The Winner Is.....

 Watch the video below to see who won May's prize - in my "Let's Stamp A Little" Facebook Group.

(If you are viewing this in your email - you may need to click on the post title to load the video.)

CONGRATULATIONS to the winner!

  I will be contacting you to ask which prize you want.

For your chance to win June's prize, be sure to join my "LET'S STAMP A LITTLE" Facebook group, and look for the pinned post.  Then post a project in the comments, and YOU could be chosen the winner at the end of the month!  Anyone can enter and win!  I just want to encourage people to stamp and share!

Yesterday, I returned from a week's vacation to Nashville, where I also taught two sessions of a mini scrapbook class at the National Garden Railway Convention.  It was the first time I taught classes in person for over a year!  It was soooooo much fun and I think everyone had a great time.  CLICK HERE to see a short video of the album.

I think I am ready to start having classes again - here in my craftroom - so be sure to stay tuned for details!

In the meantime, be sure to visit my STAMPIN' UP! WEBSITE to see the current promotions, including items up to 50%  off from the "Last Chance List."

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Kathy

Who likes FREE?!!!

 

Would you like to receive the stamp set OR designer series paper in the photo above - FREE from me?  Then here's what you need to do:

• Join my LET'S STAMP A LITTLE Facebook Group
• Find the pinned post with the same photo as the one you see above. (Or click on Announcements)
• Post a photo of a project that you made using a Stampin' Up! floral stamp set or any Stampin' Up! floral Designer Series Paper - as a comment on that post.

That's it!  I will pick a winner next Sunday (June6) and announce the winner next Monday (June 7), after I return from my vacation.  So you have about a week to find something you have made, or create something new.  Please note that I will cut the paper to 6x6 if it needs to be shipped.

I am currently in Nashville, TN to attend the National Garden Railway Convention with my husband.  I will be teaching a class at the convention - where the participants will make a mini scrapbook for preserving memories of their trip.  You can see the album BY CLICKING HERE.

Tomorrow, June 1, the "Last Chance List" for products retiring from the Jan-June 2021 mini catalog will be announced.  Please visit my STAMPIN' UP! website (tomorrow) to see the items that will be retiring.  Many of them will be deeply discounted.  If you choose to place an online order, please use the hostess code: YG3EUB3X and I will send you a thank you card and small gift.  You may also email your order to me - but I may not be able to place your order until the evening, after I return from our daily excursions.  All of the retiring products will be "While Supplies Last" and some will sell out quickly.  I would not want you to miss out on anything that you really want!

If you have any questions do not hesitate to CONTACT ME..  I am here to help and will continue to check email and  FB messages when I can.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

The Winner is......

I used http://www.random.org/ to select the winning note pad from all the entries received at September's Club Meetings.  And the winner is..........................Lyn!  Visit my last three blog posts to see all of the note books that my creative stampers made!  Lyn will get to pick a prize from my basket at our next club meetings (October 19 & 20.)  CLICK HERE to go to my Stampin' Up! website to see my complete list of events.

Besides decorating their notebooks, I had several club members bring other projects for "Show & Tell."

Below is a Hershey's Bar that Connie decorated  for the children in her preschool class to take home on the first day of school.  Connie & I work at the same preschool and she is also on my Stampin' Up! team.

The card below was made by Linda, who is also one of my team members.  She is an artist!  Her work is always beautiful.

The card below was made by Lisa.  Lisa also works at the same preschool as Connie and me.  This is such a pretty card.  You can never go wrong using the stamp set "Lovely as a Tree."

The card below was made by Patti.  She used the triple time stamping technique to make her card.  

 I would love to teach you and your friends how to make this kind of card.  It is easier than you might think!  CLICK HERE and HERE to see other cards using this technique.

If I missed anyone's project, please forgive me!  Can't wait to see what my club members will bring for "Show & Tell" this month!

Please CONTACT ME OR VISIT MY STAMPIN' UP! WEBSITE for more information about my stamp clubs or to Join my Team!

For a limited time you can join for only $25 so if you were ever thinking about it, now is the time to do it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

Another Winner

Way back in July I found this wooden box which is really meant to store cassette tapes. I have 4 boxes like this hanging on the wall in my craft room.  They are perfect for storing Stampin' Up! ink pads.  I didn't need another one, but I couldn't pass it up when I saw it at a Thrift Shop.  So I had a contest for my customers to come up with an idea for what they would do for this box.  Connie won - she is going to make titles for displaying my students work this year.  I think I got the better end of the deal!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

June's stamp club contest

 At my June stamp club meetings I gave everyone these pieces to make a Christmas card.  I told them they didn't have to use all the supplies this time, since the red frame is not the same color as the red in the designer series paper.  Only one person entered a card for this contest; however, I didn't give them much to work with, we didn't have a meeting in July, AND I forgot to give the supplies to my Sunday Stampers.

Below is Nancy M's card - the only entry and so the winner!

I am very impressed with her card.  She did use all the supplies, plus used the Mosaic Madness stamp set and coordinating punch to make the cute poinsettia.  I am not sure if she meant for the card to be this way or turned on its side.  I think it would look good either way.  Below is the card that I designed using these supplies (except for the frame.)

This is a card I made for a stamp-a-stack a few years ago.  The ornament stamp set is retired, but there is a cute one in the new holiday catalog, with a coordinating punch.

CONTACT ME if you would like to join in the fun of stamping with me!

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Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

The Fan Favorite and the Random Winner

I realized that I never announced the winners for my Stamp Club Contest.  (Sorry!)  The card below was the one that received the most comments on the blog post.

 And I used random.org to choose the second winner, which was card 7.

This contest was so long ago that I am not sure if I remember correctly whose card is who!  So the winners will have to let me know and claim their prize the next time they are stamping with me in my rubber room!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathy

Let Me Try This Again

 

I don't think I made myself clear on SATURDAY'S POST. I don't want to know what I can use this for............I want to know how badly do you want this for your stamp room?!  What would you be willing to do so that I give this to you?!  Be creative!  And in the meantime, I will keep hunting for more!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Kathy

Scroll down to yesterday's post and vote for your favorite card!

Club Contest - PLEASE VOTE!!!

Earlier in the spring I gave my stamp club members the same supplies and challenged them to make a card using those supplies and any other Stampin' Up! supplies.  Unfortunately, I never posted the cards or picked a winner.  So I am posting all the cards today in one post.  Please choose your favorite card by leaving a comment at the end of this post.  I will pick TWO winners: one by my usual method of using random.org and the other winner will be the card that receives the most votes on this post.  Deadline to vote is July 6.  One vote per person, please.

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Card 5

Card 6

Card 7

Card 8

Card 9

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

And the winner is......................

These are the supplies I gave to my stamp club members in February - well, to the ones that were up for a challenge.  They had to make a card using these supplies.  They could use other products (Stampin' Up! of course) but they had to use these items in some form.  If you scroll through the last 5 posts on my blog, you will see the 5 cards that were entered in this month's contest.  I used RANDOM.ORG to choose a winner and the winner this month is...............................

Anna

Anna will be able to pick something from my prize basket when she comes to stamp club in April.  I hope everyone is working on their cards for next month!!!

CONTACT ME if you would like more information about my stamp clubs.

VISIT MY STAMPIN' UP! WEBSITE for dates and times of my next club meetings.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathy

Club Contest Card 5

This is the card Anna made for this month's club contest.  Sorry for the bad photograph; my camera's battery was dead that night so I had to take the photo using my phone.  I couldn't keep the card because Anna was planning to give it to someone.  I love that!  I make a lot of cards, but they don't always make it to the mailbox!  I love the simplicity of this card.  This is the last card for this month's contest.  I will announce the winner later today!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

Club Contest Card 4

This was Nancy F's card for this month's stamp club contest.  What says spring more than butterflies?  And with all the green I gave my club members to work with - it fits  perfectly for a St. Patrick's Day card.  Love how she used buttons on her card! Scroll down the posts to see the other samples.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathy

Club Contest Card - 3

 This was the card Linda made for our monthly stamp club contest.  The butterfly punch is one that I don't have, but I think I will be adding it to my next order.  I like how she punched the opening on the front of the card, then embossed the butterfly on the inside of the card.  Very clever.

CONTACT ME if you would like more information about the products used to make this card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

Club Contest Card - 2

This was the card that Nancy made for the club contest.  I love how she was able to brighten up the green card stock with Designer Series Paper.  She also added a lot of interesting details that make this a really cute card!

CONTACT ME OR VISIT MY STAMPIN' UP WEBSITE for more information about the products used on this card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathy

Club Contest Card 1

 Each month I have a contest for my stamp club members.  At February's meeting I gave them a card base which was scored in a non traditional way, and 3 pieces of green card stock in various shades.  It is always fun to see what everyone does with the same materials.  They are allowed to add stamped images and other embellishments.  This is Connie's card.  She always adds a lot of details to her cards.  Below is the inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Come back to see the other cards my club members made!

Kathy

Club Contest Entries 2 & 3

 Here are the two other contest entries for my Stamp Club Contest.  The card above was made by Connie.  She has so many details in this card that make it very special, including dazzling details, the larger size rhinestones, and the Large Scallop Edgelit.

The card below was made by Nancy M.  I LOVE cards with fancy folds and special cuts and this is one of those cards!  I love how she layered a stamped image on the paper heart.  The ribbon adds a nice finishing touch.

I only had three entries into this month's contest: 1. Diane 2. Connie 3. Nancy M.

I used random.org to choose the winner ..................and the winner is.........................




2. Connie!!!


Congratulations, Connie!  Next time you are over you get to choose a prize from my special basket.  AND I think you still need to pick something out of my other basket for your "show and tell" cards at our club meeting this month!

Thanks to everyone who entered.  Hope you are all busy working on your cards for this month's contest!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathy

Club Contest

Each month I like to challenge my stamp club members to stamp in between our meetings by using the supplies I give them to make a card.  Last month I gave everyone a heart and a scrap of paper from the More Amore designer series paper which was left over from the cards we made at our January meeting.   Here is Diane's entry in this month's contest:

When she handed me the card I was thinking that I should "fuss" at her for not using Stampin' Up! supplies.  I didn't recognize the designer series paper, but then I looked closely and saw that she stamped the background and then cut the scrap of paper I gave her into tinier pieces to make a pattern.  How creative!

Check back to see the other card entries.  I only had three stampers participate this time........but they all made BEAUTIFUL cards!  Good thing I use random.org to choose the winner.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathy

And the Winner is..........

Nancy M.!  

Here is her prize.......... 418 inches of ribbon!

It pays to come over to my house for stamp club and/or classes.  Nancy was here on Saturday for stamp club and took a closer look at the ribbon in my jar for this month's contest.  (See this THIS POST if you don't know about the contest!)  After looking at the ribbon, and listening to my hints.....she took what she thought was a crazy guess at the number of inches of ribbon in the jar - 360 inches.  And she was by far the closest to the total amount that I had collected in the jar. So she will have all of this ribbon to work on her projects, between monthly stamp club meetings.

CONTACT ME or VISIT MY STAMPIN' UP! WEBSITE for more information about my clubs, classes, and special stamping events.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Kathy

Ribbon, anyone?

As Promised - A New Contest 

This contest is just for fun!  I have been collecting scraps of ribbon in this jar for the past year or so.  These are ends of a roll, pieces that were cut for cards that never got made, and even some non-Stampin' Up! ribbon!  All you have to do is guess the number of inches of ribbon is in this jar.  If you stop by my rubber room for a club or class this month, you will get a better look at the ribbon.  You can leave your guess as a comment on this blog post or E-Mail your guess to me by clicking here!

I will announce the winner on Monday, January 21.  That will give all my stamp club members a chance to look at the jar of ribbon in person at our meetings that weekend.  Not a club member?!  You are always welcome to join in on the fun as a guest!  CLICK HERE to get more details about my club meetings and other stamping events.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Kathy

Evergreen

My friend and down line, Lyn, sent me this card.  I am not sure if she intended to enter the contest.  She did not post a comment on THIS POST like the rules stated.  She did leave a comment on another post.......and she gave me the BEST peanut butter fudge for Christmas..........but again, rules are rules.  So I will have to disqualify her from this contest.  

This card is beautiful.  Lyn used the stamp set, Evergreen and the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Folder from the 2012 Holiday catalog to make this card.  Both items are being carried over - so they will be available at least through May 31 and hopefully they will also make it into the 2013-2014 catalog.  Lyn cut the opening using the Big Shot and the Labels Collection Framelits.

And now to announce the winner of the contest.  Honestly, I could not pick a favorite card - it would like be choosing your favorite child!  They are all beautiful and there is something about each card that really caught my eye.  So I decided to use random.org to choose the winner.  And the winner is..............

Wendy

Wendy, you will have to come to one of my stamping events to claim your prize!!!!  Or at least stop by to stamp during some free time.

Thanks to everyone that participated in the Christmas Card contest.     

I will announce another contest tomorrow.  And you won't have to make a card to win this time!!!

Rejoicing with You

This is the card Connie made.  I can't say that she made it for my Christmas Card contest because she actually had it in the mail before I announced the contest.  It was the first hand crafted card I received this Christmas and I love everything about this card.  All the little details make this card so special; the texture, sponging, the pearls, and of course the sentiment.  The stamp set is Rejoicing with You (main catalog, p.21)

I have one more Christmas card to show you tomorrow, and then I will announce the winner!

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Kathy