Gallery Day at Playing with Papercrafting

   Today is likely the day I'm heading home from Nakusp where I spent Christmas with my youngest daughter and her family, and as I'm on the road, I thought it would be a good day for some Stampin' Up! movies and some family Christmas Pictures!  Enjoy! And let me know what you got for Christmas!



           



          



And here are some family Christmas photos:

 Fun in the snow for Parker and Jackson:

Gingerbread House making:

Christmas Eve:

Christmas morning:

Christmas dinner:

Hope your Christmas celebrations were very merry indeed!

Burden of Guilt Lifted with Project Life by Stampin' Up!

It's interesting, when the topic of family photos comes up, how people react.  They look down, they throw up their hands in defeat, they clear their throats, they shuffle their feet.  It's clear that our society is living under a burden of guilt, brought on by the millions of photos languishing in shoe boxes in our closets or floating in ether somewhere online. These photos are never looked at again, because a) they are too hard to find; and b) they intensify that guilty feeling whenever they are brought to light. Does that sound like you? But it doesn't have to be that way!

I have a product that will lift that burden of guilt from your shoulders!  It is Project Life by Stampin' Up! It is a simple and quick method of memory keeping that will ensure that your precious memories are displayed in an attractive and easily accessible way, at the same time being quick and easy to accomplish.

I did some sample pages this past weekend at the Crop for the Cure.  I spent about 3 hours on the 9 pages I put together, averaging about 20 min per page.  Here's a look at two of the pages.

and the reverse side:

• So hard to photograph, with enough light and and no glare, but you get the idea.  Project Life by Stampin' Up!  involves pocket pages and preprinted cards that you use in pockets where you do not place photos.  These cards allow you to journal or just add colour and design to your pages.
• The pocket pages can be purchased in either 6" x 8" or 12" x 12".  You can buy pocket pages with a variety of layouts or a pack of all the same layout.  You can also purchase a 6" x 8" album or a 12" x 12" album.
• If you are feeling especially creative, you can make your own cards for the 4" x 6" pockets, or the 4" x 3" pockets, or the 4" x 4" pockets and add stamps and die-cut or punched shapes, or even ribbon and other embellishments.  

So the beauty of this system is that it is fast, fun and convenient.  It has all the coordination and quality that you've come to love from Stampin' Up!  combined with the genius of Project Life.  And you will get all those photos out of the shoe boxes and displayed so that you can enjoy them.  

Right now you can choose from 6 different themes in cards and each theme also has a separate accessory pack you can purchase.  There are some great accessories like a corner rounder, journaling pens, stamps and framelits, all made for project life.  Check it all out on pages 188 - 189 in the Annual Catalogue or on pages 34 - 35 in the Holiday Catalogue.

If you would like some training in using Project Life, I have a class just for you.

Memory Keeping with Project Life Class

Do you have shoeboxes full of photos waiting for you to have the time to get them into scrapbooks? Or are you storing your precious memories on your computer hard drive, always meaning to back them up or switch them to ICloud (or maybe not, since it was hacked!)?  Would you be interested to learn about a quick and simple method of memory keeping, a way of displaying your family's memories without all the fuss?  This is the class for you.  You will learn how to use Project Life by Stampin' Up!'s simple pocket and card system to make attractive pages for your photos.  

For this class you will need to pre-purchase products to use in the class, as well as bring some photos you want to work with.  I will introduce you to the product and then let you have some working time to create some pages.  

Date:  Saturday, October 11, from 1 pm - 3 pm.  Register here by Thursday, October 2 .
Location:  3670 Webber Road, West Kelowna

Cost:  1 package of 12 x 12 Project Life Photo Pocket Pages - $8.50
           1 Project Life Card Collection                                                                                                      (choice of any on page 189 of Annual Catalogue                                                                      or page 35 in the Holiday Catalogue)                         - $19.95           Class Fee                                                                     - $  6.00
                                                                               Total:           $34. 45

          *Optional:  1 coordinating package of accessories        -  $12.50

Follow the link to register for this helpful class.

Round Up Time! Yee Haw!

 There is just so much going on right now with Stampin' Up and Playing with Papercrafting, that I thought it would be good to just do a round up of all the news in one spot, so that you can be informed and take advantage of all the deals and offers.  Take a deep breath and here we go:

1. Blendabilities are available NOW!  About half of the colour assortments are available for you to purchase now and the rest will be available August 1!  You are going to love them!  I've heard many alcohol marker experts say that Blendabilities are better than anything else out there.  Learn which colours are available here. There is a good way to be able to get ALL the markers right away and that is to become a demonstrator by purchasing the Stampin' Up! Starter Kit.  Demonstrators are able to order all the sets right now.

2. Stampin' Up! is offering a DSP Special during July! During the month of July, if you buy three packages of the 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper, you get a fourth package totally free! Read more about this offer here.

3. Weekly Deals Continue! Check here or my Facebook page every Tuesday morning for the Weekly Deals, where you can save from 25% to 40% off selected products.

4. Announcing another round of Product Shares! If you missed out on my first round of product shares from the new 2014/15 Annual Catalogue, I'm offering another round now.  Get a variety of new paper, ribbon and embellishments for less by sharing packages with other stampers. Check out what is being offered here.  Deadline is Monday, July 21st.

5. A New Kind of Mystery Hostess Contest! During July and August, my Stamp Club continues to run, but I have no hostesses for those two months.  Normally, I use the Hostess Rewards myself, but this year, I have decided to run a contest for those Hostess Benefits.  Everyone who books a party with me for a confirmed date before August 31, 2014 will have their name added to a draw for Hostess Rewards for one of the two summer months.  To be eligible for the first drawing, you must call me by Friday, July 4th, and confirm a date for your party.  You can hold your party at your place or mine and we can do the kind of projects you would like.  Call me today at 250-768-7379 or email me at hcooper52@gmail.com!

6. A Reminder About My On-Line Stamp of the Month Club! Each month I will mail you the clear Stamp Set that I have selected (or a substitute set), three completed cards using that set and three photo tutorials telling you step-by-step instructions for creating the three cards.  See more information here.   Deadline for July is Monday, July 7.

                                    

7. Don't forget about Project Life!  Stampin' Up's full line of Project Life materials is ready for order now, and the Love Story Project Life Card Collection (135308), Love Story Project Life Accessory Pack (135310) and the Black Faux Leather 12 x 12 Project Life Album (135292), which were not supposed to be available until August, will be able to be ordered starting July 15!  Check out more about Project Life here.

Well, they say that 7 is the perfect number, and here I have 7 offers for you to take advantage of.  If there is one or more that you would be interested in, just call me (250-768-7379) or email/message me and I will be more than happy to help you.  Please read carefully for the details and deadlines.