Sincere Salutations

Good Morning! It is another beautiful day here in Southern California. Sunny and mid 70's.

My husband is harvesting from his garden this morning, tomatoes, cucumbers and zuccinin again. We are keeping ourselves and the neighbors in vegie's at least.

I will be spending a couple of hours this morning at my friend Bonnie's helping her to get her Stampin' Up products organized and her room ready for stampin'. She is so excited.

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Sincere Salutations ( now retired)

Card stock: Basic Black 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; Just Add Cake DSP 4 x 5 1/4 and strips for cut outs; Whisper White 3 x 5 and scrap for punch; Poppy Parade for punch

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Big Shot with Adorning Accents Edgelit; Postage Stamp punch; Decorative Label punch; ex-large oval punch; 14" of Not Quite Navy 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon and dimensionals

Everyone loved making this card hope you will too.
Thanks for stoppin',
Have a great day,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Lace Ribbon Border Punch

Well Thanksgiving and Black Friday are over and all is well. I didn't go out for early shopping however, I did go shopping on Saturday at City Lights Christmas store and oh my goodness! That shop is almost as good as Bronners in Michigan. Not quite as large but what a variety of decorations. You could even have a Mermaid tree if you like that sort of decor. I was amazed and pleasantly pleased with my purchases from there. I just love Christmas!! It is my favorite holiday and I could stay decorated all year round if someone would let me.

I am getting ready for my open house this Saturday. I have invited my regular card class attenders to a special fun time just to thank them for their continued support. I have come to love each one of them in a special way and count them all as friends not just customers. Stampin' Up has a way of doing that for you. I am so happy to be a part of such a great company.

This is the 2nd card we did in November. I was playing with the punch one day and punched a piece of designer paper like what's pictured here and thought Wow! that would look awesome on a card. So here it is.

Card Recipe:

Stamp set: Well Scripted (retired)

Card stock: Pink Pirouette 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and a scrap for the Scallop Oval punch, Concord Crush 4 x 5 1/4, Flirtatious DSP 3 x 3 3/4 punched once in the center with the Scallop Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Wisteria Wonder for the Decorative Label punch

Ink: Concord Crush

Accessories: punches, Whisper White taffeta ribbon and Dimensionals

Thanks for stoppin in and I'll see you soon.
Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act'  Psalm 37:5

Always Thankful

Good Morning! It is another beautiful hot day in Southern Calfornia. This is supposed to be the last day of heat and much cooler tomorrow and next week. More like fall I hope. After all this is October!!

One of my card class ladies is in the hospital and I would ask all of you to keep her in your prayers. She is a sweetheart and we all want her to be well real soon.



This is one of my favorite fall sets and a new wheel I just purchased. I love it!! I like the look of the top corners of the card. That was done with the small heart punch.

Card Recipe:
Stamp Set: Always Thankful and the wheel is Fall Harvest.

Cardstock: Old Olive 4 1/4 x 11, So Saffron 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, Pumpkin Pie 4 x 5 1/4 and a scrap for punch, Very Vanilla 3 7/8 x 5 and scrap for sentiment

Ink: Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive

Accessories: Decorative Label Punch, Small Heart Punch, More Mustard Scallop Ribbon 6", Pumpkin Pie, Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron, River Rock and Crumb Cake Markers, Fall Harvest Wheel with the standard handle and Dimensionals

Thanks for stoppin in and I'll see you soon, God willing.
Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Natures Silhouette

Happy September 1 to you all. Hard to believe it is fall already. The seasons seem to pass more quickly every year. Feel like my life is moving in the fast lane.

Had a great Big Shot class on Tuesday. We are having to say good-bye to one of our members as she is moving to Florida. We will miss you Amy and hope you can come back to us someday. We will be praying for you and your husband and family.

This card was inspired by some new designer series paper in the new Holiday Mini that went live this morning. It's called Frostwood Lodge and has a lot of wood looking designs for the male friends and family members cards. I love this stag, he looks so majestic and I'm pretty sure my sons would like to meet him in the woods come hunting season in Michigan.

I started with Early Espresso CS 4 1/4 x 11 for the main card base. Next layer is DSP from the Frostwood Lodge collection 4 x 5 1/4, next one is 3 1/4" square and the next is one 3" square. Under the deer is Crumb Cake 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 and the deer is stamped on a 2 x 3 piece that really looks like White Birch, my favorite wood. I stamped the sentiment from Happiest Birthday Wishes on a piece of Naturals White and punched it out with the Decorative Label punch. The Early Espresso under it was also punched with the same punch.

Stunning birthday for any deer lover.

Thanks for stoppin' in and I'll see you soon.

Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Fast and Fabulous

It's a sad day and a happy day all in one. Our oldest son who had come to visit from Michigan the Saturday before Easter left this morning to go home, however our daughter who has been in Michigan for 5 weeks will be returning to California on this Saturday. So I am sad one left but very happy the other is coming back.

Laurie has missed our beautiful weather and hopefully her parents as well. I know she will be so happy to be back at school with her kids and anxious to do her card class again as well. She won't be doing one in May but she will in June. I will be doing my May card class on the 14th instead of the 3rd Saturday. In June I will be having mine the first Saturday and every month thereafter. It will work out better that way with holidays coming up.

This card is the 7th one from our April card class. It's the first time I used this set but I think it will get used alot the next couple of months since it is a hostess set and will be gone with our new catalog coming out in July.

Card Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Fast & Fabulous and After Thoughts

Cardstock: Early Espresso, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango and Sahara Sand

Ink: Early Espresso, Early Espresso and Tangerine Tango Markers

Accessories: Scallop Border Trim Punch, Decorative Label Punch, 1/4" Early Espresso Grosgrain Ribbon and Stampin' Dimensionals

If you don't have these stamp sets you might want to book a workshop so you could earn them. Only 2 months left to get them since they are both hostess sets. You can email me or call me if you would like to book a workshop.

Thanks for stoppin in! I'll see you tomorrow with the last card in this series. Until then..... happy stampin'.

Stampin' Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Occasional Quotes

Happy April to all of you! It is a beautiful spring day and I am ready to go for another great month with Stampin' Up. I just love there promotions and products.

The promotion for April is very special. You can earn or purchase a stamp set and designer series paper that won't officially come out until the new 2011-2012 catalog premiers on July 1st. This hasn't been done before so it is a real special promotion for all of us.

So you really need to see your demonstrator and book a workshop to earn the special for free or give her a $20 order and you can purchase the stamp set for $15.95 clear or $20.95 wood and the paper is just $9.95. What a deal!!





Card Recipe: Stamp Set: Occasional Quotes

Cardstock: Rose Red, Very Vanilla and Springtime Vintage DSP

Ink: River Rock

Accessories: Rose Red Seam Binding, Decorative Label Punch and Stampin' Dimensionals

I used a 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" card. The squares for the quilt are 1 1/2" square.

This was a fun card and since I am a quilter it was extra fun for me to do. Hope you enjoyed it and will try one of your own.

Thanks for stoppin in and hope to see you soon.
Hugs,
June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Nature Walk

wow! It's the first of March already and we only have one more month of Sale-a Bration. I have had so many customers getting free stamp sets and I love to see that. I believe in taking advantage of anything you can get for free. My last two workshops have been over $500 so my hostesses have gotten an extra set for free. They were ecstatic! Love it!!!

This is another February card class creation. First time I have used this set as well. I think I will like this one too. I just love everything about Stampin' Up I have to admit it. Fanatic!!

Stamp set: Nature Walk and Thank You Kindly

Cardstock: Confetti Cream, Early Espresso, More Mustard, and Woodland Walk DSP

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories: 1/4" Early Espresso Grosgrain Ribbon, Modern Label and Decorative Label punches and Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks for stoppin in and hope to see you again real soon. I hope you will get some inspiration from my creations and have lots of fun.

Hugs,

June

'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act' Psalm 37:5

Jolly Old Saint Nick

Hi everyone,

Sorry it took me so long to recover from the tour (lol). Guess I must be getting older or something.

I want to tell you how I did the blue top note on the Lovely As a Tree card for the Royal Blog Tour. I used the 1 3/4" circle punch. I punched on either side of the long side of the top note first. I put my punch as far in as it would go. I next punched the ends of the top note the same way. I then went back in on each corner and punched again. I made a nice wide opening for the stamp to fit in. I layed my top note on top of the Whisper White and then stamped the trees through the opening. It worked out great. Hope I see lots of cards out there done with this technique in the future.

Now for my current creation. My card class is coming up next Saturday the 20th and everyone wants to do the two tree cards I did for the blog. I decided we should do one more Christmas card along with them but a more traditional one and this is what I came up with.

Here is the recipe for this one:

Stamp set: Jolly Old Saint Nick

Cardstock: Real Red, Always Artichoke and Whisper White

Ink: Black Staz on and Always Artichoke

Accessories: Real Red and Bashful Blue Markers, Scallop Oval and Wide Oval punches. Modern Label and Decorative Label punches, silver brads, mini glue dots and Stampin' dimensionals.

It's an easy card to make but so cute. I remember going to see Santa in the park when I was young and he used to wink at me the way this one is. Sure brought back good memories of my childhood.

Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed night!

June

june.switzer@yahoo.com

http://www.stampinwithjune.stampinup.net/

'You're blessed when you stay the course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God'

Psalm 119:1

THANK YOU NOTES

Today I want to share with you my thank you notes I designed for my customers. I give these out to all who order from me whether it be individual orders or workshop orders. I used the Note Cards with envelopes kit 20 for $5.95. I have another thank you message printed inside and then I also write a few words. I forgot to take a picture of the inside so I will add that later.

I used the stamp set called Taking Care of Business and the Decorative Label Punch for the Thank you for your Order and also the mat. For the mat you cut two labels and cut them in two, one from the short side and one from the long side and then line them up on the back and glue them to the label. It turns out looking so neat! I also stamped the round stamp with Thank you on the lower left corner of the envelope as well. They look crisp and clean and let them know I am truly thankful for their order.

Thanks for stoppin in!

Have a Blessed day!

June Switzer
Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator
619-888-9954
june.switzer@yahoo.com

"You're blessed when you stay the course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God!"
Psalm 119:1