Tuesday Weekly Deals

HERE is the link to shop for the weekly deals that are available for online shoppers, while supplies last.  The discount will show up at check-out time.  Pictures of the products are at the end.

Square Collection Framelits Dies
Regular Price: $26.95 US/$32.95 CAN
Discounted Price: $20.21 US/$24.71 CAN

Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
Regular Price: $7.95 US/$9.95 CAN
Discounted Price: $5.96 US/$7.46 CAN

Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack
Regular Price: $7.95 US/$10.95 CAN
Discounted Price: $5.96 US/$8.21 CAN

Festive Paper-Piercing Pack
Regular Price: $7.95 US/$10.95 CAN
Discounted Price: $5.96 US/$8.21 CAN

Petite Curly Label Punch
Regular Price: $12.95 US/$15.95 CAN
Discount Price: $9.71 US/$11.96 CAN

Today and Everyday Designer Photobook Template DigitaRegular
Regular Price: $14.95 US/$16.50 CAN
Discount Price: $7.48 US/$8.25 CAN

CHEVRON TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDER Price: $7.95 ESSENTIALS PAPER-PIERCING PACK Price: $7.95 FESTIVE PAPER-PIERCING PACK Price: $7.95 PETITE CURLY LABEL PUNCH Price: $12.95 SQUARES COLLECTION FRAMELITS DIES Price: $26.95 TODAY & EVERYDAY DESIGNER PHOTOBOOK TEMPLATE - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Price: $14.95

Truly Grateful

Hi everyone, I hope you had a great week-end.  It has turned cold here in the mid-west, but will warm up again later in the week.  Good day for chili, yum!

Well on Saturday, it was world card making day and I just had to make a card.  So late Saturday night I went into the craft room and using some of my new toys created a card.  It's very simple, because I didn't want to stay up to late playing.  Here is what I created....

I entered it in the contest that Stampin' Up! was hosting.  I used the new Expression Thinlits to create the "thankful" for the front using Always Artichoke card stock.  I used some Tombow multi-purpose glue to adhere it to the 1-1/4" Burlap ribbon.  Then I stamped my image with Crumb Cake ink onto a Very Vanilla card base.  While I had it laying on the table, I felt it need some color, so I took some scrap card stock, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler and Pumpkin Pie, and hand cut some small flags for the bottom of the ribbon.  There, just the right amount of color.  Oh, I also sponged the card base edges with Crumb Cake.  You could easily take this idea and step it up a notch, hmm, I may just have to do that, you may be seeing more of this card in the future!

I hope you have a great day and just a reminder, the LNS Treasure Hunt Fall 2013 has less than 20 days and then a winner will be drawn from those who entered.  Mary

Pop and Place Holiday Gift Tags

Happy World Card Making Day

Stampin'! Up! is holding a 

contest you won't want to miss! 

There are two ways to enter:

• E-mail a photo of a card, or of you making a card, made with Stampin' Up! product on World Cardmaking Day to wcmd2013@stampinup.com.
• Post a photo of a card, or of you making a card, made with Stampin' Up! product on World Cardmaking Day on Instagram. Mention us by typing @stampinup and use the hashtag #wcmd2013 in the description.

This contest is open to everyone-demonstrators, customers, friends, spouses, children . . . you get the idea. However, there are a few conditions:

• You must be over the age of 18 to win a prize.
• You can enter as many times as you wish, but each entry must feature a different card.
• Contest will last all day on October 5, from 12:01 AM to 12:00 PM.
• They will randomly select 100 winners from our North American markets to receive a Paper Pumpkin Kit (valued at $19.95 US/ $20.95 CA)*, and we will select 50 winners from our South Pacific and European markets to receive the Naughty and Nice Rotary Stamp and Season of Style Designer Washi Tape.

A selection of pictures will be posted to Stampin' Up!'s World Cardmaking Day Pinterest Board and the winners announced in a later current update.

 

Have fun and be sure to enter!

Become A Demonatrator for Twenty five Dollars

New recruits can join Stampin' Up! for just $25!

Dates: October 7-21, 2013

The Fine Print:

• This offer is only good for two weeks, so take advantage of it right away!
• During this offer, only the special $25 starter kit will be available; the regular $99  starter kit will not be available. The $25 Starter Kit includes
• $26.95 worth of Stampin' Up! product (it must be more than $25, but not more than $26.95 before tax)
• Business pack which includes
• A box of annual catalogs
• A package of the current seasonal catalog
• Getting Started DVD
• Starter Kit Business Brick
• Customer postcards
• While this promotion will concurrently be available in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and France, Stampin' Up!'s market-specific recruiting regulations still apply.
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• Try Stampin' Up! exclusive resources and discounts through April 30, 2014, with no obligation to purchase anything further.
• Receive a 20% discount on every demonstrator order you place.
• Receive 30% off your first demonstrator order of $150 or more (before shipping and tax), must be placed within 45 days of purchasing your kit.
• Be first to know about new products and pre-order from new catalogs! Next pre-order is December 1st!
• Reach $300 in sales by March 31, 2014 and renew an additional quarter (through June 30, 2014).  There's NO penalty to drop.  Or just be a hobby demo and buy for yourself.  You can do it "your way", however you decide.
• It's up to you!  Purchase the kit just for yourself and/or have fun and share Stampin' Up! with friends while making a little extra money.
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CONTACT ME if you have any questions that I may be able to answer.

Perfect Blend

Good Friday morning to all of you, I hope you are having a great day today.  Mine will be busy with doing chores around the house and getting started on the baby shower invites.

My daughter wanted a coffee gift card holder, so I made this one for her to use.  It is using the stamp set called Perfect Blend.  It's been a very popular stamp set with many stampers since it came out in June of this year.  I think the coffee cup is really cute and you can make it so many different ways too. 

 For the holder part of it, I used the card base Pop 'n Cut, you can get two holders out of one sheet of 8 1/2 by 11 inch card stock.  Here I used Crumb Cake and using Crumb Cake ink and the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set, I used the splotch to make it look like coffee had spilled on it.  For the cup, I stamped once on Very Vanilla, for lid, once on Crumb Cake for the sleeve and once on a scrap piece of Season of Style Designer Series Paper.  Hand cut out all of the pieces, I did put the DSP and the lid onto another full stamped coffee cup, because I wanted it to be more sturdy  I used some Linen Thread to tie around the sleeve to add some interest.  Used some Cherry Cobbler and more Crumb Cake to make a flag and stamped the sentiment on it.

For the inside, I used more of the Season of Style DSP and Cherry Cobbler.  Stamped the sentiment on a scrap of Very Vanilla and distressed the edges after punching it out with the Artisan Label punch.  I used the Word Window punch to punch out where the gift card would slide into.  I found the measurements for this card HERE.

This is all for today, I hope you have a fun week-end too!  Mary

Thank You Thurdays In October

Thank You Thursdays

Today's Deal-Designer Washi Tape! Choose from one (or all three) of the designer Washi Tapes below!  This is Stampin' Up! way of saying "thank you" for the 250 posts that they have posted on corporate their blog.  The Washi Tape discount is only good for today or while supplies last.

	Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape Item #131269 Regular Price $4.95   Sale Price  $3.71
	Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape Item #129314 Regular Price $4.95   Sale Price  $3.71
	Witches' Brew Designer Washi Tape   Item #132156 Regular Price $4.95   Sale Price  $3.71   *Please note-The discounted price will   appear at checkout.*

Every Thursday in October there will be a special.

Best of October Christmas

Here is the newest Best Of Stamp Set for October, now we have no excuse for not starting on making our Christmas cards and with plenty of time too!  If you need help placing your order, just send me an e-mail and I will be very glad to place your order for you!  Mary

Baby Invitation Number Two

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Good Wednesday to all of you!  Well the heat is back, again, in our part of the world.  I really enjoyed the cooler weather that we had over the week-end and wish it would return too.

Today I want to share with you another baby invitation for my daughter.  She is hosting a shower for her sister-in-law in November (love that girl, she's giving me plenty of time to make them!).  I used retired Bashful Blue, but you could easily use Soft Sky for the Onesie too.  I hunted through all of my stamps and could not find a Stampin' Up! stamp to use for the little detail on the front, so I used a Fiskar stamp that is part of a large set, so that is what I used.  Looking at it here on the screen, I think some kind of embossing would really add to the onesie too.  What do you think?  The neck opening was punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch, and the scalloped trim was punched with the 1 3/4" scalloped circle punch, you could use the Circle Framelits, if you have those.  The leg openings were punched with the Large Oval punch and the Whisper White scallop on the leg openings was punched with the Scallop Oval.  I used the same punches for the little elephant too.  For the snaps, all I had was silver glimmer paper, so I used a hole punch to make those.  Really a fairly easy card to make and oh so cute in person too!.

I found the template for the Onesie HERE.

Well, that is all for now, see you again soon!  Mry

LNS Treasure Hunt Fall 2013

Get Extra Hostess Dollars This Month

The celebrating continues with Stampin' Up!.  In honor of their 25th anniversary, they are giving hostess and extra $25.00 in benefits!  This promotion runs from October 1st thru the 31st.  So sharpen your pens, and make your wish list, if you would like to place an order I would be thrilled to help you!  Just contact me.  Sorry, it does NOT look like Online orders qualify for this, you will have to contact me to place your order.  Mary