Monthly Archives: July 2011

Flower Fest 6×6 Card or Scrapbook Pages

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Flower Fest 6x6 Card

Gotta love this Flower Fest stamp set!  And I suddenly went crazy for Poppy Parade, a year after that In Color came out!  Better late than never!

We made this 6"x6" card in a workshop this weekend.  When I do a workshop and don't know if I have scrapbookers attending, sometimes I like to make this 6×6 project….it can be used as is as a card, perhaps adding some photos to the front or inside…or it can be cut apart and you have two 6"x6" scrapbook pages!  If you work with larger scrapbook pages, you can always add this 6×6 piece to a larger piece of paper, adding more photo boxes or journaling or embellishments.  Very easy.  You could also frame this, if you didn't want it for a card or a scrapbook page.

Flower Fest 6x6 Card Inside

Here is the inside, just stamped with Poppy Parade ink, and a So Saffron Flower Fest flower cut and punched and sponged with Poppy Parade ink.  I forgot we actually have a punch for this flower…I made the ladies cut out the bottom flower by hand!  Oops!  They would have rather had a punch I'm sure.  But it is okay to cut with a scissors and not get worried about perfection!

Flower Fest 3D Flower

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Flower Fest Butterfly Card

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Flower Fest Butterfly Card

I saw this little card in the Summer Mini Catalog on page 20 and decided to make it.  Mine is almost the same but not quite.  I must have made mine smaller than the one in the catalog because they have a larger piece of designer paper on the side; mine is just 3×3.  But it works!  I didn't emboss, just stamped, using markers to color in the three "Hello"s from the stamp set Happy Greetings, also in the Summer Mini.  The butterfly is stamped with the Flower Fest stamp set.  This stamp set first appeared in the Summer Mini but is also currently in the new Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog.  I also took my Paper Piercing Tool (a must have!) to punch the little holes indicating the flight of the butterfly.  And then I just added a Bitty Button and piece of Baker's Twine for an accent!

Have you placed your order yet from the new Stampin' Up! Catalog??

You can do it online by clicking HERE.

Stamp and Help Ronald McDonald Charities

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Every year Stampin' Up! designs a special stamp set to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.  This year it is Turtle & Co., available in wood-mount or clear.  Stampin' Up! donates $3 for the sale of every set to RMHC.  You can have fun stamping and know that you are helping a worthy cause at the same time!

Turtle & Co.

Click HERE to read more about how Stampin' Up! makes a difference and see some samples you can make with this stamp set!


Something Exciting at the Stampin’ Up! Convention!

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We don't, of course, really know what Stampin' Up! has up its sleeve for Convention next week, but they sent a hint today in part of an email!  They are going to have a new product showcase that will blow us away, apparently….again….perhaps like the candy shoppe theme from last year! I'm telling you, that display alone was probably worth the price of admission!!  Here are some photos from Convention last year to refresh your memory…and perhaps whet your appetite to become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator so you can attend Convention next year! Remember, there is a special Starter Kit right now during July for only $99 to get you started in your business!

Enjoy!

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Stampin' Up! Convention 2010

Stampin' Up! Convention 2010

Stampin' Up! Convention 2010

Stampin' Up! Convention 2010

Oh my gosh!!  Aren't those the cutest ideas????!  Can't wait to see what they've done THIS YEAR!!

You really should be a part of Stampin' Up!

New Stampin’ Up! Hostess Benefits: Summer Mini Hostess Sets

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Stampin' Up! has a new Hostess Benefits program that will give hostesses more flexibility in their choices of rewards!  In the past, hostesses would choose a hostess level stamp set according to their workshop sales and get hostess dollars to spend on merchandise.  NOW hostesses will get more hostess dollars with the opportunity (but not requirement) to choose exclusive hostess stamp sets with their dollars and/or select other merchandise from the catalog.

In addition, with a $400 workshop, hostesses may choose to purchase any item out of the catalog for 50% off! (This will not count toward workshop sales and hostess dollars may not be applied.  The discount will be taken off the full catalog price.)

Because of this new program starting July 1st, the Hostess stamp sets in the Summer Mini Catalog have been modified to reflect this value.

Summer Mini Hostess Benefits Revised

Free Stamp Sets!!

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One of the great things about being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator are the many perks, one being earning free stamp sets for Sale-A-Bration sales and for recruiting.  Stampin' Up! even allows us now to wait to choose until the new Idea Book & Catalog comes out so we can choose one of the new stamp sets if we want…and especially not to choose one that will retire soon.  So I thought today I would finally make that tough decision of which stamp set to order for my SAB sales….and I chose Spooky Bingo Bits on page 25 of the new catalog.  I love Halloween and thought this would give me lots of cute Halloween images and words to use, not just for bingo cards!

How exciting is that to get to pick a FREE new stamp set from Stampin' Up!???  The only thing MORE exciting would be to click the ordering page and find out that I was entitled to TWO MORE FREE STAMP SETS for recruiting!  Holy cow!!  So for those two sets I finally chose Creative Elements and the new alphabet set Letter It.

If you love stamping and would like to earn free stamp sets and have all kinds of fun, why not consider the $99 Starter Kit Promotion going on right now?!  You'll be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in minutes if you sign up on my site HERE.

My Digital Studio….4th of July Page!

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My Digital Studio makes it so easy to digitally scrapbook your recent photos! Here's my kind of crazy fireworks page from last night.  The fireworks photos aren't taken with great photographic skills at all, just good enough to get the idea of fireworks in the sky!  The consensus was that they weren't as good as past years at this location and the traffic getting out was way worse than usual…..but…it's all how about making memories with your friends and family!

MDS 4th of July Digital Page

Images copyright Stampin' Up! 2011

Again I started with a template already in the program, took some elements out, added more photo boxes, added some star punches and a 4th of July greeting.  The more you work with the program, the easier it gets.  It's really fun to see what you come up with!

To check out the My Digital Studio software, just click HERE.  If you prefer, there is now a downloadable version available, too!

Happy July 4th!!

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What a fun and what an easy way to create using My Digital Studio!  I started with this card: (hardly appropriate for the 4th of July!)

Valentine MDS Card

and changed it into this:

July 4th MDS card

Simple enough to take any template already in the program and change as little or as much as you want to make your own project!  No muss, no fuss….just fun!

Hope you are having a wonderful 4th of July with your friends or family! Our usual fireworks display hasn't been cancelled (as many have) due to the drought since it is over a lake so we will be able to watch fireworks in person with our neighbors!

Happy 4th of July!

 


New Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog!!!

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Yes, it is here!!  The new Stampin' Up! 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog is live now!  I see it online!  Click HERE to see the new catalog if you haven't peeked already!

ALSO…..there is a special on the Stampin' Up! Starter Kit!  You can become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator for only $99!   This is particularly good for someone who already has a lot of stamping supplies.

99StarterKit

Read all about it HERE!  You can easily sign up online on my website in minutes!  What a way to begin the new Stampin' Up! year!

Enjoy the new catalog!  Let me know if you have any questions and post a comment below letting us know how you like the new catalog!

Say “Hello” to the new Stampin’ Up 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog!

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Today, July 1st, is the day we have been waiting for, the day the new Stampin' Up! 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog goes live!!  I'm sure you will love the new products in it!

You do have to wait until Noon MT (Stampin' Up! time!) which is 1:00 pm Central time in Houston!  Stampin' Up! will be working to change over their website as well as all the demonstrator websites to be ready for the new catalog.  So they will have some busy time to get  everything ready for us!

At the proper time for your time zone, you can click HERE, which is my website, and hopefully you will be able to click around and see what is new!