Hostesses

OMG it's a Great time to Host a workshop, call me today to book a show:

Dates
November 1-December 15, 2011

Details
Hostesses will receive an additional $35 in free Stampin' Up! products when they hold a workshop totaling $350 or more (excluding tax and shipping)! This is in addition to all the other benefits you already get as a Stampin' Up! hostess.

If your hostess' workshop sales total is	Your hostess earns hostess dollars		It's Good to Be the Hostess	Total Free Stampin' Up! Merchandise	Plus, hostesses earn full-priced items at 50% off
$350	$50	+	$35	$85	---
$400	$65	+	$35	$100	1 item
$500	$80	+	$35	$115	2 items
$750	$120	+	$35	$155	3 items

Things to Remember

• Only customer, hostess, and workshop order types qualify for this promotion. Online orders do not qualify.
• Orders must be $350 or more to qualify.
• Orders larger than $350 are not eligible for additional hostess free merchandise dollars. For example, a $700 workshop does not receive $70 in additional dollars. All orders over $350 always receive $35 in additional free hostess dollars.
• Hostesses may use their additional $35 in free merchandise on any catalog/mini catalog products.
  
  
  Have a Wonder Full Day, Candice :-)

Queen for a Day

This was a fun easy and a quick card to make.  I made this one about a month ago at one of my home shows.  This Set is a really fun one to play with.  I know this post is short and sweet but I am off to go feed my kids, Eric is out of town and well I am a short order cook.  :-)

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Basic Black, and Sahara Sand  Stamp Set: Artistic Etchings  Ink: VersaMark, Basic Black and Crumb Cake  Accessories and Tools:  5-Petal Punch, Button, and Hemp  Adhesive: Dimensionals and Mono.

Have A Wonderful Day, Candice *Ü*

Halloween Invite

So this is my Halloween Party Invitation and I thought I would share it with you.  I am kinda keeping it a bit simple this year because it falls on Monday.  I am having about 7 families over for a Pot Luck and then the kids will go Trick or Treat in the neighborhood.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopping in.

 

Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

Trash to Treasure

Okay guys this piece was on its way to the dump.  My neighbor was getting rid of it and I thought that I could do something nice with it.  I got rid of the drawers because they would have been to much work they didn't go in straight and when you pulled them out well lets just say I put them to rest.  My husband will be putting in shelves and I will be putting baskets there in place of the drawers.  Oh and it will be going into my workshop.  The women in the photo's she is my mother-in-law and she really helped me with this project. :-)

The top of this piece did have some water damage so we pulled it off and that was not as easy as I thought it was going to be we had to use some small nails in that are to hold it down.  Anyway when I get finished with it you wont even see the top of it.  I am (was) in search of a nice piece of marble and my girlfriend Nicole they re-did her fire place and she kept it and she is giving it to me.  I will have to get it cut down but I think it will really finish it off.

primed and ready to go

So here is the color that I went with I just love it, wait till you see what I did with the inside.

When I get the marble and the baskets I promise I will show a finished product.  Don't you just love this color???  Thanks for stopping in.

Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

The Haunted Door - Monster Mash Week 11

Do you want to Play along with the Monster Mash Blog Hop.?

Here are the rules:

1. It has to be Halloween, card or 3D item.
2. It does not have to be 100% SU 80% is ok.
3. Yes using Retired is OK...
4. Use this Monster Mash Badge/Graphic in your
    post and a link back to Shirley Pumpkin's blog:
    http://lookatmycutestuff.blogspot.com/
5. Add your card to the blog hop then put the code
    on your post.
6. You can enter as many times as you like, but each
    entry has to be a new card and a new post.
 

The Blog Hop is every Monday for 12 weeks. Shirley will be picking a favorite every week and then out of the 12 picking a Grand Prize winner. The Prize is $25.00 in new cool stuff from the new Holiday Mini. The winner will be announced on Halloween.

I am also going to enter this one over at Stampin Royalty.  This weeks Challenge is:

Spooky/Creepy/Halloween!

Enter if you dare!!!

This is the piece behind the glimmer brads, you can really do so much with this punch

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Basic Black, Confetti, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade, and Vellum  Stamp Set: Pick Your Poison  Ink: Basic Gray  Accessories and Tools:  Decorative Label Punch, Bat Punch (clearance rack), Jewels, Texture Plate, and Glimmer Brads  Adhesive: Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

Message Center

This cute little number was made for my daughter.  I found this great little board at Wal*Mart for $8 way back during the Summer, GOOD news I have seen them there recently, so you can still get yours to make one.  Sloane picked out her DSP and colors that she wanted on her Message Center, and I think it really did turn out pretty cool, I hope she will love it.

Pretty Flower Magnets, Kim over at Stampin' by the Sea gave a great little tutorial/video on how to make these flowers into book markers you can check it out here,  and her new best friend well it may be mine to I have been using it a bunch lately, go check it out.

Faux Quilted Ribbon board, (not sure if that's the correct name).

I had to cut down the brads they were a bit to long.

Dry erase board area

Cork Board area, along with 4 button pins

Scallop pocket note area, again I just love the scallop envelope

THE WHOLE SHEBANG!!!
hope you like it.
I now have 3 girls wanting a class on this,
so watch my events for an up coming class  :-)

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie and Tempting Turquoise  DSP: Island Oasis (retired)  Accessories and Tools:  Fun Flowers Bigz L Die, Flower Brads, Grosgrain Ribbon, Designer Buttons, Hemp, and Scallop Envelope Bigz Die

Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

Cupcake

Man oh man looks like it is going to rain all day today.  Well I guess I will get a bunch of stuff done around the house (in need of some attention).  This simple little card was quick and easy.  The circle behind the cupcake should have really been another color so that you could see the cherry, 'Yeah' I know it is kinda hard to see. 

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Poppy Parade and Pumpkin Pie  DSP: Greenhouse Gala  Stamp Set: Word Play  Ink: Baja Breeze  Accessories and Tools:  Scallop Punch, Circle Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Cupcake Builder Punch, and Crimper  Adhesive: Dimensionals and Mono.

Have A Wonderful Day, Candice *Ü*

Gratitude

So the Monster Mash Blog Hop that I played along with last week (week 9), well my project was picked as the winner of the week, YEAH "me jumping up and down for joy".  First time that I have played along in something and my project has been picked as a winner!!!  Thanks for letting me play last week.  I also submitted a project for week 10, what a fun little Blog Hop.

Well onto this little project, this was one of the cards that was made at my last in home show on Friday, thanks Molly for hosting the show.  I think out of the three cards that we made this one was my favorite, ya know why??? well it put me in the mood for pumpkin pie.  So, YES I am making a pie today and can't wait to have a slice.  I just love the smell and it will certainly put me in my happy place.  Thanks for stopping in.

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Always Artichoke, and Confetti  Stamp Set: Day of Gratitude and French Foliage  Ink: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, and Always Artichoke  Accessories and Tools:  Decorative Label Punch, Scallop Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Gold Embossing Powder, Vanilla Seam Binding, and Hemp Twine  Adhesive: Dimensionals and Mono.

Have A Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

Monster Mash Blog Hop Week 10 & Eyeballs See All

This cute little thing was made at my Halloween Workshop.  The girls made these covered pens using Sculpey- polymer clay.  We also dressed up the test tube a bit with a label and glitter.  Today is also Monday and it's Monster Mash Blog Hop week 10.   

 

 

Here are the rules:
1. It has to be Halloween, card or 3D item.
2. It does not have to be 100% SU 80% is ok.
3. Yes using Retired is OK...
4. Use Shirley’s Monster Mash Badge/Graphic (posted below) in your post and a link back to her blog copy this URL:  http://www.lookatmycutestuff.blogspot.com/
5. Add your card to the blog hop then see instructions for putting the code on your post.
6. You can enter as many times as you like, it just has to be a new card and post. The Blog Hop is every Monday for 12 weeks. Shirley picks a favourite every week for 12 weeks and then out of the 12 picks a Grand Prize winner. The Prize is $25.00 in new cool stuff from the new Holiday Mini, and the lucky winner will be announced on Halloween.




Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Vanilla  Stamp Set: Wicked Cool and Pick your Poison  Ink: Basic Black and Basic Gray  Accessories and Tools:  Decorative Label Punch, Bat Punch (clearance rack), Silver Glass Glitter, Black Grosgrain Ribbon, and Hemp Twine  Adhesive: Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

 The Eyeballs see ALL!!!

My Halloween Wreath for my Garage Door

 Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

CASE - Happy Holidays

Okay so I saw this card done by Robin Merriman and thought how beautiful, so of course I cased it for my last in home workshop.  I made some changes like color and embellishments.  Well anyway I am off trying to get thing ready for my Halloween Workshop tomorrow morning and a workshop in the evening so Thanks for stopping by.  I will post some of the Halloween Projects Tomorrow.

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, and Vanilla  Stamp Set: Christmas Lodge  Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive  Accessories and Tools: Glass Glitter, Baker's Twine, Circle Punches, and Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder  Adhesive: Sticky Strip, Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Have A Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

Give Thanks

This simple simple card was made at my last In Home Workshop.  I love how it turned out with the flower (Boho Blossoms) and Lace Ribbon Border.  Using water is best for these pretty flowers.  Just give the pieces a lite spritz and then just crinkle them up, and then very gently un-crinkle them, layer and pierce them to put the brad through.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

A close up of the pretty flower.

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Vanilla  Stamp Set: Hand-Penned Holidays  Ink:  Basic Black  Accessories: Hemp Twine, Boho Blossoms Punch, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, and Metallic Brad  Adhesive: Mono, and Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

Treat Holder - Week 9 Monster Mash Blog Hop

Okay so our Key West trip was just AWESOME except for the bad sunburn on my back (I didn't reapply the sunscreen).  My husband and mother-in-law just left for the airport and the kids and I are just hanging out today :-)  It is always nice having her here but it is also nice just being us.  So here is a little treat holder that I made, I love this cute little Scallop Envelope.  Well anyway thanks for stopping in.

So I saw this and I am going to give it a try and play along for the next 3 Mondays. 


Here are the rules:
1. It has to be Halloween, card or 3D item.
2. It does not have to be 100% SU 80% is ok.
3. Yes using Retired is OK...
4. Use this Monster Mash Badge/Graphic in your
    post and a link back to Shirley Pumpkin's blog:
    http://lookatmycutestuff.blogspot.com/
5. Add your card to the blog hop then put the code
    on your post.
6. You can enter as many times as you like, but each
    entry has to be a new card and a new post.

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie and White  Designer Series Paper: Pick Your Poison  Stamp Set: Wicked Cool  Ink: Basic Black and Basic Gray  Accessories and Tools:  Bat Punch (clearence  Rack), Scallop Envelope Die, Basic Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Circle Punches, and Hemp Twine  Adhesive: Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue

 Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

Pick your Poison

So I was surfing this morning while having my yummy cup of coffee, as I do every morning, I stopped by one of my friends blogs.  I  saw that she had joined in on this cute and easy sketch/color challenge...

and well since I seem to be stamping more I decided to put this card together.  I usually do not do color challenges, they just seem harder for me to do, don't know why????  So well anyway here is what I came up with using the sketch.  Thanks for stopping in.

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Cajun Craze and Confetti White  Designer Series Paper: Paper Stacks and Pick Your Poison  Stamp Set: Pick Your Poison  Ink: Basic Black and Cajun Craze  Accessories and Tools:  Sanding Block and the Simply Scored Scoring Tool  Adhesive: Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue

 Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

Miss You

I just love these new Embossing Folder Designer Frames, it can just give you that little pop that you need to make something stand out even more I have seen some really cute cards made with these folders.  At my last in home workshop I put it to work and the girls made this card.

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Island Indigo and White  Stamp Set: Have a Seat and Tiny Tags  Ink:  Island Indigo  Accessories: Designer Frames Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, and Jewelry Tag Punch  Adhesive: Dimensionals

Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

Extreme Elements

Oh I am trying to get all my ducks in a row before we leave for Key West next week.  My mother-in-law is coming into town to watch the kids, can't wait to get back in the sun.  I have three workshops back to back right after this trip so I am trying to get those things done now, sometimes it just seems that I work better under a time restraint.

Well anyway I had a hostess workshop on Friday and it went really well, thanks Tara for hosting and I just love your new home.  We made three cards two birthday and one Christmas.  Two of the cards were very simple and easy to make, the 3rd card  was that folded card I showed you last week.  So thanks for stopping in.

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, and Confetti White  Stamp Set: Extreme Elements and Upsy Daisy  Ink: Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Kraft, and  Night of Navy  Accessories: Crimper  Adhesive: Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

A Spooktacular Workshop

  Friday October 14^th 9:30am

or

Saturday October 15^th 9:30am

All Supplies will be provided

Here is a list of just some of the cool stuff

that will be provided for you to finish

6 Spooktacular projects:

7x7 Storage Container

Test Tube & Pen

Sculpey – Polymer Clay

Kraft Gift Box & Crow

3 Pack of Hand Sanitizer

and much much more

Twenty-Five dollars per person

Pre-Registration Required Only Eight spots available

So here is a shot of just some of the stuff that we will be using at my Spooktacular Halloween Workshop.  Oh yes we will even bake at this workshop ???? "what you say" you will have to wait and see, but I promise this project is really cute!! 

Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)

Folded Card

Oh when I saw this folded card challenge here I just had to play, you should go check it out to see some of the other cool cards made.  So this card took me about a days to come up with, but when I saw this paper I just knew what I was going to do, it is also a card that the girls will be making at a Friday night workshop.  I also made a matching envelope (so easy).  I know I posted a bunch of photo's but I had to show all of them so you could really see the whole project.  Well this card was really fun to create and I hope you guys like it, thanks for stopping in.

oh I can't wait for you to see what is on the inside, I think the outside is just as pretty!!!

 

Stampin' UP! Supplies

Card Stock: Sahara Sand and White  Designer Series Paper: Paisley Petals  Stamp Set: Paisley Petals  Ink: Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Baja Breeze, and Not Quite Navy  Accessories: Linen thread, Blender Pen, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, and 1 3/8 Circle Punch  Adhesive: Anywhere Glue Stick

Have a Wonderful Day, Candice :-)