Sending a Kiss

Good Tuesday Morning to you all!!!!!!

I have been a busy little beaver in my scrap room and I am not able to show you any of the new stuff as of yet.  I have a swap I am doing with a lovely demo in Cambridge Ontario that I am just about finished and rea to send out to her. I have a club meeting for the first time out of this catalogue on Wednesday. Another class in September I am just starting to get the product cut up for so in the coming future there will be lots to show you.  However today I am showing a card I did at a camp early this month.

I made mine a getwell as we had an aquaintance that fell and broke her hip and has been recovering, she is tough lady and I know she will do well but still everyone loves to get a card while still in the hospital don"t they!!!!

I used the new set Petite Pairs (LOVE IT) it has sayings that go nicely with 1/22 on outside and 1/2 inside....it is just perfect.  So her's said "Sending a Kiss"......"to make it better".

Hope you liked it
Feel free to come by and visit again
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Totally inspired by Lyssa

Good Friday Afternoon!!!!

Boy does a week fly when you are making two trips to London everyday....that is a 45 min drive to and home in the morning and yep again in the afternoon.  It is so worth it though as my son absolutely loves going and it is educational and good for him as well. However it sure makes the days go by fast when you are always watching the clock so to not be late getting him.

Anyways on to the card I was so totally inspired by Lyssa here is her blog   http://songofmyheartstampers.typepad.com/song_of_my_heart_stampers/

My card looks nothing like hers but go there anyways and you will see why I have been inspired.  She has been doing a 31 day of delicate doillies stamp set but there is a few hello doily cards thrown in there as well....enjoy

In the meantime thank you so much for stopping by today
Have a great weekend and Happy Stamping
Crystal

Medallion Thank You

Good Sunday Afternoon

I know I was supposed to have done this yesterday but my mom and dad had gotten tickets to take our family and my brother and his wife to Toronto for dinner at Midevil Times.  Talk about some excited kids, we did not tell them where their Nana & Papa were taking them but they were so pleastantly surprised.

Anyways about the card I had gotten a couple swaps from convention and have seen it done a few times since then on some blogs I have been known to stalk...smile.  I though had not put my first order in from the new catalogue until I got back from convention so for one of m classes I had not yet recieved the Hello Doily stamp so I used the Medallion background and took it from there.  It is hard to tell but the green layer in the center of the medallion is our 2 3/8 scallop circle and has rhinestones on every other bump.

I really enjoyed the simolicity of this card and yet being able to use so many different accessories was lovely.

Well thanks so much for stopping by and until next time
Happy Stamping
Crystal

I am in LOVE with making the Pop Up cards

                                     
Hello there my friends,

I am so excited about this card.  My girlfriend called me wanting to know if I would make her three cards larger than the standard size since all of them were going to be hand delivering them.

The first one she wanted is this one, we have a mutual aquaintance that on her wedding day last year got really sick and had to leave fairly quickly after the meal so there is going to be a little wing-ding of something for them this year on their first anniversary.

Okay so here is some of the info you are likely wanting to know

The front uses dsp from Timelss Portrait, Cherry Cobbler 1 1/4 grosgrain and NEW quilted satin (from the Holiday Mini) and the most lovely set called Feild Flowers

The inside the whole bride was made using the heart punch I am sure if you are visiting my blog you are a blog hopper kind of person and I got the idea from many different blogs out there certainly not thought up on my own...smile her bottom half was run throught the embossing folder called Elegant lines then rhinestone gems were added sparatically and our new Dazzling glitter glue stuff that is as well new in the holiday mini to give it some shine and then the pearls all along the neckline. 

The groom I found rather hard but he too is made on top out of a heart punch.

I really enjoyed making this card and I hope you found something inspiring

Until tomorrow (yes I have another)

Happy Stamping

Crystal 

Sailling Away will soon be sailling off

Good Day everyone!!

So I am going to start off right away by reminding you all there is only a couple more weeks and your chance to get this lovely boat will be gone....your boat will have set sail...hee,hee

I know lame but hey it is Monday and well that is my only excuse.  In all seriousness though really this a la carte stamp will be gone due to the Summer mini being done as of Aug 31st.  I have so enjoyed it and the Nautical DSP what a great opportunity for camping scrapbooks, just male scrappages, manly cards there was so many perfect opportunities for it and I will greatly miss using it my classes. 

Now as for the layout I have used this a few times it seems to be a go back to one from SCS that I just loved when I did the weekly challenges there...haven't been there in awhile maybe I should head back for some new inspiration...smile

Well I wanted to get this card on and now I need to go and finish dishes before going to the cleaning job....that pays me....LOL

Until next time
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Easy Events...."for baby"

Good Saturday Evening to you all.

So how small of a world is it when your husband's family has a family that are close friends since he was little.  Then he gets married and his wife tries to starts a business and goes to some wonderful ladies house for a workshop and guess what..... her son is dating the daughter to this family that has been my husband families friend how small of a world is this.  Well to make this short story long... they have gotten married last summer and they are now expecting their first child...so here is one my first attempts at a baby card for the baby shower.  It is also one of the cards that we did at a current stamp camp...it is one of the easier ones we did, which it is always nice to have at least one or two of these so to keep class on schedule and then allow for a couple of complicated cards.

I hope you liked it and it was inspiring in some way for you
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Convention Inspired Pop-Up card

Good Friday Afternoon!!!

Can you believe it, because I cannot....LOL  I have a post two days in a row...I know WOW

So with this card I did it in a class in July and then because some ladies that did not come to that one were able to come in August I just repeated since it was new to all of them and I was 100% inspired by Shalae and Shelli's demo at convention.  I know that any of you that had been there, theirs was an over the top WOW and well mine is not as wowwy but the ladies all loved it all the same and were inspired to be able to add to it on their own (class it just would have been too long when there was 3 more cards to be made).
I did change it up in so many ways as it is not a birthday gift card holder, I did mine as a 5x5 card, made it a belly band to keep it closed, used flowers instead of the bright HBirthday colours the demos used as it was for a child, and I left mine open to be what I thought would be a great get well or thinking of you card.
Back to the how you could take it to the next step would be that you could do a couple more pop outs with butterflies or a flower that fell out of the pot etc, etc....
So I hope you liked my card today and found it inspiring in some way

Happy Stamping
Crystal

I told you, you would see Raining Flowers from me again!!!!!!!

Wow Happy Thursday to you all,

I cannot believe that my parents were so right on the money when they used to say the older you get the faster time goes......it really rather stinks if you ask me....smile

Anyways as I said in my last post which I know have been very sparatic lately but it is summer and well I can only get better at it.  I have to sa I liked this set when I saw it in the catalogue but then thought you know I may be kind of limited with it but then when I got it into my hands at convention and saw some samples made with it I really felt it growing on me again.

This card actually came to me when another one flopped for a camp and I LOVE it myslef I was so happy with how it turned out.  It is definitely a very blingy (new word) card but I am sure I will find the perfect opportunity for it.

Hope you enjoyed it and found some inspirations.
Also as a last reminder this month is the 3 designer papers get 1 free promotion.

Happy Stamping
Crystal

Convention Swap & August's Promotion

Good Monday to you all,

I have not had the opportunity to upload too many pictures from convention and I am soo sorry about that BUT for some reason any of the really fun photos from Main Stage did not turn out at all....so instead I happened to remember to take a picture of one of the swaps I made and this is it.

I wanted to use something new from the new catalogue and having gotten this set from the pre order ( a fun and awesome advantage to being a demo) and this is what I came up with.  Pretty much anyone thaat I handed this card to in a swap situation said they loved which was so nice to hear and I hope they are really happy with it and proud to show it off with the rest of the swaps they would have recieved.

Now one more thing before I go just so you are all aware that Stampin Up has a WONDERFUL August promotion, we have had it before but here it is again.....Buy 3 Designer Papers and get 1 for FREE!!!!  Awesome , huh?....told you
Just as a side note though this does not include the Specialty Series

Well thanks for stopping by
Hope you come back again
Crystal

P.S I have a couple seats left on Monday and Tuesday Aug 8&9th....email me to save you a seat if you have not already.

Rainy Days deserve Raining Flowers

Hello my friends,

Finally I have some pictures of cards...phew really need to get a new camera so bad it is not funny.

Anyways on Monday I had my first class since convention and wow it was almost hard to do as I had so MANY ideas running through my head from conventipn I did not know where to begin...smile.
Eventually though I did come up with three cards of my own and one that just had to be cased from a swap I recieved while in Utah.  No worries you will be sure to see them all in the coming days I just have to get them downloaded and the Cased cards originators info.

Now to the card it is a larger than average card  which I have grown to really enjoy making and the ladies that come to the class are also in favour of having a card that is a little bigger for certain occassions.
I used the new set form the catalogue that we also recieved in our convention bag called Raining Flowers at first it may seem not your type but believe me it will grow on you quickly and there is so many possibilities, you will definitely see more of it from me anyways. The other set is Occassions Alphabet,  I SO enjoy this set and love it so much more than the old Defining set we had with words and their definitions.
Paper are from the collection of new In Colours for this year and of course a little bling, having the pearls along the scallops of the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

Well I sure hope you liked it and found something about it inspiring, and I will try to do my best and be a more regular pposter on this fun thing called a blog.

Until later
Happy Stamping
Crystal

I AM BAAAACCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can I just say WOW, what a whirlwind of fun, info overload, and FUN oops already said that....giggle.

I must say I do understand why demos make this a yearly event, there is so much inspiration, tips, swaps, ideas etc that gets put into the 4 days of convention.  Gloria and I found out that we can travel together just fine.  Considering she got to hang out with me the whole flight home while I was so not feeling well.  Thankfully the throwing up and such came the day we were coming home and not at the the beginning of the convention like another lady had that was sittting in front of us on the plane back to Detroit had happen to her....yuck!! 

I am anxious to get some pictures on here and I am sure if I just ask Richard will burn the camera onto a CD for me since the camera and my computer are not friends and I will share.

So until  tomorrow, I am off to get  my class ready for Monday
Crystal

So here is the Deal!!!

So I have so not been a reliable demonstrator with my not posting BUT in my defense it has been SOOOO busy here and I really do not know how some other demos/bloggers do it....keep up the house , stamp everyday and have stuff to show on their blogs.  All I have to say is kudos to them as I am not as organized as I should be.

Now as for today no I do not have anything to show you BUT again it has been an extremely busy first week off of school.  My son has a severe speech delay due to a hearing loss in one of his ears and he is usually scheduled two weeks of speech camp at an amazing place called London Speech and Language and as much as it is good for him it is an 45-60 min drive to it then home, then at 3:00 it is trio to London again and then home.   He is done now for a week then he gets another one and then a last one in August.

So it has been busy and then tonight went from hectic to sad.  Anyone who knows me or has been following me for the little while that I have been doing this knows that I live in the house I grew up in and that we are on a small farm.  Well 22 years ago my dad got his dream when he got his first horse and tomorrow morning her and one of the others that has been here for a good 15 years are having to get put down tomorrow.  We have never had a dog or cat live for as long as we have had these two horses.
Anyone that is animal lover even if it is not a horse per say will understand the saddness that our two households are going through so please forgive me but I will not likely be back for over a week because after tomorrow and our having our weepy day(LOL like I am not already having a weepy evening) I really need to get my act together and get my swaps done for convention and then Wednesday am my girlfriend/downline and I will be off to Utah for some major stamping excitement. So when I return I will be sure to share all the fun and exciting things we did.

So until then have a great week + and
Happy Stamping

Crystal
My daughter riding the beloved Cheyenne who needs to be put down....she is three here and only 5 now...and certainly not understanding the whole thing but she has her memories.

MIA.... Yes I have been missing, BUT very busy!!!!!!

I am so sorry that  I have been so busy to post but my downline and friend well we are in a local craft fair so we have been so busy creating craft gift ideas and etc that I have not been abkle to get to the posting.  I have the 4 cards we made at the last camp/class but I have not even took pictures of them yet so they will be coming soon. 

Sadly I will not even be able to post any pictures of the craft fair either because my boys (son and hubby) are off to the north for a manly camping trip for four days and Caleb being only 8 (almost 9...oh so sad) pictures are a must and we of course being such a non-tech family only have one camera.  No worries though in a couple weeks I get to take the camera for 4 days to Utah for the Stampin Up convention so craft fair will have to be the sacrifice...hee,hee.

Here is solution to not getting any pictures...IF you are in the southern Ontario region and would like to come for the fair it is on Hwy 19 (Plank Rd) at the coolest store ever...makes me think of those Plantation stores you see in the south on I-75 on the way to Florida.  The name of this place is Coyle's, it is supposed to be a lovely weekend, why not get out for a drive and come see myself and Gloria, we would love to see you.

Off to finish labelling
Until later
Happy Stamping
Crystal

Did you know Teachers Appreciation Day was in April??????

Okay first of all this is so far from my own idea...I first saw the idea on Patty Bennett's blog and then many other places after.
Now I have for the last couple of years done stuff/ helped around the school for Teachers Appreciation Day and Caleb's teacher has always gotten a gift well this year guess what .......IT WAS IN APRIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am so not happy I have been wondering why I have not been approached and when I went to the office Friday I found out I was not going to be approached since the day had been and gone ( I will defend myself ...we were in Florida...ooops).

So anyways I thought I had better get cracking and get the kids teachers something so I made this one for my sons teacher....not sure IF a man is really interested in an item like this but hey he can give it to his wife.  My daughters teacher gets one as well but my picture will not upload but hers is made with the Love Letter DSP and I stamped the Ornate Blossom and did some layering of it.....hope they like them.

Now that I have done my little vent and showed you my project I am off to bed....head is throbbing like crazy.

Happy Stamping
Crystal