November Kit of the Month - No longer available

Family Cardmaking Day

I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving yesterday!  We made the trip from Utah to Boise on Wednesday to spend some time with our family this year.  It was so nice to celebrate Thanksgiving with them again!  It's been 5 years since the last time we were able to, since we were living in Minnesota. 

The other nice thing about living closer to my family is that I get to enjoy our Family Cardmaking Day again!  This year it will be my mom, sister, aunt, grandma and my sister's mother-in-law.  We each design a card and then make 5 of each person's card.  It's so fun to see what everyone created and we get a head start on our Christmas cards.

Here is a picture of the one I created on Tuesday.  I am know as a procrastinator, so I waited until then to create my card, prep my kits, buy my family some Christmas gifts (so I don't have to mail them), wrap them, create gift tags for them AND create a couple last minute Christmas gifts that I can't show you until after Christmas.  (I don't want to ruin the surprise.)  Phew!  Glad I got it all done and I hope you like my card.

Pocket Card Created by Tammi Verbarendse

Inside Created by Tammi Verbarendse

Happy Stamping!  (Don't forget to check my Stampin' Up! website to take advantage of the online specials going on thru November 30th.)

Tammi

Stampin' Up's Online Extravaganza

Beginning today thru Wednesday, November 30th log in to my Online Store to take advantage of great savings, like

• FREE digital downloads valued at $40 when you buy My Digital Studio Express
• 60 percent off select Designer Fabrics AND
• 30 percent off an exclusive ribbon bundle!

In addition, there will be two items on sale for 24 HOURS ONLY on Monday, November 21, (12:01 AM - 11:59 PM MT) so make sure you don't miss the first 24 hours of Online Extravaganza!

Also, the sale price will show up when you click on the Add to Cart button.  Most of the prices shown on the website are full price, so you can see the discount when you go to your Cart.  Let me know if you have any questions!

Happy Stamping!  (AND Shopping!)
Tammi

Another Sneak Peek inside the Mini Album

Christmas Mini Album created by Tammi Verbarendse

Don't forget!!  Tomorrow is the last day to order the Christmas Mini Album kit for only $30!!  (plus $6 shipping)  Make sure you place your order before 10 p.m. Thursday, November 17th!

Happy Stamping!
Tammi

Mixed Media Christmas Project continued...

Now I added a little bit of stamping (hard to see), some acrylic paint (olive, red & pearl white) and some more paper.  I think my next step will be adding my 'J' and some other 3D embellishment...  Stay tuned!

Work in progress by Tammi Verbarendse

Happy Stamping!
Tammi

Mixed Media Christmas Project

I hope that everyone had a fabulous weekend, whether that means being productive or laying around in your pjs all day.  I did a little of both.  Here is a picture of a canvas I'm working on using my leftover scraps from my November Kit of the Month.  I've been wanting to try a Mixed Media project on canvas, so... I did!  This is just one stage of many for this piece.  I wanted to create 3 canvas projects that spelled out 'Boo!', but... never got to it.  Now I decided to try for 'Joy!'  Maybe I'll have it finished by Thanksgiving.  ;) 

Work in progress by Tammi Verbarendse

Happy Stamping!
Tammi

Sunday Family Day Pic

I've been thinking a lot about my Grandpa Calvin this weekend, so I thought a picture of the two of us would be perfect for my Sunday pic.  He had surgery on one of his arteries yesterday and is still in the hospital recovering.  I know he will be fine because he is very strong and... well... he just will be.  Please keep him in your prayers and hope that he heals quickly.  I can't wait to see him on Thanksgiving!

Me and Grandpa Calvin at the Colson Family Picnic 2011

Tammi

Tammi's Digital Studio Day

I know it's not officially Digital Scrapbooking Day anymore, but I thought I would try posting a project I created with My Digital Studio every week. For today's project, I wanted to highlight two photos that I just love right now. One is with my sister and her daughter and the other is me with my youngest child. The thing I really love about My Digital Studio is that you can easily create a scrapbook page thanks to the digital layouts that come with the CD. I used the Summer Home kit to create the layout below. All I had to do was add my pictures and the journaling.

Created by Tammi Verbarendse

Happy Stamping!
Tammi

Monthly Kit for November is Now Available!

Click on the Monthly Kits tab to find out how you can order my cute 5" x 5" mini Christmas Album Kit.  Here's a little peek of a couple of the inside pages.  To see the rest, you'll have to order the kit!  ;)

Created by Tammi Verbarendse

Created by Tammi Verbarendse

Happy Stamping!
Tammi

Mini Album is Done!!

Here is a picture of my Christmas album all put together.  The kit should be available to purchase by Wednesday.  The price will be $30 for all the materials, including the instructions!  I love this little album and can't wait to add my own pictures and journaling!!

Christmas Mini Album created by Tammi Verbarendse

Happy Stamping!
Tammi

November Monthly Kit Preview

Here's a little sneak peek of my November project I'm working on.  It is a cute mini chipboard album perfect for Christmas.  Keep memories, pictures or use it to count down the days.  

Created by Tammi Verbarendse

Happy Stamping!
Tammi

Free My Digital Studio Scrapbook Layout

Starting tomorrow, you can go to My Digital Studio and get 4 FREE downloads!  Here is a sample of one of the FREE scrapbooking layouts you can get.  All I did was add a fun photo and the journaling.

"Created" by Tammi Verbarendse

Happy Stamping!
Tammi

Pretty Pearls

Here is a pretty card using one of my favorite single stamps, Triple Treat Flower.  A simple way to jazz up a card is by adding our Stampin' Up! Basic Pearls or Rhinestones.  They are self-adhesive jewels that add a quick and simple beauty to a card.  This card was designed by my mother, Cris McCarthy and was very fun to make!  I love how she had us add the pearls to the saying at the bottom.

Created by Tammi Verbarendse & Designed by Cris McCarthy

Happy Stamping!

Tammi

Welcome November!

It was definitely a beautiful Halloween yesterday!  The sun was shining, most of the day and it was a perfect night for the kids out Trick-or-Treating.  Dylan wasn't sure he wanted to go out, but then the lure of treats was too much for him.  ;)  His Uncle Steve sent him a cool flight suit from Florida, so it was a great costume!

Dylan on Halloween 2011

Now... today it is snowing in the mountains and supposed to snow in the valley.  So far, it's just rain, but we'll see.  I wanted to post a beautiful fall card to go with this new month, so I decided on this fabulous card created by my mother, Cris McCarthy.  It uses the Spice Cake Designer Series Paper, like I used on my November Blog Topper and she put the whole card through her Big Shot using a texture die.  What a great idea!!  You can earn a FREE Big Shot by signing up as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator through November 11th.  Click on my link on the right for more info!

Created by Cris McCarthy

Happy Stamping!!
Tammi