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Free Idea Book & Catalog

From February 1 - April 30, 2009, we're introducing new customers to Stampin' Up! by promoting our award-winning Idea Book & Catalog. To receive a free 208 page Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog valued at $9.95, customers must:

• Place an online order during the promotional period.
  
• Select a demonstrator (me) at stampinup.com or shop through a demonstrator's website.
  
• There is no minimum order amount required, so anyone can take advantage of this offer.

Valentine

Update

Casey survived the stem cell procedure, although it was a lot more invasive then we expected.  It took her most of the weekend to get over the the side effects of the anesthesia but she's pretty much back to her old self now. We haven't noticed any significant differences yet but it's still early. If you look closely at the photo you can see where her elbows have been shaved. Those are the areas where the stem cells were injected into the joints. Keep your fingers crossed.

Study In Elephants

Farewell Zula

For almost 5 years, Zula flourished at The Elephant Sanctuary, enjoying the space and richness of her environment in the company of her best friend and ardent admirer, Tange.

Zula died suddenly on January 11, 2009. Deep sorrow is felt by caregivers and elephant family alike.

Call Us Crazy

Casey is our 12-year old Lab and she's been plagued with all sorts of problems. She had a hip replacement due to hip dysplasia, blew out her knee and had a knee replacement, and now has osteoarthritis in her elbows (do dogs have elbows?). In other words, she's well on her way to becoming the bionic dog so we figured what the heck, let's pull out all the stops.

Tomorrow Casey is going to have the first part of her stem cell treatment. Our veterinarian (Apple Valley Animal Hospital) will remove approximately 50 grams of fat from Casey under local anesthesia and will overnight them to Vet-Stem where they will be processed, concentrated and isolated. The regenerative stem cells will then be sent back for injection. The procedure is said to have 80% positive results.

We first learned of the procedure through an article that appeared in Time Magazine. Click here.

Inventory Blowout Sale

From January 5-18, get select current, retiring, and retired products up to 50% off during Stampin’ Up!’s® Inventory Blowout. But don’t wait—because this sale is good only while supplies last!  Click here.

Love You Much Promotion

Stampin' Up!'s Love You Much Bundle (item 115404) contains the perfect products to create fun and fanciful Valentine's Day projects that say "I love you" from the heart. And from December 23, 2008 through January 31, 2009, you can purchase the Love You Much Bundle at 20% off the retail value! Click here.

Happy New Year!

K, K, & J in D.C.

Washington D.C.

Joe and I spent a week back East visiting family. We spent two days in D.C.visiting the Capitol, the Library of Congress and the Newseum.

Christmas Gifts

Christmas Cards

The Christmas Cards are finally done. Most of you will receive them after Christmas...sorry.

Cousin Annie

Casey and Kallie's cousin Annie came to visit for a few days during the snowstorm.

Winter Wonderland

Two storms and over three feet of snow in Wrightwood this past week.  More is expected next week.

Decor Elements

"Season of Thanks" is a sample of a Stampin' Up! Decor Element. It's a vinyl transfer that's completely removable. Check out the catalog for the entire line.

Free Shipping and 10% Off Retired Stamps - Limited-Time Offer!

Fall-Winter 2008 retiring stamp sets are available for purchase December 9, 2008 – January 18, 2009. Buy your favorites today before they’re gone!

Plus, now through December 23, you can get 10% OFF all retiring stamp sets and FREE SHIPPING on orders over $70—don’t wait to take advantage of this limited-time offer!  Click Here.

Christmas Ornament

ACC Champs!

Holiday Extravaganza Sale

Up to 50% off.

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Slider Card Instructions

I know it would be much easier to show this in a video but I'm not there yet so I'll do my best to demonstrate this through words.  Even after I saw it done in person I still had to cut and recut portions of my card to make it work so you may want to experiment with scraps first.

Using Stampin' Up's window punch, create two slots on the front of the card.  You will need to make sure that you can punch from both sides and you may need to lengthen the slots depending on your design.

Next, place the cardstock for the popup that will appear at the back of the card and align it with the very top of the inside card base.  Unfortunately I cut my first popup too narrow so I had to add cardstock scraps to the bottom so it would show through the slots.

Then close the card base on top of the rear popup and place two stampin dimensionals at the bottom of each card slot making sure they stick to your rear popup. The width of the dimensional matches the width of the window punch perfectly so if you don't have these you will need to experiment.

Now you're going to adhere your next popup to the stampin dimensionals.  You'll need to be careful to make sure the height of this popup doesn't block the popup in the rear.  If you can't tell I had to make some modifications to my second popup as well.  Keep in mind that you'll need to cover this second popup with a final piece of cardstock while still leaving room for it to move up and down.

In order for the popups to slide you will need to raise the final piece of cardstock above the popup on the front.  Once again adhere stampin dimensionals.  My original plan was to center this on the front of the card base but I had miscalculated the length of the slots and had to move it down to the very bottom.

The last step is to glue the sides of the cardstock together making sure you don't obstruct the rear popup on the inside of the card base.

To finish the card you'll need to attach ribbon or some other embellishment to the top of the rear popup so you can pull it up from inside the card base.  Below is a picture of the tools I used.

Holiday Lineup

Three Christmas cards made with Stampin' Up! Holiday Lineup stamp set.  I used the porcelain paper technique without the Crystal Effects to give them more dimension in a matte finish.

Create A Frame

Card and matching picture frame using the Stampin' Up! Scrappin Memories Kit called "Tie The Knot".

Porcelain Paper

Here's a card I made using the Porcelain Paper technique I learned from Amy Celona's Blog.
Click here to view instructions.

Ideas: Christmas ornament, gift tag, lapel pin, etc.