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Time is Running Out – Best of 25 Years Stamp Sets, Also, Are You Craftier than a 10 Year Old?

Posted on March 21, 2014 | 4 comments

Warning, warning, that’s right, time is running out to get these great Stampin’ Up! 25 Year Anniversary sets, they are only available for 10 more days and then they are gone, gone, gone.

So get them now!

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On another note. . . . .

Are you craftier than a 10 year old?

Let Hailie Jade show you how to make these quick flowers using  the Fringe Scissors .

Start with a 2.5″ x 11″ piece of card stock, DSP etc.

 

Fold the paper in half.

Cut the card stock on the folded side with the Fringe Scissors,  NOT cutting all the way through.

Add a piece of Sticky Strip double sided tape to the uncut edge and peel the red plastic off.

Roll the card stock up as tight as you can so that it sticks to itself.

Fluff it out by roughing it up with your fingers.

Make multiple colors and sizes.

Note:  make larger flowers by adding additional strips.  For the larger flowers shown here Hailie Jade used two card stock strips.

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Have an out of this world weekend!

Until my next post. . . . . . .  .

Huge Hugs!

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FREE TUTORIALS

The complete tutorial for today’s project along with all of the card tutorials I create from March 16, 2014 through March 31, 2014 (at least 6 tutorials) will be e-mailed to my customers who place a minimum  $10 merchandise order anytime between March 16, 2014 through March 31, 2014 free of charge.
Tutorials created so far this period:

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Want the entire month worth of tutorials free?

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Place a $50 merchandise order before March 31, 2014 and receive the entire month of tutorials (at least 12) free of charge.
You will receive all of these, plus, they will keep coming until March 31, 2014.  You will also receive a free Sale-a-bration product and receive 1 virtual token from me for each $50 in merchandised purchased with your order.  Collect 10 tokens and receive a free stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value.  Now, that’s the way to get some bang for your buck!
This month’s tutorials. . . . .
(and at least 3 more to come for this month)

All you need to do is place your order online using me as your demonstrator and the tutorials will be e-mailed to you within 24 hours and keep coming until March 31, 2014. 🙂 Free tutorials are an exclusive perk for my valued Stampin’ Up! customers and down line.

Note:  Please do not select the option for no contact when placing your order or I will not be able to send you the tutorials.  Also, please make sure that my e-mail address, [email protected] is approved in your e-mail account so your e-mail does not reject my e-mails which contain the tutorials.  🙂

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If you wish to purchase the tutorial for this project or check out the monthly subscription option. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

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Customer Free Stamp Set Program

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out! For your order of $50 in product using me as your demonstrator you will receive one virtual token. Order $100 in product receive two virtual tokens, etc. After you have collected 10 virtual tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value.

Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up. CLICK HERE TO SHOP.  My free stamp set program will be an on going program. :)

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Check out the free products that are available with a $50 purchase!

 

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Check it out!  For every $50 purchase of any of Stampin’ Up’s products  you get to choose 1 free exclusive product from the Sale-a-bration Brochure FREE.

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Want to pull some friends together and host a party, you will receive $30 additional hostess credits during Sale-a-bration with a party of $300 or more.
If you wish to hold a book party, please let me know and I will give you your very own hostess code for your friends to use and they can shop right at home online while you accumulated the hostess credits.  🙂
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Join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-a-bration and get $150 worth of products that you chose for $99.  That’s $50 worth of free products of your choice from any Stampin’ Up! catalog.
Have a long want list?   Sign up now to get 20% off your future orders and be a hobby demonstrator or build  your own business to earn income.
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Mixed Bunch Tile Card – Stampin’ Up!

Posted on February 17, 2014 | 1 comment
Hello There,
This morning I thought I would play around with creating a tile card with the Stampin’ Up! Mixed Bunch set and Hello, Lovely set.  I started with the free Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper (DSP), Sweet Sorbet and used the colors in the DSP for my tile images.  This is much, much easier than creating a tile and then trying to find a Designer Series Paper to match.  Plus, I love the colors in the DSP.
You can find the complete supply list below and also how to the get the tutorial for this project free or by purchase below.
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FREE TUTORIALS

The complete tutorial for today’s project along with all of the card tutorials I create from February 16, 2014 through February 28, 2014 (at least 6 tutorials) will be e-mailed to my customers who place a $10 merchandise order anytime between February 16, 2014 through February 28, 2014 free of charge.
Tutorials created so far this period:
(At least 5 more to come this period)
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Want the entire month worth of tutorials free?

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Place a $50 merchandise order before February 28, 2014 and receive the entire month of tutorials (at least 13) free of charge.
You will receive all of these, plus, they will keep coming until February 28, 2014.  You will also receive a free Sale-a-bration product and receive 1 virtual token from me.  Collect 10 tokens and receive a free stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value.  Now, that’s the way to get some bang for your buck!
This month’s tutorials. . . . .

(at least 5 more to come)

All you need to do is place your order online using me as your demonstrator and the tutorials will be e-mailed to you within 24 hours and keep coming until February 28, 2014. 🙂 Free tutorials are an exclusive perk for my valued Stampin’ Up! customers and down line.

Note:  Please do not select the option for no contact when placing your order or I will not be able to send you the tutorials.  Also, please make sure that my e-mail address, [email protected] is approved in your e-mail account so your e-mail does not reject my e-mails which contain the tutorials.  🙂

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If you wish to purchase the tutorial for this project or check out the monthly subscription option. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

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Mixed Bunch Tile Card Supply List


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Have a fabulous day!

Until my next post. . . . . . .  .

Huge Hugs!

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Customer Free Stamp Set Program

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out! For your order of $50 in product using me as your demonstrator you will receive one virtual token. Order $100 in product receive two virtual tokens, etc. After you have collected 10 virtual tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value.

Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up. CLICK HERE TO SHOP.  My free stamp set program will be an on going program. :)

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Check out the free products that are available with a $50 purchase!

 

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Check it out!  For every $50 purchase of any of Stampin’ Up’s products  you get to choose 1 free exclusive product from the Sale-a-bration Brochure FREE.

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Want to pull some friends together and host a party, you will receive $30 additional hostess credits during Sale-a-bration with a party of $300 or more.
If you wish to hold a book party, please let me know and I will give you your very own hostess code for your friends to use and they can shop right at home online while you accumulated the hostess credits.  🙂
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Join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-a-bration and get $150 worth of products that you chose for $99.  That’s $50 worth of free products of your choice from any Stampin’ Up! catalog.
Have a long want list?   Sign up now to get 20% off your future orders and be a hobby demonstrator or build  your own business to earn income.
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Here are the weekly deals in my online store, remember these change every Tuesday. Come and look at the deal and place your order right away for these great, discounted products.

Please note that weekly deals will be offered while supplies last! The discount will appear in your shopping bag when you check out.

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Also, do to popular demand the Free Marker pack with a Paper Pumpkin membership has been extended to March 31, 2014.  Don’t miss this creative deal.

Get Me Now!

All you need is your magic wand (credit card)
to sign up. (Get it now.)

I’m the total package:

  • • I’m $19.95 (and shipping is covered). I’ll arrive monthly.
  • • I’ve got all the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create pinable projects. Projects like cards, journals, décor, and more!
  • • I’m all cut, measured, and ready—with instructions included.
  • • I’m a new and exciting surprise every month.

This is important: Please make sure to pick me, Michelle Zindorf – zipcode is 45381 as your Demonstrator.

CLICK HERE TO JOIN NOW!

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Won’t You Be Mine – Stampin’ Up! Card

Posted on January 20, 2014 | Comments Off on Won’t You Be Mine – Stampin’ Up! Card
Hello There,
I have the best time making cards of love.  I do have to hold back and not cover them in hearts, like my soul wants to.  Usually, one or two hearts do the trick.  More than that and I think I risk having my card look like it was made by a second grader, lol.  I like my Valentine cards to look more adult like when making them for adults.  Hence, the 1 heart and the clean lines found on my card today.
You can find the complete supply list below and also how to the get the tutorial for this project free or by purchase below.
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FREE TUTORIALS

The complete tutorial for today’s project along with all of the card tutorials I create from January 16, 2014 through January 31, 2014 (at least 6 tutorials) will be e-mailed to my customers who place an order anytime between January 16, 2014 through January 31, 2014 free of charge.

Shown below are the tutorials I have created this period. 🙂

Note: All orders over $10 qualify for the free tutorials.

(at least 4 more tutorials to come this period)

All you need to do is place your order online using me as your demonstrator and the tutorials will be e-mailed to you within 24 hours and keep coming until January 31, 2014. 🙂 Free tutorials are an exclusive perk for my valued Stampin’ Up! customers and down line. This is not the only customer perk I offer to my amazing customers, check out the free stamp set program below.
Note:  Please do not select the option for no contact when placing your order or I will not be able to send you the tutorials.  Also, please make sure that my e-mail address, [email protected] is approved in your e-mail account so your e-mail does not reject my e-mails which contain the tutorials.  🙂

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If you wish to purchase the tutorial for this project or check out the monthly subscription option. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

I have added this card to my card sales page.  Click Here if you wish to purchase it.

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Won’t You Be Mine – Supply List


*************************************************** May your day be filled with love!

Until my next post. . . . . .

 

 

 

 

 

Huge Hugs!
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Customer Free Stamp Set Program

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out! For your order of $50 in product using me as your demonstrator you will receive one virtual token. Order $100 in product receive two virtual tokens, etc. After you have collected 10 virtual tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value.
Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up. CLICK HERE TO SHOP. My free stamp set program will be an on going program. :)
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Stampin’ Up! has some super fun Valentine products.

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Last day to take advantage of this group of weekly deals!

 

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Purple Owl Stampin’ Up! Card and a Blog Candy Winner!

Posted on September 23, 2013 | Comments Off on Purple Owl Stampin’ Up! Card and a Blog Candy Winner!

Hey There,

I’m home and I hit the ground running this morning.  It really feels like I haven’t been in my office creating forever, when in reality it has only been 5 days.

There is a chill in the air this morning and it just feels like Fall, so here is a spooky owl card for you today using the Stampin’ Up! Owl Builder Punch.  I teamed the Owl Builder Punch up with the Stampin’ Up! set Take Care and come up with this spooky scene.

You can find the supply list and how to the get the tutorial for this project free or by purchase below.  But before all that I have an announcement.

WE HAVE A BLOG CANDY WINNER!!

Laura Holt is the winner of the Stampin’ Up! Thoughts & Prayers stamp set.

Congratulations Laura, please e-mail your mailing address to me at [email protected] within the next 30 days to claim your stamp set.

Thanks to everyone for playing along.

 

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FREE TUTORIALS

The complete tutorial for today’s card along with all of the card tutorials I create from September 16, 2013 through September 30, 2013 will be e-mailed to my customers who place an order anytime between September 16, 2013 through September 30, 2013 free of charge.
All you need to do is place your order online using me as your demonstrator and the tutorials will be e-mailed to you within 24 hours.  🙂  Free tutorials are an exclusive perk for my valued Stampin’ Up! customers and down line.  This is not the only customer perk I offer to my amazing customers, check out the rest at the bottom of this post.

 

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If you wish to purchase the tutorial for this card or check out the new monthly subscription option.  CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

Today’s card has been added to my card sales page CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

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Purple owl Card- Supply List

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Take Care (132088 wood or 126312 clear)
Card  Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, Elegant Eggplant and Basic Black
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Elegant Eggplant and Basic Black
Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges (101610), Owl Builder Punch (118074), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Chevron Embossing Folder (127749), 3 1/2″ Circle Originals Die (121811), paper snips scissors (103579), Stampin’ Write Markers (Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive) and Big Shot Machine (113439)

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Have a joyful day!
Until my next post. . . . . .
Huge Hugs!

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The new Mystery Hostess Code is CVMCG9CZ and this is how it works:
MYSTERY HOSTESS:
Place an order from September 16, 2013 through September 30, 2013 and use the current Mystery Hostess code and your name will go in a drawing and you could be the winner of $120 in free Stampin’ Up! products of your choice, including highly sot after hostess stamp sets.
So let’s get started with the 2nd half of September’s Online Mystery Hostess Workshop!
Simply use the Hostess Code below and place an order in my online store by 11:00 pm on September 30, 2013.
Important: To be part of the Online Mystery Hostess Workshop, once you add your first item to your shopping bag the hostess code must be entered just below the Special Offers section and it should say Michelle Zindorf as the Hostess.
Once all the orders are placed, on October 1, 2013, I will draw one winner.

Your Mystery Hostess Code is: CVMCG9CZ

Ready – Set – GO!! Start placing your orders now!… Remember, the deadline for this event is 11:00 pm on September 30, 2013.
Please do not put the hostess code in if your merchandise order is $150 or more.  You would lose your hostess benefits that you would have coming already.

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Customer Free Stamp Set Program

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out!  For your order of $50 in product using me as your demonstrator you will receive one virtual token.  Order $100 in product receive two virtual tokens, etc.  After you have collected 10 virtual tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choosing, a value of $30 or less.
Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up.   CLICK HERE TO SHOP.   My free stamp set program will be an on going program.  :)
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Shop my online store now CLICK HERE *

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Have a long Stampin’ Up! wish list?  Check out how you can save 20%, CLICK HERE!

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Free tutorials are also a perk for my Stampin’ Up! Team – Join now!

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Toil & Trouble – Stampin’ Up! Card Tutorial #631

Posted on August 7, 2013 | 5 comments
Well it won’t be long and my all time favorite season will be here.  I adore everything about Autumn.  The harvest, holidays and especially the colors.
I have always loved Halloween and have such found memories of Trick or Treating.  I never once had a store bought costume.  We made up our own costumes back then.  I was a hobo more than once.  Stick with a bandana tied to the end of it, grunged up jeans and over sized flannel shirt, dad’s old hat and you were in business.  What homemade costumes did you come up with as a kid?  I would love to hear about them.
About today’s project, I’m starting my Halloween projects early this year.   Just because I love to make them and I am so excited to already have the new Stampin’ Up! Halloween stamps in hand.    This project has the new Stampin’ Up! sets, Halloween Bash and Toil & Trouble in them, Oooooooo  very spooky. . . . . .
The complete tutorial for this card can be found below for free.  On a personal note, please help keep this site free by supporting me, a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, by ordering your Stampin’ Up! products online through my online store.  My Family and I greatly appreciate your business, thank you.  It’s with all my heart I wish to continue bringing you these tutorials at no charge.
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I’ve added the featured card of the day to my sales page where you will also find some great deals on retired stamp sets and my beginner brayer videos.  CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT
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Now on with today’s tutorial. . . . .  . .
Project Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Toil & Trouble (item 131724 wood or 131727 clear) and Halloween Bash (item 130577 wood or 130580 clear)
Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Gray, Rich Razzelberry and Basic Black
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Basic Gray, Old Olive Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzelberry, Elegant Eggplant and Stazon Jet Black
Accessories: Stampin’ Up!  Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals (item 104430),  Stampin’ Write Basic Black marker, Neutral Candy Dots (item 130934), Apothecary Accents Framelits (item 127003), Big Shot Machine (item 113439), Big Shot Magnetic Platform (item 130658), Chevron Border Punch (item 132154), 1 3/4″ Circle Punch (item 119850), Brayer (item 102395)
Started with a 4.5″ x 6″ piece of Whisper White card stock.  Punched a 1 3/4″ circle from the sticky part of a post it note and used it as a mask for the moon.
Brayered Pumpkin Pie ink at the top of the card stock.
Brayered Rich Razzelberry ink next.
Brayered Elegant Eggplant ink at the very top of the card stock.
Removed the moon mask and then stamped the sentiment stamp from the Toil & Trouble set using Stazon Jet Black ink.
Sponged Old Olive and then Basic Black at the bottom of the card stock.
Die cut one of the dies from the Apothecary Accents Framelits set using Sahara Sand card stock and the Big Shot Machine.  Note:  I cut two but decided to only use one.
Note:  Only used the one on the left.
Cut the bottom off of the die cut.  Sponged Basic Gray ink and Basic Black ink on the piece.
Stamped the crow on Basic Gray card stock using Stazon Jet Black ink.  Cut the image out.
Cropped the main image panel by taking 1/2″ off of both the right and left sides of the card stock.  It now measures 3.5″ x 6″.
Colored in just the middle of the stamp from the Halloween Bash stamp set using a Basic Black marker and then stamped it on the tombstone.  Popped the tombstone and the bird up on the main image panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Ripped the edge off of a 3.5″ wide piece of Basic Black card stock and popped it up at the bottom of the main image panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Sponged Basic Black ink around the edges.
Cut a 10″ x 6.5″ piece of Basic Gray card stock and folded it in half (card base).  Also cut a 4.75″ x 6.25″ piece of Basic Black card stock and punched the Chevron Border stamp down the left side of it.  Cut a 6.25″ x 3.75″ piece of Rich Razzelberry card stock.
Stamped the inside of the card base with the sentiment from the Halloween Bash stamp set using Stazon Jet Black ink.
Put the card together and added two Sahara Sand Candy dots.  Here it is finished.  🙂
May your day be spooktacular!
Until my next post. . . . . .
Huge Hugs!
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Be sure to use the Mystery Hostess code when placing your next order.  You could be the next Mystery Hostess and get a ton of free stuff!!
The new Mystery Hostess Code is BC3V9MQS and this is how it works:
MYSTERY HOSTESS:
With Stampin’ Up!’s announcement  of the new Hostess Code, we can now “pool” Online Orders together (place them individually, orders will ship directly to you – within the US only, but use the same hostess code). When smaller orders are put in together, the larger order qualifies for HOSTESS BENEFITS.
That means FREE STAMPS (or other products) I can SHARE with YOU!
So let’s get started with August Online Mystery Hostess Workshop!
How do you get to be part of the Mystery Hostess Workshop?
Simply use the Hostess Code below and place an order in my online store by 11:00 pm on Sunday, August 25, 2013.
Important: To be part of the Online Mystery Hostess Workshop, once you add your first item to your shopping bag the hostess code must be entered just below the Special Offers section and it should say Michelle Zindorf as the Hostess.
Once all the orders are placed, on Monday morning, August 26, 2013, I will draw ONE name to get hostess benefits on the entire order! I will email the winner to get your choices.
Your Hostess Code is: BC3V9MQS
Ready – Set – GO!! Start placing your orders now!… Remember, the deadline for this event is 11:00 pm on Sunday, August 25, 2013.
Please do not put the hostess code in if your merchandise order is $150 or more.  You would lose your hostess benefits that you would have coming already.

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Michelle’s Free Stamp Program
Don’t miss out on my Customer’s free stamp set program. Check it out!  For your order of $50 in product using me as your demonstrator you will receive one virtual token.  Order $100 in product receive two virtual tokens, etc.  After you have collected 10 virtual tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choosing, a value of $30 or less.
Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up.   CLICK HERE TO SHOP.   My free stamp set program will be an on going program.  :)

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Sunflower – Stampin’ Up! Card Tutorial #630

Posted on August 6, 2013 | 12 comments

Hey There,

It’s kinda gloomy outside here in West Alexandria, Ohio today, but it’s not gloomy in my stamping room.  I brightened things up by creating this cheerful card using the beautiful Stampin’ Up! sets Sunflower and Backyard Basics.  I love, love, love nature stamps.  Just cannot get enough of them.

In today’s project I show how to use the emboss resist technique to get a realistic looking scene.  You can find the complete tutorial for this project below.

I think I should take this card out to show the girls (my hens), they did not want to wake up and come outside this morning.  They are probably up and running about now.  I’ll collect eggs here in a moment and check on them.

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I’ve added the featured card of the day to my sales page where you will also find some great deals on retired stamp sets and my beginner brayer videos.  CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT
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Now on with today’s tutorial. . . . .  . .
Project Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Sunflower (128736), Backyard Basics (129255) and Lacy & Lovely (item 132025)
Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Soft Sky and Basic Black
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Early Espresso, Old Olive and Stazon Jet Black
Accessories: Stampin’ Up!  Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals, , Clear Embossing Powder and Heat Gun, Versamarker, Stampin’ Write Markers (Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo and Basic Black, Blender Pen, Stampin’ Chalk Marker and Daffodil Delight Grosgrain Stitched Ribbon

 

Started with a 4.25″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.  Stamped the butterfly from the Backyard Basics set using Stazon Jet Black ink.

 

To get a lighter shade of Tempting Turquoise I scribbled my marker on my Stamp-a-ma-jig plastic sheet and then picked the color up with a blender pen and colored in the butterfly.

Added Island Indigo marker with the Blender pen on the inside of the wings.

Added some darker Island Indigo on the very inside of the wings and the edges of the wings using an Island Indigo marker.

Colored the butterfly’s body in using a Basic Black marker.

Colored over the butterfly (being careful to stay inside the image) using a Versamarker.  Heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.  Now my image is protected and I can stamp over the image.

Loaded the Sunflower stamp with Crushed Curry and then using sponge daubers, sponged in Old Olive and Early Espresso right on the stamp.  Then stamped the image over the butterfly.  Wiped the ink off of the butterfly with a paper towel.

Sponged Soft Sky ink around the sunflower.

Added Sahara Sand marker to the points in the Old Olive area.

Sponged Crushed Curry ink on the sunflower petals.

Sponged Pumpkin Pie ink around the base of the petals.

 

Sponged Tempting Turquoise ink at the top of the card stock.

 

Cropped my main image panel down to 4″ x 5″.  Stamped the sentiment from the Lacy & Lovely stamp set using Stazon Jet Black ink.

 

Added a 6.5″ x 10″ Basic Black card base (folded in half) and a 4.75″ x 6.25″ Whisper White panel inside the card.

Also added a 4.75″ x 6.25″ Soft Sky panel, 4.25″ x 5.25″ Basic Black panel, Daffodil Delight Stitched Ribbon and using the new Stampin’ Chalk Marker I put dots on the butterfly’s wings.  Note:  This new Stampin’ Chalk Marker is the answer to our White Gel Pen woes, in my opinion  🙂  Item #132133

Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

May your day be bright and cheery!

Until my next post. . . . . .
Huge Hugs!
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Be sure to use the Mystery Hostess code when placing your next order.  You could be the next Mystery Hostess and get a ton of free stuff!!

The new Mystery Hostess Code is BC3V9MQS and this is how it works:

MYSTERY HOSTESS:

With Stampin’ Up!’s announcement  of the new Hostess Code, we can now “pool” Online Orders together (place them individually, orders will ship directly to you – within the US only, but use the same hostess code). When smaller orders are put in together, the larger order qualifies for HOSTESS BENEFITS.

That means FREE STAMPS (or other products) I can SHARE with YOU!
So let’s get started with August Online Mystery Hostess Workshop!
How do you get to be part of the Mystery Hostess Workshop?
Simply use the Hostess Code below and place an order in my online store by 11:00 pm on Sunday, August 25, 2013.
Important: To be part of the Online Mystery Hostess Workshop, once you add your first item to your shopping bag the hostess code must be entered just below the Special Offers section and it should say Michelle Zindorf as the Hostess.
Once all the orders are placed, on Monday morning, August 26, 2013, I will draw ONE name to get hostess benefits on the entire order! I will email the winner to get your choices.
Your Hostess Code is: BC3V9MQS
Ready – Set – GO!! Start placing your orders now!… Remember, the deadline for this event is 11:00 pm on Sunday, August 25, 2013.
Please do not put the hostess code in if your merchandise order is $150 or more.  You would lose your hostess benefits that you would have coming already.

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Shop my online store now CLICK HERE *

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Have a long Stampin’ Up! wish list?  Check out how you can save 20%, CLICK HERE!

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Perfect Blend – Stampin’ Up! Card Tutorial #628

Posted on July 31, 2013 | 4 comments

Hey There,

I’m moving slowwwwww this morning.  Yesterday I did a bunch of heavy lifting and I’m paying for it today, grrrrr.   It was wishful thinking that my coffee this morning would motivate me.  All I feel like doing is hang out and stamp.  Hey wait a minute, that’s all I ever want to do, lol.

Anyway, I put together this coffee themed card tutorial for you.  It features a few Stampin’ Up! sets, Lovely Romance, Perfect Blend and Woodgrain.  Check out my tutorial below.

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Now on with today’s tutorial. . . . .  . .
Project Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Lovely Romance (130267), Perfect Blend (131392), Woodgrain (128763) and Alhambra (126940)
Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Very Vanilla, Island Indigo and Early Espresso
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Island Indigo, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Marina Mist and Stazon Jet Black
Accessories: Stampin’ Up!  Sponges, Stampin’ Write Marker – Sahara Sand, Neutrals Candy Dots, Stampin’ Dimensions, Word Window Punch

Started with a 4.5″ square piece of Very Vanilla card stock.  Stamped the Woodgrain stamp across the bottom of the card stock using Stazon Jet Black.

Masked the top of the card stock with a post it note and sponged Soft Suede ink over the woodgrain image.

Sponged Early Espresso ink at the post it note edge.

Masked the Bottom of the card stock using a post it note and sponged Marina Mist ink in the unmasked area to create the back wall.

Sponged Island Indigo ink at the bottom of the Marina Mist area.

Wheeled the Alhambra wheel over the Marina Mist area using Marina Mist ink.

Stamped the coffee cup with Stazon Jet Black on a scrap of Very Vanilla and Early Espresso.  Cut out the whole image on the Early Espresso card stock and just the lid and the label on the Very Vanilla card stock.

Stamped the design stamp from the Lovely Romance stamp set using Marina Mist ink across the label piece.

Stamped the Sentiment on Very Vanilla Card stock using Early Espresso ink.

Cut the label out.  Sponged Marina Mist ink on the label and then Early Espresso around the edges.

 

Figured out where I wanted to put my cup in the scene and then sponged in a shadow for the cut and sponged around the edges using Early Espresso ink.

Added Island Indigo and Early Espesso card stock panels.   Popped up the label using Stampin’ Dimensionals and added Early Espresso Candy Dots on the label.

Punched 2 Word Window Punches from Early Espresso card stock and cut the rounded end off one end.

Added Soft Suede Candy Dots and pierced holes in the word window punches.

Here is the finished card measuring 5.5″ square.

Before I close today, this is what I was working on yesterday.

The girls got a new home.  They went from this small coop to this barn with a chicken run that doubled in size.

 

My day yesterday was spent securing the run by adding additional fencing on the sides of the run to keep the raccoons from grabbing the girls through the fence and the top of the run to keep the hawks out.   They also have some new logs to hang out on in the run.  Boy oh boy are those logs are heavy!  But the girls will love them.  Sorry, that blur in the foreground is Red off to chase a bug.

Sophie is my brave girl.  She hopped right up on the logs.  But the rest of the girls have to check out every inch of the base of the logs before they attempt it.

The additional space for the hens is necessary since I have 6 new chicks arriving on the 19th.  I can’t wait!

May you have new toys to play with today.

Until my next post. . . . . .
Huge Hugs!
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