Last week was a busy week...... Home Decor and Retirement party at work

Recently Lisa called me for help with her Decor Elements order she placed sometime ago. I had never met Lisa (she had ordered from one of my customer's party that she could not make) but was glad to help her with her order and get it corrected with Stampin UP. When her order came in I took it to her house and we had a good time putting it on her wall. Check out the Stampin UP catalog starting on page 227 to see if there is something that appeals to you. I will be glad to help you install it.

This is a picture of Lisa measuring the vinyl. I have to say here, one of the best things about being a Stampin UP demonstrator is the friends I meet while haveing a great time teaching them to create and to find their creative side. Voila! What do you think? Don't you love it on her kitchen wall. Thank you Lisa for letting me share what I love with you. Retirement at work: one of our co-workers (Butch)retired last week and of course I made him a card (I work for the Dept of Agriculture in my day job). Since we make chicken farm loans I had to make Butch a card with a chicken on it. I did not have a chicken stamp so I used the Beau Chateau Designer paper #122357 Page 184 that had chickens on it. I did not think he would go for the pink background with the chickenwire, so I cut out the chicken and layered with red and black (he went to state so I knew he would love those colors) He looks at the Wall Street Journal every day so I made him an envelope from that. Sort of fit him. Now for the fun part, Butch has a farm and we are always teasing him about burying his money in a coffee can for his savings. So I got an empty coffee can and made this cute tag for it. He loved it. Last but not least another co-worker Susan made this yummy cute cake for him. I think she did a terrific job on the tractor.

Travel Tips etc.

Are you ever at the airport waiting for your luggage to come off the carousel and it seems like everybody there has a black suitcase just like yours? Well in January when I went to SU Leadership conference in Orlando I decided to make my luggage stand out so it would not pass me 3 times before I realized it. I used the Décor Elements Sheets of Vinyl and cut circles to make Mickey Mouse since we were in Orlando. It worked however I am going to convention on Tues and I didn't think Mickey would look to cool in Salt Lake City so I used our Beautiful Butterflies die cut (114507) on page 198 to put on my luggage so I can find it from a distance this time. Hope you like it.

This is one of the room mate folders I made for my room mates for convention. I think this one is really cute. What do you think? I used the Tall Tales Designer Paper and oval punches and 12x12 card stock and a manilla folder.

Thanks for looking...

JOIN MY TEAM Don't forget you have another month to join my team for only $85.00 for the Mini Demonstrator Kit. You can join right from my website www.franceswagner.stampinup.net and it is very easy. My password to get to that part is wagstampers so you can sign on. Let me know if you need help and I can walk you through it. REMINDERS: Check my STAMPIN UP WEBSITE for my classes and other events such as MY STAMP CAMP/DOWNLINE MEETING (AUG 15 10AM-1PM). You will be making 5 projects from the new catalog from ideas I learn about this week at the Stampin UP Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. Email me to make your reservation and you can drop a check in the mail to me. I WILL BE CHECKING MY EMAIL WHILE I AM GONE SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO EMAIL ME.