2015 – 2017 In-color Ink and Card Share

The 2015 – 2016 Stampin’ Up! catalog bought us new ‘In-colors – a rich and vibrant selection for this year.  I have been organizing a monthly “share’ where each person joining receives the ink pad, ink refill, 5 full sheets of card stock and the coordinating marker in each of the 5 colors…….. at the end of 5 months they will have all of the new colors.

 Don’t forget the early bird special registration for the October 3rd Stampin’ Getaway ends on September 3rd click here for more information

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Virtual Pajama Party…….

One of the nice things about being part of the Stampin’ Up! family is having lots of Stampin’ sisters.  A few  weeks ago my Stampin’ Up! ‘grandmother’ organised a virtual pajama party thru Facebook.  We all logged on at 7pm Central and shared ideas, posted projects we were working on etc.  At the end Sharon asked us to post our addresses so that we could each send cards to one another as a sort of a swap.

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Occasions Catalog DSP and Buttons and Bows Share

The new  2015 Stampin’ Up! Occasions catalog brought a new selection of ribbons and embellishments.  For each of the ‘mini catalogs’ (there are 2 in a year) as well as the new Annual Catalog, I host a ‘share’ where each participant has a few of each embellishment or a yard or two of each of the new ribbons, so they can have something of everything that the new catalog has to offer without breaking the bank!

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Christmas Tags

I rarely wrap Christmas presents these days, preferring to use a decorated bag with fistfuls of tissue paper! In the days before I made cards, I would find myself running out of gift tags (usually on Christmas Eve when the shops had all closed!) so in the last few days I have been making some tags ready for December. Continue reading