You're Amazing, Brayer

Vibrant, brilliant, sexy!! It's the first words that come to mind when you see this card using the bouncing brayer technique. 

Stamp Club is still taking new members anytime.

January Stamp Club Promotion: Join a stamp club in January 2013 and receive a free ink pad of your choice AND receive an extra stamp club session for free. (Instead of 8 classes, get 9 classes!)

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Clearance Rack Blits: while supplies last

Stampin' Up! just added over 300 new items onto our Stampin' Up! clearance rack. For the first time ever, stamp sets are are featured in the Clearance Rack!! Get items up to 80% off!!

Here are my Top Picks from the new list of items:

Alphabet Simple Letters Bigz Die 115960	Price: $44.39 Original: $110.95
Baja Breeze 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon 125571	Price: $1.89 Original: $9.50
Baroque Motifs 113490	Price: $20.39 Original: $33.95
Heat Tool 100005	Price: $15.59 Original: $38.95

Shopping tip:Make sure you select "show all" from the right pull down menu on the top for best viewing of the discounted products!

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Come to Bethlehem with Bouncing Brayer

Tonight, I had a wonderful stamp club class with a group of wonderful women. Tonight's class was the last class I'll teach for 2012. So to end the year with a bang, we're going to do a little bouncing. For this month's stamp club technique we crafted this card using the bouncing brayer.

The northern star was first embossed and then had the background inked using the bouncing brayer technique.

This card was actually a case from Paula Dobson. Thanks for the inspiration Paula!

4 days left of the Ink-redible offer!: Get your free family of ink pad of your choice just for purchasing the Starter Kit! Don't miss out this $70+ offer! Pin It now!

Snow Much Tags!

Just another 15 days left until Christmas Eve!! How are you tagging your Christmas gifts this year? I'm tagging mine with these quick Snow Much Fun snowman tags I crafted tonight. 

I used the Big Shot Perfect Pennants Bigz Die to make the Old Olive green cut outs and punched out the stamped snowman with a 1-3/4" circle punch.

Very simple!! You'll always need simple especially if you are making 20+ Christmas tags!

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Santa's Little Helper Service

Are you getting those Christmas gifts ready? How about getting your gift packaging needs ready? Here's a quick project to add a little kick to just regular ribbon and paper wrapping. And it is very ecological too!!

Using the the Snow Flurry Bigz Die, I layered newspaper and craft wrapping paper and rolled it into the Big Shot. Remember you can do 10 layers of paper at once through the Big Shot! To put it all together, I poked a hole in the middle and pulled a brad through.

It indeed adds a cute DIY look to your gift! As a new added service to this holiday season, I am offering a Santa's Little Helper Service.

The free service includes:

• gift wrapping
• a handmade card by me and (optional) to have the card written by me to your own liking 
• *delivery of your gifts so your receiver(s) will not know who the secret present is from.

Let me be part of holiday surprises this year!!

Got a wish list for yourself? 

Print and complete your wish list here and give it to your gifter and wait for your surprise!

Submit your wishlist to me along with contacts to your gifters who don't know what to get you this holiday for a chance to win an amazing holiday prize package!

*Free delivery to your door is available within Vancouver, Burnaby or Richmond on purchases over $50.

Need more gift packaging choices?: We got gift packaging bundles with products at 20% off!

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Ornamental Elegance Kit and Packaging Essentials

The ornament on the cover of the Stampin' Up! holiday mini catalogue is such a hit that Stampin' Up! is making it available to you! Deck the halls and trim your tree with the your handmade touch with elegant ornaments. Available while supplies last, Stampin' Up! has simplified this fun project so that you can quickly and easily the same results as displayed on the cover page.

Purchase the Ornamental Elegance Kit (132832) for $17.50. It includes:

• Die-Cut Cardstock Elements
• Cherry Cobbler 3-1/2" Scalloped Tulle Ribbon
• Natural Linen Thread •Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons
• Large Pearl Basic Jewels

Also, newly added to our list of holiday items is the packaging bundles.

Get your gift packaging essentials for 20% off if you purchase the select items in a bundle.

Available November 29-January 2.

Trimmings & Tags Bundle (132769)
$17.50 (a $21.95 value)

Includes

Gusseted Cellophane Bags (25 bags; 5" x 3" x 11-1/2")

Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags (25 double-sided tags; 4-1/2" x 3-1/8")

Cherry Cobbler 1/4" Sweater Trim (10 yards)

Petite Treats Bundle (132770)

$18.25 (a $22.95 value)

Includes

Glassine Bags with die-cut edges (10 bags; 3" x 5" x 1-1/2")

Handmade Holidays Stitched Felt (8 pieces)

Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon (10 yards)

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Tidings of Christmas Joy! 23 days left

With just 23 days left until Christmas, are you ready with your crafts, cards, and decor? If not, the MDS 2 software can help you out. There are pre-made templates for cards, tags, scrapbook, and lots more! All you need to do is pop in photos and put in your favourite stamp images.

As for me, I like to start from scratch. So I pulled together a quick trendy chalkboard Christmas greeting. My first MDS project and it was simply quick and easy! I'm sure you can do it too! Get your holidays in place with the My Digital Studio software! Start with the free 30-day trial!

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MY HASHI Fabric Chopstick Holder

As today's Creative Wednesday project I am featuring an item I sold at a craft fair 2 weekends ago at the Nikkei Cultural Centre. I had to feature an item that is Japanese related in order to qualify for a table at the annual craft fair. My special piece of my table were cute chopstick holders called MY HASHI. In Japan, it is a recent trend to bring your own chopsticks to restaurants instead of using the disposable bamboo chopsticks.  "Designer MY HASHI" are even endorsed by celebrities in Japan.

The chopsticks are placed at the corner of the fabric holder and rolled up and tied tight with the side ribbon. The holder can even hold a set of fork and knife. It's a perfect gift for the tree huggers out there!  Stop the use of disposable utensils!! BYOU! Bring your own utensils! I hope to see Vancouver to follow this eco-friendly trend soon.

My favourite designs are the Flirtatious and Timeless Portrait Designer Fabric MY HASHI.

I'll have one more craft fair for the 2012 holiday. My next table will be at the Buckingham Elementary School Craft Fair on Saturday, December 1, 2012 from 10am - 3pm.

Buckingham Elementary School

6066 Buckingham Drive, Burnaby, BC

Drop by for a visit or come to get a closer view of MY HASHI.

Last Day! Last Chance!: Today wraps up the annual online Extravaganza. Don't miss out great deals at 20-50% off!

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MDS2 My Digital Studio 2 software 50% off

Still haven't digitize yet? Craft on your computer with the MDS 2 software.

Unsure of committing to the software yet? Try MDS2 for free for 30 days. Click here to get the downloadable 30 day trial free.

From now until November 28, MDS 2 is discounted at 50% off during the Online Extravaganza promotion.

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Pacific Point Evergreen Christmas

Pacific Point Blue is the new Olive Green for Christmas. I never thought how a blue tree would ever be beautiful but you never know until you try.

Today's Creative Wednesday uses the Pacific Point blue with Bashful Blue to give the card a warm and welcoming Christmas look.

I'm really liking the Evergreen stamp set from the Holiday Mini this holiday season. Do you have a favourite holiday stamp set yet?

It's not too late to discover which holiday stamp set to fall in love with this year especially with the Online Extravaganza happening now until November 28! There are Christmas stamp sets at 50% off from $8.98! Don't miss out on this annual online sale!

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Online Extravaganza Starts Today!

The annual online Extravaganza starts today!! From November 19-28 only! For 10 days, enjoy daily 24hr deals of 20-50% off!! During these 10 days there will be other products discounted like the MDS2 software at 50% off!

Various stamp sets and bundles are discounted at 20-50% off!! Get your Christmas shopping done early and save some money to spend on yourself this year!

Today's daily deal is 20% off the

(1) Big Shot Machine,

(2) the Doctor's Bag,

(3) and the Simply Scored Diagonal Plate

 

Don't forget to also take advantage of this month's Starter Kit promotion. Purchase the kit for $125 and receive $150 to spend on anything in the catalog, including items from the Online Extravaganza AND receive a free collection of ink pads.

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Simply Sent App for iPhone and iPad

Today will be a quick make-up edition of the missed Creative Wednesday. It's been a busy week of preparing and crafting for this Sunday's Craft and Bake sale at the Nikkei Cultural Centre. You can come visit me (free admission) on Sunday, November 18 from 10:30am-4:00pm at:

Nikkei Cultural Centre

Unit 100 Southoaks Cres,

Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7

I've been so busy that I only had 5 minutes to craft which brings us to the newest update from Stampin' Up! regarding their new App on iTunes. In just 5 minutes, you can create a quick and simple scrapbook page using your iPhone or iPad. This new App is called Simply Sent. It's a free App so look for it on iTunes.

  With this App you can send a quick thinking of you e-card or a birthday wish. You can create an e-card-from a template, add a photo or customize.  Then send it via e-mail or post it on Facebook. So I created this quick card/scrapbook featuring my brother and his birthday cake that I made for him.

  November 19-28 ONLY Promotion: The annual biggest online sale starts next Monday! Visit my online store everyday next week for a daily deals with discounts up to 50% off!  

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Limited Time Release: Textured Boutique Machine

As a test trial partnership with Sizzix, Stampin' Up! is releasing a limited 4000 ONLY release of the adorable and affordable Textured Boutique machine.

At an affordable price, own this machine or the bundle before supplies last!

Textured Boutique Bundle 132700 $45.95 (includes 2 Textured Impressions Embossing Folder)

Textured Boutique Machine 132657 $36.95

Watch the video below for a quick demonstration of the Texture Boutique Embossing Machine. Pin It now!

Festival of Prints Wednesday

I would like to start off with apologizing with my delays in posting my recent Creative Wednesdays. I just started a new full-time job last week and am adjusting to a new schedule of routine in balancing a 7am-3pm job, a crafting business and part-time student life. I didn't get a chance to craft until today after work so thank you for your patience.

A great paper bundle for just $8.50 is the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Mini Catalogue. The paper is what I am featuring in my Creative Wednesday project.

The Festival of Prints paper features 24 different patterns and each pack contains 48 sheets in 4-1/2" x 6-1/2". I ran the paper through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die. I took white baker's twine and rolled it on the top of a Real Red ink pad to dye it red.

Reminder that there are only 6 weeks left until Christmas! Are you ready?!

November Promotion: Host a qualifying workshop with me or sign up as a demonstrator in November and you will receive a 10 ink pads!

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November Holiday Stamp-a-stack class

It's November! and believe it or not, only a few weeks left until Christmas!! November is my last Stamp-a-stack series. Make sure you get a piece of it by starting your Christmas cards early!!

Each class you will make 9 cards of 3 designs each for $25. Supplies and envelops are included.
Be sure to bring your own glue and adhesives.

This month we will be making 9 of the cards shown in this post on:
Nov. 26 7:00pm-9:00pm
Nov. 27 7:00pm-9:00pm

This month's class features the Evergreen Christmas and the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set.

RSVP here!

If you missed previous stamp-a-stack series, contact me to arrange a make up class. If you complete all 3 series of 2012 Holiday stamp-a-stack, receive a free ornaments class from me!

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Forever Young Water-colour Wash

Happy Halloween! A rainy Halloween in Vancouver. Using water as our theme in our Creative Wednesday project I feature the water-colour wash technique. 

 With this project, I tried a colour combo that I have never used before. The Summer Starfruit ribbon shines vibrantly with the Midnight Muse colour. The colours for the water-colour wash are Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze and Marina Mist.

One Week ONLY! Until November 5, get FREE downloads for the My Digital Studio Program. Visit my post for more details.

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15% off all stamps

The title says it all! For one day only, all stamp sets are 15% off!

This is the first time Stampin' Up! has ever offered 15% off on ALL stamps! It's time to order those stamp sets that have been on your wish list. The 15% off promotion is ONE DAY ONLY!

All stamps in our current catalogues qualify including:

• Background stamps
• Personalized name stamps
• Cookie press stamps (Great for gifts!)
• Single-image stamps

More single-stamp is now available:

Click on the PDFs below to see what you can purchase as single stamps.

• Single Stamps: Assortment 1

• Single Stamps: Assortment 2

• Single Stamps: Word Play

• Single Stamps: Perfectly Penned

• Single Stamps: Seasonal Sayings

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Birds of a Feather

Birds have been a trend for a while now but the Designer Series Paper (DSP) Birds of a Feather introduces a new approach to reinventing the bird trend to the world of crafting. The birds in this DSP are made into cute cartoon-like birds in soft subtle colours yet leaves a chic style that is easy on everyone's eyes. 

As my Creative Wednesday showcase, I am revealing the other Stamp Club card I did last week. Using a strip of the Birds of a Feather DSP, I added the marbling effect to the paper.  I added texture embossing and bordered the paper with the scallop punch. To complete the card I added the four frames stamp and embellished as shown.

Thanks for joining me for another Creative Wednesday! Come back next week for more!

Reminder: FREE PAPER PIERCING PACK OFFER!   During October, get a FREE pack of Festive Paper Piercing Pack with qualifying Ornament Keepsakes bundle.  Learn more about the Free Paper Piercing Pack promotion!

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Digital Scrapbooking Day: Free Downloads

What do you get when you combine Digital Scrapbooking Day and My Digital Studio? A week of A week of FREE downloads and 50 percent off ALL digital kits!

What: Three FREE downloads. 50% off ALL digital kits. Check out the mega blogging on MyDigitalStudio.net all week!

Get your free downloads here

When: October 29-November 5, 2012.

The Sale:

Item	Designer Kit	Retail Value	Sale Price 50% Off
130861	Afternoon Daydream Kit	$12.50	$6.25
129928	Afternoon Tea II Kit	$12.50	$6.25
119839	Always Elegant Digital Kit	$13.25	$6.62
129358	Attic Boutique Kit	$12.50	$6.25
122175	Autumn Spice Digital Kit	$12.50	$6.25
127600	Autumn Traditions Kit	$12.50	$6.25
130969	Bandstand Kit	$9.95	$4.97
130970	Be of Good Cheer Kit	$9.95	$4.97
123728	Celebrations Digital Kit	$12.50	$6.25
130982	Chevron Punch Kit	$9.95	$4.97
123956	Christmas Cheer Digital Kit	$12.50	$6.25
120880	Christmas Cocoa II Digital Kit	$12.50	$6.25
127362	Convention 2011 Digital Photo Kit	$12.50	$6.25
128876	Day in the Life Kit	$18.95	$9.25
130059	Fifty Nifty Kit	$12.50	$6.25
130062	File it Fun Kit	$79.95	$4.97
131228	Friendship Preserves Kit	$4.95	$2.47
128875	Frosty Days II Kit	$12.50	$6.25
129924	Get it Done Kit	$7.95	$3.97
129870	Good Times II Kit	$9.95	$4.97
118465	Happy Birthday Digital Kit	$19.95	$9.97
128872	Holiday Harmony Kit	$9.95	$4.97
127773	Holly Berry Bouquet	$12.50	$6.25
118466	Hoppy Memories Digital Kit	$19.95	$9.97
128999	It's all Me Kit	$12.50	$6.25
130850	Joyful Times Kit	$12.50	$6.25
124230	Just Add Cake Digital Kit	$18.50	$9.25
124446	Leadership 2011 Digital Kit	$12.50	$6.25
124568	Leadership 2011 Digital Photo Kit	$12.50	$6.25
124443	Love Birds Digital Kit	$12.50	$6.25
131231	Lovely Little Labels Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129359	Mixed Bunch Kit	$9.95	$4.97
119978	My Sweet Pea Digital Kit	$13.25	$6.62
132264	Neon Notes Kit	$12.50	$6.25
129898	New Heights Kit	$9.95	$4.97
122174	Nite Owl Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129340	Number One Kit	$12.50	$6.25
129360	On the Go Kit	$12.50	$6.25
124463	One Great Year Kit	$12.50	$6.25
131360	Ornament Keepsakes Kit	$8.50	$4.25
127599	Party Animal Kit	$12.50	$6.25
131226	Picture This Kit	$6.50	$3.25
130851	Pinwheels on Parade Kit	$9.95	$4.97
126027	Playful Polka Dots Digital Kit	$12.50	$6.25
131227	Providences of Provinces Kit	$9.95	$4.97
130983	Raspberry Splash Kit	$9.95	$4.97
118869	Recipes By Design Digital Kit	$13.95	$6.97
127163	Red, White, and Blue Digital Kit	$7.95	$3.97
130060	Season By Season Kit	$12.50	$6.25
127587	Sending Glad Tidings Designer Tags Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129605	Special Delivery Bright Kit	$9.95	$4.97
129606	Special Delivery Subtle Kit	$9.95	$4.97
127759	Spice Cake Kit	$7.95	$3.97
130852	Spring Break II Kit	$12.50	$6.25
129608	Spring Fever Kit	$9.95	$4.97
130076	Summer Happiness Kit	$12.50	$6.25
118464	Summer Home Digital Kit	$19.95	$9.97
129601	Summer Smooches Kit	$12.50	$6.25
124229	Sunset Serenade Digital Kit	$7.95	$3.97
129339	Sweet Shop Kit	$12.50	$6.25
129882	Tea Time II Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
132190	That's a Wrap Kit	$9.95	$4.97
127431	Tickets & Tags Kit	$12.50	$6.25
125757	Tickets & Tokens II Digital Kit	$9.95	$4.97
131217	Topsy-Turvey Celebration Kit	$12.50	$6.25
121071	Travel Journal Digital Kit	$13.25	$6.62
126022	Travel Log Kit	$12.50	$6.25
129332	Twitterpated Kit	$12.50	$6.25
129607	Walk in the Park Kit	$12.50	$6.25
132567	Winter Wonders Kit (released Oct. 30, 2012)	$12.50	$6.25
127609	Wicked Fun Kit	$12.50	$6.25
131218	Wonderfall Kit	$9.95	$4.97
120881	Write Stuff II Digital Kit	$12.50	$6.25
128883	You're My Sunshine Kit	$9.95	$4.97

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