Sunday, September 30, 2018

Jump start your Holiday Card Making

  • Register now open for Card Class - Oct 7, 2018
  • Join us to make these hand-made projects
  • Halloween Paper Pumpkin Kit and refills available

Jump start your Holiday Card Making


Wouldn't you like to know you're finished with your handmade Christmas Cards before Thanksgiving this year?  Join us Sunday afternoon, October 7, to jump start your Holiday card making.  We'll create 6 cards that you'll use for Fall and Holiday Occasions.  We're using a variety of Fall and Holiday stamp sets, punches and dies for these projects that will give you a chance to try several different products and techniques to add to your crafting skill.    

You'll love creating these cards and then sharing your creativity with others when you need to send Fall and Holiday cards.  Pick from a variety of sentiments so each card fits your needs..  






For a closer look at each project, take a look  at the Meetup Photo album for this class, and register for the class while you're visiting my Meetup registration site.  The photo album includes individual photos of each project we'll make. 

Class size is limitedso register for this class now.  Your class fee of $28 for 6 projects will include precut materials, and embellishments.  Use your PayPal account and send your class fee to my PayPal account at dje-ross@swbell.net , or ask me to issue you a PayPal invoice for the class.

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Paper Pumpkin Halloween Kit now available



Hard to find time for a class, but still want to make cute treats for Halloween?  Stampin' Up!'s wildly popular Frights and Delights September Paper Pumpkin kit is available now.  This frightfully delightful kit in a scary-cute special edition box makes 24 treats packages for you to fill with candy or fun treats for your Halloween party or for neighborhood trickers and treaters.  Order item number 149671 for this exclusive Halloween kit and special box.  And if you need more than 24 treat bags, there's a refill kit available. Order item 149540 for 24 more refills. 



Your main kit includes:

- an exclusive Halloween-themed stamp set that you can use over and over  
- a classic Stampin' Spot in Smoky Slate ink to use with your stamp set
- 24 gift bags and die cut labels, words, and images

In addition to an exclusive stamp set and ink spot, everything you need to make awesome projects is included.  Just add scissors and glue.  There's an instruction sheet showing you how to assemble your treat bags, and the Stampin' Up! YouTube Channel includes a video with more information to make putting together your kit a snap. 



Since all the prep work is done, the projects take a shorter time to complete, making it the perfect on-the-go craft. Grab your kit and assemble while you're sitting in a waiting room or while watching your child's game.


  


Order the Frights & Delights kit, here, while supplies last!  Already have the kit and need 24 more refills?  Here's the link for the refills only.  

You've love having hand made treats for all your Halloween visitors!


Need to place an online order:  


1.  Orders over $150 (not including tax and shipping), qualify for shopping rewards. You select free merchandise from the current catalogs to add to your order.  You can also purchase hostess sets with a $150 order.  Order here.

2.  If the purchases on your Wish List are over $100, the $99 Starter Kit is one way to save on your purchase today.  And save even more on future orders.  You can order $125 worth of product for your $99 starter kit.  After your initial $99 order for merchandise you select from anything in the current catalogs, place an order for the remainder of your Wish List as a demonstrator, and save 20% on your purchases as a demonstrator.  Need help building your shopping list? Contact me, and we'll work through your starter kit order together. 

3.  Place an on-line order through my Stampin' Up! store - 24/7 Shopping.  I would love to be your Stampin' Up! demonstrator if you don't already have one.  Let me know if you need an 2018-2019 Annual Catalog or a copy of the Holiday Catalog. 

4.  Clearance Rack items - while quantities last.


5.  Order current or previous Paper Pumpkin monthly craft kits.  Try  a Paper Pumpkin kit soon. 



Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

Private Classes for 1 or a small group of friends:  http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/
To place an order: Place an on-line order through my Stampin' Up! store 24/7 Shopping 


Thursday, September 27, 2018

Winter Woods Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! for Lovely Christmas Cards

  • Stampin' Up! Winter Woods Stamp Set
  • In the Woods Framelits Dies
  • Redeem your Bonus Day Coupons by September 30th

Winter Woods Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! 


The stamp set and coordinating  die bundle I'm highlighting today is the Winter Woods bundle.  It comes in both clear and wood-mount  Also, I found these cute bows in one of the dies from the Farm House Christmas Bundle.  The small bows die cuts 6 bows at a time, which is extremely time-saving.   The coordinating dies are call In the woods and it too includes time-saving dies by including duplicates of the detailed tree I used on the right side of my card as well as duplicates of the pine cone and duplicates of the individual pine bough.  When I'm in a hurry, I love when a die set realizes what a pain it can be to cut duplicates of several small items.  With duplicate dies of small items I can cut the pieces I need more quickly and spend time working on different card designs...or maybe watching one of the new Fall TV series that seem to be happening this week.        

  



This card was originally just going to be a test of the dies and stamp set, but the layout came together so easily that I decided to add a ribbon, cut some red bows for the tree and just glued everything down...and it became one of my favorite cards!   

The basecard for this card is Crumb Cake cardstock.  The next layer is Soft Suede, which peeks out of the top and bottom of the image layer.  The image layer is Whisper White. 
   



The sentiment is from the Winter Woods Stamp set and it is stamped in Real Red at the bottom of the card.  I added a small, Red Rhinestone near the sentiment.

I die cut one of the full trees and one of the bare trees -- both in Crumb Cake -- and glued them to the front of the card. The larger, fuller tree has edges you can flip up to create a more realistic tree.  Use embossing paste to create snow on your tree. Then I used one of the dies from the Farmhouse Framelits Dies and cut six Real Red bows.  This is a single die that cuts six bows.

The ribbon is the Gold metallic-edged ribbon, colored slightly with a Vanilla Blends to deepen the rich color of this ribbon. 

Take a look at this video showing more details about this die set.  If the video doesn't show in your browser, see it here.  Hint:  You want to watch this video to the end to see how to use it to coordinate with other tree sets in the main catalog...And its pretty funny!






All stamp sets and die bundles are available in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog.  If you haven't looked through the catalog, download a copy and look through the fun, new Holiday products.  Now is a great time to order the stamp set and dies you want so you'll have them in plenty of time to create your hand made holiday cards.

Recipe for card:

Stamps:  Winter Woods
Ink:  Real Red, Ivory Stampin' Blends Marker
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Real Red 
Accessories: Farmhouse Christmas Bundle/Farmhouse Framelit Dies, In The Woods Framelits Dies, Red Rhinestones, 3/8" Gold Metallic-Edged Ribbon, Big Shot, Big Shot Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Stampin' Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue 


To order items used on today's, click on one of the product photos below, or go directly to my Stampin' Up! store.




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Redeem your Bonus Day coupons by Sept 30



If you shopped during August and received a Stampin' Up! Bonus Day coupon for your $50+ purchase, I want to remind your to redeem your coupon by Sunday, September 30.  You can use your coupon for items from the main catalog or from the Holiday catalog.  Follow the steps below.  

  



For great discounts, check out the retired products Stampin' Up! added to the Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack. Items are already disappearing as they sell out, so be sure to check out the newly added products and grab your favorites soon!   


Need To place an order?

1.  Orders over $150 (not including tax and shipping), qualify for shopping rewards. You select free merchandise from the current catalogs to add to your order.  You can also purchase hostess sets with a $150 order.

2.  If the purchases on your Wish List are over $100, the $99 Starter Kit is one way to save on your purchase today.  And save even more on future orders.  First, you can order $125 worth of product for your $99 starter kit.  After your initial $99 order for merchandise you select from anything in the current catalogs, place an order for the remainder of your Wish List as a demonstrator, and start saving 20% on your purchases.  Need help building your shopping list? Contact me, and we'll work through your starter kit order together. 

3.  Place an on-line order through my Stampin' Up! store - 24/7 Shopping.  I would love to be your Stampin' Up! demonstrator if you don't already have one.  Let me know if you need an Annual Catalog or the upcoming Holiday Catalog. 

4.  Clearance Rack items - while quantities last.


5.  Order current or previous Paper Pumpkin monthly craft kits.  If you've never tried Paper Pumpkin, give this monthly kit a try.  

Enjoy!



Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

Private Classes for 1 or a small group of friends:  http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/