Elli's Train Set

This is the Train Set that Elli made for her little boy from the Definitely Decorative vinyl. This would be so cute hanging in a little boy's room. Thank you for sharing the picture, Elli!

Busy Time

Remember there is just 6 days left to take advantage of the $85.00 Special to join Stampin' Up! We would love to have you on our great TEAM!!! Yesterday my phone service and internet was out as someone cut a cable so it was very quiet around our place. I did enjoy a Breakfast with some former teachers and a very good friend of mine that just turned 90 years old. She is an amazing lady-still drives and mows her own lawn! You would never guess that she is past 70. I demonstrated a Christmas Tile at the Fair and had a great crowd! Wow! It was overwhelming-a great group with lots of questions and all of my projects went well. Then of course we had to go to the Blake Shelton Concert last night which was fantastic! Today I will be demonstrating Punch Cards and Boxes, Bags and Gifts at the Fair. Come on out and make your own Make and Take Punch Art Animals and see some ideas to make cards. Have a great day!!!!

Princess Kit

This Princess Kit is so neat! It is on display at the Fair along with the Pirate Birthday Kit! There is enough items in the Kit for a party of 8--invitations, purses for each attendee to make, crowns, cupcake decorations, and banners. This kit sells for only $15.95. If you get a chance go out to the Central States Fair and see all the beautiful cards that stampers have made. You can also see many display boards that the demonstrators have made. We were in Broken Bow over the weekend for a barrel racing futurity and so now I have to get busy preparing my demonstrations for the Fair. Tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5:00 I am going to demonstrate some different techniques. I will be demonstrating the vinyl on the wall only I will be showing vinyl on a jar and I will also be demonstrating a technique with Christmas tiles that I hope to have a class on in September. Tiles are really fun to make. I will also be demonstrating stamping on Tiles. If you get a chance come and join me at 5:00. On Tuesday Jamie will be demonstrating using the Big Shot to make Pillow Decorations and making Greeting Cards. Sarah will be demonstrating the Big Shot and making Post-It-Notes. Today at 2:00 Cheryl will demonstrate Roll-o-dex cards and Becky will be demonstrating the Big Shot at 5:30. On Wednesday at 4:00 I will be making Punch Cards and showing many that we have made and at 6:00 I will be demonstrating boxes, bags, and gifts. Come and watch us and do some make and takes at some of the classes.

Yesterday

Remember that little colt you saw earlier this spring well here he is growing up!

Yesterday we went to check cows and saw fields and fields of sunflowers. They were so cool!

Baseball Punch Card

This is a Baseball Punch Card that we made in our last Punch Class. It was CASED from Heather but I did change the colors to Brilliant Blue and Real Red. The Baseballs are made from the 1 3/4 circle punch. You can 6 Whisper White, 6 Real Red, and 6 Brilliant Blue circles. If you cut off the ends of the BB and RR circles you can get the curve on the balls. I added the White Gel pen to make it look like stitching. It is trying to rain out today so it is getting a little damp out. I am headed out to the Assisted Living to help some residents make 2 greeting cards. Have a great day!!!

Giraffe Punch and Box

This is one of the projects we made at our last Punch Card Class. I CASED this from Heather Sumner's online class. She does such a terrific job! I did change the DSP and Ribbon from her project! This is a cute box that you can fill with candy, treats, etc. I hope you have a nice evening-it is beginning to feel like fall!

Casey Tibbs & Mattie Newcomb Center

We went to Pierre on Friday and attended the Honorary Party for the Casey Tibbs and Mattie Newcomb Center. It is beautiful and they have done a lot of work on it. This is Connie Stinson Price's High School Rodeo Saddle when she won the All Around in 1960.

Here is a picture of Bud looking at the High School Rodeo Booth that he helped organize for the Center. There is a lot of items but there is much more that could be on display.

This is a picture of the dress that Connie wore as the Queen of High School Rodeo.

This is a bronze that Tony Chytka made of the great trick rider, Mattie Newcomb!!

Here is the bronze of Casey Tibbs sculptured by Tony Chytka. There are many displays and memorabila in this center to see. A great new addition to South Dakota! We are off to a barrel race as just got done picking chokecherries!

More Punch Card Class

Jennifer an her mother are having a great time! They do a lot of team work!

Leanna is showing off her cute Buggy Punch Card! We always do lots of talking and laughing and this day was no exception! Have a great day!

Punch Card Class

Today we had our last Punch Card Class. Here is Jennifer showing off her Baseball Punch Card!

Patty, Theresa and Cheryl are showing their cards that Sarah prepared, Flower Basket Sack, Mermaid and Boat cards. We had so much fun!!

Last of the Convention Pictures & Ideas

Some more ideas with the Build A Bear Program.

A little bird house and ideas for the rollodex.

Cute idea to use with the ribbon and corduroy button.

Using a window sheet and then add some white craft paint to make it look like snow.

Still more Convention Pictures

A cute little Christmas bag with the darling little reindeer on the front!

This was a broach that Shellie made out of the flower from the Big Shot Die and material. She just kept weaving the fabric until she came out with a beautiful piece.

Some more Christmas decoration ideas with my favorite Baja Breeze retired DSP!

Another Christmas card with the Jolliest Stamp set!

More card ideas! Have a great day! It promises to be a hot one here today!

Convention Pictures

This is some more samples from Convention! A really cute snowy scrapbook page!!

This is a magnet board to be used with the Build A Bear clothes. The clothes have magnets behind them so will stick to the board. The little button tin also has a magnet behind it so the can will stick in the back of the frame so you dont lose the clothes. A clever idea!!!

A pretty basket made from the Scallop with the Big Shot!

A cool Halloween card!

This is a picture of Shirrise when we were on our way to the Mall to have a salad and shop, shop! Have a great evening!

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This is part of the Salt Palace where we attended classes and meetings.

Some cute candy, etc. jars to make for the holidays!

This is the new magnetic box for the jewelry topped off with the Chocolate Chip and White wide ribbon.

Here are some Christmas card displays that were in the Gathering Place!

These are some earrings that Shellie and Sarah made out of DSP and corduroy buttons! They had so many cute ideas for jewelry!

More Convention-2

More ideas from Convention--This would make a great gift using the Build A Bear Die, a canvas bag and some material for the clothing for the Bear. Add a little Wonder Under and you can iron on a beautiful applique!

This is also a cute gift! Just use the Bear die and some old fabric scraps!

This is the Stampin' Up! Bear that all the Convention attendees could buy! Note his foot and the little stamp he is carrying. On Saturday they had a free for all but I barely snatched one more bear. Crazy!

Here are some samples of some more bears that were on display! Their displays were just beautiful!

Shirrise and I were able to get a picture with the Bear early after lunch! Thankful that Shirrise was on the ball to find him (her)! Build a Bear was a Big Hit at Convention as had so many displays and we could all build a bear!