It's Birthday Central in Stampingland

I've spent my evening making fairly simple cards because I'm in the middle of prime birthday season.  It seems as though a lot of our family/friend birthdays fall in a fairly short period of time, and this is it!

My sister's birthday is near the end of October.  Her card was created using the Party Hearty set (currently on sale at 20% off if you spend $20!), and the On Your Birthday sentiment set.  Colours you ask?  Tangerine Tango and Pacific Point.  The hats were stamped off once before being stamped on the card because Pacific Point is quite a strong colour and I didn't want them to overwhelm the card.  

 

My mom's birthday is this weekend.  I saw a version of this card at our recent Mega-Meeting, and thought that I would recreate the swirls and flowers from Priceless.  I added some striped grosgrain ribbon, a sentiment from On Your Birthday, and some Dazzling Diamonds for good measure.  Colours on this card are Bashful Blue and Pixie Pink.

Tomorrow's card features one of my favourite friends... watch for it!

Happy Stamping!

Tile Workshop - November 17th

I just finished writing and sending my October newsletter.  Most of the info is the same as my last blog entry but... I've added something.  My November class will be a tile workshop.  The cost is $10 for one set of tiles, or $15 for two sets of tiles.  Included in the cost is the box for your tiles - we'll make these while they are drying.  If you purchase a background stamp at the workshop, I will waive the workshop fee for one set of tiles!  

The date is Monday, November 17th.  The place is my house!  You can sign up for one of two sessions - 9:15am, or 7:30pm.  

If you're interested in coming to this class, please e-mail or call ASAP to secure your spot.  Space is limited!

Happy stamping!

Wow! October has some FUN promotions!

What a busy month!  Along with the release of the Holiday Mini Catalogue and the second phase of the Decor Elements, there are some terrific promotions this month!  Here they all are...

Birthday Promotion (October only)
Stampin' Up! is celebrating its 20th birthday, and they want everyone to share in their birthday excitement. Spend $20 on regular catalogue product, and you will qualify to purchase any preselected birthday stamp sets (see below) at 20 percent off.

Item # Page # 

Description 

Retail Price     20% Off Price   109439  62

Big Bold Birthday 

 $32.95 $26.36 111532 63

Party Hearty* 

 $31.95 $25.56 110994 64

Bitty Birthday 

 $15.50 $12.40 111618 64

Crazy for Cupcakes* 

 $28.95 $23.16 111702 65

Time to Party* 

 $19.95 $15.96 111546 65

Simple Birthday Thanks* 

 $20.95 $16.76 108559 68

Crab & Company 

  $32.95  $26.36*Stamp sets are die cut.

Hostess Promotion (until November 30)

Host a workshop with sales of $460 or more, and choose any stamp set from the Fall & Winter Catalogue Sampler free in addition to regular hostess benefits!

World Card Making Day (October 4-11)

In honour of World Card Making Day on October 4th, Stampin' Up! is offering 20 percent off Simply Sent Card Kits and Simply Sent Card Elements - but only until October 11th.

Aqua Painter Offer (while supplies last!)

Purchase the large-tip Aqua Painter for $8.50 - no minimum purchase, and no limit to the number that you can purchase.  While supplies last!  This is a great tool for watercolouring, and the price is outstanding as our regular price for a pair of Aqua Painters (1 large & 1 medium) is $19.95.

Starter Kit Promotions (until October 11th)

Join now as a demonstrator with the standard $249 Starter Kit and choose one stamp set out of the Fall-Winter Idea Book & Catalogue for Free OR become a demonstrator for only $119 by purchasing one of three special mini Starter Kits priced at $119.

Give me a call to sign up under one of these awesome promotions.  Or, go to my Stampin' Up! site, and click on "Join Stampin' Up!".  The password to join my team is "wendyfee".  

As always, you can call or e-mail me directly to place an order.  Or, you can can go to my website and click on the Shop Now in the upper right hand corner to shop at your convenience, and have your order shipped to your front door!

Whew!  What a lot of fun information!

Decor Elements - Phase 2 release!

Hello again!!

If you haven't had a look at our Decor Elements recently, you need to look again.  Phase 2 was released on October 1st, and there are some gorgeous designs.  The colour choices for the second phase is much broader, and the images themselves have a broader appeal.   There are some great images for kids rooms (bugs, sports, baby), as well as some wonderful Christmas images.

Come and have a look! 

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Come and see what's new!

The Holiday Mini Catalogue was released on Wednesday, and there are some wonderful new things to play with!  This morning I spent a bit of time with the Star Bright Designer Series Paper Ornaments, and the Season of Cheer Rub-Ons.  Here's what I came up with on the fly...

All of the pieces in this kit are die cut, and just need to be separated from the larger piece of paper.  The stars and circles are also scored, so there's no need to sit there with a ruler and a stylus, scoring your paper.  Stampin' Up! also includes 12 silver brads (for the round ornaments above), and 10 yards of silver elastic cord for hangers.  

I wanted to create a few small embellishments for these ornaments without going overboard because I'm heading out to a workshop this evening, and don't want to scare everyone away with crazy ornaments!  The easiest way to create cute little tags is to use rub-ons and some scrap paper in Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, and Old Olive.  

I attached the green star to the red star using a dot of Tombow Multi-purpose adhesive.  Great adhesion, and the green star still "pops" off the red star.  The kit contains 54 stars, which is enough to decorate your house, or oodles of Christmas gifts.  

Now... this last guy certainly doesn't scream Christmas!  While I had my paper cutter out, I decided to make a quick pumpkin using some of the Ghostly Greetings Designer Series Paper.  I think he's kinda cute!

For those of you on my mailing list, I will be sending out the October newsletter this weekend.  If you are not on my mailing list but would like to be added, please drop me a quick e-mail at littleinklings@rogers.com and I'll make sure you receive the latest issue.  

Enjoy!

More from Back to the Future - Whitby style!

Back to this past weekend's scrappying...  I forgot to mention yesterday that when we were sitting around the table we were all a bit uninspired.  I had hoped to get a bunch of pictures glued, with good stuff to go with them.  I got a whack of stuff glued, and that was about it.  I finished these off a couple of days ago.  

I have to laugh (better than crying) because these two pages are incredibly unbalanced!  I generally have a lot of symmetry on my pages, and these two are anything but.  I did use some awesome rub-ons though, and managed to get some journalling down.  

Once again, pages that make me cringe, but the names and faces are there - and that's what counts in scrapbooking.

I'll get back to some 2008 stuff tomorrow.  I've been playing with glass etching this week.  Come and see what my results are!

Enjoy!

Going Back in Time

When I set out to scrap on Friday evening, I realized that I didn't have any of my 2007 pictures matched with paper and ready to go.  I did however, have pictures from 1986!  When I ran out of photos a  year ago (and didn't want to start the crazy A-Z album) I went back in time a bit.  The book that these pages are in contains photos that are at least 20 years old.  

The object of this book is simply to get everything down, with names to the faces.  I haven't been going quite as crazy as I have in my other ongoing project, and consequently I'm not loving these pages as much.  However, I do have a permanent record now of my friends, and I won't lose any of the pictures along the way.  

Just wait until they discover though that their high school faces are actually posted on the Net...