Whoa. I just stopped and checked my blog and found out I haven't posted since New Year's Eve! How could that happen? I'm SO SORRY!
It's not that I haven't been stamping. I've been stamping, and sharing at workshops, alot. It's not that I didn't get well from my sickiness around New Years, I'm doing great. It's not that I didn't travel to Orlando for the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference, had a great time, learned TONS and brought back beautiful inspiration and ideas!
It seems like I go along posting pretty regularly for awhile, and then one day I miss a day of posting. That seems to derail my blogging "voice" and it's hard to get back to it.
I don't usually make New Year's resolutions and while it's a little late for that, my resolution for 2013 is to blog EVERY DAY. Think I can make it? We'll see. Now that I've shared my resolution, I am now accountable to YOU.
I have made a few changes this month. I've started a new organization system to try to keep myself on track better. It's helping, I think. "Blogging Daily" needs to be added to that list.
A rather significant but also delightful change is that I've started keeping my 5 1/2 month-old grandson, Liam, 2-3 days a week. At his house. At least most of the time. So I have to think more deliberately about my "To Do" list and take stuff with me. Sometimes I take the right stuff, sometimes I don't. But the upside is that Liam is an adorable, bright, snuggly little sweetheart that I am absolutely in love with and am enjoying every minute in his presence! How do girls with little ones juggle being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator too? Guess I'm getting a tiny taste of that.
So changes. Change is usually good, sometimes painful, but often for the better. Here's my first creative share for 2013:
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013
A fun mix of current and new products on this one! I used the Occasions set, "That's the Ticket" that I actually received last September during my Founder's Circle tour of the Stampin' Up! stamp manufacturing plant in Kanab, Utah. The "happy VALENTINE'S DAY" was stamped in Versamark ink and then embossed with Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Emboss Powder and my Heat Tool. It was then punched out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. I added a tiny knot of 1/8" Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon, a Vintage Trinket pin, and a Very Vanilla Flower Trim flower with Glue Dots. The heart was cut with a Hearts Framelit and dry embossed with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Folder and the Big Shot.
Here's the inside:
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013
I CASED the construction design for this project from this swap I received at Leadership from Judy Garza:
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013
Isn't it gorgeous? Judy used the Occasions set, "Just Married" with Pool Party colors and Silver Glimmer Paper! (btw, you can get a free package of Silver Glimmer paper just for hosting a $150 party from now through March 22!)
Judy's design would be perfect for a giftcard for the happy couple!
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013
I do love it when I can take a design and stretch it for another occasion!
That's all for today. I apologize for my wordiness, but I hope I've made up for it by showing you two projects instead of just one!
Now to get busy finishing my prep for my "Best of Birthdays" class tomorrow afternoon (still have a couple of seats left!) and my "Yes Mam!" Downline Meeting tomorrow night!
Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!
| That's The Ticket Clear-Mount Stamp Set
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#128075
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Price: $16.95 also available in Wood-Mount |
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Tickets,
tickets–get your tickets! This eight-piece assortment will be your top
choice for fanciful embellishments all year long! Coordinates with the
Ticket Duo Punch and the Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack.
Set Quantity: 8
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| Ticket Duo Punch
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#126883
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Price: $15.95 |
| 5/8" Flower Trim
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126869
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Price: $6.95
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Say yes to girly—it’s so you. Vintage dimensional flowers on strips of tulle. Approx. 5/8" wide. 2 yds. Vanilla.
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| Just Married Clear-Mount Stamp Set
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#129210
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Price: $14.95 Also available in Wood-Mount |
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Create
fresh and fun wedding-themed tags and cards with this beautifully
designed stamp set. His and her shoes, toasting glasses — and even a
classic getaway car — set this wedding stamp set apart from all the
rest!
Set Quantity: 5
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