204- Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! I just wanted to make a quick card to get me into the spirit of things!!

Recipe:

Keywords: Polka Dot Punches Full Heart St Patrick's Day shamrock

Stamps: Polka Dot Punches

Paper: Gable Green, Whisper White

Accessories: corner rounder, full heart punch, white embossing powder

Starter Kit Payment Plan

Stampin' Up has just made an incredibly announcement regarding the starter kit- you can now purchase it on a payment plan!! Instead of one lump sum you can pay for it in three monthly installments- how cool is that?!?! This is a fantastic offer for those of you who can't justify the cost all at once and want to spread it out.

This offer is available until the end of Sale-a-bration at the discounted price of 15% off of $209 and then until the end of April at the regular price of $269.

Here is the payment option chart:


*Payments indicated are for the cost of the Starter Kit, and, if selected, the Stampin' Memories add-on, including shipping. They do not include any applicable taxes. (Please note that any applicable taxes for the total amount of the Starter Kit and, if selected, Stampin' Memories add-on, price will be added to the first payment.)

Please note that you cannot sign up through my online website if you want to use the payment plan to purchase the starter kit. The Three Easy Payments option is only available to new recruits when the Starter Kit form and other paperwork is mailed to the Stampin' Up! Calgary office. If you want to sign up please contact me and I can email you the forms

As always, I have a thank you gift for anyone who joins my team- a FREE PUNCH!! Who can't use a new punch?!

For more information please email me

Pick a Number- Any Number!

For every $25 that you spend on product(before tax and ship) you will be able to pick a square. Once the whole card is filled I will draw a number and the winner will receive a $25 gift certificate for Stampin' Up products through me!

I will backdate this to March 1st and contact those of you who have placed orders so you can pick your numbers. This offer will also apply to anyone who places online orders

Remember- you have 2 weeks left to take advantage of Sale-a-bration! For every $60 that you spend you will receive a free product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue- and you can pick spots on my number board!!

Tip of the Week

For any of you out there who are embossing I highly recommend using an embossing buddy- it is an amazing little tool! As you know you have to remove all residue of the embossing powder before you emboss or it will remain on your cardstock. The embossing buddy gets rid of all the static on your paper so you don't get all the extra little spots on your cardstock after you've embossed. You just rub in on your paper before you stamp your image on the cardstock with the versamark. There may still be some residue even with the buddy- I like to use a qtip to remove these before I emboss. The buddy is especially useful when you are embossing on dark colours or are embossing black on white. It is only $8.25 and worth every penny

Upcoming Stamping Classes

Hi everyone,

I have quite a few classes coming up that are going to be fantastic- wait until you see the projects!

SCRAPBOOKING- I am going to have the first ever scrapbooking day at my place and I'm so excited! I have been scrapbooking quite a bit recently and can't wait to do it with you! The class will be on Sunday, March 29th at 1pm. Now there are two options for this day- you can either come with all of your supplies and scrapbook with me OR if you are just getting started you can purchase a Simply Scrappin kit. These are found on pages 162-165 of the catalogue and give you everything that you need to make 8 great pages. I will have detailed instructions and the layout for the pages for you if you do this option. The cost for this will be $30. The only thing that you need to bring is your adhesive. Please let me know by next Monday, March 16th if you will be attending and which Simply Scrappin Kit you would like. If you can't make it you can purchase a Simply Scrappin Kit and will receive the instructions and layouts.

BIG SHOT- The next big shot class will be held on Tuesday, March 31st at 6 pm at Tali's Condo at 15 Stafford in Toronto. If you want to see cards from the last class they are posted on my blog. In this class we will be using materials other than cardstock in some of the projects and will be continuing to play with the different dies available for the machine. The cost of the class is $15 and we will be making 3 projects. If you are interested please let me know by Friday, March 27th

STAMP A STACK- If you are around Easter weekend I am planning a stamp a stack on Saturday, April 11th. There is a twist to this stamp a stack- it is a Mother's Day stamp a stack. You will be making a gift for your mom- 6 coordinating cards with a matching box to put them in. You will also make a Mother's Day card to go with the gift. The cost of this class will be $25 and this includes all of the envelopes that you will need. Please RSVP by April 8th

CHALK CLASS- I know a lot of you recently got chalks and are unsure how to use them. I will be holding a class where we will be doing 3 cards using various methods and techniques of applying the chalks. If you are interested and already have the chalks the cost of the class will either be $15 or $30.95 worth of product (before tax and shipping). If you do not have the chalks, the cost of the class will either be $15 or you will have to order the chalks ($30.95). I will be holding two classes- one will be at 6pm on Thursday April 16th and the other will be on Sunday April 19th at 1pm. Please RSVP by April 6th

REINKERS CLASS- In this class we will be making 3 cards using techniques involving reinkers. Remember all ink pads and markers are refillable and we sell the ink refills for these. These little reinkers are what we will be using. The cost of the class will be $16- you will get to choose two colours of ink refills from any of the colour families and also a gold or silver one (pg. 190). Once again I will be holding two classes- one on Thursday May 7th at 6pm and the other on Saturday May 9th at 1pm. Please RSVP by April 27th

That's it for now- hopefully I'll be stamping with you soon!

Shauna

206- Super Star Card

This card was presented by Ally Fereday at the megameeting. The front is great and uses my new favourite wheel- classic stars- and my star punches. Then you open it up and SHAZAM:


How awesome is that?!!?!?! I LOVE THIS CARD!!! It is a spiral pop up card and you can learn the technique on splitcoast here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/spiral_pop_up_card/

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Cute and Curly, classic stars wheel

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Whisper White

Ink: So Saffron, Tangerine Tango

Accessories: large star and star punches, 1 3/4" circle punch, 5/8" riding hood red striped grosgrain ribbon, sticky strip

205- Cheers To You Magic Card

This is another card that was presented at the megameeting by Laura Robinson. The card looks nice and simple enough but then you pull up the top for a surprise


Love it! The technique is here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/magic_card/

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Cheers to You

Paper: More Mustard, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Jet Black Stazon, More Mustard

Accessories: Crimper, 1 3/4" circle punch, acetate, slot punch, 1/4" basic black grosgrain ribbon, brads, brad punch, blender pen