Today was a great day at Leadership.  Lots of displays, demonstrations, free stamp sets, etc.  The pictures are on the Paper Palace Facebook page.  Check them out.

Welcome to sunny Florida.  This is the view from our window this morning.  It's really quite warm but it cools off at night and thus we have fog.  Yesterday when I got here about 3:30 it was about 80 degrees and humid.  I like it better than Michigan but it could be a little cooler and I'd like it even better.

 

 

Today is kind of a slow day.  Until tonight.  Then I get to go and see The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.  That makes the whole trip worthwhile.  This afternoon we can go to the convention center and pick up our materials packet.  Can't wait to see what the Take and Makes are like.  Yes, I said Take and Makes.  We won't be doing them here.  We take them home and make them.  But since this the 25th anniversary of Stampin' Up! I'm sure they have something wonderful planned.

Here's the first of my three swap cards that I did.  Please don't ask me what the stamp set is because I don't have a catalog with me.  Take my word for it that this set is in the Spring catalog.  The designer paper is also in the spring catalog.  The ribbon is Primrose Petals and I used the lattice die to cut the fancy lattice.  I haven't used it much but I think I will now.  I like the look. 

 

 

Well, it's 8:30 and Sandi hasn't stirred yet so I guess it's time to start making noise.  This afternoon I hope to get tons of pictures and ideas to post later.

 

Finally figured out how to get pictures back into my blog.  Never heard anything from Google but on another web site someone had posted how to do it. It seems like there's alsways someone who knows what to do. So here is another card made using things from the spring catalog.  You can order out of that catalog right now and on Jan 22 you'll earn sale a bration items with a $50.00 order. 

The stamp set used here is called Hearts a Flutter and then I used the Hearts a Flutter framelits die to cut it out.  And the doily is out of the spring catalog also.  You get 24 doilies for $2.95. 

And now that I've figured out how to post pictures I'll try to post everyday while I'm in Florida. 

Blog update.

Well, I tried.  I wanted to update my blog but blogger is having problems and won't let me upload any pictures.  And there's a great Valentine Special going on right now so I guess you'll have to go to Facebook to see the special.  Just look for Paper Palace Stampers.  You should be able to see it.  The special is a single Valentine stamp and 50 of the 1" x 8" cello bags for $5.95 and then you'll get the Sealed With Love Simply Sent kit for free.  You can see the kit in the Holiday mini on page 35.  Hope you can see the Facebook page.  And I hope that blogger gets things back in working order soon.  I'm leaving Tues for Orlando and I'll want to post lots of pictures from there. 

Another Henry Says

 

Here's another card made with the "Henry Says" stamp set.  This set is very versatile.  There's a couple of stamps for Christmas, valentines, birthday, a couple of hats and a banner.  You really need this set.  I'll be making birthday cards for boys and girls with it.

Well, it's a new year but I'm not making any resolutions.  It seems like they just fall by the way side.  So I'll just say that I'm going to try to  be more consistant in posting to this  blog.  Here's a cute card made with a set out of the new spring catalog.  It's called "Henry Says".  You know how sometimes you look at a set and think "I don't really think I'll get this" and then you see cards done with it and decide that you have to have it.  That's the way that I was with this set.  But we used this set last month at Ronda's baggie book class and the cards are so cute that now I have to have it.  It'll make a ton of cute kids cards. 

 

 

I ended the old year on a good note.  New tv and vcr player.  Good times on New Years Eve with friends.  And then yesterday I loaded the washer and when it started to spin out water started leaking out.  So I had to turn it off and dip the water out and today I'm going to the laundro mat.  I'm going to see if I can find a repair man to check it out but it might be old age.  I think it's at least 35 years old.  It's had a good, long life so maybe it's time for a new one.

Well, I haven't fallen off the earth.  I've just been taking life easy, enjoying Christmas and being lazy.  And yesterday it all ended.  I went on Weds and bought a new television and a vcr/dvd player.  They're both the same brand so it should have been easy to hook them up.  WRONG!!  I spent 1 1/2 hour on the phone talking to three different people.  One of my problems was that the batteries that came with one of the remotes were already shot.  Changed the batteries and then the vcr worked but it wouldn't play on the tv.  Well, the third person that I talked to said that the first person that I talked to gave me bad information.  It took him all of 5 mins to get me going.  Now everything is working and last night I sat down and watched The Little Mermaid.  I hadn't seen it all the way through and since I'm going to Disney in a couple of weeks and the Little Mermaid is part of the new Fantasyland and I wanted to see it.  I'm also going to watch Beauty and the Beast before I go.  Two weeks from today I'll be sitting in the Orange County Convention Center for the opening session of Leadership.  I'll be going to see The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and then on to Disney.  I can hardly wait.  It's time to start packing.  Right.  That will happen just before I go but I do need to look through my clothes and see what I need.  This morning I was looking for a pair of pj's that I bought a couple of years ago and I found a shirt that I don't think I've ever worn.  It goes in the suitcase.
Well, I really thought that I would get some stamping done yesterday but it didn't happen.  So I went on Stampin Connection and found this card.  Notice the beautiful lace and the button.  They're from the Artisan Embellishments in the Spring catalog.