My Big Shot Club!!

Have you seen the Stampin Up Big Shot and all the wonderful dies (and yes, dies exclusive to Stampin Up!!)? I love this machine!! I was so excited to get mine I sat on the floor the day I got it with the wrappers & boxes all over the place, just playing with it...I love this toy (ahem, I mean tool).
Starting September 2nd you can order the Big Shot from me...and here are the perks:

1. Order any kit from me in September and you will automatically be entered into my Big Shot Club for free!! The club will last for 4 months (October—January) and each month you will receive a “goodie bag” in the mail. This “goodie bag” will include all the supplies you need to complete that month’s project (instructions included, of course).
2. You will also receive a 10% discount from me on any Big Shot Dies and or accessories until May 2009!!
3. If you refer a friend to me and she buys a kit, you will both receive a free die set of your choice (value up to $19.95)!
4. Most kits also qualify for Hostess Benefits!!!

Kit #1 Special Edition Starter Kit $232 (price includes tax & S/H). Kit contains Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Birds & Blooms Dies, Join In the Cheer Decorative Strip Die, Scallop Envelope Die, Top Note Die, Multipurpose Platform & Standard Cutting pads, Decorative Strip Cutting Pads and Extended Spacer Platform. (With this kit you get $20 in Free Merchandise as well as a Level 1 Hostess set of your choice!).
Kit #2 Special Edition Starter Kit with Bag $308 (price includes tax & S/H). Kit contains everything in Kit #1 Plus an adorable Doctor’s Bag for carrying your Big Shot! (With this kit you get $25 in Free Merchandise as well as a Level 1 Hostess set of your choice!).
Kit #3 Stampin Up Big Shot $119 (price includes tax & S/H). This kit just contains the Stampin Up Big Shot Die Cutting Machine. If you wish to customize this order and add on to you can still qualify for Hostess Benefits (just ordering the Big Shot alone does not qualify you for Hostess Benefits, but it does qualify you for ‘Perks 1—3’).

Please email for a copy of the Big Shot flyer!
Tccrain@socal.rr.com

Stampin Up Ribbons Share

The response to my ‘New In Colors Ribbon Share’ was so positive and I have had several people ask about shares for other ribbons that I thought I’d just throw them all out there...so here you go. These will not be on going , so sign up now! Spaces are limited! All prices include tax, etc. and shipping to you is free!!

• 1/4” Grosgrain Ribbon $24 (you will receive 3 yards each of all 20 colors)
• 1” Double Stitiched Grosgrain Ribbon $14 (you will receive 3 yards each of all 4 colors)
• 5/8” Grosgrain Ribbon $15 (you will receive 3 yards each of all 8 colors)
• 5/8” Striped Grosgrain Ribbon $16 (you will receive 3 yards each of all 6 colors)
• 1/2” Striped Grosgrain Ribbon $10 (you will receive 3 yards each of all 3 colors)
• Taffeta and Silk Ribbons $28 (you will receive 3 yards each of all 9 Taffeta colors and 3 yards of the Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon)

Please email at tccrain@socal.rr.com if you are interested!

2009 Day Planner Class

2009 Day Planner kit

$40 includes tax and shipping

2 page at-a-glance style for all 12 months (pages printed out for you)

Pockets in each section

Birthdays & Anniversaries section (pages printed for you)

Phone Book section (pages printed out for you)

Your choice of Stampin Up Designer Paper Pack and coordinating cardstock!!

Happy Friday!! Last year I made my own Day Planner and I loved it, so I decided to make another one for 2009 (I also wanted to offer a Stampin Up workshop for one, so I was motivated to get to work on it!)...this is that I came up with, you like? I love this thing...you know when you make something and you just "love" it so you've got to sit and stare at it for a bit? Yup, did that! This was so much fun to make and fairly easy once I got all the inside calendar, etc. pages done.
If you are interested in coming to one of my workshops on this, please go to my Stampin Up website (the link is on the left), if you are interested in a kit, please email me tccrain@socal.rr.com.
Once again, I will be a day late with my Blogger's Challenge...sorry, "life" just beat me up this last week!! I hope you'll come back tomorrow to see my Blogger's Challenge and to see samples of some of the cards in the Christmas Card kits and the Christmas Tags kits! Have a great weekend!

Christmas Card Kits & Christmas Tag Kits

Christmas Card kits and Christmas Tag kits are available now. All kits come with a stamp set (you choose from my list), card stock, embelishments and step-by-step full color instructions. Card kits are available for $40 for 20 cards (also includes envelopes); Tag kits are available for $35 & $25 for 25 tags. Prices include shipping and tax. Buy more than one kit and get 10% off of both!! Email me for more details and to sign up, tccrain@socal.rr.com. If you click on the Catalog to the left it will take you to Stampin Up's website where you can view/download the current catalog.

BCW60 - A Birthday card...

This week's bloggers challenge was a Birthday card. It just so happens that one of my favorite people is having a Birthday soon and she looooooves Black & White! SO she was my inspiration for this card. This little Chef Dude is soooo versatile! Gotta love him! Well I roughed up the edges on my white cs (my blade started it so I finished it!). I punched out the Happy Birthday with the Scallop Circle, but wanted it to "pop" some, so I punched a black Scallop circle and layered them off center.

Supplies (all supplies are Stampin Up!):

Stamps: Voila

Paper: Summer Picnic DP, Designer Paper Pack (Summer/Spring 2008 Level 1 Hostess), Basic Black and Real Red Card stock.

Ink: Jet Black Stazon

Accessories: Basic Black brads, markers, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals

Ribbon Share & Stamps by Mail!

I am taking sign ups for a New Stampin Up In Colors Ribbon Share. If you are interested please email!

You have two choices:
* 1" Double Stitched Ribbon - $14 (free shipping)
You get 3 yards each of all four colors. Colors include: Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Bashful Blue & Chocolate Chip.

* 5/8" Striped Ribbbon - $16 (free shipping)
You get 3 yard each of all six colors. Colors include: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette & Tangerine Tango.

Stamps By Mail Club update:
Because there were so many requests from those wanting to add new Catalog items onto their Stamps by Mail orders we have changed the dates. New dates are as follows, I have also opened a few more spots, so if you are interested, please email me asap as spots are limited. We will be using the Brand New set, Dreams du Jour!!
Sign-up deadline: August 16th
Supply list will be sent to you by: August 18th
Your payment and any list adjustments are due to me by: August 21st

Any questions, orders, etc. please email me at tccrain@socal.rr.com. Thanks for looking and have a wonderful week!!!!

The Same but Different, BCW59

This weeks Bloggers' Challenge was "The Same but Different", use the same layout but change the stamps, paper, etc. I am soooo in love with these Joy Fold cards, that I just had to do some more. Can I take a second here to just say that if you are not familiar with the Splitcoast Stampers website, I highly recommend that you visit them frequently...talk about a wealth of knowledge and ideas!!!! (I thought I was the last one on the planet to learn about them, but apparently not). Anyway...these cards were so much fun to make! I made a super cute snowman one a few posts back that I am sure will be one of our Christmas cards this year. My first card uses Dreams du Jour a brand new set by Stampin Up! (if you do not have a new Catalog yet, you'd better run and get one...it is awesome!!!!). I also used the new SU In Colors, I love these new In Colors!!!! I used Crystal Effects on the flowers for some dimension. I really wanted to put some pearls (from the Pretties Kit) on here but the white on white didn't work! I also didn't have a circle punch the right size to put a circle of color under each one, but once I decided to "chalk" the edges it made the pearls look fine on there (whew). The butterfly seemed a little 'flat' so I stamped another one, cut it out and glued him on top. I also used blender pens and re inkers of the new In colors to color the image. Later this week, I plan to make some of my own In Color markers, with old SU pens!

Supplies (all supplies are Stampin Up!):

Stamps: Dreams du Jour

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze

Paper: Holiday Happenings DP, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White cardstocks

Accessories: Pearls from the Pretties Kit, Crystal Effects, Blender Pens, Sponge, Scallop Circle punch, circle punches, ticket corner punch, dimensionals

For my 2nd card I used the Bloomin' Beautiful (which I heard a rumor tht it made it into the new Catalog - as you can tell I have not yet received my catalog, but I've seen lots of pictures!). I'll be stalking the UPS guy and the mailman today!!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Bloomin Beautiful (SU)

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black

Paper: Chocolate Remix (by PTI), Brocade Blue cs (SU), Chocolate Chip cs (SU)

Accessories: Mat Pack, Ribbon (PTI), Black and Clear Spica glitter pens, Copic markers, Scallop Circle punch (SU), circle punches (SU)

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful weekend and if you are one of those priveledged enough to have receieved your catty already, please feel free to come over and share...I'll cook for you!!! lol

Bloggers Challenge #58 and TLC180

I know, this is horribly late, I am truely sorry!!!! Friday when I was planning on getting this done, I found out that blogger was having "issues" and who knew when they were gonna be resolved. So I decided now was a good time to clean up my craft room, well one thing led to another and well, let's just say that Hubby's area is "no more" (he's such a good hubby!!!!) and now I have the whole entire room 100% to myself!!! Woo Hoo!!!! So what started off as a small hour or two "straightening up" had turned into a 2 1/2 day move out half the furniture, re arrange the rest and move some more in, Spring Cleaning thing!!! I still have some prettying up to do, but boy do I have space (and it's even organized!!!!). So excuses out of the way, let's get down to business! I combined my Bloggers Challenge (that is 3 days late) with todays Technique Challenge on SCS. Bloggers Challenge was to use Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Old Olive and So Saffron (I love this color combo!!!!), the Technique Challenge was a Square Spring Card. I heard a "rumor" that the Tart & Tangy set and the Summer Picnic DP made it into the new Catty, so if that is true then consider this a "Happy Homecoming to Tart & Tangy". Happy Monday, hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!!! Thanks for stopping by! Once my room is done, I'll post some pics...

Supplies (all supplies are Stampin Up!):

Stamps: Tart & Tangy

Ink: So Saffron, Rose Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Summer Picnic Dp, Rose Red, So Saffron, Basic Black & Whisper White cs

Accessories: Black 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon, So Saffron Brads, Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punches, Dimensionals (the stem on the Strawberry and the Cherries are "popped up").

Dreams du Jour Notebook for my Convention Buddy

This Dreams du Jour stamp set, the New In Colors Ink, the Scallop Edge Punch and the Holiday Happenings Designer Paper are all from the Brand Spankin' new Catalog!!! Available August 11th! I cannot wait to see the rest of the goodies in there! This little notepad and pen is for my Convention Buddy, Tamarra. I don't get to go to Convention this year, but she does...so she is my buddy and she will take pics & notes and send them back to me (can't wait to see!). Anyway, I made her a little goodie box with some snacks & stuff in it. I got this little notepad from Target and decorated it with the new DP and my new stamp set (first time it's seen ink). I also took a little strip of the DP to decorate the pen. Hope she likes them, tune in tomorrow to see the little Pocket Book I made for her to put some of her business cards in :). BTW, this is the set we will be using for this Augusts' Stamps by Mail club (if you haven't already joined, email me asap...time is running out!)

Supplies (all supplies are Stampin Up!):

Stamps: Dreams du Jour

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze

Paper: Holiday Happenings DP, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze & Whisper White cardstocks

Accessories: Blender pen (used with re-inkers to color), RSVP Pen, Scallop Edge Punch, Corner Rounder and Ticket Punch.

An award!!! Woo Hoo!

Chris Dickinson gave me this award!!!! Woo hoo! I just love Chris, she is part of the Sweet & Sassy Design Team and a fellow Stampin Up Demo in Texas. She also has a really cool Belli Challenge (Embellishment), I highly recommend participating in!! She has given me lots of support and guideance in my effort to try and figure out my "Demo Direction". Thanks for the award, the support and the friendship Chris!! You Rock!!!

My dear friend Katie Skiff sent me this award as well. Thanks Katie. Katie is the owner of Three Little Dreams (a stamp kit club/company), a great "sounding board" and is just always there to listen! Thanks for everything Katie!!!!

It's a special award given to weblogs that somehow catch your eye! The rules for this award:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated

There are many Blogs that I enjoy reading and drawing inspiration from (just look at my sidebar, lol)...here are a few:
1. Sarah Bevard
2. Jeanne Striffe
3. Jody Morrow
4. Carole Burrage
5. Charmaine
6. Laurie Schmidlin
7. Valerie Stangle

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Christmas in July - BC W57

Happy Friday!!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!! I know this stuff is retired, but I LOVE Frosty and I LOVE the Wintergreen DP :( The Layout is the Joy Fold Card, what a fun and easy card!! Seriously there is lots of WOW! for the effort here. Here's the inside... This may very well be one of my Christmas card layouts for this year! I hope Stampin Up comes out with an even better Winter DP this coming catalog, though I really can't imagine topping Wintergreen!! I am about to start rambling here (sleep deprivation will do that), so I'd better wrap it up! Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you like Frosty and you've gotta try this card layout! Look at all those layers...

Supplies (all supplies are Stampin Up!):

Stamps: Frosty

Paper: Wintergreen DP, Basic Gray, Almost Artichoke, Soft Sage and Shimmer cardstock

Ink: Basic Gray, Stazon Black

Accessories: Dimensionals, Rhinestone Brads, circle punch, scallop circle punch, ticket punch

A week late and a dollar short...BC W56

Holy Snickerdoodles, this was hard!! It's challenges like this that remind me that I still have a LOT to learn!!!! Last weeks Bloggers' Challenge was to use Really Rust, Sahara Sand, Regal Rose, Blue Bayou and Mellow Moss...whew! I sometimes have a hard time with 3 colors let alone 5! I kinda like the card, but not really the flowers at the bottom? Something, it's just not quite right...oh well it's done, and it's not half bad! The image is by Annie LaPointe for MFT Stamps, colored with Copics, and I used just a dab of Liquid Pearls in the flower centers (the colored flowers not the Primas). Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Chamomile

Paper: Sahara Sand, Really Rust, Blue Bayou and Whisper White cardstock, Blue Bayou DP

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black

Accessories: Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, Blue Bayou DS Ribbon (by Stampin Up), Prima Flowers, Pearls, Liquid Pearls

THank you Dawn! Hanna Stamps 1:1 Challenge, Ribbon

Isn't this book just the super cutest?!? Dawn Byrnes made this super cute little book for me. It was part of the 1:1 Challenge on the Hanna Yahoo group. The challenge was ribbons...I love how she "stitched" on the cover with the ribbon!!! Chocolate Chip is one of my fav colors and I just love pearls!!!!!! Those pearl brads are perfect!!!! Thanks sooooo much Dawn!!! Garden Hanna was my first Hanna set! 2 of my friends picked her out for me because they thought I kinda looked like her, hehehe! Thanks again Dawn, the book is wonderful!!!!!!!

My Prince Charming!!!!

Ok, so this could be the ugliest card ever and it'd still be my favorite, lol!!! But I happen to like this card. The adorable frogs are from Penny Black and a gift from my wonderful friend Lisa. I made this card during my Girls' Stamp weekend for my hubby...aawwwww!

I'm quacking up here...

Yeah, that was a lame title, sorry :). This duckling from Penny Black is just way too cute!! I colored him with Copics, and then loaded him up with Fun Flock (love that stuff). I used Circle Nesties, ribbon, sentiment and punches from Stampin Up. Sorry, I don't where the DP is from :(. Thanks Miss Tina, for picking up this cute little guy for me!!

Some Elzy's for Shannon

I have to admit, purple is not one of my fav colors...in fact about the only time I use is if it is a requirement. Well purple is my wonderful friend, Shannon's, favorite color...so of course it was a requirement here, lol! I love this card...I love every purple-y inch of it!!! I may have to rethink this purple issue I have, lol. Anyway, this card is for Shannon. We had a girls' stamping weekend a couple of weekends ago and at the last minute she wasn't able to come, so I wanted to make her a cute little card. I think these papers are just gorgeous, from the Guidelines DP pack from PTI, the ribbon is from PTI also. The brads are Build-A-Brads from Stampin Up!, this is the first time I played with them...I am in love!!! These Elzy's are, of course, colored with copics. BTW, love ya Shanna Banana!!! Here is a pink version of the card (these papers are from the Pink Patterns pack from PTI, I also used Liquid Pearls in the centers of the flowers)...

My Prince Charming...

Those of you who know me, know that I have a thing for Frogs, so how could I resist this cute Ellzybells stamp? A frog with a crown no less...irresistable (these rank even higher than just frogs in my bok, lol)!!! I colored Miss Elzy and her Frog Prince with copics, using a Spica glitter pen on his crown. The paper is called Meadows Edge by Rubbersoul (available at MFT). The sentiment is from the Starlight Starbright set by Verve Visual; I stamped the background in Versamark then the words in black. Ribbon and cardstock by Stampin' Up!