Stampin' Stuff lately...

I finally went ahead and joined Stampin' Up!! So if you don't already have a Demonstrator, I'd be happy to help you out if you are interested in ordering products. I'm pretty much just doing this for the discount myself at this point (more stamps for LESS works for me!!), but that may change down the road...

I got this from Dawn's site - LOVE IT!

Cleaned and re-organized my room. I needed to do it plus Bella had outgrown many of her toys and then ones left needed to be straightened out too.

Bella's stuff only on the bottom shelf now, lol!

All those little drawers are punches!
And that's not even all of them!

Good Mail!!

Christina stamped the top of this jar and made the tag.
Isn't this an awesome present?!?!?

AND she made me this incredible card!! Thank you!

Jennifer made this card for me!

Yaya sent me this postcard - so cute!

This card is from Spirit Jump!

Vickie went on vacay and sent me this postcard!

Cher sent me this really pretty card!

I made two of these for Spirit Jump

Inside of card

I made this for PFC Serles

inside of card

I made this for Christina. She "won" a B&BW card in a giveaway of mine and it took me so long to send it, that it expired!!! So this time I just gave it to her and made a card to go along with it, lol!

My first "file in the middle" card

I made this card for Thomas!
He brought it to work for his desk.

Flower made up of punches

My first shaker card

New stamp set from PaperTrey

Glitter star card; idea from Dawn's site

Someone on SCS made a simliar card, but mine is a bit fancier.

Cuttlebug Christmas tree with glitter

Using Dawn's "mosaic" technique

sentiment inside all mosaic cards

This is going to my "sunflower" friend

And this is going to one of my fabulous friends!

PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!!!

*** Is ANYONE in the Rochester, MN area??? ***

From Meaghan @ SpiritJump:

This is the first emergency, and hopefully the only, we have sent out. Many of you know Karen Jo Mosely or @peasandluvfrmJO We sent out a Spirit Jump request for her recently and many of you responded. Today I woke up so some very upsetting news.This is the first email I read today:"

Hi there,

I just spoke with @peasandluvfrmJO (Karen Mosely) who posted the following tweet about an hour ago:

"recovering from Radical mastectomy. Can ANYBODY send me a balloon or flowers? (*email me for phone number*) I feel so alone in this world. crying now. bye JO"

She is a spiritjumper who is definitely in need. She is an amputee and had to drive herself to the hospital for surgery and is all alone, with no family to be with her. She has 2 cats that a neighbor is taking care of. She will be in the hospital for at least a couple more days and was in much pain when I spoke with her. She mentioned that she is looking for someone who could make a quilt for her, maybe even a joint effort. I don't really sew, but if you come up with any ideas, perhaps I can help in some way....."

I just spoke with her on the phone and she is in such pain physically and emotionally. She drove herself to the hospital, had major surgery and not one person has visited or called her. After she sent her tweet two people called her which warmed her heart and I thank those two amazing people from the bottom of my heart! But we can and need to do more than that. If anyone is in the area could you PLEASE visit her at the hospital. She is staying at Methodist Hospital near the Mayo clinic in Rochester MN. Her room # is 6407. Right now she is all alone, no cards, no flowers NOTHING but the few phone calls received because she was brave enough to reach out to others. If you have 5 minutes today please call her. If you have the ability send flowers or balloon that would be WONDERFUL. If you want to send a card to her home I can get you that info as well. Right now we need some immediate action. One of our fellow fighters is in pain and ALONE. The pain we can't do anything about but the ALONE we can fix!Please email me back letting me know if you can help in anyway!

xoxo
Meaghan
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Calling all Bloggy Friends!! Can you call? Can you visit? Do you quilt or know someone who does??? Please help me, help Meaghan to reach out to this lovely woman!!!!

In the Stampin' Studio...

"Normally", I pick up my mess after each stamping session...

...not so much lately though, lol!

I just had too many cards goin' at once!

My 1st issue just came in yesterday. LOVE IT!!!

I got this idea from someone selling one on eBay. This was a pain to do!

Flowers & words made from my new Slice cutter. This is awe-sum!!!!

Inside, colored with watercolor crayons.

More Slice cuts!This turned out so well!

"Dahlia" flower, using my English paper goodies from Tonya!Prettier flowerpot card

Sesame Street birthday card

Gate Fold cards!! Using Tickled Pink TAC stamp set.I love Dazzlin' Diamonds glitter!!!

Mini glass beads rock too!

This took FOR-EVA to make!!! Click to see detail.

Father's Day card #1, using heat embossed ink on vellum.

And #2

This is a Spirit Jump card for a little girl battling cancer.

This is also a Spirit Jump card.
Please say a prayer for my "Jumpees" and their families!!

I have about a bazillion more things to make, including a birthday card for Thomas and one for his Dad too. But first,.....a little fun with some punches!! Stay Tuned!!