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17 days till Christmas…

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Josee

There are only 17 days left until Christmas! Do you still have loved ones to buy gifts for?

Here are some last-minute gift giving ideas:

My Digital Studio is a great gift for all ages! You'll love making scrapbook pages, cards, and calendars for friends using the simple software. Plus when you order this exciting software suite, you'll receive a free Décor Elements piece valued up to $22.95!
Simply Sent card kits are a great ready-to-wrap gift and have everything you need to complete 10 cards. This is the perfect last-minute gift for card makers or people you think may like making cards!
Anyone who has a Big Shot will want the Alphabet Simple Letters Bigz die. It can cut through a variety of materials including vinyl, chipboard, and felt. This makes a great gift for a seamstress who would like to sew custom appliquéd pieces on her projects, someone who wants to create her own vinyl phrases to personalize their home décor, or any paper crafter who uses letters. And when you purchase this item, you qualify for a free Décor Elements piece valued up to $22.95!
Add the final touch to your gift that says "I was thinking of you when I bought this gift" by personalizing it with Décor Elements. Add an Upsy Daisy Décor Elements to a laptop or cut it apart and apply it to a cell phone. Put all of the toys from Santa together in one container and add the So Many Toys Décor Elements to it, or use individual letters to add monograms and names to your gifts. These extra special touches won't go unnoticed.

Call and e-mail me ASAP if you'd like any last minute gifts! Or go to my store and have the order shipped directly to your door step www.stampingjo.com/store

Dormant Stamp Sets Discontinued on January 4, 2010

Posted on December 7, 2009December 7, 2009 by Josee

(2 posts today…scroll down to see our Team Christmas party pictures!)

Many of the stamp sets currently on our dormant list have been available for a year and now it is time to say goodbye!

The following stamp sets will be discontinued on January 4, 2010.

My top MUST HAVE BEFORE IT'S GONE…Branch Out…you NEED this set!!! Don't miss it. It's so versatile and I use it alot!

Item Number	Stamp Set
113407	Back Woods
114492	Beautiful Baby
114486	Birthday Wish
113200	Branch Out
114496	Celebrations
113732	Central Park
113206	Classic Sketches
113226	Classy & Fabulous
114498	Flowers in Silhouette
113405	Font of You
113216	For the Bride
114494	Forever
109425	Friend by Definition
114488	Fun Flowers
113716	Garden Greetings
114490	Glad Friends
111580	Grand Soiree
113242	Hit the Road
113710	Lexicon of Leaves
113236	Man's Best Friend
114423	Ocean Commotion
113728	Playful Petals
109276	Polka Dot
111544	Putt Putt
113240	Quilt Quips
113754	Really Retro
113403	Sip by Sip
113726	Sweet Stems
113250	That's Funny
113688	Wonderful Watercolors
114028	Para la novia
114032	Acuarelas Maravillosas

You can click on the links to see them and then purchase them through MY STORE here: www.stampingjo.com/store or contact me to order them!

Our INKredible Canadian Stamping Divas party!

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Josee

What a busy weekend I had! On Friday, my son had soccer….Saturday, I brought my kids to a Christmas shop at Kanata Baptist Church where they get to select and wrap gifts for everyone on their list (all by themselves or with a helper if needed). I even sent in my 2 year old with a helper and she came out with gifts for everyone including herself…lol! Saturday night was our yearly Team Christmas party! A bunch of our "Stamping Divas" share a potluck dinner, had a gift exchange and stamped together…we really had a wonderful time. Sunday we went to Church and then my Husband & I and our oldest went to the Salvation Army downtown Ottawa with our church to serve dinner to the less fortunate. It was quite an experience that really made me be appreciative of my BLESSINGS! It was a really busy weekend but a really good one!

First…here's my little one getting ready for the party…the hat didn't last long, so, I'm glad that I at least got a photo.

Here are some quick My Digital Studio pages I created of our party! We really had blast…the food was so good, the gifts were amazing and of course it was amazing to catch up with some amazing women that I honestly don't get to see enough! They are a great bunch!

(I know the logo on the pages doesn't look very good, but, it looks great when you print it! I had to shrink the image to fit in this screen!)

The pages were all made with our Christmas Cocoa II digital kit. I actually got this kit for free when I completed the certification program for My Digital Studio.

(If you'd like to see the newest downloads, go to my store here www.stampingjo.com/store and enter the item #) These downloads can be purchased and used with your My Digital Studio OR any similar program.

Item #	Item Name	Price
118117	Berry Christmas stamp brush set	$7.95
118118	Friend by Definition stamp brush set	$2.95
118119	Just Perfect Alphabet stamp brush set	$13.25
120880	Christmas Cocoa II digital kit	$13.25
120881	Write Stuff II digital kit	$13.25
120882	Icicle digital photo card kit	$5.95
120883	Merry Moments digital photo card kit	$5.95

DIGITAL FRIDAY: My Christmas Card reject! :)

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Josee

As I'm sure many of you are…I'm working on getting ready for Christmas! We don't have our tree yet, but, some of decorations are out. Tomorrow night is my Christmas party for my team. I really have been blessed with a great bunch of friends through my stamping business! I'm definitely never lonely! 🙂 They're truly a fun bunch and tomorrow we're sharing a potluck dinner and are doing a Chinese gift exchange. Woohoo…Time to steal some gifts! I have mine actually finished…aren't you proud?! I'll take some photos of all the gifts tomorrow night and share it with all of you next week.

You know..I would LOVE for you to join our group! It's EASY, no commitment, A GREAT deal, you'll get a discount off everything you purchase, and you can come join us for fun events each month!!!! January has an awesome deal and all you have to do is email me and I will hook you up!!! josee@stampingjo.com Or check out my information page here!

Today my 2 year old & I even got some Christmas shopping done….it seems each year, I finish all the Christmas stuff so late that I'm trying hard to be organized. I bought a couple gifts for my kids, one for my hubby and one for me…hee, hee! I picked up my photo cards at the same time. I created them with My Digital Studio and then got them printed at a photolab! It was super easy! It's not too late to ask Santa for your own My Digital Studio!!! 🙂

Here's the picture I "didn't" use on my card. For the real one, I'll keep it a secret until I've sent them out. So,,,here's the rejected card…lol. I still love this one, but, we chose to add a photo of the whole family…yes, sometimes parents are in the picture!

HELPFUL TIPS on creating a 4×6 photo card

Open up a 6×6 card
Select a square punch and size it to 4×6. Either colour fill or paper fill your punch shape.
Add a photo box and size it to the size you would like.
Double click on it to select your photo. (I then clicked on photo effect and changed it to B&W)
Add embellishments and text
Export the project as a jpeg and upload it to your photo editing softward.
Crop off the white space (the 2" at the bottom)

All done! All you have left to do is send it to your local photolab and have them printed!!! It only cost me 15 cents each! WOW!!!

Introducing Stampin’ Girls Retreat – March 26-28, 2010

Posted on December 2, 2009December 2, 2009 by Josee

EARLY BIRD PRICING UNTIL JAN. 31ST; REGISTER BY DEC. 31ST FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A $50 SHOPPING SPREE!

Registration starts today for the Stampin Girls Retreat! This event will be held March 26-28th in scenic Westport, Ontario at Camp Iawah. This is the perfect gift to put on your wish list, or share with a loved one!

This will be a weekend packed full of stamping fun, as well as lots of laughs and chocolate! Take the weekend to yourself and kick back and relax. Come for the whole weekend, one night or Saturday only.

I am teaming up with a fellow Stampin' Up demonstrator, Maggie to organize this one of a kind event, which you definitely won't want to miss. It's more than a scrapbooking and stamping weekend, it will be an total experience!

Each participant will get 6-8 feet of stamping and scrapbooking space for the weekend and a ton of little extras….too many to list, but here's just a few:

· A fabulous goody bag with $60 of stamping and scrapbooking supplies from the Occasions Mini Catalogue when you arrive

· Four stamping demonstrations, three optional classes and two FREE make and take projects

· Surprise gifts throughout the weekend

· Contests with awesome prizes

· Friday night PJ party

· Silent auction and raffle

Plus…use of all of our Stampin' Up supplies. A Big Shot station with a wide selection of dies, punches, stamp pads, tools, hundreds of stamp sets and countless ideas to inspire you!

Click here to learn more about the retreat

Click here to register now!

Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have – josee@stampingjo.com

I look forward to seeing you at Stampin' Girls Retreat in March!