January 2011 Stamp Club

My peeps and I had a great time at our monthly Stamp Club. Our projects consisted of one card, an 8 x 8 scrapbook layout and a treat box, all geared toward Valentine's Day and using the Filled With Love Bundle that was a special a few weeks back. Although the group was small, we had a wonderful time. It was nice to finish our projects and then enjoy a cup of tea and visit with one another. That is one of many things I enjoy so much about being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I have met some truly wonderful people over the years and look forward to spending time with them.

Debi Kyle, Leticia Canet and I enjoying great conversation and tea.

The mess we made!

Completed projects.

This is Penny, our rescue dog. She loves it when I have my stamp club. I was working on some things in my scrap room and heard a funny noise coming from the kitchen. She made herself at home waiting patiently for the stampers to come. I think she missed Hope.

If you would like to make projects like these, you are welcome to join us if you live in our area or you can order the supplies online at my Stampin' Up! website. Customers that place online orders will receive the printed cutting guides in PDF format and a free gift from me!

Stamps: Filled With Love

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Whisper White, and DSP Pattern Love

Accessories: Lots of Love Letterpress, Box # 2, Heart punch, Threading Water punch, Old Olive ribbon, Pretty in Pink ribbon

Be Blessed Everyone!

Shannon Willis

www.shannonscropstop.stampinup.net

Friday Night Crop with Madison and Lily

Even though our monthly crop night was small, just Madison, Lily and I, we had a great time. I taught them the heat emboss technique and they both went to town using this technique on their pages. Boy those girls know how to get the job done. Since our last crop night, they have scrapping sleep overs and stay up all night. Lily created an adorable layout using Silly Bands and Madison completed almost a full album with photos of she and her sister Kaitlyn. I wish I were young again and could stay up in the wee hours of the morning, eight o'clock rolls around and I am ready for bed!! At least I am a die hard on our crop nights.

Happy Birthday Madison!

This past weekend was like a whirlwind. On Friday, I had my monthly workshop. On Saturday, I hosted Madison Perry's scrapbooking birthday party. She is one of my biggest fans. She turned 12 this year and is sooooo talented. Madison, her BFF Lilly and sister Caitlyn came over to scrap. We made adorable paper bag mini books. These girls ROCKED!! Give them adhesive and they are serious about their project.

Girls Night Out

As a special thank you for my customers, I held a Customer Appreciation Free Workshop on Friday, April 16th. It was AWESOME meeting new friends, Lindy and Hope. We all enjoyed a small dinner/snack and then proceeded to make three coordinating projects. The first was a beautiful card for mother's day. We used one of my favorite DSP, Cottage Wall. I love the soft colors. Next we made a gift box using Box # 2 die. Our final project was an adorable mini scrapbook album using the Scalloped Square die. The Big Shot got a work out that night! My new friend Lindy couldn't get enough of it. As we were standing around the Big Shot talking, she continued to cut everything in sight. Go Lindy!! I am looking forward to getting together with everyone next month.

Girl's Night Slumber Party

On Saturday, January 30, 2010 my aunt Becky invited me to a girl's night scrapbook slumber party to celebrate my cousin Heather's birthday. I was so excited because it has been at least 5 years since we all got together for an all night scrapbooking fest! We stayed up until the wee hours of the morning, scrapbooking and remembering all of the adorable things that our children have done in the past years. It was such an enjoyable time for us all to escape and be with each other without the interruptions of what I'd like to call "life." (Not that I don't love my life, but we could all use a break!) My cousin Heather turned 38 this year, and when we sat down to get started, I found out that Heather had 600 or so pictures to scrapbook... for one year.





My aunt Becky is a lot like Martha Stewart, and I admire her greatly for that. She made all of the food herself, including some mini hamburgers that we all call 'slammers.' Goat cheese salad was on the menu, and for desert, drool-worthy crepes, topped with blueberries, strawberries and some kiwi.






We did end up having one party crasher that night, my uncle Bill (more affectionately known as Bum to my kids and I.) He was supposedly going to stay in aunt Becky's RV so we could have our all exclusive girls' night, but he chickened out last minute! Although, he promised to stay out of the way for the night and only made a few appearances.