Croppin Weekend Retreat

Hey Stamper's!
Just thought I'd share some of my recent scrapbooking pages I made while at a weekend cropping event.
Below are some 6x6 pages that I made for these acrylic hanging frames for my girls.
The friends page was made using Stampin' Up!'s felt flower accents and the Sell-a-bration scallop punch.
The summer time page was made with punches and my cricut.
The blue and white pages were done with my Big Shot from Stampin' Up!

The 2 page 12x12 spread below is my youngest daughter at Binder Park Zoo. She did the face painting. Notice the tiger cut out...that I did with my Cricut. Then layered it up with white and green. Turned out pretty cool I think.

It was a great time! I plan on going again in September so I'd better get planning on what I want to work on. I'm sure its going to take me from now until then to get things all planned out!

Happy Stampin' & Scrapbookin'

Hi Stampers:

It has been brought to my attention with an announcement from SU! that the retiring colored cardstock is going quickly and will soon in not already be substituted with the textured cardstock in the upcoming days/weeks at no extra cost.

I'm not exactly sure when this replacement will take place.

Inkpads and reinkers are still available through May but may go into backorder status.

Beginning June 1st all retiring colors will be available while supplies last.

Go to my blog Kim's Creative Stamping to find links to the retiring colors and the new colors that are coming.

Rag Quilt Purse

Hey Everyone! I know you don't hear from me in forever and then twice in one night. I guess that's because I'm feeling caught up a little bit in life. Today I actually took some time for myself and made me a Rag Quilt Purse.

They are all the rage and you use the Big Shot die cutter to create the scalloped squares. It took me between 4-5 hours to complete my first one from start to finish. So not bad I guess.
Here's the actual purse:













These are sets of material that I have for more Rag Quilt Purses. These were fun and a pretty quick quilting project.

Stampin' Up! Color Renovations

Maybe you've already heard--the exciting news--but if you haven't then here it is . . .
Stampin' Up! has announced that it has come up with new color families--and they are calling it
COLOR RENOVATION

There will be 5 BRAND NEW COLORS, They will bring BACK 10 of the retired In Colors!!
These colors will all be available in July when our new catalog is released.

Here is what the new color families will look like:












So, now notice--there are still 4 Color Families, but some of our favorites are no longer in there--Yes, I will really miss Pixie Pink, Lovely Lilac, Ballet Blue and many others--but that's why I'll be stocking up on re-inkers & card stock in those colors and others that I'm very fond of. Speaking of Fond--the Fond Farewell chart is also posted--below.












I'm just so excited about all of this that I had to share my excitement with You.

Did you see them--the 5 new colors are: Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze and Early Espresso---Did you see them--the 10 returning In Colors are: Baja Breeze, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Rich Razzleberry, Riding Hood Red, River Rock, Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango and Wild Wasabi.

I LOVE that WE will have NEW COLORS to CREATE with! Hope you will catch my excitement and stock up on your favorites from the list below--that will be retired as of June 30, 2010.

Maybe June seems along way off to you--but it will be here before you know it--contact me anytime by sending me an e-mail, or call me to put in your order.

5 New Colors--10 Returning In Colors--I'm so excited about all this I just had to share it with YOU!

Until next time!

Baby Scrapbooking

A few weekends ago I went on a weekend cropping retreat. I worked on a baby album for my sister who is due any day. We know she's having a boy so that made doing the layout easy for colors.

I have not added pictures as of yet so you'll have to use your creative mind to see the pictures on there.

As you can see I used my cricut ALOT on these pages. Now we just need to get this baby to come into the world so we can get his pictures too.

Hope you enjoy these pages!

Occasions Mini Catalog & SAB Mini posted!

Hey everyone! Have you missed me!!! Life has taken a drastic turn around here so sorry for not posting sooner.

Stampin' Up! has some great things going on right now. One being the Occasions mini and the other being Sale-a-bration.

One of the biggest most awesome thing about the occasions mini is that hte stamp designs are now available in clear mount for those that like the clear blocks to see through. Click on the occassions mini and look on page 6 & 7 for more information.

And as for the Sale-a-bration mini, it includes accessories as well as sets and all the products are free with your $50 or more purchase. (In fact one for each $50 in product before shipping & tax)

Click on the images below to download the catalogs if you don't have them.

Club projects

Hey everyone!! I just thought I would share a few samples with you. They are from Stamp club... The first one the orange, blue & green one has a couple of techniques on it. The strips are done using a baby wipe and reinkers. You fold the baby wipe and put drops of reinker in a row and then swipe across the cardstock. If you were to stroke the baby wipe the other direction you would create a checkerboard pattern.
The cupcake top is embossed with irridescent ice EP & pumpkin pie craft ink.

Below are 3 cards from another club meeting. These 3 are using some of the new In-Colors. The teal card is also using a new stamp set and the yellow card is using a hostess stamp set.

The next couple of months as a club we'll be making Christmas cards. If your interested in joining us let me know. Your cost would be $15 to make the projects if your not a club memeber. The next club meeting is Sept. 22nd at 6:30pm. Be sure and contact me to sign up so I can have your projects ready.

Also don't forget about my all day crop in October. You can read more about that here
We are sure to have a great time so sign up soon because space is limited!

SCRAPBOOKING CROP!!!

How would you like to make some time for yourself to come and stamp or scrapbook and catch up on your own projects?

If you said Yes, then you need to join my All Day Crop!

For those that have been to my crops before, things will be a wee bit different this time. So listen closely!! I will be providing lunch this time.

When you sign up for the crop you will need to sign up for a supper item.
We are going to do a Soup/Chili Supper
So I need you to sign up to bring one of the following:
Soup or Chili,...Bread or Crackers,...Dessert, Veggies & Dip
This will be on a first come basis as to what you sign up for.

What a perfect day...stamping, scrapbooking, cool weather, soup & CHOCOLATE!!!

Here are the details
When: Saturday - October 10th, 2009
Time: 10am - 10pm
Place: Kim's House - 11549 40th se Lowell Mi 49331

What to bring:
1. Bring your own projects and supplies to work on
2. Bring your favorite snack
3. Bring your own drinks (Non-alcoholic)
Coffee and Water will be supplied

What's available: I will have the following things available for you to use that night.
1. Sizzix Die Cuts (I have 5 towers of dies)
2. Cuttlebug - Embosser
3. Stamp sets
4. Punches
5. Coffee
6. CHOCOLATE
....and more

Cost: $20
This includes:
Lunch- (Lunch will be served at Noon)
Unlimited Coffee - for the creative "jolt"
Chocolate
Use of my Die cuts, Cuttlebug, Stamp sets and more...

If you come after lunch Cost is $15

This is a great time to get those projects you started done. What do you think? Doesn't that sound like an ideal day?

Stamping, Friends, Fun, Food and Good Times!

Space is limited

Holiday Mini Catalog is here...

Enjoy this AMAZING 40 page mini catalog! In addition to holiday and seasonal sets, you will enjoy many more papers and acccessories.

Are you interested in making Christmas Cards? We will be making those at my Stamp Club on September 22nd at 6:30pm.
If your in the stamp club you get to make them free...you just have your minimum order to place.

If your interested in joining us let me know. Cost will be $15 and you will make 5 different cards. Sign up today because space is very limited.

Digital Scrapbooking & More...

If you haven't heard already I have some news for you!!!

Stampin' Up! is coming out with their own digital scrapbooking software. Honestly I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. I've never ever even seen a digital scrapbooking program work or the product from it. So I have nothing to base a judgement on. I know there are lots of different ways to accomplish digital scrapbooking but have never tried any of them.

I have heard that Stampin' Up!'s software is some of the best on the market compared to others.

Our software is compatiable with Mac or Pc.

You can create so many different projects with it...scrapbooks, scrapbook pages, cards, calendars, flyers and more.

Here is a look at some of the projects you can create with this program.

When you get done drooling over these pics head over to my Picasa album to see more. You'll also see some photos of screen shots of the program.