Seize The Opportunity!

Do you love discounts and free products?  Stampin' Up! has changed the Starter's Kit and is having a promotion for more FREE products when you join!  You get to customize your Starter's Kit by choosing up to $125 worth of any current digital or traditional Stampin' Up! products for just $99. In addition, you'll receive a business supplies pack, containing materials you need to run your business (valued at $65) in your kit.

For the month of June, you will also get products from the brand new Patio Party Suite absolutely FREE, including the Make a Cake Stamp Set, Patio Designer Series Paper, and the Patio Party Digital Collection DVD!  That's up to $48 in additional FREE products!  For more details, click HERE.  To join, click on the image below.

During June and July, you will also have an opportunity to earn an additional $50 in hostess FREE merchandise dollars for hosting a workshop of $450 or more - that's in addition to the $65 you already receive for a $450 workshop!  Click HERE for more details.

Talking about food with the cake, how about a calorie-free apple that will last forever!

I made this as one of the gifts for my son's teacher using the Full Heart and Bird Builder punches.  I got this idea from Donna on Stampin' Connection, a website exclusive for demo - another benefit for joining now!

To place your order, click HERE.

Have a wonderful day!

Danee

Promotion and Carryover Updates

There's a few exciting announcements I want to share with you. If you love the sets in the Occasions Mini Catalog, you are in luck! Because of the short time period between the end of the Occasions Mini Catalog and the launch of the 2012-2013 annual catalog, Stampin' Up! has decided to make the carryover stamp sets available early!  The following stamp sets are still available for purchase.  Stamp Set Name  Item Number  Wood-Mount  Clear-Mount  Baby Prints          125470      125472  Love & Laughter  125475  125477  Bordering on Romance  125480  125482  Apothecary Art  125525  125527  Mixed Bunch  125535  125537  Tea Shoppe  125545  125547  Mouthwatering  125675  125677  Loving Thoughts      125843  125845  Salon de thé  125934  125936  Etiquetas florales  --          125941          Art floral  125964  125966

Many of the accessories from the Occasions Mini Catalog are still available as carryover products as well.

Occasions Mini Catalog Carryover List

Retired Stamp Set List

Retired Accessories List

Starting in May, there is a new Starter's Kit where you can choose up to $125 worth of any current digital or traditional Stampin' Up! products for only $99 with NO shipping!  You customize your own Starter Kit!  In addition, you'll receive a business supplies pack, containing materials you need to run your business (valued at $65).  To take advantage of the opportunity, click HERE.

 
Finally, many of you have asked for directions on how I made my First Communion favors from this post.  Here is a template that I create for myself.  Don't mind the funky color paper as I use whatever I don't need any more to create prototypes and templates and save the high quality card stock for the real thing. :)

Cut card stock to  3-1/2" x 8-1/2".  

Score 1/2" and 3" on the short side.  

Score 3-1/8", 3-5/8", 6-3/4" and 7-1/4" on the long side.  

Cut off the sides from the 8-1/2" end - up to the second scoreline.  

Cut and punch out the rest of the box as shown on the template.

The ribbon is 6" long.

You can get 3 boxes out of a sheet of card stock for this.  To mass produce, I cut off only 1/2" from the 11" side of the card stock, score my long sides and then cut up 3-1/2" for each box.  It saves times.  This is when the Simply Scoring Tool comes in very handy!  Have I told you how much I really love using it?  I LOVE IT!

Have a great day! Of course, have fun, too!

Danee

Trendy Trees

We had such a wonderful week last week! We went to Monterey and stopped by the Outlet which is close to the Aquarium. Look at this candy store! The kids were in candy heaven! Too much sugar, Babies!

The retired stamp list is up.  These stamp sets are available only until May 31st, 2012.  So make sure you order your favorite stamp sets before they are gone!  Please click on the photo below for a complete list in PDF.

These are 3" x 3" love notes  using the Trendy Trees stamp set, which is on the retired list.  They are really fast, fun and easy to make!  I also make a pizza box to hold them.

Have a fantastic day!

Danee

Thoughts of You

I still love the Everyday Enchantment DSP and will miss it when Sale-A-Bration is over!  Today, I combine this beautiful DSP with Fresh Vintage and Loving Thoughts stamp sets.  Check out my Celebration Time post for more details on how to get this paper and my Cute Critters tutorial for free.  It's great with my Flower Gift Box, don't you think?

Have a great day!

Danee

With All My {Heart}

I love Everyday Enchantment DSP!  The paper is so pretty and it's so perfect for many themes.   I was inspired by the idea for this heart candy box using the Heart and the 1-3/8" Square punches here.  I decide to make these little note cards with a treat in between the heart for my son's Staff/Teacher's Appreciation Day and people who have been supporting him for his fundraising events.

It's great for Valentines and many other occasions.   I add Dotto, temporary adhesive, in the back of the box so it's removeable.  

Since I mass produce these 3-D notes and make the box fits better between the hearts, I change the measurement a little bit.  If you are interested in an example of how to plan and cut for mass production for this project, send me an email or leave me a comment.  If there's enough interests, I'll put a quick tutorial for you.

Edit for update:  Thank you for all your requests for tutorial!  I've sent the tutorial out to those who have left an email address or have emailed me.  If you like a complimentary copy of this tutorial, please leave me a comment with your email address or contact me.

Stampin' Up! is having another promotion.  There's a FREE 30-day trial on My Digital Studio Express.

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With the FREE 30-day trial, you’ll get:
* Full access to the software at NO COST for 30 days.
* Full design functionality.
* Exclusive artwork that comes with My Digital Studio Express—that’s $50 worth of content!
* Opportunity to purchase additional downloads from designer templates to stamp brush sets--and everything in between.
* Access to our professional print services.

Once the 30-day free trial period is over, you can purchase the downloadable or disc version of the software to continue using it. You'll simply open up the trial version you already have on your computer, and will be prompted to enter the product registration key you received after purchasing the software. (You'll receive this key via e-mail if you purchase the downloadable version, and you'll find it along with your shipped software if you purchase the disc version.)   Hope you will give it a try!

Have a great weekend!

Danee

Send With Love - Matchbox

A simple, yet elegant, way to give for Valentines or for Wedding favors - Send with Love and Chocolate inside! I love the way Angie Juda ties her ribbons with extra colors in between.  So I give it try.  I use the Matchbox die, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, P.S. I Love You and It's A Wrap Occasions stamp sets.

Don't forget the Sale-A-Bration and my exclusive promotions!

1. For every $50 purchase (exclude shipping & tax), you earn a free product in the SAB catalog.
2. Get free exclusive shopping tote and more when you host a workshop.  Learn more here.
3. Save $50 on the starter kit (NOW $125) when you join plus a choice of free pack of Designer Series  Paper or digital download every month for the rest of the year.  Read more details here.
4. Get my free tutorials for the Cute Critters Collection (under Tutorials for Sale) when you spend $50 or more or join my team.  Click here for more details.

Have you check out Inking Everything with Becky yet?  Come on over and join the fun!

Have a great day!

Danee