Stampin' & Scrappin' with Tina

Valentine's Day!

It's already February!  Time just keeps on moving by doesn't it............

I have a new assistant in my life again.......  and she is just the cutest little one in the world!  Luckily she doesn't expect any pay because I have to admit she doesn't really get a lot done for me except making my heart swell and my smile so big

Alex is now 2 1/2 and will be living here with her mom for a year while Dane is deployed.  I don't worry about Dane because God is good and he will be taken care of.  I just feel so happy that I can do something to help him while he is away protecting our country.

Here is a Valentine's Day card I made for our last class-

I used our new Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die and our new Pinking Hearts Border.  The background is done with a Baby wipe technique.  I hope you enjoy it!............  Tina

Such fun at Leadership!!

I am home from our great Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference in Phoenix- it was fabulous!  Probably the best one ever!  The ideas are swarming in my head and I am working on focusing- not an easy task for this girl!

The bag we got was great- here it is with some special name tags that I received as gifts from a couple of girls! 

The first name tag came from Michele Zindorf- what a talented sweetheart she is!
And this next one came from my dear friend Amy Smith- how lucky am I to have such generous people in my life!! 

On the last day our team gathered for a group photo- altho this wasn't all of us, I am grateful for this photo of most of us!!

 

Now I am busy planning our INKredible 2 Day Winter Wonderlude Event!!  It is going to be AWESOME!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We had quite the whirlwind holiday this year.....  After planning on spending Christmas here in Sparta without all the kids (they couldn't all get enough time off work to make the trip) we made some last minute changes and all flew to Arizona so we could all be together.

Of course it was the typical Rosenkrans family vacation..... We raced down to Philly airport on Dec 23 to catch a late nite flight to Phoenix- and Jim went to park the car in long term parking and ended up missing the flight.  So.........  we landed in Phoenix at midnite without him.  Made the trek back up to Sedona and came back down the next nite (Christmas Eve) to pick him up at midnite.  It was nuts.

We did manage to all get into our matching pj's tho

 

a tradition the kids refuse to give up. Scott always says "now it's Christmas!" when we get them on! And since I couldn't find jammies to match for Ali, I handstamped hers and sewed ribbons on (actually they were to hide my mistakes!) but they came out cute- just gotta love that about stamping- fixing a mistake can improve the project!

 

Another longstanding tradition is our Christmas stockings.  My mom and I made them about 10 years ago and I don't know what we were thinking when we did....  They are HUGE and the kids say it's their favorite part of Christmas morning.  They were so surprised to see them under Marc's tree- they didn't think Santa would be able to bring them to Arizona (Santa used our 2 biggest suitcases which housed nothing but these stockings!) So, of course, when the kids are happy then I am happy...

 

And we did manage to take these traditions to a new level this year....  We went out for dinner in our pj's!  Yes, we got a lot of looks, but I am sure it's because everyone else was jealous they hadn't thought of it first....

 

All in all, amidst the chaos and running around we celebrated this holiday as a family....  And that's what Christmas is all about anyway, right????

12 Days of Holidays BIG SHOT SALE!!

How exciting!!  We are having a HUGE sale on lots of Big Shot dies and accessories- some of them BRAND SPANKIN' NEW!!  Don't forget to check out our cool new Vinyl Colors- including CHALKBOARD!!

Here's a list of the items on sale- Sale ends Dec. 22 so don't wait!!  And if you don't have the Big Shot but have been thinking about getting it- stock up on these great Dies now and get the Big Shot during Sale-A-Bration in January and earn even MORE free stuff!!!

Call me 973-729-7149; email me or go directly online and place your order!

Item	Page #	Description	Regular Price	Discounted Price
114515	195	Flower Burst Embosslits die	$11.95	$8.96
114516	195	Cherry Blossom Embosslits die	$11.95	$8.96
115957	195	Thanks Embosslits die	$11.95	$8.96
114513	195	Sweetest Stem Embosslits die	$11.95	$8.96
115952	195	Hi Embosslits die	$11.95	$8.96
115951	197	Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlits die	$74.95	$59.96
113446	197	Build a Flower #2 Set Sizzlits 4-Pack die	$19.95	$16.96
114509	197	Big Bold Cupcakes Sizzlits 4-Pack die	$21.95	$18.66
113448	197	Hearts Set Sizzlits 4-Pack die	$19.95	$16.96
113457	198	Tulipe Bigz die	$21.95	$16.46
115954	198	Two Tags Bigz die	$21.95	$18.66
114524	199	Fringed Flower Bigz die	$19.95	$15.96
114523	199	Decorative Accents Bigz die	$19.95	$15.96
114534	199	Flower Bigz Clear die	$19.95	$15.96
113473	199	5-Point 3D Star Bigz die	$19.95	$16.96
113472	199	Circle 3D Ornament Bigz die	$19.95	$16.96
113470	199	Flower Layers w/Leaf Bigz die	$19.95	$16.96
113465	199	Bird w/Leaves and Flower Bigz die	$19.95	$16.96
115961	200	Perfect Setting Bigz XL die	$42.95	$32.21
113483	200	Pennant Bigz XL die	$39.95	$29.96
113484	200	Baskets & Blooms Bigz XL die	$39.95	$31.96
116760	201	Pop-Up Three Tier Cake Bigz XL die	$39.95	$29.96
116759	201	Pop-Up 3D Ball Bigz XL die	$39.95	$29.96
114890	201	Matchbox Bigz XL die	$42.95	$36.51
113458	202	Flower Layers Originals die	$15.95	$13.56
114336	158	Kraft Décor Elements sheets 12" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
114334	158	Dark Gray Décor Elements sheets 12" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
114337	158	Chocolate Décor Elements sheets 12" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
114335	158	White Décor Elements sheets 12" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118797	n/a	So Saffron Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118798	n/a	Rose Red Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118799	n/a	Taken With Teal Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118800	n/a	Pretty In Pink Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118801	n/a	Bashful Blue Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118802	n/a	Real Red Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118803	n/a	Old Olive Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118804	n/a	Black Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118805	n/a	Night of Navy Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118806	n/a	Certainly Celery Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118807	n/a	Tempting Turquoise Décor Elements Sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118808	n/a	Clear Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118809	n/a	Pumpkin Pie Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118810	n/a	Pixie Pink Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118812	n/a	Sahara Sand Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118813	n/a	Gable Green Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118814	n/a	Basic Gray Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118815	n/a	Chalkboard Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$14.95	$11.21

What a SALE!! Holiday Extravaganza is here!!

Our most exciting sale of the year is here!!  From now until Nov. 30th- you can get these fabulous finds for up to 50% off!!Do ALL your Holiday Shopping now-

• Teachers
• Stocking Stuffers
• Family
• Friends
• YOU

 Check them out here- but hurry before they are all gone!!  Order directly online or email me!

Happy Holiday Shopping!!!!!!.................   Tina

Wedding Album

This is supposed to be a secret...........  but I know that my kids have more fun things to do than to check out my blog so they won't know I am making this for them for a Christmas present....

Here is one page from the album- I used the Night and Day Specialty Designer Series Paper from our Mini-catalog- even tho it sure looks like it's supposed to be Halloween paper it works so beautifully with Wedding photos!  I am surely going to stock up on this paper before the mini is gone!!

I hope you enjoy this page......  I really love it!  Simple but it makes me smile whenever I look at it!  And don't forget- if you run into my kids please don't mention to them that you saw this!!

Our Fall Crop Weekend

We had such a great time at our last Getaway Crop weekend!!  We were in Wayne NJ and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the relaxed time together......... laughing, scrapbooking, stamping and eating!!  I just love those weekends away....  they are so rejuvenating!

Here is one of the pages I did -  it's one of my favorite photos from Marc and Atar's wedding 2 years ago

 

Our next Crop Weekend is in March 2009.  Why not plan to join us there and treat yourself to some time away with the girls!!

Deals of the Week!

Week 2 Deals of the Week

Item	Description	Special Price
115961	Perfect Setting Bigz XL die	$25.99
114515	Flower Burst Embosslits die	$5.99
116760	Pop-Up Three Tier Cake Bigz XL die	$25.49

Dates: October 1-31, 2009

Click HERE to go shopping for these great Deals!!!

What a heavy heart......

Tonite is my last night here in Arizona....  I am so happy that I can come out here every few months- but leaving is always so hard.  I will miss all of these guys, but it's leaving my little Alex that just rips me apart.
We did have a wonderful visit tho!  I have spent more hours 'swinging' than I can count!  Here she is- I only wish you could hear her laughing and yelling 'yee-ha'!!  I will hold that sweet little voice close to my heart when I have to look at these photos again and she isn't here with me


 We were all in our jammies tonite and she said to me "Nonna can we go swinging?"... well, off we went, jammies and all, and all I could think of was "Yee-Ha!"

Fall Fest was FABULOUS!!!

Last Saturday we had another one of our great INKredible Events.....  Fall Fest!!  There were nearly 100 people in attendance and it was a day filled with creativity, friendship and tons of fun!
Our Guests of Honor were one of the reasons the day was so much fun.... My dearest friend, Karen Barber, and a new dearest friend, Michelle Zindorf! They came in from Ohio and just wowed us with their talents and passion!!!  It was a wonderful day all around for everyone!
Here are a few photos of our festivities!

The girls are all busy working on their make and take projects

I made each table a centerpiece- using our Decor Elements blocks and turning them into photo cubes!

This was one of our make and takes.... and yep, that is my little Ali girl in the photo!

As a matter of fact that is where I am right now..... out in Arizona visiting Dane, Dulce and Ali- it's my treat for a Fall Fest well done!!