Darling Dino Birthday

Who doesn't love Dinosaurs? I know I'm a big fan, and when the dinos are as super cute as the ones on page 51 of the newly released January to April Mini catalogue, then they are a "must have". The Darling Dinos stamp set was created by Diana Gibbs, one of Stampin' Ups! Million Sales Achievers.

This bundle consists of 25 photopolymer stamps and a 16 piece coordinating steel die set. There are seven sweet and punny sentiments - three cute as a button dinos and lots of super cute accessory stamps so you can get really creative with this set.

Purchase the Darling Dinos bundle #164735 and you're guaranteed a 10% savings  from the individual stamp or die price.  Note:  This set comes in French or  English versions, so make sure you have the right product number before ordering.  

For my first card creations for 2025, I chose a birthday theme with Fresh Freesia and Old Olive for my main colours. I embossed the Fresh Freesia mat 4 x 5 1/4" with the Fern 3D Embossing Folder (158804).  I love the background texture.  

For the second mat I die cut a piece of Whisper White with the 2nd largest  Perennial Postage dies #162607.  I used Pool Party light and dark blends for the sky and Old Olive blends for the grassy area.  There is a fun "grass" stamp included in the Darling Dinos stamp set, so I stamped that across the bottom in Old Olive ink.  

Isn't she cute?  I had fun colouring this little girl with Fresh Freesia and Rich Razzleberry blends and carried the colors over to two of the balloons.  Her sweet little bow is coloured with Balmy Blue Blends and has a basic rhinestone in the center.  

This sentiment is perfect for the birthday theme and the Dino looks pretty cute in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.  

For the inside of the card I wanted to keep it simple so chose to add a couple of balloons and sentiment.  The sentiment is from an old retired Stampin' Up! set, but it's one of my favourite go to's for a birthday.  

So that's it for the first card post of the new year.  I hope you enjoyed this card and will leave me a comment.  

Happy Stamping!

Penny Tokens Stampin' Spot 

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JANUARY 2025 WHAT'S NEW

 Mini Catalogue:  January - April 2025

Today is the day!  The 2025 Mini Catalog is now available.  Whether you're a beginner, intermediate or avid papercrafter, this new mini is full of creative inspiration to get you in the mood to create.  Loaded with fresh new on-trend products designed to help you celebrate life’s special moments, from Valentine’s Day to springtime occasions and everything in between. 

SALE-A-BRATION:  Click here to see the digital copy of the Sale-A-Bration Flyer 

2025 Sale-A-Bration Rewards: 

SHOP:

It's that time of year again, and you can earn free products with every order you place valued at $75 or $150.  Click here for a video tour of the Sale-A-Bration flyer: 

HOSTING:  

Want it all?  You can enjoy all the benefits of Sale-A-Bration, and earn additional Stampin’ Rewards by hosting a party! (See page 19 of the Sale-A-Bration Brochure to learn more.)   

JOIN - Two Options:  Click here for the Join Video 

One of the many perks of being a demonstrator is the chance to be among the first to get your hands on these fabulous products and start crafting with fresh inspiration.  Join my team and choose which Option best suits your style: 

Option One:  Customers who join our crafting community as a new demonstrator can get $165 CAD worth of products PLUS a choice of two Stampin’ Write Marker Assortment packs AND the Handmade Designs Cling Stamp Set, an exclusive stamp set designed to work with the markers. That’s a $294 CAD value all for just $135 CAD!

Option Two: 

Customers who want to join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration but are interested in a different join option can instead get $165 CAD worth of product PLUS an additional $41 CAD worth of product of their choice when they join for $135 CAD. That’s a $206 CAD value!

The best way to see what’s available is through the online store. There is no fixed end date for Online Exclusives! Some products will be reordered when inventory is low, and others will only be available while supplies last. This way Stampin' Up! is able to offer even more new products throughout the year.

Just wait until you see all the new special online exclusive items available while supplies last. These products are not included in any catalogues and can only be ordered online.  So check them out by clicking here.

Click here for the Online Exclusive Flyer 

HAPPY STAMPING! 

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

January Hostess Code:

 WELCOME TO A NEW YEAR - 2025!

January is always such an exciting month.  Want to know what's happening and coming your way?  You can always check out my event calendar and take note of monthly specials on my online store. 

Tuesday January 7th is the first of many special days this year, so get excited because new products and catalogs will be available on the 7th! These include:

• January–April 2025 Mini Catalog
• January Online Exclusives
• Scrapbooking Workshop Kits and
• Three new kits from the Kits Collection: the Brightest Birthday Kit, the Birthday Bash Kit, and Thank You Kindly Kit. 

NEW HOSTESS CODE:  

Here's my January Hostess Code which is valid from January 7th through January 31st, 2025.  When you apply this hostess code to this month's order(s), valued between $50.00 and $199.00 (before shipping and tax), you'll receive an additional gift from me. 

HOW TO USE THE JANUARY HOSTESS CODE 

If you're planning on placing an order this month valued from $60 to $199.00 (before shipping and tax) just add my January Hostess Code HMCT76KZ at the end of your order.  The benefits of shopping at my online store and adding my monthly Hostess Code are:

• You never have to go to a workshop or party, you can order from your own home.
• If you need help with your product choices just call or email me, I'm always here to help. 
• You decide when to place your order - daytime or evening my online store is always available 24/7.
• Want exclusive items that aren't available in any of the catalogues, well you can get them in the Online Exclusive Shop on my webpage. New Online Exclusives are released every two months.  
• Delivery is fast and comes directly to your front door.  Orders generally arrive within 5-7 days of placing your online order.
• After you've placed your order and applied the current hostess code you'll receive a free surprise gift from me and thank you card generally within 2-3 weeks.

ADDING THE HOSTESS CODE TO YOUR ORDER:

If you don't already have an online Stampin' Up! account with me, you'll need to set one up.  It's fast and easy.  To add the Hostess Code to your order locate the "shopping cart symbol" in the top right hand menu line on my web page.  It looks like this:

Before you finalize your Shopping Cart order at the checkout remember to add my January Hostess Code into the circled area marked "ADD HOSTESS CODE" (see blue circled area in above snapshot).  

Sadly, I'm unable to add the hostess code once your order is placed, so if you forget to add it before hitting the checkout button, it won't qualify for my free gift,  although I'll still send you a thank you card. 

Stampin' Rewards:  If you place an order of $200 or more you'll automatically receive Stampin' Rewards at the checkout based on your order total and will be prompted to enter product numbers adding up to the qualifying amount. 

NOTE: My January Hostess Code promo closes at noon on Friday

January 31st, 2024.  Your free gift and thank you card will be sent to you  in February.

HAPPY STAMPING!

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT 

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006 

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Christmas Eve Wishes!

Did everyone feel the year fly by to get to this point?  Being away from mid-October to early November not only made the holiday season creep up a lot quicker, but it filled me with anxiety like never before.  

I almost forgot I'd been away on holidays as I felt extremely pressured to get my Christmas cards completed.   I had about 60 more cards to make for consignments, family, friends, and customers when the announcement about the Canada Post strike happened on November 15th, 2024.  At first I was in limbo wondering if I'd get my precious cards mailed out, but as the strike dragged on past December 1st  reality set in and I began looking for alternatives.  

So this is my first "card less" Christmas in the sense that if I couldn't hand out a card in person, then I wouldn't be sending one out.  When I got my head wrapped around that concept relief set in and I was able to focus my energy on preparing for Christmas instead of last minute panic.   

Thank you to everyone who has supported my small hobby business throughout the past year.  I appreciate your comments and following my posts and for always inspiring me to be more creative.  I want to wish you a wonderful holiday filled with family, friends, love and laughter.  As ever, your business, loyalty, and support mean the world to me!

January to April Mini Catalogue: 

At the end of November I ordered the new January to April Mini Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration flyers to be mailed to  all my treasured customers who continually support my business.  Unfortunately these catties  are stuck somewhere in the mail and hopefully will be delivered to recipients before January 7th when they go live.  If not, I'll be supplying an electronic link in a future email 

HAPPY STAMPING!

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

Last Free Shipping of the Year - December 9, 10 11, 2024

Heads up, it's time for the last FREE SHIPPING promo of the year! From December 9–11, you can shop and save on all qualifying orders of $100 or more. This is  a great way to stock up before year end.  Combine this promo with the Last Chance Product sale, and you'll have double the savings. 

Please bear in mind that due to the anticipated high volume of orders and the Christmas season, Stampin' Up!s distribution center may fall behind their typical shipping timeframes. They will being doing their best to get out all orders as quickly as possible , but any orders placed during this promotion are not guaranteed to arrive before or by December 25. Also, with the Canadian Postal strike UPS and Fed Ex are handling an extra load, so if you need an order by Christmas, order as early as possible or consider expedited shipping.  

Just a reminder, the Last Chance Products sale is on now.  This first update features products that will soon be leaving Stampin' Up!s  September-December Mini Catalogue, the September Scrapbooking Brochure, and some of our Online Exclusive releases. And, you will also find products listed that were previously available on our Clearance Rack.  So don't miss out.  This is the perfect time to combine sale items with Free Shipping (see above)!  

HAPPY STAMPING!

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

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Add my December Hostess Code and get an additional free gift
and handmade thank you card from me! 

Paper Pumpkin Alternatives Nests of Christmas October 2024

The October 2024 Paper Pumpkin Kit called "Nests of Christmas" was absolutely beautiful to work with.  The Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin kit included:

• Bases for 10 cards: 5 each of 2 designs and 10 coordinating envelopes
• Tri-fold card bases
• Precut  Real Red grosgrain ribbon 
• Precut labels with specialty green foil trim
• Precut ephemera including cardinals, branches and berries. 
• This kit coordinates with these Stampin' Up Colors: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy, Real Red, Shaded Spruce (Classic Stampin’ Spot)
• Photopolymer Stamp Set called
• Ink Spot: 

This beautiful kit also coordinates with the Nests of Winter Suite in the Holiday Mini.  When kits coordinate with suites you're able to create so many more additional cards by mixing and matching designs.  I absolutely love when this happens. 

Exclusive Add-On Die: 

Frequently Paper Pumpkin will have a die that goes with the kit of the month, and most often it will carry on with additional monthly kits.  Here is a look at the Merry Tags & More Dies which will also coordinate with the October to December kits too! 

Here's a video clip of the unboxing of this Paper Pumpkin:

  

If I fall in love with one of these Paper Pumpkin kits, I usually can't wait to get creative.  I seldom follow the original designs included with the kit and instead launch off in my own direction.  Well that's what happened when I saw the Nests of Christmas kit. I was able to make a total of 22 cards by subbing out the card bases for 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 Whisper White, Misting Moonlight and Coastal Cabana cardstock.  

Here are my cards: 

I absolutely love how these cards turned out. The photopolymer stamp set provided beautiful sentiments and clear images.  In particular I didn't think I would be too impressed with the Cardinal stamp, however quickly changed my mind when I saw the clean crisp lines of the image stamp out.  Although the stamp is smaller than the Cardinal that's included in the kits Ephemera, its just the perfect size for layering on the greenery.  So that's a keeper!  

I basically cut all the card bases included in the kit into three pieces and then mixed and matched these for the various card designs I came up with .  I only cut apart one of the envelopes as they were so beautiful it was  hard to taken them apart.  

When I was putting this card together I didn't like the look of all the white space between the birds and branches, so I coloured the white background with my Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends.  I also used some Shaded Spruce to colour up the branches a bit more and blended that in with the Misty Moonlight.  The image was mounted with dimensionals over top of the background which is also in Misty Moonlight.  

Well I hope  you enjoyed seeing all the cards I made with this super Paper Pumpkin kit.  They will be selling replacement kits as well.  I'm planning to purchase the coordinating dies as I could have easily incorporated tags instead of the circles used to platform the images in my cards.  If you want to know more about getting a Paper Pumpkin subscription you can click here for details.  

In the meantime let me know which of these cards are your favourite(s).  I'd love to hear.  

HAPPY STAMPING1!

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

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Yuletide Village Stampin' Up!

I took the chance on buying a small stamp set on page 56 of the new Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini catalogue called Yuletide Village, and I'm so happy I did! 

This 9 piece photopolymer stamp set features traditional village houses, trees, a church image. fence and snow which are perfect for creating wintery village scenes. Although I've only used the set to create cards, it would also be ideal for making tags and home décor.  

The line stamp images in this set are very easy to color with blends, watercolor pencils or ink. The images are very easy to cut out.  

Here are some cards I've made so far with this jewel of a stamp set:  

I found a video on Youtube by Andrea Wallbaum from Germany who demonstrated her masking method for the card below, which I cased.  I added my own little touches of course, but I was most enamoured with her neutral colour scheme, and wanted to capture that for my card too. 

I used Stampin' Up! Masking paper to mask off the individual pieces so I could create a village scene. If you didn't have masking paper you could simply stamp on a post it note, cut out the image and place it over the actual stamped image.  Remember when cutting the mask to cut very close to the outside line of the image, otherwise after you blend and remove the mask you will wind up with a halo effect around the stamped image.

This stamp set will be gone soon when the Last Chance Products offering is happening in December, so if you're interested in purchasing it don't wait too long. This is not just a seasonal stamp set, it can be used for any occasion that features houses.

Happy Stamping!
Penny Tokens Stampin' Spot
Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

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