MAY Specials!!

Happy April Showers Everyone!!
I hope you are all doing well!

I am having a May Hostess Promotion!!

• Host a workshop or place an order of $150+ I have a stamp set for you! This stamp set is from Sale-A-Brations or if you prefer, you can choose a stamp set out of my retired stamp bin


• Host a workshop or place an order of $300+ Pick any stamp set, of your choice, in the catalog for 50% off.

If you place your orders online, please remember to choose me as your demonstrator and I will contact you regarding my above specials!!

Below are the Stampin' UP! May Specials - there is a lot of information so if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!! I would love to talk to you about the promotions!!

Scrapbooking Promotion
Dates: May 1-31, 2009
Promotion DetailsThe Scrapbooking Promotion has two exciting parts:

Buy three packs of Designer Series paper (including our Specialty Designer Series paper) or 12" x 12" textured card stock, and get one FREE!

Buy a sneak peek stamp set from the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog--Jumble Alphabet (set of 52; double-mounted)--at a 20 percent discount.

Item #115199

Regular Price is $43.95 Discount Price $35.16

Things to Remember

• You may place orders on a customer, demonstrator, or workshop order; or your customers may place their orders online.


• All Designer Series paper, Specialty Designer Series papers, and 12" x 12" textured card stock are eligible for this promotion .


• Customers can mix and match their paper choices.


• Customers must enter the qualifying amount of Designer Series paper or 12" x 12" textured card stock before entering their free paper.


• Customers may choose a free pack of Designer Series paper or 12" x 12" textured card stock for every three packs they buy.
  

Paper Promotion
Q: Is there a limit to how many free packs of paper I can get?

A: No! For every three packs of Designer Series paper and/or 12" x 12" textured card stock that you buy, you'll get one pack free.

Q: To get the free pack of paper, do I have to buy three packs of Designer Series paper or three packs of 12" x 12" textured card stock?

A: No. You can mix and match your paper; for example, you could buy two packs of Designer Series paper and one pack of 12" x 12" textured card stock, then choose either a pack of Designer Series paper or textured card stock for free.

Q: Is the Bulk Buy Designer Series paper eligible for this promotion?

A: No. The Bulk Buy Designer Series paper is not eligible for the buy three, get one free promotion.

Q: Is there going to be a preorder period for the paper promotion?

A: Although you can certainly purchase Designer Series paper and 12" x 12" textured card stock before the promotion begins, the promotional pricing will not begin until May 1.

Pistachio Torte Recipe Page

This is for my recipe card class on Tuesday! Here's how I made it:

• Started with a 6"x6" piece of Creamy Caramel Cardstock
• Stamped with Itty Bitty Backgrounds on the bottom 2"
• Cut a piece of 6"x3" Green Galore Cardstock
• Ran that through the Crimper
• Attached that to the center of the Creamy Caramel Cardstock
• Cut a 6"x0.5" piece of Whisper White Cardstock
• Cut a 6"x1.75" piece of Whisper White Cardstock
• Ran both pieces through the Big Shot with the Swirly Texture Background
• Roughed up one of the long edges of the 6"x1.75" Whisper White Cardstock.
• Attached the smallest piece of Whisper White to the bottom of the Green Galore
• Lined up the larger piece of Whisper White to the top of the Creamy Caramel which will also overlap the Green Galore about 1/8".
• Printed the Recipe onto Whisper White Cardstock & cut to 2.75"x5.5"
• Cut a 5.75"x3.5" piece of Close to Cocoa Cardstock
• Punch one side with the Eyelet Border Punch
• Attached the recipe to the Close to Cocoa Cardstock
• Then attached the recipe piece to the front of the mock pistachio torte looking page.
• To finish the page (not pictured) I added some 1/4" circles of Creamy Caramel & Close to Cocoa Cardstock to the top layer of Textured Whisper White for the nuts...forgot about that part before I took the picture.

Pull Out Flower Pot

Saw this over on SCS for a technique challenge & had to try it. This will be my lunch time card class for next week. Hope the girls don't get too overwhelmed with it in a 1/2 hour.

Used the Scalloped Circle Punch to create the flowers, also used the 5-Petal Flower Punch for the leaves behind.

Hope you like it! It was alot of fun to make!

Happy 3rd Birthday Cody

My Cousin's little boy, Cody is turning 3 on April Fool's Day!! We are going up north (where he lives) later in the week. So thought I should get working on his card.

Yesterday I picked up this Sixxix Train Die at Michaels with a 50% off coupon I got in an email so I ended up paying $10 for it, how great is that!!

Here are the steps for making the card:

• Cut Pacific Point Blue Cardstock (4.25x5.5) for base of card
• Cut Kiwi Kiss Cardstock (4x5.25), layer that on top of the Pacific Point Cardstock.
• Cut Whisper White Cardstock (3.75x5), layer this on top of the Kiwi Kiss Cardstock.
• I have some chipboard alphabet & letters, I traced the "3" and cut it out of Kiwi Kiss Cardstock.
• Next I ran pieces of Pacific Point & Kiwi Kiss Cardstock thru the Big Shot with the Sixxix Train Die. This die has the steam engine, 2 passenger cars & a caboose. I only cut out the engine & one of the cars.
• I trimmed off the top portion of the passenger car to make it a flatbed to carry my "3".
• I then attached the Pacific Point train & flatbed (see how the cars interlock, I did cut off the hook at the back of the flatbed since there were no more cars).
• Remove the center pieces of the Pacific Point train.
• I punched out the Kiwi Kiss "center pieces" and attached them to the Pacific Point train.
• Then I attached the smoke puffs.
• I then cut & attached the back folded portion of the card using Whisper White Cardstock (8.5x5.5), folded it in half & attached it to the finished card front.
• Last, I stamped the "BIRTHDAY WISHES" sentiment for the Stampin' UP! WOW Flowers Stamp Set.

Suppllies Needed:

• Stamps: WOW Flowers
• Paper: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss & Whisper White
• Ink: Kiwi Kiss
• Accessories: Big Shot, Sixxix train die, Boho Flower Punch

Cherish God's Beauty

There are lots of things to cherish in life. We have learned that in our family again! I won't go into details here but it has been a whirlwind on emotions as of late.

My Auntie Susie is a butterfly nut! She has dogs that are of the Papillion breed. Papillion means butterfly. So I was thinking of her when I made this card.

I also got to play with my new Big Shot & the texture plates. I love this new toy!! I have used it a couple of times now for my lunch-time work classes and the girls seem to enjoy it as well.

Steps for making the card are:

• Only Orange Paper (4x5.25), run thru the Big Shot with the Texture Template
• Run a Sanding Block over the top, this helps to lighten the color of the raised texture, this process is optional but was used on my sample.
• Shimmery White (4x2.25), run thru the Big Shot with the Texture Template
• Basic Black (4x2.5) - punch your Jumbo Oval out of the center
• Attach your Shimmery White Textured Paper to the Basic Black strip.
• Then Layer this onto the center of your Only Orange Textured Paper
• Punch your sentiment onto a Whisper White Cardstock and punch out with the Large Oval Punch.
• Attach this to the Basic Black Jumbo Oval you punched earlier.
• Attach this to the bottom left corner of the card front as shown in the picture provided.
• Word Window Punch - punch two from Shimmery White Cardstock & fold in half.
• Attach the Word Window Punched pieces to alternating corners as shown in the picture
• Stamp the butterfly from the Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set, God's Beauty with Basic Black onto Only Orange Cardstock.
• Cut this out using Paper Snips.
• Apply Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, as desired.
• Attach to the Shimmery White Textured Paper with Dimensionals
• Attach your card front to a folded piece of Whisper White Cardstock (4.25x5.5)

Supplies:

• Stamps: God's Beauty (Level 1 Hostess Set) & Warm Words (Retired)
• Paper: Whisper White, Shimmery White, Basic Black & Only Orange
• Ink: Basic Black
• Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds, Big Shot with Texture Templates, Word Window Punch, Jumbo Oval, Large Oval, Sanding Block, Dimensionals & Paper Snips

I hope you enjoy the card. Thanks for looking!