Yummy in My Tummy

Hi girls---
I finished these bags today. All of you who come to the Hen Party on Saturday will get to see them in real live person, but I just couldn't wait to share the cute little guys. I have now finished all of my projects using this set and the bags and the retired set will now be for sale.
The little monster bags are filled with 40 Hershey Kisses and are $10 each.
That's all of the bags I had, so I guess you could say they are limited edition. HA!

The stamp set is a retired one called "Yummy in My Tummy" Isn't the monster so cute?
I'm selling it for only $10. I also made shaker cards with those tummies. Those will be at the hen Party as well.

Speaking of shaker cards we will be making one on Saturday and learning a little something extra special while we're doing it. I'm making some yummy looking Cherry Muffins to share. I hope you'll come by.

Also, don't forget that the next Drop In Class is here at my house on Monday evening from 5pm through 8pm. The cards we're making have a fruity/flowery theme. I think you'll like them.
For that one I'm making something filled with fresh strawberries. (There may even be a few cherry muffins left over) Stop on by and join me!

Are You Ready?

Well girls, Are you ready for another Card Buffet?

Seems like it's coming up pretty fast, but the new Holiday Catalog will be live to you all on September 1st. It's my plan to do three Card Buffets a year....one to coincide with each new catalog. As a demonstrator I have been able to view it online and believe me, it's a good one!

                                       Save the Date!!
I have wiggled all around trying to decide the best date for this one and I've landed on September 23.
       It will be held as before at Branches Community Church from 11am until 4pm.

      More information and a flyer will follow, but I wanted to tell you some fun news now.
IN ADDITION...not in place of... the normal prizes, I have spent the last couple of weeks coming up with some kinda crazy ones to be held in separate drawings. You just never know what might be in these crazy things. Once you win them you are free to give things away, trade them with others, or just add them to your stash of treasures. Sound like fun? Everyone attending will receive a raffle ticket for both drawings and there will be some things along the way to earn extra tickets to the "Crazy Drawings"....
Starting right now!
The fee for the event is $25 and everyone who signs up and pays for the event by August 25th will get four..that's right, four extra tickets to the Crazy Drawings.
You will also receive two extra tickets for bringing someone who hasn't been before and she'll get one extra.

I hope you all will be able to join me for the fun and to get at look at all the great things Stampin' Up has come up with for our holiday creativity.

August Classes

Just came home from an enjoyable evening with my Paper Pumpkin Club ladies and thought I'd update you all on what's coming up next.

We will have our next Hen Party on August 5th. For only $5 you may drop in anytime between 11am and 2pm to join me for a fun project, something yummy to snack on, some coffee and best of all....relaxing conversation. We meet at Branches Community Church on the first Saturday of every month. please contact me if you need more info or to let me know you are coming. RSVPs are helpful, but not necessary. Please don't let the lack of one keep you from coming. This month we're going to make a shaker card and learn something fun in the process.

Immediately following that, the next drop in class here in my home will be on the evening of August 7th. in this class the theme will be fruits and flowers and I will be serving a strawberry themed dessert. I'm making it, so cross your fingers that it turns out yummy. The recipe looks delicious! The price for this class is only $15. You will make four cards and everyone will make a special strawberry treat to take home. Again...RSVPs are very helpful, but not required.

I have also added another class for August. I have had some fun lately making cards with "fun folds".

It has been a lot of fun so I'm going to share them with you. On August 17th I am holding a class in which we will be making a "waterfall" card, a "magic" card, a wonderful baby themed pop up card,  and a flap-over fun fold card. They are all so much fun. You'll want to make them over and over. The price of this class is $18 and I DO need RSVPs for this one. It requires a lot of prep work beforehand. Please let me know if you'd like to come and I will add you to the list. The location of the class will be announced when I know how many are coming.

Then all of my Paper Pumpkin Club ladies will finish up the month with our meeting on the 31st.

Drop In Class

Well, I held my first drop in class last night and we had a lovely time.
It's always so nice to get together with you ladies.
I was all ready for you when you arrived...

A big thank you to those of you who attended. I hope you had a good time and liked your manly-man cards.

The next drop in class will be held on August 7th from 5pm until 9pm.
If you know for sure you'll be coming an RSVP would be helpful, otherwise just pop by.
The theme for the cards this time will be fruits and flowers.
We will be making four cards and and each one of you will make a cute little strawberry treat to take home.


I will be serving something yummy (I hope) and homemade with strawberries to go along with our theme. I also provide bottled water. You are free to bring another beverage if you prefer.

Ladies, if you find yourself in need of a masculine looking card or three,
I have an opportunity for you. I will be holding a drop in sort of class on the evening of
July 20th for only $12. You may drop in here at my home any time between 5pm and 8pm to make the three cards I have pictured here.




I will have bottled water available and a little snack available.
If you need to come a bit earlier just let me know and we'll work it out.
Please contact me with any questions.

PS..Remember the Magic card I told you about? I'm now designing a couple of cards to go along with it and will be offering a similar opportunity to make those, so watch for that coming up soon.

Beautiful You #2

I was at my friend Rae's house and saw this project that she made with the Beautiful You stamp set. The frame is from a past Paper Pumpkin kit. I wanted to make one, but had already used my frame.
Then I thought that it would be a great idea for a Hen Party project so I went on a hunt for inexpensive white frames. Enter my funny story...

                                               Here it is along with another quick tip.


Lastly I am posting these pictures of other Beautiful You projects that I have found online.
I have not made any of these, but wanted you to be able to see them.

This first card has our lady waking on a beach...beautiful.
 The shadow she's waking on is also in the set.

 In this one  by masking the images, two ladies are able to walk on the beach together.

More masking allows us to pair our ladies well with many other stamp sets.

In this next one the same lady is strolling in front of a line of trees made with the

 Lovely As a Tree stamp set.

Next we are able to have her stroll down a street in the Mediterranean with the 

Mediterranean Moments stamp set.

In this last one I wanted to show you that this lady's hand is positioned
in such a way that you can allow her to take her pet for a little stroll along with her. You could add a handbag as well. just put your thinking hat on and you'll come in with more great ideas.

Well these posts should give you all some great ideas to spark your creativity with this wonderful stamp set. Get out your supplies and come up with some of your own ideas.
It would be great if you would share them with me. I'd love to see what you all come up with.

The stamp set is on page 141 of your 2017-2018 catalog.
It is #143004 in wood mounted for $39 or #143637 in clear mount for $28
If you decide to order online I would really appreciate it if you would include my Hostess Code for the month of July. That code is ZWN6HN4F.

I think I've got the hang of this thing now so watch for more videos to come.
I will soon be offering some kits for sale, so be watching for those as well.

Beautiful You

Here you have a parade of great ideas for things you can do with the Beautiful You stamp set from Stampin Up.

And don't miss the handy tip!

Tomorrow as promised, I will show another idea with this stamp set and tell n a funny story on myself.

PS...There will be another great tip included in that video.

Hot or Not!

Well ladies, I made it a goal to get these videos filmed and be posting them regularly here on the blog. It is till my intention, but I am still fighting with the videos. Last week I filmed a very nice one on the many different ways you can use the "Beautiful You" stamp set which also included at least one little tip. Try as I might however, I have not been able to get it onto the blog. I'm still working on it, but thought I'd at least post SOMETHING here.

I returned yesterday from an eventful church camping to Lookout Campground in Dog Valley. I followed my GPS, got lost, and into an area where I was seriously off-roading. It damaged my car. I took it in to be checked out today and it is going to be $350 to fix it. OUCH!! So it turned out to be a pretty expensive little camping trip. It was saved in my eyes by being able to spend the entire weekend with this little guy.

I took this picture of him as everyone was up and loading everything on the last day.
Nothing roused him. When all of us had everything packed and ready to go, I had to wake him up to get him into the car. He was worn out, but he sure had a lot of fun!


Now I'm home and it is hot, but here I was with a bag full of potatoes that needed to be cooked.
Went to my faithful Pinterest and found a recipe. Here's the crazy part...

They were very yummy, but were cooked in the oven set at 500 degrees!

What was I thinking?

Anyway, my potatoes are delicious and I didn't waste them.

Guess what I'll be snacking on for the next few days.

Slow or Picky?

Hi All...
I've worked all day making samples for the next video I want to film. I thought I'd be filming it today, but I'm done in and I have two more cards to make. :(
I've  decided that I am either way too slow or way to picky....maybe both.
Anyway, I hope to post a video tomorrow showing lots of different ways to use the Beautiful You stamp set.
Here's the teaser....more tomorrow.