“Mickey and Me” Stamp Give-a-Way Day #2

Yippee! We’re here and having a blast!!!

       

Day #2 of the Stamp Give-a-Way is here…..Same rules all you have to do is place a $50 order and these sets will be given away in the order seen below. So hurry on over to my website and do a little shopping! Don’t forget you will also be entered into the Special drawing for the Table Top Cutter from Stampin’ Up! to be announced on May 6th!

                            

Here are the Stamp Sets that “Mickey and Me” will be giving away today!!!

• Paisley Prints (new mounted and never used –clear)
• Gently Falling (two case set gently used-clear)
• Pretty Postage ( 1 stamp gently used-clear)
• Sweet Scoops ( Gently used –clear)
• Ain’t Love Grand (gently used- clear)

Okay that’s it for today. See you tomorrow with more goodies!!!

Mickey Trivia:

Walt Disney designed the character while riding on a train back to Los Angeles with his wife Lillian. After completing his sketch, Walt showed it to Lillian and said his name was Mortimer Mouse. Lillian did not like the name and suggested Mickey Mouse. And so was the birth of Mickey Mouse.

“Mickey and Me” Stamp Give-a-Way Day #1

Hi Everyone,

As you are reading this I am on my way to Walt Disney World with my Mystery Guest. We’re so excited to be sharing this Magical Trip together.

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
My, oh my, what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine headin' my way
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay

 

Mickey says: read on for some fabulous news!!!

                         

            

I had a little conversation with my dear friend “Mickey” and he said I should make this fun for you too! After all you are the reason I am here.

So to celebrate you I’m going to give away some FREE Stamp Sets. I will give away five (5) stamps sets a day while I am gone.

It will start on Sunday, April 29th. The first five people to place a $50 order at my online store will get a FREE Set sent right to your home as soon as I return. How cool is that!!!

The first day I will give away (in this order) these stamp sets to all online orders of $50 in merchandise or more.

• Plant Hope (new and not mounted clear)
• Every Moment (new and not mounted clear)
• Fast and Fabulous (new and not mounted clear)
• Afterthoughts (new and not mounted)
• Touch of Kindness ( gently used and clear)

So what are you waiting for……hope on over to my website and grab a chance to win!!!

One more thing. I will be placing all the names of people that order into a hat and one of you will receive this item from our catalog from me!!!!! All I can say is WOW!!!!!!! Who wouldn't love this Table Top Cutter??? I love mine and sure one of you will love getting this.

 

                          

I’ll be back soon with more goodies for you and also share a few pictures of our time at Disney!!!

Thanks for stopping in!

Mickey trivia:

Walt Disney provided the voice of Mickey Mouse until 1946. Jim Macdonald took over and was Mickey's voice for 3 decades until he retired. The current voice of Mickey Mouse is Wayne Allwine.

Stamping 411 Sketch #253 and Color!!

Hi Everyone,
We’ve got a great sketch Challenge for you this week. I love it sometimes when things challenge me and this one did. Not sure why but it made me stretch.
You know me and my white cards……well………I’ve strayed.

Not sure why but I needed some color in my card this week. I’m sure some of you are saying it’s about time!!! hehe
 
This just is how it feel here “Hot and Sizzling” with pinwheels blowing in the very slight breeze! Okay I think the heat has gotten to me.
This is a delightful set and one I wanted to play with.  It’s called Sweets for the Sweet.

• My card base is TEMPTING TURQUOISE….and cut to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
• I created a border using the Scallop Edge Punch and using some thin scrap pieces cut to 5 1/2 wide in Daffodil Delight
• I then attached it to a piece of Big Top Birthday Designer Series Paper cut to 2 x 5 1/2
• Love this new Daffodil Delight Seam Binding and of course did a double Bow with it. I then tucked the ends behind the DSP Mat
• My Next Mat is Daffodil Delight and cut to 2 5/8 x 3 5/8
• My Image Piece is cut to 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. I stamped the clouds with Temping turquoise and used my aqua painter to drag a little color from the outside line to the center of the clouds.
• The pinwheels were stamped on scrap paper and cut out, then popped up with dimensionals. I added a rhinestone to the center of each.
• My final touch was the bright Yellow Butterfly cut from daffodil Delight using the Butterfly embosslit. I then attached with a glue dot.

Well that’s it for today. I hope you have enjoyed my share today and will play along.
Have a GREAT weekend.

Big News!!!!

OMG!!! the Retired Accessories List is here and it BIG!!! Lots of changes coming.

But listen, Some of these things are on sale for up to 60% off. Check out the list simply by clicking on the Retired Accessories  or Word Picture above.

…and more good news!!!!

 

Beginning 1 May, Stampin’ Up! is offering a fully customizable Starter Kit for new recruits at a new lower price of $99! This will give you the perfect start to your businesses--your way!

When you join Stampin' Up!, the choice is yours to put together a kit with any of our current high-quality products--you can choose up to $125 worth of any Stampin' Up! products! You’ll also receive a business supplies pack (valued at $65) to create a kit with a total value of $190 that still ships for FREE!

So what are you waiting for??? Want to join my team of Jacksonville STARZ? I’d love to have you. I have Demonstrators all over the country and would love to have you join us.

All you have to do to get the $99 kit is go to my website and Hit the “Join the Fun” tab on the top right. Remember this starts May 1st. If you would prefer to get the older Starter Kit for $175 and receive more product , you have to do that before the end of the month. I know decisions-decisions!!

If you have ever thought about joining it sure is a great time. I love my job and all that I can do with it. I’m sure you know about my charity events and all I do with my Stampin’ Up! Business. I have found a way to do Business “MY Way” and help people in my Community. You too can build a Business “YOUR WAY” and shape it to fit your needs. That’s the beauty of this business. You can do as much as you like with it or as little as you want. It’s all Good!!!!

Thanks for stopping in. I’m off to go and shop in my store and snatch up some of those hot specials.

Have fun!

Don’t forget I’m still offering the Summer Smooches Sampler with a $50 merchandise Order for the rest of the month too. You will receive one of these packets of 4x4 DSP just for placing an order at my store only.

Thanks for stopping in……see you soon!!!

Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone,

I hope you have had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend. Along with the weekend comes Stamping 411 and I know you know what that’s about.

Here is this weeks sketch:

…and my take on this weeks sketch.

I really love how bright and cheerful this card is. It reminds me of sunshine. I seem to like the hot zizzling colors come warm weather time, don’t you?

• The card base on this card is 4 1/4 x 11
• The Pumpkin Pie mat is 4 x 5 1/4
• The dotted White mat is 3 7/8 x 5 1/8
• The DSP is cut to 2 7/8 x 4 3/4
• The white image piece is 2 x 3 and stamped with the image from Every Moment and colored in with aqua painters and crayons. I added a bit of Dazzling Diamonds to the center of the flower.
• I finished it off with a double bow make with the White Taffeta Ribbon.

I hope you like it and will play along this week .Thanks for stopping in.

One last piece…..and card

Don’t forget my Summer Smooches Designer Series Sampler I am giving away this month. You still have time! All you have to do is place a $50 merchandise order on my website and I will get one of these out in the mail to you!!! You will receive 1 packet of 12-4x4 sheets!!! That’s enough to easily make 12-25 cards!!

               

OMG!!! I’m so excited about this new Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper! I had one little piece left that measured 1” x 12 “ and I thought ….I hate to waste it. So this is what I came up with. I hope you like it.

• My card base is Whisper White and cut to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
• The Lucky Limeade Mat is cut to 3 7/8 x 5 1/8
• Whisper Dotted is cut to 3 3/4 x 5 and run through the Big Shot using the Polka Dot Embossing folder.
• Then came my DSP strips cut to 3 7/8 x 1
• The flowers were made using the Flower Fusion Sizzlet and glued together with glue dots. I added a pearl to spruce it up a bit.
• The strips of DSP were adhered and then a strip of Ruffled Ribbon down the center…..
• Did little bows with my bow maker and that’s it!!!
• Sentiment is from Sincere Salutations

So lesson learned…don’t throw those little DSP pieces away….see what you can do with them.

Thanks for stopping in…see ya next time!

“Z” Fold Card and Tutorial

Hi Everyone,
I’d like to share a little Tutorial with you today. It’s for a “Z” Fold Card. So easy you’re going to love it!!!

Isn’t it cute??? I just love how fresh and Summery it is!
Want to learn how to make this??? Just follow these few simple steps.
assemble all your goodies you want to use including your Simply Scored.
Cardstock Sizes are:

• Card Base 4 1/4 x 9 3/4 and scored at 2 3/4 x 5 1/2
• Green Mat is cute to 2 5/8 x 3 7/8
• DSP cut to 2 1/2 x 3 7/8 using the Summer Smooches
• Square Scallop Die Cut in Red
• Image piece in White cut to 2 5/8 x 2 5/8
• White and Green Card Stock for Daisy Die

score card base at 2 3/4 x 5 1/2

It should fold like this…..

Separate out  your Daisies and use your two-way Glue Pen to glue to each other making a cluster and let dry.


Stamp Sentiment on your small white square and mat with the red scallop.

Using your Cropodile punch a small hole to accommodate the cute little Summer Smooches Brad that will sit in the center of your Daisy and then it will attach to the Red Scallop……like this.


The back will look like this. The beauty of this is that it won’t get top heavy as it is attached to the mat rather than just sitting there attached with a glue dot.

Next you will add a few dimensionals to the back so you can attach to the card. Don’t add them to the side that will open as you don’t want to stick that part down.

Attach Designer Paper and Mat to the front of the card.

Assemble and see what you can do with any scraps that are left.

See where I added it and then some bling???
Hope you enjoyed this quick little Tutorial and will give it a try. This was fun!!!!

Stamping for the Special Olympics

Hi Everyone,

I’d like to share a few pictures of us volunteering for the Special Olympics and our Stamping Event to raise money to help.

Christina, Janet, Myself, Jessica and Gina. My Husband Darrell is in the back. We had a great time helping the athletes.

The Athletes arriving on the track. Each team had different colored shirts!!! They had a Color Guard and a long procession of Police Cars with lights and sirens to open the festivities.   

There were hundreds of Athletes there statewide and they were so excited. Unfortunately we got rained about 1 1/2 hours into the games but still had fun. We hung out with the athletes in the Gym to see if the rain would pass…….but it didn’t!

They were still in great spirits though.

Then this past weekend we finished up with our project of helping the Special Olympics by doing a Stamping Event for them….

Here is Janet’s Card

and Christina’s

and Lisa T’s cards

These are just three of the seven cards our participants made.

Here are some gals having fun!!!!

   

…and we had a Canadian in the house. Shirley found me on my blog and was going to be in the area and asked if she could join us. What a delight she was and look what she won!!! She won the Grand Prize Raffle of ton of Stampin’ Up! Product!!! Yay for Shirley!!!

 

Notice the name on the pink and white street sign??? Stampin’ Up! Parkway!!! How fun is that??

One last photo of some of us…..we played a bit of a joke on Jeff (General Manager of Bluewater) and called his name to be the VIP for the Day.

He really was a good sport about it and donned the fabulous Pink Boa and Tiara for part of the day anyway.

Thanks to everyone that participated to make this event  for the Special Olympics successful!!! You’re the BEST!!!

Next event….June 23rd…..want to come???

Beautiful Inside and Out!!!! My Team!

Today I want to share a very special picture with you. I hope you enjoy seeing some of the Faces of my downline. These ladies are Beautiful inside and out!!!
We are the Jacksonville STARZ Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators and we do Charity events in our community about every other month. We hold large Stamping events and have been fortunate and blessed enough to help so many. It’s such a Win-Win to be able to Love what we do and Share what we Love and make a difference in our community!!!! Where else can you do that????
With that said….I would like to present my team of girls with you.
Donna Thames, Lisa Swett, Myself (Lee Conrey) Gina Little, Janet White, Lisa Tyndall and Christina Cummings!!! Unfortunately Susan Best and Rose Ann Marr were not able to attend our little photo shoot.
Want to see more? Now we’re goofing off or saying…”Yes” we can do this!!!

Sand Art!!!

Together we shake things up and make things happen. We are a TEAM!!!

That’s it for today….I’ll be back tomorrow with more pictures of our event that we had this past Saturday. It was for the Special Olympics.
Photography compliments of AbbyLeighMichaels Photography! Angel Batterson Owner.
Thanks for stopping in……