I am so excited to offer you this service!!!  My Online Project Club.  Each month, you will receive a tutorial showing you how to make the "Online Project of the Month"  Each full color tutorial will include over 20 pages of pictures with step-by-step instructions and can be yours for under $8 a month. 

You can see and purchase the other 30 issues I have available for purchase HERE

May 2010 Stencil Card Trio & Frame Set

 
What’s old is new again! Stencils are back in style with Stampin’ Up!’s fashionable designs perfect for creating cards, scrapbook pages, fabric projects, 3-D projects and all kinds of home décor! Stampin’ Up! Decor Stencils coordinate with stamp sets and accessories making them a must have addition to your paper crafting supplies. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use stencils with ink, pastels, heat embossing, and stencil paste. Plus the bonus Stenciling 101 Tutorial will help you explore even more creative options!

These project feature the Elegant Trio Decor Stencils and the Thank You Kindly stamp set.  The elegant styling and monochromatic colors make this a perfect set to create and use year-round or give as gifts for many occasions.  Be inspired, learn some new techniques, and then create a variety of projects on your own featuring stencils for paper crafting projects like cards and scrapbooks, and also for home decor on frames, vases, walls and furniture.  Have fun with the possibilities.

Here is my card for the Controlfreaks Summer Mini Catalog swap.  I used the Bouquet Bunch set and a layout from my good friend Dawn Olchefske.  I started with an Old Olive Scallop Square and added my card in Whisper White.  The Polka Dot Designer Series Paper is from the Melon Mambo Patterns pack.

I stamped the vase image in Chocolate Chip on Old Olive and then used a small stamp from the Charming set (from the Occasions Mini Catalog and is still available) to decorate the vase.  I stamped the little flower image in Chocolate Chip and colored it with my Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Markers.  Love these colors together, so bright and cheery. :-)

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Don't forget about the Clearance Rack items.

It seems as though the only time I use Handsome Hunter is at Christmas.  Now that it is retiring, I thought I should give it a try when the snow isn't flying. :-) 

I used my Tearing Edge Tool to tear off the front of the Handsome Hunter card and then slipped in a quarter sheet of Very Vanilla.  I stamped the flower mages from Watercolor Trio in Handsome Hunter and Sage Shadow and the butterflies are stamped in Blush Blossom.  I got the color combo from the Color Coach.  The greeting was stamped in Handsome Hunter and punched out with the Large Oval and then matted onto a Scalloped Oval.  The top was wrapped in Sage Shadow Grosgrain Ribbon.

All these colors are retiring in June so if you are interested in the ink, card stock or ribbon, place your order ASAP!!

 
  
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Don't forget about the Clearance Rack items.

Stampin' Up! will continue to offer additional downloads for the My Digital Studio Paper Crafting solution as they create new papers, embellishments and stamp brush sets.  I will post the pictures of the downloads with the item numbers and pricees to make your ordering easier. 

The digital downloads must be ordered online through my website HERE and they are available for immediate download to your computer after the transaction is complete.  You can see all the additional downloads available for purchase HERE.

Stampin' Up! has released six NEW Digital Downloads for My Digital Studio.  Please note that you do not have to have My Digital Studio to purchase these downloads, they will work in other applications.

Summer Splendor Designer Series Paper 121067 $4.95 

 
Geometric Lines Designer Series Paper 121068 $4.95

Presto Patterns Overlays stamp brush set 122142 $3.95

 
  Jersey Alphabet Stamp Brush Set 122263 $9.95

Athletic Department Stamp Brush Set 121065 $7.95

 
Scoreboard Stamp Brush Set 122264 $5.95  

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Who doesn't love FREE stuff!!  I certainly do. :-)  This month if you purchase select stamp sets or My Digital Studio, you will receive FREE Designer Brads.  These brads are really cool as they have recessed images that you can color in.  This adds even more interest to your projects. 

 
I used Brocade Blue, So Saffron and Regal Rose on this card and colored the brad with Crystal Effects mixed with So Saffron Reinker.  It was super easy, I just squirted a blob of Crystal Effects on a piece of scrap paper and mixed in a drop of So Saffron ink.  I used my Piercing Tool to transfer the Crystal Effects from the paper to fill in the flower on the brad and then allowed it to dry.  Easy Peasy!!!

During National Scrapbooking Month, get a FREE package of Designer brads with the purchase of My Digital Studio (item 118108) or any of the following stamp sets:

  

Watercolor Trio was one of the first stamp sets I purchased last month during our demonstrator pre-order period for the Summer Mini Catalog. 

If you would love to be first to get products from the NEW Idea Book & Catalog coming out in July, sign up with me as a demonstrator on my team by May 26th and on June 1st you will be able to order those goodies first and get a gift from me!!! 

Right now if you join my team, you will receive two Technique DVD's from Stampin' Up! as well as an any price stamp set out of the NEW Catalog in July as a gift from me.  Click HERE for more info on becoming a demonstrator or call me and we can chat about it 307-673-4760.  I can call you back on my dime. :-)

 
Now onto the card, as I said, I used the Watercolor Trio (clear mount) set and I stamped the images in Ruby Red, Sage Shadow, Crushed Curry and Soft Suede.  The Crushed Curry Polka Dot Ribbon is flipped so we don't see any polka dots. :-)  I also used my Color Spritzer Tool and my Soft Suede Marker to add the splatter.

Ruby Red, Sage Shadow and Crushed Curry will be retiring at the end of June so if you need any products in those colors, order them ASAP as they are only available while supplies last.

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Don't forget about the Clearance Rack items.

I just love this color combo and this layout.  You can see another card I posted with this same combo four days ago by clicking HERE.

This set uses Extreme Elements which is part of the May Special.  It makes GREAT manly cards!!  Purchase this set and receive a FREE set of Designer Brads (page 179).

I randomly stamped the varous images in the Extreme Elements set with Basic Black, Real Red and Going Gray.  The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is punched out with the Word Window Punch and then the Modern Label Punch.  I used the flip side of the Real Red Polka Dot Ribbon and added a Clear Rhinestone Brad.  My card base is Textured Going Gray.

 I used the Bigz XL Fancy Favor Box die for my gift box and added some Real Red tissue paper. :-)  The box is made from Textured Card Stock and the Basic Black Belly Band is also Textured.  I added a small Clear Rhinestone Brad for some interest. 

During National Scrapbooking Month, get a FREE package of Designer brads with the purchase of My Digital Studio (item 118108) or any of the following stamp sets:

  

Third post today.

Ahhh, the Stampin' Up! cruise to the Southern Caribbean, it was so much fun.  The weather was good, the water was beautiful and the company was the best!!!  It was so good while it lasted but we did have to come back to reality. :-)  Here are a few photos for you.

 
This plane is going to fly right over my head and land at the airport on St Maarten roughly 100 yards from where I am standing.  We are on Maho Beach.  I have a video of the planes flying over us that I will share later.

 
We took a tour of Antigua and stopped here, (cannot remember where here is though!!) 

 
My Stampin' buddies at Cane Bay on St. Croix.  We went snorkeling for the first time here and it was really cool.  These are official Stampin' Up! cover-ups, and they are the bomb-diggity, right Tom!!!

We got home earlier this week and now I am looking at THIS!!!!!! Yes people that is snow and alot of it!!  We just got the call that school is letting out early.....what is going on here, this is May!!

If you placed an order during my Cruise Special, your name went into the drawing for the following Door Prizes.

In the interest of privacy, I will not be listing last names.  You do not need to contact me to claim your prize, I already have your address and it will be coming to you. :-)

Thanks to everyone who placed an order, I really appreciate it!!

Run, don't walk to my WEBSITE to see all the new items on the Clearance Rack!!

WOW!! did you see that the Afternoon Tea Designer Series Paper and the Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware are on the Clearance Rack!!!  You can view pictures of all the Clearance Rack items HERE

Look at what I have created with them!!

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Stampin' Up! has just added over 20 additional items to the Clearance Rack.  Click HERE and then click Clearance Rack in the left column.

They have added the Fashion District Rub-Ons that coordinate perfectly with the Canvas Cuts also on the Clearance Rack.  I have a video on using these two items together and you can view it HERE
 
  
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These Island Oasis Party Favor Boxes are just so cute, I had to have them. :-)  You can put the Belly Band around the box with the flaps flat or you can punch holes with the Horizontal Slot punch and slide the band through with the flaps up.  Here is a picture of the flap after I punched the holes.

These little gems are on page 27 in the NEW Summer Mini Catalog and are also a part of my Summer Mini Product Share.  

Click HERE to see what you get in your Share!

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PS-Please say a little prayer for my friend Phyllis who lost her son in a tragic car accident this past weekend.

Since Circle Circus is a featured stamp set in this month's special and if you purchase it, you will get to choose a set of Designer Brads FREE, I thought I would get it out and use it with some of our retiring colors.  This card is also a CASE of a card I made for a freaks swap last year.  You can see my swap HERE.

My card uses Creamy Caramel, Really Rust and Taken with Teal.  Notice the cool textured Creamy Caramel card stock on the bottom, I used our new Square Lattice Impressions Folder, isn't that just the coolest texture you have seen!!!

I used a few of our circle punches, the retiring Dusty Durango Polka Dot Ribbon (reversed) and a 5/16 Neutrals Brads.  The greeting was inked up with the retiring Really Rust and Taken with Teal Markers and punched out with the Modern Label Punch.  If you don't already own this punch, you NEED it!!!

The special for May is to purchase My Digital Studio or a stamp set off THIS LIST and you will receive your choice of Designer Brads FREE.  I have a small stack of Going Gray Textured Card Stock so I thought I would use some of it up. :-)  I used the Circle Circus stamp set, Circle Designer Brads, Going Gray, Real Red and Basic Black for my card.

 
I randomly stamped images on my piece of Whisper White.  I then stamped random images on scraps and punched them out with our various Circle Punches.  The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is punched out with the Word Window and layered on a punch out from the Modern Label.  You can get the Circle Designer Brads FREE with the purchase of the Circle Circus stamp set this month. 

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Cameo Coral is one of those colors that I will really miss when it retires at the end of June.  It is such a fun springy color and I love it in the Pink Flamingo Designer Series Paper which will also retire.  This project is featured in my May newsletter so if you want to know how to make it, you better sign up to receive my newsletters HERE

I will be putting in some photos of Tom, Sandy, Mike and I on our cruise when I get home. :-)

 
 
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