Is it Springfield Mass or Epcot?   My wonderful friends Tami and Meg and I were having fun today at a demonstrator meeting in Springfield Massachusetts.   The dome in the background is actually the basketball hall of fame.  I presented at my friend Tami's downline meeting.  I had an awesome time.   I showed some of the awesome big shot projects I have made – and they loved them!  

Do you love these purses?  They were pillow gifts from Stampin' Up! on the cruise. . . . I LOVE them.  Every great woman has an awesome purse or two (or more) and I can tell you I think Stampin' Up! is doing an awesome job of keeping me supplied in beautiful handbags!

Here's one that perhaps you haven't seen. . . .

This is my newest creation using the scallop square die (rapidly becoming one of my favs).  It also uses the 5 point star die, stars #2 die and the Sans Serif alphabet.  This was an awesome and easy project to do.   Have you heard that I LOVE quilting (my grandma would be proud) with the Big Shot!  This machine is so easy to cut everything soooo quickly – and with the rag quilting technique, you can sew this together in a small amount of time.  You can check out some of my Big Shot projects the second Wednesday of every month – or get a group of your friends together and I will come and amaze your socks off! 

I'll be home from Boston on Sunday.  Check back for some significant updates this week!   There is some excitement building! 

I am really lovin' this stamp set from the summer mini catalog.  There is so much that you can do with it. . . . This was a card we made at this weeks Chicke, Chocolate and Cards.  This was a case'd sample from a swap I was in.  The original creator is Dawn Olchefske.  It was soooo perfect, I didn't change a thing!  Love the colors, the bit of ribbon – and if you look close – yep glitter – a must have for it to be in the "stinkin' cute" category!

This set is from the new summer mini catalog.  I have tons of samples with this set for you the CASE, if you need to. 

Isn't this cute?   This was one of my favorites from a swap with fellow demonstrators (I'll post the name of the demo when I return home).  I love this card for so many reasons;

• colors – hmmm  Old Olive and Rich Razzelberry with a little Crushed Curry thrown in for accent
• it has texture – most of you know I LOVE texture!
• it's a card that a moderately experienced stamper can re-create – that's from me the queen of copying!
• those are all great but, most of all this card will definately give the person that receives this card the message that you really care about them – and I love making people feel great!

Off to the card – It is a stamp set from the Summer mini catalog called Elements of Style (I got it free from Stampin' Up!).  Here's a few pointers;

• ladies – dig out your crimper – the background is crimped!  Now we forgot about this lovely piece of texture in our creative places too often!
• Love the top note die - it is so versatile!  Here you'll cut two – 1 in whisper white and 1 in crushed curry – you can cut both at once with the Big Shot!
• Stamp the image with staz on ink and color away – two ways to add color – aquapainter and reinker from your ink case or watercolor crayon!
• don't forget about the hardware!  It adds such a cute accent – the vellum cardstock inside it just adds to the elegance of the card

Don't forget to join me for the Mini Catalog open house on Saturday, May 8 9:30-12:30 – you'll see more like this!

Stampin' Blessings!