Announcements

Where O' Where has the time gone?  I have several announcements today....

First, and most importantly, the CLEARANCE RACK has been updated and loaded with new products!  Please take a look - there's some great items in there.

Number two.....Stampin' Up! is trying a pilot program that allows you to buy individual stamps instead of buying the entire set.  There are THREE sets - listed below.  Click on the image to open in larger in a new window!
Some other words about the program....

• These stamps are available on any order type-customer, workshop, or online. 
• You can find the stamp item numbers on the flyers.
• These won't be sent to you in our typical cases or packaging; they'll be packaged in cello bags. If you'd like a case for your stamp, you can buy our Clear-Mount Stamp Cases that come in packs of four (item 119105).
• This offer is available for clear-mount stamps only.
• The stamps won't come with a Clear-Mount Block, and you'll need to buy a block separately if you don't already have one. The recommended block sizes can be found on the flyers. 
• There's no limit on how many pieces you can buy.

Coming next week: 

What: Three FREE downloads. 50% off ALL digital kits. Mega blogging on MyDigitalStudio.net all week!

When: October 29-November 5, 2012.

Why: To get the word out about My Digital Studio's awesome design program, content, and print products!

Get Your FREE Downloads from the ONLINE STORE

Get a BONUS FREE Download:If we get 18,000 downloads of FREE items we'll give you another FREE download!

Spread the Word!! 

In addition, select digital kits will be 50% off.  I LOVE A GOOD DEAL!! 

There's still one week to earn the FREE paper piercing pack!

Thank you to my customers, my awesome downline, my teammates and the encouragement from so many other demonstrators, I've registered to attend Leadership Conference.  I'm nervous and excited!!! 

And thank you if you made it through all this housekeeping.  I'll be back tomorrow with some creative projects.

Have a great Tuesday,
SHERRI

Thank You!

I received some of the most awesome handmade (stamped!) birthday cards last week.  This is a giant THANK YOU for all those lovely cards you sent.  As a bonus, it was another challenge-to-create-DSP-cards.  (If you've missed the other cards this week, check out this, and this post!). I allowed the DSP to determine the color combination.  The tower is stamped in Basic Gray on another scrap of DSP and then fussy cut and popped up on dimensionals.

The Thank You font is from the Lacy and Lovely stamp set.
Have a great Friday and wonderful weekend!

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Artist Etchings, Lacy & Lovely
Ink: Riding Hood Red
DSP:  Fan Fair DSP
CS: Basic Gray, Island Indigo, More Mustard
Accessories: Island Indigo 3/8" ruffled ribbon

Kick Up Yer Heels

I hope you're not getting tired of hearing about Retreat.  There was a boot card on the display board that inspired the table to re-create a boot card.  4 of us - looking at the same card and we are created similar, yet different cards.  I wish I would have taken photos of the cards together.  I found the DSP in the scrap bin, and used a blender pen to color the boot.  I was borrowing Janet's stamp set and she has separated the boot from the text (genius!).   Instead of 5 stamps, she has 9!  There's one tiny rhinestone on the top star of the boot!

I hope you kick up yer heels today!!

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Bootiful Occasions, Pennant Parade
DSP:  Brights Pattern DSP
Ink: Early Espresso
CS: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Linen Thread, Pennant Punch, blender pen, hole punch, 1/2" circle punch, rhinestone

Coordinating Products (and a special announcement)!

Probably the biggest feature that hooked me to Stampin' Up! products was the coordinating products.  I love matching.  I love the ease of matching colors and inks and ribbon and here is a very simple card that's striking because the stamp on the top (in Daffodil Delight) border matches the pattern in the Lucky Limeade border on the bottom.  The color of the ink at top perfectly matches the snippet of ribbon (seam binding folded in half).

A little bling sets the centers of the flowers.  This is a wonderful workshop card that can be used for any occasion.  I'll add the sentiment on the inside when I need to use it.  This is a little summer-y, but we've been having wonderful weather yesterday and more expected today!  I hope to be outside, enjoying the Vitamin D and the warm sunshine.

Suites are identified to help you recognize the coordinating products.  The rest of October, you can earn a FREE paper piercing pack with the purchase of one to the two qualifying bundles below.

I hope you are crafty this week!
SHERRI

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Summer Silhouettes
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry
CS: Lucky Limeade, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Accessories: Daffodil Delight Seam Binding (folded in half), rhinestone basic jewels, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Big Shot

Hello!

Happy Boss's Day (or is it Bosses?  Or Boss'?)!  If you're a Boss or a Supervisor or The Ringleader, thanks!  If you're not; make sure you Thank your Boss today.  I made my Supervisor (also known as The Ringleader) cupcakes today.  I'd make him a card...but....that'd just be weird.  So I'll let the cupcake go to his hips and you get the card!

This was created at Retreat and it was the last card I made of the weekend.  Yesterdays card was the first card of the weekend.  Both are Sherri originals.

This color combination came out of nowhere:  Basic Black, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals and Raspberry Ripple.  I again utilized a full panel of DSP, softly stamping on top of the First Edition DSP.
The basic black panel is very small - contrasting with the large and wide Very Vanilla greeting panel.  I love that font in Summer Starfruit!  The Summer Starfruit border is three decorative label punches positioned back-to-back.

Thanks for stopping by!
SHERRI

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Lacy and Lovely
DSP:  First Edition
Ink: Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit
CS: Basic Black, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla
Accessories: decorative label punch

Boooo!

Boy was I a worn-out little stamper.  My weekend at retreat was FAN-TASTIC; it was just what I needed!  I love my retreat girls.  We worked on using more DSP on our cards.  Here's a fun Halloween card that was inspired by the awesome DSP from the scraps bins.  At retreat Your Scraps Are My Scraps and they are plentiful.  :)  I enjoy Halloween, but I prefer cute and fun over monsters and guts.

The strip of Basic Black cardstock was torn.  The Tangerine Tango DSP panel was lightly sponged with Basic Black ink around the edges.  The textured embossing designer frame was embossed by the Big Shot in Basic Black and then the inside was easily cut with an exact-o knife - leaving a little frame.  The mummy was stamped in Staz-On on Very Vanilla.  The frame is mounted on dimensionals.  A scrap of Very Vanilla Seam Binding is wound around the corner - all mummy-like.
The greeting is also stamped in Basic Black, cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits and sponged with Tangerine Tango ink.  Don't forget the googly eye on the mummy! There's a lot of dimensionals on this card!

Let me know what you think of our creation!  I think he's adorable - but I'm partial.
SHERRI

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Googly Ghouls
Ink: Staz-On, Tangerine Tango
DSP:  Howlstooth and Scaringbone
CS: Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Big Shot, Texture Embossing Designer Frame, googly eyes, Very Vanilla seam binding, dimensionals.  

Thank You

This card is so simple it speaks to me.  It uses the Big Shot, the Fashionable Hearts embosslits and bitty banners framelit.  

                                     

That's all for today, I'm hurrying.  (Must.  Pack.)

Thanks for reading!
SHERRI

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Pacific Point
CS: Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Fashionable Hearts embosslits, bitty banner framelits

Friends!

Three more days!  Three More Days!  THREE MORE DAYS!  I'm a tad excited for my trip this weekend. 

Here's a little scrappy page we created last time we were together!  I love this color combo.  And I plan on creating a ton of scrapbook pages this weekend!  Or at least have a ton of fun trying!

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Fabulous Phrases, Blooming with Kindess
Ink: Pool Party, Basic Black
DSP: 2011-2013 In-Color, First Edition
CS: Pool Party, Sahara Sand
Accessories: Word Window Punch, linen thread, designer brads, 1/2" circle punch, 3/8" ruffled ribbon, big shot, whisper white bakers twine

Carry On Card!

I am sad the weekend is over already.  I worked on relaxing and cleaning.  I did more relaxing than cleaning.   I have four short work days and then I'm off to PA for a three-day retreat.

This is a quick and easy card today.  The awesome shoes from Wicked Cool are colored with my Stampin' Write markers.  A rich razzleberry glimmer brad adds some shimmer to the card.

I hope you have a wonderful Monday!

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Wicked Cool, Carry On (Hostess)
DSP:  Howlstooth and Scaringbone
Ink: Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry
CS: Cajun Craze, Whisper White
Accessories: Markers, Glimmer brad

Hello Baby!

Just a few more days to earn your FREE ribbon.  There's a tiny snipet (in my fav color) on this baby card.  I saw this awesome card on Pinterest, and had to recreate it!  I need to make 1,000 more of these - seems like I need a lot of baby cards these days :)

What do you think?? Cute layout, right?  It's my last day at the crop this weekend - I've spoken to so many of you!  Let me know if you see this post - I have a free gift for you!!

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Sweet Essentials
Ink: Rich Razzleberry
DSP:  In-Color DSP pack (summer starfruit shown), Summer Smooches
CS: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pool Party, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Accessories: Builder Owl Punch, Big Shot, Fancy Fan embossing folder

Have a great Sunday.
SHERRI

Just a little Butterfly

It's a quick, no-stamping card today.  Primrose Petals is sticking out behind the Basic Black.  The butterfly has a bit of rhinestones to make it even more cuter.  This is a great any-occasion card that could be turned in a set of cards by recreating with various colors.

Have a great weekend!  If you're at the Crop this weekend, please come find me - mention "embossing butterfly card" for a FREE GIFT from me!  Thanks for supporting me.

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
CS: Basic Black, Primrose Petals, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Flower Garden Textured Embossing Folder, Elegant Butterfly punch, rhinestones

Color Block!

Happy Wednesday!  I have a technique to share with you today: color blocking.  Color blocking is taking a clean clear block and inking it up and stamping it directly onto your paper.  Here I used a giant block well inked in Certainly Celery stamped on Whisper White.  This gives a subtle imperfect block.  Then, on top, I stamped the beautiful tree from Christmas Lodge in Gumball Green.  A little bit of linen twine finishes this simple no-fuss card.  I hope you try this out with different complimentary color combinations!

Don't forget - clean your block with the stampin mist and buff dry. Keep all your blocks clean and dust-free!

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Christmas Lodge
Ink: Certainly Celery, Gumball Green
CS: Gumball Green, Whisper White
Accessories: Linen Thread