WHY did I wait so long???

With the Color Renovation last year, one of the first things I noticed in the new Stampin' Up! catalogue was the new Color Coach. I had their original version and while I used it occasionally, when it retired, I wasn't sure if I really needed to buy the new one.

I talked to a couple friends/fellow demonstrators who had purchased the new one and they RAVED about how amazing it was. I finally decided to order it...and oh.my.gosh...WHY did I wait so long??? It is the best color tool E.V.E.R.! Unlike the older version, this one has a large "color chip" (2-3/4" x 4-1/2")for every single color that Stampin' Up! offers on a removable metal post fastener. On the color cards, one side shows the color (along with name and color family).  Click the pics for a closer peek. :)

#121620   Color Coach      $18.95 (English)

#122228  Color Coach (International)     $18.95 (Text in English, Spanish, French, and German)

The other side lists coordinating colors and great color combinations that work well with that individual color.

This makes it SOOO easy to put a project together knowing the colors will all go well together!

For the following card, I just flipped through and choose four colors I liked and felt worked well together.  It was SO easy to mix and match with my color coach instead of digging out stacks of cardstock!  The colors I chose were Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Tempting Turquoise & Regal Rose.

There are even a few blank cards at the back so you can record your own favorite color combinations!

If you have any questions regarding our new color coach or would like to order one for yourself, let me know!


Happy Stamping!

Girls Night Out & Walking with Nature

"Girls Night Out" Event

Need an evening out? Maybe you're wondering what a workshop is all about. I am hosting my own in-home Stampin' Up! workshop and you're invited!

There is no charge for this event, so come out and enjoy an evening for yourself! You Deserve it!!!

Come out and stamp, take a peek at the swap cards I'll have received at Stampin' Up!'s Regional Event next weekend and browse our beautiful catalogues. AND, because it's during Sale-a-Bration, with every $60 order, you'll receive free stamps or other product of your choice from Stampin' Up!

Invite a friend! If you know someone who may be interested in learning more about Stampin' Up!s great products or may just need a night out too, please invite them! (I'll just need to know they're coming ahead of time so I have enough projects prepped).

RSVP by March 1st to allow me time to prep all our project materials. Hope you can make it!

Tuesday, March 8
7:30pm - 9:30pm
My Home

Nature Walk Card Class

With Spring around the corner, wouldn't it be great to have a collection of Spring-inspired cards on hand.  Perfect for a birthday or thank you ca rd or even a quick note for a friend who may be feeling a little under the weather - a beautiful hand-made card is sure to cheer her up!

Each guest will receive the Nature Walk stamp set from the Occasions Mini Catalogue to take home.  We will use the set to create 4 cards during the class.

Please RSVP with class payment and stamp set choice by March 16th so your set will arrive in time for the class.

Class package includes your very own stamp set and all card materials*

Clear Mount:  $35.00**
or
Wood Mount:  $45.00

*If you would rather not receive the stamp set as part of your class package, you may attend this event for only $15.00.  Payment is still required by the 16th.

**please bring your own clear block(s) (must have at least a size D) or let me know if you would like me to add any blocks to your order

Check back soon to see examples of the cards we'll be stamping!

Monday, March 28th
7:30pm - 10pm
My Home

New My Digital Studio Catalogue!

 Stampin' Up! is excited to announce an exceptional new resource for you—a My Digital Studio Catalogue PDF. It includes all of the MDS software artwork (contained in the boxed-version) and downloads from the October 2009 launch through January 2011! 

The catalogue gives a snapshot of the entire product line with artwork thumbnails followed by product details. Because MDS is regularly coming out with new artwork, the catalogue will be updated every month and available to you on MyDigitalStudio.net in the just-added Resources section. Take a peek here

If you have any questions regarding this great program, give me a call!  I'd love to show you what this software can do.

Happy Stamping!

Sale-a-Bration has Arrived!!!

Our biggest event of the year--Sale-A-Bration--is here! This year we've got four great Sale-A-Bration sets for you to choose from--as well as a Designer Series Paper & Quick Accents pack, a Ribbon & Button pack, digital downloads, and Décor Elements!

Take a peek at our Sale-A-Bration catalogue here.

There are three ways for you to earn these free products:

• Receive a free Sale-A-Bration product of your choice for every $60 you spend (before tax and shipping)!

• Host a workshop and you will receive a free Sale-A-Bration product for every $395 in workshop sales*, in addition to our regular hostess benefits!    *Note: This benefit is only available on qualifying workshop orders. Online orders do not qualify.

• Join Stampin Up! and you will receive 15 percent off your Starter Kit (Standard or Digital+), plus a special Sale-A-Bration bonus bundle valued up to $60!

Starter Kits*  (click the image for a closer peek)

My Goal:  I would love to book 6 - 8 workshops during Sale-a-Bration!  If you've been thinking of having a stamping party and would like to help me reach my goal, give me a call and we can plan your party together!!!  You'll receive a free copy our full size Idea Book & Catalogue, receive all the projects I demonstrate, stamp some exciting new projects and have the opportunity to earn free Stampin' Up! product of your choice!  Every hostess during Sale-a-Bration will have their name put in a draw for an amazing stamping package that I will draw for at the end of March!

Happy Stamping!!!

Ready for Spring

Can you believe the crazy weather right now? Less than a week ago we had a foot of snow, and then before I know it, the snow is gone, it's clear, sunny and actually kinda warm outside! SO strange!!!

This type of sunny weather reminds me that Spring IS on its way (or maybe that's just a lot of wishful thinking on my part). With the recent arrival of my small Occasions Mini order, I was ready to "think Spring" with my stamping. SO, I stamped the following cards with my Stampers 6 Club last night!

The first card uses our new Botanical Gazette designer paper. We adhered it to the card front and then embossed the frame using our new Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. We "antiqued" the card a little by distressing the designer paper a little with one of our sanding blocks.

The focal image (from our new Nature Walk stamp set) was inked up using our Stampin' Write markers. We even added a little shine to the bees wings using our Moonlight Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink. LOVE that stuff! We finished it off with a little crochet trim and a punched tab. So pretty!

The second card is a very simple design.  I wanted to show the girls our new Letterpress plates and glimmer paper.  You can't really tell in the picture, but after inking the letterpress plate with our White Craft ink, we ran it through the Big Shot with some Crumb Cake cardstock and the image is then debossed into the paper.  This particular technique works best with craft ink on our water color paper.

The hearts were punched from our Red Glimmer Paper.  The pictures just don't do it justice.  It's SO pretty and glittery in real life!

If you have any questions about any of these products or if you're interested in joining a Stampers 6 Club to see these types of new products or learn new techniques on a regular basis, let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Occasions Mini Accessory & Ribbon Shares!!!

Have you ever paged through one of our new catalogues, seen the gorgeous new accessories and ribbon and thought "I'd love to try all of them!" Well, now you can! I'm offering an Accessory & Ribbon Share.  I would like to place the order for both shares during Sale-a-Bration, so contact me right away if you would like to sign up.  If you sign up for BOTH the Accessory & the Ribbon share, your name will go into a draw for a chance to win free stamps!

The Accessory Share will include 45 pieces for only $25!

Each accessory share will include:

• 6 Vintage Flower Adornments (2 vanilla, 2 rose red, 2 baja breeze)
• 6 Sweet Stitches Fabric covered designer brads (1 in each pattern)
• 6 Vanilla Rosettes (ribbon flowers - 2 of each of 3 sizes)
• 12 Sweet Stitches Designer Big Buttons (3 tangerine tango, 3 melon mambo, 3 daffodil delight, 3 chocolate chip)
• 12 Springtime Vintage Designer Big Buttons (3 crumb cake, 3 rose red, 3 pear pizzazz, 3 night of navy)
• 3 Beveled Windowpane pieces (1 of each size)

Each accessory share is limited to three people.  I will order as many as required, but each one must have three people signed up.  

The Seam Binding Ribbon Share includes 

over 42' of ribbon for only $20!

Soft and flowing seam binding ribbon that drapes like silk.  Adds a delicate look to your creations.

 Each seam binding ribbon share will include a minimum of:

6' Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon
6' Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon
6'  Always Artichoke Seam Binding Ribbon
6' Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon
6' Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon
6'  Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding Ribbon
6'  Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon


Each seam binding ribbon share is limited to four people.  I will order as many as required, but each one must have 4 people signed up. 

I absolutely love this new ribbon.  It's so soft and simple to work with.  I used the new Crumb Cake on this card.


If you're as excited as I am to see these new products, contact me to sign up!  Interested in more than one spot?  That's fine too!


Any questions, just let me know!


Happy Stamping!

Occasions Mini - My First Project

Before the Occasions Mini Catalogue was available to the public, Stampin' Up! demonstrators were able to preorder the products (one of the many perks of being a demonstrator!). I waited until pretty much the last second to order, but I did order a few things. I showed you a couple of the digital downloads I'd ordered here but I also ordered a few "real" products that I can't wait to show you.

When I had an opportunity to spend some time in my craft room the other night, I decided to try out a few of my new goodies and stamp a card.  The following card uses our new Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper, Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon & Nature Walk stamp set!  

(Click the picture for a closer peek)

I kept the card simple.  No sponging and actually not much stamping either.  I absolutely love my new Framed Tulips embossing folder!  With this folder and my Big Shot, it was so quick and easy to add a frame to the front of my card and yet it adds so much to the project!  To finish off my card, I added three of our self-adhesive Basic Pearls.  LOVE those things!  (Those and our Rhinestones are right at the top of the list of my absolute FAV accessories!)


Before cutting any paper, I wanted to make sure I was going to be 100% happy with the design, so I decided to create my card with My Digital Studio first.  Here's my digital copy!

I didn't have the option of the Tulip embossing folder, so I just filled my edges with some designer paper instead.  Oh, and the Pearls?  I haven't purchased that digital download (yet!) so I just used three digital Antique Brads and shrunk them down to the size of a pearl.  I was just building my layout before cutting into my real product, so it didn't have to be perfect, right. ;)

Anyway, I had an awesome time working with my new products and can't wait to start creating with some of the other new goodies I've ordered.  (I'll show them to you in a later post).

If you'd like to try out any of the new products, give me a call!  I'd love to show you and a few friends what other great new products Stampin' Up! is offering!  Don't forget...Sale-A-Bration is right around the corner!  What an awesome time to host a party and earn even MORE free product!

Happy Stamping!