Michelle's Stamping Blog

Open House Reminder!

msurette — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:47:31 +0000

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!

RETIRING IN COLORS

msurette — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:21:37 +0000

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.

Nugget Cake Tutorial

msurette — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:16:54 +0000

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!

Another Nugget Cake

msurette — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:41:03 +0000

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!

Another Request Fulfilled

msurette — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:30:04 +0000

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!

Tomorrow Is The Big Day……

msurette — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:36:20 +0000

……we get to see the new Idea Book and Catalog!!! I love being a demo!!!! I can’t wait to see it! I just might stay up till midnight!

Ok, on to the card. I promise, this is the last of Summer Smooches for a while. I’m putting my pre-order in tomorrow so the new stuff will be here and I’ll start posting samples of the new product!!!

This is for The Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. I haven’t done a challenge in a while, glad I did, it was pretty easy!

Occasions Mini Carry Over List

msurette — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:51:47 +0000

In addition to the STAMPIN’ UP! OCCASIONS MINI CATALOG CARRYOVER LIST, the following Occasions Mini Catalog stamps are available for purchase RIGHT NOW! They will show up in the new Stampin’ Up! 2012-2013 Catalog on June 1, too!

Stamp Set Name	Item Number
Stamp Set Name	Wood-Mount	Clear-Mount
Baby Prints	125470	125472
Love & Laughter	125475	125477
Bordering on Romance	125480	125482
Apothecary Art	125525	125527
Mixed Bunch	125535	125537
Tea Shoppe	125545	125547
Mouthwatering	125675	125677
Loving Thoughts	125843	125845
Salon de thé	125934	125936
Etiquetas florales	–	125941
Art floral	125964	125966

NEW $99 Stampin’ Up! Kit! Starts Today!

msurette — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:03:07 +0000

Beginning TODAY (and for the duration of the new catalog), Stampin’ Up! will be offering a new, customizable Starter Kit at a lower price of $99! What an awesome deal!!

MORE CHOICES: When you purchase the kit, you can choose up to $125 of ANY (yes, ANY) current Stampin’ Up! quality products. You’ll also receive a business supplies pack valued at $65. The total value of the kit is $190 and it ships for FREE! This is a fabulous deal, whether you are a hobby stamper or want to be a business demonstrator!

In addition to filling the Starter Kit with your favorite Stampin’ Up! products, you’ll enjoy Stampin’ Up! demonstrator benefits:

STAMPIN’ UP! DEMONSTRATOR BENEFITS:

Receive 30% off your first order of $150 or more (or keep it as “instant income” from sales). Redeem in the first 45 days.
Get 20% off Stampin’ Up! products or keep as “instant income.”
Earn additional income (called a volume rebate) on your monthly product sales of $400 or more. Together, your instant income and volume rebate can reach up to 40% of your personal sales.
Pre-order select Stampin’ Up! stamps, tools and embellishments a month (or more) before the customers sales period. One of my favorite perks!
Earn free stamps with Stampin’ Start, Sale-A-Bration and other promotions.
Qualify for cash bonuses, product bonuses, incentive trips and other awards.
Decide to recruit and receive downline override compensation based on your recruits’ sales.
Earn free hostess sets and merchandise.
Receive Stampin’ Up!’s exclusive monthly demonstrator magazine, Stampin’ Success.
Enjoy 2 free months of a personalized Stampin’ Up! on-line store and blog (optional $12.95/mo. after trial).
Be inspired by video tutorials and project ideas on the Stampin’ Up! demonstrator web site.

READY TO GET STARTED?

Please email me (michelle@istampedthat.com).

Oh, and wait until you see the new In Colors!!! They are spectacular!!!

More Summer Smooches

msurette — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:00:10 +0000

I spent 5 hours in my stamp room and had one bad project and one great one. This is the great one! Again, looks much better in person, I thought it would look grab because of the colors, but I have a feeling my light box needs adjusting. I just love this card!! The inside is a bit different, I usually don’t do much on the inside, but decided to branch out a bit!

A Request Being Filled

msurette — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:00:33 +0000

The fundraiser went well last night! Thanks to the gals who came, stamped and donated!!! It’s a great cause and my downline, Karen, was so appreciative!!!

Ok, on to the card. At the fundraiser last night, one of my favorite customers (well, all my customers are my favorite suggested we do a masculine card. It took me all night, but I came up with this one. Especially now since Totally Tool will be retiring I hope they have some new great masculine sets in the new catty!!

This one was a little tricky. I actually used silver metallic ink for the silver parts of the tools using an old blender pen. Can’t use it again after using the silver metallic ink on it. But it came out great. Look for it in an upcoming class in May!