Busy last night!

I accidentally created this card using scraps of paper and I love it! I might make a whole set for my boss who loves PINK (ok, I'm not too far away from loving pink if you can't tell by now!)

The card is 5 inches by 6.5 inches -- perfect size for a thank you note. After all, you can only say thank you so many ways, right?

Ingredients: Basic Black CS, Whisper White CS, Pink ribbon from Michaels (shhh!) and a sticky jewel from Michaels (Shhhh!!!), Looks Like Spring Stamp Set (I used the dotted argyle), the THANK YOU sentiment is from "Much Appreciated" and the flower was made from "In the Spotlight". Very simple and fun - took about 5 minutes to make it - literally.





The card below is one we made at our downline meeting on Saturday. Love the idea -- thanks Faith!






That's all for now - maybe a stroke of genius later this afternoon after work!

More cards!!!

Yay! I have new cards to post!

Card #1: Butterfly Thanks

Ingredients: Basic Black CS, Whisper White CS, Pink Passion CS, StazOn Black Ink, Basic Black Ink, Pink Passion, Aqua Painters

Next, I have another thank you card I made for someone at my church. I like this four piece idea but cannot seem to get it right! Oh, well...all's well that ends well. Ingredients: Basic Black CS, Pink Passion CS, Whisper White CS, all the same ink (except the white is craft ink so you can emboss it, although I did not).

Last but not least is an experiemental card. The card measures 5" x 6.5". I used white as my base and mounted chocolate chip on the white base. Then I mounted the old olive on top of the chocolate chip. I used Looks Like Spring for the flower and cut it out painstakingly! then stamped "My dear kind & wonderful friend" in chocolate chip. I really love this card and think I'm going to make a set of them!

My Swap Went Postal! Yay!

Been a little busy and crazy trying to finish this All-Occasion card swap...but, alas, I finished the last of my cards last night about 1:00 a.m. I've put the pictures below so you can see what they are!

Card #1 is the Baroque motifs one already featured on the website, so I won't bore you with the details on that one again.

Card #2 is a general birthday card - fairly simple and quick (definitely my speed!) I used Wild Wasabi card stock, very vanilla cardstock, blue bayou double stitched ribbon, blue bayou and wild wasabi ink and a yellow eyelet. Stamp sets were In the Spotlight and It's Your Birthday.

Card #3 is a female birthday card - again, simple and quick. I used the stamp set Natural Beauty (retired, but we have some great comparables in the catty) and used StazOn ink so I could watercolor the flowers. I matted them with black cardstock and mounted the two flowers on the wild wasabi cardstock then mounted on purely pomegranate. For the extra bling on this card, I used a pearl brad in the center of the flower above the saying. The other stamp set used is It's Your Birthday.

Card #4 is a baby card - I was stumped on this one. I don't think in all my years of stamping that I have made a baby card. I don't have any baby sets. Luckily my friend is selling some of her stamp sets so I borrowed it and used the bib that has a cute little saying on it. I used the word CELEBRATE out of the new set Celebrate in the 2008 Spring-Summer catalog and sprinkled with soft sky Itty Bitty Backgrounds (a staple!).

I hope this has provided some inspiration, I will forward more as the time goes on. Have a great day!

Stampin' Up! (R) releases 2008 Spring-Summer Catalog! New deals for stampers!

Hello Stampers!

Just a heads up to let you know the 2008 Spring-Summer Catalog is now active on the Stampin’ Up! ® website! I will be forwarding each of you a catalog when I receive my copies, but until then, have fun browsing it online!

If you would like to place an order, please let me know. I am offering a “new catalog” reward plan. See below for more details. Additionally, if any of you would like to place an order, the person that replies to me first with their order is eligible to be the hostess and earn free Stampin’ Up! ® merchandise! Also, the hostess of this order will receive a stamp pad of their choice from the “In Colors” (Wild Wasabi, River Rock, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Purely Pomegranate and Groovy Guava) as well as a package of the assorted cardstock sized 8.5” x 11”.

If you book a party/workshop before January 31, 2008 (note: your party doesn’t have to be before January 31st, just the booking), upon completion of your party/workshop, you will receive an extra-special surprise when your order comes in (trust me, you won’t be disappointed)!

If I can be of any help or further assistance, please contact me at 757-277-9581 (home), 757-235-0698 (cell), or n2stampin@gmail.com.

Happy stamping!

~Ashley Warren~
Independent Demonstrator
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Details on the Stampin’ Rewards program:

For every $50 worth or merchandise you order (before tax, handling, rebates, incentives, etc.) you will receive 1 classic stamp pad of your choice. So, for $100 worth of merchandise, you will receive 2 classic stamp pads, for $150 worth of merchandise you will receive 3 stamp pads, and so forth.