April Showers

Don't let April showers make you sing the blues when you can enrich yourself in night of navy, baja breeze and marina mist. To liven things up, we'll even pull out a little riding hood red and get our shop on! I am really lovin' the cards I designed and CASED for my April card class. I hope to see you there! Read on for more information!

OK, I have to tell you I LOVE this card, and I'm really proud of it! It features our new Strength and Hope set which will be available to all of you in the new summer mini. Stampin' Up is donating $2 to the Cancer Foundation for each of these stamp sets purchased. It is truly beautiful, meaningful and special. (Please shop at my online store to see the other stamps included in this gorgeous set.) If you come to my class, you will learn how to turn a basic scallop into this beautiful flower!


Get your shop on gals! Remember that cupcake card we made with the cupcake punch last month? Well, turn your cupcake bottoms upside down and voila' you've got an adorable little handbag! Come on ladies, you know you love it! Come make it!


Isn't this beautiful! I'm so glad this individual picture turned out. The group picture just doesn't do this card justice! We will learn the technique of embedded embossing with this card! You are going to love it and use it all the time!

Who doesn't need a monogrammed card now and again? Well, here it is and it's quick, simple and lovely....maybe that's why they call this alphabet "Lovely Letters." This card as well as the Hope and Strength card above features the Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper that will be available to you to with a $20 purchase. It is just exquisite.

I hope you like these cards as much as I've enjoyed creating them, and most of all, I hope you'll be able to join me at one of my upcoming classes so that you too will be able make them and share them.

Class Information:

When: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Times: You choose, 9:30am or 7:00pm
Place: 1613 Woodstream Lane, Allen, TX 75002
Class Fee: $20

Hostess Stamp Set Giveaway With Qualifying Purchase! Must Attend Class to Win!

March Madness Give Away

Here they are friends....the samples for my March Madness Card Class! What's so Mad about this class you ask, wellllll......there is just so much to Sale-A-Brate it's crazy!

Come to this class and create three each of these four beautiful cards plus coordinating envelopes for just $20.
If you place a $25 order however, your class fee will be reduced to $15.
However, if you place a $50 product order, you will receive not only $50 in great products, but, a free Sale-A-Bration item, and your name will be entered into a drawing to win a level 1 hostess item! How exciting is that? Oh, and did I mention, with that $50 order your class fee is waived and those 12 amazing cards are FREE! Yup, free! Sign up now, details are included below! Hope to see you there!


Is this card just the cutest or what? It uses our new springtime vintage designer series paper and our Create a Cupcake punch! (Just wait until you see what I do with this punch next month! You won't be thinking about cupcakes!)

This card features the Sale-A-Bration set Sweet Summer. Love this card? You can get this stamp set for free with a $50 order before March 31st!

I LOVE this card! It uses the stamp sets Punch Potpourri and the sentiment is from Elements of Style. Remember that drawing I mentioned? Punch Potpourri is one of the Level 1 stamp sets you can choose if your name is drawn!

A classic beauty! I just cannot get enough of this stamp set Artistic Etchings! I think I may just have to do a springtime in Paris class one day even though I've never been there! I'll just dream through my cards....Cest' la vie!

Until then, let's get together and have share some creativity!

When: March 23
Time: 9:30am or 7:00pm
Where: My home-1613 Woodstream Lane Allen, TX 75002
Class Fee: $20
RSVP: By March 20th to shancanstamp@yahoo.com

Sending Stamping Smiles-
Simply Shannon

March Madness

OK, maybe it's sleep deprivation, but I think it's time for me to have a little fun....and you know, for me it's fun to stamp and craft! Soooooooooo, if you place a card order of at least 10 cards in the month of March, the price will be lowered to $2.00 a card! I am offering this discount for this month only! I am happy to make any kind of card, birthday, thank you, thinking of you, etc, but it must be 10 of the same type of card!

Let me know your preference for colors and card types, 10 cards for $20.00, that's right, it's Madness, March Madness!

Shipping must be paid by the customer! If you have seen something you love in particular, let me know!

Sending Stamping Smiles-
Shannon

Chocolate!

My daughter's pre-school is collecting donations for a family dinner and each class is collecting items for baskets for a specific theme. How excited I was to find out our theme was chocolate! Another excuse to pull out my "Eat Chocolate" stamp set! These are some of the items I made to donate! So quick and so easy! I hope you feel more inspired than hungry!

Stamping smiles-
Simply Shannon

These were our Valentines from Nora for neighbors and friends. They were quick and easy. A little designer series paper wrapped around Hershey's nuggets and put in a bag. A 4x4 square of real red dry embossed with the polka dot embossing folder and the big shot folded in half as a topper. A little white organza ribbon wrapped around the top with a white heart punched on red layered on top! Quick easy, cute and loved by all! What a great idea for you to use for any occasion! Shop now on my website to look at all of the great designer series papers, stamps and punches available for your next wow idea!

BIG news

These cards are dedicated to my little sister-my hero, who just got the news this week that she is 5 years cancer free! Can I get a WOO HOO friends? I donated these as thank you cards for her relay for life fundraising efforts! She is AMAZING and I so proud of her and her fighting spirit! She has twice survived this monstrous disease and now she has beat it!

For you stampers who would like to CASE this card, the card itself just uses designer series paper. This is retired cottage wall as she needed purple for the cause of cancer itself. I just used a ribbon loop and affixed it with a brad. Easy peasy! The inside is stamped with hope happens, which is from the stamp set, "Hope Happens."

The envelope (If you stamp with me, you know I have a no naked envelope rule;) is stamped in pink with, "Ribbon of Hope," and love life, live life comes from the "You're a Gem" stamp set in the new mini.

Congratulations Rachelle and thank you for being an inspiration to me and so many others. We love you!

February Card Class-

By the time February 23rd is here and we are creating these beautiful cards, Valentine's Day will have passed. But for me, this month is truly about thinking of others. So that is what the focus of the sentiments of these cards is all about! Join us and choose your sentiment to see how you want to show how you care about the others in your life.

February Card Class:
February 23rd, 2011
9:30am and 7:00pm
1613 Woodstream Lane
Allen, TX 75002

Class Fee-$20 to create 12 handmade cards-3 each of 4 designs featured below.


This sweet card uses two new sets-one from our spring mini-"You're a Gem," and one from our Sale-A-Bration catalog- "Bliss." I just love this card!


Since Texas hasn't been behaving like Texas... I decided if you can't beat 'em -join 'em, so this features our "Northern Flurry" embossing folder and "A Word For You" stamp set.


Of course, I couldn't resist playing with our "Eat Chocolate" set once again! This features my mantra, "I would give up chocolate, but I'm no quitter!" Ain't that the truth, and I have the hips to prove it!

These subtle springtime colors feature another stamp available through our Sale-A-Bration promotion-"Elizabeth." I just love the elegance and versatility of this stamp. If you come to this class, you will make one card of each of the above colors and YOU can choose from a variety of sentiments!

I truly hope to see you here!

RSVP to shancanstamp@yahoo.com

Stamping Smiles- Simply Shannon

Valentines, Chocolate and Royalty

When thinking about how I'd like to be treated on Valentine's Day, I thought well, what goes better with a sweet Valentine than chocolate of course and being treated like a queen for a day? These fun cards are not just great for Valentine's Day-the second biggest card sending holiday of the year-but for anytime fun as well. Join me for my January card class and make 3 of each of these fabulous cards to send to your family and friends for just $20.
Read on to find out more about these sweet cards!



This card is made from the new set, Eat Chocolate. I personally believe this set should be owned by every woman! This stamp in particular is my mantra these days with a busy toddler. Accomplishing anything seems to take extra effort, but add a bit of chocolate, and all is well! I even used chocolate chip paper to complete the chocolate theme! Add a little pink pirouette and you have a the perfect pairing for an adorable Valentine or anytime card!

I LOVE this card! Beautiful, fun and easy to make and yes, very, very versatile! From the spring mini this card uses the You're a Gem stamp set paired with Artistic Etchings from the 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog. Come get your princess on and create this card with me!

Isn't this the sweetest Valentine card ever? This uses both the Be My Valentine stamp and the new tulip embossing folder from the spring mini. Sweet, simple and it says it all-perfect for your sweetheart or your daughter!

Don't you love this little Valentine/Friend card? I did mention versatility didn't I? This features the new Valentine DSP from the spring mini! Come see the rest of the pages, or shop my website if you can't wait!

This is not the card class to miss! All cards feature products from the spring mini and this begins SALE-A-BRATION- Stampin Up's! biggest promotion of the year! This is a great time to earn free stamp sets, so come stamp with me, and bring a friend!

PS- Click on images to enlarge them to see details!:)

Decor Elements

Do you know that Stampin' Up has an entire product line dedicated to home decor and decorating? They are called Decor Elements and I love them. I have a traditional flower applied to the wall in our powder room, and I have more in mind for our home as we paint. There are some beautiful sayings, much like you see on HGTV and you wonder where do they get those? Umhmmm!

They are versatile, easy to apply and remove-without damage to your walls-and come in various colors and sizes. But you know what is really so, so cool? Decor elements is not just for walls.

Here are a few samples of some cute holiday plates. (I also used them on the mugs for Snowman Soup for the craft fair.) These are the easiest things to make! (Imagine what you neighbors will think when you take these to them with homemade cookies on top? These use both rub ons from the holiday mini as well as cut snowflakes from the Bigshot. They apply quite easily as they do to walls, canisters, toyboxes, you name it!

Want to learn more? Visit my webisite and look under catalogs at our definitely Decorative to see what's available for you to use! Great gifts for yourself and others at a great value!

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