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New Blog Design ~ YAHOO !!

Hi Stampers:

As some of you have  already noticed and posted  your sweet comments ( Thank you  so MUCH!)

  My dear friend Michelle  got my new  blog design up  this afternoon YAHOO!

 OH my  goodness  I am sooo excited  and I so love my  new Blog  design and color ~  New catalog tomorrow New Blog  design today   I am one excited gal  thats  for sure .

I will  be  moving things around on my  side bar in the upcoming days  So please be patient  with me  and Plus Michelle  is  still hard at work  on my blog as I write this .  Thank you  so Much Michelle for  designing me  the most beautiful  Blog  ever!  

I will be adding Michelles  Blog badge on my  side bar  soon  But  until I do that   you  can see  all  the fabulous things Michelle  can do by clicking HERE ..

OF  course  you  won't see anything as pretty as mine over there  ( just kidding ) .

 Michelle  does AMAZING work  I felt  she  was all mine  during my blog tranformation even though  she is a very busy lady  she  still made me  feel like top priority.

Ya know  its all in the details ~ so here  are a  few  things  you may not have noticed that  are new to my  blog :

 Of course the fancy new blog banner  and side  panels

I love them doodle  dots  in the design ( that is sooo me ) Love my  white gel pen

If  you look  up in  your  search engine box  you  will see a Fancy little D  by my   blog address

Blog buttons  galore ( so cute  and so organized)

Did  you  notice  the Click HERE is in Purple also  OH my  gosh  so awesome NO more  ugly  blue  click HERE links YAHOO!  

More is still to come like  a cute watermark and also a new siggy Plus my Stamping Studio where all my  videos  are posted  will get a new look as well :)

OH yes  I almost forgot  I added  some Stampin'Up!  video links  on my  side bar (  you  will have  to scroll down a wee bit )   make sure you  check them out  when you get a chance

Until later... Happy Stampin!

From the Heart ...

Hi Stampers:

Today I wanted to share  with you  all what one of the  2 projects  we did this past Saturday night  with my  Club girls .

OH how I love this fancy watercoloring  technique  Which my Great friend Patty  did a video on YAHOO!!!

Please click HERE  to view Pattys video . You will LOVE IT!!

Seriously   you  will be  sooo impressed  with yourself  all you  will want  to do is look at that beautiful Rose  when you are finished :) No 2 roses  will be alike  ~ well unless you make a million of them, then I am sure there  may be 2 that are simular .

For my Card I used Shimmery white card stock # 101910 and  Regal rose  refill #105223  for the  rose

 I used the Always artichoke card stock #105119 For my base card  and the leaves 

 I also used  the Texturz plate #1 Background #114512  & Stampin'Up! the little leaves # 114511 Sizzlits die with the Big shot #113439

 The greeting " From the Heart" is from Holiday & wishes #114984 stamp set

I love This card .

Try all kinds of  color combinations  you  will have  so much fun ! Thank you Patty  for a Fabulous video :)

 

ANNOUNCEMENT : NEW CATALOG

OK on to  some news  about  the new catalog going Active  tomorrow July  1st .YAHOO!!!

You will be able  to start ordering  ( if everything  goes as planned)  from my SU! web site  HERE  at

12:00pm Mountain  time .

 Here are  the  time  zones  to keep in mine when You can  begin placing your orders  online

Mountain time~ 12:00pm

Eastern time ~2:00pm

Central time ~1:00pm

Pacific Time ~ 11:00am

Hawaii~ 9:00am

Alaska ~ 10:00am

Also Currently  Serveral ink pads &  refills  are already on backorder It is also Possible  that the New In colors  ink pads may  be backordered  within a  couple  of days  after the new catalog goes Live (July 1st )  However  SU!  assures me it will be a short term  situation  and  these backorders  will be filled  very quickly .

 Bermuda Bay ink pad # 115655 

& Bermuda Bay Ink  Refill# 115661

will NOT be available when the new catalog  goes live on July 1st , Due to Ink quality issues.

 Please keep this in mind  when placing your order .  SU! is in the process of getting this issue  quickly resolved  and it will be announced  when the Bermuda bay  ink pad and refill will become available for purchase .

BUT

The Bermuda  Bay

Card stock#115317 ,

Marker ( included in the the assorted pack of IN color markers #116329 ) ,

and 1/2" Polka Dot  GG Ribbon #115610

are the correct Bermuda Bay color and will be available  to order on July 1st .

If you  have any questions PLEASE  email me or call me .

 

LAST CHANCE / RETIREMENT LISTS

Today is the Last day for the Occasions Mini HERE   and also today is the last  day for  all the  Last Chance items  Click HERE for  those lists .

You have until 11:50pm  Moutain  time  Tonight to get the last chance items and Occasions mini   goodies (Please refer to chart above for your time zone)

Thanks  for stopping by today and Have a Fabulous Tuesday .

I will see you  tomorrow .

Until later... Happy Stampin!

 

 

 

What ? Merry Christmas ?

Hi Stampers:

 So  many of  you  are starting your Christmas cards right  now ~

At least that's  what I heard  from Laurie  at Club night  Saturday  night  and also from  alot of you  during my Phone- a-Thon a couple weeks  ago . 

Well here  is another one of those  simple No layer  cards  BUT  this one is  a Super  cute Snowman /Christmas card .

I used the Brand  new Hostess  level 3 stamp set Called The more  the Merrier...

Remember  my cupcake~ no layer card~ I made  using this same  stamp set ? Click  HERE  to view that one.

These 2 cards (Cupcake ( previously ) & Snowman  )  are  from the 5 cards  I made for my Stampers Club  Hostess  Carol  this past Saturday night.

Here  is  a upclose photo of the  snowmen  .

The Merry Christmas greeting  is from the Brand new stamp set called Teeny Tiny  Wishes  That I punched out  with the  Word window punch#105090 . Then  I used the Brand new Modern label Punch  in Bashful blue card stock .

The SU! markers I used for coloring my snowmen  are :

Certainly  Celery #105106

Apricot Appeal #105107

Pretty in Pink #100045

Bashful Blue#105111

Only Orange #100051

Black #100082

 Ya know  the  saying Christmas in July?  It's never  to early  to start getting  those Christmas card  done right ?

Thank you  for peeking in today  and Have a Marvelous Monday .

Until later... Happy Stampin!

 

 

Dawns Sunday Share ~ 6-28-09

Hi Stampers :

We are down  to the last few  days  of the current  catalog .. Are  you  ready  for the new catalog ?

 Guess  what   I  and thousands  of other SU! demonstrators will be  doing in  just alittle  over a Month from now ? ( ok it's about 37 days but  who's counting  right ?)   Going to Stampin'Up! Convention YAHOO!! 

Convention is  for  SU! demonstrators  and  what a blast  it  is...  Check out  this video HERE  PLUS  

OH my goodness these guys are coming back this year YAHOO!! You check them out HERE This song  they did last year was such a HOOT!

 OH YEA SU! really knows  how to  have a FABULOUS   Stampin party .

 I am sooo excited !

I also wanted to let you  know  that over the few weekends I will  not be posting  on my  blog on Saturdays or Sundays.

 1st thing on the list  is  I have VBS songs I need to learn  and be able to teach to my  Kids  for VBS  the week of July 13-17th.   The Funny thing is   it  takes me  weeks to learn  the  songs  and movements  and  my VBS kids learn  them in 5 days   some  sooner :)  Is this a sign I am getting old Hee! Hee!  Seriously  I may  know 2 of the 5 songs BUT I do not know  any  motions  to any of them and I have 2 weeks  to  get them down

 Plus getting  ready for Convention  and  the best part of the month of Aug will be that  My Hubby  will be home again mid August for 2 weeks YAHOO!!  PLUS We will be celebrating our 21st Wedding Anniversary.   

 Thank you  so much  for  your  patience  while I  take a  tiny tiny  break on my  Saturday/ Sundays blog post .

Here  is my Sunday Share  video  for today : 

by Michael W. Smith ...

 

 

 

 

Have a Super Fabulous Sunday .

 Thank you  for peeking in  today  and I will see you  all again  tomorrow . 

Until later.. Happy Stampin!  

Faux Linen Video ...

Hi Stampers :

Today we will be doing the Faux Linen  technique  I really  love  how this looks .

Click on over to my STAMPING STUDIO to view todays Video.

 

Here are  the supplies  I used to create this background :

Friend  24-7 stamp set #113218

Whisper white  card stock # 100730

Mine is cut at 3 1/2" X 4 "

Bordering blue classic ink #102265

White tissue paper ( Non Stampin Up!  found at local  stores )

Anywhere Glue stick #104045

Scissors  I  am using the  Craft & Paper scissors #108360 

Other items I used  to  finish my  card  are as follows :

Friendly  words jumbo wheel #114696

Jumbo wheel handle # 103661

Modern Label Punch  Brand new  Available July  1st

word window  Punch #105090

Photo Corner punch # 109042

Vintage  Brads ( black ) #109109

White taffeta Ribbon #109070

Black card stock#102851

Bordering  blue card stock #102630

 I colored my bird with the following markers :

Chocolate chip marker #100071

Always artichoke marker #105113

Bordering  blue marker #100070

Have a Fabulous Day .

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

 

 

Spotlighting video...

Hi Stampers :

 Spotlighting  is in the spotlight today.

It's  Such a  fun way  to  bring focus to a certain part of your projects .

 Yup I used  the Crazy  for  cupcakes stamp set #111618 & the matching wheel  called Cupcakes # 113121  along with Black, Pixie pink  and Pink passion card stock again for todays video .

 To view todays video click on over to my Stamping  Studio

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

 

2009/2010 catalogs Have arrived !!

Hi Stampers:

The new catalog are in the House :) YAHOO!  if  you pre ordered  a catalog through 1:00pm ( eastern time ) today then  your new catalogs  will be on  its way to you .

 The catalogs  will be leaving the house  in about 1/2 hour  and  dropped off at the post office & then on the  way  to  your Mail box .

 You all are  going to love the new catalog :)

Hey  Club girls  I will have  your  Catalogs  this Saturday YAHOO!!

xoxo

Dawn

 

3 Hats Video ...

Hi Stampers :

Today we will  be  making these super  cute hats . These hats  would be sooo cute  with my  Thank you notes this month HUH?

You can view This months ( June 2009) Thank you notes  video HERE

Click on Over to my Stamping Studio to  check out  todays  video and get the supply list .

Until later ... Happy Stampin! 

 

Happy Birthday Cupcakes ..

Hi Stampers:

 OH my  2 days in a   row  with cupcakes ~ Hummmm  Is there a hidden message or something ? Hee! Hee!

 No hidden message,   just lovin  cupcake stamps lately :)  

This is one of the   Brand new Hostess  level 3 Stamp set called The More the Merrier  from the new catalog  that will start  July  1st .

This set is sooo sooo  cute . It has this cupcake stamp  along with  a  snowmen stamp, Pumpkins, Birds  and a  couple other images  Plus  lots of greetings

The  greeting on my  card  today is  from  a Brand new stamp set  called Teeny tiny  wishes .

OH my goodness  I am  going to be using this set alot ,The greetings  are  small enough to fit inside the  Word window  punch#105090 perfectly , which I then layered on the brand new Modern label Punch.

 I used the following Stampin'up! Markers  to  color in my  cute cupcakes :

Pretty in pink#100045 

Certainly  celery#105106

and Real red #100052  for the  cherry on top .

 Just a sweet simple no layer card ( I love these type of cards ) I just need  to add  some  dazzling  diamonds to make it even better :)

Thanks  for peeking in today~

Have a Wonderful Wednesday  and I will see you  all again tomorrow .

Until later.. Happy Stampin !

 

 

 

Crazy for Cupcakes ..

Hi Stampers:

Here is another Faux Grid  card I made  using the Crazy for Cupcakes  stamp set # 111618

I did a  video on this technique  resently  and  you  can find  that  by clicking HERE

I used Green Galore  Card stock # 101768 and Green Galore Marker# 100048  with the Tempting Turquoise  Card stock#102067 and  Tempting Turquoise Marker#100058  I really  love these colors together :)

Have a Fabulous Tuesday  and I will see you all again tomorrow .

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Brand New goodies ...

Hi Stampers :

I  got to play with some of my  brand new goodies this weekend YAHOO!!

Here is the  1st card I made. 

For my  card I used the  Brand new  Stamp set called Animal stories &  the new  IN color polka dot  ribbon  in  Melon Mambo  Just love all those polka dots    But  you  already  know me  and my  White  gel pen are favorite friends HUH:) 

I also used the new  In color Classic ink & matching card stock in  Melon Mambo   The "Thank you"  is  from Enjoy every moment  stamp set # 113622.

 Do  you notice in the photo what else is  Brand new in the upcoming catalog IN color  Markers OH my  goodness  I am sooo excited  about this !  Seriously  This is the best  thing ever :)

I also used the Large Oval punch # 107305 and the Scallop oval punch # 114889

Here are the new colors  for  2009/2010~ All of which are  Just Fabulous!!

I Hope the  new catalogs   are delivered  this week so I can get them to all of you  that pre-ordered  a copy by July 1st .

Cross your fingers :)

Thanks   you  for stopping by  today.

 I have  alot of  things  to do this week starting  with  making new  videos  for this week and  also preparing  for my Stampers club meeting this upcoming Saturday night  . 

  Gotta  run I will see you  all again tomorrow .

Until later... Happy Stampin!

 

Dawns Sunday Share 6-21-09 ~ Happy Fathers day

Hi Stampers :

Happy Fathers Day .

I was able  to  use some  new goodies this weekend  YAHOO!

I am offically  caught  up on  all my  Thank you  for your orders.  So sorry for the  delay  in getting them to you .

 So  with  me caught up that  means I got  to  have  fun stamping  with all my   brand new goodies .

 Even though  I know this stamp set Under the stars # 111556 is  not actually Brand new, BUT It is to me  since I just resently got it . I thought it was  perfect for a Fathers day card .

I think  the shadow box  card has to be my  all time  favorite  card  to make because it is so easy and sooo much fun to create .I have a Video on the shadow box card HERE

I really Love all the images  in the  stamp set But  what cracks me  up is the "Skeeter Spray"  What a Hoot :) 

Even though I know this is a Fathers day card  I just had to add a  touch of dazzling  diamonds   in certain places ..

For my  Sunday share video today :

I shared this  video with  you last year and well I  love  it  so much that  I thought  it  was worth sharing  again this year for Fathers day .

 

I want  to also share  this adorable photo of a Father  and his baby  that were  across  from  us on the plane ride on our return  from St. Maarten~  Is this  photo priceless or  what?

  They both  slept  for the  entire  plane ride  from Atlanta to Detroit.  

Happy Fathers day  to my AWESOME Hubby (I love you! ) & to all the other Wonderful Daddys out there.

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

 

 

Shattered Glass Video

 

Hi Stampers:

Here is a really fun project called Shattered Glass . 

Lets Go grab some masking tape  and click on over to my STAMPING STUDIO  and check out todays  video . 

Until later... Happy Stampin!

 

4th of July Mini candy Wrapper video

Hi Stampers :

Today we will be making this adorable  candy wrapper . Just in  time  for your  4th of July  activities .

Click on over to my STAMPING STUDIO  to  watch the  video  and get the  supply list .

 Until  Later.. Happy Stampin!

Dawns Annual Phone -a-Thon TODAY ONLY!!

Hi Stampers :

TODAY is the  day !!!

I have  done this Phone a thon  for the last  few years  with just my local  stampers BUT this year I am opening it  up  for  all my Stampin Friends  here on my  blog  YAHOO!  

All  the details are listed below : 

Dawn's Phone -a- Thon is a 1 Day event

Dawns Annual Phone -a-Thon ~ Today June 18, 2009  9am- 9pm eastern time

This will be the day for my Annual Phone a thon .. You MUST live in the USA and or have a APO / FPO address

Remember YOU MUST call me on June 18th between 9am -9 pm ( Eastern time zone ) Here are my ph number's you must call me at #(248) 670-6181 or (248) 332-3206

When your order reaches $50.00 ( before S&H and Tax ) you will recieve the caller # items listed below

Depending on what # caller you are . This will be the FREE item you will recieve ( below)

#1 (1) pk of dimensionals FREE

#2 FREE $5.95 Punch ( your choice ) Or FREE classic ink pad ( your choice of color )

#3. White gel pen FREE

#4. Stampin write marker FREE

#5. Dazzling diamond FREE

#6. 2 way glue pen FREE

#7. Tombow multi glue FREE

#8. Mini glue dots FREE

#9. 1 FREE pack of colored cardstock ( your choice of color )

#10. Hobby blade FREE

***PLUS If you spend $100.00 or more ( sub total ) Get Free Shipping Plus FREE caller item above ***

Once 10 callers have called and placed their orders. I will repeat starting again at #1- #10 and will continue to repeat #'s until 9:00pm

REMEMBER: To get your favorites off the retirement list before they are gone forever

Dawns Phone -a-Thon is for phone orders ONLY and will NOT apply to online orders. Pay pal is preferred BUT other payment options can be made when you call .

Side note Dawns Thank you notes & FSM tokens for June will be replaced with caller FREE items for this 1 day event ONLY!

I look forward to talking with you on the phone TODAY Call me between 9am- 9pm Eastern time : (248) 670-6181 OR (248) 332-3206

 Dawns side note :

If  you  call and I am on the phone I will answer your call   and  I will give you a Number ( this will be  your  caller  FREE item # ) and I will  call you  back  for your order Once I finish with the  previous caller

Have a Fabulous Day !

Until later .. Happy Stampin!

xo

Dawn 

WHEW !!

Howdy Stampers:

Today is  a rainy  day and  a Great time  to Play with my Brand new goodies  ( Hopefully )  Thats because I have ONLY  a few more Thank you notes  to  send out  and then I will be  currently  up to date YAHOO!!

Thank you  all so much for  your patience  while I was away ..  As  you  all know when  you place your order/s  with me I  try & send out my Thank you  notes  the  very next day  and well  there was alot of  catching up to do  beside all the normal unpacking / laundry / getting  settled  back in to a routine  and of  course  checking  out the Brand new catalog .

 OH MY GOODNESS!  don't even get me started on  that fabulous New catalog of  AWESOME  goodies  which starts  July 1st .  Dont forget to get your  Copy  Today  you  will be  so happy  you  did :)

The Link  to pre order  your copy of the new catalog is  up  in the  right  top  corner of my  blog

This new catalog  for 2009 / 2010  really out  shines  all past catalogs  with  such  beautiful projects on each page  and  sooo many  new goodies MY  wish list is  growing  by the minute ( SERIOUSLY I am in BIG trouble ~But it is so  fun to be in  Big  trouble Hee! Hee! )

There  is 1 BIG thing  that  is  going to totally  freak   all  of  out  when you  see the new catalog .. That's  because if  you  Love  the New In colors ~ Then  Brace yourself   for Something HUGE  that is announced in  the new catalog  YAHOO!   You may know  already But  I am not  sure if   new catalog announcements are allowed  yet  for posting  so  stay tuned :)

Today we went to meet  with Jessie New school  Counselor   and set up all her  classes  for next year . I guess I have  been spoiled  with sending Jessie  to the same  school   over the years  BUT  Gee whiz  a new school  sure does need alot of  items (Property tax  record  from last year /  Current  copy of  electical  bill / Shot  records / School Trans-scrip / Birth Certificate/  & maybe  even a little  blood  while we are at it .. Just kidding :) 

 Jessie is  really  excited  to  go to  the new school  NO uniforms  and  LOTS of kids  ( maybe  to many )  Her  11th grade  class  had 8  total OK 9  including the  teacher  But that doesn't  count .

Have a Great  Day

Until later... Happy Stampin!

Post it note & pen holder (Updated )

Hi Stampers :

Today I thought  I would share  my post it note  & pen holder video. 

 Once again  this is one of those videos I thought needed  an update  so  if you  want to  view the older  post it note & pen holder  video that I posted  back on May 8, 2008  click HERE

 For the New updated  video Click on over to my STAMPING STUDIO and check that one out over  there :)

Until later... Happy Stampin!

 

Independence Day note cards ...

Hi Stampers :

Here are a couple  note cards I made with the  retiring stamp set Independence Day #114992

Well I am  excited to report I have  started on my  To do list  Yesterday  and  Have  got  alot  done  since  being back  home  from  vacation  But I must admit  I  do  seem to get side tracked  Ya know  when you  start  doing  something  and  mid way you go off and start something  else .

Here is where I am on my list :

I got Thank you  Notes/ FSM tokens made and sent out  up through June 5 

 Yesterday I got  all  8 of my Newest  Glitter Queens packets  sent out  to those who  joined  My Glitter Queens  stamping  team while I was  away

DVD orders   are  being  finalized  today and  hopefully  shipped out today .

My Stampers club is next week I  will start working on  the projects  we will be making. Our Hostess ~ Carol~ wants  to  make  the Mirror Image  card  using  Lovely as a tree  stamp set. I did a video on that  which you  can view HERE  

Jessie  got a new phone yesterday  since her  charger  thingy  broke. I must admit I am soo proud  of Jessie  since she  went  through a little  withdraw from her Cell  while on  vacation  NO verizon  in St Maarten ( Go figure )   I Only heard  her  say somthing  about her phone  maybe 2 times tops  the  whole  2 weeks  which if you have  teens   and  love texting  You see why I am  so proud of her .

Called  and set  up appointment  for Jessie's NEW school  year yesterday . We have  been  in  deep prayer  re: Jessie  School  next year  and  we are  going to be  sending her  to public  school for her  Senior year .  For  reasons I will not  mention  BUT  We all have  such a peace  about  this new adventure  for her .

Rich is on his Way back  to Iraq as of Last night .

Michelle  is  working on My new blog banner  and  other goodies  We  got the  final  design  for my  banner  as of last night  I am very excited  to have a new blog  design  for  the  new SU! catalog   starting July  1st . I soo appreciate Michelle  and her  patience  with me  while  designing my  blog banner :) Thank you Michelle

Speaking of July  1st did you  see the  button on top right ?  You can  pre order a new catalog right now . I  do not have  the  catalogs  in my  Home But as soon as they arrive I will ship them out  to you .  OH my  goodness  I have  a copy of the new catalog ( SU! Demonstrator  benifits ya know )    and It is Gorgous!  SU! really has  out  done themselfs  and I know  you  will all love it  as well .  so if you  want  a new catalog  Click HERE  and pre order one today .

 I also  had   my BIG  pre order of  all  new goodies  waiting  for my  return  home OH my the new in Colors  are  sooo Awesome. Plus I  got a bunch of new stamp sets . Yes I got them all mounted  and  ready for playing  BUT  I want  to have  everything  caught  up 1st. It will be Kinda like a small reward  to myself :)  I cant  wait!

Videos  will be  alittle  off this week. By OFF  I mean  the  normal  days  of my video posting  will be  out of order  from the normal posting  days  which are Thursday, Friday & Saturday . That's  because  of my  Special 1 day event  SO I will  mix it up alittle  But  there  will  still be  3 videos  still this week .  Hopefully  next week  everything  will be on track again .

Our VBS  at church is  in July  and is approaching so Fast I still need to  study the music  YIKES!! Please Pray for me :)

Hope you  all  have a Fabulous Day and I will see you  all again tomorrow

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

 

 

 

Summer fun ~ Cook out kit

Hi Stampers :

Today  I have 3 exciting   things to share  with you ..

#1 Today kicks off the  Country Living & Stampin Up!   Summer  Fun  promotion .

Stampin'Up! has created  this adorable  summer fun kit  Click HERE  to view  flyer .. You  can also view the  flyer  by clicking on the icon on  the top left . 

This promotion  run  until August 31, 2009

( Aug 31, will also be  Rich & I  21st Wedding  Anniversary )

#2 Stampin Up!  demonstrators  have many perks  one of them is receiving the Stampin Success magazine  each month  BUT  Guess what ?

 This month I  am showcased  with a shadow box card I made  for Stampin Up!   Stampin Success on line  extras for July issue ..   How exciting  To be apart  of this fabulous magazine.  The  shadow  box card I made is shown above I used  Just Buzzin By stamp set # 113228

You can also view  a video I made  for this type of card HERE

#3 I have a  1 day  special event  coming up  this week  stay tuned for all the details .

 Have a  Fabulous Day Stampers!

 It is  sooo Great to be home again  and Thank you   for  sharing our  Wonderful vacation  with me by visiting me on my  blog 

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

We made it home

Hi Stampers:

 Just wanted to let you know I made it home  and we  even went out to dinner with all our  friends  from church tonight   BUT not before we stopped home to see Bowzer  and  get our Luggage  in the house..

 OH my  goodness I have over 3,500 emails  and  I  will start  making thank you notes  for all your orders ( Thank you  so much ) and  trying  to get  replys to  your emails ( Thank you  for your patience )  

 xox

Dawn

Dawns Sunday Share~ 6-14-09

Hi Stampers:

This morning  I will be on my way home  from St Maarten.( You can click on any photo to enlarge your  viewing if you like )

Our flight  leaves at 8:30 am this morning  and we have a lay over in Alanta for  almost 2 hours  Then we will arrive  in Detroit  around 5:30pm tonight . WOW what a Vacation  Gorgeous Wheather , Beach every day & sight-seeing  during the afternoon.

  I thought I would share a few more photos   with you  for my Sunday Share  again this week . Jessie Rich &  I are big  dog  lovers  so it is no surprise  we  just about  went crazy  when we seen Gypsi .

 Jessie is holding  him  he is sooo cute :)

Gypsi is 8 months old and sooo little~  I would be affraid  to step on him.

I think  know Jessie  would have  taken him  home  with us in a Minute~ BUT I'm not  sure how Bowzer  would be with that  and I am sure Gypsi's mom would not be happy  either . Even though we  seen  a few  really  cute dogs here on the island  I was sad  to see  not to many heathly looking  dogs  walking around .

Jessie has  fun  straighting dads hair when he  comes home  each time  and  being on  vacation  was no different . Rich  said  when he  1st went to Iraq  that he wasn't  going to cut his hair Until he  comes home  for good . He is  saying that his hair is  getting on his nerves  . 2 people on the island  said Rich looks like the wresler Triple H .  HUMMMM Don't know  to much  about him . 

Rich is leaving  back for Iraq  tomorrow  Night ( Monday) Just wish we had him  for 2 weeks here at home .Very soon he will be  coming home  for good  we are  shooting  for  March when he will  come home  for good ~ Hopefully  sooner .

We entered another drawing  here at our resort and we  won some Beautiful Jewerly and   we all got a Really great Brown Tan  I don't think I have  ever been so tan in my  life . 

The  sun is sooo Hot here I felt like a fried Egg  on the beach so I was in the  water alot  which by the way the best  drink on the island is a  BIG glass of Ice  cold water :)

. Rich loved  snorkling & Jessie  didn't  cause  she  seen lots of fish that freaked  her out :)

While at Orient Beach we rented  a jet ski and Jessie was a wild woman on that thing . She fliped  her dad off 3 times . I wish I had  be able  to video tape  that BUT they were  to far out

We  found a  Really  cool shop here on the island  called Del Sol Jessie and I got  some  nailpolish that changes color in the  sun  and  rich got a  new pair of sunglasses that change  from silver to blue in the  sun~  such a fun fun shop .  Jessie  & I  painted our nails  But  the Ocean water ate it off  every day  so after awhile we gave  up

Very little  American music  here on the island  Good thing we  brought our I-pods .

St Maarten  is sooo beautiful and we had a Blast  .

P.S Today is the last day  for the  2 for 1  FSM token  special  on your 1st $50.00 spent( before S&H and tax)  online  at my SU! web site .

More details HERE Have a Fabulous  Sunday and Thank you  for peeking in today  and  for the 2 weeks  while I was  gone   and I will see  you all again  tomorrow  from  my home in Michigan

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

 

Baby wipe ink pad video

Hi Stampers:

Todays  video we will be making a  ink pad with a baby wipe .

Go grab your reinkers and a  non textured  baby wipe  and  click on over to my Stamping Studio to  views  todays  video .

 Todays card sample I used  Lexicon of Leaves stamp set #113710

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

 

Lady Bug Box/ Purse video

Hi Stampers :

Today  we will be making this adorable  box / Purse . 

I thought it  would be  super cute  to have it match  my  card  from yesterday which you  can view that  HERE .

Lets click on over to my Stamping Studio  to check out todays video

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Lady Bug card video ...

Hi Stampers:

Today  we will be making  this card .. I just love this lady bug .

Supplies  you  will  use for todays card are  as follows :

Real red card stock #102482

4 1/4" x 11"  scored at 5 1/2 "

Black Card stock#102851

cut at 2 3/4" 3 1/2"

Whisper white Card stock # 100730

cut at 2 1/2" 3 1/2"

Green Galore card stock #101768

cut at 2" X 3"

Pencil eraser

scallop circle punch #109041

1/4" circle punch ( retired )

1" circle punch #109046

Eyelet border punch # 113692

Cheep talk stamp set ( greeting) #113204

P.S If you suscribe to my  blog with a email  feed and can't  view todays video Click HERE to view 

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Grommet video..

Hi Stampers :

I am sure you noticed  the  cute little hardwear I added to my  card  when you  1st saw it the other day.  

I want show  you how easy they are  to use in todays  quick video posted below  .

There are 2  different  sizes  in Grommets available  right now in the Occasions mini  you have  the

Basic Small Grommets # 114349 and  also the

Basic Large  Grommets # 114348 ( which is  what  I used on my  card  sample ). 

Both Sizes come in assorted colors all in  one package Black, White, Silver  and Vanilla .

I also used the chocolate chip corduroy button#114339 to the center of the  grommet.

LOVE IT!!!

Enjoy  

P.S If  you  subscribe to my  blog  via email feed  and can not  view todays  video Please click HERE  to view  

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

 

St. Maarten / St. Martin

Hi Stampers:

I thought I would share  a little  about St Maarten  and  what I have  learned about this beautiful island  since being here :

Click on any photo to enlarge your viewing :)

St Maarten /St Martin 2 names  for 2 difference  areas  St Maarten is the dutch  side  and St Martin is the  French side.

The Island is ONLY  37 sq miles and has 37  beaches  1 beach for every mile of the island and all beaches are topless and the  water is the most beautiful  turq. I have ever  seen .  Approx 80,000 people live on the island. Everything (  stores/shops/) closes  here around 6:00-6:30pm  the only  thing open late are the clubs / casinos/ restaurants . Alot of places are closed on Sundays . We did  find 1 grocery store  in Phillipsburg open on Sunday

Maho Beach is the most unique since this is located at the ocean - approach end of Juliana International airport Planes comes in  less then 50 ft  over your head. It really is a sight  to see  and  kinda spooky.

Orient beach  is the most active  beach on the island  and is 3/4  of a mile long  lots  to do at this beach BUT  beware the  southern end of the beach is  for Nudest  or what they like to call Naturist:)

There is even a named Dawn Beach how cool is that . we have also been to Mullet Bay Band Baie Rouge Beach.

Shopping: 2 awesome places for  Great  shopping  Phillipsburg( Dutch side ) and Marigot  Market (French side)  we have  been to both  and  they are  really  Great Plus  you  can always make a  bargain  I got a beautiful beach cover up   that  was  selling for $55.00 for $20.00. You can get ( 3 ) t -shirts  for $15.00  and Jessie  and I both got 2  sundresses in  tropical prints  for $12.00 each 

Duty FREE shopping:  All shopping is Duty FREE  which is  also  nice .  US citizens  regardless of age  who have been out of the country  for  a minimum of 48 hours and have not used their  duty free allowance  within 30 days  are  allowed $800.00  duty free tax exemption  for family  members  who live in the  same home  and  return together can pool  their  exemptions  so  Rich, Jessie and I  will have  a total of 2,400.00  worth of duty  free articles . Which I might add it a LOT  since everything is  sooo inexpensive here .

US money  is BEST But  if you plan to use  your  credit card do so at  your  own risk since the credit card company will charge  you a  exchange  rate  and  their  rate is NOT  good  +  you  will also be charged  an international  fee  No need to  exchange  US $  to Euro since  the island  will accept  US dollar and will be to your advantage.

Dawns Side note:

Shopping  at local stores/grocery most  price items in NAF  just keep in mind  that the dollar  amount is usually 1/2 that what is listed ob the item , So if a item is 16.00 in NAF  the US dollar amount  would be about $8.00

Transportation :  Small cars, jeeps, 4 wheelers , scooters  and motorcycles and of course  walking  No  stop lights  and  no stop signs  they have alot of  round abouts  here  which helps  with heavy traffic  areas . Everyone beeps their horns   and  you  either  move fast  or get out of the way :) Hey thats my type of driving Hee! Hee! roads are very narrow & It is amazing driving  up hill 

Food : The food is amazing  Here. There is a sunset  dinner  cruise  that is amazing . They have American fast food places here  as well ( McDonals / BK/ KFC/ Pizza Hut/ Sub way  even though  we have not  ate there to see if they taste the same BUT I am pretty sure they do .The drive thur's are  really  different here also.

Temps: always  high 80's-100's  with very high  humidity   which makes it  feel very sticky.  Bring Lots of  sunscreen.  We had one  rain storm since  being here  and it  didn't  last long  If you  seen my photo gallery  you can view  the  double rainbow photo we seen after the  storm.

Loterie Farms  for  easy- ride  zip lines , At least 13 Casinos are all over the island as well if thats your thing .

If I could  sum up our vacation so far in 2 words~ 

LOVE IT!!

P.S scroll down  to view the  video I posted last night  Another video will be posted later  tonight as well stay tuned  

 

 

Embossing Aluminum Foil video ...

Hi Stampers :

Today I want  to show  you  how  to use your Big Shot #113439  to emboss  aluminum foil that you seen on my Many Mower  card  from yesterday HERE.

I will be  using  the Backgrounds #1 texturz plates #114512  the Tiny  polka dot  side. After  trying this a  few times  I found a way  to   emboss  this  very thin  foil . You may have  already known this But   for me I guess it  took me  alittle  longer :)

Enjoy todays video

P.S If  you  subscribe to my Blog  via email feeds  and   you  can not  view todays video Please click HERE  to view

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

And Many Mower ...

Hi Stampers:

If all goes as planned I will have  5  days  of  videos  for you  starting  tomorrow  But lets start  with  todays card  which  will be the  highlight  of  Tuesday & Wednesdays  videos. Tomorrow  I will show  you how to use  your  big  shot  to emboss   the Aluminum foil I used on my  card  today ..

 I know what you  are  thinking  cause  I thought  the  same  thing  well thats easy  enough  right ? well if you have  tried  this  with your  big  shot  you  will see  there is a trick to it  which I will show  you  tomorrow .

 I just love  the  way this card Looks like  tons of  chrome  just perfect for  a Fathers  day card.

 Thank you  for peeking in today have a Fabulous Monday  and I will see you  again tomorrow with a new  video 

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

 

Happy Sunday 6-7-09

Hi Stampers :) 

I have  to share with all of you  that we found the BEST  sour pickles here in St Maarten OH my  gosh these are sooo sour and sooo yummy I guess the  very  bottom small print  should tell you  WOWZIE!! 

Have  you  seen the the video on my SU! web site  If you love the matchbox  Bigz Die  you  may want  to check it out by clicking

HERE then click on the  bottom  left  arrow to play.

Have a Fabulous Sunday....

I will be home next Sunday 6-14-09. 

 See you  all again tomorrow ..

until later... Happy Stampin!

xo

Dawn

Nugget Purse Video ....

Hi Stampers :

 To we will be making these adorable  candy purses .. Click on over to my Stampin  Studio  for the  video  and  also the  supply  list

Until later... Happy Stampin!

Dawns Thank you notes for June 2009 Video ...

Hi Stampers:

 Oh my  goodness I am so excited about my  Thank you  notes  for   the month of June :)  

 For every  order you place  with me online  at my SU! web site HERE  for the month of June I  will be sending you one of the 3 designs  this month. If  you  place more than 1 order during June   you  will get  one of the others as well 

 ( YUP  I keep track of which ones I  send you )

 Plus  don't  forget my FSM  tokens  you get a  Extra  token  for your  $50.00 ( before S&H and tax )   order  you place  between June 1- 14th 2009 . 

Order must reach $50.00 (before S&H  and tax ) and  the 2 for 1  FSM  tokens  apply  to 1 of your $50.00 orders placed between June 1-14th, 2009

I just love this months  thank you notes they are soooo stinkin  cute HUH? 

  Ok lets just get to the  video  shall we :)  click on over to my  Stamping Studio  to watch  todays  video & get the supply list  over  there also :)

Until later.. Happy Stampin! 

 

Shutter card for Fathers day Video ...

Hi Stampers:

I will be showing you how I made this shutter card  for Fathers day .

 I  don't know who created the shutter card is BUT I sure do love it ~ because  you all know I  love  unique  cards  that do  something unlike your normal  flat cards :)

Click on over to my Stamping Studio to watch the video and get the supply list as well

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

 

New Photos from St. Maarten uploaded ...

Hi Stampers :

I thought I would make a gallery of  some of the photos we have taken so far  here in St. Maarten.

 Click HERE or  you  can check out the gallery on the  top right  side

xox

Dawn

Sweet Matchbox ..

Hi Stampers: 

 Such a sweet little match box  for little goodies  to go inside  which mine is  holding  the mini Snickers  candy  bites :) YUMMYO!! 

I just love my Big  shot# 113439  and  todays  project is just  another reason why ..

I used the Matchbox  Bigz XL die# 114890  from the Occasions mini .

My Friend Patty  has a Fabulous video HERE on  how to cut  your  paper for this  cute little  matchbox ..

OF  course  you  can always  cut  your paper   to the exact measurments  of each section  for your box pieces 

  BUT  either way  you "Cut it"  ( no pun intended )  You  will find this Match box  die  is super fun to make and  really  great for those  small treats .

Have a Great day ..

Until later.. Happy Stampin!

Last chance update

The following stamp sets have been removed from the Last Chance stamp list and will be available for purchase from the dormant list during the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog sales period.

114494 Forever
114492 Beautiful Baby
114486 Birthday Wish
114490 Glad Friends
114498 Flowers in Silhouette
114496 Celebrations
114488 Fun Flowers
114032 Acurelas Maravillosas

Also, the following items were added to the Last Chance accessories list and are available for purchase while supplies last.

116209 Note of Thanks
116210 Birthdays Count