Stampin' Up! 2011/2012 Idea Book And Catalog Coming July 1st

At the end of June we will be saying goodbye to our 2010/2011 Idea Book & Catalog and hello to the new 2011/2012 Idea Book & Catalog for Stampin' Up!.   It is a time of sadness when some of our favorite products retire and a time of excitement knowing that new products are coming. 

Any of my customers who have placed at least one order using me as their demonstrator between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011 will automatically receive a new catalog from me at NO CHARGE.  I will be ordering catalogs the beginning of June.   Then once they are shipped to me, I will send them out priority mail to my customers who qualify for a NO CHARGE catalog.

Any customer or potential customer who has not placed an order, can contact me about purchasing the new catalog.   The cost will be $9 per catalog and the cost will include the priority mail shipping.   I am only charging "my cost" for the catalog and shipping.   Please contact me directly if you want to purchase a catalog from me.

Want to be guaranteed of receiving the NEW 2011/2012 Idea Book & Catalog at NO CHARGE:   Place an order thru my website before the end of June 2011, and I will ship you a catalog once the order is processed.

Stampin' Up! will notify us of the "LAST CHANCE" products (items being retired and discontinued) on June 1st.   Items will be sold on a first come, first serve basis with the exception of the rubber stamps.  Rubber stamps that are retiring as of June 30th, will be available all month for order and shipment.  

You may order from my Stampin' Up! website 24/7 by CLICKING HERE, then click on Shop Now or by contacting me directly. My e-mail link is at the top of the screen.

Mary Director
Stampin' Up! Senior Supervisor, Independent Demonstrator & Creative Coach
http://marydirector.stampinup.net
Stampin' Up! -- Discover Your Creativity
(On-line ordering now available thru my website)

Blossom Petal Punch Dress Tutorial And New MDS Downloads

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

White Vellum – Card Stock, item #101856 – 1 piece (4 ¼” x 5 ½”)

Whisper White Card Stock, item #100730 – scrap piece

Blushing Bride Card Stock, item #119796 – 1 piece (5 ½ x 8 ½”) and 1 piece (3 ¾” x 5”)

Concord Crush Card Stock, item #119792 – 1 piece 4” x 5 ¼”)

Concord Crush – ½” Stitched-Poly Ribbon, item #119266 - 1 piece (5 ½”) and 1 piece (4”)

Concord Crush Classic Ink, item #119785

Blushing Bride Classic Ink, item #119786

Sticky Strip item #104294,  SNAIL adhesive item #104332, Glue Dots item #103683

Stamping Sponges, item #101610

Word Window Paper Punch, item #119857

Summer Splash Stamp Set, item #123035 – Wood OR item #123037 – Clear Mount

Jewels, Basic Pearls, item #119247 (I used 10 of the medium size pearls – 3mm)

Blossom Petals Punch, item #121808

Round Tab Punch, item #119864   ¾” Circle Punch, item #119873

Directions:

Note:  Because of the extra drying time needed, sponge the vellum first.

1.  Punch out the 5 large petals and the 4 small ones in the vellum card stock.
1. Sponge Concord Classic Ink crush on the larger petals
2. Sponge Blushing Bride Classic Ink on the small ones.
2.  Punch out the body of the dress  & the neckline using whisper white card stock & the round tab punch.
1. Sponge with Blushing Bride Classic Ink
3. Set aside these sponged items for about an hour.   The ink does NOT dry quickly on vellum.
4. Score the 5 1/2” x 8 ½” piece of Blushing Bride Card Stock at 4 ¼” and fold.
5. Using sticky strip or SNAIL attach Concord Crush piece of card stock.
6. Attach 5 ½” Concord Crush ribbon (scotch tape the ends on the back) to the 3 ¾” x 5” piece of Blushing Bride Card Stock.   Use the 4” piece of ribbon to make a bow.  Now attach layer to the Concord Crush piece of Card Stock
7. Build the dress then attach with dimensionals to the top layer.
1.  Place glue dots across base of the body (about 5).  add 3 large blossoms, then the 2 large blossoms
2. Small petals are placed underneath the body.  Then add the pearls.

The very latest My Digital Studio (MDS) downloads can be found HERE.


You may order from my Stampin' Up! website 24/7 by CLICKING HERE, then click on Shop Now or by contacting me directly. My e-mail link is at the top of the screen.


Mary Director
Stampin' Up! Senior Supervisor, Independent Demonstrator & Creative Coach
http://marydirector.stampinup.net
Stampin' Up! -- Discover Your Creativity
(On-line ordering now available thru my website)

Double Card Tutorial Using Summer Splash Stamp Set

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

Blushing Bride Card Stock, item #119796 – 1 piece (4 x 8 ½”), 1 piece (5 ½ x 6”)

Blushing Bride ½” Stitched-Poly Ribbon, item #119267  - 1 piece (6”)

Concord Crush Classic Ink, item #119785

Sticky Strip, item #104294

Word Window Paper Punch, item #119857

Summer Splash Stamp Set, item #123035 – Wood OR item #123037 – Clear Mount

Directions:

1.       Blushing Bride Card Stock – 4” x 8 ½” – score the 8 ½” side at 4 ¼”, then fold

2.       Blushing Bride Card Stock – 5 ½” x 6” – score 6” side at 3”, then fold

3.      The 4” x 8 ½” piece of Blushing Bride Card stock is the outer card.  Using Sticky Strip attach the 5 ½” x 6” piece to the inside back of the outer card (center left to right).

4.      Punch out the Word Window on Top Layer ONLY.  Then line up with bottom layer and punch the bottom layer.   Punches should not be used on more than one layer of card stock.

5.      Stamp the images on the card using the Concord Crush Classic Ink.   Be sure to let it dry before going to the next layer.

6.      Tie the ribbon in a simple knot.

You may order from my Stampin' Up! website 24/7 by CLICKING HERE, then click on Shop Now or by contacting me directly. My e-mail link is at the top of the screen.

Mary Director
Stampin' Up! Senior Supervisor, Independent Demonstrator & Creative Coach
http://marydirector.stampinup.net
Stampin' Up! -- Discover Your Creativity
(On-line ordering now available thru my website)

Problems with Blogger/Blogspot

 
There have been problems with Blogger/Blogspot the last 2 days.   I'm not convinced that the problems are resolved.   I've lost a couple of posts that I had been working on, so have decided  to hold off till Monday to add any additional posts to my blog.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  I'm teaching classes today plus have a Stampin' Up! team meeting for my local team members.   So it will be a fun, but busy weekend.

You may order from my Stampin' Up! website 24/7 by CLICKING HERE, then click on Shop Now or by contacting me directly. My e-mail link is at the top of the screen.

Mary Director
Stampin' Up! Senior Supervisor, Independent Demonstrator & Creative Coach
http://marydirector.stampinup.net
Stampin' Up! -- Discover Your Creativity
(On-line ordering now available thru my website)

Love Letters Stamp Set Magnets

Stampin' Up!'s Lovely Letters Alphabet Stamp Set is the perfect alphabet set for the gem magnets I made this week.  There are more samples of magnets (with more details) on Tuesday's Blog Entry.  I will be creating a video tutorial very soon and will post here also. 

I made these magnets for our friends' daughter who is 5.   Thought it would be fun to spell out her name, and that the magnets would be perfect to hang her drawings and school papers on the refrigerator.   To create these I used Stampin' Up!'s Lovely Letters stamp set and classic ink in 7 different colors.  I punched them out with the 1 1/4" Circle Paper Punch and adhered the design to the gem with Crystal Effects.  Also used Crystal Effects to adhere the magnet to the card stock.   Image was stamped on Whisper White Card Stock.

Lovely Letters Alphabet Stamp Set, item #115030 - Wood Only
 .... this stamp set is double mounted.

You may order from my Stampin' Up! website 24/7 by CLICKING HERE, then click on Shop Now or by contacting me directly. My e-mail link is at the top of the screen.

Mary Director
Stampin' Up! Senior Supervisor, Independent Demonstrator & Creative Coach
http://marydirector.stampinup.net
Stampin' Up! -- Discover Your Creativity
(On-line ordering now available thru my website)