Way to Go Top 10!

Part of my new downline recognition program includes me sending a hand stamped card to my Top 10 Sales Achievers each month. Here's the card I made for February's Top 10!

And here's a Congratulations to the ladies who received this card!

1. Kriss Huels
2. Jen Rios Raner
3. Gloria Plunkett
4. Amy Rist
5. Shelly Sanville
6. April Waite
7. Ann Meyer
8. Pam Kane
9. Davina Allgrim
10. Rhonda Nelson

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• I don't generally do monochromatic cards, but I saw this layout in an old catalog done in So Saffron and really loved the look – so decided to try it with Stars and Pumpkin Pie instead!
• The stamp set used here, "Starring You" is a stamp set that you can take for FREE until the end of the month during Sale-A-Bration! I just love that Stampin' Up! is allowing us to pick stamp sets for under $16 this year!
• I used the "Scallop Border Punch" to create the scallop edges on the Whisper White Cardstock. I think this was my first time using this edge punch on 2 edges like this with a piece of cardstock in the middle… a little different!

WHAT TO ORDER:

Starring You Stamp Set (111696 or FREE During SAB!), Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (105117), Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink (105216), Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Pumpkin Pie 1 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (115616), Scallop Edge Punch (112091), Wide Oval Punch (112082) and 1/16" Circle Punch (101227)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To sign up for the Sweet Pea Scrapbooking Class! Click Here for more details! Deadline was Friday but I have ONE Free Spot!
  
• To order your March Card Kit of the Month! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for the Spring Card Class! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for our Spring Stamping Retreat Weekend!! Click Here for more details!
• To place your qualifying orders to earn FREE Stamp Sets, it's Sale-A-Bration!! Click Here for more details!

Chew, Chew!

I know, it's  little late for Valentine's… but you can file this one away for next year! I've had a busy weekend with family and haven't had much free stamping time, so was trying to find something to share with you and realized that I had never shared this darling Valentine my mom made for my son, Landon!

The heart designer series paper used is in the Welcome Neighbor Paper Pack that you can take for FREE During Sale-A-Bration! Here's a look at the full swatch sampling:

WHAT TO ORDER:

Whoo's Your Valentine? Stamp Set (115344), Bermuda Bay Cardstock (115317), In Color Stampin' Write Markers – Bermuda Bay – (116329), Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Neutral Stampin' Write Markers – Basic Grey – (109126), Basic Black Classic Ink (101179), Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker (100079), Old Olive Cardstock (100702), Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (105517), Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Marker (105115), Real Red Cardstock (102482), Real Red Stampin' Write Marker (100052), Real Red Corduroy Button (117268), 1" Circle Punch (107217) and Welcome Neighbor DSP (118401 – FREE During SAB!)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To sign up for the Sweet Pea Scrapbooking Class! Click Here for more details! Deadline was Friday but I have ONE Free Spot!
  
• To order your March Card Kit of the Month! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for the Spring Card Class! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for our Spring Stamping Retreat Weekend!! Click Here for more details!
• To place your qualifying orders to earn FREE Stamp Sets, it's Sale-A-Bration!! Click Here for more details!

March Team Time!

We had a fantastic Heartfelt Stamper's Team Time last night!! We have re-vamped our Team Times and have a fabulous, fun new format where we're creating a Technique Page, Card and 3-D Project each month!

Jen Rios Raner led our card project this month, here she is teaching us how to use the Tulipe Die negative for stenciling!

And here is her fantastic creation that we each made!

I can't share the technique page or the 3-D project that we did here, that's exclusive for attendees and Out of State Team Members – one of the many perks of being on our Team! But I will share with you the cover of my Technique book. I issued a "Technique Cover Contest" for each of the girls that attended, they were all given a blank cover and then this month need to decorate it in whatever way they wish, then we'll be voting on our favorites at our Retreat Weekend and giving out free prizes to the winners!

Here's some of the ladies hard at work with their projects!

We also kicked off a BRAND NEW Incentive & Recognition Program for Team Members!!! We have a brand new incentive day called "Grand Sales Achievers Day" and anyone who receives "Sweet Treat Accessory Cups" throughout the Year gets to attend! Here's a look at all of the Sweet Treat Accessory Cups that were given out this month:

So much fun! Click here to learn more about joining our Team so that you can join us for the next one!!

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To sign up for the Sweet Pea Scrapbooking Class! Click Here for more details! Deadline is TODAY!!!
  
• To order your March Card Kit of the Month! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for the Spring Card Class! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for our Spring Stamping Retreat Weekend!! Click Here for more details!
• To place your qualifying orders to earn FREE Stamp Sets, it's Sale-A-Bration!! Click Here for more details!

Cocktails & Banana Splits PJ Party

Even though Regionals was canceled last weekend, a handful of didn't get word until we had already driven out and checked into our hotel room. So we did the best we could do and made the most of it… the Cocktail & Banana Splits PJ Party went on!!!!

I had made up these little cards for everyone to have when they checked in at the front desk…

After lots of cancellation/snow storm drama and dinner, the evening started off with Banana Splits and Cocktails…

We had stuck the ice cream outside in the snow before we went to dinner so it would stay cold… only when we got BACK from dinner there was about another 8 inches of snow and the ice cream was BURIED… here's the sight out our window trying to uncover the ice cream!

After we loaded up on those, we played a game… have you ever played "SPOONS"? Well, we played that but with stamps instead of spoons and called it "STAMPS"!

I made a cute little jar to hold the stamps in, and covered the deck of cards to look pretty and match

The top winners got these chocolate candy bars, they were all done with the Kaleidoscope DSP, but there are a couple variations…

Then I had some door prizes, here's the first, a basket with lotions and such…

This water bottle reminded me SO much of the image from Friends 24-7, so I just had to get it and stamp a tag with that stamp set to coordinate!

And then in keeping with the ice cream theme, I picked up these little ice cream coasters and address book and made a coordinating tag with an upcoming stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalog!

So much fun despite the snow!!!

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To sign up for the Sweet Pea Scrapbooking Class! Click Here for more details – DEADLINE in 2 DAYS!!!!
  
• To order your March Card Kit of the Month! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for the Spring Card Class! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for our Spring Stamping Retreat Weekend!! Click Here for more details!
• To place your qualifying orders to earn FREE Stamp Sets, it's Sale-A-Bration!! Click Here for more details!

Happy Birthday to Mom!

Finally!! I can share my mom's Birthday gift with all of you!!! Her Birthday is the same as mine, January 17th, but our family Birthday party just kept getting pushed back and back, finally we got together yesterday to celebrate January & February Birthdays so she's received it and I can share it!

First, here is the card:

And a close up of the card…

Then here is the box for her gift that I made to match the card:

And a close up of the box…

And then what was inside the box…

And a look at the Simply Adorned Bracelet & Charms!

A close up of this side of the charms…

The charms are reversible, here is the other side!

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• This set is ALL about vintage stamping!! Shelli gave a Vintage Stamping Presentation and Leadership and I fell in love… ever since, I've been ALL over it! In fact, I'm going to be teaching a Vintage Stamping & Stencils Class as part of our Spring Retreat in April!
• The thing I've been using most in my vintage stamping is the "Color Spritzer Tool" and a Chocolate Chip Marker. That's how I've gotten the splattered look you see here and there, see the flower pictured to the right for a sample of what I mean.
• I've also been using the heck out of the Pretties Kit with Vintage Stamping! I just love pulling in some pearls and "bling". While the Pretties Kit has some fabulous Rhinestone Brads, I've actually been using the Self-Adhesive Rhinestones in the Egg Decorating Kit right now. I just love the ease of peeling and sticking them on!
• Another great element to Vintage Stamping is creating some Shimmer Paint Mist by combining Rubbing Alcohol and Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint in a water spritzer and spritzing your cardstock or DSP with it.

WHAT TO ORDER:

Tiny Tag Stamp Set (118091 – Wood, 118592 – Clear), Charming Stamp Set (116519), Bella's Bloom Stamp Set (111600 – Purchased, 120228 – Code to take it FREE During SAB!), SAB Exclusive Set Vintage Labels (118392 – Wood, 119122 – Clear), Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper (115680), Extra Large Fancy Flower Punch (118073), Medium Jewelry Tag Punch (117190), Eggcellent Eggs Kit (117179), Chocolate Satin Ribbon (117287), Simply Adorned Bracelet (117342), Simply Adorned 5/8" Circle Charm (117349), Simply Adorned 5/8" Square Charm (118476), Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (116806), Rose Red 12×12 Cardstock (107086), Gable Green Cardstock (102795), So Saffron Cardstock (105118), Very Vanilla Cardstock (101650), Basic Brown Classic Ink (104315), Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker (100071), Rose Red Classic Ink Pad (101778), Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware (111325), Pretties Kit (109114), Designer Label Punch (107590), 1 1/4" Square Punch (104400), Color Spritzer Tool (107066), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Big Shot Die Cut Machine (113439) and Stampin' Up! Blossom Party Die (115971)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To order your March Card Kit of the Month! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for the Spring Card Class! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for our Spring Stamping Retreat Weekend!! Click Here for more details!
• To place your qualifying orders to earn FREE Stamp Sets, it's Sale-A-Bration!! Click Here for more details!

March Card Kit of the Month

Do you love having cards designed for you and all of the pieces cut and ready to go?  Then the Card Kit of the Month is for you!  The March Card Kit of the Month is now available! The deadline for placing orders is March 15th.  Here's a look at the 2 sample cards for this month.

You can purchase the January Card Kit of the Month Online Today – for more details Click Here!

If you're a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, you can purchase the Card Kit File Pack – for more details Click Here!

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To Sign Up for the Spring Card Class! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for our Spring Stamping Retreat Weekend!! Click Here for more details!
• To place your qualifying orders to earn FREE Stamp Sets, it's Sale-A-Bration!! Click Here for more details!

Shoebox Swap for Me!

PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER FOR US!!!! It's looking like we're going to be getting some weather when we're all trying to drive into Regonials. I'm optimistic that the weather men are either wrong or blowing things out of proportion…. And if they're not, well…. then I'm optimistic that the people who are charged with taking good care of our roads are going to be out there doing their best salting and plowing! So because we WILL all be there on Friday (and some on Thursday, we WILL, we WILL!) Here is my Shoebox Swap!

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• This stamp set is a set from the upcoming Summer Mini Catalog! It's called "Sweet Scoops" and is a darling build-an-ice cream stamp set.
• I did the "kissing" technique for the ice cream scoop top – I stamped it in Pretty in Pink Classic Ink, then inked up the sprinkles in Rose Red and stamped the sprinkles onto the ice cream scoop stamp, into the Pretty in Pink Ink, instead of on the paper. Then stamped the image once it had both colors on it.
• The cherry was done in markers, and has Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter on it.
• The background cardstock was all done with the Scoring Blade on my Paper Cutter!

WHAT TO ORDER:

Sweet Scoops Stamp Set (Coming SOON!!!!), Chocolate Chip Cardstock (102128), Chocolate Chip Classic Ink (100908), Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker (100071), Creamy Caramel Cardstock (102514), Creamy Caramel Classic Ink (103220), Close to Cocoa Cardstock (101341), Pretty in Pink Cardstock (100459), Pretty in Pink Classic Ink (101301), Rose Red Classic Ink (101778), Rose Red Stampin' Write Marker (100063), Soft Subtles Brads (106954), Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (102023), Paper Cutter (104152), Scoring Blade (104154), Crystal Effects (101055) and Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To Sign Up for the Spring Card Class! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To Sign Up for our Spring Stamping Retreat Weekend!! Click Here for more details!
• To place your qualifying orders to earn FREE Stamp Sets, it's Sale-A-Bration!! Click Here for more details!