June 11, 2009
I deleted my TypePad blog – no more paying for a blog for me!!! Anyway, as you will notice, every single post that was done over on TypePad and perhaps even before has lost the pictures associated with it. As I get time, I will slowly go through and re-add pictures that I can, but this is a MAJOR disappointment to me. I didn’t realize that this would happen. Blogger didn’t “do this” to me when I switched from Blogger to TypePad, but apparently TypePad isn’t as considerate.
ETA 10/12/09 - I’m working on adding pics in Nov 2008 – that’s how far I’ve gotten up to now. I will remove this post when I have finished updating the missing pictures.
November 28, 2009
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Please take a look at our ad for our piano. We’ve got to get it out of our house before we move again (not any time soon, but I don’t need to be worrying about this when the time does come). http://delaware.craigslist.org/msg/1485919379.html
November 13, 2009
I hope to post soon. I have a couple of cards that I haven’t shown you – but neither were completed recently. Unfortunately my me/crafting time has been nil. Anyway – to update you on the big decision I recently made – with lots of thought and prayer, I decided to resign as a SU! demonstrator effective February 1st (my last round of Stamps in the Mail is in January). It really is what will be best for my family and also myself. I am very at peace with the decision. It does mean that this blog may become obsolete at that point, or even before, but know that whatever happens, I have really enjoyed “meeting” all of you. I wish that moving around in the military was more conducive to being a demonstrator. If I could have just stayed in Texas, all would be well and fine, but that’s not how it is. So, again, thank you for everything and hopefully in the next couple of days I’ll get something actually interesting up on my blog for you to see 
October 27, 2009
My husband is home and our family is complete. BUT….I guess things couldn’t stay perfect for long. We are dealing with some personal issues in our family right now and I will not be posting in the very near future. I hope that I will be able to be back sometime in November. I just feel like I’m about to fall apart with what is happening and stamping is definitely going to have to take a VERY back seat right now. In advance, because I know you all are so FABULOUS and will offer them, I appreciate your thoughts and prayers.
October 23, 2009
So, I am just loving My Digital Studio (MDS) if you can’t tell! I decided today that I would start playing around with possible Christmas photo cards. This card is not the one I will send – can’t share that until it gets mailed!!! We still have to take a new family picture, but I wanted to get an idea for how it might look. The great thing about MDS is that you can make your own Christmas photo card. You know, the ones that are like a card on a picture – like a postcard, and people usually get them from Wally-World and other such places? Well, I got so many last year that I thought maybe it’s time I jump on the bandwagon and do something easy so that it’s not just one more stress at this time of year that’s supposed to be about something else – not about the shopping and to-do lists…. I am going to look into how much it will cost to send the finished card to a photo shop to have them reproduced so that I can do it locally and do it one at a time until I get one that I like. I am fairly certain that they do make 5×7’s in most stores that print pictures, so that’s the size I’m sticking with in MDS. We’ll see how it turns out!!
PS – this was one of the “Designer Templates” in MDS so all I did was insert my picture, add some stitching to the ribbon and add the text!!! Gotta love that!!
October 22, 2009
So, I’ve mostly packed our stuff up for our trip back to Delaware, and I thought that I would make a quick CAS (clean & simple) card on My Digital Studio (MDS). Well, it was quick to make and Halloween cards are not my thing, so I’m not sure how I feel about it. It’s okay. I do like that I could get the little pumpkins whatever size I wanted. That is just one of the many awesome features to MDS and having your stamp images in an electronic version. So, what do you think?
Stamps: Pumpkin Patch (MDS digital image), Eat, Drink & Be Scary (MDS digital image), Torn Edges (MDS digital image)
Paper: All MDS papers/CS – Pumpkin Pie, Lovely Lilac, Old Olive and Whisper White CS, Cast-a-Spell DSP
Ink: All colors used in MDS – Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black and Old Olive
Accessories: All accessories from MDS – black brads, Modern Label punch
October 20, 2009
I haven’t stamped, but I found this card that I hadn’t posted on here yet and thought I’d put it up so that there’s something pretty to look at rather than my lame-excuse-post that you can see previous to this one 
No time to post the exact details, except that everything used is SU! and it’s all current so either in the Idea Book & Catalog or the Holiday Mini Catalog. The trees are that lovely Patterned Pines Hostess Level I stamp set in the HMC and I finally inked up SU!’s fabulous Woodgrain Background stamp. Enjoy!!!
PS – I’m out of town for this week and will be back on Saturday and hope that my husband has finally made it home (this is a pre-scheduled post) so that maybe some stamping time is in my near future
October 19, 2009
This week’s deals are some great ones!!! Who doesn’t love to use embellishments on their cards and other projects?!?! I know I will be ordering some of these myself. I adore the mini library clips and the circle brads too. At these prices though I think I’ll throw in some of the other deals too!!
Please remember that if you are my customer or you don’t have a SU! demonstrator, to go to my website to place your order so you don’t pay extra ordering from the generic SU! website. Here it is: http://mariemcclellan.stampinup.net and then click on “Shop Now” to place your order. On the left-hand side of your screen you’ll see “Deals of the Week” as one of the categories you can shop from.
The third deals of the week are from October 19, 10 AM (MT) through October 26, 9:50 AM (MT).
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Page
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Description
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Regular Price
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Special Price
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114348
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179
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Basic Jumbo grommets
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$6.95
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$4.49
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109857
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179
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Mini Library clips
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$12.95
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$8.99
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112571
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179
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Circle Designer brads
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$5.95
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$3.99
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112581
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179
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1/2″ Library clips
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$6.95
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$3.99
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Here is a link to the deals specifically so that you can see the pictures: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryID=425 but I can’t promise that it will actually take you to the link in MY website, so make sure that you see my name at the top right of your screen before placing an order!!! If you don’t, you will want to enter via the link I provided earlier in the post that goes straight to my SU! website.
Oh, and don’t forget about my Stamps in the Mail program!!!! Check it out by clicking on the logo for it in my sidebar to the right.
October 13, 2009
I will not be posting for a while. I have A LOT going on. Nothing bad or worrisome, just a lot going on with my husband’s return to us getting delayed, school stuff, activities for the kids, the return of one of my girls to me from a long stay with her grandparents, a sick little boy, and I could go on and on. So…please don’t forget about me – I promise that I WANT to stamp, and when I do, I’ll share it with you For now, if you would like to join my Stamps in the Mail program and get new stamps at your doorstep each month, check it out in my right-hand sidebar (click on the logo that says Stamps in the Mail) or click HERE. I would love to have you join me. And yes, SIM is one of the things I could add to the list I began above Take care!!!
