Join Sarah’s Ink Spot Stampers today and LOVE what you do!

Not only will you get a fabulous deal on the BRAND NEW CUSTOMIZABLE STARTER KIT that also ships to you for free but you will also get a FREE WELCOME KIT from me too!

Please read on for all the details including my FAQs about being a Demonstrator…

The Brand New Fully Customizable Starter Kit:

Think of it as a fun shopping spree with the perk of getting extra freebies & becoming a Demonstrator as the icing on the cake!

How much does it cost to join Stampin Up?

• JUST $99

What do you get for that $99?

• YOU get to choose $125 worth of ANY Stampin Up products for just $99!
• Your kit ships for you for FREE!
• You also get to choose a free $65 value Business Supply Pack that includes catalogs!

Want to know more?

• Click HERE to find my list of Frequently Asked Questions

Bottom line – YOU will get to choose a kit valued at $190 for spending just $190 AND it ships to you for FREE – how cool is that?

COOL PERK ALERT!!!  As of TODAY demonstrators get to view the brand new upcoming 2012-2013 Catalog online – and let me tell you there are some FABULOUS new things coming!!!

PLUS today demonstrators can get our FREE paper copy mailed to us too – if you are a fan this is an awesome opportunity for you – JOIN TODAY AND GET TO SEE IT TODAY!!!

RIGHT NOW STAMPIN UP DEMONSTRATORS GET TO ORDER SELECT SNEAK PEAK ITEMS FROM THE BRAND NEW UPCOMING 2012-2013 CATALOG DEBUTING IN JUNE…

And YES – you can add sneak peak items to your Starter Kit order – this is a SWEET deal for any Stampin Up fan!  And once you are a demonstrators you get to order more if you want to as well!

READY TO JOIN RIGHT NOW? To sign up online click HERE – & then click ‘Join Now’ to get started – once finished, you are instantly Demonstrator and will be able to place your first order!

And you will also receive…

A Free Welcome Kit from me:

Here is an example of a beautiful Welcome Pack below (patterned papers will vary) – in it you will receive:

• a personalized Designer Series Paper covered notebook
• a Card Kit containing supplies, instructions & envelopes for you to make 10 cards to get you off to a great start
• a beautiful Welcome Card

IT’S HERE – Stampin’ Up! have released the list of those Accessories retiring on May 31st 2012…

BUT unlike the stamp sets, ACCESSORIES ARE ONLY AVAILABLE WHILST STOCKS LAST – once sold out, they are gone for good!!!

AND EVEN BETTER – LOTS OF THOSE ACCESSORIES ARE DISCOUNTED RIGHT UP TO 70% OFF – RUN, DON’T WALK, TO GET WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE POPULAR ITEMS SELL OUT FAST!!!

To make it super easy for you, each item below has a link that you can click on which will take you directly to my online store where you can view it, add it to your basket and check out…

Want more than one item?

No problem – even when you have added a stamp set to your basket, you can come back here, click on another set and then add it to the exact same basket – making check out as easy as pie!

AND DON’T FORGET THAT WHEN YOU PLACE AN ORDER FOR $50+ WITH ME DURING APRIL…

I am going to GIVE YOU A FREE a copy of the brand new 2012-2013 Annual Catalog – and I’ll even mail it to you for free as well -  click here to find out more!

Here is that list of Retiring Accessories – check out those AMAZING discounts:

IT’S HERE – Stampin’ Up! have released the list of those Stamp Sets retiring on May 31st 2012…

IT MEANS THAT AFTER JUNE 1ST THE STAMP SETS ON THAT LIST WILL NO LONGER & NEVER BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AGAIN – THEY WILL BE GONE FOR GOOD!!!

The entire list of retiring Wood Mount Stamp Sets is below - to view those available in Clear Mount click HERE

To make it super easy for you, each Stamp Set below has a link that you can click on which will take you directly to my online store where you can view it, add it to your basket and check out…

Want more than one Stamp Set?

No problem – even when you have added a stamp set to your basket, you can come back here, click on another set and then add it to the exact same basket – making check out as easy as pie!

AND DON’T FORGET THAT WHEN YOU PLACE AN ORDER FOR $50+ WITH ME DURING APRIL…

I am going to GIVE YOU A FREE a copy of the brand new 2012-2013 Annual Catalog – and I’ll even mail it to you for free as well -  click here to find out more!

Here is that list of Retiring Wood Mount Stamp Sets:

Got Questions or prefer to Email your Order to me?

No problem – click HERE to do so!

Stampin’ Up! have just announced that the CLEARANCE RACK HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A BUNCH OF FABULOUS NEW BARGAINS at up to 75% OFF !!!

But HURRY – these items are literally available ONLY WHILST STOCKS LAST…

AND DON’T FORGET that I am going to give you a FREE copy of the brand new 2012-2013 Catalog when you place an order of *$50+ with me during April – and YES – your Clearance Rack order of $50+ counts!

Once you’ve placed your Clearance Rack order with me online, I receive direct notification from Stampin Up and will add you to the FREE CATALOG list – you will receive your catalog in the mail in May completely free of charge – YES – I even pay for the shipping to your door!!!  Click HERE to find out how to get your FREE Catalog!

How do you find the Clearance Rack?

• By clicking HERE
• The easiest way to view everything is to click on that link above and then click on show ‘all’ – you will then be able to view all of the items available on one page.

The new additions to the Clearance Rack include:

• Items from the 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog including Holiday Designer Series Papers, Card Keeper, Keepsake Boxes, Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin kit, Albums Fabrics, Buttons & LOTS MORE!!!
• Items from the 2011 Occasions Mini Catalog including Designer Series Papers, Albums, Buttons and Rub-ons (at JUST $1.59 a pack!)…
• Items from from the 2011 Sale-a-bration Catalog including the fabulous Ice Cream Parlor DSP and Buttons & Ribbon pack
• Big Shot Dies including the Pennant Die for just $15.99!
• Sizzlits Build a Bear Dies
• Play Date Quick Accents for just $1.79!
• Décor Elements
• and lots lots lots more!

WANT SOME?  THEN I ADVISE RUNNING FAST TO GET YOURS – AT THESE PRICES LOTS WILL SELL OUT QUICKLY!

Not sure what the Clearance Rack is?

Click here to go check it out – there are lots of fabulous bargains of items no longer available in the current catalogs that you can get at a fabulous discount including papers, dies and all sorts of embellishments…

You can place Clearance Rack items AND regular catalog merchandise on the same order.

Please note that Clearance Rack items are are ONLY available on orders placed by you directly online using that link above – I am not able to place your order for you.

Happy Bargain Hunting & Shopping!

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I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Easter weekend with friends & family…

We did and now here in Central Texas it really is beginning to warm up and we’ve even had some springtime showers – the best bit about that is that the wildflowers are out and in full bloom which we missed last year because of the lack of rain – and this makes me realise that summer is just around the corner…

And so that made me want to make a bright fun colorful card and I found the PERFECT stamps and papers to use in the Summer Smooches collection…

I love to use bright colors on a plain white background because it really makes them ‘pop’…

My card base is simply Whisper White cardstock onto which I layered another piece – I shaped the bottom edge of that layer using my Scallop Trim Border Punch to give some definition and mounted it onto my card base using Dimensionals.

Onto that layer I added a piece of patterned paper from Summer Smooches DSP – using patterned papers is a great low-cost way to get feature & texture onto a card…

I then decided to stamp a vase full of flowers above it – I found the perfect stamps in the new set Bright Blossoms and used the following colors of Markers to color & stamp my images:

• Blue – Island Indigo
• Green – Lucky Limeade
• Purple – Rich Razzleberry
• Red – Real Red
• Yellow – Daffodil Delight

And of course those colors match the patterned paper strip below PERFECTLY – that is what I so love about Stampin’ Up!’s cardstocks, papers & inks – they make it SO easy to get perfectly co-ordinated results!

If you are a new stamper, Markers are a great way to go – they are almost half the price of ink pads and you can color your rubber stamps using them – they are a great low-cost way to try out those colors – and then you can invest in the ink pads in the colors you love…

Finally I added a sentiment from the set Fabulous Phrases (pg 163) and there is one bright and fun card just perfect for those hot summer days ahead…

Both Summer Smooches DSP and the stamp set Bright Blossoms are part of the Sneak Peak Summer Smooches Promotion running through April 30th – click HERE to find out more!

WANT SOMETHING FOR FREE FROM ME?

How about a FREE 2012-2013 CATALOG?

Yep, that’s right – I want to give you a FREE COPY of the brand new, upcoming 2012-2013 annual Catalog – and to make it even better, I will MAIL IT TO YOU FOR FREE as well!

Click HERE to find out how to secure your FREE copy today!

My girls can hardly wait for all the chocolate & candy they are going to get for Easter…which made me start thinking about how to give treats without the sugar…

Their Girl Scout leader came across a fabulous idea of filling Wilton Icing Bags with crackers, and when filled they take on a carrot shape – perfect for Easter and perfect for the Pre-school/Kinder set…

If you are in need of a quick & last minute treat idea, this is just perfect – all you need are the bags, the snacks and some green ribbons to tie around the top – and you’re done!

Well of course I couldn’t leave it at that – I had to make a cute Bunny card to go with the carrots…look how cute they are…

These are so quick & easy to put together - get some Wilton Disposable Icing Bags – I found them at a big box craft store beginning with M! – and then fill with snacks…

I found some fun snacks at Target just perfect for Easter – in the area where you find Goldfish, I found Market Pantry Chicks which you can see in the top ‘carrot’- they are orange to give even more of a carrot look!

AND I also found boxes of Annie’s Organic snacks – they have a bunny theme and you can see those in the bottom ‘carrot’ – in there are different shaped bunny pretzels & crackers – how cute is that?  And how perfect for Easter!  You can see a close up of those cute shapes below…

Then simply tie green ribbon around the top of each carrot to mimic the leafy bits – I used Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon and Pear Pizzazz Stitched Poly Ribbon (pg 194)…and there is one CUTE, non-sugary snack ready for giving – I think little kids are going to LOVE these Carrot treats!

Onto the Bunny card…you might recognise that Bunny from last year – he is so much fun to make using various Punches & Dies – you can find the list of shapes you need to put him together below…

My card base is Basic Black onto which I layered a piece of Bashful Blue…I then cut a strip of Pear Pizzazz and added it to my card…

I then decided to add some textured ‘grass’ and so cut a narrower strip and using sharp scissors, cut slits all the way along and pulled them out slight with my fingers to make them stick out unevenly…and then I adhered it to my card base.

Finally I added my Bunny using Dimensionals and there is one fun Easter card!

To make a Bunny you will need to cut the following shapes:

4 x White Ovals using the 2″ x 1 3/8″ Oval Punch
1 x White Scallop Circle using a 1 3/4″Scallop Circle Punch
2 x Pink Ovals using the 1 3/4″ x 7/8″ Oval Punch
2 x Pink Circles using a 1″ Circle Punch
6 x Pink Circles using a 1/4″ Circle Punch
4 x White Circles using a 3/4″ Circle Punch
2 x Black Circles using the 1/2″ Circle Punch
1 x Pink Heart using the Heart-to-Heart Punch
1 x Scallop Circle using the Scallop Circles #2 Bigz Die
1 x White Circle using a 2 1/2″ Punch

Have fun creating!

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WANT SOMETHING FOR FREE FROM ME?

How about a FREE 2012-2013 CATALOG?

Yep, that’s right – I want to give you a FREE COPY of the brand new, upcoming 2012-2013 annual Catalog – and to make it even better, I will MAIL IT TO YOU FOR FREE as well!

Click HERE to find out how to secure your FREE copy today!

That you make using the brand new Petite Purse Bigz L Die  are just GORGEOUS!!!

I didnt realise how much I would love them until I made a couple of them – and now I can see that the possibilities for using them are endless…

The Petite Purse Bigz L Die is part of the Summer Smooches Promotion and you use it to make cute gift holders that you can theme for absolutely any occasion simply by changing the papers & sentiments that you use…

Here are the first two that I made below…

These cute Purses are SO quick & easy to make – you simply take the patterned paper of your choice, lay it on the Die, run it through your die cutting machine and ta-dah – all pieces are ready for assembly!

Those Patterned Papers? I used papers from the brand new sneak peak Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper pack that you can find by clicking HERE – that pack of papers is available through April 30th and features beautiful summer themed patterns & colors…it will be featured in the big new annual catalog that debuts in June but if want to get your hands on it early, April is your chance to do so…

I assembled my Purses simply by using 2 strips of Sticky Strip – added the handle – and the Purse is done – you can literally do this in a few minutes.

Those Brads? To give my Purses some feature I decided to add a Summer Smooches Designer Fabric Brad to the front of each - again, these brads are part of the Summer Smooches promotion and you can find them by clicking HERE

BUT if you want some of them, hurry – those Brads WILL NOT BE FEATURED IN THE NEW ANNUAL CATALOG & WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE after April 30th so you need to order yours soon to make sure you get em!

Here is a closer look at my green bag…can you see the inside of that handle?

The pattern on the paper & color co-ordinates PERFECTLY with that Brad on the front – and that is what I LOVE about Stampin’ Up!’s products – they make is SUPER easy to produce perfectly co-ordinating cards & items…

The tag? Again, quick & easy to make – I stamped a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched it out using my Word Window Punch – I trimmed each end to square it up, poked a hole in one end, threaded through a piece of White Bakers Twine & tied it to the handle…

How can you use them? I can already see that by using this die my treat bags & favors for the next few months are covered…Easter…Teacher Appreciation…End of School…summer Luau’s & parties…and imagine what you can do for Fall & Christmas, birthdays, thank you’s…the possibilities are endless!

And when you use this Die with the Summer Smooches Brads & Papers then it becomes super easy to create some beautiful & co-ordinating summer themed treats…

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FABULOUS SUMMER SMOOCHES PROMOTION BY CLICKING HERE!

The products you will need to make the cute Petite Purses like mine are listed below:

Click on the blue highlighted words below to view each in the online store…

125606 Petite Purse Bigz L Die $32.95

125409 Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper $10.95

125589 Summer Smooches Fabric Designer Brads $6.95

104294 Sticky Strip Adhesive Tape $6.95

WANT SOMETHING FOR FREE FROM ME?

How about a FREE 2012-2013 CATALOG?

Yep, that’s right – I want to give you a FREE COPY of the brand new, upcoming 2012-2013 annual Catalog – and to make it even better, I will MAIL IT TO YOU FOR FREE as well!

Click HERE to find out how to secure your FREE copy today!

Have you checked out the items in the brand new Summer Smooches suite of products?

I just LOVE them – especially those cute stamps called Bright Blossoms – add some paper from Summer Smooches DSP and together they make it super easy to create fast clean & simple cards for any occasion…

Now thinking about summer got me thinking about summer colors – and blue reminds me of clear hot summer skies and swimming so I just had to incorporate that color in my card today…summer is coming FAST here in Central Texas and the pools will soon be open!!!

The blue that my card uses is Island Indigo – one of the 2011-2013 In Colors that you can find on pg 176…and I paired it with Whisper White to give a clean & simple look…

That cute paper? Is a sheet from Summer Smooches DSP that you can find by clicking HERE – it features lots of beautiful summer designs in summer colors – and adding a strip of it to your cards gives a fab look.

The Ribbon? A strip of Island Indigo 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon (pg 194) – it is so feminine and co-ordinates beautifully with the cardstock & paper…

Those Stamps? That vase is from the new set Bright Blossoms that you can find by clicking HERE – this is a set of 8 stamps available in both wood & clear mount versions and they make it easy to create quick cards – I colored my stamp with Island Indigo & Lucky Limeade Markers and stamped straight onto white cardstock…

I punched out my stamped image using the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch – I punched another same-size circle out of Island Indigo cardstock and layered it underneath using Dimensionals for a fun effect…

The Happy Birthday sentiment is taken from the set Party this Way (pg 67) and I stamped it using Early Espresso Ink…

Other bits & pieces…I punched out a heart using my Heart to Heart Punch and layered a heart shaped button from Itty Bitty Buttons onto it…I then punched out a flower using my Boho Blossoms Punch and added a 1/4″ white Circle to it’s center – I think those two elements finish it off nicely…

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FABULOUS SUMMER SMOOCHES PROMOTION BY CLICKING HERE!

Here are the images in the Bright Blossoms Stamp Set:

WANT SOMETHING FOR FREE FROM ME?

How about a FREE 2012-2013 CATALOG?

Yep, that’s right – I want to give you a FREE COPY of the brand new, upcoming 2012-2013 annual Catalog – and to make it even better, I will MAIL IT TO YOU FOR FREE as well!

Click HERE to find out how to secure your FREE copy today!

Yep – you read it right – you can get a FREE copy of the upcoming brand new 2012-2013 Catalog from me mailed direct to your door for FREE…

FREE Catalog + FREE Shipping to your door = one very happy stamper!!!

The current annual Idea Book & Catalog ends on May 31st – the brand new 2012-2013 Catalog goes live for ordering on June 1st – I am offering you the chance to get yours fast & for free!

How do you get yours?

This is my own personal special offer to you - and it is ONLY available during April:

• Place an order with me for *$50+ during the month of April – that’s all you have to do!
• Once you’ve placed your order with me, I will add you to the list – you will receive your mailed catalog in May completely free of charge!

When will your new Catalog be mailed out to you?

• As soon as I am able to in accordance with Stampin’ Up!’s rules – this will likely be at the end of May – but you will receive it before the new Catalog goes ‘live’

Who can get a free Catalog from me?

EVERYONE who places an order with me for *$50+ during April:

• current customers
• brand new customers who have never ordered with me before
• your friends & family…
• EVERYONE who places a $50+ order with me will get one!

How do you place your $50+ order?

You MUST place your order with me to qualify for a free Catalog and you can do this directly online yourself using the link below or you can email it to me:

• Click HERE to place your order directly online in my store
• Click HERE to email your order to me and I will process it for you

TODAY is the first day of a brand new Sneak Peak promotion running throughout April called Summer Smooches!

Summer Smooches features a suite of brand new products that will be in that brand new 2012-2013 Catalog – and during the month of April YOU get to purchase them early!!!

They are never before seen products including a FABULOUS brand new Purse die that you can use to make the most beautiful favors & treats…

Click HERE to see the beautiful Summer Smooches items…here is a glimpse of them in the photo below…

This is a great opportunity to get your hands on some new goodies – and makes it easier to spend your $50 to get your FREE Catalog!

SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Be sure to tell your papercrafting friends & family - to get their free copy of the Catalog all they need to do is spend *$50+ with me in April and they will automatically be mailed a FREE Catalog that ships to them for FREE!

This is your chance to get the brand new upcoming annual Catalog delivered to your door completely FREE OF CHARGE – place your order with me & secure your copy today!

Please note:

*$50 is the amount of Catalog merchandise BEFORE shipping & handling and sales taxes (as applicable) are applied
Orders MUST be placed with me – either via email to me or via my online store found by clicking here
Limit of 1 Catalog per order
Limit of 1 Catalog per customer
This special offer runs from April 1st through April 30th 2012

Oh my I just cant stop playing with flowers at the moment!  I suppose it is because spring really has sprung here in Central Texas…

And I really cant stop playing with my Mixed Bunch stamps and the Blossom Punch from the Occasions Mini Catalog – they just work SO well together and make it SO easy to create cute things…

Speaking of cute things, have you seen those flowers that have yummy chocolate & caramel Rolos as their centers?  These are not my idea because I’ve seen them on many sites but just had to make some for myself which you can see below…

On a side note – apologies for not posting the winners of this week’s Blog Candy until now – lots has been happening again this week and I just realised that I had not done so – please read on to find out if you were a lucky winner!

Aren’t they cute? And they make perfect & very affordable Easter treats…

To make these Rolo Flowers you will need that Mixed Bunch stamp set & the co-ordinating Blossom Punch – you can find both on pg 17 of the Occasions Mini Catalog -if you don’t have those two items yet, you really really NEED them because you can make so many cute things with em!!!

You simply use one of the flower stamps from Mixed Bunch to stamp your flower image and then punch it out with the perfectly co-ordinating Blossom Punch – you then punch out a flower to go beneath your stamped image from the same color solid cardstock…

What colors of ink & cardstock did I use? Stampin Up makes it SO easy to match your colors because they have inks & cardstocks in the exact same colors – I used:

• For Yellow – So Saffron
• For Pink – Pretty in Pink
• For Green – Certainly Celery
• For Blue – Bashful Blue

And all those colors are from the Subtles color family…

I then took my solid cardstock flower base and added a Dimensional to the center of it – I then carefully positioned my stamped flower on the top and pressed down to adhere it to the base – this is what the flowers look like without a Rolo center…

You then simply add a Rolo to the center of each flower (if you use removable adhesive tape then the recipient will not destroy the flower when they remove the Rolo) and they are ready for giving!

Right now you can get fun Easter colored foil wrapped packs of Rolos to make your flowers colorful – I chose to use the same colored wrapper on the same colored flower – but you can mix it up and use different color Rolos for a different look – here is my finished yellow one – isn’t it cute?

Chuckle…if you dont already have them, do you need any more convincing that you just ‘need’ to have this Stamp Set & Punch? I just love using them and can see many uses for them in the months ahead…

Just think of the cute things you can make using them for your summer events using fun summer colors – I will show you some more ideas this coming week…

Where can you find them? The Mixed Bunch Stamp Set & the co-ordinating Blossom Punch are on pg 17 of the Occasions Mini Catalog – here are the images for both - if you dont have them but want to get them, HURRY – these items are currently only available through April 30th!

Click on the blue highlighted words below to view each in the online store…

125537  Mixed Bunch Clear Mount Stamp Set – $21.95

125535  Mixed Bunch Wood Mount Stamp Set – $27.95

125603  Blossom Punch – $16.95

And finally onto the two winners of my Blog Candy who each win a kit to make 5 of those cute Butterfly treats that you can find in my post below…drawn using random.org the winning comments are:

no. 41 by Susan B. – March 22, 2012 at 3:40 pm who said:

‘I LOVE this idea,I made a few and can’t wait to put them on our Easter table as a little decoration at each setting! Can’t choose a color there ALL so cute.TYFS.’

AND no. 10 by Kathy – March 20, 2012 at 8:33 pm  who said:

‘Super cute! Love the melon mambo. I think they shall adorn my Easter table.’

A BIG congrats ladies – drop me an email with your mailing addresses and your goodies will be on their way to you!

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