Northwest Stamper

Author: Jennifer

  • Stampin’ Up! Convention 2013–Day 3 Wrap Up

    Well convention wrapped up this weekend and ended with a bang!  I’ve been traveling ever since (flew home Saturday night then flying out to Arizona to visit family on Sunday)!  But I wanted to share some of the fun of the last day of Convention too.  So here we go!

    More amazing swap cards

    Every time I go to convention, I save some of my swaps to trade each day.  That way I can have fun swapping cards each day and this year I was so glad I still had cards on the last day since there were some fabulous cards being swapped then.  Like this adorable card:

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    If this is your card or you know whose card it is, let me know so I can give appropriate credit.

    General Sessions

    Then it was on for more stamping presentations and business classes.  First up was Sara Douglas (Shelli Gardner’s daughter) who always shares some amazing projects.  This was no exception!

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    First she showed some great class ideas that share some adorable banner project.  The first up was a cute halloween banner.

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    Don’t forget this banner kit and accessory kit are one of the options available free as part of the Pick a Project bonus when you sign up as a demonstrator between now and August 31st!

    Next up was an adorable mini album out of a place setting project kit (also available as a Pick a Project bonus) and a cute set of Christmas cards.

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    More Milestone Marches

    I also have to give a shout out to my mom who reached her 5 year milestone and got to march across the stage which is awesome, especially with a big crowd clapping and cheering for you. Smile  So CONGRATS, MOM!  (she is just to the right of Darla who is waving to the camera)

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    And that was just the morning!  I spent lunchtime meeting Shelli Gardner

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    Lots of Display Boards

    And checking out display boards (I thought it was cute that they spelled out “Inspire Create Share” out of the cards on the boards.

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    Closing Session

    The more business classes and closing session.  I loved some of these scrapbooking projects that were shown using the This and That journal and a new cool divided page scrapbook album.

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    We learned about Stampin’ Up!’s investment in innovation and change and it got me excited to try new things and see how I can do more different things.  I’ll be putting together some new offerings but if you have suggestions for what you would love to see from me, please shoot me a message at jennifer@nwstamper.com or leave me a comment!

    Session ended with a bang – literally! 

    2013-07-20 18.05.49And more prizes too!  The very last prize patrol gave 25 people every single stamp set in the holiday catalog!!! WOW!  Then they ended with a final giveaway for everyone – another super fun stamp set called Yippie Skippie!

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    It was the end of an awesome few days full of gifts, learning, inspiration, and friends!  I can’t wait to come back next year.  If you want to join me, don’t forget to save the date – the week of July 14th (most likely wed or thursday through Saturday)

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    This was my 5th convention and tonight I’ll finish uploading all my pictures so you can get the rest of the feel of it.  Smile Then on to posting more projects that inspired me here on the blog.  Until then, have a fabulous day!

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  • Stampin’ Up! Convention 2013 Day 2–What a Day!!

    ccOh my goodness!  Day 2 was a jam packed day and it was an incredible day for me personally.  I am still coming down off of my adrenaline rush and I’ll try to share as much as I can before I pass out. Smile

    So Much News in General Session!

    The morning started out with us getting to the convention hall a little over an hour before the general session was set to start.   Of course there was a big line of people already!  But we just sat down in our place in line, ate our breakfast box, and swapped with everyone around us.  I loved how no one was grumpy or pushy, everyone just settled in and enjoyed themselves.

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    And look at one of the samples I saw today:

    Six sided sampler thank you card

    Cuuuute! Right?
    (If you know the name of the demo who created this card, please let me know so I can give them credit, my cell camera just ate the picture of the back of this swap!)

    So then general session started (see the snazzy stage – I finally got a good picture of it)

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    There were lots, and lots, and lots of fantastic stamping demonstrations and ideas.  And yes, I’ll be posting more of those pictures soon too.  These late nights are killing me for getting all the photos reviewed and uploaded.

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    oh, and did I mention, new product announcements?!

    New Products are here and coming!

    Besides some great ideas for new products that are coming out in the holiday catalog (if you haven’t gotten your copy yet and need one, let me know!) So we learned some cool ideas with a paper bow die, with new papers, stamps, and accessories.

    But then the product announcements started coming…
    (sorry, I can’t share pictures of the actual products that are coming soon per SU rules)

    • A new envelope scoring and punch board! It gives you dimensions to cut a sheet of paper into a square.  Then you line it up on the board to score the creases (with the included scoring tool) and has built in punches to punch out the notches in the side (so the flaps fold nicely) and a punch to round your corners.  It is super cool!
      Plus it has dimensions for 66 different sizes of envelopes! 
      – I hear it will be around $19.95 and come out maybe in September (but don’t hold me to that!)
    • New swing / flip flop card framelit template with awesome accent elements!
      So these are those cards that have an element built into the page that when you open the card, the element swings and flips over.  Ok, yeah, that doesn’t make sense…. but it is really cool.  And they are coming out with a framelit set so you don’t have to do the 11 steps it takes to make it by hand… you just cut with the framelit and you are done!  — I won one of these too!!! So watch for samples!
    • Undefined product line!  Make your own personal stamp… literally!

      I know it sounds hard and intimidating, but it is easier than it sounds! I even did it!
      So, this is a kit that comes with rubber, foam, wood blocks, a marker, postcards, and carving tools.  I thought it was going to be really hard, but after seeing some of the amazing designs people were creating this afternoon, I realized it had to be easier than I was giving it credit for.
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      This is available TODAY and you can check out the details here.

    You can even see what stamp I created that afternoon

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    Mini Classes, Display Boards, Rewards, & More

    Whew, this is getting long, so I’ll try to be fast.  But the afternoon was still jam packed and we had lots of opportunity to check out the amazing inspiration boards, chat with other demonstrators, participate in stamping & learning mini classes, do make & take card projects, and see the new products.

    I spent most of my time doing some stamping, relaxing, and making my own personal stamp!  But check out this cute bag we made in one of the classes!
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    Awards Night

    Now every year, Stampin’ Up! holds an awards night.  It is a time to honor some amazing achievements of some wonderful demonstrators, laugh at the silly jokes, and hear what the upcoming incentive trips are.

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    I’ll admit, I’ve never attended a full awards night, but last year I went to half of it and realized how inspiring it was for me to see just how successful some demonstrators can be.  Sure, I may not be selling $171,000 in sales in a year (that is how much the top US demonstrator sold!!) but if she can do that, I can grow my business and get a little bit closer.

    So, we got in just as it started and cheered for the honorees.

    We learned

    • that next year’s Getaway Vacation is to Washington DC (SUPER COOL!)
    • the Grand Vacation next year is an awesome trip to Hawaii!

    I am grateful to have earned the getaway this year and will be headed to San Diego in September, but those trips next year seem pretty cool too!

    I also was able to earn a couple awards this year, but nothing that caused me to have my name announced and for me to walk across the stage…..

    that is until I was distracted by some work and suddenly I heard my name called!

    I was announced as one of the top 100 demonstrators in the US and awarded a trip to the Founder’s Circle retreat in St. George, UT!

     

    Wow!  I was crying as I went up on stage, was given a beautiful lei and handbag, got a hug from Stampin’ Up! founder Shelli Gardner, and walked across that stage!  Amazing!

    I knew I worked hard this last year, but there are always so many ways you can do better and so I never expected to achieve this – but I’m so appreciative that I did.

    [I’ll have to post pictures later as all the pictures were taken with other people’s cameras Smile)

    After Party

    Finally the night ended with a big party with an 80’s cover band, cupcakes, performers, games, and more prizes.

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    It was an amazing day and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to have it!  I’ve probably missed more stuff to share but I’ll try to catch up tomorrow if I did.

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  • Stampin’ Up Convention 2013–Day 1

    Whew!  Turns out when you are sharing a convention hall with 6,000 of your friends, the lines get really long! I knew it was going to be a busy day, but I wasn’t prepared for how much longer everything takes when you have so many people there. 

    But we had a lot of fun, saw some great inspiration, traded a ton of cute swaps, got freebies, and wore ourselves out. Smile 

    I thought I would share the highlights of the day so even if you weren’t able to be there in person, you could get a feel for what it’s like.  Then if you want to see lots of details, I’ll be posting all my pictures to my Facebook page over the next few days. 

    Wandering Salt Lake City

    This year I have a number of members of my Fun n’ Crafty stampers group join me at convention, and so I created a packing list checklist and shared it with everyone before we left.  I thought it would be really handy to use while packing for convention, and it was…. but who was the smarty pants who forgot her notebook and water bottle.  YUP! That was me.  So as we wandered downtown while I picked up those items, it was really cool to see Stampin’ Up! logos everywhere!

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    Visiting the Home Office

    I always like to visit the home office in Riverton each year.  They bus us out there and we get to see what the offices are like and chat with staffers and demonstrator support.  It looks like a FUN place to work!

    This is the entryway:

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    And if you can see the people behind the banners, that is the line to get in to the Legacy Museum – a really cool room where some of the setups that are used as the photographed settings for the catalogs as well as tons of samples, history (the first catalog is on display!), and inspiration!  For example:

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    (PS – If you have your holiday catalog, this table and place settings should look familiar! Winking smile)

    Opening Session

    Finally by 4:30 everyone was lined up around the block and starting to pile in to the general session stage to get ready for opening session.  It was a fun look back over the last 25 years of SU history and then a talk about the theme this year “Be the Difference”. 

    Here is my group waiting for session to start

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    We all got cute bags with lots of goodies inside!

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    And of course there was lots of demonstrations and inspiration on stage!

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    Opening Night Social

    Then the night ended with lots of partying and more demonstrations, kareoke, a service project, and lots of swapping!  The lights were low and the room was packed so I didn’t get as many pictures last night.  But lots more coming today (and I have more pictures from day 1 I’ll be posting on Facebook later today)!

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    Whew!

    Alright, now off to day 2!  Share more soon!

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  • It’s Stampin’ Up! Convention Time!!

    I’ve been getting super excited over the last week as convention approached and I started getting exciting wondering what amazing ideas I’d see, what new products would be revealed, and have a chance to hang out and reconnect with some wonderful people.

    As I do each year I’ll be posting live updates to my Facebook page (as long as my battery holds out each day) and I’ll give you the full scoop and pictures each night here on the blog.  So even if you can’t be here in person, you can still participate in the excitement and get a feel for it with me.

    Travelling to Salt Lake City!

    So, today was my traveling day and I was very lucky to have 4 members of my group plus a great stamping friend traveling with me from Seattle to Salt Lake City.  We hopped on our plane last night and were treated to the most amazing sunset as we came in to land in SLC.

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    We got our bags and a shuttle and headed to our homebase for the weekend – the Radisson at the convention center.  Check out the cool wall art about the nice beds:

    Convention 2013 Radisson hotel room

    And while I should really be sleeping in that bed right now (since breakfast comes waaay to early in the morning), I thought I’d show you some of the other fun things I brought with me to kick things off. Smile

    1.  My nametag & convention buttons!

    My first year at convention, I saw people with their lanyards full of pins and buttons and I realized that many people collect their convention pins and acheivement pins on their lanyard and I set out to start collecting mine.  It’s taken me 5 years, but I love that it is getting more full.  I know… its silly, but sometimes the little things make it more fun!

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    Plus with 6,000 demos in attendance, they are checking badges this year and so I got to make it fun to look at!

    2.  Swaps!!

    What would a Stampin’ Up! event be without swaps?  I started out with making a ton of this Flower/Doily card… it was fun and easy to make a bunch.  But when I was done, I had made 76 cards and I decided a few days ago that a few more wouldn’t hurt and so I made the Christmas cards as well.

    Flower Shop Doily Card

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    I used the new Flower Shop bundle to create the cute flowers and then just accented with one of the Whisper White doilies.

    I decided I needed a few more swaps and I thought of this fun way to use the new Christmas Collectibles stamp set.
    (psst – sneak peek alert!  New holiday catalog goodies including the new stamp set, punch, and embossing folder.)

    Christmas Collectibles Ornament Card

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    3.  Fun n’ Crafty group gifts!

    And finally, I put together a little Convention Survival Kit for everyone in my group since it was the first convention for many of them.  Some people have the tradition of downline gifts and roommate gifts… I just was excited to have so many downline and friends going with me I wanted to put a little something together for them.

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    • I figured a few emergency snacks and mints would be nice.
    • Wet wipes for cleaning up after snacks or when you are stamping during make & takes and need a little extra clean up power.
    • Some tissue, because there is always some touching story or presentation that gets the whole room crying!
    • Chapstick – I swear, I always forget this and buy a new stick every year when I am here!
    • Band-aids were supposed to be in the bag, especially for when you are walking all day and your shoes start rubbing
    • …and of course a cute bag they can reuse each day to easily find their essentials.

    Today they get their handmade gift from me… but I’ll save that surprise for my next blog post!  Ooh, I can’t wait to give everyone theirs!

    So, today will be a day full of Stampin’ Up! home office tours, swapping, opening session, and a big party afterwards!  I’ll post as I go on my Facebook page and then back here later for the full report.

    I’m so excited!

    Now for a few hours sleep while I can….7:15am comes too early!

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  • Pick a Free Project Kit with Your Starter Kit Today!

    imageDid you hear?  Stampin’ Up! just launched a cool new sign-up promotion, giving you the opportunity to pick a project kit (including 3 sneak peek options from the upcoming holiday catalog) to add to the already great deal of the starter kit starting now! 

    Get up to $154.90 in your choice of products with you $99 starter kit!

    If you’ve been considering becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator or taking advantage of the great deal of the starter kit, the deal just got a little sweeter!  Check out what you can get as an added bonus:

     click for the pdf flyer

     

    Kit Options:
    The first three project kits are from the holiday catalog (sneak peeks!) and the last option is from the annual catalog.

    Option Kit DescriptionItemTotal Value
    1Build a Banner Simply Created Kit AND
    Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit    		133507
    132698    		$29.90
    2Build a Banner Simply Created Kit AND
    Christmas Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit    		133507
    132697    		$29.90
    3Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit133463$19.95
    4Tag a Bag Bundle AND
    Tag a Box Bundle  (pg 158 annual catalog)    		131371
    131372

    $22.45

    I know I can’t wait to try out the Build a Banner kit and you can bet there are going to be some great ideas at Convention this week and so I will be sure to take lots of pictures to share! 

    Join my Fun n’ Crafty group today!

    Don’t forget about these other perks too!

    • Your starter kit ships free!  (save even more!)
    • Join me for local and web-streamed team meetings each month
    • Participate in my Fun n’ Crafty group on Facebook where we share crafting ideas, business tips, and friendship and support
    • I’m here to help you get the most out of your demoship – whether you are looking to start a business or just want a great deal on your hobby!

    Have questions?  Shoot me an email at jennifer@nwstamper.com.

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  • All About Mosaic Madness

    If you are a member of my newsletter, you have already seen this card (and if you aren’t a member, sign up here and you can get the inside scoop first too!)

    But I love how this card turned out and it has been a fun way to use all the coordinating Mosaic items (the stamp set, the punch, and the embossing folder).  Check it out:

    This was my first time really going all out with the Strawberry Slush new In Color.  I was afraid I was going to be overwhelmed with pink, but I think it turned out more summery bright than eye-searing pink.  Do you agree?

    And with the punch and embossing folder, this card comes together in a snap too which is always a bonus!

    Card Supplies Used
    Stamps:     Mosaic Madness, Great Greetings
    Ink: Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar
    Paper: Strawbery Slush, Very Vanilla
    Accessories: Big Shot, Mosaic Embossing folder, Mosaic punch, Rhinestones, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Sponge daubers

     

    Plus, don’t forget that if you love the punch and stamp set, you get 15% off when you order them at the same time!  See this discounted bundle here.

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  • Sketched Birthday Card for the Birthday Bash!

    Ahhh… back in the blogging saddle again.  I’ll admit I’m feeling a little rusty (I know it hasn’t really been that long but it feels like ages to me!), but kicking back off with a blog hop is a great way to get the blogging and creative mojo happening again – for sure!

    Summer has finally hit and I’m getting super excited for the Stampin’ Up! convention next week (yay!!!  And yes, like prior years, I’ll be sharing my pictures, excitement, and info while at convention on my facebook page – so watch there for the good stuff Winking smile)

    But that also means this month’s Blog Hop theme – Birthday Bash – is a perfect way for me to get out my enthusiasm because you know birthdays are fun and exciting, filled with clapping and cheering…. or is that just me at parties? hee hee

    This is the card I had to share with you for the hop this month:

    I LOVE this Sketched Birthdays stamp set.  The images are a perfect blend of not quite vintage-y, not too cutesy, not too real…. just kind of funky and perfect for any age… and guy cards!

    Ok, so I used a lot of pink in this card, so maybe it isn’t the most manly… but squint and pretend those are red and brown, or other guy colors and it would totally work!

    I tried doing a close up to show you a fun details that is really cool in person but apparently is impossibly to photograph well, which is adding some Silver Dazzling Details to the scallop around the Happy Birthday, Cupcake image.  I put a dot of Silver Dazzling Details in each scallop and it adds some subtle sparkle that is really nice!

    And YES!  That birthday hat patterned paper is hand stamped paper!  I just grabbed the hat image and stamped it multiple times in different colors until I was happy with the look.  Do that on a full sheet of white paper and you can make a ton of cards lickety-split!

     

    Have you heard?  A new DAILY inspiration blog for you is coming and I’ll be on the design team!  Join me and some of the very talented monthly Blog Hop Demonstrators as we help give you more daily doses of crafting inspiration! This site will go live the day of our August Blog Hop, August 8th.

    But if you want more inspiration now check out more birthday celebrations at the rest of the folks on this month’s blog hop:

    Blog Hop Participants:

     

    So thanks for visiting and I hope you come back soon!

     

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  • Back from Vacation!

    Hi again!

    I know its been ages since I’ve been on the blog.  Turns out my grand plan to get a ton of blog posts written while I was on vacation for almost 2 weeks was not the best plan. Smile  I somehow thought that since I would be away from home, I’d have all this time in the evenings and during naps.  It didn’t occur to me that my kids would think they were on vacation from naps and regular bedtimes too! But it was a great trip.

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    I got some wonderful family time in, along with visiting and stamping with my friends and members of my Fun n’ Crafty team of demonstrators in the San Francisco bay area.

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    We got together and did a shoebox swap (where each person designs a card and then brings enough supplies for everyone to make the card).  Which was good because I needed some inspiration because I wasn’t thinking and scheduled a card class for tomorrow night which was originally supposed to be the day right after we got back from our trip!

    I’ll get those cards photographed and posted soon, but if you want to see them sooner, you are invited to join me at my card class on Monday night (7pm at Redmond Panera). Smile  Class details can be found here.

    So, check back tomorrow as I have more samples and project ideas scheduled to post all week!  And then next week is the Stampin’ Up! convention!  Should be a great couple of weeks.

     

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  • A New Way to Color Your Stamped Images with Marker

    Recently, my mom showed me a new way to try coloring in your images with your markers.  To show me what she was talking about she created this card:

    It uses the new Flower Shop stamp set and punch sitting atop the stem from Field Flowers.  Great idea, huh?

    Now, to do the coloring, she took a lighter colored marker (in this case, the Crisp Cantaloupe marker) and then swiped one side of the marker tip along the side of the Calypso Coral ink pad.  This gives you a darker side to the marker. 

    Then you can color in your stamped image and twist your marker as you are coloring so you end up getting both tones forming a cute spectrum of color on your image.  Now if it is a little hard to see, she created the following examples to help show it better:

    On the left is a flower colored in with a blender pen, the middle is using the two-tone effect, and the right flower is colored in only using the Crisp Cantaloupe marker.  There was more of a difference between the three than I expected!

    And I thought the whole card was a neat idea so I created a simpler version to send out as a customer thank you card this month.  So if you’ve placed a Stampin’ Up! order with me in June, you’ll have one of these in your inbox soon!

    Stampin’ Up Supplies Used:
    Stamps – Flower Shop, Field Flowers, Petite Pairs
    Ink – Calypso Coral, Pistachio Pudding, Daffodil Delight, Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe marker
    Paper – Whisper White, Subtles Designer Series Paper stack (top card), Pistachio Pudding cardstock (bottom card)
    Accessories – Posy Punch, Itty Bitty punch pack, Pearls, Distressing tool

     

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  • Last Chance to get FREE Hostess benefits for only $100

    Have you joined in on the Everyone’s a Winner Event yet?  I’ll be drawing for hostess benefit spots this evening and would love to give some to you too!

    How does it work?  It’s easy!

    1. Check out the new Annual catalog and start building your wishlist.  Then share the catalog with your friends and family so they can start putting together their wishlist too.
    2. Send me your order of $100 or more, or enter it online using the hostess code (HGTANH33)
    3. You get FREE STUFF!

    Normally, you need to purchase $150 in order to receive $25 in free hostess product.  By combining like this, EVERYONE is a winner!  Everyone will receive EITHER $26 in product OR one 1/2 price item!  WOW! This is so cool!

    happy girlEVERYONE WILL BE A WINNER!!

    (Prizes are based on ten $100 (or more!) orders. Prizes MAY increase or decrease depending on how many are participating. I will place the names of all participants in a hat and pick winners.

    • 6 people will receive $26.00 in free merchandise from the current Catalog.
      That’s better than having a $150.00 workshop~ for only $100.00!!!
      And have you seen the hostess stamp sets?  I think they are the best yet!  And you can only get them with Hostess Dollars!
    • 4 people will get a half price item of choice.
      You could get a Big Shot for half price … a $50.00 savings,
      or a set of Stampin’ Write Markers at half price saving over $54.00,
      or a whole family of the new stamp pads for half price..saving $25.00,
      or the Big Shot Alphabet dies for a savings of $45!  WOW!

    Offer ends Sunday, June 23 at 11:59 PST.

    So, I hope you can join me and a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who is supporting me and helping me get closer to earning the incentive trip as well! Smile

     

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  • Fun & Easy Birthday Card with Banner Greetings

    imageWhat do you think of when you see a stamp set that is full

    of stamp images that look like flags? 

    Well, I imagined banners, but don’t ask me why, but I never thought to make little flags with it.  But, thank goodness for other creative stampers out there!

    My mom created this card and when I saw it, I thought it was a brilliant way to use these stamps!

    She stamped the Happy Birthday image twice (once in Island Indigo and once in Tangerine Tango) and then cut them out and attached them to the ends of toothpicks.  Voila!  You have adorable flags for your projects!

    tip: to adhere the banners to toothpicks, I recommend using the Tombow Liquid Glue along the straight edge of the stamped image.  You can also leave some extra white paper to the left of the stamped image and roll that around the toothpick to create your flag as well.

    And yes – you have to cut these out by hand.  Sorry. Smile 

    Tuck them behind a piece of the Natural Trim ribbon and you can’t even see the ends of your toothpicks and the tape or glue you had to use to adhere them to your card front.

    Card Supplies Used:
    Stamps – Banner Greetings
    Ink – Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango
    Paper – Tangerine Tango cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Quatrefancy specialty designer paper
    Accessories – Natural Trim ribbon, toothpicks

    Now the only catch with this stamp set is that you can only order it using Hostess dollars.  So, basically you can only earn it as a free stamp set instead of just ordering it off the website.  However, you have a few options for getting it:

    1. Host a private class or workshop and collect $150 or more in orders
    2. Place a $150 order yourself
    3. Join my Stamp Club and earn it free your hosting month

    ~OR~

    Get it free if you join in my Everyone’s a Winner Event by this Sunday, 6-23-13!  Then you’ll only need to place a $100 order or workshop and you’ll get $26 in hostess benefits free!

     

    Just let me know that you want your own set and we’ll figure out getting it for you right away!  Just shoot me an email at jennifer@nwstamper.com and we’ll do it!

     

  • Frosted Glass Butterfly Technique and Card

    As I get ready for Monday’s Terrific Techniques: Fun with Washi class, I was looking over a card I made recently using the Best of Butterflies stamp set.  (You know, because it was one of my few samples right now that uses washi)

    I was playing with Vellum and thought it would be really pretty to create a softly colored butterfly image.  Its super easy to do too!

    All you have to do is:

    1. Stamp your image on Vellum using Stazon Ink
    2. Flip over your Vellum paper (so inked side is down) and start coloring using markers. 
      I recommend coloring with your darker color first because the first color you ink will be the top layer you see when you flip over the stamped image.
    3. Cut out your image
    4. Adhere to your card base using a glue dot behind part of your image that is solid black.

    And TA-DA!  You have a totally cool looking butterfly!

     

    Stampin’ Up Supplies Used:
    Stamps – Best of Butterflies, Seasonal Sayings
    Ink – Stazon, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight marker, Pumpkin Pie marker, Cajun Craze marker
    Paper – Calypso Coral cardstock, Very Vanilla cardstock, Vellum cardstock
    Accessories – This and That washi tape, Glue dots

     

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