Decor Elements – Carol Payne Stamps

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Getting Ready for Halloween!

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Carol Payne

I have several stamping classes scheduled at my house this month, so I decided to dress up some pumpkins for Halloween with some super-neat (I can't call spiders cute, I'm sorry!) Decor' Elements, "Spooky Things" in Black, #120909 $14.95 from the Holiday Mini (pg 8) These also come in Basic Gray if you want a little less dramatic look!

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They were very easy to apply to the pumpkins, which I purchased separately at several different discount stores on several different occasions (I waited for the largest pumpkin to go on sale 50% off!) My candles I purchased on clearance a couple of years ago (yes, I'm cheap, but being a farmer's wife with 6 kiddos all those years made me that way! smile!) I was bit worried about getting everything smooth with the ridges on the pumpkins, which is why there are no Decor Elements on the middle one, which has the deepest ridges. I was a little creeped out while putting the spiders on the big pumpkin, but I persevered! I happen to HATE spiders, snakes, any of those creepy-crawly things and always yell for my DH on one of my sons to come and kill them for me!

However, these Decor' Elements are just the right solution for someone like me who wants a little Halloween decor' but can't handle any more realistic than this! If you haven't seen our 2010 Definitely Decorative 2011 Catalog, go to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Website:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Click on the "Shop Now" button on the upper right side of the page, then click on "Home Decor". You will then have choices of "Vinyl Art", "Stencils", "Decor Accents", "Charms & Chains", "Raw Materials", and "Textiles". Lots of great products to explore to decorate your home and gifts to suit your style!

Here's another piece from the "Spooky Things" set I put on my front door:

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After Halloween I will just remove this from my door and throw away as they are not re-usable, but at $14.95 for the set of 10, they are VERY economical. I already have some adorable Real Red Decor Elements, "Candy Cane Christmas" #120912 , $14.95 from the same Holiday Mini (pg 36). They also come in Old Olive if that better suits your taste, or you can buy both and mix them together for a true Christmas color scheme!

Until tomorrow, have a GREAT Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Cruise! A Slice of Heaven!

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Carol Payne

Hello Stampers!
I know I've been MIA for awhile, but it's been for a good cause! I just returned yesterday morning (3 a.m. to be exact!) from the Stampin' Up! Southern Caribbean Cruise with my daughter, Jessica! SU! gives all of their demonstrators the chance to earn an Incentive Trip each year, and when you do earn it, it includes airfare for the demo and one guest to the chosen destination or port of embarkation (in this year's case, San Juan, Puerto Rico!), then it's all-expenses paid while onboard the ship! They even pre-pay the tips you are expected to tip the waiters and cabin steward for you! The only expenses the demonstrator incurs are if they purchase excursions in the different ports and souvenirs! I'm going to post a few pics from our trip over the next few days, along with a couple of cool card ideas I either swapped for or took pics of during the cruise! Here we go:

This is myself & Jessica on the bus heading to the Cruise ship pier in San Juan!

Here we are on the deck of the ship! Do we look more relaxed? I know we are more wind-blown!

Here we are onboard the submarine "Atlantis" in Barbados! The pics out the portholes didn't turn out well, but we were down 138ft below the surface!

There wasn't much space between our seat and the outside edge of the sub! This was definitely NOT an excursion for claustrophobics! (those are MY knees, by the way, but NOT the hairy one! lol!)

Now for a couple of stamping ideas!

This was on display in the Stampin' Up! Hospitality room! It's the new Old Olive Polka-Dot 6×6 album just now featured in the new Summer Mini catalog with the Small White "Eat" Decor Element applied and Old Olive 1 1/4" Striped grosgrain ribbon tied on! A GREAT recipe book idea!

Planning a festive outdoor party this spring or summer? With Stampin' Up! Big Shot flower dies you can dress up your drinks easily!

Lastly for today, here is part of the display board showing ideas for the brand-new stamp set we received for our cruise M&T's, "Printed Petals"! I will be using this set ALOT once the new catalog comes out on July 1st!

That's it for today! I will be back tomorrow with more!