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Spring Fest 2012

Posted on April 30, 2012 by diane (cookiestamper)| 6 Comments

I had an awesome time this weekend with 80+ stampin’ friends at the Spring Fest event in Buffalo, NY!  It is always so much fun to meet up with these ladies… some of them I only get to see this one time out of the year.  After months of planning, the weekend always flies by too quickly!  The only thing I’ve unpacked so far is my camera, so here’s a few photos of the day…

Lynn, Tracy (our leader), and Cheryl… ♥ these ladies!

Some attendees waiting to get started…this is about half of the tables.

Arlene and others hard at work…

Here’s just a few of the projects these talented ladies brought to share!

Fab table favors made by Beth (who seems to have escaped all my photos).  Perfect for our Wizard of Oz / Over the Rainbow theme!

A few of the wonderful doorprizes that were so generously donated!

A lucky recipient of some Crafters Companion goodies…

Tracy put together a candy bar with several of “Dorothy’s” baskets…

Time for a break!  Greg and the kitchen crew spoiled us with a great lunch!

Some ladies brought a dish to share and Laura Albertson made these CUTE-AS-CAN-BE olive penguins!  They were really yummy too!

Having fun, Lisa?

Our “LUCKY” winner, Pam, and Lou Ann…

MaryAnn looks like she’s having fun.  And could that be the elusive Beth in the kitchen?  I think so! 

Sherry Czarnecki was very “a·muse-ing”  ;0)

What a fun day!!!  After all of the clean-up, everyone shopped at the best stamp store ever…Buffalo Stamps & Stuff.  Then we went out for a yummy, relaxing dinner.  Here’s our annual shot before we say goodbye…a few left and missed the photo.  :(    Cheryl, Lisa, me, Michele, Tracy, Jeannette. 

I’ll be back with photos of my projects soon.  Have a great week!

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Promarker Ultra-fine Nibs

Posted on July 19, 2011 by diane (cookiestamper)| 1 Comment

I recently received a few Ultra-fine Nibs that attach to the Promarkers and was asked to try them out.  I thought the best way to share this with you was to take a few pics so you can get a visual of what they are like.

Promarkers are often compared to Copics so I thought I’d include those as well, showing the thickness of the lines in each.

The top 2 markers are Copic Ciao and Copic Sketch…they have a brush tip and a chisel tip.  The Promarker (bottom) has a bullet tip and a chisel tip.  The Promarker bullet tip gives a slightly thinner line than the Copic brush.  The chisel tips are very comparable as well, but the Promarker chisel tip is slightly wider.  I like both products and honestly, it took a bit of practice to get used to a different tip.  But after a few tries, I really started to feel comfortable with the bullet tip and I like the “feel” of how the ink flows in the Promarker. 

Now as far as the Ultra-fine Nib, here’s a close up…

The Ultra-fine Nib definitely gives a thinner line!  It is very easy to use…just snap it on over the bullet tip and within seconds the ink is flowing.  Very cool idea!  I took one more pic so you can see how easy it is to color tiny spaces with the Ultra-fine Nibs…

My opinion?  Letraset came out with a great product and I give it two thumbs up!  :0)

Have a great night!

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it’s even better!

Posted on December 7, 2010 by diane (cookiestamper)| 6 Comments

Do you love your Scor-Pal as much as I do?  I use mine on every card!  And now Diana Crick, the creator of the Scor-Pal made it even better!

This new, improved version has:

*the pretty new blue color!

* 1/4″ grooves across the board!  YAY!!!  I ♥ this!

*1/8″ grooves in the first and last inch!

*highlighted and easier to read numbers!

*a reference point at 6″ on the bottom! (Sorry you can’t see it in this pic…I wanted to get a close-up of the numbers across the top)

*a magnatized area under the logo to hold little brads, etc. while you are working!

*and an asterisk at the 4 1/4″ mark!  This will be so handy for finding the right groove at a glance!

I hope I didn’t miss anything.  I am gonna love those 1/4″ grooves!  Personally, I am glad that it doesn’t have grooves every 1/8″ across the board like the “other” scoring board.  I tried one a few weeks ago and I found it very confusing and hard on my eyes to find the groove that I needed.  The scoring tool also kept wanting to jump the track I was in, but that may have been user error.  ;)  

Keep your eyes peeled on the Scor-Pal website…they should have full inventory of these in a few weeks!  I received this one now because I am on the new Scor-Pal design team!  :)   I can’t wait to play with it!  ♥

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cards available for a donation

Posted on July 1, 2010 by diane (cookiestamper)| Leave a comment

Please check out my new “Sale” page by clicking here or on the tab at the top of this page.  I am going to try putting a few of my cards up to help aid my friend, Michelle Oatman.

Thanks!

Diane

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“Kickin’ It” For Michelle with a digi download!

Posted on June 30, 2010 by diane (cookiestamper)| 1 Comment

Hello friends,

In our efforts to support our dear friend, Michelle Oatman, Tina Wenke and Stampavie have worked together to provide the *cutest* little donkey image as a digital download. 

Please visit the Stampavie DT blog to find out how you can download this sweet image.  In return, Stampavie simply asks that you donate $3 or more to Michelle’s PayPal fund.  Thanks for your support!

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Hugs,

Diane

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“Kickin’ It” for Michelle

Posted on June 29, 2010 by diane (cookiestamper)| Leave a comment

smalldonkeys10.JPGDear friends,

We at Stampavie would very much appreciate if you would join us in supporting our US Representative, Design Team member and dear friend, Michelle Oatman.

On Wednesday evening, June 23, Michelle had an accident while tending her beloved donkeys which has left her blind in her right eye. She has shared the news of her accident in her blog post here (http://donkeysmiles.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-will-be-out-for-awhile-i-have-had.html) Michelle is an amazing stamper and is eager to be able to start crafting again. But she also has a lot of healing that needs to occur and she needs our support.

We at Stampavie want to help her on her road to recovery. While we all would like nothing more than to support her in person, some things are just not possible. So besides sending cyber-hugs, we are asking for PayPal donations which will be sent directly to Michelle to help “kick” the mounting medical costs associated with her surgeries and also to help her obtain an artificial eye.

To show your support for Michelle, please, please log into your PayPal account and make your donation payment, no matter how small, to the account info@stampavie.com.

Tina Wenke is also kindly working on a digital download (of a donkey, of course!) so please check back here or on the Stampavie DT blog for more details on that. You’ll be able to download it directly from our DT blog, all we ask in return is that you donate $3 to Michelle’s PayPal fund.

Michelle is a very loving and caring person and we are all lucky to call her “friend”! Michelle says that she is lucky to be married to her best friend. Together, they are parents to their 2 Toy Australian Shepherds, a cat, and their Miniature Donkeys that they raise. The love she gives her animals comes right back, as they keep her busy, entertained and happy. Now, we hope that the love she sends out to the stamping community and beyond will come back as well! Thanks for your help!

*PLEASE copy and paste this to your blogs and help spread the word!

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a special day…

Posted on May 4, 2010 by diane (cookiestamper)| 6 Comments

…in more ways than 1! 

Today is the sneak preview of my new set, Special Day, at All That Scraps!  And if you scroll past my sample, I have a pic from a very special day this past weekend!  It was sooo much fun! 

My sneak preview card here was actually sneaked on Saturday, a little early, at the 3rd Annual WNY Spring Fest in Buffalo, NY.  This was my shoebox project for the ladies at my tables to make.  Tracy had the best idea this year to not only hold a shoebox swap in the morning, but in the afternoon as well.  With some careful planning, she managed to seat everyone so they didn’t get the same projects twice and we came away with double the fun!

I used two of the images in the set here along with two sentiments (one was on the inside and I forgot to get a pic). 

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I love the ribbon woven through the punched border…that was a trick I saw on my friend Cheryl’s blog.  Thanks, Cheryl!

You can check out the other samples made with this set on the ATS blog.  And check back each day for new sneak peeks!

And here’s another pic from our special day on Saturday.  This was taken after the day’s big event was over and after clean-up, shopping at the fab Buffalo stamp store, and our dinner out at My Tomato Pie.  We were pretty tired but look how happy we are!  I actually lifted this pic from Tracy’s blog since my pics are still unpacked, but I figure since she copied it from my camera, it’s all good.  lol! 

This is only a few of the ladies who attended (there were almost 100 from NY, PA and Canada!) and I think each of us in this pic attended every year so far.

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This is Melissa (Tracy’s SIL), Tracy (our fab hostess), Lisa, Michele, Cheryl, me, and Karen.  What fun ladies to spend the weekend with!  More of our friends were still inside eating…I wish I had taken more pics at the event.  sigh.  Tracy and I are wearing the cutest shirts she made for the helpers so they could easily be spotted for anyone who needed help.  She thinks of everything! 

card deets:

stamps- Special Day by Cookie Crumbs; paper- Pink P., white; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Spellbinders Fancy Tags and Labels 4, Copics, ribbon, pearls, Cuttlebug Love Language, Martha Stewart garden trellis punch.

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yummy sneak peek

Posted on January 5, 2010 by diane (cookiestamper)| 4 Comments

hc-ll-strawberry-fair-sneak-diane-zechman.jpgCheck out the 2nd sneak peek on the Stampavie DT blog!  I LOVE this bunny!!! 

Today Stuart posted one of my projects…a 6×6 recipe page. 

shhh….don’t tell him but I haven’t actually tried this recipe yet.  It was the only one I found that included strawberry jam.  LOL!  But it does sound yummy, doesn’t it?  he he.  Let me know how it is if you try it out!  ;0)

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Valentine Critters

Posted on January 2, 2010 by diane (cookiestamper)| Leave a comment

Sorry I am so late getting this post up! SCS is having an issue with their blogs and I am unable to post any photos.  :0(    I’m sure they will get it fixed soon, but in the meantime you can check out the previews for my new set, Valentine Critters on the ATS blog.  And while you are there, post a comment to enter for a chance to win it!  All of the sets will be available on Monday at All That Scraps .  I’ll be back later with a pic here and more info.  Have a good night!     

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who’s that Santa?

Posted on December 7, 2009 by diane (cookiestamper)| 2 Comments

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Hi!  It looks like it has been a whole week since I posted.  Lots going on here…and Riley has been very sick the past 5 days.  :(   But she is finally starting to get better! 

I do have 1 or 2 projects to share so stop back tomorrow and I’ll get a pic up.  In the meantime, I thought I’d pop in and share some pics I took last week…before Riley got sick.   

Here’s the outfit she’ll wear on Christmas day…just trying it on to make sure it’ll fit!

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Riley says…”Ruff! (Take a break…relax…put on some Christmas music and enjoy this holy season.)”  Have a good night!

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