Father's Day Cards

I made some of these father day cards. I learned how to fold the ties here.

The white shirt card takes one cut about an inch down the middle of the front of the card and then folded from that point to the edges.

The blue shirt card takes two cuts on the outside edges. There is a video tutorial in the last 45 seconds of this video. Easy Peasy.

Fresh cuts Card

This card only took me 2 min. to make! I even had to put my stamps together! Seriously. The die cuts stamps and card make this super quick! I stamped the large background in Certainly Celery. And the saying in Basic Gray. I used out our 5-petal flower punch with Basic Gray cardstock and but a brad through the middle.

I also whipped up another card with one of the leftover pieces that you punch out from your laser cut flower. I thought it looked like the flame of a birthday candle. I just sponged it with a little barely banana ink. I just used scraps that I had laying around from other cards to throw this one together. I always save all my scraps, "thinking" I'll use them, and I finally did!

Stampin'Up Dates to Remember

Retirement list will be posted on June 15th.

The mini occasions collections has been extended until June 30th.

Retiring accessories list will be posted July 21st.

The Spring and Summer catalog order period has been extended to August 10th.

New Fall and Winter Catalogs arrival by August 11th.

Sale-A-Bration dates for 2009 are to be February 1st. -March 31st.

Die Cut Stamps and Cards!

While the release of the new catalog is still a couple of months away, Stampin' Up! is offering us a sneak peek of two great products to come. The Fresh Cut stamp set is a design that is versatile and stylish.

All the stamps are die cut! This feature helps save you time and gets you stamping perfectly every time. In addition, the Fresh-Cut Notes are like no other precut cards we've ever offered. The notes package includes 15-4" x 4" laser-cut note cards with envelopes. The pair complements each other perfectly for a one-of-a-kind gift card or an exceptional hand-delivered thank-you card.

For a limited time when you purchase the brand new, die-cut Fresh Cuts stamp set, and add on the coordinating Fresh-Cut Notes for only $5!
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25% off Card Kit Bundle

Put down the phone, turn off the computer, and break free from the 'e'!Remember when you got letters in your mailbox instead of your inbox? On June 25, 2008, Stampin' Up! is taking the day to unplug and unwind, and reconnect on a personal level with friends and loved ones through handmade cards. And we invite you to eScape with us throughout the month of June!
Reconnect with your "wireless network" by attending an eScape event or hosting one of your own! Take advantage of the 25 percent discount on select items in the eScape bundle to help you create that special message from the heart.
eScape Bundle (item 113700):
(click on products to view in our online catalog)
Circle of Friendship stamp set (pg. 143) $17.95
Love Notes assortment (p. 167) $8.95
Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad (p. 165) $5.25
Very Vanilla 5/8" grosgrain ribbon (p. 191) $7.95
Total (non-bundled) $40.10
eScape Bundle price $30.00

We've got a great way to expand your toolbox! For the entire month of May, buy a Stampin'Up kit at such a great deal! Most people get the kit to join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator, but some do it just get lots of stuff for their dollar, and not to start their business.

This month, get 20% off the Starter Kit (reg. low price of 199), PLUS a free tin of Hodgepodge Hardware (p. 188) from the Spring-Summer Collection 2008 (a $27.95 value!).

The Starter Kit (p. 209) comes complete with all the tools you'll need to create wonderful works of art or to start a successful business--$359 worth of stamping and business supplies for only $159! Plus S&H is never added to the Kit! Construct your kit by selecting the nuts and bolts of your stamping supplies, and take your toolbox to the next level!

Contact me at ruthbschow@msn.com get $40 off the Starter Kit and FREE Hodgepodge Hardware!

Pick your own Starter Kit-items must be equal or lesser value
$30.95 -Stamp set
$30.95 -Stamp set
$20.95 -Stamp set
$12.95 -Stamp set
$13.95 -Stamp set
$6.50 -Stamp wheel
$3.95 -Stampin’ Around® Self-Inking Handle (regular)
$5.25 -Ink Cartridge (regular)
$24.95 -Stampin Pastels (Chalks)
$7.95 -1 package Assorted Cardstock Family (8 ½ by 11”)
$7.95 -1 package Assorted Cardstock Family (8 ½ by 11”)
$7.50 -Any Naturals (8 ½ by 11”) Cardstock
$6.95 -SNAIL Adhesive
$19.95 -Craft & Rubber Scissors
$14.95 -Stampin Scrub
$3.95 -Stampin Mist
$7.50 -Versamark Pad
$9.95 -Blender Pens
$5.25 -Classic Stampin’ Pad
$5.25 -Classic Stampin’ Pad
$5.25 -Classic Stampin’ Pad
$5.25 -Classic Stampin’ Pad
$5.25 -Classic Stampin’ Pad
$5.25 -Classic Stampin’ Pad
$27.95 -Hodgepodge Hardware
$296.50 -Total Stamp Products
Business Supplies
$28.00-Catalogs (8)
$3.95-First Impressions DVD
$1.40-Hostess Benefits Forms (10)
$6.50-Customer Order Forms (50)
$3.95-Guest Invitation Postcards (100)
$2.95-Mini Catalogs (8 – when available)
$1.50-To My Hostess Envelopes (10)
$2.50-Recruit Folders (5)
$4.95-Recruit Brochures (20)
1.45-Starter Kit Order Forms (5)
Hostess Benefits Order Forms
Exchange Order Forms
Getting started packet
Getting started DVD
$57.15-Subtotal of Business Supplies
Plus there isn't S&H charges on the Starter Kit saves you...$35.36

For $50 extra Add on Scrapbook Kit pick out your favortite
$19.95-Linen Post Album / 6" x 6" Brag Book
$8.95-Assorted color card stock (12" x 12")
$27.95-Alphabet Stamp Set
$19.95-Simply Scrappin’Kit®
$7.50-Craft Stampin’ Pad
$3.25-Stampin’ Write® Journaler
$87.55-Subtotal of Scrapbook Kit for $50.

Seriously, how could you pass up a deal like this???

Plus buy your supplies at a discount, have access to the demo website with tons of ideas and information, a monthy magazine with full color samples and an upline like me!!

Call or e-mail me with any questions---without any presure, I promise!

New Promotion!

This month, all of the Stampin' Up! chipboard products are 25% off with a $35 order. NO LIMIT! You can order as much as you want, including chipboard clipboards and a selection of books! Here is a complete list with promotional prices (all items are on pages 178-179 in the Spring/Summer Collection):

109181 On Board Blossoms & Basics $11.21
109179 On Board Ginormous Pieces $11.21
107925 On Board Bitty Book $7.46
108495 On Board 5" x 5" Art Journal $5.21
107065 On Board Art Journal (5-3/4" x 8-3/4") $7.13
107307 On Board Accents $9.71
109182 On Board Lots of Letters $9.71
109180 On Board Simon Upper $9.71
107306 On Board Simon Lower $9.71
109192 On Board Clipboard (13" x 7-1/2") $11.96
109190 On Board Clipboard (9" x 9") $5.96
109191 On Board Clipboard (4-1/2" x 9") $4.88
110713 On Board Book Basics Large $5.96
110712 On Board Book Basics Small $4.46

Plus when you buy the Cutting Mat (pg.184) you get the hobby blade plus 5 refill blades for FREE. It's "exactly" what you need for covering your chipboard projects with Designer Series Paper!

9x9 Tabletop Scrapbook Class May 30th

Come and make a darling a 9x9 Tabletop Scrapbook. Using our Chipboard and Home Again Simply Scrappin' Kit. Great for Dad's and Husbands for Father's Day!

There actually isn't any stamping involved with this class! Everything will be cut out and ready for you to put together with explicit instructions for you to take home and make more!!!

Plus there will be extra supplies to make cards or add to additional scrapbook pages!

The Class is Friday, May 30th. (choose a time) 9 am, Noon, or 6 pm. My house.

The cost is $20 and the sign-up deadline is the 23rd. If you bring a friend, you will get a gift from me. Bring more than one friend and I'll knock off $5 for every friend you sign-up plus a gift. If you bring more than 4 friends, well, I will have to figure that one out!

abc chipboard book

Here is a book I made out of the On Board Bitty Book and chipboard Letters from Stampin'Up. I covered the book with Designer Series paper and sanded the edges of the book to take off the excess paper. Gives a clean finished edge. I used Craft ink to dye the "a" and "c" letters. The "B" I also covered with paper...except the inside peices I also used Craft ink on.

The book comes with page protectors and I wheeled Whisper White CS with "My ABC's" wheel and wrote in the letters. Yes, wrote in the letters! The ABC Alphabet by SU fits perfect on the wheel lines, but I don't have that set! Hard to believe! If anyone would like to help me in reminding my husband that I DO need more stamps, I can surely give you his e-mail address! hehe. I made this so Bailey could use a dry erase marker to practice writing her letters (the page protectors make it possible to wipe off and write over and over again.) But alas, I haven't put all the pages into the book yet and she is getting so good at writing even without this cute book, I might just have to be selfish and keep it all to myself!

Here is the back of the book. For the Images that cordinate with the letters, I stamped and colored then punched out with the 3/4" circle punch. I used the word window punch, folded in half and then adhered the circles on either side of the page.

A Hip Hippo-ray!

Isn't this hippo so cute? He's out of a set named Pun Fun. It's one of the 6 sets that if you purchase the stamps, you get the jumbo wheel that cordinates for FREE! You have til the end of the month to take advantage of this promotion!

Three Colums! Yea!!

Does my blog look different to you? I have been trying to add a side column on the left and finally did it!!!! Don't ask me how, I just messed around with the HTML forever! I've tried to change it before and haven't been successful. Anyway, let me know if you like the layout!

Here is the slider card close up, since my video skills aren't up to par, yet!

Easter Sunday Girls

Here are the girls Easter Sunday...ready to go to church, but not without a fight! They look all smiles now, but Bailey sure didn't want to put that skirt on! I had the girls clothes all laid out and she came out of her room in something else and I told her that I let her choose what she wants to wear (within reason) every Sunday, but this Sunday, you are wearing what I picked out for you and Sloan. Needless to say, after quite a few tears and a while in timeout she put it on and surprisingly smiled for the camera!

Here are a few projects that I have done this month. I admid I'm a little slow at taking pictures and putting them on my blog. HOW do you other bloggers do it? Some people are great at posting them before the holiday, but with me, I just have to say "better late than never"!

Free Wheelin' Promotion

This promotion runs Mar 18th through the end of April. I Love wheels, and Jumbo wheels at that! How great to get them free with your stamp set! I've been trying to upload my flyer here but alas my computer skills or lack of, are disapointing me. But I have learned how to link it, so click here to see!
If anyone out there knows how to make my blog act like Diane's blog, I swear I will give you whatever you want! Seriously, make me an offer! Does she have a computer programer live with her?!? Someone enlighten me! I love how you can just click on her catalog, and it takes you right there! I've had to just put in a link above the picture of mine. Anyway, I have learned a lot just by trial and error on my blog, but it sure does take a while for me to figure it out!

Testing out my homemade Light box

Hey I'm trying out my Light box I made out of a cardboard Box~! I think it's going to work great!

Here is a card I made using a few techniques.

1. Dazzaling Diamond Dust. Cover the cardstock with the stamped images (old olive flower, temp.turquoise butterfly and rose red heart from Priceless stamp set) with Versamark and cover with Irridecent Ice Embossing Powder. Heat.
2. Use the A-3 setting on your Crop-a-dile to dry emboss dots along your rose red cardstock
3. Use your corner rounder with the guard off to make scallops
4. Color just the sides of your ribbon with a marker to have a custom color match.

Kelli's meeting

Here are some pictures I took from my upline Kelli's meeting last month. I have the best upline and sidelines! They come up with the greatest ideas! Hope you enjoy them as much as I did!


A beautiful card made by Melissa given to Vicky with one of my favorite sets: Embrace Life.


How cute are these? The picture doesn't do Amy's eggs justice! They are so sparkly in real life. And the jar has our rub-ons on it too!


Love this color combo!


Here's a stamp set that is free with Sale-a-bration!


I still can't get enough of the scallop punch or the Designer Series Paper! (Berry Bliss DS used here)

Here is a cute bag made with a set out of the new Occasions mini catalog and the Ginger Blossom DS paper.

TIN OF TEN CARDS

Here is a picture of the tin part of the project for my stamp camp. We will be using Designer Series paper to cover a tin box and make ten cards (envelopes included!) But that's not all...you will also make cute dividers to go inside the tin, too! This is a great gift for Mother's Day! Use as a reciepe box or card organizer.

It's Friday April 25th. Cost:$20. There will be choices of Paper also. Contact me to reserve your tin!

Open House Friday the 8th of Feb.

Hey everyone,

Here is the project for my Open House. Come by and look at the New Catalog, Learn some fun techniques, and make a Cute Valentine box for someone Sweet!

Sloan and the bug

Make sure and scroll down and pause the music before starting the video.

Re-Inker Ornaments

Night of Navy & Irridence glitter/ Burgundy & Irr. glitter/Burgundy & Gold glitter/Plum & Silver glitter

Night of Navy & Silver glitter/Old Olive & Irr. glitter/Night of Navy & silver glitter/Burgundy & Silver glitter

Bottom two: Old olive & Gold glitter/ Old Olive & Silver glitter

World Card Making Day

What could be better than having an official holiday to make cards?!? Having World Making Card Day be on your Birthday!!!

Yes, Saturday, October 6th is my birthday!!!

I'm so excited to have people over to stamp the day away! The cards we will be making are from the "Just like you" set. It's a stamp set that Stampin'Up donates $2.00 from the sale to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. I have cut out double the amount of paper so I would love to have everyone help me make some cards that I can donate to the families at the RMHC.

This is a FREE Event! So there shouldn't be any excuses to not be here to wish me a Happy Birthday and to help out a good cause!!! Just Contact me to reserve you a spot! SEE You All soon!

JAPreview

We are just starting to edit our Japan trip from over three years ago. We stayed in Kyoto most of the time and ventured to Kobe one day. We were lucky to be able to go with someone who spoke Japanese. Brandon did a great job translating and showing us around town. We were amazed at how such a big and busy city can be keep so clean. They recycle everything. They have recycle bins everywhere! So smart and easy to just seperate trash right when you toss it-We could learn a lot! One of our favorite things was go to a monkey habitat. It was so neat to just we hangin' out with them. I guess we felt right at home! We really had a great time.

I'm trying my hand at video editing...Here is a very ruff draft montage from our first tape.

Cute enough to eat!!

Used three of 6 of the new double-stitched ribbon. From Left to Right: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky and River Rock.

I colored the edges of celery grograin ribbon with a bashful blue marker. I got the idea from someone else, but I can't remember who. They had colored the middle of their ribbon red and the edges a different color. If this is you, give yourself the credit you are due!!!

I made these 3x3 swaps for Kelli's meeting tonight. I used the scallop punch and cut it in half for the cupcake top, and crimped a 1" strip of paper and cut in the shape of a bottom of a cupcake. I got the Idea of the scallop punch from Convention. They used the Big Bold Birthday Set (pg. 63 of catalog) but I don't have that set (yet!). So I improvised. I think they turned out so yummy. I actucally added bows to my swaps, but I like just the ribbon wraped around the cardstock, too!

Here's one that the cupcake frosting is Soft Sky in stead of white! I actucally think this could be my favorite...don't tell the others!

Aren't these so fun? I'm loving the 3x3 notecard!!!

Punch Box Class

Here are some samples of the cute 3x3 notecards I have been playing with for my Punch Box Class.

Stampin'Up Convention in Denver

We just got back Sunday from Denver. We had a great time learning new things, stamping and staying up way past our bedtime! I still haven't caught up on my sleep. SU's theme this year is "Dream Big". We all have dreams and goals and my hope is that they all come true! So, we might as well, make them Big! Right!?

This is us in our Hotel...on the 20th floor! We had a great view! And had a perfect stage for dancing...oh, what fun! Pictured from the left is Loni, Kelli, Nicole, Vicky, and Me~