Toxic Treats Tag

 

 

I had so much fun playing with the Toxic Treats stamp set from the new holiday catalog this weekend.  I used the Two Tags die again and the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Only a few days left if you want to take advantage of the awesome new demonstrator promotion and get the awesome printer's tray kit along with your $125 worth of product for only $99 and free shipping!!!  Don't forget you can now choose whatever product you want in your kit!  Plus you will get your business essentials like catalogs and order forms, etc. included in that kit for free!  What's not to LOVE about that?!   Just a reminder of what that AWESOME kit looks like:

 

 

This promotion ends the end of August.  If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me and I'll be glad to help.  You can sign up right on my website here or email me and I'll be glad to help you through that process.  



 

I saw a super cute card made in this order on pinterest....here.  I love the simplicity of it!  Living in a military community we get new neighbors all the time so I really needed to make some "welcome to the neighborhood" type cards and this is what I came up with.   I used Field Flowers on Crumb Cake cardstock with Gumball Green ink for the stems and a retired color I think it was called Really Rust for my blooms and the welcome banner.  I really want some Tangerine Tango to make this card again as I think that would really make the blooms "pop".  That sweet little Welcome banner was made using Fabulous Phrases and then cut out with the new Bitty Banners Framelits. 

Christmas Tags

I was so happy to finally get some "play" time in my craft room this weekend.  I came up with a couple of tags I hope you will enjoy.  I'm so loving this new Ornament Keepsakes bundle which I used on the "to my friend" tag....that phrase comes from the Friendly Phrases stamp set.  The For You tag gets its sentiment from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set and I used the coordinating Bitty Banners Framelits to cut it out.  The sweet "merry" tag was made using the Tiny Tags stamp set with the coordinating Jewelry Tag Punch.  That cute Christmas tree was made so quickly and easily by using the Pennant Punch....I just punched out 4 pennants, scored down the middle of each one and then adhered them back to back.  That cute polka dot paper comes from the designer series paper Be Of Good Cheer...so cute!!!  Oh and I almost forgot.....both of the tags are actually the same diecut....one is just folded up and I used the awesome Two Tags Bigz Die for that!

Ornament Keepsakes...old ink pad vs. new ink pad

Just had a few minutes to play today between picking up kids, etc. and I couldn't wait to play with the new Ornament Keepsakes and the new coordinating Framelits.  You can purchase them separately, however, you can buy them in a bundle and save some money!   Check the bundle out here!  Love how easy these are to work with!  I stamped my image first and then just laid the framelit on top of the image (notice it is called a framelit because it frames the image....you can see through it to line up your image) and ran it through my big shot....didn't have to tape it in place or anything which is nice if you are mass producing!  I knew I loved the new Stampin Up foam ink pads but I hadn't really compared the resulting images side by side and I decided to do that today.  On the left I used an old style Ruby Red pad I had...granted it is a little older but it seemed quite juicy and on the right is the new style pad in Raspberry Ripple.  Keep in mind that the Raspberry Ripple is a much darker almost jewel tone red but you can clearly see how much cleaner and crisper the new ink pads stamp!  Love it!!!  I actually had inked the Ruby Red up quite a few times....really did the twist, pat, twist, pat thing but with the Raspberry Ripple it was just a quick tap tap and onto the paper and this is the first result I got.  Just wanted to share this with you if you have been on the fence about trying the new ink pad.  

Ok....I've been resisting the digital designing world but alas....I think I'm being pulled over into it quickly!  I had a friend ask me about the MDS this weekend and as I was looking for answers to her questions I started being very swayed.  Look at all the cute things on this video....I do love the fact that you can get the patterns and images instantly.  If you've been thinking about trying out Stampin Up's My Design Studio....well now is the time....the new MDS2 has just been released and I hear it is awesome!  Plus now you can try it out for free!  Yes FREE!!!!  So come on let's do this together....I'm going to download it as soon as I get some "free" time...lol!  You can get it free for 30 days here!  PLUS....Stampin Up has lots of digital content on sale....31% off!!!!  Check out all the cool stuff on sale here!  I'd love to have you explore this avenue with me!

Ruffled Ribbon Share



Just a little picture if you've been thinking about this ribbon share....this ribbon is gorgeous and has soo much texture.   I'm including some coordinating brads and some matching sheer ribbon from the saleabration kits.  It is open until Monday but I had some that just came in with an order I received this week so I went ahead and made one up.  The ribbon share includes one yard of each of 5 colors as shown and is just $5 plus $2 shipping.  If you would like more than one share I will cut your ribbon consecutively so that you have one large piece instead of several one yard pieces.  It's a great way to have some of each color on hand without having to purchase a whole spool of each!  Just drop me an email by Monday August 6th if you want to be included in this share!

2012 Holiday Catalog

I am so excited about the new Holiday Catalog!  It's by far not a "mini" catalog!  It is full of wonderful new product!  I am especially excited about the framelits/stamp combo deals!  Stampin Up  has packaged coordinating stamps and framelits sets into some awesome discounted bundles!    Just click on the catalog and you can view all its wonderful goodness!  Happy Shopping!

But wait that's not all!  If you sign up to be a demonstrator during the  month of August not only do you get $125 worth of product that you choose out of the catalog and a starter supply of business materials for $99 with free shipping you will also get this AWESOME printer's tray project kit shown here:

You get everything needed to make this project except the ink and if you choose the clear mount stamp set you will need the acrylic blocks.  Here is the stamp set in clear mount!  You get to choose wood mount or clear!  It even comes with bling!  This kit is only available to those who sign up as a demonstrator.  Remember you can sign up as a hobbyist if you just want to get these wonderful products at a discount.  It is so easy to meet the quarterly minimums and there is no obligation so why not give it a try and see if it's for you!  Those who sign up in the month of August will get the rest of this quarter free from any minimum sales requirement so you won't have a minimum to meet until the end of December so why not take advantage of the discount while you can get this wonderful printer's tray project kit plus....you can get all the goodies you want from the new catalogs at a discount!  What a deal!  You will see it is an even sweeter deal when you see the discounted bundles in the holiday catalog!  Please email me if you have any questions at all about joining!  If you are ready to join you can sign up here!  Would love to have you join with me!