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Stampin’ Up! So Kind Big on You!

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Carol Payne

Hey there! Have you ever did something for one reason and then discovered later that what you did was actually for a completely different reason? I’ve been so preoccupied with prepping for my presentation on Saturday that I forgot to mention I earned the Stampin’ Up! Getaway Trip to Newport Beach, CA last week! I need to give all of you a big THANK YOU because YOU have helped me earn it!

The Stampin’ Up! year isn’t over until June 30, and there’s still an even BIGGER trip to earn – the Grand Vacation to the Mediterranean!

France, Spain, and Italy have always been on my bucket list. Earning this trip would truly be a dream come true!

I usually have the Grand Vacation earned by now. I knew when I took almost two months off to help take care of my daughters and new grand babies that earning even the Getaway might not be possible. I don’t regret for one minute making my family a priority, but I’m not ashamed to ask for your help now to help me achieve this life-long dream. How can you help? Place an order in my online store and let me send you a Thank-You Project Packet. I only need a little over 9,000 points to be Mediterranean bound!

Here’s where my earlier question comes into play. I didn’t realize when I created today’s card for my Big on You series that it really was for all of you!

I love these BIG images!

Here’s the supply list to go to my online store to order:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Big On You Photopolymer Stamp Set [137151] $25.95	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] $4.95	Medium Whisper White Envelopes [107301] $6.50	Envelope Liners Framelits Die [132172] $26.95
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $6.95	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $3.95	Glue Dots [103683] $4.95	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $8.50
Lots Of Thanks Wood Stamp Set [129687] $22.95	Lots Of Thanks Clear Stamp Set [129690] $16.95	Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100702] $6.95	Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133675] $6.95
Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $8.50	Park Lane Designer Series Paper [133694] $10.95	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Pad [133642] $5.95	Something To Say Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134180] $21.95
Something To Say Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134177] $29.95	Blackberry Bliss 3/8″ Satin Stitched Ribbon [133668] $8.95	Vintage Faceted Buttons [127555] $5.95

Three things to remember while you are placing your order with me:

1. All orders of any amount will receive a Thank You Project Packet in the mail from me.

2. Check out the Weekly Deals, Clearance Rack, and the Retiring List for savings from 25 to 80% off.

3. When your order (before tax & shipping) reaches $150 you can choose free Stampin’ Rewards starting at $25!

That’s all for now, until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! Day!

All images ©Stampin’ Up! ™1990-2015

Stampin’ Up! So Kind Big on You!

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Carol Payne

The Stampin’ Up! year isn’t over until June 30, and there’s still an even BIGGER trip to earn – the Grand Vacation to the Mediterranean!

France, Spain, and Italy have always been on my bucket list. Earning this trip would truly be a dream come true!

Here’s where my earlier question comes into play. I didn’t realize when I created today’s card for my Big on You series that it really was for all of you!

I love these BIG images!

Here’s the supply list to go to my online store to order:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Big On You Photopolymer Stamp Set [137151] $25.95	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] $4.95	Medium Whisper White Envelopes [107301] $6.50	Envelope Liners Framelits Die [132172] $26.95
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $6.95	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $3.95	Glue Dots [103683] $4.95	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $8.50
Lots Of Thanks Wood Stamp Set [129687] $22.95	Lots Of Thanks Clear Stamp Set [129690] $16.95	Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100702] $6.95	Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133675] $6.95
Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $8.50	Park Lane Designer Series Paper [133694] $10.95	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Pad [133642] $5.95	Something To Say Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134180] $21.95
Something To Say Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134177] $29.95	Blackberry Bliss 3/8″ Satin Stitched Ribbon [133668] $8.95	Vintage Faceted Buttons [127555] $5.95

Three things to remember while you are placing your order with me:

1. All orders of any amount will receive a Thank You Project Packet in the mail from me.

2. Check out the Weekly Deals, Clearance Rack, and the Retiring List for savings from 25 to 80% off.

3. When your order (before tax & shipping) reaches $150 you can choose free Stampin’ Rewards starting at $25!

That’s all for now, until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! Day!

All images ©Stampin’ Up! ™1990-2015

Stampin’ Up! Monday Morning Mess!

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Carol Payne

Hey there! I was unable to get back home in time yesterday to add the names of the Sunday Swap Day card creators because the transmission went out in my car on the way home from TN yesterday. I know God was watching over me because:

1. The transmission went out AFTER I got through all of the construction/car wreck zone on I-24. If it had went out during the hour or so of just crawling along at 10 mph I would have had no where to go to get out of the way.

2. When I pulled over to the side of the road, I was only about 1/4 of a mile from an exit and it was DOWNHILL all the way to the exit! I was able to coast my car to the exit. When I got to the end of the off-ramp there were no cars coming and I was able to coast the car right into a filling station!

3. After we determined it was the transmission (my husband & I via the phone) my husband was able to borrow his brother's trailer to drive down and get the car and me. I was still about three hours from home, so I was prepared to wait.

4. I didn't have to wait by myself very long. My husband is the song leader at our church, so he had to call our pastor to let him know he would be missing the evening service and why. Our pastor's father-in-law, Tom Malone, lives just minutes away from where I was stranded. He called his FIL, who then called me. Bro. Tom picked me up from the filling station, took me to the evening service at his church, then he & his family took me out for a snack and kept me company until Mark arrived to load the van.

5. Mark had help from Bro. Malone and his son-in-law, Rick, to get the van loaded and safely secured on the trailer, so we were on our way back to IL a little before 10 p.m.!

6. We arrived safely home around 1:30 a.m.

Needless to say, I slept in a little the morning, but when I got up I found this going on in my yard:

I immediately snapped this picture, which prompted one of the workers to knock on the door to see if I was upset with them. They had tried to knock on the door and even rang the doorbell, but I was sound asleep until I work up "thinking" I had heard the doorbell. I think they thought I was a little bit crazy because I told them I just thought it was funny and ironic that on the day we have to leave my van out in the drive instead of under the carport is the day the tree trimmers come to trim our trees for the power company!

Another funny thought, isn't the "WORK AREA AHEAD" sign they put in my yard supposed to be set up on a road????

Anyway, they were able to get the trees trimmed without any damage to my van, so it's all good!

That's all for now. I had a MOUNTAIN of laundry waiting for me when I got up this morning. My guys are pretty good about keeping things together around here when I'm gone, but the laundry got the best of them, I guess!

I'm going to go add the creator's names to yesterday's post and then get busy with my day! I have two parties this week and a presentation to make at the Spring Into Stamping event in Champaign, IL on Saturday! I have a lot to do!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All images ©Stampin' Up! ➩1990-2015

Stampin’ Up! Monday Morning Mess!

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Carol Payne

5. Mark had help from Bro. Malone and his son-in-law, Rick, to get the van loaded and safely secured on the trailer, so we were on our way back to IL a little before 10 p.m.!

6. We arrived safely home around 1:30 a.m.

Needless to say, I slept in a little the morning, but when I got up I found this going on in my yard:

Another funny thought, isn't the "WORK AREA AHEAD" sign they put in my yard supposed to be set up on a road????

Anyway, they were able to get the trees trimmed without any damage to my van, so it's all good!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All images ©Stampin' Up! ➩1990-2015

Stampin’ Up! Another Thank You and Newest Weekly Deals!

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Carol Payne

Hey there! I had a relaxing girls-day-out yesterday: lunch with two of my daughters at Applebee's, a bit of shopping where I found my favorite Clark's sandals on sale, and then a long-overdue mani-pedi! yay!

Today's card I created for the bride-to-be to use for her thank-you's. We gave all shower attendees the envelope to fill out their name and address to make it easier for the bride. I kept with the bride's color scheme of Crumb Cake, Pool Party, and Very Vanilla to create this:

I couldn't resist pulling out my retired Cannery Framelits Dies because they just went perfectly with the theme, and I was delighted to discover that the "thank you" I chose from the photopolymer Another Thank You set had teeny-tiny hearts lined up under the words!

After I cut out the canning jar with the Cannery Framelit, I embossed it with the Happy Heart Textured Impressions Folder. I tied a bit of Linen Thread around the top of the can, then adhered a heart punched from the same white-embossed Something Lacy that I used on the table decorations using the heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

I found hearts that matched the Itty Bitty Shapes heart punch in both the Honeycomb Hello and the Hello Life stamp sets. I also used these same two hearts to stamp on the Crumb Cake envelope. I decided to leave the rest of the inside layer blank so the bride would have plenty of room to write her thank-you notes.

That's all for now, except for giving you the list of available supplies to make your own thank-you notes and the Weekly Deals!

As always, you can order everything you need from my online store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

First, the supplies:

Product List

134078 $16.95	134075 $21.95	137136 $24.95	138900 $13.95	137155 $17.95
122924 $6.95	120953 $6.95	101650 $8.50	107297 $6.50	117335 $7.95
137364 $7.95	104199 $4.50	102283 $7.50	109132 $4.95	129053 $29.95
133787 $16.95	104332 $6.95	104430 $3.95	136835 $15.95

The newest Weekly Deals, including "Mother's Love" a perfect stamp set on sale just in time for Mother's Day!

If you have any questions feel free to email me: carol@carolpaynestamps.com

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All images ©Stampin' Up!™1990-2015

Stampin’ Up! Another Thank You and Newest Weekly Deals!

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Carol Payne

That's all for now, except for giving you the list of available supplies to make your own thank-you notes and the Weekly Deals!

As always, you can order everything you need from my online store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

First, the supplies:

Product List

134078 $16.95	134075 $21.95	137136 $24.95	138900 $13.95	137155 $17.95
122924 $6.95	120953 $6.95	101650 $8.50	107297 $6.50	117335 $7.95
137364 $7.95	104199 $4.50	102283 $7.50	109132 $4.95	129053 $29.95
133787 $16.95	104332 $6.95	104430 $3.95	136835 $15.95

The newest Weekly Deals, including "Mother's Love" a perfect stamp set on sale just in time for Mother's Day!

If you have any questions feel free to email me: carol@carolpaynestamps.com

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All images ©Stampin' Up!™1990-2015

Stampin’ Up! One of a Kind Wedding Shower!

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Carol Payne

Hey there! I know I’ve been mentioning the wedding shower we were throwing for a good family friend, and yesterday was the day! I have a few pictures to share of the day, including the decorations I was able to create using my Stampin’ Up! stuff!

First, let me say that while I did have a few ideas for decorating when the bride-to-be told me her wedding theme was “teal, red, burlap, & lace”, when we received the wedding invitation, my creativity was instantly sparked!

How cute is this? !! The bride wanted to keep it simple, so here’s what I came up with:

I painted the pint-sized Ball Mason jars first with a coat of tan acrylic paint, let it dry for awhile, then added a lightly-brushed on coat of a sort-of Pool Party blue. We had runners of burlap left over from Alisa’s baby shower almost two years ago (her theme was “Toys From Her Childhood”), then we added the Pool Party Mason Jars and scattered Cherry Cobbler blooms that we had punched with the Pansy Punch and the Petite Petals Punch.

Both blooms were curled slightly with a bone folder and then held together with a glue dot. Each of the two-layer blooms had a Pearl Basic Jewel in the center.

Each jar had a battery tea-light inside, and we added a heart punched with the Sweetheart Punch from Crumb Cake card stock that had been white heat-embossed with the Something Lacy Background. A little bit of Linen Thread was tied around the top of the jar, but the heart was actually attached with a Stampin’ Dimensional.

I also painted a few quart jars and adhered hearts embossed with the same Something Lacy background cut with one of the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies (which are the Weekly Deals at 25% off through the end of today)

I sent a picture of the invitation to Rhonda McLearin,the lady who makes our shower cakes. She coordinated the cake with everything else perfectly!

Overall I was very happy with the way all of it came together. I loved the rustic look of the painted canning jars and the colors turned out to be much softer than I originally anticipated.

Have a big event to plan, invite, or decorate? Here’s the link to shop in my online store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

And here are the current Weekly Deals, which expire tonight! (if you don’t want anything from this list, just wait till Tuesday. Stampin’ Up! puts out a fresh batch of Weekly Deals every Tuesday morning!)

That’s all for now. Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! One of a Kind Wedding Shower!

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Carol Payne

How cute is this? !! The bride wanted to keep it simple, so here’s what I came up with:

Both blooms were curled slightly with a bone folder and then held together with a glue dot. Each of the two-layer blooms had a Pearl Basic Jewel in the center.

I sent a picture of the invitation to Rhonda McLearin,the lady who makes our shower cakes. She coordinated the cake with everything else perfectly!

Overall I was very happy with the way all of it came together. I loved the rustic look of the painted canning jars and the colors turned out to be much softer than I originally anticipated.

Have a big event to plan, invite, or decorate? Here’s the link to shop in my online store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

That’s all for now. Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Crazy About You Pocket Card FREE Shipping Ends Tonight!

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Carol Payne

Hey there! I am very excited to report that those dreaded taxes ARE DONE! It took me most of yesterday to complete, but they are outta here! yay!

Now I can relax and enjoy the next couple of days stamping with everyone coming to the Birthday Card Buffet today and tomorrow! yippee!

Today's card is a pocket card using the Crazy About You stamp set. I love these very striking colors of Melon Mambo, Basic Black, and Whisper White!

The "happy" was cut with a Hello You Thinlets die, which are now back in stock and can be ordered today! yay!

The sides of the pocket do not have any adhesive on them, it's just held together by the Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon tied around the top fold!

Click on the link below to download and use the project instructions for this card:

Download Crazy About You Project Sheet

Here's the supply list for this strikingly beautiful pocket card. You can order all your supplies from my online store AND get one last chance for FREE SHIPPING! The FREE SHIPPING Promotion ends at midnight tonight (Mountain Time)

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Product List

139325 $54.25	139324 $65.25	138873 $42.25	137417 $16.95	115320 $6.95
121045 $6.95	100730 $8.50	126948 $5.95	131180 $5.95	132708 $5.95
133700 $10.95	114319 $5.95	104332 $6.95

And don't forget that ALL orders of ANY amount will receive a free Thank You Project Packet in the mail from me! Free shipping AND a Free Project! yay!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Crazy About You Pocket Card FREE Shipping Ends Tonight!

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Carol Payne

Hey there! I am very excited to report that those dreaded taxes ARE DONE! It took me most of yesterday to complete, but they are outta here! yay!

Now I can relax and enjoy the next couple of days stamping with everyone coming to the Birthday Card Buffet today and tomorrow! yippee!

Today's card is a pocket card using the Crazy About You stamp set. I love these very striking colors of Melon Mambo, Basic Black, and Whisper White!

The "happy" was cut with a Hello You Thinlets die, which are now back in stock and can be ordered today! yay!

The sides of the pocket do not have any adhesive on them, it's just held together by the Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon tied around the top fold!

Click on the link below to download and use the project instructions for this card:

Download Crazy About You Project Sheet

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Product List

139325 $54.25	139324 $65.25	138873 $42.25	137417 $16.95	115320 $6.95
121045 $6.95	100730 $8.50	126948 $5.95	131180 $5.95	132708 $5.95
133700 $10.95	114319 $5.95	104332 $6.95

And don't forget that ALL orders of ANY amount will receive a free Thank You Project Packet in the mail from me! Free shipping AND a Free Project! yay!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!