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Clearance Rack Refresh!!

New items have been added to the Clearance Rack  in the Stampin' Up online store! Supplies are limited, and with discounts up to 60%, products will go very quickly!  

Be sure to use the current Host Code JWBWTA7V when ordering, since a $45 minimum order  earns credit towards a FREE Stamp Class or Cards@Home Kit, and a $50 order also scores you a copy of the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalog!  Hooray for sales!

Please note that the Deadline Date to reserve your spot for this month's

In-Person Stamp Class on Sunday, 4/18 at 3:00pm is

 tomorrow, Tuesday April 13.  

If you have been vaccinated (to keep our home "clean" for our grandkids), and would like to come and stamp together after so long in SIP, there is still a spot open. You will be distanced from each other, can wear a mask if you wish, and wipes/hand sanitizer will be available.  Please bring your own adhesive, scissors, and Big Shot/die cut machine (if you have one)  to save time and sharing/wiping down mine (but of course can share mine if needed.) See the previous post for more details.

If you cannot come but would like a Cards@Home Kit for this month, it is also available for the same price or FREE with your $45 order or Class Credit.  Please let me know by the Deadline Date so that I can make up everything at the same time. 

I now have some copies of the new 2021-2022 Annual Stampin' Up catalog available!  Place a $50 order and get yours for FREE along with a Cards@Home kit or Class Credit!  

IN-PERSON (!) April Stamp Class

Wow, after a whole year of only Cards@Home Kits, it will be so wonderful to be able to see and stamp with some of you again!!  (See the previous blog post for details about what that will look like.)  I think I got a bit excited and went a little overboard in the designs; I was so happy to be able to stamp and use coordinated dies and paper that the cards may be a bit over-the-top, but I love them all!  If you come, you may need to stay a bit longer to add all the details (and work with how we'll be distanced), but I think it will be well worth it!

As you can see, the Butterfly Brilliance card (top left) is a type of easel card that can stand up when it is propped open.  I had to use the die-cut Designer Paper butterfly even though that paper has been sold out, because it looks so great with all the coordinated patterns. However, you  could easily stamp and die cut your own butterflies in six sizes and whatever color combinations you'd like almost as quickly, as I did for the inside of the card.  These butterflies also look great when colored with Stampin' Blends, we'll have to do that next time.

The stacked Ice Cream card is another type of taller easel style, do you see how I made good use of the top scoop to hold the tab closed? I am just tickled about how this worked out, and that you could alter the colors to suit anyone, of any age, on their special day!  The Designer Paper comes with 3 sheets of multi-colored "splotches" that are great for quick "scoops" made with the Ice Cream Cone punch, and there's even a "cone side" to make your card even easier.  And of course there's the Sweet Ice Cream stamps that we'll have to use for even more color combinations and options, plus popsicles, for next time!

The lower left card uses the Hey Chick and Hey Birthday Chick Bundles, which are so quirky with clever puns and creative die shapes that can lead to many fun cards.  For this one I created a "chicken coop" that has a pop-up element inside, complete with a dancing hen! It was great fun to make the chicken wire window, wood fence, and corn stalk; special details that are made easily with the textured die cuts. (Note that the Hey Chick stamps and Dies Bundle are on the retiring list and will not continue into the next catalog, so get them now if you love them like I do!)

The Birds & Branches card took me a while to create since I wanted a different way to have a window through the leafy frame to the nest with eggs, but still leave more space to write inside.  I finally came up with this 3-layered card, and discovered that the leaf-patterned Designer Paper from SAB  matched the die perfectly!  Gotta love it when so many things come together in the end!

STAMP CLASS DATE: Sunday, Apr. 18, 3:00 - 5:30 pm. (Maximum 6 attendees)

Deadline Date to reserve your spot: Tuesday, Apr. 13 

Cost = $15 or FREE with a minimum $45 order when you use the current Host Code: JWBWTA7V, or if you have a previous Class Credit. 

You may order these cards as a Cards@Home Kit for $15 if you pick up; + $2 for shipping per kit if mailed to you.  (Since I cannot stamp your card pieces per SU copyright policies, you may consider buying the stamp sets used, look among your supplies for stamps that would work, or simply write or print your own sentiments. You will receive blank white cardstock where I have stamped the samples, all the pre-cut/scored pieces and printed papers for the kit, and the printed instructions with color pictures.  Contact me if you have any questions.) 

(Note: if your order exceeds $150, do not use a Host Code, as you can keep the Host Rewards and still earn a Class Credit for a future class or get this month's Kit for FREE!)

In-Person Classes next month!

 Hello Stamping Buddies,

After a year of not being able to gather together to stamp and create, we are finally at the point of being safer from getting COVID, so I would like to start up in-person Stamp Classes again in April, hooray!   Here are some thoughts about what that will look like to keep us all safe.

1. Classes will be limited to ideally 4 people, but 6 would be the maximum attendance.  
2. The stamping "stations" will be distanced so that you will likely be working on a card by yourself at one end of a table, then we will rotate the 4 boxes as cards are finished. 
3. We will all start off masked.  If all of the attendees are already vaccinated (and 2 weeks have passed), then you can choose to take off your mask if you wish.  If anyone present is not vaccinated, then all masks should stay on. 
4. Hand sanitizer and antiseptic wipes will be provided so that you can clean/wipe your hands or shared tools (stamping blocks, ink pads, dies, etc.) as needed. 
5. You may wish to bring your own die-cutting machine with plates and your Scoreboard if you have these so that you can eliminate sharing equipment (and you won't have to wait to share my tools!)
6. You may bring your own scissors and adhesive, or you can wipe down those that I supply.

I think those are the important details that I can think of, let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  The next blog post will have card pictures as well as the date and time.  I just finished the card samples and they look great; I can't wait to share them with you! 😃