Blog Candy!

Good morning, the month is winding down and there are so many promotions that will soon be ending that I want to go over those before I get to the reason for my post today. So here goes:

Buy 3 Designer Series Papers get one Free ends tomorrow. Be sure and stock up on all your favorite Designer Series Papers during this great offer.

Summer Mini Sales period also ends including your chance to get the Strength and Hope Stamp Set. Remember for every set that is sold Stampin'Up! gives $2 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Also if you purchase the Bring on the Cake Stamp Set then I will give you the supplies to make each of the five cards that I featured in the Bring on the Birthday Cards Class that I held last week. This promotion is good only through me and is available online or through direct orders.

Now for the reason for my post and the Blog Candy title. Tomorrow is my 7th Anniversary of becoming a Stampin'Up! Demonstrator and I wanted to offer some blog candy to one lucky reader. To be entered all you have to do is leave me a message either here or on my facebook page and you will be entered to win the Because I care Stamp Set and an assortment of retired ribbon in still current Stampin'Up! colors all in a reusable shopping bag. The card to the left is one of the cards I made with the stamp set and it is one of my favorite sets that Stampin'Up! has had over the years. I will post a picture of the stamp set later today when the sun comes out (hopefully).

Also since it is Tuesday it is time for more Digital Downloads for my Digital Studio. If you would like to take a look they can be found here. If you have any questions about My Digital Studio be sure and contact me and I will be happy to help.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Tonya

March 22 Digital Images

It is Tuesday and once again Stampin'Up! has released new Digital Downloads to use with My Digital Studio. You can purchase the downloads online and they are available for download as soon as your purchase is finished. To view today's new items check out this link. Have a great day and don't forget to scroll down to see the Blog Candy I am giving away on Friday, Tonya

500th Post!

After writing up yesterday's post I discovered that it was my 500th Post so of course I think that calls for something special. So how about some Blog Candy. Just leave me a comment and I will draw one lucky person to receive the Blog Candy which includes: a Stampin'Up! Shopping Bag, Pop-up Trash Can, a roll of each Certainly Celery and So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon and a 6x 6 Paper Pack. To make this a little more fun the next two people who signup to be a member of my downline between now and March 28 will also receive the same thing. I will draw for the winner of the Blog Candy on March 25th. So be sure and leave me your comments and if you want to know more about becoming a Demonstrator during Sale-a-bration when the Starter kit is 15% off and you receive an additional bonus bundle filled with over $50 in free products then give me a call. I would love to talk to you more. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Tonya

Traditional Pines

Happy Monday morning, today looks to be a very productive day. I enjoyed a beautiful weekend with my family.I wish the weather could stay like this all winter. Well, maybe not all winter we do need some snow for Christmas and sledding over the school break but other than that a mild winter would be fine with me. I see that over the weekend my blog hits reached 13,000. Thank you to all of you that stop by and check out my blog I really appreciate it and I hope you find ideas that inspire you. I have never given away blog candy but thought now would be a great time to start. Leave me a comment on this post about your favorite holiday tradition and I will use random org. to pick one lucky winner of the Patterned Pines Stamp Set (116525) that I used for today's card. I will pick a winner on Thursday so you have a few days to comment.
Now to move onto today's card. I actually made two very different cards with the Patterned Pines Stamp Set this morning and I will show you the traditional one today and the other one tomorrow. The card is fairly simple and would be a easy card to mass produce. I started with a Old Olive Card Stock (100702) Base cut 4 1/4" by 11" and folded in half to make a finished card with dimensions of 4 1/4 by 5 1/2". I used my Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker (100079) to ink up the be merry from the Warm Words Stamp Set (115108) and stamped it on the bottom right corner. I then added a layer of Old Olive Striped DSP from the Merry Moments Designer Series Paper (115672). I scalloped the bottom edge with the Scallop Edge Punch (112091) before I added it to the card. I little Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon from the Mistletoe Ribbon Originals (116792) was knotted toward the bottom of the card. The Real Red Card Stock (102482) was cut to 3" x 3 1/4" and added to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650) 2 3/4" x 3" and added it on the Real Red Card Stock. I used the main image which consist of the three trees. I used the Real Red (100052), Certainly Celery (105106), Old Olive (100079)Stampin' Write Markers to ink up the trees then stamped then on Very Vanilla Card Stock and cut them out and added them to the Very Vanilla Card Stock. The Real Red Tree is added with dimensionals.
Don't forget to leave a comment if you would like to get your own Pattern Pines Stamp Set. This set is a Hostess set and not available to purchase but you can earn it and other great Stampin'Up! items free just for hosting a workshop contact me to find out more. As always thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to reading your comments. 'Til tomorrow, Tonya