Put A Little Glitz In Your Holidays

Stampin' Up! has annouced the Holiday Glitz Card Kit promotion. You can take advantage of this fantastic kit while supplies last in 2 ways:

1. Purchase the Holiday Glitz card kit for $28.95 with no additional purchase required.

2. Purchase one of these four holiday stamp sets and get the Holiday Glitz Card kit for $24.95

* Snowflake page 45 $23.95

* The Snowflake Sot page 36 $20.95

*Big on Christmas page 35 $18.95

*Love & Joy page 5 $23.95

Each Holiday Glitz Card Kit includes supplies for 15 cards:

*Precut Card Stock and Designer Series Paper (15)

*Whisper White Envelopes (15)

*Rhinestone Brads (15)

*Real Red Zigzag Ribbon (15)

*Full - Color Instruction Sheet (1)

If you are interested in this special please let me know!

10-10-10 Card Class

The 10-10-10 Class Saturday was so much fun!!!! Above are the 10 cards that we made. You will learn to make 10 cards, each of which can be made in 10 minutes or less for a cost of $10 for the class. We will be making a variety of cards for all occasions!!!! All you will need to bring is your paper cutter and adhesive…..all other supplies will be provided. Pre-registration and payment are required to reserve your spot in the class. The next 10-10-10 Class in Sept 29th at 2:00pm at the Cornerbank Meeting Room in Ark City. Please RSVP by 9/24/07 to reserve your spot.

Some More Altered Items

These are acrylic frames that I bought and you can put either a calendar or post it on them.

Stamping on Candles is my new favorite thing!!! You can either stamp on the calendar or wrap a piece of paper around the candle to add a decorative touch.

I love this candle but then again I am alittle partial. Thank you Linda for this wonderful idea!!!!

Altered Clipboard with post it note holder & cork board


Altered Calendar

Altered Tray that I found at Dollar Tree

Altered Paint Can. This is a great way to give someone a gift. Just decorate the outside and fill it will all kinds of goodies!!

September Technique Class

Here are just a few things that we will be doing at Technqiue Class. As a make and take for this month we are going to be doing the jumbo bookmarks and so that means playing with my Mom's Cuttlebug Machine!!! If you haven't seen this machine you are in for a treat! Some of the items that we have made for this month are: a Rolodex, Altered DVD Tin, Glass Etching on a plate and a candle holder, Jumbo Bookmark, Beaded Pen, Altered Card Tin, Altered Altoid Tins, Calendars, 2 types of Post It Note Holders, a Clock, Picture Frames, a Tray, 2 types of Altered Clipboards, Candles, Personalized Tile Coasters and I have a few more ideas if I don't run out of time!!! I am so excited about this class. With Christmas right around the corner so many of these projects would be simple and easy gifts that anyone would love!!


Altered Card Tin


Altered DVD Tin


Coaster with Picture

Altered Notebook

Altered Clipboard

Recipe Cards

Jumbo bookmarks/paperclips

Picture Frame that I bought for a $1.00 and covered

Glass Etched Plate and Candle Holder

Post it Note Holder

Rolodex

Welcome Sign

Clock

Upcoming Classes

Calendar of Events

September 1st 2 pm – 4pm Technique Class.

Community Room behind City Office in Winfield. - Anything But A Card It is never too early to start thinking about Christmas. Learn how to make a tin to store cards or recipe cards in, calendars, note card holders, journals & clipboards. Also how to do glass etching with stamps.

September 15th – 2pm – 5pm 10-10-10 Class.
Community Room behind City Office in Winfield.
You will learn to make 10 cards, each of which can be made in 10 minutes or less for a cost of $10 for the class. We will be making a variety of cards for all occasions!!!! All you will need to bring is your paper cutter and adhesive…..all other supplies will be provided. Pre-registration and payment are required to reserve your spot in the class

September 22nd – 2pm Altered Card Tin Class
Community Room behind City Office in Winfield.
Come and learn how to make an Altered Card Tin. You can store cards, receipe cards or many other things in it. Everything you will need to assemble the tin will be supplied. The cost is $20.00 and pre-registration is required.

September 29th – 2pm -5pm 10-10-10 Class
Cornerbank Meeting Room in Ark City
You will learn to make 10 cards, each of which can be made in 10 minutes or less for a cost of $10 for the class. We will be making a variety of cards for all occasions!!!! All you will need to bring is your paper cutter and adhesive…..all other supplies will be provided. Pre-registration and payment are required to reserve your spot in the class.

October 6th – Fall Into Holidaze Craft Fair
Cowley County Fairgrounds in Winfield

October 13th (DATE CHANGED)- 2pm – 4pm Technique Class.

Community Room behind City Office in Winfield. Backgrounds If you are like me I have tons of paper but I never seem to have the right thing when I start working. I have found a solution. At this class I will show you how to make your own backgrounds using a baby wipe, saran wrap, shaving cream, marbles, bubbles & much more!

October 20th – 2pm Altered DVD Tin Class
Community Room behind City Office in Winfield. We will be learning how to make an Altered DVD Tin that will hold a pad of paper, a pen, a jumbo bookmark, calendar, mini note pad and 2 magnets. It will make a great Christmas or birthday present! All supplies will be provided!!! Class fee is $15.00 and pre-registration is required.

Cancelled October 27th A NEW One Sheet Wonder Class Cancelled
Community Room in Winfield. We have a NEW One Sheet Wonder template!!!! Come and make 9 cards and matching tote for $10.00. Please bring your adhesive and paper cutter!

Pre-registration is required.

November 3rd 2pm – 4pm Technique Class
Community Room in Winfield. It’s Beginning To Look A lot Like Christmas Come & get ready to make your Christmas Cards!!!

November 10th 1pm – 5pm Christmas One Sheet Wonder Class

Cornerbank Meeting Room in Ark City
Come and make 9 Christmas Cards and a matching tote or modify the template and make 10 Christmas Cards. Class fee is $10.00. Please bring your adhesive and paper cutter.

Pre-registration is required.

November 24th – Jingle Bell Junction Craft Fair
Cowley County Fairgrounds in Winfield

December 1st 10:00 am Christmas Stamp A Stack
Community Room In Winfield. Come and make 10 Christmas Cards (5 different cards and you will make 2 of each). Class fee is $10.00. Please bring your adhesive and paper cutter.

Pre-registration is required.

December 1st 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Technique Class
Community Room In Winfield. Add a Little Sparkle and Spin to your World! Learn how to make shaker cards, slider cards, spinner cards & glitter windows

Become A Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and Get Free Products!!!

From August 10th to September 30th when you purchase the Stampin' Up! Starter Kit and become a demonstrator you will get to pick one of the sets of Classic Stampin' Pads Free!!!
Bold Brights Classic Ink Pad Family (12 ink pads)
Earth Elements Classic Ink Pad Family (12 ink pads)
Rich Regals Classic Ink Pad Family (12 ink pads)
Soft Subtles Classic Ink Pad Family (12 ink pads)
In Color Ink Pad Family (6 ink pads)

If you are interested in becoming a demonstrator please let me know!!!

Three For You Punch Box Special

During the month of August when you purchase the new Three For You Punch Box you will get an exclusive package of 30 - 3"x3" textured Love Notes (a $12.95 value) FREE. If you haven't seen the new Fall/Winter Catalog please let me know. You will love it!!!

All Occasion Card Swap

We will be hosting an All Occasion Card Swap for the month of September!!!

For those of you who do not know how a card swap works…….
Participants will sign up for a certain category like Birthday, Thank You, Thinking of You, Get Well, Sympathy, Happy Anniversary/Wedding, and New Baby. Depending on how many people sign up will determine how many cards you will make. For example, if 5 people sign up you would make 2 different cards and would make 4 of each of these. You will have the whole month of September to work on the cards at home and then bring them with you to the October technique class to swap with the others in the swap. You will receive 8 cards that others have made in exchange for the 8 cards you made—just think of all the new ideas you will get from seeing all the cards everyone creates!!! We may separate into two groups if there are a large number of people that sign up to keep the number of cards everyone will make down to just a few.

Sign up sheets will be available at technique class on September 1st. If you aren’t able to come to technique class, email me with the category you would like to sign up for and I will let you know if that category is still available.

How fun would this be and think how great it would be to have a whole new set of cards!! Any questions, please call or email me!! Hope that everyone joins us in this card swap!!

Cards For The Troops

Last week my Mom received an email update on a blog that she subscribes to about people donating cards for the troops. She forwarded it to me and we are both very excited to help with this project. We were talking and thought it would be fun to have a group of us get together and create as many cards as we can to send to the troops. This is what the blog says about this venture:

We have started a ministry to send cards to our troops that are overseas away from their families. Most of them do not have ready access to cards. Each card and envelope is individually packaged and sealed in it's own protective bag. That way, each "hug" will be protected from the elements while waiting to be chosen as the next card being sent to a loved one. Then, each card is sorted by occasion and placed in a box to be shipped to the soldiers. We hope to expand our efforts to include military personnel all around the world. Wouldn't it be great if each Unit had a "card keeper" who had a readily available supply of cards for his/her troops to choose from. Hopefully, morale will be boosted when they don't have to walk for miles to buy a card for a loved one. They can smile knowing that they sent a special "hug" home to a loved one for a special occasion or just to say hello.

This is a note received from one of the wives from her husband after the first box of cards were shipped:
Todd H.Kuwait"We got the cards last night. Everybody loves them tell Jen thanks and you too. You can mail more cards over here. 100 cards did not last long, about 3 hours. There are over a 100 people in the unit. The ones needed most are Thank you and Miss you.""Tell everybody thanks again if they only knew how many people keep saying thanks."

Mom emailed one of the organizers and told her we would like to be a part of this endeavor and would be sending a box of handmade cards soon. She received an email back and they were very grateful.

So we are thinking we would like to have a "Cards for the Troops cardmaking party" and would love if you would join us. Grab your friends, favorite stamp sets, paper, ink pads, embellishments and any of your other cardmaking supplies and come and join in the fun and help with this worthy cause!! Not only will you be helping out you will be able to get all kinds of ideas from looking at all the different cards everyone will be making!!!! We figured if we could get everyone to make anywhere from 5-10 cards each we could have quite a box of cards to send to them!!! You can make 5 or 10 different cards or make them all the same. We will provide the envelopes to go with the finished cards.

We are thinking we would like to do this soon and are hoping to do it next Sunday afternoon, July 29th from 2-4 at the Community Room in Winfield (where we have the technique classes and Open House). Please let me know if you will be able to attend so we will know how many tables to set up. Hope everyone can come and help with this worthy cause and have some fun too!!!

Thank you!!

Dormant List

Stampin' Up! has a Dormant List for the Fall/Winter Collection 2007. The Dormant List contains stamp sets & wheels that, while they have not been retired, will not be listed in the catalog. These stamp sets and wheels are available for purchase from July 1, 2007 through January 1, 2008 and may or may not be listed again in future catalogs.

One Sheet Wonder Class!!

We have had 2 One Sheet Wonder Classes and they have been great! The One Sheet Wonder Class is where you make 9 cards with envelopes and a matching tote bag! You will also receive the template so you will be able to create more of these cards. The fee is $10.00 which includes all the cards, envelopes, matching tote bag and template. Once you have done a One Sheet Wonder you will be addicted.

Here are some cards that were made at the classes.

07/08 Fall Winter Catalog is Here!!!!

The new 07-08 Fall/Winter Catalog is HERE!!!! It is great and there are so many cute things in there. If you would like to have a copy of the book please let me know. If you spend $25.00 you can purchase the catalog for $5.00 or if you host a workshop you can get it for FREE!

Color Combo Guide

Have you ever been stamping and picked a color and wondered what colors coordinate with that? Well I have the solution. It is a website called Color Combo Guide. All you do is select the color that you want to work with, then hit search and it will come back with all of the different color combinations available. It is a great tool to have when making cards or scrapbooking. Whoever took the time to make this is amazing!!!! Hope you all enjoy it.

June Technique Class

For June Technqiue Class we did bags, boxes, tags and cards to match. It was alot of fun!!!

Instructions for Bag
Stamp Set: Beyond the Basics for Background, Riveting for Tag
Wheel: Baby Rattle
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Versamark
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Punch: Circle, Ticket Corner
Ribbon: Pink & White Gingham, White Organdy
Technique: Altered Bag
Accessories: Soft Subles Tag - Pretty in Pink, Silver Cord, Tissue Paper, Bag with Handles

Instructions for Card
Stamp Set: Beyond the Basics for Background
Wheel: Baby Rattle
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Versamark
Paper: Pretty In Pink, Whisper White
Accessories: 2 Way Glue Pen, Glitter

Stamp Set: Heartfelt Thanks
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Versamark
Paper: Whisper White
Ribbon: White Grosgrain
Accessories: Purse Boxes & Tags Die Cut Sheets

Stamp Set: Riveting
Ink: Pretty In Pink
Paper: Loves Me
Accessories: Pretty in Pink Brads, Circle Punch
Directions for Box

Stamp Set: Polka Dots & Paisley
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White
Chalk: Pretty In Pink
Ribbon: Chocolate Grosgrain
Technique: Blender Pen
Accessories: Soft Subtles Brads
Directions for Box

Stamp Set: NONE
Paper: New Palette of Prints, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Punch: Spring Bouquet Flower
Accessories: Rich Regals Brad
Directions for basket

Stamp Set: You Make Me Happy
Ink: Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Ballet Blue, So Saffron
Paper: Regal Rose, White Lunch Sack, So Saffron, Certainly Celery
Punch: Small & Large Tag Punch
Ribbon: Celery
Technique: Scallop, 2 step stampin
Accessories: Bold Brights Brad

Stamp Set: Polka Dots & Paisley
Wheel: Petals
Ink: Cool Caribbean, Pretty in Pink
Paper: Petals & Paisley, Cool Caribbean, Whisper White
Punch: Word Window (punched twice for handle)
Ribbon: Pink & White Gingham
Technique: Genie Bag
Accessories: White lunch bag cut at 6 inches