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Crafting on a Budget

September 22, 2014

Hi Stampers,

Are you crafting on a budget this year?? Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack has some GREAT deals for you – go Check it out!

Here's some of the Spooky Halloween deals you can find on the Clearance Rack right now – this would be PERFECT if you have lots of goody bags to put together for classroom treats or co-worker gifts!

And if you want to start the Halloween Boo-ing in your neighborhood with style – You'll find everything you need to dress up your basket – and it won't break the bank!

Don't know what Boo-ing! is?? Read all about it on Organized Home.

Keep in mind that Clearance Rack items are avaliable only while supplies last – so don't delay – get your Clearance Rack Halloween Shopping done today!
Unite and Excite

September 21, 2014
Hi Stampers,

Last weekend I attended a Stampin' Up! Unite and Excite event. This was a demonstrator only event that gave us all an opportunity to network with other demonstrators. It was such a fun afternoon of sharing business tips and ideas!

For the event we were asked to create a name tag and show off our creativity a bit. Here's the name tag I created…

We decided it would be fun for all of my Create, Ink! team members to create our name tags in the same colors. Our Color scheme was
- Blackberry Bliss
- Lost Lagoon
- Wisteria Wonder
- Mossy Meadow
I printed out my name and information onto Whisper White card stock and used, the Kinda Eclectic stamp set to decorate. A little embossed card stock adds some fun texture to the name tag.

I used the Scallop Tag Topper Punch to make my name tag a hanging tag so I could add it to my lanyard w/all my pins from Stampin' Up! events and acheivements. My lanyard is starting to get a little heavy – I'm thinking it's time to create a shadow box to show my pins off – so it was nice to get one more time to wear my heavy lanyard w/all my pins to an event! 🙂

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES LIST: Click on the Stampin' Up! product links below for more details and easy, on-line shopping:

Kinda Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$19.95

Kinda Eclectic Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$27.95

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$6.95

Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Lost Lagoon 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon

$8.95

Basic Gray Baker's Twine

$2.95

Elegant Butterfly Punch

$15.95

Bitty Butterfly Punch

$15.95

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

$22.95

Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

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A Merry Little Wish

September 20, 2014

Hi Stampers,

Yesterday I shared a card with you from my Cards for Troops class, today I'm back with the other card we created.

This card didn't really show off it's shimmery look int he photo – we added some glimmer to the snowflakes and it just doesn't show in the picture – but trust me – it's pretty!!

I kept things simple again – tried not to add any bulky layers – this is a great card for creating in mass – it's quick and easy but looks great!

To get the shimmer – I sprayed a stampin' sponge with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz and sponged over the snowflakes – you can kinda see it in the picture – but it looks a bit more greenish – then pretty shimmerish 🙂

I used the Hexagon Punch to create the banner ends – it's a quick way to get the dovetail end on card stock.

Here's the item used to create this card:

Festival Of Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set

$15.95

Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Silver Foil Sheets

$3.95

Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

$4.95

Stamping Sponges

$3.50

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

$16.95

Hexagon Punch

$15.95

Tree Punch

$16.95

Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

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Creating Cards for Our Troops

September 19, 2014

Hi Stampers,

Last week on Tuesday I had a class at the Library and we made cards to donate to our Troops. We created a couple of different Christmas Card designs and everyone worked on them to make several. The cards are going to be donated to From Our Hearts – who will send them over to the servicemen and women serving our country. They will be able to choose from tons of hand stamped cards to send greetings and letters back home!!

I had a lot of very first time stampers at this event – and the cards spend a lot of time traveling in the mail – and I wanted them to travel well. I kept the designs simple and flat – but with that WOW look handstampers love!

This card was cased almost exactly from the Holiday Catalog

The card in the catalog had colored rhinestones – which were fabulous – but not very flat – they tend to poke through envelopes it they travel for a long time – so I changed it up and used our Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details to add some shimmer to the card…

a great way to add sparkle without bulk…

These are the items we used to create the cards:

Cheerful Christmas Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$24.95

Cheerful Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.95

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details

$2.50

Filigree Frame Textured Impressions Embossing Folders

$7.95

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If you would like to know more about how you can donate cards visit the From Our Hearts blog – or contact me – I would LOVE to cordinate a class with you to create cards for donation!
Merry Gift Box…

September 18, 2014

Hi Stampers,

Are you ready for a little Christmas?? – I know it's a tad early – but you know we're paper crafters – we need to start getting our ideas planned so we have time to do the Holidays in style!

Just after convention my Create, Ink Stampers got together so the team members who went to the convention fun could share what they learned with everyone – and they planned a quick make 'n take for us!

We used the Gift Box Punch Board to make these boxes. Traditionally the boxes would be made so the top closes like this…

but for our project we skipped the last step of punching the top closures for the box and folded the flaps down to create the cute open box – perfect to set a cell bax wrapped gift into. Think of a fun candle – or bag of homemade goodies sitting in this box…

And then we creates a quick tag to go along with the box…

So I have my box and tag sitting and patiently waiting for Christmas when I'll get to wrap a gift, slide it into the box, and attach the tag!! One down! 🙂

Supply List:

Gift Box Punch Board

$19.95

Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper

$12.95

Seasonally Scattered Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.95

Versamark Pad

$7.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$4.95

Heat Tool

$29.95

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

$22.95

Gold Basic Metal Buttons

$7.95

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Early Bird Registration for the Christmas Card Stamp a Stack and Hot Chocolate Bar is ending soon – don't miss out!!! Get all the Details here.
Little Touches

September 17, 2014

Hi Stampers,

Just one more wedding post – today I'm going to share just a few of the touches we made for the Wedding Day. This isn't a very Stampin' Up! heavy post 🙂 but still a few creative touches we added to the day and I had to share with you.

First up is the Hershey Kisses labels we made.

I found some fun digi animal print paper and printed the labels up with some of them. Then added in a few designs I created with Name, Date, and other sweet messages.

Then we sat and stickered up the bottoms of the kisses

We did have a few SU touches as well – we created boxes with the new Gift Box Punch Board (See it Online) to create simple white boxes for their plant party favors. We stamped and color tags using the retired Zoo Review stamp set – which My Aunt ordered just before it retired – knowing i would be perfect for the wedding…

Sorry I know this picture just isn't up to my normal standards – I snapped it quick at the end of a long day 🙂 ….

If you want to see some fun pictures from their beautiful day – check out this blog post on their Photographer's website: Katie Beach Photography

and if you stick with her post until the end you'll see some MUCH better pictures of the decorations and our tags on the favors! 🙂
The Weekly Deals for 9/16

September 16, 2014

Hi Stampers,

Check out this week's weekly deals!!

Sweetheart Punch

$15.95
Sale Price $11.96

Wooden Elements Embellishments

$4.95

Sale Price $3.71

Happy Hour Wood Stamp Set

$29.95

Sale Price $22.46

Label Card Thinlits Die

$32.95

Sale Price $24.71

Yippee-Skippee Wood Stamp Set

$18.95

Sale Price $14.21

Gold 1/8" Ribbon

$4.95

Sale Price $3.71

Tangerine Tango Baker's Twine

$2.95

Sale Price $2.21

Write Stuff Ii Digital Kit – Digital Download

$9.95

Sale Price $5.97

Remember the items are available at this discounted price while supplies last – so order early!
Nuts About You

September 15, 2014

Hi Stampers,

Yesterday I shared a Rehersal Dinner invite with you – today I've got the cute little favors we created for everyone who was at the dinner.

My cousin and his wife are Animal people – they had a bit of an animal theme running through their wedding.

So we came up with the idea to do some homemade Animal Cracker Cookies and then bundled them up. The Polka Dot Cello Bags were from the Sale-a-bration kit my Aunt earned earlier this year. Then we created these cute tags to tie onto the bags

We used the Nuts About You hostess stamp set and focused on the wedding colors – it's not the most "bridal" of wedding projects – but just PERFECT for this couple..

Recipe for the Tags:

Nuts About You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$10.00

Hardwood Clear Stamp Set

$13.95

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

$22.95

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

$16.95

1-3/4" Circle Punch

$16.95

Island Indigo 3/4" Chevron Ribbon

$8.95

Crushed Curry 3/4" Chevron Ribbon

$8.95

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Suit Up…

September 14, 2014

Hi Stampers,

I'm excited to finally be able to share a few projects with you that I had to keep quiet when I first made them!! My cousin got married at the end of September and my Aunt, who is one of my SU team members, had me help out with a few of their projects… But of course I couldn't share with you while we were working on them….

But now I CAN!! For the Rehearsal Dinner invites Lisa found a fun Criss-Cross Suit card idea she wanted to do… So this is what we came up with..

So for this little tux card we used some retired Groom paper that I had left over from a previous wedding project – but you could easily create a similar look by using the Strips Mask from Dots & Stripes Mask with clear embossing powder on Basic Black card stock. Just sponge some VersaMark onto the card stock through the mask – lift up and sprinkle and emboss.

Here's a look at the inside I created

I'll be back with more of the wedding fun soon!!
Colored Rhinestones

August 30, 2014
Hi Stampers!

Yesterday I shared some fun Thank You cards with you – and on one of the cards we used come FUN Coastal Cabana Rhinestones

But Stampin' Up! doesn't have colored Rhinestones you say….

Well the solution is SUPER simply…
- Use the Stampin' Blendabilities Markes
- Color the Rhinestones right on the storage sheet
- Add pretty Rhinestones to your projects!
Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

$4.95

Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Coastal Cabana Assortment

$11.95

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