THIS DAY FORWARD - WEDDING

A good friend of mine - Pat N.- needed a wedding card.  She truly appreciates homemade cards so I wanted to make this extra special for her.  I used the SU! stamp set THIS DAY FORWARD and embossed the image using sterling silver embossing powder by SU! onto whisper white card stock.  The background is BERMUDA BAY - one of my all time favorite SU! colors.  The inside of the card is embossed with one of the sentiments from the stamp set.

The designer paper that coordinates with the card is from the SU! dsp pack epic day.  I also used white satin ribbon by SU! and I embossed the envelope with a cake stamp from the SU! stamp set LOVE AND LAUGHTER, which is another great wedding stamp.  This card could also be used for an anniversary card.

MORE FUN WITH MDS - TERESA AND DANNY

I love this photo of Danny and Teresa and so I had to find a way to scrapbook it.  It's from our last family Thanksgiving.  They look adorable together.  I love the AUTUMN SPICE SU! Designer Series Paper that is on the digital page and there are some fun punches and stamps.

My Digital Studio Supply List:

Background
     Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Autumn Spice - designer series paper\Autumn Spice - pattern 6

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - triangles & dots, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - triangles & dots, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - &, Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - &, Color = 174,74,46
    _Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands\Amped Up Ampersands - you, Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
    _Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands\Amped Up Ampersands - me, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands\Amped Up Ampersands - me, Color = 174,74,46
    _Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands\Amped Up Ampersands - you, Color = 174,74,46

Punches
    Extras\Nobody's Business - punches\Nobody's Business - diamond,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Autumn Traditions - designer series paper\Autumn Traditions - 9
 

THANKGSIVING CARD MADE WITH THE SU! THANKFUL TABLESCAPES KIT

Here's a card I made to send home for Thanksgiving.  I'm using it as it was designed in the kit as a place card or napkin holder but I'm writing all the things we are thankful for the recipient for and mailing it to each person individually.  I think the recipients - mostly family members, will treasure these, don't you? 

I want to point out a few things - I did enhance this pocket holder with some linen thread which comes in the kit and I die cut some extra leaves with the SU! SWEATER WEATHER designer paper.  Don't you love the lattice designer paper that the pocket is made from?  By the way... the kit's contents are premium quality.  The designer printed paper leaves and the pockets in the kit are card stock quality!

YOUR HOLIDAY SOLUTION - SU! CUT AND READY

New! Cut & Ready Card Bases

The holidays are approaching at lightning speed . . . relax, SU! is here to give youa hand!
Through December 31, SU! is offering a new trial product- Cut & Ready Card Bases. These pre-scored, pre-cut card bases will make it easy for you to create a stack of cards in no time-or even just a card or two. Think of it . . . holiday cards, thank you cards, party invitations, and more in a snap! (I can hear you breathe a sigh of relief.)  I have been waiting for a product like this from SU! for as long as I've been a demonstrator.  This is such a great idea to make card crafting easier, especially when there are multiple cards to make at the holidays.
The Perfect Holiday Solution for You 

So Many Color Choices!
Our Card Bases are available in a variety of colors for any occasion or creative whim. We've chosen these colors to coordinate with the holiday catalog Designer Series Papers-to make it even easier to get those holiday cards done.
The Details
Each Card Base package contains:

• 20 pre-scored, pre-cut cards in one color 
• Each card measures 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"-scored at 4-1/4". Finished card size is 4-1/4" x 5-1/2". (Card Bases are packaged flat.)

Description	Item Number	Price
Whisper White Cut & Ready Card Bases	135804	$4.95
Very Vanilla Cut & Ready Card Bases	135805	$4.95
Crumb Cake Cut & Ready Card Bases	135806	$4.95
Smoky Slate Cut & Ready Card Bases	135807	$4.95
Cherry Cobbler Cut & Ready Card Bases	135808	$4.95
Old Olive Cut & Ready Card Bases	135809	$4.95
Pool Party Cut & Ready Card Bases	135810	$4.95

Coordinating Product
You  will definitely want to add a package of envelopes to your Card Bases order. Try any of these:

• Clear Medium Envelopes (item 102619)
• Crumb Cake Medium Envelopes (item 107297)
• Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes (item 107300)
• Whisper White Medium Envelopes (item 107301)

CLICK HERE OR ON THE PHOTO ABOVE FOR THE FLYER FROM SU! WITH DETAILS!

SU! THANKFUL TABLESCAPES SIMPLY CREATED KIT TURNED INTO A SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT OF LUIGI

I thought that this SIMPLY CREATED kit by SU! was super cool!  I ordered it as soon as the SU! HOLIDAY CATALOG came out.  It's the Thankful Tablescapes Kit and the contents for the price are tremendous!  I used some of the kit contents and SU! SWEATER WEATHER designer series paper to make this layout showing how thankful we are for our dog LUIGI.  Click on the two page spread below to see it a little closer up.  The same with any of the photos that follow.

Here are the pages individually.  The insert on the right in the first of the next two photos comes out and in fact, we wrote about why we love our doggie.

Included in the kit is the wonderful SU! CHALK WRITER marker. Oh, it's wonderful.  Please get it!  You will fall in love with it like I did.  It writes so well on dark card stock and also on chalkboard card stock.  There were some chalkboard card stock die cuts that came with this SU! kit.

A few years ago I bought this frame that hangs in our hallway from a scrapbooking company that recently went out of business.  There's some clothespins attached to the frame and I may hang some paper leaves that coordinate with the scrapbook page from them.

Here's the kit and all that's included.

There's some cool birch paper that I have never seen before. It comes on a roll and it looks just like it was peel bark from a birch tree.  Below is exactly what comes in the kit.  The kit was intended to primarily be used for decorating your Thanksgiving table with name banners, place holders, napkin holders, centerpiece decorations and so much more.  I've seen several SU! demonstrators make so many other creative things with this kit and at only $19.95, if you LOVE Thanksgiving or even just love AUTUMN, this kit is for you.  The contents in the kit are incredible and really go far.  Tomorrow, I'll show you the Thanksgiving cards I made with the kit.

You can combine this kit with the THANKFUL FOR stamp and SAVE.  Here's what that stamp looks like:

And here's a picture of what SU! did with the kit to decorate a THANKFUL table:

JOIN SU! TODAY FOR ONLY $25

Are you with another Direct Sales Craft,Scrapbook or Stamp company?

Are you with another craft company and always wanted to give Stampin’ UP! a try but weren’t able to because it was considered a competitive company/activity?
Well now you can – SU is extending their $25 offer though 10/22 and making an exception to their competitive activity policy.  
Even if your company is not letting you drop until  after November 15th – we have a place for you with a debt free internationally strong industry leader in creativity.
Contact me asap so you don’t miss out or simply CLICK JOIN MY TEAM at the bottom of this blog.
Nothing to lose and great product to gain.

Offer: New recruits can join Stampin' Up! for just $25!

Dates: October 7-22, 2013
The Fine Print:

• This offer is only good for two weeks, so take advantage of it right away!
• During this offer, only the special $25 starter kit will be available; the regular $99  starter kit will not be available. The $25 Starter Kit includes
  • $26.95 worth of Stampin' Up! product (it must be more than $25, but not more than $26.95 before tax)
  • Business pack which includes
    • A box of annual catalogs
    • A package of the current seasonal catalog  
    • Customer Order Forms
    • Customer postcards
• While this promotion will concurrently be available in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and France, Stampin' Up!'s market-specific recruiting regulations still apply.

First Workshop Perks

• If your new recruit places her first workshop order of at least $150 within 30 days of her start date, she can:
• choose any stamp set from the 2013-2014 annual catalog (redeemable with her first demonstrator order in December).*
• receive 30% instant income on her first order and any eligible hostess benefits if she hosts her own event.
• jump into her new role as a demonstrator and start building up her stamping supplies.

*This perk is only available to those who sign up between October 7-22; don't let your new recruits miss out!

 I LOVE BEING A SU! DEMONSTRATOR!

DO YOU HAVE ALL OF THE SU! STAMPINWRITE MARKERS? SINGLE COLORS SOLD SEPARATELY ENDS 10/31

If you have been buying the IN COLOR markers each year, you may have all but this year's current in colors.  However, double check the colors I have bolded below because SOFT SKY and SMOKY SLATE are NEW colors that are being made as markers for the first time this year.  They are awesome colors you DEFINITELY want in your collection and they will only be available in a full collection for over $125 after October 31st.  Also, check to make sure you have BERMUDA BAY and CRUSHED CURRY.  I must have put mine away when the colors were retired as I have had the darnedest time trying to find them.  I just decided to purchase them singly as $3.50 a marker of SU! quality is better than repurchasing the entire STAMPIN WRITE marker collection.
 

	New Color Markers/Single Color Markers Update your colors today!  Single Color Markers For Sale until 10/31 In the 2013-2014 annual catalog, we offer the Stampin' Write Marker New Color Kit (item 130034, page 163) to help you update your Many Marvelous Marker pack. Now, we've sweetened the deal. For a limited time, from June 26 until October 31, you can buy any of the new colors in the pack or on their own! Go ahead, fill in the missing pieces in your collection or buy the whole lot. ITEM PRICE DESCRIPTION 130034 $28.95 Stampin' Write Marker New Color Kit Bermuda Bay, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Soft Sky, Wisteria Wonder 131899 $3.50 Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Marker 131265 $3.50 Blushing Bride Stampin' Write Marker 131902 $3.50 Calypso Coral Stampin' Write Marker 131901 $3.50 Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker 131905 $3.50 Island Indigo Stampin' Write Marker 131266 $3.50 Pear Pizzazz Stampin' Write Marker 131904 $3.50 Pool Party Stampin' Write Marker 131898 $3.50 Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker 131900 $3.50 Soft Sky Stampin' Write Marker 131903 $3.50 Wisteria Wonder Stampin' Write Marker

MDS MONDAY - AWESOME DOGGIE!

Here's my latest MDS Digital project.  This was basically a drag and drop the photo in the page.  Except for some minor changes, this was a premade digital page by SU! MDS. 

MDS SUPPLY LIST:

Embellishments
    Top Notch Woodcuts - embellishments/Top Notch - love
    Top Notch Woodcuts - embellishments/Top Notch - amesomeness
    Mis-Stitched - embellishments/Mis-Stitched - espresso 3

Stamps
    Epic Overlays/Epic Overlays - ink splatter 2, Color = LUCKY LIMEADE 170,172,62
    Epic Overlays/Epic Overlays - ink splatter 2, Color = LUCKY LIMEADE 170,172,62
    Fantabulous You/Fantabulous You - fantabulous you, Color = MIDNIGHT MUSE 17,69,93
    Epic Overlays/Epic Overlays - ink splatter 2, Color = LUCKY LIMEADE 170,172,62

Punches
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    Basics\arrow,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Playful Polka Dots - designer series paper/Playful Polka Dots - 2
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1
    Basics\Freehand Frames - triangle, Fill Color = PUMPKIN PIE 255,130,1

HALLOWEEN CARD WITH GOOGLIE EYES

Here's a card for HALLOWEEN using some retired SU! goodies.  I've been going through my scrapbox and finding all kinds of card stock and stamped items.  Everything is SU! except for the googlie eyes. Click on the photo to see them a little closer. Can you believe that HALLOWEEN is almost here?

BEST OF CHRISTMAS STAMPIN UP! STAMP SET NOW AVAILABLE

We are almost down to 2 months before Christmas.  For me...as soon as Halloween comes and goes, Christmas comes in the blink of an eye.  In fact, there are exactly 66 days (or less depending on when you read this) until Christmas! Have you started your Christmas cards and craft yet?  Earlier today I showed you a product that will make your Holiday tags go very quickly - that's our Pop N Place tags.  Well, here's a SU! Christmas stamp set that will help you with either more tags, or with cards or gifts.  Best yet...it's inexpensive at only $14.95 US.  Get yours today.  Use my hostess code for a special gift from me. 
HOSTESS CODE:VPPYFQR4

CLICK ON THE PHOTO of the STAMPS below for the details on this set.

While these represent some of the BEST stamps that SU! has released over the years, the ornament is is a BRAND NEW EXCLUSIVE stamp that coordinates with the SU! ornament punch in the SU ! HOLIDAY CATALOG.