New Cards For class in Sponging

Want to learn to distess with sponges?  Come to my next class at the scrapping sisters creative center on Sept 14th.  Time is from 6pm - 8pm  Cost is $10.  You need to call them at the center and let them know you are coming.  They are located on Inverness Blvd in Inverness.

Kusudama Flower Ball

I made this pretty flower ball with Stampin up Tempting turquiose paper at a all day crop.  It took me most of the day but I felt good when I got it put together.  One of the Artisan Award winners had made a layered cake decorated with these beautiful flowers and I just wanted to see if they were easy to fold.  I managed to find a great tutuorial on line and was able to do this one all by my self.

Zindorf Day!!!

Loretta and I  in class

My BFF Loretta and I headed down to Venice FL to attend a brayering class with Michelle Zindorf.  She is an Artist that I have been following her blog for quite some time.  I had always wanted to attend but never was able to get into her class. Another good friend of mine had planned to attend but ended up selling her ticket to me.  Boy am I thankful for good friends.  The class was amazing and Michelle is very organized funny and a great teacher.  She is so skilled in creating amazing pieces of art with nothing more than stamps ink and paper and of course the magic brayer and sponges.  If you get a chance to take her class I hightly recommend it to you.  She offers many beginning classes and a limited number of advanced classes.  I so want to take the advanced class now.  I have included some pictures of the day and Athough the class is expensive the experience and tips and tools we recieved were worth every penny spent.   We even got to visit the beach while we were there.. here is a link to her blog 

http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Loretta at Beach She is a master Gardener so of course she has to view these blooming Sea Grapes plant.

Loretta and Michelle and I with Inky fingers!

Another great pic of Loretta Michelle and Debi

Loretta at Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota

Debi at Siesta Key Beach

Stampin' UP! Artisan Award Finalist List!

If you missed this announcement here are the Artisan Award Contest Finalist List
Deborah Paise


Cindy Beach

Heidi King

Melissa Riker

Sandra Farrell

Lynsay Mahon

Beth Prout

Ellen Raymond

Amy O'Neil

Jennifer Thomas

Ilina Crouse

Ashely Van Camp

Ann M. Fitton

Jan Tinklenberg

Deborah Pippin

Rochelle Gould

Staci Lynch

Amy Bollman

Mary Bieber

Lynn Pratt

Jennifer Picard

Jennifer Diercks
 
These are not the winners but the next catagory down.  We were recognized on Award night of the convention. I was wildy clapping for my friends and all of a sudden realized my name had flashed up.  That means we were each within the top 32 out of possibly a thousand entries.  I vow to try again next year. I was very impressed with the boards again this year and it is always nice to see your entries on display.

Stampin' UP! 2010 Convention memories

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Just returned from convention and yes we have been BIZ E!  here is a pic of Barb and Michelle standing in a sea of demonstrators. We are all ready to have some workshops but ...

I couldn't wait to share the awesome news!!!! Stampin' Up! has announced that from NOW until August 31st hostesses can earn an extra $25.00 in free merchandise when they host a workshop totaling $350 or more! AND don't forget the promotion that I'm having too! Earn a free color coach with a $400 workshop!! Think of all the free goodies you can get from the new Idea Book and Catalog! Amazing!! Don't waste a single minute!! My calendar is filling fast! Contact me to get your extra hostess benefits.  Call me or email me http://dpippin.stampinup.net/

2010 Stampin' UP! Convention Memories

Elkmoose and baby

old faithful

park entrance

ground squirrel

Loretta and geyser

Convention 2010 proved to be a great adventure.  Loretta my downline and I set a week early; rented a car and drove to Idaho Falls.  We stayed overnight there and the next morn traveled to Yellowstone National Park and took the Old Faithful Loop.  We saw plenty of geysers and wildlife.  Then we traveled over to Jackson Hole WY and visited an Arts and Crafts Festival and attended a wonderful Play "Annie Get Your Gun" and also rode down the snake river on a river raft ride.  We arrived in Salt Lake city a day later and toured a nice garden at Red Butte.  We also found some nice shopping at the Quilted Bear and the Gateway Mall area.

at Candy Factory with our candy maker hats on

cheese cake factory

Riverton home office

getting our groove on

Me, Shelly, Sterling and Michelle

Barb Loretta Michelle and ME

 We met up with my upline Barb and sideline Michelle at the Shilo hotel on Tuesday afternoon and went to tour the Sweet's Candy Factory.  Yummm.  Wednesday we got up early and 3 of us were able to get into Momento Mall without waiting in line because we each had a recruit in July. After Momento Mall we picked up our convention bags with our free stampsets.  We headed out to Riverton after a nice session taught by our key note speaker Sue Rushe.
It was nice to see the Riverton headquarters once again.  Felt more like going home.  The Stampin' UP! people are all very nice and treat you just like family.  
     Wednesday night was the big Flower Power Party.  Peace man and Far Out.  What alot of fun that was to see the staff and all the demonstrators getting into it with some far out costumes.

Loretta our convention virgin wins a prize of material and Christmas stamp set and wheel.

Thursday our first day was long but very rewarding.  We wore out hats and T shirts for our team spirit.  Wow did the hats ever get the attention!  Everyone wanted pictures of them.  We did our make and takes with time to spare and had a nice dinner before heading over to the awards ceremonies.  It was there that I learned I had made the finalist list for the Artisan Award Contest I had tried out for.  That means my entry was in at least the top 32. There were only 10 winners for this award so I feel I was very close in winning and will definitely try again next year.  After the Awards Charley Jenkins took the stage in a big way.  His big Red bus drove right through the curtain on the side of the stage.   How wonderful was his band.  All the members were very great at their craft.  I was most impressed by the petite little gal on the fiddle.  It was an excellent show.

Friday morning we were hard to wake but got there in time and found great seats. I wore my bee hat that symbolized our group the BIZ E Stampers.  on my way back to the hotel I was hit by the YOU crew and got a fabulous prize.  Ribbon and the owl punch and a scrapbooking kit and several pads of ink and in color markers. YOU HOO!

Hard to believe Saturday got here so fast but it is our last day of convention.  Shelly and her daughter Sara shared on stage what we could do with the fabulous material that will be available Sept 1 in our mini catalog for the holiday.  They were each wearing a tree skirt on them.  Sara took hers off and showed the trick of sinching it to make the tree skirt. Then in the afternoon session we were all amazed with a fabulous prize of the level 2 stamp set that is in the mini and cherry cobbler classic pad a the fabulous Christmas paper and some glass glitter.  wooo hoo again!  Shelly talked a bit about some changes coming and although she wasn't able to tell us those changes just yet she was preparing us for what is to come.  We ended convention attending a WOW demonstration hosted by the late night stampers.  This demonstration was wonderful and included 3 of the Aritsan Award winners that I was able to talk to and each encouraged me not to give up and keep trying for a winners title.  Here we also received some great prizes thanks to Sherrill and her organization of this event.

Barb and Michelle

Sunday Loretta and I and Erlyene a lady we met at our Friday night event with Linda Hanson went down to the conference center together and watched the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. So beautiful was the music and very relaxing (yes I fell asleep).  We took in a tour of the Mormon History Museum after that and a trip to the Gateway mall again. You could say Loretta and I squeezed every moment of the day out of our trip and have some great memories and ideas to keep us going all  year.  We are both looking for recruits to take with us next year.  Are you game for the adventure of a lifetime?  Then talk to us!

Some new things I have been making

Here is a picture of a few things I have been making with a new paper called Sunny Garden by Stampin' UP! These are a few of the gifts for my downline.
I used a notepad and the 1" circle punch to create holes to peek at the bees.  also made a matching pen and a drinking glass with our Sunny Garden paper inside. I also used the new pumpkin pie Tafetta ribbon on the note pad... oh so yummy in color.  My uplines group is the BIZ"E" stampers so I decorated with just buzzing by stamp set. The little box is an ALTOIDs cool honey box with Altoids inside.  I also used the 2 new laces one around the sides and the other on top and a collar on my bow made from the new in color pear pizzaz poly stiched ribbon. Also used the pearls so easy. I am also working on a special tote bag made from the sizzix die and material run through the big shot using our scallop square die.

Frog made with the owl punch and the envelope punch

If you need any stampin' UP! supplies you can always check my website and order 24 hours and 7 days a week.  http://dpippin.stampinup.net/

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Rejoin Stampin' Up! Starter Kit


If you were previously a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and had to deactivate (for whatever reason) ....GOOD NEWS!! You can rejoin starting July 1st for only $35. There are several items you need to read ...for example, you can not rejoin on line, you must send your paperwork into Stampin' Up! Below are the three documents you will need. 
To rejoin it is $35 and you receive just the business forms and 8 catalogs and mini's
and more

To Join for the first time the price is $175  for the standard starter kit. (worth over $300!)



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 Joining for the first time
Go to http://dpippin.stampinup.com/   use pass code bize302 if you are a new SU demonstrator. 

To rejoin you must use the mail in option. Email me with your address and I can send you the forms.

You are going to LOVE being a Creative Coach and Lucky Lady!

After you've read the info please let me know if you have any questions.

Lucky Ladies Team Leader
Stampin' UP!  SR Supervisor
Debi Pippin
bizestampin@tampabay.rr.com

Wedding Bells are Ringing!

Okay I finished the wedding dude to match the Bride Page

togetherJust HimJust him again made mustache smallerDetail of him

The BrideThe BrideBride AgainDetail of BrideWedding CardWedding CardGift card insideTable Favor great with filled with kisses

Wedding bells are ringing for many couples during the next month.  Here are some of my creations for this month celebrating those in love.  I have made a Bride Scrapbook page with the eyelet border punch for the dress topped with the butterfly punch on the top of the dress and using the scallop circle punch for the bouquet of flowers which is made from some new mini punches called itty bitty shapes for sale now in our new summer mini good till August 31st.  I also used some Tulle for the veil and her under skirt and the bouquet.  Her hair is made from a scallop punch.  On the photo frame I used the sizzix decorative accents.  I am happy with this page and am trying to incorporate more scrapbooking in my designing.  Below that is a card also made with many of our great punches. and a sizzix die called the lattice die that has been run through with folded paper it increases the size of the paper to about 8x8 and when folded it makes a great place setting item that would look nice filled with kisses.

Okay I have seen many other Artisan award contestants entering their almost a winner entries.  Not sure mine was but thought I would share since it is wedding related. 

Here is the cake made in 5 layers.  I did start from scratch and made all the layers without the help of boxes to start with.  I used the movers and shapers die lattice die and embossed all the cake layers with the SU embossing folders  I will add my daughters wedding scrap picture here as well.

Beach Diva and Beach dude

The Beach Babe (Diva) is my own original creation.  The beach dude is a case of a Card my upline Barbara Harmon cased from someone.  I so love the beach and these cards were used to cheer up my ailing sister who had a appendicitis last week and my brother who turned 50 last weekend.  They sure did like them.  I hope to have some with me at convention this year to swap out.  Convention every year is a blast and I don't ever want to miss the fun and excitement.  I am working on some swap cards and anxiously awaiting to order the new colored cardstock.  I can't wait to see the new catalog and hope that some of you might want to sign up to be a member of my Lucky Ladies team and think about selling Stampin' UP! to help support your family with the extra income.  To Join my team just log onto my blog and use the passcode bize302.  It is so much fun owning your own business and I hope that you would attend convention with me next year.   My website is http://dpippin.stampinup.net/   http://dpippin.stampinup.net/

An 8x8 scrapbook page

The turtles are made with the flowers from the Flower Folds sizzix die from Stampin UP! 
Come to my Community Class on Tuesday and we will be doing a card with one of the Turtles.
The Cards and Chatter community class meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the Month at the Citrus Springs community center.  Time is from 11 am - 1 pm  we do three cards or projects and cost is $10 per participant.  Please bring your own Adhesives and pop dots and glue.  I provide Scissors and all the cardstock prepared to stamp and assemble.  Please RSVP at my home # if you can attend to reserve your spot as there is limited seating.

Beauty and the Beach

I made this scrap frame for some friends of mine that own a scrap place.  It is located in Inverness and run by the 5 sisters and it is called scrapping sisters.  They are just on Inverness blvd off 41 where the old driver's license place used to be. Go and check them out.  The Beach Gals in this Beauty and the Beach frame are all made with Stampin' UP! punches.  The Bikini's are made from the 2009-2010 in color polka dotted ribbon and a fork bow.  The head is made from the 1 inch circle punch the hair from the scallop punch.  The legs are the word window punch and the arms the corner page punch.  The sunglasses are made from cutting the scallop edge punch.  The bodies are a wide oval after punching turn the punched oval sideways to take a little out of each side of the oval so they have a girlish figure.   The towels are a 2 inch by 3 1/2 inch piece of DSP with a 1/2 strip added to each end and feathered with the scissors.  Aren't they cute.  They have a great suntan added by sponging creamy caramel to blush blossom card stock. I enjoy sharing my creations with you.    This is my own design and if you use it please link back to my blog. 

New Colors Shakes up the color palette For Stampin' UP!

Want to know what SU has been up to???  New Colors for us

Of course we will have to  say goodbye to some of  our favorites

so if your stocks low
order it now cause you won't  be able to soon..
http://dpippin.stampinup.net/ to order or join my Lucky Ladies Team!

Top Secret

Sorry I have not been keeping up with my blogging; but I have been working on my entries for the Artisan Award contest and they were due to send this week.  So they are all packed up and on their way to be judged at Stampin' UP!  Sorry I cannot share them as it is part of our rules not to post them online.  I will however post them when ever it is allowed.... after the convention.

Speaking of Convention;  the time is coming up to register to go.  If you would like to attend then you need to be a demonstrator,  What better time to become a demonstrator than right now.  The kit is discounted until March 30.  You will also receive a free stamp set of value up to $47.95 (your choice).  The company doesn't do this too often but it is part of our Sale a bration promotion which also ends March 30th.

If you would like to join my Lucky Ladies (lady bugs)  TEAM  then  go to my Stampin' UP! website and use the pass code bize302  after you press the start my own business button.  Sign up is easy and you get so many great goodies in your kit.  Everything you need to put together your first demonstration and get you started on a fun business of your own.    Here is my website address http://dpippin.stampinup.net/

If you would like to attend one of my classes they are at the Citrus Springs Community Center, Cost is only $10 for instruction and supplies of 3 cards or projects.  We have been doing Spring cards and projects recently.  I meet with my students every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 11 am and we usually finish at 1 PM.  It is a fun time with lots of Chatter.  Stamping is also good therapy and you can send your cheerful cards off to your friends and family.  Come and let me teach you some new techniques and folds to learn.  You must call me or email me to make a reservation to attend as I have all the supplies cut and ready for assembly.  I have a class limit of 12 per session so don't delay in letting me know you would like to come.  

Debi Pippin
independent Stampin' UP! demonstrator

Email is bizestampin@tampabay.rr.com 
Phone is 352-637-6781