Olive Birthday & Special Offer--Freebies!

Another Birthday card? Are you surprised? I can't help it, I've got Birthday on the brain! You can never have too many birthday cards made up ahead of time for that part of the year where time escapes you and you forgot to plan ahead. 

See you how you can get this FREE below!!

Actually, I am using my Stampin' Up! Whisper White Birthday Calendar (101398 $7.95) that you fill in yourself (after you decorate it with stamps, of course!) to keep ahead of the game for 2010. Each person's birthday is written on the appropriate year, and you just refer to it to remind you when birthdays are coming up. I make the cards and put them into envelopes to address and sign at the appropriate time.

My SPECIAL PROMOTION:  Place an order of $50 or more through my Demonstrator Website From January 30th to February 15th, and I will send you a **FREE** Whisper White Birthday Calendar! It's simple. Just click on the SHOP STAMPIN' UP 24/7 button on my right sidebar, place your order and I will send you a free calendar. Also, you will earn one Sale-A-Bration item FREE for each $50 you spend. 

(Orders on my Website only and US ORDERS ONLY). 

Shopping List for the Featured Card:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive Textured

Designer Series Paper: Simply Scrappin' Christmas Jingle Kit

Stamps: Fundamental Phrases

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Modern Label punch, Die Cut from Simply Scrappin' Christmas Jingle Kit, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt flower, Stampin' Dimensionals

Snowflakes and Birthdays!

This card was quick and easy! One piece of designer paper, some accents and BOOM! Happy Birthday! It's a great masculine card, too. Notice how those snowflake punched Very Vanillas fit perfectly on the printed designer paper? I was surprised to see that!

Shopping List:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, scrap of Chocolate Chip textured 

Designer Paper:  Merry Moments

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: 1/8" Hole punch, Snowflake punch, Modern Label punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

As usual, for all of YOUR Stampin' Up! needs, feel free to use my Website to order 24/7.

Pals Paper Arts #27

Thanks for visiting on Pals Paper Arts challenge day! Play along, it's fun. Just create a Snowflake item, upload the DIRECT LINK using Mr. Linky on the Pals site, and you are in! 

I am still on the Birthday theme! I used punches, scraps of paper and self-adhesive die-cuts from the Simply Scrappin' Christmas Jingle kit to create this card.

Shopping List:

Card Stock: Real Red, Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin'

Stamps: Fundamental Phrases, Tiny Tags

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: Self-adhesive die cuts from Simply Scrappin' kit, Word Window punch, Snowflake punch, Small Heart punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Real Red Rhinestone Brad 

As usual, you can use my Website 24/7 to order your own Stampin' Up! supplies.

Birthday Script and Sneak Peek

I can't help but be drawn to this Sweet Pea theme! The stiched felt flowers and paper stack go together so well. Look at those circles on the paper and the circles of felt. Easy PEAsy!

Shopping List:

Card Stock: Melon Mambo, Rose Red, Blush Blossom, Taken with Teal

Designer Series Paper: Sweet Pea Paper Stack

Stamps: Well Scripted

Ink: Rose Red

Accessories: Sweet Pea Stitched Felt flowers, (retired) Purely Pomegranate Stitched ribbon

Please order with me for all of your Stampin' Up! products.

Here is a sneak peek of my creation for Thursday's Pals Paper Arts Challenge:

Don't forget to play along!

Sweet Pea Birthday

I'm rolling on a birthday theme this week! This card is a great way to explore the new Sweet Pea Paper Stack in the Occasions Mini. There are soooo many choices in the stack and many color combinations. You won't have a problem creating with this handy stack.

Shopping List:

Card Stock: Always Artichoke, Pumpkin Pie, Kraft, Taken With Teal

Designer Series Paper: Sweet Pea Paper Stack

Stamps: Well Scripted

Ink: Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Scallop punch, Large Oval Punch, Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Marker

If you NEED to order this Sweet Pea Paper Stack (or any Stampin' Up! products) please use my Website to order 24/7.

Mojo Monday 123

I loved today's Mojo Challenge. You could choose round or square! I chose square and I really like how it turned out. Play along!

Shopping List:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Pretty In Pink

Designer Series Paper: Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin'

Stamps: I {Love}Love Jumbo Wheel, I {Heart} Hearts, Tiny Tags

Ink: Real Red, Pretty In Pink

Accessories: Eyelet Border and Small Heart punches, Stampin' Dimensionals

For these or any other Stampin' Up! Product needs, please use my Website to order.

Pals Paper Arts #26

Play at Pals Paper Arts today! Just create your *new* "Anything But a Card," upload it with a direct link to your blog post or online gallery, credit PPA26 and you are on your way to sharing your love of paper crafting!

This is such a simple project! And it is large enough to hold an entire bag of Hershey Kisses--okay minus the two I ate while creating! Chocolate is my weakness, what can I say?

I took a 9 x 9" piece of designer paper from the Sending Love Specialty pack and scored it three inches from each end all the way around. Then I punched each side, beginning in the middle with my Eyelet Border punch. Fold on the score lines, then fold in the four corners and voila!--you have a square box with a 3" bottom and 3" sides. 

I took each corner and used my 1/8" punch to make a hole to thread my Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon to close up my box. Filled it with chocolates and let a sweet card candy hang from the Silver Stretch Cord.

The Card Candy tag is made from a Large Oval punched out of Very Vanilla and stamped with a Jet Black Staz On image from Love Bug (hostess). Peeking out from behind is a Word Window punch with the sentiment from Love Bug in Riding Hood Red. It's matted with a Sending Love Specialty paper punched with the Modern Label punch. 

The three punches are set together and adhered to the box just-so with a Stampin' Dimensional.

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DON'T FORGET!  Today is the LAST day to order your Love Sparkles Class Kit-To-Go!!
Email me for details!

Build-A-Bear Bonus

Happy Birthday to a special little girl! Her birthday isn't until February, but I am ready, thanks to some inspiration from my pal, Ann Schach. Isn't this Build-A-Bear so cute! Beary Best Friends is the stamp set that has the images and the sentiments come from Beary Nice Wishes. The new Mini has more Build-A-Bear items, so check it out here. For every purchase of $20 from the Build-A-Bear Workshop collection, you will receive a coupon with your oder for $5 off any purchase at Build-A-Bear Workshop stores. What a great gift for that special little someone in your life.

Above is a sneak peek of my creation for the Pals Paper Arts Challenge #26. Tune in tomorrow, bright and early so you can join us playing at Pals Paper Arts!

Bear Card:

Card Stock: Pretty In Pink, Whisper White, Very Vanilla

Designer Paper: Sweet Pea Paper Stack, Sweet Always

Stamps: Beary Nice Wishes, Beary Best Friends

Ink: Basic Black

Accesories: Pumpkin Pie grosgrain ribbon, Ticket Corner punch, Eyelet Border punch, Blender Pen

Any time you need to shop Stampin' Up!, Shop With Me!

Clean and Simple Tuesday

This week's Splitcoast Clean and Simple Challenge is to use the color teal with white and one other color.

I chose to start my card with some scraps of Sweet Pea Paper Stack with Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White. These had been sitting on my desk for over a week. I used the stamp sets Love Bug (hostess) and Mark the Date, which were inked in Taken with Teal.

I hope you enjoy my card. I'd love to see your comments. I read them all.

As usual, if you need any Stampin' Up! supplies, please use my Shop With Me Button on the sidebar.

Email me if you have any questions!

Last day to order your Love Sparkles Kit-to-Go is THURSDAY, JANUARY 20th.

Mojo Monday 122

Monday, Monday! I love Mojo Mondays!  Come play along, won't you? My upline, Mary Fish, designed this sketch and I really like how versatile it is. I used some designer paper from last year, called Candy Lane. Only the Modern Label Punch background for the sentiment is a piece from the *new* Sending Love Specialty paper. I don't think the photo captures the sparkle on that punched piece, but it's there. I like how the glitter doesn't come off the paper, too!

Ingredients:

Card Stock: Pretty in Pink, Textured Real Red, Very Vanilla

Designer Paper:  Candy Lane, Sending Love

Stamps: Flexible Phrases

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Extras: Gold Stretch Cord, Pinking Hearts and Scallop Border punches, Modern Label, Word Window punches, Bigz XL Flower Folds, Big Shot, Dimensionals

All Supplies Stampin' Up!

If you would like to create using Stampin' Up! please order with me any time.

Still Available to order: Love Sparkles Class-Kit-To Go-- You will make 12 different Valentines and decorate a cute box for storage or gifts. Shop now!

Play at PPA!

This week we have an Inspiration Challenge at Pals Paper Arts. I know it was easy for me to be inspired by:

C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E!!!

If I had a stamp that said, "I Love Chocolate", honestly, it would be WORN OUT!!  I think I've captured the elements of this photo without the drool. There are Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, white lines, rounded corners and hearts to signify *L*O*V*E!!!

Also, there is BLOG CANDY THIS WEEK!

Pictured Above: Patterns Pack Designer Serie Paper III (60 sheets, 2 each of 6 double-sided designs in each color), Button Bouquet (30 buttons), Fleurettes (12 crocheted flowers).

What do you have to do to be eligible to win? Submit your creation using the inspiration photo and upload with Mr. Linky on the Pals site. One random winner will be selected and announced on Wednesday, January 20th. Tune in that day and see if it's YOU! Then email your address so your prize will be shipped directly to you. Simple and fun.

Shopping List:

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Whisper White

Stamps: Grateful Greetings, I {Heart} Hearts

Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip

Extras: Pinking Hearts Border punch, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Gold Stretch Cord, Stampin' Dimensionals

If you need any supplies for your Valentines, please use my website 24/7.

Questions? Email me.

Love Sparkles Class Kit-to-Go details HERE. (Limited time only)

Pals Paper Arts Sneak Peek Wednesday

Be sure and tune in Thursday morning to Pals Paper Arts and see what our challenge is this week! Check out Pals Papert Arts today to see who was picked as Paper Artist Pick of the week.

Stay tuned to Papercrafts by Patti to see the entire creation right here, Thursday morning! Have you subscribed? My updates will be delivered right to your email address so you never miss a thing!

Shop with me any time.

See you tomorrow!

Stampin' Royalty #1

Stampin' Royalty's very first challenge is a birthday theme to celebrate their birth!

I used a sheet of designer paper from Stampin' Up's new Sweet Pea paper stack for the background paper. It comes with lots of flower stems, so I didn't have to do much to dress it up!

Next, I punched out some coordinating colors from my Scallop punch and one more from Sahara Sand for my sentiment. It's the Happy Birthday from Well Scripted. This paper and stamps are available in the *new* Occasions Mini!

Shopping List:

Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Taken With Teal, Rose Red, Sahara Sand (retired)

Designer Paper: Sweet Pea Paper Stack

Stamps: Well Scripted

Ink: Taken With Teal

Extras: Ribbon (retired)

If you need any Stampin' Up! Supplies to complete your projects, please shop with me any time.

Questions? Email me.

For every $50 in Stampin' Up! products you order, you get one item from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog absolutely free!

Don't forget to HOP with the talented Stampin' Pretty Pals. You can begin here!

Mojo 121

Mojo Monday is too fun to miss! Play along, won't you? This card came together in a snap, thanks to some new designer paper, a piece of leftover embossed paper and some punches.

I began with a Bravo Burgundy base cut long-wise from an 8.5 x 11" piece of cardstock. I cut a slightly smaller piece of one of the prints from the *new* Specialty Designer Paper "Sending Love" every sheet has one side that sparkles! (This side doesn't, though). It is so fun to work with, very high quality. I used a sentiment from God's Blessings to stamp in Chocolate Chip onto Whisper White corner-rounded piece of cardstock and placed it under my textured harlequin strip. I used the 1" and 1-1/4" punches under the Happy Birthday and candles from So Many Scallops. In between those circles I placed half of a Snow Blossom punched Pretty in Pink "crown." This is for a birthday queen I know! I duplicated the half-circle and "crown again at the bottom of the Whisper White sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my creation. Please leave your comments, I love them all.

If you are in need of any Stampin' Up! supplies, please use my website to order.

If you need a fast and easy kit to make all of your Valentines or to give as a gift, check out my Love Sparkles Class-Kit-To-Go.

Love Sparkles Class Kit-To-Go

Just a reminder so you don't get left at the last minute trying to make Valentines for all of the special people in your life! The Love Sparkles Class Kit-to-Go is ready to GO for you! You receive all the materials you need to create 12 cards. You can keep them in the lovely box that comes with your kit, too. (This would also make a great gift to give to those who are always admiring your card-making skills, but cannot make their own!)

All you need to provide:

Adhesive

Paper Cutter and Paper Snips

Paper-piercing tool and foam mat

For full details, please see my earlier post. I'd love to mail your kit soon so you will have fun making your Valentines!

As always, if you have any Stampin' Up! needs, please shop with me 24/7 or email me.

PPA24 Sketch Challenge

My pal, Margaret Moody sure knows how to put together a sketch to inspire! At Pals Paper Arts, each Thursday morning, our Design Team puts out a challenge. Anyone can "play." You create a project using our sketch, color combination, inspiration photo, etc. Participants photograph their creations, post them on a blog or online gallery, DIRECT LINK it using Mr. Linky on the PPA site by Tuesday at noon CST, and you are playing along!

Each week three participants are chosen as Pals Paper Artist Picks, and those lucky folks get to post our logo on their blog. Their creations are posted on the Pals site on Wednesdays.

Keep on playing because once a month we offer blog candy to a random participant!

I encourage you to play along with Pals Paper Arts~

Card Shopping List:

Card Stock: So Saffron, Textured Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Sweet Pea Designer Stack (117161 24.95 for 48 sheets)

Stamps: Well Scripted

Accessories: Kraft Corduroy Button, Photo Corners punch

For all of your Stampin' Up! needs, please use my website, where you can order 24/7!

PPA Preview and Sale Information

This is a preview of the Pals Paper Arts Challenge #24, which debuts Thursday, bright and early! Tune in tomorrow and play along!

Things to remember about the Occasions Mini Catalog (Jan 5-April 30) and Sale-A-Bration (Jan 5-March 31) promotions:

CUSTOMERS:

• New items available only during sale period in the Occasions Mini. Check them out and make up your wish list.
• For every $50 in product you order, you will receive one item from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog--no limits! You still earn regular Hostess Benefits.
• New this year, you may also choose from over 75 products to receive instead of a Sale-A-Bration item. See Page 11 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

NEW DEMONSTRATORS:

******If you sign up to be a demonstrator between now and March 31st, you - 

                  1.  Choose your starter kit: 

                       -My Digital Studio + Starter Kit 15% off (regular $185) now only $157 OR

                       -Regular Starter Kit: 15% off (regular $199) now only $169 

                 2.  You will also receive any stamp set up to $47.95 value *free* for signing up

                 3.  Your standard discount is 20% on merchandise, but you will receive a one-time                              30% discount on your first order.

You can see that this is the BEST time to sign up to be a demonstrator and a really GREAT time to shop with me!

If you have any questions about these offers, please do not hesitate to email me.