Hi! Just wanted to make sure you all knew about the addition to our Simply Scored line! The Simply Scored Diagonal Plate (125586) is now available for customers to purchase. This plate works with your Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334), by simply sitting on top of it and lining up with the grooves in the upper ruler part, so that scoring on an angle is just as easy as scoring with the original Simply Scored board. The great thing about this plate is that it enables you to quickly and easily make custom envelopes for nearly any size card! It also makes great boxes as well! The plate has silicone patches on the back side to keep it from slipping and a handy arrow on the back that reminds you how to place it on top of your Simply Scored Scoring Tool. The best part is that it is only $11.95! Add a few other items onto your order and when your order reaches $50, choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration item as a bonus!!!
Please come back next week – I am planning on making some videos soon that use this new product! Get yours now so that when I demonstrate it, you already have it!!! 🙂
Hello! Today’s post is for those of you who may want or need to make a little extra money doing something you love! I LOVE my job as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and would love for you to have this amazing gift too! As a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, we earn 20% of what we sell as profit and that percentage only increases with the amount you sell (up to 40%)! Also, leaders in our company earn profits based on the sales of the demonstrators that have signed up under them. Stampin’ Up! also is really, really good to us as demonstrators – based on our sales we can earn free products or even trips to amazing places like Fiji! You can easily make back the cost of your starter kit in just your first workshop or party!!! Also, Sale-A-Bration is the very best time of the year to join as the starter kit is discounted and extra bonus perks are offered!
If you want to learn more, click HERE to take you on over to my “Join My Team” info page here on the blog! Check that out and then call me at 816.341.0208 to let me know you’re interested in receiving a packet in the mail with more info.
Hello stampers! I am starting another new weekly feature to the blog TODAY! Tool Time Thursday will feature a different Stampin’ Up! tool every week. What better way to begin than with my favorite Stampin’ Up! tool of all? I LOVE this paper cutter more than any paper cutter I’ve ever had. Watch the video below to see why! Then, if you don’t have it – get yourself over to my Online Store and pick one up! Add a roll of ribbon or some other small item and get a free Sale-A-Bration item until March 31st!!! 🙂 Here’s a link to this item in my store. Hope you enjoy Tool Time Thursday! Let me know if there is a tool you would like to see reviewed/featured on my blog soon!!!
Hi there! Today I’m bringing you a card using a few more of my favorite products from Sale-A-Bration and Occasions Mini catalogs! I do not know who to credit for this card – someone brought it to a shoebox swap that one of my sidelines in Stampin’ Up! coordinates (thanks Shelly!) – but I LOVED it and thought I’d share it with you! It uses all 3 of the products in the bundle for hostesses that have a $400 party – the Fresh Vintage stamp set, Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper, and Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack! Love them all – especially with a couple of the standout products from the Occasions Mini – Labels Collection Framelits Dies and Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies!!! Notice the Lucky Limeade layer behind the main focal point? It is just that same size as the focal point cut in half. Gives a different look than if you just used the Framelit that is the next size up – I loved that idea!
Supply List
STAMPS:
Fresh Vintage (Wood-Mount 125115, Clear-Mount 125117) – SAB Choice FREE with $50 purchase
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Calypso Coral Card Stock (122925)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Lucky Limeade Card Stock (122926)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650)
Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (126154) – SAB Choice FREE with $50 purchase
INK:
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad (119782)
2010-2012 In Color Stampin’ Write Marker Assortment (119801) – I used Poppy Parade
2011-2013 In Color Stampin’ Write Marker Assortment (123002) – I used Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, & Calypso Coral
*Note: The In Color Stampin’ Write Markers are not sold individually, because of cost effectiveness for the limited time they are around.
ACCESSORIES:
Basic Pearl Jewels (119247)
Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack (127279) – SAB Choice FREE with $50 purchase
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Mini Glue Dots (103683)
TOOLS:
Tabletop Paper Cutter (106959)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Paper Snips (103579)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Labels Collection Framelits Dies (125598)
Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies (125595)
Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (125601)
Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die (118138)
Hi! I hope you’re having a great Tuesday. Our first ever Quick Tip Tuesday idea is to use your Label Framelits Dies (125598) to make fancy edges on strips of paper or cards! I hope you enjoy this weekly feature to my blog – I’ll share a different fun idea every Tuesday! Watch the video below and let me know if you have any questions! Hope you enjoy this tip! To see the still photographs of the scrapbook page, as well as to see the full supply list, please CLICK HERE.
Hello again! In an attempt to make up for my absence last week, I’m bringing you a bonus video today! I’m also including a few photos of the project in this post so that you can refer back to it when you are making your own Owl Pillow Box Treat Holders! Hope you enjoy it!
Supply List
STAMPS: None
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Daffodil Delight Card Stock (119683)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Rich Razzleberry Card Stock (115316)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Basic Black Card Stock (121045)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
Brights Collection Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (117155)
*Note: You can also purchase the 8-1/2″ x 11″ Brights Smooth Card Stock (119706) – which includes 2 sheets of each of the 10 colors in the Brights Collection if you’d rather make the multi-colored owls that I showed in the picture above. You can get 2 pillow box die cuts out of one piece of card stock. If you choose to do that the Daffodil Delight and Rich Razzleberry will be in that pack, so you don’t have to purchase them individually. (Although you do get 24 sheets in the single color packs and 20 in the collection packs for the same price. Up to you…)
INK: None
ACCESSORIES:
Basic Rhinestone Jewels (119246)
White Baker’s Twine (124262)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
Sticky Strip (104294)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Mini Glue Dots (103683)
TOOLS:
3/4″ Circle Punch (119873)
1-1/4″ Circle Punch (119861)
Large Oval Punch (119855)
Heart to Heart Punch (119881)
1/16″ Handheld Circle Punch (101227)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Standard Premium Crease Pad (113476)
Pillow Box Bigz Die (113466)
Bone Folder (102300)
Hi guys! Sorry – I’m sicky again! I hope I’m not coming down with something but I’ve been coughing, exhausted, and a bit nauseous today! Yuck! Anyway, as soon as I’m up to video editing I’ll be hitting you with all kinds of goodies! 🙂 Again I apologize!
Hi! I apologize but I’ve been having serious issues with my computer today! I think it is my fault for not installing updates but I’ll be back tomorrow with my belated Quick Tip Tuesday and my regularly scheduled Wednesday post!
Hope you had a great Tuesday! Come back tomorrow for two posts!
Hello! Today I’m bringing you a 12″ x 12″ Scrapbook Page I made with the Sale-A-Bration exclusive Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper! This is my favorite patterned paper that Stampin’ Up! has done in the 4 years that I’ve been a demonstrator!!! I LOVE it! And of course, it doesn’t hurt at all that it is FREE with a $50 order until March 31st (I need to stock up – more than the 3 packs I already have 
). Anyway, I also used a few other fabulous products on this card, including my runaway favorites from the Occasions Mini Catalog – Framelits and Edgelits. I’ll show you in my video tomorrow how I used the Labels Collection Framelits to make a fancy edge as I did on the 3 main panels of DSP behind the photos.
STAMPS:
Notes & Details (Wood – 122022, Clear – 122060)
PAPER:
INK:
ACCESSORIES:
TOOLS:
Hi friends! Just a quick note to let you know I’ve been under the weather this week and will hopefully be back Monday with some stamping goodness for you to check out!
Hello! Today I’m going to share with you my Top 5 Must Have Tools from Stampin’ Up! – these are my favorite tools I use most every time I do any sort of paper crafting!
1. Tabletop Paper Cutter (106959; $45.95) – I LOVE this paper cutter! After crafting for 15 years, I’ve constantly been on the search for the best paper cutter, tiring of the rough edges, not being able to get a straight cut, and blades slipping out of the track. My favorite things about this cutter:
– self-sharpening (you never have to buy another blade again)
– guillotine style (no problems with a crooked track or blades slipping out of it)
– handle and extended ruler that store underneath it for easy transport
– extended arm with ruler up to 12″
– ruler on base up to 6″ (need extender arm less often than with other cutters)
– cuts the tiniest slivers off of paper easily and accurately
– every cut perfect EVERY TIME (Tip: hold down the clear part to keep your paper still while cutting)
I know it is probably pricier than most paper trimmers you might have bought in the past, but I’m sure I have easily spent over $200 on other trimmers and replacement blades over the past 10 years or so, so it is totally worth it! Also consider that you don’t have to spend money on replacement blades EVER! I’ve sold several of these and each person has given me amazing reviews of their experience with theirs as well! I even convinced my upline that after years without this trimmer, she had to have it and guess what? She LOVES it!!! (Probably not quite as much as I love mine!)
2. Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113430; $99.95) – Again, as a lifelong paper crafter, I’ve come in contact with many different die-cutting machines, so the following are reasons why I like the Big Shot the best! Probably my favorite reason is that it cuts through over 50 materials, including thick chipboard, tin, corkboard, balsa wood, fabric, vinyl, fun foam, and paper of course! Also, the Big Shot does not require electricity so it is easy to transport to crops or a friend’s home when you want to create on the go. One of my favorite things to do with it is to emboss card stock (you can also emboss other materials as well)! There are several types of dies, plates, or folders that all produce different results! I can’t imagine creating without it!
3. Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334; $29.95) – I use this on every card I make to create the simple clean fold, but this scoring board is also great to create envelopes, custom gift boxes, and so much more. It has scoring grooves ever 1/8″, comes with 3 markers that you can use at the top of the board to mark where you want scoring lines on any project, a stylus with its own place so it doesn’t get lost, and a handy storage compartment at the top of the board for the markers or other items. Also, Stampin’ Up! is coming out with a new diagonal scoring plate that will fit on top of it (March 1st!) so this line is one that keeps growing so possibilities with this tool are endless!
4. Mat Pack (105826; $9.95) – My first Stampin’ Up! purchase!!! It comes with 3 pieces that are about 4″ x 4″ all for use for paper-piercing. One is a self-healing mat (so you don’t poke holes in your table), a foam piece (allows you to make deeper piercings into your paper), and my favorite part, the paper-piercing template. The template will help you make decorative piercings evenly spaced, faux stitching, piercing for real stitching, and evenly spaced brads too!
5. Punches – I know this may seem like I am cheating as Stampin’ Up! carries over 50 punches, but this is one of my most used tools for sure!!! My favorites are the Decorative Label Punch (120907; $16.95), Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch (119275; $15.95), and 3/16″ Corner Rounder Punch (119871; $6.95) – although even that was hard to choose. I often use the Word Window Punch (119857; $15.95) to punch out smaller sentiments (especially from Teeny Tiny Wishes) and layer them onto the Modern Label Punch (119849; $16.95). Stampin’ Up! has such a wide variety of punches and I love to use them to make quick and simple impacts on my cards, scrapbook pages, and 3D items! Several of them also coordinate with our stamps, which makes creating even easier and faster!
I apologize for my ramblings – but these products are ones I feel very strongly about!!! Stampin’ Up! really sells some great items so narrowing it down was really tough but maybe I’ll do a #6-#10 favorites some other time! Let me know if you have any questions about these or other products in our lineup. Comment below with what some of your favorite Stampin’ Up! tools are!!!
Today I wanted to share with you the Valentine’s Day Card I made for my hubby!!! The card inspiration came from Leigha Rock, although I’ve seen tons of other variations on her original (like me, few of us vary much from her original). This sentiment was the reason I had to buy the P.S. I Love You stamp set, although I’ve fallen in love with it for the rest of the set too! I used French Foliage for the splatter, Paris postmark, and text stamps and Winter Post for the wavy postmark lines (I used my Early Espresso Marker to only color the lines and not the December 24th postmark on the stamp).
I also used the Early Espresso Marker with the Color Spritzer tool to add some more texture. The Heart to Heart punch popped the different colors of red card stock out easily and I sponged them with Early Espresso to add a little extra definition. I sponged the edges (and center a bit too) of the main panel Confetti White card stock (4-7/8″ x 3-5/8″) with the Tea Stain distressing ink from the Distressing Essentials kit (LOVE IT)! Then I distressed the edges with the cutter kit. I added a strip of the striped grosgrain ribbon that I’d cut the woven edges off of and frayed a bit, then wrapped the card several times with the linen thread before tying a bow. The sentiment was added and the hearts popped up with dimensionals. Then the Confetti White card base was layered with the Early Espresso 5″ x 3-3/4″ panel and the main image panel.
Enjoy the project! It would also make a great wedding card, anniversary card, or birthday card for someone you love! Hope you had a great Valentine’s Day! The P.S. I Love You stamp set is in the Occasions Mini catalog (ends April 30th, 2012), so don’t miss it – it is an excellent set for Valentine’s Day, weddings, anniversaries, and many other love events too!!! 🙂
STAMPS:
P.S. I Love You (Wood – 125460; Clear – 125462)
French Foliage (Wood – 120845; Clear – 121166)
Winter Post (Wood only – 111780)
PAPER:
Confetti White Card Stock (102028)
Bravo Burgundy Card Stock (105123)
Cherry Cobbler Card Stock (119685)
Riding Hood Red Card Stock (111348)
Real Red Card Stock (102482)
Poppy Parade Card Stock (119793)
12″ x 12″ Neutrals Collection Textured Carstock (121078)
INK:
Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad (119670)
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (121030)
Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker (119680)
Tea Stain Ink Cube from the Distressing Essentials Kit (118762)
ACCESSORIES:
Cherry Cobbler 1-1/4″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (125056)
Linen Thread (104199)
Stamping Sponges (101610)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Tabletop Paper Cutter (106959)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Cutter Kit (106958)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Heart to Heart Punch (119881)
Clear Block Bundle (118491)
I’m starting a new feature here on the blog – Quick Tip Tuesday! Just what it sounds like, every Tuesday I will bring you a blog post or video with a quick tip that will help you with creating and stamping! Today I have a video for you on How to Mount Clear-Mount stamps, as well as a couple of basic stamping tips. I found this way of mounting them (not the way SU! tells you to mount them) from another demonstrator and LOVE it! I have much better success with my clear stamps clinging to the acrylic blocks for a longer period of time with this method! Hope it helps you too!
Please let me know if you have any questions or have any other how-to video ideas you’d like to see me make!
Hello stampers!
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Hello! Here are my favorite samples using Sale-A-Bration products that were on display at Stampin’ Up! Leadership 2012. I do not know who designed most of them, but will love to using these ideas in my upcoming workshops and classes! 🙂 Remember, until March 31, 2012, you can earn each of these stamp sets/paper/ribbon/brads FREE with a $50 order
Elementary Elegance (Wood – 125120, Clear – 125122) – This one was presented on Main Stage but I cannot remember who presented/designed these. Love the use of white embossing on the first four and VersaMark on the fifth one to show how easy it is to make beautiful cards with the fun frame that comes in this set!
Outlined Occasions (Wood – 126014, Clear – 126016) – This was probably my FAVORITE sample of all. This simple use of the pennant punch and our brights collection was by Heather Summers.
Sprinkled Expressions (Wood – 125130, Clear – 125132) – I loved the combination of the star stamp with the Big Shot Stars Die. Lots of great texture on this card too!
Fresh Vintage (Wood – 125115, Clear – 125117) & Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (126154) – I thought this pair of projects was just so pretty. The Everyday Enchantment DSP that both of these projects feature is my favorite DSP Stampin’ Up! has ever released!!! I am already dreading March 31st and this DSP going away. I’ve gotten 3 packs of it already (we got one as a giveaway at Leadership!).
I hope you love these samples as much as I do! Try making one today with your SAB goodies!
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