Today is my sabbath. How do you rest? Today will be finishing a load or two of laundry and then I am off to the local theatre to see a play. Since it’s a holiday weekend are you taking tomorrow instead to put your feet up? Just remember before you know it we will blink and things will change. Enjoy life each day for what it brings.
Happy Crafting!
With inky fingers,
Joni 🙂
Have you heard that the new Holiday Catalog started? I hope so. If not please let me know so I can get your copy delivered to you.
With this new catalog comes a new promotion… If a group order of $300 or more is achieved you get the usual $40 of FREE product but you also get a bonus stamp set!
And for personal promotions there is the Bingo one going on. If you purchase a pre-pay ticket of $10 for Bingo benefiting the 29 Palms Community Food Pantry you get FREE shipping with me for the month of September. If you bring at least 5 non-perishable food items you get your choice of one pack of mini or regular dimensionals. You don’t have to live in the area to take advantage of this offer. I will play or shop for you. If you win I will send it to you.
So, are you coming to Bingo? You have until the 13th for pre-pay tickets and this promotion!
With all of this I will leave you and go back to my craft room to create.
Happy Crafting!
With inky fingers,
Joni 🙂
Today’s post is a hard one to write. I thought we were through the worst of things for awhile, but God has different plans. Our sweet Merry has been going through it. In the last two years she has lost her husband and one of her two daughters to cancer. Just this week she lost her mom and has also had surgery on her eyes. So I will be sending two cards, a sympathy and a get well.
Here is where you come in to the story. I would like to mail her a whole bundle of cards. I would like to bless her. If you decide to create a card or cards for Merry you can address them to me and on the back side of the envelope just write “Merry” or “for Merry”. I will be mailing out this package next Friday the 8th.
Please help me to bless one of our own.
Creating ripples through crafting.
With inky fingers,
Joni 🙂
There is no mistake in crafting. There is an opportunity to make something new and different when the project does not go as planned.
So, earlier this week, I had sat down to create. Everything was going as planned until I cut the ribbon too short.
It may not look like it is too short but when I put the sentiment over it the burlap ribbon disappeared completely. I had a choice, toss it and cut a new one or figure it out. I figured it out.
I cut that ribbon in half to extend it.
You would never know by the finished card that there had been an oops.
So, go stamp and remember to look at things sideways if you have to. Sometimes that is what it takes to get the job done.
Happy Crafting!
With inky fingers,
Joni 🙂
I was the kid that walked to school backwards just because I could. And my Mom was saying the whole time “please turn around so you don’t trip and fall”. Well, that was the first time. By the end of the treck she was telling me somewhat forcefully to “walk right”. Well, I didn’t die, trip, or even break a bone. Now I am not saying to defy Mom, but I am saying that sometimes backwards is the correct way.
In the case of our glimmer papers backwards or upside down should be your only way. Flip that shiny side down and then trim. The glimmer (or glitter for some) dulls your blade on your trimmer much quicker than other cardstock. (While I appreciate you ordering we don’t need to hurry the process.) So flip it over next time.
Happy Crafting!
With inky fingers,
Joni 🙂
Sometimes it’s good to go back to the basics and then put a tiny bit of a twist on it. Today’s tutorial comes from SplitCoastStampers. We have all done the shaving cream backgrounds, but have you done them with a stencil or die cut. So, here’s something to try…
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/shavingcreamstenciling/
If you would like to try this in a class please comment and tell me.
Happy Crafting!
With inky fingers,
Joni 🙂
Are you ready for the week to start? Me either, but it will anyways. There’s a bunch going on this week and next.
Today is the Holiday Catalog Open House during the normal drop in times (11:30-1:30 or 6-8). Come create a card for FREE!
Anyone stopping by today or contacting me with your Holiday Catalog order will receive a FREE pack of the new black rhinestones (order must be $25 or more before tax and shipping).
I will also have the reward basket/crates out for you.
This Saturday I will be up at the Yucca Mesa Community Center for the Swap Meet from 8-12:30. Join me and see what’s new! I will have crafty items for sale, retired stamps, vouchers, and a raffle.
Come out to Card Class on September 5, 7, or 9. If you did not receive an invitation please let me know.
I think that’s enough for now. I need to get back to creating. 🙂
Happy Crafting!
With inky fingers,
Joni 🙂
Sometimes your body says “sleep, please”. After days of preparation and cutting for yesterday’s class I think it caught up to me. My body said no more. So, I’m in my pajamas writing this and enjoying the slow morning.
Are you having a restful day? Comment below with what you are doing today (either words or photos) and get double reward points today.
Happy Crafting!
With inky fingers,
Joni 🙂
As I sit to type this the smell of taco meat is permeating the walls. I am getting ready for the first Christmas Stamp-A-Stack of the season. There will be two this year, today’s and another on October 28th. We had three last year and a few crafters said that was too much. So, two it is.
Now to get on with the promotions going on right now.
If you would like to order (not anything in the Holiday Catalog) then please use host code NZC66EF7 or contact me. This code is good through Monday night at 9 pm.
I am taking orders (beginning today) for the Holiday Catalog. There is no host code until the 1st and know that nothing will be submitted until the 1st.
If you would like to play Bingo on Saturday, September 16th at 5 pm please let me know. Pre-pay tickets are $10. If you are out of the area and want to try your luck I will play for you. We will make this work. Here is the promotion part of this. If you buy a ticket for Bingo or donate $10 then your shipping is FREE for all orders for all of September. So, if your wish list is over $100 it is cheaper for you to buy a ticket for Bingo then pay shipping. Also, if you donate at least 5 non-perishable food items then you have your choice of one pack of either dimensionals or mini dimensionals. Limit of one.
I hope that’s enough to keep you going. I am off to finish for today’s Stamp-A-Stack! Happy Crafting!
With inky fingers,
Joni 🙂
I recently came across a post from one of my friends that has a daughter that has some challenges, but loves cards. Her birthday is coming up and I am mailing out some cards for her. I am wondering if for this give back Friday if you would do the same. The information is below.
Happy Crafting!
Please let me know if you come across something that needs some give back.
With inky fingers,
Joni 🙂
Stamping With Joni and the Red Door Crafters