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During the month of August, purchase three packages of Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper and GET ONE FREE! What a way to stock up with Stampin' Up!'s new papers! For more details, click HERE.
Whenever I hear one of those questions like "What famous person, dead or alive, would you most like to meet?" or "What celebrity would you like to have dinner with?" I realize I am not too starstruck because there aren't many names I would use to answer that question. But Lucille Ball would be one of them!
Today would have been her 100th birthday and 60 years after she started her famous television show "I Love Lucy". The show first aired in October 1951. I don't know when I first started watching it, but to hear "I Love Lucy" or to hear the theme music of that show takes me back to my childhood. The show was on at 9:30 am, which means I could only watch it during the summer (if I was up early enough) or on days when I was home sick. Even if I was sick, it wasn't too bad to get to stay home and lay on the couch and watch "I Love Lucy"! I can't imagine how many times I saw those episodes over and over and over again….and they were always hilarious! In later years, Lucy had some shows with Ethel that were shown in the evenings. My family and I loved those too!
There is a new exhibit that just opened dedicated to the "I Love Lucy" show at the Library of Congress. Raymond White, the curator of the exhibit, said, “The Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz papers at the Library of Congress provide a unique opportunity to view the development of the show from the perspective of their family–in terms of the items that were preserved in the family scrapbooks, and this was our point of departure for the exhibit,” he says. “…the scrapbooks contained a wealth of materials documenting the early careers of Ball and Arnaz…and a treasure trove of photographs that present the extremely photogenic Ball and Arnaz in the height of 1940s Hollywood glamour.”
So you never know where your scrapbooks might end up! Consider the importance they might have in history!
Click HERE for more information on the Library of Congress exhibit. Sounds to me like scrapbooking played an important role!
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Today begins the Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper Promotion….Buy 3, Get 1 Free!
Just as it says, when you buy 3 packs of Designer Series Paper, you will get to choose one free! There is no limit to the number of free packages you can earn! And there are beautiful papers in the new catalog! Click HERE to read all about it!
Specialty Designer Series Paper and Hostess Designer Series Paper are not part of this promotion and cannot be redeemed through this offer.
This offer is good through August 31, 2011.
You can order online at my website HERE, contact me with your order, OR plan a workshop with your friends and earn Hostess Benefits for more free stuff!
Go HERE now to see all the beautiful designer papers available for this offer!
Gotta love this Flower Fest stamp set! And I suddenly went crazy for Poppy Parade, a year after that In Color came out! Better late than never!
We made this 6"x6" card in a workshop this weekend. When I do a workshop and don't know if I have scrapbookers attending, sometimes I like to make this 6×6 project….it can be used as is as a card, perhaps adding some photos to the front or inside…or it can be cut apart and you have two 6"x6" scrapbook pages! If you work with larger scrapbook pages, you can always add this 6×6 piece to a larger piece of paper, adding more photo boxes or journaling or embellishments. Very easy. You could also frame this, if you didn't want it for a card or a scrapbook page.
Here is the inside, just stamped with Poppy Parade ink, and a So Saffron Flower Fest flower cut and punched and sponged with Poppy Parade ink. I forgot we actually have a punch for this flower…I made the ladies cut out the bottom flower by hand! Oops! They would have rather had a punch I'm sure. But it is okay to cut with a scissors and not get worried about perfection!
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Here's an idea for using those cute eyelets and Crop-a-Dile I don't think we have used much recently! Whether you use your chipboard letters plain or inked in some color or covered with patterned paper, use your eyelets to decorate the letters. Maybe place one or two eyelets on each chipboard letter here and there just for an extra embellishment. You can then use these on your cards, scrapbook pages or other projects. It will be fun!
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What happened to May? It went by way too fast for me and maybe it did for you, too, so here are some reminders since this is the last day of May!!
Here are some more pages from the baby scrapbook I made. Some materials and stamps may be retired but you can easily substitute something similar. You can copy the layout ideas or just get your creative juices flowing! These smaller albums are so much fun to make! Just slip the pages you make into the clear page protectors in the album.
Use the Pinking Hearts Corner Punch #118072 to make a decorative corner.
Make your own designer paper by stamping…and this stamp even comes from what could be considered a Valentine stamp set! (I think it is a retired stamp set)
Designer paper from Nursery Suite Specialty #117165. I don't remember where I got the punch art giraffe idea, but you can google it and probably find one to your liking.
These are die-cuts from an old Simply Scrappin' Kit but you can find something similar in the current catalog. Love the Simply Scrappin' Kits!
Might be retired stamp sets but you can use the idea! The hearts are cut with the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die #117332 and the Full Heart Punch #119883.
I usually like to make the last page in a baby album something about sleeping!
Even though this is a 6×6 album, to make a larger page, just take the same layout ideas and make them larger! There's probably always a little something extra you can add, too! Have fun with it!
Contact me if you have any questions!
Baby scrapbook albums are so much fun to make! I've made them for gifts and as special orders for other people. Whether you start with just a generic baby theme or choose something special, such as nursery colors, you just need to start, and as you play around with your pages and layouts, creativity will come! You can get many Stampin' Up! ideas for layouts just by looking at the Idea Book & Catalog. This scrapbook is made with the 6×6 Natural Linen Post Album #104515 (it also comes in a Ring album if you prefer). Some stamp sets and materials I used are retired, but you can easily substitute something similar.
For the album cover decoration I usually like to just tie some ribbon around the cover and attach a tag of some kind. This one is the 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon laid over 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon.
I used the Scallop Trim Corner and Scallop Trim Border Punches to this photo mat….best to just start with a piece of paper and punch, not expecting a certain size. I added tiny Pearls in between the scallops. The flower is made with the Daisies #2 Die and the Big Shot.
I think these pieces are from a retired Simply Scrappin' Kit (which are fabulous for making scrapbooks!).
Stamps from Animal Stories #116716 and designer paper from Nursery Suite Specialty #117165.
I made my own designer paper by stamping randomly on Whisper White card stock with Fox & Friends.
The baby's name is stamped with the Broadsheet Alphabet set.
More pages tomorrow! Click on the photos to enlarge.
You'll need a scrapbook page for that graduation photo so of course one easy way to make one is to use the Stampin' Up! program, My Digital Studio. I began with a designer template for this page but changed the background paper color and added several graduation stamps….the cap, the sentiment, and the feet. Imagine the photo going right above the graduation feet! With My Digital Studio you can easily make an entire album or just a few pages with minimal thinking and designing….or you can start and work completely from scratch. You could even use this idea as your design and then make it out of paper and stamps.
To find out more about My Digital Studio, click HERE.
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Mother's Day is here! I noticed people on Facebook changing their profile photos to their mother's photo, and I guess that gave one of my friends the idea to post her mother's beautiful wedding portrait. That gave me the idea to scan a photo of my mother in her wedding gown and make a scrapbook page. One easy way to make a scrapbook page is to do it digitally. Stampin' Up! has a fabulous digital program called My Digital Studio. The nice part of a digital program is that you can change colors, sizes, embellishments, whatever with just the click of your mouse. No wasted paper! If I want, I can have this page printed or I could even now duplicate it with paper, ink and stamps.
Happy Mother's Day!
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Stampin' Up! is partnering with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation® by donating $2 of the sale of each Strength & Hope stamp set or Strength & Hope Digital kit (which includes a four-piece stamp brush set, 12 Designer Series Papers, and 10 embellishment pieces) to help with their work in breast cancer. This promotion runs from May 1 – August 31. Please click HERE to read all about it and/or watch the video by Shelli Gardner below.
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May is National Scrapbooking Month and Stampin' Up! has begun their promotion a little bit early! So today only, you can combine this with the April promotions!
You can purchase select stamp sets at 30% off!
You can select certain digital download bundles at 30% off!
You can select some My Digital Studio print products at a discount!
You can purchase the Digital+ Starter Kit for just $122.50 and become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator with your own business!
You can add on the Stampin' Memories Kit to your Digital+ Starter Kit for just $35 (regular price $50).
The bad news is…..Some things are coming to an end today, April 30th. Last day for the Occasions Mini….be sure to check it one more time! Maybe you will see some of the items again in the new catalog in July and maybe you won't…..so flip through that Occasions Mini one more time (or a couple of times!) today!
It's also the last day for the Spring Is Blossoming Promotion! This one is easy….just purchase $20 in product and then add on the beautiful Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper #122367 and/or the Four Frames stamp set, available in wood or clear mount.
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Click on the lovely card above to go to the page listing all the supplies you will need.
So there you go…..lots to think about today!
Contact me if you have any questions!
Need scrapbook page ideas? I think we all do when we go to make a layout, but sometimes when you just get out your paper and play with it a bit, an idea might come to you on your own! That's what happened to me with this scrapbook page. When I received this beautiful Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper in the Stampin' Up! Spring Is Blossoming Promotion, I thought it would be beautiful for scrapbooking.
Here's one idea for starting a scrapbook page…..using Stampin' Up! designer paper makes it easy because the whole package coordinates…and coordinates with our card stock…and then there are always accessories that coordinate! In this case, I cut out some of the beautiful flowers from another sheet and popped them up on Stampin' Dimensionals #104430. The Scallop Trim Border Punch #118402 always adds a lovely embellishment to a page. Honestly, I didn't know what kind of page I was going to make, I just knew I was making one with this paper! And I wanted those gorgeous flowers to show so I had to make my side panel rather wide. But it worked out, I believe! What do you think?
Be sure to take advantage of the Spring Is Blossoming Promotion THIS WEEK because it ends April 30, 2011.
(HINT: One page in this package already looks like a scrapbook page….just add your photos and mats and maybe a little journaling and title and you are done!)
Shop this week at my Online Store! And check the Clearance Rack before you submit your order! There are bargains!
Isn't this paper purse cute from the outside using the Top Note die #113463 on top and the Love Letter Designer Series Paper #117162 plus a big red button from the Candy Cane buttons that were in the Holiday Mini Catalog. I hope they put all these new Big Designer Buttons in the next catalog!
And when you open the purse, you'll see this:
It's cute as is, but when you open it you have a small explosion album! You can add photos and embellishments inside or package a small gift inside. The purse is made with a 12"x12" piece of card stock.
If you need any of our wonderful Stampin' Up! paper and supplies, please order from my Online Store or email me. Remember, the Spring Is Blossoming special sneak peek is going on! After you spend $20, you can add this sneak peek to your order….only until April 30th! Don't miss it! You'll LOVE both the Four Frames Stamp Set and the Paisley Petals designer paper!
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Check the Clearance Rack at my Online Store for discontinued Stampin' Up! products! Looks like some good buys on there! Don't miss out!
You'll also find Grab Bags of Stampin' Up! products! What fun! Beginning April 1, and continuing while supplies last, you will be able to purchase special "grab bags" in the Online Store. These grab bags will come in three sizes: the $5, the $10, and the $15 grab bag. Each bag will contain a variety of discontinued products that could include a combination of any of the following: ribbons, Accents & Elements, chipboard, Designer Series Papers, and Simply Sent kit components. Grab bags will not contain stamp sets or tools.
Please keep the following in mind:
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125873 |
$5 Grab Bag (containing at least $20 worth of products!) |
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125874 |
$10 Grab Bag (containing at least $40 worth of products!) |
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125875 |
$15 Grab Bag (containing at least $60 worth of products!) |
Once you spend $20 on any products in the Online Store, you'll be set to take advantage of the Spring Is Blossoming Promotion. You'll be able to make some beautiful Stampin' Up! cards with this stamp set and designer paper.
Have fun shopping and good luck with the Grab Bag! If you buy one, come back here and tell us what you got!
