Join Today!

Have Fun Doing What You Love
From July 15 — August 31, you can join the Stampin' Up! family for as little as $85 with the Mini Starter Kit. Have fun helping friends and family create exciting projects, while earning free products and even a little extra cash!

The kit includes the fabulous stamp set For All You Do found on page 118 in the catalog, ALL 6 NEW In Color ink pads, plus a pack of Whisper White 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock AND a pack of In Color Assorted 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock.

Want more ?

Purchase the standard kit for $199 and you will also receive the 6 in color ink pads and the assorted in color cardstock ($43.65 value for free)!

Go to my SU web sight NOW and click on START YOUR OWN BUSINESS

Stamplaura is your password.

Jaxon

I got to babysit Jaxon today. He turned 3 months on July4th. He is changing each time I see him and is just a delight. Those of you who have grandkids know what I'm talking about!!

Here's Jaxon's photo that his mother had made for Father's Day. See him sleeping?

And here is is today at Nana's house (me). Awake and playing and chewing on those fingers. I just love him and he is so sweet.

Great Swaps!!!

I hosted the demonstrator's meeting this past Sunday at my house. Our group is called the Glitterin' Gals and we've been together over five years. Our upline is no longer an active demonstrator, but my side line has stayed strong and continues to recruit new demonstrators. They are a talented group as you can see from these swaps.

Deb's swap

Terry 2's swap

Judy's swap

Melanie's swap

Shannon's swap

Chris's swap

Terry W's swap

Vickie's swap

Elise's swap

Terri's swap

Laura's swap

Get Square and SAVE!

Deal of the Week: Square Fire Rhinestone Brads
Add sparkle to your projects with our Square Fire Rhinestone brads. From July 13–19, they're just $6.99—over 30% off the regular price of $10.95!Throughout July, be sure to check my web site every Monday at 10 AM (MT) for the week's new deal. Click here ot order.

Feel Like a Big Shot!

This is week #2 of the deals Stampin' Up! is offering during the month of July. Each Monday, SU will present a new deal on a mystery product. This means saving "big time" for you. You can follow the link to my SU website to place your order. Each deal is only good for 7 days and then a new deal will be revealed.



This week you can save BIG on the Doctor's Bag that is designed to hold the Big Shot die-cut machine, cutting pad and dies for convenient storage and transport. Just $49.99! That's nearly 30% off the regular price of $69.95! This deals ends July 13 at 9:50 a.m.(mt) so order yours today!

Feel Like a BIG SHOT!!!

$49.99

Goodies

Remember when I said I had won the Creatively Cute Bloggers' Challenge with this card? Well my prize goodies came today while I was out to dinner. It came in a Stampin' Up! box which had me puzzled since I couldn't think of anything that I had ordered that I was still waiting for. I thought I must have forgotten. But when I opened it and saw all the nice goodies inside I knew it was from Lil' Inker!! Thanks, Laura, I will enjoy all the nice surprises I found inside. Take a look! Paper, primas, stickers, ribbon, eyelets, diamond dots, gable box, photo album, and camera case.

Stamp Club projects and My Beach trip

It's been awhile since I posted and that is because I was on vacation with my entire family. There were 23 in all...my three boys, their wives or girlfriends, their children, my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, their two kids and spouses and kids. We went to a fabulous resort near Destin, Florida called Adagio. What a great place for a reunion. We rented two condos that had everything we needed and were decorated so nice. The pools (there were four!) were to best ever, and the beach was just a few steps away. We had perfect weather and the most fun. We've already booked it for the same time in 2011!

We tried soooo hard to get a group photo of all 7 of the great grand kids for my parents. This is the best one! lol! The boys were cooperative, but the two girls did not want to sit on the bed long enough for a good picture.

Sunset on the beach.

But now I have to get busy with my stamping. Let me tell you it was hard to be away from my stamping room the same week that the new catty came out!! This happens ever year, because my Dad likes to book our vacations this same week every year. But he pays for the trips so I'm not going to complain! Although, next year, he has booked a cruise for us that will be in August after convention.

So now I have stamp club to prepare, swaps to make for the demo meeting on Sunday, swaps to make for a SASSSC stamping retreat next weekend, more stamp club projects for July 31,and swaps to make for convention!!! When I see it down on paper like this I start to panic!

Okay, deep breath, here's what I have for tomorrow's club (have to make the third project when I finish this post). The first card uses Circle Circus. I got my inspiration from Lisa S at SCS. This pairs up Bermuda bay with black, crushed curry, and going gray. I put a piece of Bermuda bay through the cuttle bug and embossed it with dotted swiss, then lightly sanded over the raised dots. I love the new in color dotted ribbon which I used here. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes ( a new must have for every occasion) and punched with the new modern label punch.

This card was a case from Ilina Crouss, except I changed the color ink to rich razzelberry and old olive and added the razzelberry ribbon. The stamp set is from Kind and Caring Thoughts ( a level 3 hostess set).