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May God watch over all our Service Members

My thoughts today are with

all the service members who are stationed here and abroad

and all the veterans who have served this great country.

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I love to share my daily rubber stamping adventures with my Facebook Fans and this morning I uploaded a new cover foto to my Facebook Fan Page to give you a look at the Stamp Room.  I admit that since I am in my Stamp Room every day, I sometimes assume that everyone knows what it looks like :).  Silly me :).

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Get a personal look at the Stamp Room

Would you like to know what I am up to in the Stamp Room on a daily basis? 

Then LIKE Spunky Cards on Facebook!

I love to share my daily rubber stamping adventures with my Facebook Fans and this morning I uploaded a new cover foto to my Facebook Fan Page to give you a look at the Stamp Room.  I admit that since I am in my Stamp Room every day, I sometimes assume that everyone knows what it looks like :).  Silly me :).

So hop on over to my Facebook page and share your daily adventures with me, too!

Tool Tip: Double Punching to Create Windows

It is really easy to make a tag look amazing by creating a window in the tag through double punching.  Here is a fun gift bag tag that I made with a Scallop Circle Punch and a 1 3/4" Circle Punch to jazz things up a little:

Many people punch the Pacific Point cardstock first and then punch a piece of Whisper White cardstock that they glue on top.  For my tag, I wanted a window in the Pacific Point as to create a scalloped frame around the white tag.  So what you do, is you first punch a hole in your Pacific Point cardstock with a circle punch (that is smaller than your scalloped circle).

Then you insert the hole into your scalloped circle punch and center it like this:

As you can see, I turned my punch upside down so I can see when the hole is in the center.  Now, all I need to do is punch and glue it on top of my other Whisper White Scalloped Circle tag to create the frame.  Then add a flower as an embellishment to match your gift bag and you are ready to go.

NOTES:

• Isnt' it great that SU!'s Melon Mambo CS  is a really popular color and matches my store bought gift bag?
• I punched the flower using the Boho Blossoms Punch.

If you have questions on how something is done, shoot me an email to tanja@spunkycards.com or leave a comment to this post.  I'd love to help answer your questions :).

Featured Guest Stamper: Mary Jo

I am so thrilled to share this gorgeous card with you that was made by Mary Jo:

I absolutely adore the way Mary Jo combined the Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper (order it while it is still available) with the Adorning Accents Edgelits,  the Little Leaves Sizzlits and my favorite the butterfly using the Beautiful Wings Embosslits dies.

She used them on the inside of her card too:

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• All the dies used on this card will be availabe in the new Idea Book starting June 1st. 
• The beautiful background paper, Paisly Petals, is only available while supplies last or until May 31st whichever comes first.  So order yours today!
• Also, remember that if you order $40 or more from my online SU! store, I will send you the new Idea Book FREE!

Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!

I love my job!

It is always wonderful to be appreciated and I just have to share with you that I did the happy dance when I opened my mail a few days ago and found this certificate:

I had completely forgotten that when my newest demonstrator team member, Dana, signed up with me that that was a milestone in my Stampin' Up! carrier.  This is the certificate and new pin I got in the mail and of course the pin found a new home on my SU! work apron, right next to the SU! logo:

I LOVE what I do and there are two reason:

1. I treasure all of my customers who place their trust in me to provide them with guidance on which crafting supplies and techniques are right for them.
2. I represent and I get pampered by a wonderful company who values what I do and greatly respects me.  I have the number to the demonstrator support line on speed dial and when I have a question or customer request, they are happy to hear from me and help me every time.  It is truly awesome to work with them.

So, please celebrate with me by leaving me a comment to this post :)!  And if my story makes you curious and you would like to know more about being a demonstrator, call me or click here for more information.

Here is my 6 by 6 Mini Scrapbook = Card Organizer

My ON THE GO CARD ORGANIZER is finished and now I am ready to fill it with cards.  But first, I've got to show it to you as promised!!!  Instead of taking pictures, I've got a quick video to show off the gorgeous new paper and stamps that I used. 

Here it is:

 

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Keep your Cards in Your Purse

Keep your pretty handmade cards in your purse in this SPUNKY and beautiful handmade 6" by 6" album (aka Card Organizer) featuring one of Stampin' Up!'s brand new Designer Series Papers!!!!

Isn't the cover gorgeous?  I have six pages inside (and I can add more at any time) and each page has a pocket for cards and I will show those off tomorrow (I hope) as today I am back at school for my daughter's 5th grade amazing race event.

Back to the album though:  As you can tell, the new paper is absolutely gorgeous and has SPUNKY written all over it.  This is going to be my card organizer for my purse and that's why I have added a layer of Crystal Effects to each seam.  I really wanted to dress up my cover.  I handwrote my tag (cut with the Labels Collection Framelits) and I added butterflies (Beautiful Wings Die) and no matter how well I glue them, they are going to be under a lot of stress in my purse.  So after I glued them on, I added a layer of Crystal Effect around every seam.  So the Rich Razzleberry strip on the left side has a thin line of Crystal Effects from top to bottom.  You can see the Crystal Effects really well around the title pieces and I completely smothered the butterflies with a thin layer.  This will ensure that they not only stay on, but the white butterflies will also stay completely clean!

I can't wait to get this baby into my purse :).  This is going to be so much more pretty than a plastic container :).  Stop in tomorrow as I will show you the insides to this fabulous album.

 

The NEW colors are beautiful ...

Are you ready to infuse your cards and scrapbook pages with some new color combinations?  Then get ready for the five new colors that Stampin' Up! is introducing on June 1st!  As SU! demonstrator, I've already been playing with some of the new papers, stamps and of course the new colors and I can't wait to show you the beautiful journal that I finished last night!!!!

But today, I was wearing my supermom cape and I've been spending my morning at school celebrating my oldest daughter's birthday and so that blog  post has to wait until tomorrow :).  So stay tuned, you don't want to miss this adorable 6" by 6" pockets ...

In the meantime, hop over to

www.facebook.com/SpunkyCards

to see some of the new colors.  I did have time to post one picture of the notecards I made with my Elegant Lines embossing folder and the new markers.  It has a gorgous vintage look ...

13 DAYS until retiring Stampin' Up! stamps are gone FOREVER!

If you have any stamps on this list,

then your clock is ticking!

You've got 13 days left to offer them refuge in your stamping space!

Download Stampin' Up! Retired Stamps 2012

 

If you are shopping for discounted and retiring accessories, then the next list is for you.  BEWARE, these items are only available while supplies last.   If there is an X in the right corner, they are already out. 

Download Stampin' Up! - Retired Accessories - updated May 18

If you have any questions, call, text or email me!

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