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Blog Tour 1 – Stop 2 and BLOG CANDY!

It’s here!  Today is the day for the Blog Tour.  My stop is Blog Tour 1 – Stop 2! 

I’ll be showing you several examples of the stamp set, Scene in a Garden, from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  In addition, each of my samples includes a greeting from one of the Get Connected promotion stamps on page 208, choose any one selection FREE with a $40 order from the Occasions Mini! 

After you visit my Blog (and leave a comment for BLOG CANDY!), you’ll go on to Stop 3 – Tiffany’s Bauers’ Blog.  I’m sure you’ll be inspired by her awesome work with the stamp set, Very Versatile, from the Occasions Mini!  Tiffany is the current Rising Star…winning that title at the Stampin’ Up! Convention last year.  She will have a link to the next Blog…and on you go!  There are a total of 17 stops in all on this Blog Tour…but the links are only live today!  So don’t wait!  Make sure you check out all the beautiful samples of stamp sets in the Occasions Mini. 

When the tour is over and you circle back here, I know you’ll be anxious to order some of these wonderful sets since you’ll have all these great ideas and you’ll want to receive your choice of the FREE stamp with $40 Mini Occasion purchase!  AND, don’t forget about my Customer Appreciation Special going on until the end of April!  You can own that darling Oval All set FREE!  Email or phone me with your order…I’ll take GOOD care of you!

My first card I used several stamps in the Scene in a Garden set…the bench, the birdhouse, the little bird and the stack of pots!  I stamped them in Basic Brown on Whisper White and colored them with my blender pen and markers.  I roughed up the edges with my Cutter Kit Distressing Tool and layered it on Chocolate Chip cardstock.  The size of the base card is 5 1/4 x 5 1/4.  The brocade paper on the right is from Bella Birds Designer Paper package.  I used so Saffron, Pink Pirouette and Chocolate Chip pieces of cardstock on the left.  I did some random piercing on the left of the color blocks and the right I did an entire row of piercings.  I added a Designer Flower Brad in each of the blocks (without planning on using those brads, they matched perfectly!)  The greeting is part of the Get Connected promotion…the Note of Thanks Mini Note Kit…FREE with a $40 Occasions Mini Catalog purchase!  I punched it with the Scallop Oval Punch, also available in the Occasions Mini Catalog…I love it!  Finally, I added a small piece of Pink Pirouette striped ribbon looped under the focal piece and curled a couple of the edges of paper.

My next sample uses the trio of mud boots from Scene in a Garden…between it and the birdhouse, I don’t know which stamp I like more in that set! 

I started by cutting the medium oval from Whisper White cardstock and the large oval in Bashful Blue cardstock from the Ovals Bigz Die.  Then I stamped the boots with Basic Black on Whisper White and colored them with Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa and Bashful Blue markers.  I sponged the edges with Bashful Blue and added a little ground underneath the boots.  I layered this onto the Bashful Blue and then free-hand pierced the holes around the perimeter of the Bashful Blue oval.  I used the bright check pattern from Washington Apple Designer Paper and took my colors from it.  I layered it over a strip of So Saffron.  The base card is Riding Hood Red with a layer of Pumpkin Pie over it.  I added some Riding Hood Red striped ribbon.  Finally, I stamped the greeting from the Note of Thanks Mini Note Kit…the other stamp in this kit you can get FREE this month with every $40 purchase from the Occasions Mini Catalog!

My third card was the easiest one to make and probably my favorite one! 

I started with a base of Basic Gray cardstock.  I added a layer of Whisper White.  On top of the Whisper White, I added Not Quite Navy and Kiwi Kiss pieces.  I ran them through the Big Shot with the Texturz Kit #4 wood grain texture.  For the focal piece, I stamped the vase with grasses in Kiwi Kiss, then used my marker to color the vase with Not Quite Navy.  I used the marker and Blender Pen to color the inside of the vase, too.  I layered the Whisper White on Basic Gray cardstock and pierced all along the edges.  Then I inked the Happy Birthday to You greeting (another FREE stamp possibility with a $40 Occasions Mini purchase!) and used my marker to color a couple of the words Not Quite Navy.  I layered that on Basic Gray cardstock, too.  Finally, I placed the small Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Button brad through the Corduroy Button to make a layered button brad and attached that to the Not Quite Navy piece.

So…if you remember…I offered some BLOG CANDY if you left a message on my Blog post today!  Just leave a comment telling me which card YOU like the best and your name will go in a drawing for all three of the cards PLUS your very own Scene in a Garden stamp set!  I’ll take comments until midnight Monday…and choose the random winner on Tuesday morning.  U.S. residents only, please…  GOOD LUCK and don’t forget to check back to see if you won!

Here is Tiffany’s Blog again…for Tour 1 – Stop 3!

Customer Appreciation and Get Connected Specials!

Customer Appreciation Special from me! 

As a special thank you, from NOW thru April 30, if you place a $100 order (before tax & shipping) by phone or email to me, I’ll add the Oval All stamp set in the Occasions Mini FREE to your order!  That’s a $19.90 value for FREE with your $100 phone or email order!  (Payment required by Credit Card or Paypal**.)  This cute stamp set fits the new Scallop Oval Punch perfectly!  This special is only offered by me (Connie Babbert) until April 30 @ 9:00 PM in appreciation for helping me earn my sales goal for the Stampin’ Up! fiscal year…I’m VERY close and you can HELP!  US customers only.  Please call between 9 AM and 9 PM Eastern time.

Edit to add:  Some of you have asked if a smaller order would help…of course!  I take ANY orders small or large!  So here is a little incentive for those orders, too!  For any $50 order (before tax & shipping) placed by phone or email to me by April 30, I will add your choice of a package of Designer Brads or Designer Hardware on page 175 (value up to $8.15).  Same rules as above apply!

In addition, be the order that pushes me over my sales goal (determined by email/voice mail or phone call time) and get the Level 3 Hostess Set, Hand Drawn Bundle (page 23) FREE!  And don’t forget, you can bump up to a $150 order and YOU get the hostess benefits! 

All this is in addition to the Get Connected Promotion described below!

  

Time is running out for Stampin’ Up!’s Get Connected Promotion.  "Get Connected" reminds us to stay in touch with those that matter most.  Your handmade creations can be a wonderful expression of love and gratitude, without spending a lot of money.Here’s the details on the Get Connected promotion (Now thru April 30): 

• Spend $40 on Occasions Mini Catalog products and choose any one item from the "Under $10" page (p. 208) in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog for free.
• Hostess Bonus:  Place an order of $150 or more (any current Stampin’ Up! Products) and choose any one item from the "Under $10" page (p. 208) in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog for free. For every $150 spent, you will receive another "Under $10" item.  This is in addition to everyday Hostess Benefits.
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• The Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini is available for download on my left side bar. 
   

If you email your order I need the following:  Your name, shipping address, phone number, credit  card number, name as it appears on your credit card & exp. date. For your orders I need the item name, item number and don’t forget to tell me your free Get Connected item and hostess selections if your order is more than $150!  I can also send a Paypal invoice to you if you’d prefer.

Confused?  Just call (see phone number under my photo) or email me and I’ll be happy to help you out!