Archive for May, 2012

Happy You

Posted in Misc Cards on May 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

So I got my second pre-order in today. Should have ordered this set in the first place! It’s one of the new Hostess sets in the upcoming Idea Book & Catalog called Happy You. These are great little cards you can make for gifts. So easy!

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Monochrome Madness

Posted in Birthday on May 27, 2012 | 3 Comments »

I love the monochrome look. I decided to do another Mojo Monday sketch for this week.

Card Components:

Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, DSP Floral District

Stamp Set: Love & Sympathy, Fabulous Phrases

Accessories: Ribbon board Punch, Dazzling Diamonds, Baja Breeze seam binds, large pearls.

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Open House Make & Take!

Posted in Misc Cards on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been trying all week to come up with what we will be making at the Open House. I’ve decided on this one. I’ll have plenty of verses to choose from so you don’t have to make it a Get Well card.

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I Should Have Been A Detective!

Posted in Birthday on May 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I figured out where SU’s Leadership Conference in Jan will be!

Whoohooo!!!! Can’t wait!!!

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Mojo Monday Submission

Posted in Masculine on May 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »

I thought I would do a Mojo Monday sketch. Been trying to use some of the new In Colors. This card is made with Midnight Muse, Rasberry Ripple, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla. Open Sea is the stamp set. I used the new banner die that’s coming out in the new caddy. I made the matted border by just glueing it on to another piece of card stock and cutting around the banner. You kind a need a steady hand for that technique!

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Open House Reminder!

Posted in Open House on May 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Just a reminder about my Open House!

DATE: Saturday, June 2nd

TIME: 1:00 – 4:00

WHERE: My Stampin’ Studio (contact me for directions if you need them)

There will be raffles, door prizes, food & a make-in-take.

Come see the new catalog and new In Colors and have fun looking at the catalog with other SU fanatics like me!

RAFFLES

I’m giving away a lot of goodies! Everyone who comes has a chance to win! You must come to the Open House for a chance to win the raffles, but you don’t have to be present when the raffles are drawn.

Here are ways to get raffle tickets:

RSVP via this post – 1 ticket (even if you have RSVP’d already, do it on a comment and get another ticket!)

Show up – 1 ticket

Bring a friend who has never been to my studio – 2 tickets

Club Members 2011 – 2012 – 5 tickets

Club Members 2012 – 2013 - 5 tickets

Every $10 you spend at the Open House on new product, get 1 ticket

YARD SALE ITEMS

I’m selling a ton of used, retired stamp sets & supplies. The stamp sets are marked down 25% from the original price BEFORE tax & shipping. So you are

pretty much saving over 40% off the original price!

Existing Club members (2011-2012) get $25.00 to use on the Yard Sale table

New Club members (2012 – 2013) get $25.00 to use on the Yard Sale table.

So, if you are an existing club member and signed up for the new club, you get to spend $50.00!!!! If you can’t make the Open House and you have some Yard Sale money coming to you, don’t worry, if you didn’t make the Open House and Long Distance club members will be sent the list as well to go shopping! Don’t you love being in my clubs????? I still have room in local and long distance clubs. Contact me for more info.

BIG SHOT CONTEST

Also, at 2:30 that day, I will be drawing the name of the Big Shot Winner!!! All customers who have purchased from me between July 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012 will get 1 entry for every $10 you spent. I will email everyone their numbers on June 1. I will be having Random.org draw the number in front of whoever is here at that time.

2012-2013

NEW CONTEST

Wait till you see what I’m giving away next year!!! Even better than last year!

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RETIRING IN COLORS

Posted in Chit Chat on May 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a message directly from Stampin’ Up!

RETIRING IN COLORS

May 17, 2012As you know, the 2010-2012 In Colors will retire at the end of the month. It’s hard to believe that it’s already time to say goodbye to Blushing Bride, Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, and Poppy Parade!

We announced in 2010 during the last color renovation that we plan to refresh the Stampin’ Up! color collections every three to five years. With that in mind, you may want to hold onto your 2010-2012 In Colors supplies in case we add them to a color collection in the future.

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Nugget Cake Tutorial

Posted in Birthday on May 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Below is the link to the finished Nugget Cake Tutorial. It’s 25 pages long so I don’t recommend printing it unless you have a lot of ink!

Club members and customers who make a purchase in May or June get the password for free, just email me for it. All others can have the password for this detailed tutorial for $2.50 via Paypal. My Paypal button isn’t working, so if you just want to go to Paypal and send $2.50 to michelle@surette.biz and mark it “Nugget Cake”, I’ll send you the password.

Get your Birthday Nugget Cake!

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Another Nugget Cake

Posted in Non-card projects on May 16, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Ok, I’m away on business in NJ (my real job as an accountant, not my fun job as a SU demo), but I took about 80 pictures to work on the nugget cake tutorial that should be ready by the weekend. Here’s the other cake I made that you will see in the tutorial. This one is made with the “Just Add Cake” DSP. You can still get the DSP until the end of the month. I didn’t put any verses or pictures on scallop pieces. I’m not sure what I was going to use it for so I left it blank.

The detailed tutorial will be available as a PDF download for $2.50. All club members and customers who place an order with me in May & June will get it for free!

Below is the link to the finished Nugget Cake Tutorial. It’s 25 pages long so I don’t recommend printing it unless you have a lot of ink!

Get your Birthday Nugget Cake!

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Another Request Fulfilled

Posted in Birthday on May 12, 2012 | 14 Comments »

Had a workshop last night and one of my customers asked me to figure out how to make those cute nugget birthday cakes she’s been seeing all over blogs and Pinterst. Here’s one she found. So, I’m always up for a challenge! I spent all day today working on this and it came out awesome. I think it’s one of my best projects in a long time. What do you thing??

I’m going to make another one tomorrow that’s going to be a teacher as end of the year teacher gifts. I’m planning on doing a tutorial on it so stay tuned! Remember, all my Club members & customers get my tutorials for free!

Below is the link to the finished Nugget Cake Tutorial. It’s 25 pages long so I don’t recommend printing it unless you have a lot of ink!

Get your Birthday Nugget Cake!