http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:17:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow - check it out!  I got my Stampin' Up! 5 Year pin in the mail today!  (ummm...it's no where near this big in real life!  LOL!)  I can hardly believe I've been a Demonstrator for five years.  I originally just signed up to be a hobby Demo and get ... http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/27/five-years/ I have some good news to share!  Today was my 7 week weigh-in.  I'm only weighing in every 2 or 3 weeks and in the past 2 weeks I lost 5.4 pounds!  That's a total of 13.4 pounds off (41.6 still to go)!  I am beyond excited.  And Curt (who ... http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/25/in-color-copics/ Happy Friday!  This week's sketch for the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge (cupcakes NOT required!) is a fun, easy and super versatile one!  You just have to come play with us! And to make it super simple here are the measurements for a 4 1/4" square card.  The main image panel is ... http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/22/tecc30-spring-sprigs/ No stamping  today, just a quick post to share a couple of photos from Tea yesterday.  I was back at the beloved Vintage Tea Leaf with a different group of friends. Denise, Luann, me and Lisa.  These are all women from my church and I'm so enjoying building friendships with them.  ... http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/21/friendship-tea/ Time for another Dirty Dozen Alumni Gallery Reunion.  This month's party is hosted by Jen del Muro (genie1314) who I always refer to as genie/Jen to keep my Jen's straight! Focus:  Birthdays Required: Numbers Restricted:  No use of the word "birthday" on the front of the card Well I was in some weird funk last night ... http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/20/its-all-about-the-numbers/ I promised to share my Ghostie and here he is.  Isn't he cute???  This was a pure just for the fun of it More is More card.     I think my favorite images from both Spooky Expressions and Hocus Pocus (by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper) are the two tiny ghosts ... http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/19/grinnin-ghostie/ It's time for another Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper stamp sets release and this time it's all about Halloween.  And not just Halloween, but stinkin' adorable take you back to your childhood Halloween!!  Check out the happy grinning characters in Hocus Pocus and the fun sentiments  and little creatures in ... http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/18/whipper-snapper-halloween/ Class was so much fun last night!  I am so blessed to have such a great group of women for customers and seeing their excitement for the new catalog was a blast!  Here are the cards we made last night (and you can scroll down two posts for the third ... http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/16/august-stampin-up-class/ Happy Friday!  It's time for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge (cupcakes not required).  Get all the details on Taylor's blog by clicking here.  Come play along and you might win a prize or even be chosen to be Taylor's Featured Stamper. As you know, I've been sorting and cleaning out my stamps ... http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/15/tecc29-goes-retro/ Just a quick post to share a little peak of one of the projects we'll be doing at my Stampin' Up! Class tomorrow night. I wanted to use Dreams du Jour, but wanted something a little different from the Sweet Bella color combo I've been stuck on lately. ... http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/14/little-dreams-bag/