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Yet another card I created for swapping at Leadership Conference mid January in San Antonio.  I've posted even more photos from the conference in the photo albums on my Meetup site. 
This card is made using two of the prints from the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper -- free with a $50 order from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.   Demonstrators were able to pre-order stamp sets and papers, so was able to use this at Leadership.

Recipe
Stamps: Floral Fillers stamp set (122780-w) (122782-clear), Sentiment of your choice from Loving thoughts (125843-wood; 125845-clear)
Paper:   Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Baha Breeze, Pool Party, and Poppy Parade prints from the Sale-A-Bration Everyday Enchantment Inks:  Black StazOn, VersaMark

Designer Series Paper Pack (Free with $50 order)

Accessories:  Black Brads, Heart Punch, White Embossing Powder, Powder Pal, Embossing Tray, Heat Gun, Mat Pack, Mat pack template, Paper piercer, Cupcake Punch, Basic Black Dotted Scallop grosgrain ribbon, Dimensionals

A FREE tutorial on how to make this card:

Base card:

4-1/4 X 11 – Calypso Coral

Background layers

5-1/4 X 4 - Basic Black

5-1/16 X 3-7/8 – Poppy Parade print from the Sale-A-Bration Everyday Enchantment

Designer Series Paper Pack (Free with $50 order)

Image layer

5-1/4 X 1-15/16 – Basic Black

5-1/4 X 1-9/16 – Pool Party print from the Sale-A-Bration Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper Pack

2 X 2-3/4 – Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Baha Breeze

9” Basic Black Scalloped Dots Grosgrain Ribbon (Turned to Black only side)

1. Fold the base card

2.  Adhere the Poppy Parade print from the Sale-A-Bration Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper pack to the Basic Black background.

3. Using the Mat Pack template and the paper piercer, poke three holes for the black brads.  Add the black brads. 

4. Adhere the background layer to the Base card.

Stamp your three hears using VersaMark ink using the heart from the Floral Fillers stamp set (122780-w) (122782-clear), using white embossing powder

Hint:  be sure to dust your cardstock with the Powder Pal before embossing.

5. Punch a diagonal hole in the corner of one heart and thread black scalloped  grosgrain ribbon through the diagonal hold.  I used the candle shape from the Cupcake Builder Punch (121807)

6. Adhere Basic Black and Pool Party print from Everyday Enchantment DSP and adhere it to the base card and background layer.

Hint:  Loosely place your layer into position and stamp your sentiment before permanently adhering the banner to the card.

7.  Before adhering the banner to the card, place your ribbon and heart onto the banner and adhere ends of ribbon to backside of card.  Adhere to background and Base card.

Add remaining two hearts popped up on dimensionals.

I know I showed you this paper during my last post, but I LOVE the new Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper...FREE with a $50 order and I wanted to you see all the lucious prints in this one package!  I'm placing as many orders as possible during Sale-A-Bration just to get my hands on as much of this paper as I can!  Here's a closer look at the great designs and colors in this paper pack.

Free 30-day trial of My Digital Studio Express
One more special I want to make sure you know about is the free 30-day trial of My Digital Studio Express.  Digital designing is one of the hottest crafting trends right now!.  And while mixing traditional stamping with digital designing may not seem intuitive at first, you may be surprised at how easy it to do.



Item 129600-  My Digital Studio Express Trial



The free trial includes the My Digital Studio Express software.  This means you'll have full design functionality, access to the Stampin' Up! print services, and the opportunity to purchase My Digital Studio downloads.

At the end of the 30-day trial period, you can purchase either the My Digital Studio or My Digital Studio Express to continue using the software.  You will not need to re-download the program, but will simply enter the product key you received after purchasing the software ( If you purchase the disc version you'll find the key along with the shipped software, and if you purchase the downloadable My Digital Studio Express, you'll receive the product key via email.)

You'll be able to keep any downloads you purchase during the 30-day trial period for enhancing your My Digital Studio Experss software.

To get the free trial version, add My Digital Studio Express (item 129600) to your online shopping cart, and then download and install it.

www.MyDigitalStudio.ne:t  This website is designed for demonstrators and customers alike. It's the place to go for all things My Digital Studio! On this site you will find training videos, sample projects from other My Digital Studio users, a discussion forum, and the full Stampin' Up! digital catalog along with many other useful My Digital Studio tools.  

My Digital Studio and My Digital Studio Express video: This video will help you learn the difference between the My Digital Studio and My Digital Studio Express programs. 

Complete list of My Digital Studio Express downloads: This resource lists all the downloads included in the My Digital Studio Express software. It's a helpful resource to have available when your customers ask what downloads are included in the 30-day trial.

  

My Digital Studio print pricing and specifications: This resource is a great reference not only for print pricing, but also to see the plethora of print products available through My Digital Studio.  You'll be excited by all the printing possibilities!

Order during Sale-A-Bration and Earn free items for every $50 you spend

Best time of the year to restock your supplies or order those sets you've wanted for Spring projects is during Sale-A-bration  Get free merchandise while you're buying what you need! For every $50 you spend from Jan 24 - Mar 31, 2012, you receive a free product from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  Download a free copy of the Sale-A-Bration brochure now to see what you can earn.

If you haven't yet purchased from the new Occasions mini catalog, you'll earn extra rewards when you select your free products with every $50 you spend from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.  

Demonstrator starter kit only $125 during Sale-A-BrationAnd,  joining Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration pays for itself in free merchandise monthly!  The $175 starter kit (with $340 worth of product and supplies) is only $125 during Sale-A-Bration... and you get either a free package of Designer Series Paper or a Digital Download every month for the rest of 2012.  You can switch each month.  Digital Download one month; package of Designer Series Paper the next month.  Contact me if you want to learn more.  Or learn more and sign up on-line.  You can sign up on line at the "Join Now" button!

In addition, learn more about how hostess earn products more during Sale-A-Bration.

 

Check out upcoming classes using new products, if you are in the Houston area!  Register here:  http://www.meetup.com/NW-Houston-F-M-1960-Spring-CardMakers/
Enjoy!

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

Classes:  http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/

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Everyday Enchantment Valentine

• A Valentine swap I made for Leadership
• Photos from Leadership
• Sale-A-Bration benefits - Free merchandise with each $50 order
• $175 Starter Kit now $125, plus it pays for itself with free monthly Designer Series Paper or Digital Downloads

Here is another card I created for swapping at Leadership.   I hope you've had a chance to purchase from the new Occasions mini catalog, and select your free products with every $50 you spend from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.  We received so many tips and ideas for using these new products during the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference last week in San Antonio.  I've posted a few of the photos from the conference on my Meetup site.  I'll continue to post more cards over the next couple of weeks.

This card is made using the new Pleated Satin Ribbon, the new Hat Pins, Take it to Heart, and P.S. I love You stamp sets-- all from the Occasions mini-- and it uses Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper --free with a $50 order--from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  Demonstrators were able to pre-order stamp sets, so I've been playing with these new sets, accessories, and new papers since early December--my Christmas present this year.   

Recipe
Stamps: Take it to Heart (125520-w; 125522-c), P.S. I love You (125460-W; 125462-C), Valentine Love (122695-W; 122697-c)
Paper:   Everyday Enchantment DSP (126154 -only available Free with a $50 order during Sale-a-bration), Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla 
Inks:  VersaMark, Baja Breeze
Accessories:  Cherry Scented Stampin' Embossing Powder (127035) --it is also available in Vanilla Scent (155590) or Melon Scent ( 127034), 3/8" Riding Hood Red Pleated Satin Ribbon (125569), Red Sticky Tape, Paper Piercer, Powder Pal, Heat Tool, Embossing tray, 1/2" Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Full Heart Punch, smallest size Basic Pearls, Full Heart Punch

I love the new Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper...FREE with a $50 order.  Take a look at the great designs and colors in this paper pack.

With Sale-A-bration in full swing, now is the perfect time for you to restock any supplies you're low on and get free merchandise while you're buying what you need!  For every $50 you spend from Jan 24 - Mar 31, 2012, you receive a free product from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  Download a free copy of the Sale-A-Bration brochure now to see what you can earn.

And,  joining Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration pays for itself in free merchandise monthly!  The $175 starter kit (with $340 worth of product and supplies) is only $125 during Sale-A-Bration... and you get either a free package of Designer Series Paper or a Digital Download every month for the rest of 2012.  You can switch each month.  Digital Download one month; package of Designer Series Paper the next month.  Contact me if you want to learn more.  Or learn more and sign up on-line.  You can sign up on line at the "Join Now" button!

In addition, learn more about how hostess earn products more during Sale-A-Bration.



Check out upcoming classes using new products, if you are in the Houston area!  Register here:  http://www.meetup.com/NW-Houston-F-M-1960-Spring-CardMakers/
Enjoy!

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

Classes:  http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/

To place an order: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/donnaross/ - 24/7 Shopping at my Stampin' Up! Website

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Mixed Bunch Valentine Card and Sale-A-Bration

• One of my Leadership Swaps
• Valentine Card Class this week end
• Sale-A-Bration benefits - Free merchandise with each $50 order
• $175 Starter Kit now $125, plus it pays for itself with free monthly Designer Series Paper or Digital Downloads

It is such an exciting time of the year!  Returning from Stampin' Up!s Leadership conference, we saw how to use so many new products.  And now with the new Occasions mini catalog, and Sale-A-Bration in full swing it is a fun time to share with you some of the new products we received at the Conference.

This card is made using the new Mixed Bunch stamp set.  We received this set free at Leadership.  In addition to the stamp set, the Occasions mini catalog includes a new punch that fits all three flowers in this set. 

Here's a swap card I made for Leadership:

Recipe
Stamps:  Mixed Bunch (125535 - wood; 125537 - clear mount),  P.S. I love You (125460-W; 125462-C)
Paper:  Whisper White, River Rock, Red Glimmer Paper
Inks:  VersaMark
Accessories:  Perfect Details Textured Plate, Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Gold Brads, Gold Embossing powder, Heat Tool, Piercing Tool, Fashionable Hearts Embosslit Die, Mat Pack, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Dimensionals

I did a lot of card swapping at Leadership this year, and we'll be making this card and many of the cards I received as swaps during my upcoming Valentine's class, Sunday, January 29.  Join us if you are in the Houston area!  Register here:  http://www.meetup.com/NW-Houston-F-M-1960-Spring-CardMakers/

Also, Sale-A-bration is in full swing!  That means for every $50 you spend from Jan 24 - March 31, 2012, you receive a free product from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  Download a free copy of the Sale-A-Bration brochure now to see what you can earn.

In addition, hostess earn products more during Sale-A-Bration.

And,  joining Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration pays for itself in free merchandise monthly!  The $175 starter kit (with $340 worth of product and supplies) is only $125 during Sale-A-Bration... and you get either a free package of Designer Series Paper or a Digital Download every month for the rest of 2012.  You can switch each month.  Digital Download one month; package of Designer Series Paper the next month.  Contact me if you want to learn more.  You can sign up on line at the "Join Now" button!

Enjoy!

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

Classes:  http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/

To place an order: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/donnaross/ - 24/7 Shopping at my Stampin' Up! Website

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Stampin' Up! Leadership 2012 - San Antonio, TX

• Leadership – San Antonio Texas
• Leadership Bag and Gift
• Samples from Leadership Convention

This week I’m in San Antonio, Texas, with 1,400 of my fellow demonstrators for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Convention followed on Saturday by a one-day Regional Stampin’ Up! event.

As always, Stampin’ Up! provided Convention bags and lots of prizes, surprises and give-aways to us.  This year the Leadership Convention bags were fabric, and held our free stamp sets, two free markers, Designer buttons, and ribbon.  Here’ what the bags look like.  Lots of pockets and Designer buttons holding the pockets closed when not in use. 

 

In addition, during our first day of Make & Takes, we were also given a matching journaling cover made from the same fabric.

The fabric theme was continued by Stampin' Up!, by dressing home-office make & take helpers in matching fabric aprons. 

 Each of the aprons was a different style. 

Why is it great to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator?  Besides running your own business, because at Conventions, the prize patrol is busy giving us free stamp sets from the Sale-a-bration catalog, a sneak peek set given every demonstrator from next year's catalog, which I cannot show your yet,  plus new larger basic half pearls, rhinestones, ruffled ribbon, a CD for My Digital Studio digital design software of all the Sale-A-Bration content, and a package of new Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper...whew! (Sale-a-bration begins January 24 where you can earn free products for every $50 you spend! or join as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator at the reduced rate of $125 to earn 20% discounts on Stampin' Up! products). 

Of course, Convention wouldn't be complete without Stampin' Up! showing us fun, unique ways to use these wonderful new projects. 

Here are a few of the displays showing samples made from these new products.

Over the next few days I'll be sharing more photos from Leadership Convention displays, card samples, and my swaps with other demonstrators.  I'm also attending Regional - a one-day event for demonstrators and guests, which follows Leadership Convention.

Visit my blog and register using your email address so you are notified as I post new ideas from the Occasions mini catalog and the Sale-a-bration catalog:  http://www.stampedsophisticates.com/

Enjoy!

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

Classes:  http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/

To place an order: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/donnaross/ - 24/7 Shopping at my Stampin' Up! Website

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Valentine's Memory Keepsake Box

• A Valentine Memory Keepsake Box idea
• Storage Tips for your new Framelits Dies
•  Pick up your Free My Digital Studio Digital Kit Download until Jan 10

So what do you do when you’ve again tried to do too many things over the holidays…and found there just wasn’t time to finish every project you started?  Remember the $40 Christmas Memory Box Project?  I saw it at Convention in July and fell in love with this kit.  Then it was offered free starter kits.  Later it was offered as a magazine promotion.  Well, my kit sat through the fall, and Holidays.  This week end I finally found time to work on it… and decided to turn it into a Valentine’s Memory Box Project instead!

Here’s what it looks like:

I used the basic supplies with the kit for the sides and the cover.  However, I didn’t use the fabric.  Instead I substituted Red Glimmer paper and die cuts using the new Hearts Collection Framelits Dies from the Occasions Mini catalog and a few designer buttons, ribbons from the kit, one of the new larger half-back pearls (although the kit includes a whole pack of the Pearl Basics), and new Trinket Hearts, also from the new Occasions Mini catalog.

Best of all, the original kit is now on the Clearance Rack for a fraction of its original price --- only $11.97!!!!...while it lasts.  The keepsake box alone is worth at least that much!  The kit included many more items to use including the Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Real Red 5/8” Grosgrain Ribbon, Victoria 5/8” Crochet Trim, Champagne Fine Galaxy Stampin’ Glitter, 1 pkg of Pearl Basic Jewels, Linen Thred, and a Vanilla Pearl ½” Simply Adorned Bauble -- all included with the kit!

One of my favorites from the new catalog is the new Designer Rosette Bigz XL Die.  Yes, I know we now have the wonderful Simply Scored Scoring Tool, but this new die is such a time-saver!!  I can’t stop using it.  It features two designer edges and it spaces the folds at ½” – my most used size when making rosettes. 

Here are the products I used to make this project.  Order any of these products from my Stampin’ Up! Store for the best prices.

Recipe:

• Stamps:  Delightful Dozen (Sentiment) (122650-W, 122652-C)
• Paper:   All the papers came from the kit except these four:  Real Red, Whisper White, Red Glimmer Paper (121790), and the Black and White Houndstooth is from Simply Scrapping Tickets and Tag kit (122373)
• Ink:  Black Staz-on 
• Accessories: Christmas Memory Box Kit on Clearance (129024), Hearts Collection Framelet Dis (125599), Designer Rosette Bigz XL Die (125594), Trinket Hearts (125605), Large Pearl Basic Jewels (125577), Designer Frames, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Set (123130), Extra Large Oval Punch (119859), 1-1/4 Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon(Included in the kit), 5/8” Real Red Satin Ribbon, (117286)(the kit comes with Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon),  Victoria Crochet Trim – 5/8” (118381, although some is included in the kit), Garden Green Regal Designer Buttons (119744), Large Pearl Basic Jewels (125577), Big Shot Die Cut machine.

Here's a close up of some of the details:

What a great project to do with a bunch of your friends!

A couple of great storage tips for new dies!!

One of the best storage solutions for your new Hearts Collection Framelits Dies is one of the emty Clear Mount storages boxes (119105) --four empty platic cased to a package.  I then cut 1" strips from Stampin' Up Magnet Sheets (119816) and stuck them to the inside of the case. 

 I inserted the package label that came with the dies in side the storage box covers..  The new dies now nest together and are held in place neatly.

Are you thinking about booking your own Workshop to earn merchandise from the new Occasions Mini catatlog? – Use your home or my stampin' studio.  Earn discounts and gifts from the new Occasions Mini Catalog.  Contact me today for best dates.  For those of you who know Stampin’ Up!, Sale-a-Bration is just around the corner and you’ll earn even more free merchandise for every $50 order you place.

The Stampin’ Up! catalogs and mini catalogs can also be downloaded free:

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/donnaross/catalogs

If you prefer hardcopies of the catalog, the large 2011-2012 Stampin’ Up! catalog is $9.95.  You can order the large catalog with any product order you place using item number #125856    Or I will send you a free copy of the large catalog when you place a $50 order. 

To order products or a copy of the catalog on-line 24/7: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/default.aspx For best prices, place your order through a demonstrator’s site rather than directly from the Stampinup.com web site.

Free My Digital Studio Digital Kit until Jan 10!

You can download this free My Digital Studio Digital Kit for liking Stampin’ Up!’s Facebook, page until Jan 10.  If you haven’t already done so, go to Stampin’ Up!’s Facebook page and “like” Stampin’ Up!.   See all of the papers, embellishments and fun images that are part of this kit in the photo below.  On Stampin’ Up!’s Facebook page, scroll through the posts until you find the one offering the free download.  (Sorry, it is a little hard to find) Take a short survey and download your free Digital Kit valued at $14.95 (US).  If you have trouble finding the link, here’s the link to the survey.  The last page of the survey gives you the link to the free download.

Enjoy!

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

Classes:  http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/

To place an order: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/donnaross/ - 24/7 Shopping at my Stampin' Up! Website

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