Holiday Mini

You can now order from the holiday mini catalog. Lots of great stuff in there. (The My Digital Studio is not available until October 1st.) SU! is also offering a great hostess bonus right now.

Host a workshop totaling $330 or more between (Sept. 1 and Nov. 30th) and choose any one item* from the holiday mini catalog for only $14.
*this offer excludes hostess sets and my digital studio

October 1st, after my digital studio is released this offer becomes even sweeter. Host a workshop totaling $525 or more and get the my digital studio for 50% off. That's 1/2 price!! (retail price $106.95; discount price $53.47)

The total workshop amount is the amount of sales, not including shipping and taxes. So now is a great time to have that workshop!! Call or email me for a date.

I'll have a few more picture shares in the next few days. We've had sickness and birthday parties happening this past week but now we're back to normal so I'll post something fun!

I also need to add that SU! has asked us to be 100% SU! on our blogs so I can no longer link to anything that is not SU! so that is why I've removed many of my links on the sidebar. :(

**ETA** I guess I should have worded that a little differently. SU! doesn't want us promoting other companies or products. I agree with them. Every company asks this of their employees. I decided to delete links to family/friends as well as they use some products on their projects that are not SU!. I don't want to walk in the 'gray area' so chose to switch my blog to SU! business only. It's a good thing, I'm happy with it and understand SU!'s decision. I'll still stalk my family/friends blogs so no worries. :)

Some shares...

Sorry I've been MIA lately. Summer is getting away too fast!! Swimming lessons are almost over, soccer has started and I need to do some shopping for the boys for school clothes. Yikes!
Anyway, here are some shares for you. I've made a few more card packs for the fair. These cards are 3-1/2"x5" note cards that are found on page 168 in the catalog. A pack of 20 prescored WW card bases and 20 WW envelopes for $7.95
This first one I scalloped the edge and then added the pp. I used Eastern Blooms for the flowers and happy birthday from the All Holidays set. PP is from the Bella Bleu pack. Ink color is Not Quite Navy.
This next one was a lot of work. And then I decided to make a pack of 6! Don't worry, I was calling myself names too. But I do LOVE this card! Dreams du Jour stamp set and I water colored the flowers. The middle 'love you' square is on dimensionals. You can't see it very well but there are Pink Butterflies down the left side of the WW layer. I think if you click on the picture it will get bigger. Pink Pirouette and Chocolate chip cs/ink.
I'm doing a swap with my downline and here is one of the cards I'm sending her.
It uses Fifth Avenue Floral and now while I'm typing this I realize it's stamped in retired colors, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, and Pacific Point. So I guess I won't send it to her she can't use it. Oh well, I'll add it to my stash!
I also wanted to share (or brag about) the cake I made my niece who just turned 9. She wanted a 2 tier 'wonky' cake with pink fondant and purple flowers that had 5 petals with pink centers. So I did as I was told. She loved it. I still need way more practise with putting the fondant onto a round cake but it wasn't too bad, I hope.

One more set

Finished another set. These were super simple and yet look so nice. At least I think

they do. For the cards I used Very Vanilla cardstock; Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, and stazon ink. Stamp sets were Fifth Avenue Floral and a retired sentiment set I can't remember the name of. The box was made with Dusty Durango cardstock and I cut out a flower from the Fifth Avenue Floral and watercolored it.

Sunday I went to a going away party for my cousin Mandy. She's moving to Germany on Friday. I made her some cards so she could send them home with a letter and this card was for her. I used retired pp, the Upsy Daisy and Curly Label stamp sets. I love how it turned out.

Back to work I go. Until next time...

Boxed card sets

I have made 2 boxed card sets. The first one I did them all a little different but that's too much work. The rest will all be the same card just a different sentiment.
The box on this one is made with Soft Suede cs, love that color. The other colors are Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive. The polka dot ribbon is Soft Suede as well. I used the Upsy Daisy stamp set, curly label punch and stamp set, and top note big shot die.

On this set the box is again made of Soft Suede cs, Crushed Curry cs and Dusty Durango ribbon. The card ingredients are: Whisper White cs, Dusty Durango cs, Soft Suede cs, Dusty Durango ribbon, Build a brad, daisy big shot die and All Holidays stamp set.
There will be 4 cards (and envelopes) in each box and I haven't figured out how much to charge yet. Any suggestions? I had a table at the Pumpkin Fair 2 years ago and it went very well, hoping the same thing this year.

Off to stamp...

Faux alligator, real alligator, and a missile

Is this not the cutest clutch purse ever?? Well, a clutch purse made of cardstock anyway. It's done with the faux alligator technique and the top note die. So easy and too cute!! I want to make a few more for the Pumpkin Fair but will need more clear embossing powder.

Now here is the real alligator (or was it a crocadile?). We took the boys to Westman Reptile Garden in Brandon this week. Very cool!! If you can go, you should. They had quite the amazing bunch of reptiles. The Reptile Garden was near Shilo so of course we then had to check out the museum. The boys loved it, more than the snakes I think. Outside they had a few canon's, army tanks and this missile vehicle. Inside was just amazing! Such history in there. It was an honor to walk through it.

I still have more projects to post but I'll save that for another day. (hopefully tomorrow)

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