Canal Street Cards 9-28 by Carrie

This was one of the cards people had an option to make at class.  We used versa mark ink and heat and stick powder to adhere the glitter to the card.  The front of the card I used Magnificent Maple stamp and Gorgeous Grunge.  On the inside I used Lovely as a Tree.  The alternate card was this Halloween card below.  I used the Halloween Hello and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets on the front.  

 

The following card was the second card using Truly Grateful and Tags 4 You stamp set.  The designer series paper is Sweater Weather.  I used a Mojo Monday card sketch from July.  

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Offer: Get $25 extra hostess dollars when you have a qualifying* party.
*$250 in party sales before tax and shipping.
Dates: October 1-31, 2013
The Fine Print:

• All order types qualify for this promotion (customer, demonstrator, workshop).
• Hostesses may use their additional hostess dollars on any current catalog merchandise. 
• Orders larger than the qualifying amount are not eligible for additional hostess dollars

Don't miss out!  To my club members if you hit the $250 mark you will get $25 additional hostess dollars!

Canal Street Class Cards 9-26 by Nancy

These are the 2 cards Nancy taught at Canal Street class on September 28th.  Both Nancy and I are loving the new Circle Thinlit dies.  I will be demonstrating them at The World Card Making Day Event at Lake Miona Rec Center this Saturday from 10-3.  I hope you can come.  There will be many cards displayed, demos, make and takes all by Village Stampers.  This is a free event open to all residents and their guests.  Please stop by and say hi.

Living the Life She Imagined-See Danielle's Video

This is the birthday card I was able to hand deliver to my daughter in May for her birthday.  As many of my friends and fellow stampers know my daughter is living her dream, dancing on a Celebrity cruise ship.  She started in April.  She has been in Alaska all Summer.  This week she is cruising down the coast of California.  It is a wine cruise.  In one week her ship will be heading to Hawaii and back to San Diego, taking 14 days.  She will get to do this three times before her contract is up.  She would love to continue to dance on another cruise ship.  See the you tube video of her dancing by clicking here.   This video will be used for auditions to other cruise lines.  I'm wishing her lots of luck.

Braided Cards

On Friday at Seabreeze Regional Recreation Center Carol Seitz taught us how to make this super cute cards.  I thought it was going to be challenging, but it was quite simple.  Go to her new blog to find the link to a template to make these cards.  Carol's blog  You will also see all the cards Carol created.  She  said she couldn't stop.  I made 2 at the class that were almost copies of Carol's.  I then came home and made 3 more(the one's above).  The crisp cantaloupe and crumb cake card is a CASE of another card Carol showed me last week.  It was not braided.  The top and bottom cards used 2 new embossing folders in the Holiday Catalog--stylish stripes #132174 and pretty print #132175.  They are becoming my new favorites.  Shop my online store by clicking here.

US Grant Hotel in San Diego

I know I'm strange.  I always take pictures of the bathrooms just to drive my hubby nuts!

These are pictures of The US Grant Hotel that I stayed at on my recent trip to San Diego.  I earned the trip from Stampin' Up for sales and leadership.  This beautiful hotel is located in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego.  It was very easy to get around to a lot of tourist attractions.  We visited Seaport Village, Balboa Park, Old Town and Coronado Island.  Stampin' Up had a hospitality table with information about tourist attractions, postcards for us to send home and special sweet treats.  They do know how to make a person feel special!  Isn't this hotel beautiful?

Visiting Old Town

We took a narrated trolley tour to Old Town to see the historic part of San Diego.  We ate outside at a great outdoor Mexican restaurant.  I bet you can guess what I ate.  Yes!  Fish tacos and a margarita!  You have to.  It's the thing to eat in San Diego.  We also had some great lobster tacos at a sports bar across the street from our hotel, The US Grant.  Check back tomorrow to see the pictures of the hotel and our room.