High Point Monument

Hi friends - Glad you stopped by for a visit. Sorry there hasn't been any stamping going on. But I promise there will be soon. I just signed on as a Stampin' Up demonstrator and will soon be receiving my starter kit and my 1st order from the new Fall/Winter Catalog. I have lots of great stuff coming, I can't wait for it to get here!

The reason for the title is that my family and I took an afternoon hike at High Point State Park. At the park there is a 220-foot monument, which we climbed to the top - all 291 steps. I have to say that the kids, including Joe, did better than Chris and I. We were both sweating by the time we made it to the top. We had such a great time and now I like to share some of pictures with you - pictures are good but you have to be there to see how beautiful the scenery really is. Hope you enjoy the photos.

Thanks for stopping by and "Keep on Stampin'".

Meg's Stamping Class

Meg, my friend and Stampin' Up demonstrator held her monthly Stamp Class this past Thursday. I always love to go to classes, we always learn a new technique and make the most adorable cards/projects. This class we made a bookmark card, a birthday with a coupon in it, a word search birthday card and a little envelope gift bag. Take a look at the completed projects to see how cute they are.

Hope you enjoyed your visit. I hope to get some stamping time in soon, I have a couple of great cards lined up to do, I can't wait to share them with you. Thanks for stopping by and Keep On Stampin'.

Card Swap Cards

Hi fellow stampers and friends. Hope you all had a great weekend. I personal feel that the weekend went way to fast. I can't believe tomorrow is Monday already. Another crazy week with the kids. I'm also hoping to get some school clothes shopping done this week. Especially for my Dana, it seems that when I take her shopping for clothes or shoes, they never have her size. So I'm hoping that if we go early in August we will find everything we want/need.

My friend Jenn hosted another great card swap last week, the following are the cards I received - their all so cute. I love these swaps, I like getting new ideas from the cards I receive.

I also posted the card I made for the swap. I made it using my new Nesties - I just love them. Spellbinders just released some new ones, and of course I had to place an order for some more (I haven't even used all of the ones I have).

Enjoy the rest of your day. Thanks for stopping by and Keep On Stampin'.

Some SU News!

Although I'm not a part of Stampin'Up, yet, I'm very interested in seeing the new catalog. I have been on a couple of blog sites and have found out some of the new catty stuff. Some of the new stuff is as follows:


Items from past mini catalogs that made it into the new catalog:
- Holy Triptych stamp set
- Tart and Tangy stamp set
- One of a Kind stamp set
- Bloomin' Beautiful stamp set
- Summer Picnic designer series paper
- A Perfect Day Rub-ons
- Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware
- Mini Library Clips
- Chunky Sprinkles Glitter
- Die Cut Blooms


Items we've seen before but small changes have been made:
- An additional set of Die Cut blooms in baja breeze, very vanilla, close to cocoa, & kiwi kiss
- Carousel Notes in ruby red, kiwi kiss & baja breeze. The envelopes are still Chocolate Chip
- Scallop Notes in pink pirouette, baja breeze, & chocolate chip with very vanilla envelopes
- Gift notes in kiwi kiss, riding hood red, & kraft
- *Textured* love notes in tangerine tango, bashful blue & old olive
- Green Tea designer series paper--same print as Ginger Blossom DSP except the colors are changed to old olive, certainly celery, & baja breeze
- Junior Varsity designer series paper--same print as East Coast Prep DSP except the colors are changed to rose red, old olive, bashful blue & so saffron
- Pina Colada simply scrappin' kit--same print and design as the Summer
Days simply scrappin kit except the colors are changed to riding hood red, tangerine tango, old olive & so saffron
- Flower Fusion--we still have the first set, but they've added another set of flowers in pink pirouette, baja breeze, & chocolate chip (yeah!)
- Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware--just like the silver styled hodgepodge hardware except with a vanilla colored finish
- Ribbon--this deserves a whole section by itself! I'm only listing the new colors added to what we already have. We no longer sell any packs of ribbon origionals.
- 1/4 " grosgrain--added Rose Red, Sage Shadow, Old Olive, & Chocolate Chip (yeah, they brought it back!)
- 1 1/4" Pink Pirouette Grosgrain ribbon
- 7/8" So Saffron Poly-twill ribbon
- 3/8" Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin ribbon--very vanilla on one side and kiwi kiss on the other
- Riding Hood Red Taffeta ribbon
- 1" Double-stitched Grosgrain ribbon (this looks like the wide Rose Red grosgrain ribbon that is currently in the Fairy Tale ribbon originals)--Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip. The stitching is white.
- 5/8" Striped Grosgrain ribbon (this looks just like the black ribbon with the two white strips going down the middle that's in the Jersey Ribbon Originals)--riding hood red, pink pirouette, baja breeze, pacific point, kiwi kiss, tangerine tango. The stripes are white.


New Punches:
- Scalloped Edge (I've already posted samples of this on my blog)
- 1 3/4" Circle
- Wide Oval
- Scalloped Square
- Curly Label Punch Box--the punch looks like this { } on all four sides. It comes with a set of four stamps.


I got this list from Dannie's Designs, she is currently at the Convention. Check out her site if you get a chance. She always has some really great stuff.


I also heard that there was a new stamp set called "Cheers to you" - it has a martini glass, daiquiri glass, margarita glass, beer mug, and 2 wine glasses clinking together. Jen, another demo, said it was really cute. She also aid there was some new chipboard items and lots of new designer papers.


I can't wait for the new catalog, so many new (and needed) things. I can't believe how expensive this hobby can be!


Well got to go. Hope everyone enjoys their day! Thanks for stopping by and as always - Keep On Stampin'!