by Tracy | Jul 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am home from Convention. I flew home Sunday morning and met quite a few demonstrators at the airport. I had a very enjoyable flight home! I missed my husband while I was gone and it was so nice to see him when he picked me up at the airport. He’s been very patient listening to all of my Convention stories!
Today I have another 3×3 card that I made for a swap that I was in. I love this balloon paper! Did you know that it is on sale this month? If you buy three packs of select DSP packs, you get the fourth one free! Great time to stock up!! The sale only lasts until the end of this month! Click the icon on the left side of my blog for more info!
Take Care
Tracy
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by Tracy | Jul 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Convention just ended! What a great time I had!! Stampin’ Up! Is such a generous company! Look at all these freebies I received!!!
I can’t wait to attend next year!!
Tracy
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by Tracy | Jul 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Yesterday was a jam packed day and today will be the same! I didn’t take many pictures yesterday but I have another swap card that I made and a picture of my friend Kristina and I at the home office! Thanks for stopping by!
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by Tracy | Jul 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Convention starts today and it’s a jam packed day! Here’s another one of the swaps I made! The elephant is so cute and the little pearl on his eye makes him come alive (although I’ll admit it doesn’t show up well in the picture). I stamped his ear in Strawberry Slush, cut it out and popped it up with a dimensional. I hope to have lots of pictures to show tomorrow. Have a great day!
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by Tracy | Jul 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m heading to Salt Lake City in just a few hours! I will be joining 5,800 demonstrators from all over the world for the Stampin’ Up! 25th Anniversary Convention! Can’t wait! Here’s a 3×3 card that I made for one of my swaps. I made 81 of these and will be receiving 80 of them in return tomorrow!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tracy
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by Tracy | Jul 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Life has been so darn busy the last few weeks. Tomorrow I leave for the Stampin’ Up! Convention in Salt Lake City. I’ve been busy for weeks making cards to swap with other demonstrators. I’m in four organized swaps, which are finished, bagged up and in my carry-on bag. I have a few more to finish up to swap with others outside of the organized ones. I’ll share my swaps with you over the next few days as well as some pictures once the convention begins. There are always so many displays and great ideas! I’m looking forward to seeing my friend, Kristina, in Salt Lake City tomorrow! She lives in Kansas and I last saw her a year ago at Convention. I am very much looking forward to catching up with her although we email each other on a regular basis. It is different actually seeing someone in person. I can’t wait! I’m off to go pack!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I’ll leave you with a video by Stampin’ Up that will tell you all about our wonderful embossing folders — one of my favorite products!
Tracy
by Tracy | Jul 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Happy 4th of July, America!! I am very thankful and grateful for all the men and women who have served, or who are serving, in our Armed Forces. I love my country!
Tracy
by Tracy | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hi Friends!
I’m not sure what you call this type of card but when opened up, there’s a pocket for a gift card. I don’t know about you but I give a lot of gift cards. This gift card holder is pretty quick to make and it fits inside a regular sized envelope! How perfect is that??
I’ve used one of the Designer Series Papers on sale this month, Birthday Basics. If you buy 3 packs, you get one free! You can choose from 11 different packages!
Birthday Basics # 130145 $10.95
I also used one of our new Framelits, the Circles Collection and my Magnetic Platform for the sentiment. I stamped it first and then placed my circle exactly where I wanted it using the magnetic platform. I LOVE this new tool, no more post its!
If you would like to place an order and/or see the packages of paper on sale, just click here to go to my online store.
Tracy
Supplies
Stamps: Make a Wish, Best of Birthdays
Ink: Bermuda Bay
Paper: Birthday Basics, Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stamping Sponges
Tools: Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Circles Collection Framelits, 1″ Circle Punch, Extra Large Oval punch
by Tracy | Jul 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
My poor neglected blog. The past two weeks have just been so busy. I’ve been out of town and I usually try to schedule my posts ahead of time but it just didn’t happen this time around.
I thought I would share these pictures with you. My daughter and son-in-law told us they were pregnant by presenting us with this cute I Love Grandma and Grandpa shirt in January 2012. Our sweet granddaughter is 9 months old and we now have a picture of the shirt AND the baby!!
On to Stampin’ Up! news!! A great new special was just announced!! If you buy three packages of select Designer Series Papers, you get one free!! Choose three and your fourth one is FREE! Here are the details:
Offer Dates: July 1-31, 2013
Offer Details: Buy three packs of select Designer Series Paper and get one for free!
The Fine Print:
- These items don’t qualify for the offer:
- Designer Series Paper Stacks
- Specialty Designer Series Paper
- Designer Series Paper from the holiday catalog preorder
- Designer Series Paper ordered through hostess benefit
- No limits. Order six? You’ll get two for free. Nine? You’ll get three for free.
- Check out our Designer Series Papers in the annual catalog pages 151, 153, and 154.
The new Best of 25 Years stamp set for July has also been announced. Shelli Gardner, the CEO and Cofounder of Stampin’ Up! has chosen her favorite stamp images over the past 25 years and combined them into the set, Best of Shelli. In honor of Stampin’ Up!s 25th Anniversary, each month this year a new set will be announced. Each one comes with a sticker. Save 6 of them, send the collector’s card to Stampin’ Up! and you will receive a stamp set valued at $14.95! I’m ready to send mine in!!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tracy
If you would like to order Stampin’ Up! products, you can shop at my online store!
by Tracy | Jun 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!! I lost my dad in 2009 but still think about him daily, especially on Father’s Day. Life is not the same without him. Here’s a picture of the two of us 33 years ago when I got married. Give your dad a big hug and let him know how much you love him!!
I’m off to my craft room! Have a great day!!
Tracy
by Tracy | Jun 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hi Friends!
This was a fun card to make! I used the stamp Wildflower Meadow along with the Wildflower Meadow embossing folder. In order to get all of the different colors, I used my Stampin’ Write markers directly on the rubber. Once you’ve finished coloring, it is important to huff all over the stamp to reactivate the ink as it will start to dry out as you are finishing. It does take some time but I think the results are so pretty! The finishing touch is running it through the embossing folder. I was a bit intimidated a first to do this but it is very easy to line up your stamped image in the folder. Of course, you could choose not to use the folder and your results will still be beautiful!
If you are thinking about purchasing both of these, you can buy them individually or purchase them as a set and save 15%! You can order online HERE.
Have a great day!
Tracy
Supplies
Stamps: Wildflower Meadow, Four You
Ink: Strawberry Slush stamp pad, Markers: Strawberry Slush, Gumball Green, Elegant Eggplant, Tangerine Tango
Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Accessories: Pearls, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL
Tools: Big Shot, Wildflower Meadow Embossing Folder
by Tracy | Jun 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
This is my VERY FAVORITE tool in the new catalog!!! I just received mine last week and I love it! When using Framelits, they tend to move around while on the multi-purpose platform. A common trick to keep them in place has been to use post it notes. But now with the new magnetic platform, no more post its!! When you place your Framelit on the platform, it instantly stays in place. You do have better results with cutting plates that are flat but at the moment I don’t have any flat ones and it is still working just fine. (There is a warning on the side of the platform that this product should not be used by anyone with a pacemaker.) Here’s the video again on how to use the platform if you didn’t get a a chance to see it a few weeks ago when I posted it!
Have you purchased the Magnetic Platform or is it on your Wish List? Please post your comments below. I would love to hear your thoughts about it!
Tracy
