Monthly Archives: April 2013

MDS Free Download for May Desktop Wallpaper

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It's Tuesday so there are new downloads available for MDS (My Digital Studio)…and one is FREE! It's the Be Yourself May Wallpaper – Digital Download #133427. Just order it HERE from my Online Store as if you were purchasing any product, but the price will be $0.00!

And while you are there, check out the other MDS downloads available today! I love the colors in one and the chalkboard look in another! Click on each image to enlarge and for more information:

Be Yourself May Kit #133426

Hello World Ensemble Digital Download

Designer Typeset Stamp Brush Set

Get ready to have fun with My Digital Studio starting tomorrow May 1st! Stay tuned! Get any of these downloads or the My Digital Studio software (now only $19.95) at my Online Store and onto your computer in just minutes!

New Bloomin’ Bouquet Project Kit from Stampin’ Up!

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It's not quite May, but if April showers bring May flowers, the rain and flooding we had in Houston on Saturday have brought a nice flower surprise from Stampin' Up! a little early this morning! It's a new flower kit! The Bloomin' Bouquet Project Kit #134542 $12.95 will be available starting at 3:00 pm MT this afternoon (that's 4:00 pm Central Time)…while supplies last!

Kit contents:

2 sheets of preprinted and precut flowers on 12" X 12" cardstock; makes 13 flowers using Pool Party, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, and Rich Razzleberry
13 Vintage Faceted Buttons
13 green floral wire stems

Adhesive not included. (Glue gun recommended.)

You actually get a "baker's dozen" of flowers….that means you have one extra to give away! That means the number 13 is a lucky one here! Lucky for the person you share your handmade flower with!

Just add this kit to your order of retired and current items! Just remember, it's not available until later this afternoon! The link is not available yet, but here is the link to my Stampin' Up! Online Store.

Here again is the Stampin' Up! retired stamps list.

Here is the current retired list of Stampin' Up! accessories.

Zoom in to the page so you can read it!

Stampin’ Up! Offers Coming to an End

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You may be as surprised as I am to realize that April is soon coming to an end! What happens to these months?? And now with all the hoopla over the Stampin' Up! retirement lists, I thought we could use a reminder about some things ending on Tuesday, April 30. You can add them to the same order with retiring items!

Epic Day This and That Bundle…15% off thru April 30. Items available only separately after that.

(Clips not included in bundle.)

131268	Epic Day This and That Journal	$10.95
130814	Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper	$10.95
130133	Remember This and That Rotary Stamp	$5.95
131271	Epic Day This and That Designer Stickers	$4.95
131269	Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape	$4.95
133350	Epic Day This and That Bundle Includes the five This and That products listed above. Only available in a bundle until April 30.	$32.08 15% Off Retail Value!

Sent With Love Special Offer …. Buy stamp set or designer paper…or buy the bundle and save 20%.

131847	Sent with Love Stamp Set (clear-mount; English only)	$17.95
132182	Sent with Love Designer Series Paper	$10.95
132851	Pretty Bundle Includes the Sent with Love Stamp Set, Sent with Love Designer Series Paper, and Calypso Coral Baker's Twine	$25.50 20% off retail value!

The Sent with Love Stamp Set and Sent with Love Designer Series Paper are only available during this special offer. After April 30, they'll both fly away!

In addition, you may purchase the Sent with Love Digital Kit (item 132914; $9.95). Please note that the digital kit is not included in the bundle.

For all your Stampin' Up! needs, please shop at my Stampin' Up! Online Store here.

My Digital Studio Content Discs 60% Off

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Stampin' Up! released the retiring stamps and accessories lists yesterday. It was an exciting day and as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, my head was spinning! I got up early to see the lists myself and without studying them much, got them posted to my blog and Facebook page so my customers would know. Some items are even discounted! Some accessories are 25% and 40% off and some My Digital Studio Content Discs are even 60% off! The Storytime Collection DVD is already sold out.

If you own or are considering owning My Digital Studio in the future, take a look at this sale and see what a deal these are to add content to your program!

A good place to check out the retiring stamps and other products is in my Online Store. You can easily see which products are discounted and available. Remember, anything except stamps are only available while supplies last!

Shop Stampin' Up! Online for Retiring, Current and Clearance Products!

Stampin’ Up! Retired Lists Are Here Today!

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If you like seeing the list of Stampin' Up! products that are retiring, then today is your day! The Stampin' Up! Retired List is here! In order for Stampin' Up! to make room for wonderful new products, some older ones have to go! And you have to get them before they are gone! Retiring stamps will be available during the entire retirement period because Stampin' Up! makes the stamps themselves…..but retiring Stampin' Up! accessories will only be available while supplies last! Don't delay! Get what you want now! Just shop here at my Online Store or email me at Karen@KarenStamps.com with your order!

Here are the Stampin' Up! Retired Lists!

Click here to see the list of Retired Stamps! Retired stamps will be available through June 3, 2013. Click here to see the Retired Stamps in my Online Store.

Click here to see the list of Retired Accessories! AND some are discounted up to 60% off! Retired accessories are only available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST or until June 3. Click here to see the Retired Accessories in my Online Store.

Be sure to scroll all the way down when you click on those lists!

You can also buy current, MDS, and Clearance Rack items on your retirement order!

Enjoy the lists….and let me know if you have any questions!

Last Day! Playful Polka Dots Kit Free Download!

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Stampin' Up! is giving away a free digital kit, Playful Polka Dots, and today is the last day to get it! Please take advantage of this FREE deal in case you ever do want it, even if you aren't actively using My Digital Studio….yet! You can use it in other programs on your computer, so you might as well get it and play with it! It's a cute kit so I highly recommend it!

To get the free MDS download, just click here on this link for Playful Polka Dots Digital Kit or go to my Stampin' Up! Online Store and look on the left under My Digital Studio>Digital Downloads>Digital Kits. Click on the "More Images" button below the picture of the kit on the store page and you'll be able to see some of the designer papers up close. Embellishments are also included and a design template.

To get the free download, just sign in to your online account (or sign up!) and go through the motions as if you were purchasing the download….of course the price will be zero.

If you wish to try or purchase My Digital Studio, just click here to see your choices.

Make an Easy Card with the Print Poetry Paper Stack

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Today I found the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack on my desk underneath a bunch of stamping stuff, so I thought why not use this somehow? I realized I hadn't used it much, but gee, the paper inside is beautiful! This green print on the bottom of my card is from the other side of the top design! So easy to coordinate!

If you want to make an easy card, this layout is the simplest ever! The card base is made with a 5.5" x 4.25" piece of Very Vanilla card stock folded in half. Next I cut two pieces of the Print Poetry paper and adhered together. At that point, I should have wrapped a strip of the ribbon around just the designer paper….but I forgot and glued it down to the card base! Since there are no mistakes in stamping(!), I just wrapped the 3/8" Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon around the front of the card and attached a separate bow.

For a little greeting, I stamped the word "friends" from the stamp set Sweet Essentials and layered it on the Ticket Duo Punch #126883. You could use any greeting and any coordinating punch and you have an easy to make card for any occasion!

For these great Stampin' Up! products, visit my Online Store here!

Stay Tuned!! RETIRED LISTS coming this Wednesday,

April 24!

If you are new, what does that mean? Each year around this time, Stampin' Up! retires stamp sets and accessories in order to make room for NEW products in the NEW catalog coming out soon! It's an exciting time and a time to stay in touch with me so you can purchase any retiring products you really want but haven't gotten yet. This won't be the time to procrastinate! In fact, I would suggest not waiting for the list, but getting the products you really want NOW before there is a run on them. No one can predict what will be retired and what won't…or what will sell fast and what won't. Just fair warning!

If you have any questions, please email me at Karen@KarenStamps.com…..and make sure you are on my Mailing List here!

Using Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape

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My camera is broken at the moment so I thought I would just post some ideas I have seen or had for using the great new Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape. You can order this tape as a separate item #131269 from my Stampin' Up! store….but the better idea would be to purchase the entire Epic Day This and That Bundle before the end of April so you can get a 15% discount on the whole package.

Of course the obvious use for Washi Tape is to adhere, decoratively, your photos and memorabilia to your album or journal or whatever. But you can also use the tape itself as a decorative item. Here are a few ideas:

Wrap washi tape around a tea light base (use a battery-operated one).
Decorate plastic cups, straws, plasticware for a party with washi tape.
Wrap washi tape around a gift box or gift bag as decorative borders.
Use washi tape on a card or scrapbook page just placing it as lines of tape on the project, as borders or stripes or small banners.
Wrap washi tape around a glass jar as a decoration or even as a identifier of the contents.
Before making a rosette, place a long strip of washi tape on the strip of paper and you'll have a design on your rosette after you fold it!
Tape pieces of washi tape in long or short strips down or across a notebook cover to add color and design.
Adhere washi tape around a glass votive holder to decorate your candle.
Adhere washi tape on clip clothespins to decorate. Add a magnet to the back.
Decorate a plain file folder with washi tape.

So there you have a FEW ideas to get started!

Get your Stampin' Up! Washi Tape here at my Online Store!

Playful Polka Dots Scrapbook Page

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Yesterday I mentioned you could get this My Digital Studio Playful Polka Dots Digital Kit from Stampin' Up! for FREE! Amazingly, I didn't already own it so I downloaded it and installed it on MDS and played with it! Here is an 8"x 8" scrapbook page I could use once I added some photos. I had to add the black punches behind where the photo boxes would be because I don't think the photo boxes show up here by themselves.

I started with a custom project and chose the 8" x 8" size. Then I added four photo boxes and chose a background paper from the designer kit. Next I looked through the embellishments in the Playful Polka Dots Kit and chose the polka dot trim and rotated one to go horizontally. The other two strips were also border embellishments. Next I chose the flowers and leaves and placed them where I wanted.

Working in My Digital Studio is very easy…perhaps you will need a little time to get used to it, but there's not really too big a learning curve!

You can still try MDS for 30 days for a FREE Trial, if you like. However, with the price dropped drastically down to $19.95 I would just go ahead and purchase MDS and start working with ALL the artwork and content you get for that price. Really, it is amazing!

Everything MDS can be found in my Stampin' Up! Online Store! Find My Digital Studio in the left sidebar and click on it to go to all that Stampin' Up! offers in MDS!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Fabulous MDS Downloads….and one FREE!

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New My Digital Studio downloads are out: one for a birthday, one for Mother's Day, and one Holiday Photobook template for summer travel (or anytime!) Click HERE or the image above to go to my Stampin' Up! Online Store where you can purchase and download each or all of them!

And if you look through the digital kits online, you will notice one is FREE: Playful Polka Dots! Pretend like you are ordering it, but the price will be zero. Go through the whole shopping process and then download it to your computer. You can really purchase any products at the same time if you want.

Don't forget….you can purchase MDS now for only $19.95!! It's a steal…really!! Why not purchase MDS now and then add the free Playful Polka Dots kit to your order!

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If you are planning on any Mother's Day projects in MDS, you'll want to check out these printing deadlines:

Mother's Day is right around the corner on Sunday, May 12. Order your projects soon to get them in time for the big day.

Mother’s Day Print Product* Ordering Deadlines:

US: April 20

CAN: April 17

US Second-Day Air: April 29

US Next-Day Air: April 30

New Dolled Up Birthday Kit from Stampin’ Up!

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If you like kits, I'm sure you will love this brand new Dolled Up Birthday Kit Stampin' Up! just released today! It was designed by another demonstrator and then Stampin' Up! made it into a kit! You know anything with the Vanilla Flower Trim is going to be gorgeous!

The Dolled-Up Birthday kit includes the following:

Dolled-Up Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp (1)
8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Crumb Cake Cardstock (6 pieces)
2" x 4-1/4" Very Vanilla Cardstock (6 pieces)
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes (6)
Tea Lace Paper Doilies (6)
Dress Up die-cuts (6)
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Spot (1)
Vanilla 5/8" Flower Trim (6 pieces)
Sponge Dauber (1)

Get everything you need to make six cards for only $15.95 (item 133913)!*

*Adhesive not included.

To assemble one card, follow these simple instructions:
1. Place the stamp rubber side up and ink with the Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Spot.
2. Stamp “Happy Birthday” at the bottom of the card front.
3. Ink the Sponge Dauber with Soft Suede ink and gently antique the doily and the edges of the dress form.
4. Adhere the pieces to the card front in this order:
1. Doily
2. Very Vanilla Cardstock
3. Dress form
4. Flower

I think this one is a winner if you like kits and a "girlie" one at that! And nothing says you can't change it up a bit to follow your own creativity!

Find the Dolled Up Birthday Kit in my Stampin' Up! Online Store.

De-Stress on Tax Day—Make a Pop-Up Posies Card!

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Today is Tax Day, so if you have paid your taxes, maybe it is time to de-stress by making a card! Or in my case, maybe I will make another card to de-stress from having my post I just wrote disappear! Anyway….the Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit can make it easy for you! You get all the materials pictured above in your kit PLUS a "Just for You" stamp. Add some card stock and put something together and you will have a beautiful card!

After I took the photo above, my camera decided to act up….maybe it's going to be "one of those days"!! Here is a photo of the card I made, although it's not very good. Maybe I just need new batteries.

To get this Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit in your hands, just go to my Stampin' Up! Online Store and order! It is #131395 and you might like some Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Pool Party and Summer Starfruit card stock to coordinate with your flowers and kit! You can find the Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit in the Stampin' Up! Spring Catalog!

Sign Up for My Mailing List!

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It's already mid-April and that means my mid-month Stamping With Karen newsletter will be coming out this week with up-to-the-minute Stampin' Up! news. This year is Stampin' Up!'s 25th Anniversary and boy, are they celebrating! There has been one new offer or product or news item after the other! In order not to miss anything, please check my blog often AND subscribe to my newsletter! Not only will you receive my free gift (once you confirm your subscription), but you will be on my list to receive my monthly and mid-monthly newsletters plus some extras as warranted. You don't want to miss a thing from Stampin' Up! THIS year!! And with the new Stampin' Up! Annual catalog coming out soon (and the current one going out!) you will want to be in the know!

Click HERE to sign up for my Mailing List!

Once you fill out the Mailing List form with your name and email, you will almost immediately receive an email with the subject line "Confirm Your Stamping With Karen Subscription". Open and read it, then click on the link inside.This makes sure we have your permission to send emails to you. After you click on that link, you will receive a "Welcome" email that will contain the link to your free gift.

New Products to Organize Your Stamps and Craft Storage!

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Stampin' Up! is introducing their new storage cases for the wood-mount stamp sets that will be available in the new catalog! Not only will the wood-mount stamp sets be packaged in these, but empty ones will be available for purchase for your other crafting storage needs! They will fit with the stamp cases used for the clear-mount stamps. The stamp images and stamp set name will be on the spine, just like the clear-mount cases. If you like everything to match, you can purchase the new empty cases and transfer your current wood-mount stamps into those. But Stampin' Up! has made a video with all kinds of uses for these new stamp cases! Enjoy!

*Translated stamp sets are only available in clear-mount.

All Dressed Up Belated Birthday Card

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Do you have trouble getting birthday cards sent out on time? I can know a birthday is coming up for weeks and then still not get the card mailed on time or in enoughtime! That's why I like the greeting in the stamp set All Dressed Up. That's not exactly what it says, but I used parts of it to make the greeting I wanted. The stamp set All Dressed Up is really fun to play with, especially to use the Dress Up Framelits Dies with it and save yourself all that cutting time. There are lots of ways to play with these dresses,whether you are using the stamped dress or making your own with the Dress Up Framelits DIes.

To make the necklace, I just used a piece of Baker's Twine and a Rhinestone Jewel.

For any stamping supplies you may need, please visit my Stampin' Up! Online Store!