Time Well Spent

This is a new stamp set sent to us by Stampin' Up which will be a Hostess Set in the new catalog coming out in January! Great to receive a free set in the mail. Some cutting and some punching on the flower with So Saffron behind the Pomegranate and there it is.........pretty isn't it. SU suggested using the Versamarker on the edges of the flower to give it some depth and after I found mine, it does do the job just fine. I never thought to do that before and it is pretty simple. Some colored brads here and there and the Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon finishes the card. Oh yes, I did add a little Doodle This on the corners. Well, it's off to bake the pumpkin pies! Stop in again.........our kitchens will be aromatic for a couple days!

Debbie's Illuminations

I received this yesterday and I think it is striking. Doesn't that little bit of Dashing Designer paper just do the trick? The Thanks from Illuminations has been embossed in gold and double mounted on red and Old Olive.....lots of corner ticket punches too. The swirls are from Doodle This and what a nice card. Thanks Debbie, have a wonderful holiday with your family! I wish everyone safe traveling and lots of turkey. I need to shop this morning to finish the food gathering!

Mark December 1 on your calendars for the next gathering to package and send more cards and goodies for the "Support the Troops" event. 1 - 4 pm again at my studio.

And while I'm reminding you of important dates, the November Technique classes will be held Wed. AM

November 28 and Thursday evening November 29. Five more techniques to add to your books. Get your calendars marked!!

Debbie

I can Scrapbook!!

I know this is a surprise, but I almost can get hooked on this scrapbooking thing!! Once I get started, I do find it is addicting. This is my page from Tampa Regionals, you can see it only took me from last March to get this in a scrapbook!!! Yes, that is Shelli with me on the left, Debbie and her first downline that attended on the top right and on the bottom is the picture of all her downline that went to Tampa. It surely was a fun trip and I'm so glad I had the chance to go with them. We learned so many great ideas and met other demonstrators from all over the country!

Beautiful Designer Paper!

These are some of the bows we made at Stamp 10 on Tuesday night. So easy and addicting. We have such beautiful double-sided paper and it is a great special this month at Stampin' Up. Buy three sets and the fourth is free. I think one of these bows will be gorgeous on that special Christmas gift!

Judy's Patriotic Card

This is one of the cards we made on Saturday at the " Support the Troops "Stampathon. Judy Tinker created this one and I think it is especially appropriate for sending to our troops. Much of the card is retired SU now....the stamp set and the star eyelets, but it just seemed perfect. Now this leads me to remind people to snatch up a stamp set before they retire if you like it..........I've been looking for the set called "Godspeed" now for some time and I get little response. I did hear from one person who was asking a ridiculous price!! Anyway, the moral of the story.........get them while you can!

We are planning another session of goodie packing and card sending on Dec. 1..........so gather your supplies. We have a couple of new names to send packages to in Iraq, so if you know of someone you would like us to include, get those names to me, with the correct address. I understand the address has to be very perfect to get to them. Thanks and stop by again.

Dashing Criss Cross

Good fun at the Stamp 10 meeting last night.........four projects and this was one of them. It was Scrapbooking night, but some aren't into that form of stamping, so we made this card and a couple other cute things. This is a Criss Cross card that I found on Beate's blog, but sized a bit different on Cambria's site! I would have liked to have used white inside the card, but I had used all my white cardstock on Saturday! Hence, the Sahara Sand that I had already cut for the "troop" card. Dashing dbl sided paper and the Build a Brad in the center of the scallop punch. What did I ever do without the scallop punch? We used it on three out of four of the projects we did last night..........it seems to be attached to my hip at all times! And yes, Lyn, that is Old Olive ribbon and the circle behind the brad. I started with Always Artichoke because I had some of that cut from Saturday too! There you have it, remember Stampin' Up has a wonderful offer this month, three sets of Dbl sided paper and the fourth is free! So many pretty ones to choose from, I'll not tell you how many I ordered!!

For those of you who are into the scrapping, hop over to Virginia's blog and check out her clever page she posted yesterday.