My favorite ‘MUST HAVE’ from the new Stampin’ Up catalog! I have tested this thing and it really works!
It’s the newest platform for your Big Shot that is magnetic, so your framelits won’t move or slip around while you are trying to line them up and cut.
This will take the place of your regular platform JUST for the Framelits and Edgelits, not your sizzlets, embosslits or regular dies, which won’t fit through.
(side note: there is a warning label on the side about not using it if you have a pacemaker)
It’s pricey but totally worth it’s weight in magnets and staying power! $39.95 Item # 130658 Page 184 of the SU catalog.
I was just about to do a video for you but then SU beat me to it 🙂 Here is Brandi Barnard from the SU home office showing how it works:
Speaking of FRAMELITS….I just bought 2 of the newest sets in the SU catalog, Circles and Squares!
The largest size is 4-3/4″ for the circles and 4-3/8 for the squares.
A fellow demo, Michelle Halleen, shared the measurements on a group I’m on so I’ll repost them here since most want to know the sizes before you buy:
Hi All! I have a few samples to share with you today!
This one is a simple one I did using the new vine folder. That Vine Folder is one of the Sale-a-Bration freebies and is a must have, IMO 🙂 Love the Certainly Celery, Raspberry Ripple combo. The coordinating vine stamp is from the freebie SAB set, Madison Ave. The flower is from Mixed Bunch (annual catty) The greeting is in Espresso and called Perfectly Penned from the annual catalog.
Diane Winter made this swap for me using Wisteria Wonder and the SAB freebie set called Bloomin’ Marvelous. She layered it with Old Olive and white, really snappy!
And this last swap I’m sharing is from Kimberly Allen – love the Pacific Blue and Lime and Baja Breeze combo! She used the stamp set from the Spring catalog called Secret Garden.
AND for the Chuckle – I posted this on our Stamping School Facebook page but I know many of you aren’t on Facebook so this is for you!
Why Paper will never be dead in an electronic age….
“Your life is: Awesome. Quirky. Exciting. Perfectly messy. And happening really fast. So we’re happy to introduce our newest product line that lets you capture it all on-the-go.” If you are familiar with Smash Books, this is a fun take on those. Watch the video, if you like it, you can purchase one from me. See details below video!
Details . . .
We’re introducing the line with these five products, but we’ll be adding more This and That stuff as time goes on.
Bundle Dates: March 23-April 30 (remember the items that come in the bundle will be available in May and in the new catalog, but we’re only offering the discounted bundled until April 30).
You can place orders on any order type (customer, demonstrator, workshop, or online).
You can get as many This and That products or bundles as you want. (birthday present alert!)
You can buy the This and That products separately. But why would you do that when you can get all five together and save 15 percent?
Bundle ordering deadlines:
Phone: Tuesday, April 30, 2013; 6:50 PM (MT)
OEX or online: Tuesday, April 30, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT)
From the Orlando Sentinel Online Newspaper: “Two thousand Orange County teachers will get paper supply bags worth $375, signed with a personal thank-you note, as part of the national conference of a major scrapbooking company. Every art teacher in the district will receive one.
The gift bags will be assembled this afternoon by the women and men who sell “Stampin’ Up” products around the country. They are gathering this week at the Orange County Convention Center for their national “Leadership 2013″ conference. The gift bags, which include paper craft supplies that teachers can use in their classrooms, are a thank-you to teachers and part of a company wide push emphasizing ‘making a difference.’
I’ve been waiting (not so patiently) for Stampin’ Up to post this video!
Orange schools benefit from the presence of the Orange County Convention Center, as many conference goers try to give back to the community with gifts or by donating community service hours during their visits.”
Here’s another video from SU with a tour of their Distribution Center—from an order’s point of view—and check out some of Stampin’ Up!’s achievements and milestones over the past 25 years:
Watch this really cute project video by Carrie Cudney at the Stampin’ Up home office! The Pop ‘N Cuts are available in the Spring catalog on page 32. You can get just the Card Base die and/or the Pop N Cuts die, just the ALL DRESSED UP stamp set, or the stamp set & framelits bundle, too!
These pics were taken by me at the Leadership demo booth, where they were showing how to cut the cute pop ups:
I posted these in my swaps post from Leadership but sharing again here since it goes along with the video:
The one above was created by Linda Goldhersz (who is German) and added the lace to the dress!
And this one by Wanda Smith, who added her SU apron to the dress!
If you’d like to order one or all of the products to make these, look on page 32. They are a bit pricey for the whole enchilada package, BUT Sale-A-Bration is just around the corner! January 22nd begins the free gift with every $50 so it would be good time to spend if you like it. Think of all the ideas you could use it for! Weddings, bridal showers, change of address (cute!) and more!
Being a SU Demo, people think I never go into craft stores but I do sometimes.
Although Stampin’ Up carries a huge catalog of products, they can’t possibly carry it all.
The craft world is MASSIVE, isn’t it?
Sometimes I run into my customers and they hide their baskets behind their back and say “why, what are YOU doing here?!” LOL
I found these up near the register at a local craft store chain:
I believe they were $1.00 each, some had snowmen, some had stars. Just cute little balsa wood boxes, about 3″ wide and 4″ tall.
They just jumped off the shelf and into my cart begging me to adopt them for a makeover.
I braided the Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine to make more sturdy handles. I like the way it coordinates with the designer paper that looks woven.
Like I say in the video, you can buy a box quicker than make this BUT why not make it?
It’s fun, you get your craft on, you know you have enough stuff to make 10 of them 🙂 and it feels so GOOD to give something that you made with your own 2 hands.
Supplies From the Holiday catty:
Festival of Prints paper stack (page 20), hot glue gun and silicone pad (page 31), Champagne Glimmer paper (page 18), Sanding Blocks (page 6)
From the main catalog: Vintage faceted buttons (page 176), Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding (page 172),
Jumbo Pearls (page 175) glue and paintbrush, Lucky Limeade card stock 1-1/2″ x 10-3/4 for lolly and scored every 1/4″. (go 11-3/4″ for a fuller lolly)
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After Shannon West did a video on this cute lil guy, I was so excited to make one. It was a little bit tougher than I thought to get him lined up with her method so I had to tweak the process for me. If anyone else has an easier way, let me know!
Here’s my version and after doing it with 4 classes plus my team yesterday, most of them came out pretty good!
Remember that your first tree might not come out perfectly but be patient with it. (you should have seen my first one lol – looked like someone lopped off the top!)
You may need to customize the very top section if it doesn’t ‘peak’ enough for you. Sometimes I cut off 3 sections, depends on how the rest of the tree builds up.
*(Stamping School Members – this will be archived for you with the cutting measurements/recipe sheet. It will be uploaded later today there once I get done typing up the measurements)
Linda Heller-Ind. Stampin' Up
Demo in North Carolina
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