Well, I’ve had SO MANY comments on my post for the October Pals “Trick or Treat” Blog Hop.  THANK YOU SO MUCH for your wonderful, kind words.  I treasure each & every one of my readers and your comments mean more to me than I can say.

I used Random.org to generate a random number, and counted my comments in the order they were posted to pick a winner for the Blog Candy giveaway.

And the winner is…(drumroll please!):

Sandi | October 9, 2012 at 10:37 AM |

Well it’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s Mojo Monday!  Here is the sketch challenge for today and here is my interpretation.

I had to use the Christmas Ornament Keepsake stamp set.  I’m so pumped up about the promotion Stampin’ Up! announced this morning.  When you purchase this stamp set (or stamp set bundle with the coordinating dies) AND the Christmas Candlelight Designer Series Paper, you’ll get the paper piercing set for FREE!  Head over to my Promotion Page to get all the details on this offer.

I started with Sahara Sand as my card base and Chocolate Chip die cut with the top note die and tied a piece of Gumball Green 3/8″ stitched satin ribbon around that layer.  Raspberry Ripple was used for the ornament and my paper snips made an easy job of cutting out the shape.  Gumball Green paper and ink were used to create the banner.  Of course, my 1-1/4″ square punch created the flagged end.  The sentiment is from Greetings of the Season.  A button finished things off just perfectly.

Thanks for stopping into My Stampin Space.  If you’d like to order any of the items used here, just pop on over to my secure online ordering site by clicking here. 

Come back soon, and until then, Happy Stampin’!

Nancy

Stampin’ Up! Halloween Spooktacular Starter Kit Special!

The $99 Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit is a hobby stamper or business demonstrator’s paper crafting dream come true! In addition to the Spooktacular product bonus, here are my favorite reasons to get the Stampin’ Up! starter kit and become a member of my Stampin’ Pals Group:

• YOU CHOOSE:  For $99 you get $125 worth of YOUR CHOICE of ANY current products in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog.
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• I LOVE THIS CATALOG:  You’ll receive 8 copies of the annual catalog as part of your kit.  Share with friends, customers or keep one in every room.  The catalog is THAT good with it’s clean and simple design, pretty samples and oodles of stamp choices.
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Again, there’s no risk, no obligation to purchase anything further and no penalty to drop!

READY TO GET STARTED?  CLICK HERE  to order your kit on-line and become part of the my group  and the Stampin’ Up! family.

Please EMAIL ME (nancy@MyStampinSpace.com) if you have any questions.  I’m here to help!

This week the Pals are getting together to play with a  color challenge.  What a great trio of colors; so many possibilities.

With my new favorite stamp set, Googly Ghouls in hand, I crafted this little card.  I’m loving the color combination.

I love how the images in this stamp set are designed to be used with the googly eyes.  What a fun touch!  I also added a little flower on her hat for fun too!

My recipe is below and remember you can order of of the items that are underlined just by clicking on them or click here to go to my online ordering site.

Stamp Set:  Googly Ghouls #128063 (clear mount), # 128060 (wood mount)

Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade card stock

Ink:  Black Staz-On

Cool Tools:  Big Shot die cutting machine, #2 Circle Die, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Accessories:  Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, Googly Eyes, Brights Brads

Thanks for stopping by My Stampin’ Space.  Like me on facebook and come back often!

What color will you choose?  Why decide when you can get them all!  During September you can recieve a FREE spool of 3/8″ stitched satin ribbon in one of our newest colors with every $40 in products (excluded tax and freight) you order.

GUMBALL GREEN             MIDNIGHT MUSE           SUMMER STARFRUIT

PRIMROSE PETALS              RASPBERRY RIPPLE

So, order $40 in Stampin’ Up! products and choose 1 spool of FREE RIBBON,
Order $80 of products  choose 2 spools of FREE RIBBON,
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It doesn’t get any better than that!  Click here to go to my secure on-line ordering site and place your order.

One of the things I love most about Stampin’Up!  is the coordination of product!  They make it sooo easy to create perfectly coordinated products.  Many of the stamp sets have punches or dies to cut out the stamped shaped.  Yes, you can can still use paper snips to fussy cut your shapes but this can be time consuming and it’s not always an exact science (although it is just plain fun sometimes)

I have to admit I wasn’t quite ‘sold’ on the Orchard Harvest product suite when I first saw it (pg. 28 & 29 in the holiday catalog) but once I started seeing all the possibilities of this set, I really looked at it differently.  Well, I got the stamp set – nothing else in this product suite, just the stamp set.  And while I do love it, I wish I had the dies too (and the paper).

I made the following card and actually cut out the shapes by hand.  Not so bad on the jar lid and pears, but cutting the INSIDE of the jar shape – through 4 layers of paper – NOT EASY!  And although I think I hid it well enough, it wasn’t very exact either!  I sure was wishing I had the dies to cut this out – it would have been easy-peasy.

So, guess what’s going on my next order?

Yup, the Cannery Set framelit dies.

If you want them, order the bundle, it’s designed to save money.  Click on any of the items below to go directly to my online store where you can order securely 24/7.  And don’t make the same mistake I did, get both at the same time!

The Perfectly Preserved Bundle consists of the Perfectly Preserved Stamp Set  and the Cannery Set Framelit dies in wood mount #129943 , and in clear mount #12994.

I used Whisper White cardstock for the base, and I pulled out a sheet of retired Pear Pizzaz (well, because of the pears) for the background.  The designer printed paper is from the Floral District DSP collection on top of a sheet of Crumb Cake card stock which was edged with the Finishing Touches Edgelits. The pears were stamped in Pear Pizzaz ink and Summer Starfruit ink and stems in Chocolate Chip ink.  The cap was stamped in Marina Mist ink and accented with a piece of Linen Thread and popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.  To create the jar, I stamped the image in Black Staz-On ink onto a Window Sheet.  The pears are behind the window sheet to give the illusion they are in a glass jar.  The sentiment was stamped and then cut out using the Bitty Banners Framelits die (which I do have).  You can see how perfectly coordinated the stamp image is to the die cut shape.

So what you think about the Orchard Harvest product suite?  Leave me a comment and let me know.  I’d love to hear from you.

Thanks for stopping by My Stampin’ Space.  Come back again soon, (bookmark my page and/or subscribe to my RSS feeder – that’s the little orange button to the right) and until then, Happy Stampin’!

Nancy

Stampin’ Up! has just done something unprecented….they’ve taken 4 of their fabric offerings and put them on sale for only 99 cents!

Below are thumbnails of the fabric collections that are on sale for only $.99, the regular price is $9.95.  Don’t forget to check out all the coordinating ribbon and buttons too.

Click here to access the clearance rack on my website.

You can order securely from my website but all of the items on the clearance rack are first come, first serve and when an item is sold out, it’s gone for good.  So hurry up and get your order in while you still can!

Well today, I got some practice in using MDS2 – oh my goodness! It is SO MUCH FUN! And never having used this before, I was able to jump right in and just start creating – there’s not much of learning curve. It’s that easy!
Anyway, I made a new blog header using MDS2 and a new “ORDER ONLINE” button and an “EMAIL ME” button. What do you think?

I purposely made the 2 buttons different because I want to know what YOU think! Do you like the Decorative Label punch shape or the Circle shape?  Please let me know.  I will be making both the same, but I will make them whichever shape my readers like best.  So speak up and leave me a comment with your favorite button style.

Now, speaking of MDS2 – there has been ALOT of hype waiting for the release of the upgraded version of MyDigitalStudio.  And I can see why and I’ve barely gotten my feet wet.  Want to learn more?  Watch the following video:

If you’d like to take MDS2 for a test drive, I can give you a free 30-day trial version.  As I am learning MDS2 myself, I will be recording videos and if you sign-up for the free trial version of MDS2 thru me, I’ll give you access to the tutorial videos and you can learn alongside me.  Hang on tight – I’ll give you info to download the free trial once I have some videos recorded.

Thanks for stopping by and letting me know what you think.  Feel free to share this with your friends, especially your friends who would like digital scrapbooking.  Until next time,

Happy Stampin!

Nancy

Glad you could join us for some holiday crafting with the Stampin’ Pretty Pals!  You’ve probably hopped over from Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping, I’m stop number 16 on the Pals Hop and I’m glad you hopped in! I’ll help you “hop along” from blog to blog where you’ll find great ideas for Stampin’ Up! projects featuring the new Holiday Catalog! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you’ll be back on track.

My card features several new products from the Holiday catalog.  The first thing that caught my eye when I opened the catalog (actually when I first laid eyes on the cover) was the Ornament Keepsake stamp set and coordinating Holiday Ornaments Framelits Die.  These two items are available as a bundle to save you money.  Stampin’ Up! makes it easy-peasy to coordinate and now, with the bundles, you can save money too!

The other product that I just had to have was the Core-dinations Card Stock.  This specialty card stock has a different color core so when you emboss the paper, you can sand it and reveal the inside color – how cool is that?  I used the Core-dinations Card Stock in Early Espresso #127848, embossed with Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder # 120175.

I created my card base with Whisper White cardstock, then a layer of Gumball Green.  Next I adhered my Early Expresso layer that was sanded to reveal the inside layer.

I stamped my ornaments with Versamark ink and heat embossed them with Stampin’ Emboss Powder in Gumball Green # 128981, Early Espresso # 128980, and Cherry Cobbler # 122949.  Then I used my Big Shot die-cutting machine # 113439 and the Holiday Ornaments Framelit die # 127816 to perfectly cut-out the ornament shapes.

The sentiment is from Embellished Events #126497 (c) and this was stamped with Versamark & heat embossed in White.  A Rhinestone Basic Jewel tops off the large ornament. A piece of 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon in Gumball Green ties everything together.

I hope you enjoyed my project; if you have to have any of these products, you order from my secure site by clicking on either the item listed above or click here.

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Naki Rager at My Stampin’ Blog, stop number 17 on the Pals Holiday Catalog Blog Hop!  Thanks for “hopping” by!

1. Lynn Hoyt at Cattail Designs
2. Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards.com
3. Debbie Pierce at Stampin Sunshine
4. Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full
5. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin’ Affair!
6. Cathy King at chattycathycardcreations
7. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
8. Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog
9. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
10. Mary Fish at Stampin Pretty
11. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp
12. Diane Roberts at Scoreatfourandaquarter
13. Claire Crotteau-Hutt at stamppaperscissors
14. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
15. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
16. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin’ Space
17. Naki Rager at My Stampin’ Blog
18. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
19. Kim Luithle at Kim’s Stampin Stuff
20. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikkis Creative Corner
21. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers
22. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
23. Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan
24. Nicole Watt at Impressions by Nicole
25. Bobbi Mangas at My Therapy
26. Angie Blake at Angies Musings
27. Kris Kilcoyne at Kween Bee Kreations
28. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
29. Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine
30. Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee

Thanks to our talented Pal, Nicole Watt for the impressive Blog Hop Badges & Buttons she designed using MDS2 and our Orchard Harvest suite of products available in the Holiday catalog.

August is hot at Stampin’ Up!  Temperatures were sizzling here today (my thermometer registered 97) but it’s all the excitement that makes it so hot!

THE NEW HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG IS HERE!  Stampin’ Up! has released the holiday catalog a  month earlier to allow you to get a jump start on all of your holiday projects.  Whether you want Halloween, Thanksgiving, Fall, Christmas, Hanukkah, this catalog is jam-packed with ideas and projects and everything you need to create special memories for the holidays.

CLICK ON THE COVER OF THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG on the right and take a look thru the catalog now.  If you  want a print catalog, and you are one of my customers or don’t have a current relationship with another demo, please email me.

MY DIGITAL STUDIO:  And talking about memories, the long-awaited for MDS2, our digital scrapbooking software,  is here and available for purchase!

And during the 31 days of August, you can order select MDS content and print products at 31% off!

I just got my copy of MDS2 and am excited about learning how to use this software and all the upgrades/improvements that have been made.  If you are interested in taking this software for a test drive, let me know.  As I am learning my way around the new, improved software, I will be recording tutorial videos.  I can give you a free 30-day trial AND will email you my training tutorials FOR FREE.

A SPOOKTACULAR OFFER: And if that isn’t enough, if you choose to join Stampin’ Up! during August, whether as a business or hobby demonstrator, you’ll receive  the Howl-o-ween Printer Tray for free, on top of all the perks that come along with being part of the Stampin’ Up! family and my group of pals.

If you’ve visited my new blog lately, you may think that I haven’t done anything.  But I’ve been very busy.  I’m taking classes, learning how to set-up this blog, and teaching myself how to use a video recorder – all to make my future blog posts better and more informative for you, my readers.

So please tell me what you think.  I appreciate your comments.

Until next time, Happy Stampin’

Nancy