Stampin' Sale

So our condo complex is having a yard sale this Saturday and I have some retired stamps, paper, ink, accessories, decor elements, etc. that I'll be selling. I don't have a TON, but it's good stuff. So stop on by! If you don't know where I live just send me an email and I'll get you the address. I'm also planning on having a sign up sheet for a new hostess club which I'm really excited to get up and going, they are always so much fun. Sign up with a friend! Not sure what a hostess club is? Well let me tell you! The jist is that we have a group of people who come to my house and make great projects like cards and 3-D items and learn new techniques and we each commit to placing a minimum $20 order each month and we all take turns earning the awesome hostess benefits. Which include a free hostess stamp set and money in free product! So basically it's like being the hostess of a workshop, except you don't have to do anything other than craft your heart out and earn free stuff! It's really a great way to get everything on your wishlist and have a great time! And now is the best time to start because everything with Stampin' Up! is new! -New catalog, new colors, new punches, new stamps, new styles, new accessories...it's awesome!

For everyone who signs up for hostess club and brings a friend who also joins, I'll give both of you free shipping on your first order! Did your friend bring a friend who joined? Well they can have the deal too! The more the merrier!

This card is one I made at a fellow deomonstrator's open house, and I really love it. It features my new favorite stamp set, Artistic Etchings, and also a bunch of new colors and accessories! Do you want to make this card? Let's do it together!

Check out my website at www.meggandyreng.stampinup.net for the latest products and great ideas! See something you can't live without? Place an order on my online shop 24/7! If you do, I'll send you a hand crafted card for every $25 you spend!

It's All New

Well folks, Stampin' Up! has been going crazy making new products and changing things up for the better for all of us.

Here are some of the recent changes....so you'll want to hurry and link over to my website at http://www.meggandyreng.stampinup.net/ to see them all for yourself!

• New Idea Book & Catalog -and you know that means all things new! New cardstock, colors, stamps, die cuts, ribbons, accessories, kits and so much more.


• New Decor Elements catalog -magnetic and chalkboard vinyl in such fun shapes


• Clear mount stamps


• COLOR RENOVATION -brand new colors, new color families, retired colors making a reappearance...yay!


• All things vintage
  

And yes I'm going to say it, CHRISTMAS! I got a sneak peak of the Holiday Mini Catalog available September 1st and I'm bursting at the seams with excitement.

So let's party! Send me an email and let's book a Workshop. Get your friends together and let's create something you'll be excited to show off. Earn some free stuff for yourself!

Go online now and check out the new catalogs, I promise you won't be disappointed!

Birthday Cards!

So a couple things...first of all, you can also follow my blog on my website: www.meggandyreng.stampinup.net. Stampin' Up! has made it possible to have a blog right on our website! That way you can keep up on the blog and shop all in the same place. Did someone just say the magic word? Shopping?! Check it out!

Next is a couple birthday cards I whipped together a couple weeks ago. It was my sister in law and nephew's birthdays and I had to make some cards...and quick. Here's what I came up with. This card features the sweet pea felt flowers, the new scallop punch, the Sale-A-Bration paper pack, and my favorite stamp set: warm words. I just inked the edges of the paper with some chocolate chip ink for a little something extra. It's so simple, but so cute!

Next is the card for my nephew Mako. This card uses my most favorite birthday set: Crazy for Cupcakes and my new favorite technique of stamping an image on patterned paper and cutting it out. A little background on this card. At this point most of my crafting supplies are in boxes in sotrage and scattered everywhere-one major box was still missing that had everything I use in it. We're talking blender pens, glitter, adhesive, everything, still missing. So I had to get a little creative with what I had. You may or may not notice that the ribbon is retired, but I can use whatever I want for personal use. :) But really, this is the easiest and quickest way I know of to add pattern and color to a stamp. I stamped the image directly on the card as well so I could put it back together easier.

Hope you enjoyed this technique!

Workshop!

So I finally got the second bedroom cleaned out and I've been stamping more than I have in a LONG time! And it paid off! I was contacted by someone I didn't know who wanted to have a workshop in her home! I was so excited! I prepared, showed off some of my favorite techniques, and it was a success! She earned 3 free Sale-A-Bration products! So if you want to earn your own products, don't worry...there's still time. Just contact me and we'll book your party today!

I've been taking some pictures of some of the cards I've made and I'll get those posted so you can take a peek!

February Open House

I'm holding an open house this Thursday and you're invited! I would love to see you there and as always, feel free to bring a friend!

Sale-A-Bration is here which means free products for you! Come check out the new Simply Adorned jewelry charms, vinyl art and stencils for your home, and the new clear mount stamps for the crafter. Feel free to call, email or text me with any questions or let me know you're coming. Can't wait to see you there!

Sale -A- Bration is Here!

It's finally here! Sale -A-Bration! What does this mean for you? Well FREE products of course. Just spend $50 and you can choose an item from the Sale-A-Bration catalog or special items in the Idea Book & Catalog for free. Stamp sets, paper, punches...FREE! And that's a free item for every $50 spent.

OR

Feeling short on cash? Just hold a workshop and if your class gets $300 in sales...cha-ching...free stuff for you!

Plus even more freebies when you sign up to become a demonstrator. Just go on and check out the promotions on my website: meggandyreng.stampinup.net

Don't forget you can order online 24/7 at my website as well and have your products shipped right to you!

Holiday Extravaganza!!

It's that time of the year again! Stampin' Up's Holiday Extravaganza!

Stampin' Up! has created some amazing product bundles that feature some of your favorite items all put together and discounted. My favorite is the courdoroy button bundle...you have to check it. And at 50% off, you can't afford to miss it!

Love punches? Well, there is a great variety of punches at 30% off! So stock up!

Are those rubber stamps what really get you excited about crafting? You would not believe some of the deals going on with stamps. Alphabet stamps, hearts, sentiments...on sale now!

While you're shopping, don't forget to check out the clearance rack for other great deals.

Click here to go right to my website and start shopping!

Decor Elements Project

It's been a while since I had a post...I wanted to show you something I created using Decor Elements. This is the black chandelier and I absolutely love it! I have been wanting a simple black chandelier hanging above my bed for a long time, but since I'm living in a rental, that just doesn't make sense. So this is what I came up with. I hope you like it! The chandelier itself wouldn't fit in a standard frame size, so I had to get a little creative. I went to the hardware store and picked up the materials for the frame, I just got some inexpensive moulding and a piece of clear acrylic plastic. The store wouldn't cut the plastic for me, so what we did was use the frame to cover up the extra plastic so it looked like the size I wanted.

I'm no frame-maker so I just used some way strong glue and glued the pieces together! Hey, it works!

Enjoy!

Holiday Shopping + Free Decor Elements!

Check out Stampin' Up!'s Holiday Gift Giving Guide. It has great gift ideas for friends, family, teens, neighbor gifts and more!

From November 1st - January 4th you will receive a free Decor Elements of your choice (up to a $16.95 value) for FREE with each $50 you spend from items off of the gift giving guide! Meaning if you spend $100 you get two free Decor Elements items, spend $150 get three free...There are a TON of items on the gift guide, so check it out and treat yourself to a free Decor Elements while getting your holiday shopping DONE!

One of my personal favorite gift ideas is on the top of page 4, the plate of cookies for a neighbor with the recipe tied to the top using the 'From the Kitchen of' stamp set. So simple, easy, yummy and fun.

So click here to check out the Holiday Gift Giving Guide and earn your free Decor Elements today!

Order directly from my webiste: meggandyreng.stampinup.net

Halloween Treats

For Halloween at work all the employees can bring their kids and grandkids to and have them trick or treat around the building. Well I decided I wanted to make some treat bags for the kids (I was feeling ambitious). Also I figured there wasn't a better excuse than that to use up some of my Halloween paper and rub-ons. I was going to be pretty sad if I didn't use those adorable rub-ons. They are so cute!

I just used the scallop square die cut, a round punch and the scallop circle punch, rub ons, and Cast-A-Spell designer series paper. Stapled onto the medium (I think) cellophane bags. Yes, I was up very late...but they were SOOO easy! You can see from the picture that there were basically 2 designes, the ones that use the "treats" rub-on and the ones that use the "spooky" rub-on. For the spooky ones I literally just rubbed on the image and then inked the paper with either black craft ink or the old olive craft ink. I just mixed and matched pumpkin pie, elegant eggplant, basic black and old olive cardstock which coordinated perfectly with the Designer Series Paper.

They were really quick to make, the thing that took the longest was deciding the design!

Happy Halloween!

Deals of the Week #4

Don't forget to check out the last deal of the week for October!! The deals this week are the Pirate Party and Princess Party kits for only $9.99 each. They are adorable for little kid's birthday parties...sure to be a hit!

Fall Thanks

So they other day while I was feeling all crafty I also whipped out this fall card. I realized the only real fall/thanksgiving stamp I have is in one of the current hostess sets. I was just glad I had at least one! Enjoy!

Here's what I used:

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Soft Suede Cardstock

Really Rust Cardstock

Autumn Meadows Designer Series Paper (DSP)

Autumn Traditions DSP

Soft Suede Classic Ink

Orchard Ribbon Originals

Leaves #2 Die

White Gel Pen

Holiday Best Hostess Stamp Set

Getting Crafty

I only used one Stampin' Up! item on this project...but I just HAD to show you all! I'm thinking about adding some other embellishments from the From the Crypt stamp set, but we'll see. P.S. I wanted the text and the pictures in the reversed order, but we got a new version of explorer at work and I thnk it's preventing me from copying and pasting so I'm a little irritated. So you get to see the pics first.

These are the pumpkins before they were painted. I also painted a couple gourdes.
Here are the clay pots and saucers.

And voila! The finished product. I wish you could see some of the details. Like the rhinestones and the bronze and the glitter.

This is a close up of one of the pots. The only Stampin' Up! thing I used was the striped ribbon, and I think it turned out adorable!

Here's the backside...it even looks great from that angle.

So yesterday at work my good friend Amanda was telling me that while she was out sick last week she was watching Studio 5 and they were talking about how Halloween is all about the glam now rather than being scary. They were demonstrating how to make your own glam Halloween by making your own mercury glass-looking pumpkins. I totally LOVE mercury glass. If you're not sure what that is, it's okay. Basically it looks like silver, but it's not solid, it has different colors and textures and patterns and has an old vintage type look. Anyhow, I went to the store and bought some of those fake, carvable pumpkins because I didn't want to go through all that work using real ones just to have to throw them away later. (P.S. I looked everywhere online for them to get an idea of the cost and found them for 60% off at Michaels!) Then stopped at Home Depot for some spray paint. Here's how you do it (click here for the Studio 5 video):

You spray your pumpkins silver, and while it's still wet, spray it with a brown (I picked a metalic bronzey color). The video says to get some brown craft paint and flick it on there to add dimension and spotting, but I tried it and didn't love the look so I skipped that part. And that's it! It seriously took no time at all! I just got a box and stuck everything in there I wanted to spray and that was that. The bronze color doesn't show up very well on camera, but I was so pleased with how they turned out. Some of the smaller pieces really look realistic!

To glam it up even more I got some stick on rhinestones (only $1 per package) and decorated some of the pumpkins and pedestals with them (also hard to see on camera). Oh, and I made the 3 pedestals too using small terra cotta pots and saucers. So inexpensive (cost me less than $5.75 for all three) and easy. I just spray painted them with the same technique and then used some tacky glue to glue them together (I tried hot glue, but it didn't stick). For even more sparkle I added a few glittery skulls and my own silver candle sticks. I also wanted to spray paint some skeleton bones I found at the store as well to add a spooky touch, but I only have so much money. :) So I think I'll go to the store right after Halloween and see if I can get them way cheap for next year. You could also add some fake gems, feathers, flowers, leaves, etc. to fill up the table even more with different textures.

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who came to the My Digital Studio Presentation last week. I'm planning on holding one in Salt Lake sometime soon, so watch for that!

A Deal Just for YOU!

Do you love crafting, stamping, creating, getting together with friends, making some extra money and getting all your favorite Stampin' Up! products for 20% off? Well then, this deal is for YOU!

Through March 31, 2010 you can purchase a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Digital + Starter Kit that INCLUDES My Digital Studio for only $185! Seriously a fantastic deal. You're getting over $295 worth of product for only $185...wow! Not to mention all of the other benefits of being a demonstrator.

Anyone who signs up to be a demonstrator will receive an extra $15 in product of your choice from me!

Take a look below at all the great stuff you will get!

*My Digital Studio software
*Party Hearty and Petal Pizzazz stamp sets
*Whisper White card stock (8-1/2" x 11")
*Earth Elements assorted card stock (8-1/2" x 11")
*Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, and Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pads
*Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, and Real Red Stampin' Write markers
*Chocolate Chip 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
*Real Red 1" double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
*Button Latte Designer buttons
*Stampin' Dimensionals
*Mini Glue Dots
*SNAIL Adhesive
*Business supplies (product catalogs, order forms, training DVD, and other supplies)

Just to be clear, as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator you will receive 20% off of every order you submit. So even if you just stamp as a hobby, how can you pass up 20% off of EVERYTHING? Not to mention exclusive specials you'll be included in that include pre-order specials, clearances, and more on TOP of your 20% off! You'll also make a 20% profit on all orders placed by customers. With this you can either support your stamping addiction or help pay a few bills. I know I do both. :)

Don't wait....click here to go to my website now, sign up, and start receiving your Stampin' Up! benefits!

Deals of the Week #3

Hey, I sort of slacked off last week and forgot to post the second deals of the week...oopsy. But here are Deals of the Week #3! This is a great opportunity to stock up on some embellishments for your projects, not to mention hybrid projects using My Digital Studio. Make sure you go to my website and order today!

Dates

Oct. 19, 10:00 AM (MT)
through Oct. 26, 9:50 AM (MT)

Item......Page...Description.................Reg. Price...Sale Price
114348.....179.......Basic.Jumbo.grommets.....$6.95...........$4.49
109857.....179.......Mini.Library.clips..............$12.95.........$8.99
122571......179......Circle.Designer.brads........$5.95............$3.99
112581......179......1/2".Library.clips...............$6.95...........$3.99

Blog Banner Thanks to MDS

Did you see my new blog banner? Well guess what, I made it using Stampin' Up's My Digital Studio! It was soooo easy! I'd love to show you how. I'm going to be hosting some classes on My Digital Studio coming up and it will be a great opportunity to learn about MDS. Click on my flier below (also created with My Digital Studio) for a larger image.

I'd love you see you on Thursday October 22 for my first class in Layton!

Deals of the Week!

Stampin' Up! is at it again...During the month of October, check my website for the new deals of the week each Monday. Notice deals is plural...that's right, this week there are three punches on special. Get 'em while you can!

Dates: October 1, midnight (MT) through October 12 (9:50 AM)

Item ......Page..........Desc............. Reg. Price....... Sale Price

109183......186......TrioFlowerpunch......$15.95..............$10.99

109041......187......5PetalFlowerpunch...$15.95..............$10.99

110709......187.......MyWaypunch..............$15.95............$11.99

Don't forget to check my website each Monday morning at 10:00 for the new deal of the week!

More MDS

So I'm going to keep posting projects I made on My Digital Studio (MDS). Since I'm spending the day on the couch...

This card would be perfect for a hybrid project. Hybrid meaning you create a digital project, have it printed, and then add physical embellishments. On this card I would add an Old Olive button to the largest snowflake. Wouldn't that be so cute?

MDS Project

Check out these cards I just made using My Digital Studio! It was so easy, seriously, the only hard part is deciding what you want to use. I've learned a lot of neat tricks that can really make creating projects so much easier. I'd love to show you the ropes!