Extra! Extra! Hostess Dollars

Do you live anywhere in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State?  Then schedule your next workshop with me right away and earn an additional $25 in FREE Stampin' Up! merchandise, starting with a $350 workshop order!  Or email me at krisshuels@gmail.com to learn more about hosting a virtual catalog workshop!  This special is only available now through August 31st, so get your workshop on the calendar today!

For example, if you host a $350 workshop, you'll receive:

• A free Level 1 or Level 2 stamp set of your choice.  To learn more, see pages 9 – 16 of the new catalog.
• Receive $65 in FREE Stampin' Up! product ($40 + $25) 
  Special gifts from me personally – a 20% off coupon to use with any one item of your choosing (10% off items over $99) and a pick of a free stamp set in my "goodie basket"!
• I'll hold the workshop in my home for you!  You provide the guests.  You get the hostess benefits.
• Workshop includes a personal demonstration, instruction and materials for two fun make & take project, lots of paper crafting tips and prizes!

Just Believe

What a gorgeous new stamp set this is — Just Believe!  There are so many possibilities with all of the pieces you're given.  You'll definitely be seeing this stamp set on my blog again!  When I saw the new color Daffodil Delight, I was interested in pairing it with Night of Navy for a very classic color combo.  Here I've begun with Night of Navy card stock as the card base and stamped the large flower image in the left corner.  Then I added a torn piece of Daffodil Delight designer paper from the Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack.  Next came a piece of Night of Navy 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon tucked under the designer paper and simply knotted at the end.  I inked the tag image with Stampin' Write Markers in the two main colors along with Garden Green, stamped on Whisper White card stock and cut it out with Paper Snips.  The sentiment is also contained in this terrific stamp set but it's in a long line so that it wouldn't fit in the frame.  No problem!  I simply stamped it on a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock and snipped out each individual word then popped them up using Dimensionals.

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:
Item No. 116948 Just Believe wood mount $33.95 OR
Item No. 120453 Just Believe clear mount $25.95
Item No. 117155 Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack $19.95
Item No. 120933 Night of Navy 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon $6.95
Item No. 103579 Paper Snips $9.95
Various Stampin' Write Markers $3.50 each

Don't Forget!

• To purchase your RIBBON, ACCESSORY and DESIGNER PAPER SHARES so that you can have a wide variety of elements for your designing needs!  Click HERE for details and to order.

Order Stampin' Up! products online 24/7 — click HERE!

More New Shares Offered!

My RIBBON SHARES are going over so well that I've decided to extend the date for an extra month so that you can take advantage of this great offer!  You'll be able to order Ribbon Shares through the end of August!  Click HERE to learn all about it and to purchase your share.

And I'm adding TWO additional product shares!  These shares will run from now until the end of August as well. 

ACCESSORY SHARE: 
This share is to help you get all of the FABULOUS, NEW Accessories!  Each Accessory Share includes:

• 1 of EVERY Button (72 Total!)
• 5 of EVERY Colored and NEW Metallic Brad (140 Total!)
• 1 of EACH Antique Brad (5 Total!)
• 2 of EACH Flower Brad (48 Total!)
• 2 of EACH Vintage Trinket Piece (12 Total!)
• 2 of EACH Paper Daisy (8 Total!)

To order each of these items individually would cost $157; purchase the share for just $38!

Click link below to order the Accessory Share.

If you're in the area, click link below to order the Accessory Share without shipping.

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DESIGNER PAPER SHARE:
This share is to help you get all of the DELICIOUS New Designer Papers featured on pages 172 – 175 of the 2010-11 Idea Book & Catalog! This share does NOT include the Presto Patterns Designer Series Paper OR the Nursery Suite Specialty Paper.

It DOES Include a 6"x6" piece of EACH piece of paper in EACH of the following assortments:

• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Sweet & Sour Specialty Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Wicked Fun Specialty Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Greenhouse Gala Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Woodland Walk Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Love Letter Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Celebrations Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Jolly Holiday Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Lap of Luxury Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Sunny Garden Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Blueberry Crisp Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Newsprint Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Elegant Soiree Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Build-A-Bear Workshop Pawsitively Prints II Designer Paper"
• 6, 6"x6" Swatches of "Play Date Designer Paper"
• 10, 6"x6" Swatches of "In Color Patterns Designer Paper"
• 20, 6"x6" Swatches of "Brights Patterns Designer Paper"
• 20, 6"x6" Swatches of "Subtles Patterns Designer Paper"
• 20, 6"x6" Swatches of "Regals Patterns Designer Paper"
• 20, 6"x6" Swatches of "Neutrals Patterns Designer Paper"

That's a total of 194 sheets of paper!!!!!

To order each of these packages individually it would cost you $312.44; purchase the share for just $40!

Click link below to order the Designer Paper Share.

If you're in the area, click the link below to order the Designer Paper Share without shipping.

Want to receive a FREE share?  Join my team of Stampin' Up! demonstrators as one of my direct recruits BEFORE August 27th and you'll receive a FREE share – either ribbon, accessory or paper (share determined by quantities available).  Click HERE for more information about joining my Team.

Trendy Trees and Island Oasis

I know that Trendy Trees isn't a brand new stamp set, but look at how "brand new" it looks in our brand new colors!  Every single day I work with our new color palette, I say to myself, "Yeah, we really needed this!"  And I didn't realize I had done it until I had loaded the card onto my blog — except for the Early Espresso replacing the Crumb Cake, I chose the same colors for this card as I chose for the color renovation on my blog!  No wonder I liked this card! 

I began this simple card with Early Espresso card stock, then added a tone-on-tone Old Olive designer paper from Island Oasis Designer Series Paper.  Next came a piece of Peach Parfait card stock stamped with a sentiment also from Trendy Trees.  I added a bit of paper piercing for interest using the Mat Pack and Paper Piercing Tool.  The main images are stamped in Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Peach Parfait and Old Olive Classic Ink, punched out with the 1-1/4" Square Punch and layered with Rich Razzleberry card stock punched out with the Square Scallop Punch.  Images are adhered with Dimensionals.  Be sure to order your Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line these trees up perfectly!

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:
Item No. 113258 Trendy Trees $17.95
Item No. 117173 Island Oasis Designer Series Paper $9.95
Item No. 119865 1-1/4" Square Punch $15.95
Item No. 119884 Scallop Square Punch $16.95
Item No. 101049 Stamp-A-Ma-Jig $11.95
Item No. 105826 Mat Pack $9.95
Item No. 116631 Paper-Piercing Tool $3.50

Don't Forget!

To spend a minimum of $50 with me and be entered into a drawing to win!  Ribbon Shares count as a qualifying $50 purchase!  Click HERE for details about the drawing!

Order Stampin' Up! products online 24/7 — click HERE!

Welcome, Judy!

A big From the Heart Stampers welcome to Judy Valentine from Westminster, Maryland, who joined our Stampin' Up! team this month!  Judy is already an avid stamper and brings over 6 years of experience to our team.  It's wonderful to have such a creative lady be a part of our Stampin' Up! family.  I created this card especially to welcome Judy.  I used a card base of Baja Breeze and paired it with Daffodil Delight and Poppy Parade.  The main image is the Stampin' Up! Statement of the Heart and the Eyelet Border Punch adds some nice interest to the bottom of the Poppy Parade border.  I decorated with some flowers from Eastern Blooms in Poppy Parade with Daffodil Delight accents.  A sliver of Chocolate Chip card stock acts as "thread" through the button from Brights Designer Buttons, and I've added a brad from the Brights Brads as well, then popped up the smaller flower with Dimensionals and curled the petals of the larger flower using a Bone Folder. 

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:
Item No. 111626 Eastern Blooms $21.95
Item No. 119761 Daffodil Delight 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon $6.95
Item No. 119747 Brights Designer Buttons $8.95
Item No. 119740 Brights Brads $6.95
Item No. 119853 Eyelet Border Punch $15.95

We had our final Stampin' Summer Bash, and I sold lots of my retired stamp sets and accessories.  But there's still a great deal of wonderful discounted products available! 

Don't Forget!

• To check out all of the great deals on retired stamp sets and accessories.  Click HERE for the list or go to "For Sale" in the navigation bar.

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Beautiful Flowers

I had such a wonderful surprise in the mail last week when I received these two beautiful cards from Missy Shipman congratulating me on my sales for the months of May and June.  Both of Missy's cards are summery and get their wow factor using Stampin' Up! buttons.

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:
Item No. 120415 Sweetheart stamp set wood mount $21.95 OR
Item No. 120780 Sweetheart stamp set clear mount $15.95
Item No. 117022 Perfect Punches stamp set wood mount $24.95 OR
Item No. 120516 Perfect Punches stamp set clear mount $17.95
Item No. 119849 Modern Label Punch $16.95
Item No. 117292 Old Olive 5/8" Satin Ribbon $8.95
Item No. 117167 Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper $9.95
Item No. 119747 Brights Designer Buttons $8.95

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:
Item No. 115066 Simply Said stamp set $28.95
Item No. 115964 Elegant Bouquet textured impressions embossing folder $7.95
Item No. 119854 1-3/4" Scallop Circle $16.95
Item No. 119970 3/8" Twill Tape $5.95
Item No. 119747 Brights Designer Buttons (Old Olive) $8.95
Item No. 119745 Subtles Designer Buttons (Pretty in Pink) $8.95
Item No. 119744 Regals Designer Buttons (More Mustard) $8.95

Don't Forget!

To spend a minimum of $50 with me and be entered into a drawing to win!  Ribbon Shares count as a qualifying $50 purchase!  Click HERE for details about the drawing!

Order Stampin' Up! products online 24/7 — click HERE!

Perfect Punches meets Eastern Blooms

I'm congratulating Ruth Petrovich yet again!  She's recruited her fourth team member since joining my Stampin' Up! team of demonstrators at the end of February!  Way to go, Ruth!  Ruth's special card has lots of brand new products!  I started with a card base of a new Subtles Collection core color Marina Mist.  A piece of Poppy Parade Designer Paper comes from the Level 1 Hostess Designer Series Paper Pack that you can earn free with the purchase or workshop total of $150.  That's backed with some Daffodil Delight card stock.  Next comes a piece of Daffodil Delight 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon with a Marina Mist button found in the Subtles Designer Buttons pack.  I cut just a sliver of Poppy Pizzazz card stock to act as "thread" through the button.  The main image is from Eastern Blooms stamp set.  I used Poppy Pizzazz and Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Markers to color the image directly on the rubber then added Daffodil Delight Brads from the Brights Brads pack using a Mat Pack and Paper Piercing Tool after backing it with Poppy Parade card stock.  The sentiment is from a brand new stamp set called Perfect Punches.  What a fun stamp set!  Each stamp coordinates with one of our great punches for easy to use images.  In this case, my image was punched out with Modern Label Punch.  I stamped it twice – once in Poppy Pizzazz and again in Chocolate Chip, then cut out the oval and layered it with Dimensionals.

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:
Item No. 117022 Perfect Punches wood mount $24.95 OR
Item No. 120516 Perfect punches clear mount $17.95
Item No. 111626 Eastern Blooms $21.95
Item No. 121028 In Color DSP Pack – earn free!
Item No. 119745 Subtles Designer Buttons pack $8.95
Item No. 119740 Brights Brads pack $6.95
Item No. 119761 Daffodil Delight 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon $6.95
Item No. 119849 Modern Label Punch $16.95

Don't Forget!. 

• To purchase your Card Kit of the Month!  Click HERE for details and to order.
  

A Word For Everything

The two featured stamps sets in this card are For Everything and A Word for You.  I began thinking that I would use more of the Island Oasis Designer Series Paper but ended up only pulling out the Pumpkin Pie Polka Dot sheet from the packet.  But this gorgeous, summery paper pack did help me get started with a terrific color scheme — Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red and Old Olive.  For some reason, this stamp set really lends itself to 3"x6" cards.  See my Card Kit of the Month which also features For Everything along with Flower Brads.  I stamped a tone-on-tone image on the Rose Red card stock base, then added Old Olive card stock punched with the Eyelet Border Punch.  Next came the polka dot designer paper followed by the main image popped up on lots of Dimensionals.  I used a Silver Mini Library Clip and added just a snip of Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon using a Mini Glue Dot.  A Pumpkin Circle Fire Rhinestone Brad acts as a glitzy center for the flower, and a little Dazzling Diamonds glitter held on with 2-Way Glue Pen gives the butterfly some shine.  Don't you just love the font of the new sayings in A Word For You!  Use both lines of the saying together or simply use a Stampin' Write Marker to highlight just the first line.  This sentiment stamp set is sure to be one of this year's most popular sets.

Want to be able to use just a snip of different ribbons on your card or scrapbook creations?  Here's a great way to get all of the ribbons at a very affordable price!  Check out my RIBBON SHARE and order today!

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:
Item No. 116954 For Everything wood mount $24.95 OR
Item No. 120459 For Everything clear mount $17.95
Item No. 117032 A Word For You wood mount $21.95 OR
Item No. 120528 A Word For You clear mount $16.95
Item No. 117173 Island Oasis Designer Series Paper $9.95
Item no. 119253 Pumpkin Pie 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon $5.95
Item No. 109110 Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads $10.95
Item No. 109857 Mini Library Clips $12.95

Don't Forget!

• To spend a minimum of $50 with me and be entered into a drawing to win!  Ribbon Shares count as a qualifying $50 purchase!  Cick HERE for details about the drawing!

Word Play and Travel Journal DSP

I just love when the ole' brain clicks on and I get some inspiration for combining products!  I wanted to use my new stamp set called Word Play and I love this particular image.  I decided to make my husband a "just because" card and maybe slip it into his briefcase before he leaves for work one morning.  So now to come up with a masculine color scheme.  But wait!  I have a whole package of  Travel Journal Designer Series Paper from the Summer Mini Catalog that I haven't even opened!  Those colors would be perfect for him!  And then the real light comes on!  The map paper is just perfect with the "world" sentiment!  Oh, yeah!  I'm cookin' now!

The rest was easy — the "world" saying just had to be in a circle, right?  I simply colored in different parts of the stamp with my Stampin' Write Markers to coordinate with the colors of the designer paper, added a bit of Pumpkin Pie 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon and I'm done!  Color scheme is Pumpkin Pie, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Garden Green.  Main circular image is popped up on Dimensionals.  I think he'll really like this one!

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:
Item No. 120308 Word Play wood mount $41.95 OR
Item No. 120651 Word Play clear mount $28.95
Item No. 117156 Travel Journal Designer Series Paper $9.95
Item No. 119760 Pumpkin Pie 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon $6.95
Various Stampin' Write Markers $3.50 each

Don't Forget!

To spend a minimum of $50 with me and be entered into a drawing to win!  Ribbon Shares count as a qualifying $50 purchase!  Click HERE for details about the drawing!

Order Stampin' Up! products online 24/7 — click HERE!

August Card Kit of the Month

The Card Kit of the Month Program – August 2010
Featured Set: “For Everything” and Featured Accessory: Subtles Flower Brads
Featured Stamp Set for the YEAR: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Kits are the stamping classes that come right to your door!  You'll receive the supplies to create SIX of EACH design shown above–that means all of the consumable supplies that you need to create 12 cards total (adhesive excluded).  You'll also receive 2 additional full-color samples of "alternative" cards that you can make with the combined contents of the kit.  In addition, you'll receive detailed step-by-step instructions on how to complete each of the four designs.  The price of the Card Kit is just $20–that's less than $1.70 per card!  Orders for the Card Kits must be received by August 15th.  You'll receive your kit by the end of the month.

Special offer for August:  Purchase the Card Kit and receive the coordinating stamp set "For Everything" and the featured accessory "Subtles Flower Brads" at 20% off!

New this year:  Teeny Tiny Wishes will be a featured set for the entire year!  That means every month, we'll be using this stamp set so that you have a wide assortment of greetings with which to work.  Since the size of all of the greetings is the same, you can select ANY of the greetings in this stamp set for ANY card. 
Please Note: I am glad to ship kits directly to you! If the kit needs to be shipped, there will be an extra $3.50 shipping charge.

Click HERE to view details of the kit.  To order the card kit of the month and pay via check or money order, please e-mail me at krisshuels@gmail.com or call me at 585-746-6978.

To order the card kit of the month now using a secure checkout, click the Buy Now link below:

To order the card kit of the month including $3.50 shipping using a secure checkout, click the Buy Now link below:

Don't Forget!

• To check out all of the great deals on retired stamp sets and accessories.  Click HERE for the list or go to "For Sale" in the navigation bar.

Order Stampin' Up! products online 24/7 — click HERE!