New Catalogs are about to arrive!

Oh, man, I feel like I’m a little kid on Christmas Eve all over again — my preordered cases of the new Spring/Summer Idea Book and Catalog are due to be delivered in just a few short hours! How on earth am I going to concentrate at work knowing that those pages full of lovely stamps, designer papers, and ALL-NEW BIG SHOT ACCESSORIES are sitting there all forlorn and unloved, waiting for me to get home and unwrap them and ooh and ahh over every little detail? Good grief, forget work… how am I going to get any sleep tonight? The anticipation is killing me, not to mention the sneaking suspicion that my roomie, who clocks out an hour and a half earlier than I do, might open the box before I get there!

Stampin’ Up! Featured Project – "Love" card

This month’s project uses products from the Love You Much promotion bundle! Products in the bundle will be in the Spring/Summer 2008 Idea Book and Catalog, but this special discounted bundle is only available till January 31st!

“Love You Much” Valentine

Stamps

• Love You Much Bundle

Paper

• Old Olive card stock
• Riding Hood Red card stock
• Very Vanilla card stock

Ink

• Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin’ Pad
• Old Olive Stampin’ Write marker

Accessories

• Stampin’ Dimensionals
• Scallop Edge punch
• Sewing machine and thread (not available through Stampin’ Up!)
  

Click here to order these items and have them delivered right to your front door!

My swap card made Stamper’s Showcase!

Every month, my upline hosts a swap as part of her downline meeting. I just found out today that my card from the October swap was posted on Stamper’s Showcase, the demonstrator gallery on the Stampin’ Up! demonstrator website! Woohoo! No, I didn’t win anything — all I got was the warm fuzzy feeling that comes from seeing your work posted online… oh, and “proud mama” kudos from my upline! :o)

• Stamps: Lovely As a Tree, Sincere Salutations
• Paper: Whisper White, Brocade Blue
• Ink: Brocade Blue classic, Night of Navy craft
• Accessories: 5/8″ Brocade Blue grosgrain ribbon, Clear embossing powder mixed with Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Stampin’ Sponge
• Technique: Reverse Masking (to get the soft Brocade Blue background rectangle)

Snow Day!

Okay, I know all of you out there actually use all your stuff (wink, wink, nudge, nudge), but I needed to do something with all that retired Designer Series Paper just sitting there in my stamp closet. Enter, “Deck the Wall,” a little contest at my job where we submit entries along a given theme and use them to decorate the large outside wall of our main conference room, which is visible from the street. The theme this year was “snowflakes,” and I found this awesome tutorial for a different variety of paper snowflake online. I had so much fun making them that it turned into a blizzard in my living room, LOL!

The majority of this is Stampin’ Up! paper, but one or two were made with paper bought at a local craft store. Yes, I know — shameful! Hey, why do you think I want to use the stuff up already? ;o)

Project ideas coming soon!

I’m working on getting a number of things photographed so I can post them — but I’m sure you all know how crazy things can get around this time of year! Photos, etc. will be posted starting this weekend. I promise, the plan for this blog was not to have it be one big advertisement for SU! promotions!

Gift Certificates Available

Need a last-minute gift for that stamper or scrapbooker on your list? How about a gift certificate? You can get it in any amount, and if you contact me by Thursday, December 18th I’ll send you a lovely, hand-stamped coupon in time to present it to your favorite papercrafter. This is one gift you can be sure they won’t return, and no worries about the store going out of business before they can redeem it, either!

Click to visit my Stampin’ Up! website and send me an e-mail!

Reserve your copy of the Spring/Summer 2009 catalog today!

I’ll be ordering new catalogs soon, and if you contact me to reserve your copy by December 31, 2008 you can get it for half price! Those of you who are local can pick up your catalogs at my Open House in January, but if you don’t live in the Hampton Roads area you can still have your copy mailed to you via Priority Mail!

Choose an option…

Catalog – local pick-up $5.00 Catalog plus shipping and handling $10.00

Where do stamps go when they retire?

The retiring stamps list is here, and for the first time ever Stampin’ Up! is offering a DISCOUNT on them, plus FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $70 through December 23rd! If you’d like for them to arrive by Christmas, though, you need to order no later than Tuesday, December 16th.

Click here to download a PDF of the retiring stamps list

Don’t wait too long, because these stamps will be gone forever after January 18, 2009!

Stampin’ Up! Featured Project – Turquoise Gift Tin

Every month, the Stampin’ Up! Customer Website highlights a project or product that’s perfect for an upcoming holiday, fits with a current sales promotion, or is just plain COOL! This time, they’ve got a wonderful idea for a Christmas gift that’s straight from the heart… or maybe heads straight to the heart if you’ve got lots of male relatives or friends on your gift-giving list, LOL!

“Holiday Treats” Decorated Tin

Stamps

• Snow Swirled stamp set

Paper

• Night of Navy card stock (1-1/2″ x 23-1/2″)
• Old Olive card stock
• Whisper White card stock (3/4″ x 5-3/4″)
• Old Olive Designer Series paper (12″ x 6-1/4″)

Ink

• Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad
• Old Olive Classic Stampin Pad

Accessories

• Silver cord (approx. 4′)*
• Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter
• Ice Circle Rhinestone brads
• Little Felt Flurries*
• Season of Cheer Rub-Ons*
• Stampin’ Dimensionals
• Coluzzle Cutting System
• Crafters’ Tool Kit
• 1-3/4″ Circle punch
• Scallop Edge punch
• Turquoise tin

*From Holiday 2008 Mini Catalog

Click here to order these items and have them delivered right to your front door!

Fall/Winter catalog retirement list coming soon!

Wow, I can’t believe it’s almost time to say goodbye to this current catalog! The list of stamp sets that will be discontinued is due to be released by Stampin’ Up! next week. Get those wish lists ready so you can check the retirement list for your favorites — I’d hate for you to miss out on one of your must-have sets!