Last Day To Order...

Today is the last day to order products from the Summer Mini Catalog!

I wanted to share with you a card that my aunt (who is in from Oregon) made the other day for her husband. Sentiment is from Whimsical Words which is not available.

Tropical Party is in the Summer Mini. Order today!

Clearance Rack Merchandise! Updated!

Lots of Stampin' Up! product available on the CLEARANCE RACK. Check out my website at www.christinepyrch.stampinup.net and take a peek.

WOW! Lots of deeply discounted items such as Epoxy Brads, Cardstock, Ribbon and Simply Scrappin' Kits.
You've just gotta see!

Curly Cute

Curly Cute, curly ribbon! I love the look with the punched circles, curled ribbon, and Curly Cute stamp set. There is an Itty Bitty Bits image stamped under a Bitty Button in the corner.

All I did was add a strip of Sticky Strip and scrunched the ribbon across.

Let's Make A Play Date!

With Stampin' Up's Play Date line of coordinating products, we will be playing all day! The Play Date line coordinates with Funky Four, Trendy Trees and Forest Friends stamp sets.



Play Date Designer Series Paper 117168 9.95
Use this with our Play Date Quick Accents, add some cardstock and you have your very own Simply Scrappin' Kit!!







Play Date Quick Accents Self Adhesive Die Cuts
117172 8.95










Play Date File Folders 117170 10.95
Use these printed file folders to organize your craft room, office, store your project ideas or organize your personal papers. They can also be stamped on!










Play Date Gusseted Envelopes 110434 5.95

I'll gussy them up with Play Date Quick Accents and Rub ons










Play Date Rub Ons 118760 7.95










I would love to have a play date with you. Gather your friends and family and we can have a party. I am scheduling my September, October and November parties and classes now, so contact me today!

Moonlight Tropical Party

Only 6 days left for the Summer Mini Catalog.

This is the moonlight version. While I know that Father's Day has come and gone, the sentiment can be changed out for another summer event.

Only 7 days left....

Only 7 days left of the Summer Mini Catalog. On one of those hot and humid days, my Mom came over and stamped this day scene with Tropical Party. My club members made the moonlight scene.

Punch Caddies Not Available!

Stampin' Up! Punch Caddies will not be available

Stampin' Up! has announced that the Punch Caddies on page 200 will not be available.

We have discovered serious quality issues with the Punch Caddies that can not be resolved. Rather than deliver a defective product, we chose to halt production.

We are disappointed that we cannot offer the Punch Caddies for sale. But because of our ongoing commitment to providing you with the highest quality products, we simply cannot allow this product to go live. If you have additional questions about this matter, we’ve prepared a brief Q&A:

Q: What were the quality issues with the Punch Caddy?
A: Through usability testing we discovered problems with the functionality of the Punch Caddy, as well as issues with materials and aesthetics that did not meet our standards.

Q: Will you offer a Punch Caddy in the future?
A: We have no immediate plans to manufacture the Punch Caddy as it is currently designed. We will possibly look into an equivalent product in the future, but we do not have any firm plans to do so at this time.

Q: Why don’t we get a different vendor to produce the Punch Caddy?
A: The problems with the punch caddy are in the design, molds and materials. Even if we selected another vendor, it would not be possible for them to manufacture a product that would meet our quality standards.

Q: Why are items that are not yet for sale included in the Idea Book & Catalog?
A: The timelines of the Idea Book & Catalog and product development sometimes overlap, and some products are still in development when the catalog goes to press. At the time of printing, we have assurances from our vendors that the products will be ready at or shortly after catalog launch. As the Idea Book & Catalog is the Stampin’ Up! storefront, including them in the catalog provides them with the broadest exposure—much more than they would receive if we were to launch those products independent of the Idea Book & Catalog. Unfortunately, in the case of the Punch Caddy, difficulties arose that will prevent it from being offered at all. Future print runs of the 2010–2011 Idea Book & Catalog will not feature the Punch Caddy at all.

Birthday Wishes

I found that Baja Breeze and Soft Suede are beautiful together.

Monthly Blog Candy Drawing

Month Blog Candy Drawing

Winner will be drawn the first day of each month.

What do you have to do to enter? Just subscribe to my FREE e-newsletter and you will be entered to win. New subscribers only, please.

This month's stamp set is Bouquet Bunch. Available in the Summer Mini Catalog.
U.S. Only

House of Haunts-Early

My Love To Ink group member, Rose, made this Halloween card for our swap on Monday. House of Haunts (111574, page 24).
It is hard to see, but Rose covered the tree and the sentiment in Crystal Effects. It makes for a great effect.

Masculine Distressed Inks

Another sample from my Love To Ink Group Meeting on Monday.

Distressed Inks

My Love To Ink Group met last night. We had a guest demonstrator, Sarah Mannello, come last night and share all her Convention goodies. Thank you, Sarah!

During the meeting, I did a product demonstration on the Distressing Essentials Kit. LOVE it!

Our make n take was this card, using the Distressing Essentials Kit (118762) page 194 of the Idea Book and Catalog.

Thank You...

Thank you to all who attended my Open House on Saturday. It was nice to see some new faces as well as some dear friends.

This is one of the make n takes from my event. We used Just Believe. The colors were inked with two markers, Pear Pizzazz and Concord Crush.

Ribbon Flowers

These ribbon flowers are all the rage lately! I paired the Newsprint and Presto Patterns Designer Series Paper together for shabby chic look.

Christine's Stampin' Up! Blow Out Event

CHRISTINE'S STAMPIN' UP! BLOW OUT EVENT

Date: Saturday, August 14th
Time: 10 am - 6 pm
Where: Chris's Studio (email me for address)

Visit my "retired sale" area to make your purchases of retired products from my selection of stamps, paper, accessories and more. Then visit my "new sale" area to see samples of new products, complete a free make and take, and view the new catalog. New catalogs will be available (pick up your FREE catalog with purchase that day, club membership or hostess date). PLUS: See my Blow-Out Special below

BLOW OUT SPECIAL: You will receive a 50% "credit" back on your "retired sale" purchases, to be used against your new catalog purchases that day!

WOO HOO! - What a deal!

Drawings will take place throughout the event. You'll receive tickets for the following: bring a friend (new to me), make a purchase, join a club, join my team, book a party, etc.

RSVP a must for the make n take. No early birds, please.

And now for the fine print: FREE new catalog items must be picked out by the close of business, August 14th. Free dollar amount includes merchandise total only, so you'll still pay tax and shipping. Free dollars can be 'spent' on any current merchandise, including items from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog, the 2010-2011 Definitely Decorative Brochure and the Summer Mini Catalog. No hostess benefits apply.

Massachusetts Tax Free Holiday Weekend!

Third post for today!


This coming weekend August 14th and 15th, Massachusetts will be having Tax Free Holiday as per the Massachusetts Government website here.

Plan your Stampin' Up! purchases accordingly if you live in Massachusetts. For my Massachusetts customers, you can access my website here to purchase online and have your shipments sent directly to your home. You may also email me or call me directly.

What's The Buzz!

This is the second post today.

I got up as usual this morning and over the past few humid days we have had, I had been wanting to show you what the bees do when it is hot and humid.

I ran outside at 6:30 am and took these pictures.

Thought you all might like to see. They are very gentle and quiet at this time in the morning.

Simple Growing Green

I love the simplicity of this set. When I signed up for a New Catalog Swap, I picked Growing Green. This is really simple card made with three layers and no embellishments. The sentiment is from Word Play. Crumb Cake was used for the base. Basic Black and then Whisper White. The leaf image is Old Olive and the sentiment is Baja Breeze.

Featured Guest Artist Call!

Do you want to be featured as a Featured Guest Artist for Love To Ink? Well you can be. How do you apply? Submit a photo of your project using only Stampin' Up! products and tell me a little about yourself. I will pick the artist for a Friday Feature.

Are you a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator? No problem. My request to you is that when you are selected to be a Featured Guest Artist, if you have a blog, that you write a post about being a Featured Stampin’ Up! Artist and that in that post you link back here. It would also be great if you could mention in that same post that other SU demos can also apply to be Featured Artists. Contact me today via email or post a comment on this page.

Island Oasis Layout

I wanted to share with you the Island Oasis Kit that is available until August 30th. These two layouts along with the supplies to make two more layouts are available for $15.95. Shipping extra if not local. All supplies are precut, embossed and cut for you. No stamping required.

Island Oasis

Local Pickup $15.95 With Shipping $20.95

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Happy Birthday, Dad! Wishing you the best birthday ever!

Au Natural

Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Basic Black combine for an au natural motif.

Love To Ink Downline Meeting

August 16, 2010
7:00 pm

Upcoming downline and sideline meeting - I invite my downline, upline and sidelines over to my house to talk about demonstrating, sales, promotions and being in business for ourselves.

If you would like to attend this meeting, you are welcome to join us. If you are thinking of becoming a Stampin' Up demonstrator (whether as a business, or as a hobby to get a great discount) please let me know you'd like to attend.

Please RSVP for this event prior to the event, just so I have enough time to prep for the project. To RSVP please just email me or use the "contact me" link at the top of the

Experimenting

Jenni I's lovely tutorial of her ribbon flower a few months ago, inspired me to try it. Although I had it sitting on my shelf for quite sometime, I wasn't sure what to put it on.

Seriously, that Newsprint Designer Series Paper is wonderful! I also tore some Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper for the middle and sponged the edges and used Studio Sketches for the image. Life IS a matter of moments.