SO EXCITED! SO MANY NEW THINGS HAPPENIN'!

Here is a list of some of the latest things happenin' with SU!

1. We now accept credit cards for orders! Yeah baby...this is something that seemed to bite me in the butt when I first started. People wanted to pay with CC and I had to tell them no. :o( But now we can!
2. SU and Scotch Brand have created a venture! Some of the Scotch Brand items will have featured SU projects on them which directs people to the SU website and hopefully to a demo.
3. We now carry Decor Elements, a self-adhesive die cut that you put on your walls, mirrors, windows, etc. to "doll" up that area!
4. ALL new stamp sets will be DIE CUT! No more trimming before mounting (the old sets will need to be trimmed yet.)
5. Get the discontinued accessories list here....discounted accessories list here (25% off selected accessories)...and the retiring stamp set list here.
6. JUST ANNOUNCED....customers will be able to order on line through the customer website/demonstrator websites! WOW!

This months Five for $5 class

We used the Inspiration Sheet for "Sketch an Event" for the basis of the cards this month. The stamp set we actually used was "Time Well Spent" and the colors we used were Cool Caribbean, Marigold Morning, Cranberry Crisp, Wild Wasibi and Whisper White. We also used silver brads in place of the eyelets. Enjoy!


If you would like to join us for Five for $5 we meet in my home the second Friday of every month at 7 pm. If you would like to do the cards but can't come, RSVP one week in advance, send me a check and I will email you a set with typed directions for each card!

P.S. The camera didn't take very good pictures! :o( They are rather dull looking next to real life! :o)

Where has time gone?

Wow! It's been a long time! I can't believe how fast the summer is going. We have been busy.

Last week (June 23-26) was VBS at the church. I went to work an hour earlier every day to be able to get to the church before 5 pm. I was in charge of putting together a nightly slide show of pictures taken by the two main characters of the "pirates". The theme was "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" from the Veggie Tales. James was in charge of the stage design and room designs. He worked every Saturday for eight weeks and every day of VBS to change out the rooms everyday.

Friday night we had an adult get together at a church member's home for soup and salad. The girls sat in the "den" and sang karoke, the guys sat in the living room and chatted while the young adults sat outside chatting. It was a very nice night fellowshipping with other believers.

Saturday God's Royal Hat Stampers (my official Red Hat Society group) went to Shipshewana and Middlebury for the day. Needless to say we spent the day shopping where I spent way too much money! I came home with a satisified tired feeling but happy and glowing in my spirit with the day spent with my friends.

I took vacation this week and have been TRYING to clean out my stamp room! LOL Of course, my kids have other plans! Tuesday I had to take the two middle grandchildren to the dentist then run the dad to Three Rivers. Wednesday I worked on my Bible Study for Wednesday night and then worked a little in the stamp room. Thursday we spent the day at my daughters as Mother Nature took down the electricity in our area for Wednesday evening and most of Thursday. When I came home last night I just felt overwhelmed when I walked into the stamp room and didn't do much at all. Today I spent some time on line working on websites and looking for a couple of things for my friend Georgia and my mom. Now I NEED to get off my duff and get it done!

Hopefully some time this weekend I can download some of the recent cards we have been making.

Have a happy and safe 4th of July!

TTNF!
Theresa

Last Friday's VSN MINI...four challenges to do...

and one more to do! I need to do the altered book this weekend. Carol came down for the weekend...VSN on Friday and Red Hats on Saturday! What a great weekend with the "girls"....even though it was only her and I on Friday with mom joining us on Saturday.

Anyhoo...here are my cards from the VSN. Once I get the book done I will post that too. Oh...and a link on how to alter a book too!

Ugh! The pictures won't download! You can go to splitcoaststampers and visit my gallery to see the cards!

Excited!

I just checked the SU! website and jumped for joy! The retiring list will be available June 15th! Wow! That is early and it gives you two months to get anything that is one your list! Double wow! They also announced that the retiring accessories list will be available July 21st.

Here are the dates to remember!

*** May 31st - Last day of the Chipboard Promotion!
*** May 31st - Last day of the Cutting Combo Pack Promotion!
*** May 31st - Last day of the Hodge Podge Recruiting Promotion!
*** June 1st - First day of the Fresh Cut Sneak Peek Promotion!
*** June 1st - First day of the eScape Bundle Promotion!
*** June 10th - Last day to order from the Occasions Mini 2008.
*** June 15th - Retirement list will be available.
*** July 21st - Retiring accessories list will be available.
*** Aug. 10th - Last day to order from the Spring-Summer Collection 2008 catalog.
*** Aug, 11th - First day to order from the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog.
*** Oct. 1st - First day to order from the 2008 Holiday Mini Catalog.
*** Jan. 2009 - Release of Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog.

Flower Card

Supplies needed:

1 - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" cardstock, scored (Bashful Blue used)
1 - 4 1/4" x 5 1/4" cardstock (Certainly Celery used)
1 - 3" x 1 1/4" cardstock (Bashful Blue used)
1 - 2 3/4" x 1" neutral (Whisper White used)
1 - Scrap of Designer Paper (Picnic used)
Ticket Corner punch
1 3/8" Circle punch
Brad
Sentiment (Sincere Salutations used)
Ink (Basic Black used)

1. Punch out 8 circles from the DP with punch.



2. Place your fingertip on one side of the circle and bend the other end over your finger.



3. Press down to crease and then bend over to make the petal.

4. Repeat until all 8 circles are folded.
5. Once done, place the first petal on your paper.
6. Continue placing around the petals, meeting the points in the middle and overlapping the previous petal just a bit.



7. Using a Crop-a-dile, punch a small hole in the middle of the flower to place the brad. One thing you can also do is push the brad through the center and the background paper. Brads have a sharp point which allows you to do this without any destruction to your card!



8. Punch the corners of the celery paper and the two smaller pieces with the ticket punch.
9. Layer and complete your card.

Have fun! :)

A very quiet weekend...

...considering it is a holiday weekend!

Friday we committed dad's ashes to the ground at a very small family get-together at the cemetery. My sis and her boyfriend drove up from Kokomo for a few days so we could do it this weekend. We thought about doing it on his birthday but she is going to start college and that is the week of exams so there was no way she could get here then. It will be nice to remember him though on this weekend...Memorial Weekend.

Saturday my mom and I went to town rummaging. It's been a long time since the two of us have done that alone. We stopped at a few sales then went to Goodwill, thinking it was 50% off Saturday! LOL Of course, it wasn't...next week is! But we still shopped and I got Chad, the newest addition, quite a few onsies for the summer. They were so cute! One with Mickey, one with a dragon, one with Pooh, etc. I couldn't pass them up!

Today we went to church then came home. Travis took Stephen to see The Chronicles of Naria - Prince Capian so it is rather quiet this afternoon! James is reading, mom taking a nap and I am trying to update websites today.

Here are a few cards that I have been working on. The next post will be a tutorial on the fcard you see below. It was quite easy once I got going!


Hugs,
Theresa

Some odd and ends...with more to come...

It's been a while since I have posted. But I decided to post and get this thing updated today! :) I also posted a couple of the newest things that I have done. I will need to take pictures of the last few cards that I have made. They were going to be for the May Fabulous Flower stamp camp. Things just didn't work out for the stamp camp though but I had already done the cards. :) If I have time I will post those tomorrow! It's hard to get on the computer when the only one working in the house is my hubby's and he is usually writing at night!

Stamp Set: Tart & Tangy
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Picnic DP
Ink: Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Scallop and 1 3/4" punches, dimensionals

Stamp Set: Big Flowers
Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, Blue Bayou, Old Olive, Eggplant Envy, Pink Passion
Ink: Real Red, Blue Bayou, Eggplant Envy, Summer Sun, Pink Passion
Accessories: Various brads, buttons and felt flower

Stamp Set: Tart & Tangy
Cardstock: Real Red, Old Olive, Garden Green, Green Galore, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Garden Green, Green Galore, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Tons of punches :), tons of markers, olive ribbon, red gingham ribbon, staples, brads

A good weekend for stamping...

This will be a nice weekend for stamping. I think I will open the window and just stamp to stamp. I have a couple of cards that I have been working on for stamp camp...the only thing is that no one has rsvp for it.

I will download those cards along with any that I make tomorrow. Wish it was VSN weekend! That is coming in August. There will be some mini VSNs before then but I will need to get the schedule. I know the first one will be the last weekend of the month.

Hugs until later!
Theresa

Today is another day...

and I am in the prep mode! I have my first official Red Hats meeting tonight for God's Royal Hat Stampers! I am so excited about it. I am hoping that the turn out will be good but we will see.

I have a workshop tomorrow morning at 10 am and then my newest downline ***waving at Diane*** is having her first booked workshop at 2 pm (thanks to my mom booking from her). So it will be a "stampin'" day tomorrow! :)

James and I took today and Monday off as we were going to do a long weekend together. Since things come up we will be taking off Sunday after church for the night and come home on Monday. Looking forward to some quiet time together!

I participated in a Card Candy swap and made up over 60 candies on Wednesday night! I was going to mail them out yesterday but forgot the address at home! Work has been so busy that I even forgot to look it up on the internet! So James is mailing them out right now.

Well, I am off to clean the stamp room (looks like something exploded in there after Wednesday night) for tomorrow. Once James gets back home we will be taking off for the day. There are several things I want to do today (look for a new dryer, get the sermon done for Sunday, get a haircut, etc.).

Have a great day!
Theresa