WOW! Paper Pumpkin for just $5!

Check it out!  From 5:00 p.m. (MT) on June 9th to 11:50 p.m. (MT) on June 10th you can get your first Paper Pumpkin kit for just $5 + tax.  Shipping is included and it costs $5 to ship it!  What a fantastic deal!  If you have been on the fence about trying Paper Pumpkin, now is the perfect time.  What have you got to lose?  You can cancel any time (but I'm sure you'll love it).  This offer is only for first time subscribers and the regular price of $19.95 will return next month.  Shipping is also included on the regular $19.95 monthly price.

What is Paper Pumpkin?  It is a mini-class in a box that ships right to your door each month.  The kit contains everything needed to make several great projects, including cardstock (cut and scored), stamps, ink, embellishments, envelopes, and even a clear block in your first kit.  It's a fantastic value!  There are instructions for making the intended projects in the box and a link for even more fresh ideas online.

Don't miss this great opportunity for a fantastic experience!  To sign up log on to my personal Paper Pumpkin web page RIGHT HERE.  Use promo code ONEDAYDEAL.  Remember, this offer is only good from 5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) on June 9th - 11:50 p.m. (Mountain Time) on June 10th.

2016-2017 New Catalog is Live!

The 2016-2017 Annual Catalog is live today!  You may view the catalog through the link on the sidebar or contact me to purchase your own lovely catalog to page through and mark all your favorites!  There are so many great bundles in this catalog, I just have to have them all!  I would love to hear which ones are your favorites.  Please leave a comment below and tell me which ones are "must haves" for you.

Place an order through my online store and use Host Code VNGGYQKX.  Then your name will be entered into a drawing for a FREE gift.  This code will remain open until June 11.

Suite Sayings Wedding Card

Today's card is a lovely wedding card made for Mr. & Mrs. A.J. Stoll.  Heather and A.J. were married on Sunday, which marked the beginning of Forever for them.  Congratulations to a wonderful couple!

The sentiment is stamped from Suite Sayings and the flower image is from Beautiful Bunch, punched out with the matching Fun Flower punch.  Both the Beautiful Bunch stamp set and Fun Flower punch are retiring.  The flower layered in the back was punched out of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper.  The drapery fold was created using the Neutrals Color Collection Designer Series Paper in Silver.

I have seen several of these style cards on the internet, but this one was inspired by Connie Babbert.  You can see her original card here.

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of my card.

Helping Me Grow

This is one of my very favorite cards we made at Stamp Club.  It uses the Helping Me Grow stamp set and Rose Wonder stamp set, both of which are returning in the 2016-2017 catalog!.  I also used that great Brick Wall Embossing Folder (this, too, is returning!).  Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

I CASE'd this idea from Sandi MacIver.  You can see her original card here.

Love & Laughter Wedding Shower

Hello friends!  The graduation/wedding season is upon me in full force this year.  I have six graduations and one wedding to attend in the next couple of weeks and have been hard at work preparing those cards, as well as a large number of family birthdays in the month of May.  Preparations are well under way for my Annual New Catalog Open House on June 11th.

Because I have so many irons in the fire right now, I have been lax at posting cards for you.  Today, here is a quick post showing you the wedding shower card I made for a shower last month.  This card is a swing card with an oval opening.  It is kind of hard to see the mechanics of the card from a photo, but I think they are really cool!

This card was made using the retired set Love & Laughter.

Yipee-Skipee!

Today's card includes some retired/retiring products.  I thought that was appropriate since we are in the midst of saying goodbye to retiring products from the current catalog.  Some of the products used to make this card were previously retired and are not available in the current catalog.

The retired stamp set was called Yippee-Skipee! as the sentiment reads.  The Sweetheart Punch and Small Oval Punch (previously retired) were used to make the paw print; and the Word Window Punch and Small Heart Punch were used to make the bone.  The Word Window Punch is retiring with the current catalog, so if you don't have that absolutely indispensable punch yet, order it today!  I use it so often for small sentiments and for LOTS of punch art projects.  In my opinion, it is definitely a MUST HAVE punch for your craft room!  I used the previously retired Small Heart Punch for the ends of the bone, but you could also use the little heart from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack instead.  That punch pack is also retiring, so grab it while you can!

I made this card for my son and it accompanied a sweet little toy box full of puppy toys for his new puppy.  Inside the greeting read:  "Congratulations on your new baby!"  That is exactly what new little puppies are:  A special baby addition to your household.  He named her Layla and she is such an adorable sweetheart!  I used the now retiring Brights Candy Dots to accent the inside sentiment, giving it just the right amount of pop.  The little bow was made with the Bermuda Bay 1/8" Stitched Ribbon on page 35 of the Occasions Catalog.

Place an order today using Host Code GUTCWECC and I will enter your name into a drawing for a FREE gift!  Don't delay placing your order for your favorite retiring products before they are gone forever!  Some items are already sold out!  For a complete list of what is retiring, click HERE.

Here is sweet baby Layla!

RETIRING LIST POSTS TODAY

Hello!  The Stampin' Up! Retiring List posts today at 2:00 p.m. Central Time.  Some items may be discounted!  Get your lists of your "must haves" together so you can check to see if they will be retiring and going away for good.  Stamp sets should be continue to be manufactured until about mid-May, but punches, ribbons, buttons, dies, and other items that are manufactured overseas could sell out sooner.  So don't delay--order your retiring favorites right away!

I have opened a new host code for these orders.  To shop please log in to my online store HERE.  Before you begin filling your shopping bag, log in with your personal password.  This way if the system gets overwhelmed and freezes on you, the items you have placed in the shopping bag will be saved.  Should it freeze on you, simply log out and then log back in again.  Remember, there are thousands of other shoppers logging on at the very same time and that may very well overwhelm the system.

When you have finished shopping click on "view shopping bag" and you will see a box in the lower left corner for a host code.  Please paste GUTCWECC in the box and click "apply."  Make sure you have checked "allow Demonstrator contact" and I will then enter your name into a drawing for a FREE gift.  I really appreciate each and every order, and this is my way of saying "thank you."  If your order is over $150, do not use the host code and you will receive FREE Stampin' Rewards with your order.  Check "allow Demonstrator contact" with this order as well, or I won't know who you are so I can thank you.

If you have never placed an online order before, just log in to my online store HERE and click "create account" and follow the prompts.