Customer Appreciation Weekend is here!

Happy Friday! I am so excited for this weekend! My Customer Appreciation Weekend is finally here!
This is my chance to say a huge THANK YOU to all who have supported my business over the past year and supported my goal of taking my family to Greece in July of 2019 on the Stampin' Up! incentive trip.
I am hosting my annual Customer Appreciation Open House tomorrow where I'll be able to spoil my guests with yummy treats, cute make-n-takes, prizes, new product displays, project inspiration, games...and did I mention prizes?? All who attend tomorrow will be entered into draws for tons of fabulous free product. Can't make it to my place tomorrow? That's ok...I found a way for you to still  get in on the fun...

From 12:01 am today,  Friday, February 2nd until 10:00 pm on Sunday, February 4th, place a $125 order and receive $20 in FREE product of your choice (in addition to the two free Sale-a-bration items you'll also receive!), as well as two ballots for my open house prize draws to win even more free product.

OR

place a $60 order and receive free shipping (in addition to the free Sale-a-bration item you'll receive.), as well as one ballot for my open house door prize draws to win even more free product.

I am giving away tons of free product this weekend, including the GRAND PRIZE...

a brand new, not-yet-released STAMPARATUS!!

Order online through my website using Host Code XFY2REWJ , place your order at the open house, or email me directly to place your order. Once your order has been placed I will contact you to choose your free items or credit you for the shipping charge accordingly. 

 

 I hope to see lots of you tomorrow...it's going to be such a fun weekend!!

*Note: No purchase is necessary to participate in the door prize draws at my open house. You get a ballot just for coming :)

SURPRISE...FREE SHIPPING!

How is THAT for a pre-Christmas suprise?? Stampin' Up! is offering free shipping on all orders today only. That's like a 10% discount on the entire catalogue! WAHOO!!

There is no minimum order amount for this promotion, so pick up that package of envelopes you need or bottle of adhesive you forgot on your last order. It ships FREE today.

Visit my online store to place your order and it will ship directly to your door...but hurry! This offer disappears at midnight tonight!

Today is the day!

Happy Cyber Monday! I hope you have your Wish List ready, because today, for 24 hrs only, Stampin' Up! is offering free shipping on all orders. Yep...that's right. There is no minimum order for this amazing deal! It's like the entire catalogue is on sale! If you are in Canada, order before midnight tonight through my online store and use Host Code 6CDKE9N2. All orders placed today using that Host Code will be entered into a draw to win the Merry Mistletoe stamp set!

Click HERE to start shopping now!

Now for a fun holiday project...

 Don't you just love that little sparkly reindeer?? He is one of my all-time favourite holiday dies from the Santa's Sleight Thinlits. The background is a piece of Be Merry DSP which I adhered to a Cherry Cobbler card stock base. I layered 3" x 4" pieces of Garden Green and Whisper White card stock, embossing the white with the Softly Falling TIEF. 

 The sentiement is stamped in Basic Black ink and then die-cut using the Stitched Shapes framelits. I added some Garden Green pine boughs, die cut with the Christmas Staircase Thinlits and some gold mini sequin trim behind the die-cut label. As mentioned above, the reindeer is die-cut from gold glimmer paper.

 On the inside I added a piece of Whisper White card stock on which I stamped the sentiments from the Santa's Sleigh stamp set in Basic Black and then the wreath and bow in Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler ink respectively. 

This is a super-quick and easy card to put together if you are finding yourself rushed to get your cards made and in the mail this season!

  Product List

Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set [142057] $26.00	Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144795] $26.00	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966] $8.50
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [126973] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119685] $10.00	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102584] $10.00
Gold Glimmer Paper [133719] $6.75	Be Merry Designer Series Paper [144111] $14.50	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Santa's Sleigh Dies Thinlits [140278] $40.00
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $40.00	Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies [144679] $51.00	Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139672] $11.25	Gold Mini Sequin Trim [144128] $8.00

Wishing You Peace and a Deal!

Happy Labour Day!  Many here are enjoying a long weekend...the last one of summer and my last day of holidays before I head back to work tomorrow. As the kids head back to school and life takes on it's familiar routine, it is time to get back to some stamping!  The new Holiday Catalogue is just one week old and to help you get started on your Wishlist I am offering a special Back-to-School-Back-to-Stamping promotion.

Now for  a little inspiration to get you thinking about your Christmas cards this year...

Christmas card featuring the Dove of Peace stamp with sentiment from Holly Jolly Greetings

Don't you just love the Dove of Peace stamp from the Holiday Catalogue??  That image is simply stunning...and looks amazing heat-embossed in gold, which is what I did here. I matted the embossed panel on a piece of gold foil sheet to give just a narrow border and added some gold 1/8" metallic ribbon.

The sentiment, which is also heat-embossed in gold, is from the Holly Jolly Greetings set. I used the Softly Falling TIEF to emboss the background panel and built the whole card on a base of thick Whisper White card stock.

Here are all of the products I used to create this card:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Whew!

What a weekend!  My sweet boy had his birthday party on Saturday, Easter on Sunday and today is Max's actual birthday!  Talk about hectic!  Before I dive into the details, let me first remind you that the free shipping promotion starts TODAY!  Woohoo!

Click the image to place your order

Today is my sweet, not-so-little boy's 8th birthday.  Hard to believe this little peanut...

...is now this fun, sweet, loving 8-year-old:

I don't know where the time has gone!  I am so proud of the wonderful young man my boy is becoming...happy birthday Maxwell!

Now for some stamping!  Max held his 8th birthday party on Saturday.  He wanted a Penguins of Madagascar theme and, of course, there are no decorations or party supplies of any kind to be found!  So, I improvised!  I made his invitations...they turned out pretty well:

I made the file folder using the Envelope Punch Board from Kraft card stock.  The lettering and date on the front of the folder were done with the This and That Remember and the Alphabet Rotary Stamps. The grid image is stamped in Crumb Cake ink and is from the the Off the Grid (retired) stamp. The Seal of Approval image is stamped in Real Red ink and is from the Grunge Rock set (also retired).  I printed the silhouette image of the penguins using my ink jet printer, die cut it using the Squares Framelits and then sponged it with So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie inks.  I created the polaroid look also using the Squares Framelits.  The little clip is one of the Essentials Hardware Clips.

I let Max choose the colour scheme for his party.  He went with black, white and orange, because those are the colours of the penguins.  It had a decidedly Halloween'ish look!  I made him a banner using the Party Pennants Bigz die and Tangelo Twist card stock.  The letters are die cut using a long retired set of alphabet dies.  The penguins were printed on my ink jet printer, fussy cut out and then adhered to the banner with dimensionals.  I strung the pennants on some 1/8" silver metallic ribbon and added some silver glimmer stars for some sparkle.

The loot bags were done using My Digital Studio.  I created a postcard-size page and dropped in an image I found online.I printed them off and glued them to plain white gift bags, again adding a few glimmer stars for sparkle.

As if all the birthday hoopla weren't enough, we also had a wonderful family Easter yesterday, complete with a huge dinner and, of course, an egg hunt...

I hope you had as wonderful an Easter weekend as we did.  We are so very blessed!

Free Shipping April 6-10

Yep...you read that right!  Stampin' Up! is offering FREE shipping on all orders placed between April 6th and 10th.  What a fantastic time to stock up!

 

Visit my webstore and place your order online and it will ship for free!

LAST DAY!!

Today is the final day of the the Free Shipping promotion!  Don't miss out on your chance to have fantastic Stampin' Up! products shipped directly to your door for FREE!  There are two ways to order:  either click the image above to place your order through my website or email me your order by 10:00 pm tonight and I will place it for you before the midnight deadline.  

Don't forget...offers like this don't come along very often!!

Another One for Mom

Free Shipping all this week on everything!  Click the image above to place your online order and it will ship directly to you for free!

Looking for the Retirement Lists?  
Click HERE to view the list of retiring stamp sets
Click HERE to view the list of retiring accessories

Today I have another project I designed for this week's challenge over at The Technique Twist.  We're all about the Modern Whimsy style this time and there is still plenty of time for you to join us!  Check out this Mother's Day card I put together:

Mother's Day card in the Modern Whimsy style featuring the Secret Garden, Petite Petals and Hello Lovely stamp sets.

You know how sometimes when you're in the crafting zone projects just seem to design themselves?  Well this is NOT one of those projects!  I spent hours figuring this one out!  And, to be honest, it's not anything special, in my opinion!  Now, don't get me wrong, I like it well enough, but it certainly doesn't look like the type of thing one would spend hours putting together.  So, to save you the hassle of trying to recreate it, here are some tips...hope they help!

• The colour scheme is Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake and Pool Party.
• The DSP is from the Fresh Prints stack.
• The Coral flowers are from the Secret Garden stamp set (which is on the retirement list...get it NOW!) and were die cut using the coordinating Framelits.
• The Pool Party flowers are from the Petite Petals stamp set and were punched using the coordinating punch.
• I used my Squares Collection Framelits to create the polaroid frame.
• The background is embossed using the Scallops TIEF.
• The largest heart was die cut using the Hearts Collection framelits.  The medium one was punched with the Small Heart punch (also on the Retirement List!) and the smallest heart was punched with the Owl Builder punch.
• The letters on the banner were stamped with the Simply Serif Mini Alphabet on DSP and then punched with the Banner punch.

I hope I haven't scared you off from trying this style.  It really is (usually) easy breezy.  Give it a go and then enter our challenge over at The Technique Twist...I'd love to see what you come up with!

Now today is Tuesday, which means a new batch of Weekly Deals.  This round features several items from the Retiring Accessories List at 25% off.  The best part?  You can order online right now and they'll ship directly to you for FREE!!

2013-2015 In Color Core'dinations Reg Price: $14.95 Sale Price: $11.21	5/8 Inch Crochet Trim Victoria Reg.Price: $9.50   Sale Price: $7.13	Afternoon Daydream Kit - Digital Download Reg. Price: $10.95   Sale Price: $6.57	Afternoon Picnic Designer Series Paper Reg. Price: $13.50 Sale Price: $10.13
Large Pearl Basic Jewels Reg. Price: $6.50   Sale Price: $4.88	Naturals Designer Buttons Reg.Price: $6.95   Sale Price: $5.21	Pacific Point 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon Reg.Price: $6.75 Sale Price: $5.06	Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon Reg. Price: $6.75 Sale Price: $5.06

Petals for Mom...Retiring Lists and FREE SHIPPING!!

Click the image above to place your online order NOW!  Your order will ship directly to you for FREE!  WOOHOO!!

Nope.  Your eyes are NOT deceiving you.  Stampin' Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING on everything beginning today until this Friday, April 25th!  Are you excited?  Can you handle even more great news?

The Retiring Lists are now available too, with great deals on products to which we'll soon be saying a fond farewell.  All items on the Retiring Lists (including stamps) are available only while supplies last .  Get them now and don't pay for shipping...can it get any better??

Click HERE to view the list of Retiring Stamp Sets

Click HERE to view the list of Retiring Accessories

I have a sweet little project that I designed for my Brides, Babies and Birthday Card Buffet this week.  It is the perfect way to let your Mom know how much you appreciate her this Mother's Day...

Mother's Day card featuring the Petite Petals stamp set with sentiment from Delightful Dozen

I just love this colour combo of Smokey Slate, Coastal Cabana and Crushed Curry.  I was inspired by the Eastern Elegance DSP pack, which just happens to be on the Retiring Accessories List!  I wanted to try doing an angled layout, as I've seen many lately that I just love.

Interestingly, this was another project I put together using odds and ends from the pile on my stamp desk!  I had the scrap of DSP, a bit of ruffled ribbon and half a doily laying around from other projects, so I put 'em all together and this is what I ended up with.  I liked it so much I decided to incorporate it into the line-up for this week's event.

Inside view with sentiment from the Something to Celebrate (retired) Hostess set.

Now, I'm off to browse the Retiring Lists and place my order before everything on my Wish List sells out...you should do the same!!