Welcome to the newest members of my Stampin' Up! Team!!!

OK... so I am a little behind - hopefully, I will get the hang of this blogging stuff soon. (Michelle is SO much better at this than I am...)

So, on April 18th (yes, 2009... I'm not that behind) I had the pleasure of attending the Seattle Stampin' Up! Regional Conference. I went with 2 other demonstrators in my downline and came home with 3 new members!!! WOW!

So Congrats to Jane Purin for joining my team! And a big congrats to Michelle Webster and Barb Bockman for their newest recruits - Lynnette Sousa and Debby Bockman, respectively. I am so happy to have each and every one of you on my team!

Next post I promise will include pictures. I am holding a great class called Scrapping In & Out of the Box tomorrow... I'll post some pics of that.

God Bless!
Becca =)

Holland Happening...

... it really was! I teamed up with Michelle Webster to spread the word about Stampin' Up! This past weekend at Oak Harbor's Holland Happening. What a fun weekend! We met a great number of wonderful stampers - and think they "might could be" stampers - while enjoying some uncommon, but beautiful weather.

We were even approached and asked to join other vending venues this summer! So be on the lookout for us at upcoming events. Hopefully by then, the newest members of my team will be ready to join the fun.

Faux Silk Class

This is the class I am holding this week. It uses the faux silk technique -
stamped tissue paper crumpled and adhered to neutral card stock.
I got the planner from Class in a Flash - they offer some great class plans. I am very excited about this class. It is so pretty and a great way to spend an evening!

Product used: Raspberry Tart DSP, Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon, Sweet Stems stamp set, and the new wide oval punch.

This Month's Stamp-a-Stack, in case you missed it

Here are some pictures of the cards we did for this month's stamp-a-stack. This first one is a St. Patrick's day card using the SAB set, Polka Dot Punches and the new textured plates for the Big Shot. I had fun playing with inking my plate before embossing the paper. It is a neat effect!
This rest were birthday cards - this one uses A Flower for All Seasons. I love the frog!

This next one uses two SAB sets:Botanical Blooms and Congrats. I was brave with this one did not use my stamp-a-ma-jig.

I needed to make a birthday card for my aunt, and I specifically got this hostess set for that reason - she likes roosters. =)

I case'd the basics of this card and cannot even remember from where... but it uses the Raspberry Tart DSP and and the scallop Circle die for the Big Shot. The stamp set used is the Petal Pizazz.

I hope you enjoyed seeing the recent cards we have been making. If you want more information, just email me and I'll help you out any way I can.

Decor Elements

Here are some frames we decorated with our fabulous Decor Elements - there are so many uses for these! I have them on my car windows, on my walls and wherever I can find a place to put them! The first frame was only Decor Elements and some ribbon. I got a little more "creative" on the following frame and gathered a piece of ribbon, overlapped elements and used the half-back pearls from our Pretties Kit.

Here are the other ways I have used Decor Elements... so far!

This is on my kitchen wall to remind us of how blessed we are - and no matter what, we havea home filled with love. This is a Level 2 Hostess benefit.

Here is one we made for Christmas. The element is applied to some plexi-glass. My hubby made the frame so I could hang this in our front window for years to come.

I used some sheet metal so I could make my countdown calendar magnetic. The days are mounted on card stock with magnets attached to the back. Once again, I can use this for years to come!(and it will be ready to hang on December 1st this year!)

I couldn't resist ahowing our Decor Elements to the world - so I put some on my car windows. Believe it or not, these are still on my car... time for something a little more "spring-like". Maybe once the snow melts....

Valentine's Day Projects

I had the privelege of sharing my passion for paper crafting with the ladies of my MOPS group. I found a great project done by a fello SU! demonstrator. Here is the cute treat box with coordinating card. Everyone had fun putting these together - and showed a functional way to use our products.


Here is the Valentine Class I held. We made a "Valentine Bundle" following a class by Amy and Debbie's Class in a Flash. The class included a recipe booklet, candy jar, bottle of sparkling cider or wine and a coordinating card.
This had originally been advertised as a Christmas class, but I changed the color palette to reflect our Sweet Bella Style Watch (pg. 12 & 13 in our current catalog).

Where did an entire month go?

OK, so far this year, I have been a little behind in my blogging. I had some trouble figuring out how to watermark my cards and projects - but thanks to my wonderful hubby, we are now up and running. I hope you enjoy looking through some of the pictures to see the projects I have been busy working on - even if I haven't been posting here.