STAMPIN' WHEEL PROMOTION

Stampin' Up is so fun to work for; now that Sale-A-Bration is ending, beginning March 18th through April 30 Stampin' Up is offering select FREE jumbo wheels in their Wheel Promotion, with the purchase of a coordinating stamp set. That's a savings of $8.50 on your purchase. This is the perfect opportunity to stock up on the Jumbo Wheels that you love. You can also purchase the Stampin' Around Wheel Storage from the catalog (page 193) for only $6.95 giving you 12 compartments for your jumbo wheels so they don't roll around. The Wheel Storage for the standard wheels is also available giving you 20 compartments.
ANOTHER nice accessory to the Stampin' Around Wheels are the Ink Cartridges that fit into the wheel handle. They are available in specified colors (not all colors); refer to pages 164 and 165 in your catalog. The Ink Cartridges are especially nice if you are working on large areas because your ink will stay solid; whereas if you are using your stamp pad to ink the wheel, it will run out of solid color before you are finished with the line.
Also, REMINDER, Sale-A-Bration ends March 17th. If there are still stamp sets you want, let me know because as you know by now, these sets WILL NEVER appear in another catalog or promotion again.

OCCASIONS MINI COLLECTION DEBUT

OCCASIONS MINI COLLECTION (click here to view the Mini Catalog)

Products in this mini collection are available through March 1 - May 31, 2008. The new mini has some awesome new stamps:

Bloomin' Beautiful (set of 5)
By Ones & By Twos (set of 11)
Duckies Wheel
In the Stars (set of 8)
Live Your Dreams (set of 8)
Friendly Flowers (set of 4)
Phrases for a Friend (set of 4)
Big on Spring (set of 3)
Time for You (set of 4)
Tart & Tangy (set of 4)
One Smart Cookie (set of 12)
Just Celebrate (set of 8)
Essence of Love (set of 4)
She's All That (set of 4)
Sassie Suzie (set of 9)
For Father (set of 4)
Full Life(set of 7)

There are some amazing new accessories that are exclusive for this mini catalog only. There is a new Styled Silver Hodge Podge Hardware Kit, Chunky Sprinkles Glitter (Celery, Crystal Iris, Light Blue & Light Pink,) Carousel Notes, Afternoon Tea & Summer Picnic Designer Papers, Love Birds & Perfect Day Rub-Ons and Poly-Twill Ribbon in Chocolate Chip and Old Olive.

The Occasions Mini has something for everyone and such a great variety of new accessories.Remember that Sale-A-Bration is good till March 17th and you can order from this mini and get free SAB stamps.

I'm Still Here

I've been busy preparing for a number of different events. I thought I might share with you the techniques we will be doing this month. The first one is the Faux Silk technique. I really love it and have taken a side view as well to show the texture. This technique really makes the page look "soft". You can also put glitter on when the glue is still wet; however, I didn't want glitter on this particular pattern.



I also really like this Masking Technique; the one we're doing is pretty simple and I personally think it is so cute. I think this set "A Little Birdie Told Me" is darling.



The next one is the Spotlight Technique. The stamp set I used is out of the new Occasions Catalog and it titled "For Father". All of the images are perfect for Father's Day or masculine birthdays, etc.




This is actually "reverse" spotlighting. The colors I chose blended more than they should have, but trust me; up close they look good. If you haven't tried this technique, it's really fun, try it for yourself.

This last one is Reverse Masking. Cut out the center of a large image, mask it and insert other images in it's place. Just in writing this made other image types come to mind.

Let your mind wander and experiment a lot with your stamps and have fun. It's time to be off to work and then I am excited about this evening because I get to go see Gypsy. It should be FANTASTIC!!!!

Happy Valentines Day

HAPPY VALENTINES everyone!!! I haven't used this stamp set for such a long time. Sometimes with all the new sets coming out I forget about the fun ones I already have. I made this cute card for my husband for Valentines Day. I did use a new fun sentiment inside from the Occasions Mini Catalog which says:
"Once in a while, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of an ORDINARY life, Love gives us a FAIRYTALE"
The hearts came from the Simply Said Stamp set and of course the frogs and toadstool are from Unfrogettable. The card base is using Sage Shadow and I used some Apple Cider DSP which is now retired. The frog on the toadstool is set up on dimensionals as well as the hearts. And, of course I had to use those cute little wiggly eyes.
I hope you all have a wonderful day!!

EXTRA HOSTESS MERCHANDISE

Beginning March 18th through April 30th, Stampin' Up is offering an ADDITIONAL $25.00 of hostess awards in addition to the normal $40.00 for a workshop totaling $350.00 or more. The size of this workshop also entitles you to either a Level 1 or a level 2 Hostess Stamp Set. The new Occasions catalog items are available beginning 3-1-08 so this is an excellent opportunity to hold your own workshop, invite your friends and take outside orders to earn these extra benefits. I would be glad to hold a workshop for you and your friends in my house so you don't even have to clean!! This promotion is only for this short limited time, so call me as soon as possible so that we can book a workshop where I have time left available.

Glitter

OH, MY GOSH!!!! Have you tried out the new glitters? Oh, they are so gorgeous and fun. I CAN'T show you yet because I'm doing them for my classes. If you haven't tried the Cosmos Glitter and the Chunky Glitter from the catalog, give it a try. It's sooooo different than what we've had before. The new Occasions Mini Catalog has even more choices of colors!!!!! I'll be showing these off on my "MAD MATTER CLASS" I have advertised. If you didn't get an email from me about this class, let me know and I'll send you a flyer.

Dormant List

I forgot the reason I wanted to post today in the first place because I was so excited about the snow. I just wanted to remind everyone that the Dormant List is still available to order from. Just click on the link to view it. It's hard to remember these sets are still available since they aren't shown in this current catalog. There are so many New and Cute stamp sets to drool over from Celebration and the upcoming Occasions catalog that the unpublished ones get forgotton. Check out the Dormant list because when this last catalog expired, many of the dormant sets did also. You may still want some of these and who knows if they will be available after June