Sale-a-Bration is here!

Today I am showing another SAB set in a layout that I use quite often--my new friend, Susan from leadership, swapped a card with me using this layout and it inspired this card.  Thanks Susan!

It uses the dsp that is in the SAB catty called Everyday Enchantment!  It is absolutely beautiful!  I love it!  The stamp set comes from the SAB exclusive set called Elementary Elegance.  I added some pearls for bling.  That makes every card better I think.  Then I just pulled colors from the dsp to put the card together using calypso coral, poppy red, crumb cake base and vanilla.  You can see a bit of paper piercing and of course, the pool party ribbon.  I love the ribbons to match.

Most of you know that the SAB products used in today's project are available to you FREE by making a $50 purchase.  You can head on over to my website by clicking  HERE!  Then click on the "Shop Now" button.

Thanks for stopping by today!

San Antonio Picks

I am going to share a make and take from the leadership I attended last week in San Antonio.  Stampin' Up!  spoils us so much at their events.  I came home with lots of FREE goodies.  The stamp set used here was one of those goodies, mixed bunch stamp set from the occasion's mini.  It has a punch to match called blossom and can be found on page 17 of that mini catalog.

While we were there we got the chance to attend some meetings to help us run our business.  I attended some great meetings by some SU employees and some demonstrators as well.

Brian Pilling had a great class on growing your downline.  He focused on 5 different points.  He had us right after lunch so had his hands full to keep us all awake!  Mid point thru his class I looked down my row--and some were sleeping!  We had really comfortable theatre chairs which made it tough--but no sleep in my eyes--too much info to take in!

You had to pick and choose your classes which is always tough for me but I took a class from Donna Griffith and Patsy Waggoner.  Donna is from the home office and Patsy is a demo as is Donna I believe.  Many of the workers at the home office are also demos which really is great as they undertand what we go thru.  The name of our conference was "My Way" and that is exactly what they focused on was to give us ideas of how to make it better doing it our way.  I got some great tips to engage your downline in this class.  I am excited to get these tips into use.

Natalie White and Jim Pitt did a class on coaching--now I never really looked at myself as a coach for my downline but I guess in a way I am.  I like to look at myself as their biggest cheerleader!  They gave some great decision making tips that we can use for our business or personal life.

Amy Schwartz and Paula Critchlow did a class on how to focus on the age group of 25-35 year olds--a new generation of stampers!  They did a survey of not just SU customers but lots of people in this age group.  Well over half value creativity.  We are all born with creativity; we just need to use it.  Some people think they are not creative--not true!  I have a daughter this age and so many of the things they talked about in this class made me think---wow, this is just like her!  They did a great job and this was a fun class to take.  Now they said 25-35 year olds but I think it is more like 18-35 years of age.

Keep in mind that this is a great time to be a customer, hostess, or new recruit.  With it being Sale-a-bration time we have great offers for all. 

Happy Anniversary! to me!

Oh my, how time flies when you are having fun!!  It's been 15 years since I signed up to be a demonstrator for Stampin'  Up!!  To celebrate I am offering a ONE DAY ONLY promotion for Saturday, January 28th, 2012.  You will recieve 15% off your order for Saturday only.  You must email or phone me your order to get the discount--online orders will not be allowed.  Sorry.  You will need  to use my hotmail address for this offer.  rheastamps@hotmail.com

Remember that it is saleabration time too so for every $50 spent you will get a free gift from the saleabration catalog which you can view by clicking the catalog in the side bar on this blog.

I will also be giving away some fun little prizes during the day--for instance, with the 15th order placed, the first order placed via email through my email of rheastamps@hotmail.com , and the email order placed closest to 2 pm MST (either before or after).  It will be decided by my email and what time it says that your order arrives to my inbox.  Just fun little things. 

Also a free gift to all who place orders of $100 before the 15% discount!

I hope you will all help me celebrate.  Thanks for the business thru the years--you are all the very best!

Have a great day!!  Rhea

Sale-a-Bration Time!

It's that time of year!  What a wonderful time and so many wonderful options to choose from.  You can check out the SAB catalog; just click on it at the side of my blog.  The card I am sharing today is one that I did for a swap at leadership in San Antonio last week.  

It uses the hostess bundle from pages 6 & 7 of the SAB catalog.  This bundle is available to everyone that has a $400 workshop or better for FREE.  Or you can get them individually as well, for free, with a $50 purchase.  The stamp set is called Fresh Vintage and the dsp is Everyday Enchantment.  It coordinates with many of our "in colors".  I used calypso coral and pool party with this card.  The ribbon comes from the regular catalog and is ruffled.....so very pretty in real life!

You can go to my website for more details on SAB just click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sale-a-Bration starts today!

Sale-a-bration begins today and goes thru March 31, 2012.  Just keep in mind that for every $50 you spend you get a free gift.  I will be uploading the SAB catty to my sidebar soon.  I have a club meeting tonight tho so check back tomorrow maybe.  I love this years FREE gifts!  Also great gifts for being a hostess during this time so if you are interested please contact me.



Apothecary Art

Not a great picture--sorry!  It's been gray so hard to get good pics.  My ladies at stamp club loved this card so thought I would post it here.  I made some for swaps at leadership in San Antonio too!  Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant are paired with Very Vanilla.  I used the stamp sets Apothecary Art and Loving Thoughts.  Having a great time here in San Antonio--see you soon!

Frame Art by Jillian!

This frame was created by my daughter, Jillian, who is home staying with us for a while as she waits for her paperwork to clear so she can move to Canada!  Exciting times ahead for her and she has a job awaiting her when she gets there as an interior designer, which is what she did in Seattle area for a couple years now.

Here are a couple of close up pictures.  She has all kinds of dimension in this artwork.  I love it!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Quick Thank You

This is a thank you from my downline and very good friend Denice.  It uses some big shot goodies from the occasion's mini.  Thanks for stopping in today.  I am off to leadership classes for the day.  I'll try to keep posting things throughout the week.

Winter Thank You

Here is a winter thank you using the northern flurry embossing folder.  The white and island indigo pair together well with the in color brads, glimmer brads, silver glimmer paper, etc.  Sorry I have been so absent, I have been getting ready to leave for leadership in San Antonio, TX and I fly out tomorrow.  I am headed to Billings to spend the night tonight.  It is single digits here today so looking forward to TX warm weather!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by--I hope to post while at leadership so check back in!

Snowmen--but no snow here!

Hard to believe it January here in Montana and we are having record breaking temperatures with NO snow!  These cards are some I made during the holidays and sent out as either Christmas or New Year's cards!  The stamp sets are Jolly Bingo Bits, and Teeny, tiny wishes.  A couple of my fav's.  I use teeny tiny wishes all the time!  It uses Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, qnd Whisper White cardstocks.

Lots of punches used with the scallop circle, 1¼ inch circle, 1 3/8 inch circle, corner rounder& modern label .  A little bling with the rhinestones and cherry cobbler baker's twine.  Be sure to take a peek in the occasion's mini to see the new colors of baker's twine we have now!  The embossing folder used to make the background is snowburst which is carried over from the holiday mini and it's item code number is 124096.  A little glue pen and dazzling diamonds glitter to ground the snowman and that's it!  Thanks for stopping by today--make it a good one!

Product tip

Here is my tip for the day....when attaching the piece of embossed cardstock to the base card (on this card it is white on white so you may have to look closely); it works best to use the green tombow glue found on page 206 of the IB&C.  The snail adhesive usually comes loose but have found the best results with this glue. 

Multipurpose Liquid Glue  item #110755   $3.95

Beautiful Sunrise!

Here is a picture of our sunrise this morning out my kitchen window--isn't it beautiful??  I wish I had a better camera sometimes to catch these moments a bit better.  :-)

Have a great day!

New Goodies!

Here's a card made with the stamp set called Apothecary Art from the new Occasion's Mini Catalog.  It comes in both wood and clear mount.  I used several new products besides the new stamp set that can be found on page 24 & 25.  Also used the new framelit dies in the labels collection found on page 6, the 3/8 inch pleated ribbon (LOVE this) in pear pizzazz found on page 12, and the edgelit die adorning accents found on page 7.  The base card is very vanilla and also used blushing bride, riding hood red, and pear pizzazz for colors.  Last but not least, I added some dazzling details to the center of the flowers that has been carried over from the Holiday mini catalog.  You may want to click on the card to see this part better.
 Here is what the stamp set looks like:

or you can go here to view it

Edgelit dies--adorning accents item code # 125595
Apothecary Art stamp set --clear mount code # 125527
wood mount code # 125525
Framelit dies--labels collection item code # 125598
Pear Pizzazz pleated ribbon code # 125568
Don't hesitate to head to my stampin' website to place an order
http://www.rheastamps.stampinup.net/
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Occasion's Mini Goes Live!

Good morning to all!  Just wanted to post a message that the Occasion's mini catalog goes live today.  You can click on the catalog on the right side of my blog here to view it.  Enjoy!  You are going to love all the new stuff!

Don't forget that the Clearance Rack Blitz is about to end too!

Click here to check it out.

Stop by a bit later and I will upload a card made with goodies from the new Occasion's Mini!

You Are Loved

Happy  Monday to you!  I can't believe that time is quickly ticking to the end of this holiday mini catalog!  Tomorrow, Jan. 3rd is the last day to order from it.  I am giving you some samples today of cards made with the You are Loved set.  You can get this set in wood or clear mount.

It is a set of 7 stamps. 
123779 for clear mount $23.95
123777 for wood mount $31.95

This is not only good for Valentine's Day but other times as well.  It would make great anniversary or wedding cards.  And as you look at the samples you will see that I made a  friend card to send to someone to let them know that I am thinking of them.

This first card was a swap I got from Sharon Skelton and it is a side step card.  The hearts are punched from the red glimmer paper and the picture doesn't give justice to how pretty they are!  You also don't see the steps really well but some of you have gotten to see this card in person.

This card has double duty embossing folder.  I have seen this many times on other blogs but one of the gals that I stamp with had it recently on her blog.  Sharon B., thanks for the refresher.  You do your stamping first, then run it thru the polka dot emb. folder and then run it again thru with the tulip frame folder.  Amazingly the polka dots stay there.  I love the look it presents!  The bow is with the baja breeze seam binding, pulling on a center string to gather the ends a bit.

This card is very simple with just a touch of glue pen and glitter to the center of the flowers.  I used the new simply scored scoring tool to make the embossed lines around the edges.  You can find this in the holiday mini catalog as well on page 6 & 7.  I saw a card similar to this on a blog a while back--I added a bit to mine but the card on her site was inspiration--thanks Mary A. 

Item code #122334   $29.95

Important Stampin' Up! News
Item #124104 is no longer available.  This is the 3/8" early espresso quilted satin ribbon.  It was found on page 30 of the holiday mini.  They ran out and since the catalog is about to end they just discontinued it.  I hope you all got it while it was available cause it was wonderful!!  My club ladies all got to use it several times this fall.

Now before time runs out.....if you would like to place an order for the You are Loved stamp set that was featured here today be sure to go to my website or you can click here and it will take you to my online store.