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DAY 6 of the 12 DAYS FROM CHRISTMAS

Woops – I was so caught up in my SENDING STAMPIN’ TIME announcement yesterday, I forgot to post Day 6. So, here it is.

What did you think of the benefits I have shared so far about joining Stampin’ Up!®? Do you have any questions? If you do, I hope you contact me so we can chat.

There are still many reasons to join Stampin’ Up! that I will continue to share.

Today I thought I would talk to you about joining and what you could add to your STARTER KIT. It’s time to start planning.

What is still on your wishlist? Are there any products in the 2020 – 2021 ANNUAL CATALOGUE that you still want to order?

If you have the new 2021 JANUARY — JUNE MINI CATALOGUE, have you already earmarked what you want to order?

When you join Stampin’ Up!, you get to choose $235 AUD of products and pay only $169 – that’s $66 of products you get for FREE. Even better – a Starter Kit order is not charged any postage, which on a $169 order would be $8.45.

You have now saved $74.45.

Any time is a good time to join Stampin’ Up!.

And, as they say in some advertisments “but wait! There’s more!”.

If you join during Sale-a-bration, you will receive a FREE, exclusive gift from the upcoming 2021-2022 ANNUAL CATALOGUE – an assortment of of five 6″x 6″ stacks of the Designer Series Paper.

As a demonstrator, I have been able to order what you will receive for free. I paid $100 for the 5 DSP stacks. So, if you make the decision to join, you have $174.45 of Stampin’ Up! products at no cost to you.

Sneak Peek New 2021 Stampin' Up! Catalogs - Stamping Country

Here are some STARTER KIT combinations:

#1 Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine ($104) + Flowering Cactus Product Medley ($122) + Pearl Basic Jewels ($8.75) = $234.75

#2 Hydrangea Hill Suite ($154.25) + Hello Dear Friend Kit ($56) + 2 Pearlescent Specialty Paper ($14) = $234.25

#3 Fine Art Floral Suite ($178) + Pretty Perennials Bundle ($56) = $234

There are so many possibilities for your STARTER KIT. One important thing to note is that your kit total cannot go over $235. It needs to $235 or less. As you can see, my three examples range from 25 cents to $1 less than the total value.

As it is New Year’s Eve in Australia, I thought that I would share some of my favourite projects from 2020.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

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CLIMBING ORCHIDS CLASS …

I LOVE it when each first and third Sunday comes around and it is time for my mmm…Stampin’ Time class, especially when I have the chance to SHARE ideas and projects that feature new products from Stampin’ Up! and we get to ENJOY a few hours on a Sunday afternoon creating together before the work week begins.

Our July 16 class was all about CLIMBING ORCHID BUNDLE …

I found the gift box on Pintrest [below] and it was created by German demonstrator Nadja [http://nadjasstempelkreationen.blogspot.com/]. I was able to watch a tutorial for this giftbox made by British demonstrator Keila Calver to recreate this Tricky-Cube-Box/Little Platform Giftbox … thank you to both of these demonstrators for sharing their amazing work.

 

Here are the three projects we made during our Climbing Orchids class … two cards and a giftbox.

I was surprised by the variety of orchid colour combinations nature has produced … endless options to make this bundle so versatile.

 

This was the first time we used the Ruffled 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and it looks amazing when you use Shimmery White cardstock.

All three projects use the tree branch from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits.

The giftbox looks elegantly simple but is a bit tricky to achieve the peaked corner … persistence is needed, but well worth the effort.

 

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SETTING GOALS

I have lots of things on my to-do lists – crafting list, demonstrator list, mum list, work list, horrible jobs to do around the house list …. some of these I get to quickly and others just seem to linger [like the ‘need to clean the windows’ job].

…and I must confess I am very easily distracted.

So when the quarterly Stampin’ Success magazine arrived, every other goal went out of those dirty windows!

Some of you might be asking “What is a Stampin’ Success magazine?” … it is one of the many benefits of being an Independent Demonstrator with Stampin’ Up! … it is a colour magazine brimming with amazing project ideas and information about products, demonstrators from around the world, techniques and lots, lots more.

My goal was to create every project in the magazine!

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My crafting goal was achieved … well almost. I completed 34 of the 35 projects in this quarter’s Stampin’ Success magazine [the Sweet Little Kitten card will have to wait – the ironing just wouldn’t go away!]

So that’s – 30 pairs of cards and 4 smaller gift card pairs … I transformed any non-card projects into cards and have the magazine version and an alternative … and for the few stamp sets or DSP used that I didn’t have in my collection, I substituted and was pretty close. [very embarrassing that there were only a few that I didn’t have – sshhh – don’t tell my husband!]

I will post images of my favourites another time!