Occasions Catalog - Starburst Sayings

Another fun take off a make and take from the Creative Convention Online.  As mentioned before, these cards were originally designed by Ronda Wade and Maggie Patterson. 

Changes made from their sample include switching out the White Baker's Twine with the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack - Pool Party so that it stood out a little more.  Also, the original card has a saying from Perfect Pennants and punched out using a 1 3/4 circle punch and then that piece is layered on a Scallop Circle of Crumb Cake with dots on each scallop from the Chalk marker.  It's my favorite card from the Convention but I wanted to do something a little more versatile than the saying that was used.

Occasions & Sale-A-Bration Products:

• Fringe Scissors
• Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (SAB)
• Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack - Pool Party Twine (SAB)
• Starburst Sayings Stamp Set
• Starburst Framelits
• Fresh Prints DSP Stack

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Whisper White (3 1/2 x 4 1/4, 3 3/4 x 5), Crumb Cake (5 1/4 x 4), Coastal Cabana (8 1/2 x 5 1/2, 4 x 1 1/2), Fresh Prints DSP Stack (Polka Dot - 2 x 4)
• Ink: Crumb Cake
• Stamps: Starburst Sayings
• Accessories: Starburst Framelits, Big Shot & Cutting Mats, Magnetic Platform, Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack - Pool Party Twine, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Textured Boutique, Fringe Scissors, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Scissors, and Adhesive

Directions:

1. Run the Whisper White cardstock through the Textured Boutique in the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder.  Attach to the piece of Crumb Cake.
2. Cut the strip of Coastal Cabana with the Fringe Scissors.  Attach to the strip of DSP.  Attach to the Whisper White cardstock.
3. Wrap the two pieces of twine around the DSP and attach to the back using glue dots.  Attach this piece to the folded Coastal Cabana card.
4. Stamp the Oh Happy Day image on the piece of Whisper White.  Run through the Big Shot using the Starburst Framelits.  Layer on the card using dimensionals.

Occasions Catalog - Perfect Pennants

This morning was my stamp camp and I must say, the right ladies are able to make this super pregnant girl feel light on her feet.  Everyone had so much fun and it was nice hearing how much they were enjoying the variety of products in the Occasions catalog.

Today's card is another camp card we did that was designed by Maggie Patterson & Ronda Wade for the December Creative Convention Online that I attended.  This is a straight up case.  I was going to change out the designer paper since I didn't buy it but then I received just enough from my upline to do these cards!

The new products being used on this card:

• Angled Tag Topper Punch
• Perfect Pennants Stamp Set
• Silver Baker's Twine
• Basic Metal Buttons

All of the embellishments & tools were not on my original wish list but after seeing them with this card, I couldn't help but purchase them!  Attendees can use this saying or a birthday saying or anything from the stamp set to create a masculine card even with the bow!

 

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Island Indigo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2, 5 1/4 x 4), Kaleidoscope DSP (2 x 4), Very Vanilla (4 1/4 x 2, 5 1/4 x 4)
• Ink: Island Indigo
• Stamps: Perfect Pennants
• Accessories: Angled Tag Topper Punch, Basic Metal Buttons, Silver Baker's Twine, Glue Dots, Chevron Embossing Folder, Textured Boutique, Dimensionals, and Adhesive

Directions:

1. Insert the lower 2/3 of the Island Indigo cardstock (not the folded card) through the Big Shot.  Layer on the folded Indigo Island card using adhesive.
2. Layer the strip of Kaleidoscope DSP over the seam between the embossed area and the non-embossed area using adhesive.
3. Run the strip of Very Vanilla through the tag topper.  Stamp the saying of your choice from Perfect Pennants on the strip.  Attach to the card at an angle using dimensionals.
4. Attach a button to the top of the tag using a glue dot. 
5. Tie a knot in the Silver Baker's Twine and attach to the button using a glue dot.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Occasions Catalog - Making Me Smile

I am back on track to start showing my latest Stampin' Up! creations!  I've been focused on my 12 x 12 scrapbooking since November which are kits purchased from another company that I support and adore!  Having kits already put together for scrapbook pages frees me up to get really creative with my own cards and 3D items/mini books.  Worth every penny.  :)

In December, I did another installment of the Online Creative Convention with Ronda Wade and Maggie Patterson.  This convention focused on kicking off 2014 in the right way and how to schedule Sale-A-Bration workshops.  It also included some great make and take projects like always.  I really enjoy seeing samples from other demonstrators because it gives me and my customers a new way to think about our great products!

This card is based on a make and take that we did during that convention.  The original sample had a Coastal Cabana base with Whisper White as the 2nd layer.  The image was done with the Coastal Cabana and Real Red markers and the Crumb Cake piece was embossed with a striped embossing folder.  I loved the card but I couldn't get my markers to not smear and really needed a card for my stamp camp that was from the Brights color family!  So I changed the base to Whisper White, the 2nd layer to Real Red and embossed it with an embossing folder available during Sale-A-Bration, and then used a single color on the saying to make it easier for my customers.

Because I was cutting down the Real Red, it left me with a strip of 4 1/4 x 1/2.  I used the hexagon punch and made a quick banner that let me use the scrap and also add another pop of color.  I think the layout of this card and the color combo in that Fresh Prints DSP Pack are going to be very fun to play with this Spring!

 

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Whisper White (8 1/2 x 5 1/2, 4 1/4 x 2 3/4), Real Red (5 1/4 x 4, 1/2 x 4), Crumb Cake (2 3/4 x 2 3/4 square), Fresh Prints DSP Stack (stripes - 2 x 4)
• Ink: Coastal Cabana
• Stamps: Love You to the Moon
• Accessories: 2 1/2 Circle Punch, Big Shot & Cutting Mats, Magnetic Platform, Chalk Talk Framelits, Textured Boutique, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Hexagon Punch, Dimensionals, and Adhesive

 

Directions:

1. Run the Real Red cardstock through the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder and the Textured Boutique.  Attach to the folded Whisper White card.
2. Layer the strip of Fresh Prints DSP on the center of the card using adhesive.
3. Using the hexagon punch, punch an end in the strip of Real Red and make a banner end.  Layer on the card using adhesive.
4. Adhere the circle of Crumb Cake to the card using adhesive.
5. Stamp the saying of your choice on the piece of Whisper White and punch out using the Chalk Talk framelit & the Big Shot.  Layer on the card using dimensionals.
6. Add Rhinestones as desired.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Leadership Announcements

I've been on the lookout for card ideas today and came across the best post I've seen out of Leadership on upcoming products and specials!  Thank you Angie Leach  for the comprehensive post!

Changes to My Paper Pumpkin Kits

 

• Paper Pumpkin monthly kit subscribers will also start seeing photopolymer stamps in their kits beginning in February! 
• Free Markers with the Starter Kit - When you sign up as a new Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you will receive a free set of 2012-2014 In Color Markers. That is a $14.95 value!
• Leadership attendees got to see sneak peeks of the upcoming My Paper Pumpkin kits and said they are a better value than ever before. 

New Product Announcements

 

• NEW Stampin' Blendabilities Markers - Like Copic or Prismacolor markers, we are releasing our own alcohol-based markers.  They are permanent and blend together easiely for shading.  You can use these to alter embellishments & color non-porous surfaces. Stampin' Up! will introduce them within the next few months with a small sampling of 12 colors: Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Old Olive, Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Wisteria Wonder, Smoky Slate and Crumb Cake.  
• "Each color will have three shades of markers in a package: light, medium and dark.  One of the shades will be the actual color, and the other two will be lighter or darker variations for ultimate blendability!  Each marker has a brush tip and a medium point nib (larger than the fine tip on our current markers).  3-Packs of Markers will be $11.95.  "  ~ Angie Leach. 
• Make a mistake?  Not a problem because we will also have a Color Lifter Marker for $4.95 to erase mistakes! 
• NEW Momento Tuxedo Black Ink - As many of you have mentioned to me (and I have experienced myself), our new foam pads are great except for the Basic Black which smears on many of our papers and also dries out quickly.  SU will soon make Momento Black Ink available for purchase to use.  It is water-based and permanent! 
• NEW Texture Boutique Embossing Machine - Stampin' Up! will soon offering a mini-Big shot machine that is less expensive and only does embossing.  This product will be great for those of you that like the embossing folders but haven't gotten into the Framelits or Dies.  Or if you are just looking for a more reasonable price point than the Big Shot.   It will be released on January 28 just in time for Sale-a-Bration!

Changes for Recruits

 

• Free Registration to Convention!  If you sign up to be a demonstrator during Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1, 2013 - registration closes), you can get a FREE Registration To Inspire.Create.Share Convention!  That's a $285 value!  Convention runs July 17-July 19th, 2014. 

Changes to Photopolymer Stamp Sets

• Stampin' Up! has now begun manufacturing the all-clear photopolymer stamps at their Kanab plant so there will be more of these sets in the next annual catalog. 
• In addition, they will come in DVD cases instead of the flimsy plastic envelopes they come in now which makes for much better storage!
• Sands & Stripes Double Alphabet—SU will release a new double alphabet in photopolymer that's trendy, fun and much less expensive than other styles of stamps!  You can see it on February 4th. 
• There will be NEW Personalized Photopolymer Name Stamps.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Weekly Specials - 1-14-2014

Just a few quick updates.  I've been crafting up a storm and cannot wait to start sharing my projects for my camp this weekend, which will start once I unbury my camera so I can take photos!

MY PAPER PUMPKIN PROMOTION:

If you have not signed up for My Paper Pumpkin previously and sign up between now and February 10th for My Paper Pumpkin, you will receive the 2012-2014 marker set for free! That’s a $14.95 freebie to go with the starter kit for My Paper Pumpkin. 

You can check out the starter kit here and details on how to sign up! 

Pumpkin kits come to your door via USPS and cost $20 plus tax.  Each kit includes cards or a project designed to take 30 minutes or less to complete if you follow the instructions in the kit. The only thing you have to provide is adhesive and scissors!  Want something more challenging?  Combine these exclusive stamp sets and materials with your existing supplies to create projects of your own.

NEW WEEKLY DEALS:

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NEW DIGITAL DOWNLOADS:

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WHOLE LOT OF LOVE PROMOTION:

Remember that you only have until January 27th to purchase these great Valentine's Day related products.  Click here to see them in more detail!

NEW PHOTOPOLYMER STAMPS:

Check out these great new offerings in our photopolymer stamp sets.  These stamps are completely clear and mount on your clear blocks.  You can see the full list of these sets, which are not in the main catalog, by clicking here.

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Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Weekly Specials & Class Updates

A lot of focus has been spent in the last week working on those "someday" projects to help make for an organized home when the new baby gets here.  I did receive my pre-order and have been playing a bit to prep for my classes - I look forward to sharing those ideas with you!

 

WEEKLY SPECIALS

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NEW DIGITAL DOWNLOADS

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NEXT STAMP CAMP

My last open stamp camp until after baby arrives is coming up on January 18th.  We will be making 5 cards for $10 using the Sale-a-Bration and Occasions Catalog products.    The camp is at my house at 10am and I need RSVPs by the 11th so I have time to prep.  The projects are great and will be posted started next week!

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

A New Year, a New Focus

WEEKLY DEALS

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NEW DIGITAL DOWNLOADS

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MY THOUGHTS

While my intent for using this blog is to share ideas and specials with you, I also want to use it to work on my writing so I'll have some My Thoughts sections in here now too.  If you aren't interested, you can skip it!  :)

2014 isn't going to be a year of goals or resolutions but rather a year of survival.  With a new baby joining us in February, the key resolution that both my husband and I have is to get organized.  My only resolution pre-Michael is to get the house cleared out and ready for a new little person.  What does this mean?  It means getting the following projects done off the top of my head:

• Clean out the garage
• Clean the garage floor - obviously dependent on project 1
• Go through my college boxes - I'm old enough now to get rid of most of it
• Get the closets cleaned out so they can be used
• Get our big donation off to the Youth Ranch
• Get the pictures into frames and on the walls
• Set up Michael's room
• Clean all the baby stuff out of Callie's room so everything in there is age appropriate and donate anything too girly for her brother.

Today we started by having the domino furniture move.  We took the bed apart, traded the dresser from the spare room for Callie's old changing table, moved in the chair, moved out the matresses and gave some of it to our dear friends that helped us move who needed a few things that we hadn't figured out what to do with.  A good day for all!  Plus no one crushed Callie's feet so that was nice!

On the crafting front, I have a few goals too.  Since I'm no longer an active cog in the corporate world, I have to make sure that my Stampin' Up! business is self-sustaining.  That means I have to start actually tracking a few things to make sure I'm not spending more than I make!  My creativity goals are:

• Create a spreadsheet to track expenses
• Design my Sale-a-Bration camps and use the same projects for all my pre-baby workshops
• Finish scrapbooking 2013
• Scrapbook 2014 within a month of the prior month
• Complete Michael's baby book
• Complete the decorations for Callie and Michael's rooms

I hope you have attainable goals in the new year and you get a little time to yourself to be the you that you are.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy