Occasions Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Promotion

New Stampin' Up! punches and punch design, clear mount stamps, new ribbon, embellishments and designer series paper are just around the corner! Sale-A-Bration (Stampin' Up!'s hottest promotion of the year) and the Occasions Mini Catalog (think spring!) will both launch on January 5, 2010.

Sale-A-Bration: Jan. 5 - March 31. For every $50 you spend on Stampin' Up! products, you will receive a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set (including clear mount options), the amazing new Scallop Trim Punch or darling designer series paper. Want to host a workshop? Host a workshop of at least $300 during Sale-A-Bration, and earn one free
Sale-A-Bration product in addition to the generous hostess benefits. Want to become a Stampin' Up Demonstrator? Join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration and choose a free stamp set from the Idea Book & Catalog (valued up to $47.95), plus get 15% off the cost of the starter kit! Feel free to contact me for more info!

Occasions Mini Catalog: Jan. 5 - April 30. You'll discover 43 pages loaded with new stamp sets (including clear mount options), new designer paper, ribbon, epoxy brads and so much more.

NEED FREE COPIES OF THE OCCASIONS MINI AND SALE-A-BRATION CATALOGS? I'm happy to send you both catalogs free. If you are not one of my current customers and plan to place your future orders through me, please email me your name and complete address. US only. If you have a relationship with another Stampin' Up! demonstrator, please contact them for your copies.

IMPORTANT: If you are one of my Stampin' Up! customers, I have already arranged for your Sale-A-Bration and Occasions Mini Catalogs to be mailed to you. Please feel free to email me if you want to confirm that your copies have been sent.

Can't wait? You can download the online versions of these catalogs. Just click on the catalog in the sidebar on right.

Need a Stampin' Up! 2009-2010 Idea Book and Catalog or a Holiday Mini (before the Mini expires 1/4/10), just email me.

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Holiday Mini Catalog Items Still Available!

Good news! Stampin' Up! has carried products over from the Holiday Mini Catalog that you can order NOW. These items will also be included in the Stampin' Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog (available July 1, 2010). Thank goodness the Ornament Punch won't be retired. It was one of my favorite items in the Holiday Mini! Here's a sample I made using it below. Click here to see Occasions Mini Carryover products, too.

Only the following items from the Holiday Mini Catalog are available for purchase. To see the products, click to view the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog:

Item #	Description	Price
116794	Ornament punch	$15.95
116806	Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint	$5.95
116854	Frost White Shimmer Paint	$5.95
116807	Platinum Shimmer Paint	$5.95
116829	Décor Elements Blocks	$9.95
116824	Stampin' Up! Textured Impressions Folder Petals-A-Plenty	$7.95
116821	Stampin' Up! Holiday Windows Magnetic Movers & Shapers	$29.95
116819	Stampin' Up! Table Setting Bigz XL die	$42.95
116820	Stampin' Up! Embosslits Merry die	$11.95
116823	Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Merry Details die	$5.50
116822	Stampin' Up! O Christmas Tree Pop-Up Bigz XL die	$42.95
118140	Stampin' Up! Tree Decorations Sizzlits die	$5.50
118108	My Digital Studio	$79.95
116519	Charming stamp set	$19.95

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Delightful Dates Calendar

Happy New Year Everyone! To celebrate the new year, I wanted to share with you the calendar I made using the Delightful Dates Calendar Kit from the Holiday Mini Catalog. This is a great kit, but will only be available until January 4th, so if you want one of these you need to place your order before then. I also used one of the magnetic gift boxes from the Holiday Mini Catalog to store my calendar in. Check it out....

Here is the box and the calendar set up on the stand.


Here is a close up of the January calendar page. I used the Take Note stamp set and my markers to jazz up the pages.

Here is a shot of all the pages and the stand. The stand is made out of chipboard and comes with the kit. I covered it with Old Olive craft ink.

And here is the calendar nice and snug in it's box. This beauty is coming back to work with me next week and will sit on my desk for the rest of the year. :)

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Sale-A-Bration & Occasions Mini Online NOW!

Stampin' Up! has just released the new Sale-A-Bration Catalog, Occasions Mini Catalog and Definitely Decorative Update on-line. Due to possible (slight) mailing delays of the Occasions Mini Catalog, Stampin' Up! has opted to share the catalogs with customers early. Now that's a huge sneak peek to start your wish list! Sale-A-Bration catalogs went out separately and should arrive by Jan. 5.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CUSTOMER SALES PERIOD DOES NOT GO LIVE UNTIL JAN. 5.

Click here to open Occasions Mini Catalog

Click here to open Sale-A-Bration Catalog

Click here to open Definitely Decorative Update

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More Christmas Bears

Hi again. I have another quick post for today. As we are approaching the new year, I wanted to post one last Christmas project. Remember the Build-a-Bear tin I posted here? Well I made Christmas outfits for Aimee's bears using magnetic sheets. Here they are all decked out:

While I had all my Christmas bear supplies out I decided to make some more ornaments. I made a set for myself, my mom, and my sister. Here they are, ready to go!



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Christmas Goodies

Hi all. I just wanted to share some of the Christmas goodies that my mom made for us. First here is the Christmas card she gave us. Super cute!

Next, here are some large gift card holders that she made for my husband and I. These are about 5" x 7" big. Inside was a card with an Amazon.com gift certificate for each of us. Super cute packaging, don't you think?

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December Swap

Happy New Years Eve everyone! Today I wanted to share with you some of the cards from our December demonstrator swap. This month it was Nicole's turn to pick and she picked any project with a ribbon tree similar to the one on page 43 of the current Stampin' Up! catalog. Here is mine:

Ingredients:

• Many Merry Messages stamp set
• Soft Suede, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Real Red, Crushed Curry, and Certainly Celery card stock
• Certainly Celery 5/8" ribbon
• Soft Suede Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon
• Soft Suede Ink
• Gold brads
• Big Shot
• Merry Details Die
• Scallop Trim Border punch
• Small Star punch
• Stampin' Dimensionals
  

Here is Kim's card. Yes, it is that sparkly in real life. She sprayed shimmer paint over the entire card. So pretty!


And here is Nicole's card. I like how she used stamps to create her own patterned paper!

As you can see, we are missing a few cards this month. Once I get them from everyone I will post them!

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! Today I wanted to share with you one last Christmas card I did. I made several of these for each of my down/upline who also happen to be close friends and family! I wanted to give them something special as well as something they had not seen posted here before! ;) Not to mention that I wanted to use some of my new products I ordered from the upcoming Occasions Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration catalog, which both start on January 5th. First I used my new Extra Large Two-Step Bird punch from the Occasions Mini. This punch punches out all 3 pieces! It is super cool! :) Next I used the new Scallop Trim Border punch from the Sale-a-Bration catalog. This punch is not going to be for sale, but you an earn it FREE with a $50 purchase! Can't beat that! :) I got the idea for this card from here.

Ingredients

• Christmas Greetings stamp set
• Real Red, Whisper White, and Old Olive card stock
• Christmas Cocoa Designer Series Paper
• Real Red Ink
• Basic Black Marker
• Mistletoe Ribbon Originals
• Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch (New in Occasions Mini!)
• Scallop Trim Boarder Punch (New for Sale-a-Bration!)
  

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Fall Regional Make & Take Projects

Periodically during the year Stampin' Up! offers Regional Seminars to us Demonstrators. They are offered in different places all over the country. This year there were none in my neck of the woods, however Stampin' Off offered something new this year. They offered the Regional Seminar on DVD and the option for us to buy the Make & Take projects for us make on our own if we could not attend. I though that this was a great idea and purchased the projects to make. Below are all the projects that were included. They all use use one stamp set - the Berry Merry set from the Holiday Mini Catalog. I love this set! If you don't have it yet, hurry! It is only available until January 4th!


First, here is a little 3 x 3 card and matching envelope.


Next here is a little box made with the Bitty Box and Envelope die. In addition to the box, were 5 little gift tags to put together.

Here is a close up of the tags.

Here is the front of the box.

All the tags fit nice and neat inside!

Next, here is a 8 x 8 scrapbook page. This is one of my favorites. :)

Next, here is a bag of 3 x 3 cards with a cute bag topper. You can see in the picture, but each of the cards inside is decorated with a bird to match the tag. Super cute!

Next here is a super cute Christmas card.

And another Christmas card.

What do you think? Lots of versatile projects from one stamp set, huh? These were a ton of fun to make and I am hoping that there will be a Regional Seminar close by that I will able able to attend in person soon! :)

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Christmas Bears

Today I would like to share with you some cute Christmas Build-a-Bear ornaments that I made. I gave these to my friend and downline Kim at our annual Christmas get together. (Thanks to Kim for taking a picture of these for me when I forgot to!) For these I used the Beary Merry Big Shot Die to create the Santa and Mrs. Claus outfits for the bears. I think they turned out super cute and now I need to make a set for myself! :)

Ingredients:

• Big Shot
• Stampin' Up! Bear die
• Stampin' Up! Beary Essentials die
• Stampin' Up! Beary Merry die
• Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Whisper White, Old Olive, and Basic Black card stock
• Silver Cord
• Two Way Glue Pen
  

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