Pretty in Pink

Hi Stampin' Friends!

Had a wonderful class at my home yesterday and we made this pretty card! I cased it from Beth Queen. I received her card in a swap and it just stood out amongst the 200+ swaps that I received!

I love Bling! Don't you? 

Well, it has been a pretty exciting last few weeks in my life...initially being on vacation with my hubby in Orlando and then continuing on to the Stampin' Up! Onstage event.

And...now...just like that! We are looking to Thanksgiving this coming week!

Hope that you, your family, friends and loved ones enjoy a most Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving Holiday filled with fun, good food and enjoyment...as I surely know that I will.

Stampin' Blessings to All!

~ Linda

~ Minnie Mouse Land! ~

Oh My Goodness!

Is all I can say after having spent 11 wonderful days in beautiful Orlando, Florida!

The first 5 were spent with my dear hubby visiting Disney Parks: Epcot, Disney Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom and finally SeaWorld. We so very thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

Epcot had the Food and Wine Festival and we also dined at the French Restaurant there...food was fantastic!

We stayed at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort and were treated like Royalty! I truly felt like a Princess!

Then hubby returned home and I switched hotels to the Rosen Center which is connected to the Orange County Convention Center.

Again...I joined my Stampin' Up! demonstrator groupies, all 6-7,000 of them to Celebrate our company's 30th Birthday!

Dined with dear friends all over the country and world! I had a wonderful roommate and met with different groups of ladies dining, dancing and thoroughly enjoying ourselves!

Well, I am home now with my dear hubby and fur girls and I am so jazzed about all of the up and coming stunning Stampin' Up! product that is in store for the New Year!

I know, here it is...Thanksgiving in a mere few weeks and then my favorite Holiday...Christmas!!!

Well...I am setting my Stampin' Up! Goals high in the coming year and I want you ALL to be a part of it!!! 

The Maui Incentive Trip is coming up in 2020 and I really want to earn it...with your help of course!

Let's make this happen!!!

The card above is my General Swap that I created to share with my fellow demonstrators during our OnStage Event and everyone Loved it...which made me very happy too!

So...until next time....

Happy Stampin' Blessings,

~ Linda 

Here Comes Santa Claus!

It is that time of the year! So I am getting ready! Are you? I have been a good girl, well mostly, LOL!

We made this cute card at my monthly card class in August and everyone loved it As much as I had fun in putting it together to share!

And our Beautiful! Amazing! Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog is available for you to shop right now!

With all of the lovely ideas just waiting for you to get your little crafty hands on!

If you are anything like me, I so thoroughly enjoy creating!!! I Love color, pretty papers and bringing ideas to Life! And then there is a bonus...I get to share my enjoyment and enthusiasm with others!

And...if you look on page 33 of the SU Holiday Catalog, there is a Christmas Card Kit that you can purchase for $20 before tax and shipping where you can make 20 beautiful cards which includes gold foil envelopes! WOW!!! Timeless Tidings - 148028 - $20.00

If you would like to order the coordinating stamp set - Timeless Tidings - wood - 148939 - $28.00 or

Timeless Tidings- rubber stamps unmounted - $20.00

Well, I need to get busy here and do a little grocery shopping today. What are your plans?

Have a Happy Weekend!

And...Happy Stamping!

~ Linda

~ Dragonfly Dreams ~

Hi there my pretty inkers!

Hope you enjoy today's share! I absolutely Love dragonflies! So I thought to make a little framed piece of inky stamped artwork. It took about an hour to pull together! Made especially easy with my beautiful Stampin' Up! Detailed Dragonfly Thinlet dies from our Annual Catalog.

Summer is well half over already...I am so looking forward to some cooler temperatures especially here in beautiful sunny Phoenix Arizona.

This November is especially exciting as I am planning to attend the Stampin' Up! 30 Year Anniversary OnStage Convention Event in beautiful Orlando, Florida. My handsome hubby and I are going earlier to visit Epcot and Disneyland! I am sooooo very excited!!!

Well that is all for now...stay tuned though...as I have a few of the All New Up and Coming Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogs in my possession and will be happy to hand them out to those of you that attend my next Stampin' Time! Class which is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 18th...10 AM to 12 Noon at my home! Hope to see you then! Or if you just happen to be in my neighborhood, let me know and I can get one just as easily into your hands :)

And...oopps...I do have some product that you can preview from the Holiday Catalog just in case you might be interested in beginning to make your Holiday cards...we all know how quickly these occasions just creep up on us and then! They are HERE!

Happy Stampin' !

~ Linda

Tranquil Tulips

Happy Spring! Time to plant flowers, clean the house, re-arrange some furniture, get the fur girls a little trim and spa time, and me too, of course!

Well...this pretty Hostess stamp set is retiring with the debut of the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog this June for customers. If you would like to receive this little lovely, you will need to purchase a minimum of $150.00 in Stampin' Up! product from me, before tax and shipping/handling and it could be yours! If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me, I am more than happy to help you with your creative pursuits.

I will be very sad to see some of my favorite stamps sets leaving, but, then again, there is all NEW, exciting, innovative product to make its' way into my little hands in the near future...tee tee!

Tonight I am attending a demonstrator meeting with a lovely group of ladies and we were asked to create a swap utilizing retiring stamps, so I thought I would take this and do something with it.

Stamp Set: Tranquil Tulips (Hostess)

Card Stock: sweet sugarplum, smokey slate, whisper white

Ink: pear pizazz, sweet sugarplum, basic black archival

Misc: smokey slate gingham ribbon, silver sequins, clear Wink of Stella, dimensionals

Well...there you have it for today! Hope you are enjoying Springtime wherever you are. Here in sunny Phoenix, AZ it is perfect weather currently, although we do know what is coming...then it will be time for me to be going...LOL!

Happy Stampin'!

~ Linda

Picnic with You

Hi Stampin' Friends!

Just had to get one post in before the end of the month. Wow! You think that Christmas was busy...well let me tell you...this gal has been stampin', creatin' and going here and there all the while since!

It is great to be in such good spirits actually and I must admit it is easy when the weather is just fabulous here in sunny Phoenix, Arizona during the winter months.

Well...please allow me to share how the above banner came into being. My upline, Lorri Heilling holds Stampin' Up! events throughout the year for her downline (me) and other demonstrators.

The theme was Picnic and I volunteered to make a banner for the occasion! I used our oh so cute stamp set entitled Picnic with You and coordinating designer paper which can be found in the All New Occasions Catalog currently. And, by the way, for each $50 you spend, you receive a FREE item from the fantastic Sale-A-Bration Catalog!!!

This coming Saturday, February 3rd, I will be holding a card making class in my home from 10 AM to 12 NOON. If you would like to attend, please email me and I will send you an invitation!

Well, it is time for me to get busy now and work out a few designs that I am sure will tickle the fancy of my class attendees in class!

Hope that you are all stamping happily today! Meanwhile here at Pretty Inky Studio we aim to be Inking Pretty things to share, inspire and send to others to bring Joy into their lives~

Happy Stampin'!

~ Linda