Last Call for Creative Tuesday!

Tomorrow, Monday January 23rd, is the LAST DAY to Register for January's Creative Tuesday Classes!!

There are TWO to choose from!!

First, there's the Stamp-A-Stack — available as a Full and Express Version, as well as "On the Go!" if you can't attend in person (CLICK HERE for "On the Go!" Details)! Here are the featured cards for this month — there are THREE sentiment options for the "celebrate" card and for the Heart card, you'll also have the option of a flower image and "you make me smile" sentiment:

For complete details, CLICK HERE!

The other class option is going to be SO FUN and filled with techniques! "So Many Smooches" will help you gear up for Valentine's Day and learn all sorts of ways to use Smooch Spritz. Here's a look at this class!

For complete details, CLICK HERE!

I hope to see YOU at Creative Tuesday on January 31st, but don't forget to register by the end of the day on Monday January 23rd!!

Creative Tuesday’s Stamping Break!

After a day of family fun, take some time for YOU! Pop on over to December's Creative Tuesday (open from 6:30 – 9:30 pm on Tuesday December 27th) to warm up with complementary Hot Chocolate and Candy Canes and enjoy some stamping!

If you have family in town visiting – bring them with you*! Introduce them to the craft of rubber stamping, and enjoy the evening together being creative!

You could even make it part of their Christmas Gift by pre-registering them. If you decide to do this, let me know and I will stamp you an exclusive handmade Christmas Card with the voucher inside so you can put it under the tree!

This session of Creative Tuesday is a special one, as it will kick off our Occasions Stamp-A-Stack in addition to featuring a beautiful Well Worn 6×6 album.

Don't want to be gone long this evening? We completley understand that you might not want to be away from your family long, which is why this month's Stamp-A-Stack Cards have been designed for quick assembly! You should be able to be in and out in record time with this class option (or even arrive late if you have plans extending later into the day!)

And top off the fun, for every 5 people that register to attend the December 27th Creative Tuesday, either the Stamp-A-Stack or Album, I will give away a FREE PASS to come back and stamp with us at the January Stamp Shoppe! There is no limit to the number of free passes I'll give away — if 20 people register, I'll give out 4 free class passes!

 
*Creative Tuesday Sessions are open to those ages 18 and over. 

Well Worn 6×6 Album Come make a beautiful album for memories of any kind! This versatile album is good for any of life's moments – and is rich and geometric in pattern to even appeal to the men in your life! There are TWO class options for this class to fit into everyone's budget – you can create a Page Protector Album with Binder Rings, or put the pages into a complete Linen Album – your choice! Registration Deadline: Tuesday December 13th   Option #1: 6×6 Linen Album, 1 Full Pack of Antique Brads and all other supplies (bring your own SNAIL Adhesive & Stampin' Dimensionals Only). Cost: $40 Option #2: 6×6 Page Protectors with Binder Rings and Ribbon, 1 Full Pack of Antique Brads and all other supplies (bring your own SNAIL Adhesive & Stampin' Dimensionals Only). Cost: $25 Sorry, this class is not available on the go as there are not instructions available.

December Stamp-A-Stack This is the first month of the Occasions Stamp-A-Stack Round!   SPECIAL FEATURE: We have a special feature to this Stamp-A-Stack Round!! There will be SEVERAL sentiment options for each card!!!! That means if you don't want the cards to say what they say in the sample – you can change them with a different sentiment that is the same size and style. There will be 2 or 3 generic sentiments for every card! You can make all 6 cards the same sentiment, or change them up so you have different sentiments on the same style card!   Here are the cards that you'll be making in December – come and make 6 of each of these 2 designs for a total of 12 cards. You'll also receive 12 envelopes and a full pack of In Color Polka Dot Brads! Registration Deadline: Tuesday December 13th   To Register for the December 27th Stamp-A-Stack (bring your own SNAIL Adhesive & Stampin' Dimensionals Only). Cost: $25, CLICK HERE: To Register for the December 27th Stamp-A-Stack ON THE GO!, CLICK HERE:

Save $10 with the Stamp-A-Stack Club!
There's still time to save $10 by joining the Stamp-A-Stack Club – you have through tomorrow, December 13th to register!

This option is available BOTH "On the Go!" and for attending in person, and any combination of the 2 if you want to attend some and can't make others! 

Sign up for all 4 months and get 48 cards, 48 envelopes and 4 accessories!

Pre-Pay for all 4 months by December 13th and save $10 – pay just $90!

All Club Members will also receive entries into drawings for product giveaways during each session!

For more details about the club, CLICK HERE.

To Join the Stamp-A-Stack Club and get all 4 months worth of cards, CLICK HERE:

To Join the Stamp-A-Stack Club and get all 4 months worth of cards via "kits" sent to you in mid January, CLICK HERE:

Occasions Stamp-A-Stacks!

For complete details on "Creative Tuesdays", which the Occasions Stamp-A-Stacks are a portion of, CLICK HERE!

Stamp Shoppe Open THIS Weekend!

Don't forget: If you can't attend in person, you can "Shoppe on the Go!" — e-mail me at alystamps@gmail.com for more info!

Stamp Shoppe is open this weekend — and it's one you won't want to miss as we bring the Holiday Season to a close! Our Cards this month feature 3 Christmas Cards that allow you easily leave the sentiment out and simply have "Winter Cards", 2 "Winter Cards" with snowman and fun winter sentiments that are good for any time, and a Birthday Card. Our Scrapbook pages this month are the last Christmas Pages of the season! AND – it's your LAST CHANCE for handmade Gift Packaging at our Specialty Shoppes! Come make Gift Bags, Tags, Gift Card Holders and more! Due to some scheduling conflicts, I'm going to be cutting tomorrow (Tuesday December 6th) instead of Thursday — so I need to gather as accurate of a head count as possible today and tomorrow morning. If you're not signed up to attend yet and want to – shoot me off an e-mail as soon as possible! I will cut some extras, but they will be first come first served after tomorrow, so the best way to ensure your spot is to RSVP today.

This Month at the Card Shoppe…   December 9th from 5:30 – 9:30 pm OPEN Hours; EXTENDED Holiday Hours!!!  OR December 10th from 9 am – 1:00 pm OPEN Hours; EXTENDED Holiday Hours!!!  at 1000 Winton Road North, Rochester NY 14609     Cost: $15 or FREE with a $20 Order during class.     Here's a look at the "The Card Shoppe" line up for December! I can't wait to see YOU at the Card Shoppe this month! To RSVP now, CLICK HERE!   This Month at the Scrapbook Shoppe…   December 9th from 5:30 – 9:30 pm OPEN Hours; EXTENDED Holiday Hours!!!  OR December 10th from 9 am – 1:00 pm OPEN Hours; EXTENDED Holiday Hours!!!  at 1000 Winton Road North, Rochester NY 14609        Cost: $20 or FREE with a $25 Order during class.     Here's a look at 2 of the 3 pages we'll be making this month at Scrapbook Shoppe! I can't wait to see YOU at the Scrapbook Shoppe this month! To RSVP now, CLICK HERE!   This Month at the Specialty Shoppe…   December 9th from 5:30 – 9:30 pm OPEN Hours; EXTENDED Holiday Hours!!!  OR December 10th from 9 am – 1:00 pm OPEN Hours; EXTENDED Holiday Hours!!!  at 1000 Winton Road North, Rochester NY 14609     Cost: $8 per Option or FREE with a $15 Order during class.    Here's a look at the two different Goodies & Gifts Class Options (do 1 or both!)    Option A includes a Wine Bottle Tag and Bow, a Decorated Box & Tag and a Stocking Gift Card Holder (or use it for candy canes or any other small trinkets!) Option B includes a darling punch art Santa topping a 1×8 cello bag with a Twizzler (or add a pencil or any other item from home), a gift bag that holds a card right in the front of it (you'll make the card, too!) and a gift tag that pulls out and also serves as a bookmark! I can't wait to see YOU at the Specialty Shoppe this month! To RSVP now, CLICK HERE!

I hope to see you this weekend, but if I don't, have a WONDERFUL Holiday!!!!

Last Call for Stamp Shoppe this Weekend!

Stamp Shoppe is open THIS weekend (Friday November 11th and Saturday November 12th). Tomorrow is the last day to sign up to attend!

At Card Shoppe, come and make 6 cards for $15 or FREE with a $20 order.

Here's a look at month's cards!

CLICK HERE for more details!

At Scrapbook Shoppe, come and make 3 12×12 pages for $20 or FREE with a $25 order.

Here's a look at month's pages!

CLICK HERE for more details!

Hope to see YOU at Stamp Shoppe this weekend!

More Grand Achiever’s Day Treats and Highlights!

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's post — Part 1 of the Grand Achiever's Day highlights! Now it's time for MORE!

Here are some photos of the girls working on their albums. A closer look at the album will be coming soon, because it will be one of the classes available during December's Creative Tuesday!

After all of the stamping, it was time to head outside for dinner! My hubby grilled for us — hot dogs, hamburgers, pasta salad and potato salad – Camp Food!!!

We enjoyed the food around a Campfire : )

And then it was time for Games!!! If there's one thing that's become a ritual – it's CRAZY games…. I make them work hard for their stamps, LOL! But the girls were motivated to bring on the crazies at this event, because at stake were two 6×6 albums and two copies of the "Daring Adventure" stamp set that we used for the pages!

And what was their silly game to earn them?? A Mini Marshmallow competition!!!! They broke into Teams of 4, and started at a cup of Mini Marshmallows…

They had to put a Mini Marshmallow in their nose and run down to the other table….

And blow it out into their cup on the other side!

They had 2 minutes to get as many marshmallows into the cup as they could… and the winner got a FREE Stamp Set or Album!! It was so stinkin' fun (and FUNNY!!!!!)

And then…. it was time for Gourmet 'Smores!!!! I made each of the girls a Gourmet 'Smore Cookbook on My Digital Studio. I printed off all of the pages on Whisper Whisper White Cardstock and put them together with a Binder Ring and some ribbon:

Each of the pages had a different 'Smore recipe!

Here's what the actual MDS JPEGS looked like:

There were 8 recipes, I'm not going to put them all here, but will share a couple!

And the best part??? They all got a FULL 'Smore fixin's buffet with ALL of the options in the recipe book!!!

So they got to make DELICIOUS gourmet 'smores and roast marshmallows around the fire!

And when we had finally had enough 'Smores, it was time to wind down and share our Workshop Horror Stories around the campfire : )

What a BLAST!!!! I just love our Team Events, they are so much fun and the friendships that develop from them are priceless.

And now….. for a VIDEO HIGHLIGHT!

Untitled from Aly Schilling on Vimeo.

YOU can see what it's like to be a part of this active Team of Demonstrators today and receive a FREE BIG SHOT or $100 in product of your choice just for doing so! When you purchase the Starter Kit and get your free gift, you will automatically be eligible for all of our exclusive benefits and perks through March of 2012. If you decide to renew your Demonstratorship during this time, you'll reap the benefits for even longer! Click Here for even more information on our active Team of Heartfelt Stampers – there are many opportunities for both local and long distance Team Members!

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Grand Achiever’s Day Favors & Treats!

Hi Everyone! Over the next couple of days, I'm going to share with you the behind the scenes for why I've been SO DARN BUSY lately, and unable to do much extra stamping & blogging!

In September after I return from Founder's Circle (when I'm blessed enough to earn it!), I do an incentive event for my own downline called Grand Achiever's Day! Every year is a different theme.

This year's theme was "THE GRAND STAMP CAMP!" This is going to be a 2 part post…. today I'm going to share with you the favors and gifts!

I used both My Digital Studio (MDS) and "Traditional Stamping" on these projects. I just love how the two can combine!

First, they were invited!!! The invitations went out back in July, but I don't think I ever posted them…. I designed them in My Digital Studio — what I did, was design a card front and a card inside, then I saved the pages as a JPEG file. I then brought the JPEG files into a Word Label Template where I could tile them to bring multiples on one sheet. I cut them down to 4" x 5 1/4" so that I could mount them to a regular size card with a little bit of a border. I don't have a photo of the finished card, but here are the MDS JPEGs I used:

Here's what they looked like when I created the tile to print them on a sheet:

For the actual event, the first thing I made were these little 3×3 cards — these were all done with MDS — or at least, the images were. I printed them off on Whisper White Cardstock and mounted them to Cajun Craze Cardstock with Stampin' Dimensionals! I wrote each of the girls a little message inside.

The next thing I did was order a bunch of compasses and typed up a little tag on MDS, punched them out with the Decorative Label Punch and tied them on with Hemp Twine. I did a little "talk" about the North, South, East and West points of our business and asked the girls to keep these to remind them of what direction they're headed.

This goodie was mostly all hand stamped – aren't they super cute!? 'Smore Kits!!! The box was all hand stamped and paper crafted…

Where MDS came in was on the labels for the tops — I wanted the 'Smore image to be smaller than the stamp was, and wasn't really wanting to use my own hand writing — so MDS came to the rescue to help solve both of those problems, yet still coordinate with the rest of the ensemble!

Then there were water bottles! The Belly bands I used "traditional" Well Worn Designer Paper to wrap around, and the labels were done in MDS (this is a MDS exclusive image set!)

I ordered each of the recipients a bag and a hat as a memento of the day:

I tied a flashlight onto each of the bags with some 1 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.

The hat was inside along with all of their make and take packets for a 6×6 album! And a full pack of Antique Brads!

And here's a look at what each spot at the table looked like all set up with the above:

All set and ready to go for the Achiever's to arrive!!!

MORE highlights and projects from the day coming tomorrow – stay tuned!

YOU can see what it's like to be a part of this active Team of Demonstrators today and receive a FREE BIG SHOT or $100 in product of your choice just for doing so! When you purchase the Starter Kit and get your free gift, you will automatically be eligible for all of our exclusive benefits and perks through March of 2012. If you decide to renew your Demonstratorship during this time, you'll reap the benefits for even longer! Click Here for even more information on our active Team of Heartfelt Stampers – there are many opportunities for both local and long distance Team Members!

Click Here for more information about this special promotion!