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Father's Day Scrapbook Class to go

Celebrate “Dad” this Father’s Day with a scrapbook layout all about him! This wonderfully masculine layout will be the perfect addition to your family scrapbook. Alternately, you could frame it and hang it in a place of honor in your home!





This class-to-go kit includes everything you need to complete a two page 12x12 layout. The class uses simple stamping, cutting and page assembly.

* This class is not available to Stampin' Up! demonstrators. If you are a demonstrator interested in purchasing this product, please email me angi89@yahoo.com.

Stamp of the Month Club

Love all the Stampin Up Stamps and can't decide which ones to buy? Love all the creative ideas you see online, but think you aren't creative enough to do them yourself? This is the club for you. Join the Stamp of the month club and each month, you will get a current Stampin Up stamp-set, complete instructions for several cards/ 3D items and all the paper and accessories needed to complete them.

With the Stamp of the Month club you can purchase a new set of stamps with all the paper and embellishments to complete several projects.

The stamp of the month club will consist of:

• Run for 6 months
• Alternate hostesses (you choose the month you want to earn hostess benefits)
  
• each month Hostess benefits
• The hostess month is determined on a first-come, first-served basis, so whomever signs up first gets to be the first hostess etc.
• The hostess for that month will get at least $20 in free Stampin’ Up! merchandise plus one free Level 1 stamp set.
• Cost is $25.00/month

Each month you will receive:

• Stamp Set
• Kit club instructions to complete several cards/3D items
• All coordinating paper and embellishments to complete your projects
  
• Option to purchase tools needed to complete your project at a discount.
  

During the hostess month you will also receive:

• Complete monthly kit
  
• $20.00 worth of Stampin’ Up! Products from the current catalog.
• A Level 1 (minimum) Hostess Set of your choice. (and you dont even have to clean your house!)
• Discounts on stampin and scrapbooking tools used in the kit of the month
  

If you choose to gather outside orders or schedule a workshop when it’s your turn as hostess, you can get even more free merchandise.

Conditions:

You must commit to participate in all six months (a credit card guarantee is required) Payment will be due to me by the 5th of each month. No other discounts apply to this very special offer.

Hurry up and sign up for this great Friendly words kit before they are all gone.

Many Marvelous Marker club

Does your “Wish List” include the 48 Stampin’ Write Markers with the storage case?

With the Many Marvelous Marker club you can purchase the entire set over a six-month period and get free Stampin’ Up! merchandise at the same time.

The marker club will consist of:

• 6 members
• Run for 6 months
• Alternate hostesses
• each month Hostess benefits
• The hostess month is determined on a first-come, first-served basis, so whomever signs up first gets to be the first hostess etc.
• The hostess for that month will get at least $20 in free Stampin’ Up! merchandise plus one free Level 1 stamp set.
• Cost is $25/month

Each month you will receive:

• One 1/2 color family (6) Stampin’ Up! Markers.
• One pack of coordinating 12 x 12 cardstock.

During the hostess month you will also receive:

• Stampin’ Up! Markers Plastic Storage/Carrying Case
• $20.00 worth of Stampin’ Up! Products from the current catalog.
• A Level 1 (minimum) Hostess Set of your choice.

If you choose to gather outside orders or schedule a workshop when it’s your turn as hostess, you can get even more free merchandise.

Conditions:

You must commit to participate in all six months (a credit card guarantee is required) Payment will be due to me by the 5th of each month. No other discounts apply to this very special offer. The club begins on June 1st, so if you wanna get your hands on all those fabulous markers, get started now!

$99 Starter kit promotion

Scrapbooking Starter Kit Promotion
Dates: May 1-31, 2009 DOWNLOAD THE KIT DETAILS

Promotion Details

In celebration of National Scrapbooking Month, join Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator for only $99 with our limited-time Scrapbooking Starter Kit. The Scrapbooking Starter Kit contains the following:

#113510 Schoolbook Serif Alphabet Stamp Set* Retails at: $50.95
#113059 Simply Scrappin’ Petal Party Retails at $23.95
#108697 Earth Elements Assorted textured card stock (12×12) Retails at $13.95
#105240 Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad Retails at $8.95

*you can substitute for a set $43.95 or less

Please note: Each of the products listed above may be substituted for like items. Please see the Scrapbooking Starter Kit Order Form for details.The Scrapbooking Starter Kit also contains all the business supplies contained in the standard Starter Kit:

• Getting Started DVD
• Getting Started Guide
• Guest Invitation Postcard (100)
• Idea Book & Catalog (8)
• Occasions Mini Catalog (8)
• To My Hostess Envelope (10)
• Recruit Folders (5)
• Recruit Brochures (20)
• Hostess Brochure (20)
• Hostess Benefits Form (10)
• Customer Order Form (50)

HURRY! THIS OFFER ENDS on MAY 31!! For more information, you can send me an email at angi89@yahoo.com or you can sign up online, password angia

Frayed Flower Tutorial

Maize in Montanta created these fantastic frayed flowers, that will work perfect on your scrapbooks and cards! Think about all those old clothes your kids are tearing up, they will be perfect for this! Click on the photo to go to her tutorial

Posted by Angi at 7:47 AM

Stamping with Bleach

Using Bleach on my stamp projects in one of my favorite techniques! Check out this you tube video and give it a whirl yourself!

My upline is on Craft Critique!

My upline Erika Martin, made her Craft Critique debut today!!! Check out her review on the crop-a-dial. And, It just so happens that Stampin' Up! carries this awesome, versatile product! What are the odds?


Reported by Erika Martin

I'm always looking for new ways to create altered art or 3-D projects, but sometimes it's hard to find a tool that will punch through odd materials (think: book covers or CDs). I had looked into purchasing a Japanese screw punch, but the cost had always deterred me. When the Crop-a-dile came on the market, I knew I had found just what I needed.Not only does the Crop-a-dile punch through some of the thickest crafting materials, but it also doubles as a silent eyelet and snap punch and setter. If you're one of those crafters that likes to stay up late at night (when you get your best crafting mojo), but you don't want to wake the rest of the house with those noisy hammer/punch/setter tools, the Crop-a-dile is a great alternative and much easier to use than the passe hammer/mat sets that first debuted on the market when eyelets were all the rage.

Depending on where you look, you can find new Crop-a-diles anywhere from $14 to $30. It's a hefty tool to hold in your hand, but the weight of it is indicative of its sturdy construction. A look over the mechanisms of this tool and you know you have a durable tool that will last a good, long crafting liftetime.

The Crop-a-dile has dual purposes - to punch holes and to set eyelets/snaps.

To use the tool to punch holes, you have your choice between a 1/8 inch and a 3/16 inch hole. You can also set the little slide rulers on each of the punches as a guide for up to 1 inch in depth - meaning, your punch can go up to 1 inch in on the surface you're punching. Simply slide the punch part of the tool over your surface and squeeze the handles together. You'll be amazed at how effortless the punching process is. The sharp pointed tip of the punch makes it go through the surface like a hot knife through butter.

The eyelet/snap setter part of the tool works for both mini and regular size eyelets/snaps. Just as the punch part of the tool is clearly labled with size and measurements, the setter is also clearly labled as to where to put the base of the eyelet/snap and where there top of the eyelet/snap should be placed. The setter and base both swivel out easily by pulling on them to move them around as you choose which size you'd like to use. As mentioned before, using this setter is virtulally noise-free and just as effortless as punching the hole. If you've been holding off on using snaps and eyelets because of the noise and hassle of all the different tools, the Crop-a-dile eliminates those problems. You don't need a mat or a hammer....the Crop-a-dile will do the punching and the setting for you, with the ease of just one tool.

As I've tested this tool out, I'm amazed at how many surfaces the Crop-a-dile will punch through. I love to create altered books, but finding a cost conservative tool to punch through book covers was a problem. The Crop-a-dile will easily punch through most book covers with ease. I've also punched through a small stack of book pages without any trouble, even after I've glued many of them together. My Crop-a-dile has been used by quite a few high schoolers during altered book courses and it still looks and performs like it just came out of the package. It's seen a lot of love and some abuse, but this tool holds up to even the most forbmidable of users (scores of high school freshman boys).


I recently completed a class using old CDs and used the Crop-a-dile to create holes that were used to thread book rings through to make a mini album. Even with something as potentially brittle as a CD, the Crop-a-dile was able to make holes in the CD without cracking, bending or breaking the CD. It seems this tool is not only strong, but gentle as well.

Thick coasters are also something I use quite often for crafting projects and a regular hand held punch only made a dent in the surface, but was not strong enough to go through the entire coaster. The Crop-a-dile punches through the coasters with no difficulty at all. Besides being able to punch with ease, I really like the fact that there are the sliding rulers on the sides of the tool. When creating a project that needs at least two or more holes punched in a straight row, the sliding ruler gives you a stable guide and eliminates the need to measure out and eyeball your punches and hope that you got them straight.


I am always finding new surfaces to use my Crop-a-dile on and I'm sure you'll love yours as much as I love mine.

Pros:

• Virtually silent punch and eyelet/snap setter. Great for late night crafting or to eliminate all the "extras."
  

• Clearly labeled/measured sliding rulers to use as stable guides when punching mutiple holes in a straight line.

• Will cut through a multitude of thick and hard surfaces, which most hand held punches can't handle.
  

Cons:

• Range of depth into a surface only extends up to 1 inch with the sliding rulers and eyelet/snap setter. If you're punching or setting, you won't be able to reach further into your paper/surface more than an inch.
  

• Only two sizes of hole punches (1/8 and 3/16 inch).

Interested in this great tool but haven't taken the plunge yet? You can get yours today with free shipping.

Are you missing great content?

Did you know the content on the stampin button is completely different? You might be missing some great tips if you havent checked it out. A lot of this content is different from what you see here. To check it out, just click on the stampin button to the right or click here.

Tried-and-True Scrapbook Techniques to Keep Your Creativity Clicking Away

From :everything-about-scrapbooking

This series of scrapbook techniques will touch on tags, custom-made page toppers, sanding and hand-made embellishments to dress up your scrapbooking papers.

As a beginner, it's always a good thing to try out different ideas so that you know what you like, what works for you and what are the time-saving ideas you can recycle many times.

Scrapbook Techniques #1: Tags

Tags is one of the favorite embellishment ideas scrapbookers use on their scrapbooking pages.

Tags works wondrous as a page accent. It adds an interesting element to your page and it works like a "mini-canvas" for adding smaller photos, journaling, captions, page titles, decorative mats, thought bubbles and more.

You can easily cut out a tag using a template or draw one using freehand, and then make designs on the cut-out tag based on your needs and preferences.

Tags can come in various sizes, big, medium, small and in various shapes, oval, round, square or rectangle.

Besides using paper for tags, you can cut out fabric, wood, metal, specialty paper and other surfaces.

Pre-cut tags are also readily available at most craft or scrapbook stores.

To finish it off, attach the tag to your page with fibers, brads, staples or ribbons.

Read on for more free scrapbook ideas.

Scrapbook Techniques #2: Custom-Made Toppers

Turn your page title into interesting page toppers by handwriting your own page titles and adding designs to them!

Trust your steady hand to come up with nice page titles or if you want a helping hand, trace over a computer font. Then it's up to you to add flourishes to the page title using paint, colored pencils or chalks and turn it into a decorative page topper.

If you're using freehand to draw out your page title, remember to use a pencil to outline your letters first. Remember to leave enough space between the letters if you intend to use block letter or add some swirls.

Then add in any extra lines, designs or motifs to each letter. When you're done designing, trace over the letters with a journaling pen. Do correct as you go along and then let the ink dry.

Done? Then erase off all the pencil lines and fill in with your selected medium of colored pencils, chalks or paint.

Scrapbook Techniques #3: Sanding

Use sandpaper to rub, buff and scratch away and change the face of cardstock, patterned papers and embellishments.

This is a quick way to add interest, age, soften or dull the surface of your paper or embellishments.

Just remember to place the item you want to sand on a piece of white scrap paper. Because using colored paper, its tint might transfer to the item you're sanding.

Use your dominant hand to hold the sandpaper and the other hand to hold onto the piece of item you're sanding. Use short strokes to distress your item. A fine-grained sandpaper will give a distressed look while a coarse-grained paper with long strokes will give the item a scratched look.

Then use a piece of tissue to swipe away the gritty bits off the sanded item.

Scrapbook Techniques #4: Hand-Made Embellishments

If you want something unique, then you can look at creating your very own embellishment. It'll be one-of-a-kind piece of art.

Embellishments serve to enhance and add interest to your scrapbook pages. And there's abundance of embellishments such as stickers, ribbons, slides, metal frames, shaker boxes to more complex techniques of adding microbeads, rubber stamping, dry embossing and such.

The kind of embellishments you use really depend on your imagination and creativity.

Of course, you can always come up with your own handmade embellishment. It doesn't even have to be complex, sometimes simple ideas work the best.

If the idea of making your own embellishments appeals to you, keep a lookout for leftover beads, plastic flowers, laces, ribbons and so on from your other craft projects that you can use as materials for your embellishments. With handmade embellishments, you'll instantly add a great personal touch to your scrapbook pages. Plus, no one will have the same piece of embellishment as you.

Workshop of the Month

Want to make beautiful projects in your own home with your family and friends? In this Workshop, we will create all of these fabulous projects. This workshop includes:

Three custom designed projects - 2 cards and one 6" x 6" scrapbook page - which you can mix and match based on the needs of your hostess

A simple and "stepped-up" version of each project

Step by Step photo's for creating the main projects and tips to make The 6" x 6" Scrapbook page stepped up to an 8 1/2" x 11" and then a 12" x 12" scrapbook page

Tips on creating Alternate projects designs using a different stamp set, DP and color scheme

So what are you waiting for? You pick the date and the place and invite your friends and family, they don't have to be crafty, I will show them how easy it can be!Don't live in Delaware? That's okay, I will send you everything you need to have your very own Party in a Basket!Click on my calendar to book your workshop today!

Thoughts and Prayers Kit-to-go

You asked for it! These beautiful cards are part of my next class-to-go, you too can make these beautiful cards at home! You can purchase all the supplies and instructions to make these beautiful cards like my colleagues have shown here. Click here to find out more information on this cards-to-go class!

Father's day Ideas

Check out these super fab father's day ideas I found on Tip Junkie


Check out Stacy's Father's Day board book. It's completely fabulous and she's also created a tutorial with several ideas and to get those creative juices flowing.



Karen did an amazing job on this Father's Day vest card with mini pizza box as gift wrap.



Some major love when into this card! 'I am not left-handed' made this beach chair pop up card using her Sizzix machine.



'Deb Duz Scrappin' made this creative tie album.



Inkerprints made this beautiful shirt cuff card & matchbox set.



I am such a fan of 'Pine is Here'. Her envelope photo book is s

More frayed flowers

The frayed flower card Ashely made is darling. These fit perfectly on your cards, don't you think?

Frayed Flower Tutorial

Maize in Montanta created these fantastic frayed flowers, that will work perfect on your scrapbooks and cards! Think about all those old clothes your kids are tearing up, they will be perfect for this! Click on the photo to go to her tutorial

3-D Pop Up Recycled Magazine Flowers!

I can't get enough of her crafty flowers!!! You can find more information here: 31 Crafty Flowers in 31 Days !

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More Simple Scrapbook FLowers

Don't throw those newspapers away until you try this! Today's flower tutorial for 31 Crafty Flowers in 31 Days is a perfect summer activity to do with the kids!

Fabric Flower Tutorials

Check out this awesome fabric flower tutorial I found here

Welcome to the May 15th TBD Tour # 5 Stop # 1 Great Grads

Welcome to the May 15th & 16th TBD Tour.

This tour features 20 blogs! Each blog will showcase a beautiful project using items from Stampin' Up!'s - Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog.

Don’t forget to bookmark your favorite blogs as the links that make up this tour will disappear at midnight on May 16^th.

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This set is perfect for this time of year, we all know someone who is graduating

and what a great way to show them we care, make them a personal card!

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Winner: Rubber Stamps, Spring-Summer 2008 Idea Book & Catalog, Write Me a MemoryFont CDs
Finalist: Watercolor Pencils, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Stampin' Write Markers, Punches

Best of all, You can purchase these award winning products through ME!

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