Kim's Place

Specials

Stampin' Up! is running specials every week for the month of October. This week (until Sunday, October 11, 2009) is as follows:

Item	Description	Special Price
109183	Trio Flower punch	$10.99
109041	5-Petal Flower punch	$10.99
110709	My Way punch	$11.99

I will post next weeks (October 12 - October 18) specials as soon as they become available.

Introduced this month is My Digital Studio. It is great for creating calendars, cards, scrapbooks, and more!!!

The current hostess specials are as follows:

From September 1–November 30, host a $250 Stampin’ Up!® workshop, and choose any one item* from the Holiday 2009 Mini Catalog for just $10.

Choose from our award-winning stamps, beautiful new Simply Adorned™ jewelry, exclusive Build-A-Bear Workshop® products, or latest dies for the Sizzix®
Big Shot™.

Host a workshop of at least $400 and get My Digital Studio for 50 percent off the retail price (retail price: $79.95; promotional price: $39.97)

Please visit my Web site at www.kimhamerlinck.stampinup.net for more information or to place an order.

Happy Halloween

I sponged the background with Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, and Soft Suede. I embossed the tree and house with black embossing powder.

Stamps: House of Haunts
Ink: Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black
Paper: Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Black embossing powder, Silver brads, Top Note Bigz die

To purchase any of these items, please visit my Web site at www.kimhamerlinck.stampinup.net

Homecoming

I miss the dances in high school! My niece went to homecoming a few weeks ago and I got to go take some pictures of her at Butterworth Park. The kids were so much fun, I had to share some!

Sunny Days

I love the new sweet treat cups, they are so much fun! I am going make these for my hostesses. They are very easy and take very little time to put together.

I used the flower daisies #2 bigz die and cut three of the big flowers. I sponged two of them with Soft Suede ink. I cut around the "petals" so that I had a lot of little pieces. I traced around the sweet treat up on a black piece of paper and cut out the circle. I then took the tombow multipurpose glue around the sweet treat cup. I glued each petal on. I filled the cup with black M&M's that I found at Wal-Mart and stuck the black circle on the back to hold the M&M's in the cup.

Paper: Crushed Curry
Bigz Die: Flower Daisies #2
Ink: Soft Suede
Accessories: Sweet Treat Cups

To order any of these items to make this project, please visit my Web site at www.kimhamerlinck.stampinup.net

Christmas Cheer

I love these two sets together!! I am making this for my Christmas card this year. I saw some ideas somewhat like this on www.splitcoaststampers.com. I took a few ideas and made it my own.

I embossed the "Happy Christmas" stamp with black embossing powder and colored it in with ink refills and aqua painters.
For the background I used glossy white paper. I sprayed it with water from a water bottle. Make sure the paper is "dripping" with water. I used a plastic plate to put my ink from ink refills in. I used a sponge to dab the colors on the paper. It will create the blended background as you see here.
After letting that dry (it takes about an hour or so depending on the temperature) I stamped the trees from Scenic Seasons stamp set. I traced the "ground" with my tombow multipurpose glue and sprinkled dazzling diamonds glitter.
I then sponged on versamark ink and used heat and stick powder with iridescent ice embossing powder to make the background sparkle.

Stamps: Good Cheer, Scenic Season
Ink: Garden Green, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Versamark, Creamy Carmel, Basic Black
Ink Refills: Melon Mombo, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry
Paper: Glossy White, Whisper White, Soft Suede
Accessories: Black embossing powder, Dazzling diamonds glitter, Iridescent ice embossing powder, Rhinestone brads, Gold ribbon, Hemp twine

To purchase any of these supplies, please visit my Web site at www.kimhamerlinck.stampinup.net