A Very 'Hearty' Party

Such a lovely day...the sun is shining brightly... the door is wide open to invite all of you in and take a peek at Ginny's Lifestyle Crafts demo...



This month's release is appropriately named 'Sweetheart'.... we love, love LOVE this release...and really can you ever have enough hearts? We don't think so!
Look at this adorable sample using the several of the heart nesting dies...

This months club die is this layered heart...only club members could get this cutie!



After the demo we celebrated with a very hearty 'Queen of Hearts' Party...we made crowns...



Three of the sweetest ladies you'll ever meet...Bobbie, Virginia and Micki...

Lookin' good Virginia!
We also made necklaces...

Mike is always such a good sport, helping out his lovely wife Gwen...
The highlight of the day was a visit from some of our most very favorite guys ever...Theron, Spencer, Chris, Allan and Dan from Lifestyle Crafts...they took time away from their very busy CHA preparation schedule to come visit the store and say hello...
We were so excited to be the first to see the NEW catalog...NEW cutting platform... and NEW dies...including the re-introduction of some old favorite classics...

Theron is pretty excited to show off some new nesting dies...
Everyone enjoyed looking over the new catalog...

Theron debuts the new magnetic cutting platform (works in all your favorite die cutting machines) to your enthusiastic cheers of approval!



Of course there were door prizes..."King" Spencer gets ready to announce the first winner...

Assisting him is Joan and Liz...

Bobbie is happy to win and gives a hug to Chris...

So is La Verne! That Chris is one lucky guy...there were lots of door prize winners, so he got lots of hugs!

And a special congratulations to Stephanie, the grand prize winner of a $200.00 Lifestyle Crafts shopping spree...yippee!

Thanks to all of you who spent this fun afternoon with us...hope you loved it as much as we did!

Make Someone Happy!
Sheila

Color, Color and More Color

Saturday's ATC demo by Michele featured these whimsical stamps designed by our very own Marylinn Kelly for Rubbermoon...Marylinn is a dear friend to all of us here at Stamp Your Heart Out...she is an amazing artist, designer, storyteller and all around person extraordinaire.. We have loved Marylinn's stamps for several years, many of them can be found on our tables and stamp walls...and we were absolutely thrilled to learn about her new stamp sets!

Chairs, cats, robots, cakes, flowers, suns and moons...oh my!

Everyone LOVED these sets and they sold out as soon as Michele put them out...We all settled down and watched Michele stamp, color, cut, layer and die cut....and color some more!






Bright and colorful...you can't help but smile when you see these...

Fabulous job Michele!



All these stamp sets have been re-ordered and will be back in the store soon...


Immediately after the demo is the ATC trade...Leslie and Betty shared their ATC notebooks with the camera...


Betty and Carole ponder over which ATC's to trade...

Another great Saturday...thanks to all of you who braved the winter weather and spent a cozy afternoon with us!

A link to Marylinn's blog is on the sidebar above on the right...check it out!

Make Someone Happy!
Sheila

Meet Theo

We get lots of kids that come in the store with their crafty moms, and quite honestly, the majority of them get bored quickly...most of the time they are pestering mom to buy them stickers or gel pens...
So I didn't really pay much attention to Theo when he came in the store with his parents...but I soon noticed that he wasn't hanging around the sticker wall, instead he was at his mom's side, looking at stamps and papers and examining card samples closely...
I knew something was different when Theo asked me about the 'Cherish' border from Memory Box...he wanted to purchase one to make cards! Turns out this little guy is a very accomplished card maker! Say hello to 7 year old Theo...

Theo also has his own blog, which you can visit here...don't forget to leave a comment for him!

Thanks for stopping by...
Sheila

Weekend Wow

On Saturday our very own Stacey delighted us with a demo featuring the adorable Honey Pop line from Inky Antics...featuring stamps and honeycomb paper...and the results are really, really cute!



This is a new technique for us and Stacey explained it perfectly!





It really is easy to line up the layers of honeycomb paper...


Perfect for those of you who love dimensional projects...and always a delight when opened...surprise!







Then on Sunday, Nancy made some gorgeous cards from the 'Romantique' line from Prima...lots of lovely flowers, soft pastel papers, vintage style embellishments and Nancy's attention to detail result in simply the prettiest cards ever...








My favorite is the altered altoid tin...you need to come in the store and take a closer look at this lovely piece of art...
Nancy's very clever and creative cards have lots of layers and moving parts...all are on display for you to examine more closely...



Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Sheila