Is it stamping time yet?

*From 2010 Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue

**Retiring stamp sets!

SU have special deals each week for the month of June. They will be announced at the beginning of each week and are only available for one week. NOW FINISHED Sorry.

I have not had a lot of time to play lately and most of my recent cards I have had to send out for birthdays or swaps and have not photographed them beforehand. This one has not gone yet. It is made from the Manhattan Flower embossing folder and some pretty in pink textured card. I really love the simplicity of this. The textured card adds some interest. I found a whole pack of soft subtles textured card that I had purchased and put away somewhere safe. It is amazing the things I am rediscovering as I slowly go through my house to sort and cull before packing.

Another card I made with friends was to run whisper white thru with the embossing folder, turn the embossed image over and brayer on the back. This gives you coloured flowers with white lines. It was very effective but I have posted the card I made - sorry.

SU have just announced a Color Renovation. This is such a big change that I have put the details on a separate page. Click the tab above to view the new and retiring colors.

I saw this clip on Julie Buhler’s blog and thought this says everything about easter that I want to say. This is a song that we often sing at church. I haven’t been able to get to church for the last 2 weeks as my knee is so bad it is difficult to get around. I can listen to the sermons online but really miss the music and fellowship - especially when my hubby is playing;)

I hope you all have a safe and happy easter and remember the real message, the salvation that Jesus’ sacrifice bought for us, all the year.

Blessings, Karen

I am very excited about the new mini catalogue. My favourite thing is the new extra large 2 step bird punch. It punches the bird, it’s wing and a branch all in one go and it is sooo cute and easy and quick.

It also can be used to make tulips and little buds - not an original idea but I forget where I saw it first. I have punched the wing out to make the tulip petals an cut the leaves from the top and stuck them lower down on the branch. The pot is just the wide oval punch with the sides cut off. I stamped the pot with the ‘En Francais’ background stamp just for interest and then I went mad with the crystal effects on the pot and the flowers. I hope you like them.

I have seen many posts from people stating that they are ‘bad bloggers’. Considering how long it has been since I last update my blog, I guess I would fit this category too! BUT as I started this blog for myself, as long as I am happy I don’t really care. I will try to be a little more frequent - especially as if I leave it too long I forget stuff! I wish I wasn’t getting so old so quickly!

Stampin Up’ have just announced a fund raising promotion to help the people in Haiti. From now until February 28, SU will donate $2 from the sale of every I {heart} Hearts stamp set to the Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund. The Red Cross is already well-established in Haiti, and this money will be used to provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need.

As with other fund raising promotions in the past, I, along with many other demonstrators, will be offering this set at cost to make it easier for you to help. This brings the cost of this set down to $41.10 posted directly to you or less if you pick it up from me.  If you would like to help in this way, please contact your Stampin’Up demonstrator.

I always find it difficult to make cards for sad or very hard situations but I really wanted to let this person know I was praying for her and not just saying the polite things when I see her. As I made this I couldn’t help think about  how blessed I am and how thankful I should always be.

…to everyone. I am determined that this year will be much better than the last one. This year brings many changes for both myself and my family and I am looking forward to most of them.

I was considering resigning from Stampin’ Up but have been tempted too much by some of the products we hope to be getting this year. One set I could not resist from the Summer Mini is Butterfly Prints and the matching punch of course. It makes lovely cards really quickly. I do love the coordinating punches that SU have to go with their stamp sets.

I hope to post more regularly now that I have a working computer again and have no excuse once all my boys go back to school in February - so please hassle me if I don’t!