New Special for the month and Blog candy Winner!!!

Hello everyone, The blog candy has ended and the winners are #5 and #3.
Those are Nicki and Anonymous(which was Marcie as you can see in post #7)
5 was drawn first so Nicki you get first pick then Marcie you'll get the other one. Ladies, Please send me an email so that I know that you know. Thanks to everyone for playing.

NOW, here is my newest offer for a challenge.....
For November I am going to offer MY DIGITAL STUDIO for free to one lucky person.
I am offering this as a drawing for anyone placing a $50 order. For each $50 your name will go in once. Email me your order and order as often as you wish. Good luck to everyone. Remember I said I was going to try something new. This is it. Every month I am going to offer something new. I love my digital studio so this is my offer for November, so that you will love it too.
Online orders are accepted as well so feel free to go to my website http://www.bettybutton.stampinup.net/ . SU sends me an email when you order.
Thanks for playing.
Blog candy again coming soon. Maybe somewhere around Christmas or before. Who knows. Keep coming back to see.
Good night all.

Blog Candy

Hello again, I know its been awhile but it is worth the wait. Because I made you wait so long, I am giving away 2 prizes. Plus I am going to start something new that I have seen on other blogs for purchases and this week I will post that as well. So, here is the blog candy for now......

Snow Buddies Stamp set and The More the Merrier. I am giving 2 separate prizes so there will be 2 winners. The first one drawn will choose which set they want and the second one drawn will get the other set. SO, here's what you have to do....post a comment on this post and you will be entered. If you have trouble posting let me know and I'll help. You have to post to be eligible. I will do the random draw on October 31st at 8 pm. All posts up until that point will be accepted.
Thanks for your patience and your time. Come back again, I'm going to start posting cards and projects and maybe even projects for sale very soon. Have fun. Both images can be enlarged by clicking on them......

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The reason for my absence is justifiable......

Hello everyone, I know I was going to post a blog candy but so much has happened. I apologize for not doing that sooner. I am hoping to get things back to normal this week and post that as promised. I am very sad to say that I have been very busy with the loss of my Dear Mother. Mom and I were very close as she was with our whole family. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to deal with.
MOM had a major stroke on Friday October 9th. I was on my way to a party when I got the call. I turned around and went back to get Slim and he drove me to the St Albans Hospital where she was in serious condition. The stroke took out her left side this time, This was her second stroke (The first one was her right side 3 years ago). She was not able to speak this time and I was extremely scared, I started to run away from her bed, crying when the nurse stopped me, Mom wanted me, I went back to her side, I said, I love you my mommy(this was something I always said to her and she returned with I love you my baby and my daughter and I do the same thing), after I said that, she couldnt say it all but she did get the words I love you out. Then my sister and her exchanged I love you's too. Those were pretty much the last words she said. My sister and I are the only 2 girls out of 9 kids. For us these I LOVE YOU'S were special.

Because she lost her speech and swallowing abilities she did not want to be intubated and had an advanced directive saying so, therefore there was nothing more for anyone to do. Her heart was racing and her breathing was uncontrolled.

She passed away on October 14th...

Anyway, I felt I should come on finally and explain just in case some of you readers didnt hear through the grapevine or by my emails. Mom is Resting In Peace now and is fulfilling her final dream now of doing her final destiny of being one of Gods Angels. Mom loved angels and I'm absolutely sure that she is up there amongst all the other angels and will be accepted with open arms. Mom was loved by all that knew her. She had a filled room for her last week in the hospital and at the wake and funeral. Not too many dry eyes in the house. Below I am attaching a photo of me, my Son Scott, daughter Kayla and my mom, Also One of my mom and dad together. Mom still had her natural color hair at age 78, she had bits of gray but not much. Thanks for all your patience and God be with all of you and your families. I LOVE MY MOMMY.........

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Blog Anniversary

WOW, Time has flown by, I can't believe its been a whole year since I started this blog. I will post a blog candy giveaway and maybe just 2 of them, DID you see how many hits I have....12,000. I'm impressed. I'll have to keep better watch because it jumped so quickly. I will be posting more often soon so keep coming back. Its been crazy for me trying to keep up with all this workshop, club, event and class stuff on top of my full time job. I'm getting some help now and then so it should be easier to post. I started this blog last September with the intentions of trying it to see how well I could keep up with it and it wasn't too bad for my first year. Though I didnt get to post as much or as often as I'd like, I'm learning. Things are getting busier with my business so I will be posting more events and projects from now on.
Thanks for all your support.
Blog Candy soon......

Upcoming event

Hello everyone, Coming up is a card class that you wont want to miss out on. I will be doing a Card Buffet with my Friend Gwen, She and I will be meeting soon to decide on the logistics and more will be posted then, Please save the date for this event. Its November 7th. This event will be exactly what it says, a card buffet. You will pay a Small fee of $5.00 admission (this price will include food of some sort), then for your first 3 cards you will pay $5.00 and then every card you make or buy the supplies for after that will be only $2.00 each. We are hoping to have this work as a stop and shop kind of event so it will run anywhere from 11-3. You will have 20 wonderful cards to choose from and you pick and choose. If you decide to buy them all, you can certainly choose them all. You could do the stamping and take it with you to put together. As we run out of one card, we will not be making more so be sure to make the ones you love most first. More to come later.
Thanks for stopping by.....

Its a My Birthday Sale Special

Its My Birthday on September 9th so I'm going to offer a My Birthday Sale Special.
The deal is.....Buy 3 items get 1 item half price, Thats right, Buy any 3 items and get a 4th(equal or lessor Value) at half off.
Plus when the orders coming in reach over $500 I am going to give away a big shot to 1 lucky person. Or if you already have a big shot, You get a Shopping spree for dies of your choice to use with your big shot. So, come on, join me in my birthday celebration and shop now......
Email me with your orders as the sale will only be through me, not on my website.
I'll keep you posted on if we get close to the $500
The dates of this sale special are Sept. 6-12, thats 3 days before and 3 days after my birthday.
Thanks In advance....

RANDOM.ORG Integer Widget

Ok so here is the winner....
RANDOM.ORG Integer Widget: "4"

I will have to go check to see who number 4 was and I'll be right back......

I blogged the random generator number directly and couldnt get to the results so I had to come back.....The winner is........MARCIE. Thanks Marcie and thanks to everyone who played along. Come back again soon. My Birthday is Coming up and I'm going to do a My Birthday Special for that week only.
My birthday is the 9th so be sure you check before then. Thanks

Blog Candy

Ok here you go, blog candy. I am giving away 1 free package of bermuda bay 8 1/2 x 11 card stock and a free roll of bermuda bay ribbon as well. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and I will do a random draw on August 29th. Good luck all. Come back again

Sorry its such a bad photo. I'm tired. Have a great rest of the week. I'm off to Hampton Beach for some alone time with Slim. ;-)

Blog Candy coming soon

Hello everyone, Just a heads up that you want to keep coming back. Blog candy coming soon. I just have to recouperate from convention. Thanks for all your help and support.
HUGS ;-)

Home from convention

Hello everyone, I am home and had a great time. The long overnight flight home was dreadful. We had a screaming 14 month old boy in the row in front of us so we got very little sleep but it was all worth it. I LOVE convention. It perks me up year after year and gets me going. I want to take this time to thank you all for your support in my business. Without all of you, I could not do this. I love what I do though and you can too. We have been challenged as a convention team to recruit 3000 and when we do that by August 31st we (convention goers) get the My Digital Studio for FREE. I'm sure we wont have a problem with that. All we have to do is recruit 1 person each. Of course some won't recruit any so some of us that do want to recruit will have to recruit more. SO, Stampin Up has their kit special running right now and I'd like to add to that special for anyone that joins my team. Join Stampin Up before August 31st and I'll throw in 1 package each of in color card stock assorted 8 1/2 x 11 and 12x12(non textured). Plus when you sell your first 1,000 which will then promote you to senior associate I will give you $30.00 pick your own Stampin Up product, through me. Email me if you are interested and I'll give you all the information on what you need to do. You could choose to be a hobby demonstrator, or you could choose to be a part time demonstrator or a full time demonstrator. Its your choice.
I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks again for all your support.
I have to charge my battery for my laptop to post the photos that I have because they are all downloaded on there so as soon as I do, I'll post more.
Thanks again.
Betty

more convention photos

Here are some photos of Me crossing stage for recognition of 100,000 career to date sales. Also of Sue and I at breakfast and of Shelli Gardner, CEO and Co Founder of Stampin Up

Convention photos

Hello everyone, here are some of the goodies we got to buy at memento mall. I love the stampin up build a bear. Cant wait to share the ideas of that with you. Oh and the my digital studio is awesome.We saw some of the things that it will do and you are going to love it. More tomorrow.
Have a great day.

My Swaps for convention

First I have to say that I'm having fun and I arrived safely, thanks for all the safe wishes from everyone. I think convention will be all that I want and more. Very excited to hear more about Digital Scrapbooking so Ill post more about all the happenings later. For now I have my swaps

and tomorrow I'll try to post some other photos. thanks for checking in. Kealey, the one with the bees used one of your designs. Until next time

Loving life

Betty

Betty Button Stampin' Up! Promotions

Betty Button Stampin' Up! Promotions: "Have Fun Doing What You Love
From July 15 — August 31, you can join the Stampin' Up! family for as little as $85 US / $105 CA with the Mini Starter Kit. Have fun helping friends and family create exciting projects, while earning free products and even a little extra cash!"

Betty Button Stampin' Up! Promotions

Betty Button Stampin' Up! Promotions: "Deal of the Week: Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware
Our Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware adds class to any project. Get them for over 30% off the regular price—only July 20-26!

Throughout July, be sure to check my web site every Monday at 10 AM (MT) for the week's new deal."

New Catalog has arrived

Hello again, The new catalog has arrived. I have some open dates for July and would also like to start filling August. For July I have the 18th and 25th. I am planning the mommy and me class for July 19th at 1:00. An email will go out with details later. Keep looking for more I am working on some ideas for posting. thanks again for a great year.

winner of Circle Cutter

Hello everyone, Just wanted to announce the winner of the circle cutter and glass mat.......
Kealey, you win. Congratulations and thank you all for playing along.
Have a great day.

Long Day

Hello everyone, Just wanted to stop in to tell you all that it is official, I have officially earned the cruise. All the orders are in and I'm on the ship. Phew. Well, not till April but at least I'm in. I'm very excited. I owe it all to all of you, My customers. Thank you so much for your help in earning this cruise. I'll tell you, It isn't easy. Its very hard to keep up and succeed at this. Working a full time job and selling Stampin Up and preparing for all those workshops and forgetting things now and then, Its hard to keep it going. Life is crazy when you are a business person. I dont know how Shelli Gardner does it. Anyway, Today was the day that I got the status page on the final earning of the cruise. Then my SAM (Service Account Manager) at Stampin Up, created this cute little video with all of the other SAM's there. It was so cute, I'll see if I can share it with you. Not sure if thats ok or not.
I had a long day today and a long week. Wednesday I took Scotty over night, we went to the movies and then strawberry picking on Thursday, and then last night I stayed up late keying my orders and then today I had to take my Baby Girl(19 years old), Kayla in for Surgery. She had to have all four wisdom teeth out and it was a long day and a rough day for both of us. We laughed and cried together. It was tiring. Then I had a scrapbooking party afterwards and I of course thought about her all the time. Anyway, its over and her teeth are gone and now she should be ok in a few days. They said about 4 days before things are normal for her again.
Thanks again for all your help in earning the cruise. I truly appreciate it.
Have a good weekend everyone. I'm taking Saturday off and we are going strawberry picking and make Strawberry Jam. HMM, Maybe I'll make a gift holder for the jam. HMM Good idea.....

Just look at these adorable babies

Here is the latest photos taken today of my grandkids. Scotty is 4 and Kylie is 1. Grampy Slim and I bought them the matching purple outfits when we were in Hawaii. I told them that I wanted them to have their next pictures done in them. Scotty said All Right Grammy.

While we were looking at the photos he says, Grammy can I come home with you tonight. It broke my heart to say no, not today. Wednesday though, I'm coming to get you and we are going to see the movie UP and then on Thursday we are going strawberry picking. He said. All Right Grammy. I LOVE THAT BOY. I love them both, dont get me wrong but he is MY BOY.