March, OOOPS April 2009

Happy Spring????? That can't be right, it's been way toooo cold, BRRRRR. But here's something Sizzling from Stampin' Up!
Die cuts is the word! Exclusive shapes made just for Stampin' Up! that is... can be used on our Sizzix Big Shot machine (as well as the Cuttlebug and others).

Great shapes AND Texture plates to add raised gorgeous texture to all your cards and scrapbook pages - give one Die Cut shape a try and you'll want to try all the rest! Try before you but at a Stamp Camp - I love them and can't stop using them on my projects.

Hot Stampin' News

Sale-A-Bration is now over and what fun, lots of ladies took advantage of the spend $50 get a FREE stamp set or even some special ribbon or Designer paper. A very busy month...

Now it's April and the new Occaisons Mini Catalog is out - very cute Spring and Summer sets. As always, it you haven't received your copy, let me know and I'll get one to you!

Stampin' Calendar - Because it's been so busy around here - Let's have a FREE Shipping Weekend in April! -

• April 24th & 25th - FREE Shipping Weekend - Pay NO shipping on ANY size order!! Call or E-mail me. (I'll just be getting back from Vacation)
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• May 28 & 29 Scrapbooking! CASE (Copy And Steal Everything) - Everything already cut and ready for you to assemble - Exactly like my samples - 4) 12X12 layouts (8 pages) - using Die cuts, Borders, and new techniques - I'll have some pictures in my May Newsletter. $26.00 Please RSVP by May 21!
  

Stamps, Ink, Paper

This month, your challenge is to make a Special Border -with punches or DIECUTS on a card or Scrapbook page. Use something fun, Designer Paper, fabric, cork, aluminum foil (like on a project from Stamp Camp in March (it was very cool!) - Send me a picture!

February 2009

Happy Valentine's Day Friends!

Last month we had a great time making Valentine and Birthday cards at the last Camp, as well as learning a new technique - Faux Bleach - the look of bleach without the drying aspect of real bleach! It was fun to stamp and be with friends. I hope to see more of my stamping friends at camp this month and next. It really is Therapy for our busy lives, relaxation and food - for a small investment of time - well worth it! So come on over!

Hot Stampin' News

Guess what time it is!

It's Sale-A-Bration time!!!! Check out the SU web site for the FREEE stamps and accessories for any $50. net order through March 31st! Book your workshop during that time and get a Freee set for being the Hostess! And call or e-mail me and I'll send you a flyer.

Stampin' Calendar

• February 19 & 20 - Stampin' Up Die Cut Camp - New tools, new toys and fun!! Make 1o cards and 2 bags/tags using new stamps and our cool tools, and another new technique!!!! Hands on. Great Fun! 7Pm - 10pm. $18.00 or Free with a $45.00 order.
  
• RSVP - by Feb 16th (PLEASE!)
  

Stamps, Ink, Paper

Paper Piecing - Stamp your image twice. Once on your card, then on Designer Paper. Cut out part of the image (hint - inside the lines) and attach over the stamped image on your card. Instant color and design! Beautiful! (Just be sure to use your paper snips scissors for the easiest way to cut small images).

Happy Stampin'

January 2009

Happy New Year - 2009! It's a great time for New resolutions, like mine...

1) I will Stamp & Scrap more
2) I will get together with friends to Stamp & Scrap regularly
3) I will enjoy saving money on Stamping & Scrapping products...which leads me to tell you about the Stampin' Up! Special for January

Save 20& on the Love you much Bundle in January - a cute valentine's day stamp set, punch, designer paper to make fun Valentine cards just in time for the big day. (or come to Stamp Camp, bring a friend and carry out those resolutions :-)

How about you???

Or better yet - Book your 2009 Workshops now!! Free Product for Hostesses - New Catalog starting 1/18/09!! And......get ready for Sale-A-Bration...coming Feb 1st!!!

Hot Stampin' News - Check out the specials and Retired Stuff! Click on the links -

Inventory Blowout Sale - While supplies last
Retired Stamp Sets List - Through january 18th (or while supplies last)
Retired Accessory List - ditto

Stampin' Calendar

• January 22 & 23 - Valentine & Birthday Card Camp - Bring your daughter, mother, sister or friend (2 people for $30 or an $80 order for both of you) and make 12 cards with envelopes, some B-day, some Valentine's Day (new techniques too). 7 - 10PM.
• RSVP by 1/14/09! Come and stamp with me!!!!!
  

Stamps, Ink, Paper

Faux Bleach - Fun without the mess! Stamp in Versamark on white. Emboss with clear.Sponge on color then iron off the embossing powder. Very cool, like Batik but easier! Check it out at camp!

December 2008

Merry December!

What a fun time to shop, make cookies and STAMP! And a fun time to remember your friends with a Christmas gift of a Stampin' Up! order (like our cool new punches, inks or Designer papers), a hand stamped gift (great on the budget), even an Ornament. You can come and make some unusual ones at Camp on December 11 & 12.

Hot Stampin' News

A last minute gift might be a Valentine card kit - made up of Gift notes 111337 (30 cards & envelopes - the cards in Kiwi, Riding Hood Red and Kraft) paired with a cute stamp set, like A Happy Heart or Love Owl-ways (both in the holiday mini catalog) and maybe some Rub-ons. What a caring and thoughtful gift! Be sure to place your orders by December 11th!

Or how about a Gift Certificate? Just call or E-mail me and I'll take care of it!! Cross it off your Holiday Planning.

Stampin' Calendar

• December 11 & 12 - Ornament Camp- Make 2 each of 12 different Ornaments for the tree or tie onto gifts, or include in a special friend's Christmas Card. Porcelain, Die Cuts, Hodgepodge Hardware, microscope slides, coasters and Ribbon - just a few products we'll use for the ornaments. Lots of embossing, glitter and alcohol inks...very cool! 7PM. $18.00
  
• Please RSVP by Dec 8th. (pictures of the ornaments tomorrow...)
  
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• FREE SHIPPING WEEKEND - Place orders by phone or e-mail from December 5th - 7th and Save 10%!!!
  
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• January 22 & 23 - Valentine Cards - Moms & daughters, or Sisters & Friends - 2 people for $30.00
  

Stamps, Ink, Paper

Roll with the Punches - Choose several different sized punches - and punch through a piece of card stock. Now roll a cool roller wheel through the punched template. Voila! Windows of words or patterns.

November 2008

It's Holiday Time again.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and then, Yikes, it's Christmas and New Year 2009!

Life really does speed by without stopping...so we have to take the time to do the fun, creative, worthwhile things in life...like Stamping and Scrapbooking! So come stamp with me - at my house or yours, come to stamp camp for fun times and great projects or book a workshop and invite your friends to stamp!

Hot Stampin' News

Did you know...the greeting card industry sells over 7 billion cards annually? and that Greeting cards make recipients feel good, connected in a special way, have sentimental value and are often kept by the recipients?

So how much more loved do your loved ones feel when they receive your HANDMADE cards?? A personal, thoughtful and unique card made with your own hands!

With Christmas coming soon, consider making and sending your Christmas cards this year - by getting a head start on them at Christmas Card Marathon on November 20th and 21st - then order the supplies to make more! Come both days if you like! Be sure to RSVP by November 12!

Stampin' Calendar

• November 20th & 21st - Christmas Card Marathon - Make as many as you want. RSVP the number of each one you'd like to make so I have enough supplies. New colors, simple designs, big wows. $1.50 per card with envelope - a bargain!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• December 11 & 12 -Christmas Ornament Camp - Make paper, Chipboard, Hardware and more into Gorgeous ornaments to hang on your tree or give as gifts.

Stamps, Ink, Paper

Faux Silk - start by stamping an image in Craft ink on tissue paper. After the ink dries, wad up the paper, then open it back up. Adhere the tissue paper onto Whisper White card stock, then use on your project. The wrinkles create the look of silk on your project.

Happy October Everyone!

Time for pumpkins, mums and Trick-or-Treaters. Also time for Stampin' Up!'s 20 Year Anniversary Special. Check out the cute Birthday sets - ON SALE - 20% off.

And speaking of saving money...lots of stampers came to visit the Used Rubber Stamp Sale in October and saved a bundle! Save the 1st Saturday in October 2009 as the next Used Rubber Stamp Sale and save.....

Time to book your fall workshops and start on those Fall and Christmas cards, teacher gifts, and ornaments, so come in November and get lots of Christmas cards stamped - I've done all the work for you - just come and play - come both days and have even more extra special Hand-Stamped cards to send. (And did I tell you about the Ornament Camp in December?? Trim your tree or attach to packages for that extra special gift).

Hot Stampin' News

Due to unfortunate busyness - The October Christmas card Marathon must be rescheduled to November 20th & 21st!!! I'll have pictures of your choices of Christmas cards up soon!

Stampin' Calendar

• November 20th & 21st - Christmas Card Marathon - Make as many as you want. RSVP the number of each one so I have enough supplies. New colors, simple designs, big wows. $1.50 per card with envelope - a bargain!
  
• December 11 & 12 - Christmas Ornament Camp - Make paper, Chipboard, Hardware and more into Gorgeous ornaments to hang on your tree or give as gifts.
  
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Stamps, Ink, Paper

Let's try a Mini Brag book made easily from 1 sheet of 12 X 12. Come to camp in November and make one as an extra special gift from me! Or have a workshop and we'll do them together. very Cute, VERY Quick and fun to receive as well!

September 2008

Another school year started. Kiddies back in school. More time to stamp!

Just in time, we have a new catalog from Stampin' Up! WOW, new In-Colors, new stamps and accessories. Gorgeous samples to copy, (just like the calendars on page 11 that my hostesses made), luscious double sided papers and great punches. Don't you NEEED a catalog?

Hostess Appreciation was a very fun time. My hostesses had a blast making great projects and getting lots of FREE product as my special "Thank You" for hostessing a workshop this past year. If you haven't been a hostess, please consider having a workshop and call me to put it on the calendar. The FREE product just keeps coming ;-)

Hot Stampin' News

WOW again! 15% off on selected NEW stamp sets - through September 30th (click on the picture to the right for details).

A NEW Sizzix Die-Cut machine - Just for Stampin' Up! - called the Big Shot. Some VERY cool (exclusive - of course) die cut shapes in a larger size. And it cuts chipboard, and 49 other mediums - like fabric, foil, etc. AND it works with all the other existing Sizzix die-cut shapes. Just think of all you'll save on chipboard letters for your Scrapbook pages...

Stampin' Calendar

• New Catalog Open House - September 12th, 5PM to 9PM.
  
  See what's New. Invite all your friends, come make some FREE projects with the new stamps and new colors, book a workshop & get a catalog, or buy one, place an order or just come to eat dessert and enjoy friends. Door prizes!
  
  
• September 18th & 19th, 7pm to 10pm - Gift Box with 6 matching 3 X 3 cards - New colors and papers and stamps, "Oh, My". Make 1 set for $10.00 make 2 sets for $18.00 or 3 sets for $25.00!
• October 4th, 9am to 12pm - The Used Rubber Stamp Sale - Reserve the date.

  Stevens Forest Neighborhood Center
  6061 Stevens Forest Rd.
  Columbia MD 21045

  Come and find the set(s) you've been looking for! Let all your friends know - GREAT deals on Retired Stamps and accessories. If you have a bunch of stamps to sell - talk to me.
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• October 23&24 - Christmas Card Camp - I'll be posting pictures soon - come and make as many cards as you want!
  

Stamps, Ink, Paper

Come try out the new Scallop Edge Punch (at the Open House on September 12th). It leaves a beautiful scallop edge all the way down your card. Just like the new catalog's cover. A beautiful embellishment. Makes your cards look very trendy!