Growth Chart Fun

Do you have little ones in your home?  Or, maybe you are a Grandma that has the Grandkids visiting on a regular basis?

Wouldn't it be fun to keep track of their growth using a very cute growth chart?  Stampin' Up! has a great special going on at the moment with the Decor Elements growth chart.  If you don't want the growth chart put on the wall, put it on a large piece of decorated plywood or something similar so you can take it with you when you move.

I know I'll be getting the growth chart.  Some of you may know that my husband and I have been hoping to adopt a newborn infant.  Today, August 27th, we received a phone call that there is a birthmother that would like to meet with us in person.  We are very excited about meeting her and lift her up in prayer.  The scary part - she is DUE on September 17, 2009!  YEP...  eek!  We haven't done a THING with the nursery and, to top it off, we are going to be out of town for a week returning on Sept. 11. 

But, in the meantime, I am starting to think about all the great decorating options offered by Stampin' Up! using the Decor Elements.

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My New Blog Design

Wow, I can't express in enough words how excited I am about my new blog design and layout. It is absolutely beautiful and the perfect expression of who I am! I want to give a shout out to the TWO wonderful ladies that helped put everything together.

Michelle Laycock of Laycock Designs designed all the beautiful graphics from the banner to the buttons and my end of post seperator. I couldn't ask for anything better. Michelle was awesome to work with and I would recommend her services to anyone interested in a banner to the whole shebang! When I had questions about using my watermark, Michelle called me back quickly and gave me a quick tutorial over the phone. Again, thank you Michelle for the beautiful blog design.

Heather Wright-Porto put the finishing touches in place by doing the background work on the blog side of things. I have to say she has been awesome to work with as well even with a new baby addition to the family. I didn't make it easy for Heather since I added the navigational bar to my banner but she pulled it together. Again, thank you Heather for doing the end work to pull my blog together.

Now, in celebration of my new blog, I'm going to be having a little giveaway - Some Blog Candy! Details will be posted in the next few days so keep watching for what you need to do to be entered into the drawing for some BLOG CANDY!

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A Christmas Medallion

I've already mentioned how much I love the Medallion Background stamp! It is just so versatile. While working on ideas to showcase just how versatile, I had the idea that a Christmas Medallion would be very beautiful.

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Christmas In August Stamp A Stack

Season's Greetings!

I'm so excited about tomorrow evenings Christmas In August Stamp-A-Stack! We will be making 14
(7 cards each of 2 different patterns). I've had a lot of fun getting ready for this event making several Christmas cards and trying to decide which design to go with for the evening.

The 2 cards that we will be making are:

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Hostess Workshop Benefits Promotion!

Hostess Promotion

Dates: September 1-November 30, 2009

Promotion Details:

We're excited to bring you this sweet deal for hostesses September through November:

• Host a workshop totaling $250 or more and choose any one item* from the 2009 Holiday Mini Catalog for only $10!
  *Offer excludes hostess sets and My Digital Studio.

After My Digital Studio is released, this offer will become even sweeter:

• Host a workshop of at least $400 and get My Digital Studio for 50 percent off the retail price (retail price: $79.95; promotional price: $39.97)!

We are thrilled to bring you this very exciting hostess promotion. I encourage you to contact me ASAP to schedule your workshop! My Workshop schedule fill up quickly!

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Medallion Magic

This is one of those stamp sets that comes along and the first reaction is WOW, I gotta have that! The Medallion is a background stamp in a circular shape which is a change from all the other Stampin' Up! background stamps. The stamp is absolutely beautiful with an elegant design.

Here is a sample of a card I created today using the medallion stamp. It is a Get Well card for my dad that just had shoulder surgery today.



Stamp Set: Medallion
Colors: Close To Cocoa; Chocolate Chip; Bashful Blue
Embellishments: Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon; Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon
Hardware: Hodgepodge Hardware Silver

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A Rockin! Card

Rock & Roll Birthday!

Here is a card that my upline, Jen Krieger, created for a class that she offered earlier this week. I love her classes because she is so talented. My favorite element from this card is the stenciled design done in silver which just makes this card pop!

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An August Christmas

Today I participated in another online Chat & Challenge. In preparation for my Christmas in August class, I decided to create a Christmas Card that I could basically use. Now, the card we make in the class will not be identical to this card but it will be similar based on the same layout.

I hope you enjoy!

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Growing Up! Promo

Stampin' Up! is offering a great promo when you purchase $35.00 in the "Growing Up" section of the Stampin' Up! Catalog and receive a free package of designer buttons. During the month of August, wouldn't it be fun to start thinking about those going back to school days and start preparing for teacher gifts and kid birthday parties?

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Growth Chart Limited Time Offer

This is a great limited time offer from Stampin' Up! especially if you have a young child. Children grow up so fast and wouldn't this be a fun idea for keeping track of how fast they do grow?

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