Weekly Deals and Specials

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Weekly Deals
September 15 – 21, 2015

Can you believe it?  The Butterfly Thinlits and the Mini-Treat Bag Thinlits are both  featured in this week’s deals.  If you do not have either of these thinlits, now is the time to buy!

Breast Cancer Paper Pumpkin #2To show their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Stampin’ Up! is going PINK . . . or at least their October Paper Pumpkin boxes are! And because Stampin’ Up! knows their subscribers want to share the love too, they will be making a donation on their behalf to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Here is what you can do to help:

Subscribe! If you’re new to Paper Pumpkin, Stampin’ Up! will donate $2 because you’re new!

Stay active if you’re a subscriber so Stampin’ Up! can donate $1 for you. Only those who receive the October shipment will be counted for the donation.

Do you need an Annual Catalog or a Holiday Catalog? If so, and if you are not currently a customer of another Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, don’t hesitate to email me! I will send one out pronto!

As always, if you have any questions about Stampin’ Up! products, do not hesitate to email me! I would love to answer your questions…and I would LOVE to be your demonstrator! Until next time…
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Weekly Deals, Puppy Pictures and Journey to Joy

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Be still my heart! This week’s Weekly Deals includes Pearls. Need I say more?

Weekly Deals
September 8 – 14, 2015

I’m a Big Dog Now

Jack and Kia are well on their way to achieving their big dog looks.  I snapped these pictures on this gloomy morning to show off their “Big Dog” ears.  And yes…they do grow into them, so they won’t look nearly as big in a few months.

IMG_3869-001Jack was feeling a little smug this morning, as he was blocking my path to the dishwasher.

IMG_3870-002Kia, on the other hand, was guarding the refrigerator for me! She knows I have started a diet. They are both fabulous helpers!   Kia is such a dark color, it is so hard to get a good picture of her to show off her pretty features.  I’ll have to snap a few in the sun some afternoon.

The Journey to Joy

I want to thank all of you for your overwhelming support these past few days.  Rest assured, I am still a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and have no plans to step down.  I love my customers…many who have become very close friends. Plus, I am not giving up blogging completely.  I am just on a journey to find my joy again, free from deadlines and constraints! Stamping on my own schedule…blogging on my own schedule….and spending time with family and friends. Until next time…

Coming soon…my Founder’s Circle Swap Card
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Stamp Review Crew: Vintage Leaves Edition

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SRC-Vintage-Leaves-bannerIt’s time for another round of inspiration from The Stamp Review Crew. If this is your very first visit, we are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators whose mission is to do a blog hop on the first and third Mondays of each month. Our hops are unique because each of us features the same stamp set.   This week we are featuring one of my favorite sets from the annual catalog, Vintage Leaves. You may have just left Stop #4: the talented Dawn Tidd. You can always count on Dawn to feature a unique and beautiful project.  I am Stop #5 on the hop.   I am featuring a card which was inspired by one I created three years ago using the retired French Foliage set (see it here), and a gorgeous tag designed by Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts. I hope you enjoy today’s card.

IMG_2937The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:  Grunge Meets Elegance
This finished card measures 5-1/4″ square.

  • Introducing the elegance! I used a variety of elegant touches…gold foil, gold sequins, gold thread, gold embossing powder and pearls (of course) to lend an air of sophistication.  The scored background was created using the Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, scoring at the inch marks on both sides.  Gold thread was looped and held in place with glue dots, as were the sequins.

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  • Introducing the grunge! “Grungy” touches include a little “faux burning” in the upper right corner.  To create this look, simply tear the paper upward, and distress using a sponge dauber and Early Espresso ink.  In addition, the edges of the paper were roughed up, and distressed with Soft Suede ink.  The edges of the leaves were also distressed using a sponge dauber and Soft Suede.

IMG_2937-002What do you think of my elegant-grungy card? Won’t you let me know in today’s comment? Your comments mean so much to me, and I love reading them.

IMG_2937-005I hope you enjoyed today’s hop.  I am always blown away by the talent on The Stamp Review Crew, and I hope you are, too.  Up next is one of my favorite designers, the talented Tanya Boser.  Until next time…

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