Update on Stamping Nurse

Well, as you all can see this Stamping Nurse hasn't been stamping lately!! I have been filling in at the Dr's office, but his nurse is back to work now. I have also been filling in at the Nursing Home on night shift, which has left me terribly tired all of the time. And I am now going to be babysitting for my little niece during the day soon! I am so excited to have a baby joining us soon!

Along with all of this I have been diganosed with Fibomyalgia. So I have been trying to take care of my health and get to feeling better, but it has been tough.

The children and I are also all in the Christmas play again this year, so we are busy with practices all the time.

And my oldest child, who just turned 11 yesterday, came down with the swine flu last week! So I've been busy taking care of him and my husband who also had the flu.

So as you can see, we've been busy! I am so sorry that I've been neglecting all my stamping duties, but I have also decided to not be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator anymore. I just have way too many things on my plate at this time, and I couldn't keep up with all of the current SU rules!

So I will be returning to my blogging this week, and you will see many changes on my blog, but I will be back! I will be sharing with you all of my crafting, stamping, crocheting, scrapbooking things that I have been making. I have been busy getting ready for the upcoming holiday season and can't wait to share all my projects with you all! But they will be made with a variety of products, I will no longer be a SU only blog! I am enjoying using lots of different companies things! Plus using up all of my SU stash that I have accumulated, most of it will be retired items!

Happy Stamping with you all soon!
Jen

Busy, busy, busy

So sorry to you all who have been reading my blog. I have been a bad blogger lately. We just have been really busy, and I have been back to work, so not a lot of time for stamping and blogging! The kids have all started school today. And I have been filling in for the nurse at our dr's office for a little while. I am hoping to be back to my blogging and stamping soon! I miss you all!

Jen

Christmas Card class

Here are a few more photos of the projects that we made at our Christmas in July class last night.

For this first card we used a retired stamp set from Stampin' Up! called To You & Yours. It was sold last year during the holidays. We used the Poppin' Pastels Technique for the pretty blue dove. If you have never done that before, you just stamp your image in
Versamark ink, and then using a sponge dauber, cover it with the chalk color of your choice. It is a great way to use your Stampin' Up! Pastels!

We also used the eyelete border punch along the one side of our cardstock before adding the ribbon for another pretty little touch.




Our next card was a simple no layer card. It only uses one 1/2 sheet of Whisper White cardstock! I love these simple cards!

We stamped the image from the stamp set called Home for Christmas which is available in the new Stampin' Up! catalog! It was stamped with Brown Stazon ink, and then colored in in a few places with Stampin' Up! markers. Each girl colored theirs a little differently, so they all came out different! I love that! We used some new In-Color Ribbon - Soft Suede - I really like the polka dots on it~

Each girl that came last night also got their very own copy of the new Idea Book & Catalog included in their class fees! It is just full of terrific cards, scrapbook pages, and project ideas!! If you would like your own copy, just let me know, and I'll get one to you!

Heart to Heart Punch -Deal of the Week

This week's Deal of the Week is the awesome Heart to Heart Punch!!!! You can get it on my Stampin' Up! website: http://jenorbaker.stampinup.net, or you can call me to place an order. It is only $10.99 this week, that's 30% off!!!

Hope you are all having a great day! I have been busy working two jobs, raising 3 kids, All-Star Practices and games, and lots more! Hoping that I get some time to relax and stamp soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

Flower Pot Tutorial

Here is my example of a Flower Pot Card. I saw the tutorial over at Splitcoaststampers, and I just had to try it! I did use some retired Summer Picnic designer paper on mine. All supplies used for this card came from Stampin' Up!

You can see the tutorial here: Flower Pot Card

Happy Stampin!

Jen

Holiday Organizer

Here are some photos of the Holiday Organizer that we will be making at our Christmas in July class next week. For more details on the class please see my website under events: http://jenorbaker.stampinup.net.

I made this organizer completely using the Simply Scrappin' Kit called Christmas Jingle (available on my SU website). I love that all the cardstock stickers, designer paper, and cardstock all match! It makes it so much easier to color coordinate for me!

I used the following tutorial to make my organizer, just changed a few things. http://patstamps.blogspot.com/2008/11/holiday-planner-tutorial.html

I hope this helps everyone get a little more organized, and a takes away a little of the stress of the holidays for me!

Deal of the Week!

Deal of the Week: Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware

Our Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware adds class to any project. Get them for just $18.99 (over 30% off the regular price of $29.95)—only July 20-26!

Throughout July, be sure to check my web site every Monday at 10 AM (MT) for the week's new deal. http://jenorbaker.stampinup.net

Christmas in July

My card today is for Christmas in July! Of course, I have been making at least 10 Christmas cards each month since January, so I allready have a whole box full of x-mas cards ready to go! Gotta plan ahead! No, I just really love making x-mas cards all year long! Keeps me in the mood!

My image today is a Riley Moose image from Hannah Stamps. He was stamped for me by one of my online stamping friends. Isn't he the cutest carrying his x-mas tree home?

The designer paper that I used is called Ski Slope and was sold by Stampin' Up! last year. I also used my Cuttlebug and the snowflake embossing folder for the white layer.

This second picture shows how I decorated the inside of the card. I kept it fairly simple, but just wanted to show you how I've been 'dressing up' the insides of my cards instead of just leaving them plain.

Hope this inspires some of you to start with your holiday cards soon!

Jen

Happy Birthday In-Colors

This card is brought to you from Stampin' Up! again! I love the pretty In-Colors that they have used on this! I haven't had a lot of time to stamp this week. Have been really busy with the kids, and working nightshift. Plus I just got a new job working in a Dr's office as a part-time nurse, just filling in for the other ladies! Hoping to be able to get off of night shift soon! Hope you all are having a great week!

Instructions

Happy Birthday card (4" x 4")

1. Stamp circle images in Bermuda Bay ink diagonally across Bermuda Bay textured card.

2. Stamp circle image in Crushed Curry ink on Crushed Curry card stock, punch out using 1" Circle punch, and adhere to card.

3. Stamp large circle image in Melon Mambo ink on Whisper White card stock, punch out using 1-3/4" Circle punch, and adhere to Metal Edge tag. Fold Pumpkin Pie 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon in half and adhere behind tag. Adhere tag to card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

4. Stamp sentiment in Pumpkin Pie ink on Whisper White card stock (1-7/8" x 5/16"), and snip right end. Punch hole in left side of card stock using 1/16" Circle punch, and attach Clear Rhinestone brad. Adhere to card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Forever & Ever Page

Here is a scrapbook page example from Stampin' Up! I just love the pretty colors in this! The size of this page is 8 1/2 x 8 1/2. The title is made using the BigShot.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Jen