Gifts for co-workers

 I made my co-workers a gift of cards again, and this year, I put them in little clear boxes by Clear Images (Impact images).  I got the boxes a couple of years ago, and decided I better start using them..so I stamped 24 cards, in Pear Pizzazz, Pretty in Pink, Not Quite Navy, and Real Red...matched them up with some designer papers, and stamps...

Simple cards, and yet really makes a nice quick gift to give friends that I work with!  I made 2 of the packages with 1 of each color card so each person gets 4 cards.  The colors coordinate with the person I'm giving the gift to, and the assorted ones are for 2 senior ladies that are joining our group for our work Christmas Party. I wanted to incorporate them into our 'gift giving'.   We don't do the typical white elephant gift or draw names....we decided a few years ago, that we all have plenty of things to buy and we all have enough so we gift a  give to foster kids who are in need during Christmas...

So to offset that, some of us bake, and I - STAMP!  of course!

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Stampin out the Year 2011..and Hello to 2012!

New papers and New stamps as well as NEW accessories are fun!!!  We all love new toys to play with!  Come and play with the new products in the NEW Mini catalog! 

Saturday December 31
time: 9:30 to 12
Cost: 15.00
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New Products in the New Mini Occasions!

NEW PRODUCTS!!!!!!!!!!!  ooooh! right???  I just love the new line of shape cutters!  These are brand new, and hot off the Stampin' Up! shipping box...and I love them. I created this card using the label die....  What ideas do you have to create with these new shapes???

 You have to wait until January to buy your own, but they are going to be worth the wait!

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Shelli Gardner on the Today Show

Shelli Gardner, our Co-Founder of Stampin' Up! was on the Today show this morning and she said that Stampin' Up is donating 500,000 stamps, paper and ink and SWEET PRESSED COOKIE STAMPS!



http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/45568467#45568467

Be sure to check it out!!!
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with Sympathy.....

Hi! long time..no stamping!

I had a huge problem with failuretostamp! Have you heard of that? I didn't want to go in my room and do anything...not because I didn't want to stamp but only because there were so many things going on in my life that I just didn't have time.....plus Thanksgiving and family situations...

but, I think that is over, and now I can finally be in my room and play...

Plus it does help that I have an order coming in tomorrow and I need to get juicy creations going in my head! I created this card because of a need to stamp a sympathy card.

My friend lost her husband, and I have been praying for her and her family for strength....

He was a great dad, husband, and friend, and he will be missed. Until the end, he still had his sens of humor and the family got to spend some great time with him.

I made this card for her using whisper white, celery and baja breeze. Very simple and yet I think it will make her smile......

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Make a Wish.....

Stampin' Up! Donation on Behalf of Demonstrators Grants Three-Year-Old's Wish

Three-year-old Birklee has a new wooden play set, a play set that she enjoys playing on with her family and friends. The play set helps take her mind off the things that a typical toddler shouldn't have to be worried about, things like surviving hypoplastic left-heart syndrome (HLHS).

Birklee received the play set through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, when Stampin' Up! granted her wish. We work with the foundation to grant the wish of at least one child every year, on behalf of our demonstrators and in lieu of an annual Christmas card.

"Through this donation, we hope our demonstrators feel how much we love and appreciate all they do, and that we celebrating our shared commitment to making a difference in the lives of those around us," says Shelli Gardner.

Stampin' Up! shares Make-A-Wish's commitment to children, and we especially appreciate the organization's desire to "enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy."
Birklee wish has certainly done that. The play set was completed recently, and Birklee and her family and friends celebrated with a fun princess party.

We all know that times are rough now, - Make a difference this Season by giving to a charity instead of gifting each other..... hugs..Dianne

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