Nutz about Stamping

My Digital Studio Calendar

I just realized today is the final day of May (and the new catalog goes LIVE today!!) and I haven't ye shared my My Digital Studio Calendar page for May. 

This page makes me smile. It was so easy to create but somehow I like the Scalloped Square outline featuring the calendar. After I had the calendar month in place I added the flower in each corner as the page needed that extra touch.

Have you tried My Digital Studio yet? It's only $19.95 and the potential is amazing! Calendars, cards, tags, scrapbook pages, blog headers, Facebook headers and so much more!

I've got to get a few more things ready for my New Catalog Kick-off tonight but if you want to learn more about My Digital Studio, click here.

Happy new catalog shopping! Don't forget my hostess code (9HPS472Y ) and BOGO offer!

 

New Catalog Kick-off BOGO!

I am so excited about my New Catalog Kick-off event this weekend and want everyone, near and far, to take part!

So I am offering a BOGO (buy one, get one free!) for my long distance customers too! Here's how it works: 

- you look through your new Annual Catalog and create your shopping list

- Friday evening from 7:00 - 9:30 EST or anytime on Saturday click here to go to my Online Store

- When you check out, use this hostess code: 9HPS472Y and your products will ship directly to you from Stampin' Up!

- BOGO: For every $1 (before shipping & tax) you spend from the new Annual Catalog, you will get $1 to spend in my Stampin' Store of retiring products!!

- After your order is placed I will be in touch and you can choose your free products! (shipping extra)

What could be better than that! And if you live local, remember to RSVP. My New Catalog Kick-off event begins Friday!

Want more details about my New Catalog Kick-off? Click here!

New Catalog Sneak Peek #3

Oh I am so excited for this weekend to arrive so I can unveil all my New Catalog Sneak Peek stamp sets! Hurry up Friday!!!

Here's one of the make-n-takes you will make at my New Catalog Kick-Off event:

 

I can't reveal the name of these stamp sets but this card is especially exciting (look closely and you will figure it out!).

I hope to see you drop by this weekend and would appreciate an RSVP if you haven't done so yet. I have all the card stock cut and am now pacing with impatience. 

Live long distance and wish you could participate too? Well you can! Use this hostess code (9HPS472Y) on Friday night or Saturday and you can also participate in my BOGO event!

Hurry up Friday - only two more sleeps! 

By the Seashore

I know that many of you spent the long weekend at the beach and I have the perfect stamp set to make a thank you card for your hostess using the By the Seashore stamp set. 

I used a card map I saw recently to help me with the card layout:

And here's my By the Seashore card using the above map:

I didn't use all the layers on the map because I wanted my shells to stand out in the foreground. 

Why not give the above card map a try and see what you can come up with too? I'd love for you to share your creation - just click the "comments" button below.

 

New Catalog Sneak Peek #2

It's here - the final week before the new catalog reveal and I have another New Catalog Sneak Peek for your viewing pleasure today.

I have really taken to clean and simple cards and here's a layout that falls into this category. 

 I used new designer series paper and stamp set (soon to be revealed by name!) and my trusty Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch to create this card.

Have you remembered to RSVP to my New Catalog Kick-Off this coming weekend? If not, you'd better do so today as I need to make sure I have enough card stock cut for your FREE make-n-takes and a little gift set aside just for you. Click here for more info!

And if you are a long distance customer and haven't gotten your catalog in the mail yet, please contact me. 

Sundays with Sizzix: Delicate Designs

Need a wedding card this summer? Here's an easy idea to try using your Big Shot and Delicate Designs embossing folder - perfect for a beach wedding.

Love & Laughter Wedding Cake Card

Stamp Set: Love & Laughter #125477

Ink: Crumb Cake, Night of Navy

Paper: Crumb Cake (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"); Night of Navy (54 1/8 x 5 3/8"); Very Vanilla (4 x 5 1/4"; scraps for layer approx 2 x 2  1/2")

Accessories: Big Shot, Delicate Designs embossing folder #127023, Paper Snips, Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon (4 3/4" strip), Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Basic Pearls, Paper Piercing tool, Clear Blocks B & A

And now for the video tutorial - enjoy!

To place an order for the supplies used to make this wedding card, click here to go directly to my Online Store.

Two Reasons You Should Join Stampin' Up! This Weekend!

I have two reasons you should join Stampin' Up! this weekend:

1. You'll get an extra $30 in FREE products in your Starter Kit! (products YOU choose)

2. A permanent 20% discount on all future product purchases!

What's that? You want more reasons? 

How about these?

• Join now and you can choose the new Color Cardstock and Ink pad Kit as part of your Starter Kit
• Have a friend join Stampin' Up! under you by May 30th (after you join, of course) and you'll get 50% off the new Color Cardstock and Ink pad Kit OR 50% off the new Designer Series Paper Stacks bundle
• Have two friends join Stampin' Up! under you by May 30th and you'll get either the new Color Cardstock and Ink pad Kit OR the new Designer Series Paper Stacks bundle for FREE
• And place your first demonstrator order within 45 days (must be $150 or more) and you'll get 30% off - you'll get to choose new Annaul Catalog products at a huge discount!

 So what are you waiting for? Click here to join Stampin' Up! now (then click "Join the Fun") and if you have questions email me  to get your answers.

 

Scrapbook Map

And speaking of maps, here's a fun Scrapbook Map challenge that I took on last night:

I love the layout but am currently not working on a My Digital Studio scrapbook that is square. Instead I am creating a 11 x 8 1/2 scrapbook of my free trip to Fiji so I took the idea and created this page:

 

Don't let a map stop you from crafting - take it and make it your own! The important thing is to get those memories preserved! Email me to learn how!

Card Map

I love a good Card Map and in the past week saw one that intrigued me. It's not the kind of layout that I would normally consider and I think it's good to stretch myself in the creative department every once in a while.

Here's the Card Map I spotted:

Pretty cool, right? But then I sat down to create and kind of got lost - does that ever happen to you? To get my card map mojo back I decided to use some of the new Catalog products so here's another sneak peek for you:

 

Can't tell you about these new products just yet. You really don't want to miss my New Catalog Kick-off event, that's all I am saying! 

Now it's your turn - give this Card Map a try and see what you can create!

This and That Book

I have so many ideas for the pages in my This and That book I should just quit my day job, lol! But since I can't do that just yet I will steal some time here and there to create pages that feature the fun I have in life.

Today's blog post shows another set of pages featuring one sport I love to watch - both live and on TV. Hockey! Yep, being a Canadian girl by birth and by heart, hockey is one sport I love to watch. Last year I decided to splurge on a smaller game pack of season's tickets and Sam and I had a blast going to the games and cheering on the Carolina Hurricanes. 

Here's the two-page layout I created:

 

You know how I got those little referree pics? From a little booklet I got for free at one of the games, designed to help newbies understand all the ref calls during the games. I cut them out and pasted them around the pages to add interest. Fun, right?

I am excited that the This and That journal and coordinating accessories will be back in the brand new Annual Catalog. If you haven't tried "smash-ing" your own memories of fun events in your life, I challenge you to try the This and That idea. It's ok to be messy - that's what life really is!

Do you love free craft ideas?

If that sounds like music to your ears then you need to join my Mailing List today!

Why join? Here are just a few great reasons:

- exclusive card samples with photos, product code numbers, and step-by-step instructions
- stamping techniques
- tool tips featuring brand new products or my all-time faves
- customer Q&A's - perhaps some you have been secretly asking too!
- information on upcoming classes with registration and payment links
- card maps and challenges
- My Digital Studio samples
- special offers and surprises sprinkled in
- it's FREE! 
- and much, more

I send out two newsletters by email every month - the first contains several articles and sample ideas. The second monthly newsletter is shorter and features upcoming class deadlines and is sprinkled with project ideas other than cards.

For my scrapbooking customers, I send out a third newsletter on scrapbooking and you must choose to subscribe to this newsletter when signing up. This edition contains lots of different scrapbook page ideas and for you digital crafters, watch for digital page ideas too!

If you are not on my mailing list and would like to be, here's what you do:

• Look for the Join My Mailing List heading in the top left-hand corner of this blog
• Type your name and email address in the boxes supplies
• Choose which newsletters you want to receive: Stamp only, Scrapbook only or both!
• Click "Sign-up"
• As soon as you do you will hear a voice recording advising you to watch for a confirmation email
• In a few minutes, check your email. I use a confirmed opt-in subscription process to guarantee that you do want to subscribe. Please watch your email and respond to the confirmation notice that you will receive.
• You will receive a welcome email with an exclusive project idea as a thank you gift!

Let all your crafty (and crafty wannbe) friends and family members know about my free newsletters and join my mailing list to let the stampin', scrappin' and paper craftin' fun ideas begin!

The next issue emails today!

New Catalog Sneak Peek

I look forward to my team meetings each month and this month in particular as I decided to use some of the New Catalog Sneak Peek products for the team make-n-takes.

Stampin' Up! has strict rules on releasing product names and photos before the new catalog goes live but I am allowed to show you cards and other products I have made.

So, here's one of the make-n-takes from my May team meeting:

Isn't this a fun and easy card to create? You might be saying to yourself "I hope there is a punch to go with those stamped images" and I have to respond - better come to my New Catalog Kick-off event and see for yourself!

I'd love to have you join my team of demonstrators, whether you live locally to me or long distance (US and territories only, sorry). I am here to support you, provide you with creative and business ideas and be your biggest cheerleader! And if you join by May 30th you'll get an extra $30 in product of your choosing in your Starter Kit.

Want to learn more? Click here!

Sundays with Sizzix: Buttons #5 Sizzlit

Today I have a fun birthday card idea (adapted from a card I recently saw) featuring retiring products, your Big Shot and Buttons #5 Sizzlit. This is the perfect card idea to use up your scrap cardstock; I used the retiring 2011-13 In Colors. 

Buttons Birthday Card

Stamp set: Curly Cute #120510 (retiring)

Ink: Wisteria Wonder

Paper: Whisper White (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"); Wisteria Wonder (3/4 x 3 1/2"; 2 1/2 x 2 1/4"), Lucky Limeade (3/4 x 3 1/2"; 2 1/2 x 2 1/4"), Calypso Coral (3/4 x 3 1/2"; 2 1/2 x 2 1/4"), Island Indigo (3/4 x 3 1/2"; 2 1/2 x 2 1/4"), Pool Party (3/4 x 3 1/2"; 2 1/2 x 2 1/4")

Accessories: Clear Block D, Big Shot, Platform, Buttons #5 Sizzlit #113440, Snail Adhesive

And now for the video tutorial: enjoy!

I decided after the video was over to make a second card showing how to add Whisper White Baker's Twine and will post a photo of this card over on my Facebook Business page tomorrow. 

The Annual Catalogs have arrived!

The brand new Annual Catalogs have arrived and are ready and waiting for you!

Have you RSVP'd for my New Catalog Kick-Off?

Save the Date:

Friday, May 31 from 7:00 - 9:30 pm 

OR 

Saturday, June 1 from 1:00 - 5:00 pm

Location: my Stampin' Spot: 8505 Erinsbrook Drive, Raleigh

Why should you attend my New Catalog Kick-off?

• Be the first to see the five new In Colors!
• Make - n- Takes using new products!
• Take home a FREE Catalog!
• Shop in my Stampin' Store - bring your Stampin' Bucks or shop for FREE***!
• Free stamp set drawing - one draw ticket just for attending - get an extra draw ticket for each new friend you bring!
• Sign up for my fall clubs and classes!
• Sign up for my product shares!
• Delicious treats to snack on!
• A thank you gift for attending!
• An amazing catalog kick-off promotion!!!

*****For the first time ever, I am holding a New Catalog Kick-off  BOGO promotion! 

For every dollar you spend in the new catalog at my Open House, you'll get an equal amount in my Stampin' Store for FREE! That's right: purchase $35 in new catalog products, get $35 in FREE products in my store; spend $50 get $50, and so on! And for every $15 you purchase in new product you will also get a draw ticket for my free stamp set drawing!

What do you need to do? It's simple: RSVP today so I can have a catalog ready and waiting just for you (and for any friends you bring along).

There are three ways to get a new catalog (for free!) before my New Catalog Kick-Off: 

1. Place an order with me of $50 or more (before shipping & tax) between today and May 31st. Products can be from the retired lists or not. Online orders will also apply. 

2. Book and hold a $150+ book party with your friends on any date in May. Contact me to learn how. 

3. Join Stampin' Up! (and my team) in May and not only will you get your new catalog for FREE but you will also receive a FREE pack of designer series paper as a thank you from me!

 

 

 

My Digital Studio: A Work in Progress

Yesterday I started working on a very special project: a My Digital Studio book to highlight our Stampin' Up! Fiji Trip! My son is going off to college this fall and I want him to take a reminder of our amazing trip with him so decided to create an entire scrapbook of our trip before the memories fade. 

My Digital Studio offers several different sizes and layouts for scrapbooks - you can even download an entire kit and just drag and drop your photos on each page. My scrapbook will be 11 x 8 1/2 in size - easy to store and doesn't require a lot of photos.

I'll share some of the pages in the coming weeks but for now, here's the front cover (at this point). 

I will be adding some kind of element down the left side of the cover but am still deciding what that will look like at this point. The beauty about digital scrapbooking is that I can change elements around on each page, add more or take some away without damaging the page itself. 

If you want more information about the fun of digital crafting and My Digital Studio, click here. This is the perfect time to take a look, here's why:

BULA! (translation: Hello!)