Here are the latest Weekly Deals from Stampin’ Up! Canada – special prices in a limited quantity for a limited time. I love a lot of things on this list, but I realize that I have a thing for hearts….because my favourite item this week is the Happy Heart Embossing Folder. I know, there’s so many other great things on this list, including the two great punch boards, but maybe it’s something about the pattern repetition, but I do love that folder. OK I also love the border punch, but I’m trying to get better about picking ONE favourite item of the week. Trying.
If you {heart} any of these items, don’t forget to grab them while you can! Shop in the YamStamps online store and have your items delivered directly to you, or if you need help placing your order or have any questions, please contact me. I will be placing an order this weekend, so if you’re in the Burlington area, I can include your items in that order.
I’ve been busy working behind the scenes, shooting & editing video for a Christmas card online class that is slated to go live this Saturday, World Cardmaking Day! If you want to attend a Christmas Card Class in person, don’t forget that October 1 is the registration deadline for the October Christmas Card Class! You will get a package of Seasons of Cheer Designer Series Paper and a package of Rhinestones included in your $30 class fee. We’ll make 4 cards using those supplies with PLENTY left over for you to take home and make more projects! Click here to register or contact me. See the YamStamps Events page for more details and other upcoming events.
Oh – and tune in to CHCH Morning Live around 9:45 tomorrow morning for my appearance celebrating cardmaking!
Yes, it’s almost time for the Twelve Weeks of Christmas!! Each year, in the weeks before Christmas, I send out an exclusive Christmas project to the YamStamps subscribers. These projects are not shared anywhere else – you won’t see them on the YamStamps blog, the Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest…well, you get the idea. They will start NEXT WEEK so be sure to be signed up to the YamStamps list by Wednesday at 1pm when the first mailing goes out. As a bonus, new subscribers get an exclusive paper crafting video tutorial. By the way, there will be no “re-sends” of the special emails, so if you want all 12 projects, you need to be in from the beginning.
To get you into the spirit, I’m sharing a recent card featuring the beautiful Embellished Ornaments set and Delicate Ornament dies. Combined with the Gold and Silver Foil sheets, they make for an elegant card. I used Silver and Gold ribbon and silver embossed the sentiment. Smoky Slate is a great cardstock to play up the silver tones. I used the new Precision Base Plate to cut these ornaments – it’s great because it will never warp…but you do get a bit of a work out winding it through the Big Shot. I found that I didn’t need to use the dryer sheet to get these die cuts to pop out, but I did have to spend a bit of time getting the little bits to punch out of the ornament. I’m going to experiment a bit to see the most effective way to die cut the ornaments and will be sure to share my results here.
Don’t forget a couple of deadlines coming up! Registration for the October Christmas Card Class closes on October 1st – payment is due at that time so that I can place the order for the product that you get with your class fee. As well, the next Monthly Card Class will be Wednesday, October 7th. You can take a look at the YamStamps Events page for registration links or contact me to register. I look forward to seeing you in class soon!
Stampin’ Up! Canada’s Weekly Deals are full of stars this week! My favourite is the framelits, but a close second is the embossing folder, and the ribbon…and….*sigh* it’s like picking a favourite child. Don’t forget that the items are specially price and in limited quantities, so your best bet is to go online and place your order right away. If you need help placing your order or have any questions, please contact me.
It was a busy week last week – first full week of school and back to routine. After being keen to get things going, I wondered WHY when I fell into bed exhausted at the end of the week! It was a busy week for YamStamps Classes as well – we did a Christmas Card Class, the Tin of Cards Class and yesterday was Stampers Club. Lots of craftiness happening around here – and lots of happy people with projects completed too! If you’re interested in attending the next Christmas Card Class, the registration (and payment) deadline is October 1st and the class will be Thursday, October 15th at 7pm. This time around class attendees will receive a package of Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper and a set of Rhinestones. We will use portions of these supplies to create the 4 holiday cards at class and you’ll take the rest home for your other crafting projects (or to recreate the cards in bulk!). Cost is $30 and includes the product and ALL supplies required to make the projects that evening. Please see the YamStamps events page to register or contact me for more details or alternate payment options. See you soon!
Paper Pumpkin is Stampin’ Up!’s monthly paper crafting kit. This is a fun and easy way to get a little “me” crafty time into your life! Even better, if you subscribe by October 10th, Stampin’ Up! will donate $1 for every subscriber, and $2 for each NEW subscriber! Check out this page for more information.If you subscribe through me, I will match Stampin’ Up!’s donation for my subscribers. Sign up HERE. (Canadian addresses only, due to Stampin’ Up! regulations). Please contact me if you have any questions. Here’s the video from the August Paper Pumpkin kit.
Stampin’ Up! Canada’s Weekly Deals don’t disappoint (well, unless you miss out on them…) – and this week is no exception. I have to admit, it was initially a “no-brainer” to pick out my favourite item this time around – the Butterfly Thinlits Dies! As I kept going through the items, though, I was swayed a bit by the Treat Bag Thinlits, and of course, I’m always a sucker for white ribbon… Anyway. Click on the image or this link to access the items in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store. You can contact me if you have any questions, or are willing to wait until the end of the week to be included in an order I’ll be placing at that time (please note, though, I can’t guarantee availability of items at that time, so if you’re really anxious to grab a deal, you’re best to place your order individually online).
In the meantime, I am finalizing preparations for my upcoming classes this week – the September Christmas Card Class (Thursday) and the Tin of Cards Class (Friday). I did end up with a couple of extra Tin of Cards kits, so if you’d like to join us on Friday, contact me ASAP. (Did you see the post I shared on Facebook yesterday during prep for the Christmas Class?? It’s good for a laugh). Don’t forget that I’m offering a free product pick from my Booking Basket if you book an in home party before the end of October so contact me with potential dates for a cardmaking class with your friends! See you in class!
I love Stampin’ Up!’s The Open Sea set for masculine images. This card is my take on a swap card received at convention (and I apologize that I don’t have the inspiration card in front of me to give credit where credit is due…I will amend this as soon as I locate the original!). We used a banner framelit to cut out the image and the Greetings framelit set for the sentiment. A bit of masculine bling in the form of Gold Baker’s Twine completes the card.
I hope that you all survived the first week of school! So far so good in our neck of the woods. I am spending the day with friends at a crop where I’m getting the chance to catch up on some of my stamping projects – including my latest Paper Pumpkin and Watercolour Wishes kits. If YOU are ready to get back to class, don’t forget that I am offering a bonus for hosting an in home class with your friends – your pick of product from the Booking Basket, and that there’s always a Monthly Stamp Class the first Wednesday of the month in Burlington. See the YamStamps Event page for more information, or contact me if you have any questions. Hope to see you in class soon!
This week’s group of Stampin’ Up! Canada Weekly Deals really shines! I love all the items on this list, so it’s really hard to pick a favourite!! I am a little partial to the elegance of the Silver Satin Ribbon, and love the Confetti Hearts Border Punch for creating a fun edge on my projects, or for making heart shaped confetti for shaker cards!
I hope that your day goes well! Happy Back To School Day 🙂 around here it’s wet so the first day pictures will have to be inside, I think. (but first, we’re off to the dentist for removal of braces! It’s an eventful day all around).
Don’t forget that the Weekly Deals are in limited supply, and items will revert to regular pricing once the specially priced supply is gone. You can click on the image or click here to shop in the YamStamps online store and have your items delivered to your doorstep! Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or need help placing your order. Happy Shopping!
Did the “gift” word attract your eye? Read on to find out more!
First of all, Happy Long Weekend! I hope that you’ve been able to spend some time relaxing with friends and family. While I have had downtime with my family, at the same time, I’ve been working away at clearing out my craft room. It’s been long overdue. As I was going through items (a lot of which were in boxes), I realized that a number of these boxes were actually from when I moved house (a year ago….ahem). I think I unpacked the crucial items that I needed right away and a lot of things were left to “deal with later”. I found some tools and items that I had been wondering where they had gone….(Stamp-a-ma-jig sheets for example…) and am now working at putting things into proper homes. The upside is that I’m looking forward to eventually having an even more clear space to work in and a dedicated space for videos. Right now, I’ve been clearing off my working surface, shooting videos and then re-cluttering the surface as I worked on more projects, then repeating the process (which also might explain the slowness in producing videos of late?!).
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The good news is that I’m making progress. The not so good news is that it’s going to take a little longer than I thought it would! LOL. However, the other good news is that I’ve found a LOT of items that I am able to include in my BOOKING BASKET. If you received my September newsletter, you might have noticed that I’m offering a BONUS for booking an in home cardmaking class in the next couple of months. Book a date before the end of October and you get a free pick at the basket. Well, right now, it’s actually a bin, there’s so much stuff. There’s stamp sets, cardstock, paper, tools….some current, some retired and no longer available…oh, there’s a Hallowe’en wreath kit…. SO. If you’re within driving distance of Burlington, contact me to book a date, and get a pick from the bin. You’ll receive your item at your party. If someone at your party books a party….you BOTH get a pick from the bin, which you’ll receive at that person’s party. Yay! Free stuff! I’m offering my cardmaking classes for $20 per person to make 4 cards (all supplies & envelopes included), but as always, the host is FREE and gets to keep the samples. New this fall at in home events (only) – each paying class attendee will receive a coupon for a partial rebate on their class fee if they place a qualifying order at the event. What are you waiting for??!!
I dedicate this card to Fridays everywhere, and especially Fridays before a long weekend. Yay! This fun and quick card was made with the Stampin’ Up! set I Think You’re Great. I love the layered look you can get by the kissing technique with the stamps in this set! You literally touch or “kiss” the rubber surfaces of the stamps together to get a textured image. A touch of Washi Tape at the bottom completes the clean and simple look. This is a smaller card, and we created a custom envelope to go with it, using the In Colour Envelope Paper and the Envelope Punch Board. Perfect to add to a little gift, or as a “just because” to brighten someone’s day. I often think that the best and most appreciated cards are the unexpected ones!
Don’t forget that TODAY is the last day to register for the September 17th Christmas Card Class. Check out all the events plus registration links on the YamStamps Events Page. This month, the included product has a metallic sheen that will add some glamour to your holiday paper crafts. Have a great weekend!
Yes! The Stampin’ Up! Canada Holiday Catalogue is now live! This is one of my favourite items from the new catalogue – aren’t the ornaments so gorgeous? When you cut from the foil papers it’s so impressive. (We are using this thinlit set in tomorrow’s Monthly Card Class…still seats available if you want to register!) So many exciting things in the Stampin’ Up / YamStamps world this week, and especially today! Holiday Catalogue is live, registration deadline for the Tin of Cards Class and impending deadline for September’s Christmas Card Class, Weekly Deals PLUS the September newsletter goes out today.
Click on the catalogue image to download a digital copy. If you still need a hard copy of the catalogue and live in Canada, please fill out this form and I will see about getting one to you ASAP.
Here are the Weekly Deals – remember that the number of specially priced items is limited, and once that number is gone, the product reverts to regular pricing.
I think my faves this week are the washi tape (you can never go wrong with basic black & white!) and the stamp set. It can be hard to find good “boy” themed images!
Last but not least, the YamStamps September newsletter goes out today around 1pm Eastern. Please subscribe by using the sign up box at the top of the blog, or go here to find out more about the newsletter. *phew*
