June's Creations

I'm so excited! It's my favorite time of the year, Sale A Bration! This promotion runs from January 25, 2011 to March 31, 2011. It's after Christmas and it's still snowing. I'm already tired of the cold and snow. Stampin' Up! knows just how to get my mood elevated. They bring out a mini catalog with these special stamps and embellishments. This year they even have an awesome add-on for the My Digital Studio. Mine is on the way and then I'll really get to have some fun. Sale a Bration is wonderful because I get all my supplies and get a free something to add on to my order. You get to choose 1 free product for every $50 you spend. I often spend $40-$60 at a time just getting my usual supplies. So adding a free item to that is really awesome! You can also choose 1 item for every $300 of workshop sales you have. **************************** Join my team during Sale A Bration and get 15% off the cost of the starter kit! You can choose t...

I want to thank everyone who came out to help me with the cards for our troops. The turnout was a little lower than I had expected but we got a lot of work done over the course of several days. I was able to sit and work closer with people than when we're in a larger group and I learned a few things about what you like about Stampin' Up! or me as a demo. I've decided to take what you've told me while we worked and make each of you something special in the next couple of weeks. I will post them here so that everyone can see. In the meantime, here are some pics of the table as we worked. I'm sure our heroes will enjoy using these cards as much as we enjoyed putting them together.

Well only 2 more days left in my Cards for Soldiers event. I've had a few people come and help put the cards together. I did a count last night and we have over 300 cards going out. All of the card fronts I got in swaps have been converted to full cards, most of the full cards that were made over the years and never sent out have been revamped. I just need to make sure that I have enough envelopes to match up with the cards. Friday and Saturday this week will be the last 2 days we're working on them. Friday and early Saturday the plan is to make sure that we have enough Birthday, Valentines, St Pat's, Mother's Day, etc. cards to go in each box.

Isn't this card cute? A pair of love birds. Only they're owls. These owls are punched from the owl punch and stamped with the Sale A Bration Punch Bunch set. Whenever you purchase $50 or more, you get a selection of your choice free from the Sale A Bration mini catalog. Sale A Bration doesn't start until January 25th. I will be posting other card ideas from the sets until then. This owl card will be sent out for our soldiers. You can make one when you come out to help.

I changed my blog to give it a fresh look. I've added several new elements and I plan to keep up with it. This will be much easier since I am moving to being a Full Time Stampin' Up! rep. So keep watching for new things to come in the next few months. I've added a button to get the Mojo Monday sketch. This is a new sketch once a week on a Monday, of course. It's nice to be able to rely on someone else's ideas once in a while. That way we all get to play. I've also added a place to sign up to follow my blog. Sign up and you'll know when I update. Leave a comment on this post when you've signed up. I will enter everyone into a drawing for this week's blog candy. I will post the picture of that tomorrow. Can't give it all away in the same day.

Lots of products from the holiday mini are still available. Check out the links to the left to look at what you can still get.

Whenever you donate $2 or more to the Cards for Soldiers Event you get to make a card. This card is the first one I will be offering. You can make it at one of the dates to get everything ready. The first date is tomorrow, Sunday the 9th. We'll meet at 2 and stay until 5. The first date is to separate the cards from the card fronts, get them separated into already made, needs help, needs a lot of help, and scrap and add to another card. This card features the Filled With Love stamp set. It is still on special until January 24th. With the special, you get the stamp set, an exclusive pack of 12 x 12 paper that coordinates wonderfully and a pack of bitty buttons. Wood Mount Set $32.90 Clear Mount Set $26.90 Paper Only $9.95 View the paper from the link on the left.

Starting this Sunday afternoon, we'll have get-togethers to transform my excess materials into cards for our troops. I have nearly 4 boxes of cards. These include card fronts and cards that were made with retired stamps. Bring your scissors, adhesives, cutters and ideas to my house Sunday at 2 pm. Our first project will be to divide and conquer. Well divide at least. The cards need to be separated into types and what needs to be done to them. For example: All full cards and all fronts. Then from the full cards the current and looks good and the outdated and needs a new look. Then we can separate into birthdays, thank yous, etc. I'll brew a pitcher of tea and have a small snack. Feel free to bring a snack to share as well.