SUMMER GARAGE SALE / BIG PROMOTION / NEXT CLASSES

We're having our big annual summer garage sale!

July 30

     8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

July 31

     8:00 AM - NOON

August 6

     8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

August 7

     8:00 AM - NOON 

JULY 25 - AUGUST 31 PROMOTION (while supplies last):

Place an order ($50.00 +) through me and receive a very special collection of samples.

• Samples of all the embossing folders from the Holiday Mini Catalog. (p.74)
• Samples of all the specialty papers from the Annual Catalog. (p. 135)
• Samples of all the specialty papers from the Holiday Mini Catalog. (p.75)

These will be large enough (4 X 5 1/2”) to use in your card making.

OR

Punch a hole in one corner and hold them together with a notebook ring.

LIMITED SUPPLIES / LOCAL PICK-UP ONLY.

NEXT SCRAPS AND PRAYERS CLASSES:

AUG. 9 / Pay to register by Aug. 2.  Beautiful cards.

SEPT. 13         / Pay to register by Sept. 6.

OCT. 11 / Pay to register by Oct. 4.  Seasonal cards.

NOV. 8 / Pay to register by Nov. 1.  Seasonal cards.

DEC. 13 / Pay to register by Dec. 6.  All Christmas!

FUTURE CLASSES ADDED WILL BE LISTED HERE. 

Come back soon for more creative inspiration!

Happy Stamping!

Wonderful New Heat Tool

How would you like a new heat tool --- for FREE?

This one is fabulous.  It is a streamlined, easy-to-hold size and works great.

From now until June 25, all orders* of $75.00 or more** will be placed into a drawing for a brand new heat tool!!!
  *before tax and shipping
**orders must be placed with me directly or online through my website

Sound great?  Start getting your orders ready and give me a call!

If you order online --- while you're there, check out other great tools available now.

Well, I'm off to get back to working in my studio.  I hope you have time today to work on your orders and then stamp something, too.  Have a great day!

S-A-B Projects

I've been having a lot of fun creating projects with our Everyday Enchantment products from our S-A-B promotion.  These colors are sure to chase away the winter blahs!   They are so bright and cheerful, they just make me smile.
I decorated 2 of our cute little Kraft Gift Boxes (#124106) and made a couple of coordinating cards --- all with the Everyday Enchantment DSP, coordinating brads and ribbons from our current Sale-A-Bration promotion.  It's difficult to see it, but I added some of my Frost White Shimmer Paint/alcohol spritz over the card fronts and the flowers on the boxes.  I used the Fun Flowers die (#121812) to create the flowers on the top of each box.

Now is a great time to place orders, host workshops and/or sign up to become a part of my Stampin' Up! Team.  It all involves lots of extra free products for your creative enjoyment --- cards, projects and scrapbooking creations.  Check it out here!!!  You'll be glad you did!

Would you like to see what my daughter created using S-A-B with MDS?  Click here and enjoy!

Don't forget to sign up early for the February 18 Brunch Bunch class and create your own beautiful collage frame.  Check here for my class events.  Click here to see samples of some of my collage frames and read details about the class.  This is going to be a blast! 

It's Here... S-A-B and My 50/50 Club!

BE SURE TO READ ALL OF TODAY'S POST, SO YOU WON'T MISS OUT ON MY 
                    SPECIAL PROMOTION!!!!!

Sale-A-Bration:
January 24-March 31!!!  Choose free product for every $50. you spend!!!  (CLICK THE TITLE ABOVE TO SEE THE SALE-A-BRATION GOODIES!)

It's the best time to:
Place an order with me.
Order online from my website.
Host a workshop and get LOTS of free product!
Sign up to become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator --- reduced fee / extra product / loads of fun!!!
Also, when you become a member of my Team, you get lots of extra perks --- a 'Thank You for Joining' gift from me, attend monthly meetings for free (free Make and Take projects + lots of ideas for you to try), attend any of my classes for 1/2 price, participate in my Hostess Scrapbook Club crops at a reduced price --- and all the online resources for Demonstrators only.

50/50 Club!!!

Drum roll, please.....
I am announcing a new promotion of my own:
I am starting a 50/50 Club.  Because you get a free product for every $50. you spend during our Sale-A-Bration, I thought this would be a good time to start my 50/50 Club.
Here's how it works:
For every $50. you spend (before tax and shipping), you get to sign a square on my 50/50 board.
When the board is full, I will cut up the squares, toss them onto the floor and let Toby Joe choose a lucky winner.
That person is the lucky winner of a $50. shopping spree!!!

Simply Sent -- Simply Wonderful!

There is so much exciting news right now with Stampin' Up!
You can get a Big Shot for free!
You can shop the Clearance Rack for super deals!
You can make some super cool holiday cookies.
You can make a zillion projects with our Simply Scored.
You can make wonderful holiday gifts and projects with products from our Holiday Mini.
You can get free product while enjoying stamping with the Simply Sent Kits.

Wow!  That's a lot of news.  Check out the links on the left and learn more about each one.

Here are the Simply Sent kits.  You can make 8 cards with each kit and the envelopes are included.  Right now, if you order 2, you can get a coordinating stamp set FREE.

 Here's what you get in the above kit.

Here's what you get in the above kit.

Here's what you get in the above kit.  Don't forget, all the kits come with envelopes.

I want to share some ideas with you for using the kits.  They're great 'as is' but you don't have to stop there.

Here's a Christmas card version.

This kit comes with 4 blue and 4 red cards.  Isn't the cut edge just gorgeous?  Look how easily they can be made into Christmas cards!

I will take the extra pieces that I did not use on these cards and do something with them for another project.  Nothing goes to waste.

Check back later and I'll be sharing more quick and cute card ideas that you can do with these kits.

Toby's Birthday Specials!

Happy Labor Day!  Today is brought to you by the number 5!  Not only is it the 5th (of Sept.) but Toby Joe will turn 5 this week!  That's right, my stamping buddy will be five years old --- even though I think he'll be a puppy forever.  (His birthday is actually on Sept. 8, but we're starting the celebration today.)

In honor of his birthday, Toby Joe has helped me come up with FIVE very special specials:

1.  Place an order with me for $50. or more and get 5 yards of free ribbon -- your choice of ribbon.

2.  Pay to register for 5 classes (any 5 classes from now through Dec. 15) and get a free package of assorted In Colors CS --- your choice of 81/2 X 11" or 12 X 12" -- That's 5 colors!!!

3.  Host a workshop with 5 orders ($50. or more each) and get a package of the new In Colors Brads -- That's 5 colors!!!  This is in addition to all the wonderful hostess gifts you'll already be getting as the hostess, not to mention other free products.
Special note:  If you add your own $50. to your workshop, your workshop will come in at $300. and give you $50. in free product (That's another 5 to celebrate!) and if you bump it up to $400., you'll earn $65. in free product + qualify to choose 1 item for 50% off  (yet two more 5's!).

4.  Place an online order through my website for any 5 items (clearance rack included!!!) and earn a coupon for $5.00 off a class of your choice (not to be used with other coupons).

5.  Sign up to become a member of my team and enjoy a ton of benefits as a new Stampin' Up Demonstrator, including 5 free gifts from me!!!  My team members enjoy all the benefits of a SU Demo plus attending a monthly meeting (free), get 1/2 off all their classes they take with me and the privilege of joining us at our scrapbook club crop for just $5.00.

Toby Joe's birthday special will go from now until the end of September (2011).
(That's 25 more days after today -- another 5!)

How would you like some free ribbon!

How would you like some free ribbon --- like a yard of EACH of the new In Colors?  Place an order of $25. (before tax and shipping) with me and get a free ribbon sampler.  I must receive your orders (with payment) by the end of August for this special offer.  That will be your last opportunity to order from the summer mini catalog, as well.  Your order may be from either catalog or some from each!  If you place an order online through my website, that will count, too.  I will order the ribbon on August 31 and let you know as soon as it comes in and I get it measured and ready for you. 

Place an order of $50. or more (before tax and shipping) and receive 2 yards of each new In Color!!!
While we're at it, how about DOUBLE BINGO POINTS?!!!  For every $25. you order (at one time), your already were receiving one BINGO POINT, but from now until the end of August, you will earn DOUBLE BINGO POINTS!!!  You will use these points at my Christmas party in December.  We are going to play Bingo for some great prizes and have a lot of fun!!!

Here's a peek at the beautiful ruffled ribbon.  You will love it!

Free Papers!

Do you love free stuff?  I sure do!  During August, if you buy any 3 packages of our gorgeous Designer Series Papers, you can choose 1 more package FREE!  What a deal!

Would you like even MORE free goodies?  Here's how you can get them:
Sign up to Hostess a workshop with me.  I hold them in my home, so all you have to do is bring your friends, bring some simple refreshments and prepare for a fun time stamping together.
While supplies last:
My Hostess will receive (in addition to a free Idea Book & Catalog) free index tabs to use with your gorgeous new catalog.
How about more free?  I will print out for you all the 'recipes' to make the projects in the catalog, so you'll know what supplies you need for each one!

With the new Hostess plan in place now, you'll have the opportunity to earn Hostess dollars and shop for brand new products.  Your Hostess dollars can be used for any product in the book!

Does this sound like something you'd like to do?  Contact me today and we'll set the date for your fabulous workshop.

Big Sale!

We're getting ready for our big Garage Sale.  It's Aug. 4-6.  The complete schedule is on my Stampin' Up! website.  www.lanahorton.stampinup.net

There will be LOTS of stamping and scrapbooking retired items.  Every day, I clean out and find more to add to the sale.  Come and check it out!

Sneak peek!

Hot News!

It's that time of the year!  The retirement lists of stamps and accessories are out and they will be going fast.  It's best to order retiring items online from my website, so you can see instantly if they are still available.  If there's something retiring that you really want, I strongly recommend that you order it right away.  These items go very fast and...when they're gone...they're gone for good!

I'll be back soon with today's Color Coach post.  Go on and do your shopping now and come back later to see today's color -- More Mustard.

Shop at www.lanahorton.stampinup.net

...and the winner is...

Aaron is choosing a winner for April's Monthly Drawing, while Toby Joe takes a break.

...and the winner is...
 Marsha W!  Aaron looks excited that Marsha won:)

It Feels Like Christmas!

It feels like Christmas around here! Yesterday, the Stampin' Up 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog went live and I got to place my first big order. It was so difficult to decide what to get because it is full of wonderful products and I really wanted them all!

Today, our new couch and chair arrived. After all our disasters, it is such a joy to look at the family room end of my studio and see it looking beautiful -- no more floods and no more damaged anything. We had an entirely new back-up system put in, along with a brand new (larger) sump pump. We should be all set if we lose power during a storm.

Now, I can get back to stamping and creating projects with all my new stamping toys. I am busy creating new displays in my studio to show off some of our new products, not to mention working toward my Island Oasis Party to introduce the new catalog. Please contact me if you'd like to get a catalog, join scrapbook club, host a workshop, or even sign up to be part of my team!