Halloween School Banner

Here is the banner I created for the foyer of the school for Halloween.  I'll be putting it up today and will then take a picture of the entryway.

I created the pennants on MDS - so so easy!

AND...

We've gotten a one day extension on the 

promotion!

I've welcomed a number of new people to my team during this promotion and would love to have more!  If you are interested in saving money or making money this is a fabulous deal!

AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT!!!!.......

I'll be back this afternoon with more details on this....I've got to get to school!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Joan

"Create" Banner

Yesterday I finally finished my first banner using the Build a Banner Simply Created Kit (133507).  What fun it is going to be creating things for the entry way and for at school.  

I have to admit that I had some difficulty with spritzing the colour onto the pieces, but the sponge dauber and me are great friends and it worked out perfectly.

I also used the Gift Bow Bigs L Die (129977) for some of the accents - easy peasy lemon squeeze!

I used the Gift Bow die last weekend too creating bows to match the gifts we gave to Haley and Matt for their wedding.  I think I'm going to have fun with this one during the Holiday season!

Busy Week

Wow - it has been a very busy, productive, fantastic week - sorry I didn't get anything posted between last Sunday and now.  I was frantically prepping to get ready for the North Central Teachers' Convention this past Thursday and Friday.

Wednesday night I had finally gotten everything created, and packed and used my toboggan to help haul everything to the car in one-fell-swoop.  (Toboggans are wonderful things)  Sorry the photo is blurry!

Wednesday afternoon was spent setting up the booth... I had created this banner Monday and Tuesday....it says  "We can go way beyond just cards!".....'cause we can!

I'm happy to say that I got rid of a lot of my retired stamp sets, and quite a number of my cards got sold also!  I had tons of teacher's coming by and it was fantastic to see old friends I hadn't seen in a while, and current colleagues that I don't get to see very often.  It was fun working with Colette and Allison in the booth too.

Wednesday evening I snapped the view out of the hotel window - I love reflections in buildings!

Thursday and....

Friday were beautiful mornings!  

I had a fantastic time, and today I'm working on some creative deadlines, unpacking and cleaning, and then gearing up for the next event - this Friday!

To leave you with something creative - this is an 8X8 piece that I created pretty much exactly from the tutorial from the "Spring Edition 2013" from Create with Connie and Mary.  I used different paper for the bird, and the stamps I added are different, but everything else is the same.  The instructions were wonderful and I got lots of compliments on it at Convention.  I thank Connie, Mary and the rest of their Design Team for the inspiration they provide in their Tutorials.

Off to get more things crossed off my "To Do" list.  Thanks for stopping by - Have a Great Day.

Joan

Blushes and Banners

I'm gearing up for an upcoming Extravaganza with our extended Stampin'Up! Team next weekend.  I'm going to be doing a demonstration using the new Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz and I'm taking the ideas right out of the January Stampin' Success Magazine.  

For the card above, which uses the sketch from Stamping 411 (positioned horizontally), I've used the Smooch by spritzing it right onto the rubber stamp image and then stamping it.  You have to spray lightly or stamp lightly otherwise the image is fuzzy; and the areas where there is more of the spray glistens very nicely.

Next I'm sharing a Valentines banner I created using a tutorial from Create with Connie and Mary Occasions Edition 2012.  Check out their website if you're interested in getting a whole whack of fantastic creative ideas with products from the Occasions Mini and the SAB mini!

I had to change some of the things on my banner because I didn't have the same supplies as were used in the tutorial, but I'm happy with how it turned out.  I also added a central heart to the banner, just to make it a bit longer.

As I sit in my stamping room in the basement this afternoon, I can hear the water on the road in front of the house as the cars drive by.  Very bizarre for January 29 in Northern Alberta!  Hope it doesn't rain like it's expected to later!  However, precipitation is precipitation - and the farmers will be needing it!!!

Hope you are having a great end to your weekend.  Thanks for taking the time to stop by for a visit.

Joan