During National Scrapbooking Month, get a FREE package of Designer brads with the purchase of My Digital Studio ($106.95 item 118108) or any of the following stamp sets:

Page	Description	Wood-Mount Item	Wood-Mount Price	Clear-Mount Item	Clear-Mount Price
81	Extreme Elements	118181	$35.95	---	---
119	Framed with Love**	114389	$36.95	---	---
128	Certified**	113706	$36.95	---	---
129	Circle Circus	115778	$38.95	---	---
12*	Elements of Style	118611	$36.95	120045	$26.95
13*	Momentos	119910	$36.95	120105	$26.95
13*	Éléments de style	119900	$36.95	120099	$26.95
14*	Rough Type	118659	$35.95	120072	$24.95
22*	Sentimental Journey	118513	$31.95	120075	$23.95
25*	First Day	118521	$31.95	120051	$23.95
25*	Camino a la Escuela	120152	$31.95	120154	$23.95

*From the Summer Mini Catalogue
**A Last Chance stamp set!


Then choose from the following Designer brads:

Page	Description	Item
179	Flower Designer brads	112579
179	Filigree Designer brads	112577
179	Circle Designer brads	112571
179	Star Designer brads	112572

Things to note:
• Framed with Love and Certified stamp sets will on the 2010 Last Chance list on June 1st. Take the opportunity to get them now before they retire!
• For every qualifying product purchased (see above for details), you get one free package of Designer brads. No limits!
• A warning will pop up when ordering online to reminde you to redeem your free item(s) if you try to finish the order without adding them.
• Offer ends Monday, May 31st! Call me today to place your order, or shop online 24/7 at http://amandafarlinger.stampinup.net
~Amanda

Where did all the nice weather go off to? Last week was beautiful but then just as I'm about to go camping with my Brownie (Girl Guides) unit it threatens to snow! Strong winds and cold temps, oh and the occassional shower too! Thank goodness we were in the Brownie House, but it was still cold.

Anywho, this card will be one of my thank-you's to the other leaders I have worked with this year - we are all called owl names so this stamp from Fox and Friends works really well (mine is Autumn Owl). Next Tuesday will be my last meeting of the year! Where has it all gone to? Created the background paper using the Dot, Dot, Dot a la carte stamp from the Ocassional Mini, stamped with Versamark and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Supplies
Stamps: Fox and Friends, Dot Dot Dot, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Versamark, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black
Paper: Taken with Teal, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: White embossing powder, embossing buddy, 1-3/4" circle punch, 1-3/8" circle punch, word window punch, stampin' dimensional, Pumpkin Pie marker, Big Shot, Little Leaves sizzlit die

~Amanda

This card was one that we made at a stamp class last month. Wanted to get the Big Shot into action and use clear mount stamps as well. So the background was made using 3 stamps all on one clear block to make a cutomizable background stamp! The Close to Cocoa was embossed using the texturz plates and the tag is from the Tags Bigz die.
Supplies
Stamps: Fox and Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery
Paper: Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Clear block, Big Shot, texturz plates, scallop circle punch, Certainly Celery ribbon (retired)

~Amanda

Defintitely a wet year too in Manitoba (where my husband and I were living at the time). I snapped these photos right before we traveled to Ontario for my sister-in-law's wedding, so I guess these were really taken in May. But that doesn't really matter. These photos were to show our families the town we lived nearby. I really miss how flat it is!


The title was die cut with the Big Shot using the Timeless Type alphabet and then ran through the Big Shot again with the texturz plates (can you see the texture?). And of course can you tell what is missing yet again? Yup, my journal and titles for the photos! Someday my friends, someday!

Supplies
Stamps: Best Wishes and More
Ink: Garden Green
Paper: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Close to Cocoa texture paper
Accessories: Silver brads, Big Shot, texturz plates, Timeless type alphabet sizzlit
~Amanda

A cloudy dull day here in Kingston, Ontario. But the sun is starting to peak out a bit. And it's been a slow and quiet day at work too! Can I have a nap now?

As a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator I receive a monthly magazine called Stampin' Success. It holds lots of project ideas, samples and information. And this month was a bonus! Because of the Color Renovation they included a single sheet of the new 5 colours: Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso and Cajun Craze! And wow, they look better in person. Tonight will be the time to create some new colour schemes and compare these new colours with the others that will be sticking around. Would you like to get sneak peek items and be able to take advantage of preordering before the catalogue goes live? Then you should become a Demonstrator today!

Supplies
Stamps: Medallion, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Basic Black, Sahara Sand
Paper: Sahara Sand, Cruched Curry, Certaintly Celery, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings embosslits die, Lots of Tags sizzlit die, stamin' dimensionals, brayer

~Amanda