I had the monthly Meet-Up for my Create, INK team tonight and the theme of the evening was Julie Talks TOO Much! I had so much fun information from Leadership to share with the other demonstrators in my group I don’t know if anyone else got a word in tonight but we still had a blast! I brought back a little souvenir from Leadership for each of my downline and they got them at the 
meeting tonight. Stampin’ Up had the most adorable little tins in the Momento Mall – they were filled with either Gum, Mints, or Lip Gloss and the were decorated with examples of the new Designer Series Papers in the Spring Mini so this is what I brought back for each of them. To the left is a picture of the tins.
I also took my box of swaps with me to the meeting so everyone could look at my fun new ideas, and following my tradition I scanned all the swaps and put them on CD for everyone at the meeting to take home. I bundled the CD with one of the tins in a cello bag and tied some curling ribbon on the tops, so their souvenir was all dressed up!
I was doing one of tonight’s Make ‘n Take projects – so of course I had to play with my new Spring Mini Toys that I pre-ordered while I was at Leadership (for a great discount I might add). We used the new Spiral Punch, Rounded Tab Punch, and the Office Accouterments stamp set to make this card. I came up with the design all on my own too!!
Debbie also had a great Make ‘n Take for the meeting – we got to play with bleach stamping and you can check that card out in the February Swaps Photo Album. Our theme for the month’s swap cards was Sell-A-Bration sets – there are some great ideas in there and don’t forget you only have until the end of February to earn your Free Sell-A-Bration sets!
Well after that long post you all probably agree with the title! Julie talks too much. But hey team meetings are completely free, you get to make fun cards, and you get gifts from me! We all know how quiet I usually am so one night a month of listening to me talk has to be worth it, Right?
And here’s a little Blog Candy for those of you who made it through the whole post. I have an extra tin and cd all wrapped up waiting for one of you! How can you get it? Simple leave a comment on one, or a couple, of the posts on my blog. Next Monday February 19, 2007 I’ll write your name on a slip of paper for each comment you left, toss them all in a bucket and draw out one winner! You’ll get a copy of my swap cd and one of the tins from Leadership. To leave a comment just click on the comment button at the bottom of a post and type away – be sure you leave you name/e-mail w/the comment so I can get you your prize! And watch my blog next Monday to find out who won!
Happy Stampin’ Everyone
Julie Edmonds
Last Monday at the Art Center meeting we got to play with Polymer Clay. It was tons of fun!! I made this clay pen and I LOVE it! the texture was created with a clay texture plate and then I rubbed Pearl Ex into the indents to make them stand out. Of course when I got home my brain started running wild! I started thinking of all the fabulous background stamps I have, and I’m thinking I can use them to press designs into clay to make more pens! I can’t wait to play with the clay again and try out some of the background stamps to see how that turns out. If you want to make your own pen it’s very simple, there are tons of fun ways to cover a pen with clay. You can use slices from a clay cane, make a marbled look by mixing clays, or impress designs into the clay like I did. You can find detailed instructions for making and baking the pens on Sculpey’s Website. 
Inkredible Stamping 