procrastistamper: May 2014

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Join Stampin' Up! TODAY for ONLY $50

Starting today and running through June 30th, you can Join Stampin' Up! for ONLY $50!!!* If you've been thinking about it--now is the PERFECT time! You get to pick up to $55 in merchandise in your Starter Kit, plus you get all these perks:

FREE 2014-15 Catalogs (and business supplies to hold events)
FREE Paper Pumpkin Kit ($20 value)
FREE Convention Registration ($300 value - must register by June 20th)
FREE Biz Web Site for 2 months, when you register within first 21 days
20% Discount on ALL Orders (except certain supply items)
30% Discount on 1st Qualifying Order within first 45 days (order of $150 or more)

...AND MORE!!! Click here to SIGN UP TODAY!

EMAIL ME if you have any questions--I'm happy to answer, no obligation! If you want to order Retiring Products in your Starter Kit, be sure to JOIN MY TEAM no later than June 1st. You can also choose to include NEW Catalog Preorder Items (including Exclusive Hostess Items, and new In Color products) in your Starter Kit if you join no later than June 1st. Let me know if you want to do this, and I will make sure you get to see all the choices available to you! Note: Starter Kit online ordering will not be available June 2nd from 12:01am until Noon MT, so the NEW Catalog items can be loaded.

*Standard Starter Kit will also be available during this time ($99 Kit, you pick up to $125 in merchandise)

Be sure to check out these other Deals:
RETIRING PRODUCTS WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!!
CURRENT SPECIALS
NEW & Online Only Products
Kits & Bundles (Many Bundles at 15% OFF Every Day!)

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Friday, May 23, 2014

Farewell Party: Shirt & Tie Card

This is one of the cards we made at my Farewell Party today...it's the same design as a card you've seen me make before (video tutorial HERE), but there's a new twist. Instead of an origami necktie, I imported an SVG necktie stamp from the digital download Oh Joy, A Boy! Ensemble into my ecutter software and it did all the hard work for me!

This card features several retiring items which are STILL available, some of them at a discount, but you should act fast before they are sold out. I used the Alhambra Jumbo Wheel for the pattern on the shirt. You'll need the Jumbo Handle to use this wheel, if you don't already have it. I used the Midnight Muse ink pad to ink the wheel. Unfortunately, the Midnight Muse card stock I used for the necktie is sold out. But, if you were to get the 2012-14 In Color Patterns Designer Series Paper digital download, you would have several lovely Midnight Muse patterns to choose from, to print out and cut into shape! And, you would never run out of paper, because you could just print more whenever you need it :-)

On the inside of the card, I used the You're Amazing stamp set--which is also retiring and still available, but only in wood-mount. It IS on SALE, though, so snag it while you still have a shot at it! With its vintage, neutral look, it's great for masculine cards. Speaking of neutral, I used Sahara Sand card stock for the card base, and that item is NOT retiring.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

2014 Retiring List BLOWOUT SALE Starts May 22nd

Demonstrators have been informed that a Retiring List BLOWOUT SALE will start on May 22nd, and go through June 4th, with 25% to 50% OFF prices! I don't have all the details yet, but go ahead and enter my ONLINE STORE, or check back at my blog on the 22nd, to find out what's been discounted. I am not making any promises, but the wording of this special as it was communicated to us, leaves me wondering if some of the Retiring Items may have been restocked...??? Here's the verbiage I noticed: If you missed out on a product the first time, this is your last chance to get it before it's gone for good! All I can say is, if there are going to be second chances--YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS SALE!

Updated 5/22/14: No additions or restocked retiring items, so sorry!
But there are a lot of great deals on remaining stock...
Click HERE for updated Retiring Stamps SALE PDF
Click HERE for updated Retiring Accessories SALE PDF

DON'T FORGET: If you place an order in my ONLINE STORE thru May 31st, and you use the Hostess Code FA7BFMA9, I not only have BONUS thank you gifts to send you, you can also request that I mail you your NEW 2014-2015 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog FREE if your merchandise total is $75 or more! (That is, if you haven't picked up your catalog in person yet...one free catalog per person, please.)

Thursday, May 15, 2014

May Parties: Out with the Old and In with the NEW...Catalog!!!

Wow! Thanks for your patience while I'm slowly making it through my stamp room (and event area) reorganization. You can join me here in Colorado Springs for some parties--I have SIX sessions scheduled from now til the end of May on my Event Calendar. Just RSVP on the links next to the events you'd like to attend below :-)

If you aren't local, but are interested in placing an order in my ONLINE STORE, I have surprise BONUS gifts for out-of-area customers who order from now through 10pm MT on May 31st, using Hostess Code FA7BFMA9--and I'll mail you your NEW catalog for FREE with a $75+ order!

FAREWELL Party (choose from 3 sessions)
Friday, May 23rd: Session I from 12 noon - 2pm MT RSVP
Friday, May 23rd: Session II from 7pm - 9pm MT RSVP
Saturday, May 24th: Session III from 12:30pm - 4:30pm MT RSVP

Join me in bidding the 2013-14 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog a fond FAREWELL at this event! Your admission and Door Prize Entry is FREE with RSVP. Get fun product SURPRISES and TREATS, make projects featuring some of my favorite retiring products, take a peek at the new catalog items that are coming soon, and...take home the NEW catalog!!!

NEW CATALOG Party (choose from 3 sessions)
Friday, May 30th: Session I from 12 noon - 2pm MT RSVP
Friday, May 30th: Session II from 7pm - 9pm MT RSVP
Saturday, May 31st: Session III from 12:30pm - 4:30pm MT RSVP

Welcome the NEW 2014-15 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog with me at this event, and get your FREE COPY to take home! See a selection of the incoming products, including Stampin' Up!'s new alcohol markers--Blendabilities!!! Create your own personal 2014-16 In Color Sampler Bookmark. Make a quick and fun card, PLUS a fabulous NEW die-cut treat box! I'm so excited to show you all the FUN NEW STUFF!!!

Monday, May 5, 2014

Peaceful Petals and NEW Blendabilities

If you haven't heard of Stampin' Up!'s NEW Blendabilities alcohol markers yet, it's okay--you can't even buy them yet...unless you are a demonstrator, in which case you can preorder them! So, as a customer, you'll have to keep a handkerchief around to dab the salivation away until June 2nd! (or just Become a Demonstrator and get them NOW!) But, I really had to show you this card because the Peaceful Petals stamp set (available in wood-mount or clear-mount) is perfect with Blendabilities, and this stamp set is NOT in the new catalog. It is featured in our current Occasions Catalog, which ends June 1st. I do not even like flowers, but I am telling you that you NEED this stamp set to use with your NEW Blendabilities markers...so don't let it slip away!

If you didn't know this flower was colored, and not printed out from a computer, it might look rather plain to you. Actually, I designed it to use very few supplies, specifically because of the fact that it is hand-colored. I want that coloring and blending to be the focal point of my card. I want you to know that this is my FIRST attempt at coloring a flower with alcohol markers, because I want you to know that that is how easy it is to be successful at it. I mean, I think it turned out really pretty and vibrant...though I'm obviously biased. I might go back and add some shadowing to it later, but I want to practice that a little more first. I was thinking that I could have stamped the flower more towards the middle of the card, but I actually kind of like that one of the leaves goes off the edge, because it sort of "anchors" the flower to the card.

The only ink pad I used was the NEW Tuxedo Black Memento Pad (also not available for customers until June 2nd), which I also used for the flower stamp. (StazOn black can bleed with the Blendabilities alcohol markers, so you need to use Memento ink) And I know that I didn't really tie in the Coastal Cabana card stock color on the flower, but it screams Spring freshness, so there ya go. And one last disclaimer: I did not actually use Blendabilities on this card, because not all the colors I wanted to use are available even to demonstrators to preorder right now...so I used another type of alcohol marker in coordinating colors, to simulate the look you can expect from the Old Olive, Calypso Coral, and Daffodil Delight Blendabilities sets.

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