More is More

I don’t even know where to begin!  First of all I am totally over being sick – YEA!  Last Friday was my first day of feeling ok and then Saturday I was the reception coordinator for a wedding at our church.  I was on my feet for about 6 hours straight.  The Lord was so gracious to give me full energy and strength for the day and all went really well.  It was a lot of work, but I had a blast!  Of course I was exhausted for the next 2 days afterwards.  LOL!

In the midst of that the New Catty Swap I hosted came in and I needed to sort everything and get it mailed back out.  I have lots of pictures to share with you in this post.  The one to the left is a card made by Stacy White – a new Swapper for me.  That black bird is completely sparkly!  Isn’t it cute?!

And on top of all of that this is Sneak Peek and Release Week for Taylored Expressions.  My term with the Baker’s Dozen Design team is over, but if you’ve been keeping up with Taylor’s blog this week, you know that I am now serving as the Marketing and Promotions Coordinator for TE…and I couldn’t be more excited!  You better be signed up to receive our newsletter via e-mail!  You don’t want to miss anything!  I hope you’ve been checking out all the fabulous sneak peeks posted by the Baker’s Dozen this week.  Those girls are blowing me away!  Release of the new stamp sets is scheduled for 8:00 am PST tomorrow (Thursday March 5th).  Did you know that Taylor has two brand new non-cupcake sets?  Yes, she’s branching out!  And the proceeds from those 2 new sets will be donated to charity for the next 3 months.  Not to worry, we still have plenty of cuppies for your stamping sweet tooth.   I plan to have a Sweet Spring project to share with you tomorrow.  Also Taylor is hosting a pre-release party tomorrow morning at 7:00 am over at PaperCraftPlanet.  As you know, I am NOT a morning person, so I won’t be there…but here’s the info in case you ARE a morning person or maybe just in another time zone.  *wink*

Taylored Expressions is Branching Out! Come
Join us to celebrate Taylor’s newest release!!!

When: 7am PST – 8am PST (its an early morning soiree to get you going!)
Where: Join us at Paper Craft Planet at the Taylored Expressions Group
—- Taylor will have a special color challenge that will be posted at the party – Create a card using the color challenge and you will be eligible to receive the Key Ingredient’s Birthday Boy!!! (Winner will be drawn by Random.Org) Please upload your creations to Paper Craft Planet with the key word: tecolorchallenge (all one word, all lowercase).
You must have your cards uploaded by Monday, March 9th at 8am PST to be eligible for the Key Ingredients Birthday Boy Set.
—-There will also be some fun trivia and prizes for the winning guesses!!! So come on and join the fun as we celebrate Taylored Expressions Branching Out!!!

And now it’s time to share photos of the awesome swap I hosted.  It was a strictly Stampin’ Up! only New Catty Swap. We had four rounds.  You’ll need to click the thumbnails to see them full size – I didn’t want to shrink them to fit into the post because there are 7 cards in each photo.  I promise it’s worth the extra click!

ROUND 1 – Feature: Color Schemes
Choose a brand new set and along with one of the color schemes listed on pages 8-13.