Mystery Hostess Retirement Party

Retirement Party May 4th at 7 PM

***Mystery Hostess***

I’m sure you have a few on your Wish List that will soon be gone. This will be one of your last chances to get these sets!  And WOW are we losing the accessories!  I can't wait to see what amazing new goodies we'll have in June!  Contact me to get a PDF of our Retirement Lists.

What is a Mystery Hostess Party, you ask?  Here’s how it works:  You come to my house for a fun night of stamping.  We’ll do three projects using stamp sets on the Retiring List.  After orders are complete, we’ll pass out tickets.

You will get one ticket for each of the following:

·         RSVP by May 2nd 

·         Being on time

·         Every $15 you spend in catalog merchandise

You will get TWO tickets for:

·         Booking a workshop (firm date) the night of the party for July, August, or September

·         Bringing a friend that I did not invite

You will get FIVE tickets for:

·         Booking a workshop (firm date) for July, August, or September when you RSVP

We will have at least two winners.  One person will win a Level 1, 2 or 3 Hostess Set, depending on the total.  Another person will win the Hostess Credits.  If the party goes over $500, we’ll split the Hostess Credits between two or more people.  Everyone has a chance to win!

May 4th is also Stampin’ at Shari’s Night, so if you’re still in a stamping mood, stay for a while.  It Cinco de Mayo night, too!  I will do my best to make some fresh salsa.  Bring your own margaritas!

Call or e-mail (by May 2nd!) if you plan to attend.

sharistamps@gmail.com

April Birthday Card Bonanza

Hello, Stampers!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter with your families.  I'm holding Stamp Night this Friday, April 13th at 7PM.

There are two cards again for you this month.  As always, you can change the greeting to suit your needs. Cards are $1 each including the envelope.  Let me  know how many of each you'd like to make.

I hope to see you on Friday night!

Shari

SUStars Blog Hop - My Digital Studio

Welcome to the last stop on the SUStars My Digital Studio blog hop. I'm sure you've seen lots of great ideas!  If you've been hopping along, you should have arrived from CJ Stamps.  If you started here, you can just continue the loop from the link at the bottom.


Did you know?  When you download MDS Express from your demonstrator's website, it's yours FREE for 30 days!  You'll get:

* Full access to the software at NO COST for 30 days.
* Full design functionality.
* Exclusive artwork that comes with My Digital Studio Express—that’s $50 worth of content!
* Opportunity to purchase additional downloads from designer templates to stamp brush sets--and everything in between.
* Access to our professional print services.

This is not a limited-time special, this is an on-going offer.

OK, on with the project.  Since we've been having unseasonably warm weather this winter, and especially with this week and next in the 70s (I'm in Michigan!  It's MARCH!) I did a wintery page for this hop.  My family went to the upper peninsula of Michigan last month to find some snow.  We had a great time.  

For this page, I used one of the Photo Only options.  The photo layout was already there for me.  I just had to drop in photos, choose colors and add accessories and words.  You can click on the picture to see it larger.

There are also Designer options, where the colors and accessories are already there.  All you have to do is drop in photos and add titles.  No time to scrap?  There's your solution!  Of course, there are also Design Your Own options, where you get a blank canvas to create to your heart's content.

If you already have MDS but don't know where to start, check out MyDigitalStudio.net.  There are tons of tips, ideas, video tutorials and more to help you on your way.

I hope you've been inspired by this month's hop.  If you'd like to start at the beginning, just click here.    We also have a bonus blog here.

Happy Hopping!

Shari

March BCB Cards

Welcome, Stampers!

Here are this month's cards for Birthday Card Bonanza.  We'll start at 8PM (instead of 7PM) this month.

We have two zebra cards this month, since zebra print is so hot right now, especially with pink for the girlie girls!  Looking at that one, I think I'll add another layer of black behind the main image.  That'll look better.  Ebony & Ivory is the look for our masculine card.

Of course, we have a bonus card this month!  St. Patrick's Day will be here soon, so why not send out a few cards?  These are great for kids or adults.

Cards are still just $1 each, including envelope.  You can click on the image to see them larger.



See you Friday night!

Shari

SUStars Stampin' Spaces Blog Hop, Feb. 18-19

Welcome, Hoppers!  This month, we're sharing our stampin' spaces or our unique ways of storing our stampin' supplies.  You should have arrived from Charlotte's blog.  If you came here first, you can go through the entire hop starting at the link at the bottom of this post.

I am one of the lucky ones who has a dedicated room for my stamp stuff.  My amazing husband built it for me a few years ago.  The first picture shows the right side of the room when you enter.  You can see at the back that I have a small sink (which is great!).  I keep my business supplies in the cabinets, like catalogs and forms.  Above the cabinets are cubbies for display pieces.

Jeff wanted to put cabinets like that on the left side as well, but that wasn't going to work for me.  I told him that I needed to be able to lay my hands on my stamps and card stock.  So he designed this awesome shelving unit!  (Please note the clean tables - this doesn't happen often).


If you look closely, you can see some color coding on my stamp sets.  My brilliant friend Simmy Ogg gave me this idea.  I put a small strip of card stock inside the box, just behind the stamp name.  This way, people know where to find stamps and where to put them back.  I have red for general all-occasion stamps, green for holidays, pink for flowers, brown for nature (animals, leaves) and orange for word sets.  I need to update the colors and mark my newer sets!  You can click on the picture to see it a wee bit larger.  They are grouped in threes.

In the large drawer on the far left, I have my old punches.  This is not all of them.  The drawer next to that has my new flat punches.  I have more of these, too.  This is NOT an ideal storage system, but I can't do anything else with them right now.

Lastly, I have my back wall, which is mostly dedicated to Captain Jack!  Yes, that is a life-sized cardboard stand-up.  I love it.  I have two.  LOL

Thanks for stopping by!  If you'd like to start at the beginning of this hop, just click here for the full list of this month's bloggers.

If you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like to join SUStars, we'd love to have you!  Just click here and then click on "Join This Group" to get started.

Happy Stampin'
Shari

PS:  How about some Blog Candy???  I will randomly pick someone who comments and she will receive a variety pack of punched shapes.  You can choose which color family and which punches you'd like me to use.

It's SALE-A-BRATION Time!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 at 7PM

It's my annual Sale-A-Bration Kick-Off event!  Come on by to check out the new goodies, see some great samples and do a couple Make-n-Takes using our exclusive Sale-A-Bration products.  There will be prizes for anyone who books their own workshop when you RSVP for this event, or books at the event itself.  Please RSVP so I'll know how much I need to prep for our projects.

Our two projects are shown below.  Apparently I'm feeling a bit side-panel-ish today.

The blue card uses Fresh Vintage, one of our SAB sets this year.  It is also our BCB card for this month, so if you like it, you can make more for just $1 each.

The pink card uses Take It to Heart, a set in our current Occasions Mini Catalog.  I also used our new Hearts Framelits dies for the Big Shot, also in the Occasions Mini.  You can make more of this card, too, if you need some Valentine cards for friends and family.  Also $1 each for extras.

Please let me know how many of each you'd like to make so I can prep everything you'll need.

What is Sale-A-Bration?

From now until March 31st, you will get a free Sale-A-Bration item for every $50 you spend on an order!  You can order online at http://sharistamps.stampinup.net or contact me directly with your order.

Hostesses get even MORE goodies this year, too!  Every hostess that has a $150+ workshop gets a free tote!  It's really cute - it's got the flower pattern from the SAB-exclusive Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper, with detail like our new Adorning Accents dies and embossing folders (tote shown above).  When your workshop total is $400, you get ANY one catalog item at half off, the free tote, and a hostess bundle that includes the Fresh Vintage stamp set, Everyday Enchantment DSP, and the Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack!  A sample made with these products is shown above.  You can see it all on pgs. 6-7 of the SAB mini.  You get even more goodies with higher party totals.  Plus, you can get more SAB freebies when you order as a customer at your own workshop!

I would love to show these great products to you and your friends and family.  Contact me today to schedule a fun girls' night out!  You can host at your place or mine.

Sale-A-Bration 2012

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!  

Sale-A-Bration has begun!

From now until March 31st, you will get a free Sale-A-Bration item for every $50 you spend on an order!  You can order online at http://sharistamps.stampinup.net or contact me directly with your order.

Hostesses get even MORE goodies this year, too!  Every hostess that has a $150+ workshop gets a free tote!  It's really cute - it's got the flower pattern from the SAB-exclusive Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper, with detail like our new Adorning Accents dies and embossing folders (tote shown at bottom).  When your workshop total is $400, you get ANY one catalog item at half off, the free tote, and a hostess bundle that includes the Fresh Vintage stamp set, Everyday Enchantment DSP, and the Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack!  A sample made with these products is shown above.  You get even more goodies with higher party totals.  Plus, you can get more SAB freebies when you order as a customer at your own workshop!  You can see the entire SAB mini at my website here.  Just click on "Shop Now" at the top right.

I would love to show these great products to you and your friends and family.  Contact me today to schedule a fun girls' night out!  You can host at your place or mine.

This is also a great time to become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  Click the "Join My Team" tab at the top of this page for more information.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 at 7PM

It's my annual Sale-A-Bration Kick-Off event!  Come on by to check out the new goodies, see some great samples and do a couple Make-n-Takes using our exclusive Sale-A-Bration products.  There will be prizes for anyone who books their own workshop when you RSVP for this event, or books at the event itself.  Please RSVP so I'll know how much I need to prep for our projects.

We will still have Birthday Card Bonanza on this evening, it'll just be a little later.  I'll have a Valentine Card for BCB, too!

Happy SAB!

Shari