Hello friends!!

Hello again fellow crafters!! Today we had our first Stampin Up open house! Well, sort of. We took over hosting the open house for a good friend of ours who had a scheduling conflict but had some RSVPs so we couldn't leave them hangin! It was certainly a learning experience. We use Round Table Pizza in Corona because they have 2 appropriately sized rooms for our little gatherings and they are always very helpful and kind. 

Without further rambling, here are some pics of our display with fabulous projects and cards from our fellow demonstrators who stepped up to help put this together without hesitation. We have an amazing group of demos and I am lucky to be a part of it. Thank you so much!

White blue and sparkley Christmas wreath

All is Calm DSP

Needed one for Thanksgiving!

Wood grain embossing folder

Wonderous wreath stamp set and framelits bundle

Fall Fest stamp set and framelits bundle

Tangerine Twist ink pad

Cherry Cobbler ink pad

Gold Ultimate Metallic stamp pad 

One section of the project board 

 Visit often! Upcoming Open house in Rancho Cucamonga coming soon! Details will be posted soon! 

Thanks! 

---Sabrina :-))

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Oooh! Almost forgot to mention! The Holiday Catalog is live! Visit my site to check it out! :-))

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Open House jitters!

Its a first open house for me and it's really not even mine nor am I doing it alone! Go figure. I'm nervous. I'm trying to do my part and compile projects to display on our board. Luckily, we are part of a group of demonstrators that go above and beyond to help our good friend have a successful, fun and exciting open house! They are wonderful and I am still, almost one year later, so glad to be a part of it. Thanks ladies! And guy! Heehee! 

The two projects I'm posting tonight are potentials for the open house. We're voting yays or nays on which ones will be pinned up on the project board. I asked my friends for their votes. We're not actually booting anybody's contributions that have been sent in. I've seen those pics. They're super cool! I just may have gone overboard and should probably thin it out. Yikes. 

Specs 

Holiday Home stamp set

Ghoulish Greetings stamp set

Typeset paper

Black string from my paper pumpkin box (this will be in the September paper pumpkin. I got a sneak peak at convention)

Very vanilla cardstock already cut and scored (best idea ever Stampin Up!)

Gold glitter paper

Monster medley DSP

Next, is the first thanksgiving type card of the season! Yay!!  Lol

Very Vanilla cardstock

Early Espresso cardstock 

Autumn wooden elements

Gold Glimmer paper

Seasonally Scattered stamp set

Green sequins from the Seasonal Snapshot Project Life accessory pack 

Tangerine Twist ink pad

Blackberry Bliss ink pad

Have fun!!

Become a demonstrator for $99 and this week you'll choose $150 worth of product for your kit instead of the standard $125! Contact me to learn more! Special ends August 28th. 

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Also, while you're there, check out our Paper Pumpkin monthly crafting box delivered to your door!  It's a lot of fun and September's is loaded with Halloween fun!

Thank you! 

Carried away....

Off to a tropical island with no cares in the world? Haha if only! 

Nope, carried away with card making and a 3D box. A little winter. Some Halloween and a better pic of the box. 

This time with the specs. 

Well it's a little better. I'll work on it. 

8 1/4in x 5 1/2in All is Calm Designer Series Paper (DSP) 

Scalloped tag punch

Stars framelits

Dots embosser

Whisper white cardstock

Sticky tape for the sides of the box

---score 8 1/4 length side at

           1 3/4in, 2 1/2in, 5 3/4in, 6 1/2in

---score 5 1/2in length side at

           1in, 1 3/4in, 3 3/4in, 4 1/2in

Cut off portions to look like this

From there I sticky taped the tabs and viola! cool little treat box. :-)

Next up...

Winter scenery! I hand cut those amazing hills. They were embossed first with the dots.  I used glue dots to adhere to the silver glitter paper as those seem to work best then trimmed it. The houses were colored with the Coastal Cabana and Cherry Cobbler blendabilities. 

Specs

Holiday Home stamp set

Homemade Holiday framelits

Whisper White paper

Dots embossing folder

Cherry Cobbler blendabilities 

Coastal Cabana blendabilities 

All is Calm DSP

Thanks! 

***Reminder

     Holiday catalog 2014 drops Friday, August 28th!! Visit my site to place your order. 

     Also, sign up as a demonstrator for $99 and choose $150 of product instead of the usual $125! Feel free to contact me for details! 

Bam!

Just like that a brutal knock me down foggy brain cold has hit me! So I slept roughly 12 hours. It's still there. Ho hum. Maybe tomorrow. 

Anywhoooo.... I still have a couple Halloween projects to share. One is a little gift package that was super easy to make and I love the way it looks. Fill with treats and share them with your kids classmates, coworkers or just people you like.  

The second is a smallish size Halloween card with gold. It's fabulous darling, fabulous. The gold, that is. All the little tiny stamps in the Holiday Home stamp set is so darn adorable! The creepy tree, the pumpkin, the face for the pumpkin, the bats.... Well you'll see. The Holiday catalog drops next Friday, August 28th. It won't disappoint! It's got everything. Winter scene, Halloween, Christmas and thanksgiving. 

Enough with the chit chat. I have Kleenex to restock and movies to watch. Haha! Who am I kidding?! My stamps and ink and paper are staring me down right now. Ha! Goodnight crafters!

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Sign up as a demonstrator and choose $150 in product instead of $125!  Only until August 28th. Don't miss out! 

I love being a part of this company. They're supportive, rewarding and fun! Not to mention I have an amazing upline I'm lucky enough to have as a friend too. Sending lots of love her way tonight.

Visit my site above to learn more! 

Thanks!

Sweet little things

I have a project post coming but not now. It's pertinent I share this from my youngest son (he's 6). He spent a long time working on it this morning and used a good portion of my gold glitter paper (eek! It's ok. I'm ok with this. It's just paper right?) to get his project just right. He made it while I was sleeping so I had no hand in this. Had I helped, I may have convinced him to use a different color paper but hey, he did a stellar job and it's something special for me. He's an amazing kid. I love my boys! Anyway, before I start blubbering on and on, take a gander at his sweet little gift for me!

Can't forget the back side....

Yep he covered the back. He said it had to look like a real dress. 

Oh and he always uses orange paper. He made one for his dad on Father's Day on a much grander scale and that was orange too. Ya, he's pretty awesome. 

Paper pumpkin party people!!

Thats fun to say right?! I got mine today and it's super cute! I scoped it out at convention and I really dug it. So, I did it. I'll admit, I received one last year when Paper Pumpkin was still fairly new and was not impressed. However, they revamped the product and I'm excited to have it! I know that next month will have a Halloween theme. I've already had the joy of creating Halloween fabulousness with the September at..... Yep convention. I went to a Paper Pumpkin Party the first night. Oh and there's a promo code for newbies. HALFOFF2 for 2 months at half off. Essentially, 2 months for $20. It's awesome. :-))

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Just mention me as your demonstrator if decide sign up for straight awesomeness in a box. Please. 

Convention was a blast. It was my first time going and I was lucky enough to go with a my awesome downline and friend Priscilla. If you should decide to become a demonstrator, you should definitely look into going. It was an amazing experience. We met so many cool people and I took the opportunity to talk to almost everybody. Really. Convention. Starbucks. Hotel. Restaurant. Whatever.  

Good times! Oh and the prizes and giveaways and make-n-takes and swaps are ridiculous. We had to make room in our luggage to bring everything back. I'll be back next year. Can't wait! So there's my convention rant. Now you see. On to awesome pics! 

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Did I mention everything you need to do the project is in the box? Sequins, demonsionals, acrylic block (for this and future projects), small stamp pad, stamps and all the paper! 

Ho hum. Back to work. It's my Friday! Peace out!

Ha! 

Oh and of course thanks for following along! :-))

Bedtime post

That's right its bedtime. Work all night. I'm a real live zombie. Don't be jealous. 

I had to throw down one more post with another project using the kinda eclectic stamp set. This really is a favorite. Everywhere. For reals. 

I used a new technique we learned  at convention this year. Maybe it's not a really new technique but it's new to me and thought it was the shizz nizz (I'm tired. Don't judge) of newest techniques of late.  Using a dauber to color your stamp and stamp in multiple colors. It's mind blowing! And sometimes it's the little things that make us happy. :-) 

Hope u like! 

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Before the night is out!

I'm doing it! It's 10pm and the nights not over yet! So here is! A little something owl for our teachers! I couldn't resist. Ha!

This card idea came from a similar card made by Stampin Up demonstratorJennifer  Baughman. I loved it!  It seemed absolutely perfect for the start of another school year with our wonderful teachers and for our teacher friends! I wish them luck and a fabulous year as they do a job that I know I couldn't day after day. Honesty here. It really wouldn't be my cup of tea.  I like other peoples kids but everyday and roughly 30 at a time? No thanks.  

Until the next project.....

Whisper white stamp pad

Builder Owl punch

Wood grain texture embossing folder

Alphabet press embossing folder

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Promo!

I know I know. New blogger not blogging.  It's a learning process and I can certainly use some pointers! I've actually been busy crafting and creating projects for my upcoming workshop this Sunday, but as I'm heading off to work soon I will get those posted later.  Before the night is out. Promise. Pinky swear. Yikes.  Lol!

Anywhooo! I wanted to take a moment to share this great promotion Stampin Up is offering for a very limited time.  Until Augutst 31!  I love my Big Shot and use almost every single day! Even work days. Gotta stay on top of my game! Heehee. With the purchase of a Big Shot, you can choose one of five bundles for FREE!
That's up to a $45 value! We're talking stamp set and matching framelits.  If you have a Big Shot, purchase a bundle at %15 off the cost of buying the stamps and framelits separately.  Keep in mind, holidays are acoming.   Some of you have already started a countdown to Christmas! You know who you are.  I'm not there yet.  Its waaaaay too hot outside.  Still.  Probably until Thanksgiving.

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Halloween post. Again.

I changed my mind. At around midnight. Maybe 1am. The scalloped circle wasn't working for me. So I swapped it out for the gold. I love it! I'm glad I did that before making 16 of them without being fully happy with how they looked. Whew done. Now on to workshop prepping! After a day at the beach. Which is where I am now. It's beautiful! Back to work later. It's not going anywhere. 😜

Haunted houses? Ghosts? Squishy pumpkins?

Yep! Halloween will be here before you know it! And, no, it's not early.  I finally had the chance to play with my Holiday Home stamp and framelits set. I was lucky enough to win this set at convention. Myself and several hundred other ladies (it seemed to be almost entirely ladies so I made a generalization) on the first day even! Ah.....memories. Until next year.....

Back on topic! Every year at Halloween, I think, I could have done so much more. So this year, in an effort to right this wrong and hold off on Christmas projects, cards and tags. (It's a struggle. I mean, who can resist the snowflakes, silly santas, pretty glitter paper....) I've decided to get a jump on it in August. Starting with cards. I haven't mastered the art of filming so here's a pic and a list of materials. 

Card 1

Very vanilla card stock

Tangerine twist card stock

Motley Monsters DSP

Holiday Home stamp set and framelits

Card 2

White and tangerine thick twine is the only additional item. Hope you like!