It's time to say goodbye....

Well, it's that time of year again, when we look at all the stamps sets that are leaving the catalog and cry a little. But then, we smile because we always know there's something great around the corner! This year is no exception, trust me!

Join me THIS Friday, June 3rd 7:00pm for card class.  We'll be spending some time with one of my favorite retiring sets Sense of Time. Please, help me give this set some more love before it's time is up...hahaha.

Cards cased from the demo only site, Stampin' Connection. 

Shoot me an email linkedtogether@gmail.com if you'd like to attend card class. 

When you have a few minutes grab a highlighter and your catalog and highlight all the retiring sets and accessories so you won't miss something that will be gone by the end of June. 

There are a ton of discounted products as well. 
I'd suggest ordering these items on my website.
They're limited supply items and you never know when they'll be gone.
Tip: I always find it easier to select all on the right side of the page to scroll though the whole list easily.

 Or you can email me I'll have an order going in tomorrow night if you're unable to attend the card class.

Lastly, but certainly not least, please remember to mark your calendars for June 28th as we Stamp OUT cancer together! All details are listed at the top of my site under the BCRF tab. 

Thanks again for all your support. I had an amazing time in Alaska thanks to you, my awesome customers and downline. I can't wait to tell you all about it! 

Mandy 

• Last chance Stamp Set list- sortable
• Last chance Accessories - sortable - limited supply
• Last chance Decorative - pdf - limited supply

Design Diva's - it's almost here

Looks like we have 2 weekend spots open and 1 day spot left.

Do you want to work on your own projects with out interruption?

Would you like create projects you don't have to design?

Do you just want to get a away and maybe do a little crafting?

You can customize your weekend to be just what you want it to be!

We'll have FREE classes, tips and techniques, and optional paid classes too! It's all up to you!

Anyway you do it you'll be spoiled with food, goodies and fun :)

Check out all the details on our Design Diva Blog.

Here's just a "Peek" of all the fun....

If you're looking for some peace and quite, while you finish your own projects, we'll have you in a quitter room. That just means you won't have to hear me teaching all day on Sat. LOL

If you want it all, Sat will be a FULL day of classes for you to take! 

Free Classes:

Key Ring Note Pad

This is just too fun. We all need a place to jot down a few notes when were out and about (just don't do it while you drive). Plus, you can't lose a big key ring so it's such a functional gift!

I promise, it screams summer!

Friday night after Dinner or 

Saturday anytime (you'll have supplies, help available)

Nautical Mini Album/ coupon book- celebrate the men in your life. This mini album also doubles as a gift card holder or coupon book, it's just so versatile! I could even see it done with pictures of the beach as a thank you for a friend. The Nautical Expedition Designer Series Paper is just so rich, you can never get enough! 

Saturday right after breakfast 

Simply Scrappin' 

Use half a pack of the new Playful Polka Dots to CASE layouts or card designs, that will make you smile. Remember we'll have TONS of stamp sets on hand, so your greeting are almost endless. If you choose to do the layouts then make sure to take a few pictures of the cards! 

Saturday night after dinner

FREE Tips and Techniques: 

Embossing Folder ticks - Friday Night / repeated Saturday mid morning

Borders and Tricks with Punches- Sat late afternoon

Inkin' Fun Tricks - Sunday morning

Optional Paid Classes:

Travel Fun(ds): 

As you come in from a busy day, drop your change in to this can and dream about the memories you'll make on your next traveling adventure! This cute little can is so fun you'll smile as you save :) But we're not "there" yet, we'll stretch our imaginations as we create 2 cards with the Travel Log stamp set. I promise you'll covet this set once you see all the layout ideas and fun cards you can create!

Cost of Class: $5

Time Offered: Saturday before lunch 

Email mandysu@comcast.net to sign up by June 1st

Office Organizer: 

Bright colored Gusseted Envelopes create a cheerful way to organize your bills, receipts and to do lists. Every time you use it these cute little owls will remind you how smart you are for organizing in style! *wink*

Cost of class: $10 

Time offered: Saturday after lunch

Email mandysu@comcast.net to sign up by June 1st

Happy Greeting(s) cards: 

These 12 cards (6 designs) have a clean and simple style that are fun to give and easy to recreate at home. 

Cost of class: $12

Time offered: Saturday before dinner Email cKozak@me.com to sign up by June 1st

Under 5 minutes, each!

I love our Bunco groups – the ladies are so much fun and the cards we make are great! So pretty and super easy!  

My original card used the Small Heart Punch - being carried over from the Occasions Mini. It was a male birthday card, they are usually hard to design but this was so easy!

Most of the ladies at Bunco used the Small Star punch so the could give it to ANY man…I am sad to see that star punch retiring at the end of the month!

This morning, I re-created the cards we made last night, at Bunco. I made 4 more cards in 15 minutes!!! Gotta Love that :)   

The Travel Journal DSP in the Summer mini is perfect for male projects! Here is a sample but it so much better in person!

• Travel Journal DSP – pg 23 summer mini - #117156, $9.95
• Extreme Elements -  #115181- $26.95
• Small Star Punch – #109045 - $10.95
• Ink – Crumb Cake
• Paper – Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Night of Navy and Crumb Cake ( AKA Kraft)

The Last Chance Lists are here – click my logo above to LOOK at everything that’s leaving us, some of it’s 25% to 50% off -Only While Supplies LAST!!

Here are the PDF lists:

• Last Chance Stamp List
• Last Change Decor List

Here’s her pick…

 (Man, I thought I read this a million times and I still had a typo...in the title! I need to hire a proof reader. Linda, are you up to the challenge? LOL)

Thanks for all the sweet comments and guesses about my sisters graduation announcement!
She pick card #2 – with some slight variations :) Over half of you picked that card…you’re good!

She told me she didn’t want it to look like a wedding invitation, and to her, card #3 did…many of you told me that was your favorite. It’s my favorite too! I am so excited to see that the  Perfect Polka Dots textured folder WILL be in the new catalog in JULY!
Here is another favorite that will be added to the new catty….
The Beautiful Wings Embosslit….envision me jumping up and down….I am SOOO excited! That was my most used item from this mini catalog. What mini catalog item did you use the most?
As sad as I am to see this mini go, I’m even more excited to see the summer mini start in May! Check back tomorrow for 2 beautiful cards featuring all Summer Mini product.

• Inspired by Nature (my most used stamp set) #111656, pg 96, $23.95
• Beautiful Wings embosslit, pg 24 mini, #118138, $11.95
• Tiny Tags, pg 28 mini, #118091 $22.95 wood, #118592 $16.95 clear (fits block A)
• Medium Jewelry Tag Punch, pg 11 mini, # 117190, $10.95
• Soft Suede Classic Ink – sponged on the butterflies
• Naturals White Cardstock, #102316, $7.50 (40 sheets)  it’s a heavier cardstock then whisper white so it makes a perfect “white card base” and it has some natural flecks in it that add depth!
• Old Olive Classic Ink – spritzed with water to create this soft look
• Craft Bashful Blue – sponged at the top
• Craft So Saffron – sponged at the bottom

Side note- if you don’t have a Craft So Saffron ink pad – you NEED it – when you want to stamp something vanilla on a colored cardstock please don’t pick the vanilla ink pad…it’s just too light. The So Saffron is perfect on every color of cardstock!!! Plus, I use it to create a soft sponged edged all the time. I will be sad to see this craft pad go in June! I will be keeping mine :)

Order New Summer Mini product on May 1st and earn $25 FREE for every $100 you spend!  -click here for more details

Last Deal of the Week- FREE Shipping

■ Contains products to create invitations, crowns, purse boxes, banner, and food toppers for 8

116214  Princess Party Kit SALE $9.99 regular $15.95

■ Contains products to create invitations, eye patches, banner, treasure boxes, and food toppers for 8

116213 Pirate Party Kit SALE $9.99 regular $15.95

Tomorrow 10/30 before noon - I am offering FREE SHIPPING!

Don’t forget the clearance rack items…I’ll place the order through my web site so you can get anything on sale…. just send me an email and let me know what you want.

Happy Halloween!

How do you measure growth?

*** Quick housekeeping: On Aug, 13th I asked for your comments on our 2nd place commercial and the winner is Kathy Balman, she was chosen form random.org. Kathy won a SU! Circle Circus Reusable Shopping Bag!

I wanted to share a few of the great ways these ladies are using the LIMITED EDITION -Growth Chart.

Julienne Davison, an executive from Champaign, Illinois, put her Growth Chart up in her playroom, and uses the cute birds made with the Birds & Blooms Sizzlit die (item #113485) to track her kids' growth.

"Since my growth markers are movable," she says, "I plan to take photos of the children at various milestones and then record the date and measurement in a 'Watch me Grow' mini book."

Isn’t that the cutest ting you have ever seen?!?! Makes me wish my kids were little again…ok well, almost. hehehe But I do know who I can get it for! It will make the cutest Christmas gift form my nephews. I think I am safe saying that, since I don’t think my sister reads my blog!

Here's how Dale plans to use the growth chart at her school:

"On the first day of school, I always take a picture of each student . . . so I will take it in front of the grow chart. At the end of the year, I'll take a second picture and send both of them home with our last writing project which will be a book about how they have grown to be better students during the year. I also plan to use the growth chart during Math and let the students compare the length and height of various objects. I'm going to invite other classes to send their tallest and shortest students to be measured on our door, and we'll compare the differences to the tallest and shortest in our room."

"Since my main focus is getting my students to be better readers, I also plan to use the chart to graph the number of books they have read at home . . . so I will be putting other numbers where the metric ones were and adding student names and small punched shapes to the door to show how many books they read."

You Can Take It With You!
Mom and demonstrator, Anne Warman from Barrington, Illinois, has her house on the market, but that didn’t stop her from using the Growth Chart! Her husband trimmed and painted a piece of plywood to place the vinyl on so when they sell their house they can take the Growth Chart wherever they go!

This Idea Really Measures Up
Lisa Clark thought beyond the traditional use of the Growth Chart and created a ruler for her craft room. She cut out the ruler, then cut out the inch marks and adhered just the measurement marks to the edge of her counter. She then added the foot and half foot markers back in. Lisa uses this unobtrusive ruler to trim ribbon lengths, make quick measurements of scraps, visualize layouts, and more.

When asked about the other pieces of the Growth Chart that she didn’t use, she says, “I may use the tree and birds elsewhere in my craft room for fun.”

OM Goodness…now I need two this would be perfect in my craft room!!! The tree is just too cute and the permanent measuring tool is perfect!

How many do you want before they are gone?

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If your order is under $70 call or email me so I can help you save $ on shipping….I have orders going in weekly!

Last chance stamp sets & accessories

Dates: June 1-30, 2009

Stampin' Up! has announced the stamp sets that will be saying good-bye with the close of this catalog and idea book. The sets on this list will no longer be available after June 30th.

Click here, then click on the shop now button to *SEE* all the products on the Last Chance Lists.

Accessories (including the In-Colors) are also retiring and some at 50% off! The accessories are on a first come-first serve basis from today until June 30th. Some of the items will go fast and once they are sold out I can no longer order them! Remember anything made with the current In-Colors will be retired.

To Order Last Chance and Current Stampin' Up! Products On-Line 24/7, CLICK HERE! Get ‘em before they are GONE!