2008 Flooding

We have had tremendous amounts of rain lately which has led to flooding. The dam has had to open all ten of it's flood gates for several days. We enjoyed the nice weather today and visited the dam to see this rare site.

Sneak Peek!

Today I've got a sneak peek for you, but first an exciting announcement. Starting today, I can accept your credit card as payment for Stampin' Up product orders! This is a great new feature that Stampin' Up is offering so that you have more payment options when ordering.

Now for that sneak peek. When I attended Stampin' Up regionals in March I had a chance to earn a free stamp set. I qualified for the stamp set and received it last week. Here's the exciting part. It's from the yet-to-be-released Fall/Winter 2008 catalog! This stamp set won't be available until August 2008. But I've made a sample so that you can get a peek at what's coming this fall. Enjoy!

I am so excited! Today I had a card featured on Stamper's Showcase. Stamper's Showcase is a section of the Stampin' Up Demonstrator Website that features six to seven cards each day that have been submitted by demonstrators. I submitted my card at the Tulsa Regionals. At events like Regionals you can make several cards and participate in swaps with other stampers. Stampin' Up places a basket for you to give them a card as well. I thought these card were only considered for the display boards they use at other events. I had no idea that they took these cards back to their corporate headquarters in Salt Lake City, UT to consider placing on Stamper's Showcase. I look at Stamper's Showcase every day to get new ideas for cards/scrapbook pages. I was very pleasantly surprised this morning to see my card online. It is the one and only card I've ever submitted!!

This card uses all supplies from Stampin' Up! Kraft, Wild Wasabi and Whisper White Cardstock, Soft Sky designer series paper, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi and Versamark Ink, Wild Wasabi stitched grosgrain ribbon

Carousel Notes Purse Album

Our project for April is amazingly adorable and I think you will agree. When I found this idea by Jan Tink at http://www.stampspaperscissors.typepad.com/ I had to change my plans for April's class so that we wouldn't miss the opportunity to make a great gift for Mother's day and/or graduation.

We will be making a purse-album from the carousel notes and envelopes that are featured in Stampin' Up's Occasions Mini 2008 catalog. If you don't have a copy just click the link on the left of the screen and you will be able to view it online. Items in the mini catalog are available through May 31, 2008. Along with our Carousel Notes Purse Album we'll be making two matching cards that you can use for Mother's day or any other occasion. This project was so much fun to put together and I can't wait to share it with you.