Define Your Life

Hope you're having a wonderful summer so far!

I was so happy to finally ink up my brand new sets - Defining Alphabet and Define Your Life - both sets I got free during the Saleabration campaign this year. You could use those combinations of sets to make quite a few types of cards using this layout, don't you think?

ta ta,

kerry

Embrace Life

Here's another sample I made before my Open House. It was so much fun filling that board! This card came together once I decided on the stamp set. I knew Dusty Durango would be a good choice of colour. I used the new DSP Razzleberry Lemonade pg 162. I love how the In Colours come in markers now so I stamped the image in Stazon Black and then coloured in the flowers with my Dusty Durango marker.

Happy Stampin'

Kerry

Burmuda Bay

As I was looking at my sample board before my Open House I realized I was short on samples using this gorgeous new In Color.... I love Upsy Daisy and this card came together quite quickly. Also I used the new punch - Modern Label on pg 187.

Have a wonderful day, thanks for stopping by!

Kerry

Deal of the Week

Vanilla Hodgepodge!

At $26.99 per set, this is just over 30% off the regular price of $41.95 and this deal is from July 20-26 ONLY! Just head on over to my Stampin' Up website to place your order today!

Happy Stampin'

Kerry

a beauty

Marcella's masterpiece. Here is a card made by one of my downline...isn't it gorgeous? The colour wash look on Shimmery White cardstock.

Go stamp something today!

Kerry

Kind and Caring Thoughts

hi,

Here's another card using this new Level 3 hostess set. I like how simple and clean this card is...I saw this idea on someone's blog as I was blog surfing....if its your then please let me know and i'll add your link!!! Thanks for the inspiration too! You could make a bunch of these ahead of time and leave the sentiment area blank...then fill in as need be!

Take care,

Kerry

Melon goodness

Greetings!

Here's a card I made using the new level 3 set - Kind and Caring Thoughts (pg 16) Artichoke and Melon Mambo are the colours I used...

Have a great day!

texture

Hi,

Lots of texture on today's card....

Happy stampin'
Kerry

same but different

Happy tuesday,

Here's a card that you may recognize from a few months ago....I made a card at my downline's Open House but realized as I was updating my sample board that it had retired colours/paper on it...so I just made the same layout but with Bella Bleu DSP instead....super easy and quick layout, don't you think?

Adeiu

Kerry

The cards begin...

Hello again,

So I've got some new cards to share...I'll start with one simple one today.

It uses the set Embrace Life and the sentiment from Upsy Daisy. Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon finishes it off...Dazzling Diamonds are on the flower but hard to make out in the picture.

Thanks for dropping by, stay tuned for more pic's

Kerry

New Catalog Kick Off Party!

Good Morning! Happy Saturday!

I just wanted to share some pictures from my New Catalog Kick Off party that I hosted this past Wednesday! It was a great turnout and I was so happy to see so many of you! 23 ladies were able to come out and visit, stamp and eat some munchies. Congratulations to the ladies that won door prizes too!

If someone brought a new friend then they both got to choose out of my basket of goodies.


OK, for the life of me I couldn't get this picture to upload the normal way! I took it and it displays normal on my camera and the computer but when I upload here its sideways! Arhhhh glitches. Anyway I thought you'd still get the idea :) Each lady got a wrapped chocolate bar as a thank you gift for coming. I used my Big Shot and the large Scallop, some ass't ribbon and the Oval All stamp set and scallop oval punch. Making 30 of these went quite quickly as I had my helper, Kylie. She did all the Big Shot cutting for me while I did the ribbon.






Another project Kylie and I made was wrapping the Lindt chocolate with label stickers. I stamped in the New In Colours on a label sheet with my Fifth Avenue Floral and then Kylie and I wrapped each little chocolate with a label. YOu could do this with any occasion - it really looks special :)














The 2 make n' takes. With up to 30 woman coming into my house and I to really think about this. I've never done this many at one time. Anyway I loved this idea on saw on another blog a few weeks ago. I especially loved it as I had the Box #2 Die already! I just ordered some In Colour 12x12 cardstock and I was ready to go.
Each lady got to choose their paper and polka dot in colour ribbon.

Lastly is the card. Everyone agreed it was a nice, easy layout to use in the future. On In Colours used. As well as Upsy Daisy stamp set.

Everything went really smoothly and I was happy to find homes for most of my retired items. Now I have some $$ to play with ordering some NEW product...oh how to narrow down my wish list! Anyway thanks for stopping by,

Happy Stampin'
Kerry

Dormant List

Unfortunately, there's never quite enough room in the Stampin' Up! catalogue to put ALL the stamps that are available -- they want to fill it as much as possible with new goodies! So for your convenience, here's a list of all available DORMANT LIST items :) Clicking on the stamp set names will open them up in the Online store, so you can view the images. You can still order all these items, they're just not in the current catalog.

Item #
Stamp Set
Last Publication this Set Appeared in
Page #
113407
Backwoods
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
102
114492
Beautiful Baby
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
208
114486
Birthday Wish
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
208
113200
Branch Out
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
100
114496
Celebrations
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
208
113732
Central Park
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
106
113206
Classic Sketches
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
119
113226
Classy & Fabulous
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
51
113750
Easter Beauty
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
29
114024
Bella Pascua
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
29
114498
Flowers in Silhouette
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
208
113405
Font of You
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
46
113216
For the Bride
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
61
114028
Para la novia
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
61
114494
Forever
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
208
109425
Friend by Definition
2008 Fall-Winter Idea Book & Catalogue
135
114488
Fun Flowers
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
208
113716
Garden Greetings
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
55
114490
Glad Friends
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
208
111580
Grand Soiree
2008 Fall-Winter Idea Book & Catalogue
126
113242
Hit the Road
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
103
113710
Lexicon of Leaves
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
101
113236
Man's Best Friend
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
72
114423
Ocean Commotion
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
97
113728
Playful Petals
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
99
109276
Polka Dot
2008 Fall-Winter Idea Book & Catalogue
135
111544
Putt Putt
2008 Fall-Winter Idea Book & Catalogue
81
113240
Quilt Quips
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
53
113754
Really Retro
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
132
113403
Sip by Sip
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
51
113726
Sweet Stems
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
99
113250
That's Funny
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
63
113688
Wonderful Watercolors
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
85
114032
Acuarelas Maravillosas
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
85
Wheels
Item #
Wheel
Last Publication this Wheel Appeared in
Page #
113836
Fashion Forward
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
51
111259
Pinch Me
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
28
107559
Spot On
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
120
107560
Watercolor Vine
2009 Spring-Summer Idea Book & Catalogue
84

Happy Stampin'
Kerry

a new toy

Howdy,

Since the last 2 posts focused on Kylie I thought i'd share a few recent pictures of my other kiddies. At a garage sale yesterday we found this great push car for Jacob. He LOVEs it and as you can see from Megan's face she got going a wee bit fast! I love the real expressions captured in these photo's...not a cheesy posed face!

K

She's looking sooo grown up in this picture! What a beauty!

Ballerina Kylie

Hi there,
Well as you can see it was a busy few weeks with my youngest gal.....Here are some shots of Kylie on the day of her Ballet recital......can you spot anything odd in any of these pictures LOL!!!!

What happened to my beautiful ballerina posture???? Can legs even bend that way???? This was at the finale of the recital when all the girls were on stage.....What a proud Momma :)

Kylie's graduation

Here are some pictures of my little graduate! The one picture I was able to catch her throwing her cap into the air - cool eh? At her school the kids walk accross a bridge symbolizing the bridge between 1/2 day school of Kindergarden to big kid school of all day in Grade 1. She was so proud and happy. She's so ready for Grade 1 and all the adventures it will bring her. The other picture is with her teacher - Mrs Macleod. Mrs Maclead was the BEST Kindergarden teacher. She had just the right mix of sweetness with the kids and control so she had all 21 kids listening to her so well. I was always in awe of the energy she had. When I helped in the class I was usually so exhausted after my 1/2 day! Here she did it morning and afternoon with 2 different Kindergarden classes! Sure hope she's still at the school when Jacob's time comes!

Kerry

Big Shot Bag on sale!

This week’s deal of the week is the Big Shot Doctor’s Bag…it’s so adorable. You can’t see it from the picture but it has pink on the inside.

July 6-12, 2009
113479
Big Shot Doctor’s Bag
regularly $103.95 NOW $77.99

Carry your Big Shot machine, cutting pads, and dies in style. This black-and-white checked doctor’s bag makes storing and transporting your Big Shot machine easy and convenient. It has handles for carrying and a shoulder strap for when your hands are full of other crafting supplies.
Of course it can also be used for a Cuttle Bug…really any similar sized machine will fit!
Order it through my website here.
OR you can call or email me with your order. ckschwen@shaw.ca

New Catalog Open House

Hello there!

Well I've been busy getting ready for my New Catalog Kick Off Party this coming Wednesday. I've got loads of retired items for sale at great prices, as well you can make 2 make n' takes using the New In Colours, eat some tasty snacks and hopefully win a doorprize. Email me or give me a call to rsvp. I'd love to see you!

In preparation of this event I looked at my display board and realized that EVERY single sample I had had something that was retired on it....except one lonely card. Sooooo I hosted a swap with my downline and got 4 beautiful cards from that and now each night have been stampin up a storm! Its been alot of fun I must say. Here's a sample of one of the cards I just finished. It uses the new Bermuda Bay In Color and the stamp set Pun Fun. The image is stamped on the shimmery white cardstock which I tried to capture in the 2nd picture.

After the event I'll have quite a few new samples to show you on here so stay tuned! I'll also share the make n takes the ladies made. One of them uses the Box #2 XL Die for the Big Shot.

Happy Stampin'
Kerry

Summer Fun Starter Kit Promotion

Dates: July 15 - August 31, 2009

Become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator with the limited-time $105 Mini Starter Kit. The Mini Starter Kit contains the following products:

For all You Do Stamp set (or substitute for same/less price)

All the new In Colour ink pads (again can substitute for different ink pad colours if you want)

Whisper White cardstock 8 1/2 x 11

Assorted In Colour cardstock 8 1/2 x 11 (can substitute for different family)

Plus business tools to get you started right!

What a great time to join! All new product plus the busy months ahead leading up to Christmas!

Contact me for more info and if you'd like to join my team.

Happy Stampin'
Kerry

p.s. if you'd like to sign up via my website its super easy! Just use the password 'smart' all lower case.