Vintage Hummingbird

Good Morning! While I have had a few crazy weeks at my house, I have still found time to do some creating, and wanted to share one project with you today. I had a great time playing with all my new "toys" from Stampin' Up, as the brand new Catalogue is out, and is chock-full of yummy things! There is also a brand-new wall Decor catalogue! If you don't have your new catalogues yet, contact me to get yours!

Today's project has a vintage feel, and was inspired by the new Newsprint Designer Paper Pack. I LOVE these papers!

Stamps: Elements of Style

Cardstock: Soft Suede, Marina Mist (new!), Very Vanilla

Accessories: Clear Rhinestone brad, Vanilla Mist and Log Cabin Smooch Spritz, 1/8" Marina Mist grosgrain ribbon,  Vintage Wallpaper Impressions folder, Pretties Kit and sponging in Soft Suede ink.

Click here to place an order.

Happy Creating!

Jo-Ann
 

Last Chance Lists are here!

Hi everyone, are you ready for some excitement?! I’ve got it!

 

Yes! The long-awaited time has arrived! The Last Chance Lists are here! These are products that will retire on June 30^th, and won’t be available again! You can view all the Stamps Sets, Wall Décor, and Accessories that will retire, here on my website. Just click Shop Now.

 

Some of the items are even listed at 25% - 50% off! By the look of these lists, there are going to be an amazing number of wonderful, brand new products coming in the upcoming catalogue!

 

Keep in mind that the accessories are available on a first come, first serve basis, and may sell out FAST! This includes all the retiring cardstock and ink colors. So get online to my store FAST, as all those on the East Coast have been shopping up a storm for hours already! Some of the items are already SOLD OUT! The best way to ensure that you get what you want is to place your order right away on my online store, and it will ship directly to you.

 

If you email your order to me, I will place the orders as soon as I have a total of $100 in orders, but BE WARNED, it may be too late by the time I get enough orders to put it thru! Email me at stampinwithjoann@shaw.ca if you’d rather go with this option. You can pay by cash, cheque, or credit card.

 

If you want to print out a list for each category, and sit & browse through it, here are the links.

Last Chance Stampsets

Last Chance Accessories

Last Chance Definitely Decorative

 

Note: my website will constantly be updating what is still available, so that is the best way to see what’s still available,. To ensure you get your items ordered before they sell out, place your order on there as well.

 

 
  

So, here we go……Click here to SHOP NOW!

 

Jo-Ann

Items already out of stock

Just a note to say that due to the fact that lots of

Stampin’ Up colors are retiring on June 30th, they are selling

fast! There are a few already sold out!

The following items are no longer

available to order. Our inventory has been depleted, and we are unable to order

more.



101563: Sage Shadow card stock (8-1/2"

x 11")

102837: Only Orange card stock (8-1/2" x

11")

107079: Sage Shadow card stock (12" x 12")

107101: Close to Cocoa card stock (12" x

12")

119833: Old Olive Polka-Dot 6" x 6" Designer printed album



I would recommend making sure that you have a bottle of ink

refill for each stamp pad you own, as well as loads of cardstock for those

colors. You can see my post here

for more info on the retiring colors, and new Color Collections coming!  

 

Have a great day!

Jo-Ann

 

Cruise pics - our excursions

Our first stop on the cruise was Barbados, where my hubby and I went zip-trekking. It was a hoot!

We rode 7 zip-lines thru the treetops, from one platform to another. There was even a little monkey down on the ground watching all the people trying to act like monkeys!

Here we are on Day 2, in St. Lucia, taking a small boat tour around the island.

We stopped to see some waterfalls, botanical gardens, and a volcano area, where there were black-mud springs (and yes, people were bathing in them!).

Next stop: Antigua (our ship is on the left)

where we spent the day at a luxury beach....

And oh, man, it was HOT here! It was like, 41 degrees! We were just trying to stay in the shade all day...but the water was amazing!

Our last excursion was on the island of St. Maarten, and we took a scooter tour around the island in these cute little 3-wheel mini-cars. We ended up at the beach....my favorite place!

Come back tomorrow for my next few pics....

Jo-Ann
 
 
 
 
 
 

  
 
 
 
 

Cruise Pics - on the ship

Continuing on with our Stampin' Up cruise pics, here we are in the dining room onboard Royal Carribean's ship, enjoying our first (of many) 5 course meal!

And here's our amazing stateroom, complete with a couch, and an outside balcony.

View from our balcony...

 

Huge shopping "mall" area inside the ship....

 I will share some of our fun excursions tomorrow....

Jo-Ann
 
 
 

 

Cruise pics

I had such a great time on the Stampin' Up Cruise, and I want to share a few pics with you! It is so unbelievable to me that for FIVE years in a row I have earned an all-expenses paid trip from Stampin' Up. How many companies pay for their employees to go on a free trip, with their spouse?! Crazy! Anyway, I am blessed to "work" for a wonderful company who provides this opportunity. Did you know that if you held ONE workshop a week, you could most likely earn a free trip too? Working one day a week! On top of the income! Making cards and scrapbook pages! If this blows your mind, like it does mine, contact me to get started!

Back to the cruise...here we are in Puerto Rico on Day 1, before we got on the ship, going to check out an old fort with our friends, Kari and Tom (http://thestampingrounds.typepad.com ), who also earned the amazing trip. 

This was so cool, being inside the tunnels, but my chlostrophobia was starting to kick in...

 

After the fort we walked thru some of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and had a great day before heading to the ship.

Loved these steep cobblestone streets! And it was hot, real hot!

 
 Stay tuned for more fun!

Jo-Ann 
 
 
 

 

Mother's Day gift

Hi everyone! I am back from the Stampin' Up Cruise, and over the coming week or so, I will be sharing some pics from my fabulous trip!

For now, here's a cute Mother's Day idea using the Top Note Die from Stampin' Up, as well as the gorgeous Cottage Wall designer paper set.

You can easily make a little booklet by binding together a bunch of pages from the Top Note Die, using a binding system like Bind-It-All. The little booklet can fit inside the matching purse.

I added a mini lunch bag (from the dollar store) for the inside of the purse, and topped it with a Scallop Circle, with a little zelcro to close it.  

Inside the booklet, you can write all the things you love about her!

To learn more about how to make projects like this one, join my Stamp Club, and get products to keep, ideas to inspire, and free stuff to smile about! Contact me today to join my monthly club!

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Jo-Ann