May - New Stampin’ Up!® Products – Just Released

Welcome to May the month of showers and flowers and hopefully sunshine wherever you live.  May is also a month of union and birth, so it’s appropriate to introduce the Best of 25 Years Collector Series Best of Stamp Set called Best of Brides and Babies.  

Make sure you go to the Best of 25 Years link at the top of my blog for all the details on how you can earn free stamp sets simply by purchasing the Best Of series of stamps.  Click here to view the Month of May stamps online and for ordering information. The highlighted stamp is a "never before seen" stamp.


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25% Off on Select My Digital Studio Products

What's All the Fuss About:
During the period from May 1^st to June 15^th you can take advantage of Stampin' Up!s  25 % offer on select My Digital Studio content and print products.  Wow now that's a great savings!

Digital content includes:

• ALL ensemble 
• calendar
• photobook and 
• swatchbook digital content. See it here.

Print products include: 

• ALL photobooks,
• swatchbooks
• cards
• tags 
• Individual pages, and calendars. See it here. 

 The Fine Print 

• Orders can be placed online or through me on a workshop order.  If you want to add to a workshop order remember to add the hostess code.
• Discount for downloads only available for artwork released prior to May 1, 2013. 
• Make sure you have the latest version of the MDS software to get the discounts on print products. 
• Offer deadlines:Phone: Friday, June 14, 2013; 6:50 PM (MT) OEX or online: Saturday, June 15, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT)

BLOG HOP PRIZE HAS BEEN CLAIMED

Once again Congratulations to Debbie Flattum for wining my prize on the LNS Spring Treasure Hunt Blog Hop.  I'm happy to say that Debbie has been in touch with me to claim her prize and it will be sent out to her today. 

Debbie will be receiving a Simply Sent Kit, Heart individual Clear Mount stamp and a card from me.

Debbie responded to my call out: "This is so exciting, Penny!!  Thank you soooooooo much!!!  I look forward to your wonderful prize!!  You are very generous." Inky Hugs,  Debbie Flattum

For those of you who missed out on all the fun and prizes,and for those of you who participated and enjoyed the Spring Treasure Hunt I've got exciting news. We're doing it again!

I've just learned that the LNS Fall Treasure Hunt and Blog Hop will begin on October 29th, so mark your calendars.   The Fall Treasure Hunt promises to be even bigger, better and more exciting!  Like Survivor, we'll be throwing in a few surprises and twists along the way so make sure you come back for more information.

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LNS Spring Treasure Hunt and Blog Winner

May 15th is here at last and I'm so excited!!  If you think I'm excited because  it's the Ides of March, you're wrong just like "Brutus" (Et Tu Brute).  But, if you guessed I'm excited because it's finally draw day for the Grand Prize Winner of the Spring Late Night Stamper's Treasure Hunt and my blog draw prize winner then you're oh so right!

So let's start with the winner of the $150.00 Grand Prize drawn by Sherrill Graff.  Drum roll please..........and the winner is Heather Hopson!!!  OMG that's my sister!!!!  

Can you see me?  I'm the one jumping up and down.  What awesome news.  I just couldn't wait to phone Heather to see if she knew her name had been drawn.......and guess what she didn't, so we both got to jump around together!!!!  She's been on a winning streak all week starting with 4 numbers in the lottery and then this!  What a lucky girl!.  Oh and if this win wasn't enough she also won a Stamp-a-ma-jig on Bev Farmer's blog.  I told Heather she better go out and buy another lotto ticket.  

Congratulations Heather!  All kidding aside I know both wins were well deserved because you spent hours checking out the 50 LNS blogs that participated in this fun event and then telling me about all the neat sites you explored.  

Heather's comment on my blog about participating in the Treasure Hunt read:  "Your card creations are wonderful and I had a lot of fun completing the Treasure Hunt.  The best part is going to other sites and seeing such beautiful inspirations."

I didn't have a picture of her this morning when she got the news, but thought I'd share this picture from my last trip to see her.  We had a fun morning opening up her box of new Stampin' Up! supplies and trying out all the new products.You couldn't wipe the grin from her face.  I can't imagine how happy she'll look when she gets her $150 grand prize goodie box and her Stamp-a-ma-jig! I'm sure she'll be grinning for a week or more!

KUDOS FOR THE TREASURE HUNT:
Before I move on to share the next piece of exciting news, namely the winner of my blog prize, I just want to say that the LNS Spring Treasure Hunt couldn't have happened without the generous support and backing of Sherrill Graff. Not only did Sherrill donate the $150 Grand Prize but throughout the months leading up to the draw she encouraged all the LNS Treasure Hunt bloggers in so many ways.  Sherrill emulates Stampin' Up!s Statement of the Heart philosophy so well!

Another great gal who deserves a round of applause is Deborah Smart a Canadian Demo from BC, who assisted with the setup and smooth operation of this year's LNS Treasure Hunt.  Deborahs done an outstanding job of getting the participating 50+ bloggers listed and kept us updated throughout the whole process.  

Both of these remarkable stampers have put in endless hours on this blog hop and I can't thank them enough.   And finally I just want to say that I am so proud to be a member of Late Night Stampers.  IMO you just can't find a better group of stampers anywhere to be associated with.  Awesome blogs ladies and awesome Treasure Hunt...............thanks so much!!

AND ANOTHER PRIZE: 
A big thanks to the 11 people who took the time to stop by my blog during the Treasure Hunt and to leave a comment or send me their Treasure Hunt Clue Lists.  You folks rock and to thank you I put all your names in a hat and drew a winner, and it is:

Debbie commented on my blog on May 2nd and said:  "It has been fun doing the treasure hunt.  I enjoyed looking at your blog, too.  Many creative ideas.  TFS!!" 

Debbie I'm so happy that you are my winner.  Please contact me within the next seven days to claim your prize at pennyhanuszak@telus.net.