Love you much special

Love You Much Promotion - Get it from me and get a note card set with it

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Dates: December 23, 2008 - January 31, 2009

Promotion details:

Get ready for Valentine's Day with the exclusive Love You Much Bundle (item 115405). The Love You Much Bundle includes the following:



Description Retail Value
Love You Much stamp set $25.95

Candy Lane Designer Series paper (Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla) $9.95
Heart To Heart punch $15.95

Bundle Retail Value $51.85

Love You Much Bundle (20% off; item 115405) $41.48

Merry Christmas to all my Blogger BFF's

Hope that all of you enjoyed your Christmas, Gave thanks to God, and found something to be thankful for. I am so thankful for all of you~ God Bless you and yours!

My Front Row Friend- sent me this...

I received the best package in the mail yesterday- EVER! Totally unexpected and totally wonderful and totally hand-stamped. My FRF- BFF- Michelle- sent we some Christmas cards from her last SAS and a tin box filled with the greatest tgs ever! OMG! I am so in love with her! Thanks girl!

My Baby and Haha

Yahoo- My baby loved Santa (Haha as he says it- for Ho Ho HO) (ok well, at least he loved the candy canes. ) He was such a big boy- went right up unto Santa's lap and said "cheese! Have I said how much I love this time of the year? We went to Norm's house for a toasty outside gathering and waited for Santa to ride in on his huge red sleigh (a big red fire truck) Then mom enjoyed the firemen, Shawn loved the sirens, and Stevie loved climbing all over the truck! It was so much fun! Only 6 more days til..... Our Lord and Saviors Birth- Thank you Jesus!

Some Holiday Parties

Ok- Well I have to admit- I LOOOOOVVVVEEEEEE this time of the year! I love all of my wonderful friends- they are truely my family that I got to hand pick! Last Friday night we had our 10th annual ornament exchange. We went to the Yard House and I had garlic chicken noodles- the were so yummy! Then it was back to my BFF's for some good chimoso, drinks, ornament exchanging, and cookie decorating (even though we had so much chimoso- that we never got to the cookies!)

Then Saturday we had my 2nd annual cookie exchnge- It was so great- we had so many cookies that you couldn't fit one more on the pool table-(bet ya didn't know that is what pool tables are for????) We had so much fun!!!! I hope you are all enjoying your Christmas as much as me!

10% off and FREE Shipping!

Wow can it get any better than that???- That's pretty much like paying a little less than the price you see in the catalog.

Click here to see the retiring list and...
get 10% off of all of them plus FREE shipping thru the 23rd on all purchases of $70 or more. I will even throw in FREE gift wrapping - so stock up today on all your supplies and stamper and scrapbooker gifts!

Go to www.funwithpaper.stampinup.net to place your order on line- or shoot me an email.

My Friend came back with some show-n-tells

I am so excited to have my friend Debbie back in my life- we have so much in common and I can spend hours talking to her (well, listening :) I am so glad that God forgave us of all of our sins and that we are required to forgive and ask forgiveness- even though it is so difficult at times!!!!!

Well, she goes to a very talented SU! demonstraters house so make some amazing projects- her name is AnnaMarie and last night she came over to share that latest one she had made.

It is a little log house box filled with cards. She is going to get me the measurements of everything and then I will pass them on- but for now, here are the pictures. I love it!!!!

ACWP- Giving Thanks

This was made with a cute (cheap) jar from Ikea that my near and dear friend Pam picked up for me. I love these little jars! I gave it to Shawn's Sunday School teachers- because he is a handfull- so I figure I better keep them happy :)

The stamped image is used with ACWP's "Giving Thanks"
I hope that this season finds you Thankful" for all the little things!

So Thankful!

Well, Once again we have found ourselves blessed by our heavenly father. My husband was laid off last Wednesday and we didn't worry (too bad) and put our trust in the Lord! Not even one week later he is working agin- Thank you Jesus! So I thought that this video would be appropiate! I stole it off of Dawns blog- her blog rocks!

Happy Birthday Big Daddy!

Well- Nov 30th was our "Big daddy's" birthday- which was Sunday. We went to church and out to lunch with our wonderful friends Leah and Jeremi. I woke up early and made chewy, fudgy, yummy brownies. We topped them with soft serve ice cream and marshmellow topping and whip cream (for a generic DQ- brownie earthquake) and sang to him! For his present he got $3000 worth of tools for $500 (a friend was selling them because he was losing his house :(

In celebration of 1,000 hits and my DH birthday I was giving away a stamp set. So I asked my DH to pick a number between 1-10 and he picked 6! So that is..... Bunny B! I don't see a way to get to your blog- where you linked mine? Send me your blog name and your addy so I can get your surprise out to you! Congratulations!

Last Chance for some candy

Leave a comment here and I will add it to the others on the next page over. I am offering it for a lot of hits and my husbands B-DAY tomorrow!

It is a SU! set- All Holidays (paage 142 of the current catalog)

a Chemistry with Paper- has some new sets

ACWP- has some new sets that you are sure want to go check out. Here are some of the owners mom (Sharon) designs. She is one crafty lady.

Go to www.shopacwp.com
now to check them out- let me know which ones you want.

Christmas Sale

Stampin UP! is having a pretty good sale- and I am adding to the fun! For every $50 in orders you will recieve a FREE stamp set valued of at least $14.95 (Some are new and some are old)

Check out my web page to order now http://www.funwithpaper.stampinup.net/

Sale starts today and goes thru Dec. 1st

Don't forget to add any of the rub-ons for 20% off with an order of $20 or more.

Supplies are LIMITED so act fast!

Christmas crafts for KIDS!

Yesterday my Girl Scout Troop made four different projects (many of each) to sell at an upcoming craft bazaar- girl run. They have to make the products, sell the products, and buy the crafts.

I found a wonderful sight that has all the "poop" and "soup" recipes and free printable tags. It is http://www.organizedchristmas.com/

Go there to check it out- you will have lots of fun. We made Reindeer food, Snowman pop and soup, and candy cane mice (CASED from Dawn :)

Hope your finding some time to make something crafty for Christmas.

Easy and Adorable gift tags

Howdy All-

My friend Pam and I made these cute little gift tags on Saturday. We found them on the demonstrater website of SU! We just used all my scraps and punches. They are so fun, easy, and cute.

Don't forget to scroll down and enter for some blog candy!

my candy below and more candy!

Go over here- to enter for some COPICS- WOW! What a great early Christmas present!

Whimsy Stamps and Stamp Something Challenge

My wonderful blog friend Denise has announced that she is starting her own stamp company- called Whimsy stamps- check her blog out and her wonderful news here. She is also involved with Stamp Something - a challenge blog- which I love to participate in when I get a chance. This week I did- donno how since I worked all week???- but I had my "Sweet" club last night and they made thank you cards and Christmas cards so they fit the "thankful" theme for stamp something this week- yahoo! Have a great weekend! TFL!

Recipe=

C/s Bashful blue, Note quite navy, WW

Stamps- Plaid print (retired), Ronald McDonald house stamp set from SU! Say it with scallops

Ink- Bashful blue, not quite navy

Accessories- Square scallop punch

Blog Candy - listed below

Thought I would try to keep this up at the top to let you know I have some blog candy up for grabs two posts below- check it out!

I Like BIG B.....'s!

Turn off the music below so you can watch this GREAT video!

The cutest lil munsters EVVA! and some blog candy!

Well, I just recently put the counter on my blog just to see if anyone was looking (a couple of my friends swear that they do- but never leave a comment :( But low and behold they are looking and a few more of you. In about 3 weeks I passed over 1,000 hits!!!! WOW! That's even with hardly no posts (life has been crazy, my camera broke, and I can only use the middle numbers on my cell phone- because my littlest monster eats everything!) See how cute they are!

Anyways, leave a comment and a link to my blog on your blog and win a Stampin UP! stamp set. All Holidays on page 142 of the catalog.

Good Luck and have fun!

Sizzler meeting Nov 08

Well, The Holidays are here ready or not. This past weekend we had our Christmas Sizzler Meeting. Lis' (my 2nd upline) host these meetings and she is the most talented stamper EVVA! She says she copies- but I don't believe her. We got to make 4 wonderful make and takes- and got some new wonderful ideas from her. I LOVE these meetings- they are so inspirational- I just want to come home and Stamp Stamp Stamp!!!

So let me be the 1st to say...MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to all my little ghouls (Gurls)!

Hope you have a safe and happy one- I made 56+ cupcakes and counting for classroom parties tomorrow. They are sooo cute- I rolled the sprinkles around the edges. Check em out!

My little bit of Samantha's tips- Use Mayo instead of oil in all box cakes- it makes it sooooo moist! I use 1 cup of mayo instead of the 2/3 oil. Also, my friend Judy just told me a tip from godd ol' Martha she learned years ago- Cut the bottom out of the pumpkin instead of the top and 90% of the stuff - gunk- pulp- comes out- then just put a candle on your cement and put the pumpkin over it- WAHLA!

Then of course my lil' munsters had to make theirs. Get some treats for all your tricks- and have fun!

Who is your "Front row friends?"

My GF from La Quinta, Michelle, has started a new blog with her "Front row friend", Linda. This is the type of friendship that is very rare. I am a bit jealous of their friendship I have to admit. But if Linda is anything like Michelle- it's no wonder they are BFF's and FRF's!!!!

Visualize your life as a stage, and the audience is full of your friends, family, acquaintances. Who do you want in your front row? Your front row should be reserved for people in your life who support you, encourage you, tell you the truth in love, and cheer you on. These are the folks who know your strengths and weaknesses, and still love you!Many times, the wrong people may be in your front row (people who aren't supportive) and the right people/friendships may need to be given more time and energy. This idea really resonated with us. We've been friends for a long time, and discovered that we are definitely in each other's front row.

Head on over and visit their blog- www.frontrowfriends.blogspot.com I am sure you won't be disappointed.

Sorry blogging has been few and far between and now NO pics. My sweet, precious, bouncing baby boy- ate my camera- and it didn't take to well to his DROOL! So I guess I know what I will be getting for Christmas.

October card swap

Here are some of the cards me and my gurls made this past Sunday. I am telling you- these are some of the best stampers evva!!!!!

They rock! Pam's Grateful for Fall card (From the new mini- order this set right now- click here)

Mu Halloween Card- from Haunting Halloween

Mel's Scary Bad to the Bone card - I am using it for a 50th birthday!

Sheryl's beautiful birthday card!

So SCAREY, Silly, SUPER FUN!

Well, As you can tell by the lack of my bloggin' that I have been a little busy. We have Soccer on Sat, Wed, and Friday. Piano on Thursday, and Girl Scouts on Mondays. We also have been blessed with a new member of our family- Stevie. He is our nephew and will be staying with us for a while. We are so lucky to have him, he is such a GREAT kid! He starts Cub Scouts on Tuesday and Winter Ball soon- so life will even be busier- if that is possible???

Today we went to San Fernando Valley- to a Pumpkin Patch with a corn maze. I really love checking out all sorts of different pumpkin patches- I guess you could say I am a pumpkin patch conisseaur???

Here are some pics of having a great day.... Or as the ids keep saying, THE BEST DAY EVER!

Birthday sets on sale

SU! ROCKS!!!!!!!!

I wanted all off these sets and now.... I get them! All of the birthday sts are on sale for 20% off thru October. Check it out here!

http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryID=309

1st Christmas Card Crank

Here is the first set of 12 that we will be making for our Christmas Card Crank. For the next three months we will make 12 Christmas cards= 36 altogether. This one was a CASE from Dawn- anything you steal from her is GOOOOOOOOD!

This is a gorgeous set snow swirled that is now being offered for 15% off- let me know if you want one- paypal and all CC accepted.

I used sage shadow, Always artichoke, and whisper white for the paper

Always Artichoke ink

AA and Sage shadow markers and a gold pen and a couple of gold brads.

Thanks for looking and Merry Christmas- it's right around the corner!

Sizzler meeting

Here are the pictures from our Sizzler meeting. It is so much fun. This time Kathy Thorn ran the meeting with Lis' Ljung on the sidelines. I love the wonderful make and takes and dmonstrations that we get to be apart of.