Gone Stampin'!

12 Weeks of Christmas!

I was kind of in shock this last weekend when I realized that my 12 Weeks of Christmas e-mails needed to start going out THIS WEEK already! But-that's really a good reminder since my aim this year is for many handmade gifts. I need to get stamping, digital scrapbooking (what a great idea those calendars are...), knitting, and quilting! (one can never have too many hobbies, right?) Plus I need to get going on Christmas cards since I make over 100 of them each year. I should probably come up with some ideas for that design pretty soon.

Back to my main topic, the 12 Weeks of Christmas e-mails started going out today. Each week for 12 weeks you'll receive an e-mail from me with great holiday ideas that will include cards, packaging, tags & decorations. But-you'll only receive these e-mails if you're on my mailing list so sign up now on the left side of your screen (in the 'sign up for my newsletter' box near the top of the page)! I finished up an awesome packaging idea the other night that you'll see in a later week. As cool as they are, these projects won't be featured on my blog so make sure you're on my mailing list to receive all of the details each week.

E-mail me if you have any questions!

Reminder: For a limited time when you place a $50 minimum order on my Stampin' Up! website you'll receive my Night & Day Specialty Paper sampler. Click here for more details on that special offer.

Announcing Stampin' Up!'s New Clearance Rack!

Stampin' Up! is launching a new section of the online store called the 'Clearance Rack'. The purpose of the Clearance Rack is to clear out the inventory of surplus items that have been retired. Many of these retired items will be offered at substantially reduced prices!

Here are more of the details for you:

• All products in the Clearance Rack section are retired, discontinued items. No current products will be sold in the Clearance Rack.
• Clearance Rack items are only available while supplies last. Items will be removed and new items will be posted depending on inventory levels.
• Clearance Rack items will be listed and pictured only in the online store.
• All sales of Clearance Rack items are final. No returns or exchanges will be accepted, except in the case of defective product.

Here are just a few examples of items available in the Clearance Rack right now at awesome low prices-

    

  

Check it out & remember that for a limited time when you place a $50 minimum order you'll also receive my Night & Day Specialty Paper sampler. Click here for more details on that special offer.

To find the new Clearance Rack, click here then click 'shop now' in the upper right corner of my website. You'll see the Clearance Rack on the left side of your screen. When you click on that you'll be viewing what is currently 3 pages of clearance items. The only place to order the clearance items is on-line so place your order today!

E-mail me if you have any questions!

Night & Day...In Color! (& a special offer)

As promised yesterday, here are a couple more samples using the same technique of adding ink with the sponge daubers to the Night & Day Specialty Paper.

This first card is beautiful in person. You don't really get the full effect of the 'bling' from the rhinestones in a picture! (hint: If you don't want to use the rhinestone brads as brads, they easily pull apart & release the rhinestone. Then you can just adhere them to your project with mini glue dots).

 

This second project is a little more laid back with a differently designed ribbon bow than you usually see; with one of our cool buttons in the center. To see the punched scallop oval better I sponged color on the edges of it. This really made the greeting part of the card stand out against the same color backdrop.

Now for my special offer! Place a $50 minimum order on my Stampin' Up! website before midnight October 4th & receive a nine sheet Specialty Paper Sampler which will include a 6" x 6" sheet of each of the Night & Day Specialty Papers PLUS one each of the Bride, Groom & Bridesmaid Specialty Papers! But it doesn't stop there! (now I sound like an infomercial!!!) You'll also receive a sponge dauber so that you can get started with your own altered paper creations right away!

Remember-to take advantage of this offer orders must be placed by midnight on Sunday, October 4th and must be placed through my Stampin' Up! website. If you have any questions please e-mail me. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

 

Products used in these projects: Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set (#115370); Oval All stamp set (#113790); Night & Day Specialty Designer Series Paper (#116768); Melon Mambo Textured card stock (#115315); Bermuda Bay Textured card stock (#115315); Whisper White card stock (#100730); Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad (#115656); Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad (#115655); Sponge Daubers (#102892); Modern Label Punch (#116630); Small Oval Punch (#107304); Large Oval Punch (#107305); Scallop Oval Punch (#114889); Melon Mambo 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (#115611); Bermuda Bay 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (#115610); Rhinestone Brads-Circle Fire (#109110); Designer Buttons-Button Latte (#114333); Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430).

Thanksgiving Beauty

I LOVE this card! I don't come right out & say that about my own creations very often, but I do absolutely love it. Here is a prime example of what just a little bit of altering can do to your Designer Series Papers.

This is the black and white 'Night & Day' Specialty Designer Series Paper found in your Holiday Mini Catalog. It is featured in the Halloween section (on page 11) and looks really cool on the projects Stampin' Up! shows you. However - just take your sponge daubers & a couple different colors of ink and look at the difference you can make in the paper!

Come back tomorrow for a few additional samples using this technique and a special offer that will only be available this week!

If you have any questions just e-mail me. As always, you can place your order for these and any other Stampin' Up! products at my Stampin' Up! website 24 hours a day!

Products used in this project: Grateful Greetings stamp set (#116511), Night & Day Specialty Designer Series Paper (#116768), Basic Black card stock (#102851); Old Olive card stock (#100702); Pumpkin Pie card stock (#105117); Whisper White card stock (#100730); Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad (#101179); Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad (#102277); Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad (#105216); Sponge Daubers (#102892); Mistletoe Ribbon Originals (#116792); Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Buttons (#114342); Basic Jumbo Grommets (#114348); Bone Folder (#102300); Mat Pack (#105826); Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430).

Full of Life

Wow has it ever been a busy month for me! I am so excited to be able to sit down and stamp again this weekend and work on some fun projects that I've wanted to sit down & create for quite some time! I seem to stockpile ideas and then when I find the time to sit down and stamp for fun I never know which great idea to begin with.

My first priority that I'm working on are some great holiday projects for my 12 weeks of Christmas campaign. This is an awesome thing that I'm doing for the first time this year. Each week for 12 weeks (starting next week) you'll receive an awesome e-mail from me with great holiday ideas that will include cards, packaging, tags & decorations. But-you'll only receive these e-mails if you're on my mailing list so sign up now on the left side of your screen (the sign up for my newsletter box near the top of the page)! I'm creating a Christmas card tonight that is beautiful & I know you'll be inspired! These won't be featured on my blog so make sure you're on my mailing list.

I'm also working on some fun projects that I'll be featuring on my blog in the coming weeks however my camera isn't here tonight so I can't get any project pictures for you! But here's a great card off of Stampin' Up!'s website in the meantime.

This card features the stamp set Leaf Lines. It was one of the first stamp sets I purchased when the new catalog came out!

If you have any questions on the construction of the card just e-mail me. As always, you can place your order for these and any other Stampin' Up! products at my Stampin' Up! website 24 hours a day!

Growth Chart Last Chance!

We're in the final days of the Décor Elements Growth Chart being available! Place your order before Wednesday night at my Stampin' Up! website or e-mail me.

Growth Chart Special Offer!

August 1 - September 30, 2009

Purchase the brand-new limited-time Décor Elements Growth Chart, only available August 1-September 30, and as an added bonus, receive a free applicator tool with your purchase (a $1.95 value).

Item #117519 - Elements Growth Chart - $24.95

It's not too late...

...to get in on the awesome hostess promotion happening right now!

Hostess Promotion

Dates: September 1-November 30, 2009

I'm excited to bring you this sweet deal for hostesses September through November:

• Host a workshop totaling $250 or more and choose any one item* from the 2009 Holiday Mini Catalog for only $10!
  *Offer excludes hostess sets and My Digital Studio.

After My Digital Studio is released on October 1st, this offer will become even sweeter:

• Host a workshop of at least $400 and get My Digital Studio for 50 percent off the retail price (retail price: $79.95; promotional price: $39.97)!

I know you're as excited as I am about the new stamps & accessories in the Holiday Mini Catalog. Here's a great way to save some money on your new purchases - simply host a qualifying workshop and take advantage of this great deal!

My calendar for October & November is filling fast so e-mail me today to choose your date & start planning your party! (book parties count towards this deal too - contact me for more details!).

Sweetest Ever Decor

I thought this framed art was pretty cool. It's another project from the Stampin' Success magazine sent to demonstrators each month by Stampin' Up!.

Instructions

1. Stamp cupcakes image in Jet Black StazOn ink on both pieces of watercolor paper. 
2. Watercolor all cupcake image on one piece and one cupcake image from the second piece using Classic Stampin' Pads and Aqua Painter. You will need six total watercolored cupcakes for this project. 
3. Punch out watercolored cupcake images using 1" Circle punch. Adhere Pink beads and glitter to cupcake tops as desired.
4. Stamp "Sweetest ever" in Chocolate Chip ink on watercolor paper scrap, cut out, notching ends, and set aside.
5. Punch circles from Chocolate Chip and Rose Red textured card stock (1-1/2" x 1-1/2" each)
6. Loop crochet thread through holes in Pretty in Pink flower button, and adhere to Chocolate Chip circle.
7. Punch hearts from Pretty in Pink and Rose Red textured card stock (3" x 3" each).
8. Ink small piece of crochet thread using Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad. Adhere vertically to Rose Red circle. Adhere Pretty in Pink heart to circle, over top end of dyed crochet thread to create heart flower.
9. Slide end of 1" Circle punch over edge of Certainly Celery textured card stock, and punch out piece with one rounded edge. Snip flat edge using Paper Snips to create grass. Adhere to Rose Red circle, over bottom edge of crochet thread (heart flower stem).
10. Adhere all circles to Old Olive textured card stock in 3 x 3 grid pattern, leaving space at top center.
11. Adhere wide Rose Red heart in top-center position. Adhere "Sweetest ever" piece over bottom of heart so that middle of piece pops up in center.
12. Insert into frame without glass.

Stamps

• The More the Merrier
  (set of 10; item 115322; hostess level 3)

Paper

• Certainly Celery textured card stock: 1" x 1"
• Chocolate Chip textured card stock: 1-1/2" x 1-1/2"
• Old Olive textured card stock: 4" x 4"
• Pretty in Pink textured card stock: 3" x 3"
• Rose Red textured card stock: 1-1/2" x 1-1/2"; 3" x 3"
• Watercolor paper: two at 5" x 1-1/2"

Ink

• Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad
• Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad
• Pretty in Pink Classic Stampin' Pad
• Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad
• Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad
• Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad
• Jet Black StazOn pad

Accessories & Tools

• Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter
• Pink Bead Duo
• Sherbet Designer buttons
• Aqua Painter
• Heart to Heart punch
• 1" Circle punch
• Crochet thread
• Frame without glass

Please e-mail me if you have any questions!

Autumn Meadows Class

Autumn Meadows Class

Friday, Oct. 23rd
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Two Harbors

Explore some fun techniques using the Stampin' Pastels as you create this beautiful autumn-themed card set with matching purse.

As an added value - add the main stamp set (Lovely As a Tree) to your class fee & save 10% on it!

Class fee: $22 -or- $20 for current stamp club members ($52 -or- $50 when you include the main stamp set).

Registration deadline: Monday, October 12, 2009

Choose one:

Class $22.00Class + Stamp Set $52.00Club Member Price $20.00Club Member + Stamp Set $50.00

Please e-mail me if you have any questions!

Autumn Blessings

I know...I have been absent for a couple of days again! I have been traveling all around the state on a yarn shop hop (knitting is just one of my many hobbies). I have lots of new yarn and many color combinations floating around in my head from both the yarn shops and the beautiful scenery as the leaves are changing all over in Minnesota already. You're sure to see some of these color combinations used in future projects.

And speaking of leaves, here is one of the projects from my September Big Shot class that was a hit with everyone there.

This was very easy to create using the Big Shot Die Cut Machine (have I convinced you that you need one yet???)! The leaves and letters were both made in minutes using the Leaves #2 die and the Go Go Boots Alphabet dies. The leaves feature our new Autumn Meadows Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Mini Catalog, and contain fantastic color combinations for you too. (Have you noticed that next to the name of the designer series papers that Stampin' Up! now lists the colors for you for easy matching in your projects?).

If you would like more information on this project or my classes, please e-mail me. As always, you can place your order for these and any other Stampin' Up! products at my Stampin' Up! website 24 hours a day!