Just checking in

Folks, I'm still here in cyberland, but because I'm a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I now have my own SU! website! Stop over and check it out. We have some great promotions going right now, The Occasions mini catalog not to mention the biggest promotion of the year, Sale-A-Bration! You can order supplies directly through my website and get the price break that you only get through a demonstrator. I can be found at http://stampinkathy.stampinup.net

Guess I need to get to my own site and post some new pics! See you there!

Kathy

End of Posting

Friends,

I'm finding it very difficult to keep two blogs/websites going so am planning to discontinue posting to this one and will instead concentrate my efforts on my new Stampin' Up! demonstrator website. I'm not leaving the Internet all together, just switching gears for now. Please feel free to check out my SU! website at www.stampinkathy.stampinup.net to see all that there is to see. I will be posting new items there and there are also several examples already there for you to check out.

Hope to see you soon!

Kathy

More Drama Here

Dear Loyal readers (if there are any of you out there),

Things have been dramatic here of late. On the 20th of June my husband was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with what turned out to be an acute gall bladder attack. There was infection involved which was affecting not only the gall bladder but also the liver, and there were gall stones blocking his common bile duct. He had a procedure to remove the stones, and then surgery to have the gall bladder removed. During all of this he developed Type 2 diabetes. He was in the hospital for 5 days.

Thankfully they felt he could control his blood sugar with pills instead of insulin shots. YAY!!!!! That and diet and exercise seem to be working for the most part.

All this has meant that I haven't had time for any stamping. Or I should say, I haven't had the time to be creative and do any stamping.

On the plus side, I just became an official Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I got a whole box of goodies from Mr. Brown this week and am working on getting everything organized and put away. Then maybe I can create with the new colors of ink, paper, and accessories.

If you're interested in Stampin' Up! you can check me out at my website, here.

Thanks to all of you for your patience. I hope to be back posting soon.

I'm a Demo Now!

Friends,

Wanted to let you know that I've just signed up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I've ordered my starter kit and have been cruising through the demonstrator website getting up to speed. There's a lot to learn and I'm enjoying it all. I hope to have something to post soon. Till then.....

Checking In

Friends,

I realized when I checked my blog that it's been over a month since I last posted anything. I'm so sorry. Life has simply gotten away from me and I have no real excuse. After getting over being sick I just didn't have the energy to sit and stamp. We've been out of town visiting my mom, just got back from a week of camping, then it got so HOT here that I didn't want to sit in my craft room on the second floor and work. Plus I was busy working on samples for a workshop and didn't have time to work in the computer getting posts together.

I honestly can't say when I'll be posting again because now that it's getting warmer and nicer out, I'd rather be doing stuff outside.

I hope I can get to something this weekend, but the days are filling up as I type.

Hope you all are having a good spring season. I'm so fired up about the upcoming new catty because that means that I'm going to be officially becoming an SU! demonstrator!

Thanks to all of you for your patience.

Elegant Bouquet

Last week I participated in a 10 4 $10 card making event. I haven't gotten my copies of the cards that were made plus I haven't had time to take a picture and write up directions for the card that I had the ladies make. Therefore, I'm going to post this card instead since it's been sitting around for some time now.

This card was exceptionally easy to put together. I used Rose Red CS for the base and attached a layer of Whisper White to it. I ran a piece of Raspberry Tart DSP through the Big Shot with the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder. Taking my sanding block, I rubbed over the embossed areas to remove some of the color and to expose the white core. This was attached to the card base.

I stamped the sentiment on to Whisper White with Rose Red ink and punched out with the Modern Label Punch. The Scalloped Oval was used to punch out Rose Red and a circle was punched out of Whisper White. The white circle was attached to the card, and the Thinking of You sentiment was attached to the scalloped oval and that was attached with dimensionals to the card front.

Super Simple!

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Kind and Caring Thoughts for sentiment (Level 3 hostess)
Paper: Raspberry Tart DSP, Rose Red, Whisper White CS
Ink: Rose Red
Other: Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, sanding block, scalloped oval, 1 3/8" circle, modern label punch

Not quite there yet, but I'm coming along!

Dear Stamping Friends,

I'm still getting over my terrible cold but at least I'm not doing as much coughing and my sinus pain is gone. Back about a week ago I was wondering why in the WORLD the Good Lord would put sinus passages into human heads. All mine were doing were causing me pain and trouble!

I was able to attend the Stampin' Up! Regional Convention last Friday without too much problem. I have a lot of swaps that I got and hope to have some of what I swapped available for viewing soon. It's just hard to concentrate on this stuff when it's hard to see.

Hope all of YOU are staying healthy!