Stampin' & Scrappin' with 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!! 

Just love the fall............

Yes, I know.......  I have been a tad neglectful about posting to my blog lately.  Do you really want to hear all the excuses why?  That I am planning a major stamping event for Sept 26?  That I am getting ready to launch a new and exciting business?  Planning our next Girl's Getaway Crop Weekend for Oct 17-19?  That I have been traveling to see my family who refuses to live close enough so I wouldn't have to do that??? Nope, you probably don't.........  but that's ok............  The one thing you can always guarantee is that I am having a lot of fun stamping!

So here is my newest favorite card to represent my most favorite season of the year....

This card uses some of our new mini catalog stuff-

• Autumn Splendor Stamp Set
• Autumn Meadows Designer Series Paper
• Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint

I water-colored it with our stamp pads and a aqua painter- I hope you enjoy it!!

What a Weekend!

There is nothing like spending time with your girlfriends!! 
Last weekend we had our INKthINKers gathering at my cabin in NY.... this is a group of my downline who help me think... a very big job I might add!
We planned all the details for our next Big Event- Fall Fest on Sept. 26 in Allamuchy NJ- it is going to be spectacular!  We are having two of the most talented stampers on the earth joining us.... Michelle Zindorf and Karen Barber and they have designed such awesome projects for us!!  We cannot wait!!

Of course we also spend plenty of time stamping and scrapping for other things too!  And eating, drinking and plenty of laughing!!  Being with them is so rejuvenating!!
I just had to show you this photo of what a FULLY STACKED fridge we had- my kids would be soooooo jealous as they have never seen our fridge look like this!!










And here are some completely too adorable Halloween projects made by Debbie Modrowsky.  Don't you love them??

Convention Energy!

It's the last day of convention here in Salt Lake City and I am so energized with ideas that I could just explode!
This week has been filled with all my favorite things- time with friends, creating new projects, learning cool techniques and seeing the incredible talent of so many people!!  I can barely stand it my head is so full!!  I'm almost glad that I have this long layover on my trip home so I can sit and FOCUS- not my specialty....  as a matter of fact I was sure I drove my friends crazy this morning because I could not sit still for one second.....  And of course I was sitting half way through a full row of people so I had to cross over everyone of them to get in and out of my seat..........  thank goodness they all love me for some crazy reason or I am sure I would have alienated some people today for sure!
Anyway- here is a picture of our night out last night- we went to a local brewery and as the girl's will agree- it was the best night of the week for all of us!  We laughed so hard that my tummy hurt by morning (yea.....  it was just the laughing that did that right?)

Anyway, I'm looking forward to another fun time tonight with my girls.  We are headed over to the Roof Restaurant in Temple Square- a beautiful place overlooking the city that I have eaten at when serving on the Advisory Board with Stampin' Up!
As soon as I  get home I will be posting some great stamping and scrapping samples and ideas on here- Keep an eye out for them!!

Big Shot Samples

I did a Big Shot class this past week and we made some really adorable items!!  Here are 2 of them- hope you enjoy!!

 

This cute bag uses our Bag with Scallops Die and some of the new Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper

And this next one uses our Matchbox Die with our new Bride DSP- love that paper!!

I just love my birthday!

I am one of those girls who loves everything about my own birthday! I begin celebrating early in July so I can actually have a Birthday Month and the family has gone along with it for so many years they don't even know any different!

This birthday began at 11:49 pm the day before my big day- when my daughter in law, Dulce, sent me a video of Ali singing Happy Birthday to me- how adorable!! I woke up in the morning to 6 Birthday texts from friends and family and then was overwhelmed with all the birthday wishes I got on Facebook!  I felt SOOOO important!

And then we ended the night with my downline Convention Swap meeting- where we stamped our swaps together and celebrated again for my birthday!!!  I was so happy all day long!

I also got a bunch of cards from people- this one is from Dana Gestwick- isn't it just beautiful?  She is so talented!!!