The Day My Life Changed forever!

versary+SU+2010.jpg"> Althought, this is ONLY my fourth annivesary with Stampin' Up!

It has changed my lives in ways I could not have imagined!

I have worked for some Huge powerful Real Estate companies in Corporate America for 20 yrs and Stampin' Up! has given me the most out of life in these 4 short years.

They have taught me integrity, customer service and the freedom of having your own business and the relationships that I have built thrught my adventures with teaching papercrafting, stamping and scrapbooking have changed my life.

I got to particpate in a wonderful fundrasier this past weekend for

"Making Strides Against Breast Cancer"
and it was an amazing turnout. Over 50 woman cropping for the cause .

I was very happy to have been apart of this event and to represent Stampin' Up! and all it stands for as a company and for all they do for their demonstrators!!

More Gifts!! I am a Lucky Girl!!

Serenity Stamper team member Lynn Boyle made this little diddy for me.

Below you can see on the inside it has post it notes and a pen. She knows how I need to TRY to stay organized so this was a great gift!! Thanks Lynn!

Below are the rest of the box challenges I received from the challenge I posted.

Lynn Boyle sent LeJarden DSP along with the level one Hostess set stamp from Punch Popurri
and the Boho Punch punched out thise cute little flowers. Sentiment is from "all MY Heart" stamp set and the oval scallop. I see pearls and rhiestones too! Gotta love the BLING!

This one is Deb Brown's version keeping in with Halloween theme. I love the little bats!!

Stamp Set is Holiday Best with the scallop oval punch. too cuteI love Halloween!
I love the little pumkins on the paper, she loves pumkins too! Look at the cute googly eyes on her bats, love it!

This one is from Sandra Heck , she is my bling Queen. She loves shiny embellishments.

I love the Spooky sentiment.

Wow! all those classes and Basics classes have paid off aaay' ladies.

What a great job and this was so much fun to go to the mailbox and receive these.

I know your friends and family must be loving everything you are making in class and sending to them. This is why I love what I do and share what I love!

Thank you for rising to the challenge ladies!

These are all remarkable from remarkable stampers!!

RAK from my Hometown Girl!

Look at this beautiful collection of amazing gifts from my wonderful friend Linda Clendening, a Supervisor in my Serenity Stampers downline. I received this in the mail and was so shocked and it made me feel so good!! Somebody loves me!!

Ladies, this feeling is why we do papercrafting! I love the way I felt when i opened this and so will all your friends and family that you send handmade gifts too!

Thank you so much Linda,I love it all!

This card is very elegant, clean and crisp. that is hy I love SU's products they all match, and give a clean crisp look. Inks, Cardstock and embellismnets match!

Stamp Set: Because I Care( Level one Hostess Set)

Big Shot: Vinatage Wallpaper Emboss Folder

Ribbon; Concord Crush Poly Twill

Inks: Concord Crush, Old Olive markers

CS: Concord Crush and Whisper white

This is My favorite a little frame stamped with "Inspired by Nature"stamp set.

Use your markers to ink up the stamp in the different colors.

I will treasure this and keep in my shop so when it is a 100 degrees I will remember why I am doing what I am doing! You can get these little frames at the "T" in town. Around the $$ bin, but they come in a set of three for $2.50. perfect for gifts for co-workers, teachers, friends, heck anyone!!

I sent out a challenge to my down line & customers to make a box using a pattern from Angie Juda's
blog. I asked that they send it to me in the mail. Linda was the first of my DL to mail me her box and check out the goodies inside! She used all current SU products Garden Gala DSP, Pear Pizazz and peach parafit ribbon. I love the scallop square sentiment.

The one with the "W" on it is a corner book mark which I love Love love!!

and then of course wrapped chocolate with a sweet friendship sentiment!

Ladies: Today is the day- no more excuses, take time for your self to relax come stamp with us and show the love ones in your life how much you care. See how rewarding it is to make something so simple that will make someone so happy!

Holiday Extravaganza Series (cont'd)

This is the third project of our Holiday class for the month of August.

DSP: Holly Jolly,-CS: Real Red, Vanilla

Stamps: Delightful Decorations

Accy's:

Glass Glitter on sticky strip along edge of DSP, Real Red polka dot ribbon (retired)

Punches: Holiday Bulb Punch

Big Shot: Snowflake embossing folder

closer view- love the NEW glass glitter debuting in the Holiday Mini!

Fancy Favor Box cut with Big shot in Black, DSP Wickedly Fun specialty,
Sweet Center stamp set with sweet treat cups,
(a few black and purple M&M"S for decorations only! ( the real treats go in the bag) using the 1 3/4 inch circle punch to pop out the middle, Pop out a big circle NEW 2 1/2 inch circle punch coming in the NEW (HMC)adhere to the back with glue dots to hold the candies inside the treat cup.


Leslie Sharpe one of my Serenity Stamper down line members enjoying her stamping time with the group. We are excited we have an event coming up over the next few month's called French Market every Saturday on Beach Street here In Good Ole Daytona Beach , Florida
Come visit & mention this blog and receive a free gift
You have heard of Doctors without Borders?
These are Nurses Without Borders when it comes to stamping and paper crafting they are absolutely addicted! I love to see my customers passion for their craft in their eyes. These two definitely have the Cajun Craze!!
I so humbled by their creativity and desire to learn and they are so sweet to me and appreciative and always thank me for an enjoyable class.
You ladies are all the BOMB!!

Holiday Sneak Peak-Grateful Greetings!!

I really love the way this card turned out! I played with it over and over and just could not get the sentiment layout I wanted. Then I remembered a Sizzix die cut I had from last season full of pumpkins and BOOM that was it. I am starting my Holiday Series of classes to be held the 2nd saturday of each month for my local customers. These will also be my monthly card kits for online ordering. Supplies:
Stamp Set: Days of Gratitude (HMC) avl Sept 1
Wheel: Fall havest (Pg.29 IB&C
CS: Pear Pizazz, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Expresso,Old Olive( for leaves from bird punch)Autumn DSP(Holiday Mini Catty available September 1st)
Punches: Photo Corner Punch
Big Shot: Pumpkins Die Cut, Butterfly embosslit
Ink: Chocolate Chip Craft, with Clear EP, embossing buddy
Acessories: Dimensionals, dotto,



Below is the inside view sentiment stamped from Sentimental Sayings in the NEW Holiday Mini Catty in Vanilla Craft embossed in clear EP with two pumpkins in More Mustard & Cajun Craze

Holly Jolly Tri-Shutter Scrap Card

This one of the Holiday Tri-Shutter Cards we will be making in our Holiday Series

DSP: Holly Jolly-Ink: Silver embossing, Really Red, Old Olive

Stamps: Winter Post-Delightful Decorations-Many Merry Messages-Perfect Punches

I like this card for Christmas bcause there is plenty of room for mutliple pictures on each of those panels. So if you like to send a Picture Christmas card this one can send alot of pictures!

Join us for our Holiday Series of classes on the 2nd Saturday of each month from now until December! We will be making all your Holiday 3-D gifts, cards and alterable items!

Let me know what you think?

Goin" Croppin For the Cause"

Save the Date & Sign up NOW!!

Join Us

Whitney's Stampin' Studio

will be a guest designer at the

for the Crop for the Cause

"Making Strides Against Breast Cancer"

Annual Scrappin' & Stampin Weekend Crop

Sunshine Mall in South Daytona Beach

August 27th-29th

Friday, Saturday & Sunday

8am-midnight(Friday & Saturday)

Sunday 8am-2pm

Come for one day or the whole weekend!

One day $15.00

Two Days $25.00

Three Days $30.00

*All proceeds go to the Cause

Reserve you very own 6-8ft table to craft the weekend away. My crew will have make and takes around the clock along with raffles, doorprizes and technique demos.

If you haven't seen the NEW Stampin' Up! catalog and the Holiday Mini catalog you are in for a REAL treat. SU has really swung into a very diverse product line that will tempt every kind of crafter. The quilter, the sewer, scrapbooking, home decor, jewerly, and of course STAMPING!!

See our Exclusive line of Brand New Holiday stamps sets and AWESOME scrapping materials and embellishments at my booth.

Ask yourself one question?

Why do you work so hard? Isn't it time for a little you time?

Come have joint therapy with us and stamp & scrap your cares away and help us raise money for this awesome Cause

Contact me at whitneyrichardon1969@gmail.com to reserve a seat!!

Hurry limited availability!!

Hope to see you there!

HUGE Thanks to Blogs by Heather

I would like to give a HUGE thank you to Heather Wright-Porto the guru of Blogger at www.blogsbyheather.com

Last week I opened up my blog to post and all the words had just disappeared off my blog! I had abslolutley no idea where to begin...and once before when my edit HTML button had got clicked and all the gibberish was just showing up, but all it took was a quick click from Heather to put me back on compose and I was up and going again. I receive Heather's newsletter every month chalk full of all the helpful hints that she gives on how to blog on Blogger and Word Press. So this month in a panic again of course I emailed her at 5:30 am and by 10am she had fixed my problem and gave my blog alittle overhaul and cleaned up some things I just did not have the knowledge to do. This is a humbling experience, a fellow SU demo and blogger guru who does not know me from Adam took her valuable time to help not ONCE but TWICE!! Asking nothing in return. I asked how much I owed her each time with no response to that question. So I thought the greatest gift I can give her is sharing my story and telling all of you how wonderful she is and you have seen her work all over blog land she creates and maintains alot of these beautiful blogs we love. Heather just recently was published, not an article or a card but a BOOK! It is a book about how to use BLogger.

Go visit her website at www.blogsbyheather.com and I strongly suggest purchasing the book and it will save you time and alot of frustration by learning how to help yourself fix the kind of problems. It is ONLY $17.95. But she has a wide array of services that can increase your business and help you move forward in your blogging endeavors.

Again a HUGE thank you to Heather!

Whitney

Mini Scrap Flag Card & Love Letters

Remember When.......wow this is the most perfect sentiment for me at this time in my life. when you turn 40ish you start reflecting on how you have spent the time in your life up to now. Then you look up and see one kid is getting ready to turn 18 the other is 9.

This stamp set WORD PLAY, really you can tell an entire story with it.

This is my keyword challenge for the week.

any one who can post a comment telling a story using the stamps in WORD PLAY stamp set
will be entered into a drawing and the best story receive BLOG CANDY! I will choose the winner on August 7th and post the winner!
Below is the inside of the card.

Love Letter DSP
This a version of the Mini flag card we did back at Mother's Day . So I tweaked it and turned it into a Mini Flag Scrap Card. I found this awesome picture I couldn't believe the colors in our shirts were the exact right color and the sizing of the picture was perfect. So I had to figure out how to make this into an oval. So I drew pencils marks around the outside of the encompassed area I wanted inside the oval die cut( the large oval) kept the picture face up and put it on the oval die positioning it just so I would get as much of the main focal point of the picture in their as I could. I think I did pretty good. I just nipped a tad of my DH's(Darling Husband talk in Blog land) head. But overall I am thrilled with this card.
Sentiments:

If you love life it will love you back- Cottage Garden

Life is a matter of Moments- Elements of Style(MHIYS)
Together- from the Summer Mini can' think of the name of the setof 4.

On the left0 Occasional Quotes- Love sentiment

I actually gave it to my husband to get a masculine reaction and I could tell he was really touched right before I repossed it out of his hot little hands. LOL
I absolutely had to add this card to my stamp camp and I though wow we will really run behind w e have so much to do but no matter what I throw at

"MY MOST AWESOME SERENITY STAMPERS THEY ALWAYS MEET THE CHALLENGE"

I am so humbled by the creativity of my group and I would love to here your comments on this post! Comments really make all the hard work of posting worth while!

Deb Brown and Sandra are relaxing making their cards washing away the weeks stress!

Sandra brought in her card for the challenge I sent out. We made these Movers and shakers oval magnet cards last week at class. I challenges everyone to go home and make their own version of the card and she did awesome even using a different magnet, the heart.
Great job, Sandra! It looks very elegant!

Her little heart floating up are from the 3 heart punch and the sentiment is from the NEW set "Just Believe"