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| Oct 27 2007 |
YOU'RE
SO SPECIAL! I think so much of you that I'm offering a quick
special courtesy of Stampin' Up®. Just
contact Ann to order the
Wishing You Cheer set
(see better pic here) featured on page 33 of the Fall-Winter
Collection (catalog) for only $11.16! The offer's over on November
3rd, so give her a call today! Check out the list with links to pictures of the Holiday Glitz special. Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Oct 21 2007 |
Yesterday was my namesake's birthday. You didn't know I was named
after someone, did ya! Ann's dad used to say that if he had to
come back to Earth, that he'd want to come back as Ann's dog. He
figured that my predecessor had a pretty good life. So now, Ann's
dad is gone & I have his same adorable personality. Hence, my full
name is Stamper Howard. And I'm a lucky dog for that! I've been chatting to Ann how she's got to get those Founder's Circle pictures up. (Contrary to popular belief, I don't do ALL the work around here - but I do bark the verbiage). She's finally done it! Still pictures, slides, videos! You name it! You won't want to miss a thing! You can go directly to it HERE or through a link in the Art Gallery. Make sure you see that Colorado River Raft trip. Oh, and the rubber stamp manufacturing plant they have at Kanab with the deluxe accommodations they've prepared for my next visit. And be sure to check out all the stampers I can't wait to meet - just like YOU! P.S. Be sure to vote for me in the World's Naughtiest Dog contest. I apologize that you have to log in, but if you appreciate dogs, you'll really love Dogster.com. Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Oct 18 2007 |
Just
when I thought I'd done it all, I've been entered in the Naughtiest Dog
Contest. Click on the cartoon link at the right to give me a
5 paw vote! This isn't the picture, but there is a real cute one that you can
vote on.
Ann took this picture after I greeted her when she returned from Portland. She puts me in Doggy Daycare where I'm normally very, very good. This time, I reopened a little scratch in my ear that I'd received 5 days earlier when zooming up & down the fence with the Big Jack next door named Snoopy. (I may be a Little Jack but I'm so fast, it's hard to catch me.) Don't I look a sight? I was walking around like a broken dog with this "hat" on. Ann released me from my bandage before everyone came over for Stampin' Bunko so I didn't scare anyone. Actually, my regular perky personality came back to life as soon as the bandages were removed. Ann tried to get it back on, but it was too late. Honestly! It's only an 1/8" slice on the tip! Come stamp with me soon. I promise I'll be good. Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Oct 10 2007 |
Hurry, hurry, hurry. What's a Jack Russell to do? Ann's
zipping around here getting things ready for the girls to come over &
stamp.
And then there's Stampin' Bunko this weekend. Even if you've never played that before, you've got to get in now while there's still room! Free stamps all around! Woo hoo! And remember to bring me a treat! Be sure to join my....er Ann's.....newsletter list & get ideas every week until Christmas. Just roll up to the top left of this page & jump on it! Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Oct 7 2007 |
 Oh
what a fun time we had at World Card Making Day! Thank you to Deni
for helping us out. I like her a lot cuz she always talks to me &
makes me feel important.
Ann greeted stampers at the door with no eye make up and no lipstick and told them she forgot. Many humans joke about it, but the facts aren't fun as Ann explained later. I was so glad that everyone came & helped raise $100 for Alzheimer's Research. You can find out a LOT about how it affects so many at www.alz.org As you can see, I'm guarding the Fall Into Fun board in the picture and making sure that everything is just right so that one of you can win a $100 gift certificate!. So now....let's go stamp some fun! (There's still ONE MORE DAY to get 20% off the Simply Sent Kits shown on pgs 12-14) Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Oct 4 2007 |
Today is when we start gearing up for World Card Making Day! WOO
HOO! Stampin' Up!® has put all of their Simply Sent kits on
special for 20% off! These kits are great for the beginner to the
experienced stamper. They come with die cut stamps, instructions,
Stamper Dog sized stampin' spots, CUT cardstock & everything you need to
make 10 cards! All you MIGHT need is some scissors if there is
ribbon in your projects. You can see them here:
Are you on our mailing list? You should be! There are instructional videos & slide tutorials available to my elite friends to make your stampin' life easier - like how to mount the Holy Triptych set from the Holiday Mini. Wish I could, but the list is not open to demonstrators at this time. Just go up to the top left of this page & sign up so you can get the stampin' scoop! Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Oct 1 2007 |
It's time to gear up for the holidays!
We're not playing any Christmas music yet, but that doesn't mean that
you can't get a jump start on your jingle! link. Get
$4 off the
Holiday Glitz pack to
make 15 cool cards when you buy at least one of these featured sets.
You can buy as many packs as you want with or without the discount.
Check out the Art Gallery for samples.
Congratulations to Amber Hammond of Elk Grove, CA who won a $100 gift certificate from Ann and parlayed it into almost $140 in free stamps! Gotta love it! In just two days, those of you on Ann's newsletter list will start receiving your 12 Weeks of Christmas Ideas. You're going to love it Be sure you sign up for World Cardmaking Day this weekend! Ann's got lots of prizes and surprises for those that attend to help her support the Alzheimer's Association. Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Sept 28 2007 |
 I've
got a new friend who realizes just how wonderful I am!
Patsy
Waggoner came to Yuba City, CA from Minnesota just to see me!
She's so cute I let her take a picture with Ann in my back yard. I
was too busy running up & down the fence behind them to get in the
picture. And besides...there were no stamps involved!She even brought me some cool Christmas cards. They had their heads together so much that I think they were planning on how they were going to get together in the Bahamas next Spring without me! They had more than a whirlwind visit. They had a HURRICANE visit! Ann was so excited that she was running around like a Jack Russell! (wonder where she got that from!) After their 40 minute visit, Ann went on her way to stamp with her Sacramento stamp club friends and give away a $100 gift certificate to some lucky stamper from Elk Grove, CA. Here's a quick video you can see. I can see why Ann loves this Stampin' Up! job so much. She's got stampin' friends EVERYWHERE....and me! Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Sept 26 2007 |
I am just so excited! I so wish I was there last night! Ann came home with this cool video to show
me how they drew the winner of the 2nd Stampin' Summer Splendor $100
Gift Certificate!
It happened just last night and it's already here! CHECK THIS OUT! It's just like you're there! Now remember...this is my first chance to edit video & so please let me know how I did. My little paws can only do so much. It's just a little 40 second video. I'm off to clean for tonight's Giftables class. Don't think it'll pass the white glove inspection, but luckily you stampers don't seem to mind. :-) Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Sept 24 2007 |
YOU'LL WANT TO READ THIS! It's been quiet around here! Ann was gone with the
top Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from Canada & the U.S. on a retreat to
Lake Powell, Arizona. Cecil & I finally had some quiet time.
She's back now & asking me to share lots of samples and photos from her
trip... especially when she went down the Colorado River on a float
boat. She said I couldn't go because the water never gets above 48
degrees. She's got that right! No swimming for me! I
don't even swim in our pool! But I sure would've liked to go see
where those cool stamps are made in Kanab, Utah. She said it was
really cool, but she didn't bring me home any rubber to chew on! I could
apply for the janitor's job there and REALLY be helpful! They gave her lots of gifts. They played Bingo & lots of games on the bus between Phoenix and Lake Powell. She had fun getting that chair on the plane, but it made it here in one piece. They sold the sofa to get room for it (or was there another piece of furniture in the plans? Don't remember.) I'll be posting a bunch more pictures over the next 7-10 days in between helping her decide on cool projects for her workshops, clubs & classes.
I promise I didn't chew up this cool tag! Shelli Gardner made one of these for everyone on the trip. Ann's going to buy some Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon to finish it off per Shelli's instructions. Personally, I like it just as it is! It's Ann's most prized gift. Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Sept 17 2007 |
Come play with me & help those whose rememberer is broken. Ann & I
are celebrating World Cardmaking Day on October 6th and donating a
portion of the proceeds to The Alzheimer's
Association. We'll be doing Fast & Fabulous Holiday cards.
Our goal is to get you out in two hours, but if you're having too much
fun, we won't kick you out until I go to bed. Alzheimer's has affected many families, including ours. Please come and stamp some fun! The festivities begin at 1pm on Saturday, October 6th. Bring a friend for more fun. You can register here. You can see a list of all the times you can stamp with Ann by clicking on her calendar above. Be sure you get your name on the list! Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Sept 13 2007 |
 What
a great time we had last night. All those ladies coming over &
stamping with me! I multitasked under the table & made sure they kept their hands stampin'
while I chewed my "N-Bone". They made 25 cards for Ann & Cecil's church.
You can see close-ups of two
cards that in the gallery.Today, however, was a different story. Work up this morning with a "N-Bone" fragment in my teeth and a bit too much plastic in my tummy. Believe me. Ann buys me nothing but the best, but the vet says no more "N-Bone" for me. After this is over, I'll be lucky to sit down for a week! Be sure to register now for World Cardmaking Day at our house on October 6th! You'll be making Fast & Fabulous Holiday cards and some of the proceeds will benefit The Alzheimer's Association. Chow Baby! Stamper P.S. Thank you to those of you who inquired about my health today. Ann's got a close eye over me as I convalesce. I really had her worried! Of course, she took advantage of my passion for modeling & took this shot of me with last night's cards using her new camera. Normally, they never would've made it to the second camera click before I personalized them! I'm so glad that I have Ann to watch out for me. I don't think I would've made it through these first two years without her. Come stamp with me soon before I get into any more trouble! |
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| Sept 9 2007 |
What a fun day we had yesterday. I missed my favorite kisser,
Stephanie, but I got a cool card from my new stampin' puppy friends,
Maizie & Rascal in Texas. They even sent me their pictures that
I'll share with you soon. The winner of my Birthday Blog Candy was someone who was right here making Christmas Cards at the class yesterday! Mary Hansen of Live Oak was the lucky winner of a set of Ice Circle Rhinestone Brads! Mary's a real jewel too and seems to have a calming influence on me. Don't miss out on the next Christmas Card class coming when we celebrate World Card Making Day on October 6th! Congratulations, Mary and thank you to ALL of you who sent me cards and email greetings for my 2nd birthday. I know I am all very special to you just like you are to me. I'm off to learn more tricks! Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Sept 6 2007 |
 The party's over,
but the fun's not done. September 2nd was a real celebration & I'm
resting up for the cool class seeing my best stampin' friends on
Saturday.
There's still time to get a chance on that blog candy that Ann has for you. Just email me a birthday greeting for one chance. Send me a handmade card with Stampin' Up! products & you'll get FIVE chances! What's the blog bones....er blog candy? FREE RHINESTONE BRADS of your choice! Deadline is tomorrow night at 8pm because she's drawing the winner at Saturday's Get a Jump on Your Jingle class. Remember that the Stampin' Up! Fall Frenzy Special that they dedicated to me for my birthday goes on ALL of my birthday month! I'm overseeing some cool things Ann's hiding in the treat jar just for you. In the meantime, check out some of the new training videos & tip sheets in the Stamper's Friends area. The password is in the last newsletter. You can get the next one by checking out the top left of this page. Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Sept 1 2007 |
Bow WowWowWow Yippee Yo Yippee YAY!  Tomorrow's my 2nd birthday! I'm sure that I'm going to get a stamp set of my own and a lamb or beef liver pate' cake! Yum! Yum! One can only hope! In honor of my birthday, Stampin' Up!® is offering SIX stamp sets for 30% off when you spend $30! They even named the special after me! FALL FRENZY! They're offering it for whole month of September, but I think that the early puppy gets the bone so don't delay. THEN.....Ann is pulling out ALL the stops and offering some blog candy for my special day! Email me a birthday greeting & you'll get a chance to win some Rhinestone Brads of your choice! We're even starting Puppy Training on the Stamper's Friends part of the site which is reserved for Ann's VIP customers. If you're on her newsletter list & you decide to mail me a birthday card at the address shown at the bottom of the newsletter, then you can get FIVE chances for those Rhinestone Brads! She's ALSO offering 20% off any stamps that have animals in them when you submit your order by 8pm Pacific time. First one on my list is Yappy Day! I think that one cute dog stamp looks like me! Chow Baby! Stamper, your favorite rubber stamping dog in Yuba City - most likely Sutter County - probably Northern California - and possibly the world! |
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Aug 23 2007 |
Ann has been stampin' her arm off since she came back from convention! Hope you like the new art posted in the Art Gallery last night. There's more where that came from! That nice Martha Armstrong sent me this cool neckerchief. She must've known how dapper I would look in it! Ann told me about meeting Martha before. She's from North Carolina where Cecil's from. Guess they must grow some pretty nice people there who know how to coordinate! Thanks again, Martha! I think I'll wear it the next time I hit Starbucks! Chow Baby! Stamper P.S. Some of you people have been saying some pretty nice stuff about Ann lately. I'm starting a book called Testimonials. It's a quick read done in PowerPoint. If you don't know her already, you'll know her better after the 30 seconds it takes you to read it. She may be #68 out of 50,000 U.S. Demonstrators with Stampin' Up!, but she's #1 with me.....and should be with you too! |
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| Aug 10 2007 |
Some of you have been wondering how I'm doing. I am more than fine! My foot is all healed from that heavy unescorted shopping spree in the new catalog last month. Paper cuts! OUCH! Have you ever thought about joining my family of 24/7 Stampers? Ann THINKS they're HER team, but she's mistaken. MY team is da bomb! They love to stamp & most of them love me like a brother.....or at least as well as they love their favorite stamp. I'm a bit high energy for Jessica though. If you've thought about it before, now's the time when you can PICK YOUR FAMILY! Your color family AND your stampin' family! Ann & Stampin' Up! are going to give you a $57.95 set of 12 ink pads in the color family of your choice when you decide to join the 24/7 Stampers' team. Even though I can't count that high on my front paws, believe me when I say that your life will be more joyful with me in it! (and Stampin' Up! too, of course!) Contact Ann today. You can bring your questions to play "Stump the Demonstrator" and see if a stamp in your hand could be in your future. I think you'd look good on my team! And if you'd like to see my life in a few pics, I have a quick version of my life in picture in my blog archive. Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| Aug 6, 2006 |
As soon as she gets all her ducks in a row, she'll be posting some pictures. All she talks about is Cheesecake Factory, Ryan Shupe & the Rubber Band, thunder, lightning & rain....and lotsa fun swappin' & stampin'! Just wait until you see the new neckerchief that Martha Armstrong made me! I look just like an official Stampin' Up! Demonstrator! Sure is good to have her home. Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| July 26, 2007 |
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| July 13, 2007 |
So here I am resting up in my carrier with my new Blue Tooth/Satellite dish combo. I'll be tuning in to all of the best craft shows for the next two weeks with this get up. The vet tech suggested that Ann stamp it for me. I think that's a pretty good idea! At least it gave me a chance to meet the latest vet at the office. I can tell Dr. Troxel thinks I'm the cat's - okay - the Big Dog's pajamas. I selected a cool card off the Stampin' UP!® Demonstrator Website to inspire Ann. Here's the card I'll give Dr. T at our next visit on Monday. Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| June 30, 2007 |
How Stampin' Mist© Saved My Life It was quite a day yesterday. Full moon out, you know. I think that makes me kind of edgy. Ann was in her office working. I thought I'd help and got out a black roller ball pen. It wasn't one of those nice Stampin' UP® markers. Just a roller ball pen. I swear that I took the cap off carefully. I don't know why she was so upset. I was trying to write some personal thoughts for my blog, but it just didn't work really well on the new beige carpet. I could get an 8" x 1/2" strip down, but I don't think that anyone could read my notes! THEN I tried to bend that pen to my will. Just about 10 minutes of good chewing time should've done it. I don't know how that other quarter sized spot got on the carpet. I was adjusting the pen to write better when Ann came out of nowhere & swooped me away from my mission! I was able to get a silver dollar sized spot of black ink down where I was last adjusting the pen. That pool of ink got into the carpet pretty deep. It happened so quick I almost saw my life flash before me. Out the door I went and then stood on the patio step peering through the screen door. Good thing she's against animal cruelty. Ann was even talking to herself when she grabbed the Stampin' Mist© and started working with it, a damp rag & paper towels. By the time Cecil came home in the afternoon, he couldn't even tell that I had been working! She wants to take ALL the credit for the work when I was just trying to help! I spent the rest of the day in bed saving my energy for July 1st. Ann told me I was lucky that Stampin' Mist© worked so well. It even took the ink off the sliding door jam. I just hope it never comes back or I could be guarding her stamp collection from outside! Until then, I'm reading the new Fall/Winter Collection. Got yours yet? Chow Baby! Stamper |
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| June 26, 2007 |
The man in brown came today. The boxes were heavy. Ann screeched as she pulled out a big book from one of the boxes. She was jumping up & down & disturbing my sleep. Now she has her nose so covered up by that thing that a dog can't get a decent meal around here! Next time I see that man in brown, I just may have to have a little dog to man chat with him. I mean a BIG dog to man chat. Chow Baby! Stamper |
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How
could they!?! Ann & the girls were having a good time without me!
They were making Fast & Fabulous Christmas Cards in Sacramento! If
you missed it, Ann will let you have a make-up session in the comfort of
your own home. You'll get everything you need to make the 12 cards
they did. You can get details
I started celebrating
Friday the 13th a little too early and ended up with a pretty deep
paper cut in between my first & second toe on my right front paw.
You know.....my page turning paw. OUCH! I was just trying to
get a peek at all the cool stuff in the
