While Stampin’ Up! is updating the website with the new Stampin’ Rewards program, let’s enjoy another card, the Storybook Moments Just A Note Card, using the adorable Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series Paper. You could change the greeting on this card for another occasion, even a “Happy Easter” greeting if you need a last minute card! The Storybook Moments paper has two sheets designed with a variety of individual panels that you can cut apart and use separately, unlike normal sheets of designer paper. This chipmunk was one of those panels, as I call them, so I just cut it apart from the rest of the paper and mounted it on this card! Couldn’t be easier!

This card has an Old Olive cardstock base. The background paper is actually the “other side” of the paper with the separate panels. The other side of this chipmunk image is the background foliage pattern you see on the card. To help the chipmunk stand out better against the background, I layered him on a piece of Old Olive and popped that up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The chipmunk picture is 3″ x 3 3/4″ so the Old Olive layer is 3 1/4″ x 4″.

The greeting is in the Greetings For All Ephemera Pack in the Spring Mini Catalog on page 13. To keep it small, I cut around the words. I also sponged a little bit of Old Olive ink around the edges to take off just a bit of the “whiteness” of the ephemera paper since the rest of the card didn’t have any bright white. The greeting is layered on a small circle, diecut with the Stylish Shapes Dies. It has one Stampin’ Dimensional underneath the area that doesn’t layer on top of the already popped up chipmuch picture. You can put a bit of regular glue under the part that is flat on the chipmunk. I also tied a bow with a double strand of Linen Thread and adhered that to the greeting with a Mini Glue Dot. If you don’t own any Linen Thread, you should definitely get some because it is perfect to use when you just need a little something or don’t have the right color ribbon or twine. I have used it a lot through the years!

I still had a few of the retired Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers, so I added a couple of the little white flowers on the green flower stems around the chipmunk. I think they look cute there!

That’s all there is to making this card! The characters on this Storybook Moments Designer Paper are so sweet and adorable! You can’t get enough of them and I have made lots of cards and treats with this paper. It’s not just for Easter, either. It is perfect for baby cards, scrapbook pages, and other projects, plus just any cards or scrapbook pages you want to make!

Remember, the Stampin’ Up! website should be down today for about six hours, but once it goes back up, the new Rewards system will be in place and you can start earning Stampin’ Rewards on any order over $20! Everyone will earn 10% in rewards on every order of $20 or more; no more accumulating an order of $150 so you can get $15 in free product. Now you can spend your reward on your NEXT order or save them up from several orders to add to a large order. The reward will expire one year from when it was issued and the system will know which ones are the oldest to take off your order first. I think this is a good thing for all customers. I know some stores offer “store cash” with purchases that you can spend the next time you shop, so this is modeled somewhat after that. If you have questions, just ask.

The only thing customers need to do is 1.) Have a Stampin’ Up! account, and 2.) Opt in to the Rewards program. There will be an Opt In box that pops up that will look like this:

If you don’t opt in, that’s fine, but you will not earn rewards although you can always sign up in the future. Demonstrators will no longer be able to take your order and use your credit card number for your order due to new banking and privacy laws. However, if you cannot put in your own online order, you can pay your Demonstrator directly (like with cash, Paypal, check, etc.). I think once we all figure it out the first time it will be fine and a benefit for every customer!

You should be able to order later today when the website is back up and running with the new Stampin’ Rewards program!

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