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Stampin’ Up! 2016 Holiday Catalog Retiring Items List and Year End Closeout Sale!

Posted on December 1, 2016 by stampsnlingers

As promised, this is my second post for the day – if you’re looking for my Happy Stampers Blog Hop card, check it out right here. But…don’t leave without reading this post – it’s going to fill you in on some important news!

Stampin’ Up! has been doing a little year-end cleaning, and we’ve got some great deals to offer you! Our Year-End Closeouts will include holiday retiring products, clearance rack items, and current high-inventory catalog products. Read below for promotion rules and information. Head right on over to my Online Store to shop all the deals – and don’t delay! Many of these deals are available “while supplies last” – and I suspect they won’t last very long!

The other important news is the posting of the 2016 Holiday Catalog Retiring List! Check it out right here. Remember that the tools and accessories are only available while supplies last – so, again, don’t delay! Get on over and pick up the things you want to have around after the Holiday Catalog comes to an end!

So y’all get yer shop on and snap up those deals!

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 1 DEC – 15 DEC: K2Z3RB2G

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift – your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in the 2015-16 Annual Catalog or the 2016 Holiday Catalog. And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.

Here’s the details. Read them thru and then let me know if you want to be a part of the Club. Tell me right quick – the slots will fill up fast!

You sign up for a 6 month term and commit to:

A $25.00 minimum order each month
Placing your order by the 20th of each month
And using the Host code I’ll provide in an email sent out at the beginning of each month

Once 6 members have joined, I’ll do a random draw to determine your host month. As a member of the Online Club, you’re guaranteed:

A $150.00 Workshop order during your host month
$15.00 minimum of Stampin’ Rewards dollars to spend on the exclusive Host Stamp Sets, or any other current Stampin’ Up! product during your host month – and most every Host has ended up with quite a bit more than $15 to spend!
You earn TWO Peppermint Reward points for every $25 that you order on your Host Club Orders (versus the one that non-club members earn). So your $25.00 order earns TWO Peppermints every month, a $50 order earns 4 reward points, a $75 order earns you 6 reward points, etc. You’ll earn at least 12 reward points during your membership, building up your Peppermints towards FREE Items! When you collect just 16 Peppermints, you earn a free $40 gift of your choice from any active catalog!
FREE catalogs during your membership term
FREE shipping in your Host Month
A FREE STAMP SET of your choice valued up to $20 at the end of the 6 months, any current set (excluding host sets)!
And, at the end of the 6 months, you’ll get first dibs at signing up for the next 6 month term

During your host month you can gather up extra orders to increase your host rewards (just give your friends the host code for their orders). It’s that easy!

Let me know soonest if you’re interested in joining the fun!

Blog Candy Giveaway Still Available!

Here’s what’s up for grabs!

Merry Mice Clear Stamp Set
Warmth & Cheer DSP Stack
Regals Enamel Shapes
Mini Jingle Bells
Baker’s Twine Trio (Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green and Gold)

How to win? Well, leave a comment on THIS post before 8pm eastern time on Wednesday, 7 Dec (a Day That Will Live in Infamy!). In your comment, tell me why you love Stampin’ Up! products! Easy peasy.

I’ve got comment moderation turned on, so it may take me a few minutes to see and approve your comment. Don’t worry if your comment doesn’t show up right away, it’ll be there just as soon as I see it.🙂

One lucky winner will be chosen by the random number generator from all of the comments received and I’ll announce the winner on Thursday, 8 Dec.

Please note, anyone is welcome to leave me a comment but per the Demonstrator rules from Stampin’ Up!, I’m only able to ship Stampin’ Up! merchandise to addresses within the United States. Thanks for your understanding and good luck!!🙂

If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Order Stampin’ Up! Online Now button on the right side of the screen to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions. Happy Stamping!

Shop the Clearance Rack here. Earn FREE Stampin’ Up! Products – Join my Punkin Head Peppermint Rewards – My online customer thank you program!

Categories: General, Online Host Club | Tags: Blog Candy, Holiday Catalog Retiring List, Online Host Club, Year End Closeout | 2 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Thankful Life Sneak Peek for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop

Posted on December 1, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all – welcome to another edition of the Happy Stampers Blog Hop! This week we all worked with a color challenge – and so that means the projects are wide open as far as layout of the cards. Heck – they may not even be cards!! 🙂 I hope you’ll spend some time scrolling thru all the Blog Hoppers’ offerings today!

Here’s the color scheme we were working with!

Such pretty soft colors, yes? I did a little bit of faux Bokeh technique, using it to bring out the pretty flowers in the 2017 Occasions Catalog Host-Exclusive set called Thankful Life. This one will be available on 4 Jan to workshop hosts or folks whose individual orders total over $150. This is a beautiful multi-step stamp set, and was all I needed to make today’s card. Take a look-see:

I started with a panel of Whisper White card stock. Using a couple of sponge daubers, I tap-tapped on my Soft Sky ink pad and then tapped the card stock. I did that all over – leaving white space for my second color. I mostly daubed-off once before stamping the card, and then would daub a couple of times without re-inking. I also made sure to overlap some of my daubs. Dabs? Then I did the same again with my Sweet Sugarplum ink pad. I kept adding until I was happy with the effect!

I used my Soft Sky Stampin’ Write Marker to “stitch” around the edge of the panel, then I SNAILd it to a Sweet Sugarplum mat.

My center art section is another piece of Whisper White – and I rounded the corners on it with my Project Life Corner Rounder. Using the Thankful Life stamp set, I stamped the flowers first – beginning with Soft Sky for the “leaves and stems” image.

For the second image, I inked up with Sweet Sugarplum and stamped it off once, then stamped it over the first image. Then I took the third flowers image and stamped it full strength in Sweet Sugarplum. All you have to do is keep the arrows on each stamp going in the same direction and you’ll be making a masterpiece!

The vase is stamped in Soft Sky, and then I added the “highlight” image to the vase. It’s kind of cool the way it works – I wasn’t sure I’d be able to see the highlight since both it and the vase are done in Soft Sky. But…Stampin’ Up! made it work perfectly! 🙂

The sentiment, also from Thankful Life, is stamped across the vase in Sweet Sugarplum.

I rounded the corners of a piece of Sweet Sugarplum card stock with the outside corner rounder on my Envelope Punch board, and SNAILd the art panel to it. Like the card front, I used my Soft Sky Stampin’ Write Marker to make “stitches” around the edge. And then I decided to make it look a little like a hanging picture.

Using my 1/8″ Circle Handheld Punch, I punched two holes in the top of my art panel. Then I ran a length of Pool Party (sorry – not Soft Sky, but pretty darned close!) 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon thru the two holes. I went from the front to the back with the ribbon and cut it pretty short. I popped the art panel on the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals – then I stuck the cut ends of the ribbon to the card front with a couple of Glue Dots. Man – I wish someone had taken a picture of this process for you. 😉

I finished it off with a small bow tied from the Pool Party ribbon and adhered with a Glue Dot over the cut ends of my “picture hangar”. And that was it for the card front! 🙂

On the inside, I started with another Whisper White panel and stamped a second sentiment from Thankful Life in Sweet Sugarplum, Around the edges, I added the little dots image in Soft Sky, then repeated my faux Bokeh around the edges.

I SNAILd the panel to a Sweet Sugarplum mat and into my Soft Sky card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals, and the card was done! 🙂

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got Soft Sky and Sweet Sugarplum Bokeh on the front – plus some Soft Sky little dots…

…and more Bokeh on the envelope flap.

Et Voila! I love this sweet vaseful of flowers brought to you courtesy of the Host-Exclusive Thankful Life stamp set – available in January! And this faux Bokeh….I love how it looks – so soft and kind of dreamy. Hope you like! 🙂

Now that you’ve seen my project, please take a little time to visit all the Happy Stampers Team blogs today!

If you click on the Next Blog button, you’ll go right to Jari Francis’ page. And you can just click on the names below to go direct to all the blogs!

Amy Koenders

Mary Deatherage – YOU ARE HERE!

Jari Francis

Kristi Gray

Jaime Babarczy

Have fun on the Hop!

TTFN

Mary

HOST CODE FOR 1 DEC – 15 DEC: K2Z3RB2G

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in the 2016-17 Annual Catalog or the 2016 Holiday Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.

YEAR END CLEARANCE SALE – STARTS TODAY!

The much-awaited Retiring Items List will come out tomorrow – along with the list of items on the Year End Closeout Sale. Closeout will run from 1 Dec – 3 Jan 17 and will offer some great savings! I’ll be sending out a second posting in a few hours with all the details for the Closeout Sale and the Retiring Items List! Watch your e-mail! 🙂

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT
The Thankful Life stamp set will be available on 4 Jan 17! Or…tomorrow, if you join Stampin’ Up! Just sayin’….