So many things to share today! First of all, Sale-A-Bration starts on Tuesday January 24th!! Check back here on Tuesday to see all the details and a scrapbook page I designed using free Sale-A-Bration product!

This past week Stampin' Up! held their annual Leadership down in San Antonio, Texas. One of these years I will get there! But this year Stampin' Up! shared news and pictures and more on their Facebook Page about this event it was almost like being there. And there were a lot of really exciting announcements made!

On February 1 Stampin' Up! will be releasing a FREE 30-day trial version of My Digital Studio Express! I love My Digital Studio and would love to share what you can do with it. I will share more details about this fabulous freebie when I hear more! While you wait why don't we get together and see what My Digital Studio is all about? Contact me to set up a date!

A new product! The Simply Scored Diagonal Plate will be available March 1! It will be perfect for scoring envelopes, boxes and more. Note this is not a video about the Diagonal Plate, but really funny to watch as Stampin' Up! employees do a happy dance to celebrate a new product: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3106806678813

And finally upcoming changes to our catalogues! The current catalogue will be ending on May 31, 2012 instead of the end of June. This year there will be no Summer Mini Catalogue. A new yearly catalogue will start June 1, 2012 and then in August there will be a Holiday Catalogue and a Spring Catalogue in January 2013. That means preorder comes early this year! Oh I can't wait to see the new In Colors and new stamps!

So back to my card. I demonstrated this card a workshop this past Monday. A nice simple card for Valentine's Day. The dotted heart is stamped onto the top note die, then I cut out the Cherry Cobbler heart and glued it in the center of the dotted heart. After stamping the greeting, you wrap a piece of 1-1/4" grosgrain ribbon around the card, then place a stamped and cut out wood grain heart on a Stampin' Dimensional on the ribbon and lastly arrange 3 rhinestones on the left side of the card.

Supplies
Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, Short and Sweet
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Whisper White
Accessories: Pretty In Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Top Note Die

~ Amanda

The brand new Occasions Mini Catalogue started this past week! Click here to view it online or contact me to get your own copy!

New in the Occasions Mini is the Framelits Labels Collection. I'm so excited about these and the Hearts Collections! I used a few different sizes and the Christmas Lodge stamp set for my Christmas gift tags this year, so easy and fast to make.

Finally had time to stamp this weekend. So I pulled out my new stamp set, new Designer Series Paper and the new Labels Framelits!

Supplies
Stamps: Take it To Heart, Sentiment stamp
Ink: Island Indigo, Blushing Bride, Stampin' Write Markers: Basic Grey, Riding Hood Red, Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze
Paper: Basic Grey, Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Twitterpatted Designer Series Paper, Glitter Paper
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Heart to Heart Punch, Big Shot, Framelits Labels Collections, Wallpaper Impression Folders

~ Amanda

Glue 2 of these stockings together around the edges and you get a nice little pocket for a candy cane or a few markers or pens! These would work great for tags on presents too or decoration on the Christmas tree then everyone can pick one off the tree!

Supplies
Stamps: Warmest of Wishes
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Real Red Designer Series Paper, First Edition Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Glue Dots, Jingle Bells, Decorative Label Punch, Plastic Candy Cane, Big Shot, Holiday Stocking Die

~ Amanda

Lighted luminarias are very popular right now! They are really easy to make when you start with the Big Shot and the Fancy Favor Die.

After cutting out the Fancy Favor box I adhered a piece of torn Whisper White card stock to the bottom to make the snow. The "stamped" elements are actually from the Christmas Village Stamp Brush Set in My Digital Studio (the same stamp set I used for my blog header). I also punched out the circle window before assembling the box. The vellum window was stamped on with Versamark ink to look like snow was falling and Dazzling Details was added around the window. Inside my luminaria is a battery operated candle to make it flicker.

Supplies
Stamps: Serene Snowflakes, My Digital Studio: Christmas Village Stamp Brush Set
Ink: Versamark, Various Markers
Paper: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Vellum
Accessories: Dazzling Details, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, My Digital Studio, Big Shot, Fancy Favor Die

~ Amanda

There are so many things you can do with clear bulbs! Last year I used reinkers and dazzling diamonds glitter to make beautiful glittery bulbs for my Christmas tree. This year I decided to use a few of the left over bulbs to make some new ornaments - ones with circle inserts.
First you cut out a 2-1/2" circle from a Window Sheet, then stamp your choice of Christmas theme image onto the Window Sheet in Stazon Black. Then punch out a 2-1/2" circle of Big Shot Multipupose Adhesive Sheet and adhere to the back of the stamped window sheet. After peeling the cover off the adhesive now on the back of the Window sheet, sprinkle some glitter to make the image shine! Next pour a little glitter into the clear ornament and add some fake snow. Then roll up the stamped glittery image so that it will fit into the ornament's hole. After it's in the ornament it will pop back to a circle and it's like a ship in a bottle!
Supplies
Stamps: Christmas Lodge, Welcome Christmas
Ink: Black Stazon
Paper: Window Sheet
Accessories: Circle cutter, Big Shot Multi-purpose Adhesive Sheet, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon, Clear ornament, fake snow

~ Amanda