Stamping & Scrapping with Jen

Hand-Stamped Holiday Cards

So, maybe you want to send out homemade holiday cards, but you really aren't interested in making them yourself.  I can help you!!!!

I have selected four different designs that you can choose from and I will create & ship those cards to you.  Orders can be placed from now through November 26 (or sooner if a certain volume is reached).  Orders will ship out as cards are finished, the latest being December 6.  If you are interested, please order soon.  Orders may be cut off sooner than November 26.

Without further ado, here are the four card designs:

Design #1 - Merry Christmas Tree

Design #2 - Season's Greetings (designed by Lisa Trombitas)

Design #3 - Happy Holidays (designed by Jessica Gallagher)

Design #4 - Christmas Blessings (designed by Colleen Benedetto)

Prices are as follows:

25 cards & envelopes - $69 (includes shipping)

50 cards & envelopes - $109 (includes shipping)

100 cards & envelopes - $199 (includes shipping)

To place your order, please email me and let me know the design & quantity desired.  Payments can be made by PayPal, credit card, or check.

Make Your Own Holiday Card Class

This is the info many of you have been waiting for!!!  I have selected and priced the cards for this year's "Make Your Own Holiday Card Class."  In this class, I will cut & prepare all the cardstock, ribbon, brads, etc. and have all the supplies you need ready for you to come & stamp.  You'll go home in no time with all your hand-made holiday cards FINISHED!!!!  (The sample to the right was created by Amy Czuba of Franklin, MA.)

I just posted a Photo Album to the right that shows all the cards and the pricing for 20 or 40 cards.  If you would like to make a different amount,  please let me know.  (Twenty cards is the minimum.)  There are several dates & times from October through December that this will be offered.  Check out my Class & Events Schedule for specific times.

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like a design you do not see offered.

I'm looking forward to helping lots of you create your holiday cards this year!!!

Featured Artist of the Day - Bag o' Supplies Challenge Winner

Congratulations to Lynn Anne who won the September Bag o' Supplies Challenge. 

Lynn Anne's card was also featured a few days ago.  For all the fun details, click here.  For her win, Lynn Anne receives a $10 gift certificate from me!!!

If you would like details on the October Bag o' Supplies Challenge, click here.  If you enter, you will be named a Featured Artist of the Day and you might win the gift certificate next month!!

Featured Artist of the Day - Scrapbook Sketch Challenge

Today's Featured Artist is Alicia D.  Alicia is my only entry for this month's Sketch Challenge, but it is a fun one!!  Considering I was just in Vegas less than two weeks ago, this was a familiar sight for me!!!

Alicia stamped the circles in the background.  Here is what she wrote about creating her patterned paper, "I created my own pattern paper.  I used yellow paper and stamped circles with Versamark and the next shade of darker yellow.  Then, I took the next shade of yellow paper for my mats and stamped smaller circles in Versamark and More Mustard on that."

It turned out to be a fun & cheery page, and I'm sure one that MOST of us (if you've ever been to Vegas) can relate to!!!

Since Alicia is September's only participant, she wins the $10 gift certificate this month!!  Congratulations!

The Soulology Project

So, right before I left for the Founder's Circle Trip, I got an email from Erika Martin (stampinmama.com).  Erika & I are old friends and our paths have crossed over & over.  We are sidelines, have swapped with each other, have been cruising together, and most recently we talk once a week through John Sanpietro, our business coach.  The very first time I met Erika was March of 2003.  She spoke at an event my upline ran, about scrapbooking.  At that point in my life, scrapbooking was a very intiminating hobby that I had yet to delve into.  But after that day, and several speakers, I decided it was time to give it a try.

So now, here we are in September of 2008, and Erika emailed me and asked me if I would be a part of a design team for her online course, the Soulology project.  (At first I thought maybe she emailed the wrong person, but she assured me she did not.)  So I am honored and excited to create pages for a scrapbook all about me.  The workbook Erika has prepared has really made me think, so if any of you are interested in a little personal soul searching & reflection in the form of scrapboking, I'd encourage you to give this a try.  I don't think you will be sorry (plus the other artists she selected are fabulous!!)

There is a banner on my sidebar to the left that will give you some more info.  If you would like to register (Erika says it's already half-full), please let Erika know I sent you by putting my name in the comments section.

I look forward to this challenge and hope to take the journey with some of you!!!

Featured Artists of the Day - Bag o Supplies Challenge

Today we have two featured artists - Ian & Lynn Anne.  Both entered the Bag o' Supplies Challenge for this month, so once you check out the cards, be sure to vote in the poll to the right.  The poll will be up until Wednesday, October 1.

First we'll take a look at Ian's card.  Along with the supplies "in the bag", Ian used Stampin' Up! stamps.

Our next Featured Artist is Lynn Anne.  Lynn Anne also used the following supplies: Pomegranate stamp, Faithmeadow; Shalom and Chag Sameach stamps, Ruth’s Jewish Stamps; Ranger Distress ink; oyster white paint; Adhesive Tech glue runner, copic ciao markers.  Lynn Anne commented in her email to me, "Couldn’t resist a Jewish new year card, given the timing of the contest this month. A good excuse to use the Pomegranate stamp (which I’m in love with) too."  Here is Lynn Anne's card:

Okay, so what are you waiting for??? Go & vote for your favorite!!  :)
 

The rest of the story...

Okay, I guess I have kept  you in suspense long enough!!!!

So, inside the box was this adorable personalized necklace!!!

 

So, on Saturday, I slept in (which was FABULOUS!) and after eating breakfast I made my make & takes.  There were three and they were great.  The DSP and the stamp set will be in the Spring Summer catalog, so sometime after mid-January, you will see this stamp camp in my schedule!!!  Here are all 3 projects (sorry the pics aren't that great):

 

Then on our final night, we are always taken to a secret location for our farewell dinner.  This year, we went to a golf course in Snow Canyon.  It was where the Country Club scenes from High School Musical 2 were filmed.  For our final gift, we all got these great fuzzy pink (pirouette) blankets to snuggle up in as we watched the movie No Reservations under the Utah stars.  It was awesome!!!  (You can see my twin Beverly in the background of this pic.)

So all in all, it was a fabulous trip!!  And I considered not going, because of the timing of Back to School, etc., but I am sure glad I did go!!  It was fabulous, relaxing, and refreshing and I thank all of you who helped me to get here.  It was truly an honor and I appreciate all YOU have done & continue to do for me and to support me!!!!

Enjoy your Friday!  TGIF!!!!

More Presents!!!

Holy cow - we are getting more than one present a day, and I am way behind in showing them to you!!

Okay, so since I last wrote... Last night was our Business Share.  We all received this beautiful notebook & matching pen in our themed black & white damask.  Even the box for the pen matched!!!

 

Then, I received this adorable wallet that matches my very cool purse.  This present was on my bed when I got back from our Business Share.

 

Okay, then this morning we left for Kanab.  It was about an hour and a half bus ride.  We had a great time at the back of the bus.  (Priscilla we miss you!!!)  So, on the bus, there were more things to win!!  I was on the Maine Blueberry bus, so we ALL won a pack of Maine Blueberry paper, and then I won bus bingo and got a spool of So Saffron Polytwill ribbon.  My seatmate & friend Sarah also won bingo & she got the same ribbon as me.  (Actually she won twice, but had to give up her second prize.)

Okay, so then, when I arrived back at my room after the Kanab trip, there was another box waiting for me.  Here is what it looked like. 

Want to see what was in it???  Well, I didn't take a picture of what was inside yet, so you have to come back tomorrow to see!!!  Hahahaha!!!!

A Note from Founder's...

Stampin' Up! never ceases to amaze me.  Every year they outdo themselves.  Here is what was waiting on my hotel door when I arrived yesterday:

And after dinner, this adorable bag was in my bathroom:

 

And it had all this great stuff inside:

Hope you enjoy your Thursday!!!

Off to St. George, Utah

I'm off to St. George, Utah for the Founder's Circle trip.  I'm taking my computer, so hope to get some good pictures of some scenery (or maybe some new stuff!!) and I'll try to post while I am gone.  Until then, be sure to check your email - there might be a "while I'm away" special!!  :)  You have to be on my mailing list to receive this, though, so if you are not, go & sign up now in the yellow box to the upper left of this page!!!