Heather B Stamps

A GREAT BIG SALE

In order to make room for all the new stuff I really MUST have from the new catalogue... I'm having a great, big SALE!  This is a sale of unprecidented proportions!!!

Here's the scoop:  Come to my house on Saturday, August 16, between 10am and 1pm and pick up any retired sets you like.  I have almost 80 of them, so there's lots to choose from!  THEN:  you get to choose the same value of product from the new Fall-Winter catalogue for FREE (plus tax and shipping).  What a great deal, eh???

So, come on!!!  Get some new stamps!!  Come and eat some snacks!!  Look at the NEW catalogue (which, by the way, is GORGEOUS, and I hate to be the one to tell you, you're going to want every last thing in it, so you might as well come and get it for free!!)

ALSO:  SU has announced some great promotions coming up:  first, it's the Never- before-seen-prices-on-never-before-seen-stamp-sets sale. 

Item Code	Pg. #	Description	Regular Price	15% off Price
111690	32	Snow Swirled	$29.95	$25.46
111734	32	Folies de flocons (French Snow Swirled)	$29.95	$25.46
111586	55	It's a Stretch	$28.95	$24.61
111544	81	Putt Putt	$29.95	$25.46
111626	91	Eastern Blooms	$25.95	$22.06
111672	98	Pocket Silhouettes	$22.95	$19.51
111726	98	Silhouettes florales (French Pocket Silhouettes)	$22.95	$19.51
111710	101	Upsy Daisy	$22.95	$19.51
111746	101	Pensées en fleurs (French Upsy Daisy)	$22.95	$19.51
111556	109	Under the Stars	$35.95	$30.56
111644	145	Heard from the Heart	$26.95	$22.91
112875	145	Tout droit du coeur (French Heard from the Heart)	$26.95	$22.91
111570	157	Contempo Alphabet	$48.95	$41.61

  Yep, that's right!!  From Aug. 11 - Sept 30, these sets are on sale!!  WOO HOOOOOOO!!!  Just think of the stamps you can get for free!!  15% more!!  And, the prices in the new catalogue are LOWER again this year!!  (I know you're saying ok, Heather, enough with the exclamation marks, but I'm so excited, I can hardly stand it!)

Then:  SU has partnered with Sizzix to bring die-cutting into Stamping!!  Here's the link to let you know all about it!!!  There will be exclusive dies just for Stampin' Up, too, that I have to let you know now, you're SO going to want them. 

AND:  If you've ever thought you'd like to get Stampin' Up stuff at a great discount, NOW is the time to join all of us crazy stampers!!  Check out the great deal on the starter kit HERE.  Or, if you'd like the BIG kit, it's $249, and from Aug. 11- Oct. 11, you get to choose another set from the catalogue for free!!  Shoot me an email if you have any questions, and I'll get back to you ASAP!  I'd LOVE you to join my team of crazy stampers!!  (we're not really crazy, just a TON of fun!!)

Anyway, I must go and get some work done around here!!  My new stove came today, and I need a new part to hook up the gas, cuz I can't get it off the old stove!!  So, off to TSC!!  Have a great day!!

I'm DYIN'... so much exciting news!!!!

So, last week was the bit Stampin' Up! convention in Salt Lake City.  With health issues this year causing me to be off work, it just wasn't even a thought that I could go.  BUT, there've been some wonderful people there who have kept the rest of us updated through Splitcoaststampers.  Well, this year holds many, many exciting things in the wonderful world of stamping.

First, the NEW Fall-Winter catalogue.  I've seen some pictures of the new sets, and all I can say is WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!! 

Then, SU announces it's partnered with Sizzix (a die cutting producer) to carry an exclusive die cutter, the BIG SHOT, and exclusive dies, too!!!  (I can barely contain my excitement here!!!)  You can order this starting Aug. 11. 

THEN.... There's some really great promotions coming up... the first one starts on Aug. 11... you can get some of the new sets (that are ALL DIE CUT!!!) for 15% off!!!  Here's a list of what you can get:

Item Code	Pg. #	Description	Regular Price	15% off Price
111690	32	Snow Swirled	$29.95	$25.46
111734	32	Folies de flocons (French Snow Swirled)	$29.95	$25.46
111586	55	It's a Stretch	$28.95	$24.61
111544	81	Putt Putt	$29.95	$25.46
111626	91	Eastern Blooms	$25.95	$22.06
111672	98	Pocket Silhouettes	$22.95	$19.51
111726	98	Silhouettes florales (French Pocket Silhouettes)	$22.95	$19.51
111710	101	Upsy Daisy	$22.95	$19.51
111746	101	Pensées en fleurs (French Upsy Daisy)	$22.95	$19.51
111556	109	Under the Stars	$35.95	$30.56
111644	145	Heard from the Heart	$26.95	$22.91
112875	145	Tout droit du coeur (French Heard from the Heart)	$26.95	$22.91
111570	57	Contempo Alphabet	$48.95	$41.61

OH MY GOSH... HOW COOL IS THAT??????  I LOVE STAMPIN' UP!!!

I've been busy in the craft room... if you'd like to see some of what I've been making, I'm having a sale and open house on Aug. 16, 10-1.  Email me at nursehb8@hotmail.com for more details.  Here's the sale:  Come and pick out any of my retired sets (I've got about 80 for sale!!!), and whatever they're worth (catalogue price), you get to choose that much NEW merchandise from the new catalogue for FREE!!  It's like a two-fer!!!!   You just pay the shipping and tax on the new product!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day... stamp something for someone you love!!!

Thanks, Carolyn!!!

Last night, a group of wonderful ladies got together to stamp at my friend Carolyn's house.  It was SOOOOOOOOOOO fun!  The only thing I forgot this time was dimensionals, which is amazing for me!!  I usually have to either call Pete, (which he LOVES!!! <--- very sarcastic) or run home and get some more, or get whatever I've forgotten.  So, I have to say, I was very proud of myself... I remembered the punches, and all the ink, and the extra paper for punching with, and the adhesive!!!  (All things I've forgotten before!!)

Everyone made 12 cards, 3 each of 4 designs.  I think they liked them... I did!   Here's what we made:

  Isn't this cute????  Some of the ladies made the eyes more 'off center' than mine, and called him hangover guy.  Yup, that works too!!  I'd seen quite a few different versions of him over on Splitcoaststampers, and LOVED the way you can use the Pick A Petal set for something non flowery.  Some genius came up with it... certainly not me!!!

This used Tart and Tangy from the mini catalogue that expired at the end of June, but I loved it so much, that we used it anyway.  I sure hope this set makes it into the big catalogue next summer!!  It's sooo cute!  Oh, and we used the NEW scallop punch that will be available Aug. 11.  Oh, I can't wait for the new catalogue to get here... I can hardly stand the anticipation... hopefully it will arrive soon!! 

This is a direct CASE of one Heather Summers made.  It uses the soon to be gone Soft Sky paper... I'm sad to see it go, but it's going to be replaced with some really beautiful new paper soon, so I'm ok.  Really.

This is also a new set coming out in August.  I love how elegant this looks, just black and white.  Some of the ladies made the card go the other way, and it looked really cute that way, too!!  I really enjoy getting together with these ladies... they're so much fun, and even though some of them claim to not be really crafty, they have fun, and are learning that it doesn't have to look 'just like mine' to be really nice!! 

I'm looking to start getting ready for the 'Stamping for the School'  samples soon... AAGGHH... I can't believe we're almost 1/2 way through summer!!  My 'baby' starts school in the fall, too, so I'll have more time to stamp!!  (Yes, it really IS all about the stamping!!)

Have a wonderful day!!

More Wedding Invites

Well..... It's upon us... wedding season.  I actually made some invitations for someone recently, based on a stationery holder that I made last summer at a class.  I showed it to the bride, and she loved it, just not the colour, so I changed it up a bit, and simplified it, since she was going to be making 100 of them!!!  She's a brave lady, too... never stamped before!!!!  They look BEAUTIFUL!!!!!  The Baroque Motifs set has to be one of my favourite in the whole catalogue... it's so versatile.  I've used it for elegant, and also for vines for a monkey to hang from!!  Who knew one set could be SO versatile.  OK, ok, Stampin Up did!!!    Here's the sample that I made for her to work from:

As you can see, they're very simple, but elegant.  Her colours matched our Elegant Eggplant and Pale Plum, so that's what I used on the invites for her... she was really happy how nicely they turned out, and I have to say, so was I!!!

Here's the inside: Again, using Elegant Eggplant, and Pale Plum to stamp the images under the vellum that will have the actual wedding info on it.  Then the other side will hold maps, and reply cards.  Cool, eh???  The bride was also going to make the place cards, and I think maybe some thank you's with that set, too. 

I also made them for another bride, but in Real Red and White, and the 'swirly' image in Old Olive.  They also turned out nicely.  I didn't use the 'cherish' for the red ones, the bride wanted the 'Together Forever' image from the set Together Forever. 

The folder is one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper, scored to make a 5 1/2  x 5 1/2 square.  I then cut up the middle of where the pockets would be, just basically cut out the score line, so that there would be less bulk in the fold.  Then you just put adhesive up the sides of the 'pockets', and WAA-LAA... instant place for the other info to go!!!  The invitation part with all the info is 4 1/4 x 5.  I cut the vellum 1/4" smaller than that.

Overall, I was pleased with how they turned out.  What do you think???

Swaps

So, I went to Alicia's big Spring Fling demo event.  It was AWESOME!!!  Even though I was very tired, and sorta out of it (surgery 2 days before), I still brought back some great 'stuff' from it!  One thing (ok, 15 things) I brought home was the demo WOW swap I participated in.  That's where demonstrators make some really cool project that you'd do at a class, and you make 15 (or whatever # the swap is...) of the same thing, and get 15 things back that other people made.  It was SO cool.  Some really talented demonstrators out there, let me tell you!!!

So, wanna see some of the things I got???  OK!!

This is a really cool tote bag that came with 3 cards in it, but it could definately hold way more.  It was made by Anne... so cute!!!  Here are the cards that were in it:

OK... so could these be any cuter????????  I was so excited to hear that Stampin UP is extending the Occasions Mini catalogue until the end of June, cuz this oh so cute paper is in that mini, as well as the great little stamp set, Tart and Tangy.  LOVE this little set!!!  It's got 4 images in it, that are so great for summery stuff!!

You can click on that link to check out the great specials that are on this month, too.  If you've ever wanted to be a Stampin Up demonstrator, there's a great incentive for this month, as well as a sale on chipboard (which is so versatile!!)... plus, if you buy a cutting mat, you get the hobby blade for free!!!!  FREE!!!!  How great is that????

If you think that you'd like to host a demonstration in your home, I'm more than willing to come and show you how to make your own really cool projects!!

Anyway, I'll post some more of the cool stuff I got later!!!

Coasters, anyone????

It seems that almost everyone I know got married in the spring.  It's anniversary central around here.  A few of my friends are either in the midst of planning a wedding, or planning some sort of anniversary party.  Here are some favours that I did for my friend's parents last year.  Yes, I know I posted them back then, but sometimes you need a 'refresher',  old ideas sometimes need bringing up again!!

So, here's what I made.  They were a big hit, and it will also use up a bunch of those coasters you bought, thinking "I know I'll need at least 500 of those, I'll use them for everything.  I may even need more than 500.  But 500 is a good start.  And, if I don't buy 500, I'll see 500 things that I want to make with them, and I won't have them to do it with!!"  Only to discover that once you had them in your hot little hands, you didn't know what on earth you were going to make with the other 495 coasters, after you made that really cute coaster box to hold your pens on your desk.

It's 2 coasters, attached in the middle with clothespins, the wooden kind with the spring in the middle. 

Can you see into the middle there?  You adhere the 'closed' part of the clothespin to the 'top', and add 2 thick dimensionals to the part you pinch so there's a better angle.  Do that on both sides of the clothespin, and attach your coasters.  If it was for something not too fancy, you can stamp right on the coasters.  Here, I've covered the coasters with Ivory paper, and stamped in Gold ink, as it was a 50th anniversary.  Then I used my colour spritzer and added some dimension by spritzing with Artichoke ink.  Then I used the Giga Scallop punch (not SU, it's Marvy), and the Coluzzle oval for the verse on the front of the picture holder.  (that's what they used it for... a really nice picture of the couple, and then we decorated a picture frame to match for them to hang on their wall at home.  It was really nice)

So, here's a great wedding/anniversary/special day party favour.  There's many things you can do with it...  you could stamp the people from All in the Family for a family gathering, or special dinner.  You could stamp words on them.  You could use them to put either pictures or names in for place cards.  You can stand them on your mantle and have a row of pictures in them.  You can make it 'kitchen-y', and use it to hold recipes up while you cook.  Just a couple of ideas there for  you.

Anyway, hope this inspires you to use up some of those coasters you bought!!!!

Ever have one of those days/weeks/months.... LIVES?????

OK... suffice it to say, the last thing that I have had  time for this past week or so is stamping.  BUT, I refuse to buy cards.  (Plus, my hubby would have a fit if he saw me buy a card, as the whole intro to the stamping addiction was the excuse:  "But, honey, we'll NEVER have to buy another card, EVER.  I'll just make them all.  Think of the money we'll save!"  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA )  That being said, I still need thank you cards, and birthday cards for the parties that the kids are invited to, and then someone asked me for a couple of cards for this and that, and well, I HAD to make time to get into the stamping dungeon.  (I call it that because my room is in the basement, and it's sorta dark, and cool down here)  ANYWAY, I made it in there, and it was such a disaster, that I had to clean it up first.  If you know me at all, you know that is my least favourite activity on the planet.  Yes, I'd rather do almost anything that clean and organize.  If I had a million dollars, I'd hire someone to do it all for me, and I'd just sit there and stamp and make a HUGE mess, and then my magic fairy would come in and clean it all with one fell swoop of her magic wand, and I'd start again.  BUT, I don't have a million dollars, so no such luck for me.  So, I had to 'tidy' it up before I could start.  I admit to being a procrastinator.  I work best under pressure.  Yes, I know that I'll likely have an ulcer before I'm 50.  Yes, I know it's not particularly healthy.  I've been this way for most of my life.  I am trying to change, but it's hard.  I did it.  I tidied up.  Then I stamped.  and stamped.  and stamped.  And got very little accomplished.  Oh well.  Want to see what I made???  After putting up with all the rambling, you deserve a great WOOO HOOO of a project.  But I can't show it to you yet.  I'm participating in a swap, and it would ruin it for others if I showed it to you.  So you'll have to wait.  But it will be worth it, I promise.  Not only will you get to see what I made, but you'll get to see what 14 other talented stampers made, too.  It's called a WOW swap, and while I don't really think I'm WOW caliber, I decided to wing it anyway, and hope that everyone is understanding that it's my first one!!!

But, I can show you a couple of other things that I made a while ago......

I made this recipe card holder as a sample for an upcoming class.  I haven't set the date, but if you think this is cool, be on the lookout for it!!! 

Stamps:  From the Kitchen of, Voila.

Paper:  Afternoon Tea DSP (from the mini catalogue), Wasabi

Ink:  Black, Gray, Wasabi

Other:  mini lunch tin, Cricut (for the letters), blender pens.

OK... so, isn't it cute???  I LOVE IT.  And, I made it up by myself!!!  (Yes, I'm proud of myself!!!!!)  Here's the top of the tin:

So, cute, cute, cute????   I think so.  Inside, I included about 15 recipe cards stamped with the From the Kitchen of set, and I'm going to make some dividers for the tin, too.  Anyway, I like it. 

Want to come to the class and make one (or two) of your very own???  I'll keep you posted about when it is, ok???

FINALLY!!!! It's here!!

So, the next school fundraiser is quickly approaching... where does the time go?? 

The date is April 4, and we'll start at 6 (ish).  Again, it's in the gym of the London Christian Academy, 85 Charles Street.  (Please park in the back of the school.)  We'll make 10 cards, and the cost is $25, with half of the cost going right to the school!!  You can make 20 cards for $45.  If you can't make it, but still want to have the cards, I'll make you a kit to go.  Same price, everything comes cut, stamped and with instructions so all you have to do is assemble!! 

Bring anyone you like, you really and truly don't have to be crafty to make these cards!!!  Oh, and I have some really cool door prizes this time that would make GREAT Mother's Day gifts!!  Just wait till you see them!!  You're going to LOVE them!!!

We are going to make the following cards:  we'll make 4 of each, (and you can just change the Mother's Day to either Thank you, or whatever you wish).

   

So, do you like them???  I'll be bringing my sentiments for the inside, so you can customize the butterfly and the flower ones for whatever occasion you think you'll use the most.  Oh, and you'll also be able to change the Mother's Day, if you like (or need to).  Hopefully you like what we'll be doing!!

This time, we're doing fairly quick and easy cards, so we can get a bunch done!!  It's hard to see in the picture, but the flower on the Mother's Day card has some glitter on it, so it's pretty and sparkly!!  The Cute card just uses a little piece of scrapbook paper for the onsie.  How cute is that???? (I can't take credit for it, I copied it from someone on Splitcoaststampers)

Anyway, that's it for today.  I did some tins, and I have the pictures for a couple of classes that will be happening in the near future, so I'll post those later this week.

Have a great day!!

Nothing new, yet!!!!!

Well, it's March Break.  Hard to believe that the year is flying by so quickly!!!  We got dumped on BIG TIME Saturday, almost 30cm of snow, (that's 12 inches).  The funny part about SW Ontario is, we're expecting rain in a couple of days, and all the snow should melt.  Oh well.

Anyway, a quick update:  Sale a Bration ends in a week.  What's Sale a Bration???  It's where you spend $70 from the regular catalogue here, or the Occasions Mini catalogue here, and get one free Sale a Bration set here!!  Oh yeah, the Mini and Sale a Bration sets are DIE CUT!!!

How great is that????  Oh, and if  you spend $140, you get 2 sets free, and so on!!!  YAY!!!

Oh, and if you've ever thought about becoming a demonstrator (it's easy), until next Monday, you get a FREE set from the catalogue... any price!!!  Contact me for details, if you think you might be interested.  You can be a hobby demo (buy stuff for you and a couple of friends), or a business demo, where you go and do workshops and classes, or a combination of the two! 

Anyway, I promise to get some pictures up of what I've been doing in my stamp room... this week!!!  I have 4 upcoming classes, plus the school fundraiser is on April 4. 

You can contact me at nursehb8@hotmail.com!!

Apparently, I have a problem.....

OK... so apparently I have a problem.  I can't stop making tins.  Although, I do get asked quite often if I'll make one for someone, so I guess it's not really my fault.  (yeah, that's it...)

So, I showed you the tins I made for my neices, and here's some I made for my 'new' neices and nephew.  (my sister in law got married, and we're getting a way bigger family!!)

Hayley is in grade 9, and so I wanted to make one that was sort of 'grown up'.  She's such a sweet girl!!  I used the At Home scrapping kit that was available in the last catalogue, along with some wide chocolate chip satin ribbon, and some River Rock paper that I Cuttlebugged (is that a real word???) for the top.  I did the same thing as all the others, and Podged over the whole thing.

Here's Paige's.  The theme for the 'little-r' girls' was flowers, just because I thought they looked so cute!!  This is Cutie Pie paper, and the flowers are the scallop punch, retired Daisy punch.  The stems are just 'slices' of oval punches.  How easy, eh???  You can't see the top, but it's Cuttlebugged, too.

Here's Mya's.  Again, I used Cutie Pie paper, and flowers made from the Scallop punch.  Oh, the letters are Alphadots... I stamped in Pomegranate.  I had to be really careful when I podged over these, as it tended to run a bit, so there was NO fussing with it!! 

Here's Kaine's.  I used the Creative Licence scrappin kit for it.  I love how 'boyish' that kit is.  Great colours, and cool stickers.  I just stamped his name on the top.  I couldn't bring myself to put flowers on it!!  (I'm sure Kaine is happier, too!!)

Anyway, that's all for now.  Hope you have a wonderful, stamping day!!!