I've been missing in action for awhile, with no good reasons, just a BUNCH of excuses. I won't give list all of them as it would be boring, but I will tell you about my image woes. Just before Christmas my daughter told me my camera wouldn't work. I figured it needed batteries or the memory card was full, so I put the memory card in the card reader of my printer/scanner. I still don't know exactly what happened, it started to download pictures, stopped suddenly and my computer started acting wierd. So I did a shutdown and restart, but it wouldn't ... restart that is. I'm a geek, but I'm not a hardware geek, so I panicked and called the hardware genius from my work. I took the computer, sans printer, to work where it booted beautifully for Jeremy. Then I took it home, hooked the printer back up, and it wouldn't boot again. As soon as I unplugged the printer the computer booted. I still have no idea what's wrong with my camera, but it's spread to my printer/scanner, and now the only way for me to get images to upload is my phone. *sigh* It actually takes pretty decent pictures if I can hold still enough.
Enough about printers, scanners and cameras, though, on to the fun stuff. I meet with several wonderful ladies in Anacortes every month, they've all been enjoying seeing the Big Shot in action. These were the hostess gift and door prizes from our last get together. The flower on the post it note holder was cut using the Simple Flowers Embosslit. The bag toppers are made with Top Notes shapes, stamped with Very Thankful, this year's Ronald McDonald House Charities stamp set. I colored the stamp for the image on the left with InColor Markers, huffed and stamped. The image on the right was stamped with Staze-on and colored with markers. All three items were quick, and I think cute.
This is my favorite time of year for Stampin' Up, it's Sale-a-Bration! Hopefully you've received a Sale-a-Bration mini in the mail from me, if not here are the details: For every $50 you spend on Stampin' Up product in one order between now and March 31st you will receive one of four special limited edition stamps, or a stack of limited edition Designer Series Paper, or a beautiful punch. The stamp sets and Designer Paper will never be available again, the punch will be in the Idea Book and Catalog that comes out July 1st. There is no limit on the number of free items you can receive, so if you were to buy a Big Shot ($99.95) and a glue stick or other small item you would get 2 items. And, for the first time ever, Stampin' Up is allowing you to choose a regular catalog stamp set as your Sale-a-Bration freebie! The list is on the inside back page of the Sale-a-Bration mini, and there is sure to be something there you'll need.
Please contact me if you'd like to have a workshop in your home or place an order. If you can't come to (or host) a workshop, I'll pay the shipping on your Sale-a-Bration qualifying order to make up for you missing the party fun and make-n-takes. Happy stamping!
