Monday, April 27, 2009

This Sounds Fun to Me...



A weekend away crafting....sounds like a fabulous idea for a field trip with the "girlies".

Sunday, April 19, 2009

File Under "THIS is Why I Never Throw Anything Away"

Much to my husband's chagrin, I never (well almost never) throw anything away. Bits of ribbon, buttons and general crafting supplies have been in my possession for many years. This card is the prime example of this habit of mine.The sentiment is well over a year old (I stamped a bunch in different colors and put them away, because I just could not come up with a combination I liked). The patterned background is about a month old - it was a failed first attempt at using this big SU background stamp and has an area void of the pretty turquoise ink (which is now cleverly covered by the sentiment). The coordinating ribbon is who knows how old - - I love it when a plan comes together.

Friday, April 17, 2009

TAC Discontinued List - 2009

This year's discontinued stamp list was just released today...and I quote:

"It’s time to make room for new stamp additions to our 2009-2010 Inspiration Base Book! It’s a great time to add the following stamp sets to your collection at a 25% discount before they are gone forever! As of July 1, 2009, these sets will no longer be available for ordering, will not appear online, and will be officially retired from the TAC™ collection.** Hurry and order your favorite retiring sets before they’re gone as quantities are limited!

**Sets may appear as a future Vintage set at the discretion of the TAC™ corporate office.
*Orders for discontinued sets must be received at the corporate office by 5:00 PM CST on Friday, June 26, 2009.
*Orders placed from the discontinued list are commissionable and count toward FUNshop™ sales and benefits.
*No other special offers or discounts apply.
*TAC™ reserves the right to amend the discontinued list as we see fit."


So if you would like to take a gander at the list, let me know and I will get a copy of it to you.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Aaaahhhh - That Feels Better!!!

I haven't sat down at my crafting table for quite some time...I was starting to go just a little "buggy" with the lack of creative time. Plus I realized that I had not posted anything to my blog in quite some time. {gasp}

Tonight all that changed.

"Forget the dishes" I said to myself as I marched my stress-laden being up the stairs to the beloved room of crap...er, I mean CRAFT, yeah, that's right, craft. I needed to pull together a Hostess package for my next Fun Shop plus I was in need of some inspiration for a Mother's Day Card to demonstrate at said Fun Shop. Well all I can say is "Mission Accomplished!"

I found a cool design of a card with a very definite "WOW" factor AND it is super simple to assemble.

I know, I know - - it looks pretty normal .... but wait for it.... it's called a "Swing Away" Card ... and it does THIS



how fun is that??!!