Stampin' and Scrappin' With Kristin

Deals of the Week - Party Kits!

Now through October 31st, you can purchase the Pirate Party Kit and the Princess Party Kit for only $9.99 each!  There's no limit to the number of kits you can order!  Click HERE to order yours online now.  Or, contact me via e-mail at kristinfuller@aol.com or via telephone at 856-503-7459.

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Special Price
116214	174	Princess Party Kit	$15.95	$9.99
116213	175	Pirate Party Kit	$15.95	$9.99

Deals of the Week - Select Embellishments!!! - October 19th

It's that time again!  More deals of the week!  This week four fabulous embellishment assortments are on sale!  There are no limits, so you can stock up!  Click HERE to shop online now.  Or, e-mail me at kristinfuller@aol.com.

 

Item	Description	Special Price
114348	Basic Jumbo grommets	$4.49
109857	Mini Library clips	$8.99
112571	Circle Designer brads	$3.99
112581	1/2" Library clips	$3.99

Deals of the Week - Select Big Shot Dies!!! - October 12th

Between now and October 18th, you can purchase these select Big Shot Dies at a discounted price!  Wow!  Some of these are an AWESOME deal!  You can get the Pop-Up Cake Die, the Perfect Setting Die, and the Flower Burst Embosslit at a HUGE discount!!!

Click HERE to shop online now.  Also, be sure to check out the Clearance Rack while you're in my online store as well!

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Special Price
115961	200	Perfect Setting Bigz XL die	$42.95	$25.99
114515	195	Flower Burst Embosslits die	$11.95	$5.99
116760	201	Pop-Up Three Tier Cake Bigz XL die	$39.95	$25.49

Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio - The Wait is Over!

The wait is over!  You can purchase Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio TODAY for $79.95!!!  When you purchase My Digital Studio from me, you will also receive a complimentary introduction class.  I will be holding classes every month in my classroom. 

Click HERE to order yours online now!  Or, feel free to email me at kristinfuller@aol.com or call me at 856-503-7459.  I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Want to get it for half price?!?!?  You can!  Simply hold a workshop between now and the end of November with sales of $400 or more (before tax and shipping) and you can get My Digital Studio for half off!!!

Build-a-Bear Gift Sack

This gift bag might have been one of my favorite Build-a-Bear projects from Fall Fest.  I just love the way it turned out.  Have I been saying that a lot???  Well, actually I wish I could have gotten the tag tied onto the bag nicely.  I got frustrated and simply glued it on instead!

Here are the supplies I used to make this project:

• Gift Bag (SU retired - but you can pick one up at LOTS of stores)
• Pawsitively Prints DSP
• Stampin' Up! Bear Bigz Die
• Stampin' Up! Beary Essentials Bigz Die
• Stampin' Up! Beary Boy Sizzlits Die
• Stampin' Up! Two Tags Bigz Die
• Pumpkin Pie DSP
• Whisper White DSP
• Close to Cocoa DSP
• Very Vanilla DSP
• Basic Black DSP
• 1" Circle Punch (glued behind his head to make the eyes, nose, and mouth)
• Old Olive Wide Grosgrain Ribbon
• Playground Designer Buttons
• Scallop Edge Punch
• 3/4" Circle Punch (for hole in tag)

NEW: Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack - Up to 80% Off!!!

Stampin' Up! is launching a  new section of their online store called the Clearance Rack.  All items in the clearance rack section are retired.  Many of these retired items will be offered at a substantially reduced price.  As items sell out, Stampin' Up! will add new items - so you'll want to check back often!

These items may only be purchased online only through my Stampin' Up! website while supplies last.  Check them out!  There are some GREAT deals!  Simply follow the link above and click on the "Shop Now" button.  You'll see one of the sections in the online store is for "Clearance Rack"! 

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me via email (kristinfuller@aol.com) or by phone 856-503-7459.

Thoroughly Modern Build-a-Bear Office Accessories

The next set of items I'd like to share from my Fall Fest Build-a-Bear display is my "Thoroughly Modern Build-a-Bear Office Accessory Collection".  Wow, that's a mouthful!

The first piece in the collection that I made was the folder.  This was something that was shown in the Stampin' Success Magazine - it's a magazine that demonstrators receive each month.  It's packed full of ideas!  Then, I saw it again on Patty Bennett's blog - including instructions.  The folder is actually made out of the Thoroughly Modern File Folders on page 169 of the Idea Book and Catalog.  After you get over your fear of cutting into the folder, it's easy to make!  But, you shouldn't have much fear - they come as a pack of 12....plenty of backups!  I also picked up some small notepads at the local office supply store and adhered it in the folder with sticky strip.  Using some of the leftover scraps, I was even able to decorate the notepad!  I decorated my folder with a coordinating Build-a-Bear!

The folder then inspired the bulletin board.  It actually happened completely by accident.  This one is another 2am creation.  And, I'm pretty proud of myself!  I had some 12x12 cork sitting around from a recent trip to my drug store.  YES!  I found 12x12 sheets of cork at a drug store.  The 12x12 frame was an old frame that had been collecting dust.  I popped out the glass and it worked perfectly!  I adhered some Throughly Modern DSP to the wooden frame using Tombo Anywhere Adhesive - it worked GREAT!  I cut out some bear paws for the corner using my Embosslit!  Finally, I made a bear that matched my folder's bear and used Glue Dots to attach her to the board.  I then cut out the "notes" word from Bermuda Bay Card Stock and adhered them as well with Glue Dots.

To round out the collection, I emptied a can of soup...right down the drain...washed out the can, and wrapped some more DSP around the can, some coordinating ribbon, and a little stamped embellishment.

I thought this collection looked a little more grown-up!  What do you think?  Here are some close-ups of the projects:

Me at Fall Fest

I wanted to post a quick comparison of me at Fall Fest 2009 and Fall Fest 2008.  My friend, Stasia Sloma, snapped a picture of me in front of my Build-a-Bear display board this year.  Don't I look calm, cool, and collected?

Here's the picture she snapped of me LAST year at Fall Fest demoing the Big Shot.  (I can't believe I'm posting this...)  I'm thrilled to know that this isn't what I look like during every demo!!!

Build-a-Bear Outfits

OH MY GOSH!!!  Can I just tell you...I'm COMPLETELY addicted to dressing silly bears!  I could just spend hours pairing up DSP and card stock and figuring out what else to make using the dies.  For example, you can take the bear's pants and cut them down to be shorts or capris.  You can also tear the edge for a more casual look.  Santa's outfit works great as PJs for the bears!  And there are a ZILLION different things to do with the girl's skirt...ballerina, cheerleader...I'm still looking for a teeny tiny poodle so that I can make it into a poodle skirt!  Here are twelve different outfits I pulled together for my Fall Fest display.  Some of them are originals, some of them are straight from the Mini Catalog, and some of them are from out in blogland (Tamie Ackerson).

Fall Fest Highlights

WOW!  What an amazing couple of days it's been.  One of my fellow downline members and friends drove up to north Jersey last night...and we were still making Build-a-Bears!  As soon as we got up to the hotel, we set up a Big Shot station in the room.  I cut out about 10 more bears to dress at Fall Fest.  Megan made an adorable tote for her daughter using the Build-a-Bear and alphabet dies.

We got up super early to head over to Fall Fest.....too early if you ask me!  I set up my Build-a-Bear display and checked out the Make & Take I was going to be helping to demo.  I didn't design it so I had to be a quick learner....Tina did give me a sneak peek of what I'd be showing.  Here's a picture of my display board.  Don't worry...I'll be sharing more details over the next few days.

My favorite part of Fall Fest is visiting and catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.  Here are some of my downlines and sidelines.....from left to right....Gina, Heather, and Megan.  Megan helped me out with my Build-a-Bear Make & Takes.  I was grateful to have her help!

Some of the Make & Takes were taught by ROYALTY.  First up was Michelle Zindorf's gorgeous holiday card!  We were SO honored to have her at Fall Fest.  She's part of our group, but her classes are in HIGH demand.  She travels all over the country teaching classes.  She's booked out for more than a year!    She provides wonderful tutorials on her blog every day. 

I spent the morning (after making my card with Michelle) helping 100 demonstrators make Build-a-Bears.  Then the Philly Inkers headed off to lunch with Karen and Michelle.  It was great to get to know Michelle better.  And, I always love seeing Karen.  Over lunch she was telling us about how she became a demonstrator and met Tina.  I'm always get choked up when I hear of the friendships that have been formed over the hobby of stamping.  I would have known NONE of the women here if it weren't for stamping!  Here's a picture of Karen showing us how to make cards using the "Black Magic with a White Twist" technique.

Here are a few more photos of the Philly Inkers making Aunt Karen's card.  Don't worry...I'll post pictures of the projects later in the week.  But, Karen also displays wonderful examples of this technique on her blog as well.

And now I'm heading to bed....I'm exhausted and need to be well-rested for one of my Holiday Card Workshops tomorrow!!!