Inspiration Ink

Bloomin' Bouquet Project Kit

Would you like to create this beautiful bouquet of paper flowers?  Stampin' Up! is offering the Bloomin' Bouquet Project Kit while supplies last!  It costs just $12.95 and is item # 134542.

The kit contains:

• 2 sheets of preprinted and precut flowers on 12" X 12" cardstock; makes 13 flowers using Pool Party, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, and Rich Razzleberry
• 13 Vintage Faceted Buttons
• 13 green floral wire stems

That's everything you need (except adhesive and a vase) to make this beautiful bouquet for yourself or to give as a gift for a birthday, get well wishes, teacher appreciation, any occasion!  There are even supplies for a 13th purple flower to give individually to brighten anyone's day!

For adhesive, we do recommend a hot glue gun.  Use our Silicone Craft Sheet (item # 127853, $5.95) to work on to protect your work surface and make clean up really easy.

Here's a video with some tips on how to create your bouquet:

 

To order the Bloomin' Bouquet Project Kit please contact me at michelerey@aol.com or click on the Shop Now button in the upper right corner of my blog.  Then, just enter item number 134542 into the search box.  Remember, this kit is only available while supplies last!

Show & Tell 1 and Show & Tell 2 Photopolymer Sets

Stampin' Up! has just introduced two more Photopolymer (completely clear) Stamp Sets.  Wooo hooo!

Here are the images in the first set:

- Show & Tell 1 Photopolymer Set, item # 133450, $13.95, only available while supplies last

Here are the images in the second set:

- Show & Tell 2 Photopolymer Set, item # 133481, $13.95, only available while supplies last

Stampin' Up! is also offering a downloadable class called Seeing the Possibilities about using our new Photopolymer Sets that features these two new sets.  You can purchase the downloadable class separately (item # 134532, $14.95) or if you want to be able to easily stamp along with the class instructions and save some money, buy the Show & Tell Bundle!  The Bundle includes both Show & Tell Sets and the Seeing the Possibilities Downloadable Class at 15% savings (item # 134533, $35.95).  The downloadable class and bundle are only available while supplies of the sets last.

To order either of the Show & Tell Photopolymer Sets or the Show & Tell Bundle, please contact me at michelerey@aol.com or click on the Shop Now button in the upper right corner of my blog.  Then, just enter the item number for the set or bundle you want into the search box.

Seeing the Possibilities Downloadable Class

Stampin' Up! is now offering a second downloadable class for everyone.  This class is called Seeing the Possibilities (item # 134532) and is available for purchase for $14.95.  Once purchased, an e-mail is sent to the e-mail address you provide with directions on how to download the class.

The class information is divided into .pdf documents with directions, supply lists, and pictures for 15 projects.  There are a few videos as well for some of the techniques taught.  You can follow the directions at your own pace whenever you want!

This class focuses on using our new Photopolymer (completely clear) Stamp Sets, especially the two newest offerings in this line - Show & Tell 1 and Show & Tell 2 Sets.  The following topics are covered:

• backgrounds
• building
• layering
• versatility
• gift giving
• memory keeping

You can order the class by itself or if you want the two new Photopolymer Sets as well so you can easily stamp along with the directions in the class, you can order the Show & Tell Bundle (item # 134533).  The bundle saves you money too, 15% off!  The cost of the bundle is $35.95.

To order the Seeing the Possibilities Downloadable Class or Show & Tell Bundle, please contact me at michelerey@aol.com or click on the Shop Now button in the upper right corner of my blog.  Then, just enter the item number for either the class or the bundle into the search box.

This and That Product Line

The new This and That product line features smash-style journaling where you can quickly and easily record memories, day-by-day happenings, inspirational ideas, etc.  I just used my bundle of This and That products while on my trip to New Zealand and Fiji to record each day's happenings and safely store memorabilia for my scrapbooking!

The new This and That product line includes the following products:

- Epic Day This and That Journal, item # 131268, $10.95

- Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper, # 130814, $10.95

  - Remember This and That Rotary Stamp, # 130133, $5.95

- Epic Day This and That Designer Stickers, # 131271, $4.95

- Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape, # 131269, $4.95

Additional This and That products will be added to the line as time goes by.

Here's a great video showing some of the many ways that the This and That products can be used:

 

To order any of these products, please contact me at michelerey@aol.com or click on the Shop Now button in the upper right corner of my blog.  Then, just enter the item number for the products you want to purchase into the search box. 

FREE My Digital Studio Download - May

Here's a bright and cheery free Digital Download from Stampin' Up! for May.  It's called Be Yourself May Wallpaper:

Don't own My Digital Studio software?  That's okay, you can use Stampin' Up!'s Digital Downloads with any digital designing program that uses .png, .jpeg, and .svg files! 

To get your free download or purchase any of our other awesome downloads or the software, please just click on the "Shop Now" button in the upper right corner.  Then, click on the "My Digital Studio" link on the left.  Click on the "Software" link under that to get to the software or the "Digital Downloads" link to find the downloads.  The free download wallpaper is under "Newest Downloads" and then "April 30, 2013."

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Best Of ... 25 Years Sets

Stampin' Up! is celebrating 25 years of business and making a difference this year.  So, for our 25-year anniversary, we are bringing back some of our favorite stamp images from the past.

Each month, we'll release one "Best Of" set focusing on a particular theme.  Each set will be available in Clear-Mount only and will contain three to five images including one new, never-before-seen image that fits the theme.  Each "Best Of" set will cost $14.95.  While we are only releasing one new set a month, all the sets will be available for purchase until March 31, 2014.

As an extra incentive to purchase the "Best Of" sets, you'll receive a Collector's Card.  You'll also get a 25-year proof-of-purchase sticker with each set.  Adhere the stickers to your Collector's Card and when you've collected six stickers, you can send the card to Stampin' Up! to redeem it for a FREE set of your choice worth up to $14.95!  Any set valued at $14.95 or less for FREE!  Wow!

The January Best Of Set is Best of Birthdays.  It is item number 132929 and costs $14.95.  It contains the following images:

The oval image is the new, never-before-seen image and coordinates with the Extra-Large Oval Punch.

The February Best Of Set is Best of Love.  It is item number 132987 and costs $14.95.  It contains the following images:

The "read my lips" image is the new, never-before-seen image.

The March Best Of Set is Best of Flowers.  It is item number 133342 and costs $14.95.  It contains the following images:

The daisy image is the new, never-before-seen image and coordinates with the 1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch.  Please note that some of the images are smaller than the original images.

The April Best Of Set is Best of Butterflies.  It is item number 133345 and costs $14.95.  It contains the following images:
The butterfly image in the top right corner is the new, never-before-seen image and coordinates with the Elegant Butterfly Punch.

The May Best Of Set is Best of Brides & Babies.  It is item number 133482 and costs $14.95.  It contains the following images:

The new, never-before-seen image in this set is the two little birds on the branch wishing a "Happy Anniversary."

To order the Best of Birthdays Set, Best of Love Set, Best of Flowers Set, Best of Butterflies Set, or Best of Brides & Babies Set please contact me at michelerey@aol.com or click on the Shop Now button in the upper right corner of my blog.  Then, just enter the item number of the set you want into the search box.

No Walk In Wednesday on 5/8/13

I'm really sorry, but I need to go ahead and cancel Walk In Wednesday for May 8.  I still have the tummy bug/head cold that I caught our last day in Fiji.  I just don't feel up to designing and prepping cards yet and I don't want to make y'all sick either!

I am hoping to have a Spring Fling Stamp Camp on Saturday, May 11 starting at 2 p.m. though.  We'll be making cards with a spring flair featuring products from the Spring Catalog and maybe a few sneak peek items that I got while in Fiji!  Be watching the blog for more information on the Spring Fling Stamp Camp.

Walk In Wednesday will resume on Wednesday, May 15.  Thanks for understanding!

Loot from Fiji Incentive Trip

Dave and I returned home from the Grand Vacation Incentive Trip last night.  We had a wonderful two weeks in New Zealand and then a fantastic week in Fiji as part of the Stampin' Up! Grand Vacation that I earned last year.  Stampin' Up! really spoiled us with prizes and pillow gifts throughout the week in Fiji.  Look at all the loot we got:

There's a backpack, a beach bag, a hat, a t-shirt, a rag rug, pottery beads, document wallets, a welcome letter from Shelli, a kava bowl (which we got to fill with candy each day), body lotion and body scrub, a Stamp Night Survival Kit for my husband, and lots of Stampin' Up! product!  I can't show you all of the product because some of it is new stuff from the new catalog (we got a couple of copies of it too!).  It was so much fun to go to the Hospitality Room each day to fill our bowl with candy, get cold bottles of Fiji Water from the fridge, and play bean bag toss to win Stampin' Up! product.  It was also fun to enter our room each night and find wonderful pillow gifts waiting for us!

We had a wonderful time and I'll be posting a few pictures from our travels every so often over the next few days.

Feel Goods Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

I should be in Fiji as you are reading this post!  This is the swap card I made for the Grand Vacation Incentive Trip that I earned with my sales and recruiting efforts last year.  I thought the sentiment and punch art bikini were perfect for the trip!  The designer paper I used also reminded me of the old song about the "itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini."  Sorry if you have that stuck in your head now!

  Uses Feel Goods Clear-Mount Set plus Clear-Mount Block D, Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin' Pad, Summer Starfruit Card Stock, Marina Mist Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Birds of a Feather Designer Series Paper, Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, 2-Way Glue Pen, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Trimmer, Paper Snips, Craft Scissors, Small Oval Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Multipurpose Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, and Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Oh, yes, if any bad guys are reading this, don't get any ideas!  We've got house sitters and my neighbors are keeping an eye on things too.

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April Club Contest Winners

Each month, I challenge the members of my Stampin' Clubs to create a project for a contest and submit it to me.  I assign a theme for them each month. 

For April, I challenged them to create a project that used Designer Series Paper in some way.  They could create any kind of project they wanted.  Products used didn't have to be current, but they did have to be Stampin' Up!

The winner this month was Alayne Kerbert with this lovely card (the picture doesn't do it justice at all!):

  Uses Bloomin' Marvelous Set (retired), Gumball Green Classic Stampin' Pad, Raspberry Ripple Classic Stampin' Pad, Raspberry Ripple Card Stock, So Saffron Card Stock, Sunny Garden Designer Series Paper (retired), Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack, Fire Circle Rhinestone Brads (retired), Pearl Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, 2-Way Glue Pen, Stamping Sponges, Stampin' Trimmer, Paper Snips, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Blossom Petals Builder Punch, Spring Flowers Punch (retired), Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Multipurpose Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, and Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Alayne notes that she used the Paper-Piercing Tool and Stampin' Pierce Mat to mark where to make the cuts for the lattice braid.

Missy Gosson got second place with this fun cowboy shirt card:

Uses Pretty Petites Set (retired), Language of Friendship Set, and A Round Array Set plus Midnight Muse Classic Stampin' Pad, Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad, Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad, Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad, Regals Collection Stampin' Write Markers (Not Quite Navy), Neutrals Collection Stampin' Write Markers (Chocolate Chip), Midnight Muse Card Stock, Crumb Cake Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, White uni-ball Signo Gel Pen, Jet Black StazOn Ink Pad, Silver Fox Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink (retired), Heat Tool, Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder, Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (retired), Early Espresso Baker's Twine, 3/16" Neutrals Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, Crystal Effects, Color Spritzer Tool, Stampin' Trimmer, Paper Snips, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Bird Builder Punch, 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Petite Curly Label Punch, Sew Mini, tissue, and paper bag.

To make the cord for the bolo tie, Missy dyed the Baker's Twine with StazOn Ink and twisted and doubled it up.  To make the denim pieces for the pants and belt loops, she added Midnight Muse and Island Indigo Ink Pads direct-to-paper on to Whisper White Card Stock.  She used the Soft Suede and Crumb Cake Ink Pads direct-to-paper on a piece of paper bag to make the belt.  The head of the peacock on the bolo tie closure is one of the leaves from the Language of Friendship Set punched out and trimmed down.  Missy stamped the belt buckle and bolo tie closure in Island Indigo Ink and quickly sprinkled on Clear Embossing Powder before heating. Then, she rubbed on the Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink and buffed it off with a tissue.

Items listed in purple are most likely retiring because they use a retiring color.  If they do retire, they will only be available while supplies last!

Alayne and Missy each get $5 off their next order.  Congratulations, ladies, they are fabulous cards!