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Where did Summer go?

Wow! I’ve been neglecting my blog a bit this Summer. I truly feel like the kids just got off the bus on the last day of school… YESTERDAY!

It’s an annual tradition on our court for the parents to welcome our kids home by blasting them with water balloons and super soakers as they get off the bus. They may run but…

And then this happened…

So yeah… I really do feel like we just did all this yesterday… but then reality sets in. Summer has come and gone and it’s already back to school. Summers seem to go by quicker each year. I spent the Summer trying to soak up treasured time with my family and I didn’t post except for quick updates on Instagram and Facebook. It’s a good thing I have those to look back on or I wouldn’t believe we actually had a Summer… it went way too fast.

In another post I’ll share about some fun things that happened this Summer but for now I want to share about the AMAZING DEALS happening right now!!! And they too are going by quickly and I need to tell you about them so you don’t miss out.

►►►Build your Starter Kit your way! For just $99, you get…

Your choice of up to $150 worth of any current Stampin’ Up! products, including items from the NEW 2014 Holiday Catalog.
A business supply pack valued at $65!
FREE SHIPPING!!! Save another 10% – the entire kit ships for FREE!
To be a part of my family of stampers… The Untied Stampers of America!

That’s $51 in FREE product! A total value of $215!

But hurry this awesome Starter Kit Deal ENDS TODAY – August 28th…

ANYONE can purchase this Starter Kit! You can join to enjoy your own discount off future purchases, or choose to make a little or a lot of extra money doing something that you love.
It’s super simple to join! Make your wish list and then ORDER YOUR STARTER KIT HERE.

All the fun, all the product, NO obligation…
But don’t take too long to decide… this deal is Short & Sweet and ends TODAY!

►►►BIG SHOT & BUNDLES special ends August 31st

Order your FREE or DISCOUNTED Bundles right from my Stamp With Anita on-line store.

►►►Paper Pumpkin – 2 months at 50% off !!!
Such a great deal and a great way to try it out for half off.
Check out the My Paper Pumpkin 2 months for half off.
Sign up for My Paper Pumpkin from my direct site.
You must subscribe by September 10th to get 2 months half off.

So yes… Lots of great deals… all are SHORT & SWEET!
Just like my Summer… before you know it they will be gone, so soak them up while you still can. As always, feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need help to order.

Blessings and Happy Stamping!
Anita Haines

Project Life by Stampin’ Up!

April 15, 2014

The most exciting news was announced today! Stampin’ Up! has partnered with the wonderful Becky Higgins to to bring us the real deal… authentic Project Life products in exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors and designs. Woot! Woot! How exciting is that!!! I am over the moon about it and can’t wait to get my hands on it to start playing! Yes… I am doing a happy dance today… even with all the snow on the ground… and it being tax day… it’s a good day! Best news ever!!!! You can read more about it on Becky’s Blog.

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The best part is that you will not have to wait too long and will be able to order a selection of Project Life products starting May 1! And with the launch of our new annual catalog on June 2, you’ll be able to buy from our complete line of Project Life products.

But if you’re as excited as I am and can’t wait that long then you need to join my team today. Stampin’ Up! demonstrators will be able to order the limited selection starting April 21.

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You know what I’ll be doing on the 21st!!! I love that as a demonstrator I can order the products early and if you join my team you can too! If you’ve already fallen’ in love with Project Life and have been using it yourself can you think of nothing better than becoming a demonstrator and not only saving but making money sharing something you already love and enjoy? As Becky mentioned on her blog, “It’s one thing to tell someone about Project Life and explain how easy it really is. It’s another thing to be able to sit down with someone and show them just how beautifully simple the scrapbooking process can be with Project Life.” That’s what I am so excited about as a demonstrator… that I get to share this joy with all of you. If you want to talk about becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator contact me today. I would love to share with you. You can also find more info on my website.

You can be sure that I will be planning lots of fun events for of us Project Life Scrapbookers. Until then, here’s hoping your tax day was a good day. I know I am smiling from ear to ear!!!

Blessings and Happy Stamping!
Anita Haines

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch Card Closure

It’s been a busy time filled with kid’s activities and sharing in their awesome accomplishments. I will take time to share more on that with you in another post, but wanted you know that even though I’ve been away from posting my thoughts have been with you all. I don’t know about you but this long Winter has really taken a toll on me and my energy level. But today on this first day of Spring I wanted to share a beautiful Spring card that has a special closure that features the new Scalloped Tag Punch.

I just love the colors on this card and how it beckons Spring to come. I know I am so ready for warmer weather…. my aching joints are crying out for it to come soon! This card was inspired by a make & take Addy Jester designed for us at a team meeting. I added my own little flare by using the Chalk Talk Framelits Die. So let me share with you how to make this card…

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch Card Closure

• Petal Parade Stamp Set – wood (#133599), clear (#133602) SAB Product
• Perfect Pennants Stamp Set – wood (#133227), clear (#133230)
• Pool Party Classic Ink (#126982)
• Basic Black Classic Ink (#126980)
• 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ Sahara Sand Cardstock (#121043)
• 2 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ Pool Party Cardstock (#122924)
• Crisp Cantalope Cardstock (#131298)
• Chalk Talk Framelits Dies (#129983)
• Stampin’ Trimmer (#126889)
• Scalloped Tag Topper Punch (#133324)
• Scallops Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (#132971)
• Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper (#133521) SAB Product
• Crisp Cantalope Twine from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack (#133522) SAB Product

Start with a 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ piece of cardstock. You will be punching on both 5 1/2″ ends. Insert cardstock into the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch all the way and center from top to bottom. Before you punch look from the back so you can see that the card stock is pushed flush all the way into the edge of the punch. You will do the same on the opposite side. See photo and tip below to get both sides matched up.

TIP: To easily match up both sides so they are aligned insert the opposite side of the cardstock and when looking from the back pull the side of the cardstock that you already punched back over to where you are punching now and you can visually align both sides up to match.

Now with both sides punched you will score the right side of your card. Use the Stampin’ Trimmer and score down along where the punch cut into the cardstock. On my Stampin’ Trimmer the cardstock lined up at the 7/8″ mark as shown above.

Once you have the first side scored you will then cut away the extra pieces as shown above.

You will then do the same thing to the other side that you punched… but on this side you will only need to cut the pieces away and NOT score.

Once both sides are complete you will slide the piece of cardstock back into your Trimmer and the side that a has the cut and score you will score again at the 4 1/4″ mark. This will become the back/inside of your card and will make more sense as you go along.

When you are finished this is what you should have. You can discard the cut out pieces.

Fold your card on score lines and finish as desired. For my card I attach a 1 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) on inside right edge as shown. I used the lovely Sweet Sorbet DSP (#133521) that you can earn for FREE right now during Sale-A-Bration. On the outside flap I embossed a 2 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Pool Party Cardstock with the NEW Scallops Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (#132971) found in the Occasions Catalog.

Pictured above are all the products I used to complete my card. Item numbers and links to my online store are listed in the supplies at the beginning of the tutorial to make it easy for you.

To finish my card off I tied the Scallop Tag Punched ends together with a piece of Crisp Cantalope Twine found in the SAB Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack shown below.

Look at all this yummy goodness you can earn for FREE during Sale-A-Bration. The twine from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack (#133522) was the perfect touch for my card. The Pack comes with three spools (10 yards each) of beautiful twine and a sheet of adhesive-backed die cut images printed on cork.

Here’s to the coming of Spring! Sending good thoughts your way!

Don’t miss your chance at grabbing your favorite Sale-A-Bration (SAB) products. Once March is gone so are these products. During this awesome promotion you get to choose a FREE SAB product for every $50 you spend. Place at least a $50 order in my online store using this HOSTESS CODE 6U6XKXKX by March 28th and not only will you get to choose a FREE SAB item I will send you this card so you can have to send or have to duplicate.

“May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.” ~ 2 Thessalonians 3:16

Blessings and Happy Stamping!
Anita Haines

Just Sayin’

If you know me at all you know this is something you’ll find me saying… Just Sayin’

It also happens to be the name of one of my favorite new word sets! I know I say that all the time… I just have a lot of favorites! Sometimes I don’t even know they are my favorite until I see a finished card or project or I get to play with it myself. The one thing I have found is that you just can’t have too many word sets. Right? Look at all these fun little messages…

Just Sayin’ available in Wood Mount (133200) or Clear Mount (133203) or click image to see bundles

What’s great about this one is it also has coordinating framelits. Woo-hoo!

Word Bubbles Framelits Dies (132968) available alone or click image to see bundle

So let me show you a fun card using the “Just Sayin’ Bundle”. We made it at our team meeting last night. I love getting together with other demonstrators. We share business ideas, celebrate one another and always share projects with one another. This card was one of the Make & Takes we made. I didn’t design it, but of course did add my own twist to it.

Cute isn’t it? I love the colors used on this card. Do you ever find yourself in a rut when it comes to using the same colors all the time? I have found one of the easiest ways to come up with a new color scheme for a project is to use the colors from one of our Designer Series Papers (DSP). All the work has already been done for you and you may just find that you will use and even fall in love with colors you never knew you would have otherwise.

Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper (132993)

Here we used the Retro Fresh DSP and pulled the colors Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango from it for our card stock as well as the Tangerine Tango Ink.

Don’t you love how the stamped image coordinates perfectly with the framelit. You can purchase the stamp set and the framelits separately or save 15% by purchasing them as a bundle. Who wouldn’t want to save money? I love bundles!!!

Hearts are not just for Valentines. This card is just full of love with all the “HEARTS”. Six hearts are included in the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies (#125599) used here. Also used was the Full Heart Punch (119883) to punch out the Retro Fresh DSP heart and the Small Heart Punch (117193) was used to add the sprinklings of little hearts. <3 <3 <3

Other details on this fun card is the use of texture with the Adorning Accents Textured Folders (125601) which happens to be one of our WEEKLY DEALS for THIS week only. Another fun way that we added detail and texture to our card is the Retro Fresh Washi Tape (133001).

So there you go… Head over to my on-line store and grab one of our new bundles and some DSP and start creating some fun projects to share!

And don’t forget… if you purchase $50 you can choose a Sale-A-ration Product for FREE till the end of March!

OR… Have a Party or Private Class and earn even more product for FREE! Who doesn’t love a party! Contact ME today to get on my schedule.

OR… if your wish list is long JOIN my team for continued discounts on all your favorite products. I’d love to share with you all the benefits of joining and being a part of my Stampin’ Up! family. Contact ME today if you would like to chat about it!

Also… check out my EVENTS for upcoming CLASSES during Sale-A-Bration.

Blessings and Happy Stamping!
Anita Haines