February's Best Of...

February's Best Of...25 years is out. Start your collection today! 

Remember to hang on to your 25-year proof of purchase sticker, and adhere it to your Stampin’ Up!® collectors card, which is included with each stamp set.

For every six Best of sets

you buy, you can send in your collectors card for a FREE

set of your choice valued up to $14.95!

Must be redeemed by April 30, 2014. 

Click here to find out more.

More Amore class projects

More Amore class projects.

What a fun night we had! I had more girls then normal which was a blast and I got to meet my newest recruit Kathy! Who also is having her first party today! WHOOT WHOOT!

To be honest wednesday day all day I was worrying how class would go since I decided to change it up a bit by setting up stations for each project. With a larger number of girls I thought it would work better that way and it did!  No one was waiting for anything and no seemed to mind moving from table to table which was my biggest concern. Everyone seemed to enjoy the projects and I would love to see them back for this months class. 

For this card I thought I would do a lot of layering to show how effective it is.

Ingredients:

CS -  real red, basic gray

DSP - More Amore

Ink - pool party, primrose petals, basic gray

Framelits - hearts a flutter, bitty banners

Ribbon - 5/8" crochet trim, 1/8" taffeta very vanilla

basic designer buttons

Stamp Sets - Hearts a Flutter, Itty Bitty Banners

Our second project was a fun little project that I got from Pinterest posted by Heidi Boos.

It's a pull up sweetheart candy box. 

Cut CS to 6-3/4" x 3-1/4"

Cut DSP to 6" x 1-1/2"

score cs at 5/8", 3", 3-3/4" and 6-1/8"

Cut ribbon to 15", wrap around the length of the box and then double knot on the top.

Snip the tops of the ribbon in a "V". 

Place a piece of sticky strip on one end of the scored cs.

Wrap the card stock around the box and adhere together on the side.

Wrap the dsp around the middle of the candy box with the two sides that don't meet up in the front. Add embellishments to the front to cover up the dsp not meeting up in the middle. 

(Heidi figured this would maximize the full 12x12 sheet of DSP, great idea)

Ingredients:

CS - primrose petals, very vanilla

Ink - primrose petals, basic gray

DSP - more amore

Stamp Set - Hearts a Flutter, Pretty Petites

Punch - Petite Curly Label 

Framelit - Hearts a Flutter

Rhinestone - Basic Jewels

Ribbon - 1-1/4" Two Tone Basic Gray/ Basic Black

We did 1 more project that I still need to take a pic of so I will be posting that one a little later.

Thanks for stopping by!

I was Soapin' you'd be my valentine

Need a very cute, handmade teacher valentine?  

Here's an idea that I got from Pinterest of course.

I made the tags using MDS and pink pirouette grosgrain ribbon.

More Amore

Whats the best way to show someone special how much they mean to you?

 With a one of a kind handmade card of course!

Ingredients:

Cs - pool party

DSP - More Amore

Framelits - Hearts a Flutter

Big Shot

Lace - Artisan Embellishments kit

Ribbon - 1-1/4 two tone pink pirouette/rose red

Designer builder brads

Stamp sets - Hearts a Flutter and My Little Valentine

Punches - Ticket duo builder and Bitty Butterfly

Ink - versa mark and pink pirouette

Has the thought crossed your mind?

Has the thought crossed your mind about becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstator?  Well if it has this is the perfect time to join the family. 

Starting today if you sign-up during Sale-a-bration Stampin' Up! is offering your completly customized starter kit worth $156.50 for only $99. That's a 25% discount! And why 25% you ask? Because it is Stampin' Up!s 25th anniversary. 

Check out just some of the benefits of becoming a demonstrator below. 

PRODUCT DISCOUNT

Demonstrators get a 20 percent discount on all Stampin' Up! products, including stamp sets, paper, and accessories. It's a great way to support your love of stamping, paper or digital crafting, home décor - or whatever your passion may be!

EXTRA INCOME

You'll earn extra income based on your sales and recruiting - just how much extra income is up to you. Maybe you want enough income to pay the electric bill every month, or maybe your goal is bigger - the monthly payment for your new car. That's the beauty of the demonstrator experience - it's all up to you! See the Compensation Table for more information.

FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE

This is your business, so you can put as much (or as little) time into it as you'd like!

SUPPORT FROM STAMPIN' UP!

We love our demonstrators and it shows through our demonstrator support materials. Workshop ideas and audio and video trainings on all kinds of topics are available at your fingertips on our demonstrator website. Plus, you'll receive our monthly magazine just for demonstrators, which is full of informative tips and beautiful samples.

If you are interested and want more info please call or email me and I can tell you about the other benefits that are being offered to all demonstrators. You can also click here to Join. or the tab at the top of my blog named Join in will also give you more info.

I would love to have you on my team and "To love what we do and share what we love, as we help others enjoy creativity and worthwhile accomplishments . . . in this we make a difference!"

My Paper Pumpkin

Want to Stamp but don't have the time to join a class or the space for lot's of different products? Stampin' Up! has started a new program called Paper Pumpkin. This is a monthly subscription that you can opt in and out of at anytime. A different fully decked out creativity "carriage" kit will arrive at your door every month with almost everything that you would need to make a couple of projects. How nice is that! I can't wait to get mine! Don't forgot when you sign up to make me your demonstrator!

It's so easy to get started. Simply sign up for the program starting Monday, January 14 by visitingwww.mypaperpumpkin.com and click Get it. Every month a new, surprise project kit arrives at your doorstep. Just think of the anticipation of creating a fun project to pin, showoff, and share with your friends and family-every month!

Of course, you'll want to know more. So here's the nitty gritty:

• Each month we send you a unique, surprise kit with a project-cards, journals, décor, and more! (We've even color-coordinated, measured, and cut everything for you!)
• Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, and accessories-everything but adhesive.
• Each kit gives you and your customer a 30-minute creativity escape.
• We will ship your Paper Pumpkin on or around the 15th of the month.  
• You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month. (Let's say you sign up on May 10th, we'll send your kit around May 15th. If you sign up on May 11th, we'll send your first kit around June 15th.)
• A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!) The commissionable amount is $14.95 for each Paper Pumpkin.  
• There's no commitment, you can cancel your monthly Paper Pumpkin at anytime. You can also skip a month if you want.
• Starting in early March, we'll offer a Try-It kit if you'd like to try Paper Pumpkin for one month.

https://mypaperpumpkin.com/

Paper Pumpkin

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Dude, You're Welcome!

This set is for the men in our lives however, I'm already seeing the endless possibilities for myself!

Included in this set is everything a "Dude" needs to build the perfect or maybe not so perfect card.

The "Dudes" in the home office at Stampin' Up! helped launch this product.  Below is a funny video that they put together. 

In the set your dude will receive:

• Four wood-mount stamps (double-mounted) with the perfect sentiment for every occasion
• Twelve 4" x 6" postcards in four different (manly) colors
• Twelve gray envelopes
• A Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad
• An instructional guide (for the most novice stamper!)

Basically, the kit includes everything a dude needs to create the perfect manly card that any woman would adore, all packaged in an appropriately masculine box.

This set is ready to go out for delivery now so click here to order.

Item	Description	Price
132807	Dude, You're Welcome! Kit	$24.95

Owl Punch Turkey Book Marks

Owl Punch Turkey.

I made these for my kids classmates.  I love punch art! So much fun!

Gobble Gobble!

CS - Soft suede, cajun craze, more mustard, basic black, cherry cobbler, whisper white, crumb cake

Punches - Owl builder, scallop punch, new small scallop 

Jumbo paper clips

Hope everyone enjoys their Holiday!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Online Extravaganza

ONLINE EXTRAVAGANZA BEGINS NOVEMBER 19

November 16, 2012

Our biggest online sale of the year, Online Extravaganza, begins Monday, November 19, and ends on Wednesday, November 28. We've got a fantastic selection of stamp sets, accessories, and tools that will be discounted up to 50 percent!

Click on the shop now tab near the top of my blog.  

15% OFF ALL STAMP SETS MONDAY OCT 29TH

I am so excited! Stampin' Up! is doing a one-day sale on almost all of our stamp sets! Every single set is 15% off, on Monday ONLY. Look through our catalog and let me know which sets you need for Holiday projects, or any sets that have been on your wish list. Now is the time to order them!

CLICK HERE TO SHOP NOW! 

OR PLACE YOUR ORDER WITH ME ON OR BEFORE MONDAY.

• Starting at 12:00 AM (MT) and ending at 11:50 PM (MT), almost every stamp we sell will be 15 percent off.

This means all stamps in the current catalogs including

• Background stamps
• Personalized name stamps
• Incentive stamp sets from the supply list
• Cookie press stamps
• Single-image stamps

This DOES NOT include

• Hostess sets
• Bundled stamp sets
• Digital stamp brush sets

There is no minimum purchase, and no limit to the number of stamps you can order.

Clearance Items

NEW CLEARANCE ITEMS up for sale. 

Head over to my stampin' Up! website by clicking here to check it out.  Remember it's only while supplies last. 

My little pumpkin fashionista!

Bri loves to be a little fashionista so here is her latest design.  Hello Kitty Hair Band, Orange pumpkin ensemble, you can't see the socks but they are pink and leopard print, hot pink laced, denmin Paris Blue high top kicks!  I love it!!!

Bri's Ghoulish Googlies

Stampin' Up!  Made it so easy for us this Halloween with the Ghoulish Googlies set.  Bri loved this set with the double sided tags that she could choose her little ghoul and stamp away.  She added the eyes and of course nothing would be complete of hers without a little shiny shimmery paint spray. She put the halloween hand sanitizers in the bag and she can't wait to give them to her friends for Halloween!

         
                                                    Don't mind the blue lip it's gatorade!!

Orchard Harvest

Happy Fall Y'all!

For this months class we did 3 projects all using the Orchard Harvest collection.  These little projects came out so cute!  When I first saw the Perfectly Preserved set I thought to myself I would never use that set, I'm not a canner and I'm not really into the fall thing.  BUT... after seeing this first project done by Mary Bellis I just new I had to have it.  I guess I couldn't see past the end of my nose when I first saw this cannery framelit set but this set can be used for any occasion, all you have to do is change up the DSP. 

                                         
                                           Perfectly Preserved nugget jar:
                                           CS- Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple
                                           DSP - Orchard Harvest
                                           Ink pad - Raspberry Ripple
                                           Framelit - Cannery Set
                                           Ribbon - Taffeta Early Espresso
                                           Big Shot, Simply scored, large oval punch, posted note
                                           
                                          The box portion that holds the nuggets is 1 1/2" x 4 1/2" 
                                                        score the 1 1/2" side at 1/4" and 1 1/4"
                                                        score the 4 1/2" side at 1 1/2" and 3"
                                                       The topover portion is 1 1/4" x 1 1/2"
                                                       score the 1 1/2" side at 1/4" and 1 1/4"

                                                       There is a great video over here on youtube.

                                        Friendship Preserves Card with a fabric flower

                                         

                                          CS - More Mustard, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla
                                          DSP - Orchard Harvest
                                          Fabric - Orchard Harvest
                                          Stamp Set - Friendship Preserves, Wonderfall
                                          Framelits - Window Frames
                                          Paper Piercing pack - festive
                                          Ink Pads - Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple
                                          Brush Bronzed buttons
                                          Jumbo Sticky round
                                          Bigz Die - Autumn Accents
                                          Big Shot
                                          Dimensionals

To Step this card up a notch use the woodgrain Textured Embossing folder to emboss the Raspberry Ripple CS background.

For the Fabric Flower I took one fat quarter from the Orchard Harvest Fabric box and holding it long ways vertically I did a little snip at 1".  I then tore the fabric the rest of the way.  Take that piece of fabric and tie a knot at one of the ends.  This will be your starting point.  Get your Jumbo sticky round and press the knot into the middle of the round then start twisting your fabric and then pressing it down around the knot working your way out. Once at the end of the fabric just tuck it under the fabric that's already stuck down and cut the remaining if any sticky round off and place on your project. 

Preserved Just for you Mason Nugget Jar

Ok so you don't have time to make the perfectly preserved nugget jar above here is a quick and easy alternative. In this type of jar you can put anything you like in it: pie, brownie, cookies, Jelly Beans...

Mason Jar

CS - very Vanilla

Ink Pad - Gumball Green

Fabric - Orchard Harvest

Ribbon - Sweater Trim Gumball Green

Stamp set - Friendship Preserves 

Framelits - Window Frames

Bigz Die - Scallop Circle

Big Shot

                      

                                          Quick and easy, nothing to it!

Hope you enjoyed Wednesdays Projects!