After four months, the Holiday Mini (right side bar) has become a part of my daily stamping---when I have daily stamping that is! :) Anyway, it'll be time to tell it goodbye and open our doors and minds and creativity to the Occasions Mini on Wednesday. If you don't have an Occasions Mini, you can see it here. I'll be glad to mail you one if you'd like to hold it in your hands. (no demos please).
It's amazing the things Stampin' Up! comes up with to temp us in the Memento Mall at Convention! I mean really, a lap top cover? You got it! It's so calm and lovely and different:
Because I'm a proud Mac user, I took one of the "Apple" decals that comes with some Apple purchases and placed it over the top of my new laptop cover. The only reason I didn't want to actually put the piece on my laptop was that I'd lose the 'apple' insignia. I'm happy with the 'fix'. The one I added doesn't light up, but it does say that, hey, this is my Mac laptop! :)
The graphic was created with My Digital Studio. More to learn and play with.
There was a coordinating Mouse Pad that was also available but........I guess in the craziness of shopping in Memento Mall, I didn't get one. Or I just haven't unburied it. Oh well---I don't use a mouse anyway!!!
Tomorrow, some more samples and maybe a project. I really have to finish cleaning my table top off before I can create too much.
I've removed the 'leave the post at the top' tag from the 'last-chance-list' contest in honor of my Memorial Day post. It's down below the May 26th post now. Don't forget to check it out and get your TOP TEN RETIRING STAMP SETS list to me by Tuesday evening. The winner will be announced in my Wednesday, June 1st, newsletter.
REMBEMBER TODAY AND TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR OUR SOLDIERS.
It's my birthday today. I am totally a kid at heart so I love it when it's MY BIRTHDAY. There's nothing wrong with enjoying a little extra pampering and attention.
At Leadership, Stampin' Up! came up with yet another way to pamper and acknowledge their demonstrators: in the demonstrator's birthday month, they will receive a birthday card (made with my favorite My Digital Studio) from Stamin'Up! :
Receiving my birthday card from one of the Stampin' Up! team members.
Below: my card. They're all the same but it's very special nonetheless.
And inside.......well........inside is a lovely little greeting announcing a special gift for us: 15% off of the first item (select wisely) on our next demonstrator order. Wowsers! Just Wowsers! Stampin' Up! pampers and acknowledges their demonstrators again!!!
Lisa Kim, a fellow Sudsol member, was sitting behind me at the General Session when Shelli announced the new birthday card plan. And she has a January birthday too: the 25th. So we jumped up and down with each other!!! It's so much fun to be a kid!
And now, it's your turn. In recognition of my birthday, I would like to give someone a BLOG CANDY TREAT. Might it be YOU? Just leave a comment below and tell me what your favorite item is from the 2011 Occasions Mini catalog---and why it's your favorite. I'll have my sweetie, Russ, draw a name from those who leave a comment. I'll be placing each name in a basket (or bowl).
HERE'S YOUR BLOG CANDY
FILLED WITH LOVE clear mount stamp set.
Unmounted (unless you'd like me to mount it for you).
~Please, non-demonstrators only~
Tomorrow: the swap card I've made for my Fresno stampin' group's monthly meeting. I haven't made it to their meeting for about 8-9 months! Something always seems to interfere. But I'm going this month for sure!
(The Tutorial for the Upsy Daisy Silhoette card is up. Click here to view it.)
Are you ready? Honestly, if I had time, supplies, and money I'd like to send my Blog Candy to each of you for all of your very nice and encouraging comments. But, reality is reality and here's the lucky winner:
Item #111710, 4 stamps, wood mount, page 95, $18.95, 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog
Today I'm sharing 3 cards (one with two versions) and three 3-D items. Ready???? Here we go.....
I saw a card using the Lovely as a Tree stamp set using this technique and knew right away that I'd be using it for an Upsy Daisy card.
Ingredients:
STAMP SET: Upsy Daisy, Curvy Verses
CARD STOCK: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
INK: Classic Pads: Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Creamy Caramel, Stampin' Write Markers: Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun
ACCESSORIES: White Taffeta Ribbon, Stamping Sponge, template with oval cut-out
TIP: I dyed the ribbons by laying them over the appropriate stamp pad, placing a stamping sponge on top, and pulling the ribbons over the pad (with the ribbon on top) until the desired color and intensity is achieved. Dyed to match ribbon! :)
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I love having sticky notes available at my fingertips while working at my stamp table. And having one that makes me smile is all the better:
Ingredients:
STAMP SET: Upsy Daisy
CARD STOCK: Travel Journal DSP (Summer Mini), Kraft (soon to be renamed Crumb Cake)
INK: Sage Shadow, Sahara Sand
ACCESSORIES: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Gold Glow Smooch Spritz, Natural Hemp Twine, Mini Glue Dots, 1" x 1-1/4" Post-It Note pad (about 1/4 pad), 4" x 6" 'leaning' frame of any sort
Check out the Gold Glow Smooch Spritz by clicking on the photo!
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I love this sweet birthday card. Can you see that Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz on it? Click to enlarge it and you'll see it for sure. |
Ingredients:
STAMP SET: Upsy Daisy, Sincere Salutations
CARD STOCK: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Tea Party Designer Series Paper
INK: Stampin' Write Markers: Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Mellow Moss
ACCESSORIES: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Top Note Bigz Die, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Color Catcher, White Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
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Isn't this Bag-in-a-Box just beautiful? Who wouldn't want to receive a special gift wrapped up in it! There's just something elegant about the shape.
Ingredients:
STAMP SET: Upsy Daisy
CARD STOCK: Sage Shadow, Nouveau Chic Designer Series Paper
INK: Classic Pad: Basic Gray
ACCESSORIES: Punches: Round Tab, Scallop Trim Border, 1/4" circle (retired SU!), Apricot Appeal 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Sticky Strip
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I c.a.s.e.d this card from one I saw on Stampin' Connection. It just appealed to me. One stamp pad but so many shades of Elegant Eggplant. I think it's a smiler---lots of fun.
Ingredients:
STAMP SET: Upsy Daisy
CARD STOCK: Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green, Whisper White
INK: Elegant Eggplant
ACCESSORIES: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Scallop Circle #2, Circle Scissor Plus, Glass Mat, Scallop Edge Punch, Stamping Sponge, Whisper White Organza Ribbon
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Finally, for a little serenity, I've made a lovely candle decoration. It would also come in handy for a power outage like we experienced in February: 7 days without power. A generator helped but candles set a charming ambiance every evening. You can wrap any shaped candle with your piece of stamped cardstock.
Ingredients:
STAMP SET: Upsy Daisy
CARD STOCK: Kraft, Basic Black
INK: Black Craft Ink
ACCESSORIES: Scalloped Trim Border Punch, Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Black 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Snail Adhesive
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Instructions for all of my creations will be available after the blog tour. Just come back to my blog and you will find a link to the instructions for each card or 3-D item. I hope you've enjoyed yourself while visiting my Castle, aka My Country Loft in Mi Wuk Village, California. As always, I really enjoyed creating so many looks with one stamp set.
SPECIAL BONUS: BLOG CANDY!
I love making these 'magazine files' that are pared down to the proper size for our standard greeting cards. I am offering the Magazine File above, filled with six cards which include the three Upsy Daisy cards you've just viewed, plus three more. Just leave a comment on this posting which includes your favorite card (from those above). I'll put all the commenter's names into a basket and have my husband draw one. Then I'll contact you via email the day after the blog tour ends as well as announce the winner on my next post.
I hope you like my selection of goodies gathered for my celebratory blog candy:
Just make a comment on this blog post. I'll select a winner via random number selection on Monday, February 22nd.
And I'm loving your comments so far and will take them to heart....like more posts utilizing Stampin' Up!'s punches. Stay tuned. :)
Milestones can be awesome! And I received notification from Stampin' Up! this morning that I have just achieved one. I knew I was getting close, but in the middle of mega snow (for our area), a week long power outage, and a miserable cold that just won't go away, I'd totally forgotten to be tracking my progress. And this morning, in my in-box was a lovely email from Stampin' Up! announcing my Milestone. What is it you ask?
Thanks to you, my customers, I have just achieved the
$100,000 personal sales career milestone!
Wowsers! I must admit, that over the 14 years I've been a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I've contributed a lot of those dollars myself. LOL! But then, why not?
I can
When I signed up as a demonstrator we had a choice of stamps that were either mounted on foam rubber or wood. I remember getting the darling Button Bear stamp set in my Demo Kit mounted on foam rubber. I must admit that I just couldn't use it. I purchased a wood mount one (which I still have).
Our stamps were from other stamp companies, not exclusive to Stampin' Up! Then we eventually went to stamps/artwork that was exclusive to Stampin' Up!. What a great move that was. Oh, if you could only see some of my first class or workshop projects. Sad sad sad. If I had a sample left I'd share it, but, fortunately, I don't!
One thing that hasn't changed: we have always had our exclusive colors that match everything: cardstock, markers, and stamp pads. There have been some color changes over the years but they were good moves. I am amazed that the decisions made by SU! over the years have always been good ones: changing a color, moving colors groups a bit, bringing in or taking out a line of products. Change is always shocking and difficult to grasp at first, but soon you don't even fret about it.
If you'd like to learn more about becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator yourself, and take advantage of those perks I pointed out above, now would be a great time! During Sale-A-Bration, new recruits will get 15 percent off the price
of the Starter Kit (Standard or Digital+), plus, a FREE stamp set
(valued up to $47.95) from the current catalogs! The Standard Starter Kit, regularly $199, is $169 until March 31, 2010. And the Digital + Starter Kit, normally $185, is only $157 until March 31, 2010. Contact me directly via email (left side bar) or phone (up there in my banner), and I'll be glad to give you one-on-one elaboration of this great opportunity.
OK, enough excitement and blah-blah from me about the fun and joy of being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and achieving a real milestone of selling over $100,000 in product to myself and others. How about some
BLOG CANDY ?!?!?!?
Since I just received my email from Stampin' Up! this morning I haven't yet ventured out to my stamp room to determine just what the Blog Candy will be. But I'll have a photo of it posted by tomorrow (Thursday) morning. Leave a comment on my blog about either a favorite stampin' project you've DONE or a project/technique you WOULD LIKE TO DO.
Here's the blog candy:
On Monday, February 22nd, George Washington's real birthday, I'll announce the winner, selected by random drawing.
Thanks so much for listening to my excitement and being a part of my life at this exciting time in my demonstrator career. Now I have to finish getting ready for this afternoon's stampin' class. (Vacuuming the room!)
This is the last of the four Stampin' Up! DEALS OF THE WEEK for the Fall. I have no idea if or when they'll be making this sort of offer again.
PIRATE KIT
KIT CONTENTS
PRINCESS KIT
PRINCESS KIT CONTENTS
I hope you've enjoyed these deals and have been able to take advantage of at least one of them. As for the previous 3 Deals of the Week, I'll be happy to place an order for this week's DEAL for you or you can click on SHOP NOW at the top right corner of this blog or go to my Stampin' Up! demonstrator website, click on SHOP NOW, and enter your order for yourself.
I'm working on putting up the instructions for last week's Flip Flop class so be sure to check back for them. The Pull & Pop card has been posted. Look for the Swivel card tomorrow. I feel like I'm running as fast as I can to properly present them! :)
Have a great week......
"This is one of my favorite sets. All your cards are gorgeous. I think my favorites are the pink and purple birthday ones. Thank you for sharing and the chance to win this beautiful cards. Signed up for your newletter."
Posted by: Pam | April 30, 2010 at 10:01 AM
I've sent Pam an email and hope to hear from her today when she whoops and hollers!
I haven't done an official tally but it seems as if the Pretty in Pink top note birthday card with Smooch Spritz was the most popular card, followed neck and neck by the Pumpkin Pie oval and Elegant Eggplant/Garden Green cards. The projects were pretty much equally represented. Thank you all so much for your comments. Some were fun, some were just heart warming. Being a 'Princess' on The Royal Blog Tour was a fabulous experience and I hope to see you all the next time I give up a small portion of my life to participate. It was totally worth all the angst.
Now for the instructions for the cards. I'll give them in the order presented on the Tour, starting with the Pumpkin Pie Oval Silhouette cards.
And I'll apologize right now.......the post will be up this afternoon no later than 3 p.m. California time. Life has stepped in and pulled me away for awhile. (Nothing scary--just life)
***I have returned and all is well. I had a league tee time for our weekly golf outing. I stunk today! But now, the tutorial is finished and ready for you. Just click here.
The remainder of the Upsy Daisy projects will be ready each day this week. Tomorrow: the Post-It™ note holder.