Some Favorite Valentine's

Happy Thursday to everyone! At least I think it is Thursday. With the kids not having school the last couple of days it is totally throughing me off as to what day of the week it is. But with it being the 3rd of February (can you believe it's February already) Valentine's Day is just around the corner. So to get us in the spirit & give you some ideas for your Valentine's card, here are a few more cards that I received from Leadership swaps. This first one was designed by my new friend & Demonstrator Denise Ometzberger. She is in Houston Texas. If you are in that area & need a demonstrator she is your gal. The funny thing about Denise is that her whole family lives less that 30 minutes from me. She is orginally from Pekin, Illinois. Small world.

To make this adorable card Denise used the Valentine Defined Stamp Set with real red and basic grey stampin' write markers to color it. The two pieces of designer paper are from the Love Impressions. Both the Designer paper & the stamp set can be found in the occasions mini catalog.  Thanks Denise for sharing your awesome card & talents.

The next card was designed by my other new friend & Demonstrator Isis Pinero. She is a very talented Demonstrator from Miami Florida. Don't I wish I was visiting with her right now.

The nice thing about this card is that it isn't too girly. My son Jeffrey is always complaining when he needs are card that I have too many girl cards. Now that being said he more often needs a card for a girl than he does another guy. Don't you just love the daffodil delight pom pom trim. Talk about retro. Just love it. It also comes in melon mambo & tangerine tango.

The last card was designed by fellow Demonstrator Lisa Shepherd. Unfortunetly I can't tell you where she is from because the card only had her name & # on the back. But thanks Lisa for the swap.

A couple of things about this card are hard to see from this picture. The whisper white piece was run through the Big Shot machine using the polka dot embossing folder. The banner that says "Be My Valentine" is popped up on deminsionals and to the right of the striped designer paper is a piece of the awesome real red glitter paper. Have I mentioned that I just love that stuff? I know I have : )

Thanks for stopping by on this snowy Thursday.

Kristy

New friends & something warm

Happy Sunday to All. Boy this weekend is just flying by. I have been working on all kinds of great goodies & give-a-ways for my Customer Appreciation Event next Saturday (the 29th). Make sure you are registered. Registration ends today at 5 pm. OK now on to the good stuff.

As most of you know I went to Leadership by myself (well kinda, my husband, Craig did travel with me). But I did not know a single person when I got there. The night before Leadership started (since I didn't qualify to go to Manager's Reception - just wait next year I will be there) I ate dinner with a group of great ladies from an online Demonstrator group that I am on. These two ladies with me were part of that group. Denise is on my right & Isis on my left. They were actually roommates whom had never meet before getting to Leadership. The funny thing is Denise is a local girl. Originally from Pekin, Illinois, just on the other side of Peoria from me. Small world huh. These two ladies I spent almost all of the next two days with & can honestly now call them my friends.

So as for stamping...I don't know how they weather is where you are...if you are my new friend Isis (who is from Miami) you are warm. But here in Central Illinois it is extremely cold. So to help warm us up how about a nice cup of Hot Chocolate?

I am not sure who designed this cute gift card. I took a picture of it when someone was holding it during one of our general sessions. So that means it could be one of 999 people (not 1,000 because I know I didn't make it). It uses one of the neat single stamp images out of the new occasions mini catalog.

One of my new favorite this that I just got for Christmas (Thanks Santa Mom) is My Digital Studio. Here is a picture of just a few of the neat things you can make using this awesome program. (After all the items from Leadership be on the look-out for me to post some items that I am making using My Digital Studio).

No more having someplace make our Christmas cards. I will be able to make them all by myself. Just love it.

Well I must get back to my gifts for next Saturday. I hope to see you there.

More from Leadership!

Aren't you just loving all of the great ideas that I have been sharing from Leadership? These are just the tip of the iceberg of what I have to share. So for Day 3 (can you believe I have posted 3 days in a row...no me either but it is one of my + Ones that I have planned for myself). Leadership was such a awe inspiring experience, so many great ideas & so many great people. One of those great people is Ronda Wade, another of Stampin' Up's Top Demonstrators. I have done some training with Ronda over the phone for the last few months & it was fantastic to get to meet her in person.

She is such a friendly and warm person who just makes everyone around her smile. She also is one heck of a demonstrator & trainer (and this coming from someone who used to train people for a living). If you would like to stop by her blog click Here.

Now on to some stamping...These two projects are using one of the Fabulous stamp sets from the up coming Sale-A-Bration catalog. If you have not got yours yet call, email, text or message me on Facebook. Sale-A-Bration starts on Tuesday the 25th. This stamp set is called "So Happy for You." The first one is a card that I will definitely be duplicating for St. Patrick's Day. Me being Irish this card just screams "Luck of the Irish" to me.

Love Love Love the ribbon. The next project using the "So Happy for you" Sale-A-Bration Set and the Sweet Stitches DSP.

I totally love the ribbon on the top of these tags. So many uses for this same tag just by changing the saying that you use from the "So Happy for You."

Ok, as a reminder you will see these & so many other shares at my Customer Appreciation Workshop on January 29th. If you have not yet registered, you are running quickly out of time. The cut off for registration is this Sunday at 5 pm. Tons of give-a-ways & fun make n takes too. Don't miss it. Remember there is not any cost to you for this workshop just come & have a ton of fun.