TEABAG BOOKS

    My mother's birthday was yesterday, August 3rd, and she is now 100 years old. We are having a birthday celebration tomorrow, which  my daughter planned and has  mostly done herself, and the theme is  a tea party. She found the prettiest cups  and plates on Amazon, and it is going to be beautiful. I have been working on teabag books for 3 or 4 weeks, and I have done 52.

   They are 3" x 3" and hold 1 teabag. They could also be made to hold 2 teabags, but we felt that 1 was enough. I might make some of these to give out at Christmas with 2 in each one. You can get Stash teabags in a wide variety of flavors on Amazon, and they are packaged really nicely. We used the fruit flavored ones.

   It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. I hate to part with them really. Now it's time to get back to making cards.

Happy Stamping,

Janis

STAMPIN' UP! SALE-A-BRATION SAMPLE

    I am just starting to make cards with the free Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration products that I have received. So far I have gotten 2 sets of Designer Series Paper and 2 stamp sets, and I have more paper coming next week. I love Sale-A-Bration!

   I have made two cards so far with the paper:

   After taking many pictures, editing them, and then trying to post them, I have come to the conclusion that I am not going to get a good picture of this card. I wish you could see it in person because it is much prettier than this. My iPad used to take wonderful pictures, but now they are terrible, so hopefully when my IT guy gets back from Disney World he can help me, lol.

   Stay tuned for more SAB samples. I will be posting more as the week goes on.

Happy Stamping,

Janis

    I am so happy to be making valentines again! I am having a ball with the beautiful new stamps, dies, and paper that Stampin' Up! has in their new catalog. I have stamped and diecut a lot of flowers and hearts using two new sets, the Country Floral Lane Suite and the Two-Tone Flora Bundle. I have also put together some beautiful hearts using older sets and even one stamp set from many years ago. I had it in a bag to donate, but pulled it out when I realized I was getting ready to make valentines. That was a good decision!

Two-Tone Flora and Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper (DSP):

Country Floral Lane Suite:

   Since today is Saturday I will be making more valentines tomorrow before getting back to the grind on Monday. Stay tuned for more! By the way, I know that last picture is pretty wonky. I may fix that tomorrow when I'm not so tired. 

Happy Stamping,

Janis