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Don’t Forget! Giant Closeout & Clearance!

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Year End Sale 2020 Banner Info

As we are busy getting ready for Christmas this week, take a moment to breathe and relax by looking online at the Stampin’ Up! Giant Year-End Closeout! Remember, the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog (Holiday Catalog) is retiring January 4th. Some products will carry over to future catalogs, but a lot is leaving.

I hate to see the end of the Holiday Catalog, yet by the time the holidays are over, I am ready for the fresh, new things in the next catalog! The January -June 2021 Mini Catalog (Spring Mini) will go live January 5th as well as Sale-A-Bration! If you are a regular customer of mine, you probably have received (or will receive soon) both the Spring Mini Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. Be sure to watch your holiday mail! I know some customers have received theirs but with the mail so unpredictable these days, yours may still be on its way! (Or the mail person is enjoying reading it before giving it to you!!)

Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack

Also, the Clearance Rack was “refreshed” not long ago but there are only a few products left! Be sure to check it out. You might find a bargain or two that you “need”!

I hope you are closer to “done” with your Christmas preparations than I am! I’m still doing my cards, believe it or not. It’s my favorite thing to do but it always get saved until last and then it’s a rush. Sending my Christmas cards always reminds me of my mother. She always had her Christmas card register booklet with everyone’s addresses and would write notes inside in her pretty handwriting and address all the envelopes. We had typewriters and return address labels (I think) but no computers to write a Christmas letter. I remember when the mailman would make two trips in a day to deliver Christmas cards! Now that was the “good old days!”

Don’t miss out on the bargains that are available now. Maybe you need a Christmas present for yourself (although you know it won’t arrive until after Christmas!). I’m probably going to pick up something I want this afternoon just because! Take care of yourself, too!

Happy Holidays!

Ribbon Turkey For Thanksgiving

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Ribbon Turkey For Thanksgiving

Time for a fun turkey for Thanksgiving and I came up with the Ribbon Turkey For Thanksgiving! I actually kind of copied myself, looking back through my blog at Thanksgiving ideas. I found an idea from 2012 for a turkey ornament I made with ribbon for feathers.

I made this but didn’t make anything out of it! You could tie a string on top and make it an ornament or decoration or attach it to a folded piece of cardstock and make it a place card! When I was a kid and we were at my grandma’s house, I always wanted to make place cards for the dinner table! I guess this year most people won’t need too many place cards! Sadly. Or you could put it on the front of a Thanksgiving card.

I used a variety of punches and whatever I came up with to make this turkey. The turkey body is the 2 1/4″ Circle Punch. The head is a small circle die in the Layering Circles Dies. I used Soft Suede Cardstock. The wattle….you won’t guess this….is a petal in Real Red punched from the Perennial Flower Punch. The beak is just cut from Crushed Curry. The eyes are punched with the retired Owl Punch. Loved that punch! The turkey feet are the stick arms from the Snowman Builder Punch.

Instead of paper turkey feathers, I just grabbed a bunch of my ribbons that I thought would work! You can use whatever you have or maybe even a mixture of paper and ribbon would be fun! I put strips of Stampin’ Seal+ on the back of the head and body and sometimes on the ribbon as I adhered it and then just cut non-measured lengths of ribbon and laid it down on the adhesive. If you are going to use it as an ornament or decoration, you might want to cover the backside of adhered ribbon. I punched out two more circles to match the body of Soft Suede and adhered them with Multipurpose Liquid Glue to the back of the turkey to make a cleaner presentation!

Just a fun little project you could even make with kids for Thanksgiving! If you don’t want to use your new ribbon, get out some older retired ribbon from your stash! Just have fun making a Ribbon Turkey For Thanksgiving!

Coming Soon! Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza!

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The Holidays are coming and so is the Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza on Tuesday, November 24! Start making your shopping list now!

If you haven’t started already, you are probably starting to think about your holiday papercrafting plans. Maybe you are planning to make an advent calendar, create home decor, or get some scrapbook pages ready, not to mention making Christmas cards to send for the holidays.

Nearly all 2020–2021 Annual Catalog items are eligible for the 10% discount, but there are some exclusions. Keep in mind shipping might be delayed due to increased shipping demands during the holidays.

More details and reminders as we get closer to the date! It’s NEXT WEEK!!

Did you know you can make a shopping list in the new Online Store? Sign in to your account, then click the little heart in the upper right. Then you can “Create a List” and name it whatever you want….Favorites, Holidays, Birthday. Go ahead and shop and when you see something you want, click on the product and then click on the little heart again and choose your list. Once you have all your products on your list, you can put them all in your Shopping Cart or you can share a link with someone! Handy for Christmas shopping for others! Try it! I think you will figure it out pretty easily.

Remember, circle next Tuesday, November 24 on your calendar and set a reminder on your phone calendar!

New Holiday Catalog Today and New Online Store!

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August-December 2020 Holiday Mini Catalog
Click to View the Catalog PDF Online!

Big day at Stampin’ Up! The August-December 2020 Mini Catalog is LIVE with all kinds of fall and holiday seasonal products that I am sure you will love! Click the link or the catalog photo to view all the pages of the catalog!

SHOP the Holiday Catalog!

AND…..

We have a new look to the Stampin’ Up! Online Store today!

SHOP The New Online Store!

Click the link above and it should take you to the Home Page of the Stampin’ Up! Online Store! Please check to see that my name, as your Demonstrator, shows up at the top on the left side. If not, you will have an opportunity to choose me as your Demonstrator before you place your order. After that, my name should come up as your Demonstrator.

I can’t wait to hear how you like it! Just take some time to play around in the new website! You can even click a tab on the side and leave Feedback for Stampin’ Up! if you have problems or simply want to leave a comment, good or bad.

If your computer normally remembers your password, it likely will not log you in to your account because it is a new website. If you KNOW your password, just type it in manually along with your email. If you do not remember or know your password, that’s okay! Just click on the “Forgot Your Password” link and an email will be sent to you to reset your password. If it doesn’t seem to show up, check your Spam folder.

BONUS COUPONS! Remember, starting today you can use your Bonus Coupons you may have earned in July! You will see where to add them on your order page. If you have more than one, you can use all of them or you can use only one or whatever you want. Just remember they expire August 31.

Coupon codes will now be entered one at a time in the Coupon Code section of the Order Summary window (by entering it into the field and clicking “apply”).

If you have a large order and reach $150 or more and earn Stampin’ Rewards, remember that using the coupons will reduce your total so you will need to have $150 or more total AFTER coupons are added in. Let me know if you have questions.

HAVE FUN SHOPPING AND PLAYING!

Blossoms In Bloom Watercolor Stamping Cards

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Blossoms In Bloom Watercolor Stamping Cards

I thought I would try some watercoloring with this stamp set and dies and ended up with these Blossoms In Bloom Watercolor Stamping Cards. I’m calling it watercoloring stamping. I used watercolor paper, moistened it and also spritzed water on the stamp before stamping.

Blossoms In Bloom Watercolor Stamping Card Front

I used my Stamparatus to stamp since the Blossoms in Bloom stamp is so large. I used my Aqua Painter (now Water Painters in the new catalog) to moisten the Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and I also spritzed the stamp with water after coloring with Stampin’ Write Markers. On the other card, I applied the ink to each flower with Sponge Daubers. When I stamped with the Stamparatus on the wet watercolor paper with the wet stamp, it looked like a mess! But all I had to do was dab with a paper towel to pick up the excess water and it was fine! I really just wanted a bit of color underneath the die cut I would later put on.

After letting the watercolor paper dry, I adhered the thin Whisper White die cut of the Many Layered Blossoms Dies with teeny tiny drops of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Then this piece was layered on the card front of Melon Mambo Cardstock.

The die cut didn’t quite cut all of the flower centers but I don’t think anyone will mind. I could have even colored them perhaps with yellow to make them look like they were supposed to be there. I like how I didn’t have to place the die cut perfectly, if the color extended beyond, it looked fine because it was watercolor.

Blossoms In Bloom Watercolor Stamping Card

And then I did another one to see if I could get it less watery, but I didn’t, although using a Melon Mambo die cut on Coastal Cabana Cardstock gives this card a different look anyway.

Blossoms In Bloom Watercolor Stamping Coastal Cabana Card

I like the way some of the colors bled into each other which gives it a good watercolor look. I even accidentally got some splatters on the watercolor paper.

If you’d like to watercolor, but don’t know “how”, just use this stamping method on watercolor paper, spritzing before or after. Just experiment! There are lots of ways to do this. If you don’t have official watercolor paper, Shimmery White Cardstock is the next best thing.

Try your hand at some watercoloring with whatever you have! And you can get some other ideas of how to use the Many Layered Dies on these cards in THIS POST.

I think you will find these Blossoms In Bloom Watercolor Stamping Cards fun to make!

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New Stampin’ Up! Catalog Today!

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Stampin' Up! 2020-21 Catalog Cover
Click the catalog photo above to view the PDF!

The new Stampin’ Up! Catalog goes LIVE today around the following times:

11:00 pm (PT) Pacific Time

12 Noon (MT) Mountain Time

1:00 pm (CT) Central Time

2:00 pm (ET) Eastern Time

  • There will be a LIMIT of 1 each of the 5 new In Color Reinkers per person until further notice
  • SNAIL adhesive is gone and replaced with the new Stampin’ Seal and Stampin’ Seal+ (page 162).
  • The new Die Cut and Embossing Machines are not yet available for purchase but eventually we will get a date!

READY! SET! ……..GO!! The Online Store is Open!!

Are Stampin’ Blends Retiring?

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One of my favorite products in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog is the Stampin’ Blends markers. So the other day when the Last-Chance List came out of retiring products I got a little concerned as I saw marker after marker on the list! You may have too! Fortunately, Stampin’ Blends ARE NOT RETIRING so no worries there if they are your favorite coloring medium!

What will be new, is that Stampin’ Blends will not be sold in singles in the new catalog. So if one marker goes bad, you will need to buy the Combo package regardless. Therefore, I suggest going through your markers and seeing particularly if you have any singles that you need to replace. Keep in mind these are a consumable product and will have to be replaced eventually. If you do need single markers, order them now during the retirement period. When the new catalog comes out you will only be able to get the Combo Pack.

I already knew I had a few markers whose tips were scraggly but I hadn’t stopped the world to go through them and make a list of them. This is what I did the other day. I went through each marker and scribbled on scraps of Whisper White Cardstock with the brush tip and made a list of any that were bad or a little bit bad or whatever. I thought it was best to color on the Whisper White cardstock to get the proper feel for how the tip was working in case it didn’t work as well on scrap computer paper. Then I placed a Stampin’ Up! order for the singles I needed or both, if that’s what I needed. It looks like Old Olive only has the Dark marker available, no Light and no Combo Pack so that will wait until later.

Stampin' Blends Singles

The single Stampin’ Blends Markers will be available until June 2 or while supplies last. If they run out of a single color during this time, the item will no longer be orderable.

Stampin’ Up! says they have quite a bit of inventory for single Stampin’ Blends Markers so they will continue to fulfill orders for the new 2020–2021 Annual Catalogue combo packs with single markers until the inventory is depleted. After that time, they will automatically start shipping Stampin’ Blends Combo Packs. So if in the new catalog you still get markers in your order in single packages that is why, but when those are gone you’ll get the combo pack. Either way, they will be only sold as Combo packs starting June 3.

Also, beginning June 3, Bronze and Ivory Stampin’ Blends Markers will be sold exclusively in a combo pack (though they may arrive in separate packaging until the single marker inventory is depleted). The Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter will be the only Stampin’ Blends Marker sold individually starting with the 2020–2021 Annual Catalogue.

So when you are going through the Last-Chance products in my Online Store and the Clearance Rack, and maybe ordering the early release Ornate Garden products, be sure to check out your Stampin’ Blends markers and see if you need maybe just a few single markers while you have your chance. Remember, everything is while supplies last!

Stampin’ Up! 2020 Retiring Product List Today!

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Last Chance 2020 Banner

The Stampin’ Up! Last Chance Products Are In the Online Store!!

Stampin’ Up! has posted the retiring product lists for the January–June 2020 Mini Catalog and 2019–2020 Annual Catalog. These last-chance products will be available until June 2 or while supplies last only!

And remember—retiring items sell fast. Get your favorites before they’re gone!

List of Last Chance Annual Catalog Products (PDF) Click HERE.

List of Last Chance Occasions Mini Catalog Products (PDF) Click HERE.

You’ll have to zoom in to read the lists!

The quickest way to find out what products will be retiring is to check my Stampin’ Up! Online Store! There is a banner near the top and Last Chance Products category on the left sidebar of the store.***

Go Have a Look!

New Clearance Rack Update TODAY!

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Clearance Rack Banner April 2020

Hurry! Stampin’ Up! updated the Clearance Rack overnight so rush right over there for best selection! You know things will go fast! You can order just Clearance Rack items or add them to your regular order! But do go check them out as soon as you can! While supplies last!

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Easy Valentine Hearts and Ribbon Card

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Valentine Hearts and Ribbon

Valentine’s Day is coming up at the end of this week so if you need more valentine ideas, here is an Easy Valentine Hearts and Ribbon Card you can try!

The card base is Real Red with a layer of Whisper White to help the designer paper stand out a little bit. This dotted foil layer is in the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper. It really caught my eye when I was making this card!

The next step is to simply punch two hearts from another design of the From My Heart DSP. I chose the paper with the scattered hearts. I thought it stood out well against the foil DSP.

The center heart is punched from the sheet of foil hearts and then layered on a punched scallop heart from Flirty Flamingo Cardstock. You can get both these plain-edge heart punch and the scalloped edge heart punch in the Heart Punch Pack. And if you want the Heartfelt Stamp Set, too, you can purchase it with the heart punches and save 10% in the Heartfelt Bundle.

After those two hearts were layered together, I put more adhesive on the back with Snail Adhesive so I could stick the ribbon going back and forth behind the heart. Then it is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals® and centered on the card between the other two hearts.

Even though there is no sentiment on the front of the card, I think it is pretty enough on its own so you can just stamp a greeting inside the card on a Whisper White layer.

Don’t forget! Today is the last day to join Paper Pumpkin and get the February Kit in just a few days! You could also purchase a Prepaid Subscription in the Online Store and just add it to your Stampin’ Up! order! That way it might help you earn a free Sale-A-Bration item or reach Hostess Rewards!

Paper Pumpkin Banner Feb 2020

This kit will make nine cards that will help you make cards for birthdays and other special occasions. It also coordinates with the Happy Birthday To You Sale-A-Bration stamp set!

SIGN UP TODAY FOR PAPER PUMPKIN!

The Under My Umbrella Bundle Perfect For Spring!

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I don’t own this Under My Umbrella Bundle in the Occasions Mini Catalog, but of course, I wish I did! This Bundle will be perfect for spring (even if you have snow outside and can’t image spring!) with it’s flowers, rain boots, and umbrella images. Besides a “rain-themed” card you could make with an umbrella, as they show in the video you can turn the umbrella upside down and fill it with flowers for a happy card. Just think of how you could use it for wedding or baby showers, too!

And now, whether you have the Under My Umbrella Bundle or not, or want to order it, be sure to check out the Pleased As Punch Designer Series Paper, offered as one of the Coordination Products just released earlier this month! Looks very cute and has a long list of coordinating colors! While supplies last!

Pleased As Punch Designer Series Paper

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Today Is the Day For New Stampin’ Up! Products!

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Coordination Product Release Banner Umbrellas
Coordination Product Release Products Online

Today is the day you can purchase these new products that coordinate with favorite products in the Occasions Mini Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! These are only available while supplies last so I advise picking out what you want the most and get it ordered!

Stampin’ Up! advised today that not only have businesses in China been closed for Chinese New Year (which often plays havoc with our product delivery and backorders!) but with the outbreak of the virus over there, businesses are staying closed at least another week. Backorders may take longer than usual, unfortuately.

If you didn’t see my blog post yesterday, be sure to CLICK HERE and watch the video by Brian in the Stampin’ Up! Home Office which shows you all the products and samples!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! TODAY!

New Coordination Products Coming Tomorrow!

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Tomorrow, February 4th, is the day some new Coordinating Products will be released! It’s always fun to have new things available at Stampin’ Up! Click any or all the photos below to go to a full view of the flyer of the Coordination Product Releases! Add to your Occasions and Sale-A-Bration collection!

Get ready to order Tuesday, February 4 if you are interested in any of these products!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! TUESDAY, FEB. 4th!

Get a Free Sale-A-Bration Product With a $50 Purchase!

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Occasions & SAB Catalogs 2020

Today is the day we’ve been waiting for! Sale-A-Bration begins and with every $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase, you can choose a Sale-A-Bration product in the brochure! And to help you, the Occasions Mini Catalog is LIVE today with all new spring and summer products!

One of the products that I think will be the most popular is the Painted Poppies Stamp Set. I made this easy card with just some basic stamping and coloring by stamping the group of poppies twice and then quickly coloring in the flowers and grass with the Stampin’ Blends markers. I didn’t color “carefully”, I just dabbed some Light Poppy Parade marker on all the flowers and then went back and dabbed on a little bit of Dark Poppy Parade. I used Granny Apple Green Blends on the stems and drew in some grass.

Easy Painted Poppies Birthday Card

The greeting on this card is from the Sending Thoughts Stamp Set, FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration! You will find it under the Sale-A-Bration category in the Online Store and in the SAB brochure. I simply stamped it in Memento Black Ink right on the card front to keep things simple! Sometimes we forget “simple”! The card base is Poppy Parade with a bit of Granny Apple Green Cardstock showing under the stamped image.

Occasions Mini Catalog (Jan. – June 2020) PDF

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Sale-A-Bration Brochure 2020 PDF

See the Sale-A-Bration product choices in the Online Store!

Stampin’ Up! Clearance Rack Updated Today! Get Shopping!

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Clearance Rack Sign
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The Stampin’ Up! Clearance Rack was updated overnight! Just in time to buy some stocking stuffers for YOURSELF!

I see lots of dies available, lots of pretty ribbon, some designer paper, various embellishments, embossing folders…and more!

But don’t read about it here!

GO SHOP!

You know the best things will go fast! Well, it’s all the best stuff, just depends on what YOU want! And even if it arrives after Christmas, if it is for YOU, it doesn’t matter, right?! Your treat, either way!

Have a Happy Shopping Day at Stampin’ Up!