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From my Desk Monday- Feb 18, 2013

Posted on February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 by Josee

Happy Family Day Canada!!! Today's post will be short because I have a date with my kids this afternoon for movies and games!

I have more planning for my STAMPING FOR A DREAM FUNDRAISER and I'm super excited! I hope you'll join me on April 6th- and remember all the proceeds will go to Dreams Take Flight– Ottawa.

NEW: I now have a LONG DISTANCE OPTION FOR THIS CLASS!

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Here's a preview of the 20 cards we will be making! Every attendee & long-distance attendee will get the cutting mat I created for these cards! I have to say I'm quite proud of how I used the papers & embellishments to create this many cards!

Download Flyer – For each friend you bring, you will receive an extra door prize ticket!

Organizing my Stamp Room

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Josee

This past week, my husband and I have been going through all my stamping stuff and have purge and re-organized it all.

Here's what we came up with, it's not quite done…I want to make pretty labels for my bins, but, I'm excited how it turned out!

On the right hand side, I have all my craft tables!

I just had to show you this picture…my husband did alot of the organizing and he is much better at it than I am…so, he was happy to show it off! 🙂

All my scraps are organised at the top of their rack.

I love, love, love my clear bins….it's so easy to see what's inside and my next step will be to add some labels!

I hope you enjoyed seeing a glimpse of my craft room! Happy Friday!

Have you been considering purchasing the Starter Kit?

Posted on February 14, 2013March 13, 2013 by Josee

Is today the day to GIVE YOURSELF A GIFT?!
Have you been considering buying Stampin’ Up! at a discount? One way is to try out the starter kit! For only $125, you get $194 worth of any products from ANY of Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogues and it ships FREE! Saving you another $19. You'll get to TEST DRIVE drive the Stampin’ Up! experience until at least June 30.

Perks of Being a Demonstrator

You GET to order at a 20% or higher discount
You GET to have access to a demonstrator-only website with thousands and thousands of amazing project ideas to inspire you!
You GET a FREE bi-monthly magazine from Stampin’ Up!
You GET to pre-order new merchandise a month early
You GET to be as busy/active as you CHOOSE to be (everyone works their business “their way” to fit their needs
AND you GET to see the NEW catalogue before everyone else
You GET access to our private team Facebook group where we share tons of great ideas and answer questions!

You can even meet me at convention in July! Convention is an amazing experience, full of wonderful people, beautiful samples, tons of enthusiasm and plenty of what we need to fill up our hearts. Stampin’ Up! will be celebrating our 25^th Silver anniversary this year! They spoil us rotten at events and this year is truly one year not to be missed.

No obligation, you decide if you want to continue. $400 is all it takes to stay active per quarter. You do not have to sell, or host workshops; you can be your own best customer. It is a great way to make additional income doing what you love!

Join my team and I come with the package. I can help you with your stamping needs and business ideas. I have been a demonstrator with Stampin’ Up! for over 10 years and so I have lots of inspiration for you to be as successful as you choose to be.

I would love to have you join our Inky Divas team with over 750 Canadian Demonstrators across Canada who love to share!!!

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Getting ready for Valentines- My Digital Studio style!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Josee

Last night I was getting ready for my kids treats for the friends for Valentine's Day. We went to the dollar store and bought Air Heads for my daughter and mini Mars bars for my son.

I got back on my Digital Studio and made up some little printables to staple onto their treats…here's what I came up with:

I started with an 8 1/2×11 document and then added these designs from the Officially Awesome Valentine Template. I then printed it on our Whisper White cardstock and cut each out to a 2 3/4" x 4".

Here are some other ideas from Stampin' Up! using this template:

For my son, I made up my own from various stamps on My Digital Studio, here's the printable I cam up with!

Before I go, I thought I'd bring back the Valentine I did last year…I loved this one so much I nearly did it again.

If you haven't tried out My Digital Studio 2….click the logo to get the free 30 day trial, you'll love it!

A Year in Review Scrapbooking with My Digital Studio

Posted on February 12, 2013February 12, 2013 by Josee

Last night, I had the realization that I haven't really kept up on our scrapbooking. I love having a yearly review album and had started one for 2011 and never finished it. I have spent last night and this morning finishing off 2011 and even got my 2012 one nearly done too!

It feels great knowing that I'm nearly done 2011 and 2012…I just have a bit of journaling to do. The best part is….I used MY DIGITAL STUDIO and some great photobook templates which made it EASY PEASY!!!

For 2011, I used the "A Year in Review" Template #125743& for my 2012 book, I used "The Best Year Photobook" Template #132566

The great thing about these templates is that you can just add you photos and it is fully customizable. Once you're done, you can print all the 12×12 pages to add to a scrapbook OR you can have an actual photobook printed.

Here are the pages I made with this template. I still have journalling to add, but, I'm excited to have it almost done!