Calling All Arizonians!

Calling All Arizonians!

Stamp Clubs are now forming!!

I live in the northeast valley (Cave Creek/Scottsdale/Phoenix area) and would love to have you join my Stamp Clubs for 2012!
Please email me for more information. Clubs will be grouped this weekend!
LorriHeiling (at) gmail.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MERWY KWITHSMITH!

Here's our Christmas Card for 2011. MERWY KWITHMITH!!!

Here's a better photo of our card, sorry it's not real clear. Even our dog, Max's teeth are "missing"!

Cookie Exchange

I was in a cookie exchange this week, and this is what I made. I'm finally getting the hang of making these cake pops! It's all Terri Guymon's fault, too! She gave me this beautiful Cake Pop Stand for my birthday and I have been having so much fun with it! Her cake pop blog can be found HERE. (I can't wait to make some Valentine's Day ones and change out the ribbon!)

I used red velvet cake for the cake pops. I decorated one with white candy melts and crushed candy canes. The other was done with chocolate candy melts and red hot noses and small candies for the eyes.

Get it While it Lasts!

Stampin' Up has announced that the stocking punch will not be carried over to the new catalog. Once the inventory is depeleted, it will no longer be available. BOOHOO! I LOVE this punch!

The item number for the punch is #120495 and it is $16.95. You can order it through me, or through my SU website, which is HERE.

The matching stamp set can be found in the Holiday Mini Catalog. This stamp set is called "Stitched Stocking". The clear mount item number is #123784 and is $19.95. The wood mount item # is 123782 and is $27.95.

Don't wait!!

Don't forget about the Clearance Rack on my SU website, too! Some items are 80% off!! Click HERE to view.

A Dream Come True!

I am having an incredible week this week! My sweet stamping buddy Kim Sinclair is in town this week visiting family and friends, so I got a chance to spend time with her! Kim spent some time at Diana Gibb's home, so I made the hike to Diana's house to spend some time with them. While I was there we got an AWESOME PRIVATE WATERCOLORING LESSON from Diana! She is the QUEEN of WATERCOLORING!!! (I wanted to have her come to my downline meeting as a special guest, but after seeing how far we live from each other, I can see that I would have had to FLY HER IN! LOL Just kidding...)

Anywhooooo we had a great morning/afternoon together, lots of laughs and an extremely FUN STAMPING TIME TOGETHER! These two gals are a HOOT!

Here's a photo of Diana and Kim.
Diana is giving us private watercoloring lessons!!!! FUN FUN!

We had a fun time doing a photo shoot with Diana's camera, that also had a timer. We laughed so hard because the camera setting must have been on multiple shots. The camera kept taking photos and we have some SILLY ONES that were taken that we didn't know about. FUNNY!!!!!

Notice Toby, the Yorkie in the photo. We all have Yorkies!!!! (Well, Kim is "grandma" to her daughter's Yorkie).

The girl's had some Christmas goodies for me!! Here is a beautiful ornament made by Kim:
This one was made by Diana:

I then got to KIDNAP Kim from Diana's home and bring her to my home! We had a FUN day and a half doing a little bit of everything! Here we are at the English Rose Tea Room in Carefree. LOVE THAT PLACE!

We also got some shopping in, and Kim was SO SWEET to help me finish up my "Control Freaks" swap!

WHAT AN AWESOME COUPLE OF DAYS!!!!!!

Christmas/Winter Card

Christmas/Winter card we did last month at my Girl's Day/Night Out class.

Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Greeting Card Kids, Serene Snowflakes

Paper: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Watercolor Paper, Soft Suede

Ink: Black Stazon, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red, Daffodil Delight, Craft White

Accessories: Blender Pen (to get the shading), Dazzling Diamonds (hard to see but it is on the coat cuffs, hat pompom and snow on the ground), Eyelet Punch, Chantilly Crochet Trim, Baja Breeze 1/2" Seam Binding

Clearance Rack BLITZ!! Check it out!

The Clearance Rack Blitz is starting today... December 15, 2011 through January 5, 2012, nearly 200 products are being added to the Clearance Rack in my Stampin' Up! Online Store ....with some discounted up to 80 percent! Click HERE to order!

•Only demonstrator and online orders qualify for this promotion. Orders can include non-Clearance Rack items, as well.

•The Clearance Rack Blitz includes old-body style punches.

•There is no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion.

•Qualifying Clearance Rack orders are eligible for hostess benefits.

•Clearance Rack Blitz items are only available while supplies last. There are no refunds or exchanges on Clearance Rack items.

Remember, these items are while supplies last, so if you see it and you like it, go for it!

Thank you so much!

Angry Birds!

Here are some "Angry Bird" treats made for our son's 8th birthday party!
I just kind of made my own pattern for the treat bags and glued them onto brightly colored gift bags. (Sorry no pattern uploaded, when I was done, I threw everything away!!!)

I have been making cake pops and thought it would be fun to make oreo cookie pops. I LOVELOVELOVE this cake pop stand that my friend Terri Guymon made! She has a website FILLED with all kinds of shapes and sizes! The great thing about these is you can just change out your ribbon to go with any theme you are using. Also, you can use these stands for things other than cake pops! (Oreo Cookie Pops, cookies on a stick, fruit ka-bobs, etc.She even sells a rectanglar shaped one that will hold a 9x13 cake pan! Check out her blog HERE.

This little Hersheys nugget holder was CASED, and I found this idea on Danee's blog HERE.

Sling shot from Oriental Trading Company

Keychain from Amazon

This I CASED from Norma HERE.

Hope you enjoyed these!

Reindeer Noses

Here are some treats we gave our downline at the weSTAMP Christmas party! I saw the idea on Zoe's blog last year HERE.

Have you ever checked out Miss Tina's Fonts? You can find her website HERE. I LOVELOVELOVE her fonts! I used the font "Skinny Jeans" on the words: Rudolph Noses.

I have uploaded the "Reindeer Noses" pdf that I made. Feel free to use this! Just click HERE. I printed this on Crumb Cake paper, and then stamped white snowflakes on it. Just eyeball it when you put it in the top note die. (I first printed it on computer paper to figure out where to set the cardstock on the Big shot, then used the real cardstock).

Here are some photos of our weSTAMP Christmas party from earlier this week.

weSTAMP Gift Exchange

Here's a photo of the gift I made for our weSTAMP gift exchange. The letters are cut out of wood, and then covered in Holly Berry Bouquet DSP. The letters are about 8" tall. I found the oversized jingle bell at a local "Big Box" store.

I found the letters on Etsy HERE.

weSTAMP Christmas Party

Last night was our weSTAMP Christmas party!! Here's a group photo of us! We had such a wonderful evening filled with FUN, FOOD, and FRIENDSHIP! Stamping was involved, OF COURSE!

Here's a photo of what everyone made. It is an 8x10 Christmas shadow box. Our own Nancy Riley designed this and got everything ready for the evening. Isn't it beautiful?? THANK YOU NANCY!!! (The largest squares in the box are 2" x 2")

Check back, more photos of our party will follow!!