Going Dot Com Birthday Bash

Tip Junkie is one of my favorite sites, I love getting their emails every day full of fantastic information. Well, for their Birthday this month, they are having some spectacular birthday give aways and you can be a part of it, check out some of the stuff, there are 50 PRIZES!!

The Going Dot Com Birthday Bash will be hosted like a giveaway carnival with 10 prizes given out each day. Here are the amazing Mom-preneurs who are participating:

Monday, June 15th:

1. Eclisse Creazioni's
2. Baby Dipper
3. Bibs & Cribs
4. Bead Blossom Design
5. Heritage Makers
6. Charming Gifts
7. Angi Stampin' Up: that'e me ;)
8. Prarie Mama
9. La Bella Jewels
10. Mazer Designs
11. The Celebration Shoppe

Tuesday, June 16th:

1. Baby Chacha
2. Little Darlin Designs
3. Chubby Baby
4. Cherry Blossoms Baby
5. Angel Face Designs
6. The Vintage Pearl
7. Elegant Celebrations
8. Pixisette
9. Every Little Detail
10. Semiprecious

Wednesday, June 17th:

1. Chic Covers
2. L Herbert Designs
3. Chelsea Vantol
4. Tickatoo
5. Imagine Childhood
6. Me Oh My Paper Boutique
7. Staker Sensations
8. Buzz About Baby
9. Venezie Bags
10. Petit

Thursday, June 18th:

1. Nikki Michele
2. Whitney Caroline Designs
3. Sweet Baby Cake
4. Inspired by Jenna
6. Mine Own Book
7. Fifi Flowers
8. Daisy Craft
9. Doodle Design Shop
10. Sugar Sweet Baby
11. Sweet Funky Vintage

Friday, June 19th:

1. Scrappy Design
2. Polka Dot Paisleys
3. Inspire Your Walls
4. AJ's Bowtique
5. Simply Shell
6. Sweet Mady's
7. Studio JK
8. Shabby Straps
9. Dream Custom Artwork
10. The Baby's Bundle

Making sense of Cricut terminology

Are you new to the crafting world or new to the world of Cricut anyway, check out My cricut page, you can find information on cricut, Sure Cuts a lot, Cricut Design studio, free cut files, links to some great cut file sites and even a quiz to see which software is right for you.

The New Late Night Stamper Group

LNStampers group Sherrill Graff has opened two new SU LNStampers groups. . I have listed below the differences in both groups. You may join one or both of these new groups.

New Stampin' Up LNS group VS Demo Only business mail

New Stampin' Up LNS group - StampinUpLNStampers http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/StampinUpL NStampers/

This group will have stamping 101 through advanced techniques
This group will have the design team and challenges
This group will have the inspirational stories and chit chat
This group will focus on helping members become better stampers
and building relationships
This group will help nurture members who wish to become demonstrators someday

VS

Demo Only business mail - LNSDemoOnly

http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/LNSDemoOnl y/

The Demo only group will be strictly business
A demo must prove active status to join that group.
The Demo only group will focus on helping members become better business owners

A fantastic Punch storage Unit

One of my all time favorite crafters is Patter Cross, she is amazing, I love all her tips and art work! Every Friday, she posts an organizational post, this week, she featured this fantastic find! Sue Nagel, from Stampin Things has created this gorgeous storage unit for your punchies.

And here is what Sue says about her new organizer:

You can custom fit the 'Punches and More' to your needs. This NEW organizer will hold every size punch (small, medium and large). This organizer has a tray at the top for additional storage, a lazy susan base, and spins for easy use. The Punches and More Organizer will hold up to:

**30 Large Punches (or) 30 Medium Punches (or) a combination of both
**24 Large or Medium Punches with 22 Small Punches
**Additional storage on top tray for hand punches, other manufacturer's punches, and more!

Notice how she has all of her Creative Memories punches stacked on end to give her even more storage space on top! And look at the little bucket on top containing all of her small hand-held punches. Tons of room! The dimensions of this unit are: 18" high, 14" wide, and 12 1/2" deep, and it is stackable as are her other units!

Now for the BIG news!
Sue is very generously giving this unit away to ONE of my AMAZING subscribers!!!!! Yes, that means YOU could receive this awesome unit! What do you need to do to possibly win this unit? You must create a card, tag, layout, or altered item using PUNCHES (not die cuts)!! It must be a NEW creation, and you must post it to an online gallery or blog with a link to this contest. Your gallery post or blog post MUST contain a list of the punch or punches you used. You then need to come back to this post and leave a link to your creation by Thursday, June 4th, at 11:59 p.m. Central Time! One lucky winner will be announced next Friday!!

Sue is also offering a 10% off SALE this weekend ONLY (Fri., Sat., Sun.), not including shipping, for my subscribers! First, go to her site, Stampin Things, and look at ALL of her amazing units! Find what you would like, then click on the Place An Order tab on the left. You can either e-mail Sue your order or call her (651...). In your e-mail or on your phone call, you MUST tell her you saw the sale on my site and give her this coupon code: PATTERSITE

Deeply discounted Copic Markers

I found this information over at Obsessed with scrapbooking!
Have you got a Sam's Club membership? Did you know that they sell a VAST number of scrapbooking products online for home delivery? If you don't have a membership, Sams Club is currently running a special offer to join for $15 just for the summer.

Anyway, looking through the over 40 pages of items, I was excited to see great Copic marker pricing!

Check this out:

Copic Ciao Markers - set of 36 for $106.68 (including shipping) with three different color set options. That's a wee bit less than $3.00 per marker.

Sketch Copic Markers - set of 36 basic colors are $156.88 (including shipping) working out to be a bit over $4 per marker.

Click HERE to see the copic marker selection at Sams!

They also have nestabilities, the ATG gun and refills (Scotch brand Gold) and all kinds of other goodies!

Click HERE to see all their offerings!

Also, I have big news coming up early this week with regards to new Cricut cartridges so stay tuned!

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