Summer vacation

Why does summer seem to be so much busier than the rest of the year? I have not been to yoga class for five weeks but I made up for it this week doing construction work or rather demolition work.  The old 80's parquet tile in the kitchen and hall is gone. It took the better part of three days and some very sore muscles on my part but it is finally gone. Now I just have to level the floor and install my new laminate. That will be a snap right?.....we'll see.

Demolition doesn't leave much time for crafting. Fortunately for my creative needs I was lucky enough to be invited to a get together with my upline this weekend. That motivated me to design one card for a swap. The swap was to feature new products or colors and this is the result.

Colors are from 2012-2014 In Color collection

Primrose Petals and Midnight Muse

Stamp sets are

Best of Butterflies

Best of Birthdays

Featured new product is the Modern Mosaic embossing folder

Best of 25 years

 Last week's blog post featured stamps from the sets Best of Love and Best of Flowers. I put up links to the sets but didn't really talk about the promotion so here you go. To celebrate their 25th Anniversary, Stampin' Up! is making some favorite retired stamps available for a limited time. This Is my Favorite promotion because it allows you to get some great stamps as a really great price. All sets are priced at $14.95. And when you buy six sets you earn a Free set of your choice from the collection. A new set is introduced every month and they will only be available until March of 2014.

This week I receive my Best of Butterflies set. I'm really looking forward to working with that one so check back to see how that turns out.

Available online or by calling 865-219-3181

January Best of Birthdays

April Best of Butterflies