It's that time of year again, time to say goodbye to some of our Stampin' favorites. Stampin' Up! has posted the annual retirement list for stamps and accessories. I'll warn you, it is a little larger than usual. However, do not be concerned. First, you'll notice that the Classic Stampin' Pads are retiring but don't worry, we aren't having another color renovation. Stampin' Up! is reconfiguring the pads to go from the current cloth ones to foam ones. The new configuration will provide better coverage and crisper stamped images. You'll also see that some of the 12x12 cardstock will be retiring. Based on sales, Stampin' Up! is reconfiguring the packaging and offering some colors only in a package for the entire color family. If you have questions about items on the retired list, please contact me. Stampin' changes always mean greater opportunity for creativity.
Retired Stamps
Retired Accessories
Retired Definitely Decorative
Items are available through May 31 and then they are gone! And remember, now is a great time to host a show because guests are eager to shop for their retiring favorites.
Happy Stampin!
Charity
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Summer Smooch Promotion Ends Soon!
The Summer Smooch promotion is ending on April 30th, 2012. This is will be your last chance to order some items from the 2012-2013 Catalog and Idea Book before it debuts and also your last chance to order the brads and stencil before they go away FOREVER!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Valentine Cards for Kids
I wanted to share the Valentine Cards that Liam and Tessa made for their classmates. Both picked little goodies to give to their classmates so we had to do some kind of 3D project. Plus, it had to be simplified to allow both kids to complete with little frustration on everyone's parts!
Liam had two designs, one for the toys he picked for the boys and one he picked for girls. For the boys, he picked little toy dinosaurs but I didn't have any dinosaur stamps or MDS dinosaur brush art! Time to get creative. Punch art is a great "go to" for this situation, but small kindergarten hands and tired mommy would not go well when mixed with 16 Valentine's. So, I decided to do my punch art in My Digital Studio and create a small bag topper Liam could use for his dinosaurs.
Once I printed onto Whisper White card stock, I cut and folded for Liam. He wrote all the names and his sisters helped him staple to the cellophane bag.
For the girls, we used the Totally Amazing stamp set, Fancy Favor die cut, 2 1/2 inch circle punch, Real Red card stock and bakers twine. Liam picked out fun little Valentine notepads.
Liam loves mazes so I knew we'd be buying the Totally A-maze-ing stamp set and it worked great for his Valentine's. I cased the envelope from another demo, but I failed to write down her information. So, if this was you idea first, let me know! Anyhow, cut your card stock to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Then use the fancy favor to cut one front and two sides of the box (don't use the side with the sealing flap). Cut off the rectangular bottom flaps and then fold and stick. Here is a picture of the back:
Embellish and decorate. His sisters and I helped with attaching the twine but Liam glued on the mazes and wrote all the names.
Tessa did a similar design using My Digital Studio for the front artwork.
The boys had sports themed notepads which did not fit so we used the scalloped square die cut with folded card stock and sealed two sides:
Again, I tied on the twine but Tessa did the rest.
I can't wait to hear how their parties went and see if their classmates liked their Valentines.
Happy Valentine's Day to You! God Bless and Happy Stampin'
Charity
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Liam had two designs, one for the toys he picked for the boys and one he picked for girls. For the boys, he picked little toy dinosaurs but I didn't have any dinosaur stamps or MDS dinosaur brush art! Time to get creative. Punch art is a great "go to" for this situation, but small kindergarten hands and tired mommy would not go well when mixed with 16 Valentine's. So, I decided to do my punch art in My Digital Studio and create a small bag topper Liam could use for his dinosaurs.
Once I printed onto Whisper White card stock, I cut and folded for Liam. He wrote all the names and his sisters helped him staple to the cellophane bag.
For the girls, we used the Totally Amazing stamp set, Fancy Favor die cut, 2 1/2 inch circle punch, Real Red card stock and bakers twine. Liam picked out fun little Valentine notepads.
Liam loves mazes so I knew we'd be buying the Totally A-maze-ing stamp set and it worked great for his Valentine's. I cased the envelope from another demo, but I failed to write down her information. So, if this was you idea first, let me know! Anyhow, cut your card stock to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Then use the fancy favor to cut one front and two sides of the box (don't use the side with the sealing flap). Cut off the rectangular bottom flaps and then fold and stick. Here is a picture of the back:
Embellish and decorate. His sisters and I helped with attaching the twine but Liam glued on the mazes and wrote all the names.
Tessa did a similar design using My Digital Studio for the front artwork.
The boys had sports themed notepads which did not fit so we used the scalloped square die cut with folded card stock and sealed two sides:
Again, I tied on the twine but Tessa did the rest.
I can't wait to hear how their parties went and see if their classmates liked their Valentines.
Happy Valentine's Day to You! God Bless and Happy Stampin'
Charity
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Friday, February 10, 2012
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