Goodbye Gypsy Crafter

This is me and my friend Kim Porter, a fellow demonstrator in Hawiian Ink .

We are at a little going away dinner for her. She and her husband Paco and their two girls are moving to Pananma City with the military. Kim is an amzing crafter. Just in the short time I have known her I have learned so many cool techniques. But most of all I have found another wonderful friend. That is what I have to say I love the most about Stampin' Up! is that since I became a demonstrator I have met so many wonderful people and all though we may all be alittle crazy for the hours we spend doing what we love and fussing over the littlest of details, at heart of most every demonstrator you will find that their is an incredible heart and a sense of fellowship that I thank God for everyday that I am blessed to be a part of this group.

Below is our fearless leader Lisa Curcio and Alice Hancock the queen of WOW! who joined us that evening among others to help send Kim off with all the love and suport to know that we are behind her as she moves to Pananma City and begins her business there!

Lisa Curcio (our fearless leader) and Alice Hancock (The Queen of Wow!)

This is the scrap/ journal tin I embossed for Kim, with Baroque Motiff and The My Kind and Dear Wonderful Friend stamp from "All Holidays Stamp Set. The belly band is with Georgia Peach paper and embossed with silver on the middle with Dreams De Jour. The Big Scallop is from my new Siz die ran through the BIG SHOT, love that thing. I was very happy with the way this tin turned out every stamp on here is a combo of my favorites!


I made this one one half scrap tin and journal tin. What do you think?
Well ,although Kim may not be here physically at out group meetings, I know we will definately feel her spirit among us and miss her little hicups! Check out her blog at http://www.gypsycrafter.com/
Good luck Gypsy Crafter, you will be amazing where ever you go and
remember you can always come home!

A Creative Day for A Mother and Child

Ruthie's birhtday invitation and party favor box
Shelly and Ruthie

Stampin' Up! Girls busy at work!

My friend Shelly asked me to do a Stampin' Up! Birthday Party for her daughter Ruthie who will be turning nine this year. We will be having atleast 10 9 year old little girls and Mom would love to just enjoy being the hostess with the mostess and leave the party details up to Stampin' Up!

So today we got together and made Ruthie's invitations and party favor boxes. Girls, I want to tell you I have never met such an extremely talented, creative and well mannered young lady than Ruthie. She was an absolute pleasure and believe me when I say Ruthie made her own invitations! She was so quick with her parts of the projects Shelly and I could barley keep up!

Ruthie is a future Stampin' Up! Rising Star Demonstrator. She told me that she had a dream about Sandra Lee the night before. Some fellow is going to be extremely lucky one day. But, I know one mother who is incredibly blessed and Shelly knows it! Seeing the two of them work together and create their own invitations and favors made me remember why I do this, sharing what I love with others. Yesterday was a blessing and I am so grateful that I got to be the lucky demonstrator who gets to work with Ruthie on her party! Thanks, Ruthie and Shelly for a wonderful day! Here are a couple of photo's of the projects in action . You revitalized me and gave the inspiration I needed to finish prepartion for my upcoming craft fairs!

Birthday Card for Ruthie's Birthday

This is a birthday invitation that I made today for a Stampin' Up! birthday party I am doing for an adorable 9 year old girl Ruthie.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Old Olive base, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White,, Georgia Peach DP

Ink: Regal Rose, Old Olive, So Saffron. Pretty In Pink

Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes, Hugs and Wishes, It's A Party (picked up in dollar bin at Michael's)

Accessories: Big Scallop Siz XL die cut, Big Shot machine, cropadile, Pretty in Pink 1/4" grosgrain ribbon

This cute little box is just too cute for her party favors!

Brentwood Hills Craft Fair

Me at the Brent wood Hills Craft Fair Staturday November 8th!

Scrapbbok Tins, Journal Tins and Candy tins are all hot items this year!



This is my card spindle which I bought off a local craft store. It had three tiers to it and my husband took out the third tier and made a table topper for me with the other section. It is so wonderful to have such a handy supportive husband. The other hanging sections with the candy tins in it are racks that my friend Diana picked up at Jo'Anns in Temple Terrace for a couple of bucks when they were going out of business. I couldn't believe how good that worked out!What a space saver up and off the table.

Check out my little Christmas tree ( found it at Beall's for $12.99, it even has lights) with the Christmas ornaments on them! There's my table top card spindle.

Here is the gift box sets and all the stocking fillers!

Brentwood Hills Craft Fair

Hope you enjoyed the photos from the craft fair I went to yesterday!

Traffic was pretty slow compared to last year, but it was a great opportunity

for me to practice my set up for the next two larger craft fairs I have coming up this month!

All of these items are on sale right now in my craft store. Feel free to stop by and browse around.

I met some really great fellow crafters yesterday! Looking forward to seeing them again at other events! I have to say thanks to my friend Wendy, who without her help

none of this would be possible. Also, my good buddy Diana came and hung out with me too.

Diana is a wonderful friend to have you can always count on her. She will doing a craft fair in Temple Terrace next weekend. I will give you the details when I get them!

Punch Pal's on Acetate

I think this is my favorite Christmas card yet! It was inspired and totally cased except for the base color from my friend Sylvia Cuillo who gave it to me as a swap at our last group meeting!

I rushed home and made 20 of them in various colors for my craft fairs!!

I stamped on the acetate with White Stazon with the snowflakes from

The Winter Post and Snow Swirled stamp sets! On the outside of the card is white craft ink the Stazon is too light for that pop that your looking for on the outside!

Hope you like it! I sure did! Sylvia's swap was amazing!

Thanksgiving Faux Silk Card

We made this card this weekend at my crop class!

I used a retired stamp set, from the Country Living promotion a couple years back.

I love this set, I can't make myself get rid of it!

We learned this technique at our annual Hawaiian Ink group meeting last weekend!

We will be learning this technique at our Christmas card classes in December!!

I am making a few of these to sell at my craft fairs!

A Very Special Thank You!

I did The local Buckler Craft Fair back in August of this year. I met his girl who had that crazy look in her eye that I recognized immediately when she walked up to my booth. She had won a gift certificate from the craft fair for $20.00 and she could spend it anywhere she wanted to in the whole craft fair. She came walking up, with her eyes all lit up, they were sparkling like only a lady who knows the joy of stamping, crafting and scrap booking could! Yes, she had the look! I was very busy, but I new she would be back. She looked all around the fair and came back and spent her $20.00 with me and signed up for one of my Scrapbook DVD tin classes. She came to class and girlfriend was decked out in the latest designer scrappin gear! If we had been in a mall she would have been the "Coach Store" okay? MY other ladies, who were kinda of just getting their feet wet said, "this girl is SERIOUS about all this business." Well ladies, let me tell you this young lady has turned out to be an amazing stamper and crafter! She has been helping daily prepare all my projects for the upcoming event s that I have, plus she is of course now in training for becoming a demonstrator!(Remember, I told ya the look in the eye). I could have never been able to produce this much in this period of time without her. I am doing The Buckler Craft Fair Thanksgiving Weekend and have been able 2 add in 2 more craft fairs before that thanks to her help!! The girl has" mad skills" we like to say! She is getting ready to move and join her husband in Korea(he is in the military) and I am going to miss her so much!! But she is definitely going to be taking Stampin' UP! to Korea, that is if she can pass her color chart test before she goes!! LOL
Wendy, thank you for all your hard work and most of all for your friendship! That is what I love the most about SU is all the wonderful people I have met through my journey as a demonstrator.