Stampin' Mama: A mama that stamps

Another "Groovy Give-Away"

It's been a while since my last Groovy Give-Away, so I decided it was long overdue!

So.........what am I giving away this time? Ooooooh, it's a good one. I promise!

I just recently finished up the Paper Bag Book Trilogy Tutorial CDs and have sent out all the CDs that have been ordered......and thought it would be a nice prize to give away one of these awesome CDs.

By the way, you can still order these and they ship immediately! (and the shipping is FREE in the US and Canada!)

Some lucky winner of this give-away will get the CD for their very own!

There are 3 whole tutorials for 3 different styles of paper bag books on this CD.....great for making gifts, doing camps, great as mother/daughter projects.....etc. And they all use paper bags of some kind!

*** This Give-Away is NOT limited to where you live.....so even if you are outside of the US or Canada, you can still participate.***

So......what do you need to do to enter this Groovy Give-Away?

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post - about whatever you'd like to say.....it's YOUR turn to talk! :)

I'll pick the winner with the random number generator on Tuesday (4/8) at 9 pm Eastern Time and announce the winner here!

Spread the groovy love and send your friends over to enter, too! And while you're at it, if you haven't already signed up for my mailing list (which is that little box ALL THE WAY at the top of my blog, right under my picture), pop your email address into that box so that you don't miss out on any of the fun stuff I have going on outside of this blog, along with newsletters and more!

Thanks for reading!
-Erika

New Tutorials listed at the Stampin' Mama Tutorial Program site

I just recently updated the  Stampin' Mama Tutorial Program page of my blog  with the five latest tutorials. You can find them ALL the way near the bottom of the page. Issues 30-34.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I'm always glad to help!

-Erika

Snow Flurry......Layered Emboss Resist

***My groovy give-away is still running.....until tomorrow (12/6) at 11 am EST, so make sure that you enter if you haven't done so yet: Groovy Give-Away Post ***

I've been wanting to do something with my Kitchen Sink Stamps Snow Flurry set for the past couple of days, especially since we woke up Monday morning to find about 3+ inches of snow on the ground (and got another inch during the course of the day). I had plans to use the Layered Emboss Resist technique (which is Issue 17 from the Stampin' Mama Tutorial Program) and wanted to create something with blues and purples.

This is a technique that I created while playing around with glossy cardstock one day and the effects you can get with this technique are just eye popping!

I ended up using one more color than I normally do and was unsure as to how it would turn out. To be honest, for about 5 seconds, I was downright scared when I used the 5th color,  but it all turned out beautifully and all is right in this Stampin' Mama's twisted stamping world.

I know I said that I would try to stay away from the blues for a while, but I just couldn't help myself. Hey, at least I added in a little purple to change things up a little. Yes, yes, I KNOW it's not that far off from blue, but it works for me and was the loop hole I needed.

See? Look at that beautiful purple! That should TOTALLY let me off the hook. But then again, I make my own rules. Life's short. I either break the rules or make my own. *wink*

The Snow Flurry set is a fun one to work with. I'm thinking it's going to be awesome to use in my scrapbooks. My daughter loves the snow and insists on making snow angels while waiting for the bus in the morning. And subsequently, her snow angels all have backpacks, too. I have quite a few pictures of her out in the snow that need to find their way into scrapbooks eventually and the small snowflake border will work really well as a page border.....or even to use to make frames around pictures or journaling blocks.

Once again, I dug into my hoarded supplies and used one of the metal snowflakes from Making Memories. What in the world is WRONG with me? I'm digging into those hoarded supplies more and more as time goes on. I think I might be turning a new leaf. Or finally growing up. Or something along those insane lines. Now just watch.....I may have used the hoarded snowflake charm, but I'll most likely just hoard the finished card because I won't be able to part with the snowflake.

Speaking of hoarded supplies, I also used some of the Silver Cord that Stampin' Up retired back in July of this year. I've been holding on to the last of it in my stash, not wanting to use it too fast. I decided to go all out today and actually wrapped the front of the card 3 TIMES!!! Woohoo! Look at me.....livin' on the edge! A snowflake charm AND my silver cord (3 times around, to boot)! I so wish that SU would bring the cord back. That's my wish for the new catalog (among a few other things). The elastic cord just isn't quite the same, although it IS nice for tags and such.

I had the fleeting thought to add Dazzling Diamonds glitter, but then thought better of it. I didn't want to go OVER the edge.

Happy Creating!

-Stampin' Mama

Time to Celebrate! A Groovy Give-Away in honor of 400 posts!

Wow! Do I really talk that much? Have I really posted a total of 400 posts in less than a year and a half??? It appears so.

I wanted to put this give-away up on Friday of last week, but it was one of those things that got buried under the MOUND of Christmas cards and kits I was getting ready to go out in today's mail. I appreciate you all being so patient and understanding. I told you I would make this give away worth it!

So....what's the loot in this awesome "Celebrate 400 posts" give-away?

The prize includes:

* a ONE month subscription to The Stampin' Mama Tutorial Program
* The Paper Bag Book Tutorial CD
* 4 packages of fun clear stamps....themes include boys, girls, baby and funky.

This is a prize package totaling $36!!! Talk about a GROOVY GIVE-AWAY!

I want to thank you all for reading and visiting my blog. Thank you for the wonderful comments and emails you send me. Thank you for the encouragement and the suggestions. I enjoy every minute of what I do and am so glad I can share it with you all!

*** This Give-Away is NOT limited to where you live.....so even if you are outside of the US or Canada, you can still participate.***

So......what do you need to do to enter this Groovy Give-Away?

Here's your chance to ask me anything you like. Leave a comment on this post with any question(s) you like. It can be about anything at all.  Stamping, scrapbooking, techniques, life in general, personal stuff....ask away! I'm going to plan on doing a "Questions and Answers" post every Sunday.

I'll pick a name with the random number generator on Thursday (12/6) at 11 am Eastern Time and announce the winner here!

Spread the groovy love and send your friends over to enter, too! And while you're at it, if you haven't already signed up for my mailing list (which is that little box ALL THE WAY at the top of my blog, right under my picture), pop your email address into that box so that you don't miss out on any of the fun stuff I have going on outside of this blog, along with newsletters and more!

Happy Creating!

-Stampin' Mama

Update on Winter Bright Kits....and Tutorial CDs are still available!

For those of you that are still waiting on the Winter Bright Extravaganza Kits and Tutorial CDs, the last batch went out in today's mail. I put a round in the mail at the beginning of last week, another round on Saturday, yesterday and today, as well.

I've loved all the positive responses I've gotten back so far.....keep them coming! I love to get feedback, as I'm always striving to make the kits and CDs the best possible!

I have literally spent HOURS burning CDs, cutting cardstock and assembling kits....packaging and mailing....and for the next upcoming release (which will be out in about 4 weeks time.....I'm still working on putting the projects together and figuring out what to include in my newest kit and CD), I have a plan in action to have these kits go out even faster! I want to make sure you're all getting these CDs and kits as quickly as possible so that you can let your creativity loose and start making these awesome projects right away!

I'm thrilled to the gills that you've all been loving what you see so far!

For those of you that are new to my blog, or if you wanted to get in on the kits and CDs but haven't gotten around to it, yet......I have great news!

Even though To-Go kits were only for a limited time, the CDs are still available!

You can check out sneak peeks and find all the order information right here:

* The Winter Bright Project Extravaganza Tutorial CD

AND

* The Paper Bag Book Tutorial CD

They make great gifts for the papercrafters on your Wish List.....or even a gift for yourself! (and each of us always deserve a treat to ourselves!)

Please don't hesitate to ask me any questions you might have about these great CDs.

Have an awesome week!

-Erika

Tutorials and Classes.....just updated

Just a quick update that the August and September "Stamp Class in your Inbox" are updated and on my blog. You can check them out by going here: "Stamp Class in your Inbox"

Also, there are two new issues that were recently released and are now updated to my blog for the Stampin' Mama Tutorial Program. You can check them all out and get sneak peeks of all the past issues, as well as information about subscription programs by going here: "Stampin' Mama Tutorial
Program"

Enjoy your Tuesday!

Happy Creating!

-Stampin' Mama

Announcing....a FANTASTIC new To-Go Kit and Tutorial CD

Have you ever wanted to try one Stampin' UP's Simply Scrappin' Kits but didn't quite know what to do with it?

Are you not a scrapbooker but want to make quick and easy projects without having to worry about coordinating colors, products and accessories?

Then I have the perfect answer for you!

Introducing the.........

"Winter Bright Project Extravaganza To-Go Kits and Tutorial CDs"

Make 12 awesome projects from one awesome kit.....projects that go WAY beyond just scrapbooking!

Or.....Learn how to make the 12 projects using the "Tutorial CD."

You can check out all the details (and a couple more project sneak peeks) on this JUST RELEASED To-Go Kit and Tutorial CD by clicking here ---> "Winter Bright Project Extravaganza To-Go Kits and Tutorial CDs"

Question and Answer time :) The "Stampin' Mama Tutorial Program"

Back at the end of August, I did my first "Groovy Give-Away Friday." For that give-away, I told you all that you could ask me any questions you wanted. Wow.....what great questions I got and I'm still working on answering them all in my posts....it'll take a little while as the questions were so diverse and I'm looking to find ways to intersperse them into my posts.

One of the questions that I got on that post (and I actually get this question a lot in my email box) was about the "Stampin' Mama Tutorial Program":

How does one subscribe so as to get to the tutorials?

-asked by Leslie P

Well.......I've been working on getting a page up on my blog that tells you all about it.

I send out an email each week to release the new tutorials, so if you're on my mailing list, you'll see those in your inbox each week. For those of you that aren't yet on my mailing list, you're totally missing out! Not just on tutorial releases, but all kinds of other groovy stuff I have going on for my mailing list. If you want to make sure that you don't miss anything, you can sign up for my mailing list by plugging your email address into the little box ALL THE WAY at the top of my blog, right under my picture. (where it says, "Join my mailing list")

In the meantime, I have already put out 19 Issues of the "Stampin' Mama Tutorial  Program" and you can check out sneak peek pictures of all of those issues. To see information about this great program, click here --------> The "Stampin' Mama Tutorial Program"

This page will tell you everything you need to know about the program, as well as give you the option to sign up and take part in the program. There's also the option to get the back issues that I've put out.

Please don't hesitate to email me to ask any questions you may have about this program.

Have a great evening!

-Erika

"Stamp Class in your Inbox"

As promised, I've just uploaded a new page on my blog with pictures and descriptions of the classes that I have available to those that live far away and can't come to them....or even those that DO live close by and can't come to them.

I've been offering my classes in the  "Stamp Class in your Inbox" format since April and it's been a HUGE hit.

If you're familiar with the Stampin' Mama Tutorial Program, then you know all about how I put my tutorials together. The "Stamp Class in your Inbox" is set up the same way, except that you get 4 GREAT PROJECTS IN ONE EMAIL!

You can click on over to read more information about these classes by clicking here: ---> "Stamp Class in your Inbox" or by going to the little side bar category: Awesome Upcoming Events

It's right under my picture, below the little mailing list sign-up box... near the top of my blog.

Also, to make sure that you never miss out on any of the fun stuff that I have going on outside of my blog, make sure you sign up to be on my mailing list (not to be confused with the FeedBlitz email updates that come when I update my blog).

You can find the little sign up box right under my picture, at the top of my blog, where it says, "Join My Mailing List."

I sent out newsletters, tips, techniques, etc. I let you know of company specials and promotions, as well as my own promotions. I also keep you up to date with all that's going on with the Tutorial Program, classes, events and more.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Happy Creating!

-Stampin' Mama

My 300th post.....and some extra tidbits

Wow.....Time sure has gotten away from me today. I had planned to answer some of your questions and have part of that post finished, but it's not quite ready to put up yet. I have a few more things to add to it, so I apologize that you'll have to wait until tomorrow to see it.

Also, tomorrow is Friday.......and you know what that means! Another "Groovy Give-Away Friday" will be here! Have a mop handy because I think you just might pee your pants when you see what I have up for grabs! I was totally JAZZED when I realized what I could give away for this give-away! You're going to LOVE IT!

I just realized that this is my 300th post! WOW! (and I started this blog only 13 months ago.....I must talk a lot! heehee)

In the meantime, I wanted to post a couple of pictures of something I got in the mail last week! I was so excited to open the envelope and pull this out!

Remember the Gift Card Tutorial that I created for all of you? Well, Joyce Taylor from Ontario, Canada, sent me HER version of the gift card holder! She used the same color scheme, but just changed out the stamp set and a couple of the accessories. Isn't this adorable? I love how this looks with this stamp set!

Thank you, Joyce, for this wonderful surprise in my mail box!

If you're interested in making one of these Gift Card Holders, you can click on over to here ----> Gift Card Holder Tutorial and download the pdf file that I created with a full step-by-step, full color tutorial that will walk you through this project from start to finish and also includes a full supply list to create the project.

Make sure you come back in the morning for "Groovy Give-Away Friday!"

Have a wonderful night!

Happy Creating!

-Stampin' Mama