Stamped Sophisticates

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Do you like texture on your greeting cards?

Here's another card I designed for swaps at Convention...featuring lots of texture. I love the new Apothecary Accent Framelit dies and the butterfly stamps from Papillon Potpourri (w-123757; c-123759)!

This card features several easy-to-do textures. The Early Espresso layer uses the new Core-dinations Card Stock from the Holiday Mini. Core-dinations Card Stock is sandable card stock that crates an antique, distressed look when sanded. The inside layer is a monochromatic color. I sanded my cardstock but you can also reveal the inside layer by tearing or distressing. The Certainly Celery layer is dry embossed with the Vintage Wallaper Folder (120175). Both layers only took minutes to create. The addition of the punched butterflies and the Crochet Trim added more texture to the card.

I used the largest of the Layered Labels stamp from the Holiday Mini. I covered the sentiment in the center with a hand-cut oval and then added punched butterflies using the new Elegant Butterfly Punch (127526). I stamped the center section of the Layered Labels stamp again and hand cut the oval center and placed it on a banner die cut from the Petal Cone Bigz L die. (We need an Oval punch that size...hhmmmm... I think I have something for the Stampin' Up! suggestion box).

New dies; new texture folders, new stamps; new tools -- what's not to love!

Recipe
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri (w-123757; c-123759), Layered Labels (C-127072-Holiday Mini)
Paper: Certinly Celery; Gumball Green, Early Espresso Core-dinations Card Stock, Very Vinella
Inks: Soft Suede
Accessories: Apothecary Accent Framelit dies, Oval Accent Bigz Clear (127005), Big Shot Die Cut machine, Petal Cone Bigz L Die (for the banner), Elegant Butterfly Punch (127526), Pearl Basic Jewels (119247), 1/4" Crochet Trim (118481), Dimensionals

*Holiday Mini merchandise will be availalbe to purchase beginning August 1

Want to save some money on your fall and winter holiday craft projects?

Sign up as a demonstrator in early August to earn a discount on a customizable starter kit ($125 in product for $99). Beginning August 1, if you sign up you'll also receive a Halloween Home decor kit that you'll love! Let me help you select the starter kit items you really want today and we'll hold the order until the August promotion begins!

As a Demonstrator you'll also be able to attend Convention next July and hear from Stampin' Up Staff presenters like Pam Morgan, Donna Griffith, Carrie Cudney, and the always humorous and irreverent Bonnie Thurber. They share great tips from research they've done on what makes a successful Stampin' Up! demonstrator to help you start your own successful business or enjoy your stamping as a passionate creative outlet and a reason to get together with friends, family and neighbors.

Want to experience what a Stampin' Up! Convention is like? Watch this video below. It was streamed live the last day of this year's convention to demonstrators...but now you can see it too! Note that the demontration also uses the Layered Labels stamp set. You can create so many wonderful looks with this stamp set!

Stampin' Up! Convention 2012 Live Stream

Enjoy!

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

Private Classes: http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/

To place an order: Place an on-line order through my Stampin' Up! store - 24/7 Shopping
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Saturday, June 02, 2012

2012-2013 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog is now available

2012-2013 Annual Stampin' Up! Catalogs - Free download or order your copy today
Download new In Colors Free for your copy of My Digital Studio design software
See my favorite new items - In Color Dahlias, Paper-Piercing Pack
Spending more than $99 on New Catalog merchandise June 1? Become a demonstrator for $99 and get $163 of catalog merchandise and free shipping.

The new 2012-2013 Stampin' Up! annual catalogs were released June 1, and you can now begin placing orders for new merchandise. I was so excited to learn that Stampin' Up! picked and shipped most of my order yesterday and I'll have it by next week. Way to go Stampin' Up! warehouse team!

Download the .pdf version of the new catalog to your desktop for free. It is a very large file so give it some time.
Or order your own copy on-line for $5.00 (Item 129855). Celebrando Creatividad can be purchased for $1.00 (Item 129840). Visit my Stampin' Up! store to see new products and to order your copy of the catalog. Remember, you'll earn Stampin' Rewards when your merchandise subtotal reaches $150.00

The new catalogs are packed with beautiful samples, ideas for color combinations, and simple tutorials. Large product photos and less text makes the new catalog easier to use. The free merchandise benefits and hostess gifts have moved to the back of the catalog so you can get right into seeing new stamp sets and products.

Coordinated Product Suites for smart purchasing

I love how Stampin' Up! has made it easier and faster than ever to coordinate products. Stamp sets, Designer Series papers and embellishments are grouped into suites...products that all work together. This time-saving coordination of products means smarter purchases for you. My favorite product suite in this catalog is Floral District. Take a look at pp. 70-71 of the new catalog to see samples of stamp sets, background stamps, stampin' around wheels, designer fabric, Bigz XL dies that all work together beautifully in this Suite. Which is your favorite product suite from the new catalog?

Product Suites also available on disc for My Digital Studio

And, if easy purchasing of coordinating products weren't enough, this suite is also available on disc for My Digital Studio. You'll find coordinating My Digital Studio discs for your favorite suite (s) on pp. 198 -199 of the new big catalog.

The Floral District Collection DVD is Item 127217, $23.95. This is a 10% savings over downloading each of the items in the collection separately.

Free In Color download for My Digital Studio

Speaking of My Digital Studio, you can download the five new In Colors for your copy of My Digital Studio for FREE. These five new In Colors will be active for two years, and are a wonderful addition to coordinate with with your digital designs or your traditional card making and scrap booking projects.

To add the new In Colors to My Digital Studio, Open the software, go to Help in the menu bar and select, Check for updates. Accept the update and restart your computer after the software is finished loading.
Order the new In Colors in Card stock, Pens, Ink pads and reinkers and coordinating embellishments from my store.. Visit my Stampin' Up! store to see new In Colors and don't forget to add the new catalog to your order.

In Color resin Dahlias

I was so excited to see the new In Color Dahlias that match the 5 new In colors (Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit)!

I have been making my own resin flowers and shapes from molds, clear resin and Stampin' Up! Craft reinkers. None of my molds are a wonderful (or as convenient) as this little 3/8" Dahlias from Stampin' Up! I know I'll be using a ton of these the next two years, so I went ahead and ordered 15 packages with my first new-catalog order. Better hurry if you want some of these (hee hee)...or they'll be on back order! Order Item number 127556, pp. 175, $7.95 for 20 flowers, 4 each in 5 colors.

New Paper-Piercing Pack

I have to tell you about one more new product before I sign off today. Its the new Paper-Piercing Pack. This pack allows you to accent many of the new Big Shot Edgelete and Framelit designs, punched shapes and tags. It is item number 126187 p 181, and at only $7.95 I think it is one of the best values in the whole catalog! If you need a new Paper-piercing tool and a Stampin' Pierce Mat, those items are also available on p 181.

Paper-piercing Pack - Item 126187, p181 - $7.95

One thing I like about downloading the FREE pdf of the catalog is that I can view the samples in the catalog at a very large size. Take a close-up look at the sample on p 181 to see the beautiful accents you can add to your cards with this Paper-piercing pack! View the new Big Shot Edgelets and Framelets on pp 190-191. Download the .pdf version.

$99 Fully Customizable Kit lets you choose $125.00 worth of merchandise

I'm sure this quick catalog tour of some of the new items in the 2012-2013 has whet your appetite for updating your supplies with a few new items. If you plan to order over $99 from the new catalog, your better choice is to sign up as a demonstrator. For $99, you can choose $125.00 worth of any traditional or digital supplies with free shipping...just for signing up as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

Stampin' Up! has made the new standard Starter Kit completely customizable! This is a great way to update your supplies with the new In Colors, new dies, new digital downloads, new ribbons and/or new stamps. And after your Starter Kit order, you have no further obligation. However, if you choose to continue purchasing as a demonstrator, you'll receive 20% or more Instant Income from future orders. And your first order within 45 days as a new demonstrator is 30% off! As long as you purchase $300 each quarter... that's about $100 a month...you can continue to purchase at a discount. This is a great offer if you plan to be a hobby demonstrator or if you want to make a little extra money at different times of the year.

Add up what you spend at craft stores and scrapbook stores and you may be surprised at how signing up as a demonstrator can save you time (with coordinated products and product suites) and stretch your crafting dollars (discounts off your purchases, plus additional free merchandise you select from anywhere in the catalog on orders over $150). Read more here...and sign up today, on-line. You can even turn what you love into a part-time or full-time business, with free training, webinars, and demonstrator support available on line. Stampin' Up! makes it easy for you to do it any way that works best fo ryou.

Sign up during June 2012 and get an extra $48 in FREE Patio Party products

Need an extra push? Sign up June 1-30, 2012 and not only choose the products for your fully customizable Start Kit, you'll also get products from the brand-new Patio Party suite for FREE, including the Make a Cake Set, Patio Party Designer Series Paper, and the Patio Party Digital Collection DVD! (See samples from Patio Party on pp 42-43) That's up to $48 in additional FREE products. These extra FREE products are shipped with your new $99.00 demonstrator fully customizable Starter Kit order.

Add these items to your on-line Starter Kit order form for FREE. What a great way to update your crafting supplies with new 2012-2013 catalog items -- $173 in new products for only $99.00... and no future obligation!

Choose either Make a Cake Set wood-mount - (126740) or Make a Cake Set clear-mount (126742) (p44).
Add Patio Party designer Series Paper (126916), and
Patio Party Digital collection DVD (127215) (p199)

Contact me if you have questions, want to book a new catalog party and earn free merchandise, or sign up as a demonstrator, and we'll talk some more!

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

Classes: http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/

To place an order: Place an on-line order through my Stampin' Up! store - 24/7 Shopping
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Are you ready for the New Catalog?... Coming June 1

My Digital Studio pages saves time over traditional scrap booking
Hurry! Finals days to place orders before stamps retire. Check Retiring Stamp List Now
Spending more than $99 on New Catalog merchandise June 1? Become a demonstrator for $99 and get $125 of merchandise and free shipping.

While busy getting ready for the new catalog change over in a few days, I couldn't help myself...I quickly putting together a couple of scrapbook pages in My Digital Studio when I saw these wonderful photos of grandnieces and grandnephews their parents posted on Facebook. I love how fast these pages go together using downloaded templates. Every Tuesday, Stampin' Up! publishes new downloads for My Digital Studio - stamp images, templates, embellishments, papers, punches, etc. I love selecting my purchases each week. With a little willpower I hold my purchase for a few weeks or a month and then purchase downloads and a few supplies totaling $150 so that I qualify for an extra $25 in hostess dollars to boost my purchasing power.

See details to try My Digital Studio Express Edition free for 30 days later in this post.

These are so fast and easy! I did these two pages in 8 X 8" size. This template was the template for 2011 convention. Templates are so easy to customize, you can quickly turn almost any template into almost any theme that works with your photos.

Before you jump to the retired stamp listing, just a few more words about My Digital Studio.

Free 30-day trial of My Digital Studio Express
You can download a free 30-day trial of My Digital Studio Express. Mix traditional stamping with digital designing is surprisingly easy...or create a quick digital page whenever you have a few free minutes or, like me, whenever you see a darling photo you want to share in a unique way with family and friends.

Item 129600- My Digital Studio Express Trial

The free trial includes the My Digital Studio Express software. This means you'll have full design functionality, access to the Stampin' Up! print services, and the opportunity to purchase My Digital Studio downloads.

At the end of the 30-day trial period, you can purchase either the My Digital Studio or My Digital Studio Express to continue using the software. You will not need to re-download the program, but will simply enter the product key you received after purchasing the software ( If you purchase the disc version you'll find the key along with the shipped software, and if you purchase the downloadable My Digital Studio Express, you'll receive the product key via email.)

You'll be able to keep any downloads you purchase during the 30-day trial period for enhancing your My Digital Studio Experss software.

To get the free trial version, add My Digital Studio Express (item 129600) to your online shopping cart, and then download and install it.

http://www.mydigitalstudio.net/: This website is designed for demonstrators and customers alike. It's the place to go for all things My Digital Studio! On this site you will find training videos, sample projects from other My Digital Studio users, a discussion forum, and the full Stampin' Up! digital catalog along with many other useful My Digital Studio tools.

My Digital Studio and My Digital Studio Express video: This video will help you learn the difference between the My Digital Studio and My Digital Studio Express programs.

Complete list of My Digital Studio Express downloads: This resource lists all the downloads included in the My Digital Studio Express software. It's a helpful resource to have available when your customers ask what downloads are included in the 30-day trial.

My Digital Studio print pricing and specifications: This resource is a great reference not only for print pricing, but also to see the plethora of print products available through My Digital Studio. You'll be excited by all the printing possibilities!

Last chance to buy these stamps before they retire!

Stampin' Up! announced the stamp sets retiring in just a few days.
Hundreds of stamps and accessories from the current catalog are retiring on May 31, Take a look through the list before you miss getting your favorites before they are gone. Many products are only available while supplies last, so order early!

Join for $99 and Pick your own Starter Kit Products
Many of my customers have received their copy of the new 2012-2013 catalog from me and are busy putting together their "Wish List". On Friday, June 1, you can begin to place orders from the new catalog.

If you plan to order over $99 from the new catalog, your better choice is to sign up as a demonstrator. For $99, you can choose $125.00 worth of any traditional or digital supplies with free shipping...just for signing up as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

Stampin' Up! has made the new standard Starter Kit completely customizable! This is a great way to update your supplies with the new In Colors, new dies, new digital downloads, new ribbons and new stamps. And after your Starter Kit order, you'll receive 20% or more off future order. Read more here...and sign up today, on-line, so you'll be among the first to place your order from the new catalog on June 1.

Enjoy!

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

Classes: http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/

To place an order: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/donnaross/ - 24/7 Shopping at my Stampin' Up! Website

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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Free $40 Christmas Memory Box Project if you purchase the $99 Starter Kit by July 31

$99 to Join Stampin' Up...and order your new catalog merchandise at a 20% discount
Sneak Peek of a new Aug 28, fast-and-easy card class opening soon for registration.
Free Post-Convention Open House August 7. Registration now open.

FREE Christmas Memory Box project if you join Stampin' Up! By July 31. Take advantage of the $99 sign up special to purchase a few new supplies and stamps sets and then continue to purchase Stampin' Up! products at 20% discount. You'll receive the Free kit when you place your first order at a 30% discount between Aug 1 and Sept 30, after purchasing the $99 Starter Kit*. You can sign up on line, here, at the Join Now button.

I was so excited to see samples of the FREE-for-new-Demonstrators Christmas Memory Box project earlier this month at the Stampin' Up! Convention. See Convention video highlights, here.

They had two versions of the box on display. The one above and the one below. If you are on my blog, click on the photos to make them larger.

The kit comes with one of the new stamps from the Holiday Mini catalog. It's called Pines & Poinsettias. Also from the new Holiday Mini, the Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Series Paper from the Holly Berry Bouquet Product Suite is used to make this kit. The Holiday Mini will be available to customers Sept 1.

Learn more about joining for $99 and enjoy amazing perks when you become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. Join now to take advantage of the 20% discount on your holiday craft items! Or perhaps you'll want to join just to earn a little money before the holiday. Either way is fine. No penalty to stop enjoying your discount.

You can see a few more details on the front and sides of the samples in this photo. Click photos for larger images.

I love making three-dimensional projects along with cards. Imagine being among the first to receive products from the new Holiday Mini that only Stampin' Up! demonstrators will be able to purchase early. As a Stampin' Up! demonstrator you'll receive the Free Kit AND be able to order from the Holiday Mini catalog a month early (Aug 1) to get a jump on your holiday season craft projects. Customer will need to wait another month until Sept 1. For me, there never seems to be enough time to do all the hand-crafted projects I want to make between September and Christmas, so I'm putting in my Holiday Mini catalog order August 1!

The Christmas Keepsake Box Project Kit--a $40 value--contains the following products (quantities are 1 unless otherwise noted):

Pines & Poinsettias Set (wood-mount)
Keepsake box
Scallop borders (cut from Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die)
- First Edition Designer Series Paper (3)
- Holly Berry Designer Series Paper (6)
First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper strip (2)
Holly Berry Designer Series Paper piece*
Real Red Top Note (cut from Top Note Bigz Die)
Real Red Decorative Label (cut from Matchbook Bigz XL Die)
Wild Wasabi Card Stock strips (3)
Naturals Ivory Card Stock piece
Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Fabric
Real Red 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim
Linen Thread
Champagne Fine Galaxy Stampin' Glitter
Vanilla Pearl 1/2" Simply Adorned Bauble
Pearl Basic Jewels (1 pkg.)
Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Buttons*
- Large Wild Wasabi
- Small Real Red
Mini Vintage Tags

I know I'll be using some of the new holiday designer buttons and new 3/8" velvet stitched Ribbons from the Holiday Mini catalog that each demonstrator received at Stampin' Up!s convention earlier this month.

I'm so happy Stampin' Up! is helping me get an early start with this wonderful Christmas Memory Box Idea. And even more fun, Shelli Gardner, CEO and Founder of Stampin' Up! is going to show us, personally, how to make this wonderful box in a special video. Here's a preview from Shelli showing you even more details of this sparkly, Christmas Memories kit.

And, before signing off, here's a sneak peak at a few of the cards from a new, fast, easy-cards class I'm hosting in August 28. Be sure you're signed up to receive updates to my bog (sign up in the right hand column) and watch for registration to open soon.

We will make over 20 cards using one stamp pad color, one stamp set, and a package of the Big Top Birthday self-adhesive Quick Accents and still had left over materials. Then I’ll show you how to make more fast-easy cards using your acrylic blocks and your stamp sets.

Also, don't forget to sign up for my fun, Post-Convention Open House, Aug 7.

Enjoy!

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

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