Retiring stamps at 20% off! And Gift certificates...the perfect gift!

Stampin' Up! is retiring a number of dormant stamp sets as of January 4th, 2010. You can see the images of each of the sets if you click on their links below.

Purchase your favourite retiring sets as a gift to yourself or someone else on your list today before they’re gone forever!

Backwoods

Beautiful Baby
Birthday Wish
Branch Out
Celebrations
Central Park
Classic Sketches
Classy & Fabulous
Flowers in Silhouette
Font of You
For the Bride
Forever
Friend by Definition
Fun Flowers
Garden Greetings
Glad Friends
Grand Soiree
Hit the Road
Lexicon of Leaves
Man's Best Friend
Ocean Commotion
Playful Petals
Polka Dot
Putt Putt
Quilt Quips
Really Retro
Sip by Sip
Sweet Stems
That's Funny
Wonderful Watercolors

Remember, these sets are only available until January 4! You can email me or call me with your order.
Order before December 22nd and get 20% OFF! (offer available through Roxies Paper Creations ONLY!)

Speaking of getting yourself or someone else a gift, how about giving the perfect gift to those who have a passion for stamping?

I offer Stampin' Up! gift certificates (redeemable through me) which include a card I specially design for the recipient.

Here is a sample:

Email or call me with the following information:

*Please include your complete payment information and amount of the gift. (cheque, email money transfer, or paypal accepted)

*Recipient's name and address (or I can send it directly to you)

*Special colors, theme (for example, birthday, christmas) or other details

Better yet, suggest a Stampin' Up! gift certificate to your friends, family, spouse or significant other. They can give YOU something you're guaranteed to love for Christmas, on your next birthday, or anniversary.

Don’t forget, the new Occasions Mini catalogue is coming out on January 5th. You can use your gift certificate to get some new products! Oh! And there is lots of new, beautiful stuff!!! Sneak peeks coming soon!!!

Only 17 days 'til Christmas!

There are only 17 days left until Christmas! Do you still have loved ones to buy gifts for?

Here are some last-minute gift giving ideas:

•My Digital Studio is a great gift for all ages! You'll love making scrapbook pages, cards, and calendars for friends using the simple software. Plus when you order this exciting software suite, you'll receive a free Décor Elements piece valued up to $22.95!

•Simply Sent card kits are a great ready-to-wrap gift and have everything you need to complete 10 cards. This is the perfect last-minute gift for card makers or people you think may like making cards!

•Anyone who has a Big Shot will want the Alphabet Simple Letters Bigz die. It can cut through a variety of materials including vinyl, chipboard, and felt. This makes a great gift for a seamstress who would like to sew custom appliquéd pieces on her projects, someone who wants to create her own vinyl phrases to personalize their home décor, or any paper crafter who uses letters. And when you purchase this item, you qualify for a free Décor Elements piece valued up to $22.95!

•Add the final touch to your gift that says "I was thinking of you when I bought this gift" by personalizing it with Décor Elements. Add an Upsy Daisy Décor Elements to a laptop or cut it apart and apply it to a cell phone. Put all of the toys from Santa together in one container and add the So Many Toys Décor Elements to it, or use individual letters to add monograms and names to your gifts. These extra special touches won't go unnoticed.

 

Call or email me ASAP to orders some last minute gifts! Or better yet, order your items online HERE to get them delivered right to your door!  Just make sure to click on SHOP NOW at the top right corner.

 

First Pals Paper Arts Challenge!

Every week I have a look at what the talented ladies at Pals Paper Arts create and keep thinking that I should really play along in one of their challenges! Well this weekend I decided that it was time!  This week's challenge was a  K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple Sweetie!) card. 

The suggested guidelines for a K.I.S.S card are the following;
1- Clean with lots of 'white' space,
2- Simple Designs,
3- Minimum time to create,
4- Limited layers and embellishments.

Here's mine:

My card is based on this card, which I posted earlier today. 

I am one to keep every little bit of scrap paper...and I do mean everything! But I always find a good use for it :)

First I used scraps of paper from the Merry Moments DSP, all in tones of Old Olive (favorite color!) and Very Vanilla.  I punched out 10 modern label shapes.  Because the shapes are a little bigger than the Word Window shapes, used for my last card, I decided to go with a 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" card size.  Here the base is textured Very Vanilla cardstock.  The shapes were adhered to a piece of scrap paper so that it would be easier for me to level the shapes as well as tuck my ribbon around both sides before adhering it to my card base.  Then a piece of Old Olive was layered on top of the shapes to frame the piece of 5/8" Very Vanilla Grosgrain ribbon.  I cut a shorter piece of Very Vanilla ribbon and tied it into a knot.  The Greeting from the Happy Everything set was inked in Old Olive to finish the card.

I am so happy about how it turned out!  I hope the ladies at PPA will like it too!

Announcing a NEW Monthly Card Class!!!

Starting next month, I will be hosting a card class were you will be making 6 cards each month. The class is FREE with a $25 purchase that day or pay a flat fee of $15.
I am so excited about this! I know that we are going to have so much fun! For more details, visit my class schedule HERE.

Here are 2 of the cards we will be making on Tuesday, December 8th.

This card was inspired by a Tammy Fite creation.  You can see her card HERE.

I CASED this card from the very talented Jan Tink!

Speaking of classes, I still have spaces for my Tags Galore Class on December 16th! 

Pay $29.95 for the class, which includes the Sparkly and Bright stamp set (a $22.95 value).  So really, it's like getting this class for FREE.
Or you can choose to pay a flat fee of $20. More details HERE.

Registration deadline is December 1st
(so that the supplies are delivered in time for class)
so email or call me today :)

Here are some of the tags that we'll be making, including one of the "special" tags made with the Ornament punch! Tomorrow, I'll show you a cute Reindeer Tag!

Don't forget, Online Extravanganza ends tomorrow!

Have a great Sunday!

Simple Dasher Card with Matching Envelope!

Today I want to start off by wishing all of you American readers out there a very Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you all get to enjoy some down time with your family and friends!

Now I thought I would share another card that we made at my Christmas card class last week.  It is another card using the Dasher stamp (# 116816).  I used a layout from a SCS challenge from a couple of weeks ago.

I started with two 2 1/2" squares of designer paper from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper and then layered them on top of two 2 5/8"  squares of Real Red cardstock to create a frame.  The base of the card is my favorite,  Kraft cardstock,  which I sponged the edges in Close to Cocoa.  I stamped the Dasher at the top of a piece of Whisper White measuring 2 1/8" x 4" . Then I inked the greeting from the Christmas Punch Set (Hostess level 2) with my Real Red marker.  I distressed the edges before I sponged them with Close to Cocoa classic ink.  Then some glitter was added to Dasher...Gotta have GLITTER!!!  Did you know that Stampin' Up's 2 way glue pen (#100425) and Dazzling Diamonds glitter (#102023) costs under $10 for both!? What an easy, pretty and inexpensive way to add some bling to your cards :)

For the envelope, I cut a piece of 5 3/4" x 2" of the designer paper, glued it to the flap, and trimmed it.  I just love when everything matches!

Hope everyone had a great day! Good night!