Last Chance Lists are HERE

Hundreds of products from the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog and Definitely Decorative brochures are retiring (catalogs available on my right sidebar). Now is the last chance for you to get them before they're gone for good! Last chance accessories (will be updated at 4:00 MT each day) are WHILE SUPPLIES LAST only, so hurry! If you have some favorite accessories, order online ASAP as they sell out quick!! Don't forget to check out the CLEARANCE RACK if you are shopping online too!!!

Click the links below to view the lists of retiring items.
Last Chance STAMP SETS

Last Chance DEFINITELY DECORATIVE

Last Chance ACCESSORIES



MINI STARTER KIT for $99!!!!!
From June 1-June 30. Join NOW and you are eligible
* for pre-order and sneak peaks from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog (that start today for every demonstrator).
* FREE Idea Book and Catalog with your first order in June
* 30% OFF your first order over $150 (within 45 days of sign up)

There is no penalty, no obligation to sign up, you get to keep all your goodies!!! There are so many wonderful benefits. What are you waiting for???

Here is what you'll get in this fantastic deal: (substitions allowed of like items of equal or lesser value.)

117050 Watercolor Trio stamp set (wood-mount) $22.95
118571 I {Heart} Hearts stamp set (clear-mount $18.95
118486 Clear-Mount Block C $6.95
116978 Homemade single stamp* $8.95
100730 Whisper White card stock (8-1/2" x 11") $8.50
119706 Brights Collection assorted card stock (8-1/2" x 11")* $6.95
115656 Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad $5.95
119667 Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad* $5.95
115658 Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad $5.95
100814 Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad $5.95
119261 Basic Black 1/8" taffeta ribbon* $6.95
121620 Color Coach* $14.95
104332 SNAIL Adhesive $6.95
Retail value of products in kit $124.90
* Sneak Peek items

The Mini Starter Kit also includes the same business supplies that are in the standard Starter Kit:
•Getting Started DVD
•Getting Started Guide
•Guest Invitation Postcards (100)
•2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog (8)
•Summer Mini Catalog (8)
•To My Hostess Envelopes (10)
•Recruit Folders (5)
•Recruit Brochures (20)
•Hostess Brochure (20)
•Hostess Benefits Form (10)
•Customer Order Form (50)

Contact me if you'd like to join my Krew or if you have any questions. I'd love to tell you my Stampin Up Story!


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C is for Cookie

'Sunny Day, keepin the clouds away...' I could impress you and sing the lyrics, remember I have 2 little ones ;) Although Sesame Street seems to have taken a bit of a back seat to Dora and anything 'princess' - the Sesame St characters still bring a smile. We have two b-days to celebrate, each little boy turning 1. So I just had to whip up an Elmo and Cookie Monster card, the original designer of these is a fellow SU demonstrator named Karla
Not only is this an adorable card, but they could embellish a scrapbook page as well :)
* Both were run through the Big Shot with the Scallop Circle Die. A Real Red Elmo and Pacific Point (returning color!!) Cookie. Fold your cardstock and place fold under a few scallops to leave your 'hinge' intact.
* Eyes popped out with a 1-1/4" Whisper White Circle
* Eye balls popped out with a misc non-SU circle punch (shhhhh)
* Elmos nose 1-1/4" Dusty Durango Circle popped up on a dimensional
* Mouths kreated with the Big Shot and Ovals Die. Cookie, I cut his oval approx in half. Elmo, after cutting out the oval, I placed it back over the die again and ran it through for a little 'crooked' smile.

Super cute right?? Lets hope the 1 years olds think so :) (I got this one in the bag - hehe!!)
Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!!

May 31st, TOMORROW, marks the end of:
* National Scrapbooking Month - get a FREE set of Designer Brads with your purchase of select products
* 250 minutes of stamping and paper crafting ideas - Join My Team and earn 2 FREE Technique DVDs. Click to watch a little sampling from one of the videos
Remember there is no penalty, no obligation to sign up. But there are wonderful benefits. With the new Idea Book and Catalog preorder and sneak peeks starting June 1st, and your demonstrator discounts, what are you waiting for??? Contact me if you'd like to join my Krew or if you have any questions. I'd love to tell you my Stampin Up Story!


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The Best Cake Ever

I know you don't want to hear excuses, you just want to see inspiration! So I won't bore you with my life, but I will be back with my kreations very soon. For now I know you will adore this awesome inspiration!! I was HONORED to recently receive a Beautiful Blog Award from Lorraine at Paper Vernissage. Thank you so much Lorraine for your kind words and finding inspiration in the little things I do :) Lorraine kreates wonderful cards/projects (I'm amazed at times what she does with recycled materials aka Thursday Throwaways), she also has a love for nature and captures things great and small w/ gorgeous photos - not to mention her sense of humor in some of her posts. So make sure to visit her. Now, talk about inspiration... this was the swap she gave me at the Dream Night Event. Wow, is this the cutest thing ever? I absolutely LOVE it. Every detail is just perfect!! A zero calorie cake she calls it that fits perfectly in a little box she made as well!! Don't ya love it! OK, if you are not seeing it, that is a little tealight that she covered with DSP and she used the little flower from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack in the Summer Mini. Flippin' cute I tell ya!

May 31st marks the end of:
* National Scrapbooking Month - get a FREE set of Designer Brads with your purchase of select products
* 250 minutes of stamping and paper crafting ideas - Join My Team and earn 2 FREE Technique DVDs. Click to watch a little sampling from one of the videos
Remember there is no penalty, no obligation to sign up. But there are wonderful benefits. With the new Idea Book and Catalog preorder and sneak peeks starting June 1st, what are you waiting for??? Contact me if you'd like to join my Krew or if you have any questions. I'd love to tell you my Stampin Up Story!


You can purchase all products online with me or email me with your orders.

Get Ready for a Tropical Party!!!!!

More Dream Night Make-n-Take projects...all kreated with the new Tropical Party set in the Summer Mini. All the makings of a Summer party!! From the invitation to some cute favors!! The new Tropical Party set, Island Florals Bigz Die, Party Favor Boxes, Island Oasis DSP - all must haves for your upcoming summer luau!! Hope this gives you some fun inspiration

Here is the adorable tri-fold w/pocket invitation. The Old Olive belly band was inked with Old Olive palms from the Tropical Party set and adorned with Island Oasis DSP flowers from the Bigz Die, Island Florals in the new Summer Mini. The belly band wrapped around the Tempting Turquiose 'card', unveils an adorable invitation. Edges were spruced up with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.
The main invitation was matted with Pumpkin Pie and placed in the center. The bottom 'fold' of the invite, kreated a little pocket to place an RSVP card/directions or whatever extra info you wanted to add. Such a CUTE idea.




These Party Favor Boxes are SO cute. Check out page 27 of the Summer Mini. You get 6 die-cut boxes and bellybands in 2 different patterns (12 total) for $5.95. How cute to add these as a favor to a summer party? And they take no time at all to assemble, but these are only available while supplies last!
This came together SO quickly!! Island Florals (Bigz Die) were already precut with the Big Shot and ready to be put together and adorn our bellyband for a quick, easy, adorable favor box. Cute cute, right?


This is another very cute favor or gift idea. This Tropical Gift 'Box/Bag' was kreated with a piece of Rose Red cardstock and a Tempting Turquoise belly band, all 'wrapped' around a small Tempting Turquoise box. All were stamped with coordinating ink colors with the florals from the Tropical Party set. The 'closure' is kreated with Old Olive run through the Big Shot with the Top Note Die. Palms decorated in Old Olive randomly on the Top Note. The Crop-a-dile places uniform holes through all layers to thread a Pumpkin Pie Wide Striped ribbon.


I was lucky to be a part of a small 'Anything But a Card' swap with my Inksistas' also fellow SU demonstrators. I rec'd some fabulous projects!! Here are 2 that I thought fit perfectly with this 'party' theme.


How cute is this Mini Milk Carton? Fill it with some yummy candies and it makes a very cute favor. What about adding a name card and you have a place card holder?! Oh so cute!! Thanks Debbie Modrowsky for this great swap!






Dale Morin swapped this very fun Fancy Favor box. Flowers and band kreated with the new Island Oasis DSP

Ya ready to Party now?? I know I am :) So Fun!!!! Hope you liked seeing these great ideas from my recent Dream Night extravaganza!!

Happy Kreating

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Sentimental Journey - Fathers Day

I will continue to show you all the fun projects from Dream Night, but I will spread it out between some of my own kreations :) I wanted to make sure I have my Fathers Day Cards in order, it always creeps up on me and I wanted to make sure I wasn't being my normal last minute Nelli (when under pressure is when all the creative juices start gushin'! But with some busy weeks coming up, I am TRYING to get ahead)

This card uses the car image from one of Shelli's Signature collection sets (aka a favorite of hers), Sentimental Journey, in the current Summer Mini Catalog.
* Card begins with a Not Quite Navy standard size base
* A piece of Bella Bleu DSP decorates the bottom half. Both sides of SU DSP is always so beautiful, so why not make it seen? Turn up the corner to get a peek. Used my finger nail and a Sponge Dauber w/Choc Chip ink to distress it a bit and keep with the vintage feel
* Decided to play with my stapler and adhered a piece of Choc Chip Grosgrain ribbon to hide the 'seam'.
* A panel of Very Vanilla cardstock was run through the Big Shot with the new Square Lattice Embossing folder. Using the Choc Chip ink on my dauber, I lightly swiped across the impressions and inked up the edges. I'm really liking this folder! Check out my Fathers Day Vest card HERE, using the lattice embossing folder. So cool!!
* The car image was inked in Not Quite Navy and stamped onto Very Vanilla and inked and stamped again onto a piece of scrap. Snipped it out and placed it on dimensionals. Distressed the edges with Soft Suede ink and my finger nail again (I may need to get a manicure after this card is done LOL). Matted it with a piece of Choc Chip textured cardstock w/ more distressing. Placed on dimensionals on my Very Vanilla Lattice textured panel.
* A snippet of Choc Chip Ribbon stapled to the panel and a Choc Chip Cordorouy button opposing each corner draw your eye to the focal image
* If ever there were a set I couldn't do without... Teeny Tiny Wishes, it has just about every occasion you need!! Happy Fathers Day inked in Not Quite Navy, popped out with my Word Window Punch and distressed with Choc Chip ink. FYI: ALL the phrases in Teeny Tiny Wishes can be popped out with the Word Window Punch - awesome!

Well, what do you think? Too busy??!! It grew on me from last night! I think I'm really likin' it now :) I'm not too worried as the men in my life don't usually critic my cards LOL. But I'd love to know what YOU think! Please leave me a comment - I love to read your thoughts!!

Any questions about any of my kreations, I am only a click away :) Thanks for taking a moment to stop by to get a little dose of me :)

Happy Kreating

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Supplies:
Stamps: Sentimental Journey (Summer Mini), Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Choc Chip Textured, Bella Bleu
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede, Choc Chip
Accessories: Big Shot, Lattice Embossing Folder (Summer Mini), Sponge Daubers, 5/8" Choc Chip Grosgrain, Choc Chip Cordorouy Button, Word Window Punch, dimensionals, household stapler

Tropical Party

These are 2 cards from the recent Dream Night Workshop, kreated with the Tropical Party set in the new Summer Mini. I did add a few extra touches when I got home,Kim'isms', so these are the 'after' photos. ('Befores' just as cute, but I had to make them my 'own', ya know?)

This one started with an Old Olive card base, both back and front edge of card is given a decorative edge with the Scallop Border Punch.
So Saffron was run through the new Lattice Embossing folder for a textured horizontal strip and matte behind the focal image.
Accented the lattice a bit with a few swipes of Old Olive on a sponge across the lattice as well as distressing the edges of the So Saffron pieces, card base and palm image. It adds a bit more depth and character.
Old Olive palms were stamped around a layer of Whisper White
The palm tree was stamped in Old Olive and without reinking stamped to the right and left of the 'main' tree.

A few little Kim'isms' to this card:
* I stamped my palm again, on scrap, in Old Olive, snipped it out and layered it on a dimensional
* Crystal Effects on my 'main' palm branches gave it even more dimension
* A little bling? Coconut bling??? 2 rhinestone coconuts glisten from the tree :)
Can ya feel the island breeze??


Isn't it cute? It is a pocket card and matching envie. How adorable for a summer bbq invite or luau invite!
After assembling the Pumpkin Pie pocket card and the Tempting Turquiose/Whisper White insert, the Scallop Border Punch was used for some decorative edges and a strip of the new Island Oasis DSP adds more of that aloha feel to the 'flap' of the card.

The oh so yummy island drink is inked in Melon Mambo on the insert and again of a piece of scrap and snipped out.
The snipped out 'cocktail' is added to Tempting Turquoise polka dot dsp,in the Island Oasis pack, matted on Old Olive and Whisper White - all popped up on dimensionals.
When I got home, I added a few little Kim'isms' to this kreation as well-
* the umbrellas were colored in with SU Markers - Summer Sun, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange and then layered with some Crystal Effects
* the straw was also colored with Summer Sun and highlighted with Crystal Effects
* the snipped out coconut on the front of the card was snazzed up with Dazzling Diamonds
Ahhhhh, can't ya feel the island breeze and smell the Pina Colada? :)
I'm ready for a Tropical Party, aren't you?

Thanks for taking a moment to stop by to get a little dose of me :) Any questions, I'm just a click away :)

Happy Kreating

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Dream Night Gift Tote

Ugh! Another busy week! Sorry for the lack of posting. What is it about the month of May??? I do have LOTS to share with you, but just need a few more hours in the day and few extra hours of sleep - after a very late Dream Night Tuesday evening, I am still trying to recoup LOL

Let me show you a few things from Dream Night. As promised, this is the adorable rag tote we rec'd from Dawn (kreated using the Big Shot and Scalloped Square die to cut out fabric and batting & a sewing machine of course). Don't ya love it?? I'm a pink girl and I love butterflies, so this had my 'name written all over it' (has Shelli's John Hancock written on it too!) The same fabric was what she had handmade all the pj's, aprons, and decor in. Scroll down to next post to see Shelli Gardner in her pretty pjs :) The presentation of the totes was way cool - all rolled tight to make a tiered cake (see next post).

Around the cake were these BEAUTIFUL butterflies kreated with the Big Shot and Bigz Beautiful Butterflies die and Butterfly punch. Can you see the layers - a large Whisper White butterfly, an embossed with Perfect Polka Dots vellum butterfly, and a Whisper White Dazzling Diamonds Punched Butterfly. Delicate and SO pretty - gorgeous accent to this cake. How pretty would they look all over a real wedding cake!

The rest of Dream Night focused on cards and projects using the Tropical Party set and coordinating products from the NEW Summer Mini. Check back tomorrow :)


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Happy Kreating

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