Posts Tagged ‘Greeting Cards’
A Birthday Celebration!
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Aloha, all!
October 2008 is Stampin’ Up!’s 20th Birthday!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STAMPIN’ UP!!!!
To celebrate its birthday, Stampin’ Up! is offering SEVEN birthday-related stamp sets at 20% off during the entire month of October.
If you’d like to look at them in your catalog (or online using the online ordering link at upper right), here are the stamps that are on sale:
- Big Bold Birthday (109439), p. 62. This set is also available in our Spanish supplement.
- Party Hearty (111532), p. 63
- Bitty Birthday (110994), p. 64
- Crazy for Cupcakes (111618), p. 64
- Simple Birthday Thanks (111546), p. 65
- Time to Party (111702), p. 65
- Crab & Company (108559), p. 68
I’m going to place my own order for some of these stamp sets today! If you’d like to just include your order with mine, call or e-mail me and let me know!
Subscribe to the comments for this postWhat Fun! Card Making with Hilo Council FCE
A short while ago, I mentioned that I was going to hold a class for our local Family and Community Education Council in Hilo, Hawaii. This was part of the Council’s annual R&R weekend at Volcano National Park. .jpg)
What fun we all had! All of the cards were great! They ranged from those that tried to meticulously reproduce the sample cards to, well VERY creative!! And the most creative one was my absolute favorite.
Imagine, if you will, nine novice paper crafters with scissors and paper cutters and punches and stamps–mistakes were bound to be made! Well, actually, I really tried to convince all that there are no mistakes–there are just "design modifications"! But whether they were mistakes or design modifications, there were trimmings and scraps all over the place.
Enter the lady with absolutely no desire to be a copycat! Suddenly she had a card with so many scallops and ribbons that everyone was just fascinated with what she made! What fun–and how creative!! And that is, after all, what R&R weekends are made of.
Don’t forget that, any time you want me to recreate this atmosphere for you, I am here to do it! Get some friends together and have me over to demonstrate some cards or scrapbook pages. I’m available for pretty much any schedule (but not 24/7–that would be our ONLINE ORDERING SYSTEM–Have you tried it out yet?). And I am able to design a program for just about any theme in which you might be interested. So call or e-mail me today!
A Special Packet of Products for Ordering Online!
I hope that you’ve had a chance to look at all the Stampin’ Up! products you can now shop for from my website.
If you have, and you made a purchase, I have a special set of Stampin’ Up! products to send to you:
- SIX 6" x 6" sheets of Bella Rose Designer Series Paper (six different designs)
- SIX Whisper White Greeting Cards
- ONE YARD of coordinating Stampin’ Up! ribbon
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I will send this packet out to everyone who places an order through my website during September 2008.
Here is a card that I made using this set of products. This card also uses Riding Hood Red Card Stock (111348) and Classic Stampin’ Pad (111836), and the stamp set, Heard From The Heart (111644).
Happy Shopping 24/7!!
It’s Not Too Early for Halloween Crafts!
The 2008 Fall/Winter Stampin’ Up! Catalog once again features one of my favorite Halloween stamp sets–Haunting Halloween.
Being a life-long "cat person," I just LOVE the Cat Witch!!!
It was especially fun recreating this pop-up card from one I made last year because this year there is some new Halloween Designer Series Paper–Ghostly Greetings–with which to play in making this card.
Many of you have already asked me for instructions for the card, a copy of which I posted on Split Coast Stampers. So here they are!
If you’d like to make this cute card to send to your special ghosts and goblins this year, I am featuring a special this month only just for you! Purchase the Haunting Halloween stamp set, and I’ll include the papers and embellishments to make 4 cards ABSOLUTELY FREE!
Call or e-mail me NOW to place your order!
Watch here for more cards and crafts made with this fun set.
Happy Haunting!!
Happy 8th Birthday, Quin!
Today our grandson, Quintin Gaither, is 8 years old! Wow, where has the time gone?? I got to visit Quin last month, and even bought him a great birthday present from me and his Grandpa Harry. What is it? I can’t tell right now because Quin’s birthday party isn’t until Saturday. So it will have to be a surprise until then.
Of course, I made this card exclusively with Stampin’ Up! papers and ribbon and stamps. When I first saw the Sock Monkey stamp set, I couldn’t imagine how I’d use it. But then I remembered we have 3 (soon to be 4) grandchildren. What’s not to like about making all kinds of Sock Monkey cards throughout the year. He has lots of accessory stamps that will help fit every occasion that will come up for awhile!
If you see Quin today, wish him a Happy Birthday! If you like the Sock Monkey stamp,or would like to learn more about Stampin’ Up’s new 2008 Fall/Winter Idea Book and Catalog, just call or e-mail me!
Family and Community Education (FCE) Weekend at KMC
We all need a little R&R on occasion, and my FCE club is no exception. September 5th, Puna Wahine FCE Club will retreat with other local East Hawaii FCE clubs to Volcanoes National Park for a weekend of "R&R with Pampering." As part of the "pampering" group, I will be hosting a Greeting Card Make & Take on Saturday morning. These are two of the cards that I have chosen for those who are interested in some relaxing paper crafting. The cards are so simple to make, and use lots of items that are new in the 2008 Fall/Winter Idea Book and Catalog:
Holiday Treasures Designer Series Paper; Scallop Edge Punch, Heartfelt Thanks Stamp Set, and Taffeta Ribbon. Just love that Riding Hood Red with Old Olive and Chocolate Chip for a Christmas Color Combo!
Those who aren’t ready for making Christmas cards in September will have choices of other Design Series Papers and embellishments.
Don’t you wish you belonged to FCE???!!
But, of course, you don’t have to for me to bring projects like these to YOUR home! Host a class or workshop and I’ll design something made to order for you and your guests! Just call or e-mail me any time!
Just Couldn’t Resist Some More Swaps!
I’m in the final stretch before I head east for the 2008 Stampin’ Up! Convention! I should be packing and checking things off on my to-do list. Instead, I decided that I just HAD TO HAVE some general swaps–just in case I met someone at the airport in Hilo or Honolulu or Salt Lake City.
At this late date (I leave tomorrow!) I had to have something that would be catchy but easy. Since you probably know already (if you’ve read some of my earlier posts) that I love working with windows (actually, paper templates) I thought I’d try .jpg)
something I’d seen in a magazine but thought too difficult to do easily. This is the card with which I ended up.
I couldn’t imagine trying to get those little squares aligned vertically and horizontally, not to mention with each other! But, as I was clearing off my work table to get ready for the trip, I spotted one of the templates that I’d used to create some window cards. That little light bulb went on over my head and, Voila! I whipped 20 of these little critters out in no time flat.
You can do this, too! You can find instructions for this and other card techniques in my Techniques Section!
If you’d like to have some of the new Stampin’ Up! papers and colors, it won’t be long!
