It's Retirement Time!

Today the retiring stamps and accessories list went live!
Visit www.stampinup.ca and check the LOOONNNGGG list.
It is an exciting time for us all as we look forward to the NEW Annual catalogue that will be available JUNE 1st.
Yippee!!!

April Technique Club

Our first technique was CHALKBOARD so it naturally led to a chalkboard easel .
Wouldn't this be a great card for that special teacher?

Did you Notice?

Did You Notice?

No? Yes?  I updated the "All about Me" on my sidebar.

I am now Nana to 4 :)

Ryan Mark Lilley joined our family on January 12th, 2013! Yeah!  3 boys and 1 girl now.....
I'm one happy Nana!

Pay-it-Forward

Every year I join in a local pay-it-forward group... The first 4 people to contact you go on your list and you can join on another one. Your pay-it-forward task has to be completed within the year.

 I usually make a papercraft item for my group and this year it was a box of 3x3 mini notes and envelopes.

New Woodmount Stamp Cases

http://youtu.be/EHa28HcVSJU

I'm Back!

Hello,

I really missed you guys.... but the warm temperatures of Florida made my winter bearable!
Firstly, a BIG Thankyou to JUNE who held a class and did a wonderful job taking care of the orders whilst I was away...Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou!

Now, Technique club is starting this month and a Flutterby Class to follow...stay tuned for pics and when I can work out how to put a calendar of events onto my blog, everyone will be able to reserve the dates of their favourite class(es) to attend.

It's so good to be back and have inky fingers...

Valentine Punch Art

France shared this CUTE punch art owl and I knew I had to case it..isn't he adorable?

SAB Sneak Peek

Although I can't show you the actual Stamp Set, I am allowed to post samples. These examples would make great masculine cards and I hope to change them up to  make a "prettier" version.. sorry but the pic turned out a little dark, maybe it's the SAB gremlins  :)

Happy New Year!

We had a small class this week to start our New Year.....taking care of those withdrawal symptons accumulated over the holidays!
Some new products from the Spring mini were used...can you search them out?

The butterfly card was a technique that France had on her blog....Thankyou!

School Helpers

This year I'm going into Pictou Elementary school to help make Christmas Cards with Donna's class. They have penpals at a school in Ontario and are excited to send their Holiday Greetings.

I made these bookmarks as a treat but maybe they'll be busy little elves and help?

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish all of my many followers a Very Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanza.... Greetings of the Season to all!

From our Home to Yours!

Canadian Swap

Once again this year I took part in an all Canadian Demo swap, here are the cards I recieved back...if you're still in the Christmas cardmaking mode maybe there is some inspiration here...

Artistic Friends

I recieved 2 beautiful cards from friends who are also wonderful artists!

Anne is a regular member of my stamping group and each year she has a card made with a print of her latest work....isn't this girl a beauty? Thankyou Anne!

Joanne is also a wonderful artist who is inspired by native/natural art elements and her card is also a print from one of her works.... I love this! Thankyou Joanne!

Oh My! Where has this month gone?

I couldn't believe just how busy my days have been and how long it has been since I last updated my blog.....Hopefully you are all busy too! :)

No classes were held in December but 7 of our regular girls took part in a card swap and Christmas get-together where we had a lovely lunch and happy chatter.

Here are the lovely cards that were in our swap.....

Last 12 Days of Christmas cards!

The Last Sneak Peek!!

On Sunday we will be having our final 12 Days of Christmas Class...so here is your sneak peek!

Wrap It Up Class

Last night was our Wrap It Up class and we had fun embellishing a gift bag with tag and even the tissue paper. Another project was a bottle topper, makes gift giving so much more exciting.

We also tried our hand at making a folded ornament and the girls' did beautifully but I forgot to take pictures of their lovely creations...oooops!

Burnished Metal Technique

Francie had a video showing the burnished metal technique, sooo...I had a try! Doesn't look quite as metallic as she had shown but I enjoyed the process (a lot of steps) but really easy!

Playtime

Had so much fun playing in my stamp room (closet).

Ornaments

I just had to make the beautiful Ornament on the front of the Holiday Mini catalogue and a couple of smaller versions... so pretty!