Be Merry

A Stampin' Connection CASE...quick, simple, and elegant. This card will sure put a smile on its recipient's face when they receive it.

Stamp Sets: Christmas Collectibles

Punches: Christmas Ornament, 1 ¾" circle punch

Dies: Expressions Thinlits

DSP: Season of Style

Ink Pads: VersaMark

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder

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Santa's Checklist

Santa is checking his list twice on this card. This would make for a great mass production card for all of the close friends and family you would like to send a handmade card to.

Stamp Sets: Santa's List, Christmas Collectibles

DSP: Season of Style

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White

Ink Pads: Smoky Slate, VersaMark

Markers: Real Red, Basic Black, Blush Blossom

Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder, Gumball Green ⅜" Stitched Satin Ribbon

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Peace on Earth

This Calm Christmas stamp has become a favorite of mine. I love this bird for its versatility during the holiday season. I have been able to use it as a stamp for Christmas, Hannukah, and just general Winter Wishes cards. 

Stamp Sets: Festive Flurry, Calm Christmas

DSP: Winter Frost

Card stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Basic Gray

Ink Pads: Smoky Slate, Pool Party

Markers: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green

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Matchbook Table Favor

This is one of the projects we did in class a couple of weeks ago. It is a matchbook with a card (fits inside), inspired by a project my upline made. For a dinner, this would make a great table favor along with a chocolate square inside.

Stamp Sets: Santa's List, Festive Flurry, Wishing You

Card stock: Whisper White, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler

DSP: Season of Style

Ink Pads: Smoky Slate

Markers: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Blush Blossom

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Holiday Gift

I made these little boxes with some gifts inside for some friends. They were so quick and easy to make once I finalized the measurements for the box.

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Santa Slide

The extended Peekaboo window I made for this card reveal an extra message inside. This is a fun technique (a workshop card in last week's class) that allows us to make more use of the Peekaboo windows from the Bigz die to extend the windows for some of the longer text stamps. Pull the ribbon so Santa can slide over and let you read the hidden message.

Stamps: Santa's List, Festive Flurry, Morning Post Numbers

Ink: Encore Gold, Basic Black, Soft Sky

DSP: Season of Style

Card stock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Gumball Green

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HUGE Sale!

Dates: November 20-December 2, 2013

Details:
It's time for online holiday shopping! We want to make it easy and fun for you to get sales during this holiday season. So during these 13 days only, you can get incredible discounts-up to 50 percent-on some of your favorite products! This is the perfect time for you to stock up on some of your favorite items or try new products.

Make sure you don't miss out on our 24-hour-only doorbusters happening on the first day of the sale-30 percent off the Stampin' Trimmer, Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, and Many Marvelous Markers! The 24-hour sales period on these three products ends at 11:50 PM (MT), November 20. For 24 hour sale, I suggest you place your order in my online shop HERE so you don't miss out, and order at your convenience during the day. Please use this Hostess Code: KTZ4AMEE when placing your orders to have your orders shipped directly to you.

If you are placing an order during the 24 hour sale, you may as well order everything on your wish list from the sale items and have shipped directly to your home (only works if you enter Hostess Code: KTZ4AMEE). You can visit the online store HERE to see all discounted products or CLICK HERE to view/print the PDF flyer.

The Fine Print

• Discounts range between 20 and 50 percent-awesome!
• There's no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion. Sale on!
• For product bundles, you need to use the bundle item numbers provided. If you use individual item numbers, you won't get the discount-bummer.
• You can buy additional products from any of our current catalogs  on the same order. 

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Telescope Card

Although this card looks complicated, it was incredibly fun and simple to make. The stamp class ladies had a great time making this card as one of their holiday cards.

Cardstock: Island Indigo, Whisper White

DSP: Winter Frost

Stamp Sets: Festive Flurry

Ink: Island Indigo, Smoky Slate, Pool Party, Encore Metallic Silver

Accessories: Antique Brads, Mini Brads, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Paper Piercing Tool, Piercing Mat, Big Shot, Circles Collection Framelits Dies, Festive Flurry Framelits Dies

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Calm Christmas

This color combination really does make this a Calm Christmas card. This photo actually doesn't do the card justice. The Northern Flurry background was actually embossed and covered with Dazzling Diamonds, so the snowflakes sparkle.

Cardstock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Basic Gray

Ink: Pool Party, Encore Metallic Silver

Stamp Sets: Calm Christmas

Accessories: Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Paper Snips, Dazzling Diamonds

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My new room

When I first started this blog a couple of months ago, I had mentioned that I was in the process of moving from one room to another. Well, I am done with all the necessities...YAY! The room is mostly put together (the only photos I will show for now...lol). I broke the room up into work stations where the left side is for Stampin' Up!, the right side is for beading, cricut, and sewing machine. In doing this, I was able to have a third station in the center for bigger projects like my mini albums, 12 x 12 scrapbook layouts, and cricut projects. Little things like a different window treatment still need to be done, but I have everything I need to work actually out and ready. If you combine the first 2 photos side by side, it gives you a better idea of the layout.

Stampin' Up! side (left side of room)

Beading, cricut, and sewing machine side (right side of room)

Close up of all my easy to reach Stampin' Up! tools

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Tag It Bundles

Tag Holiday Gifts with your choice of these two separate Tag It bundles. You can prepare your tags ahead of time, and just add them to your gifts once they are ready.

Our Tag It Bundles include the tags, the ribbon, and the boxes to make your own pretty packages.

Item	Description	Price	Includes
135811	Holiday Tag It Decorative Box Bundle	$19.95	Stamp a Tag Kit Cherry Cobbler 1" Stitched Edge Grosgrain Ribbon (10 yards) Decorative Window Gift Boxes (6 boxes)
135812	Holiday Tag It Extra-Large Box Bundle	$18.95	Stamp a Tag Kit Cherry Cobbler 1" Stitched Edge Grosgrain Ribbon (10 yards) Extra-Large Gift Boxes (3 boxes)

The two Holiday Tag It Bundles are only available October 29-November 19, 2013. You can CLICK HERE to order your bundles now.

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Silver and Flurries

Here is a clean and simple card to make for the holidays. It was amazingly quick to complete several of this; I finished 10 in 1 hour (assembly line process). I love the colors in this years holiday DSP called Winter Frost. It is a nice change from the usual greens and reds, but that's not to say I haven't made anything in the traditional colors...lol.

Cardstock: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White

Ink: Smoky Slate, Metallic Encore Silver, Bermuda Bay

Embossing Folder: Pretty Print 

Specialty Paper: Foil Sheets (silver)

Designer Series Paper: Winter Frost

Stamps: Festive Flurry, Wishing You

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Believe

I was inspired to make this little treat bag by my new niece's homecoming from the hospital. She is going to be one tough cookie. It took her strength and the family's faith that she will get through everything and go home. I decided to use the Believe from Snowflake Soiree on the tag for the occasion. Welcome home Baby Zayna!

Cardstock: Whisper White, Gumball Green Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Encore Gold Punches: Bird Builder (leaf only) Dies: Chalk Talk Accessories: Mini Muslin Bags Stamps: Festive Flurry, Snowflake Soiree, Calm Christmas
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25% OFF 25 STAMP SETS

Come celebrate with Stampin' Up!  It is the company's 25th birthday.

We're celebrating Stampin' Up!'s 25th anniversary all year long, but during the week of the actual date (October 25th to be exact) we thought we should pump up the party even more. So what better way than a sale on the very products that started it all: stamps, of course!

Dates: October 22-28, 2013

Offer: Get 25 percent off 25 stamp sets.

You can view the full list of stamps at a 25% discount at shop in my online store HERE.

With all the excitement, Stampin' Up! has decided to extend its $25 joining deal for one more day. Today is the last day to join and become a demonstrator for $25.

First Workshop Perks

• If you place your first workshop order of at least $150 within 30 days of your start date, you can:
• choose any stamp set from the 2013-2014 annual catalog (redeemable with your first demonstrator order in December).
• receive 30% instant income on your first order and any eligible hostess benefits if you host your own event.
• jump into your new role as a demonstrator and start building up your stamping supplies.

If you are ready to join the fun and creative world of Stampin' Up! where people who love what they do share it, click HERE to join.

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Fall Card Case

This is the last fall card I have to post, and I just had to case it in these colors with some changes from the inspiration card I saw. It is a fall card in subtle colors rather than the usual bold colors (orange, brown, yellow, red) we see. This is a fun, quick, and easy card to make. See you in the next post with my holiday cards.

Cardstock: Whisper White, Crushed Curry

Ink: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Soft suede, Crumb Cake

Stamps: Truly Grateful, Gorgeous Grunge

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Loopy Flower & Video

I sat down to get some work done the other day, and realized I had a few strips of DSP laying around on my desk. I didn't want to throw them out, but had no clue what to use them for (left over from the bows I made). Well, I decided to try another flower.

You can play around with the length and width of the strips to create different combinations of flower sizes. For a more detailed explanation, you can watch my video below. Have fun creating these!

                                 

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Truly Grateful Napkin Holder

This project was inspired and cased from a fellow demonstrator (sorry, can't remember where  I saw it).  If you can't use a sewing machine or just don't have one, it is still not difficult to recreate this...just use sticky strip to hold the pocket and draw faux stitches using a white gel pen or marker. I found the napkins at Tuesday Morning and realized they were perfect!

Stamps: Truly Grateful

Inks: Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso

Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Accessories: Champagne Glimmer Paper, 7/16" Trim Natural

Punches: Scallop Oval, Large Oval

Dies:Autumn Accents Bigz

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