This Deal is Too Good to Pass Up!

Until November 30th, the Stampin' Up demonstrator starter kit is half off! The kit that is
usually $175 (and contains $310 worth of products and supplies) is now only $87.50!

This is what is included in the CUSTOMIZABLE standard kit:

ANY $33.95 or lower set

ANY $28.95 or lower set

ANY $18.95 or lower set

ANY $9.95 or lower set

***Note that the $87.50 kit cost has already paid for the 4 sets above valued at $91.80. That means that EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE IS FREE! ***

$19.95 Brights Patterns Designer Series paper stack (OR color of you choice) FREE

$16.95 Stampin' Scrub FREE

$8.95 Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon (OR ribbon at same or lower price) FREE

$8.95 VersaMark pad (OR ink pad at same or lower price) FREE

$8.50 Whisper White card stock (OR color of you choice at same or lower price) FREE

$7.95 Small Chocolate Songbird Decor Elements piece (OR Decor Elements item at same or lower price) FREE

$6.95 Assorted 8 1/2 x 11 card stock (color assortment of your choice) FREE

$6.95 Clear Block C (OR clear block at same or lower price) FREE

$6.95 SNAIL adhesive (OR same or lower price adhesive) FREE

$6.50 Fast Flowers Stampin' Around Wheel (OR standard wheel of your choice) FREE

$5.95 Stampin' Around Self-Inking Handle FREE

$5.95 Classic ink pad (your choice of color) FREE

$5.95 Classic ink pad (your choice of color) FREE

$5.95 Classic ink pad (your choice of color) FREE

$5.95 Classic ink pad (you choice of color) FREE

$5.25 Uninked Cartridge (standard) FREE

$4.50 Stampin' Mist (OR StazOn cleaner) FREE

$3.95 Stampin' Dimensionals FREE

$3.50 Stampin' Write marker (your choice of color) FREE

$3.50 Stampin' Write marker (your choice of color) FREE

$3.32 Blender Pen (single) FREE

$2.95 Classic ink refill (your choice of color) FREE

$1.95 Decor Elements Applicator FREE

$1.17 Stampin' sponge (single) FREE

Catalogs ($29.95 for 8), business forms, and other printed business materials

Seen enough? Call me today (304) 904-5883 and I'll answer any questions you have about being a hobby or business demo. We have low quarterly minimums and great benefits for demos if you choose to remain a demo. I'm so excited for all of you who will take advantage of this awesome deal! Stampin' Up has never had a deal this good and probably won't again for a very long time! Hope to hear from you soon!

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A Color Challenge!

Hello! I woke up super early yesterday morning and this is what I worked on. It is my customer thank you card for November, so if you have attended one of my events or placed an order with my in the past couple of weeks, keep an eye on your mailbox!

This card was inspired by one done by Julie Davison that I saw on Splitcoast. I changed the colors for my card to make it fall-ish and to make it fit with the color challenge #295 on Splitcoast, which was to use Peach Parfait, Early Espresso, and Cajun Craze (plus neutrals). I just bought the set called "Just Believe" that was new to the latest catalog and I love it! I have had my eye on it for a long time, but hadn't ordered it. I'm so glad I finally got it. It is a really lovely and versatile set.

Thanks for stopping by! See you again soon!

~Marla

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Just Believe
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilly, Peach Parfait, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze
Ink: Peach Parfait, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze
Accessories: Scalloped Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Word Window punch, Early Espresso satin ribbon Pin It

More Candle Stamping

This is the other candle project that Denise and I completed yesterday. This one has a more everyday feel to it and could be displayed all year long. I think this one also turned out beautifully and I love the colors on this one.

This is the side view of the same candle. Isn't that image from "Just Believe" so pretty? I just love it!

Here are the step by step directions for stamping on candles. It is actually fairly easy once you get the hang of it.

1. Stamp your image onto white tissue paper. Color in the image with markers (if it is a line art image.)

2. Cut out the image leaving a small border.

3. Place the cut out image where you would like it to be on the candle.

4. Wrap a piece of wax paper tightly around the entire candle with the tissue paper piece in place.

5. Use the heat tool to melt the stamped image into the surface of the candle.

6. Remove the wax paper.

7. Add more stamped images, if desired.

8. Decorate your candle with ribbon or other embellishments, if desired.

Enjoy! Have a great day!

~Marla

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Just Believe

Ink: Markers in Pear Pizzazz, Perfect Plum, Rich Razzleberry, and Concord Crush

Paper: Whisper White CS, Rich Razzleberry CS

Accessories: markers, heat tool, tissue paper, wax paper, Rich Razzleberry polka dot grosgrain ribbon

Techniques: stamping on candles

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Stamping on Candles

Hello to anyone out there who still checks my very neglected blog! I held my first Christmas card buffet on Saturday and it was so much fun and a great success! I had six wonderful ladies here and they made a total of 160 cards! I'm already looking forward to the next one on November 19th! While this event was a blast, it took A LOT of preparation, which is why my poor blog has been so neglected lately. I finally got a chance to stamp for fun today with my friend Denise. We are planning to make some handmade gifts for Christmas this year and we decided to try our hand at stamping on candles. We were really pleased with the results. There is a great tutorial on splitcoaststampers in the resource section if you would like to try this for yourself.

Everyone have a GREAT day and I will try to post A LOT more often in the coming days and weeks!

~Marla

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Serene Snowflakes, Jolly Old St. Nick
Ink: Marina Mist
Paper: Marina Mist CS, Brushed Silver CS
Accessories: heat tool, wax paper, tissue paper, rhinestones, dazzling diamonds, taffeta ribbon, Scalloped Circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch
Techniques: stamping on candles Pin It

In Color Thank You Notes

Hello! I hope that you are experiencing the cooler Fall temperatures where ever you are! It has been so nice here the past few days. Fall seems to have finally arrived! After a long summer of many days of 100+ temperatures, the change is definitely welcome!

I made these cards to send to my customers who attended my recent birthday card SAS. It was a fun event with a great group of ladies. I really enjoyed it even though I was coming down with a little cold that day. If you were able to join me for this event, watch your mailbox for one of these cards! They should be arriving in the next day or two.

These were very quick and simple cards to make. They are made using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder in the Big Shot. I brayered over the ebmossed images with three of our new in colors- Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, and Concord Crush. You can brayer the ink onto either side of the embossed image, depending on which look you prefer. The two different ways are displayed in the first picture. I punched out the scalloped oval to make a little window for the sentiment. Easy, peasy- you've got to love that!

I hope you have a wonderful day and week! Thank you for stopping by!

~Marla

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Thank You Kindly

Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade

Ink: Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade

Accessories: Scalloped Oval Punch, Large Oval punch

Techniques: Dry Embossing, Brayering

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Christmas Card Buffet Choices

Hello! These are the cards that you will have to choose from at my Christmas Card Buffet. I have chosen cards that will be quick to stamp and assemble and none of them are very difficult, so even a brand new stamper could make any of them. When emailing me to preorder your cards, please give the card number and then how many of that type you would like to make. Thanks! I am really looking forward to this event and I hope that you are as well!

Card #1

This card is a CASE of a card made by Michellet Surette. It has the most assembly steps of the ten choices, but each card should take about ten to fifteen minutes to complete.


Card #2

This card is a CASE of a card made by a poster called "basketballmom" on Splitcoaststampers. Each card couuld be stamped and assembled in less than ten minutes.


Card #3

This card is my original design. It could be made in five to ten minutes.




Card #4

This one is also my original design. It could be completed in under ten minutes.

Card #5

This card is a CASE of a card made by Ilina Crouse. The only difficult part of this card is the bow. It should take ten to fifteen minutes to complete.

Card #6

This is a CASE of Marie Shaughnessy's card. It would take less than ten minutes to complete.

Card #7

This card is a CASE of a card made by Christy Fulk. It uses non traditional colors- Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze, and Crumb Cake. It could be completed in five to ten minutes.

Card #8

This card was inspired by a card made by Mindy Backes. It could be made in about ten minutes.

Card #9

This card is a CASE of a card made by Jennifer Weide. It could be completed in five to ten minutes.

Card #10

This card is my original design. It is a little bit more advanced because it is a little tricky to get all of the layers straight. It could be completed in about ten minutes.

Thanks for looking! I hope that you like what you see and are able to make it to one of the card buffets. Have a great day!

-Marla

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Fifth Ave. Floral in Neutrals

Hello and Happpy Labor Day Weekend! I'm a little sad to see the unofficial end of summer come because this has been a GREAT summer, but I am ready for some fall weather. Mother Nature doesn't seem to understand that fall is coming. We have had 90-100 degree temperatures here for over a week!

This card is CASE'd from Ronda Wade. I love her cards- they are very simple in design and layout, but very nicely done and so pretty! This card is done in all neutrals and I think it is an elegant color combination. I stamped the flowers in Early Espresso and Crumb Cake on Very Vanilla CS and then sponged on some of the images using Crumb Cake ink and a sponge dauber. I then ran my stamped image panel through my Big Shot in the Square Lattice folder. I love the effect this gives. It softenes up the images really beautifully. I cut out the corners with my 1/2" circle punch (because I don't have a ticket corner punch, but that would have been easier) and mounted it onto Early Espress CS. I tied the ribbon on and added the sentiment from the retired set "Well Scripted" and punched it out with the scalloped oval punch and then used the wide oval punch and Early Espresso for the layer. The card base is Crumb Cake CS.

Hope you like this one and that you have a fun, relaxing weekend! Enjoy!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Fifth Ave. Floral, Well Scripted (retired)
Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Paper: Very Vanilla CS, Crumb Cake CS, Early Espresso CS
Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice folder, 1/2" circle punch, scalloped oval punch, wide oval punch, Early Espress ribbon
Techniques: dry embossing Pin It