New items have been added to the Clearance Rack in the online store (including Curvy Keepsake Box die)!
Supplies are limited, and with discounts up to 70%, products will go quickly. Shop now and stock up.
Click HERE for a link to the Clearance Rack.
Thank you for stopping by. Until next time, stamp on my friends!
Linda
UPDATE: Within the last 15 minutes the Curvy Keepsake Box die sold out. Just a prime example of the old saying “you snooze, you lose.” 😟
You may have noticed that I have not posted in at least a week. Don’t worry as all is well, I am just short on time for all that I need to accomplish before December 25. I am sure I am not the only person in this situation.
I am happy to say that I finally completed my Christmas cards – 52 handmade cards were posted on Saturday and I have my fingers crossed that they will all be received by the addressees before Christmas Day.
I am now working on some handmade gifts for a few friends, my sisters and of course my Mom. So until I complete those goals I will not be posting daily projects. However here is a photo of my desk which gives you a sneak peek of the Tutti-Frutti Suite in the 2018 Occasions Catalog (Fruit Basket Bundle #145977 $35.00), available on January 3, 2018.
Those are teeny tiny pears! Also included in the 4-Punch set is a strawberry, a pineapple and a watermelon (or any fruit slice actually depending on your color choices when stamping). This bundle is adorable.
Speaking of running out of time, the Year-End Sales Event ends on January 2, 2018. This event coincides with the final sale date of the items in the Holiday Catalog. The majority of the items in the Holiday Catalog are being retired and will not be available for purchase after January 2nd. Don’t start off the New Year filled with regret because you didn’t grab those products you wanted or needed now before they are gone for good! Visit my online store and get started. If you need help, just ask!
Thanks for stopping by today. Until next time, stamp on my friends.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Linda
FREE shipping is back for one day only – Monday, December 11, 2017 – starting at 1:00 AM (CT) through 12:59 AM (CT) (December 12) / 12:00 AM (MT) through 11:59 PM (MT).
You will receive FREE shipping on all orders which is the equivalent of a 10% savings on everything you purchase.
Take advantage of this additional savings now and purchase those retiring LAST CHANCE items from the Holiday Catalog before they are gone for good. Be sure to also check out the Clearance Rack for some amazing products at unbelievably low prices.
You can access both the Year-End Sales Event and Clearance Rack products by clicking on the “Shop Stampin’ Up! Online” link at the top of my blog. If you need my assistance I am happy to help.
Until next time, stamp on my friends.
Linda
With less than three weeks left before Christmas it has come to my attention that I do not have enough cards on hand to fulfill my holiday card list needs. So last night I put my design thinking cap on and used the Holiday Catalog samples as inspiration in an attempt to come up with an easy to reproduce card that I could make in multiples to get me across the finish line.
Below is the card that I ended up creating; however, for mailing purposes I likely will eliminate the ribbon feature to keep postage at a reasonable price.
Measurements:
If you have any other questions regarding the design of this card, do not hesitate to contact me.
Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that were used in the design of this card which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on the thumbnails below:
NOTE: The stamp set and designer series paper used in today’s card are on the Retiring Items list for the Year-End Sales event. These items are available while supplies last. Don’t miss your chance to get these marvelous papers for your stash!
Wish List or Gift Certificates?
Do you have a wish list of items that you really would like for Santa (a/k/a your significant other), friends or family members to surprise you with on Christmas Day? Well, my store is open 24/7 and there are never any lines of short tempered customers and you do not have to drive around the parking lot for what seems like an eternity looking for a parking space.
Simply provide your friends and family with a list of what you “need” or “want” and direct them to me. They can place an order for your items (if ordered by December 14 they should be delivered in time for Christmas) or they can purchase a Gift Certificate from me in any dollar amount they desire (the Gift Certificate would only be redeemable through me).
So why not get what you really want this year? HERE is a printable PDF to help you make your Wish List!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper. Until next time, stamp on my friends.
Linda
No matter what kind of day you’re having, it’s about to get better! The second Stamparatus reservation window is now open, so if you missed the first one—now’s your chance!
It’s big news when something breaks the mold and changes everything. The Stamparatus will change the way you stamp, and before long, you’ll wonder how you crafted without it!
Why do YOU need one? You’ll fall in love with stamping all over again when you learn everything you can do with it!
I need product details!
How do I reserve my Stamparatus?
If you have any questions or need help making your reservation I am here to help.
Until next time, stamp on my friends.
Linda
I have a confession to make. I am a hoarder of designer series paper. So many of the papers that are offered by Stampin’ Up! are just so pretty that I hate to cut them up, much less stamp on them. I have been trying to do better this year to use what I have in my projects since with the release of each new catalog there is bound to be something just a pretty for me to pick from.
Designer series paper can be used for more than just making a pretty background base for your cards or adding a strip here or there to fill in a white space. You actually can stamp on it, which I have done with today’s card. And here it is:
The Good Tidings stamp set that I used on today’s card is a two-step stamp set. This means that it takes two different stamps to complete your image. One will be your bottom stamp which usually has no detail and the other will be the top which will have detail. So that you do not waste your DSP, I would recommend you practice two-step stamping with this set on some scrap paper until you get a feel for how the stamps layer and the best color combinations to use.
Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of today’s card which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on the thumbnails below:
Tips & Trips:
If you have any other questions regarding the design elements of this card, do not hesitate to ask.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper. Until next time, stamp on my friends.
Linda
A little know fact about me – I didn’t drink coffee before I met my now husband five years ago. He took me to Dunn’s Brothers after our first dinner date and introduced me to the tantalizing flavor of a Vanilla Caramel Latte. Today I would not say that I am a daily coffee drinker – it is a very rare occasion that I even enjoy a cup of joe – but this is one of the lines of beverages that my husband offers as a broker so it is part of my every day in some form or fashion.
When the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog was released and included an entire product suite incorporating coffee cups, I immediately added it to my wish list. However, if you ever saw my wish list you would realize it was a virtual lost forest among the trees item. Therefore, I was over the moon when the Coffee Cups framelits dies were part of the recent Online Extravaganza so of course I ordered them.
I wanted to use these framelits in the design of today’s project that I wanted to be Christmas-themed, but I did not have the coordinating stamp sets from both the Annual Catalog and the Holiday Catalog. I had ordered one of the holiday stamps sets that were also part of the Online Extravaganza and an idea struck. Here is the result:
Now if I hadn’t told you that this stamp set was not intended to be used with these framelits would you have been able to tell? And what goes better with coffee than endless pastries and cookies? Can you say MFEO (made for each other)?
Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of this card which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on the thumbnails below:
Note: The Gold Ribbon is on the Year-End Sales Event list. I have contacted my vendor about the link not showing the sales price, which is $4.00.
Here are some tips and tricks for this card design:
If you have any other questions regarding the design of this card or how you can order these products to make a card just like this one for yourself, do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for stopping by today. I h0pe you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper. Until next time, stamp on my friends.
Linda
I love my Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers by Stampin’ Up! My dilemma is that they come individually wrapped in thin plastic envelopes and at present a case for storing your entire collection is not available. Of course, I could have gone to a local arts & crafts store and purchased a really expensive marker storage system or just went ahead and used the one I had previously purchased from Stamp N Storage when I previously purchased the earlier Blendabilities but (1) I did not want to spend money at a craft store that I would rather spend on Stampin’ Up! products and (2) the marker unit I have is not conveniently located next to my work area and so they would not be “handy” when needed.
I saw a post from a fellow demonstrator who converted an empty Paper Pumpkin kit box into a storage box for her Blends and after a couple of attempts to reproduce one for myself I finally got the scoring correct for the insert to keep the markers neatly in place. First I will show you photos of my storage box and then explain how you can reproduce one for yourself:
First, if you do not want the orange color to be on the outside of your box, unfold the box and fold it over inside out so that the orange is on the side of the box.
You will need 12 x 12 cardstock to create your box dividers. You will need three (3) pieces cut to 12 x 6.
If you have a Simply Scored Scoring Tool, you will score each piece of 12 x 6 cardstock at 1.00″, 2.00″, 2.75″, 3.75″, 4.75″, 5.5o”, 6.50″, 7.50″, 8.25″, 9.25″, 10.25″ and 11.00″. Your “hills” will be 1.00″ and your “valleys” will be .75″. The 1.00″ sections will fold together and would be glued together to create your section divider. See the below pictures for an example:
If you follow these scoring measurements and use the 12 x 6 cardstock, three (3) of these dividers joined together fit perfectly into the box. To secure them into the box I put down three strips of Tear & Tape on the inside bottom and two strips on the first 1.00″ side of the divider to secure it to the side of the box. I then carefully pressed the piece into the box making sure that the piece was flat with the side and bottom before pressing into the tape. (You will notice that you have one incomplete 1.00″ tab at the end of each strip. I recommend piecing onto that incomplete tab and use liquid glue to attach next section to the incomplete tab.)
I used some retired designer series paper to decorate my box and cut up one of my Blends brochures for the outside and the inside labeling. Here are the other Stampin’ Up! products that I used that you can quickly add to your shopping cart if you want to make some organizers for yourself – just click on the thumbnails:
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you leave here inspired to create something to help organize your workspace. Until next time, stamp on my friends.
Linda
Today’s project was made with a friend in mind – it will actually go in the mail to her tomorrow. I used three stamp sets, but only two are used on the outside of the card (I used You’ve Got This on the inside for the verse). The other two sets are new and will be available starting January 3, 2018. I previously used one of the sets (Amazing You) on a prior project and will be one of the stamps sets you can earn for FREE as part of Sale-A-Bration. The other stamp set is Lovely Wishes and this set will appear in the Occasions Catalog.
Without further ado, here is my very simple, but I hope meaningful, card for my friend:
I hope it brings her a little bit of happiness as she continues to fight cancer.
I used my Stampin’ Blends to color in the flowers and stems (so much fun!) and stamped and cut out the words and attached with dimensionals to the card front for impact. I sponged around the label and card front lightly with a sponge dauber.
Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of this card which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on the thumbnails below:
And here are the two stamp sets that will be available after January 3, 2o18:
If you have any other questions regarding the design of this card do not hesitate to ask.
As promised, below are thumbnails to the discounted and retiring products that are included in the Year-End Sales Event. Remember that while this event runs through January 2, 2018, with the exception of stamp sets, these products are available only while supplies last!
Year-End Discounted:
Year-End Retiring Favorites:
This is your last chance to purchase these items. Once they are sold out or the event ends, they are gone for good.
For your convenience I have added these two links to the right margin of my blog. Simply scroll down a little and click on which category you want to start with (you’re welcome!).
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper. Until next time, stamp on my friends.
Linda
The countdown to year-end deals and discounts has begun!
The Year-End Sales Event is our chance to do a little inventory cleaning—and your opportunity to take advantage of special year-end deals on retiring and surplus items. This promotion features a selection of items that are last-chance and limited-inventory, so be sure to get your orders placed while supplies last!
Details:
You can see a PDF list of the Retiring and Discounted items HERE.
I will check the website that I use to generate the supply list tomorrow with the hope that they will have a showcase that I can share here to make your selections easier to add to your shopping cart. If not, then I will make one myself.
Be sure that if there are embellishments, ribbons and designer series paper in the Holiday Catalog that you want that you order it right away. These items will only be available while supplies last.
If I can be of any assistance, just ask.
Until next time, stamp on my friends.
Linda
