Season of Cheer Rub-ons – 2 unopened packages – $3 each

CHIPBOARD TAKE IT ALL PRICE!!!  Love Chipboard? 

Take all the chipboard below for $30 plus shipping!

LEFT:  FLOWER FUSION TWO – felt flowers – unopened in tin – $8 SOLD
RIGHT:  On Board SO TWEET – open, but unused  – $5

Left:  On Board Heart Chipboard – unopened – $3
Right:  On Board Briefcase Chipboard – unopened – $3

On Board Simon Lower Alphabet and Numbers – 1-2 letters missing – $3

On Board Simon Upper Alphabet - unopened – $5

On Board Accents – a few items missing – $4

On Board Lots of Letters – 2-3 lower alphabet and numbers missing – $4  SOLD

On Board Hearts & Stars Bulk – 1 full and 1 half sheet of stars remain…all hearts remain – $5

On Board Loads of Letters – only 1 sheet of lower case alphabet – 5 letters missing – $1  SOLD

On Board Trimmings package – unopened – $5

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Left:  Petals & Paisleys Designer Paper – full, unopened – $6  SOLD
Right:  Recollections Designer Paper – full, unopened – $6  SOLD

Scrappin' Kits:

Toy Box Scrappin Kit – (original $12.95) – partial package – $5  SOLD
Contains 1/2 package plus of stickers, some cardstock & DSP missing

Primary Colors Scrappin' Kit (original $19.95) – partial package – $10
Contains all the stickers, some textured cardstock & DSP missing

Left:  Glorious Garland – $8  SOLD
Right:  Happiest of Holidays – 6

Left:  Very Merry – $6
Right:  Snow Flurries – $6  SOLD

Left:  Fun with Shapes – $6
Right:  Around & About – $4

Left:  Fresh Fillers – $4
Right:  Birthday Whimsy – $5  SOLD

Left:  Fun Filled – $4
Right:  Hi & Hello – $6  SOLD
 

Left:  Sparkling Christmas – $5
Right:  All About You – $7  SOLD

Left:  You and Moi – $4
Right:  Birthday Best – $6  SOLD

Thanks for looking!  EMAIL me!!!

Still clearing out while putting stuff back in my new studio!  The countertops were installed today!  YEAH!  Now…just some under counter lights and glass front panels need installed in the morning and my room is DONE!!!  Well, except for finding a home for all the stuff currently scattered around my home!!  I'm LOVING it, though!

I found some unused accessories in a stash…here are some oldies but goodies!  Take a look!  Great deal on TAKE IT ALL CHIPBOARD!

Shipping is extra.  Please email your zipcode so I can figure it for you.  Only payment holds the stamp set…sorry…I've had a few back out after I've saved them.  I will issue you a Paypal invoice so you can pay it promptly.  Thanks for understanding.   US only, please.

  EMAIL ME HERE!

Accessories for sale:

LEFT:  FLOWER FUSION TWO – felt flowers – unopened in tin – $8 SOLD
RIGHT:  On Board SO TWEET – open, but unused  – $8

Nursery Suite Designer Paper – 12 sheets – $9
(missing one pink stripe, added one additional scallop square)

LEFT:  Watercolor Wonder Crayons NEW COLOR KIT...these update the original colors with 17 new colors like Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, etc…NEW, UNOPENED (I ordered two by mistake)  $15.00  SOLD

RIGHT:  Fun Frames & Tags – Oval & Rectangle frames & tags – package of 48 – $3.00

Left:  Door Hangers and Tags – Glossy White – 1 full package of 18, plus 20 loose hangers & tags – $5.00
Right:  Door Hangers with Pouch – Glossy White – 1 full package of 12 – $3.00

Season of Cheer Rub-ons – 2 unopened packages – $5 each

CHIPBOARD TAKE IT ALL PRICE!!!  Love Chipboard? 

Take it all for $60 INCLUDING SHIPPING!

So Tweet included above!

Left:  On Board Heart Chipboard – unopened – $4
Right:  On Board Briefcase Chipboard – unopened – $4

On Board Simon Lower Alphabet and Numbers – 1-2 letters missing – $5

On Board Simon Upper Alphabet - unopened – $7

On Board Accents – a few items missing – $5

On Board Lots of Letters – 2-3 lower alphabet and numbers missing – $5

On Board Scallop Frames Bulk – 25 frames remaining – $7

On Board Hearts & Stars Bulk – 1 full and 1 half sheet of stars remain…all hearts remain – $7

On Board Loads of Letters – only 1 sheet of lower case alphabet – 5 letters missing – $4

On Board Trimmings package – unopened – $8

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Left:  Petals & Paisleys Designer Paper – full, unopened – $7
Right:  Recollections Designer Paper – full, unopened – $7

Scrappin' Kits:

Left:  Baby Firsts Scrappin Kit - full package – $8  SOLD
Right Crayon Kids Scrappin Kit – full package – $8

Toy Box Scrappin Kit – (original $12.95) – partial package – $5
Contains 1/2 package plus of stickers, some cardstock & DSP missing

Primary Colors Scrappin' Kit (original $19.95) – partial package – $12
Contains all the stickers, some textured cardstock & DSP missing

Left:  Glorious Garland – $10
Right:  Happiest of Holidays – $8

Left:  Very Merry – $7
Right:  Snow Flurries – $6  SOLD

Left:  Alphadots, single mount, $8  SOLD
Right:  Retro Upper, new & unmounted, $15

Left:  Fun with Shapes – $8
Right:  Around & About – $5

Left:  Fresh Fillers – $6
Right:  Birthday Whimsy – $5  SOLD

Left:  Fun Filled – $5
Right:  Hi & Hello – $6  SOLD
 

Left:  Sparkling Christmas – $7
Right:  All About You – $7  SOLD

Left:  You and Moi – $5
Right:  Birthday Best – $6  SOLD

Thanks for looking!  EMAIL me!!!

I also have several SUMMER MINI 2011 stamp sets that didn't make it to the catalog that I will begin selling on May 1st.  If there are any you are looking for, please let me know and I will hold those for you until I can officially sell them on May 1st.

Shipping is extra.  Please email your zipcode so I can figure it for you.  Only payment holds the stamp set…sorry…I've had a few back out after I've saved them.  I will issue you a Paypal invoice so you can pay it promptly.  Thanks for understanding.   US only, please.

  EMAIL ME HERE!

Left:  Glorious Garland – $10
Right:  Happiest of Holidays – $8

Left:  Very Merry – $7
Right:  Snow Flurries – $6  SOLD

Left:  Alphadots, single mount, $8  SOLD
Right:  Retro Upper, new & unmounted, $15

Left:  Fun with Shapes – $8
Right:  Around & About – $5

Left:  Fresh Fillers – $6
Right:  Birthday Whimsy – $5

Left:  Fun Filled – $5
Right:  Hi & Hello – $6  SOLD
 

Left:  Sparkling Christmas – $7
Right:  All About You – $7  SOLD

Left:  You and Moi – $5
Right:  Birthday Best – $6  SOLD

Thanks for looking!  EMAIL me!!!

I had lots of time to play today since I had to hang around the house, so I worked on several challenges!  This one at The Paper Players featured a Clean & Simple Watercoloring Challenge!

Peace Within is one of those sets that I purchased to work on my watercoloring skills.  It is one of the stamp sets that is being retired.  I figure I'll be featuring a lot of the sets that will retire over the next six weeks, just so I can use them a couple more times!  I love the little kitty sitting in the chair.  I colored her the same as my little Bleach!

I stamped the Peace Within image in Black Stazon on Very Vanilla cardstock.  I used Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Basic Gray and Soft Suede Stampin' Write Markers and my AquaPainter to color in the image.  Then highlighted the areas with my White Gel Pen.  It is layered on Early Espresso cardstock. 

The base card is Early Espresso and I layered on Cajun Craze.  I took Well Worn Designer Paper and cut it with the largest Label Framelit, then cut that in half so I could put one on top and one on the bottom.  I used Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon and tied it around to make a knot.  Finally, I stamped the greeting from Peace Within with Early Espresso Ink on Very Vanilla and punched with the Large Oval, then layered on the Early Espresso Scallop Oval punch.

I'm happy how it turned out!

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Sorry my link was broken in yesterday's email:

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WOOHOO!!!  It's HERE! 

CLICK HERE for the  Retired Stamp Set List !!!!

Stampin' Up! will be introducing a new catalog on June 1st, so they have listed the stamp sets that will no longer be available! 

You'll want to take this opportunity to get these stamp sets that go away on May 31st!

$100 FREE GIFT CERTIFICATE OFFER

FROM CONNIE BABBERT!

And…many of you know…I am close to my goal of earning Stampin' Up!'s Fiji Incentive Trip.  To help me reach my goal this Stampin' Up! year, I'm placing everyone's name in a basket who places an order of $50 or more (before tax & shipping) until I reach my goal!  Orders can be a combination of online order, clearance rack, retired list, or main and mini catalogs!  Yes, Stamp Club orders count, too!  Place it online, at a workshop, a class or email me!

START SHOPPING RIGHT HERE!!!

What can you WIN?  I'll draw a name for a $100 gift certificate!!!  You'll be able to use it on NEW catalog merchandise after June 1st!  So…for now…order those sets you can't live without.  And…you may win the chance to get $100 of FREE NEW catalog merchandise!  Winner will be announced when my goal is reached!!!

PLUS….there's more!  The person who actually pushes me over the amount of my goal, will get a $50 gift certificate to use on NEW catalog merchandise after June 1st!  So…TWO chances to win!

START SHOPPING RIGHT HERE!!!

Sets are in really good condition, I'm not hard on them.  Shipping is extra.  Please email your zipcode so I can figure it for you.  Only payment holds the stamp set…sorry…I've had a few back out after I've saved them.  I will issue you a Paypal invoice so you can pay it promptly.  Thanks for understanding.   US only, please.

  EMAIL ME HERE!

Most alphabet sets come with the divided cases that I upgraded to keep them nice and neat!
 

Left:  Short Type Upper & Lower, double mount – $10  SOLD
Right:  Crazy Alphabet, single mount – $12

Left:  Alphadots, single mount, $10
Right:  Retro Upper, new & unmounted, $15

Left:  Jumbo Outline, double mount – $12  SOLD
Right:  Alphabits – $6

Left:  Fun with Shapes – $8
Right:  Around & About – $5

Left:  Bella's Bloom – $6
Right:  Holiday Frame Fun – $8  SOLD

Left:  Fresh Fillers – $7
Right:  Birthday Whimsy – $6

Left:  Fun Filled – $6
Right:  Hi & Hello – $6  SOLD
 

Left:  Sparkling Christmas – $8
Right:  All About You – $8

Simple Shapes – $6
 

Left:  You and Moi – $5
Right:  Birthday Best – $6    SOLD 

Thanks for looking!  EMAIL me!!!

Did you miss it last year?  Here it is again!

STOCK UP ADHESIVE SALE!!!

• 472” of double-sided adhesive
  
• Great for cards, scrapbooks, or other art projects
  
• Keeps fingers and art pieces free from messy glue
  
• Permanent; creates a strong bond

• Double-sided, pressure-sensitive extra strong acrylic adhesive.
• Acid free
• 1/4" wide, 10 yards
• Comes in a zippered plastic bag for convenient storage.
  

• 300 per roll; each dot measures approximately 3/16" in diameter
• Great for attaching embellishments; adheres to paper, fabric, wood, foam, plastic, and more

• 300 1/16" double-sided, self-adhesive foam mounts
• Use multiple Stampin’ Dimensionals for multilevel projects or added height
• Great for layering

They END on March 31st, so only a FEW more days!

40% off ADHESIVE SALE – see more details here!  Time to STOCK UP!  Sale-A-Bration benefits apply!

10% off all RIBBON SHARES - see more details here!  Get some of all the colors in any of the ribbon families!

RETIRED STAMP SETS - great prices on some "oldies, but goodies" sets!  See photos HERE!

Sale-A-Bration ends!   Get a FREE Sale-A-Bration product for every $50 spent (before tax & shipping)! 

EMAIL ME with any questions on any of my specials or to place an order!

This was another set that I hadn't opened and mounted.  I got it mainly because my father-in-law at one time had TONS of ties!  It just reminded me of him!  It does make a great masculine card…and I love the greetings in it!  So, I have an early start on my Father's Day cards!  lol!

I started with a base of Cajun Craze cardstock.  I layered on Well Worn Designer paper with a strip of Marina Mist cardstock tucked behind the top edge.  I added a piece of Soft Suede cardstock and adhered the Marina Mist 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon around to the back.  I stamped the ties with Cajun Craze ink on Very Vanilla, then colored the center polka dots with Marina Mist Stampin' Write Marker.  It is layered on Early Espresso cardstock.  Then I stamped the greeting on Marina Mist with Early Espresso ink and cut a "flag" on the right edge and placed a silver mini brad on the left side thru the Soft Suede layer underneath.

I really like the Well Worn Designer Paper and have discovered that I haven't used much of it.  I think the colors make it wonderful for masculine cards!  Hope you enjoyed it, too!

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Make sure to check out my specials!!!  They END on March 31st, so only a FEW more days!

40% off ADHESIVE SALE – see more details here!  Time to STOCK UP!  Sale-A-Bration benefits apply!

10% off all RIBBON SHARES - see more details here!  Get some of all the colors in any of the ribbon families!

RETIRED STAMP SETS - great prices on some "oldies, but goodies" sets!  See photos HERE!

Sale-A-Bration ends!   Get a FREE Sale-A-Bration product for every $50 spent! 

EMAIL ME with any questions on any of my specials or to place an order!