Sweet Stamper

Wordplay-Retiring from Stampin' Up!

I have loved the Wordplay rubberstamp set, and it is on the Stampin' Up! Retiring List.  If you don't yet own this rubberstamp set, I urge you to get it now!  Talk about versatile!  

I've been highlighting the Stampin' Up! retiring colors here on my blog.  But today, I'm highlighting a retiring stamp set in a color that will remain with us.  Hope that's not confusing!  I wanted to share this set of 3 handmade cards we made at my stamp camp this past weekend.  We had a blast making 15 handmade cards, each with 3 different options for the greetings.  I love, love, love customization and strive to provide that at my events.  My stamp camp guests had the option of making one of each, or all 3 the same--whatever best suited their needs.

Wordplay rubberstamp set was an easy stamp set to use when offering greeting options.  The three different versions of this handmade card also have different embellishments by way of stamps in the bottle caps (Collage Curios rubberstamp set from the Stampin' Up! Spring Catalog).  These handmade cards can be used as masculine cards, but they are really gender neutral.  Men and women would both love to receive these gorgeous handmade cards with a simple color scheme of Pool Party, Basic Black, and Very Vanilla.  Special embellishments and background bring just enough enhancement to make our Wordplay greetings really shine:)

Click on the link here to see my TV appearance on Great Day SA as Natalie (part of my team and official stamp camp partner:)  and I shared about stamp camp.  You can see all 15 cards we made and more:)

http://www.kens5.com/great-day-sa/Getting-Creative-With-The-1-Craft-In-America-204137571.html

Stampin' Up! Supplies (*denotes Spring Catalog products):

Stamps:  Wordplay, *Collage Curios rubberstamp sets

Ink:  Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad

Paper:  Basic Black, Very Vanilla Card Stocks; *Pool Party Core'dinations Card Stock

Accessories:  Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, *Honeycomb Embossing Folder, *Soda Pop Tops, 1" Circle Punch, *Stampin' Sanding System, Owl Punch (for the little heart on card #2), Silver Glimmer Paper (also for the heart)

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All About Cards Stamp Camp

This Stamp Camp is all about handmade cards!  Back by popular demand are my stamp camps...charity events where you can give back to your community while having a great day out enjoying creative recreation.  You will be making 14 handmade, heartfelt cards for your loved ones!  Mark the date on your calendar, and get your ticket now.  

All About Cards Stamp Camp

Saturday, April 27th

10:00-2:00

8800 Broadway, 78217

All supplies plus hands-on instruction to make 14 handmade cards

Lunch, Snacks, Beverages

Brand new stampers and veterans are welcome!

Door Prizes

Live Demonstrations by Stampin' Up! Demonstrators

Retired Stampin' Up! product sales

$40 Regular Registration through April 12

Checks, Cash, and Credit Cards accepted

(Small paypal fee attached)

 This is a charity event benefitting the Tower City Church Storehouse, a faith-based food pantry.

This is a multi-demonstrator event.

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Giving Back to Your Community

I challenged my team of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators, the Southern Sweet Stampers, to add "Giving Back" as a category to their goals for this year.  I asked them, "How will you give back this year?"  So I'm bringing that question to you today , my faithful blog readers:  How will you give back this year?  On Sundays, I typically do an inspirational post.  Today, I'm challenging you to inspire others through giving back!

I'm hosting a double charity event on Saturday, February 23rd at the Tower City Church Event Center.  If you live in the greater San Antonio area, take Saturday, February 23rd, and give back to your community while you enjoy creativity and friendship.  Come for half the day or the full day.  Complete information is below.  Please join us!

Saturday, February 23rd

Cards for Wounded Warriors:  Make cards to be donated to Fisher House, amazing 
"guesthouses" for the families of our wounded warriors receiving treatment at the medical/rehabilitation center known as SAMC, one of 2 premier military medical facilities in the U.S.  Families come from all over the U.S. to San Antonio to be with their wounded loved ones.  We are making cards to help their stay be a little less stressful.  I have been advised that they need thank you cards and birthday cards, and they are just not able to get to stores easily.  We are coming to their rescue with gorgeous handmade cards! 

Cards for Wounded Warriors and Families:

 9a.m.-12p.m.

• $1 each
• $3 for 5
• $5 for 8
• Register now!

How many will you make?

Single card $1.00 USD 5 cards $3.00 USD 8 cards $5.00 USD

Open Crop/Craft:  Space is limited and you don't want to miss this exciting event where you can get so much accomplished while giving back to your community and country.  Connect with otherscrapbookers and crafters in San Antonio for open crop time!  Every scrapbook store in San Antonio has closed, and we need a place to gather and scrapbook/craft. 

• Free use of my Big Shot and dies
• Free use of stamp pads and stamps
• Free use of my scrap bin
• Free use of my punches
• Kits, retired Stampin' Up! stamps and accessories for sale
• Door prizes
• Music and relaxing atmosphere
• Crop, craft, make cards--get caught up!
• Lunch is available at several nearby restaurants including McDonald's and Zito's Sandwich Shop--both are in walking distance.  Or brown bag it to save time and money!
• Safe and secure environment--leave your stuff for awhile to grab lunch and/or coffee if you like.
• Bottled Water

Table Size

1/3 Table $10.00 USD 1/2 Table $15.00 USD

rsvp with payment by Wednesday, February 20th

I have an add-on class for you during the Open Crop in San Antonio:

Flip Book Class

• Create a fun, interactive 6 x 6 scrapbook that flips and flops as it opens with flaps and plenty of space for photos and journaling
• All supplies and hands-on instruction to create your book.  Once you make one, you will want to make more!  Additional kits available only to class attendees.

Flip Book Class

Class $15.00 USD Additional Kits (1) $8.00 USD Additional Kits (2) $14.00 USD

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Cards for Wounded Warriors AND Open Crop!

 Join me at Tower City Church Event Center for a double Charity Event:

Cards for Wounded Warriors:  Make cards to be donated to Fisher House, amazing
"guesthouses" for the families of our wounded warriors receiving treatment at the medical/rehabilitation center known as SAMC, one of 2 premier medical facilities in the U.S.  Families come from all over the US to San Antonio to be with their wounded loved ones.  We are making cards to help their stay be a little less stressful.  I have been advised that they need thank you cards and birthday cards, and they are just not able to get to stores easily.  We are coming to their rescue with gorgeous handmade cards! 

Open Crop:  Every scrapbook store in San Antonio has closed, and we need a place to gather and scrapbook/craft.  $10 for 1/3 table, $15 for 1/2 table, fees benefit the Tower City Church Storehouse (local food pantry).  Free use of my Big Shot, dies, punches,stamps, and inks.  There will be some Stampin' Up! kits for sale as well as two add-on optional classes.  Details will follow on the add-on classes next week.

Cards for Wounded Warriors and Families:

Saturday, February 23rd, 9-12

• $1 each
• $3 for 5
• $5 for 8
• Register now!

How many will you make?

Single card $1.00 USD 5 cards $3.00 USD 8 cards $5.00 USD

Open Crop/Craft Day

Saturday, February 23rd, 9-5

Space is limited and you don't want to miss this exciting event where you can get so much accomplished while giving back to your community and country.  Connect with other scrapbookers and crafters in San Antonio for open crop time!

• Free use of my Big Shot and dies
• Free use of stamp pads and stamps
• Free use of my scrap bin
• Free use of my punches
• Kits, retired Stampin' Up! stamps and accessories for sale
  
• Door prizes
• Music and relaxing atmosphere
• Crop, craft, make cards--get caught up!
• Lunch is available at several nearby restaurants including McDonald's and Zito's Sandwich Shop--both are in walking distance
• Safe and secure environment--leave your stuff for awhile to grab lunch and/or coffee if you like.
• Bottled Water

Table Size

1/3 Table $10.00 USD 1/2 Table $15.00 USD

rsvp with payment by Wednesday, February 20th!

No Solicitation Notice:  Please be advised that this is a charity event and NO solicitation will be tolerated.  This is not a day for you to find new people for your business.  It's a day to relax, enjoy, get some serious crafting/scrapping done, and give back to our community.  

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Stamp Camp in San Antonio

 

 Our stamp camp in San Antonio is quickly approaching, and I'm getting very excited!  Our projects feature items from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog and are reproducable.  In other words, once you make them at stamp camp, you can easily recreate them by the dozens if you wish, making your holiday season handmade, heartfelt.  If you are ready for a full day of creative recreation and more fun than you've had in a long time, sign up today and I'll send your ticket to you!  Here's what our stamp camp in San Antonio provides:

• a little bit of Halloween, a little bit of Thanksgiving, and a whole lotta Christmas!
• hundreds of ideas from our displays--bring your camera!--giving you tons of holiday ideas
• Christmas tree displays with handmade decorations
• over 10 projects for each camper to be completed over the course of the day
• a Stampin' Up! demonstrator for EACH project to give you as much or little help as you like on your projects
• an extra FREE project when you bring 3 cans of meat protein for our charity--a faith-based food pantry
• snacks and drinks throughout the day
• homemade soups and breads buffet and dessert for lunch
• upbeat holiday atmosphere
• opportunity to connect with fellow crafters in the greater San Antonio area and make new friends
• killer door prizes:)
• a day of relaxation, rejuvenation, and refreshing
• the grace and goodwill generated by pariticipating in a charity event that benefits our local community
• $75 all inclusive ticket

Please sign up today!

Holiday Round Up Stamp Camp

Join us for our Holiday Round-Up! Stamp Camp, a charity event, giving back to our community while enjoying creativity and getting ready for your best holiday season yet.  Get the best of all worlds by refreshing your own soul with creative projects aka stress relief while giving to others.  It feels great at several levels, and you will leave our stamp camp in San Antonio on October 20th with a bag full of gorgeous projects, fresh ideas, full tummies, refreshed and ready for the upcoming holiday season.  

Holiday Round-Up Stamp Camp!

It's a little bit of Halloween, a little bit of Thanksgiving, and a whole lotta Christmas!  We have rounded up fabulous handmade projects and a bevy of Stampin' Up! demonstrators, too.  You're sure to love our round up!  Our Holiday Round-Up Stamp Camp gives you a full day of creative recreation to rejuvenate your soul and rev your creative engines for the upcoming holiday season:)

• Over 10 rubberstamping and crafting projects presented by Stampin' Up! demonstrators!
• Demonstrations of some fun techniques you will love!
• Lot of displays to get even more creative ideas (bring your camera!)
• Make new friends and reconnect with old ones!
• Soup buffet with delicious homemade soups and breads, plus a yummy dessert!
• Snacks and drinks throughout the day to keep up your strength:)
• Fantastic door prizes!

Saturday, October 20, 2012

8800 Broadway

10:00 to 4:00

(doors open at 9:00 so you can get started oohing and ahhing

and connecting with friends:)

Tower City Church Event Center at 8800 Broadway,

San Antonio, 78216

(1/2 mile outside Loop 410, upstairs, use elevator or stairs)

Get full information and Register for Holiday Round-Up Stamp Camp here.  We can't wait to stamp...and camp with you!

Here are some photos of last year's displays--one small corner.  You can see that we bring in, literally, hundreds of projects for you to look at, touch, feel, and be inspired by.  We have more ideas than you can contain!  That's why we open the doors early and encourage you to bring cameras.  Get ready for a memorable Saturday at our Holiday Round Up! Stamp Camp.  We can't wait to stamp with you!

I'll show you more photos next week, so stay tuned.  If you came to last year's stamp camp, it will bring back great memories.  If you are new to our stamp camps, it will help you see what all the buzz is about!  We can't wait till you join us for our best ever stamp camp in San Antonio:  Holiday Round Up Stamp Camp.

Great Day SA!

We did it--stamping on live TV on Great Day SA today!  Well, we stamped ahead of the show and die cut with the Big Shot on live TV:)  Bridget, Paul, and the whole crew at Great Day SA are so gracious, and we had a great time with them today.  It was our third time to be featured on Great Day SA as we shared with San Antonio the news of our upcoming Holiday Round-Up Stamp Camp.  But live TV is a bit nerve-wracking!

Click on this link to see our appearance: http://www.kens5.com/great-day-sa/Get-Crafty--170054886.html

So what is a stamp camp?  Well, it's a full day of crafting fun with rubberstamps.  You will be given hands-on instruction in making over 10 handmade projects.  

• Would you like a full day of crafting fun?  
• Would you like to get ahead with ideas and projects for the holidays?
• Would you like some creative recreation and fantastic homemade food and goodies?
• Would you like to make some new friends and meet up with some old ones?
• Would you like to be inspired to have your best holidays yet?

Our Holiday Round Up Stamp Camp does all of the above and then some!  There will be 10 stations with a Stampin' Up! demonstrator at each station to walk you through your projects.  At some of the stations, you will be making more than one project, so you will have over 10 projects when you leave--a bag full of creative, inspired, handmade items for your upcoming holiday season.

It's a little bit of Halloween, a little bit of Thanksgiving, and a whole lotta Christmas!  Won't you join us?  To top it off, our stamp camp is a charity event benefitting the Tower City Church Storehouse, a faith based food pantry right here in San Antonio.  So you can feel good about helping the less fortunate while you enjoy creative recreation.  Complete information and registration is here:  stampcamping.com.  We can't wait to stamp with you!

 

Stamp Camp in San Antonio

Have you been to one of my stamp camps in San Antonio?  Gail Beezley and I do stamp camps a few times each year, and our stamp camps are always run as charity events so you can have a great day of creative recreation while supporting worthy causes.  If you live in the San Antonio area, you should join us for a very special day that delivers creativity, fun, fellowship, value, and the satisfaction of helping those in need.  

New Living Translation (©2007) And I have been a constant example of how you can help those in need by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Although it is more blessed to give than receive, Holiday Round Up! Stamp Camp allows you to give and receive!  That is an amazing thing!  Our Holiday Round-Up Stamp Camp on October 20th will benefit the Tower City Church Storehouse , a faith-based food pantry, where hundreds of hungry people in our own local San Antonio area are blessed with free food (fresh produce, meats, milk, pantry staples, etc.) as well as other resources like medical, hygiene, and baby supplies and even a growing job referral resource center.  My husband is the pastor of Tower City Church, and I can say first-hand how very much our community is in need and also how very much the Storehouse meets the needs of so many in ourSan Antonio community.  Tough times hit many families in many ways.  We are so privileged to reach out a helping hand to some of those families.

In addition to the cash donation from the Holiday Round-Up Stamp Camp proceeds, we offer our stamp campers the opportunity to earn an extra project while filling hungry bellies in a hands-on, specific way.  By simply bringing 3 cans of a meat protein (like tuna, vienna sausages, ham, etc.) on the day of the stamp camp, Gail and I are able to write a hefty check and donate a big box of meaty protein to the Tower City Church Storehouse.  In return, Gail and I give a bonus project to all those bringing in cans.  It's our way of thanking our campers for going the extra mile, doing that something extra for the needy in our San Antonio community.  Of course, they already make 10 stamp camp projects, so it's a full day of creative recreation, food, fun, and friendship...and giving back.

Join us for our Holiday Round-Up! Stamp Camp, giving back to our community while enjoying creativity and getting ready for your best holiday season yet.  Get the best of all worlds by refreshing your own soul with creative projects aka stress relief while giving to others.  It feels great at several levels, and you will leave our stamp camp on October 20th with a bag full of gorgeous projects, fresh ideas, full tummies, refreshed and ready for the upcoming holiday season.  

Get full information and Register for Holiday Round-Up Stamp Camp here.  We can't wait to stamp...and camp with you!

Holiday Round Up! Stamp Camp

Saturday, October 20th

10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (doors open at 9:00)

Registration Deadline:  Saturday, October 6th

complete details and registration:  stampcamping.com

Catch us on Great Day SA tomorrow morning (Sept. 17th) at 9:00 a.m. on KENS 5.  Gail and I will be stamping on live TV, sharing our camp projects, and letting San Antonio know more about the great things happening at the

Tower City Church Storehouse.  

 

Stamping for a Good Cause

Have you been to one of my stamp camps?  Gail Beezley and I do stamp camps a few times each year, and our stamp camps are always run as charity events so you can have a great day of creative recreation while supporting worthy causes.  Our Holiday Round-Up Stamp Camp on October 20th will benefit the Tower City Church Storehouse where hundreds of hungry people in our own local San Antonio area are blessed with free food (fresh produce, meats, milk, pantry staples, etc.) as well as other resources like medical, hygiene, and baby supplies.  My husband is the pastor of Tower City Church, and I can say first hand how very much our community is in need and also how very much the Storehouse meets the needs of so many in our San Antonio community.  

At Tower City Church, we just completed our Vacation Bible School and were able to incorporate some of our Storehouse families into that very special time for the children.  We capped it off with a stuffed back pack giveaway, and there were lots of very happy kids (and parents!) heading out the door with full back packs and big smiles, ready to start the new school year.  These are the people we help on a regular basis.  We see first-timers at each distribution time, but we also see many families returning month after month.  Tough times hit many families in many ways.  We are so privileged to reach out a helping hand to some of those families.

In addition to the cash donation from the Holiday Round-Up Stamp Camp proceeds, we offer our stamp campers the opportunity to earn an extra project while filling hungry bellies in a hands-on, specific way.  By simply bringing 3 cans of a meat protein (like tuna, vienna sausages, ham, etc.) on the day of the stamp camp, Gail and I are able to write a hefty check and donate a big box of meaty protein to the Tower City Church Storehouse.  In return, Gail and I give a bonus project to all those bringing in cans.  It's our way of thanking our campers for going the extra mile, doing that something extra for the needy in our San Antonio community.  Of course, they already make 10 stamp camp projects, so it's a full day of creative recreation, food, fun, and friendship...and giving back.

Join us for our Holiday Round-Up! Stamp Camp, giving back to our community while enjoying creativity.  Get the best of all worlds by refreshing your own soul with creative projects aka stress relief while giving to others.  It feels great at several levels, and you will leave our stamp camp on October 20th with a bag full of gorgeous projects, fresh ideas, full tummies, refreshed and ready for the upcoming holiday season.  

Get full information and Register for Holiday Round-Up Stamp Camp here.  We can't wait to stamp...and camp with you!

Stamp Camp in San Antonio

I have another fabulous, fun, friendly stamp camp in San Antonio coming soon!  Saturday, June 16th, will be here before we know it, and you can get in on the Early Bird Special by registering now.  You can even use our Layaway Plan so that you can pay at your own pace.

Projects are being planned now, and we are having lots of fun designing great handmade items to help make your summer the best one yet. 

Summertime Fun

Get-Togethers & Get-Aways

Saturday, June 16th

1/2 day and full day options

Creative recreation...for you!

As always, our stamp camps are charity events, helping feed the hungry in San Antonio. So you can feel good about helping others while enjoying creative recreation.  Complete details and registration are here at stampcamping.com.  

We can't wait to stamp with you!

 

Stamp Camp Projects-Again

Well, I'm still in the throes of prepping stamp camp projects for our Let's Celebrate stamp camp this Saturday.  Our campers are making 16 handmade cards, getting ready for the year.  With 16 cards, most of us will have something ready for just about every occasion that arises in 2012!We created our cards in pairs.  We give each camper the same supplies to make two different cards (that means 8 sets of 2 for the full day of stamp camp).  We want to show our stampers how you can take a layout, change things up a bit, use different stamps...or not, and make a different card, all using the same supplies.  Click here to see these supplies to make a different card, another of our stamp camp projects.

This card features the Elements of Style (118611 wood mount, 120045 clear mount) and Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess) stamp sets and the Swirls Scribbles Big Shot die--a very underused die in my opinion!  The soft look is achieved by stamping on Very Vanilla Cardstock and then overlaying the whole piece with Vellum Paper.  I love that Stampin' Up! carries both the Vellum Paper--a think paper perfect for letting images underneath it shine through--as well as Vellum Card Stock--a much heavier paper that will stand up to Big Shot dry embossing and more.

Sign up today for our newsletter at stampcamping.com so you can get all the news about our other stamp camps this year and beyond.  They promote creative recreation and are more fun than you can imagine!

Stamp Camp Projects

I spent all day yesterday prepping stamp camp projects for our Let's Celebrate stamp camp on Saturday.  Gail and I (and our trusty helpers) are busy cutting card stock and ribbons, sorting brads and embellishments, stuffing bags, and more.  It's exciting!
This is one of the 16 cards we are prepping for our stamp camp (this one featuring Tagtastic stamp set and the embedded embossing technique).  There is also a card box and altered rolodex to round out the stamp camp projects for the day.  It's a full day of stamping fun! If you didn't get registered for this stamp camp, you can still purchase instructions (a full color booklet), and there is one kit-to-go still available.  There are also kits for the altered rolodex and card box.  Click on stampcamping.com for more info. 

Our next stamp camp, Get-Togethers and Get-Aways, is scheduled for Saturday, June 16th.  Sign up for our newsletter to stay up on all the camp news!  You can sign up at stampcamping.com.  Our charity stamp camps help you to enjoy creative recreation while making a difference in our community.  If you don't live nearby, enjoy one of our mail options to get in on the great stamp camp projects from afar. We can't wait to stamp with you!

Charity Stamp Camp

For today's inspirational Sunday post, I'm sharing another of the handmade cards that is part of next week''s stamp camp, Let's Celebrate, benefitting the Tower City Storehouse.  Our stamp camps are a great way to enjoy some creative recreation while helping to stamp out hunger right here in San Antonio. 

People fall on hard times for all sorts of reasons.  At the Tower City Storehouse, guests are offered prayer as well as food.  I have had the humbling privilege of praying for people in the following situations:

• a man whose wife has early-onset Alzheimers (in her 40s) and is struggling to provide for his teenagers as well as his wife's increased medical care
• a woman whose husband was murdered and she is finding it difficult to provide for all the needs of her young children
• a senior citizen on a fixed income with lots of health challenges
• a family displaced by Hurricane Katrina who then had the father die here, in a strange city, now trying to provide for the needs of the family with no dad or husband
• a couple who both lost their jobs

We find that in offering prayer, people are often so glad for someone who will just listen to their story and then ask God to help them.  It brings dignity to their plight.  These examples are just a few of the hundreds of people served by the Tower City Storehouse.  It is our privilege at stampcamping.com to share proceeds from our stamp camps as well as canned goods brought by our campers to help those around us who need a hand up.

Why don't you go to the stamp camp blog now and sign up for our newsletter?  That way, you will keep up with the dates and plans for our camps later this year.  We aim to bring our campers top-notch projects, a relaxing, creatively-charged atmosphere, inspiration galore, fellowship, and the opportunity to impact their community.  Gail and I think this is a winning combination!  Come stamp with us...and enjoy creative recreation at its finest:)

(Card above features Elements of Style, Four Frames, and Oval All stamp sets.)

Stamp Camp to Stamp Out Hunger

Today is the last day to register for my charity event, Let's Celebrate Stamp Camp, benefiting the Tower City Storehouse, a faith-based food pantry.  Won't you join us as we seek to stamp out hunger as we stamp in the New Year?  We are making fabulous stamp camp projects and having lots of fun while helping the needy here in San Antonio.  Proceeds from the stamp camp benefit the Tower City Storehouse and allow YOU to make a difference in our city, feeding those in need. It's January 14th, and there isn't a better way to spend your Saturday!

This sweet card features the Young Vermillion single stamp from Stampin' Up along with some of the new In Colors, Island Indigo and Calypso Coral.  Use cool stamp sets and newly-released supplies, watch demonstrations, try your hand at some new techniques, make lots of handmade cards with extra versatility (each card has two greetings for you to take home--attach when ready to use your card!), make some new friends and see familiar faces.   In short, our day of creative recreation will leave you with enough cards to get your 2012 off to a great start, organizational tools to help you duly celebrate all the special days for your loved ones, and complete satisfaction derived from a day of stamping and creativity with friends.

Sign up today!!! and stamp out hunger while stamping in the New Year!

Awash with Flowers Stamp Camp Project

For today's Saturday Sample, I'm showing one of our January stamp camp projects featuring the Awash with Flowers stamp set.  I love this easy-to-use, versatile stamp set!  Here, I've taken one of the new In Colors, Calypso Coral, and set it off with some of our Neutrals Collection for a simple, handmade card with classic beauty.

This handmade card is just one 16 card  projects we are making in the afternoon session of Let's Celebrate Stamp Camp.  Why don't you come and camp with us??!!  Our stamp camps are a full day (or half-day if your schedule is limited) of creative recreation aka stamping fun.  If you live in San Antonio, we are easy to find.  If you live outside the area, come in for the day.  You will be done in time to do a bit of shopping in the city before you head home.   Full details are here:

Morning Session (9:00-12:30)

• 8 versatile greeting cards (different from afternoon session) with separate sentiments so you can customize each card for the occasion when you get ready to use it!
• a decorated box with lots of dividers to hold all your cards for the year so you can easily find them

Afternoon Session (1:30 to 5:00):

• 8 versatile greeting cards (different from morning session) with separate sentiments so you can customize each card for the occasion when you get ready to use it!
• an altered Rolodex; instead of tabs with A, B, C, etc, there will tabs for each month so that you can easily keep track of birthdays, anniversaries, etc. for all your important dates to celebrate

Lunch Option (12:30 - 1:30)

• If you are attending both sessions, there are restaurants nearby (including Zito's Deli which is just downstairs from the Event Center), but if you don't want to leave, you can opt for a special lunch (details yet to be determined) and you won't even have to leave your seat! 

Prices (all payments need to be made in full by January 1st):

• 1 Session: $54.95 
• 2 Sessions: $99.95
• Camp To-Go: $89.95  (all projects plus postage)
• Instructions only: $14.95 (delivered via email)

Sign up now!!!

Cut off date for all registrations including payments is January 1, 2012.

NEW!  KITS AVAILABLE!

If you want to make extra of the boxes and/or Rolodexes, you can do that easily!  The first box or rolodex kit is $19 and additional kits are $12 each.  Shipping will be calculated and invoiced separately.  Use this form to make your selections.  If you are already signed up for the Stamp Camp or Camp To Go, then you can buy as many additionals kits for $12 each that would you like.  If you are not signed up for the Stamp Camp or Camp To Go, then the first kit is $19 and additional kits are $12.

Select Kits:

This is a charity event, benefitting Tower City Storehouse, a faith-based food pantry in San Antonio. Bring a gift of food* and get the project supplies for a bonus project!   

*The need for protein-rich, meat products are the greatest.  Please bring 3 cans of any meat protein (tuna, chicken, Spam, Vienna sausages, etc). This enables us to give a cash donation as well as ready to eat food to the Storehouse to help feed the hungry in our community.

Location: Tower City Church Event Center (410 at Broadway); 8800 Broadway (upstairs)

Masculine Cards - Stamp Camp

 At our Let's Celebrate Stamp Camp on January 14th, we will be making 8 handmade cards in the morning session and a different round of 8 in the afternoon session, with an assortment of masculine cards and feminine cards, something for everyone! 

We want to equip you to celebrate the accomplishments, the moments, and the milestones of your loved ones in 2012.  Not only will you get to make 16 handmade cards, we will help you keep the cards and dates organized with our fabulous organizational tools--handmade, of course!  You will love our card keeper box and rolodex system for keeping those birthdays and anniversaries at your fingertips, ready for celebrating.

The handmade card here features Pendant Park stamp set.  It's one of our 16 "convertible cards."  You will get to make the greeting shown here, Happy Anniversary, in addition to another one that says "just for you."  Each greeting has dimensionals on the back and is ready to add when you are ready to give your card.  Choose the greeting that best suits your occasion!

Here are the organizational tools we will help you make at the Let's Celebrate Stamp Camp.  Aren't they too cool??!! The box houses lots and lots of cards in one handy spot, and there are dividers to keep the birthday cards, friendship cards, thinking of you cards, sympathy cards, anniversary cards, etc. all in their own spot so you can grab them quickly when you need them.  The rolodex system has a spot for each month.  That way, when May rolls around, just look at the May tab, and you will see the special occasions that need some celebration!  Both organizational tools are beautifully embellished with the gorgeous Paisley Petals Designer Series Papers.  Time is running out to sign up, so register today!  Registrations close on January 1, 2012.

Let's Celebrate Stamp Camp

January 14th, 2012

2 sessions for your convenience

Different projects at each session--come to both for a full day of fun!

Registration closes on January 1, 2012

Register here

We can't wait to stamp with you!!!

 

 

Great Day SA - Stamp Camp

We are so blessed to be featured on San Antonio's premier morning show, Great Day SA, once again as we let everyone know about our Let's Celebrate Stamp Camp. Our stamp camps in San Antonio are full day events so you can enjoy creative recreation in a leisurely fashion.  And they are charity events so you can feel extra good about helping those in need while you enjoy the day. 

We are on at 9:00 a.m. today with Bridget, Paul, and the whole Great Day SA team.  What a gracious group they are!  This is our second time on the show, and we really enjoy these wonderful people who do so much to help us stay connected in San Antonio to our many local events, and their highlighting of various charity events and charities is admirable as well as appreciated.  We have a great city, and Great Day SA is an important part of it!

If you missed today's show, you can watch us here.  Stamping on live TV is a bit nerve-wracking and a bit exciting and a lot of fun! http://www.kens5.com/great-day-sa/Stamp-Camp-136377098.html

 

The project shown above is the bonus project for all our stamp campers that opt to bring 3 cans of a meat protein for the Tower City Storehouse.  For their generous donation (proceeds from the camp also benefit the Tower City Storehouse), we reward them with an awesome extra project.  It's a little box with four 3 x 3 cards and matching envelopes (using the Turtle & Co. stamp set).  What a deal!

Sign up today at:  stampcamping.com! 

Stamp Camp-Posy Punch

Here's another of the handmade cards we will be making at our January stamp camp, this one featuring the wonderful hostess set, Posy Punch.  We are so excited about our upcoming stamp camp and the 16, yes 16, handmade cards we will be making!  Each of our cards will be what we are calling "convertible cards."  What does that mean?  Well, for each card you make, you will make 2 greetings.  Then, when you get ready to use the card, you decide which greeting you want, attach, and go!  So your cards can be birthday or thank you or congratulations or get well, etc.  You simply convert your card by using the greeting of your choice.  Pretty spiffy, huh?  We think it will be lots of fun AND practical for your card-giving needs during 2012.

Watch us tomorrow on KENS5's Great Day SA at 9:00 a.m.  Gail and I will be talking about the Let's Celebrate stamp camp, doing a little demo, and having lots of fun with the stars and staff of Great Day SA.  After the busy holiday season, you deserve a little couch time, so make a date with yourself and your hot beverage of choice.  Then watch us stamping and creating handmade cards and more on live TV!

Let's' Celebrate Stamp Camp

Saturday, January 14th

2 sessions for your convenience

Come to one or both!

Different projects at each session

Registration Deadline:  January 1, 2012

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