Our First Scrapbook Club - August 25, 2011

First of all, I want to say "thank you so much" to my new Scrapbook club members!  I am so looking forward to creating and sharing with each of you every month!  I am also thrilled to have the inspiration of this club to put another scrapbook together.  I finally put pictures in my first scrapbook and now need another one to document my kids lives for the next few years!!  We are going to have a blast at club each month!  If you'd like to join the fun, just email me at amy.frillici@yahoo.com.  You can come check out the club anytime!

This first page of our new album was made using the colors and fun ideas found in the Playful Polka Dots Simply Scrappin' Kit in the Summer Mini.  I just loved this color combination (Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive) when we used it to create our mini 6x6 scrapbooks this spring and wanted to use it one more time before it's gone for good on August 31!  The word "FAMILY" was created using the new "Letter It" Stamp set in the current Idea Book & Catalog.

These next two pages were created using the Nautical Expedition Designer Series Paper, the Sail Away individual stamp (two favorites of mine from the Summer Mini), the Word Play stamp set ("You mean the world to me"), the Two Tags Bigz Die for the Big Shot, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine and the Word Play stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed these pages!

~amy

For class information and to order Stampin Up' products on-line, visit my website at

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My First Workshop Ever!! - August 11, 2011

First of all, I want to say thank you so much to my dear friends for "humoring me" and coming to my first-ever workshop!!  I was really nervous - maybe even more so because these were all of my good friends watching me fumble my way through things...  At any rate, I got some much-needed practice and feel much more confident now.  I also sincerely appreciate all of their feedback, which was exactly what I needed from them!  So, thank you dear friends :).

 I demonstrated two cards this evening.  The first card features ALL of the new 2011-2013 In Colors (Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Cameo Coral and Pool Party).  I saw this card on the Stampin' Up website and had to give it a try!!  I also used the new In Color Designer Printed Brads, Mini Brads and the 3/8" Cameo Coral Ruffled Ribbon.  Please let me know if you are interested in participating in the 2011-2013 In Color Ribbon Share for just $13.00, and you can play with these beautiful, ruffled ribbons as well!!

The second card I demonstrated features the new Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper (BTW, Stampin Up is offering a Buy 3, Get 1 Free Promotion on all Designer Series Paper thru August 31!!) as well as the Manhatten Flowers Textured Impressions Embossing Foldler, Subtles Flower Brads and the Thank You Kindly Stamp Set.  This set features 4 ways to say "thank you", which I have wanted to do a lot lately, so these stamps have come in very handy!! 

I hope you enjoyed these cards!!  I'm anxious to start creating again and will let you know soon what I come up with next!!  Happy Stamping!!

~amy

For class information and to order Stampin Up' products on-line, visit my website at

http://www.amysuzanne.stampinup.net

 

New Catalog Kickoff and Buy One, Get One Free Event - July 21, 2011

This first card features one of the new 2011-2013 In Colors - Island Indigo (and 2010-2012 In Color, Pear Pizzazz).  I absolutely LOVE this color!!  Plus, just saying the name makes me happy :).  I guess because it transports me to some exotic locale!!  The greeting is from the new Delightful Dozen stamp set - this is the new, very versatile, something for all-occasions stamp set.  I love all of the stamps in this set and will use it for years and many occassions to come!  I also used the new Island Indigo 3/8" Ruffled ribbon - this ribbon is awesome!!  I am offering a ribbon share (where you get 2 yards each of all 5 new In Colors) for $13.00.  Please let me know if you'd like to participate in this ribbon share!  One last note - I used the Embosnew Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder as well - adds a nice touch, don't you think?

This next card features a few products from the Summer Mini....  Nautical Expedition Designer Series Paper, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine and the Sail Away individual stamp.  I really loved how this card captured the feel of summer!!  The sentiment is from the Bring of the Cake stamp set - this set features 13 different ways to say Happy Birthday!! A must-have stamp set in my book!!  Finally, I used my new Color Spritzer to add a little "texture" to my crumb cake card stock - I know it's a little hard to see in this picture, but it sure was fun squeezing that little bulb and seeing the ink fly!!

The last card we made featured the new 2011-2013 In Color, Lucky Limeade (we also used Rich Razzleberry) and the new stamp set Creative Elements - the swirls and curls in this set (as well as the flowers and butterfly) are gorgeous!!  We also ran our card stock through the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder after we stamped it - I just love this technique!!  The sentiment is also from the Bring on the Cake stamp set.  I am also in love with the Designer buttons - I think I've now bought them in all collections (so you might seem them again sometime soon)!!

I also want to thank all of my friends and customers for coming to my first ever New Catalog Kickoff and Buy 1, Get 1 Free Event!!  I had a lot of fun planning this event and was glad to have so many of you stop by to see what it was all about!!  I promise to have even more stamp sets to choose from next year!!  I couldn't quite part with too many of them this year, but now I have all year long to use and enjoy them!!  And then I'll be ready to offer them to you next year!!

Thanks for all of your support!!

~amy

For class information and to order Stampin Up' products on-line, visit my website at

http://www.amysuzanne.stampinup.net