Occasions Mini Catalog

New product is here! Check out the Occasions Mini Catalog (link is posted to the right of this page).

Just a few more days for the Holiday Mini

There are just a few days left to order from the Holiday Mini Catalog. While the holidays may have past, you can always buy ahead for next year. Order by January 3rd. Many of the products will not be available again, so if you want them in your collection, don't delay.

Happy New Year! Out with the old, in with the new. The Occasions Mini Catalog begins on January 4th. Stay tuned and I'll post a link to it on the 4th. Also, Sale-a-Bration, the best sale of the year, starts on January 25th.

Virtual Garage Sale

I have to clean out a closet where I've been keeping some of my retired collection of stamps so that I have room for baby boy's stuff. Let me know if there is something you'd like to add to your collection.

All stamp sets are wood mounted (carefully trimmed rubber) and in like new condition unless specified. I prefer to ship priority mail ($5) if you get more than one set I'll see how they best fit to try to save you on shipping, or if you live in the Salt Lake area, you can pick them up.

I've listed the set name along with the copyright date (if known) to help you find it in old catalogs if you want to see the image. You can also request that I email you a picture.

Respond to this post or email me shaunawright@netscape.net

Tag Time 2004 (was a hostess set) $15
Portfolio Collection II 2000 $18
Love It 2006 (hostess) $12
Bitty Bolds 1998 $12
Simple Seasons 2003 $10
Wonderful Woodcuts 2001 (SAB) $8
A Merry Season 2001 $14
Seasonal Images 1998 $8
Sweet of You 2004 (hostess) $15
Cute as a Bug 2003 $12 **new and unmounted**
Ho-Ho-Holidays 2003 $15
Perfect Presentation 2007 (hostess) $20
Spectacular Birthday 2002 $15
Party Punch 2007 (hostess) $10
Sweet & Simple 2003 (hostess) $10
All About Autumn 2002 $20
Swirl Frame Fun 2002 $18 *some craft ink stains on wood*
Little Layers II 2003 $15
Bunch O' Bugs 2000 $10
Both Way Blossoms 2006 (hostess) $15 **new and unmounted**
Def Decorative Daisy 2000 $20
Bold Line Alphabet Upper + Bold Line Alphabet Numbers 2000 $22
What Could Be Better? 2004 (hostess) $18
Fun Faces 1997 $14
Reindeer Greetings 1999 $12
Make It Count (hostess) $12 *new and unmounted*
Warm Words 2006 $15 *minimal staining on one block*
Berry Christmas 2009 $18 *new and unmounted*
Snow Buddies (hostess) $15 *new and unmounted*
Spring Solitude (hostess) $12 *new and unmounted*
Jumbo Outline Alphabet $30 *new and unmounted*
Two Cute 2007 $8 *new and unmounted*
Happy Heart Day $15 *new and unmounted*
Holidays & Wishes 2007 $10 *new and unmounted*
Life's a Breeze $18 *new and unmounted*
It's the Thought 2009 (hostess) $8 *new and unmounted*
In the Stars $20 *new and unmounted*
Halloween Frights $8 *new and unmounted*
Sprinkles $8 *new and unmounted*

Accessories:

Ribbon Originals Seaside $6 new in package
Ribbon Originals Sweet Shop $6 new in package

Digital Christmas Cards

I used My Digital Studio to make 3 Christmas cards. It's regularly $79.95 but if you order by Tuesday, November 30th, you can get it for 50% off!

Christmas Cards

I promised in my most recent customer email that I'd upload some Christmas cards in hopes to give you some inspiration (and in lieu of my Annual Christmas Card class), so to start out I'm reposting a few cards from the past. Why repost? So that you can quickly see some ideas instead of searching through my blog and so that I can show you a few things between now and when I photograph the cards I've recently made and new cards I want to make).

This card uses the Snow Swirled stamp set.

This card uses the Season of Joy stamp set, the scallop oval punch, the small oval punch, and the scallop edge punch. Colors are Old Olive and Bravo Burgundy.

These two cards feature the Delightful Decorations stamp set.

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Top Note Season of Joy

Here is a pretty quick Christmas card. I love how the Top Note die for the Big Shot helps make some simple cards that don't take a lot of time. I used the Season of Joy stamp set along with Real Red and Wild Wasabi for this card. The ribbon is actually some retired wasabi ribbon that I got from the Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack (at a fantastic price)! If you haven't checked out the clearance rack lately, be sure to check it often for the best deals. Go to my website at http://shaunacundick.stampinup.net and click SHOP NOW and then click Clearance Rack. Stampin' Up! adds retired items to it occasionally and everything is while supplies last.

200+ New Clearance Rack Items

Wow! Stampin' Up! just added over 200 items to the Clearance Rack and there are some AMAZING deals on there. Watercolor Wonder Crayons and Card Stock (in old color configurations) are so cheap ($7.99 a set for the crayons)! There are also packs of Designer Series Paper at 60% off, spools of ribbon, accessories, Big Shot Dies, and more up to 80% off. If you want to take advantage of these deals, hurry because they are only while supplies last. Go to my website http://shaunacundick.stampinup.net and click SHOP NOW then CLEARANCE RACK. Be sure it shows me as your demonstrator so that you get the best pricing. Orders for Clearance Rack items must be placed through my online store.

Retired Stamp-a-Stack card

Here's another card from my retiring stamp-a-stack card class. This is a very simple card to make -- just a 1/2 inch wide strip of designer series paper along with a stamp punched out with a circle and layered onto another circle. I rounded the two outer corners with my corner rounder to make the edges a little softer. Colors are Certainly Celery and So Saffron, which are two of my favorite.

Wedding Bells Invite

Here's a card that I designed for my friend to use as a bridal shower invite. Mine doesn't have the "you're invited" stamp on it because I wanted to be able to use it for a congrats or for the bride card instead (and I figured I'd just stamp it when I need to use it). The colors matched the Save the Date from the wedding. We were glad that Stampin' Up! came out with the new Pear Pizazz (one of this year's In Colors) because it matched the wedding colors perfectly. The blue is Brocade Blue (now retired). We textured the background with a textured impressions embossing folder for the big shot and punched the wedding bells stamp (from the retired Sketch and Event stamp set) with a couple of circle punches and layered it onto the scallop punch. The white highlights on the stamp were made with the white Signo Gel Pen. The greeting spot is punched with the modern label punch.

Big Shot Thanks

Here is another card from my Spring Card Buffet. It uses the Top Note die for the Big Shot, along with the Cherry Blossom Embosslits Die (I love this one because it cuts and embosses at the same time). I used the 5 petal flower punch to make the leaves (just cut 2 of the petals off) and put a brad in the center of the flower. The "Thank You" is from the With All My Heart stamp set which debuted in the Occasions Mini Catalog, but is now in the current Idea Book and Catalog as well. I love this set! Check out some of the other cards I've made with it (and posted back in January and February).

Whimsy Wheel & Flowers

This card uses the Whimsy Wheel and the Think Happy Thoughts stamp set (which is now retired). Yep, it's another from my retiring stamp-a-stack class. Colors are certainly celery and rich razzleberry. The greeting is from the current Heard from the Heart stamp set.

Pale Plum Garden Whimsy

Here is another card from the retiring Stamp-a-stack that I held in June. The set is Garden Whimsy (greeting is from Sincere Salutations). Colors are all retired too--pale plum, mellow moss, and barely banana. I debated whether I should even post this since the products are retired, but the layout can be modified to fit about any set and color scheme.

Floral Butterfly

Here is another card from my Spring Card Buffet. It uses the Flight of the Butterfly set and the coordinating punch. Colors are Regal Rose and Almost Amethyst (now retired). The designer series paper is also retired, but you can really make this card with any piece of patterned paper. The ribbon is white taffeta. Another quick and easy card!

Jumbo Stars

Here is another card from the Card Buffet I held in the Spring. This is a quick and easy card featuring the Classic Stars jumbo wheel. The "celebrate" is from the Celebrate Everything stamp set, which is now retired, but you could easily substitute another greeting in place of it. I used Real Red ink and card stock and white craft ink.

Circle Four Square

I love the Circle Circus stamp set. It is so versatile and can be used for almost any occasion depending on what color scheme you use. It's also one of those stamp sets that can be used on more manly cards (as opposed to my many flower sets). This card uses a few retired colors of card stock and ribbon, but I wanted to share it anyway for the layout idea (since you can easily adapt it with other colors). I used the 1-1/4" and 1-3/8" square punch.

One of a Kind

Here is one of the cards that we made at my Retiring Stamp-a-Stack class back in June. The set is One of a Kind which is now retired, but I still wanted to share the idea because it could be used with almost any flower set. We stamped the flower image and then cut it out, added a strip of Old Olive card stock and tied a bit of ribbon around it for the leaves. The white is textured with (you guessed it) a textured impressions embossing folder for the Big Shot. Colors are Old Olive, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, and Chocolate Chip.