We all need a good stock of birthday cards on hand, so while Stampin' Up! is offering a 20th Birthday Party Special, this is a good time to stock up on great birthday stamp sets!  This is a card I made today for World Card Making Day.  I used the set "Party Hearty" on page 63 of the Idea Book & Catalogwhich is on sale now for $21.56 after a $20 purchase of regular catalog merchandise.

For the card base I used Pink Pirouette card stock, with a layer of Bella Rose Designer Paper.  The narrow strip of pink across the card is also a piece of Bella Rose DSP.  What a fabulous package of paper!  So many beautiful choices!  The main image I inked up with Pink Pirouette and then used a Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker to go over the words, since it was a darker color than the pink.  After stamping that piece, I scribbled some Pink Pirouette with a blender pen on a scrap piece of Whisper White and then stamped the little package stamp with Chocolate Chip over it.  That allowed the package to be colored in pink.  I punched that out with my 1/2' Circle Punch and put it on a Build A Brad.  These are cute little accents that I haven't often used.  Before inserting that in the center of the "b", I used my 2-Way Glue Pen and some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to glitter up the letter.  Just for an added look, I clipped the corners of the layers with the Ticket Corner Punch on page 188.  The little flowers along the strip of pink are punched with the Trio Flower Punch (the one that came in the Punch Kit last year).  I punched both white and pink flowers and then layered them and used a gold brad in the center.  It seemed to be just the right touch to finish off this card.

When you are ready to order your stamp sets and supplies, just contact me or use the new Online Ordering by going to my website:  www.karenfontinelle.stampinup.net and clicking on the "Shop Now" button in the upper right corner!

Stampin' Up! is outdoing themselves this month with special offers.  Besides the Birthday Party promotion on stamp sets I wrote about in this post, Stampin' Up! is offering a special discount on our Simply Sent Kits on pages 176-177 of the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog.  During the week of October 4-11, in honor of World Card Making Day on October 4, you will be able to purchase any of these Card Elements or Card Kits for 20% off!  These kits are just great for beginning stampers who might not have a lot of supplies yet or even for experienced stampers as well who like the idea of everything right there in a kit.  I have given a couple of these as gifts and the recipients seemed to enjoy them even with no stamping experience. 

Here are some cards I made with the Flower Power Card Elements kit.  I also shared a portion of the kit with my stamp camp attendees last weekend so they could make an easy card for World Card Making Day.  You can see that with the ideas Stampin' Up! gives you in the kit you can jump off from there and start making your own designs.

If you are interested in any of these Simply Sent Kits, don't miss the window of opportunity the week of October 4-11 to purchase these at 20% off.  Contact me or try the new online ordering from my website at www.KarenFontinelle.stampinup.net.  Just click on the Shop Now button in the upper right corner.

Happy October, Happy Fall, and Happy Birthday Stampin' Up!  What a great time of year and what a great month coming up to celebrate Stampin' Up!'s 20th birthday!

Of course Stampin' Up! has a special birthday promotion for YOU to join in the celebration!

Promotion Details:

Spend $20 in regular catalog merchandise and qualify to purchase any preselected birthday/celebration stamp sets at 20 perent off.  Once you have spent $20 in regular catalog merchandise there is no limit to the number of sets you can get at 20% off.

*Stamp sets are die cut.

And that's not all!

Would you like to try watercoloring with your new birthday stamp sets?  Here is a special product offer!

For the month of October you can purchase a single large-tip Aqua Painter (Item 114617) for only $7.25.  While supplies last!  An Aqua-Painter is like a watercolor brush with the handle filled with water.  It's a wonderful tool to work with using many different techniques.  All you do is pick up some color with your Aqua-Painter, using the ink pad lid or ink refill or pastels or watercolor crayons…..and color in your image.  Very quick and easy and gives a beautiful watercolored image…..and no need to be perfect or stay in the lines!

Here is my Aqua Painter and you can see that I have my address label on it from taking it places! 

To purchase some of these great birthday stamp sets AND your Aqua Painter email me OR just go to my website: www.karenfontinelle.stampinup.net, click on the Shop Now button up in the top right corner.