Stampin' Up! Simply Amazing Starter Kit Promo ends TONIGHT!

Hello Stamping Friends,

Just a note to let you know that Stampin' Up!'s amazing Starter Kit offer at 50% off ends tonight.  Yup!  The Starter Kit's low price of $107.50 ends tonight.   I can't believe how amazing this deal is.  This is a GREAT Christmas gift idea if not for you for another stamper on your Christmas gift giving list. 

It is so simple to purchase it....simply go on-line to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website, click on "Start my own business" located on the right, then click on "Join Now" located on the left and follow the easy step by step instructions.  My on-line password is "inkspired".

I would love to have you join my "Inkspired Ladies" team.  We would have so much fun sharing and creating.  A bonus is the amazing benefits you will receive with no obligation to sell or host stamping events, unless you want.  Please join me on my stamping team spreading creativity & inspiration one creation at a time.

Anyone who purchases the Starter Kit today name's will be entered into a draw for a FREE STAMP SET of their choice valued up to $35.95.  I will be drawing the name tomorrow and contacting the lucky winner!

Happy Stamping!
Michelle 

Christmas Card Silent Auction

Above is an assortment of 15 Christmas cards (3 each of 5 different designs) along with envelopes that I am auctioning off. This Silent Auction is on behalf of my Husband's Movember moustache. I thought this would be a great way to try and raise some funds for him. If you are interested in winning these 15 Christmas cards, please post your bid in the comment section below or email me and I will add your bid to the comment section below for you. The silent auction will end on the evening of Sunday, November 28, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. On that evening, I will contact the lucky person with the highest bid to make arrangements to give them their Christmas cards selection as well as collect their bid amount. Please note if you are the lucky winner you will receive a charitable tax receipt once your bid amount has been processed through my Husband's Movember page. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks for your support and good luck!  

Here is a look at each individual card.......

 

Michelle B.

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Stampin' Up!'s On-line Spectacular.......

Stampin’ Up! is offering an online spectacular sale....from today until November 31, 2010 get incredicble discounts – up to 50% savings on your favoutite products. Plus you could qualify for FREE Shipping with and online order of $200.00 or more. Please see attached Online Spectacular flyer for discounted product information.

All online orders placed during this online spectacular promotion will receive a stamping surprise gift from me. Simply click here to place your online orders.

Click the link to the right and check out these amazing deals.

Happy Stamping!


Michelle B
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Stamping in a winter wonderland......

Winter is here!  Now I don't mind making snowy and Christmas themed cards.  It was kind of hard getting into the wintery mood when the grass was still green and the weather so nice.  I have been busy stamping and creating...note cards.  I have a little card business on the side (Inkspired Greetings!) so I have been busy filling orders for that.  I sell most of my creations to real estate agents, family and friends.  Here is a winter themed note card I made for a lady that has a basket company.   I stamped the words Happy Holidays on the inside with Encore Silver Ink.  I found it was hard to get a good picture of the card as the camera flash was too bright for the glitter on the snowflake.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Four the Holidays (inside the card)
Paper: Whisper White card stock, Brushed Silver card stock
Ink: VersaMark, Encore Silver Ink (inside the card)
Accessories: Heat & Stick Powder, Heat Gun, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Basic Rhinetone Jewel, Scallop Border Punch, Big Shot, Perfect Polka-Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals

To order the products to make this project, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the right hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle B
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
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Give the gift of inspiration, creativity and sharing & also receive amazing benefits (discounts, free products, additional income).....become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator & join my Stampin' Up! Team...contact me for further details

Simply Amazing Promotion - 50% off Demonstrator Starter Kit

What do you call it when you get over $375 in crafting and business supplies for only $107.50? You can call it an amazing deal, but we’re calling it an amazing opportunity! An amazing opportunity to earn extra your income OR put a dent in your never ending wish list at discount prices.  From November 15-30, you can purchase either our Standard or Digital+ Starter Kits at 50% off the regular retail price of $215 (plus free shipping!), and enjoy these great benefits as a Stampin’ Up!® demonstrator.

AND because you will be a new demonstrator with no obligation to sell or hold workshops ……your first order placed within 45 days of signing up will be 30% off!!! Imagine stamp sets and stamping tools….AND your big shot or big shot accessories......all 30% off.  Pre-Ordering starts December 1 for the Occasions Mini Catalogue....that is one of the PERKS of signing up with Stampin' Up!  Purchasing Stampin' Up! product before everyone else.  Let's not forget Sale-A-Bration which is just around the corner too ….what perfect timing!!!!....and then 20% off on following orders with periodicals and other specials coming your way from the home office…..woohoo!”

Both of our starter kits contain Stampin' Up! product neccessary to get you started.  They are also customizable allowing you to choose the products you want.

The Standard Starter Kit includes

• 3 wood-mount stamp sets
• 1 clear-mount set with clear block
• 1 Stampin' Around wheel with ink cartridge and handle
• 1 ink refill
• 2 card stock packs
• 1 Patterns Designer Series paper stack
• 4 Classic ink pads
• 2 Stampin' Write markers
• Ribbon
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Stampin' Scrub
• Stampin' Mist
• Stamping Sponge
• SNAIL Adhesive
• Blender Pens
• Decor Elements piece with applicator
• 8 catalogues
• Business supplies, forms & tools

Digital+ Starter Kit includes

• My Digital Studio software
• 2 wood-mount stamp sets
• 1 clear-mount set with clear block
• 2 card stock packs
• 4 Classic ink pads
• 2 Stampin' Write Markers
• Buttons
• Ribbon
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Stampin' Scrub
• Stampin' Mist
• Mini Glue Dots
• SNAIL Adhesive
• Decor elements piece with applicator
• 8 catalogues
• Business supplies, forms & tools

You will also have the choice of choosing one or both optional add-ons..Stampin' Memories Add-On and/or Definitely Decorative Add-On.

Join my "Inkspired Ladies" team!  By siging up under me you become a member of my personal downline, "Inkspired Ladies", we will meet/chat once a month to share stamping tips and ideas.  You will also have access to my on-line chat area and a private stamping blog made just for my downline team that is full of inspiration and creativity.  I would love to have you as one of my team members.  Whether your need is earn extra your income or take advantage of the many discounts as a hobby demonstrator with no obligation to sell or hold workshops. Come and share your love for rubber stamping with me.

Stampin' Up! as a career - If you are interested in the business aspect of Stampin' Up! I would love to help you build your home-based business to meet your needs.  Supplement your income doing what you love!

My on-line password is Inkspired.  Simply click here and sign up.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle B

Rememberance Day Poppy Craft

I love celebrating the different holidays by making something to give to someone.  It is especially fun if it is a craft that I can share with my daughter.  We were busy making poppies this morning.  My parent's always have a Rememberance Day celebration at their house every year.  There is usually 12 to 14 of us gathered for a Danish Smorg.....my Dad's heritage.  We sit around the table among family and friends and have a feast of danish dishes prepared by my Mom.  The feast starts out with pickel herring and rye bread, then we move on to carrots & peas in a cream sauce and Danish sausage - yummm - finally we usually have open faced sandwiches (salami, roast beef & shrimp) topped with a spagetthi type salad and fried onions.  Ohh I am making myself hungry thinking about this.  My daughter, my aunt and I made one poppy for everyone that will be at the Rememberance Day Celebration plus a couple of people that won't be.

Here are some pictures of our creative morning.......

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Paper: Poppy Parade card stock, Basic Black card stock

Accessories: Full Heart Punch, Small Heart Punch, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Large Scallop Circle Punch

Happy Stamping!

Michelle B

Peace Love Joy Stenciled Canvas

Oh it has been a week since I posted some creativity.  Sorry about that - life is a bit busy at the moment.  I hope all of you are doing well.  This project was a lot of fun to make.  It had to be as I made 8 of them.  This is what I gave my Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club members as a thank you for joining my club this year.  I hope they all enjoyed them.  A painted and stamped canvas is a great gift idea for a hard to buy for person.  I used Stampin' Up!'s Vintage Ornament Stencils, acrylic paint and the All Holidays stamp set to create this holiday canvas.

Step by Step Instructions
1.  Lay down some scrap paper (such as newspaper or the paper that comes in your Stampin' Up! shipments is a great thing to use) on a flat surface.
2.  Pour some tan acrylic paint on top of canvas and spread across canvas with a paint brush and let dry.  You may want to apply 2 coats.  I usually let it dry over night but being it isn't a big surface it will probably be dry in a couple of hours.
3.  Before we paint our first ornament (the white one in the middle) we will need to make a mask of it out of scrap paper.  Place the long narrow pointed end ornament from the Vintage Ornament II Stencil Assortment on a piece of scrap paper, trace just the ornament body (not the top) with a pencil, cut out and set aside.  We will set a piece of scrap paper over the top of the ornament when we need to mask that area.
4.  Next line up the same stencil (long narrow pointed end ornament) in the center of your canvas.  You may want to position a piece of scrap paper where the ornament top is as we don't want to paint this white.  We are going to leave it tan for now.  Then pour a small pool of white acrylic paint on a plastic surface (I used a left over lid from a margarine or yogurt container).  Take a sponge, dab it in the white acrylic paint and then holding down the side of the stencil with your fingers gently dab the sponge into the middle of the stencil on the canvas.  Make sure you apply the paint evenly and have paint everywhere inside the stencil.  Lift gently.  This will need to dry so you can go and wash your stencil off as well as the sponge and the plastic surface.  If you need to do any touch ups we will do that later.
5.  Once the white ornament is dry place the scrap paper mask over top of it again, then grab the big ornament stencil from the Vintage Ornament II Stencil Assortment and position it to the left side of the white ornament. You can use the same piece of scrap paper for the top of this ornament as we will paint it later on.
6.  Pour some burgandy acrylic paint on a plastic surface (I used a left over lid from a margarine or yogurt container). Take a sponge, dab it in the burgandy acrylic paint and then holding down the side of the stencil with your fingers gently dab the sponge into the middle of the stencil on the canvas. Make sure you apply the paint evenly and have paint everywhere inside the stencil. Lift gently. Because of the size of the stencil (blue part) we will need to let this dry before doing the navy ornament. 
7.  Once the burgandy ornament is dry we are going to repeat the painting steps for the navy ornament.  Position the mask over top of the white ornament.  Line up the small round stencil from the Vintage Ornament I stencil assortment on the right side of the white ornament.  Place a piece of scrap paper on the top part of the ornament as we are going to paint that later.  Next pour some navy acrylic paint onto a plastic surface, dab a sponge into the navy acrylic paint and then holding down the sides of the stencil with your fingers gently dab the sponge into the middle of the stencil on the canvas.  Make sure the paint is applied evenly and every suface is covered with paint in the stencil area.  Lift gently and let dry.
8. Once the navy ornament is dry let's paint the top of each ornament.  Place all 3 ornament stencils in front of you.  These steps will be repeated for each ornament.  Let's start with the burgandy ornament by pouring some gold acrylic paint on a plastic surface.  Position the stencil over top of the burgandy ornament previously painted.  If you want you can use a piece of scrap paper as a mask so that you don't get any gold paint onto the burgandy ornament you just painted.  If you don't want to that is fine too as the burgandy paint is darker than the gold paint so we can fix it later. Take a sponge, dab it in the gold acrylic paint and very gently dab it onto the top part of the ornament stencil.  The gold paint will be a bit hard to see as it very close to the tan color but once dried it will look great.  Repeat this process for the other 2 ornament tops. You will want to wait until each one is dry before doing the next one as the stencil area is big and will smear the one you just painted when you position it.  Don't wash the gold acrylic paint off of your plastic surface yet as we are going to do the decoration part next.
9. Find the design that has the 4 petals (they look like petals to me) spots and curly tail, position it over in the center over top of the burgandy ornament.  You may need the white ornament mask for this step.  Using the sponge, dab it into the gold paint on the plastic surface and dab it ever so gently onto the decoration stencil.  Once you are happy with how it looks you can wash the stencils, sponge & plastic surface.
10.  Next take a Christmas sentiment stamp, I used the Peace Love Joy stamp from the All Holidays stamp set, ink it with Always Artichoke Classic Ink and stamp it in the middle of the white ornament.  Clean stamp.
11. Punch out a small star using the star punch from Brushed Silver card stock.  Apply some sticky strip to the back and adhere to the middle of the navy ornament.  Next place a Basic Rhinestone Jewel in the middle of the star.
12. We are almost done.  All that is left to do is to draw a line from the top of the canvas to the top of each ornament. I used my Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker and a ruler to make my lines somewhat straight. 
13. If any touch ups need to be done, all I did was pour which ever color of acrylic paint I needed to touch up on a plastic lid and with a small angled paint brush applied paint to whichever area free hand.  You may need to add a couple of coats of paint depending on which color you are touching up.

We are finished!  An easy Christmas stamped canvas.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Set:  All Holidays
Ink: Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker, Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Star Punch (retired), Basic Rhinestone Jewel, Vintage Ornament 1 Stencil, Vintage Ornament II Stencil, Sponge

Non Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
6" x 8" canvas, Paint Brush, Acrylic Paint in the following colors...Tan, Burgandy, White, Gold, Navy

Happy Stamping!
Michelle B.

Season's Greetings Tree "Thumping" Card - November 21 Christmas card stamp camp

Oh let me tell you this card was not easy to come up with.  I struggled for a couple of days before I finally got something that I liked.  I saw a very pretty card using this stamp set - Lovely as a Tree - with the "thumping" technique.  I will have to go and find the card again so that you can see it.  The lady's card was orange with a leaf stamp set.  After seeing her card I knew that I wanted to use this stamp set and do that technique at my next Christmas card stamp camp.  Here is the second card that we will be making at my November 21 Christmas card stamp camp.  Instead of using Dazzling Diamonds Glitter for the snow on the ground, I grabbed my Stampin' Up! Frost White Shimmer Paint.  I like the effect it gave.  It is hard to take a picture of it as my flash makes it all bright where the snow is.  I hope you can join me for a couple of hours of stamping fun on November 21 from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m.

Stampin' Up! products used:
Stamp Set: Baroque Motifs, Lovely as a Tree, Snow Swirled
Paper: Baja Breeze card stock, Night of Navy card stock, Whisper White card stock, Brushed Silver card stock
Ink: Baja Breeze Classic Stampin' Pad, Night of Navy Stampin' Write Marker, Tempting Turquoise Stampin' Write Marker, Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Top Note Bigz Die, Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Snowflake Punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewel, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Sponge Dauber
To order the products to make this project, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.


Happy Stamping!

Michelle B
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Merry Crittermas card - November 21 Christmas card stamp camp

hehehe I love this stamp set....Merry Crittermass is it's name. Too cute. There is a variety of critter stamp sets in it. This stamp set just may change my stamping ways. Those of you who know me well, know that I am not a detailed stamp person. I am more of a base stamp person...meaning I like to take a base stamp, apply ink to it, stamp it on card stock and go. I don't like to fuss with coloring and the details in a detailed stamp but this card may have awakened my coloring senses. I didn't mind coloring in the bunny's ears, scarf, clothes, feet and sled.  I just finished this card and can't wait to pick up that stamp set and do another card.  I hope I have some more time to play with this stamp set tonight.

Here is one of the card designs that will be featured at my November 21 Christmas Stamp Camp. This card is also full of products featured in Stampin' Up!'s Holiday Mini. If you don't have your own copy you can view it on-line on my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Website. There is a link on the rightside bar.  I hope you will join me on November 21 for a couple of hours of stamping fun!  Further details on my Stampin' Up! Demonstartor Website under my calendar events or on the rightside bar under Classes.
   
Stampin' Up! products used:
Stamp Set: Merry Crittermas (Holiday Mini)
Paper: Pear Pizzazz card stock, Whisper White card stock, Candy Cane Designer Series Paper (Holiday Mini)
Ink: Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad, Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad, Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad, Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Corner Round Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Circle Scissors Plus, 2-Way Glue Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals, Silver Glass Glitter (Holiday Mini), Blender Pens, Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon

To order the products to make this project, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle B
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
inspire. create. share.
Give the gift of inspiration, creativity and sharing & also receive amazing benefits (discounts, free products, additional income).....become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator & join my Stampin' Up! Team...contact me for further details