Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!

This is a card I did at my kid's class this month :)

Sale Sale Sale!

Here's the pdf of the sales flyer!!
http://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/docs/holiday_sale/Holiday_Sale_Flyer_US.pdf

Lots of great deals at Stampin' Up!

THE BIG STAMPIN’ UP! ON-LINE HOLIDAY SALE STARTS WED., NOV. 20!  This year’s online holiday sale (formerly known as Online Extravaganza) will be November 20 through December 2.  Be prepared to do a little holiday shopping (or perhaps treat yourself).  DON’T MISS!  The sale will kick off with a 24-hour doorbuster sale on Nov. 20 - so log on early to check it out!

Then, sure to check back daily for new and exciting limited quantity items and place your orders right away to score some great deals!

Also:  Don't forget....Festive Flurry Ornament Kit: Just in time for Christmas decorating, this kit helps you make ten beautiful ornaments for just $14.95! Available  - while supplies last
Add a little festive flare to your holiday decorating with our new Festive Flurry Ornament Kit! Top presents, embellish cards, create a wintery garland, or trim the tree. How you use them is up to you!
The kit includes everything you need (minus adhesive) to create 10 snowflakes, including

• 10 feet of Soft Sky Ribbon
• Printed cardstock - die cut and scored, ready to be assembled (Soft Sky, Crumb Cake, Whisper White Cardstock and Silver Glimmer Paper)
• Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (40)

Product name:	Item #:	Price:
Festive Flurry Ornament Kit	135813	$14.95

These are only available while supplies last so take advantage of this offer-just in time to create 10 heirloom ornaments!        

Kids Class Halloween Cards

Here are the 3 cards we did at my Kids Halloween themed card class this month.

BT broke his collarbone....

Just a quick FYI, BT broke his collarbone on Friday night.  It's a serious enough fracture that he requires "emergency" surgery this week.  It's scheduled for Wed. 10/23 in the late afternoon/early evening cause that's the soonest they can get him in for it.  They will have to "plate" it because they can not do pins on this fracture due to the length of the bone overlapping and something about the size of the pins and the doc said ligament damage.  XAY is scary looking with bones overlapping a lot etc.  Supposedly he is coming home that evening as well.  Please say a little prayer that all goes well and he has a smooth and speedy recovery.  No more football this season and basketball season is out for him.  Don't know if he will want to even attempt a Spring sport either.  Oh and while it DID happen at the High School Varsity football game, it did NOT happen while he was even playing on the field.  He was playing football/catch with friends back on the lacrosse field/horsing around etc.  He got tackled hard (I heard from 1 kid that said they thought he was "sandwiched") plus he fell.  Nothing malicious, but since it was a "friendly" game, he wasn't wearing pads/gear and accidents happen.  He is going to miss 5-7 days of school after the surgery.  I will update when I know more!   

Kids Class FALL blocks

Here's my latest block class for kids...FALL blocks.
The above was my sample and the kids could recreate it exactly or try some different colors.  I let the kids choose from "Fall" paint colors (orange/burgundy red/leaf green/mustard yellow) for their base coat and then they could sponge brown or golden brown on top.  They were able to choose from different colored glitter leaf accents and alphabet stickers.
Here is how several of the kid projects turned out :) 

10 years....

Hey everyone - thanks for all the emails.  I figured I would just post here instead.
Yes, I am still an SU demo...(in fact I recently just earned my 10 year pin) :) 

 

 

Stamp Camps have taken a backseat as other things needed to take priority in my life.  Yes, I do plan to start them back up at some point and twice now have thought I would be able to, but then something else "popped" up.  I do not have an ETA on when they will start.  I HOPE by Dec. things will settle down...but a lot depends on what the kids are doing. 

The good thing is that I have finally learned to successfully say "NO" to people and mean it/stick with it and therefore I have kept my sanity.  (Made a few people upset too, but that goes with the territory I guess.)  The kids and family are all doing well, so no complaints there and really no complaints all around (except that I am now getting enough sleep - yay!!, but it's at the expense of my crafting time - boo!)

If you need to order any of your Holiday crafting supplies, give me a shout and I can hopefully help you out.  If you still need the new catalog, let me know that too.  As things are starting to slow down this Fall, I will try to post more stuff on the blog and eventually get back to stamp camps and/or classes - just don't know the timeline for it yet.  Oh and yes, there are still 2 holes in my kitchen ceiling....sigh.  Hope you all are doing well AND getting your craftiness on as much as your schedule allows.  Take care- Julie

The new 2013-2014 Stampin' Up! catalogs are here!

The new 2013-2014 Stampin' Up! catalogs are here AND you can start ordering online today at noon!
It has LOTS of great new sets and accessories available!


Please take note of the following:

May 31, first day to order from the NEW Stampin' Up! Catalog

May 31, last day to order from the Spring Stampin' Up! Catalog

June 3rd, last day to order from the Current Annual Catalog

 

 

Wood Firecrackers Kids Class Project

These are becoming quite the rage lately and I have seen many that I have admired.  Here's my take on them.  I did them as a little project for a kids class.  I am not real keen on how the "pop" blends in so well with that shade of blue paint...I need to see if I can get red or silver letters in the same style as the other's and if so I will tweak the finished product and do a reshoot.

Painted Tray Kids Class Project

Here's a recent project I did as a Kids Class...
They were painted trays.  The kids got to pick out all the colors and styles of painted.  Some went with a classic them of solid colors, others did the paint splatter technique and others painted flowers/birds and doodles.  I missed out on getting pix of all the finished projects...I was only able to get a picture of J's.