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I know Christmas is over but the Holiday Mini Catalog is NOT! You have a few more days to order from the Holiday Mini in case there is anything you still want. Please take one more look through the Holiday Mini and see if there is anything else you want, maybe for a head start on the holidays for next year! The "Charming" stamp set (#116519) will still be available into January as will the Shimmer Paints (as a write-in). Exciting new products are coming Jan. 5th in the new Occasions Mini and Sale-a-Bration but I wanted to remind you your days are numbered for ordering from the Holiday Mini, one of the greatest minis Stampin' Up! has ever put out!
Please contact me if you want to make another Holiday Mini order by Jan. 4th or you can order online yourself at my website HERE.
The last few weeks have been extremely busy and now that the kids are all home plus one girlfriend the days have REALLY been extremely busy!! It's been go, go, go and keeping things running at home.....no time for leisurely addressing of Christmas cards! I did manage to finish these cards, with the help of my son's girlfriend, and when I get off the computer I hope to address them and get them in the mail.....at least they would be sent out before Christmas even if they won't arrive until after! But if I get distracted with fixing breakfast or lunch or one more shopping errand..and did anyone make reservations for dinner tonight? NO!.... if I don't get the cards in the mail, that's okay. They'll either be late or I'll be ready early for next year!!
I always remember one Christmas party the kids and I were invited to at a neighbor's when they were very little on a Saturday morning and I REALLY had other Christmas things to be doing but I HAD to go to this party. Another mother arrived and said that if going to this party meant her Christmas cards didn't get sent out, then so be it. The party was SO lovely and fun and a time to share with the kids we knew and the other mothers, more important than the Christmas rat race we thought we had to keep up with. Now we probably all raced even harder after the party, but at least we enjoyed the calm for a couple of hours!
So here is an assortment of Christmas cards, mostly copied from other cards I've seen here and there on all my sources. If you need a last minute idea, I hope you can use one of these!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
PS: If you live in the Houston TX area and want to see some Christmas lights be sure to go out to Pecan Grove in Richmond where nearly every house is decorated, some spectacularly! Eric's girlfriend and I (the only Christmas-light-lovers in the family!) drove out there last night and really enjoyed it! Wish I'd had my camera, but take my word for it, it is magical to see a whole streetful of lights!
Exciting news!! The Shimmer Paint in the current Holiday Mini Catalog has been so popular that even though the Holiday Mini ends on January 4, 2010 the Shimmer Paint will still be available as a write-in after that!
116806
Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint
$5.95
116854
Frost White Shimmer Paint
$5.95
116807
Platinum Shimmer Paint
$5.95
If you haven't already tried the new Shimmer Paint you will want to in the New Year! There are lots of ways to use it and a little goes a long way!
Here's an easy card I made stamping the snowflakes in the background with the Shimmer Paint. They're very light and yet they add some beautiful interest to the card. I think they show up pretty well in this photo for you to see!
Just use your sponge dauber to apply the Shimmer Paint lightly directly to your stamp!
Need some quick little note cards or gift cards for Christmas? These are so fun to make! Just cut some card stock 3" x 6", fold in half and then decorate with a few stamps, scraps, or punches! Once you start you will hardly be able to stop! Have fun!
Shelli Gardner, Cofounder and CEO of Stampin' Up! recently appeared on a local news TV show in Salt Lake City to demonstrate the Big Shot and Basket and Blooms die. Wait until you see the clever way she used the Basket shape of the die and also incorporated the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' Kit in the project. The Simply Scrappin' Kits aren't just for scrapbooking anymore! Enjoy! I love watching these videos!
Don't forget......there is a Big Shot Gift Pack in the Holiday Gift-Giving Guide, which would also give you several FREE Decor Element pieces (each up to a $16.95 value) as a special. AND in the 12 Days of Holiday Sales, from Dec. 11-22 only, you can purchase the Basket and Blooms Die on sale....as well as many other dies (you gotta have the Matchbox Die!). You can even expedite your order for an extra charge!
Yesterday I was working on these albums for someone for their Disney pictures and autographs, and while I know glitter is messy, I added to it by seeming to spill or knock over everything I touched, from a container of eyelets to every jar of glitter! But it all came out fine in the end! I made these monogram tags to go on each album and put a border of Chunky Glitter on each one. That worked fine, but when I did the chipboard stars, the glitter looked a little sparse. Then I found the Fine Cosmo Glitter in my drawer and sprinkled (or spilled!) that on to fill in the tiny spaces. That did the trick! Never can have too many jars of glitter around! Here are some photos of my mess and the albums!
It's always fun when several of us get together who either are still demos or used to be but we always talk about stamping! We catch up on each others' news, talk about all the latest Stampin' Up! news and products, bring show and tells or whatever new products we just ordered, laugh, giggle, eat and swap! What could be better?! Here are the latest swaps I received.
If you like stamping and Stampin' Up!, you should consider being a Demonstrator and getting in on all the fun of making new friends and enjoying the perks of being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator! Read all about it HERE!
Here it is! The 12 Days of Holiday Sales! Find great deals on select Big Shot dies and some supplies. This sale is for 12 days only, beginning today and ending Dec. 22nd. Discounts are between 15-25% on these items!
Click HERE to go to my website and see the products that are on sale now! Remember to order by Dec. 15th for best chance of delivery by Christmas!
See something you like but want to be surprised for Christmas? Want more Stampin' Up! products?? Send me your long Wish List and the people to contact, and if they like, they can order from your list! They will be happy not to wander around the mall looking for something for you!
To take advantage of this sale you can email me at KSFontinelle@gmail.com or shop online yourself at your convenience by going to my website HERE and clicking the SHOP NOW button in the upper right. Then click on "12 Days of Holiday Sales" in the left column or any other category you are interested in.
I know we are all dashing around with a thousand tasks to complete everyday as I have been! Today I wanted to get a little gift mailed out to my niece but couldn't find a small piece of wrapping paper. If I could have grabbed a piece of white tissue paper quickly, I would have stamped on that and used that for wrapping paper, but I couldn't find that either. Then I had an idea! I grabbed a piece of retired Designer Series Paper and used that for wrapping paper! It was the perfect size and I tied it up with a piece of retired ribbon. So if you need some wrapping paper for a small package, think about your Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper and ribbon!
My Digital Studio makes it easy to make up a scrapbook page to commemorate a special event, such as when we get snow in Houston, TX!
It snowed like crazy all day yesterday, and at our house we probably had an inch of snow. I think our big tree in the front yard kept the snow from falling on most of the yard. So in the end, the big snow doesn't really look like much, especially if you are from somewhere up north! But for Houston, it was quite the excitement! The temperature even dropped to 26 degrees last night so this morning it was real wintery weather! The car had to be started early to warm up, the ice scraped off the windows, and just to make it real, three of the four car doors were frozen shut! Although we were lucky the roads had a little bit of time to dry before the freeze hit and that the road crews had had time to prepare, there still were a few icy spots, enough to cause a few accidents this morning.
However, we were not kept from getting our son downtown to his appointed exam at 8:00 AM...luckily! We could have worried that he would get sick with the flu on this date or that we would have so much rain the streets would be flooding, but we NEVER would have guessed that we would worry about SNOWY ICY ROADS!
Be sure to click on the link for MY DIGITAL STUDIO to learn more and see how you could be making scrapbook pages and other papercrafting projects after a snowy day!
It was way too brief, but at least she was on there!! Shelli Gardner, Cofounder and CEO of Stampin' Up!, appeared on the TODAY Show this morning for Stampin' Up!'s donation of stamping and papercrafting supplies to the Holiday Toy and Gift Drive. Unfortunately, she had to share the spot with another contributor, and obviously the TODAY Show did not appreciate the talent and star power of Shelli Gardner!! They really need to invite her back for a papercrafting segment on the show and find out what a spectacular person and company they had in their midst with Shelli and Stampin' Up!
The weather forecast was right! The morning started out with rain and in a few hours you could see some snowflakes mixed in! In another little while it was really coming down but not sticking. About five minutes later after taking photos outside, it was sticking to the ground! Just snowing to beat the band, as they used to say!! And big flakes! My son and I went out to do a couple of errands and everyone was so excited about the snow! This may not seem like much but it is a BIG DEAL here in Houston! Supposedly it will get even colder tonight with possibly more snow! Here are some photos:
Just starting!
Hey, this is EXCITING!
Coming down a little more!
Starting to accumulate!!
Snow on the Razzleberry bushes! So pretty!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Good day to stay in, drink hot chocolate, and stamp a card!
Shelli Gardner will appear on NBC's TODAY Show on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009! They say she will be on during the fourth hour of the show (the 10 AM hour on the East Coast). Just to be safe, you probably better watch the whole show!! :) Stampin' Up! contributes to many charitable organizations worldwide, and since 2005 has been participating in the TODAY Show's Annual Holiday Toy and Gift Drive. This year Stampin' Up! will be donating over $150,000 worth of stamping and paper crafting products. You can read about Stampin' Up!'s charitable efforts HERE.
You can see the boxes of stamping supplies being packed for the donation HERE on Shelli's blog! She's planning to make gifts to take to the TODAY Show cast as well! I wonder if they will appreciate how special they are!
This will be a very exciting event for all of Stampin' Up! and we can't wait to see Shelli on the TODAY Show tomorrow! Hope you can watch!
Amazingly, the forecast for Houston tomorrow is for SNOW!!!!!!!!!!! Now it might not ACTUALLY snow, but to even have mention of snow in Houston is beyond spectacular! It even has been pretty chilly here the last couple of days, jacket weather if you're going to be outside for more than a few minutes, so it makes a forecast of snow a little bit believable. Today the sun is shining but yesterday it was very cloudy at times, which made me feel like it could snow. Now the snow might not be any more than a few flakes falling as the rain changes to snow....or it might even be a couple of inches, some computer models say! But two flakes would be exciting down here in the tropics! Thus, I was inspired to make this card with one of my favorite stamp sets, Big on Christmas (#116578). I used Soft Suede for the card base, Real Red for layers, and the beautiful Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper (#116770) in the Holiday Mini.The snowflake is made with the Jumbo Snowflake Punch (#116628) with a very small Clear Rhinestone Brad (#113144) in the center. For a little extra dazzle I drew on some icicles with the Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive and then sprinkled with the White Chunky Essentials Stampin' Glitter (#108797).
This is a list of stamps that Stampin' Up! has had on their Dormant List for a year, from previous catalogs. These stamps be discontinued on Jan. 4, 2010 so get them while you can! You can contact me or you can order them online! If you need to see the picture of the stamp set, just go to the Online Store and input the Item Number and Search.
These were so fun to make! I was surprised how large these blocks were...3" x 3" x 3". Just order the Decor Elements Blocks (Set of 4) #116829 in the Holiday Mini. Yes, I ordered two sets so I could decorate five blocks! I'll use the extras for another project! I used Tombow Multipurpose Glue to cover the blocks with Designer Paper from the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' Kit #115696. Then you just decorate all 4 sides (not the tops or bottoms, unless you make them very flat!) with other elements in the kit or anything else you want to put on them! Once you get started you will find you become very creative! You could do less decorating and attach photos to the blocks as well. Wouldn't these make terrific Christmas gifts?!
And after the holidays, decorate more for any season or home decor!
