My Sweet Stampin Spot

Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack

Stampin' Up! is launching a  new section of the online store called the Clearance Rack. All products in the Clearance Rack section are retired, discontinued items. No current products will be sold in the Clearance Rack. Products are only available while supplies last, so if you see something you want, order it today! To see the available items, simply visit My Online Store.

Passionately Pink Stamp A Stack for the Cure

 

Passionately Pink Stamp A Stack for the Cure 10am - 12pm 150 Bentcreek Dr. Cost $20 RSVP with payment by October 14 Payment Forms: Cash, Check, Visa/MC, Paypal **Door Prizes** There will be door prizes at this event! Be sure to wear PINK to earn an extra ticket. On October 24 I will be going Passionately Pink for the Cure® to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. It's passionate, because the need to end breast cancer is so urgent. It's pink, because that's the color we'll wear to accomplish our goal. Participating is simple. Register for the Stamp A Stack. In addition to your 16 greeting cards, participants will also create a Ribbon of Hope card. I will make a $5 donation for every registrant, plus 20% from any catalog sales that day. Can't make the date? Order your Stamp A Stack To Go Packet that includes photos with instructions. You can call or email with your catalog orders. You can also make a direct donation of $5 or more to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the leader of the global breast cancer movement. If you'd like to contribute online, please use the link below. In return for your contribution, you'll get the satisfaction of helping to move us closer to a world free of breast cancer. Please contact me if you have any questions. Thanks in advance for your help and for showing your true colors by going Passionately Pink for the Cure on October 24. Kandi Williams Stampin' Up! Demonstrator (270) 234-0353 Passionately Pink Team: My Sweet Stampin Team Click here to visit my personal page. http://www.info-komen.org/site/TR/PassionatelyPink/PassionatelyPink?px=5714355&pg=personal&fr_id=1130&et=4f-vmthrtAIzS1jtM-fXzw..&s_tafId=51540 Click here to view the team page for My Sweet Stampin Team http://www.info-komen.org/site/TR/PassionatelyPink/PassionatelyPink?team_id=115860&pg=team&fr_id=1130&et=FDVgZAgPBUMS5WplKkhC8A..&s_tafId=51540

Visit Passionately Pink for the Cure.

Frightful Spider

The autumn season provides plenty of opportunity for card making and decorating. I created this super cute spider card for my recent hostess club. You could easily swap the sentiment if you do not celebrate Halloween. The card utilizes our Stampin' Around Wheels, which I admit, I do not use nearly as much as I should. They are an easy way to add pattern to your projects very quickly. Most of our wheels don't have an edge as this one, but are all over patterns. Since the bottom edge is grass, you can easily sponge more color to fill in any holes in case you didn't wheel exactly straight. It's designed to be broken and crooked, so you don't have to fill in if you don't want to.

The punch spider was originally conceived by Julie Case, another Stampin' Up demonstrator.I love the creativity of fellow stampers! Her version used the Scallop Punch for the body and that was just too big for this card. Instead I used our 1 3/8" circle punch. The legs are created with the Photo Corner Punch. I added eyes and teeth with the White Gel Pen. The trailing web is our Silver Elastic Cord which is available in the Holiday Mini Catalog.

 

Supplies: Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set (115370), Frightful Fence Stampin' Around Jumbo Wheel (113632), Black Classic Ink (101179), Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (105117), Whisper White cardstock (100730) Basic Black cardstock (102851), Rich Razzleberry cardstock (115316), 1 3/8" circle punch (104401), Photo Corner Punch (109042), Word Window Punch (105090), Elastic Cord silver (109866), uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen (105021), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Pop Up Glue Dots (104183), Stampin Sponges (101610)

 

 

Have a Berry Christmas

I misplaced my camera earlier this week after taking pictures of the kids fishing. It was a great outing. We went to a friend's small pond and since they feed their fish, they were biting like crazy and huge! So I finally found my camera behind some things on the kitchen counter and am getting caught up on project photos.

This card was made at the Cincinatti Regional seminar I attended recently. The stamp set we received is called Berry Christmas. It has some lovely elements that can easily be used outside the holidays. I forgot my circle punch in my vehicle, so I cut my berries out by hand. I much prefer the use of my punches! They are much faster and you get a true circle. This card can easily be mass produced for your holiday cards.

 

Supplies: Berry Christmas ( ), Certainly Celery Ink (105217), Real Red ink (103133), Soft Suede Ink (115657), Whisper White cardstock (100730), Certainly Celery cardstock (105125), Soft Suede cardstock (115318), Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker (116329), Real Red 1" Double stitched grosgrain ribbon (115607), 1/2" circle punch (104390) Whisper White Medium Envelope (107301), stapler.

Sweet Rewards Hostess Promotion

Earn even more free products with the limited time hostess offer!

From September 1-November 30, host a $250 or more Stampin' Up! workshop and and choose any one item* from the Holiday 2009 Mini Catalog for just $10.

Choose from award winning stamps, exclusive Build-A-Bear workshop products, or latest dies for the Sizzix Big Shot.

Contact me today to host your own Stampin' Up! workshop and take part in this sweet reward. You can view the Holiday 2009 Mini Catalog by clicking on the image at the right.

*Offer does not include My Digital Studio or Hostess Sets.

 

 

 

Say Cheese!

The other 2 cards I created for Regionals were a lot more whimsical.

Happy Halloween

 

For this card I CASED a layout from the Idea Book & Catalog. The catalog sample was made with flowers and butterflies.

Supplies:
Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set (115370), Frightful Fence Stampin Around Jumbo Wheel (113632), Whisper White cardstock (100730), Sahara Sand cardstock (105328), Dusty Durango cardstock (115321), Old Olive cardstock (100702), Rich Razzleberry cardstock (115316), Whisper White Craft Ink (101731), CIrcle Fire Rhinestone Brads (109110), RIch Razzleberry Polka-Dot grosgrain ribbon (115613), stapler.     

Say Cheese!

 

When I saw a Pick A Petal mouse on splitcoast, I knew I had to make one of my own. I had my Big Shot smokin for this card LOL!

Supplies:
Pick A Petal stamp set (115042), Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set (115370), Whisper White cardstock (100730), Bashful Blue cardstock (105120), Crushed Curry cardstock (115319), Basic Black Classic Ink (101179), Basic Gray Classic Ink (109120), Real Red Marker (100052), Basic Black Marker (100082), Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439), Scallop Circle Bigz die (112468), Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates (114512), Scallop Circle Punch (109043), 1/2" Circle Punch (104390), Crop A Dile (108362), Crushed Curry Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (115614).

Regional Swaps

One of the best things about attending Stampin' Up! events is the swapping! If you're unfamiliar with it, you basically design and create 1 (or more) card fronts, make a lot of them, then go and swap your design with other stampers. For the Cincinatti Regional, I created 3 designs, plus 1 for the splitcoast dinner. Today I'm going to share the 2 I made using the Ribbon of Hope stamp. Since it's a single stamp, it's very affordable. You simply stamp in the color that coordinates with your cause.

Breast Cancer Ribbon

 

This card was very timely as my husband's aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer last week.

Supplies:
Ribbon of Hope stamp (115552), Whisper White cardstock (100730), Pretty in Pink cardstock (100459), Pretty in Pink Classic Ink (101301), Eyelet Border Punch (113692), Crop-A-Dile (108362), Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439), Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates (114512), Regal Rose 5/8" grosgrain ribbon (109056), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Heart Disease Ribbon

  

Supplies:
Ribbon of Hope stamp (115552), Baroque Motifs stamp set (113490), God's Blessings stamp set (114972), Whisper White cardstock (100730), Whisper White textured cardstock (108693), Real Red cardstock (102482), Bashful Blue cardstock (105120), Real Red Classic Ink (103133), Basic Black Classic Ink (101179), Heart to Heart Punch (113694),Whisper White Organza Ribbon (114319).

Shelli Gardner

I haven't been very diligent in my blog posting lately, I apologize for that. I am super pumped up though after attending the Stampin' Up! Regional Event in Cincinatti this past weekend. One of the great benefits in being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is being able to attend events like this - getting together with other stampers, learning new techniques, business skills, and swapping! It's so much fun.

One of the highlights for me was the chance to meet our Founder/CEO Shelli Gardner. I was attending a dinner Friday night with other demonstrators from splitcoaststampers and she happened to arrive at the same restaurant. She came over and visited with us, showing off the new sweater she had just bought at a department store. One of the members of her presentation team was wearing it and she had to have one too! I then ran into her during the meeting on Saturday. She was getting a chocolate fix from a vendor outside our meeting hall. I'm normally prety chatty, but found myself with little to say <grin>. I thanked her for coming since this was my 4th regional and the first one she had attended. She remarked that she didn't realize how long it had been since she'd attended an event in this region. Of course I didn't have my camera with me then, or at the dinner the night before. Luckily she made herself available at the end of the day for photo ops. I asked her if her face hurt at the end of the day from all the smiling. Her reply was that she naturally smiles all the time, even when she doesn't realize that she is. No hurt muscles, but deep smile lines, she said. There just aren't enough kind words to describe her. She is the consummate hostess - gracious, kind, warm and totally personable. She is a remarkable person. I'm so pleased to have met her. I'm truly blessed to be a part of this amazing company.

 

Hope Is In The Cards

Just another wonderful reason to send a card to someone today!

Read this story about Hope Is In The Cards - from www.hopeisinthecards.org

How this Started

 
My name is Russ Haan.

Like many other Americans, I am a small business owner facing tough times. I’ve depleted my savings, retirement plan and credit lines so I can keep my employees. I’ve cut my own wages so they are the lowest of any employee in my company. I’m trying to support family members. And I’m barely keeping my head above water.

One day, I felt especially overwhelmed. The news reports job losses, lay-offs and the bad economy were terrible. It was followed by more news about bailouts, stimulus plans and government rescues, but none of those would help people like me. None of them would help my employees or my business. I felt forgotten, ignored and that all my work for the last 20 years was for nothing.

And then I reflected. I still had a roof over my head. I was not cold. I was not hungry. In fact, I was blessed. Even if I lost everything I had, I was still healthy. I had family I could count on. I could do physical work, somewhere else, doing something. In fact, I was one of the lucky ones.

So instead of feeling sorry for myself, I wondered if there was a way I could lift up someone around me. In fact, maybe not just someone, but everyone. The entire Nation even! And that’s when it seemed to me as if everything I’d ever done, actually led me to this very point in time.

That was the instant HOPE IS IN THE CARDS was born.

The premise is so simple:

What if every American sent just one letter or card of support to another American. What would happen? What would it do to our collective national spirit if the word HOPE was written on the back of every envelope?

You’d go to your mailbox and it would be filled with something besides bills and collections notices. It would contain HOPE. And better yet, you might even have a personal card or letter from someone saying THANK YOU or I BELIEVE IN YOU.

Those kinds of messages can do more than just make someone’s day brighter for a moment — they can change people’s lives.

So, I’ve decided to give this idea a try. You’re invited to join me. After all, we’ve absolutely nothing to lose, and absolutely everything to gain.

Please, spread the HOPE.

Thanks so much,

Russ

P.S. If you donate products, services or make a contribution to Hope Is In The Cards, please know that everything we receive goes right back into the effort to spread HOPE.