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Kids Home for
the Holidays?
Stamp out the summertime blues! Here are some fun ideas to do with your children during the holiday break:
(these also make fun birthday party activities)
1. Alphabet sets: help your kids' reading, spelling, and writing skills stay sharp all summer - it's as easy as ABC! Use any SU! alphabet set to let them spell words or create sentences. They could stamp out messages to dad, friends, or relatives.
2. Stamp out several sets of a SU! alphabet on magnetic sheets, cut apart, and store in a metal tin. They can then spell by sticking the letters to the tin. This makes a great activity while driving in the car. Use the numbers sets in the same way to practice math skills.
3. Tic-Tac-Toe! Play just like you would with an X and an O but let each player use an image stamp instead. This game travels well, too, if you use mini stamps and spots. (See pages 130-131 for spots).
4. Stamp-O: Your kids can help you make, then play, this SU! version of Bingo! Choose one or more stamp sets and stamp images in different colours on cards. Stamps another set of matching images to draw from.
5. Late in the summer, pull our your age-appropriate sets and let your child make a new bookmark for school. They may want to make one for teacher, too.
6. Use a favourite set to decorate plain paper book covers!
7. Using any of the animal stamps or the All in the Family set, stamp on white cardstock, colour, and cut out. Then attach them to popsicle sticks and have a puppet show!
8. Create a chore chart with your children using stamps for particular jobs and/or a stamp to check off when a job is completed.
9. Let your children tell you a story using the stamps you have. Or stamp images in a notebook, let them colour in and write text to coordinate. See how creative they can be!
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Q&A
How do I use the new Scallop Border Punch?
Many ladies have asked me this so far! I know I've shown hundreds of you how to make a scallop using either the corner rounder or the slit punch, giving both of those punches tremendos value. However, the new scallop border punch makes for a quick embellishment and also allows you to create scalloped squares and rectangles to any size.
Lining it up is easy, thanks to the preprinted image on either side of the punch. Basically, punch your cardstock once. Then slide the card either right or left until the punched out scallops match up exactly with the printed scallops on the punch. (They were clever and put these images on both the right and left side so you can go either way.) Punch again, and it will line up perfectly.
As an added bonus, you'll end up with a little pile of off-cuts that are perfect for wearing around as fangs.
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Dear Stampers and Scrapbookers,
I hope you have had and are having a wonderful holiday season! My father has been here in New Zealand visiting, so I have had a very special time this year.
It's also an exciting time in Stampin' Up! land - January and February bring us the most exciting promotion of the year: Sale-A-Bration! This is absolutely the best time to join my team, hostess a workshop or class, or to place those orders! I will make sure you get the most free product possible - guaranteed!
I also help to organize several large stamping events during this promotional period - please visit the upcoming events section to find one near you.
Warmest Wishes,
Jacquelyn Pedersen
Stamp Happy! Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator
021 128 9923 (9) 482 3365
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 Upcoming Events
Classes, workshops, and community events
Please see here for my 2009 prices for classes.
January 10th 9:30am Stampin' Up! demonstrator training - all levels. FREE. Please come along to find out more about the Stampin' Up! opportunity and community. Birkenhead.
January 10th 3pm Hamilton Templeview Stamp Club! Get more for you money and join a stamp club! Email me for a flyer with all the details. Free to members or $15 casual. Please bring scissors and adhesive.
Janaury 14th Takanini Stamp Club! Get more for your money and join a stamp club. Email me for a flyer with all the details. Free to members or $15 casual. Please bring scissors and adhesive. 7:30 start
January 17th Stamp Day in Whangarei! five projects - price tba. Pre-registration essentail. 10am start.
January 21 Workshop in Hillsborough Open to the public, see Stampin' Up! in action and make one small make and take. 1pm start. FREE
January 21st 6:30 pm 60 cards in an evening! Come along and make a supply of birthday and thank you cards! Or package them up in groups and use as lovely gifts. You must pre-order or bring along a simply scrappin kit. $15 for use of my inks, stamps, punches, and 3metres of ribbon. I need to know at least a week in advance if you want me to order a kit for you.
January 28th Stamp club Auckland/North Shore! Get more for your money and join a stamp club. Email me for a flyer with all the details. Free to members or $15 casual. Please bring scissors and adhesive. 7:30pm start
Extravaganzas!!
You won't want to miss these! Come along for a day or afternoon of stamping fun! Make five projects - cards, boxes, gifts, albums, and more! Lots of displays, door prizes, and inspiration!
Pre-registration essential and early booking encouraged to ensure your place. You must bring scissors and adhesive - double sided tape is preferred. Snail adhesive available for a special price of $14 when pre-purchased with your registration fee.
January 31st Auckland Extravaganza 1pm $40 includes a $10 voucher with minimum purchase.
February 14th Hamilton Extravaganza 10am start $45 with a $10 voucher. Lunch available as a prepurchase from the cafe next door for $10.
February 21 Tauranga Extravaganza 10 am start. Price tba
February 28th Christchurch/Ashburton Extravaganza. Price tba
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| Specials and Promotions
Sale-A-Bration!
January 1st through February 28th
The very best sale of the year!
Customers: Select any set from the Sale-A-Bration brochure FREE with any purchase $120. There's no limit! With every $120 you spend, choose another FREE set!
Hostesses: When you host a workshop of at least $700, you'll receive a FREE Sale-A-Bration set in addition to our generous hostess benefits! Receive a second set with a workshop of $1400 and a third with a workshop of $2100!
Recruits: Sign up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator on my team during the Sale-A-Bration period and select ANY set value up to $94.95 for FREE!!
Download the Sale-A-Bration brochuere here!
Contact me todayfor recruit information, to set a date for your workshop, or to place an order!
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| Scrapbook Corner
Welcome to my new baby!
I know not everyone enjoys preserving their memories with paper and ink ( and ribbon and punches and brads and flowers and rub-ons), but I have fallen in love!
Each month I will feature a page I have done and share a new product or technique. Above is a page I did two days after I had surgery and it provided such a pleasant afternoon for a lady in a great deal of pain! Click on the image to be taken to the full article and bigger pictures.
I used a new stamp set called Oriental Blooms, one that I find to be quite versatile and fun. I used the markers to achieve the multi-coloured image. The border around the Taken with Teal panel is created with the new Scallop Border Punch, a real must-have for all my customers! Although I still think the slit punch and corner rounder are great for scallops as they produce a differenct-sized result, the border punch is a real time-saver.
The Chocolate Chip ribbon here is just delicious! Now, if you know me very well or have been to my house, you know that I stockpile in a HUGE way! No, I never buy just one, I have to have ALL of it. So I was very dismayed to find that I had about 40 cm of this ribbon in my house and no more. I always keep an extra roll of my favourites! Nothing else would do, so I achieved this page anyway by cutting the ribbon into five pieces. There is the biggest gap possible behind both pictures. I hope this little tip will help you get the most mileage out of your ribbon, too!
The colours here are Tempting Turquoise and his grandfather, Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, and Old Olive. |
Jacque
Stamp Happy! Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator
9 482 3365, 021 128 9923
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