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While I personally have the best UPS driver, I know at times packages will still arrive damaged. Tonight I got to see first hand what happens when no one is looking...
You can't see it, but we actually had a Stampin' Up! logo stuck to the box, and most of the night he carried it facing out - gotta train 'em young - LOL!
And in case you are wondering, for some reason here in Beavercreek the kids trick-or-treat on "Beggar's Night" which is rarely on Halloween.
Happy Halloween!!
Okay, I received a reminder email today from another Stacie (those of us w/ the "ie" have to stick together - LOL). She said "update your blog, girlie" (or something like that). So, if you notice I'm slacking, you can also give me a kind reminder ;)
One problem I have is that I have misplaced my memory card - it isn't in the camera or the computer, and with 3 children 6 and younger my thoughts on where it could be are a bit overwhelming at times (wonder how the guys at the waste treatment plant are enjoying the pictures of all my cards and my kids??? Maybe on my next memory card I should have the first picture be of our address and phone number - LOL).
Hopefully, you will start to see some changes around here soon - I need to add a calendar and an online ordering button. I need to post some pictures (once I have a way to do it) of some Christmas cards I'm going to offer as a "stamps in the mail" concept...and while I probably won't happen before Christmas (which is poor planning on my part), I do have an extra blog now which will one day have cards and 3-D items for sale.
Now, for a fun card (fortunately I took a picture of ONE of the cards we made in stamp club last week before losing the memory card - and look, I'd even changed the date). This card features the "Crazy for Cupcakes" stamp set that is on special this month. You can get this great set at a 20% discount once you have spent $20 on regularly priced items (make sure if you order this on line that you enter the other items FIRST - or it can get a bit hairy...or just email or call me to place the order on your behalf).
Now for the details on the supplies used:
Stamp set - Crazy for Cupcake; Cardstock: Real Red, Bashful Blue & Whisper White; Designer Paper: Summer Picnic; Ink: Basic Gray Classic, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Real Red Stampin' Write markers; Accessories: Dazzling Diamond glitter (cupcake frosting - it's more obviousl in person), 2 way glue pen, wire clip (from "clip assortment"), Pumpkin Pie striped grosgrain, Stampin' Dimensionals & SNAIL adhesive; Sizzix Die - Top Note (exclusive through SU!)
A friend of mine is hosting a shoebox swap tomorrow (if you are in the Dayton area, I highly recommend keeping an eye out for these on Splitcoast - Anna does a great job of running a very organized event), and I got a spot at the very last minute. So, what's a stamper to do when she finds out on Wednesday that she needs to pinch hit on Saturday??? I pulled out all my old designs as well as swaps I'd received for inspiration. There were a few swaps I was going to just copy stamp for stamp, color for color because they are so lovely - but the card creator in me just couldn't do it. So, I went to a swap I created for another shoebox swap at convention (can you believe that before I met Anna a year ago I didn't even know what these things are???). I quickly discovered I didn't have enough designer paper to make the original card again, so I made a few changes to the paper and came up with these 2 cards...
Both use the "Always" stamp set and the "Sweet Always" designer paper, but because each design uses close to a 4" square of designer paper, I couldn't get all of my 20 cards to be exact duplicates of each other (you can only get eighteen 4" squares of any one pattern in a pack of designer paper - which generally isn't an issue because I rarely make more than 18 cards that are duplicates of one another). What you are seeing here is a total of 4 of the 12 designs represented in a pack of the "Sweet Always" designer paper. Each sheet is double sided which is great for cards like these because I didn't have to sit around and decide which patterns work well together, I just used both sides of the same sheet of designer paper.
I also made one additional card with the same designer paper and base color, but I changed up a few of the other elements - including the ribbon just to show the versatility of the exact same stamp and sketch, but different patterns (still from the same pack of paper though - so now you will see patterns 5 & 6)... This card is not for the swap - it was actually the first card I designed on Wednesday, but then I decided to switch the ribbon and the color focus a little bit.
The final project I prepared for tomorrow is a 3-D item for a bonus swap - I'm not sure if anyone will swap with me because I'm a late add-on and so no one planned for me - but I'm hoping at least a few people will have extra of their item to swap. This particular idea is far from unique as I've seen it in the gallery at Splitcoast and on several blogs. I've seen the Owls' nose done with a variety of punches (the 3/4" square folded on the diagonal, the photo corner punch - and I tried the arrow punch before putting together this idea). I used the small oval punch folded in half. One tip for making this work, score a line on your Basic Black cardstock, THEN punch out the oval using that scoreline as your halfway mark. It will make the folding of the beak much easier. I also kind of crumpled the beak a little to give it a slight curve and make it appear a little more realistic. I don't know who came up with this idea first, it wasn't me, but I love it anyway - and thank you to everyone who has shared this idea with the cybercommunity as a whole...
I'm almost finished designing the cards for my upcoming Christmas card class - 9 of the designs are shown here...
Hmm, I'm noticing that I still haven't adjusted the settings on my camera, so it looks like I somehow made these cards almost 3 years ago - long before most of these stamps and Sizzix dies came into existance...makes me appear psychic (which those of you who know that I always end up ordering stamps and/or accessories that retire the next month will know is absolutely NOT the case).
Normally, I'd put all the info about my classes on my business website where it belongs but I cannot get the calendar to update...so here it is.
20 cards for $30 or 40 cards for $55. The only supplies you need to bring is adhesive. The date is October 18 and I'm offering a 10AM class and a 1:30 PM class. If you read this post previously, you may have seen an incorrect date - my thanks to Jen for catching the error.
I am also looking into what it would take for me to offer this as a kit for anyone who is not local and wants the supplies (cardstock, DSP and ribbon) and instructions. So, if you are interested, you can email me to inquire about cost and what it will include. Stampin' Up! rules dictate that I cannot prestamp images for you, so you would still need to provide (or order) your own stamps and ink pads.
