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Hi all! I finally got around to completing my card for a challenge put out by Sharon Fields (Created by You). She does Saturday tutorials weekly (I wish I could even blog weekly!), and challenged her readers to also try the Mica Flake Faux Mother of Pearl technique. Of course, I LOVED her project! She did both a card and some jewelry (which some lucky reader -- hopefully moi! -- will win!).In Sharon's samples, she used the silver glitter paper -- since mine was in transit but I had the red...

This is this week's card class: 3 cards and a 3D card-sized tea envelope.Personally I love these cards. Most of them were a re-take of cards in the present Idea Book and Catalog. I love showing different ways of viewing cards in the catalog -- it doesn't just show the stamp sets, but the limitless ways to use these stamp sets for cards, 3D items, scrapbook pages, etc!I guess I don't have an inside shot of the tea envelope, but it has 2 scallop envelopes on the right side, cut with the Scallop...

Hi all! I went to a fabulous luncheon on Thursday, hosted by a new and dear friend, Donna Centamore. I met Donna about 2 years ago at another Stampin' Up! function, hosted by Barbara Lash, who ALSO happened to be there this week! We had been communicating back and forth after becoming somewhat "blog buddies", and I told her I wanted to be invited to her next luncheon! She was good for her word, and my invitation came a few weeks back. I needed to prepare a shoebox swap, so this is what I...

Well, I've been terribly busy these past 2 weeks with company, both friends and family! It's been wonderful, but hasn't left me any time to create and share with you, my friends!This morning, I was looking through a past issue of Stampin' Success, the magazine that I receive monthly as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. In this magazine, there are business articles to help me promote my business to you, my customers and friends, but there are also fun ideas of cards and other projects that I can...

Good Morning Friends,I and a team of other Stampin' Up! Demonstrators have been waiting FOREVER to share this event with you and we've finally put all the finishing touches on an event that is going to be AMAZING!! You are cordially invited to the SECOND Annual Stamp Out Breast Cancer Event. This is a very special event in that, ALL supplies are donated by demonstrators and friends. This means that EVERYTHING that we collect for the fundraiser goes straight to the Making Strides Against Breast...