Welcome to Snowmanlover's Paperie

For those of you new to my site, I retired as a a Stampin' Up Independent Demonstrator
I went back to teaching in a Special Ed Classroom after being home for 20 years and "retired"
My blog is now changing to a WREATH Blog!
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Whimsy Wreaths
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Sneak Peek- Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog/Hostess Club beginning!!

How about another Sneak Peek from the Holiday Mini Catalog!


This is from a darling little A la Carte stamp called From Santa. It coordinates with our 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch. I added a little adornment from our new Stitched Felt Embellishments



I wanted to remind you of a few important things!


*Today is the LAST day to order from the Summer Mini Catalog


*Today is the LAST day to order the Buy 3 get 1 FREE pack of Designer Series Paper- Don't miss out- this is a once a year deal!!



*Stay tuned for my upcoming Holiday Mini Shares to begin tomorrow!!
Please come back and check out my September 1st post!


*I am still looking for members to join my 4 month Holiday Hostess Club. You order $37.50 in retail for 4 months and on one month YOU get $25 in Hostess Credits. Seeking a few more members before we can begin!!


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Monday, August 29, 2011

Ho-Ho- Holiday Hostess Clubs! Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog Sneak Peek!

How about a Sneak Peek from the Stampin' Up Holiday Mini Catalog!! 


I created this card using some really cute paper, punches and stamps from the Holiday Mini Catalog which begins in 3 days!!


How would you like to join my Holiday Hostess Club!


What does this mean?
I need 4 "members" to sign up and commit to ordering $37.50* in Retail (plus ship and tax) amount from either the Main 
Stampin' Up Catalog or the NEW Holiday Mini Catalog 
that will begin in September and go through December.
This "Club" will last 4 months and you will be responsible for ordering $37.50 in September, October, November and December.

I would like gather orders by the 1st of each month and payment is due the 3rd of each month, starting with September.

What do you get for being a Hostess?!!
Do you have to clean your house or get outside orders? NO!
What Hostess means, is when it is YOUR month you get to choose $25 in Retail! There are some fabulous "Hostess Only" items and these "cost" less! So you might find one valued at $22.95 but it will only use up $13 of your hostess $25! Or you can chose any product out of either catalog for your $25! 

Let me tell you, this HOLIDAY MINI is the best and you will want it all!
Most of my clubs are from Long Distance Members. If you live out of town there will be a Reship/paypal fee* added to the $37.50. 

Please reply soon if you are interested so I can get a Holiday Mini Catalog sent to you, if you sign up for a Club!

Thank you, Barb
p.s I currently have many clubs going, this is for new club members who are willing to start in September and go until Dec 1st

If you are interested, please click on the Email Me button to the right or email me at snowmanlover 2 at yahoo dot com


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Thinking outside of the box with Stampin' Up! Timeless Portrait Paper

Good morning
I have a really great surprise for you! My little girl asked me to buy her our
 Timeless Portrait Designer Paper
Look what she made with this. She definitely thinks "outside the box"! She has the ability and talent to look at a pattern and whip up something that is a bit unusual. I just love this. She found the box in a stash of office stuff my husband was cleaning out. It has a magnetic closure. Wish we could get more boxes like this!





For the sides and the bottom she used another pattern of the Timeless Portrait Paper


Now check out what she did with the inside. She is so creative! 


Materials Used:
Timeless Portrait Designer Paper
Black Satin Ribbon 
Beveled Window Panes
That's it!!


Don't forget, through this Wednesday, only we have the Buy 3 get 1 FREE packs of Designer Paper. This pack is included!! Click here to see my store. 



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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Catching up

Good morning! My computer has been in the shop for a few days and wow I feel so out of touch!
I am here to extend my prayers to those that are on the East Coast and enduring the quakes, hurricanes and tornados. I hope you all are well and have been thinking about you.


On  a good note, I got a really big special pay check from Stampin' Up from something I earned awhile back,  and was able to buy a new computer!  It was in the store so I could transfer my old computer to my new one and now I am all set! Now I can have my own without kicking my kids off of mine when I need to work or play on the computer!


I also have a few spots in my New Holiday Hostess Club which I would like to begin early in September. It goes for 4 months and the cost is $37.50 in Retail for 4 months plus ship, tax, reship. You may order out of either the main catalog or the new Holiday Mini Catalog!
If interested, please email me at snowman lover 2 at yahoo dot com


Have a great Sunday. Sorry for the lapse in posts. Please come back this week, as I will be showcasing some really neat things my little girl made and also some gorgeous Christmas things I have made from our new and upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog.


Coming on September 1st- Holiday Mini Catalog SHARES!!!

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Monday, August 22, 2011

My Stampin' Up! Beau Chateau Card Kit ~ ready to take orders!! Slide Show too!

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Now here are the contents of my kit

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With my Kit you will receive the following:
12 6x6 sheets of Double Sided Beau Chateau Designer Paper
1/2 Package of the Beau Chateau Side Notes
4  sheets of 8.5 x 11 Pacific Point Card Stock
4 sheets of 8.5 x 11 Pink Piroutte Card Stock
2 sheets of Very Vanilla Card Stock- to use on the inside of the cards
1 sheet of Soft Suede Card Stock for mounting
Embellishments Included:
5 Vintage Brads
1 Clothes Pin
1 yard of Lace Ribbon
2 yards of Crumb Cake Seam Tape Binding
6  big pearls
8 small pearls
I will throw in the Vintage Trinkets (pin and small brad)
And the die Cuts needed- Tasteful Trim Cut , Flowers Cut, Designer Frame Embossing cut.

You will have enough to make 8 cards with left over Designer Paper!
You will need to provide your own ink and there is very little stamping if any on most of the cards. You will need to use your own stamps for this. I used Soft Suede Classic Ink.
There will be a color copy of the photos of the cards enclosed.

The cost is $25
To add shipping/handling there is an extra $6 charge.
If you would like to add a package of our Stampin' Dimensionals then please add $5.99 to cover cost of product, ship and tax to me.

Please order by Emailing me first:
To place your order with me, click on the Email button over on the right side of the blog or email me at snowmanlover 2 at yahoo dot com



To view a slide show, see below! (oops- it posted all of my cards!

To view Close-ups of all the cards:
Click HERE for Card 1
Click HERE for Card 2
Click HERE for Cards 3
Click HERE for Card 4
Click HERE for Cards 5& 6
Click HERE for Cards 7 &8

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Stampin' Up! Beau Château Card Kit~ Cards 7 & 8!

Edit- Click HERE to see Full Card Kit!


Last two cards, I promise, then I will announce the Card Kit I have been working on for you!


I literally whipped this one together and made a cute little flower from our Fun Flower Sizziz Die. I also used our Tasteful Trim Die.


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And the last one. I am not nuts about this one but I was trying to show you most of the elements that came in the Beau Chateau Side Notes packet.
I used this one for a birthday card and added stamps from Best Friends Forever and a birthday sentiment from Curly Cute Stamp Set.

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Please come back tomorrow morning! I will be "Unveiling" my new Beau Chateau Card Kit for you!
Barb
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Stampin' Up! Beau Château Card Kit~ Cards 5 & 6!

Edit- Click HERE to see Full Card Kit!


I am on a roll with my up and coming card kit. It will be announced tomorrow!
Here are two more cards I created with the Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper and Side Notes. I also used our Fun Flowers Die to create the flower and added a Vintage Brad.


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Card #6
This one is a bit funky, but it was fun to make.
 I used the actual Post Card that came with the Side Notes Kit. I added a stamped image of the feather pen and one of the post marks from a very old set. The title and the other postage mark comes on the post card!The little crown is part of the Side Note Set and I cut out the little squares to add to the ribbon with a Vintage brad.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Stampin' Up! Beau Château Card Kit~ Card #4

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Hello, I hope you have been enjoying the Beau Chateau Cards that I have been show casing from my up and coming August Card Kit. This is something I am going to be starting up again, monthly.

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Again I used the Beau Chateau Designer Paper pack and the Side Notes. I added a touch of seam binding, stamped with a simple sentiment, added a vintage pin and used the Designer Frames Embossing set.


Stay tuned for more cards for my soon to be ordered kit!


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Friday, August 19, 2011

Stampin' Up! Beau Château Side Note Card #3

Edit- Click HERE to see Full Card Kit!
Good morning! I was up with the "roosters" this morning because there is something I want to "crow" about!


I am delighted to share with you, the 3rd card in my New Upcoming Beau Château Side Note Card Kit!

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All I am using is our gorgeous Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper and our Beau Chateau Side Notes and a few added embellishments. I am creating a Card Kit for you,  that will be available for purchase soon!


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I would love your feed back to see if this is something you might want to purchase? I am going to start creating more Card Kits for Sale and this is my first one in my new series . I will be showcasing more cards in the next few days and would love some feedback on these cards, please.
Thank you!


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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Stampin' Up! Beau Château Card

Edit- Click HERE to see Full Card Kit!
 I hope you enjoyed my other Beau Chateau Card post. If you missed it, please click here.


 I am going to show you the 2nd card I created for my up and coming new card kit.

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 Again another super easy, yet elegant card. No stamping and no ink!



I used:
Beau Château Designer Paper
Beau Château Side Notes (new)
Pink Pirouette and Soft Suede Card Stock
Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon
Antique Brad
Basic Pearls
Tasteful Trim Die


That's it! Super easy! 
I would love what you think about this new project I am working on?? 
Would you be interested in a card kit made with this? I am working on one to share with you!
I would love to hear your comments, please.
Thank you, Barb


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Stampin' Up! Simple, yet Elegant~ Beau Château

Edit- Click HERE to see Full Card Kit!


Good morning. I would love to share with you a new series of cards I started making late last night. Beau Chateau~the prettiest little paper pack we have. I will be focusing on cards made with this pack over the next few days, as I will be offering a Beau Chateau Card Kit, coming soon!

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This card was so easy but I think it turned out simple yet elegant. 
Stampin' Up!


I used very few elements:
Beau Château Designer Paper
Beau Château Side Notes- new on page 190 and only $5.95
Marina Mist Designer Paper
Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon
Antique Brads
Basic Pearls




For the  inside I simply added some Very Vanilla Card stock and a strip of left over paper to make a border on the edge. Simple Card, no ink, no stamps!


I would love to hear what you think? 
I can't wait to offer you my upcoming Card Kit, so please stay tuned for some more Beau Château Cards!


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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Under the Stars-Coming out in Digital!

Good morning! 
Today is Tuesday! Do you know what I like about Tuesdays!!
We (Stampin' Up) releases new Digital Designs every Tuesday!
There are 4 great new ones that just released today.
One of the new ones is Under the Stars.

Here is a card I made last year using this darling stamp set. This card was stamped but you can now use it through our MDS or whatever Digital Program you own.


If you would like to order it as a stamp set you may but if you would like to save some dollars and order it digitally you can as of today! 
Here is the item #127416

The nice thing about ordering Digitally, is that you do not pay shipping or tax and it goes directly to your own computer! If you own our MDS-My Digital Studio or any other photo editing program, you can use our downloads!

To order this,  click HERE! Go to Products, Shop Now and then Digital. You can see the other new downloads as well! Be sure to check every Tuesday if you are interested in Digital Stamps!




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Monday, August 15, 2011

Another Digital Card by Lorrie

Good morning! I got my new computer and printer yesterday but still have a lot of glitches to work out. In the meantime I thought I would show you another card that my good friend/customer Lorrie made for me. She always sends me thank you cards for the littlest things I do~

This is another one of her Digital Cards!! Check out her Blog Here. Not only will her cards delight you but her photography is magical!!
Lorrie designed this one on her own.



I have had several people ask me about our Stampin' Up  Digital Program.  We do have one and it is called My Digital Studio or MDS. I am not very computer savy but it is a very user friendly program and you can print out our Stampin' Up stamps, punches, and even our papers. Check out our MDS Here.


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Sunday, August 14, 2011

A beautiful Stampin' Up MDS card! By Lorrie!

Hi Friends,
Sorry to have not posted over the weekend. I was recooping from my Craft Sale and working on lots of biz stuff for Clubs and Share Customers. Besides that, my printer went out and I have to have a printer to print my long distance mailing labels! So today I am off to purchase a new Mac!  I love my old one but the kids need a computer (I hate sharing mine) and I just got a BIG Stampin' Up Bonus, so with the printer going out, now is the time! Lots of cleaning up to do on my old computer.

While cleaning up emails I came across this beautiful card made by one of my long distance BFF friend, follower, customer. She did this Digitally with our Stampin' Up Digital Paper. I have been meaning to post her card and better do it soon because this paper retires in August. Didn't she do an awesome job!




Here is the link to my wonderful friend's site :http://www.lorriesstory.com
While she started out as a customer, she is now my very dear friend and we talk daily!  I just wish she did not live a million states away. Will we ever meet? Sigh


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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Today is the Day!! Huge Local Craft Sale!

Good morning! Wow I did not get much sleep last night. Been so busy organizing for my big Local Craft Sale. I decided to do this after redoing my Craft room. I invited my local friends but I don't think too many are coming. I know all my long distance buds would love to come!

I have soooo much. If it doesn't sell, I will need to have a 'garage sale" but not until it gets out of the over 100 degrees here!

So all my local crafty friends, please be sure to stop by today!
Noon-3 and then 5-7! P.S. it is inside!! :)

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Gosh I just don't stop for a second!

Sorry for the lack of posts. I have just not stopped in the last week or so for a second!

I am working on my Paper Shares, Ribbon Shares, Current Clubs, Seeking new Club Members for my Holiday Hostess Clubs, Card Swaps, Open House, Advent Project, Baby Album project and workshop. Whew, I had to cancel the workshop, just too much going on! It was a repeat of last weeks for those that couldn't make it.

Thursday I am having an open house craft sale and selling my retired stamps half off. I will put them up for sale after the local open house.  So much to get ready and just a day away.

I have also been working on my Swaps for my Team's Baggie Books.
When I finish all of these projects I really will show you some photos.

For the follower from Spring Texas, thanks for stopping by each day and being a loyal follower! I have a little traffic thingy on my blog and it tells me which city you all are viewing from. It does not say your names or your email, just city and every morning I see Spring Texas, so introduce yourself and thanks for stopping by! I really appreciate it!

For now, I just stopped by to say Hello!
I am till trying to fill my Holiday Hostess Clubs and need just 4 members from Sept 1st- December 1st! For details, click HERE, please.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Stampin' Up HOLIDAY Mini HOSTESS CLUBS!



Hi friends,
I am starting another round of Hostess Clubs. This one is my
Holiday Hostess Club!

What does this mean?
I need 4 "members" to sign up and commit to ordering $37.50* in Retail (plus ship and tax) amount from either the main 
Stampin' Up Catalog or the NEW Holiday Mini Catalog 
that will begin in September and go through December.
This "Club" will last 4 months and you will be responsible for ordering $37.50 in September, October, November and December.

I would like gather orders by the 1st of each month and payment is due the 3rd of each month, starting with September.

What do you get for being a Hostess?!!
Do you have to clean your house or get outside orders? NO!
What Hostess means, is when it is YOUR month you get to choose $25 in Retail! There are some fabulous "Hostess Only" items and these "cost" less! So you might find one valued at $22.95 but it will only use up $13 of your hostess $25! Or you can chose any product out of either catalog for your $25! 

Let me tell you, this HOLIDAY MINI is the best and you will want it all!
Most of my clubs are from Long Distance Members. If you live out of town there will be a Reship/paypal fee* added to the $37.50. 

Please reply soon if you are interested so I can get a Holiday Mini Catalog sent to you, if you sign up for a Club!

Thank you, Barb
p.s I currently have many clubs going, this is for new club members who are willing to start in September and go until Dec 1st

If you are interested, please click on the Email Me button to the right or email me at snowmanlover 2 at yahoo dot com

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Thinking of Others Workshop

Couldn't make it to the Workshop yesterday? Well I am bringing it to you!
Actually I am going to be doing a repeat of the workshop this Saturday, so if you are in the Dallas area and want to come, just let me know!

Here are the cards we made


I just love this Berry Blossoms Designer Paper- don't forget paper is on sale this month.
We used Word Play Stamp Set


Here is another light hearted version


I just love this card. We used the darling little Owl punch and Nursery Nest Designer Paper, also on sale this month and one of my favorites!


Inside can be used for a Gift Card or for a tea bag!


I worked hours on designing this card and just did not like it but they loved it! We used the Thoughts and Prayers Stamp Set and our new Wisteria Wonder Card Stock



Here are the ladies that attended

Barb T- not to be confused with me, Barb G!


Sandy and Patty hard at work- well play! 


Patty's Cute little owl! Sorry Patty, you were not upside down but sometimes blogger does this to my photo. I love the way your pretty shirts always seem like a Stampin' Up Color. Today this shirt looks like Wild Wasabi. Patty is my awesome downline!



Kathryn and her darling mom, Pattie. They found me from the Stampin' Up website, emailed me and here they are. I really enjoyed having you both!
 

Well that is it for today. As usual I am busy, busy, busy! This week I have to work on my 38 card swaps for a baggie book with my team mates. I am also planning my Retired Items Sale for this upcoming week and a repeat of this same workshop on Saturday!

Have a great week!
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