The Art of Inking

Last Chance List!

A new Stampin' Up! catalog is right around the corner, which means it's time to say farewell to dozens of stamp sets and accessories in the Spring/Summer 2009 Idea book & catalog. Don't miss the opportunity to get the last chance products. They are only available until June 30, 2009. Check the list to see if any of your favorites are there-then buy them now before they are going, going,...gone!

A new Definitely Decorative brochure is going to be released which means many Decor element items are on their way out. Check the list to take advantage of this last chance.

You can either email me at ginarallo@yahoo.com to place your order or go directly to my website  to place your order by clicking on the SHOP NOW button. If you have any questions, just let me know.

Thank you!

Gina

Picture the Possibilities!

In honor of National Scrapbooking Month

Stampin' Up! is offering these three specials:

• Paper promotion: Buy three packs of Designer Series paper including Specialty Designer series paper or 12" x 12" textured card stock, and get one pack FREE!

Scrapbooking Starter Kit promotion: Start your own Stampin' Up! business for as little as $75 with the limited time Scrapbooking starter kit!

  

• Jumble Alphabet Sneak Peek: Buy the brand-new Jumble Alphabet stamp set at 20 percent off!

With so many great offers to choose from, your scrapbooking possibilities are endless!

These offers end May 31, so contact me TODAY to learn more or to place your order.

Happiness Always!

  Finally, I got the chance to play again in Kristina's Color Inspiration Challenge!

This week's colors were Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette & Whisper White.

For the background I used the pink polka dot paper from the Bella Rose designer series paper. The sentiment comes from the Inspired from Nature stamp set. I used a small chocolate felt flower from the Flower fusions and a rhinestone brad to add a little bling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  The main embellishment is the butterfly die cuts from the Beautiful butterflies bigz dies and is cut from patterned paper from Bella Rose dsp and textured Close to cocoa cardstock. I added 3 half pearls from the Pretties kit and twisted some wire for the antennas.

The piece of Whisper white was put through the Big Shot machine with the Texturz plates.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

How Sweet!

  This is a design from a recent card class that I taught. I used Riding hood red cardstock and the Bella rose designer series paper, which was cut using the Big shot and the Top Note bigz die. I used the Kiwi kiss/Very vanilla double sided satin ribbon to cover the seam.

 

 

 

 

 

  The main image was stamped in Riding hood red using the Cute & curly stamp set which is part of the Curly label punch bundle. It's punched with the Curly label punch of course. I added a small flower cut from the dsp paper to the edge with a tiny rhinestone brad. The sentiment comes from a retired set called So Very.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Mystery Hostess Projects!

  These are the three projects that everyone made on Saturday night at my Mystery Hostess Party.

This card was made using creamy caramel & whisper white cardstock. The patterned paper is the Parisian Breeze specialty paper, which is textured, cover-weight cardstock. It's double-sided and comes in gorgeous designs. I used the Simple salutations stamp set, the Designer label and the Wide oval punch and the Chocolate chip double stitched grosgrain ribbon.

 

Everyone also got to try the Big Shot machine. We used it to create the small dots on the whisper white using the Texturz plates. Then we also used the Simple flower embosslits to cut out & emboss the main image. We used the sponge dauber to add a little color to the flower. Then added a button from the Button Latte collection.

 

The next project is a Ribbon bookmark using either the Baja breeze or Kiwi kiss striped grosgrain ribbon, the Scallop circle punch, the 1 1/4" circle punch and the Five petal flower punch. The flower image is from the Sale-a-bration stamp set called Polka dot punches. A silver brad was added to the center. The designer series paper used was Urban garden. At the end of the ribbon they could have chosen between the Filigree or Flower designer brads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last project was a 6 X 6 scrapbook page using the butterflies from the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz dies and the Big Shot machine, the Polka-dot punches stamp set and the Delicate Dots designer series paper, which is a Sale-a-bration freebie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The colors used were Certainly celery and So Saffron.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Family Flip Out Book

  This adorable little book is a creation I made for a class that I taught over the weekend. It was made with half of the Sunshine Garden Simply Scrappin' kit which includes Certainly celery, So saffron, Baja breeze and Old olive textured cardstock along with coordinating double-sided paper and self-adhesive die cuts. The only other products that I needed were the clear button and Baja breeze striped grosgrain ribbon. All supplies are from Stampin' Up! except the sentiment on the cover from Verve stamps.

 

 

 

 

Inside are 2 pages that flip out on either side and another page that flips down from the center giving you ample room for lots of photos and journaling.

Happy Birthday Goodies!

  Hi Everyone! I'm so sorry that I haven't posted in a very long time. That will change now that I have the incentive which is that people actually miss my projects! I will make the time to post daily again since there are so many that take the time to visit my blog to see my latest creations. Thank you to all of you!

 

My project today was a present for my sister-in-law's birthday. Her favorite cookies are snickerdoodles so I baked them for her. I packaged them in a clear plastic container which I dolled up with Urban Garden designer series paper and some Baja Breeze Grosgrain ribbon.

The main embellishment is cut from the dsp. I cut out different petals from 3 flowers and layered them with Stampin' Dimensionals.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

It's Time to Sale-A-Brate!

 

Join the Sale-A-Bration!

It's Sale-A-Bration time again at Stampin' Up!, and free product is what it's all about!

Every year Stampin' Up! gives customers, hostesses, and new demonstrators the opportunity to earn fantastic, FREE, limited-edition products they'll enjoy for years to come.

Here's how Sale-A-Bration works:

Customers
When you spend $50 on Stampin' Up! merchandise, you'll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward. There's no limit-for every $50 you spend, you can select another free Sale-A-Bration reward.

Hostesses
When you host a workshop of at least $300 (before tax and shipping), you'll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward in addition to all of the regular hostess benefits!

Recruits
During Sale-A-Bration, anyone who joins as a demonstrator can choose any stamp set-a value of up to $47.95-from our current Idea Book and Catalog. Plus, for a limited time, get 15% off the price of the Starter Kit! That's $335 worth of products for only $169!! Just click the JOIN NOW button at the top of my website and put nightinkgals as the  password.

The Sale-A-Bration promotion starts on February 1 and runs through March 31, so don't miss your chance to earn free products! Talk to me today to book your workshop or learn more about this promotion. The full-color Sale-A-Bration brochure is filled with beautiful project ideas you can make using these limited-edition Sale-A-Bration sets. You can view the Sale-A-Bration brochure online if you have not received your copy in the mail. 

Inventory Blowout!

For the first time ever, Stampin' Up! is having a huge sale to get rid of some retired, retiring and current products for up to 50% off! Quantities are limited so place an online order today! Just click on the SHOP NOW link on the upper right side of my website. Sale ends January 18th!

Items retiring from the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog:

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Discount Price
109190	180	On Board 9" x 9" clipboard	$7.95	$5.99
107925	181	On Board Bitty Book	$9.95	$6.99
105384	183	Mellow Moss 6" x 6" Linen Post album	$19.95	$14.99
105381	183	Real Red 6" x 6" Linen Post album	$19.95	$14.99
103977	187	Bold Bright buttons	$6.95	$4.99
104389	188	Double Circle punch	$5.95	$4.49
114447	n/a	Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit	$49.95	$24.98

*Items available while supplies last; page numbers refer to the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog

Retired items from the Spring-Summer 2008 Idea Book & Catalog:

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Discount Price
109013	163	Blue Bayou Classic Stampin' Pad	$5.25	$3.99
109012	163	Groovy Guava Classic Stampin' Pad	$5.25	$3.99
109011	163	Purely Pomegranate Classic Stampin' Pad	$5.25	$3.99
109010	163	River Rock Classic Stampin' Pad	$5.25	$3.99
109009	163	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad	$5.25	$3.99
109014	163	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad	$5.25	$3.99
109179	178	On Board Ginormous Pieces	$14.95	$10.99
109189	190	Beachfront Ribbon Originals	$12.95	$7.99
109187	190	District Ribbon Originals	$12.95	$7.99
109188	190	Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals	$12.95	$8.49
109185	190	Jersey Ribbon Originals	$12.95	$8.99
109184	190	Sherbet Ribbon Originals	$12.95	$8.99
109186	190	Theater Ribbon Originals	$12.95	$8.49
109062	191	River Rock double-stitched ribbon	$8.95	$6.49
110716	191	Wild Wasabi striped grosgrain ribbon	$7.95	$5.49

*Items available while supplies last; page numbers refer to the Spring-Summer 2008 Idea Book & Catalog

Current products appearing in the upcoming Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog:

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Discount Price
111349	162	Tangerine Tango 8-1/2" x 11" card stock	$5.50	$4.49
111345	162	In Color (2008-2009) 12" x 12" textured card stock	$11.95	$8.99
109110	185	Fire Circle Rhinestone brads	$10.95	$7.99
109112	185	Fire Square Rhinestone brads	$10.95	$7.99
109113	185	Ice Square Rhinestone brads	$10.95	$7.99
111325	185	Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware	$29.95	$22.49
112454	185	Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware	$29.95	$22.49
113451	n/a	20th Anniversary Embosslits die	$11.95	$9.49

*Quantities at reduced price are limited; page numbers refer to the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog

They are my kids!

  Hello and Happy New Year! Ok, where did the month of December go? I'm sorry I haven't posted since November but I have been enjoying the time with my children who were all home and together for the first time since August. With the three older ones away in college, it was so nice having everyone back in the house. I am so blessed!

I took this picture of them on Christmas Eve and it went so well with Splitcoast's color challenge-So saffron, Bravo burgundy and Handsome hunter. The layout comes from an old Splitcoast sketch challenge. I used the Always stamp set, some burgundy grosgrain ribbon, and build a brads to embellish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a closeup of the journaling, which I got from a catalog. It didn't say who wrote it but I loved it and knew it would be perfect for this page.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up! The writing is all computer generated.