sale-a-bration!!

http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/SAB09_US.pdf

It's sale-a-bration time at Stampin' Up! For every $50 you spend you get a free stamp set or other free product from this catalog!

Plus, sign up now to become a demonstrator and get a free stamp set of your choice from the Spring-Summer 2009 catalog and 15% off the starter kit. So for $169 you get to become a demonstrator (as a hobby or career) with a starter kit valued at $335 and a free stamp set valued up to $47.95! What a great deal! Click this link to see what is included in the starter kit: http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/SAB_starter_kit_flyer_US.pdf

Just contact me and I'll get you all signed-up. You get all this with no strings attached. Keep up as a demonstrator and continue to get 20% off all your purchases or just keep the starter kit and add to your collection for your hobby. Have a great sale-a-bration day!

Big Shot Flowers

I made this card using die-cut flowers (cardboard & paper) and the Cute and Curly punch and stamp set with Pink Pirouette paper. I also used designer paper (retired), brads and Certainly Celery ribbon. Happy Stampin'!

Pick a Petal Page

Stamps: Pick a Petal, Sweet Celebrations, Eastern Blooms, So Happy(retired)
Paper: White, Designer Series(Certainly Celery)
Ink: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa or Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Rub Ons(retired)

Scrapbook Page One of a Kind

I'm getting behind on my scrapbooking and I have some retired supplies that need to be used. So I'll post a few pages I've just finished. For this page I used retired designer series paper, retired purely pomegranate paper, bashful blue paper, 3 flower punch, 5 petal punch, boho blossoms punch and One of a Kind stamp set. I also used Seeing Spots classy brass template for some embossing and a brocade blue button for some dimension. Have a happy stampin' day!

Cute & Curly

I've been trying new color combos. This is one of them. Card Recipe:
Stamps: Cute & Curly, One of a Kind
Paper: Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Baja Breeze
Accessories: Chocolate Chip ribbon, silver brads, Curly Label punch, Boho Blossoms punch

SU Spring-Summer 2009 Catalog & Ideabook!!

http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/543.asp

The new Stampin' Up! Catalog is here! It has so much new fun stuff: Eyelet Scallop punch, heart punches, texture plates for the big shot, designer series papers and much more. And of course there are great new stamp sets: Surfing, BMX, All in the Family Access. 2, flowers, nature sets, classic pictures and backgrounds, words, sentiments, etc. So be sure to check it out. Get your wish list ready and put your order in through my Stampin' Up! website (starting Feb. 1) and you'll receive the new catalog/ideabook for free! Plus, each time you spend $50 you will receive your choice of a sale-a-bration stamp set for free (sale-a-bration catalog available to view Feb. 1)! Have fun browsing through the catalog. Let me know if you have any questions of if you see anything you would like me to demonstate for you at a workshop (and you can earn hostess benefits)!

Lovey Dovey

Card Recipe:
Stamps: A Little Somethin' (New Hostess Set in upcoming catalog!)
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Raspberry Tart Designer Series (New)
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Scalloped Edge Punch, Riding Hood Red Striped Ribbon

Look for the new catalog coming on January 19, 2009! Lots of new fun things! And Sale-a-bration time is just around the corner starting February 1, 2009!

Raspberry Tart

New Stamp Set and Designer Series Paper!!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: A Little Somethin'
Paper: Raspberry Tart Designer Series, Black, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: 1 3/4 circle punch, black brads, dimensionals

8 x 8 Scrapbook

***Most of the supplies used are NOT Stampin' Up!***

(It would probably be cuter and match better if they were! :-)

I started cleaning my craft room and found a project I had wanted to do over a year ago. I had all the papers I needed, just had to decide on the layouts and add embellishments. It's a simple 8x8 scrapbook, all ready for pictures and journaling and then just slip the pages into sheet protectors and into an album. Have a great scrapbookin' day!

P.S. I have a bunch of these supplies left over if any of you would like some, just let me know.

B is for Baby

It has been awhile since I posted any of my work, and that is because I couldn't find my craft

room with all the holiday messes. But I needed a baby card for a friend, so I managed to find enough space and card scraps to make this one card. Hopefully, I will soon have my room back in order and I will show you all of my fun things I am going to make with my new SU stuff I got for Christmas!

Stampin' Up! Inventory Blowout

Get retired, retiring, and current products up to 50% off regular price!

http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/Inventory_Blowout_109US.pdf

Love You Much Promotion

December 23, 2008 through January 31, 2009

Season of Simple Grace 2

May your season be touched with the simple grace of Christ's love.
Merry Christmas!

Season of Simple Grace

Wishing you a never-ending season of love and peace.

Techniques: Sponging with torn paper and embossing

Merry Messages

Jolly surprises, a tree shining bright-

Mistletoe kisses, a home filled with light.

Hearts that are merry, a time of good cheer-

Wishing all this and a Happy New Year!

"Home For Christmas" Card

Though far and wide on earth we roam,

at Christmastime our hearts come home.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Home For Christmas, Snow Swirled
Paper: White, Riding Hood Red
Ink: Basic Black, Close to Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi (retired), Summer Sun
Accessories: Boho Blossoms Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Blender Pen, confetti hearts, packing tape

Christmas Goodies

This is the other project I've been working on--making goodies for family, friends, neighbors, teachers, etc. I'm finally done. It really didn't take too long. I chose very simple recipes(spritz cookies, candy cane fudge, chocolate covered/dipped pretzels and a few different kinds of truffles). Now we just have to deliver them all. Hope you all enjoy your holiday goodies(sorry if you live too far away for us to give you some, we still love you)!

Christmas Projects

I know I am long over due for some good stamping posts. So here are some of the projects I have been working on. I gave some other projects away without taking pictures first. Mostly they were tiles that I had stamped in different fonts with different sayings.

I stamped this tile with a retired SU alphabet set and I used Brown Stays On ink.

These projects were made using decor elements sayings. I think they are so fun.

Hope you are enjoying the holiday season. Let me know if I can help any of you with homemade holiday gift ideas.

Retiring Stamps Promotion and Free Shipping

The Retiring Stamp Sets List for the Fall/Winter Catalog has now been posted. Make sure you get the sets you want before they are gone!

Check out this promotion on retiring stamp sets:

http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/US_10_percent_off.pdf

Retired List Numerical (by catalog page):
http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/Retired_Lists_US2.pdf

Also, check out this free shipping promotion:
From December 9 through December 23, all orders of $70 or more will receive free shipping!

Decor Elements Flower

I practiced putting a vinyl decor element on a tile, and this is how it turned out. I like it. So now I will try more, bigger images and words. I'm going to try it on wood and tile. Hope it turns out nice like this one. Hope you all are having fun with your holiday projects.