I'm so excited to invite you all to join our free annual scrapbooking challenge, 31 Pages in 31 Days! We begin August 1st, 2018, with daily posts with inspiration layouts, Facebook freebies, challenge contests and more.
Hope you'll mark your calendar and plan to play along with Song of My Heart as we get some pages accomplished and have a lot of fun along the way. I'm looking forward to it!
Click here to scroll through the past few years' worth of this unique event.
Happy Scrappin'!
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I'm so proud of Mike for taking on the Great Cycle Challenge this summer! His goal is to bike 500 miles in June in support of childhood cancer research. He's been working hard every day to build up his numbers and shave time off his speed.
Today is Kick Cancer's Butt Day, where ALL donations will be DOUBLED by supporters of the charity up to $500K - so if you sponsor Mike today and your donation will be MATCHED! Your $5 becomes $10... $25 becomes $50... etc!!
I had to smile when I saw the title because it reminded me of the sentiment in the new Enjoy Life stamp set, which I JUST made a card with! I was really tickled that Enjoy Life has such a great cycling image. I'll be using that one for many years to come!
If you'd like to join us in raising funds for a good cause, click the link below to make a donation: http://greatcyclechallenge.com/Riders/MichaelZwolanek
Mike loves cycling so much he and his friend Pat John rented bikes in France and pedaled through the hills and along the Mediterranean Sea while we were there in 2016 on the Stampin' Up cruise. Now that's die-hard!
Thanks for considering sponsoring my handsome history professor!
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As many of you know, my team has adopted Honor Flight as our official service project for the last four years. Under the leadership of Kathy Van Duser, we've created and sent thousands of cards to veterans involved in the Stars & Stripes Honor Flights to Washington D.C. Every vet gets one of our cards with a handwritten message inside thanking them for their service to our country.
This is a fantastic organization and I'm so thrilled that it meshes perfectly with our talents as cardmakers.
We work on Honor Flight cards instead of one of the Make N Takes at every monthly meeting, but last night we turned our whole gathering over to the effort.
Volunteers brought batches of prepped cards in quantities of 20-40, and we went around the tables working on them until the last ones were completed and written in. It was a huge event that netted us 190 cards in the end, with more coming in from non-local demonstrators who are participating by mail.
A BIG thank you to our seven volunteer designers! L-R Top row: Haley Wulf, Gail Vogel, Lyssa Zwolanek. Bottom: Lori Brausen, Mary Schultz, Cheryl Noble. Not pictured: Penni Litwiller.
You know me and parties... we went all-out with the decor! Between Stampin' Up and Dollar Tree we definitely had a Pinterest-worthy vibe goin' on. Bonus: you can use these ideas for your Fourth of July picnic this year! Look at how precious these wrapped water bottles are with a striped paper straw tied on with sparkly twine.
Team members have also donated hundreds of dollars' worth of cardstock, ink refills, embellishments and adhesives over the past few years. Last night brought in over $100 worth of adhesives from a single donor. I'm so proud to be part of a team that generously shares their time and supplies like this!
I shared my card earlier but here it is again. It looks complicated, but it only took two presses in the Stamparatus, once it was set up. Feel free to copy any of the designs. Some were inspired by Pinterest and the Cheat Sheets Collections.
I hope you've enjoyed this peek into our Honor Flight Night--and I hope I've inspired some of you to check out Honor Flight in your area and see how you can help. From donating letters and cards towards Mail Call, to paying for a companion to attend with each veteran, to being a greeter at the welcome home at the airport, there are many ways to support this fantastic organization. For more information you can visit their website at http://www.starsandstripeshonorflight.org/
Don't wait to get involved--time is of the essence for many elderly veterans. Our team lead, Kathy, works on this project on behalf of her older brother, a Vietnam vet. I do this in memory of my grandfathers and step-grandpa, all World War II veterans, and the wives who worked in factories and waited for them to return. Many of my team have similar stories. It's time to hear those stories and honor the sacrifices.
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So excited to announce the date of our special Honor Flight event. Area Stampin' Up demonstrators are getting together on Monday, June 11th, 2018, to work on 100 cards for our Song of My Heart team service project, Badger Honor Flights.This is all volunteer effort, with donated supplies, designs and handiwork.
Every year, under the amazing leadership of fellow demonstrator Kathy Van Duser, our team creates hundreds of cards to cover the "Mail Call" on every flight from Madison and Milwaukee. We started this to be a blessing to our American veterans, but it has ended up being a HUGE blessing to US instead. How lovely that we can use our cardmaking skills to make such a difference!
Would you like to join us? Please RSVP to [email protected] The event runs from 6:30 to 8:30 and is held in Watertown, WI. You do not have to bring anything but yourself--volunteers will be bringing cards for us to make and I provide adhesive.
Not local but want to help? You can contribute to the cause by sending finished patriotic thank you cards, OR cardstock for cardbases. We also use a lot of adhesive. We do not need envelopes or postage as these are hand-delivered to the servicemen and women right on the plane. Email me for my address!
I also encourage you to get involved in Honor Flight in your home area, whether it's to make cards, be a greeter at the airport, or a companion to one of the veterans on the trip itself. Have a loved one touched by this amazing program? Leave a comment below! The stories keep us all inspired.
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We had such a fantastic time this weekend at Stampin' Up's Onstage event in Milwaukee! So glad so many of my teamies were able to attend this full day of training and sharing. We saw the new InColors, heard some exciting announcements, played with new products, and celebrated the 30th anniversary of the company we've all come to love. Look at these smiling stampers!
The first event of the weekend was a leader-level 80's theme dinner, and I promised you a picture of my outfit, embarrassing as it is! I took it in the hotel mirror, so it's not the greatest. And I tried to have big hair, but that is as curly as my hair gets without a perm. It was almost completely flat by the end of the evening.
Then I had to pysch myself up to walk out of the room dressed like that! But it was hilarious to see everyone's creative outfits.
Leaders at a certain level and above got to get our bags and catalogs early, see the display boards without the crowds, enjoy a special training session and a casual buffet-style dinner with the personnel from corporate headquarters. Some of you have already asked why no food pictures--I never thought of it since it was not a plated dinner. The only food photo I took was of our cute cupcakes at snack time the next day. Dessert for us was a wonderful peach cobbler with mounds of real whipped cream.
Yummo! It was a really great, relaxed evening, and we all left with another exclusive gift and a coupon for a any free stamp set of our choice. I felt so spoiled!
The next morning, I overslept... and frantically texted Penni, only to find out that the bus with my team on it was also going to be delayed! So instead of getting to leisurely wash all that Aqua Net out of my hair, check out of the hotel, get some coffee and go save seats, I was a mess. But it all got done and WOW, did the convention center ever look amazing! There was a rainbow ombre theme and it was just so lovely.
The best part of the day is not all the gifts and exciting announcements... it's getting together with my team and friends old and new. I loved meeting Rashanda for the first time--and Shelli and I both enjoyed holding little G and giving momma's arms a break! He was such a little doll. I was able to hug friends who have been going through rough waters, catch up on new grandbaby pictures, and introduce tons of new stampers to our fabulous Shelli and Sterling, Shannon and Tanner, Angie and Laura and too many others to name.
And we stamped together! With brand new toys. And at the end of the day we got to go in a circle and pick from the supplies and stamp sets used that day. So we went home with even more goodies. Nobody wanted to leave, but our brains were FULL and we couldn't wait to get back to the stamp room and start creating. What a fantastic day!
You'll notice I didn't share any of the sample, stamp sets or new colors.... that's because we don't want to spoil the surprise for the conferences that were still going on in different regions all over the world! But in a few hours, I'll be sharing more posts with the delightful sample swaps and some extremely exciting BIG news. See you shortly!
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We're making this card at club tonight and I just know the ladies are going to love it. Heartfelt Blooms is gorgeous enough by itself, but when you pair with with the flourish stamps from Beautiful Peacock, it really sparkles. I stamped my flower image in Sweet Sugarplum, my sentiment in Archival Gray, and the long flourish stamp in Smoky Slate.
Inside the sympathy card, I used the flourish in two colors, to create a frame for the sentiment (these two stamps are from the set Rose Wonder). I already liked the Beautiful Peacock set, but now that I've been inspired by the flourishes alone, I think this is going to be one of my most-reached-for sets!
It can be YOUR most-reached-for set, too, when you get it for FREE with any $50 order during Sale-A-Bration 2018. Both Heartfelt Blooms and Beautiful Peacock are available as rewards choices in the exclusive Sale-A-Bration brochure. Shop now!
Click any link to Shop Stampin' Up with Lyssa & support Song of My Heart:
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I'm off to finish getting ready for club! I'd love to have you there if you're local to me. We meet on the 3rd Monday night of every month. The more the merrier! Thanks for stopping in today. And remember--a stamp a day keeps the doctor away!
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I can't believe we're so close to saying goodbye to 2017! It's been so fun to look back and have a little "retrospective" of what I created over the past year. I've selected just ONE photo from each month to share with you today. Sometimes it was easy to pick--other months were really hard! Enjoy this blast from the (recent) past as we look forward to what 2018 has in store for us.
Last January I was prepping for the Valentine blog series. My favorite project was the unusual and fun Fan Deck Card. My second fave was this adorable Tea For Two holder.
Last February I was working with a lot of Sale-A-Bration 2017 free rewards stamps and made this feminine card using Wild About Flowers. Can't wait for Sale-A-Bration 2018, starting January 3rd!
In March 2017 I needed some extra sunshine... and decided to spring for the gorgeous Sunburst Thinlets so I could make this card.
In April of this past year, we got a fun sneak peek of the Eastern Elegance suite, including something totally new to me--gold foil stickers that coordinated with die-cuts. It was super easy to make drop-dead gorgeous cards.
This Seasonal Layers beach chair scene was my favorite card in May 2017, but the Triple Butterfly Pop-Up card was a VERY close second.
The first set I couldn't resist out of the new Idea Book & Catalog in June 2017 was Lemon Zest. This card just exploded with crisp freshness.
In July of 2017, my favorite card was this Bridge-Fold. Tutorial here, if you missed it this summer!
Super hard to pick just one for August 2017... it was the start of holiday cardmaking plus a very popular Coffee Cafe was my featured set of the month. However, August HAS to be about 31 Pages in 31 Days, my annual scrapbooking blog series. I did really like this cabin page.
September had a lot of options for my potential favorite... but the top spot had to go to this one-of-a-kind card using the Wood Textures Paper.
My personal favorite of the month of October was this pencil holder project from Penni & Lyssa's Not-So-Spooky Halloween Adventure. That blog series produced a lot of fun projects, as did the classic Lovely As A Tree featured Class of the Month stamp set.
It was hard to choose just one piggie, but my November 2017 favorite was this cutie pie featuring This Little Piggy. You can still get the Class of the Month project files for that stamp set in my Etsy Shop, if you missed it!
And we finish off our 2017 "best of the best" with this navy and gold Bethlehem Edgelits card. I've used those die-cuts in all kinds of configurations, but this one with the gold swirl of stars and the alcohol spritzed on the foil is my favorite of all.
So there we have it? Did you remember some of these from the past year? I've got to say, it's just awesome having a blog to chronicle my crafting over the last decade. Song of My Heart's blog turns 10 years old in 2018, and I love randomly finding pins from years and years ago. It's very enjoyable to watch your style evolve over time.
YOU should totally start a blog! I can't imagine my life without it, now. Did you know I offer free blog design and set up help to members of my Stampin' Up team? The best start I can give them in this digital age is an online presence they can add to for years to come. I'd so love to work with you to pick out a custom "look" and a brand name for you to begin chronicling your own stampin' adventure.
Let's chat about getting you signed up and blogging about all the fun you're having with your toys! [email protected] Ready to go for it? http://bit.ly/joinSUnow
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Time for a little Stampin' Up Product review!
I know, I know, I'm not supposed to play with my new Spring Occasions 2018 Catalog demo-only pre-order stuff until I'm done with these last 40 Christmas cards!!! But when I saw this kit in the upcoming offering I had to have it... and had to put it together right away. Isn't it gorgeous? And so easy to stamp and assemble.
In about an hour and a half or so, I had the card box all set up and 16 beautiful cards ready to go. I'm keeping this one for myself, but what a great gift it would make, eh? Either made up already or left as a kit, I can think of all kinds of friends and relatives who would love this set.
The set-up is so handy. Each divider card in the box gets labeled with a month, and has a line for every day of that month. You add your friends and family's birthdates to the cards, and then when you get their card finished, tuck it in under that category. You can see at a glance who you still need to make cards for--and there's plenty of room to tuck the envelopes and sticky sheets of postage stamps or address labels inside, too.
The box itself is super study and glossy-coated to wipe clean, with heavy-weight divider cards and a sturdy elastic loop and metal button clasp. I was impressed with the little instruction booklet, too. Large, full-color photos of the finished cards with easy tips on assembly, a complete supply list (stamp set, Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive inks, a pair of scissors and adhesive) and detail photos of the few tricky parts help make assembly a snap.
The Perennial Birthday Box Kit coordinates with the sayings and flower images in the new Perennial Birthday stamp set, or you can use any stamps you have on hand to finish off the cards. Everything is die-cut and ready to stamp, pop out, and adhere. The pink card below is my favorite... great layout! I'll be using that on other projects, too.
Pretty sweet, eh? I'm so excited for the Spring Occasion 2018 mini catalog and I know you can't wait for it to start on January 3rd, either. Stay tuned for more sneak peeks (after I finish up those last holiday cards!) and let me know if you would like for me to be YOUR primary demonstrator and send you catalogs. I love to spoil my customer friends rotten--we're having so much fun! Join us! [email protected]
PS... if you're in my local Calendar Club on the 3rd Mondays of the month... we're making this entire project! I couldn't resist getting you all this adorable box and kit. See you January 15th for the first meeting of 2018!
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As much as we'd like to, so many of us just can't make the commitment to a regular stamp night. We're lucky if we get any time for ourselves, let alone a regular night each month, right? I've developed a brand new, revolutionary online club that allows you to have the stamp class experience whenever and wherever it works for you--without committing to anything. Sound good?
Sound too good to be true? It's not! I designed a club around the way I always wished they would work. Where I was in charge of how often I ordered, what I ordered, and when I ordered. The result was Class of the Month!
Here's how it works!
What Does Lyssa Prepare Each Month for COTM Club Members?
What Do COTM Club Members Have to Do Each Month?
What's the Typical Cost for COTM Club Each Month?
What Happens After Your COTM Club Order Each Month?
What Are Your COTM Club Rewards?
This is the FUN PART! Every time you participate in Class of the Month Club, you get a point. When you get five points, you get a $30 shopping spree--and I'll pay the shipping! Play along as your budget allows, and whenever you've been able to take part five times, reward yourself with something fun and FREE--on me!
Every participant also gets their own main catalog and the upcoming Spring 2018 Occasions catalog, as well as a Free Product Sample of the Month inside a handmade thank-you card in the mail. The surprise sample could be ribbon... embellishments... papers... you never know! You will really enjoy getting these large, useable samples. Try the freebie out--and if you like it, put it on your club order next month!
I'm so excited for Class of the Month Club each month!!!
I can't wait to share the next set of cards with you! Will you be participating?
Maybe you'll wait for the sneak peek of the featured stamp set and decide?
I can't wait for you to become a Class of the Month Club Member... so I can SPOIL you rotten! I appreciate my customer friends and love showering you with goodies and extras. Hope to see YOUR name pop up on the "class roster" next month for our fun new online club.
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I thought I'd show you what I've been up to the past couple of weeks... it's been a really busy season, but super fun! I sure love what I do! Every time I mention craft fairs, I get a lot of questions about what sells well and how to display your wares to best advantage. This last weekend I had a little bit of time left after everything was basically in place but before the doors opened, so I tried to take a bunch of pictures for you.
Two notes before we begin: First, please don't ask me about prices! I don't comment on them. What flies in my area might not fly in yours, and you should always do your own math and charge fairly based on the time and materials involved. That said, we all know that some cards take a lot more time than others, but I have found a flat rate for single cards to be the best overall for the ease of both customer and seller.
The other thing to note in this pics in that I had a few large pieces left from my time with Mary & Martha, a faith-based direct sales home decor company. I had to let that go to simplify my life due to health issues, but I can still hook you up with my wonderful upline Libby Wistrom if you're interested in a catalog.
There is so much fun coffee and tea-themed stuff in this year's catalog! It always sells great. I had gift card holders, post-it note & pen pads, and regular cards, and I think I sold all but maybe one.
We have a lot of hunting in our state and so after I filled a bunch of treat tubes for Christmas and in school colors, I used the leftover orange M&M's for these hunter's good luck charms! The Cookie Cutter Christmas set provided the deer head and matching punch. Easy! And it got a lot of laughs.
I try to keep all the Christmas items in one area, so multi-packs, single cards, treats and banners (red ticking banners from Target's $ Spot that I personalized with the Large Letters Framelits on my Big Shot) were all together. The double hot-cocoa packets with treat tubes on the side sold out almost instantly. Here's the free tutorial for you--enjoy!
At the fair I did this weekend at Maranatha Baptist University, I know Scripture verse cards and prayer journals are always wanted, so I dug into my stash of retired Bible verse stamps. Loved how many people shared how meaningful the ones they have purchased in the past have been. So awesome to have been a tiny part in someone blessing someone else!
The tutorial for these popular candles is in the 100% Free Tutorial Library here... so easy and inexpensive, and they sell really well especially at Christmas time.
We still have a solid month of autumn, so I have lots of fall goodies, even more so than Christmas. This year I did a lot of Merry Cafe gift card holders and some really cute hot cider and candy crates with the Wooden Crate Thinlits.
I had lots of inexpensive treats in school colors, since we were at the university this weekend. Sports moms and grandmas love little bits and pieces in school colors. One bit of advice--if you sell the Treat Tubes, make a little sign sharing that they are plastic and not glass. I had several people pass on them because they were worried about breakage.
I was disappointed my little quilt card crates didn't sell well. I think they needed to be packaged in cellophane so they were easier to gift. I'll adjust that before the next fair. They are too cute to leave on the table!
Burlap banners always do well for me, typically the smaller ones but also the larger outdoors ones. I had two newspaper wreath kits left from a long-ago Holiday Catalog, but those were my only wreaths this year due to lack of time. I usually have several pinwheel/lollipop style twig wreaths and those have done great in past years.
As always, the biggest seller is just plain cards. I love this holder I found at Hobby Lobby. It's supposed to stand upright, but when you lay it down flat it has 12 card-sized openings each with a great metal label in front for categorizing. They are still selling them as of this fall, if you want to get one! My burlap screen divider also came from there. It provides an easy, foldable backdrop for my booth.
So there you go... a little tour of my booth! Lots of lifts and layers, lots of little vignettes, tables covered all the way to the floor, tall stuff in the back, etc. And everything right up to the very front of my (corner) space, not hidden back in a deep, cramped u-shape. A mix of interesting containers in wood, tin and wicker. Plus, a good variety of items so all my "eggs" aren't in one "basket."
I hope you've enjoyed see my creations and maybe getting ideas for your own school fundraiser or local craft fair!
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it was great to see my wonderful group of Stampin' Up teamies last week, after a break during July. We always have so much fun! And this month, we had a brand new 2017 Holiday Catalog to drool over together. BONUS!
First things first, though! We had 80 Honor Flight cards to make this month, thanks to Kathy Van Duser's amazing organizational skills.I donated the new Loyal & True stamp set and Kathy designs and preps all the pieces so we can run an assembly line. We're on our third year with Honor Flight as our team charity project, and we all just love it.
We spend a lot of time stamping the fun Make N Take projects that people volunteer to bring, too. And of course, swapping samples! We always have a contest to see who brought the best swap, and boy is it hard to pick. Rashanda King won this month with this adorable spinner card. It was Rashanda's month, let me tell you--she had two recruits, a promotion, the winning swap, AND she had a new baby! Congrats!!
A highlight of the meeting nights is always the display boards and samples people bring to share. I loved this awesome shadowbox project Diane Vander Galien made from an old Paper Pumpkin kit. Diane is a whiz at adapting the monthly craft subscription kits into even more amazing projects than they were originally designed to create.
I hurried to assemble a couple of the ornaments in the new holiday decoration kit coming up in the 2017 Holiday Catalog, so I could bring them to the gathering to show in person. They were MUCH easier than expected, and turned out truly adorable.
This kit is going to be amazing for not only ornaments, but wreaths and package toppers, too! (I should have put something in the photo to show the scale; these are each about the size of your palm).
I also brought a sample of our NEW acetate card boxes! Yes, we are getting gift packaging that exactly fits our cards and envelopes! I am really excited about this one. The pack shown below holds 4-5 cards and envelopes, depending on how heavily embellished they are. What a great gift that will make this Christmas.
We had a lot of wonderful things to celebrate this month--13 new members, 3 re-joins, 2 promotions, many anniversaries, and some really amazing sales totals. Our team is on fire! I also brought some of my goodies from Thailand to show a little bit of how Stampin' Up pampers us on these incentive trips. Look at the teeny gold elephant necklace! Too cute.
Lori Brausen was awarded a gorgeous bouquet in appreciation for her work as our membership moderator, approving all the demonstrators around the world who want to join the Song of My Heart Business Demonstrators group on Facebook. I could never manage checking up on the active status of thousands of demonstrators. So thankful for Lori!
I could go on and on... these evenings are so inspirational! I seriously have the BEST ladies. I'm so thankful that the Lord brought each one of them into my life. They sure make a difference for me... and in our team... and in our community.
Thanks for giving me a chance to brag! And I'd be a bad friend if I left you today without offering you the chance to join us. If you've got questions, email me at [email protected], and if you're ready, click here! http://bit.ly/joinSUnow
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Love hand-making your Christmas cards?
Want to get a head start on the holidays
so things aren't so hectic at the end?
It's time to join a Christmas Club and make THIS year
the year you actually got your cards out!
Come and make 12 Christmas cards per night, three each of four different beautiful designs. At the end of the four sessions, you'll have 48 beautiful handmade cards with which to WOW your family and friends this year!
Join us from 6:30-8:30 p.m. the 3rd Monday of the month, August through November (August 21st, Sept 18th, October 16th and November 20th). Everything is designed, pre-cut and ready to go. Use my stamps, die-cuts and tools and work at your own pace as we enjoy Christmas music, yummy holiday treats and lots of fun chatting and crafting.
Fine print:
Cost per person: $60 (or $15 per session, with a commitment for all four sessions). Pay in full on the first night and get the envelopes for free!
NEW this year: we'll have four stations instead of three, to help spread out the stampers and make everyone more comfy. You will still make the same number of cards, just three of each of four designs instead of four each of three designs : ) Space is limited to 24 participants. RSVP ASAP to save your spot!
Email me today to sign up for Song of My Heart's Christmas Club! [email protected]
CAN'T ATTEND all four sessions? Please feel free to drop in on any of the club nights to see my display boards, pick up your new 2017 Holiday Catalog, sample the treats and shoot the breeze with Penni and me for a few minutes. Due to health issues, Christmas Club will be my only in-person stamping event this fall. I would really love to catch up with everyone, even if you just pop in. I'm missing you all!
May your holidays be happy... and handmade!
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Some of you are not going to be too happy with me for sharing this post, since at the time of writing the Daisy Punch is still on backorder for two more weeks! But those of you who already have the punch or can borrow a friend's punch for now deserve to see some fun layouts, right? And these card designs can be used with ANY large flower punch or die-cut, so there's that...
Stampin' Up Suggested Color Combinations:
Mint
Macaron
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This month's Class of the Month club for July 2017 has been extremely popular, and I ran out of the handmade thank you cards I send to every club member with their sample freebies for the month. I needed to make a bunch more in a hurry! Luckily I had my brand new Common Cuts for Cardmakers 102 handy, and I used Design #3 as my starting point. Problem solved!
Yes, more Embossing Paste... I can't get enough of that stuff! Funny how I am SO not a messy-technique kind of person, yet here I am with paste up to my eyebrows and Pattern Party stencil patterns on all my cards. Just goes to show you, never say never!
What new trend has captured your heart, that you swore you'd never learn to enjoy, or even want to try? I've learned my lesson after falling in love with "yucky" stuff like chevrons, washi tape, cloud stencils, even unmounted stamps! My "umm, no" has too often turned into "oh, yes!"
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Want to see samples of past years' pages? Click on the 31 Pages in 31 Days© and Scrapbooking Summer School© categories and ENJOY!
Here's what you can expect when you take Scrapbooking Summer School with me!
I hope you will read over these details and decide to join us! This class series has gotten RAVE reviews from attendees for five years in a row. Everyone loves the BOOST they get in productivity and motivation that lasts for months to come.
**********************PLEASE NOTE: This class is now FULL and at max registration. I'm so sorry! I encourage you to jump right on the ball next year and register immediately. ***************************
I can't WAIT to scrapbook our way to successfully completing albums right and left! If you have been discouraged by your lack of progress and feeling sad about all those pictures sitting around on full memory cards--immersion scrapbooking is the answer.
Register today and let go of the guilt!
Can't wait to see your name on my class roster!
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We Stampin' Up demonstrators have to think pretty far ahead... we are already working on finding fun new Christmas designs and layouts for the 2017 holiday season. It's a LITTLE bit hard to work on Christmas projects when it's this hot and muggy outside, let me tell you! Ha!
One of the ways we prepare is to do a big sample swap with other demos all over the country. I made this card for one I'm doing with my team of Song of My Heart demos. I hope they like it! I can't wait to see what I get back in this swap!
Isn't that a great saying, from Holly Berry Happiness? I just love it. I was wondering how Tranquil Tide would pair with Cherry Cobbler for Christmas cards, and I'm happy to report that it looks awesome! I'm going to enjoy this combo as I work on my holiday projects this fall.
Ready to recreate this design at home? Here's what you'll need:
$5.00
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It's appropriate to share a Christmas card with you today because we have an amazing sign-up special going on right now, Christmas in July. It's a HUGE gift pack added to the Starter Kit, containing free Grid Paper, a free Bone Folder, free clear "D" blocks, free SNAIL adhesive, and a free pair of Paper Snips. All together, it's worth more than $50!
PLUS, you'll be the first to get a brand new stamp set from the upcoming Holiday 2017 Catalog! See it here.
And with no shipping (only tax) on the $99 kit, it's truly an amazing deal the likes of which I've never seen in all my years as a demo. Yuppers... time to take another look at that Starter Kit, eh? Let me walk you through it! [email protected]
Ready to pick out your Starter Kit right now? http://bit.ly/joinSUnow and be a part of my team instantly! Get access to the entire Cheat Sheets Collection and all my Classes-to-Go, One-Sheet Wonders and many more exclusive resources for free.
Just think... a $99 Starter Kit with no shipping...
plus over $50 worth of extra supplies...
plus a free sneak-peek Christmas stamp set...
plus over $300 in cardmaking resources instantly your fingertips...
Oh, what FUN we're going to have learning together! I can't wait.
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Want to see samples of past years' pages? Click on the 31 Pages in 31 Days© and Scrapbooking Summer School© categories and ENJOY!
Here's what you can expect when you take Scrapbooking Summer School with me!
I hope you will read over these details and decide to join us! This class series has gotten RAVE reviews from attendees for five years in a row. Everyone loves the BOOST they get in productivity and motivation that lasts for months to come.
**********************PLEASE NOTE: This class is now FULL and at max registration. I'm so sorry! I encourage you to jump right on the ball next year and register immediately. ***************************
I can't WAIT to scrapbook our way to successfully completing albums right and left! If you have been discouraged by your lack of progress and feeling sad about all those pictures sitting around on full memory cards--immersion scrapbooking is the answer.
Register today and let go of the guilt!
Can't wait to see your name on my class roster!
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Song of My Heart Team Stampin' Up demonstrators live all over the United States--over 20 different states are represented in our group! While we enjoy our big Facebook group with daily themes, advice, challenges and contests, and love a good virtual pajama party with lots of projects and giveaways, there's nothing like actually getting together with friends to stamp. I encourage all our SOMH demos to gather regularly, wherever they live!
Once a month I host an area-wide demonstrator gathering in Watertown, Wisconsin, and we do fun things like put together business tools such as paper shares, and learn to make little baskets and other fun hostess gifts. We also work very hard on card for our team charity project, the Stars & Stripes Honor Flight organization, under the leadership of the indefatigable Kathy Van Duser.
Our meetings are always jam-packed with information, Make N Takes, swapping and demonstrations. This month was no exception... and we all had the brand new Idea Book & Catalog in our hands, to boot, so it was even more exciting. We got to play with the new In Colors, learned a new fancy fold, and we made over 150 cards for Honor Flight. Not too shabby!
I'd so love to have you join our happy team! There really is no downside to joining Stampin' Up. It's a fantastic company with fabulous products and unparalleled color coordination. There's income potential of anywhere from 20% to 38% of your sales--and all your own purchases count towards your minimum quarterly sales. I'd love to answer any questions you have about the company or what I can provide as your team leader. If you're looking to join somewhere with enthusiasm and energy, we're the perfect size--not too small, and not so big you get lost in the crowd, either. Let's chat today!
Ready now? Why wait? http://bit.ly/joinSUnow
You can even pick out the new in Colors and demo-only preorder products in your Starter Kit!
Hoping to be sending YOUR "welcome to the team package," very soon.
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This week is our final session of the spring 2017 4x4 Scrapbooking Class, and we're going out with a bang with some really great layouts. These over-the-top pages using the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and coordinating Thinlets use a sheet of the coloring papers from Sale-A-Bration 2017 (more designs coming in the new 2017-18 Idea Book & Catalog!)
TIP: I originally planned for these pages to be black, white and gold, but the addition of Island Indigo ink, cardstock and patterned paper as an accent color made the gold pop even more. It will also help soften the page if color photos are used instead of black and white photos. Sometimes, the contrast between an all black-and-white layout and the living-color photos is just too harsh, so adding an accent color into the mix is more pleasing to the eye as it smooths the transition.
One of our other layouts for scrapbook class is a sweet combo of Blushing Bride, Basic Gray and Smoky Slate. As we bid adieu to our Project Life partnership with Becky Higgins, I've got a lot of cards to use up, so many of the patterns on this page are from the "Happiness Is" collection.
I don't do pocket-style scrapbooking, but I sure have fun using the journaling cards and page elements on my traditional 12x12 layouts. Sometimes I punch or cut out elements so they are more versatile than just squares or rectangles. In this spread, I complemented the stamped circles on the base pages (from the new Eastern Palace stamp set) with a headline punched from one of the cards.
I encourage you to take a look at the Project Life discontinuing items and pick up some bargains--many of them are discounted and all of them are while supplies last. SHOP WITH LYSSA
Thanks for dropping by to see my scrapbook pages! I'll share the other two layouts later in the week. Hope to see your name on the registration list for Scrapbooking Summer School in August!
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Isn't this a cute card? We made these hot air balloon birthday cards in January at the first Calendar Club meeting of 2017. We call it Calendar Club because we make cards for whatever holidays are coming up next, plus everyday type cards like sympathy, birthday and get well. It's a great way to make sure our card box is never empty when we go hunting for something to send!
If you live locally, I'd love for you to be my guest at our February session on the 20th. We meet from 6:30 to about 8:30 p.m. in a lovely community room here in Watertown, and it's a very casual, work-at-your-own-pace kind of thing. Everything is supplied except basic adhesive, which I have there available to purchase if needed. Total cost is just $15 for the entire evening! Can't beat that!
Email me to RSVP, no later than February 15th. It's a lovely evening out and we always go home feeling so productive with our stack of 12 pretty cards ready to file in the box. You'd love it!
Hope to see an email from YOU, very soon.
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Join us for a short term scrapbooking class series featuring 16 double-page layouts over four monthly sessions! Imagine what a boost that will be to your albums. Create the pages exactly as designed or branch out and make them your own! Emphasis on the latest papers, tools and trends in papercrafting. You'll learn as you enjoy fellowship with friends and make lots of progress you can be proud of!
Local Class meets on the second Thursday night of the month from February through May from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. RSVP required by January 30th to participate. Online participants get everything the class members do. Please be aware I am not allowed to stamp images to send you; you will need to substitute in your own stamps and inks where necessary. Mailing charges will apply. Please contact me for details.
4x4 Scrapbooking Classes
Fee: $20 per person OR free with any $40 order, per class (four class commitment required)
Dates: February 9, March 9, April 13, and May 11, 2017
Location: Watertown, WI OR online from the comfort of your home.
Bring along: adhesive, beverage with lid, something to place completed pages in.
RSVP no later than February 1st! [email protected]
*****FREE Sale-A-Bration reward item of your choice
when you register and pay in full/order in full for all 4 classes!*****
To see past projects along the lines of what we will be doing, see the 31 Pages in 31 Days and Scrapbooking Spreads categories on this site. Hope you can come and play with us and start making some progress on your albums once again! I love scrapbooking and can't wait to dive in to the new year. Let's do this!
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