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I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend!  Our Christmas was good.  Too much food, more than enough gifts and great fellowship with family and friends!  This is a goofy picture of my boys and I.  The second picture is my baby kitty Tasha by the tree.  She really enjoyed her little catnip toys.  🙂

Did Santa bring you everything on your list?  It was a practical gift year for me.  Lots of things for the kitchen that needed replacing.  🙂

Now it’s time to start thinking about cleaning up from Christmas and packing for our trip to the MN Homeland to see family.

I should probably also start thinking about getting ready for the new Occasions Catalog and SALE-A-BRATION!!  Woo Hoo!  I really wish I could have carved out more time to play with some of the new products from the publications.  Oh, well.  I’ll just have to do it when I return from the frigid Homeland.  Lucky for us it doesn’t look like the temperatures will be too low while we’re in town.

Are you ready for the new Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-bration?  Have you started making those wish lists?  You better get those lists made!  It all begins next week!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

What a fun day yesterday!  I learned how to make lefse!  For those of you who are not Scandinavian lefse is like a potato tortilla.  You spread butter on it and roll it up to eat.  Yum!  You can also sprinkle cinnamon sugar on it.

I’m pretty sure that I don’t have a drop of Scandinavian blood in me but growing up in Minnesota with all of those Scandinavian Lutherans I got to eat it and I love it!

Last year my friend Sallie brought me a few pieces after she made it with some gals from our church and this year she invited me to join her!  I was so excited!

Sallie is the fourth person from the left with the light colored hair.  She takes good care of me.  This morning she brought me a tin of Christmas cookies knowing that I haven’t begun my holiday baking yet!  Hey!  I have almost a week, right?!  🙂

Have a yummy day!  Take care and Happy Stamping (and holiday baking!)!

It’s Black Friday.  Are you shopping?  I refuse to set foot out of my house on Black Friday.  Shopping with gazillions of people just doesn’t sound like fun to me.  Of course I have no idea what to get anyone for Christmas yet so there’s no reason to go shopping.

Now, online shopping is a whole different story.  I can sit at my computer in my comfy clothes and shop away all day!  Speaking of….have you taken advantage of Stampin’ Up!’s Online Extravaganza?  There are some really sweet deals that you won’t want to miss!  The sale only goes through Monday so don’t miss out!

Don’t forget about Stitched From the Heart promotion going on too!  Stampin’ Up! has about 9 fabulous stamp sets on sale that coordinate perfectly with the new Stitched Shapes Framelits.  Now…you need to know that the framelits themselves were so popular that Stampin’ Up! ran out of them.  You can’t currently purchase the framelits but there are still a few days left to purchase the stamp sets that are on sale.

Get shopping!  Have a relaxing day and don’t miss out on these fabulous promotions!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

It’s that time of year!  It’s time for Stampin’ Up!’s Online Extravaganza!  It’s your chance to get some really great deals from Stampin’ Up!  You’re NOT going to want to miss it!  Check out all of the great deals here or go to my online store to see photos of the actual products and to place your order.

Some items are available only while supplies last so don’t miss out!  Also…you don’t want to miss out on the 24-hour sales.  The first 24-hour sale is TODAY!  Check out the fabulous items that are on sale TODAY ONLY!  The bundle of Enamel Shapes (one package of each) is only $27.95 (35% off!).  A bundle of Ombre Ink Pads (5 ink pads) is only $31.50 (30% off!).  The Embellished Ornaments Bundle in wood ($45.60) or clear ($39.20) are great deals at 20% off!  Last but not least you can get the Gift Bag Punch Board or the Gift Box Punch Board for only $14 each which is a savings of 30%!  Woo Hoo!

Guess what?  Not only can you save big during this sale but you can possibly get FREE stuff if you place your order on my Mystery Hostess Workshop!  Place your order in my online store and use Hostess Code XNUBBQ2Q at the bottom left of the “shopping bag” page.  All orders $50 or more will be in a drawing for hostess.  To be included in the Mystery Hostess drawing you must have your order placed by 12 pm on Sunday November 27th.  I will draw the hostess name by 8 pm on the 27th and will need to close out the workshop by 8 pm on the 28th.  That means that if your name is drawn as hostess you will need to get me the list of items you’d like by 8 pm on the 28th.  Start that wish list!  If your order is $150 or more you do not want to use the Hostess Code as you can be your own hostess and earn the rewards.  Contact me with any questions you may have.

Have fun shopping!  Don’t miss out on those 24-hour sales (the 21st and the 28th) or on those items that are available while supplies last.  Take care and Happy Stamping!

It was a busy and fun weekend.  Lots of visiting and site-seeing.  My cousin flew in this weekend to visit her daughter who lives here in Denver.  One of my sisters thought that sounded fun so she and her daughter flew in to visit me and we all hung out together.

I picked up my sister Lori and her daughter Allison from the airport late Friday afternoon.  We had a nice dinner before heading to a place called Upstairs Circus.  Have you ever been to those painting places where you paint the project and drink wine?  This is a similar concept except they have all sorts of craft projects you can make instead of just the painting.  It was really fun.  My sister made a beaded bracelet and my niece and I did string art projects where you hammer nails into a board in a pattern and then thread string around the nails to fill in the pattern.  (I’ll post a picture of my project tomorrow.)  I’d definitely go back again.  🙂

Saturday was a busy day.  We started at the Denver Botanic Gardens.  I’m going to admit that the middle of November isn’t exactly the best time to visit a garden but it’s been so warm there were still some flowers blooming.  It was a free day there and there was a craft fair going on so we did enjoy ourselves.  In the picture, starting at the left you have my sister Lori, myself, my cousin’s daughter Julie, my cousin Sally and my niece Allison.

After the gardens and craft fair we had a nice little lunch and then headed to the Denver Art Museum.  We had tickets to see the exhibit “Star Wars and the Power of Costume”.  The exhibit was fabulous….especially for those of us who love Star Wars and SciFi.  You used headphones while taking the tour so not only did you see the costumes, you heard the stories behind them.  It was quite interesting.

We spent a lovely afternoon on Sunday at a downtown winery doing a little wine tasting and just visiting.  Wild Women Winery.  We really enjoyed ourselves and the gals helping us were great.  That’s another thing I’d definitely do again.

It was a wonderful weekend getting a little culture and visiting together.  It’s great to have visitors.  Of course now I need to get ready for the two workshops I have this week and I hear that Thanksgiving is next week so I should definitely start thinking about that!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Not only are stitches a classic trend, they illustrate the quality, precision, and extra care taken when creating a piece. When you give a stitched gift it shows just how much you value that relationship. Starting November 1, you can purchase Stitched Shapes Framelits ahead of their official release in the 2017-2018 annual catalog! With Stitched Shapes Framelits you can make thoughtful paper stitches in seconds, turning any project into one that is stitched from the heart. And during the month of November, coordinating stamp sets are 25% off! But don’t worry…Stitched Shapes Framelits will still be available for purchase after November 30.

You can see the list of stamp sets on sale below or check them out here in my online store.  I can’t wait to order mine?  How about you?

*AC refers to the annual catalog; HC refers to the holiday catalog.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Thank You!  Thank You!  Thank You!  You…my friends, customers, blog followers, fellow demonstrators and supporters are THE BEST!

Because of all of you and your support of my business I’ve earned Stampin’ Up!’s  incentive trip to Phuket Thailand!  Woo Hoo!  I am SO excited!  The trip isn’t until next July but I’m really looking forward to it.  This is the first “big trip” that I’ve earned.  Stampin’ Up! used to have “Getaway” trips which were a little easier to earn.  I was able to go to San Diego and Newport Beach on those but this is the first time I’ve earned the major incentive trip.  Have I mentioned how excited I am?

Thank you again for all of your support!  You’re the best!

Hugs to all!

Cindy

Happy World Card Making Day!  Are you planning on making cards today?  I’m hoping to get a few cards made if I can fit it in with all of the cooking and cleaning I need to get done today.   Stampin’ Up! has some great card making products on sale to help us celebrate World Card Making Day but don’t miss out….the sale is only 5 days long.  Check out all of the great sale items below or view them here.

I have to tell you that I love the Designer Tin of Cards Project Kit!  I just made the 16 cards last week and they are great.  You get everything you need to make the cards except the stamp set and inks.  Fast Fuse is also a favorite of mine.  I had some problems working with it when it first came out but now I love it.  I’ll definitely be stocking up on that!

Don’t miss out on this sale!  Shop now!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday to Me!  🙂

I’m not shy about it.  It’s my birthday today and I love to celebrate!  As I mentioned in my last post I’m usually in Salt Lake City celebrating at Stampin’ Up!’s Convention but not this year.  🙁

At the SU event in April we were challenged to hold a new event each month for the next 6 months.  I chose to hold a bingo event!  I’ve heard of playing Stampin’ Up! Bingo before but wasn’t sure how it was done until I learned more from fellow demonstrators online.   One of them came up with the Flamingo Bingo theme and I knew I had to follow since I LOVE Flamingos!  And that’s how Cindy’s Flamingo Bingo Birthday Bash came to be!  #6monthstampingoals

We had a lot of fun!  We played six rounds of Bingo with prizes, had door prizes, welcome gifts, snacks, wine, cupcakes and of course made a couple of cards.  The fee for the evening covered all of the door prizes and snacks.

I found a website that made up a Bingo card with any words in it that I wanted.  It was great!  I used my favorite new SU products since it was my birthday party!  🙂

Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and of course loved winning prizes!  If I do it again I’ll have to change a few things.  I didn’t have a plan for if two people had Bingo at the same time.  I also hadn’t decided whether or not a person could win more than once.  This was a fun event.  Maybe I’ll have a Bingo Birthday Bash every year!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!