Poinker has his ears up so that only means one thing

                                                                    Poinker
He is in an expressive talking mode today.  He is asking if anyone wants to start a stamp club?  I told him I already have one, but he keeps insisting that I "OINK" out another invite to start a second one!  So, just a short note to any one of you out there in pigland who would like to join a fresh stamp club, let me know.  If you leave in and around the Phoenix area, this is the club for you! If you don't, the great news is you don't have to actually physically be here.  It would be like a "long-distance" stamp club.
6 members or less is $25.  8 members or more is only $20.00.  You would submit your order to me before club date and I will mail your (complete or non-complete) projects to you as soon as all club orders are received and placed. The best part is that each club member can be a hostess and that means receiving free stuff.  *note: amounts are prior to shipping/handling and taxes* Let me know at pinkpigy@aol.com

How cool is this?  I know you would just love to make the projects.  Usually two cards and a giftie type thing.  Thanks for stopping by and happy pigtrails to you, pinkpigy

The last day of July

Well, can you believe this is the last day of this month?  my oh my! where did time go? so quickly?
August brings a busy time for me.   Join me on Saturday, August 6th, 10 am - ?????  for a fun time of our first attempt at a Scrapbook Club (well, sort of).  I've decided to try a short time of making a layout (2pg) and then having everyone do their own croptime 'til the last one goes home.  If you want more information, contact me at pinkpigy@aol.com.  Time is flexible so you can just come in and go out as you please.  I will have retired items for sale and you can order current items here, too.  Just bring your own basic supplies (adhesive, glue, Sticky Strip, ruler, trimmer, scissors, hole puncher, glue dots, etc).  I will provide the other things to complete these pages. This is the layout we will be making. (note: I remember seeing something similar to this layout. I changed it a little and can't remember where I saw this. I was cruisin' through so many and I did this from memory of what I thought some of it looked like).

 This card organizer is a kit I purchased from Andrea Walford maybe a couple years ago.  What a fantastic gift idea.

 The insides are made from envelopes and decorated with each month so you can put your cards in each individual envelope and write names on the front corresponding to the dates.  Really, it is so cooool.

 See where the punched half circle is on the right side of the envelope? The white part exposed is the envelope where your cards will go.  Then, a little velcro to close the flap over the envelope. And there you go.  I can sell these - already completed for $37.00 each or ready for you to assemble for $30.00. Kit includes printed out instructions*, 6x6 ring album, cardstock cut to size for the pages, envelopes, velcro, printed monthly pages, designer series paper, and embellishments for the pages (embellishments might vary than what is shown in pigtures).  Believe me! this is well worth the money for a gift anyone would love getting.  Contact me at pinkpigy@aol.com for more information.

*digital instructions are not available per terms of purchase   

 

Make and Take from convention

This was one of the Make and Takes from convention. It is originally a fairly small card (longer and thinner) so I modified it to fit onto a regular 5.5" x 4.25" card.  I might be the only one to like it, but then, I like alot of things that others don't.  See the black and white banner?  Fabric. Believe it! I embossed the hearts so they have a shiny look to them.  The background on the More Mustard main card is using the Stampin' Around Snowburst wheel.  Give me an oink if you like it.
Here it is:

Thanks for stopping by.  pinkpigy@aol.com  or visit my Stampin' Up! website at http://www.janerappleyea.staminup.net/

Gearing Up for August 1st

Oh my, I just cannot believe we are halfway through this year.  Piglet #1 and I are starting to compile our holiday projects for our upcoming craft fairs.  I am so excited and want to show you all kinds of things out of the upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog. There are so many pages of wonderful products in this little book.  You are going to love them all.  I have just got to make a little more money so I can buy a lot of them to share with you.

I'm not sure I can show you a pigture yet.  So, you will just have to wait, but I need you to do me a really BIG! BIG! favor before July 30th.  That's 2 days away.

Put your serious face on and pay attention:  don't laugh! don't get mad! just work with me on this.
Oh, and sit down so you don't fall off your chair!

Go look in your Idea Book & Catalog and buy a few things through my online site.  See, you would be getting things you like and perhaps have wanted for some time (and there are probably a few things in the Summer Mini Catalog) and you would be helping me attain my goal. Don't make me go to the bank to get more money!!!!  oink, oink, oink.  That's Poinker saying "just do it".

Okay, okay, okay.  You are making fun of me, aren't you?!  Go ahead.  What are friends for anyway?

So, August 1st I will maybe post the pigture of the catalog. I have to check the rules first.

Well, til tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by.

LAST OF THE CONVENTION FUN

Here are the last few pigtures of convention and who I had to see.
                                                             Dina (eh! Canada)

                                                            Karen (eh, eh! Canada)

                                                                 Sara and Sidney

                                                                    Sherrie

                                                                    Rich

                                                                  Cindy - you goofball!

                                My corner of our room - I just wanted to add a little stamping to it.

That should do it.  I hope these wonderful friends don't mind having their pigture on my blog, It was fun!
Want to join in on the fun next convention?  Just sign up now ($99) and get a free gift in July. Become one of my piglets and also get a FREE pinkpigycrafts t-shirt.   Thanks for stopping by, pinkpigy@aol.com
http://www.janerappleyea.stampinup.net/

LOOK WHO WENT TO CONVENTION

I kind of got ahead of myself.  Yikes! I'm just so excited I thought I should just get something on my blog before the Sheriff comes to get me (I mean Piglet#1, of course).

So, here a few pigtures of pinkpigy and piglet#1 -  we do get along very well.  Only a couple snorts. We blend together -  we had a couple shirts made and this is what they looked like. Our convention pigtures don't really show them that well.  Of course, a little on the blurry side.  The pig is from the Button Buddies stamp set.

Now, on to some more great pigtures -  Pam got into the swing of swapping

                                           pinkpigy and piglet#1

                                  Pam walking the stage - strut it Suga! First time demonstrator

                                        Laura, Barbara, and me walking the stage for recruiting.

                       Pinkpigy and Piglet #1 all dressed up in our matching shirts. Bee-u-tee-ful!

                                                        Me, the fabulous Ms. Shelli, and Pam
                                                          (I do not like these shirts - too thin).                                                           

       Jen, me, and Chris in the Krewski Cafe. They own it and I have been there every year to see them.

More to see tomorrow.

So, just another pigture grouping and then back to cards.

thanks for stopping by. pinkpigy@aol.com      http://www.jane.rappleyea.stampinup.net/

Poinker the Oinker - he has some great things to say.

  hmmmm.  he is so wise.  I just love him so much.  Right now he wants you to make sure you submit your reactions to my blog talk.  Give it a "snort" or give it an "oink". These are located at the bottom of each blog entry.


His ears are down when he is in a thinking mode.

 

 

His ears are up when he is in a talking and expressive mode.

Revved up! Back from a long vacation

Hello everybody out there in piglet land!  I have been away so long I hope I can remember how to do this blog thing.  My Piglet#1 has been on my back to get back into the swing of things here and now, I will attempt to make things right.

I (with Piglet#1 in tow) attended the Convention  this year and it was a blast.  We first had to get acclimated to the muscles and bones that we didn't use in a long time but after that, it wasn't so bad; just a lot of walking and standing and sitting.

Saturday, August 6th, I am attempting to host a Scrapbook crop2gether and am not quite in 'the positive thinking it will work out' mode but I have to give it a try, right?  Wish me well.  If it doesn't work out, I still have my one and only pinkpigy piglets stamp club.  I love them all dearly.  In fact, we were together this past Saturday.  It seems forever to get together, but when we do..... yippeee yi o!  We went back to the basics of stamping - embossing.  It sure felt good to review this technique.  Next month's technique will be stamping101. 
Anyway, getting back to convention swaps -  look at these I made for swapping.  Who would believe me if I said I was in 19 swaps this year.  Yep!  I did a spreadsheet for us and it definitely kept us in tune with where we were suppose to be. Thank goodness for that! 
Here a few of my swaps I was in. I will try to post more as I go along.

this is my 3x3 love note swap with Virginia Killmorethis was my Early Bird swap with Jozette C.

this was my black and white swap that I hosted. I will post more of the black and white (Audrey would be so proud of me). Black and white is so stately and elegant. Love it.  I am honored to be asked to host it again next year.

this is the WOW! technique swap I did with Joan B. Cristo. The technique is reverse stamping. The little Scottie stamp only faced to the left and I stamped it on a piece of acetate and made the other Scottie so it faced the original. How cute is that?






So, I will close for now.  I am thinking I might go to the Henderson NV Regional in August.  I better register if I can.

I also managed to be invited to join in a HMC swap after convention, so maybe either we all got invited or my swap was just that good. 

Got to go eat on an ear of corn or just slop around in the mud.  thanks for stopping by, pinkpigy