Author Archives: Karen Fontinelle

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.

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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!

Do You Want Anything Else?? Last Day for Current Stampin’ Up! Catalogs!!

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Last Chance Product - by Stampin' Up!

Today is the last day to order from the current Stampin' Up! catalogs! Can you believe it?! Do you want anything else?  Do you need to order anything else from the Stampin' Up! catalogs that is on the Last Chance Lists?  If so, this is the last day to get any of those items, only until 11:50 pm MT. Please don't wait until the last minute!

Place your order at my Online Store today!

Using Eyelets on Chipboard Letters

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Here's an idea for using those cute eyelets and Crop-a-Dile I don't think we have used much recently!  Whether you use your chipboard letters plain or inked in some color or covered with patterned paper, use your eyelets to decorate the letters.  Maybe place one or two eyelets on each chipboard letter here and there just for an extra embellishment.  You can then use these on your cards, scrapbook pages or other projects.  It will be fun!

And if you haven't already signed up for my monthly stamping newsletter, look in the upper left hand corner here of my blog and SIGN UP!  I won't pester you and you can always easily unsubscribe through the newsletter or letting me know!  But you probably won't want to when you start receiving the latest Stampin' Up! news and stamping and scrapping ideas!  Please join my mailing list now!    

Stampin’ Up! Flower Fest: Easy Rubber Stamping

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Flower Fest Card

Flower Fest, in the Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalog, is a fun stamp set to work with making cards, scrapbook pages or any rubber stamping project!  I didn't initially like it, but it is FUN!  I consulted my "Color Coach" to see what colors went well with Poppy Parade, one of the current In Colors that I haven't used much, and then I just stamped all over the card front!  You could also stamp in Versamark and then emboss with the beautiful new embossing colors also in the Summer Mini.  There are lots of ways you can have fun with this stamp set!  Be sure it is on your next order!

Last week for Last Chance Stampin' Up! products!!

Place your order HERE at my Stampin' Up! Online Store!

Pun Fun Rocket Card

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Here's another Pun Fun #115054 card, a stamp set that is retiring the end of this month!  This has been such a fun stamp set to work with.  Is it on your list to order before the Stampin' Up! retirement party is over?!

Pun Fun Rocket Card

Stamps:  Pun Fun, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Stazon Black

Paper:  Real Red card stock, Night of Navy card stock, Brushed Silver and Brushed Gold card stock, Whisper White

Accessories:  Circle Scissors Plus #112530, Glass Mat #112531, Small Star Punch (retired), Signo Gel Pen #105021, Modern Label Punch #119849, Oval Punch #119855, Silver Brads #104336

Let me know if you have any questions about this card or the products I used.  To order Stampin' Up! products, just click HERE to shop!

To see the Last Chance Lists of retiring Stampin' Up! products, click HERE.  Be sure to check out the Clearance Rack, too!

Last Chance Lists! Get the Stamps You Love!

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Here is a current update from Stampin' Up!:

There were three items inadvertently left off the Last Chance lists; item numbers and prices are listed below. We apologize for the oversight.

 

Item  

Page

 Description

Price

111546

142

 Simple Birthday Thanks Background Stamp

$17.95

113216

Online

 For the Bride Set

$19.95

114028

22*

 Para la novia Set

$19.95

 

*From Celebrando Creatividad

In addition, the Days to Remember 6" x 6" Calendar (item 104144, p. 170) is no longer available for purchase and will not be part of the 2011-2012 product offering.

To see all the Last Chance Lists and decide what retiring stamps, accessories and Decor Elements you want, please click HERE.

To see the Last Chance products in my Online Store (images), please click HERE.


 

The Summer Solstice: Celebrate with a Summer Card

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Today is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, meaning it is the first day of summer!  Why not celebrate the summer solstice, or first day of summer, with a summer card!  Look in your Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalog on page 16 at the Sunny Fun stamp set. Don't you think it just screams "summer"?!

Sunny Fun First Day of Summer

I stamped the image of the kids swimming and colored in with my Watercolor Crayons and Aquapainter.  I love using my Watercolor Crayons!

In the photo below, you can see the post-it note I punched in order to get a stencil for the sun in order to sponge in the Daffodil Delight yellow ink and also a touch of Pumpkin Pie for the orange.  Then I used the punched out circle as a mask, placed over the sun so I wouldn't get ink on it as I made the sky.  The sky is made with a punch from the new Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch #122464 in the Summer Mini.  I then just sponged some blue ink off the top edges of that punched out piece to make the clouds.  Love that technique!  Click on the photo of the card to enlarge.

Post-it stencil and mask

To purchase this Sunny Fun stamp set and others, please go HERE to place your online order!