February 2009! WOW!! It has been a long time....

It seems time just flys by faster and faster. Work keeps me so busy, I don't get much time to stamp and make cards.

Here are just a few cards that I made a few months back, when I actually had a whole day to make cards.

This card is made with Stampin' Up! new In-Colors: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay.

But here are a few cards that I made when I visited with Angie. We were playing with our Big Shots...

The card below was made using the little leaves and many thanks sizzlits dies.

This card was done with the medallion background stamped in versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder and then sponged with different colors. I love this stamp. You can use this stamp for all kinds of things.

This card used the Top Note Bigz Dies.

Join the Sale-A-Bration!!

It's Sale-A-Bration time again at Stampin' Up!, and free product is what it's all about!

Every year Stampin' Up! gives customers, hostesses, and new demonstrators the opportunity to earn fantastic, FREE, limited-edition products they'll enjoy for years to come.

Here's how Sale-A-Bration works:

Customers: When you spend $50 on Stampin' Up! merchandise, you'll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward. There's no limit-for every $50 you spend, you can select another free Sale-A-Bration reward.

Hostesses: When you host a workshop of at least $300 (before tax and shipping), you'll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward in addition to all of the regular hostess benefits!

Recruits: During Sale-A-Bration, anyone who joins as a demonstrator can choose any stamp set-a value of up to $47.95-from our current Idea Book and Catalog. Plus, for a limited time, get 15% off the price of the Starter Kit!

The Sale-A-Bration promotion starts on February 1 and runs through March 31, so don't miss your chance to earn free products!

You can also view the

Sale-A-Bration brochure online.

Stampin' Up! Embellishment Share...

Would you like to receive the new Brads, Buttons, and Clips from the NEW Stampin' Up! catalog!?

I am organizing an Embellishments Share right now where you can rreceive a sampling of the items described below at a fraction of the cost of buying a full package of each new item! You can buy one package of each new item for approx. $117 plus tax and shipping, OR join this share and get one of everything shipped to you for only $18.00!

Your embellishment share will include these 54 pieces:
3 Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Buttons, pg. 176
3 Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons, pg. 176
3 Kraft Corduroy Buttons, pg. 176
3 Pacific Point Corduroy Buttons, pg. 176
3 Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Buttons, pg. 176
3 Summer Sun Corduroy Buttons, pg. 176

3 Clear Buttons, pg. 176

3 - 1/2" Library Clips (one Chocolate Chip, one Old Olive, one Whisper White, pg. 176
3 - Fleurettes - one of each style of flower, pg. 177
10 Jumbo 5/16" Brads (one Chocolate Chip, one Very Vanilla, one Whisper White, one Silver), pg. 174
4 Jumbo 5/8" Brads (one Chocolate Chip, one Very Vanilla, one Whisper White, one Silver)
9 Clear Rhinestone Brads, pg. 174
4 Flower Assortment brads (one Pumpkin Pie, one Pretty in Pink, one So Saffron, one Chocolate Chip), pg. 175

This share includes the 54 pieces described above, and they can be seen on pgs. 174, 175, 176 and 177 of the NEW 2009 Spring-Summer Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog.

This offer is for customers within the United States. If you are interested in joining my Embellishment Share, please e-mail me at stampinupinaz@gmail.com with your name, shipping address, e-mail address, and the quantity of shares you wish to purchase. Once I receive eight shares, I will send you a Paypal invoice for easy payment. If you need your share shipped there will be an additional shipping charge of $5.00.

As a bonus, there will be 2 SAB items up for grabs! Each share will receive a chance in a drawing for one of two SAB items available!!

Group #1 Embellishment

1. Candy Heathman

2. April Hardy

3. Cassie Joos

4. Angie Ruiz

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Stampin' Up! Designer Paper Share...

The NEW Stampin' Up! Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog is here! Don't you wish you could order one of everything?! I do! That's why I'm offering this Stampin' Up! Designer Paper Share - the PERFECT way for you to get a 6 x 6 sample of every single pattern of designer paper from every single pack as shown above and in the new 2009 Spring/Summer Idea Book & Catalog. You can view the catalog online HERE, or contact me for your hard copy today ... cheathman@yahoo.com.

By participating in this Designer Paper Share, you will receive 96 - 6 x 6 sheets of double-sided designer series paper AND 24 - 6 x 6 sheets of double-sided textured designer series paper (120 sheets total) for only $28!! If you were to purchase each pack of designer paper separately, you would spend over $207 + tax + shipping & handling. This is a great opportunity to get a sampling of each pattern in the new catalog in a very cost effective way! A group of 8 will share each pack of Designer Series Paper and once a group is filled I'll order the designer paper and prepare it for shipping or delivery.

This offer is for customers within the United States. If you are interested in joining my Designer Paper Share, please me at cheathman@yahoo.com with your name, shipping address, e-mail address, and the quantity of shares you wish to purchase. If you need your share shipped there will be an additional shipping charge of $5.00. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity! As a bonus, there will be 4 SAB items up for grabs! Each share will have a chance at one of the SAB items.

Group #1 Designer Paper

1. Candy Heathman

2. April Hardy

3. Cassie Joos

4. Angie Ruiz

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Read all about my Embellishment Share too!

WOW!! Some more new cards...Had to case a few cards to get me started.

This was a productive Friday...Got to have the house all to my self and took the day off work to PLAY!!

The next two cards are made with the Priceless stamp set and the aida cloth background stamp.

Wish you could see the bling on the card...

The next 4 cards are done with the Eastern Bloom stamp sets. One of my favorite sets right now. Can you tell?

Our last Club Meeting in November...

Here are the three cards that we did during our last club meeting at April's.

This is made with the Eastern Blooms set using basic grey, and riding hood red cardstock. Classic inks used were riding hood red, kiwi kiss, basic gray, and baja breeze. Also did some paper piercing.

The next set was the Cardinal Christmas. I did the faux stained glass technique by stampin on vellum cardstock and embossing clear powder over the chocolate chip craft ink. Then used markers to color the back side of the vellum.

This is one of the images from the A Flower for All Seasons set. I thought these were really cute images.

Halloween with Julian

Julian turned 4 months old on the 24th of October and celebrated his first Halloween. I picked out his "first" costume which was the traditional pumpkin and then when I made another trip to a Target in Tucson, I found another costume I just could not resist!!

He wore the pumpkin the day before at a school funtion, Halloween Fun Night at the local elementary school. I don't have a picture to post of him with a smiling.

I have some more pics in his next costume that he actually wore on Halloween and it barely fit him!! Only 4 months old and already 17-1/2 pounds!!