Fun Friday Stamping!

If you are local you can stop by the screen house on Friday from 3-6pm and enjoy a little crafting time! I offer several projects on a first come first served basis. You pay $1 per project made. I occasionally offer an optional quick class if I have something extra to share.

I look forward to stamping with lots of friends current and new ones too!! I will also have orders from the New Catalog Kick Off event to pick up.

The NEW Catalog!

Do you have your copy of this fabulous catalog yet? If you don't and you do not have a demonstrator that you work with please e-mail me and I will get you a copy of this wonderful, creative tool!!

I held my New Catalog Kick Off event on June 3rd. I had customers and team members attend and a fun time was had by all! We played some games, made charts using the 5 new In Colors for 2016-2018 (Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Sweet Sugarplum) and of course did some shopping in the new catalog!

This month is a great month to host an event, either live, online or as a catalog show. Stampin' Up! is offering and extra $35 in Host Rewards on events with sales of $350 or more. These are in addition to the regular host rewards!! I have a few dates on my calendar so contact me today to set up your event.

June is also a great month to join my team. If your shopping list includes more than $100 in products from the catalog consider joining my team. There is no obligation but lots of opportunity and you get $125 of product for $99 and FREE shipping! This month you also get to add 2 EXTRA stamp sets to your order making the value even bigger.

Here are just a few facts about the 2016-2017 catalog.  It includes so much you will need to go through it several times to see all the wonderful products and project samples. Look for the 20 product bundles to SAVE $$.

Sale-A-Bration Fun begins on January 5th!!!

Do you want $56 in FREE Stampin' UP! product of your choice?

Of course you do. You are a crafty nut like me. And you like saving money. Keep reading.... All the way to the end.

January 5th is the start of Stampin' UP!'s promotion called Sale-A-Bration.

During Sale-A-Bration you can purchase the Stampin' UP! starter kit for $99 and choose $155 in Stampin' UP! product. Oh did I mention shipping is free on your start kit?!

Ok this is where I lose people. They go..."I don't want to sell Stampin' UP! stuff" Or "I don't want to have workshops, or classes or online stuff"

This is where I say.... YOU DON'T HAVE TO! All you have to do is purchase the kit. There is no risk and no obligations. You don't have to have classes, perform circus acts or beg people to buy stuff from you. You just enjoy the discount as long as you choose to stay active by placing $300 worth of orders in a quarter.

Then you enjoy the following amazing benefits:

20% off all your own Stampin' UP! orders and orders you place for friends!

 

Still not convinced this is the right choice for you? Go through the NEW Occasions Catalog and make your wishlist. Was the total more than $99? This is definitely the right choice!! Contact me and we can talk about it.

If you truly just want to order great products and earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration product for every $50 (before s/h and tax if not in NH) then I can help you with that too!

Winter /Spring Classes

Stamp-A-Stack Class - Thank yous and Love

I love offering this type of class because you get to choose which cards you make and how many of each one you want! You will make a total of 12 cards from the 6 designs I have prepared. You can do 2 of each or up to 3 of any single design!!! The designs will be able to be used as thank you notes, Valentines, feminine birthday cards, weddings, showers and others. I will bring a number of greeting stamp sets and you can add what ever greetings you need. You can also choose to leave them blank and add a sentiment at a later date!

Register by Thursday, January 7^th

Cost: $25

Date and Location: Sun., January 10^th  at 11am at the Hinsdale Community Center

Product Based Birthday card class

We never have enough birthday cards! I am always looking for just the right card for someone. You will leave this class with 8 birthday cards and extra product as well!! We will use many of the products in the "It's My Party" suite from the new Occasions Catalog. Your class fee of $20 includes a sampling of Designer Series Paper, card stock, Enamel Dots, and Baker's Twine as well as 5 Whisper White note cards with envelopes. We will use some if this product to create the cards but there will be plenty left over for you to use to make more cards at home!

Register by Tuesday, January 19th

Cost: $20

Date and Location: Sun., Feb. 7^th  at 11am at the Hinsdale Community Center

Sale-A-Bration card class

We will use the fabulous FREE products that you can earn with a $50 purchase to create 10 cards (2 each of 5 designs). These cards will be fun and easy to use for a variety of events and occasions! Come try out the products and see how you can use these great products to create lots of wonderful cards!

Register by Tuesday, March 8th

Cost: $22

Date and Location: Sun., March 13^th  at 11am at the Hinsdale Community Center

Keene Classes

I am offering a 4 card class on the 2nd Wednesday and a  Technique Tuesday class on the 3rd Tuesday of EVERY month! The classes  have been great!!  I am excited to offer classes like this in Keene each month! Also, if you place a $50 order at class I will waive your class fee! This is only available at the Classes at Keller Williams

Wednesday dates: Jan 13^th, Feb 10^th, March 9^th, April13^th, May 11^th , June 8^th

Tuesday dates: Jan. 19^th, Feb 16^th, March 15^th, April 19^th, May17^th, June 14^th

Cost: $10

Location: 6pm at Keller Williams Real Estate, 391 West St, Keene

Spring Dates to save

Sunday, April 10th, 10 card Spring Occasions cards, Hinsdale, NH

Sat/Sunday, April 30,May1 Alice Funk's scrap book weekend (I will teach one card class)

 

 

Fall Card Class

The registration deadline for the Fall Card Class is drawing near. I need to know by Tuesday, September 8th if you are planning to attend class in Hinsdale on September 13th. I have finished a few of the card samples and will be working on more this afternoon. Here is a sneak peak of a few of the cards.

Have a terrific Thursday!

English Garden DSP Class

These are the cards we made at the English Garden Designer Series Paper Class I held on August 16th. We used several stamp sets including Happy Happenings, Tin of Cards, Honeycomb Hello, Watercolor Thank You and Watercolor Words for the greetings.

All the cards used the Crumb Cake note cards with envelopes as a base. This is a great size card base to work on and with envelopes included are a real bargin at $6 for 20!!!

 

A couple of cute July Paper Pumpkin cards

Happy Thursday! I have spent today continuing to play with the May and July Paper Pumpkin Kits. I have seen some great inspiration and was able to create a couple cute cards.

Tomorrow is Fun Friday for those local to me. I have several projects set up out in my screen house and folks can stop by and stamp from 3-6pm. This Friday I am also going to have lots of retired product out for sale. It is first come first served so get here early to shop and then stay and stamp!!

English Garden Card Class

The deadline for registering for this awesome class is just a couple of days from today. I wound up making 8 samples even though the plan is to make 2 each of 6 cards for a total of 12 note cards. A few are cased right from the catalog, a couple others were inspired, but changed a bit, by ideas I found on blogs. I let the ladies that came to Fun Friday yesterday vote for the cards they liked best now you get a turn. I will add photos of all the cards with a number and you can leave me a comment with your favorite six (by number please).
The local class is Sunday, August 16th at 11am. The class fee is $28 and includes a package of the 12x12 English Garden Designer Series Paper and a package (20) of the Crumb Cake note cards with envelopes. You will use 12 of the note cards and some of the DSP to create your 12 (2each of 6 designs) note cards. The rest of the supplies are yours to use on other projects!

I am offering this class as a Class By Mail. If you are not local to me but want to do the class it will work a bit differently.  I am not allowed by Stampin' Up! to include stamped images as part of a class by mail, therefore the price must include the stamp set. The Class by Mail will include the Happy Happenings stamp set and the Everyday Chic (5 rolls) Washi Tape. I will provide the DSP, card stock and note cards (12) as well as a packet of Metallic Sequins and instructions. You will need adhesive and a Night of Navy stamp pad.  The class cost is $52 which includes all shipping and handling fees. 

So here are the cards


card 1

card 2

card 3

card 6



card 4

card 5

card 7

card 8













Click below to order the English Garden Card Class by mail:

Muggy Monday

Already the air feels heavy and it is not even 8 am!! I can't decide whether to close the windows and try to keep what ever cool air we have in or if that will just make it feel stuffy.

Oh well guess it is a good day for stamping! Janet Wakeland and Marie Bennett both had videos on YouTube featuring alternate projects using the Simply Snowflakes Paper Pumpkin Kit from November of 2014. I still have a few so I guess it is time to create a few of their alternates. There just might be a card for the Christmas Card Class!

Rich and I went and saw the Minions movie on Saturday afternoon. It was funny and cute! I needed a good laugh.

I am planning to go to a crop on Thursday night with some friends where I hope I can make some progress on the school albums I started for my kids. I got most of the class pictures and first day  pictures gathered. Since it is a lot of stuff I think I will try to narrow down what I take so I don't have to make a bunch of trips up and down the stairs to the crop room. I am doing a mix of traditional and Project Life pages in these albums.

 

 

I hope you enjoy these even though the photo quality isn't great. I will share the pages I do on Thursday sometime soon.





Simply Snowflake November 2014 Paper Pumpkin Kit

So I am working on getting some things ready for a vendor/craft fair at the Winchester, NH VFW n Saturday. If you are local to the Monadnock Region I hope you will stop by. The theme is Christmas in July. How nice to get a bit of shopping out of the way while dressed in shorts and flip flops!!

A fellow demonstrator, Rachel Tessmen, from Stamp Your Art Out designed 80 cards using the November 2014 Simply Snowflake Paper Pumpkin Kit and some additional supplies.

Yesterday I made one of each card for a display board I am creating. I have 5 of these great kits that I will have for sale on Saturday. If you are a current Paper Pumpkin subscriber you can click here to get to the Past Kits page and order one for yourself! If you use Hostess Code 2TEF4GW6 and also order the additional supplies I will send you the document with directions as well as a special goodie from me!

So I finished the display board and I think it turned out pretty well. I hope it helps me sell the 5 Simply Snowflake Kits I will have for sale on Saturday. If they aren't sold Saturday I will post on Facebook and give you a chance to get one for yourself!! Of course if you took advantage of the current Paper Pumpkin opportunity to get the first two months at half off then you could order a kit for yourself as a Paper Pumpkin subscriber!

 
 

 

Paper Pumpkin Special

So what a happy day today is!! Stampin' Up! announced a Paper Pumpkin special opportunity that begins in just two days!!

Starting this Thursday, July 23rd new subscribers to Paper Pumpkin can save 50% off there first 2 months!! Yup have a fun craft experience delivered right to your door for less than $10/month to start!! All the messy design work and such is done for you by the wonderful artists at Stampin' Up! so you can just skip to the fun of crafting!

These awesome red boxes contain everything you need for crafting fun except scissors and adhesive. The ink and supplies for the monthly project are all in there! You also get an exclusive photopolymer stamp set and in your first kit you get the clear block to use with all your future kits. These cute, fun project kits are like having one of my classes delivered right to your door every month! The only thing missing is me (mostly because I wouldn't fit in the box)! You do get photo directions and the link to a video so you will be ready to craft!! You can click here to go to the Paper Pumpkin page and sign up! Remember enter the promo code HALFOFF on Thursday and the August kit will arrive for less than $10. When you subscribe with me I will give you a stamp case to keep you stamp sets and ink spots in.

Are you already a subscriber? Lucky you!! Share this offer with some friends then get together when your kits arrive! What a fun girls night out! Below are some alternate ways that I found online to use the great June kit called Happy Thoughts.

 

 

 





July Paper Pumpkin

I was so excited to get my July Paper Pumpkin Kit on Friday! I made myself wait until Fun Friday and opened it with the folks that were here. It is a very cute stamp set and project kit! The kit is called Thanks a Latte and has three greeting stamps, a coffee/tea cup and two plant stamps that are two step stamping!
The card is so sweet as designed by the artists at Stampin' Up! but fun to play around with as well.
I also looked around on YouTube using a search July Paper Pumpkin 2015 and found a few folks who had changed it up a little. Hawaii Paper Party shared the idea of creating a border around an extra piece of card stock using the negative space from around the orange stickers.

You can see that in the card on the left. I also used a small piece of Crushed Curry card stock.

The card to the right I created by cutting one of the DSP pieces from the kit in half vertically, I originally stamped the cup and teabag string right on the Whisper White but felt in needed a bit of color so I stamped it on a scrap of Soft Sky, cut it out and added it with dimensionals. I added one of the clips with ribbon from the kit.

 

One tip I have for you is that you should use a block a bit bigger than the image and if you are using the block that came with your first Paper Pumpkin Kit you should be fine. I was trying to use block A and it was hard to line up as I was looking through the edge part of the block. A block at least a little bigger allows you to more easily line up the two step images.

 

The weather forcast for Friday looks good so join me for Fun Friday from 3-6 in the screen house and see these in person for yourself!

 

 



Paper Pumpkin Fun!

I'm Paper Pumpkin . . .
I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage). I'll help you to escape your life with some paper fun.
I come in a sweet box, but you'll really love what you find on the inside:
All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create pinable projects. Create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more!
Paper Pumpkin by Stampin' Up! is a new monthly kit program that anyone can enjoy!

I am part of an online boot camp offered by Stampin' Up! to help demonstrators promote Paper Pumpkin as part of their business. This is a wonderful program which delivers a fun "class" to your door every month! I love having my bright red box arrive each month and have fun creating the lovely projects designed by Stampin' Up!'s awesome artists and designers!! No thinking just fun!

You can get a fun box delivered to your door too. All you have to do is click the link and join!
There are two ways to join:
1) Click on the above link and put in some information and a lovely red box will arrive at your door each month unless you tell us you would rather skip a month. You will be charged $19.95 each month and the fun will arrive sometime around the middle of each month!
2)Purchase a prepaid subscription for a specific number of months 1, 3, 6, or 12 subscriptions are available. The 1 month is the perfect gift for that crafty someone you love! The 3 month is a wonderful way to try it out for yourself. The 6 month saves a $1/month and can with a few added items get you Stampin' Rewards (hostess benefits)! The 12 month subscription saves you $2/month which is like getting one month FREE! Also the 12 month earns you $30 in Stampin' Rewards!!

Join me on May 17th at 10am in Hinsdale at the Community Center for a chance to create several projects using recent kits and see for your self how much fun you can have every month! Call or e-mail me today to get signed up for this fun event!!!

There are some great deals to be had!! Be sure to check them out! You can head over to my website to order your goodies now! The shop now button is up in the upper right hand corner. Happy Shopping!!

Yesterday I got my winter and spring classes scheduled all the way through the end of April. Be sure to check out the classes and get those dates on your calendar! I have card classes and product based classes and a few project centered classes as well! Some classes will be held at Cameron's Winery in Swanzey, NH and some will be in Hinsdale, NH at the Millside Community Center. If you are local to the Keene, NH/Brattleboro, VT area and would like to attend please e-mail me at lpstamp@gmail.com

2015 Class Schedule

Thank Yous and Valentines

So the holidays are over and you received some fabulous gifts and now you need to send some fabulous thank you notes!! This will be a 10 card class with thank you notes and Valentines (it creeps up faster than you think!) for you to create.

Date/Time: Sunday, January 4th 1:00 pm

Location: Hinsdale Millstream Community Center

Registration deadline: Monday, December 22^nd

Fee: $22

2015  Coaster Calendar

Come create a standing desk top calendar using two chipboard coasters, cardstock, Designer Series Paper and washi tape. I purchased the pattern for this cute calendar from a fellow demonstrator and would love to share it with you. The class fee includes a package of Designer Series Paper and a package of washi tape. You will have enough supplies left over to create another calendar or other projects.

Date/Time: Thursday, January 8th 6:00 pm

Location: My house @ 28 Hardy Court, Keene

Registration deadline: Monday, December 22^nd

Fee: $20

All About Guys @ Cameron's

Masculine cards and gifts are often challenging. We will use new products from the Occasions Catalog to create several cards and I hope a framed item, all with a masculine theme to them. Remember the classes at Cameron's always include a little wine tasting!

Date/Time: Thursday, January 22^nd at 6:00PM

Location: Cameron's Winery, Swanzey, NH

Registration deadline: Wednesday, January 7^th

Fee: $20

Perpetual Birthday Calendar

You have probably seen the calendars that have the dates of the month as a list and you can add a person's name next to their birthdate. Since it is simply a list of dates, it can be used over again each year. Stampin' Up! created a beautiful kit for making just such a calendar. This class fee includes your calendar kit and I will provide the stamps and ink for you to complete the project.

Date/Time: Sunday, January 25^that 1:00PM

Location: Hinsdale Millstream Community Center

Registration deadline: Wednesday, January 7^th

Fee: $18

Best Day Ever Note cards @ Cameron's

We will use the wonderful note cards with envelopes from the annual catalog and several of the Sale-A-Bration products from the Best Ever ensemble to create a set of note cards. The class fee includes an entire package of the note cards and you can use the rest to create whatever notes you like.

Date/Time: Thursday, February 26^that 6:00PM

Location: Cameron's Winery, Swanzey, NH

Registration deadline: Thursday, February 12^th

Fee: $18

Stamp-A-Stack Card Class

I love offering this type of class because you get to choose which cards you make and how many of each one you want! You will make a total of 12 cards from the 6 designs I have prepared. You can do 2 of each or up to 3 of any single design! Since my next card class is not until after Easter, there will be one Easter card as part of the 6 designs.

Date/Time: Sunday, March 15^that 1:00PM

Location: Hinsdale Millstream Community Center

Registration deadline: Monday, March 2^nd

Fee: $25

Birthday Cards @ Cameron's

Time to make the birthday cards you can send to friends and family! We will create 5 awesome cards focusing on kids and ladies (we focused on the guys in January). I bet Leslie and Paul will have some yummy wine for us to sample while we work!

Date/Time: Thursday, March 26th 6:00 pm

Location: Cameron's Winery, Swanzey, NH

Registration deadline: Sunday, March 15^th

Fee: $18

 

Spring Occasions Card Class

Spring brings so many fun occasions including graduations, weddings and days to honor our parents. At this 10 card class, you will create cards for all those and more! These cards will be designed so that you can substitute a different greeting to fit the occasions you have coming up in your life.

Date/Time: Sunday, April 12th 1:00 pm

Location: Hinsdale Millstream Community Center

Registration deadline: Monday, March 30^th

Fee: $22

 Class @ Cameron's

This is a little too far away to plan. We know it will be fun and that there will be wine for tasting... I am open to suggestions for the class you would like to attend!

Date/Time: Thursday, April 23^rd 6:00 pm

Location: Cameron's Winery, Swanzey, NH

Registration deadline: Monday, April 13^th

Fee: $TBA

 

Stamp Stock and Save!!!

From October 1-6 , you'll be able to purchase select ink, paper, envelopes, and adhesive-all at a 15% discount! Plus select stamps are 20%!

Now is the time restock your own supply.  It's an awesome sale and perfect timing to prepare for a fabulous holiday season of gifts and giving.

Check it out and go here to order!!

****I enlarged parts of the Flyer so you can read the item numbers and prices easier. 

~ ~ ~ Ink pads are 15% off too.  Just $5.06 each!! ~ ~ ~

The Regals and Neutrals are also included in the sale but I had trouble getting that enlargement to go in here for whatever technical reason...sorry!

*****Envelopes just in time for those Christmas cards!  Yay!!

I hope you find time to take advantage of this awesome sale!  It only lasts until October 6th!

Class to go and other stuff

Okay, second post today because I could not figure out how to continue post with different format after pasting deals into other post.

I have decided to do the Black and White Class as a class to go. The cost for the Black and White Class to go is $30 and includes supply list, illustrations, brief directions and all card stock and Designer Series Paper that you need. It also includes Priority Mail shipping. You will have to provide the stamp set (I legally can't provide stamped images), ink, your own trimmer(to cut DSP), scissors and adhesive. If you are close enough to pick this up then I will include a $5 gift certificate good for future product purchase or class registration.

This class has been very popular. Let me know if you want to make these 6 elegant cards for yourself!

 

The weather seems to be cooperating so Fun Friday looks to be a go at this point. Stop by the screen house for some crafting fun from 3-6pm. Last week we played with bleach and a fall stamp set. The results were quite lovely! I tried to take a picture of the bleach card and post but my camera and computer appear to not be on speaking terms! I will try to figure it out but not right now. The week before we played with marbles and created this fun card.

Stop by this week and see what we have happening and you just might get to preview some of the goodies I have for the yard sale! Yes, you can buy them early!  

 

This Saturday, September 13th is our neighborhood yard sale. It actually involves two streets and many families. You should definitely check it out!! I will have more things that I have cleaned out of my stamp room...need to make room for so many fabulous new products! I know there will be Designer Series Paper (25 cents per sheet), spools of ribbon(many brand new) and lots of other goodies too! I think we are starting at 8am and going until noon.

 

I am getting very excited for Pink Pint Night! Next Thursday, September 18th I will be at Pink Pint Night which is being held at the Keene Marriot Hotel from 5:30 to 8:30. I will have a quick Make N Take project and will hopefully find people that want to be on my mailing list, book a workshop and register for upcoming classes! I will have a basket of goodies for those that do book a workshop or register for a class.

 

The registration deadline for some upcoming classes is approaching. Be sure you let me know if you are planning to attend and get your registration in soon!

Deadlines: Black and White Class at Cameron's : Wednesday, Sept. 17th

Watercolor Class: Wednesday, Sept. 24th

 

Looking forward to stamping with you soon!!

 

 

new weekly deals

Happy Tuesday! The air here in New Hampshire has certainly felt more like fall than summer the past two days. Cool and dry days with chilly nights...perfect for snuggling under the comforter with the windows open. I have slept better the past two nights than I have in quite awhile.

So there are new Weekly Deals starting today and going through Monday, September 15th. I am sending in an order this Friday so let me know if you need any of these great products at a very good price!  You can call or e-mail me by Friday or click here to go to order them online.

2" Circle Punch Price: $16.95 $12.71 Blushing Bride Baker's Twine Price: $2.95 $2.21 Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter Price: $4.95 $3.71 Hexagon Punch Price: $15.95 $11.96 Modern Mosaic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Price: $7.95 $5.96 Sweet Treat Embellishment Cups Price: $2.95 $2.21 What's Up Punch Price: $16.95 $12.71 World Traveler Photobook Template - Digital Download Price: $17.95 $10.70

Thrilling Thursday News!

So lots of news for you! Stampin' Up! announced that you can earn the stamp set Good Greetings for FREE from now until October 31st with a workshop of $300 in sales. This is in addition to your other hostess benefits!! This stamp set has 19 greetings in a fun easy to read script that can be used for lots of occasions. There are of course the holiday ones right through Valentine's Day but there are lots of others too! I do have available dates so let me know when you want to earn this great set by having some friends over for a fun time!!

 

I want to welcome Heidi Wilson back to Stampin' Up! She is looking forward to scrapbooking with our quality products. I am hoping you will get to meet her at classes or events soon!

 

There is still time to join Paper Pumpkin and get 1/2 off of your first two months! Just click here and you will get to the sign up page. Simply enter the promo code HALFOFF2 and your are all set to begin receiving your crafting subscription each month! You have until September 10th but do it now before you forget!

The Big Shot promotion continues through Sunday. You can order your Big Shot from my online store once you add the item number for the Big Shot which is 113439 you can add any of the 5 exclusive bundles for FREE! (value up to $54.25!) This is a great deal and a super time to get your Big Shot if you don't already have one! If you do already have the BEST crafting tool ever then you can order one of the exclusive bundles for a 15% savings over buying the stamp set and framelits separately! These bundles are NOT in either current catalog (annual or Holiday) so get them now!

Be sure to like me on facebook at Stampin' with Leslie. I added several new events to my calendar yesterday that you will want to attend!

I was playing around with a technique called sunburst yesterday, thanks for reminding me Dawn Griffith! Here is the card I came up with.

It uses the new stamp set For All Things on page 41 of the Holiday Catalog. I also used the coordinating Designer Series Paper Color Me Autumn. Book a workshop and I will show you how to do this great technique!

 

I do thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a happy day!