Feb 11, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Paper Pumpkin, Sale-A-Bration 2014, Tell Me Tuesday, Weekly Deals |
It’s another Tuesday here in Georgia and school is out! This is not normal for us! Maybe they get 2 or 3 days out of school each year. Perhaps once maybe twice have they had more than that since Kyle started school (he is 22 now)! And this year it seems they have missed a ton – I think we are on day 6 or 7 – and they are out tomorrow and possibly on Thursday. It’s Ryan’s senior year and it seems he is hardly been to school the last few months. And guess what – next week they have Winter Break! Are you kidding – somehow the snow days and the breaks need to line up better.
Today is a little sad for me – Kyle is on his way to San Francisco right now – it’s the first day of the next chapter in his life. He will be staying in his own apartment tonight and starting his first real job next week. Is he really an adult now?
Here is what we have going on this week. – SHOP HERE.
- Paper Pumpkin New Member special has been extended through March 31, 2014. If you haven’t previously joined Paper Pumpkin there is a special for new memberships – join now and you will get a free pack of 2012-2014 In-color Markers with your welcome kit!
JOIN TODAY – just CLICK HERE – to go to the sign up. And you can see ideas with past kits by visiting my Paper Pumpkin Idea Pinterest Board.
- New Weekly Deals 2/11– 2/17 – the weekly deals continue – some great ones this week – the Artisan Label punch and Honeycomb Embossing Folder and the Floral Frames Framelits!
- New My Digital Studio Downloads –
- Sale-A-Bration is underway!!! 1/28 – 3/31 – It’s our biggest event of the year! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! Shop, Host or Join.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
Order online at my store any time – START HERE.
Feb 4, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Tell Me Tuesday, Weekly Deals |
Tuesday is not over yet. I was waiting on a late announcement that came this afternoon just before I left to hold a card class at KSU. And there is actually one more tomorrow – but I didn’t want to wait until then – so I’ll tell you about it now and come back and add the details when I have them. Here we go –
Here is what we have going on this week. – SHOP HERE.
- Personalized Name Stamps – With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Here are just a few customization ideas (for you or for the perfect gift): address stamp, Thank You, From the classroom of (teacher gift), From the kitchen of, Made with Love, This book belongs to, From the desk of, Just Married, Save the date, Promote your business (name, website, contact info). Coordinates with the 1-3/8″ Circle Punch (item 119860). Clear Block B (item 117147) recommended. Purchase separately. Available in photopolymer only. Order stamps online with a preview option before you submit your order.
- New Photopolymer stamp set – a new set will be released on 2/5/2014. Here is the info – Sans and Stripes Photopolymer stamp set – $13.95
- New Weekly Deals 2/4– 2/10 – the weekly deals continue
- New My Digital Studio Downloads –
Sale-A-Bration is underway!!! 1/28 – 3/31 – It’s our biggest event of the year! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! Shop, Host or Join.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
Order online at my store any time – START HERE.
Jan 29, 2014 | Embossing, My Digital Studio, Sale-A-Bration 2014, Tell Me Tuesday, Uncategorized, Weekly Deals |
Tuesday came and went but there is lots to share with you. Here we go –
Here is what we have going on this week. – SHOP HERE.
- Sale-A-Bration has started!!! 1/28 – 3/31 – It’s our biggest event of the year! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! The brochure this years features Bundles of $50+ products with a suggested free gift item – these are just easy ideas of a bundle of products that you may want – but you aren’t limited to these bundles – you can order anything you want to earn your free gifts – look at the annual catalog, the occasions catalog and online.
– You can also host a party and earn extra hostess benefits with a qualifying party!
– Or plan to join my team – for $99 you choose $150 of products plus get a 20% discount on the rest of your purchases. - The Texture Boutique Embossing Machine is back! We sold if for a brief time last year and it was such a hit that it will be added to the annual catalog. Until then Stampin’ Up! has a limited supply to sell now.
- Hip Hip Hooray Card Making kit – Make 20 beautiful cards with this kit for $19.95.
- New Weekly Deals 1/28 – 2/3 – the weekly deals continue
- New My Digital Studio Downloads –
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
Wednesday’s Card Maker’s class was rescheduled to Saturday, Feb. 1st at 10:00 am.
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Jan 24, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages, Stampin' Up! Events |
I’ve decided to play along with the MDS Monday Challenge – today is the last day to add a project to the challenge from the 13th. MDSM49 – We’re scrapping – click here for the challenge details. It was a sketch and I do enjoy working with sketches. I ended up playing along because when we got to the hotel yesterday there was no internet service in the room – they were doing maintenance they said until early evening – when we went to bed around 10:30 there was still no internet – I didn’t actually check it this morning. Now we are at the airport waiting to fly back home – and there is free internet here. So instead of working on a blog post and doing other things I played in My Digital Studio. And a sketch is always a good place to start.
I decided to use some pictures from my Leadership trip earlier this month. It was a great trip and so much more fun when I was able to spend it with my two friends Diane and Linda. Traveling together, rooming together, learning together and enjoying the manager’s reception together – I’m so glad I had both of the these ladies with me. I knew I had some photos of the three of us together – a whole bunch from our last night in the hotel – when we used the tripod and the timer setting on my phone – but they may not have appreciated me sharing most of those – so I picked one good one and combined it with others of us from throughout the Leadership event.
As you can see I turned the sketch on its side – I need to be a little different right? This one was actually pretty easy because there is a photo template page that has 5 photos lined up like the sketch – so I inserted that to begin with. then I grouped the photo boxes and rotated them on the page to get my position. I created a new photo box with a 7″ width and a 2″ height and placed it on top of the one that I rotated – copied and added 4 more and then deleted the rotated ones – if I had used those my pictures would have been rotated the wrong way.
I added a background and some overlays, added the round tab punch to the ends of the photos, some staples, and text for the titles. Added a title stamp in the corner.
Signing off at the airport – we should be boarding soon and then flying across the country back to Georgia.
Jan 21, 2014 | Designer Series Paper, My Digital Studio, Occasions Catalog 2014, Tell Me Tuesday, Weekly Deals |
It may be Wednesday by the time you see this but it is still Tuesday here where I am. Kyle and I traveled to San Francisco today. Came in on a full 5 hour flight. Got out to the rental car place, got the car and drove to the city to find our hotel. We only went around in circles a few times before we got to the entrance and then had to wait to turn cause a fedex truck was blocking it. Anyway we are in the hotel room and heading to bed soon – even though its still relatively early here. We will have a busy couple of days apartment hunting.
So here is this weeks Tell Me Tuesday.
Here is what we have going on this week. – SHOP HERE.
- New Weekly Deals 1/21 – 1/27 –
- New My Digital Studio Downloads –
- New Paper Pumpkin subscribers who sign up – between January 11 and February 10, 2014, will receive a FREE set of 2012-2014 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers -a $14.95 value-with their Welcome Kit. JOIN TODAY – just CLICK HERE . I saw the February and March kits and they were some of the best ones yet.
- FROM ME ONLY – I’m having Ribbon & Paper Shares for the Occasions Catalog – CLICK HERE for more details on the Ribbon Share and HERE for more details on the Paper Share.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
Order online at my store any time – START HERE.
Jan 19, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat, Stampin' Up! Events |
Put the Spotlight on MDS (My Digital Studio) was the name of the Share Fair Class that I taught at leadership. When Stampin’ Up! called a few months ago to ask if I would be a presenter – I was completely surprised, nervous, scared, and excited. I wasn’t sure I could do it but didn’t want to say no either. Then I kept reminding myself that over the years I had been taking little steps doing presentations in front of people and this was the next step. I would do it!
Ideas ran through my head about what to share – and of course I knew exactly what to share. Over the last year or 2 the MDS offerings that I have had were the MDS Intro Class, the MDS Digi Crop Nites and then the addition of the Creative Retreat that included an MDS project in the Make&Takes. My friend and fellow demonstrator Cindy works with me on these events – and that was one of the things I told everyone is to find a friend and do these events together. It works perfect for us. I wish Cindy had been there with me to do the presentations but she wasn’t able to attend Leadership this year. We are planning our next Intro Class for February – the exact date I’ll post as soon as it is final. The Digi Crops we are having twice a month right now – those dates are on my website and FB page. And the next Creative Retreat is going to be in May – save the date May 15 (evening start) – May 18. More details will be coming later.
Wednesday after I arrived in Houston I went to the convention center for a rehearsal. Got over there just in time and realized I didn’t have any of my notes! They were all in the hotel room. I guess that is how it was meant to be – I went through the rehearsal without them. I think I missed a few things but overall I covered everything. Then I put together my display board.
Thursday was the day of the presentation and I found my class sign outside the room. And then waited on my time to start – I was in the second session of classes. I didn’t have much focus during the first set so I pretty much missed them all. Everyone should be doing Webinars over the next month or so and I’m hoping to catch all of those. I do still have that to do – mine will be in late February. So if you missed the class you can catch the webinar.
I got a little more nervous when I found out I was following Holly Linford – the MDS guru at Stampin’ Up! – and then found out my helper was not there. My replacement helper turned out to be Brian Billing – the Demonstrator Training Manager! I got miked up and he introduced me and I did my first presentation. I went for the full 20 minutes. I didn’t stop to answer questions and it was a good thing I didn’t. In my 3rd presentation someone asked a question and I tried to answer – I totally lost track of where I was! Yikes. So if you were in my class and you had a question I wasn’t trying to be rude and ignore you but I was afraid of what would happen if I stopped and while I thought I could handle it by the third time – I was wrong. You can ask me now or I’m pretty sure during the webinar that you can write in with questions too.
Maybe you couldn’t tell but I was nervous and so HOT! I told Brian after the first one I needed a fan. I got water. I could have taken off my vest but was afraid the back of my shirt was wet! Seriously not good. This is what I looked like after I was done.
Thumbs up – red faced and smiling! But I did it!
At the end of leadership on Saturday I went back to take down my display board and they let us keep our name signs.
The only problem for me was that I brought 2 small suitcases this time and neither one was long enough for the sign to fit in! So luckily my friend and roommate Linda had a big suitcase and she was able to bring it home for me. Thanks Linda! She was also the one taking most of the pictures for me. Thanks Linda!
Thanks for listening to me today – I intended to say that at the end of my presentation but I think I forgot! But thank you if you came to listen to my presentations – I hope you found something to be helpful.
