Pull Up See's Chocolates

Another Valentine gift...this one of the chocolate kind, yum!

It's a half pound box of Nuts & Chews Chocolates wrapped up in Night of Navy cardstock with Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper and a pull up ribbon of Night of Navy. The front is embellished with a couple Top Note die-cuts layered on one another (trim the top one on the perforated line) and a lock & key made from our fabulous Stampin' Up! punches!

Punches for the lock: Designer Label, 1-3/8" Circle, Tiny Tag, Small & Large Oval and Heart to Heart

Punches for the key: Word Window, Modern Label and Heart to Heart

Thanks Valita in Australia for the idea on the lock & key!

How would you like to fill your Stampin' Up! wish list and enjoy a discount on all your purchases? During Sale-a-bration the Starter Kits are on sale 15% off the regular price.

Choose either the Standard Starter Kit or Digital Starter Kit and save $15% ($148.75)
PLUS: You get the following bonus bundle absolutely FREE (a $50 value).
119883 Heart to Heart (or any punch), on page 202 in the Idea Book & Catalog
120806 Something Special Simply Sent (or any Simply Sent) on page 183 in the Idea Book & Catalog
117114 Live, Laugh Love stamp (or any Simply Sent Stamp) on page 183 of the Idea Book & Catalog
121620 Color Coach on page 165 of the Idea Book & Catalog

I ♥ FREE stuff, don't you??

Here are the details:
Save 30% on your first product order of $150 or more (placed within 45 days), plus earn hostess rewards AND receive a minimum of three Sale-A-Bration gifts (1 for every $50 in product purchased).

IT'S GOOD TO KNOW: There's no penalty to drop and you keep the kit and everything you purchased at a discount! You'll enjoy full demonstrator privileges through March 31, 2011. To remain active beyond June 30, 2011, $300 in product sales is required - including your own purchases!.

Starter Kit ships FREE.

JOIN MY TEAM! When you sign up for your starter kit with me, you become a member of my personal downline, Inking Everything. We live nationwide and are entirely virtual, low pressure and fun! My team members receive access to a private blog just for them, with exclusive projects and videos. Our blog is password protected and packed with Stampin' Up! news, inspiration and rewards exclusive to our group. My team receive complimentary copies of all my tutorials before I release them to the public. And, if you join now, you can request previously released tutorials at any time.

SIGN UP ONLINE and enjoy instant benefits. Go to http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/beckyroberts/ Click on Start Your Own Business.

If you are in the Boise, Idaho area and would like to host a show during Sale-a-bration, please contact me at yasou@cableone.net. I would love to show you and your friends all the exciting things Stampin' Up! has to offer! Plus with a $300 show, YOU receive a free Sale-a-bration product!!

Snail Mail

Snail mail, literally...get it? Sometimes I crack myself up!

I haven't pulled this set out for over a year so when making a few Valentine's I thought I would use this for a change. Very quick and easy!

Cardstock: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Pattern's Love Designer Series Paper

Stamp Set: Bugs & Kisses

Accessories: 2-1/2" Circle Punch, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Corner Rounder, White 5/8" Satin Ribbon

February Stamp Clubs

Here are the projects my local Stamp Clubs will be making this week. Everybody makes the birthday card and tiny candy bucket but they get to choose between the colors shown below for their birthday box and 3x3 cards.

We will be using the Take A Spin stamp set and the new Game Spinners, so fun!

The card is a take off the one shown in the new Occasions Mini Catalog...except I didn't have that stamp set. :( Loving the new little pom pom ribbon!! Do you have some yet?

Mini Milk Carton Valentine

I'm working on a couple of Valentine's this week. This one is 2 of the Mini Milk Cartons together. It is so tiny and sweet!

It's hard to see the size in photos, so I placed my SNAIL adhesive in the photo so you can see just how tiny and darling this is.

Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Old Olive

Stamp Set: With All My Heart

Accessories: Mini Milk Carton die-cut, Floral Fusion die-cut and the Big Shot, baby!, Three Heart Punch, Heart Punch, Small Oval Punch, Tiny Metal Edge Tags, Rhinestones, Clips Assortment, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon

Springtime Vintage Thank You

While I had my Big Shot out cutting flowers from the new Fun Flowers die-cut, I decided to make a card similar to the one Selene Kempton shared on our Stampin' Connections site. Stampin' Connections is our online community for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators...way cool place to visit!! I cut out a lot of flowers, so you may see more flower cards later this week. Ü

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Rose Red, Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper

Stamp Set: Thank You Kindly

Accessories: Fun Flowers die-cut and the Big Shot, baby!,Big Buttons, Stampin' Sponges and a little Soft Suede ink around the petal edges, 5-Petal Flower for the leaves and Linen Thread

Sale-a-bration is going on NOW!

With every $50 spent in catalog merchandise, you get a FREE Sale-a-bration product from the Sale-a-bration catalog.

Who doesn't ♥ FREE stuff??

Shop

HERE now!

Fun Flowers Magazine Holder

Have you tried this technique yet? It was showcased in our Stampin' Success magazine this month. Stampin' Success is a monthly publication Stampin' Up! put out for all demonstrators. Very cool magazine!!

I'm not sure what the actual technique is called, but to achieve it you emboss the back side of your cardstock with one of our Embossing Folders and the Big Shot. Turn it over and then stamp on top of the front side, the debossed side. I used the En Francais background stamp.

It's quite pretty in real life! For this set, I used the new Fun Flowers die-cut which I am in ♥ with!! I just keep making cards with it because the flowers are so pretty, and each one is going to cost me more postage to mail...sigh...but they are SO pretty!!I packaged them up in a Magazine Holder complete with envelopes. If you would like to make a Magazine Holder, the pattern can be found in the Designer Desk Set tutorial, HERE.

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Love Letter Designer Series Paper

Stamp Set: Kind Thanks, En Francais

Accessories: Fun flowers die-cut, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder and the Big Shot, baby!, Modern Label punch

Did you know that if you sign up to be a Stampin' Up Demonstrator during Sale-a-bration, you get this $50 product Bonus Bundle absolutely free?

The Standard and Digital Starter Kits are on sale now until March 31st. Check it all out in this posting HERE, and feel free to contact me at yasou@cableone.net with any questions.


Don't forget to check out Inking Idaho on Facebook. The link is on the top left sidebar of this blog and so is the 'Like' button. Ü

Petal Cone Pouch

Today's posting is a project made with the Petal Cone die-cut, which I did not own or need or really even particularly want...until Leadership. There were so many, many darling, no super darling, projects done with it.

I was still holding out quite well until Bonnie Thurber demonstrated this project on stage. Then I was certain it would fall into my shopping cart.

I loved it so much I hardly changed a thing. This was a fun little project to make and now I have all my hostess gifts made for my February shows. Love it!

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Sweet Stitched Designer Series Paper (of which I didn't 'need' until then either!)

Stamp Set: Kind Thanks

Accessories: Large Flower Punch, So Sweet Big Buttons ( we received a pack of them FREE at Leadership Ü), Scallop Edge Punch, Petal Cone die-cut, Fun Flowers die-cut and the Big Shot, baby!, Daffodil Delight 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, 5 Petal Punch for the leaves, Medium Cello Bag, Linen Thread

Notepad Purses

Do you have a lot of those little composition notebooks on hand? You know, the ones that go on sale every year with back to school supplies. I can't seem to resist them! I probably have 25 of them.

I did this about a year or so ago and thought it was time to revisit the idea.

You can find the free tutorial for these HERE.

The one on the left may look familiar if you attended Leadership this year...it's is kind of like the bag we received. I embossed Whisper White cardstock in the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder and ran it through the Big Shot. Then I brayered over it with Early Espresso ink just touching the raised images.

For the purse on the right, I traced the outline of one corner of a bag in the Tres Chic Handbags Tutorial to get the shape. It is covered in Love Letter Designer Series Paper and the embellishment is made with the Floral Fusion die-cut, layered on 1-3/8" Circle and Scallop Circle Punches. I cut about 6 balls off from the ball key chain to shorten it a bit.

These will be used as gifts for guests booking a Sale-a-bration show from a party they attended this month.

Sale-a-bration is going on NOW!
With every $50 spent in catalog merchandise, you get a FREE Sale-a-bration product from the Sale-a-bration catalog.

Who doesn't ♥ FREE stuff??
Shop HERE now!

Inking Idaho Now Has a Kindle App!

You can now follow Inking Idaho on your favorite device.

If you have a Kindle, iPhone, iPad or anything you use to download RSS feed, you can now access it in the following ways.

Inking Idaho blog is now listed on the Amazon Kindle! And if you have an iPad you can subscribe to my blog feed on Blog Shelf. Both of these are services you pay for through downloading an app for your device.

Here is a screen shot of what you are looking for on Amazon when searching for Inking Idaho.

• Amazon Kindle will bring my blog to your Kindle for $1.99 a month.
  
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Now you can read Inking Idaho from your favorite device! Cool, huh?!

This is just a service you may be interested in, there is no obligation. You can always visit my blog daily and read for free and if you have subscribed to my blog, it's still free. None of that will change. Ü

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Here is a cute project made my Maria Matondi. She used the memo board project from the 12 Days of Christmas 2010 Edition to create her memo board using the new Springtime Vintage Fabric.

Maria has a couple of photo on her blog.

Morning Cup and a Little Facebook Announcement

Inking Idaho has made the leap to Facebook!

Click the 'like' button on the top left hand column of my blog to say you 'like' Inking Idaho. Thank you!

And...coming soon, Inking Idaho will have its own Kindle app!

Lots going on here - this week you will see a new banner here, just a very slight change - you will still recognize me. It's pretty cute!!

I love this little set...maybe because that is how I start every day! Nothing like a little coffee with French Vanilla Creamer to get you going. Ü

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Early Espresso...duh! they are coffee cards!

Stamp Set: Morning Cup

Accessories: Assorted Stampin' Write Markers, Blender Pens, 1-1/4" & 1-3/8" Circle Punches, Scallop Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Ovals die-cut, Top Note die-cut, Big Shot, baby! (you need one of these and during Sale-a-bration you can get 2 free stamp sets with it!!), Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Antique Quilt Embossing Folder, Whisper White 1/8" Taffeta and Whisper White Satin Ribbon

Need Some Light?

How about a little lamp? I saw this darling pattern in January/February 2011 edition of paper Crafts magazine and had to give it a try.

Cardstock: Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper

Stamp Set: Friends 24-7, Woodgrain Background

Accessories: Chantilly Lace, Rose Red Seam Binding ribbon, Floral Fusion die-cut and the Big Shot, baby!, Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Vintage Brads, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch

How would you like to fill your Stampin' Up! wish list and enjoy a discount on all your purchases? During Sale-a-bration the Starter Kits are on sale 15% off the regular price.

Choose either the Standard Starter Kit or Digital Starter Kit and save $15% ($148.75)

PLUS: You get the following bonus bundle absolutely FREE (a $50 value).

119883 Heart to Heart (or any punch), on page 202 in the Idea Book & Catalog

120806 Something Special Simply Sent (or any Simply Sent) on page 183 in the Idea Book & Catalog

117114 Live, Laugh Love stamp (or any Simply Sent Stamp) on page 183 of the Idea Book & Catalog

121620 Color Coach on page 165 of the Idea Book & Catalog

I ♥ FREE stuff, don't you??

Here are the details:

Save 30% on your first product order of $150 or more (placed within 45 days), plus earn hostess rewards AND receive a minimum of three Sale-A-Bration gifts (1 for every $50 in product purchased).

IT'S GOOD TO KNOW: There's no penalty to drop and you keep the kit and everything you purchased at a discount! You'll enjoy full demonstrator privileges through March 31, 2011. To remain active beyond June 30, 2011, $300 in product sales is required - including your own purchases!.

Starter Kit ships FREE.

JOIN MY TEAM! When you sign up for your starter kit with me, you become a member of my personal downline, Inking Everything. We live nationwide and are entirely virtual, low pressure and fun! My team members receive access to a private blog just for them, with exclusive projects and videos. Our blog is password protected and packed with Stampin' Up! news, inspiration and rewards exclusive to our group. My team receive complimentary copies of all my tutorials before I release them to the public. And, if you join now, you can request previously released tutorials at any time.

SIGN UP ONLINE and enjoy instant benefits. Go to http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/beckyroberts/ Click on Start Your Own Business.

If you are in the Boise, Idaho area and would like to host a show during Sale-a-bration, please contact me at yasou@cableone.net. I would love to show you and your friends all the exciting things Stampin' Up! has to offer! Plus with a $300 show, YOU receive a free Sale-a-bration product!!