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You can use your Pay Pal account to pay for SU orders directly online!

I just learned this from another demonstrator. The question was whether a customer may use his/her Pay Pal account to pay when placing an online order directly on our Stampin' Up! web site. Here's what another demonstrator shared:

YES she can use her Paypal account balance to pay for her SU order.

Instruct her to follow these steps:
1. Login to your Paypal account.
2. Click Paypal Plug In (left hand side of the screen)
3.Click Secure Cards (left hand side of the screen)
4. Click Generate a New Card (under the Secure Cards menu)

This will create a Virtual Mastercard and she can then use the info on the Mastercard to pay for her SU order!

Stella's note: I have NO clue if this means it pulls out of your checking OR if you have to have a Pay Pal balance. I guess you can try and see if it works (no harm) OR phone Pay Pal directly at:

1-888-221-1161

4:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST Monday through Friday
6:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST Saturday and Sunday

Promotions-at-a Glance

HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA

What is the Holiday Extravaganza sale?

• The sale is a limited-time, 20 to 50 percent discount on select product bundles from November 26 through December 1, 2008.
• Details on discounted product bundles will be announced when the sale begins November 26.
• Quantities of discounted bundles are limited, so you and your customers should place orders online early
• GO TO MY WEB SITE ON THURSDAY FOR ALL THE DETAILS!! Stella's Web Site

RUB-ONS PROMOTION

Dates: November 10-30, 2008

Promotion Details:
Spend $20 and qualify to purchase any Rub-Ons assortment at 20 percent off ($8.76 per package; regularly $10.95):

Item #	Page #	Rub-Ons Description
111416	178	Chateau Bella
111417	178	Word Flurries
111414	178	Hidden Garden
111277	178	A Perfect Day
110283	179	Take Note
111806	179	Chills & Thrills
111804	179	Chit Chat
111415	179	Greatest Moments
111805	179	School Days
110282	179	Anchored
112844	11*	Old Saint Nick
112843	17*	Season of Cheer
112735	39**	Hidden Garden Blossoms

*From Holiday 2008 Mini Catalog

**From Celebrando Creatividad

COUNTRY LIVING HOLIDAY COLLECTION KIT

Customer Order Dates: November 1-December 31, 2008 (or while supplies last)

The Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit includes the following products:

• Holiday Collection stamp set (six stamps)
• Four 12" x 12" sheets of die-cut chipboard
• Eight 12" x 12" sheets of die-cut Designer Series paper (2 ea. of 4 double-sided designs)
• Four 12" x 12" sheets of Designer Series paper (2 ea. of 2 double-sided designs)
• Two 12" x 12" sheets of Whisper White card stock
• 25 yds. Silver Metallic cord
• 10 yds. 3/8" Whisper White taffeta ribbon
• Pretties Kit brads (20)
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter (1/2 oz.)
• Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive
• Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin' Spot
• Old Olive Craft Stampin' Spot
• Uninked Stampin' Spot
• Whisper White Craft Ink refill
• $49.95
• Order by December 15 and I will add any product valued at $5.50. You must email me for this promotion (rather than ordering off my web site).

FALL-WINTER SAMPLER PROMOTION

Hostess Incentive: October 1-November 30, 2008
Host a $350 workshop and choose one stamp set from the Fall-Winter Sampler for free.

Item #	Description	Retail Value
111564	Flight of the Butterfly	$31.95
112911	Vuelo de la mariposa (Spanish Flight of the Butterfly)	$31.95
111676	Puns from the Past	$27.95
111660	Just Jawing	$25.95
111624	Dreams du Jour	$18.95
111700	Thank You Kindly	$13.95
111714	Wow Flowers	$12.95
112955	Flores llamativas (Spanish Wow Flowers)	$12.95
111600	Bella's Bloom	$12.95

Schedule for retiring Stampin' Up! items & new catalog

December 9 

• Retired stamp set list available.

January 5 

• Retired accessories list available online at noon (MT). Items available only while supplies last. 

January 5-18  

• Retired accessories list updated daily.

January 18 

• Last day to order Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog merchandise. Orders must be placed by 11:50 PM (MT).

January 19

• Demonstrators can order products from the new Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog beginning at noon (MT).

 

NOTE: The new Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog will stay the same price. I will set up pre-orders on or around December 1. I will sell just below cost at $3.95 + $4.75 shipping and I will handle all orders through Pay Pal. Again, not ready yet but stay tuned while I set it up to go live after Thanksgiving. If you’re new to me, I presell catalogs then I order as many as I need, SU ships and then I turn them around same-day (literally). I ship hundreds every catalog release.

Stampin' Up! just updated the list of materials you can use with your Big Shot

Big Shot Materials List for Bigz and Originals Dies

The following materials work well when creating die cuts with the Big Shot machine and Bigz and Originals dies. Please note the maximum thickness of several materials. As a rule of thumb, you can cut a material with your Big Shot machine and Bigz or Originals dies if you can cut it using your Craft & Paper Scissors.

Thick corkboard Thick chipboard (59 mil) Colored magnet Ruffle board Paper wood Balsa wood (3/32") Bass wood (1/16") Metal mesh Aluminum (.016) Tin (.008) Adhesive and non-adhesive mat board Drawer liner Shelf liner Vinyl Static cling vinyl Shrink film Fine sandpaper Clear acetate (20 mil) Vellum Card stock Patterned paper Flocked paper Contact paper Textured paper Metallic paper Linen paper Suede paper Embossed metallic paper Basketball embossed paper

Faux alligator textured paper Self-adhesive glitter paper Fabric Canvas Iron-on fabric Soft plush fabric Burlap Velvet Corduroy Lace Heavyweight denim Terry cloth Funky fur Thin leather Quilt batting Warm & natural batting Fusible fleece Self-adhesive craft metal Self-adhesive cork Self-adhesive foam Self-adhesive magnet Self-adhesive felt Adhesive and non-adhesive rubber Pop up sponge Poly foam 100% pure beeswax (cut with parchment paper on top & bottom of beeswax.)

An exclusive Holiday Gift Giving Guide!

   

Stampin' Up! just came out with a great couple of resources for me to help you OR for you to help with some pretty overt hints regarding what YOU want in your stocking or under the tree.

Use the Holiday Gift List as a hint. Print it, highlight what you hope to receive and leave it out for someone to stumble across (like taping it to the bathroom mirror - that'd be subtle!) and be sure to include my web site address below for super easy ordering!

See The Holiday Gift List here:Download gifts_under_list_US.pdf

Additionally, if you have a stamper you want some ideas for, please check out Stampin' Up!s "Gift Giving Guide" here:

Download gift_giving_guide_us.pdf

Where can you or a loved one order? Right here - www.StellarStamps.StampinUp.net

Finding inspiration in someone else's creativity

I'm participating in Leadership Boot Camp which is an online class, of sorts, run by a veteran demonstrator. The general gist of the purpose of the course is to learn how to be a better upline to my Stampin' Up! downline. Part of our homework in this first week was to create 3 cards using Designer Series Paper. One you have already seen in a prior post - my Thanksgiving card using Season of Friendship. The other two were inspired by two cards swapped at the most recent Founder's Circle retreat that I attended in Utah in September. Below, I'm going to share the card I used to inspire me and then my interpretation of it.

The first card is by a fellow demonstrator named Lynn Wegleitner. She used Big on Christmas and I tweaked it to create a card using Holiday Trinkets.

In the next card, I took inspiration from demonstrator Marlayne Hardy's Christmas Classics card to create my Mr. Twigster card (sentiment is from the Country Living Holiday Collection set on sale now for a limited time).

The moral of the story is that pretty much any card you see can be reworked for just about any set. It makes the possibilities endless with just a very few templates. Don't stress yourself out thinking every card has to be unique. Get into a groove with a few templates you like and can do in your sleep then branch out from there!

Vote!

Regardless of who or what you support, please remember to vote on Tuesday, November 4. As a naturalized American citizen, the opportunity to vote in a democracy is part of why we immigrated to the US. Some Americans have no idea how lucky they are. I know how lucky I am. I hope you do too.

I found a quote that say it all for me: "Voting is a civic sacrament." (Theodore Hesburgh).

Vote November 4!

My Thanksgiving card using Holiday Mini Catalog products

If you've been with me a while, you know I love what I call "assembly-line stamping". It's when I come up with an idea and make a bunch. Yesterday, NFL games were the backdrop for my creating my very simple Thanksgiving card using "Season of Friendship" stamp set and Autumn Vine Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The "Happy Thanksgiving" sentiment is from "Holidays & Wishes" stamp set (page 146 of our mail catalog). Additionally, I inked all the images with our markers, used our Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon, used Stampin' Sponges with a Chocolate Chip stamp pad and mounted it on Not Quite Navy card stock. I made 18 in a matter of an afternoon while taking breaks to do other things. Super quick and easy!

The Holiday Mini Catalog's products are available now through January 18.

In this first photo, note that I was able to use 4 different papers from Autumn Vine.

Photos tend to distort color. These look "richer" in real life.

Country Living (magazine) Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit on sale TODAY

The Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit includes the following products to make beautiful handmade ornaments:

• Holiday Collection stamp set (six stamps)
• Four 12" x 12" sheets of die-cut chipboard
• Eight 12" x 12" sheets of die-cut Designer Series paper (2 ea. of 4 double-sided designs)
• Four 12" x 12" sheets of Designer Series paper (2 ea. of 2 double-sided designs)
• Two 12" x 12" sheets of Whisper White card stock
• 25 yds. Silver Metallic cord
• 10 yds. 3/8" Whisper White taffeta ribbon
• Pretties Kit brads (20)
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter (1/2 oz.)
• Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive
• Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin' Spot
• Old Olive Craft Stampin' Spot
• Uninked Stampin' Spot
• Whisper White Craft Ink refill
• $49.95 - on sale now through December 31
• Order online at www.StellarStamps.StampinUp.net

See flyer here

Download country_living_US.pdf