{Weekly Deals} and Additional 2012-14 In Color Card Stock Available!

**Stampin' Up! has been able to replenish its supply of previously-unavailable 2012-14 In Color card stock, so if it was on your list of wants, order it quickly before it's gone. All five colors are available:  Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, and Summer Starfruit. Once this new supply has been diminished, there will be no more available.**

Click {HERE} for the updated Retiring Stamps List and {HERE} for the updated Retiring Accessories List.

And now, for the newest Weekly Deals.  These items are available as supplies last; the sale prices last until Monday, May 19, as supplies allow.

3/16-Inch Corner Rounder Punch (119871) Originally $6.95, on sale for $5.21!

BBQ Blitz Ensemble Digital Download MDS (130863) Originally $12.95, on sale for $7.77!

Etcetera DSP (130129) Originally $10.95, on sale for $8.21!

Flower Garden TIEF (123113) Originally $7.95, on sale for $5.96!

Perfect Pennants Bigz Die (123126) Originally $32.95, on sale for $24.71!

This and That Epic Day DSP (130814) Originally $10.95, on sale for $8.21!

Retro Fresh Designer Journaling Tags (133526) Originally $4.95, on sale for $3.71!

Tasteful Trim Bigz die, (120893) Originally $42.95, on sale for $32.21!

Are you on my list for the new catalog?  I'm sending them out this week!

No Foolin'! April Begins with Awesome {Weekly Deals}!

I'm always a little sad after Sale-A-Bration ends, but today, Stampin' Up! unveiled its new Weekly Deals and today's offers made my day a little brighter!

Here's what we've got:

Delicate Details Lace Tape, #130966, Originally $9.95, but on sale this week for only $7.46!

Blue 3/8-Inch Denim Jean Ribbon, #125053, Originally $6.95, but on sale this week for only $5.21!

Fun Frames Bigz L Die, #121812, Originally $32.95, but on sale this week for only $24.71!

Mom, I Love You Digital Download, MDS, #129872, Originally $9.95, but on sale this week for only $5.97!

7/16-Inch Natural Trim Ribbon, #129287, Originally $6.95, but on sale this week for only $5.21!

Perfect Pennants Bigz Die, #123126, Originally $32.95, but on sale this week for only $24.71!

Polka Stampin' Around Wheel, #130109, Originally $4.50, but on sale this week for only $3.38!

Fancy Flower Punch, #118073, Originally $16.95, but on sale this week for only $12.71!

I hope your day goes well and without any crazy pranks!  Happy April!

{12 Weeks of Christmas} Week 8 -- Woven Ribbon Wreath Tutorial Video

Hooray!  I've finally mastered my first Apple video!  My iPhone captured the video (nice and crisp, if I do say so) and I've uploaded and edited it on my Mac.  Whew!  For a PC girl, this was quite a learning curve.  Still at it, but I'm thrilled with my first video (in *way* too long).

Pour yourself a cuppa, get comfy and enjoy the video (and please let me know what you think!)!

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps:  Beautiful Season (W122680, C122682)

Papers:  Basic Gray (121044), More Mustard (100946), Cherry Cobbler (119685), and Very Vanilla (124301) card stocks

Inks:  Basic Gray Classic Ink (126981)

Accessories:  Big Shot (113439), Perfect Polka Dots TIEF (117335), Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die (123126), 1-1/4" Circle Punch (119861), Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon (122988), Linen Thread (104199), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Paper Snips (103579)

A Spot of Tea for a Friend's Birthday

Hello, Studio Sara Visitor!  Welcome back...  For today's project, I started with a card for a good friend for her birthday (she is my BFF I made through stamping).   

Once the 365 Cards challenges were published last week, I realized that with a little tweaking, I could enter my friend's birthday card.  The challenge was "The 3 Cs" and we were asked to make it colorful, classy and add coffee.  

My friend once told me how much she liked how (on my Christmas card) I had threaded the Cherry Cobbler seam binding through the circle (cut with my Perfect Pennants Bigz L die).  I wanted to replicate that for her here.  

The teacup is from the A la Carte stamp, Tiny Teacup, which retires at the end of May.  It includes "hello" underneath, but I just inked the teacup.  

Since I was going to use my Cherry Cobbler again, I needed to find colors that would coordinate, but still *POP*.  I used my Color Coach and came up with the palette of Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede and Chocolate Chip.  Colorful without being glaring...

Finally, I used the Scallop Edge Border punch and a sliver of card stock to make the border along the opening of the card.  Simple, but I think it finishes the card while drawing your eye back to the main elements.  

That sweet sentiment?  From the retiring hostess set, Happiest Birthday Wishes.  Place a merchandise order of $150 and you can choose this set with your shopping spree $$!  It'll also earn you the new Stampin' Up! 2012-2013 Annual Catalog!

Stampin' Up! Supplies:


Stamps:  Happiest Birthday Wishes (W122615, C122617), Tiny Teacup (W118086)

Papers:  Baja Breeze (111352), Chocolate Chip (102128), Soft Suede (115318) and Whisper White (100730) card stocks

Inks:  Baja Breeze (111833) and Cherry Cobbler (119669) Classics

Accessories:  Big Shot (113439), Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (117335), Perfect Pennants Bigz L die (123126), Scallop Edge Border (119882), 1-3/8" Circle (119860) and Modern Label (119849) punches, and Cherry Cobbler 1/2-inch Seam Binding Ribbon (120992)

{12 Weeks of Christmas}: Week 11 -- Smeby Family Christmas Card

I thought I'd show some photos of how I put together my family's Christmas card...  I make a ton of them, so I need to piece it apart and do it assembly line-style.

I started with a 5.25 x 4-inch piece of Wild Wasabi.  Above, you see it with a piece of Chocolate Chip, run through my Big Shot with the Perfect Pennants Die.  I laced the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon through the holes of the die cut...

This is a picture of the pieces of Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper that I've punched using the Scallop Edge Border Punch.  I've done the same thing below with a piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock before I ran it through the Big Shot in the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

The sentiment is from the Petite Pairs set.

The chickadee is stamped again on Very Vanilla, punched with the 1-1/4-inch Circle Punch and then mounted on a circle of Cherry Cobbler, punched with a 1-3/8-inch Circle Punch.  To make it stand out, I colored the holly berries with my Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker.  If I weren't making 150+ of these, I'd probably color the "highlighted" image in it's entirety with Watercolor Pencils.

All in all, this was a manageable card to make.  The optimum way to do this is in phases, like this (just wish I hadn't made them as close to Christmas--I was really cranking them out toward the end!).

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps:  Beautiful Season (#122680W, #122682C), Petite Pairs (#122495W, #122497C)

Paper:  Wild Wasabi (108641), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Chocolate Chip (102128), and Very Vanilla (101650) card stocks, and Jolly Holiday DSP

Inks:  Cherry Cobbler Classic (119669), Jet Black StazOn (101406), Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker (#119681)

Accessories:  Big Shot (113439), Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (117335), Perfect Pennants Bigz L die (123126), 1-1/4" Circle (#119861), 1-3/8" Circle (#119860), Large Oval (#119855), and Scallop Edge Border (#119882) punches, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding (#112920)