New Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalogue & Promotion

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I'm excited to announce the new Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalogue is now available. There is also a sweet pomotion for the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalogue.

Promotion Details:

Dates: September 1-November 30, 2009

•Host a workshop or place an order totaling $330 or more and choose any one item* from the 2009 Holiday Mini Catalogue for only $14!

*Offer excludes hostess sets and My Digital Studio.

All the catalogues can also be view on the side bar of my blog. If you would like a copy of the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalogue 2009-2010 please email me, lorittalo@hotmail.com.

To place an order you can give me a call with your order, email me your order or place it on my Stampin' Up! website (Note: Online orders are not eligible for this promotion).

So Cute Scrapbook Layout & Stamps

Check out this super duper cute tear bear layout my super talented friend Chelsea made. She added the green and black heart winged glitter butterfly that I created. She did such an wonderful job on the layout. I luv it! This beautiful layout is an Ebay charity auction. All proceeds will be donated to a childrens charity so be sure to stop by Chelsea's blog to check it out.

If your interested in purchasing some butterflies I have several in different colours for sale at my Etsy shop.


Chelsea has created these cute Gurlee Girl clear stamps which are for sale on Sept 8th so make sure you pop over to her blog to check out all the adorable stamps.

All Things Grow with Love Scrapbook Layout

I made this scrapbook layout this week. I haven't made a scrapbook layout in a couple of months so it was really fun making this. I think I'm going to make another one very soon :o)

I decided to get out my Cricut Expressions and used it to cut out the vine leaves and sun like image. I didn't glue down the top of the sun like image so that you can slide a photo into the center. I think it will look really cute with a round photo in the center. I need to use my Cricut Expressions more often because it's such an awesome machine. My hubby was very pleased to see me using it because it was just sitting there collecting dust...lol.

This scrapbook layout is currently for sale on Etsy.

Recipe:
Inks - Stampin' Up! Classic Pixie Pink , VersaColor Canary & Color Box Cat's Eye Chalk
Papers - Stampin' Up! cardstock, Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper Tea Party 113992 & Vellum
Embellishments - Prima Say it in Crystals, Heidi Swapp brads, ribbon, beads & charms from stash
Glitter - Stickles Crystal
Cricut Expressions - Graphically Speaking
Punches - EK Success Corner Adorner Trumpet Flower Punch, Martha Stewart Small Ribbon Threader Edge Punch & Martha Stewart Scallop Dot Edge Punch
Dies - Stampin' Up! Bigz Die Flower Daisies #2 114520, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One S4-161, wooden bear die, Quickutz Paw Print RS-0238 & Quickutz Butterfly KS-0172
Adhesives - Stampin' Up! Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Up! Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhessive & Stampin' Up! Dimensionals

Wedding Card

I had a lovely customer contact me the other day asking me to make her a custom wedding card. I enjoyed making this wedding card. I hope the bride and groom like the card. I luv the hat pin with beads from the Stampin' Up! Pretties Kit!

Recipe:
Ink: Adirondack Shell Pink
Dies - Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Scalloped Oval Large & Petite Oval Small
Punches - EK Success Corner Adorner Graceful Heart
Papers - Chatter Box papers, Stampin' Up! cardstock & Bazzill cardstock
Embellishments - Prima flowers, Prima Say It In Crystals, Hot Off The Press brads, Stampin' Up! Pretties Kit 109114, charms & ribbons from stash
Tools - Fiskars Portable Rotary Trimmer & Scor-pal
Glitter - Stickles Crystal
Glue - Stampin' Up! dimensionals, Scotch 3M ATG 714 tap dispenser & Fabri-Tac

New Moon Trailer

I Love You Very Much Card

I made this card the other day and at first I wasn't sure if the colours I picked for the card would go together well but after I started assembling everything the colours looked great together. I really like the dangly heart charms. I luv anything with hearts :o)

This card is currently for sale on Etsy.

Recipe:
Stamps - Hangler & Stangler
Dies - Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Scalloped Oval Large & Petite Oval Small
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Colouring Mediums - Copic Sketch markers
Papers - Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper in Bella Rose 112041 & Stampin' Up! cardstock
Embellishments - Prima flowers, Prima leaves, Making Memories brads, K & Company Adhesive Gems, charms & ribbons from stash
Tools - Fiskars Portable Rotary Trimmer & Scor-pal
Glitter - Stickles Crystal
Glue - Stampin' Up! Snail Adhesive 104332 & Fabri-Tac

Tri Shutter Cards

I had sooo much fun making these 2 cards. It was nice to finally be able to create again. 2 months of no crafting was horrible :o(

This was my first attempt at making a tri-shutter card. After I made the first one I had to make a second because it was so easy to make and the card looks so neat.

Both cards are currently for sale on Etsy.

Here's the tri-shutter card video turtorial...



Recipe:
Stamps - Hangler & Stangler, Magnolia, Stampin' Up! To Have & To Hold 115098 & Inkadinkado
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Colouring Mediums - Copic Sketch markers
Embossing Folders - Cuttlebug Fancy Corners 37-1514 & Cuttlebug A2 Combo Gratitude 37-1163
Papers - Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper in Tea Party 113992 & Bella Rose 112041, Stampin' Up! cardstock & Bazzill cardstock
Embellishments - Prima flowers, Prima leaves, Making Memories brads, Stampin' Up! Filigree Brads 112577, K & Company Adhesive Gems, Kaiser Adhesive Pearls, & ribbons from stash
Tools - Fiskars Portable Rotary Trimmer & Scor-pal
Glitter - Stickles Crystal
Glue - Scotch 3M ATG 714 tap dispenser & Fabri-Tac

Crafting Again!

I started crafting again! Oh how I've missed crafting. I haven't made anything for 2 months! It felt so good to create again. I made 3 stamped cards. I think for my next creation I may make a layout. I will post pix of my 3 cards soon. I need to recharge my digi cam batteries.

Foot Surgery

I had foot surgery today to remove a big ol cyst from my left foot that I've had for over a year. I had it drained awhile back but the darn thing came back the very same day and got even bigger. Surgery went well. My foot is all bandaged up and I have to stay off my feet for awhile. Right now there's no pain because I'm on pain killers but my foot is starting to itch. Next Wed I head back to the hospital to have the stitches removed. I can't wait till my foot is fully healed so that I can start going to the gym and be able to wear my heels again. My sweet hubby has been spoiling me today with take-out Thai dinner and yummy sweets. Wish he could stay home from work for the week to pamper me...heehee.

SOLD!!!

SOLD IN 6 DAYS!!! WOOOHOOO!!!

We listed out townhouse Fri afternoon and sold it on Thurs afternoon. We had only 3 showings and the house sold to a couple from the 3rd showing. We are so happy there won't be anymore showings and we didn't even have to have an open house. It was stressful having to keep the house spotless, no trace of a dog and always having to leave for showings. Our realtor said the couple had 2 comments about our home...they were amazed at how mint condition it was and how much it reminded them of their old home which they loved. This was the perfect couple to buy our home because they want to move in on Oct 15th and we move into our new detached home on Oct 8th. Hubby and I were worried we would have to move twice because the new home owners may have wanted to move in sooner before the closing of our new house but now we won't have to...woohoo!!! The night the house was sold was the night my hubby and I had a good sleep and we slept in :o) Our doggy, Maddi, is also happy now because she can have her toys all over the house again. No more packing it all up and leaving when there are showings :o)