Dormant list of stamps to Retire!

Notice from Stampin Up:

Dormant Stamp Sets Discontinued on January 4, 2010: As promised, many of the stamp sets currently on our dormant list have been available for a year and now it is time to say goodbye. The following stamp sets will be discontinued on January 4, 2010.


Item Number - Stamp Set
113407 - Back Woods
114492 - Beautiful Baby
114486 - Birthday Wish
113200 - Branch Out
114496 - Celebrations
113732 - Central Park
113206 - Classic Sketches
113226 - Classy & Fabulous
114498 - Flowers in Silhouette
113405 - Font of You
113216 - For the Bride
114494 - Forever
109425 - Friend by Definition
114488 - Fun Flowers
113716 - Garden Greetings
114490 - Glad Friends
111580 - Grand Soiree
113242 - Hit the Road
113710 - Lexicon of Leaves
113236 - Man's Best Friend
114423 - Ocean Commotion
113728 - Playful Petals
109276 - Polka Dot
111544 - Putt Putt
113240 - Quilt Quips
113754 - Really Retro
113403 - Sip by Sip
113726 - Sweet Stems
113250 - That's Funny
113688 - Wonderful Watercolors
114028 - Para la novia
114032 - Acuarelas Maravillosas

Exciting News! - CEO of Stampin' Up! on TV!

Shelli Gardner (CEO and Co-founder of Stampin' UP!) has been invited to appear on NBC's TODAY Show on December 4, 2009! Don't miss it! Right now I'm not sure of the time but she will be on the Today show from somewhere around 9:00 am or 10:00 am to end of the day. Please check your local listings on that day! I will try to post back when I know the exact time.

Vendor Event - Dec 2, 2009

I will be a participating vendor at Bright Horizon's Vendor Fair on Dec. 2, 2009 between 2:30 and 6:30. Please feel free to come and stop by my table at the event. I would love to see you there! I will be handing out some goodie bags and I will have a free raffle (includes a free stamp set)! If you have any questions, just contact me at 973-503-1925.

Here is the address of Bright Horizons where the event will be held:
Bright Horizons @ Parsippany
11 Dryden Way
Parsippany New Jersey 07054
973-829-0768

My first Digital Scrapbook 2-page spread!

Here it is my first Digital Scrapbook page... please don't be too harsh ... I will get better! The thing is, the program Stampin UP's "My Digital Studio" is really wonderful and got me to do more scrapbooking than I ever would without it. I've actually got quite a few projects in the works. It is very easy to use and I have never scrapbooked digitally before!!! You can add your pictures to pages that have already been done for you, but of course, for me that would be too easy, so even though I used kind of a template, I changed everything around and did my own thing. I'm really enjoying learning all the in's and out's of this exceptionally well thought out program... way to go, Stampin UP!

I welcome any comments or tips for making these pages look better, so post and let me know what you think. And thanks for looking!

Pauline

Thumping and Direct to paper techniques

I just love techniques! This card using both the thumping technique and the direct to paper technique. I first embossed this card by using the Finial press embossing folder and then rubbed 3 ink pads over the embossed part of the card... I used crushed curry, more mustard, and dusty durango. It is such a simple card to make but I think it makes quite an impressive looking card.

Thumping Technique

I really enjoyed using the "thumping" technique on this card that uses the tree from the "Lovely as a Tree" Stamp set. I never really like this particular tree from the set because coloring it never seemed to come out right no matter what I used to color it. This time I used the Crushed curry marker first on the leaves and then "thumped" using the dusty durango and more mustard markers. I colored the bottom of the tree with close to cocoa. Thanks for looking!

Pictures from Friday's Stamp Club

Here are the two cards that we made at the Stamp Club meeting on Friday night. I have also included a picture of the raffle, a ornament that was made using the ornament punch and the pretties kit. The First card is a shadow box card using the Serene Snowflakes stamp set, and the Circle Scissors plus circle cutter as well as some silver embossing. The second Card was made with the Thoughts and prayers stamp set, the Finial press textured impressions embossing folder, and the technique used was "thumping".