Hi friends!  I know I’m a day late – seriously cleaning out my closets for a garage sale has really cut into my blogging this week!!!  Anyway, I LOVE this video as I’m not always in love with the outcome of me tying real bows so I hope you enjoy this tip too!  Leave a comment and let me know what you think of this tip!!!

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The state of Missouri is having a sales tax holiday for school supplies up to $50.00 per item from August 3-5. Because school supply items are included in this sales tax holiday, the list of items below will be state tax-free during the holiday period. Please note that you must place your order with Stampin’ Up!^® during the tax holiday period in order to receive these items tax-free. Also, keep in mind that this is a state sales tax holiday and may not apply to additional city, jurisdiction, or county taxes.  I’ll be putting in an order on Sunday, August 5th – please let me know if you need anything tax free if you are one of my Missouri stampers!!!

The following items are tax-exempt during the Missouri sales tax holiday:

***Reminder: My order will go in at 8:00 pm on Sunday, August 5th so please let me know before then if you’d like to save on shipping and have me put these items on my order.***

Holiday Catalog LIVE!!!

First of all, the fabulous 2012 Holiday Catalog went live yesterday, so you can now place your orders and get your holiday goodies!!!  Visit my “View the Catalogs” page at any time to peruse the catalogs that are currently available.  For today, though, I’ll put the link to the new Holiday Catalog right in this post!  My favorite thing about the new catalog – 15% off of bundles that include Framelits and the matching stamp set!!!  Stay tuned for projects using these fun fun fun items!!!  (I’m a little out of control with exclamation marks because I am so so excited about this catalog.)

The 2012 Holiday Catalog

View the 2012 Holiday Catalog Online (Flash).

2012 Holiday Catalog as a PDF.

2012 Holiday Catalog Stampin’ Supplies as a PDF.

Halloween Spooktacular Project Kit for New Demonstrators

I LOVE our recruiting promotion for August!!!  (There come those exclamation marks again.)  I was able to see the Halloween tray at Convention a few weeks ago and it is incredible!!!  Also, a special extra gift for the first recruit that signs up with me in August!  Remember that the kit is now only $99 and you get to choose whatever products you want up to $125!!!

The Halloween Spooktacular (kit valued at $60) includes:

• Black Tray w/handle
• Toxic Treats stamp set in choice of wood-mount or clear-mount and English or French.  Prefer your Halloween sentiment stamps in Spanish?  You have the option to choose Spooky Bingo Bits in Spanish instead of Toxic Treats.
•  1 Pack of Bakers Twine in Lucky Limeade
• 1 Pack of Basic Jewels Rhinestones
• 2 – 12×12 sheets made with My Digital Studio. Images include rectangular shapes of DSP from Howlstooth & Scaringbone, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie & More Mustard CS. Images of all the inserts, flags, pennants and bats, etc.  All papers included are MDS digital images.
• Laser cut spider web, pennant and flag in Silver Glimmer Paper
• 6 buttons – 1 Vintage Faceted Designer, 2 Basic Gray, 2 Pumpkin Pie and 1 Old Olive
• Glue Dots Adhesive
• Ribbon – Very Vanilla Seam Binding, approx 18″ in length and 1/2″ Black & Gray Striped Satin Ribbon, approx 36″ in length.
• Ink and clear blocks not included.

IMPORTANT:  The Halloween Project Kit will not come with the Starter Kit.  It can be redeemed starting in September.

31 Days of 31% Off Digital!!!

What’s on sale?
ALL cards, photobooks, individual pages, and tags. That’s right: print any photobook, board book, swatchbook, individual pages, greeting card, postcard, trifold card, or tag-all for 31% off.

Some of our best digital content. 30 downloads and 1 content disc. See the full list on my promotions page!

MDS2!!!

Our newest version of My Digital Studio is NOW AVAILABLE!!!  I had the opportunity to play with it at Convention a few weeks ago and it is amazing!!!  Be watching for an upcoming FREE class to correspond with your 30-day Trial of MDS2.  There are over 75 new features including being able to design scrapbook pages in a 2 page spread and the ability to “color” individual stamp images different colors!!!  Please click here for more information on your options with MDS2, including FREE 30-day Trial.  Although I could upgrade for just $19.95, I’m going to go ahead and purchase MDS2+ as it includes more than $500 worth of additional content.  Contact me if you have any questions!!!

Hi there!  It’s my 30th birthday today so I thought it was only fitting to post a birthday card!!!  Thanks to those of you who placed orders during my Sarah’s Super Stampin’ Up! Birthday Sale to help me meet a personal sales goal for the month of July!!!  You guys rock!  Anyway, today features another of my swaps from Stampin’ Up! Convention 2012! My favorite things about this card are Stampin’ Up!’s matching stamp sets and punches (like the Create a Cupcake stamp set and Cupcake Builder Punch used here) and this fabulous texture from the new Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder!!!

Supply List

STAMPS:
Create a Cupcake (Wood-Mount 121915, Clear-Mount 121982)

PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Chocolate Chip Card Stock (102128)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Daffodil Delight Card Stock (119683)
Brights Collection Designer Series Paper Stack (117155)

INK:
Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Pad (126979)
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad (126944)

ACCESSORIES:
Chocolate Chip 1/2″ Scallop Dots Ribbon (124142)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

TOOLS:
Tabletop Paper Cutter (106959)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Craft Scissors (108360)
1-3/4″ Circle Punch (119850)
2-3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch (118874)
Cupcake Builder Punch (121807)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Bitty Banners Framelits Dies (129267)
Large Scallop Edgelits Die (127019)
Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (127749)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)