Elf Shoes Christmas Card

I cased this card from inkingidaho.blogspot.com
from Becky Roberts with a few little changes to mine.
This is the card I gave my hubby this year, since he always has big elf shoes to fill!
She had a great tutorial, it amazes me the cards we come up with using our dies&punches!!
this one requires the top note ,ornament punch and the 3/4 inch circle punch.
Stamp Set is Holiday Hand Penned from the HMC! This is one of the sets I used the most this during the Holidays.
There is still time to get it- HMC catalog is still available through Jan 3rd!
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and I hope all your little elves we very blessed!

Christmas Tree for my College Girl

I really wanted to make this Christmas special for my daughter Chesne who graduated and went off to college this year. At this age they need essentials like a Gas gift card, Starbucks of course, and Wal-Mart gift card, some little envelopes homemade STAMPIN' UP! STYLE! filled with CASHOLA!!
This great idea was shared at our downline Christmas party when Valerie Chambers gave a tree filled with lottery tickets to her Secret Santa! So I put a few lotto's on my tree too.
I thought this would be a great way to give her all those things in a CREATIVE way!
Wouldn't that be awesome if she wins big and then she will be able to have a great education.

closer view

Thank you to all my dear customers, blog readers and downline for giving me another successful year doing what I love
and sharing it with all of you!
Merry Christmas and a very Prosperous New Year to all!

Up to 80% off from Stampin’ UP! But,

HURRY, they will blow out FAST!!!

Beginning today December 15th – January 5th-WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

December 15, 2011, through January 5, 2012, nearly 200 products are being added to the Clearance Rack in the Online Store–with some discounted up to 80 percent!

Amazing things like 1/2 price punches, big shot dies, DSP, ribbon and so much more.
Perfect last minute Christmas Shopping for crafty friends or simply to add to your personal
personal stash!!

Who can pass up a 80% off deal?????
Shop at my online store at www.whitneyrichardson.stampinup.net and get these amazing deals!
remember you will receive Stampin' rewards for any order over $150.00. (Hostess benefits)
You can also email me your order and I can take care of everything for you.!

Visit Whitney's Stampin' & Craft Studio at French Market today!

Hope you are planning on joining us for French Market today Saturday Dec 3rd 9am-6pm. Come and support your local crafters and small business owners!
Where? It is on Beach Street on each side of ISP in front of the vacant store fronts.
Whitney's Stampin' Studio featuring all Stampin' Up! handmade gifts and cards will be located on ISP & near the corner of Beach Street. Tons of stamps for sale too!!
There are some very talented crafters at this show.
Come & grab some great handmade Holiday gifts from Daytona's best!
There will also be a Holiday Festival in the park from 1-6pm!
Music and tons of fun for the kiddos!!
See ya there!!

Holiday Extravanganza Sale Now Online

HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA BEGINS TODAY!
You can shop online at my website
www.whitneyrichardson.stampinup.net
go to shop now and then click on Holiday Extravaganza
Below is a link to a spreadsheet with all the products and prices for quick glance.
When you are in the online store the regular prices are posted and the discount does not calculate until you put it in your cart. so use the spreadsheet for quick access to the prices.

http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/Online_X_flyer_US.pdf

Take advantage of this amazing sale
November 21st - November 30th!

Items 20%-60% off with 2 items on sale for 24 hours only ending at 11:59MT
Hurry supplies are limited so hurry to be sure to get your deal!

The bundles show the discounted prices.
The other products show the preferred price the % comes off that price .

You can place your order directly online and remember if you spend $150.00 or more workshop total you will receive hostess benefits!
You may email me your order and I can place it for you too! I have an order going out tomorrow!! Just email your order or give me a call!
Don't miss the 24 hour sale on

the Simply Score Tool - $23.94- Love this tool , absolutely best on the market!

and The Cookie Stamp Press available until 11:59 MT

Here are some of the fun products that really caught my eye!!
Up to 60 % off!

Many Merry Messages- 50%off
$18

Perfect Punches stamp set $15 wood $11.00 clear

Winter Post stamp set $17

Sizzix Candy Wrapper die Cut ONLY $26 and change

It's your Bday - $17 -

Glimmer brad Bundle $10.70

Getting started collection of Stampin' Spots $13 ( reg. $21.95)

Flower Fest stamp set and Dots wheel Bundle wood $20.67 clear $15.87

Every Little Bit 0 (Reg.-39.95 wood)-(reg. $27.95-clear)-$16- 40 % 40% off-$24 wood

I Heart Bundle stamp set and Love Jumbo wheel $16.47 clear
wood $ 21.27

Email or call me with any questions!! Have fu shopping at your finger tips!!

Online Extravaganza Promtion-Hurry While it Last!!

Stampin' Up has announced that their Online Extravaganza is coming next week! It's the annual sale to kick off the holiday shopping season and will begin Monday, November 21, 2011, and run through Wednesday, November 30, 2011. While this promotion is perfect for online orders during an especially busy time of year, you can also contact me to order for you.

I will be sharing the direct link on Monday so you can see exactly what is on sale then.

• In addition, there will be two items on sale for 24 hours only (November 21, 12:01 AM - 11:59 PM [MT])

So make sure you check my blog for the link right away on Monday morning so you don't miss these one-day only specials.

Black Velvet In the Mocha Morning Light

Mocha Morning Black Velvet Ensemble

Supplies: Square Scallop Duo Die, Stocking Accents die, Silver Cs, Black CS, Whisper White CS
Hand Penned Holiday stamp set from the HMC

This box was made with my Fancy favor die cut. It is adjustable you can move it up and down to help fit your goodies inside

Lifted a little higher.... I am thinking perfume or Bath and Body Works!!

It is a GREAT time to be a Hostess!

Stampin' Up! has an awesome new special for hostesses.

Dates: November 1-December 15, 2011

Details:
Hostesses will receive an additional $35 in free Stampin' Up! products when they hold a workshop totaling $350 or more (excluding tax and shipping)! This is in addition to all the other benefits they already get as a Stampin' Up! hostess.

****The second column below is what you would usually earn at a workshop and the fourth column is what you get during this special offer.

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If your hostess' workshop sales total is	Your hostess earns hostess dollars		It's Good to Be the Hostess	Total Free Stampin' Up! Merchandise	Plus, hostesses earn full-priced items at 50% off
$350	$50	+	$35	$85	---
$400	$65	+	$35	$100	1 item
$500	$80	+	$35	$115	2 items
$750	$120	+	$35	$155	3 items
$1,000+	$160 plus 15% of amount over $1,000	+	$35	$195 plus 15% of amount over $1,000	4 items

Welcome New Serenity Stampers!

EXTENDED PROMOTION- UNTIL NOVEMBER 11th

How would YOU like to have one absolutely FREE??

From now until November 11th, when you join the Stampin' Up! family, you get a Big Shot absolutely FREE. You already have a Big Shot? Then you get $100 in FREE merchandise of YOUR choice. How can you say no to that?? What a great promotion!!

If you've been looking for an opportunity to do what you love, while getting a 20% discount on your favorite products, now is the perfect time!

In addition, the new-demonstrator Starter Kit--a steal at just $175--it contains over $345 worth of stamp sets, card stock, ink, accessories, and business supplies-everything you need to start your new business.

There are so many benefits of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, including a 20 percent product discount!

A free monthly issue of Stampin' Up!'s demonstrator-only magazine, Stampin' Success!

Sneak peeks at brand-new products!

Invitations to exclusive Stampin' Up! events!

Regular get-togethers to stamp!

Free access to an online community of 30,000+ crafters/stampers and creative artists, as well as 160,000+ project samples!

Plus, access to an exclusive video and training for your new Big Shot!

Here a some of our new team members!!

Linda Carter has recruited a new Serenity Stamper Leslie Fardella (not shown)

Leslie Sharpe recruited two new team members at our opportunity party

New team member Valerie Chambers picking out her $450 worth of new products!!
and Katlin Springer ( not shown)

Visit to the Stampin' Up! Home Office!

If you love Stampin' Up! you will understand that I felt like a little kid in a candy store!
They have several rooms decorated with amazing ideas if your mind can absorb all that creativity at once. I will share more rooms with you on a later post. I like this picture because Established elegance is my favorite stamp set. I love the old time type writer.It is incredible how far technology has come since then.

We were able to visit the picking center where our SU orders are filled and we got a little deeper tour because the worker's were on a break. This is your little brown box filled with all your goodies on the conveyor going to the truck.

this is so cool a sticker with a bar code is put on your box with the packing slip coded into it as your box goes down the conveyor belt as shown in the pic below the staff fills the orders,

My heart started beating pretty fast when we walked down the aisle with all the products!

Here is where they pick your items and box them up. Then at the end before they are taped up they are weighed to make sure that each products weight is in the box, if it is not then it is sent to quality control and picked through by hand to make sure the correct items are in there.
I found it interesting to see how much work goes into getting us our products.

I was so delighted when my Demonstrator Business Development representative Gwen came down to meet my family and I. She was a wonderful DBD and helped me alot with my business.
She has moved to a different position in the company closer to the creative geniuses.

View of the home office

Vacationing in Utah

We arrived in Utah on Monday the 24th, after traveling all day and getting use to the time change, we ventured out today (Tuesday) for a little shopping and then a trip up the mountain from where our resort sits at the bottom.
Above: My family-- Chesne ( 19yr old daughter) Ansleigh (10yrs) Me and My husband Scott

Me & My girls!
It was cold burr... it was snowing very lightly where we were here but the further up we went the more snow had fallen

This beautiful picture was taken at Guardman's Pass in Deer Valley- Park City
I am so excited to be here, as a Stampin' Up! enthusiast to say the least, I have a trip planned to the SU home office in Riverton on Thursday, which is about an hour away.
I am so excited. I have envisioned what the home office is like for 5 yrs and now I am going to be able to check it out!!
Look for pictures soon !!

Falling for Techniques

Gently Falling Easel Card cased from Patty Bennett at Patty' Stamping Spot

This card we used the Faux Leather technique on the More Mustard CS
You just take your Mustard ink pad and rub it up and down on the card stock directly and it looks just like leather or a bit of designer looking paper.
Spice Cake DSP, eyelet border punch and Holiday Perfectly Penned stamp set.
Colors: Soft Suede, Pool Party, and More Mustard

We did this card at Big shot class this month, I had to sneak it in I really like how this
one turned out the dazzling details really makes the leaves pop.
Supplies:
Spice Cake Fabric and DSP & buttons
Colors: Suede, Pool Party, Espresso, Mustard & Vanilla
stamps:
Gently Falling , Always grateful
Die Cuts:
#2 Scallop & 3 inch circle & lattice emboss folder
My favorite embellishment Antique brads!!

I cased this darling Xmas Tree from one of my Serenity Stamper downline members Leslie at Coastal Crafts.
Petal Cone #2 Scallop, petal punch, 2 1/2 punch,stocking punch, finial press emboss folder
trio punch pack and glitter paper for decorations

Rejoice With a Little Mocha in the Morning!

I found my Christmas card for the year!
Isn't this gorgeous?
It was inspired by Lisa Foster on Stampin' Connections our SU demo
community where all demo's share ideas with each other!
One of the major perks of being a demonstrator!
Check out the amazing special for new demonstrators now at
www.whitneyrichardson.stampinup.net
and become a Serenity Stamper and you too will have access to thousands of samples using all SU products. PLUS you will have a $100 SHOPPING SPREE!!

Supplies:
Come to Bethlehem stamp set
Soft Suede, Espresso, Crumb Cake, Glossy CS and the Music wheel stamped in Versamark ink embossed with Pewter Embossing powder. Glossy CS Block Brayered, Silver Glitter glass & Vanilla seam binding

I have fallen head over heels for this Mocha Morning Specialty Designer Series Paper on pg.183
Can you tell??? The Stamp set is the Sounding Joy from the HMC.

Love the little twistee treats! I used the Doily builder punch, Mocha Morning DSP, Vanilla seam Binding and the NEW silver glitter paper! You definitely want to stock up on this Glitter paper I am finding myself using it on everything! It is a fabulous accent to add bling to any project.

side view= see the Textured embossing folder

Another Milk Carton box in Mocha Morning and the 1 3/4 inch scallop punch popped out the Glitter paper and sponged it with Espresso to give it that antique look with antique brads and the Crochet ribbon and the 1/8 inch Espresso taffeta ribbon. The sentiment is from
the Delightful Dozen stamp set!
It has everything you could want for a sentiment and a message for the inside of your cards

A beautiful ensemble for gift giving!

This card was made with the Stocking Die cut. I love the deep rich look with the antique vintage feel this gives. I embossed this one in pewter and the one below in gold. This stocking opens into a card. Visit one of my upcoming class for the trick to this technique.

The sentiments are from the Christmas Lodge stamp set in the HMC