Open House Highlights

My Open House celebrating the Stampin' Up! NEW Idea Book & Catalog 2009-2010 was held last Saturday. What we lacked in numbers we made up for in enthusiasm!! There were Make 'n' Takes featuring the NEW In-Colors and lots of Retired Stamp Sets for sale. Every half hour a name was drawn to win one of the awesome Door Prizes! I think everyone who attended ended up winning one of those! We experimented with the Color Spritzer tool, adding some texture to the sand on this Make 'n' Take card.

The palm tree branches were punched out of Old Olive card stock using the Scallop Oval Punch. Fold the frond in half, then cut diagonally from the bottom of each scallop toward the center. We used a sponge and Old Olive ink to shade the edges and center vein. The sentiment is from the new Level 2 Hostess set, Wings of Friendship.

We used that set to create another Make 'n' Take at the Open House, too. This set of three 3"x3" note cards has matching lined envelopes gathered into a holder that's wrapped up with some of the new gorgeous polka dot grosgrain ribbon which comes in every one of the new In-Colors. We used Melon Mambo here.

The cards were created with the NEW 8-1/2x11 TEXTURED In-Color Card Stock, Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper, the Boho Blossoms Punch, and the new Modern Label Punch. Stamp sets used include the Wings of Friendship, Razzle Dazzle, and Teeny Tiny Wishes. These are some of my favorites in the new catalog. Don't you just LOVE this bird?!?!?

There's one more thing I'd like to share with you. Click on this link here and you'll see the Recipe List that used to be at the end of the Stampin' Up! catalog. Do you remember the one that listed absolutely every product used to create every sample in EVERY photo on EVERY page in the entire catalog? Well, this is it, Ladies. It's not at the end of the catalog anymore. But here it is!! You can open this, then save it to a file on your computer. Then you'll be able to see all the products you'll need to C.A.S.E. every awesome project in this FANTASTIC NEW CATALOG!! What? You don't have one? Contact me NOW and I'll see that you get one! It's only $10! Or you can get it FREE if you schedule a workshop with me. OR... if you place an order for over $100, I'll give it to you for FREE!

Go to my web site here and click on the SHOP NOW box in the upper right hand corner. You can shop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year! Or if you would like some assistance, e-mail me and I'll get back to you and we'll shop together! I'd love to help you start working on those projects you've had on your "To Do" list for sooooo long! Don't keep putting it off. Today's the day! Do it now! :-)

~Alice