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Yes, I’m still here!

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Carol Payne

All I can say about the last twelve days is busy, busy, busy! Right after my kickoff on Friday, June 1st, we took Logan to school in Rolla, MO, had the rest of the family at our house for Sunday dinner, then did the crafts for VBS at my church with my daughters, an overnight trip to Franklin, TN, to visit my husband's brother and we took the MIL with us. Then Sunday family dinner again, it all gets a little blurry sometimes!

We've also been dealing with the sudden, tragic death of one of my husband's cousins to a drunk driving accident. Craig's whole family was in the van when a drunk driver hit them. Craig had seen it coming and had pulled over as far as he could get against the guardrail at the Rend Lake Dam to protect his family and took the brunt of the impact. He died before they could get him out of the car. Such a shock. Such a waste. Such a devastation to this young family. He has four children, age 16 and under. Pray for his wife, Marla, their children William, Delores, Pierce, and JodiAnn. Pray for his parents, Russell and Martha, and his siblings, Rhonda, Audrey, and Keith. My heart goes out to them over and over again each day as I think about them and appreciate my family more.

This current week has also been filled with basically digging-out from the chaos of VBS week and workshops. I've had three so far this week with the fourth tonight and another tomorrow. It's a feast or a famine in the Stampin' Up! world sometimes, but I LOVE it.

With Father's Day coming up this weekend, here's a new creation using the new catalog set "Blue Ribbon" and my favorite new Designer Paper, "World Spectacular"!

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LOTS of new products used here, including the "Chevron" Textured Impressions Folder and Daffodil Delight 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon!

I LOVE all the new Designer Papers in the new Annual Catalog! You really need to see them in person to really appreciate just how gorgeous they are! I always pretty much order at least one package of each of them as soon as we can order from a new catalog, but I was completely blown away when I opened up "World Spectacular"! The colors are so rich, deep, vibrant, and the designs are so vintage yet so very vesatile! I'm so glad I have a year to play with these!

And the inside:

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Well, I'm off to Staples this morning to buy more ink! I'm almost out of some of my colors (my printer says all of them are LOW!) but still have several more classes to prep for!

As you can see I have been creating, so I have lots to show you in the next few days!

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!

Stampin’Up! Retiring Sincere Salutations!

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Carol Payne

Here's the "get well" cup again, but this time on a card! One of my stampers, Jan, requested I try turning the cup into a card and this is the result! My final stamping event for May and the current catalog will be this coming Tuesday night at the Nazarene Church in Marion, where we will make this along with three others:

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The Simply Scored Scoring Tool made the creation of this card easy! I used Circle Circus for the stamping along the bottom edge of the cup and the black-embossed medallion in the center, and for one last time, Sincere Salutations for the "Get Well soon". I did sneak in a little bit of new as the steam from the top of the cup is with the flourish from the New Annual Catalog set, "Everything Eleanor".

That's all for today! I will be stamping with my "Watercolor Wonders" class today, so today is sure to be fun!

Until tomorrow, hope your day "Stampingrox"!

Stampin’Up! Retiring Sincere Salutations!

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Carol Payne

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That's all for today! I will be stamping with my "Watercolor Wonders" class today, so today is sure to be fun!

Until tomorrow, hope your day "Stampingrox"!

Stampin’Up! Today Is the Last Day to order from the Occasions Mini!

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Carol Payne

Today is the last day to order from the Occasions Mini AND the last day for the Summer Smooches Sneak Peek! Here's a swap from the Spring Into Stamping Event I attended this month using the "Bright Blossoms" stamp set and the "Summer Smooches" Designer Paper and Fabric! I've had these on my camera for more than a week and today was the first chance I've had to download them!

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I love this swap, but wasn't able to bring the real thing home with me so I don't know who the creator was! The "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" greeting is also from a set that will be unavailable after today, "Loved Ones"!

I have a BUNCH of great stamping idea pictures from this event which I will be sharing a few over the next week or so. Here's a full card that someone made for the "Spring Into Stamping" leader Kim Peck. Kim is moving from Central Illinois to California, so everyone was signing this "we will miss you, friend" card:

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This was a large 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" card using an entire 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock base folded in half. No envelope was needed as this was hand-delivered to Kim at the end of this event. The creator used the "My Friend" and "Perfectly Penned" stamp sets, which are not retiring, but also used the "Mixed Bunch" stamp set to create the lacy butterfly, which will be unavailable after today!

I have one last order going in for this month tonight at 10 p.m. CST, so if there are some Occasions Mini or Summer Smooches items you need to order, just contact me by phone or email and I will get them ordered for you!

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!

Stampin’Up! Today Is the Last Day to order from the Occasions Mini!

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Carol Payne

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Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!

Stampin’Up! Summer Smooches and Loved Ones!

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Carol Payne

Now that you have had a chance to view all of the retiring lists, how about a few cards?

These cards are the result of my stamping for my "Spring Into Stamping" presetation last Saturday. These cards are all made with the Summer Smooches DSP, Blossom Party Die, Scallop Square Duo Die, and the Occasions Mini set, "Loved Ones"!

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I liked the colors and the layout, but something was just not quite right, so I changed the greeting colors to this with Not Quite Navy, Real Red, and Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write Markers:

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And I loved it! It's amazing how just changing the color scheme of the greeting "Mom" made all the difference between o.k. and WOW!

As a tie-in for my presentation with the Big Shot Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets (which are NOT on the Retiring Accessories List! YAY!), I did another card identical except for adding the Adhesive Sheets on the cardstock before going through the Big Shot with the Blossom Party Die, then adding Dazzling Diamonds:

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A completely different look, adding the glitter! It mutes the bright colors, but is truly "dazzling"!

"Loved Ones" will only be available for 5 more days, when the Occasions Mini expires. And unfortunately, the Summer Smooches Fabric Brads are no longer available, as the supply was just for this month and has now been exhausted. The Flower Brads are on the Retiring Accessories List but currently still available, so you need to check out those lists and get your orders in early! I've already had a few Online Orders take advantage of my "BlueSox" Online Stampin' Rewards Program, so join in today!

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!

Stampin’Up! Summer Smooches and Loved Ones!

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Carol Payne

Now that you have had a chance to view all of the retiring lists, how about a few cards?

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I liked the colors and the layout, but something was just not quite right, so I changed the greeting colors to this with Not Quite Navy, Real Red, and Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write Markers:

And I loved it! It's amazing how just changing the color scheme of the greeting "Mom" made all the difference between o.k. and WOW!

A completely different look, adding the glitter! It mutes the bright colors, but is truly "dazzling"!

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!

Stampin’Up! Double Door Summer Smooches!

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Carol Payne

Here's another sample I created for my presentation on Saturday. It's hard to see in this photo, but I used the Dazzling Diamond Dust technique with the Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets on the middle Blossom flower again:

I'm really digging the bold, bright colors in the Summer Smooches Suite! The "grandma" word is from "Loved Ones" in the soon-to-be-expired Occasions Mini, and "you're the BEST!" is from the "Perfect Words" Hostess set!

That's all for tonight. Until tomorrow have a "Stampingrox!" Day!

Stampin’Up! Double Door Summer Smooches!

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Carol Payne

That's all for tonight. Until tomorrow have a "Stampingrox!" Day!

Stampin’ Up! Summer Smooches Cupcake!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Carol Payne

Sorry for the late posting, but yesterday was a slow day for me, so unfortunately I didn't stamp a thing! I started a new workout program with Jessica and her trainer, Holly, about a month ago, and everything goes along just fine until there is a gap in the schedule, and Spring Break last week was a definite gap! Yesterday's workout just wore me out! I spent a good part of the rest of the day finishing up the "Hunger Games" second book, "Catching Fire", so I guess I did accomplish something!

That said, here's a card I created today for a few of my workshops this month using the new "Summer Smooches" Designer Paper and the "Create a Cupcake" stamp set!

The colors in the Summer Smooches Designer Paper are: Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, and Rich Razzleberry, so I pulled my color palette from this DSP strip! A little out of my comfort zone as I usually go for a couple of colors maximum plus one neutral, but this really works for me! The background of this main DSP strip is acutally an opaque version of Tempting Turquoise!

Here's a close-up of the cupcake after assembly. I added some Dazzling Details in dots and swirls around the stamped cupcake sprinkles because when you apply the Dazzling Details on top of Classic ink it sometimes makes the ink a little blurry:

If this layout looks familiar, it is very similar to another Create a Cupcake card I showed you a few weeks ago using the "Everyday Enchantment" Designer Paper! Here's the inside of the card:

That's all for today! I have to get ready to go pick up my three oldest grandchildren and take them to their gymnastics practice! I haven't been to their practice in quite awhile, and Cohen just started, so it will be fun to watch them! Just one of the perks of being a Stampin' Up! Demo, I can take time to do these things with my family!

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!