Free Shipping and a Color Refresh!

Free Shipping!

We're excited to let you know that we are offering FREE shipping on EVERYTHING April 6-8 (excluding expedited orders)! That's right. There are no minimums or limits and all order types qualify (customer, demonstrator, workshop, online). Did we mention that the free shipping is on everything?

Free shipping starts:

• Saturday, April 6, 2013; 12:00 AM (MT) (That's 1:00 am Saturday Central Time)

Submit orders by:

• Phone: Monday, April 8, 2013; 6:50 PM (MT)
• Online: Monday, April 8, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT)

Color Refresh 2013

Announcing our Color Refresh! We love color and we know that you do too. Color is fundamental to who we are and what we offer. It's important for us to stay up-to-date with color trends so we are thrilled to share our updated line of colors, and hope you will be as excited as we are by the new possibilities!

Why now? In 2010 we did a big color renovation and shared our plans for smaller color refreshes every three to five years to keep our colors on trend. Well it has been three years and we are excited to announce that the upcoming 2013-2014 annual catalog will include 10 new colors (most of which are returning In Colors from previous years)! We are welcoming back some of your favorites, moving some colors around, and introducing one brand-new color, so take a look!

Beginning on April 4, 2013, all retiring/discontinued color products (i.e. ink, paper, ribbon, accessories, etc.) will be available only while supplies last. This means that some products will not be available through the retired list period.

With free shipping going on April 6-8, 2013, this would be a great time for you to get your favorites before they are gone! (Free shipping is for North America only.)


Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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Disclaimer:  I am a new Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  I am working on replacing all my craft supplies with only Stampin' Up! product, but I will occasionally use some of my non-SU stash. Bare with me as I work to replenish my stash with only SU product. I will be highlighting new products as they come in and I will always point out great alternatives to my non-SU product that are Stampin' Up!. Thanks for understanding.

St. Louis Regionals Swap Card 2

On March 23, 2013, I was lucky enough to attend the St. Louis Regional Stampin' Up! event where I swapped a few cards with many wonderful designers. This series of posts will showcase the cards I received. Not all cards were signed by their designer - so unfortunately credit couldn't be given every time. When I am able to, the designer is given credit. Every card I received will be featured -they were all equally wonderful! Without further ado - here is my swap card for this week:

Artistic Etchings Card - unknown

Week 2 in the St. Louis Regional Swap Cards is the Artistic Etchings card (designer unknown). This is the perfect card for my daughter! She is a big Paris fan and her living room is decorated as such. I love the layout of this card. 

The designer went to great lengths to create a very lovely card using stamps from 3 different stamp sets - Artistic Etchings (p124-#120573), Teeny Tiny Wishes (p133-#127802), and the Create a Cupcake set (p49-#121982) (not pictured but on the inside of the card). All stamps were stamped with either Basic Black ink (p156-#126980) or Staz-On Jet Black ink (p157-#101406). The card base and the mats for each of the elements was made from Basic Black card stock (p156-#121045).  Each Whisper White (p156-#100730) element has the edges distressed in Tempting Turquoise ink (p153-#126952)  using a sponge (p179 #101610) or dauber (p179 #102892). The background layer in Tempting Turquoise card stock (p153 #102067) has been embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder (p189 #117335) and then sponged with coordinating ink as well to give the dots a bit more dimension. The corners of each are invert rounded using a circle punch (likely) or a ticket corner punch - there are several likely tools that can do this. The designer chose to punch the sentiment layer with the Large Oval punch (p184 #119855( and layered it with the Scallop Oval punch (p184 #119856).  In addition, the Scallop Trim Border punch (p183 #118402) was also used.

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Disclaimer:  I am a new Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  I am working on replacing all my craft supplies with only Stampin' Up! product, but I will occasionally use some of my non-SU stash. Bare with me as I work to replenish my stash with only SU product. I will be highlighting new products as they come in and I will always point out great alternatives to my non-SU product that are Stampin' Up!. Thanks for understanding.

Chic Challenges CC-01

Welcome to my Chic Challenges card post. I am a Chic Challenges Designer and this is our very first sketch! I had fun working on this and created two cards! I hope you like them.

I went with a clean and simple design for my first card.  I used the in-color Summer Starfruit for my base card layer and Rich Razzleberry cardstock for the forefront layer. I also pulled out some Print Poetry DSP from the Spring Catalog and used a stamp from the Happy You hostess set.

For my second card, I turned the background part of the sketch on its side. I played around with flags and distressing. I used my brand new freebie set, Make a Wish, from the spring catalog. I received this one as a gift at the St. Louis Regional event and I couldn't wait to use it! I also used the droplets stamp from My Paper Pumpkin Welcome kit.  I mixed and matched Tempting Turquoise, Gumball Green and Midnight Muse for my color pallet.  You can't see it here too well, but I also made a shimmer mist using alcohol, white shimmer paint, and the Tempting Turquoise refill.  I distressed the edges in Midnight Muse. Totally loving this new stamp set. Can't wait to use it again!

Hope you enjoy the sketch and can't wait to see everyone's unique ideas!


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Disclaimer:  I am a new Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  I am working on replacing all my craft supplies with only Stampin' Up! product, but I will occasionally use some of my non-SU stash. Bare with me as I work to replenish my stash with only SU product. I will be highlighting new products as they come in and I will always point out great alternatives to my non-SU product that are Stampin' Up!. Thanks for understanding.

Best of Butterflies - April Best of Stamp Set

Every month during 2013, we’re combining some of our all-time-favorite stamps with a new, never-before-seen stamp to create a monthly “Best of” stamp set. Best of Butterflies is our April offering, but don’t forget to check out the sets from previous months as well. They’re available all year!

Click the image to purchase this set today! 

Did you know that every year Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico, and that the migration might span multiple generations of butterflies?

Impressive.

Of course, you can just stamp a butterfly from the Best of Butterflies Stamp Set on a card and mail it ANYWHERE in the WORLD. Take that, Mr. Monarch butterfly!

Note: Clear-Mount Blocks B, C, and D needed for this set. Pick up Blocks and Stamping Accessories here.

See all Best of sets - download the flyers below!

January - Best of Birthdays

February - Best of Love

March - Best of Flowers

April - Best of Butterflies

As a special incentive to collect the Best of stamps, we're including a collector's card and 25-year proof of purchase sticker with every Best of set. Collect six stickers, and send it in to redeem a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Free sets must be redeemed no later than April 30, 2014.

Download the collector's card.

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Disclaimer:  I am a new Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  I am working on replacing all my craft supplies with only Stampin' Up! product, but I will occasionally use some of my non-SU stash. Bare with me as I work to replenish my stash with only SU product. I will be highlighting new products as they come in and I will always point out great alternatives to my non-SU product that are Stampin' Up!. Thanks for understanding.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! 

Hope everyone had a beautiful day for hunting Easter eggs!  Mid-Missouri surely did!  Which is why I was not able to get online to make a post earlier!  I just had to share some wonderful news with you about our single stamps! They have been extended until July 31, 2013!  Which means, you can still purchase the cute Easter stamp below, as well as several other adorable single stamps!  

A quick search on Pinterest will bring a ton of cute ideas for using this stamp.  I found where the stamped images were fussy cut and placed in a different layout - so cute!  I have found that Pinterest is my go-to place for great inspiration!  If you haven't checked it out yet, you really should!  Just search your specific stamp set by name, be sure to add "Stampin' Up!" to the search so you get relevant images and poof - tons of cool inspiration using any stamp set you own or want to buy!  

Remember - each of the single stamps costs  $7.95 or less!

Stop in at my shop and check out all the cute single stamps you can pick up! 

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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Disclaimer:  I am a new Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  I am working on replacing all my craft supplies with only Stampin' Up! product, but I will occasionally use some of my non-SU stash. Bare with me as I work to replenish my stash with only SU product. I will be highlighting new products as they come in and I will always point out great alternatives to my non-SU product that are Stampin' Up!. Thanks for understanding.