Sharing....

A lot of blogs I check out offer Product Shares.   Well I offer them too, I just do them a little different.  I only offer full sheets of DSP and card stock and share the ribbons in bigger quantities than most people do.   Check it out and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

 

Here is how I do my Sharing:

DSP - you will get 1 full sheet of each design from the package and pay half the price.

Card stock -  either 1/2 a package or 1/3 of a package

Ribbon -  half of a spool or 1/3 of a spool

Buttons, brads and trinkets - evenly shared depending on how many are in the package.


I hope my Sharing will help you get the most use out of those products and you are not stuck will a lot of product(s) that you will never use.

Christmas Pictures

New Camera from my husband, so I decided to share some pictures of our family. 


Youngest daughter, Robyn

 Oldest Daughter, Aimme,   grandson's Colin and Jacob, and their Uncle Mike and Dad, Steve

Granddaughter Rachel with her parents, my Middle Daughter, Christine and husbandMike.  

Here's my husband, aka Grandpa, playing peek a boo with Rachel and Mickey

I love my new camera, but still have lots to learn about it.  More Christmas cards to share with you coming soon.

Stampin' Up! Catalogs, Saleabration and More

I hope your Christmas was filled with Joy and Love. Did you get all your Christmas cards made? mailed out? Handmade Christmas gifts made and given out? If not, don't fret, you can still mail out cards and change the greeting inside to include a New Year greeting. One gal suggested a new tradition....Having her Christmas Cards postmarked on Dec 24th!!!  That is great for those of us who procrastinate!

The Holiday catalog ends in 5 days! If you didn't get everything you wanted from that catalog, now is the time to do it. There are a bunch of products and stamp sets that are being carried over in the Spring catalog, so check page 36 of the Spring catalog to see the items that are being carried over. Contact me by 4pm on Jan 2nd to add your order to other orders I receive from the Holiday catalog. OR you can go to my website: http://www.stampergirl.stampinup.net/ and order anytime before midnight Jan 2nd.

The Spring Catalog begins on January 3rd and items will be available until May 31st. AND just in case you didn't get everything you wanted from the Holiday catalog, 9 stamp sets and a bunch of great products are being carried over at least until May 31st. Check them out on page 36 of the Spring Catalog. Did you get a copy? If not, let me know and I will get one to you.

    

Sale a bration begins on Jan 22nd .....read more below.

What is Sale a bration (SAB) you ask??? It is when Stampin' Up! gives FREE products to everyone! All customers purchasing $50 (before shipping and tax) get to choose 1 item from the SAB flyer. All Hostesses who have a party, catalog party or gather orders from stampin' friends  that total $150 (before ship/tax) get a free package of Silver Glimmer paper....It's Stampin' Up!'s 25th Anniversary!!! and the free $25 in Hostess dollars to use on any merchandise in either the 2012-13 Catalog or the Spring Catalog. When your party total reaches $400!!! the hostess will receive the free package of Silver Glimmer Paper, free Product bundle (includes the Madison Avenue stamp set, Sycamore Street Designer series paper and the Sycamore Street ribbon & button pack) free $65 hostess dollars to use on any merchandise in either the 2012-13 Catalog or the Spring Catalog AND one item at 50% off from either the 2012-13 Catalog or the Spring Catalog. 

Did you receive a SAB flyer? If not, contact me and I will get one to you.

Clearance Rack Blitz!!! and Christmas Card Sharing

WOW!!! Stampin' Up! put a BUNCH of GOODIES on the Clearance Rack today.    They won't last that is for sure, Go here to check them out!!!

Here is the first of many Christmas Cards I will be sharing with you.   My camera battery needs charging so only one card today...

This card was made by my friend, Patricia Caless.   The colors are Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White.   The stamp set is retired, Gifts of Christmas.   I love it....Stamping!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving and the Stampers Club Cards

Wishing everyone a Day filled with Blessings on this Thanksgiving Day.  I have been blessed with a Great Husband, 3 Beautiful Daughters, 2 Handsome Grandsons and 1 Cute Granddaughter,  and 2 Son in laws.   I Love them all!!!   I have 2 brothers, a sister, my Mom is doing well and works circles around everyone!   I Love You All.....This list could get rather lengthy, so I will make is short.   I have so many relatives and friends  that I am SO thankful for......I am so Thankful for Everyone


I am sharing 2 cards we made for stampers club this month.   This first card is one I made at Connie's Monthly Meeting, she is my 2nd upline and has a monthly meeting about 45 mins from my house...I try and made it each month.   I CASEd this and just changed the Greeting.   I borrowed the stamp set, Christmas Lodge cause, **GASP** I don't own it!! Can you believe it???  My friend, Joyce Clark loaned me the set so I could recreate it.   To make the glittery trees, you stamp your image on white card stock and then place an adhesive sheet cut to the same size, over it, first pulling off the the printed liner, then place exactly (or as close as possible) over your stamped image piece, press with your hand or bone folder, then peel the other layer off the adhesive sheet.   Now be careful, it is really sticky!!! then sprinkle Dazzling Diamonds over the whole image.   That's it, your done!   I ran the crumbcake card thru the Big Shot with the woodgrain embossing folder, Stamped Merry Christmas in versa mark ink and embossed with white embossing powder and heat set.   To make the window frame, it is a little tricky.   I made a template with some thin chipboard (actually a cereal box works well) and measured where to punch the windows with the 1 3/8" square punch.  Adhere the window pane with snail and then the whole panel with dimensionals to the card.   I tied a bow using the red seam binding and attach to card with a mini glue dot. 

 

This 2nd card is my winter birthday card.   I CASEd it from one I had seen on Stampers' Connection, just one of the benefits to being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator....It's a HUGE resource for demonstrators ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!

 

 

 

The card is Baja Breeze, my favorite color!   I paired it with Early Espresso, card stock and ink.  I inked the image from Serene Silhouettes with Baja Breeze ink and removed the ink on the birds with a Q-tip and using my Early Espresso marker, I colored in the birds and touched some of the branches with the marker too.  Don't you just LOVE how Stampin' Up! color coordinates everything!!

 

I put the card layers together using snail and the stamped image and layer behind it, I popped up using Dimensionals....a staple in my Stamp room.   I panic if I only have one package in my stamp room.  I used black 3/8" taffeta ribbon and tied a knot around the panel with Subtles DSP  and stamped Happy Birthday in Early Espresso ink.  After the card was completely assembled, I coated the branches with Dazzling Details and it looks just like a tree covered in ice.

 

 

Here is a List of items I used on these cards:

 

 

Christmas card:

Crumbcake, Soft Suede and Whisper White cardstocks

Christmas Lodge, (clear mount)  #123769

Cherry Cobbler Seam binding #120992



Versa Mark Ink #102283
White Embossing powder #109132
Garden Green ink #126973
Heat tool #129053
Wood grain Embossing Folder  #127821
Big Shot #113439
Dazzling Diamonds glitter #102023
Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets #120805

Birthday Card:

Baja Breeze, Early Espresso and Whisper White cardstocks
Serene Silhouettes (clear mount) #127324
Sassy Salutations (cm) #126707
Baja Breeze ink#126960
Early Espresso Marker #119680
Early Espresso ink #126974
Subtles DSP #117152
Black taffeta ribbon #1119962
Dazzling Details #124117

ENJOY!

Money Holder

Tonight while looking thru emails and blogs and even  some templates and projects, I came across this money holder.....I think from Barb Mullikin.

I used Bashful Blue card stock for the holder, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 and score at  3 1/8 and 6 1/2.  Fold on the score lines and cut the smallest panel on the diagonal, but not as low as I did (cause you can see the money at the bottom when it is closed, but just a bit.  I used some old retired DSP and punched out a snowflake and added it to the front using dimensionals.   I stamped the polka dot frame from the stamp set, Four Frames, using Old olive ink and then stamped Merry Christmas from the Teeny Tiny Wishes in Bashful Blue ink and punched out using the large oval punch, attaching it with snail and then putting the label on with dimensionals.  

 I put a dollar bill in my sample, but the recipient of this money card will get more than a $1 bill!!!

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone...   I am so Thankful for my family...

 

ENJOY!

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving

 

 

Come to Bethlehem

Tonight I did some stampin'  some easy cards.   I used the stamp set that is on the Extravaganza Sale, Come to Bethlehem.   Basically the same card, different colors.

The first one is a crumb cake card and stamped the image on very vanilla card stock with Soft Suede Ink.  I have over a 100 ribbons, current, retired and some from the Ribbon Outlet in Hagerstown, Maryland..I ended up choosing the wide olive organdy ribbon that retired a few years ago.   I sponged the card and the stamped layer with crumb cake ink.  a real simple card that took only 5 mins to make. 

This second one was even simpler, Raspberry Ripple card, Whisper White layer, image stamped in Raspberry Ripple ink and Raspberry Ripple stitched ribbon....Notice, they all match, card stock, ink and ribbon.   I love how Stampin' Up! keeps is all coordinated.

ENJOY!  

Message at Church this week:   Second Chances.....Give someone a second chance.   You'll both feel better!