Money Holder

Well I haven't done much since Convention is now over -
I'm pretty much stuck on the couch with these pregnant hips and pains -

We have a scheduled due date for Sept 8th - IF he's not here before then -
Still arguing over names - I will NOT have a child named Cannyon Crawler Stewart
No IF'S AND's or BUTT's about it!

I'm leaning towards Craig (Means Rocky Mountain/hill)
OR I'm even finding myself to like Camran (his first pick) a little more every day - so we'll see - I'll keep you updated :)

Anyways - I joined in on Max's Marker Club - I'll finally have all the SU! Markers come November! I'm excited!

I sent her the first payment in August and had to make this CUTE little money Holder that I got from Dawn's Video Tutorial - I LOVE the way it turned out!

I used the new Dreams Du Jour Stamp set - with the NEW IN Color Pink Pirouette - and the Bella Rose paper to match :)












I'm not going to be posting much - I cleaned out my craft closet and put everything away until after the baby is born - I have TOO much to do - cleaning and sewing wise -
BUT If I have to make a quick B-Day card (YIKES! I have a bunch of birthdays coming up in September - My mom's is the FIRST!!!!!
WELL Scratch that - I'll be posting some b-day cards soon :)

Thanks for Looking!

Stampin Up New Annoucments

Sorry it's been awhile since I"ve posted anything - this pregnancy is really getting to be a bit much this late in the summer - but - I'll try to keep up to date alittle more often :)

STampin Up!Had their convention last week - I was able to go to dinner with a few Diva's on Wednesday - what a great group of ladies!!! I'm so happy I got to meet them :)




We had a great dinner and swapped some cards and a 3D item - I got an awesome Scrapbook in a box - WAY CUTE!! I'll upload a picture when I can take some :)

NOW Onto Stampin' Up! NEWEST Announcments!


Demo's $99 Promo Information

If you are interested in signing up as a Demo, now is the time! Its $99 for the kit you pick and this is a special limited time only deal. August 11 - October 11 only!

SU! Online Ordering announcment

Well starting this fall SU! will have Customer Online Ordering. They are running it in a way so that the demonstrator is still in touch with their customer.For those who might want to order w/out having to send me an email or call me on the phone, can easily place an order via the SU! directory or my SU! Website.

Now for those that do not order via the directory or my website but just places a general order on SU!, you will see the pricing is higher than our catalog prices. (about 20% if I am not mistaken) It's all very new. I am trying to make heads or tails of it so bear with me and once I am 100% clear I will share it in more detail.

I think it will be a great thing for many people who are just starting to come in to the SU! world.


SU! BIGGEST ANNOUNCMENT FROM CONVENTION!

SU! Is now partnered up with SIZZIX!
We will be selling the BIG SHOT ( Exclusive color & more of course ) this year!
And along with the BIG SHOT we will have exclusive dies just for Stampin Up! that work with our Big Shot such a wonderful addition to SU! Yes, this is an official Sizzix "Big Shot" BUT it comes in a cool black and features *exclusive* Stampin’ Up! dies AND you can order regular Sizzix dies from me which can earn FREE hostess sets and benefits (so take THAT Michaels!!!).

PLUS Starting Aug 11th there will be several brand new stamp sets at 15% off
You can click HERE to see the new offers -

PLUS Aug 11th is the 1st day we will be able to order out of the brand new catalog So mark your calenders & Don't forget all the Excitement starts in Just 7days


That pretty much catches you up to date -
OH I didn't mention the newest in Decor Elements - I wasn't at convention so I don't know first hand on it - but from what I've heard they were showing a LOT of different samples in the phase 2 of these - I will have more information when it becomes available :)

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to ask :)

Thanks for looking!

Jen

Thank yous :)

I made 25 of these little 3x3 note cards with a little Jr Mint inside for my open house-
I'll have it displayed in a little basket next to a sign up sheet for my monthly email newsletter - they can have one IF they sign in :)








I also just made a sign up sheet for my new monthly class - starting August 13th - I'll be holding a class at my house every 2nd wednesday of the month -
My first class is going to be the Emergency Birthday card class - make 12 birthday cards for $15 - $20 if you sign up after August 7th - SOO hopefully that'll help :)

Wish me luck on these classes - only enough spots for 8 people :) Maybe I'll get more people to sign up and I can hold 2 classes a month!! Wouldn't THAT be cool!

Thanks for looking!

SUDSOL-C&C120

Well I am offically a member at SUDSOL (Simply Unique Demonstrators Sharing OnLine)
They have a Challange/chat that they do every week (I think- I'm still new) and I joined in today for the first time -
The give out free memberships to the winners - so I HOPE they pick mine :)

Their sketch challange to me looked like a scrapbook page - I had school pictures out on the table - so I grabbed one and went to work -
If you know me at all you know I"m not much of a scrapbooker - it scares me :) Especially when I have to stamp on it :) BUT this one turned out... not to bad I think :) Then again look at the handsome 11 year old in the picture - how could that face look bad on any layout :)

Greetings Galore

I just made 5 of these boxes of cards for my open house - SO If you're planning on coming - and ordering the soon to be retired Greeting's galore stamp set found on page 52 out of the 2008 - spring catalog - then this box of cards is yours :) FREE!!



I'm working on a few other gifts to go with a few of the soon to be retiring stamp sets as well - I only have a few sets on the list - but hopefully it will get people interested :)

Thanks for looking :)

Retired List - OPEN HOUSE!

Retired List is Here!!!

Stampin' Up!® has released the list of sets which will NOT be included in the new Fall-Winter Idea Book & Catalog, which starts on August 10 Th.


There is both an Alphabetical List, and a list in order of Page Numbers the stamp sets appear on in the catalog.

Also Click HERE for the new dormat list for the 2008 Fall & Winter catalog. The dormat list of Stamp sets are going to be active and available for purchase They Just will not be listed in the new catalog in August.

I will hate to see so many of my favorite sets go. But it also means their will be a lot of new sets in the up coming catalog. So before it is to late get your Stampin Up stamp sets now.

I am holding a Retirment Open House at my house on Saturday June 28th from 11:00 am until 3:00 Pm - come and Make a CUTE card for a make it/take it using a stamp set from the retired list -

So to help things out I am offering a special.

This is only offered by me

Buy one set from the retired list, get a 2nd at a 15% off

If you spend $50 during June or July you get a FREE catalog when it is released in August.

This offer is good until June 30th.

Email me at Jen@stewland.com

Punchy Swap

For VC Rocks I signed up for a puncg swap -
Ok Yes I know it's a CASED card from Dawn's stampin' thoughts - but I love this card and these colors!!




















Her card used the Jersey Shore Designer paper - but because it has wild wasabi in it it will be retired (that's an IN color that will be replaced in August) SO I couldn't use the Jersey SHore paper - BUT that's ok :) I like the colors - so I stuck with them -

I used Ballet Blue - Mellow Moss and Only Orange for this card - oh and Creamy Carmel :) Love the way it looks but it took ALL DAY to get it done - Collin has a bad diaper rash and just wont stop crying - I feel bad for him but ugh! Give me a break already!

Oh and I used the stamp set "Happy heart day" I think it looks kind of like a summer sun with a little heart :) If I had the markers in the matching colors I would have colored in the hearts -but since I can't place an order to order them right now... they'll just have to do - BUT I like the way it looks - nice and summery :)


Thanks for looking!

Puppies again!

Look how cute these guys are!
We sold another one - Is anyone going to Missouri- Louisiana - or California within the next 2-3 weeks?? We're trying to figure out how to get these guys home :)
we still have ONE little guy left :)


I took this picture - isn't he ADORABLE??!?

















Father and Son picture - What is it about male dogs? He doesn't even want to be in the same room with these puppies! Typical - oops did I just type that :)







More pictures on the webpage - www.sbrbulldogs.com

Happy Father's day!

I need to mail out a father's day card to my father tomorrow so i made this one for him -






I have TONS of glorious green paper so I really wanted to use that -

I don't have a lot of - if any - man-ly stamps - so I used this generic but wonderful retired "All about U" stamp set that I got last year -

I'm working on a never ending card for my father in law and Cory - stay tuned for pictures once I get one finished - I did figure out the folding - YEAH!!! just need to figure out the stamping now :)

Thanks for looking

Couple more swaps

Wow! Sheri and Kadie love me :) Thanks for reading guys - what a surprise :)

Here are a couple more swaps I'm doing -

This is the cherrished chipboard swap I'm hosting -
I like this card - I CASED it from Splitcoast though - but it turned out cute :) I used the heart chipboard with the chunky glitter - Love the red, black and white too :)




















And THIS ...




It is for the Fresh and Fun swap - making sure the stamps will be in the new catalog :) I used One of a Kind and Boho background with the matching flower punch - LOVE that punch - Then the brad and .. that's it :) Used Only Orange and Chocolate Chip - pretty simple but I think it turned out pretty cute :) I got a whole stack of Only Orange paper so I'll be using it alot :)

VC_Rocks Swaps

Not sure why I'm keeping a blog still - no one seems to be interested in it - but oh well - here goes ....

I signed up for a bunch of swaps on the VC-Rocks yahoo group - all SU! demo quality swaps -

Here's one I did for the Sultry Scribe-Swap - notebook -





















Next is the Glorious Glitter swap -





















Then I'm in the Punched to Perfection Swap - which I haven't started yet - I have so many different ideas to do :)

Then Fresh & Fun Card Swap (newer sets that will stay in the next catalog) - I chose the Boho backgrounds and One of a Kind stamp set - I'll be working on that this weekend - I just placed an order with more card stock so I can make 12 of them :)

I'm hosting the charrished Chipboards Swap - I have maybe 5 finished - I ran out of black card stock - put in the order today so will get it done this weekend too -

Finally - The Drink Stops Here - it's a coaster swap - I haven't done this one yet either - it's only 6 - but I have so many different ideas on how to go about this swap - so I keep putting it off - maybe I'll work on this one today :)

SO that's it for my swaps - will post pictures as I finish them -

Thanks for looking :)

Puppies!

Ok they're about 3 weeks old now - but they're here! we have 4 out of 6 sold! One of our little guys is going to live in Missippi when he's 10 weeks old!

We have 1 female - sold - and 5 boys - you can go to http://sbrbulldogs.com/ to see more pictures - but here are a couple of my favorites!

This one is Snoopy - my baby :)


Then there is BABY - she's the baby of the group and my daughter's favorite



Then there is .... we can't decide on a name - he's tuff guy - or tiger - or something - he just loves to get up and wrestle - he has the CUTEST growl! I wish I could get a video of him :) - he's my son's favorite :)


That's all the pictures I have on my end - my husband has more pictures up on the website -

We have kittens too! They're FREE!!!!
OUr wild cats that live on our front porch just had 4 kittens - and the other one had her kittens but she hasn't brought them out yet - so not sure how many we have all together - the 4 we have seen are now living in my husband's jeep during the stormy weather we're having today - lol
He's pretty ticked off - it's been really warm outside all week so she brought them out to eat and hang out on the front porch - but it got cold - she took all but one kitten this morning to the jeep - when she came back to eat - I brought the kitten out of the garage for her - and she brought it over to the jeep - which is how I found them - Cory told me to take them OUT of the jeep and put them back on the porch - but that didn't last long - she took them off the porch and back to the jeep - I took them out again - and now she has 3 of them again and this poor little kitten just keeps getting left behind! She'll come back when she's hungry - so we're not worried about it - but it's like 65 degrees out and really windy - it's been raining all day - so hopefully she's ok out there - Idon't want to put her back in the garage!

Anyways - that's about it for the puppies and kitties -

Stampin' Up Stuff

Ok I'm WAY behind on my blogging -sorry
the Workshops were GREAT! Brought in a total of $922 for all 3 workshops!
I hate to say I didn't make a single booking - but I got a few emails to keep in touch - so we'll see how it goes -

I've gone out to 3 neighborhoods out here by my house posting a note with technique booklets on almost 250 doors and not ONE SIGNLE Email or phone call to book - I'm getting really discouraged here - I don't know what else to do!! any demo's out there that has any advice I'd greatly appreaciate it!!

I started a demo website - you can check it out here - or http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/jenstewart/ - it was fun to make but to pay for it - I sure hope it helps!

I don't have anything booked so if anyone is interested :)
I have some way cute new samples for the make it/take for workshops - maybe even classes?
I have TONS of ideas for scrapbooking classes and 3d items - hundreds of cards and all sorts of different things - so I really don't know why anyone isn't interested! They're cute! I promise!!

I'm going to hold a retired list open house in July at my house - so if you're in the neighborhood - drop by! I'll have a card very simular to this card up for you to try out - using Punches! This card was CASED by Dawn's stampin' thoughts -



BUT That's in July -

Thanks for stopping by!

My First Workshop Cards

Ok I'm holding 3 workshops in 3 days - YIKES!
SO if you live in Saratoga Springs, go to Marla's house on Thursday April 10th at 7 pm (she'll send out invitations next week :)

If you live in West Jordan - go to my mother in law's house on Friday April 11th at 7 pm -

If you live in MAGNA - Go to Sheri's house :) on Saturday April 12th at 1:00 pm -

You're not getting address from me :) BUT if you know who they are - they'll be sending out their invitations next week :) YEAH!!

SO what are we making? Here's a picture -




A WAY CUTE Tart and Tangy 3x3 note card and box set :) Making 3 of the note cards and the box to put them in - Then if there is time we'll make another matching card - and POSSIBLY a scrapbook page to match - Sorry no pictures there :(

I REALLY wanted to use the Heartfelt Thanks set that I got in the starter kit - I hated that set at first but once I got it down with the stamp a ma jig - I LOVE that set!

If anyone wants to host a workshop - I have a way cute scrapbook page and 4 cards using that set :)
Here's the sample of the scrapbook page :)



Pretty huh! I LOVE this flower! It's so pretty! And I have a wheel that goes really nicely with with - in fact I made 2 cards using it! And of course my 2 little girls are the perfect picture for that set :) LOVE IT!

I'm also working on some boy scrapbook pages to demo - I just can't find any pictures of my boys that work with the stamp set - I KNOW I have some - just can't find them yet :) I have too many disks to go through :)

Anyways - so that's what I"ve been working on - I have samples from Heartfelt Thanks - Greeting's Galore - 3 for you Punch box and Tart and Tangy -

Coming up soon will have Loads of Love and Define your Life - and still playing with so many scallops even though Sell-a-bration is over - and they're retired -I still love that set :)

Thanks for looking!

Prizes :)

Ok well since becoming a Demo - I've been waiting oh so patiently on getting my kit (It was Mailed TODAY!!!!!)

I've been working on some raffle drawing prizes - So if you book a workshop with me - you can win something out of this basket ok basket wont load but here are some pictures of what's IN the basket :)

Ok FIrst picture is a mini post it's holder/key chain -
I made a bunch of these in different colors - Green - turquoise - pink and yellow :)
- also giving some to my neices for Easter :)
Retired set Basic Backgrounds with LSBS DP for the centers and ribbons :)





NEXT I have This little note book - while I was at Walmart I found a bunch of them for like 37 cents each - so I grabbed a handful :)



Next is a bigger Post it's holder like I made for my kid's teachers for Christmas -
I used Close to Cocoa , and Tempting Turquoise DP from SU!





and Finally I have this cute little nugget card box - I used some Easter candy even though my workshop wont be until AFTER Easter - but it matched :)
I used the Happy heart day set and colored it with my pastels and blender pens - I don't recommend using the blender pens on regular card stock - SU! Whisper WHite is Awesome! Regular card stock tears easily and makes a big mess - blach -




The hostess will get first pick out of the basket before the workshop starts - then I'll draw names for other's to win something :) FUN HUH!



I made a few of the same things to go in for a raffle for another workshop - still don't have one booked but thinking about holding an open house - or trying to coax my friend into having one at her house - we'll see though :)

That's it for tonight - I'll be working on a few other things tomorrow :)

Thanks for looking!

I'm a DEMO!!!!! and After Valentine's Day Stuff

WHEW! It FINALLY HAPPENED!
Today I went over to Jamie's house to sign up to be an official Stampin' Up Demonstrator!
I'm SO excited! I've been saving my money for almost a year now - with school clothes shopping - Christmas - and a few little odd's and Ends - My money that I was saving started dissapearing! I was so sad! BUT with the special they're having for the Sell-A-Bration month - I was able to save up !! WHOO HOO!!! So it's official now :) I'm the newest Independant Demonstrator in Utah :) Wanna book a workshop :)
Send me an email -



Ok After Valentine's Day stuff -
I can offically let people know that I'm Pregnant again! Yes AGAIN! Baby #6 - She's coming a little earlier then we thought she would - we wanted to wait until Collin was a little closer to 2 before we got pregnant - but - he'll be about 19 weeks when she's born - Oh well - life happens :) She'll be here in September - not sure the due date yet - My first dr's appt is Monday - so check back later if you're interested :)

It's been pretty hectic around here though - we all got sick for awhile and I haven't had much time to do anything - but I did get a few things done -

This was my neices' birthday card - I totally Cased it but I don't know WHO I cased it from - SORRY!!!! But I love it :) Isn't she cute??





Next is a get well card - When I said we've been sick - I didn't mean just my family here - My Mother in law and my Sister in law's WHOLE family got it (funny - we weren't around eachother for a month and we all got sick on the same week!)
I CASED this card from Dawn's Stampin Thoughts - She did a cute job making it and I've been looking for more ideas to use this set with - So I cased it :)




THEN..... I made this Yesterday using a template that Rachelle sent me - WAY CUTE! and way easy to make - I made 9 of them in less then an hour - lots of scoring - but worth it :)





WELL That's about all I have time for today - Time to get the kiddie's in bed and check out some new SU! Demo stuff :)

Thanks for looking!

A CRAFTY BLOG!!

FINALLY Huh :)

Ok now that we got all the pictures caught up - here's what I've been working on -

First swap is from my Let's Swap Yahoo group - Kadie, Chris and Carol and I are good friends who swap a lot together :)
The swap was for a valentine's gift - not a big gift, just a little gum holder or candy holder - this is what I made



I used my cuzzle to cut out the purse - then I used my "tucan of friendship" stamp set (retired SU!) and stamped the "A treat for someone sweet" on the inside of the purse - THEN I wrapped it up in the 3 x 3 card to mail off :)



I showed it to Marla and she loves it! Since it's so easy to make we're going to get together and make a few of the kids in her daughter's Pre-school cloass and my Christina's Kindergarden class :)

NEXT SWAP -
Valentien's day KIT swap -
From paper craft magizine's board -
This card/kit had to have a card - book mark and a baggie topper included in it -



In the picture you can see the "roses" Samantha made for me using kabobo sticks and paper rolled up :) She spent a whole afternoon making all 10 of these :) They're prefect for Valentine's day :)

Here's a close up of the cards and stuff - I used SU! Simply Said stamp set for all of these - OH and I covered Jr mint for the candy in the baggie :)






OK NEXT Swap - I did was for a Valentine's day Pocket Card that I am hosting on Paper Craft Swaps board - It's full sorry :) BUT this is the card I made (going to take a picture - sorry:) -and she's back :)
Here we go now -



Get it = a POCKET CARD?!??! HA HA ok - sorry lame - I used the pocket from Pocket Fun (retired SU) the punched out some hearts -
Then if you can't see it - here is the stick of gum that is IN the pocket :) CUTE HUH :) well ok - not BAD at least :)




NEXT SWAP (yes there is more )
Is from Paper Craft Swaps - it's for the NEW 2008 catalog :) Well my order isn't here yet so here's what I came up with for what I have that's NOT reitred :)
CASED from page 122 in the new catalog with a few differences (colors and all taht fun stuff :)

WELL That's rude - it wont send from my phone for some reason - I'll upload it again for next post SORRY!!!

AND FINALLY - ONE MORE SWAP - It's a BUG CARD swap from Paper Craft :)

I used my retired SU Cute as a bug stamp for this one - CASED it from Splitcoast but it's a LITTLE different :)





I liked the pink and purple - but thought it might be too girlish - the swap is for boy/girl - so I made it again using the red and blue :)




OK NOW Stay tuned because I just bearly signed up for a large paper clip swap and a jumbo binder clip swap at splitcoasts :) SO I'll be working on those for a couple days :)

Motorcross Freestyle!

Here we go again :)

OK - The first weekend after New Years Cory got tickets for the WHOLE Family to go to the motorcross at the - old Delta Center (can't remember the new name :)

It was a BLAST! WE hadn't been since Casey was like 3 years old - back when Mad Mike Jones was all anyone ever talked about in our family :) Casey was HUGE Fan!
Casey THOUGHT he remembered what it was like - but when we got there - he was SO EXCITED! They ALL Were!

They changed MFX a LOT in the past few years - my first reaction was.... where's the dirt?? Strange question?? I don't know but it seemed like the most of it was for the advertizments on the ramps - and there were only 2 ramps!!!!! Then there was only like 8 guys jumping - they put on a good show though - Even COllin loved it!
He was on my lap clapping and yelling - he thought it was a bit loud though and kept covering his ears but didn't cry at all the whole night - even when he was getting tired - he still didn't fuss :)

The kids each wanted to bring some of their Christmas money - so Casey, Christina and Cody each bought themselves a flag - Samantha didn't want to spend $5 on a flag - so she put her money away forsomething else :)

Well that's about all I can say for this - here are a couple pictures then next post will be of my most recent swaps that I"m doing :)



TOOOOO LOUD!!!!!

Happy new Years! Samantha's birthday!

Samantha was born on New Years day - we went to the hospital trying for New Years Even (Tax reasons ) but that didn't work - she wasn't THE New Years baby - but 6:30 am was enough for me :)

We brought in the New Year with a Wii - a-thon - Cory played for most of the night - then the kids took turns playing - First Collin fell asleep about 10ish - then Cody passed out closely after - then Cory fell asleep - Christina fell asleep on the couch about 10:30ish - then Cory fell asleep next to Cody - Next Casey went over to cuddle up with dad and here's Samantha dancing away on the Dance Revolution til midnight - I woke up Cory about 5 mins before - then we let Samantha run outside to throw some poppers - The other kids stayed asleep :) BUT it was fun -




For Samantha's birthday - I took her to build a bear - she LOVED it!
Of all the cute little animals for her to pick out - she picked out the scroungiest looking puppy - but the one that needed the most love :)

We got her a little princess bed - and a shirt and colar and of course a little baby puppy to play with - because it was her birthday they made a special announcment at the checkout - she loved it :)
Then we went to Taco Bell after for a quicky lunch before picking up the other kids and heading to the dollar Tree to pick up some baby items for her new little princess :)



Grandma Lilly came over and brought her a cool CD player with a big Tin full of Gospal Music - which she LOVES!



THEN Grandma and Grandpa Stewart came over and So did Justin and Nic & Erin - Marla was coming home from Wyoming so she didn't make it but she left a gift with Justin to bring - she got some cool "little pets" - She got the whole vet play-house thingie with about 24 little pets to play with :)She LOVED IT!





AND that's about it for this post :)
Stay tuned for after lunch - we went to the MOTORCROSS FREESYLE GAMES!

It's Christmas time!

Ok so it's a little late but I"m trying to update thing thing before I get too far behind :)

Christmas was awesome! Loved visiting with the family and all that food :) So much fo weight watchers - I totally gained so much over the holidays!

BUT i'm back trying to work it off - but I still can't get the eating part down - see Collin is finished nursing so I lost 10 points! HELP!!!!!

Ok back to Christmas- here are some Christmas pictures of Christmas morning at our house-





Then - Grandma Lilly's house




And Chrsitmas at Grandma & Grandpa Stewarts's house




I have to find a way to get my pictures off my old camera for picture at Grandpa Earnshaw's house but I'm working on it :)

I hope everyone had a MERRY Chrsitmas!