Get Em NOW Mailable Edition

Hi stampers!  Today is the last day for the 25% off stamp sets!  There are GREAT sets on sale!  Some of my favorites.  I may or may not have all or almost off of these ;-)

You can find the stamps HERE!  And now for a Mailable Monday!  While we still aren't pregnant a friend from work (I know, I still talk about it kind of like I'm there...old habit die hard, lol) is so I had to whip up a little congratulations card for them the other day.  

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Zoo babies, cuddles & kisses
Paper:  Whisper white, coastal cabana
Ink:  So saffron, wisteria wonder, coastal cabana
Accessories:  None

The Zoo Babies set is a SUPER cute set and just happens to be one of them on sale.  But the sale ends TODAY so if you haven't picked up some of these great deals you need to!  Let me know if you have any questions or I can help you in any way!

Happy stamping!

25% Off 25 Sets

Hey stampers just a quick note here!  Starting today until the 28th there are 25 awesome stamp sets 25% off!  You can check it out in my store HERE!

Let me know if I can help you in any way or you have any questions!  The weekly deals are posted in the store as well!  Make sure you have me selected as your demo and enjoy the NEW and IMPROVED online shopping experience!

Happy stamping!

HSS 171

Hi stampers!  It's Tuesday!  Today is a very exciting day because the third book in the Divergent series comes out!  I'm super excited as an avid reader and this series is one of my faves!  Very Hunger Games-ish!  You should check them out if you haven't read them!  My nose will be stuck in the book...well the Kindle all day aside from teaching my class at the Y of course.

And wishing my momma a happy birthday, hehe!  She told me I better not read all day and forget, lol!  We celebrated early with her this weekend by visiting the farm and taking an impromptu trip to The Great Pumpkin Patch in Amish country this weekend!  It was gorgeous and was her first time to a patch!  I'll have to scrap our pics with MDS and share those soon!  Seriously though if you live in Illinois it's totally something worth checking out!  The Arcola/Arthur area is gorgeous for one and it's just flat out neat!  But more on TGPP in another post I suppose!

Anyway, it's also time for another challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments, whoohoo!  This week is a pretty clean and simple sketch!

I gotta say this one kind of threw me for a loop!  I'm glad I decided to work on it last week instead of at the last minute like I have been known to do!  But I think I like what I ended up with!  I kept it super simple!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  A banner Christmas
Paper:  Whisper white, gumball green, brushed gold
Ink:  Cherry cobbler
Accessories:  Circle punches, scalloped circle punch, gumball green stitched satin ribbon, festive paper piercing pack

I think the ho cubed stamp is super cute and was excited to finally use it!  It's hard to see in the photo but I used one of the ornaments in the festive peircing pack!

Now, make sure to check out the rest of the team's creations and then play along!

Happy stamping!

$25 Join Now Promotion Extension!

Hi stampers!  So I don't have a project to share but I do have BIG news!  The deal to sign up for ONLY$25 has been extended until tomorrow!  You really can't beat this deal!  There is NO downside!

You get everything you need to get started at a great deal and then you get a great discount on all your orders as a demo plus the opportunity to make some extra money while sharing what you love!  You get access to the demo website plus the demo forums as well as the bi-monthly magazine SU publishes and all kinds of other neat-o ideas!  You never have to buy or sell anything else if you don't want to, it's up to you what you make of it!  You don't have to give anything back if you drop (but you won't want to, lol).  You also don't have to make your first quarterly minimum until the end of the next quarter which would me March of 2014!  You'll get to see (and order from) the Occasions mini a month early in December!  It's really a win-win!

You'll get access to my Bada-Bing Team Facebook page as well!  You can chat with me quickly and easily there!

Don't delay!  This offer will expire tomorrow evening!  Please feel free to contact me if you need more details or have questions!

Happy stamping....and joining!  Hehe!

It's freaky time

Hi stampers!  It's that time again!  Time for another Control Freaks Blog Hop!  I just have to take a minute to say THANK YOU to my fellow freaks!  I was able to participate in my first swap with them and WOW!  What amazing cards I got back!  By far the best swap I've ever done!  But, I knew it would be like that since everyone is SO super talented :-)  And you probably have figured that our already as well since you probably just came from the wonderful Connie Babbert's blog!  If you didn't then don't worry as we make a circle so keep clicking the links to see everyone's fabulous projects!

So I am very GRATEFUL to be included in this fabulous group of stampers and flat out fabulous people!  And wouldn't you know that's the theme for this month....gratitude.  And it's funny, I was just thinking last night as I was going to bed how grateful I am for so many great things in my life.  The past year has not been an easy one for me for lots of reasons and there are still things in my life I'd like to change but I am so thankful for ALL the wonderful things/people/stuff in my life that I DO have!

So enough of the sappy stuff :-)

My first project is a simple card using the truly grateful stamp set which I love because it makes super easy and fun bakgrounds which are very collage like!  And that's not something I'm good at so this set makes it super simple!  I'm also very grateful for the thinlits (hehe) because I LOVE them!  I did cheat and use the retired spritzer.  I just can't seem to make good spritzes with anything else.  I'm still bummed they retired it!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Truly grateful
Paper:  Very vanilla, sahara sand, tangerine tango, crushed curry, sweater weather DSP
Ink:  Sahara sand, chocolate chip, soft sky
Accessories:  Thinlits expressions, color spritzer

My next project uses the tablescape kit.  I wanted to do something a bit different than what they showed for for the napkin holder pockets.  I really like the "fan" look of half of a lolly so that's what I did.  In part because I didn't make my lolly long enough and it ripped when I made it, lol!

Stampin' Supplies:

Stamps:  Truly grateful, tags 4 you
Paper:  Very vanilla, sweater weather DSP
Ink:  Crumb cake, crushed curry
Accessories:  Thankful tablescape kit, natural ribbon, scallop circle and circle punches, bracket punch

And last one is my favorite :-)  I doubted I would do the candles and stuff from the tablescape kit so I wanted to put it to use!  And I love the birchwood looking paper so I put it on my card.  I also love the chalkboard look so I was excited to use the little placards which by the way feel fun, they are like really smooth, lol!  I did manage to smear my sentiment all over the place but I was able to fix it by wiping it off carefully and trying again!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Truly grateful,
Paper:  Chocolate chip, Tangerine tango
Ink:  Craft white, crushed curry
Accessories:  Thankful tablescape kit, natural ribbon, linen thread, chalk marker

I'm also thankful for this blog hop in particular.  As you know, I've not had much inspiration as of late so this forced me to sit down and create and I had fun and kind of got in a rhythm for a while!

And now you're off to the fabulous Patty Bennett's blog!

Happy hopping and stamping!

Fab Friday 29

Hi stampers!  It's Friday again and time for a new challenge over at Fab Friday!

And it's finally feeling like fall here!  In fact, I've been cold since it went from 70-80 to like 50!!!!  We are going to watch my kids (I know they aren't my athletes anymore since I quit but they'll always be my kiddos, hehe) play their last home football game tonight!  I don't miss much about my job but I miss them!  I taught an outreach Turbokick class at the school the other night through my YMCA job and about 20 of the basketball kids did it with me.....HIL-AIR-IOUS!!!!  :-)  I think my abs got more of a workout from laughing than the actual exercise, ha!

So anyway, here's the challenge!

Isn't it fun?  I think so!  So since it's finally fall I made a fall themed card!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Truly grateful
Paper:  Very vanilla, crushed curry, baked brown sugar, sweater weather DSP
Ink:  Crushed curry, baked brown sugar, gold encore
Accessories:  Distressing tool, linen thread (from the thankful tablescape kit), chevron punch, witch's brew washi tape

I was really excited that the gold shimmer came out well in the photo!  I love the gold (and silver) encore pad!  I had this panel sitting on my desk for a while just waiting to do something with it when the time was right.  I used a sponge dauber to make the polka dots.  I kind of love how it turned out :-)  The ink didn't take for the sentiment over the gold ink so well so that's my one word of caution if you try that!

Now make sure to check out the rest of the DT's creations and then play along!  We'd LOVE to see what you do with the sketch!

And thanks for your kind (and sometimes funny) words about my lack of blogging lately :-)

Happy stamping!

Worst. Blogger. Ever.

Hi stampers!  I'm the worst blogger ever it seems!  I don't know why I can't seem to blog or stamp much since I quit my job.  Hello....all the time in the world, right?  I am still trying to find a schedule that works for me but I feel like I just spin my wheels a lot but I did that before too, ha!  Maybe I actually stamped and blogged better "under pressure" when I knew I only had a limited amount of time?  Who knows.  Anyway, I'm working on it.

However I wanted to share the Thank You Thursday deals today!  These are items on sale for ONE day (today) only!  And if they sell out today, that's it!  No more discount!  Today is all about punches!  And they have some totally cute ideas on the blog!

	Artisan Label Punch Item #130920 Regular Price: $15.96 US/$21.95 CAN Discounted Price:$11.96 US/$16.46 CAN
	Bitty Butterfly Punch Item #129406 Regular Price: $15.96 US/$21.95 CAN Discounted Price:$11.96 US/$16.46 CAN
	Hexagon Punch Item #130919 Regular Price: $15.96 US/$21.95 CAN Discounted Price:$11.96 US/$16.46 CAN
	Mosaic Punch Item #131267 Regular Price: $15.96 US/$21.95 CAN Discounted Price:$11.96 US/$16.46 CAN
	Pansy Punch Item #130698 Regular Price: $15.96 US/$21.95 CAN Discounted Price:$11.96 US/$16.46 CAN

They also made some updates to the online store so it should me MUCH easier to shop...in your PJ's (which I may or may not be in right now, hehe)!!!!!  Make sure to click the shop button to the right and check it out!

Here's the samples on the blog.  I love love love the first one!!!!

And speaking of the blog....make sure to check it sometimes....or every day!  They have some fun stuff there!  I try to share a lot of it on my Facebook page so make sure you're following me there as well!

Ok, I'm off to teach some aerobics...if I can make it off the couch after running and teaching a class of teenagers last night, lol!

Happy stamping!