Monthly Archives: January 2013

Stampin’ Up! Best of 25 Years…..Special Stamp Sets: Best of Birthdays!

Best of 25 Years January Birthday Stamps

As part of the 25-year anniversary celebration, Stampin' Up! is bringing back some of their favorite stamp images from the last quarter century and combining them into 12 sets, which they will release-one set per month-during 2013. For January 2013, the stamp set available NOW is Best of Birthdays #132929  Price $14.95  You can order it now in my Online Store.

Even better, along with some great classic images, each "Best of" set will also include a never-before-seen image!

Some things to remember from Stampin' Up!:

  • All Best of stamp sets will include 3-5 images, including a never-before seen image, and will be priced at $14.95.
  • While we are releasing just one Best of stamp set per month (with a new theme each month), all of the Best of sets will be available until March 31, 2014.
  • A new flyer will be released every month for each new Best of set.
  • All Best of stamp sets are available in Clear-Mount only.

While we are releasing just one Best of stamp set per month, all of the Best of sets will be available until March 31, 2014.

***** As a special incentive to collect the Best of stamps, starting in February Stampin' Up is including a collector's card and 25-year proof of purchase sticker with every Best of set. Collect six stickers, and send it in to redeem a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Free sets must be redeemed no later than April 30, 2014.

Download the Collector's Card here!

Order your Best of Birthdays Stamp Set at my Online Store right here!

 

More Single Stamps from Stampin’ Up!

Stampin’ Up! had a great response to their experiment with single stamps, so they are offering ten more never-before-seen images available as single stamps available through March 31, 2013.  Get them while you can!

These are really cute! Cute little bunnies, a little fox, a Hello stamp, a flower, a stamp that matches the Apothecary Accents Framelits Die…priced $6.95 and $7.95.

Single Stamps Assortment 3

Are you into eyeglasses? Mr. & Mrs. towels, expectant mom, birthday and sunshine subway art/chalkboard look…cute…priced $5.95 – $7.95.

Single Stamps Assortment 4

You can order these stamps and any other stamping and scrapbooking supplies at my Stampin’ Up! Online Store here.

Paper Pumpkin by Stampin’ Up! Starts Today!

SU Paper Pumpkin Logo

Today is the day for Paper Pumpkin from Stampin’ Up!  Get in on Opening Day of the new monthly subscription program from Stampin’ Up! Would you love to get a package in the mail every month just for you?? And stamping-related to boot?! Each month will be a surprise, a new project, maybe even something unique that you couldn’t order on your own! Sign up today and when asked, please choose me as your Demonstrator (Karen Fontinelle, Houston TX). There’s no long term commitment.

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So what is Paper Pumpkin about??

I’m Paper Pumpkin . . .

I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage). I’ll help you to escape your life with some paper fun.

I come in a sweet box, but you’ll really love what you find on the inside:

All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create pinable projects. Create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more!

Paper Pumpkin by Stampin’ Up! is a new monthly kit program that anyone can enjoy! 

Get Started

It’s so easy to get started. Simply sign up for the program starting Monday, January 14 by visiting www.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!)
  • 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. 
Here’s How You Order

Sign up for your monthly Paper Pumpkin starting Monday, January 14 by visiting www.mypaperpumpkin.com and click Get it.

Starting in early March, you can try Paper Pumpkin for one month in my Online Store.

A Free Gift in Your Very First Kit

The Welcome Kit is the very first Paper Pumpkin you will receive in your first month of membership. The Welcome Kit includes a free gift-a clear acrylic block!

If you have any questions, please email me at Karen@KarenStamps.com. I’m sure we will all need things clarified as this program gets started, but it sounds fun to me!

This program is different than just ordering at my Online Store with your regular orders. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, you must go to this link, www.mypaperpumpkin.com. That is where the monthly subscriptions will be handled.

I just signed up myself so I can tell you it is easy!  Just have your credit card ready! You won’t be charged until your order ships, though. It asked if I was a demonstrator…of course I had to say “yes” but you will click “no” and probably then it will ask if you want to select a demonstrator.  If you don’t have a demonstrator of your own, I’d love it if you chose me!

Let me know how it goes!

Stampin’ Up! Video of the Distribution Center & Stampin’ Up! Achievements

Stampin' Up! produced this video for Leadership 2013 giving us a peek at the Distribution Center in Riverton, Utah and how our orders are packed up and shipped out! I'd like to see even more but maybe they don't want to give away their secrets! I always like to know the "behind the scenes" stuff! This year kicks off the 25th anniversary of Stampin' Up! so you will see the achievements and growth of Stampin' Up! during that time in the video also!  Enjoy!

Stampin’ Up! Kit For Men….Dude, You’re Welcome Kit!

The Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference continues today in Orlando!  What will the new announcements be?! I’m keeping track every chance I get even though I am not there!

Yesterday one of the big announcements was a new kit from Stampin’ Up! called Paper Pumpkin that you can subscribe to and receive in your mailbox every month! Be surprised to see what you are going to make when the box arrives! Every thing you need is included except adhesive. You can check it out and subscribe at Paper Pumpkin here.

Another fun announcement yesterday was a kit for men!!  It’s called “Dude, You’re Welcome!”

New from Stampin’ Up! Paper Pumpkin Monthly Kit!

SU Paper_Pumpkin_Logo

A big announcement out of the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference in Orlando this morning!  Stampin’ Up! is starting a new monthly kit program for you! Once you sign up for the program, every month you will receive in the mail a cute red box with a project inside. All the materials you need….stamps, ink, paper, and accessories…will be inside, except for adhesive, all measured and cut for you. Projects might include cards, journals, decor, and more!

Once you sign up, a new kit will be shipped to you every month around the 15th. However, you can cancel at any time or skip a month. The price will be $19.95 a month which includes shipping.

You can find out more about the Paper Pumpkin Kit here at www.MyPaperPumpkin.com. ( I just had to edit this link to get the correct one!  Sorry)

Remember, this news is “hot off the press” this morning out of Leadership so I’m sure we will find out more about it in the near future! Let me know if you have any questions and I’ll find out the answer. They promise projects you will want to pin on Pinterest!

My Stampin’ Up! Online Store for all your stamping needs!

Pinwheel Sizzlit Cloudy Day Embossing Folder Card

Pinwheel and Cloud Embossing Folder Card

I tried out my new Pinwheel Sizzlit Die yesterday and used the Cloudy Day Embossing Folder for the background on my card. Both of these products can be found in the new Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog. If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and would like a copy of the Spring Catalog, please email me.  I’ll be happy to mail one to you. Be sure to scroll down to see my little tutorial on using the Pinwheel die.

The Pinwheel Sizzlit Die was really fun to play with! Just put a little piece of paper over the die, run it through your Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, and you have a pre-cut pinwheel to work with!

Pinwheel Sizzlits Die

I found that if I curled the paper a bit with my Bone Folder, it made it easier to fold the corners over to the center. Just a tiny bit, to loosen up the paper.

Pinwheel Die Cut

Then, using your Stampin’ Pierce Mat and the Paper-Piercing Tool, fold the corners with the little holes in them over to line up with the center hole in the die-cut. You can use the Paper-Piercing Tool to keep them lined up. While holding the corners in place as best you can, remove the piercing tool and insert a brad through the center hole. Unfold the brad on the back and press down securely to flatten.

Pinwheel Sizzlits Die Corners

It’s fun making pinwheels, and won’t they really give your cards and scrapbook pages a feeling of spring….when spring arrives!

The little greeting on my card is a stamp set in the Spring Catalog called Ciao, Baby! It is punched out with a new punch coming during Sale-A-Bration (Jan. 22 – Mar. 22), Petite Curly Label Punch. It seemed to still need something, so I punched a scrap piece of paper with the Word Window Punch, cut out a section for the middle to give me two shorter pieces and used those for the ends.

If you want any of these Stampin’ Up! products, just visit my Online Store here.

More Amore Hearts Valentine Card

More Amore Hearts Card

When I was playing with the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper the other day, I decided to make another card right away. This hearts card could be a valentine or just an ordinary handmade card. The base is Primrose Petals card stock with a layer of Pool Party.  Those are coordinating colors of the More Amore paper. I used the Scallop Trim Border Punch for the bottom to fancy it up a bit and tied some Primrose Petals 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon around the bottom edge. The really fun part was just punching out six hearts with the Full Heart Punch from the More Amore paper.

Then for just a little something or a greeting of some sort, I chose the Ciao, Baby! Stamp Set. If you check out the stamp set, you will see that the stamps are designed for the 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch and the Petite Curly Label Punches. The “love” stamp fits the Petite Curly Label Punch (coming in the Sale-A-Bration Catalog!)….but I wanted a circle….so I just colored in the word with the Primrose Petals Stampin’ Write Marker and stamped on Very Vanilla card stock. It is punched with the 3/4″ Circle Punch and layered on the new 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch in the Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog. Finally I added some Basic Jewel Rhinestones.  I probably should have stopped at one, but rhinestones are so pretty….who can resist?!

So for an easy valentine, get out some designer paper and a heart punch and go to town!  The Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog has so many beautiful embellishments you can choose from it you want to gussy it up a bit!

New My Digital Studio Downloads…Some Digital Valentines!

Want to just print out some awesomely cute little valentines as they come….or even change the design? Well, one of the new My Digital Studio downloads this week is the Officially Awesome Valentines Designer Template #133009 for only $3.95.

Officially Awesome MDS Dwnld

Or how about the digital stamp set Affection Collection #133016 for $5.95?

Affection Collection MDS Dwnld

And who wouldn’t want a cute little set of six digital embellishments,  Delicate Adornments #132265 for $2.95.

Delicate Adornments MDS Dwnld

Don’t we wish we could automatically get our ribbon tied perfectly in one of four ways on our traditional cards! You can get the new Basic Gray and Pink Pirouette Two Tone Ribbon in a digital download #132272.

Two Tone Ribbon MDS Dwnld

If you don’t already own My Digital Studio, the digital papercrafting software from Stampin’ Up!, you can get the 30-Day Free Trial and play with it! I think you will find it easy and fun to use.  There are plenty of resources to learn to use it if it isn’t intuitive for you. Then if you would like to purchase the full MDS 2+ Version at the end of your trial period you will have LOADS of digital materials to use for lots of creativity!

Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog Valentine Card

Stampin' Up! Spring Catalog Valentine Card

Here’s a card I made with new products from the Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog. It could certainly be a valentine card, but it doesn’t have to be! It could be a nice card for anyone special in your life for almost any occasion. Hearts aren’t just for Valentine’s Day!

I started with a Very Vanilla base and a layer of Primrose Petals card stock, which is a color I haven’t used very much. I added a layer of the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper #129309.  The opposite side of that paper is the strip on the side with the hearts, which I moistened and then crumpled. The big red heart is from one of the laser-cut sheets in the More Amore DSP as is the little doily circle at the bottom. Then I stamped a heart on Very Vanilla from the Hearts a Flutter stamp set and cut it out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits #130159 and added a framelit die cut heart from another sheet of the More Amore DSP. My “love” sentiment is from the Tiny Tags stamp set. To finish it all off, I spritzed the whole card with my Gold Glow Smooch Spritz #118770.

Don’t forget….you can save money by ordering the Hearts a Flutter stamp set and Framelits together in the Hearts a Flutter Bundle! Check it out on page 11 of the Spring Catalog or at my Online Store.

Hearts a Flutter Just for You Card

Hearts a Flutter Just for You Card

I’m trying to do some stamping today with my “new stuff” from the new Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog that just came out yesterday, so I copied a card that was in our demonstrator magazine, Stampin’ Success. I love the cute little banner made with the Hearts a Flutter stamp set and Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies.  The center panel of the card is embossed with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. These products come in a bundle, the Hearts a Flutter Bundle, which saves you 15%! You might as well get both….I’m sure they will be a big hit!  Remember, hearts aren’t just for Valentine’s Day.  This card could be a valentine, a birthday card, an all-occasion card, even home decor! Be sure to check out the really cute little chalkboard in a frame on page 11 of the Spring Catalog showing a little banner using these stamps and framelits. If you need a Spring Catalog, please email me if you don’t have your own demonstrator. I’d be happy to mail one to you…and the Sale-A-Bration brochure, too!

My stamping supplies are still scattered around in different locations due to Christmas decorating so stamping today is more like a scavenger hunt!  What should I get organized first??!

Use this banner idea on a scrapbook page as well!  Just think of a card as a small scrapbook page!

Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog is Here!…Plus Valentines!

SU Spring Catalog Banner 2013

It’s the beginning of a new year and the beginning of Stampin’ Up!’s 25th anniversary year! So what can be more appropriate than a beautiful Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog?! This new catalog begins today and runs through May 31, 2013. It has a beautiful journal of the front cover, bundles of coordinating products inside to save you money, and tons of new accessories, tools, stamps, and paper. Don’t miss the new Honeycomb Embossing Folder with hexagon shapes or the Paper Doilies for your Valentines! There’s an Artisan Embellishments Kit with all kinds of goodies in it, new punches, new framelits, a giant butterfly, even real cross-stitching! Check it out today by clicking here or the image or link above! You’re sure to find lots to like!

Go to my Online Store here, click “Spring Catalog”, “All Products” and then “Show:  ALL” to quickly scan through all the products in the new Spring Catalog.

You’ll also notice a section with Holiday Catalog Favorites that are still available.

And in case that is not enough….!  Stampin’ Up! has a special Valentine promotion for you!

Stampin' Up! Valentine Special 2013

Click here to read the flyer!

There are actually two offers:

  • 20% Off a Valentine Treat Bundle…a heart single stamp and cello bags.
  • Free Sealed With Love Simply Sent Kit when you purchase the My Little Valentine Stamp Set.

Check it out here in my Online Store!  These are special offers only available

Jan. 3- 21, 2013!

Last Day for Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog!

Holiday Catalog 2012

January 2, 2013 is the last day for the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog!  Wow! How time flies! I feel a bit sad since everyone loved this catalog….so many great products for everything from Halloween to Hanukkah to Christmas to cookies to jars to fall to love to My Digital Studio! If you received your new Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog you will see that some items from the Holiday Catalog can still be ordered….and who knows what might pop up in the new Annual Catalog when that comes out…..but you better take a minute today to browse through here at least one more time and see if there is anything you can’t live without!

Then hop over to my Online Store and place your order! Be sure to check the Clearance Rack because Stampin’ Up! added 15 new items over the holidays.  Only available while supplies last on the Clearance Rack!

And if you are tired of the holiday stuff and are ready for the gorgeous new products in the Spring Catalog, just hold on ONE MORE DAY!

If you don’t have a demonstrator, and would like a copy of the new Spring Catalog, please email me and I’ll send you a copy in the mail.