January 24, 2013 Canal Street Class Cards

The top 2 cards were taught by Nancy.  The bottom two cards were taught by Carrie.  If you are assembling these at home, the bottom card has a choice of birthday or valentine or leave it off for a more generic card.  The third card used the Sale-A-Bration set Feeling Sentimental?  It's my favorite sale-a-bration set.  What is your favorite sale-a-bration set?  Leave me a comment by February 14th and there will be a prize drawing to win a Sale-A-Bration set in March.  You can order this set now for free my placing a $50 order now through March 22.  Go to my online store http://carrieking.stampinup.net

Vintage Bike

Do you love vintage cards?  I do.  Two Sale-A-Bration sets are great for vintage cards:  Feeling Sentimental and Vintage Verses.  Get them free until March 22 with a $50 purchase.  Do you need both?  Buy $100 of product and earn both of them.  The First Edition Specialty Paper is great for these cards. #121878 for $12.95  It has 24 sheets of 12x12 (that's double the number of sheets of other Designer Series Papers).  Other must haves for vintage cards are the Color Spritzer tool pg. 179 of the anual catalog item #107066 $12.95 used with the markers to make ink spots.  Stamping sponges #101610 $3.50 for 3 cut into 8 wedges are great for distressing the edges of paper with ink.  Also try out the  new Stampin' Distressing tool in the Spring Catalog  page 14 item #127562 $4.95.  It roughs up the edges of paper.  Click her to shop my online store

Bloomin' Marvelous Butterfly

This bloomin' Marvelous Sale-A-Bration stamp set matches the bitty butterfly punch in the Spring catalog(#129406 $15.95).  The flower was quick to make with the Pop-Up Posies designer Kit pg 18 of the Spring catalog (#131395 $12.95)   Buy the punch and another $34.05 of product and the stamp set is free.  Don't wait this promotion ends March 22.  Click Here to Shop my online store

Pretty Petites and Petite Curly Label are Yummy

I had to try out my new Sale-A-Bration stamp set and punch.  What do you think?  Pretty yummy looking?  Host a party during Sale-A-Bration and you can get the stamp set or punch with a $50 purchase for free.  You could then earn the main image stamp set A Cherry on Top which is a hostess exclusive stamp set.  Every party $150 and over the hostess get free silver glimmer paper in addition to the normal hostess dollars. If the party is $400 the hostess earns a bundle (Madison Ave. stamp Set, Sycamore Street designer series paper, a button and ribbon pack).

My First Sketch Challenge

Well Folks this is my first attempt at posting on a challenge site.  I used the new Spring Catalog Designers Series Paper Tea for Two.  The stamp set is Tea Shoppe.  I used the Window Frames Collection Framelits a carry over item found on page 36 of the Spring catalog.
The card base Lucky Limeade 5 1/2 x 4, banner mat 2 1/8 x 4
The Designer Series Paper banner 2 x 4
Pink Piroutte Window Frame
Very Vanilla tag and cup
Embellished with pearls and glitter brad
I did a heat emboss with versa mark ink and clear embossing powder and use Pretty in Pink ink to do an emboss resist.  I cut it out and popped it up with demensionals.  See other paper players cards using this sketch

Paper Pumpkin Monthly Kit Subscription

Do you want a little creative escape each month? Do you miss coming to our Canal Street Class when you go back North for the Summer? Here is your answer. Sweep away the mundane-your creativity carriage awaits!

I'm Paper Pumpkin . . . I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage). I'll help you to escape your life with some paper fun. I come in a sweet box, but you'll really love what you find on the inside: All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create pinable projects. Create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more! Paper Pumpkin by Stampin' Up! is a new monthly kit program that anyone (even you) can enjoy!

Get Started It's so easy to get started. Simply sign up for the program starting Monday, January 14 by visiting www.mypaperpumpkin.com and click Get it. BE SURE TO ADD CARRIE KING AS YOUR DEMONSTRATOR with A ZIPCODE OF 32162  SO I WILL GET CREDIT. Every month a new, surprise project kit arrives at your doorstep. Just think of the anticipation of creating a fun project to pin, showoff, and share with your friends and family-every month! Of course, you'll want to know more.

 So here's the nitty gritty:
•Each month we send you a unique, surprise kit with a project-cards, journals, décor, and more! (We've even color-coordinated, measured, and cut everything for you!)  •Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, and accessories-everything but adhesive. •Each kit gives you a 30-minute creativity escap
•We will ship your Paper Pumpkin on or around the 15th of the month
 •You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month. (Let's say you sign up on May 10th, we'll send your kit around May 15th. If you sign up on May 11th, we'll send your first kit around June 15th.)
  •A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!)
  •There's no commitment, you can cancel your monthly Paper Pumpkin at anytime. You can also skip a month if you want.

Here's How You Order Sign up for your monthly Paper Pumpkin starting Monday, January 14 by visiting http:/// www.mypaperpumpkin.com and click Get it. A Free Gift in Your Very First Kit The Welcome Kit is the very first Paper Pumpkin you will receive in your first month of membership. The Welcome Kit includes a free gift-a clear acrylic block! Why not invite friends to purchase also and get together once a month and put your kits together. It's an instant girls night out party. All kits come with a picture of the completed project and easy instructions. You will be building a collection of ink spots markers and small stamps that can be used for future projects. This is a perfect kit for those of you that want to craft at home but don't want to have a lot of stuff to store. Please remember to enter my name under demonstrator when you join.   To subscribe CLICK HERE

January 10,2013 Canal Street Cards

These are Nancy Thompson's cards from Canal Street Recreation Center from the 10th.  Thank you Nancy for covering class by yourself so I could attend Leadership in Orlando.  Keely Sicher did a great job helping with the class.  I hear that lining up the embossed image to cut with the Secret Garden framelits was a bit of a challenge but certainly worth the beautiful results!