Mar 4, 2009 | Events
Create these CUTE projects in time for Easter! The boxes can be used to store the cards or candies.
Class Date: Monday, March 30th 7-9 pm
Location: Burlington
Cost: $25 includes all supplies
OR $15 with the purchase of one of these sets: A Good Egg, An Egg-cellent Easter, or A Wagonful of Fun. If you choose this option, you must register and place your stamp set order by MONDAY MARCH 9th (THIS MONDAY). I want to allow plenty of time for all the sets to arrive so that you can create with your own stamp set if you so choose!!
RSVP for the class and to place your order!
Mar 2, 2009 | Seasonal Catalogue
As announced earlier, Stampin' Up! is doing a special "sneak peek" sale on select sets from the Occasions Mini Catalogue. Here's an image of one of the sneak peek sets, An Egg-cellent Easter!
What a great time to purchase new stamp sets to get a head start on all your Easter projects and cards for home or school. The best partabout this "sneak peek" offer is that it's during Sale-A-Bration, which means that you will earn FREE product for every $60 in merchandise that you order. What can be better than getting your new supplies AND FREE Sale-A-Bration products?
Contact me for more information or to place an order!
Mar 1, 2009 | Announcements, Seasonal Catalogue, specials
So is March coming in like a lion or a lamb in your neck of the woods? It's an exciting day for Stampin' Up! demonstrators (and by the way, welcome to Andrea and Karen, the two newest members of the Eh Team of demos!). We get to start preordering from the Occasions Mini Catalogue, which runs for April through June!
THIS YEAR, Stampin' Up! has announced that customers have the opportunity to order a few items from the Occasions mini catalogue!! Click here to see the preview items you may order!
Also becoming available this month – 3D/Pop Up Dies and the Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die – all for the Big Shot. Plus, it's still Sale-a-Bration!
Contact me to order items, or click here to go to my online ordering site (click on "Shop Now"). Are you subscribed to my newsletter? This month, newsletter subscribers will be the first to hear of a special that I'll be running later in March. Register in the box at the top left of my blog. If you're reading this in a feed reader or email update, click here to go to www.yamstamps.com!
Feb 27, 2009 | Big Shot, TV/Video/Web/Tech
Have you ever wondered how to use the Big Shot? Do you need a little tutorial? Here is a great video for you to check it out. This gives you a great idea as to how easy it is to use the Big Shot and the great ways you can enhance your projects.
Click on the video link to watch the video.
With the addition of the products in the new Spring/Summer Idea Book and Catalogue for the Big Shot, Stampin' Up! now has a large list of dies for your Big Shot. Click on the Big Shot Supply Die link picture to see our full line of Die Cutting Supplies for the Big Shot. (and there's more great dies coming soon!!)
If you purchase the Big Shot Starter Kit before the end of March, did you know that you'd receive THREE Sale-a-Bration items, PLUS a level 1 hostess set AND $20 in your choice of merchandise??!! What a deal!! I highly recommend the Big Shot kit as it comes with dies and all the different platforms & plates you'll need to get started… If you're ready to take advantage of this deal, contact me directly, or go here and click on "Shop Now".
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Feb 23, 2009 | scrapbooking
Here's the February 2 page layout we did at Stampers & Scrappers Club this month.
We used Stampin' Up!'s Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin' kit – love how EASY this makes creating coordinating pages or even entire books, since it includes cardstock, designer series paper and self-adhesive die cuts. We also used the Big Deal Alphabet stamp set, again, makes titles easy, and the fact the the letters aren't all uniform makes it very forgiving and whimsical. The hearts were punched with the full heart punch. The large heart is actually the petal card Big Shot die, with two of the petals folded in to create a pocket. You could insert a little picture or a love note here. Obviously I have to do a bit of finishing on my copy….
In the meantime, don't forget that spring will soon be here!! (Not that you can tell from the sub-zero temps we're experiencing today in Burlington…) My March class is on Wednesday, March 4th, and we'll be doing spring-like cards, with the hopes that the weather will soon cooperate. See my class page for more information on all my upcoming events and for the easy payment registration!!
Feb 16, 2009 | rubber stamping, Sale-A-Bration
Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-Bration is on now – with every qualifying purchase ($60 merchandise), you may select a SAB product for FREE! So far, this set has proven to be the most popular amongst my customers – Polka Dot Punches. Each of the stamps coordinates with a punch, making impressive cards and scrapbook pages a cinch!
Here, we used the heart stamp, heat embossed with gold embossing powder onto pink pirouette and baja breeze cardstocks, then punched out with the full heart punch. Mounted onto brushed gold metallic cardstock, backed with basic black cardstock and then onto a mellow moss card. The sentiment is from the Upsy Daisy set, again heat embossed in gold.
I'm looking forward to all my SAB workshops, and there's still space in the Crazy For Cupcakes class. Check out the classes page – there's now Paypal links to instantly pay and confirm your spot in the class! The personal touch reservation still applies, too – feel free to contact me by email or phone to save your spot!
Feb 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
If you click on the image, you should be able to view the video through youtube (you can also select higher resolution if you wish) – thanks to Tom for the video capture… Here's a text link to the video if the image doesn't work for you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvLILIpc8U
Feb 11, 2009 | 3D samples
This is a super quick & easy way to present chocolates to a special someone! Put the chocolates into a cello bag, seal it closed with sticky strip and add a bag topper! This topper was created with the Big Shot Top Notes Die. The Close to Cocoa layer was created using a folded piece of cardstock – the folded edge is placed on the die so it's not cut. For the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper layer, I used the die with single layer, then trimmed around the score lines to make it a little smaller. A quick stamp job – using the hugs and kisses stamp from the Love You Much set, coloured in quickly with a blender pen & pink pirouette ink, then punched with the coordinating scallop circle punch…finished off with a little white taffeta ribbon. Room still to write a personal note, too! Makes a handful of chocolates into a more impressive gift!
Feb 10, 2009 | 3D samples, Announcements, Sale-A-Bration
Here's another look at the Top Note box and Love Note I quickly displayed on CH Morning Live… I used the Big Shot with the Top Note Die to create the top and bottom of the box, then assembled a quick box to go in the middle. Yes, I'm working on a video tutorial for this…
The little love note is made of sahara sand, and the black strip with antique brads matches the box. The heart is from the Sale-a-Bration set, Polka Dot Punches – all of the stamps in the set coordinate with a punch… By embossing the image with gold it makes it almost like stud work… I know black may not be the most romantic colour, but wanted to show that all Valentine's Day items do not need to be red or pink, especially if designed for a male!!
OK so covered the gift box, love note, and now for the BONUS! All new e-newsletter subscribers will receive a special tutorial in their inbox! So what are you waiting for? Enter your email in the box at the top left! Please note that I do welcome subscribers other than Canadians, but I cannot sell product to those outside Canada, and any specials will pertain to Canadians only…(sorry, Stampin' Up! rules).
Feb 6, 2009 | 3D samples
This is the handmade scarf I showed on CH Morning Live earlier today. It's a silk scarf, and we stamped on it with Stampin' Up! craft inks. The stamp set is Fifth Avenue Floral – I think it's one of my favourite new sets in the Spring-Summer Catalogue!
I am hoping to get more photos posted in the next little while, in the meantime, you can check out this page where I have a few photos of projects already up. I will be working on getting more photos and instructions up in the next while (to give you time to work on your own Valentine's gifts!!). In the meantime, you might consider attending my "Love"ly Little Gifts class next Thursday – contact me to register!
Create these CUTE projects in time for Easter! The boxes can be used to store the cards or candies.
