100th Post! and Baltimore Regional

100th Post!!!!  Comment on this post, and you’ll be entered into my first ever BLOG CANDY contest!!  (Wondering what exactly blog candy is?  I give away free Stampin’ Up! stuff to the lucky winner, so you will want to comment to enter!)

Yesterday, I attended my very first Stampin’ Up! event, the Baltimore Spring Regional.  It was so much fun!  I brought a guest, and she loved it so much she decided to sign up to my team!  Only one more person, and I’ll get another promotion, woo hoo!!

Here are a couple of pictures from the event.  I’ll post more later when I have more time

 

Yes, that’s Shelli Gardner, CEO of Stampin’ Up!  How cool is that?!

 

NEW Wood-Mount Cases

SO.  FREAKING.  EXCITED!!!!  This is way awesome news!

Introducing our new wood-mount stamp set packaging! These new cases are similar to our clear-mount boxes and fit perfectly on the shelf right next to them. They also have the images and stamp set name on the spine to make your search for the right set even easier.

Starting May 31 all wood-mount sets will come in this new packaging. And empty cases will be available with the launch of the new catalog. That means you can transfer all your old sets to these new boxes! There will even be a template for you to create your own label for your old stamp sets (available May 31). A pack of four half-size cases (3-3/4″ x 5-1/2″) will sell for $4.95 and a pack of four full-size cases (7-1/2″ x 5-1/2″) will be $6.95.

Get ready for all the exciting new products in the catalog–especially the new wood-mount boxes!

*At this point, incentive stamps will not be packaged in the new cases. And remember, translated sets are only available in clear-mount.

BOMBS AWAY!

There is another photopolymer stamp set on the Stampin’ Up! scene…Bombs Away Birthday!

 

Also, here are the new digital downloads.  Get ready for Mother’s Day!!

 

 

 

Happy Stamping!

 

Card: Simple Butterfly

 

Simple.  Beautiful.  Stunning.

I have fallen in love with this Swallowtail butterfly stamp.  Seriously, this handmade card is amazing and SO simple to make!

I used Staz On ink to stamp the butterfly, and put a little pearl on his body for some effect.  The sentiment came from the Petite Pairs set.

 

This inside is a perfect compliment to the front of the card.  Simple and stunning.

I made this card for my Stamp Club.  If you would like to be a part of my monthly Stamp Club, please contact me for more details!

Happy Stampin’,

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets:

Swallowtail (129213 w, 129216 c)

Petite Pairs (122495 w, 122497 c)

Paper:

Whisper White cardstock (100730)

Basic Black cardstock (121045)

Ink:

StazOn Ink Pad (101406)

Accessories/Tools:

Pearl Basic Jewels (119247)

SNAIL Adhesive (104332)

Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)

 

Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

A good friend of mine, Emily Ekegren, is doing the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. She needs help reaching her fundraising goal for this important cause. I am having an online workshop for her, and I will be donating 15% of the sales to her walk. If you would like to order something, please go to my website, http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/default.aspx . All orders with workshop code 7YSQGHUN will count toward Emily’s Avon Walk.

If you just want to donate to support her walk, please visit http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR/Walk/WashingtonDC?px=6867820&pg=personal&fr_id=2190 .

 
Thank you for your important support!

Fabric Frenzy!

Get your Stampin’ Up! fabric for 50% off – now through March 31st!

 

This and That

 

Here’s a little sneak peek at what’s to come in the new catalog!  You can buy this now through April 30th, and if you get the whole bundle, you save 15%!  Click on the picture above for more information.

Spring Birthday

 

I created this card for my Stamp Club.  Again, it was part of the “simple” theme.  You can’t get much easier than stamping once and punching it out!  Then you punch 4 more pieces, wrap some Baker’s Twine around and glue on a beautiful button and you have a finished card!

Note that I used Crystal Effects to adhere the button to the card.  Since the button is clear, I didn’t want the “glue” to show up.

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets:

Bring on the Cake (121899 w, 121958 c)

Paper:

Whisper White cardstock (100730)

Crumb Cake cardstock (120953)

Regal Rose cardstock (105130)

Old Olive cardstock (100702)

Ink:

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad (126953)

Accessories/Tools:

1-1/4″ Square Punch (119865)

2-3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch (118874)

Early Espresso Baker’s Twine (123124)

Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons (127555)

Crystal Effects (101055)

SNAIL Adhesive (104332)

Craft Scissors (108360)

Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)

Simple, Pretty Flowers!

 

I adore this card, but I can’t claim it as my own design.  I got the idea almost exactly from Mary Fish over at Stampinpretty.com.  Gotta give credit where credit is due!!  I used Crumb Cake on one of the flowers instead of Sahara Sand, but that is the only real difference between our cards.

I made this card for my Stamp Club.  They requested a quick, easy card, so I made three!  You will have to wait to see the others though.  And let me tell you, it’s worth the wait!

If you like this stamp set, it is only available until March 22nd during Sale-a-Bration, so hurry!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets:

Bloomin’ Marvelous (129651 w, 129654 c)

Paper:

Whisper White cardstock (100730)

Basic Gray cardstock (121044)

Ink:

StazOn Ink Pad (101406)

Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin’ Pad (126991)

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (126975)

Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Pad (126981)

Accessories/Tools:

SNAIL Adhesive (104332)

Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)

Designer Treat Bags

Along with creating the boy and girl birthday cards at the last Stamp Club meeting, we also made these neat treat bags, which just happened to be large enough to hold the cards we made!

This was SUPER simple to make.  We used white lunch bags and cut them down to the size we wanted them.

Then we lined them with Whisper White cardstock and then Designer Series Paper on top of that. To make the top more pretty, we added the buttons that came in the Sale-a-Bration pack and punched the top flap.  It was as easy as that!

Use velcro you can buy at your local craft or retail store to secure the bag closed.

Supplies Used:

Paper:

Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper (127540)

Whisper White cardstock (100730)

Accessories/Tools:

Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button Pack (130812)

Scallop Trim Border Punch (118402)

SNAIL Adhesive (104332)

Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)