Help bring baby Drake home and have fun making cards at the same time!

Drake was born with VATER syndrome, which is a set of congenital anomalies that tend to occur together. He is two months old, and has already been through three surgeries, with others that will be necessary in the future. Drake has been in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) since his birth, but there is hope that he will be able to go home soon! The proceeds from my World Card Making Day event will be donated to the Fields family for use on the many costs associated with bringing him home. (Many who have attended my classes know my dear Friend Diana, who is Drake's mom.) As an Independent Demonstrator for Stampin’ Up!®, World Card Making Day is giving me the chance to hold a fun, hands-on event that will also make a difference to a wonderful family during a difficult time. I hope you will consider joining us! All skill levels are welcome. One of the greatest joys in my life is to see someone discover their creativity and then share it with those they love. In this class, you will receive the materials and instruction to create 40 quick, easy and cute cards. The kit will also contain a take home template so that you can create additional sets of cards with any of our Simply Scrappin' kits. For the class, choose a Holiday themed kit, or an multi-occasion (non-holiday) themed kit. Event Info Date: Saturday, October 6th, 2007 Cost: $45.00 Location: Forest Park Inn, Gilroy, CA Register by: September 21, 2007 Please bring your favorite adhesive and a pair of scissors (I can include these with a pre-order if you need them).

To Register Contact: Meredith Kofnovec (408) 846-9896 meredith95037@yahoo.com http://www.stampinfun.blogspot.com/

Holiday Kit:

Multi-occasion (non-holiday) Kit:

Please feel free to send this class information to anyone who may be interested. I also have a flyer that I can email to you if there is someplace that you can post one... break rooms at work, church bulletin boards, etc. Please help me get the word out so that we can make a big difference for this family! Stampin' Up!®, a Silver Sponsor of World Card Making Day, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of decorative rubber stamps and accessories for card making, scrapbooking, and home décor. For more information, please visit: http://www.stampinup.com/

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

Well, maybe not... but I've started thinking about Christmas projects. These were some cards that I put together using some of the new Dashing paper (click here). I still have a ton left of even just this one pattern, guess I should go make some more projects! These pieces were cut from a One Sheet Wonder template, which is a template where you make a bunch of pieces from a single sheet of stamped or patterned paper to create projects from. It is a great way to make projects that coordinate without being all the same. Would you be interested in having a class on One Sheet Woners? (You can post a comment below.) I've also started making a list of project ideas for my annual Gifts Galore Stamp camp in December (this has so far been my most popular event each year). The projects in this stamp camp are all items that can be given as gifts, as well as fun gift packaging ideas. I create a project list and prices for each project, and then you get to choose which projects and how many of each you would like to make for gifts. Some ideas for this year:

• All In the Family Frames, similar to the sample on page 77 of the F/W collection here
• Decorated Plates to use as Candle holders
• Decorated On Board Bitty Books as mini photo albumns (unfinish book here) These would be great to contail the kids school pictures for the year to send to grandma!
• Mailboxes for Santa, decorated mini mailboxes as a decoration, or a place for special kids to leave notes for Santa!

Happy stamping!