Monday Monster Mash Halloween Count Down Blog Hop - Week Twelve

Monday Monster Mash Halloween Count Down Blog Hop has finally come to an end after 12 fun filled weeks. Shirley sure puts on a good party and I'm glad I played along. Here's my last card and

a little crow that I whipped up just for fun.  Hope you enjoy.  I'll be back to fill in the details later on. .

He's got some attitude. 

IT'S GOOD TO BE A HOSTESS NOVEMBER 1 TO DECEMBER 15TH

Be A Stampin' Up! Hostess. November 1^st through December 15^th and you will earn

an additional $45.00 in “It’s Good to Be  the Hostess” rewards!   Call me today to book your event!

If your workshop sales total is	You earn hostess dollars		It's Good to Be the Hostess	Total Free Stampin' Up! Merchandise	Plus, you earn full-priced items at 50% off
$450	$70	+	$45	$115	---
$525	$90	+	$45	$135	1 item
$650	$110	+	$45	$155	2 items
$1000	$160	+	$45	$205	3 items
$1,350+	$210plus 15% of amount over $1,350	+	$45	$255 plus 15% of amount over $1,350	4 items

That's right!  Book a workshop with me during the specified time period  and you will receive an additional $45 in free Stampin' Up! products when your workshop totals $450 or more (excluding tax and shipping)! This is in addition to all the other benefits a Stampin' Up! hostess normally gets!

This special offer is only available on customer, demonstrator, and workshop order types that qualify for this promotion. Online orders do not qualify.

• Orders must be $450 or more to qualify.
• Orders larger than $450 are not eligible for additional hostess free merchandise dollars. For example, a $900 workshop does not receive $90 in additional dollars. All orders over $450 always receive $45 in additional free hostess dollars.

Hostesses may use their additional $45 in free merchandise on any catalogue/mini catalogue products.

Qualifying orders must be placed by the following deadlines:

• Phone: Thursday, December 15, 2011; 6:50 PM (MT)
• OEX: Thursday, December 15, 2011; 11:50 PM (MT)

Digital Scrapbooking Day Online Event

Mark your calendars and join me and Stampin’ Up! demonstrators and customers from around the world at www.MyDigitalStudio.net for Digital Scrapbooking Day*.  This is a special four-day online event running from November 4-7. This event is for everyone!  That's right, even if you've never seen or used My Digital Studio but would like to try digital scrapbooking you're invited to join in all the fun, and get these downloads for free.  


From November 4-7 you can access the free downloads from MyDigitalStudio.net.  The only requirement is to complete a very quick survey and you'll receive these brand-new, never before seen FREE digital downloads including:

• So Typefelt Stamp Brush Set 
• Neutral Delightful Digital Tape
•  Home for the Holidays Ensemble
• Delight in the Day Photobook Template
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Are you interested?  If so join me at www.MyDigitalStudio.net.

• FREE digital downloads
• Project ideas - card making, tags, scrapbook pages, announcements, invites and so much more
• Announcement of 2011 My Digital Studio Contest winners

*  Digital Scrapbooking Day is officially celebrated the first Saturday in November.  It was designed to remind people to set time aside to digitally document their personal and family histories.  To celebrate Stampin' UP! will be giving away free downloads to demonstrators and customers.  Because Stampin' Up! recognizes how busy everyone is they extended the event from one day to four so that more people can take advantage of this fun event.

BIG SHOT PROMO EXTENDED..........READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!!

Stampin' Up! Just announced that World Wide Week of Workshops Campaign (Nov 4 – 11) is such a big success and so many workshops are being held (8500+ so far), that they’ve decided to extended the Starter Kit Bonus Offer (below) through Nov. 11.   So there’s still time if you’ve been undecided.

CALL ME TO SEE HOW YOU CAN GET A FREE STAMPIN' UP! BIG SHOT (or your choice of $125 in FREE products) as a bonus when you purchase the Stampin' Up! Starter Kit by Nov. 11 you can enjoy up to $425 of Stampin' Up! products for $215 and it ships FREE. PLUS, you'll be able to "test drive" Stampin' Up! discounts and benefits through March 31, 2012 with no obligation to purchase anything further.

Attention Hobby Stampers! This is the perfect opportunity to fill your Stampin' Up! wish list at a discount, enjoy exclusive creative resources and be part of my growing group of customers! 

STAMPIN UP STARTER PROMOTION DETAILS - CLICK HERE:

CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED: 

• Once you order your kit on-line, you will be given access to the Promotional Product Bonus order type on the Stampin' Up! Demonstrator web page (referred to as "OEX") approximately one hour after you order the kit.
• You will also be provided a link to OEX for this redemption via e-mail. In this order type, you will either enter the item number for the Big Shot (item 113439) or the item numbers for up to $125 in Stampin' Up! products. Products can be chosen from any current catalogue and shipping is free!   IF YOU'RE UNCLEAR ABOUT THIS PLEASE CALL ME.
• Be sure your “free merchandise total” comes as close as possible to $125 without going over since the Promotional Product Bonus order type will not allow items beyond $125 to be added to the order.  
• You'll have until November 30, 2011, to redeem your product bonus.

Thanks for your time if you have any questions at all just email me at pennyhanuszak@telus.net or call 778-880-1296.

Stampin' Up Promotions Coming to an End

The end of October has arrived and along with the excitement and preparations for Halloween tomorrow, there are some really good promotions that come to an end.  I wouldn't want you to miss out on any of these fantastic offers, so just click on the links below to see the details. 

• Free Big Shot When You Join as a Stampin' Up Demonstrator

• Buy Two Simply Sent Card Kits and get a coordinated stamp set for free.

SPOOKTACULAR DEALS !!!!

Update on Stamping Queen Sketch Challenge #9

Last Sunday I posted my sketch for the Stampin Queen Sketch Challenge #9 and it was spotlighted on Monday.

What an awesome feeling that was.  Here's another peak at Jerry's card and the envelope that I made for it.

And as promised, here is Carol's card, that I couldn't post because her birthday wasn't until October 26th.  

Carol's card was made in Pirouette Pink and the card base front was embossed with the new Houndstooth Embossing Folder.  Got to love that one!  A piece of  Early Espresso Dotted Scalloped Ribbon dresses it up a bit.  I tied that cute little bow using the "Fork" tying method.  Works like a charm. 

The inside of the card features a pocket similar to the one in Jerry's card to hold a gift card or lottery tickets.   Carol didn't win anything but Jerry's tickets turned over a $2.00 winner.  Not much of a win but it made for a fun time scratching all those tickets.

Okay that's it for today's post.  Just thought I'd share my news and the additional card I made.  Hope you enjoyed it and come back again soon.

A La Card Monkey - Any Occasion and Sketch: Monkey Sketch 80

Hi everyone.  Last week I had the thrill of finding out that my Spooky Cute entry into the  A La Card Monkey Sketch 78 challenge, had won me the honour of being a Monkey Princess and a Guest Designer spot in an upcoming challenge.  That had me swinging through the vines for sure!  Here's my badge of honour.

I was so excited to be chosen as a Guest Designer because the A La Card Monkey Design Team does such an awesome job of presenting amazing sketch challenges that are always fun and easy to do.  Plus these gals are just so darned nice and helpful I feel like they're all friends.  Anyway it was just a great thrill for me and I wanted to share my excitement and good news with you.

Monkey Sketch 80 - Any Occasion + Sketch:
Here's this week's sketch and I'm sure you're going to enjoy it.  In fact, I invite you to play along too.  I know some of you hold back on doing the challenges because you don't have a blog, well don't let that stop you.  For this challenge if you're one of my customer's or demos who doesn't have a blog but would like to join in the fun, simply forward your card to me electronically and I'll post it to my blogsite for everyone to see and comment on.  That will be fun for all of us!!!!

Although the sketch was for "Any Occasion", I chose to do a Christmas card.  I wanted my card to have the feel of an old ski lodge and someone standing looking out at the view, so I chose a stamp set that I could build a scene with.  Because the white cardstock I was stampin on was only 3 x 3 this limited my choice of stamps, but I finally narrowed down my choice to Christmas Lodge or Snow Much Fun, and you guessed it, Snow Much Fun won out.  Let's see if I accomplished this sketch:
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Isn't this fat little snowman simply irresistible? He's from the Snow Much Fun stamp set and I just couldn't resist having him peaking through the window into the Lodge.  The card base is Cherry Cobbler with a layer of Always Artichoke. I was looking for a wall panel effect with the artichoke layer and I think I achieved that by embossing it with the new Stripes Embossing Folder (123128 pg 218 IB&C) and distressing around the edges with Always Artichoke ink.  I also added a layer of Early Espresso for the window panes and embossed this piece with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder (119976 pg 218 IB&C).   
 

The snowman image was stamped on a 3 x 3 piece of Shimmery White cardstock with Early Espresso and Versa Mark inks and then heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. To build the scene I stamped a mask for the snowman on a piece of sticky note paper and then stamped the tree and the snowball overtop of the original snowman.  It worked!   The sketch was coloured with Baja Breeze, Always Artichoke, Pear Pizzazz, Cherry Cobbler, Pacific Point, and Crumb Cake makers.   The snow flakes are from the Serene Snowflakes set (115438 pg. 36 IB&C) and were stamped in Baja Breeze.   To give a little sparkle to the snow scene I used the new Dazzling Details irridescent glitter glue (124117 pg. 41 Holiday Mini) on the snowflakes, snowball and snowman.

Here's a closer look at my Snowman.  Once you've stamped your scene on the 3 x 3 inch piece of cardstock just cut it into 1" strips and then cut those strips into 1" x 1" blocks.  For the window pane effect start by lining up top row making sure each square is lined up and there's equal distance between the blocks.  I glued my blocks down with  Tombow glue to ensure they stayed put.  Once you've got the first row done it's just a case of doing each additional row and using the upper one as a spacing guide. 

The sentiment on my card is from the "Christmas Lodge" stamp set.  I stamped it in Cherry Cobler on a 3/4" by 3" strip of cardstock.  I used the Modern Label punch on each end to add some interest.  The sentiment is layered over top of a strip of the new Cherry Cobbler 3/8 Quilted Satin Ribbon (124105 pg 30 Holiday Mini) and a label punched out in cherry cobbler with the Decorative Label Punch.  The edges were distressed with Cherry Cobbler ink. 


Hope you enjoyed this post.