Creative Tuesday and New Catalog Preview Event!

This month's Creative Tuesday classes are simply gorgeous!  And class is less than 2 weeks away – time to register!

As always there are TWO great class options this month.  Make lovely, springy cards you can use for many occasions with our Stamp-A-Stack class.  You'll love having these beauties on hand.  The second class is a class called "Mocha Morning card set.  You'll make 4 elegant cards and a card holder perfect for weddings, birthdays, sympathy, get well and more.

Creative Tuesday is EXTRA SPECIAL this month because it will also be a NEW CATALOG PREVIEW EVENT! All attendees will get the NEW 2012-2013 Annual Catalog EARLY before it goes live on June 1st — even more reason to sign up today!

The Mocha Morning Class Registration Deadline was slated for today but has been extended to Tuesday May 22nd – just 5 days left to register!

The deadline to sign up for the Stamp-A-Stack Class is Thursday, May 24th.

I hope to see you at one or both.  If you can't attend, BOTH classes are available "on the go" this month!

May 29th from 6:30 – 9:30 pm OPEN hours
at 1000 Winton Road North, Rochester NY 14609 

Here's a look at the "Stamp-A-Stack" line up for May – Make 4 of each of the 2 designs for a total of 8 finished cards! 

NOTE: Multiple Sentiment Options will be available

Make 8 cards, 4 of each design, for $20 or FREE with a $25 order placed during Creative Tuesday hours!   

No need to pre-pay, but I do need to know you're coming by May 24th in order to prepare your projects. Simply call or e-mail me to order your card kit.

May 29th from 6:30 – 9:30 pm OPEN Hours
PRE-PAY DEADLINE: Monday, May 21st
at 1000 Winton Road North, Rochester NY 14609 

Here's a look at what you'll make at the Mocha Morning Card Set Class -  make all 4 cards and a cardholder.

Class also includes: A FULL pack of Paper Daisies, a FULL pack of Pearl Jewels and 4 envelopes — go home with the leftovers!

NOTE: Multiple sentiment options will be available

You'll make 4 stunning cards (alternative sentiments available) and a coordinating card holder in which to store them. You'll also receive 4 envelopes that will also fit in the holder. Additionally, you'll receive a FULL pack of Paper Daisies and Pearl Jewels – use them to make your projects and go home with what's left over!

To pre-pay your registration fee of $25, click below:

To pre-pay your registration fee of $25 and "on the go" shipping, click below:

Last Chance Favorites: Flower Fancy

I love Stampin'  Up!'s two-step stamping sets – sets that build images using coordinating stamps.  And Flower Fancy was one of my all-time favorites; I'm going to really miss this one!  As you can see from the cards below, I used it a lot.

Order Item No. 111578 Flower Fancy for $36.95 in wood mount only.  Click HERE to get started with your order.  Remember Kriss's Online Customer Perks! – Earn free stamp sets with every $40 purchase!

Last Chance Favorites: Curvy Verses

Curvy Verses is one of my "go to" sentiment stamp sets – don't know what I'm going to do without it!  Get yours while you still can; it retires May 31st, and after that, it's gone forever!

Order Item No. 114948  Curvy Verses $23.95 – click HERE to get started with your order.

Last Chance Favorites: Upsy Daisy

Upsy Daisy's been one of my favorite stamp sets – and it's soon to retire.  Here are some cards from past posts using this gorgeous set.  Be sure to order it before May 31st; after that, it'll be gone forever!

Order Item No. 111710 Upsy Daisy $18.95 – click HERE to get started with your order.
 

Occasions Mini Stamp Sets Still Available

If you loved 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 made the carryover stamp sets available early!

The following stamp sets are available for purchase now. I hope you will enjoy this extra little sneak peak to the annual catalog.

REMINDER:  Remember to order your favorite retiring stamp sets and accessories.  Many accessories are selling out each day.  Click to view STAMPIN' UP! RETIRING ACCESSORIES LIST which is automatically updated each day.  Click HERE to view the STAMPIN'  UP! RETIRING STAMP SETS LIST.  Order in my online store 24/7 HERE and earn Kriss's Online Customer Perks!

Doing Disney with Stampin’ Up!

A huge thank you to all of my fantastic customers and team members for helping to send my husband and me on Stampin' Up!'s Annual Incentive Trip to Disney! We just got back last night and had a WONDERFUL time! I thought I would share some highlights with you.

Thanks to having my husband with me, I have some great pictures of our trip!  I've vow to create a My Digital Studio scrapbook with them all and hope to share some of the pages in the not too distant future.  For now, here are a couple of Disney shots:

One of the best things about earning the Disney trip was being able to go with my daughter, son-in-law and grandson.  Seeing Disney through the eyes of a three year old was wonderful!

Here we are waiting for our Safari Expedition at the Animal Kingdom.  From left to right, my husband Glenn, me with grandson Landon, my son-in law Brad and team members Jen Rios-Raner and Cat Powers.

Here are the girls getting ready to eat dinner in Mexico!

Disney at night is spectacular!

The room at the Boardwalk Resort was really nice!

Glenn and I had lunch – just the two of us – at Epcot in Japan.  The gardens were incredible . . . and so was the sushi!

Here's the gorgeous sweatshirt we were able to purchase – notice the Stampin' Up! logo on the sleeve, and the "enchantment" theme on the pocket.

No Stampin' Up! incentive trip is complete without pillow gifts – they spoil us like crazy!  Here's the first pillow gift we received – a journal created with My Digital Studio!

We also got lots of goodies from the NEW Catalog, but we're not allowed to post those until June 1st — you're gonna love them! I am able to share a picture from a display board that was made using some of the new product, though! Look closely and you'll see the "new"….

I've already earned the Fiji Incentive Trip for next year and am excitedly anticipating being spoiled again!  Oh, do I have to wait a whole year!

Stampin’ Up! Retiring Accessories List & HUGE Discounts

New Clearance Rack Items Available

Stampin' Up! has just added 55 NEW Clearance Rack items to the Online Store, including a number of punches, dies, and accessories. Be sure to check out these high-quality discontinued Stampin' Up! products at clearance prices! Click HERE to go to my Online Store, and have fun shopping.  Remember, your online orders with me qualify for Kriss's Online Customer Perks – read all about this buying program HERE.

Here are some of my favorites in the Clearance Rack:

And while you're there, don't forget to add on some of the Summer Smooch products available as a sneak peek to the new upcoming catalog .  Click here to download and print the Summer Smooches flyer.

Happy Easter – Christ Is Risen!

Have a most blessed Easter.  So sorry I didn't share these cards with you sooner, but maybe there are some of you who have waited until the last minute to make your Easter cards.  And you can also save these ideas until next year!  Be sure to purchase Easter Dove single stamp before the Occasions Mini Catalog retires on April 30th so that you can make these gorgeous cards in the future.

I took these photos of our demonstrator-created card display at Leadership Conference in January.  Sorry that two of the pictures are quite blurry, but they were gorgeous designs and I couldn't re-take the pictures!  All cards are made by Stampin' Up! demonstrators who attended Leadership; I don't have the designers' names to share.

Great idea using the Paper Doily Large Sizzlits Die!

Love this folded paper cross using the Sale-A-Bration Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper – any of our beautiful designer papers will work!

Gorgeous background using Houndstooth Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  Love the flowers from Bordering on Romance stamp set!

Very cool use of the Lattice Die!

Just adore the brayered colors and lily.

All cards use Easter Dove single stamp set, Item No. 125455 for just $6.95.

DON'T FORGET TO: 
~ Place your order for Easter Dove stamp set and all your other stamping supplies with me at my Online Store and receive Kriss's Online Customer Perks!
~ Register for Creative Escape – a weekend crafting retreat.  We're already at over 50% capacity! – click HERE for more details.

Lots of Blossoms!

I finally got to making all of my Leadership 2012 make & take projects – I never get them finished at the actual event – and I wanted to share a couple of them with you.  I love everything about the one above – the color scheme, the layout and all the different products that went into it.  In fact, all of the projects I'm going to show you are created with some terrific coordinating products found in the Occasions Mini Catalog – Mixed Bunch stamp set, Blossom Punch and Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit.  I just love using these three products together!  You'll notice on this card that there are 3 different flowers stacked up to create the central motif.  The Rich Razzleberry flower and the Real Red polka dot flower are from the Blossom Builders Kit - the Daffodil Delight and Whisper White flower in the middle was created by stamping the Mixed Bunch stamp set image and then punching with the Blossom Punch.

Here's another great card using the Mixed Bunch stamp set for the background tone-on-tone flowers and the three central flowers from the Blossom Builders Kit.  Buttons come from the Brights Button Pack, and Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine is strung through the center of the middle button.  The banner that "wonderful" is stamped on even comes in the Blossom Builders Kit, and the stamp itself is from Loving Thoughts stamp set.

I thought this card was really unusual and very pretty.  Color scheme is Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry and Basic Gray designer paper from the Twitterpated Designer Series Paper.  There's Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine wrapped twice around the  designer paper, and the tag is stamped with the "happiness" sentiment from Loving Thoughts stamp set.  The Rich Razzleberry flower in the back is a flower from Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit, as are the fun Pink Rhinestones – you get 30 pink rhinestones in 2 different sizes with the kit!  Notice how we used the large pink rhinestone in the center then put lots of the tiny ones around it.  The middle flower in the layer is stamped from Mixed Bunch stamp set on Very Vanilla card stock using Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink, and the top small Very Vanilla flower is also from the Blossom Builders Kit.

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:
Item No. 125410 Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit $9.95
Item No. 125535 Mixed Bunch wood $27.95 OR
Item No. 125537 Mixed Bunch clear $21.95
Item No. 125603 Blossom Punch $16.95
Item No. 125843 Loving Thoughts wood $29.95 OR
Item No. 125845 Loving Thoughts clear $23.95
Item No. 125572 Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine $2.95
Item No. 119747 Brights Designer Buttons $8.95
Item No. 125406 Twitterpated Designer Series Paper $10.95

Make your own set of 6 cards and file folder cardholder using the Blossom Builders Kit you'll receive at my upcoming class on April 26th! Click HERE to register and for more details.