Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

As I wish 2013 Good Bye and prepare to to greet 2014 with a big Hello, I want to do more with my stamping.  I am going to focus on a different stamp set each week.  This will motivate me to use the stamp sets I have.  One week a month I will pull out retired product for my focus.  I just love some of my older stamp sets.  The remaining weeks I will focus on current products that are available for purchase.  A new thing for me will be filming tutorials.  I have been meaning to do videos for a while now, but I am so intimidated by them.  I see so many wonderful videos out there.  Be sure to check back on Friday, when I will hopefully have my first post in this series up.

Book-A-Thon Goodies

I participated in a Book-A-Thon with Stampin' Up! recently.  We were given a prize package for booking a large number of events.  I want to give some of the goodies out to my customers.  I will be offering prizes for those who submit orders between now and December 31st.  Want to know what you can get for free?  Here goes.

Holiday Stocking Die

The first person to order a Big Shot from me gets this die.  You have a few days left to order a Big Shot and get it in time for Christmas. (Stampin' Up! has December 17th as the deadline for Christmas shipping, but you should order early.)  Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder

The first person to place a $50.00 order (before taxes and shipping) will received this embossing folder.  You will need a Big Shot or other Die Cut/Embossing machine to use this folder.  I have heard that some crafty individuals have been able to use other methods, but I have never tried any other method. Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

Cloudy Day Embossing Folder

The second person to place a $50.00 order (before taxes and shipping) will received this embossing folder.  You will need a Big Shot or other Die Cut/Embossing machine to use this folder.  I have heard that some crafty individuals have been able to use other methods, but I have never tried any other method. Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

Happy Whale Clearlit

The third person to place a $50.00 order (before taxes and shipping) will received this Sizzix Clearlit Die.  You will need a Big Shot or other Die Cut/Embossing machine to use this de. Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

Blossom Petals Builder Punch

The fourth person to place a $50.00 order (before taxes and shipping) will receive this paper Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

Vine Street Embossing Folder

The fifth person to place a $50.00 order (before taxes and shipping) will received this embossing folder.  You will need a Big Shot or other Die Cut/Embossing machine to use this folder.  I have heard that some crafty individuals have been able to use other methods, but I have never tried any other method. Remember, I need you to allow me to contact you in order to be able to contact you and send this out to you.  If you mark no contact, I will not have your information.

My fine print details are:

One (1) free gift per person.

United States only.

You must allow demonstrator contact.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

It's a Dragon Christmas

So my cousin messages me on Facebook and asks me to make her some Christmas cards.  No problem right.  Well, she wants dragons or fairies and she wants them in black and purple.  Well, Stampin' Up! has lots of stamps, current and retired, but I only found one with a dragon on it.  It would make a great birthday card, but not much for Christmas.  I searched my collection of stamps and found no Stampin' Up! fairy stamps.  Pinterest is my friend this time.  I was looking through all the lovely posts for punch art and I found the perfect thing.  A full bodied dragon.  After making one, I knew I would never put together 15 of them.  So from the same designer I found a dragon poking through a cut out in the card.  Perfect!  If you want to find the instructions to make the dragons, please visit http://alexscreativecorner.blogspot.com/2013/05/baby-dragon-punch-art.html for the full body dragon or http://alexscreativecorner.blogspot.ca/2013/05/dragon-punch-art-card.html for the dragon I used on these cards.  I did have to substitute a few punches for my cards.