Two Step into Spring!

Time to get ready for Spring!!  During the month of April,  Stampin' Up! is giving you a preview of the new Awash with Flowers stamp set.  When you host a workshop or place an order of $350 or more, you get this stamp set for FREE. Awash with Flowers is a sneak peek from the upcoming 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog! Be the first to add this stamp set to your collection.  It is available in both wood mount and clear mount (blocks C and H are recommended for this set, if you don't already have the blocks).  Online orders do not qualify for this promotion. If you are placing an order of $350 or more, please contact me to place your order so that you may take advantage of this great promotion! This sneak peek is only available throughout the month of April so don't miss this opportunity!  The next time this stamp set will be available will be in July when the new catalog is released. It will then retail for $39.95 as wood mount and $27.95 as clear mount. 

If that weren't enough,  there are also FOUR current stamp sets that are on sale for 20% off!!! If you've been debating on getting any of these stamp sets, now is the time to get them!!  The stamp sets on sale are: 

Greenhouse Garden (page 94)  Reg. $25.95  Now $20.76

Fifth Avenue Floral (page 98)  Reg. $24.95  Now $19.96

Flower Fancy (page 101)  Reg. $36.95  Now $29.56

Trendy Trees (page 112) Reg. $17.95  Now $14.36

This is a great promotion!  There is no minimum purchase to qualify for this special discount on these four stamp sets. I should note that these stamp sets are on the main catalog so that you may view the images and that they are only available as wood mount stamp sets.

And folks....  this is NOT an April Fool's joke!!

Happy Stampin'!!  

Bird Punch

 Here's a simple card utilizing punches and a stamp set.  I demonstrated this card at a recent workshop.  Its a simple card to put together and it packs a "ooh ... aahh" factor.  (Is that even a word?) :)  It comes together pretty quickly as it uses very little stamping and it uses mostly punches.

Happy Stampin'!

Supplies:

Stamps: Whimsical Words

Ink: Soft Suede

Paper: Crush Curry cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Old Olive cardstock

Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch

Fox & Friends

Its been a while since I last posted a project.  Its been a crazy month however its been productive.  Today I'd like to share a card I recently made. I sent this card to a coworker who recently had twins, a boy and a girl. So precious!! Anyway, I realized that I didn't really have any stamp sets that had anything 'baby-ish' to make a congratulations card.  So I was a little bummed and nothing was coming to mind on how I could use my stamp sets for a baby card.  Call it crafters block, I guess.  I needed to get inspiration. So I went forth and did my routine blog-hopping and I came across Mary Jo Albright's blog post.  I love her work!  Her work never ceases to inspire me.  I pulled out my Fox & Friends stamp set and played around with it. Voila! Next thing I knew, this card was created.  

Yes, I know.  I got a little crazy with the paper snips.  Yes, I did cut all those pieces by hand. Crazy, I know.  But you know what....  I had a blast doing it.  I totally had a kick out of cutting up these animals that it didn't even seem like that much detailed cutting to me.  DEFINITELY LOVE THIS CARD!!! Isn't this monkey adorable!?!?  I made the animals (whole or part) pop up using dimensionals.  I think it gives it a much better effect that just a flat image. 

Hope you like it!  Happy Stampin'!

P.S.  The designer paper I used is retired from the last catalog.  I'm trying to use up the loads of retired DSP I have. 


Supplies:

Stamps: Fox & Friends, Well Scripted

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, More Mustard, Really Rust, Real Red, Creamy Caramel, Kiwi Kiss

Paper: Morning Sunshine Designer Series Paper (retired), Kraft cardstock, Chocolate Chip cardstock, Pacific Point cardstock, Whisper White cardstock

Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals

Ribbon Shares Now Available!!!

Hi Stampers!!

Have you been browsing through the embellishments section of the catalog lately? Been eying those ribbons to add as a perfect embellishment to your project? Maybe you've thought of buying a roll of ribbon or two but decided you really want all the colors just not at that steep price?

JOIN IN THE RIBBON SHARES!!!

Click on the product shares link on top and sign up to get your favorite line of ribbons at a fraction of the price! This is an affordable way to get all the ribbons you WANT without breaking the bank. You get 3 yards of each color in each ribbon family.

If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line.

Happy stampin'!

Last Month of Sale-A-Bration!!!

Howdy Stampers!!

Just a little reminder that today marks the beginning of the final month of Sale-A-Bration!! Still don't know what this means??? Oh boy... You're missing out!!!

Sale-A-Bration is the BIGGEST sale event that Stampin' Up! has every year.

For every $50 you get a free stamp set, paper pack or punch for FREE.

If your order is at $300 or more, contact me to place your order and get an EXTRA FREE stamp set, paper pack or punch plus hostess benefits.

Interested in becoming a demonstrator? Starter kits are at a 15% discount when you sign up during Sale-A-Bration. Contact me for more information.

So if any of these perks have sparked your interest, visit my online store to browse through the wonderful product available to you right now and fill up your cart! If you need a catalog, please contact me.

The sale ends on March 31, 2010.

Happy Stampin'!

Flight of the Butterfly

Third post today! Wow! (Just catching up on projects I had uploaded but haven't shared....)

Its a trend, I tell ya! Butterflies everywhere!!!

I just LOVE how this card turned out. I had a request to create a birthday card for a girl and this is the result of procrastinating to the night before they needed the card to create it. Turned out beautifully, didnt it? I just love looking at this card over and over and over and over.....

Of course, I still didn't have my butterfly punch to punch out this butterfly so I had to cut it by hand. It turned out well because I was able to give the little creature antennae :) hehe.

To create the ruffled ribbon, I used a technique I learned from Allison's blog. Coincidentally, she also used the same stamp set on her card for this particular post! Haha. I preferred this technique much better than just trying to fold the ribbon to create pleats for this project. It gave the card a little more of a 'dainty' and delicate feel to it.

Thanks for 'fluttering' by! :)

Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly

Paper: Pink Pirouette (retired, textured and regular), (retired DSP -- will update for the name), Close to Cocoa cardstock, Whisper White

Ink: Pink Pirouette (retired), Close to Cocoa

Accessories: White Taffeta Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, Paper Snips, Sticky Strip

New Embosslits Butterfly Die

What an appropriate follow up to my last post... More Butterflies!!! See a theme coming? I'm loving this new embosslit die that is on the Occassions Mini catalog, aren't you? Its just lovely and it works so well with so many projects! This card actually came about because of the card I made on the previous post. As you can see, there are 5 butterflies that are cut at once on the new embosslit die. I got a little excited using the BigShot for these butterflies that I ended up with A LOT of extra butterflies. Naturally, I had to use them somehow so I came up with this card. Its unbelievably simple to put together, not to mention QUICK! To be honest, I think it took me longer to set up my BigShot and cut out pieces of paper than it did to put the card together.

Inspiration for this card actually came from the Occasions Mini catalog (page 10).

Stamps: Butterfly Accent (for envelope)

Paper: Kraft, Paper Prints Pack (retired hostess gift [Apricot Appeal, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Green Galore])

Ink: Melon Mambo (for envelope image)

Accessories: SU! Butterfly Wings Embosslit Die, BigShot