Stamping with Michelle

Retiring: Vintage Vogue

I've got another sample for you today with retiring products.  This one actually has several products on it that are retiring:

Materials: Vintage Vogue and Dot, Dot, Dot

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, and Whisper White

Ink: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi

Accessories: 1 3/4" Circle punch, 1 3/4" Scallop circle punch, Brights flower brads

This is a card I did last spring.  I just love the colors together.  It brightens up this dreary weather, doesn't it?  I also like the layout of this card.  The two off set rectangles make a nice backdrop for the focal point.  I didn't add a greeting to this particular card, but one would fit nicely in the lower left hand corner.

The stamps and the brads on this card are all retiring as of May 31, so make sure to get your orders in!  Click on the Online Ordering link on the left of the screen to go to my website.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Retiring: Awash with Flowers

I've got several samples sitting in my queue that are done with stamp sets that are retiring.  I'm going to see how many of them I can show you in the next month.

Here is the first one:

Materials: Awash with Flowers and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card stock: Sahara Sand, Rich Razzleberry, Always Artichoke and Whisper White and a retired DSP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Always Artichoke, Daffodil Delight, and Basic Black

Accessories: Word Window Punch

This was a sample I created for a class I did when this stamp set first came out.  Doesn't it make a nice sunny Mother's Day card?  The Designer Series Paper is retired, but you could easily substitute a different kind or even just a piece of card stock.

Awash with Flowers is only available for a few more weeks!  You can order this set and other retiring products by clicking on the Online Ordering button on the left of the blog.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Retiring products

Today Stampin' Up! announced the list of accessories that are retiring.  You can view the entire list here  These products are available only while supplies last, and many of them are available at up to 70% off.

They also announced some changes to the configuration of some of our products.  Our current Classic ink pads are being reconfigured to a new firm, foam pad.  This will give better inking coverage with a lighter tapping on the pad and the pads will stay juicier for longer!  

Some other things to be aware of: the Craft pigment ink will now only come in Basic Black and Whisper White.  If you have other colors that you want refills for, you will want to get them now.  Also, only certain colors of the Stampin' Write markers will be available individually; however, the sets will still be available.  In 12x12 card stock, the textured card stock is being discontinued, and only certain colors will be available in single color packs (again, the sets will still be available.

Because these products are available only while supplies last, I suggest that you shop directly from my website.  The website monitors the availability and you will now immediately if something is gone.  Click the Shop Now button on the left of my blog to go to my website.  Make sure you also check the stamp sets that are retiring.  All of these products are gone for good on May 31!

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Summer Smooches promotion

It may be just early Spring, but Stampin' Up! is already thinking Summer with our Summer Smooches promotion.  Our new catalog will be released on June 1, but you can get a selection of products today!  Use the Summer Smooches designer series paper along with the Bright Blossoms stamp set to create bright and happy cards that will have you dreaming of warm, lazy days by the lake. 

Here are the flyers:

Be aware that two of the products, the Summer Smooches Decor stencil and the Summer Smooches designer brads are available for the month of April only.  You can purchase these products now buy clicking on the Shop now link on the left of the blog to go directly to my website.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Book a Private Card Class

I am so excited to announce something new that I am offering.  I love doing classes in my home, and, now, you can book your own private card class.  Yes, I will bring the card class to you.  We will make four cards including envelopes, and, as hostess, you can choose the types of cards we will make, be it birthday, sympathy, masculine, etc. You will also get hostess benefits on all the orders.  There is a $10 class fee, but when you and your friends place a order that night that is at least $25, you get to make your cards for FREE!  I think this is going to be a lot of fun, and I can't wait to set a date for YOUR private card class.

Now, I couldn't very well leave you without a sample, so here you go!

This is from the Summer Smooches promotion that began yesterday, and is a card that my stamp club will be making this month.  I will post more on the promotion tomorrow.

Don't forget to contact me and schedule your very own private card class for you and your friends.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Spring Scrapbook pages

I thought today I would share the pages we made this week in my Scrapbook club group.  I took the inspiration directly from the Stampin' Success magazine that Stampin' Up sends it's demonstrators.

Materials: Creative Elements, Tiny Tags

Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight and Confettie Cream

Ink: Pear Pizzazz and Rich Razzleberry pads; Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight and Rich Razzleberry markers

Accessories: 1 1/4 square punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Peek a boo Frames die, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder,  Wisteria Wonder twine, 

Aren't they fun spring pages?  We were brainstorming the types of pictures you could use them for.  They would be good for friends, children, even pets!  Or how about pictures of your flower garden?  The peekaboo frames make a fun addition.  I stamped a butterfly under one of them, one could be used for hidden journaling and the other for a picture.  Or you could just put a picture under each of them.

I was so glad when I saw the sample in my Stampin' Success.  I knew that it would work perfectly for club and I didn't have to create it all on my own!  That is just one of the great benefits I get as a Stampin' Up demonstrator.  If you'd like to receive Stampin' Success magazine in YOUR mailbox every month, there is still time to join at the special price of $125.  But, you'll need to hurry!  This offer ends on March 31.  I'd love to talk to you more about this opportunity.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Sweet Baby card

So yesterday, I had a baby shower to go to for my cousin.  It has been a long journey on the path towards motherhood for her, so I wanted to be sure my card was extra-special!

Materials: Easy Events and Short and Sweet

Card stock: Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Watercolor paper

Ink: Black Stazon, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade

Accessories: Adorning Accents Embossing Folders, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Labels Framelits, Basic Pearls, Pumpkin Pie grosgrain, Aquapainters, Stampin' Dimensionals

This card actually came together fairly quickly.  I pretty much had a general layout in my head when I sat down and it all worked well together.  Love it when that happens! To create the layer behind the duck, I cut the label framelit that is the same size as the duck layer.  Then I cut it apart diagonally into four pieces and layered them behind the duck.  My favorite part is the row of pearls along the center.

You can order all the supplies for this card by clicking on the Shop Now link on the left.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Another fresh vintage card

I am really loving the Sale-a-bration set Fresh Vintage.  If you haven't gotten it yet, you need to get going!  There is only one more month to earn this set for free!

This is one of the cards that we made when I got together with some demonstrator friends at the end of January.  My friend Cheryl brought this one for us to do, and if I remember correctly, she had gotten it as a swap card at the Leadership conference.

Materials: Fresh Vintage and Petite Pairs

Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Pool Party and Whisper White and Everyday Enchantment DSP

Ink: Calypso Coral and Pool Party

Accessories: Square Lattice embossing folder, Decorative Label punch, Scallop Trim Border punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Pool Party ribbon, Basic rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals

This card has a lot of different things going on, but it all compliments each other nicely.  It is definitely not something I would normally have come up with on my own, so thanks, Cheryl, for bringing this one!  It is so happy and it makes me think spring!

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Daytime Stamp club

Would you like to join stamp club, but nights don't work very well for you?  Well, I have the solution!  Last month I started a daytime club.  I don't actually have enough people to run it as a formal club with hostess benefits, so I'm running it is a class.  You can either pay a class fee of $10 or place a $15 order, and you will be making the same cards and projects as the night time groups.  

We meet on the the first Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm at my house.  That's next week, and I'd love to have you join us!  If you do plan to attend, please send me a quick email so that I can have materials prepared and ready for you.

I'm hoping by this summer when I restart all my club groups to have enough people in the daytime group to make it an official club!

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

New Diagonal Scoring Plate

Happy March!

You know what they say...in like a lion, out like a lamb.  Let's hope that our lion turns into a lamb as the month progresses!  LOL!

Anyway, I am excited to share with you that starting today you can order a diagonal plate to use with the Simply Scored tool.  This will allow you to create, of course, diagonal score lines which are the basis for making your own envlopes.  How cool is that?  Here is a video that Stampin' Up! released about this great new tool:

 

The new diagonal plate is $11.95 and the original Simply Scored tool is $29.95.  You can order both by going to my website or clicking on the shop now button on the upper left.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle