Stamping with Michelle

New products!

Hey everyone!  I bet you thought I'd dropped off the face of the earth!  Well, not quite.  My December was busy and I kept meaning to post something, but at some point, I realized I would just have to throw in the towel and wait.

In order to make this a little more worth the wait, how about a sneak peek?  Beginning January 5, we have two new brochures that you can order from.  The first is our Occasions Mini Catalog, and then, of course, there is Sale-a-bration.  Sale-a-bration runs for three months this year (January 5-March 31) and, as always, for every $50 you spend, you get to choose free product.  Today's sample is one that utilizes stamps and products from both the Occasions Mini and the Sale-a-bration brochure.

Materials: Happy Moments and Tiny Tags and the Daisy Dash Jumbo Wheel

Cardstock: Kraft brown, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry and Naturals White

Ink: Basic Grey, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo and Old Olive pads and Old Olive Jumbo cartridge

Accessories: Small Heart punch, Medium Jewelry Tag, Old Olive ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals and Aquapainters

 Both of the punches are from the Occasions mini catalog is as is the Tiny Tags set which I used on the tag and on the Bermuda Bay background.  The corners of the Old Olive cardstock were punched with the Small Heart punch.

Something else that I am excited to announce is that beginning, January 5, you will have the option of ordering your stamps unmounted to use with clear acrylic blocks! The stamps will still be manufactured on our standard rubber so you will have the same quality of stamps, but they will come with a cling back to mount to an acrylic block.  This gives you the ease of storage as well as the versatility of mounting several images on one block for a customized image.

My January is completely booked up, but I still have dates in February if you'd like to see and try these revolutionary new products.

Finally, I will be traveling to Phoenix next week for our Leadership conference.  As much as I would love to say that I will prepare a post to automatically post while I am gone, I know myself and I know it won't happen!  I will do my best to post early in the week when I get home that second week of January.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Well...at least inside my house it is!  We put up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, and nothing puts you in the Christmas spirit like putting up the tree!  Now if I can just get on the stick and get all of my cards made!

If you haven't gotten started on your cards yet, either, you still have time.  Here are a couple of ideas that may help jump start your creativity.

 Stamps: Delightful Decorations

Cardstock: Real Red, Garden Green, Very Vanilla and Merry Moments DSP

Ink: Garden Green and Real Red

Accessories: Ornament punch, Real Red grosgrain ribbon

I think this Delightful Decorations set is one of my new favorites.  I love how easy it to punch the ornament out with coordinating punch.  This was one of the cards that we did last month in my clubs and it was definitely a favorite!  If you wanted to glitz it up a bit, you could even add a little bit of glitter in the center of the poinsettia.

Materials: Berry Christmas

Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Soft Suede and Whisper White

Ink: Certainly Celery, Soft Suede and Real Red

Accessories: 1/2" circle punch, 5/8" Spotted Real Red grosgrain

Sometimes the simplest cards are the nicest.  This was one of the cards we did at my stamp a stack class last month.  I just love the clean and simple lines, and the small bits of ribbon is a nice way to use up scraps that you just can't bear to part with!

There's still time to work up Christmas cards to send out.  And, of course, don't forget to give your wish list of items that you would like to see under the tree to a loved one!  The Big Shot or the new My Digital Studio software would both make fantastic gifts!

Happy stamping!

Michelle