Card Share!

Hey Bleeps!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend so far....it's a beautiful day here!!! Quick post...gotta go to work! Thought I would share what we did at my last stamp club....hope you like them!!!! ;)

egg shaped card

upclose of this cute little boy

sour cream container

upclose of this sweet little bunny

my stamp club swap card

upclose of this adorable image, I used the Brayering technique....it is a bit sloppy...but I had to make 8 cards, note to self....not so elaborate next time, LOL!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a Wonderful Weekend!! ;)

Stamp Club Projects!

Hey there Bleeps!
I hope your week is going good so far!!! Today I'm sharing some stamp club projects with you!!! For being apart of my stamp club, my ladies get all the supplies to make everything you see here!!! That is my thanks to them just for being such great customers!!!
There are two cards, a bookmark and a itty bitty box for some small chocolates or whatever something small you wanted to give to someone! All projects are using Stampin' Up! products, including some new goodies from the Occasions Mini and Sale-a-bration!!!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day ;)

Exciting News Today!!!



click here to watch a video from Stampin' Up!


Last year about this time....I decided that I wanted to take my Stampin' Up! 'hobby' and try to make it a 'business'!!! Since then I have signed up one demonstrator and over the weekend I'm happy to say I just signed up another one!!! **SQUEAL** I have a small online stamp club (that helps me meet my miniums), will be teaching two upcoming classes at the local library.....I've had some online sales over this past year of peeps I don't even know!.....I've had a few workshops this year.....what else, hummmmm....OH yeah, I've gotten some FREE stamp sets from SU! and I've already earned several sets because of my sales (and we still have a month to go!) thanks to SALE-A-BRATION.....I'll be getting those sets whenever the Sale-a-bration promotion ends!!!

Today, I got promoted with a certificate from Satmpin' Up! and a logo pin in the mail, big surprise!!! I know it seems silly to most, but considering where I was just a year ago....I'm ecstatic!!! It's hard building and starting your business....but SU! makes it so easy!!! Their products sale themselves and are of high quality......and I think when people generally see a sincere love and passion for what you are doing, I believe it's catchy!!! I truly love Stampin' Up! and their products!!! I love making cards, scrapbooking and 3-d projects!! I love to talk about and teach others about SU!, too!!! I'm not the best demonstrator out there and I'm certainly not the most successful!! But, I truly get encouraged to see how far you can go with this business......trips,cruises,earnings and FREE products come to mind!! I get inspired when I see it CAN be done.....that successful demo that I see, COULD be me one day!!! ;)

I want to make this next year even better!!! Will you help me reach my goals?
 Please consider me to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.....and I will love more peeps under me too!!!
 So, whether you want to place an order, or want to do something fun and start your own business....I'm here for you....just contact me today and we can chat about it!!! ;)
Oh,BTW~ Stampin' Up! is offering a 15% disount on the starter kit plus an EXTRA $50 in products right now....that's in addition to all the other goodies you get in your starter kit!!! Also, I'm also letting you pick out a FREE stamp set of your choice when you sign up under me!!! so, whatcha' waitin' for??? Contact me today!!!

Want a little...place an order!


Want a lot...host a workshop!

Want it all...Become a demonstrator!


Thanks for stopping by and hearing me ramble on....have a Inky kinda day;)

Stamp Club Projects!

Hey there Bleeps!
 Today I wanted to share some pics of the projects that my stamp club girls will make! Everybody gets the supplies to make two projects a month, just for being apart of my stamp club!
The first pic is of the Valentine card I put together. I love using the Baja Breeze with these Valentine colors!

The other pic is of the basket for holding some Valentine treats in!!! I used the baskets and blooms die form Stampin' Up!

If you would like to see the videos of these projects being made you can go to my YouTube Channel to view them by clicking here. I tell you everything I used in the videos ! Sorry my videos aren't the best.....since I moved my scrap room around again....it messed up my over head placement for my video camera!!! I need hubby to fix it for me, LOL!Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! ;)

Stamp Club Projects!

Hey Bleeps (Blog Peeps!)

I hope you are having a great week so far! Here is a Christmas Card and Snowman Soup Mug kits that I made for my stamp club girls to make this month! I always try to do two projects. A card and 3-D item. I hope you like them. I made a video on both projects, if you are interested. Just go to 'My Video' at the top of my blog and it should have a link there which takes you to my You Tube channel. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day ;)

Christmas Cards

simple but cute Christmas card....easy to mass produce!

Hey Bleeps !!!!
I have some exciting news to share!!! I am going to be the guest designer for the month of December for a cute little blog called Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog. I do some of their challenges from time to time. I can't wait to start....they sent me some sample digis that are super cute!!! I'll keep you posted ....

this one is watercolored with inks

Now, here are a few Christmas cards I made.....also, a 6x6 scrapbook page. These were the kits that my stamp club girls got for this month!! I always give them some little somethin' FREE as my thanks for being in my stamp club! ;)

6x6 scrapbook page with pocket for holding tags

Hey ladies, don't forget about the awesome deal that Stampin' Up! has goin' on!!! It's half off the starter kit!!! You can read more here.
I posted some videos of me putting these projects together. If you are interested you can go to My Videos at the top of my blog and go to my YouTube Channel!!
 Well,thanks so much for visiting me and have a great day;)

Punched Owl Stamp Club Projects!

Hello Bleeps!
 I sent the ladies in my stamp club these two kits to make for this month!!! They both feature the owl punch!!! One is a treat box holder you could give a teacher or somebody....who doesn't like candy,right? LOL!!! then the other kit was a circle card for 'Owl'-oween!!! hehehe!!! I hope you like them...I made two videos on how to make them both....so if you want to check them out....click here!!! Have a great evening and thanks so much for stopping by!!! ;)

Stamp Club Videos!

This is a video I made for my Stamp Club girls. This will be their card kit and treat box for this month!!! They get this free along with all the Hostess benefits, just for being apart of my club!!!

Click here if you are interested in learning more about my stamp club.

Click here if you would like to learn about my NEW Kit Club!

here is a close up of the treat holder box

close up of the card

card with the polka dot red ribbon is what the club girls will get!

Anyways, enjoy the video...and try really hard not to laugh at me too much ;)

Kit Club

Hello Peeps!
While I was organizing my new stamp club a couple of girls were confused, they thought I'd put together a 'kit' for them. That got me to thinking....I've seen other demos do this before. I've seen 'card kits'....or dsp 'shares, ribbon 'shares', etc.
So,I decide to see what I could come up with a little different, (or at least I haven't personally seen this around)....so here's what I came up with; I'm soooo excited about this!!! ;)

I put together a Kit Club. There are 3 levels to this: $15 'Paper Lover's Kit' ; $30 'Stamp It Kit' ; and a $40 'Inky Finger's Kit'!!! Oh, and the best part if I can get at least 4 people to commit to at least the $15 Paper Lover's Kit....those lucky ladies will get to earn the Hostess benefits!!! What's that you say? What do you get for being the Hostess?? Um, ONLY a FREE Hostess only Stamp Set PLUS $15 FREE Stampin' Up! Product!!! Wow,What a deal!!! Why do you think I'm all giddy with excitement??? Each month will be a different 'kit'....so that's new DSP,cardstock,ribbon,stamp set ,and ink pads all in coordinating colors!!! Yippee!! Here's the deets....

$15 Paper Lover's Kit includes:

1. 12 sheets of 6x6 patterned paper (one of each design) *sometimes will be the Specialty Paper or Simply Scrappin Kits*
2. 18-20 sheets of 8 ½ x 11 coordinating card stocks *up to 3 different colors (a bit different when Simply scrapping kits are used; 2 sheets of 12x12 of 4 colors...so 8 total 12x12 cardstock sheets! )*
3. up to 2 ½ yards of coordinating ribbon

$30 Stamp It Kit will include all of the above, PLUS a coordinating Stamp Set!

$40 Inky Fingers Kit will include all of the $15 Paper Lover's Kit, all of the $30 Stamp It Kit, PLUS 2 coordinating Ink Pads!!!

If you've ever wanted All of Stampin Up! goodies,this is for you!!! Everything you need to make cards or scrapbook pages to mini books or albums at an affordable cost!!! *Prices do not include shipping and tax*

If any of my Stamp Club girls would like to order like this from now on, please let me know!! In order to make this work.....I'll 'need' a certain # of people for the' math part' to work out to make it even!!! So, please let me know A.S.A.P. so I can adjust accordingly!!!

OK... So, Now I'll post my First August Kit Club, so you can feast your eyes on the delicious product!!!

$15 Paper Lover’s Kit (plus shipping and tax):

Love Letter DSP (p. 173 in catty or p.175 online catty)

*12 sheets of 6x6 patterned paper (one of each design)

Basic Black Cardstock

*6 sheets of 8 ½ x 11”

Very Vanilla Cardstock

*10 sheets of 8 ½ x 11”

Riding Hood Red

*6 sheets of 8 ½ x 11”

Victoria 5/8 Crochet Trim Ribbon

*2 ½ yards of ribbon

$30 Stamp It Kit (plus shipping and tax!)

($15 Paper Lover's Kit, PLUS one Stamp Set!)

Artistic Etchings $14.95 (p 125 in catty or p.127 online catty)

$40 Inky Fingers Kit (plus shipping and tax!)

($15 Kit and $30 Kit, PLUS 2 coordinating Ink Pads!)

Riding Hood Red $5.95

Basic Black or Very Vanilla $5.95

And Guess what!?!?.....in the upcoming months....the kits will have stuff from the NEW Holiday Mini Catalog that will go live on Sept. 1st. Whoo-Hoo!!! And let me just say....the stuff in the Holiday Mini is absolutely DELISH!!!;)
Contact me today....whatcha' waitin' for? Orders will be due by Fri. Aug 27,2010.

Stamp Club Reminder!

Tomorrow is the night that I need everyone's orders for my stamp club!!!! If you are interested, there is just a couple of  openings left!!! Hey,this is a great deal!!! If you love Stampin' UP! and want to reap the hostess benefits once a year in FREE stamps and FREE product, then look no further!!! Don't worry if you live out of state, I can ship your order to you!!! ONLY $15 a month in product, so contact me to find out more!!! ;)

Click here to enlarge!

Stampin' Up! Stamp Club with My Digital Studio

Here is a project I made with Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio!!! Have I mentioned that I love this software???? It's really fun and let's you be creative without all the mess to clean up!!! ;)

Click the picture to enlarge to make reading it easier!

 Anyways,I just wanted you to see all the fun you will miss if you don't join my stamp club!!! So,hurry...there is still a few openings left!!! If ten gals will commit ,then it will only be $15 a month (plus shipping and tax!).....Wow....and you get all the mentioned benefits on top of the Hostess benefits!!! Great Deal if you ask me....so what are you waiting for? Join my Stamp Club today and get ready for some fun!!! ;)
 Want more info,click here!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!!! ;)

My Stampin' Up! Story!!!

OK,peeps!! I am doing a training program through Stampin' Up! it requires some things outta me that sometimes I'm not comfortable with!!! I am going to come out of my shell a little bit and share some things about myself....hopefully you will get inspired in some way ;)
About 8 years ago, my older sister was showing me some stuff that she had made......out of paper!!! I didn't pay much attention to it, even though I thought it was cute.....it just didn't 'register' with me! Then, a few months later she showed me a brag book that folded out and was decorated really cute.....well, I thought that was sooooo neat.....it was paper.....but she made it fold and it looked so beautiful!!! I got a little more interested then,LOL!! Then she signed up to be a demonstrator with Stampin' Up! and we started a small little Stampin' Club and that's when I was hooked!!! We had lots of fun creating and getting together.....then I moved to another state! I continued to buy from her,but had no one to get together with....it's so much more fun creating with other women!!! But one teeny tiny little problem....I'm very shy!!!
So,I decided to just be a 'hobby demo'....so I can get the discounts and free stuff all to myself,LOL!!! ;)
More recently,I've decided to try and connect with more people ...I have an Etsy store, a blog, and now started participating in challenges. I'm having sooooo much FUN!!! It's the next best thing to having someone to craft with!!! ;)
So,I'm taking the next step.....I want to push myself out of my comfort zone with Stampin' Up! as a business!!! I mean there are lots of demonstrators that are very successful,WHY not me????
I've been paper crafting for 7 years now. Since I've started, the scrap booking business has BOOMED tremendously!!! There are digital, hybrid, traditional scrap booking, card making, altering, and 3-d projects from TONS of Companies to choose from!!! I have tried alot of stuff before completely being sold on Stampin' Up! products.....I remember when I first started out...... I didn't understand the QUALITY in different products....
Boy, now I do!!!!

The main things I love about Stampin' Up! :

1. ink pads : they store upside down so the ink is always at the top plus they are larger than most in SU! exclusive colors!!!
2. card stock : heavy card stock that is definitely not flimsy and is in SU! exclusive colors!!!
3. designer papers : Beautiful patterns and matches SU! exclusive colors
4. stamps : Nice variety of stamps from talented artists at SU! now in wood or clear mount!! YAY!!!
5. embellishments : Lots of different styles of quality embellishments to choose from

I love it all!!!!! Especially, how everything matches and goes together making for more professional results when you are crafting!!! Once you try Stampin' up! for the first time ,you will see what I mean.....I have tried "over the counter" (store bought) stuff and even dabbled with other demo-type stamp companies other than SU! before....so I tried just about everything out there!!! But, to me SU!!! is the best of them all......they have soooo many choices with endless possibilities!!! You can even use your Big Shot for fabric (look out quilters and ladies who sew!) and more, and let's not forget SU! Decor' Elements for home decorating.

click pic to enlarge to read MY WHY!!!

So,I wanted to share my story with you and let you know that I am here if you ever need a SU! demo to buy anything (you can click on my shop now button, at the top right of my blog!) ...even if you don't live near me.....I can still be your demo!!! If you are thinking of signing up to be a SU! demo, please consider me.....I'll be glad to help you!!! Stampin' Up! is offering great deals to sign up to be a demo ,so this is a great time!!! If you have been a former SU! demo, you can sign up again for only $35, until the end of July!!!

If you read this whole thing and made it this far.....Congratulations and thank you for letting me ramble on!! ;)



Please click here if you would like to join my Stampin' Club,starting soon!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Stamp Club!!

OK, I still have some openings for my first stamp club! The more peeps sign up, the more affordable it will be! I will start doing video tutorials to go along with the free projects I will provide to all my stamp club girls! Not only do you get free products (up to $15.00) from Stampin' Up! and a free Exclusive Hostess Level 1 stamp set; but you will get free monthly projects from me! If you are interested, contact me! First club meeting will be at my house on March 13, 2010. If you live too far to attend meetings you can still join. I will have videos, so no worries there! And to get people excited about my new club, I'm giving away an awesome gift!! When my club fills up, you will be entered into a drawing! Someone will be lucky enough to win the Good Neighbors stamp set and Welcome neighbors DSP pad!! These are from the new Sale-a-bration Catalog and have to be earned!! But you will get a chance to win these awesome products free, just for joining my club!! This will give you a taste of how I'll run my club!! So, if you been thinking of joining a stamp club....look no further!! It will be tons of fun!!

Please RSVP :

Holley Smith

45 Cathedral Hts. SW

Euharlee,GA.30120

404-388-1321

holleysullivan@yahoo.com

Stamp Set and DSP Pad Giveaway!!

OK,here's how to win this awesome new Stamp set and Designer Paper Pack from Stampin' Up! You have to join my Stamp Club for one year. The info on my stamp club is on the left hand side of my blog under 'Labels',just click it to learn more! Your name will go into a drawing of all the members of my stamp club. I will draw a name randomly when the club fills up! It's only $15 a month (before tax and s/h). So what are you waiting for??? Wouldn't you want a chance to win The Welcome Neighbor DSP and Good Neighbor Stamp Set????

Love Bandit

Oh My Goodness!! I'm soooo excited today!! My Sale-a-bration order came in from SU! I love all the new stamp sets and goodies! The clear mounts are the BOMB!!! I wasn't sure I would like them or not,but I Love them!!!! I made Todd a card for Valentine's Day with the Love Bandit stamp set!! This is also my first attempt at the easel card. It was very easy to make,just looks complicated.

Stay tuned....I'm getting ready to do my first Blog Candy!!! And if you would like to sign up for my first Stamp Club,click the link that says 'Stamp Club' on the right hand side under Labels to find out more!! I will be doing a random drawing of all the people who sign up in my stamp club!! So someone will be lucky enough to win one of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets for free....just for joining!!! I'll tell ya' more later!! Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for Love Bandit Card :

• Card stocks : Real Red,VV,Old Olive,Chocolate Chip
• Chocolate Chip Ribbon
• Stamp Sets : Love Bandit and Good Neighbors
• Punches : Small Heart and Pinking Hearts
• Inks : Basic Black,Chocolate Chip,Real Red,Creamy Caramel,Old Olive and Brocade Blue
• Used My Cricut and Everyday Paper Dolls for the border of grass along bottom

Stamp Club

I have been a Stampin' Up! Independent Hobby Demonstrator for three years. I am now ready to take my business to the next level!! I'm very excited about the opportunity to meet new customers who will become my stamping friends!! So, I am starting up a Stamp Club!! I need 8 more people who are interested, to make it affordable for all!

Here's how it will work :

Every month (by the 15th) ,you will need to commit to only $15 (before tax and s/h). That way everyone would take turns being the hostess for the month!

Being the hostess means :

1. you get $15 in FREE Stampin' Up! products
2. you get to pick a level 1 SU! exclusive Hostess Stamp set

Who could say no to FREE SU! products and a FREE stamp set from SU! ???? ;)

If you live locally in the Cartersville/Euharlee ,GA area,you can attend a monthly stamp club class. During the class we will have tons of fun completing cute handmade projects,eating snacks, and fellow shipping with new friends while we get to order our SU! products!!

Don't live locally? No worries,I will be doing a free video tutorial on my blog,that way you can follow along with me while you make your project. I will ship your project with your Stampin' Up! order, so you won't pay for additional shipping. I will supply all the stuff to complete your project minus the adhesive for FREE,just for joining my Stamp Club! This will be my way of saying thank you! So what are you waiting for??? Are you ready to have fun and be inspired?? Then join my Stamp Club today!
First meeting will be held in my home on March 13,2010 at 10am-12pm!! Contact me today if you are interested!

Holley Smith
45 Cathedral Heights SW
Cartersville,GA 30120

404-388-1321

holleysullivan@yahoo.com