Holiday Place Settings

It's the ultimate party prep three-peat! Get busy now, and one efficient holiday table setting design will carry you through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.

Watch this cool video here on Studio 5!

Each place setting includes a napkin ring, nameplate, favor, and confetti - all based on the same template. Just for Studio 5 viewers, Stampin' Up CEO Shelli Gardner shares the design tricks that give that template three terrific twists.

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Supply List

Stamp Sets

Cute & Curly Punch Label bundle
Everyday Flexible Phrases
Holiday Blitz
Simple Serif Mini Alphabet & Numbers
Wild West Alphabet

Stampin' Pads
Baja Breeze Classic
Chocolate Chip Classic
Old Olive Classic
Real Red Classic

Card Stock/Paper
Ski Slope Designer Series paper
Baja Breeze card stock
Chocolate Chip card stock
Naturals White card stock
Old Olive card stock
Real Red card stock

Accessories
Dies:
Big Shot die cutting machine
Pillow Box die
Scallop Circle #2 die
Top Note Bigz die

Accents:
Pretties Kit
Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware

Adhesives:
Anywhere Glue Stick
Stampin' Dimensionals
Two-Way Glue Pen

Punches:
1/16"Circle punch
3/4" Circle punch
Horizontal Slot punch

Ribbon/Cord/Thread:
vAlpine Ribbon Originals
Baja Breeze 5/8 striped grosgrain ribbon
Linen thread
Silver elastic cord

Miscellaneous:
Acetate (from office supply store; thick)
Bone folder
Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter

Instructions

Napkin ring
Make card stock note using Top Note Bigz die. Adhere Designer Series paper on card stock, stamp (on New Year's napkin ring), fold, and smooth folds using bone folder. Stamp label image, punch out and/or cut, and adhere to napkin ring. Punch out slots and tie together with ribbon (Note: New Year's napkin ring is tied together with Silver elastic cord). Accent as shown.

Name plate
Make card stock note using Top Note Bigz die; stamp (on New Year's name plate), fold in half, and smooth fold with bone folder. Adhere Designer Series paper on card stock (Note: layer paper on Old Olive card stock first for Christmas name plate). Accent as shown.

Favor
Make favor box using Pillow Box die, and fill with treats. Create belly band out of Designer Series paper (Note: layer paper for New Year's favor), and adhere to favor. Stamp label image, and punch out. Adhere label and accent as shown.

Confetti
Make several large and small scallop circles out of Designer Series paper. Stamp and cut out/punch smaller images (acorns for Thanksgiving, trees for Christmas, and snowflakes for New Year's) as shown. Glue glitter on snowflakes.

Retired List Sale December 9-23, 2008

See the lists below for a list of the retiring stamps or view here on the Stampin'Up! website... Don't get too excited- it is the american prices and we can't buy up here :( But I thought you might appreciate the pictures...Dozens of stamp sets from the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalogue are retiring. Now's the last chance for your customers to get them--these sets are only available through January 18, 2009! And they're 10 percent off from December 9-23, so don't wait to order!

Visa/Mastercard now accepted at Stampin'Up!

Just to bring you up to speed, Stampin'Up! offers payment by credit card for your shopping convenience. You can shop directly from my business website HERE and have the order shipped directly to you (convenient for out of town customers) or you can contact me or be part of a club or as part of a party where I process your payment by credit card.

They have arranged the payments so that you can pay for part of your order by card and the rest with another card or by the other old fashioned methods like cash, cheque... You can choose to keep your number on file or you can choose the use only for this order option and it will not be retained by anyone. Stampin' Up! accepts Visa and MasterCard.

Their system blockes out all digits except the last four so once they have you in, no one, not even me can see the number for security reasons. Stampin' Up! employs strict security measures and certified security technology to protect credit card information. Credit card information is scrambled and encrypted, and customer information is stored on disk, and not the web server. You can feel confident that your information is safe when it is processed through Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! will send you an e-mail confirming that your credit card has been processed. The e-mail will include the amount the card was charged, as well as your name, e-mail address, and DBWS (my business) address.

Please contact me with any questions.

Product Offer: December 1, 2008-January18, 2009

Spend $20 and get 20 percent off any stamp set from the Fall-Winter Sampler.

Item #	Description	Retail	20% Off
111564	Flight of the Butterfly	$37.95	$30.36
111752	Sur les ailes d'un papillon (French Flight of the Butterfly)	$37.95	$30.36
111676	Puns From the Past	$32.95	$26.36
111660	Just Jawing	$30.95	$24.76
112881	Je t'ai en tête (French Just Jawing)	$30.95	$24.76
111624	Dreams Du Jour	$22.95	$18.36
112869	Rêves au menu (French Dreams Du Jour)	$22.95	$18.36
111700	Thank You Kindly	$16.50	$13.20
111742	Tous mes remerciements (French Thank You Kindly)	$16.50	$13.20
111714	Wow Flowers	$15.50	$12.40
112652	Bonheur fleuri (French Wow Flowers)	$15.50	$12.40
111600	Bella's Bloom	$15.50	$12.40

Holiday Extravaganza Sale November 26 - December 1, 2008

For a limited time, you can purchase any of the Holiday Extravaganza bundles at a special promotional price--up to 50% off!

Things to Remember:

• Promotional bundle quantities at promotional prices are limited.

July 2008 Stampin' Success article on tying bows

Promo Level 2 Card kit - Have a Christmas Card making party!!!

If you hostess a party that reaches the minimum for a level 2 hostess set ($395) in sales you not only choose the Deer Friends Stamp Set on page 20 but can purchase an optional card kit for 12 cards that could make these cards OR you can use the supplies to design your very own. Pieces are precut and measured to make the card designed.

Card 1: Card 2: Card 3: Card 4:The kit includes:
Ink: Basic Black, coloured in with various felts
Paper: Alpine (Holiday Mini)
Accessories: Shrink Plastic, Acetate, Chunky Sprinkles, Foam, Scallop Edge Punch

Price is $64.73 (My friends in the Yukon Territory can purchase for $61.00 and for anyone in Victoria that can pick up rather than me deliver/mail I will deduct $5) *NOTE: I can only sell within Canada. Contact me quick as I cannot promise how long this little set will last! The nice thing about buying kits is you get design ideas and you have the stamp set(s) and build your tools for future use! See recommended add ons below.

Suggested add ons:
Bone Folder 102300 $8.75
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue
Paper Snips 103579 $12.95
Snail Adhesive 104332 $8.75
Mini Glue Dots 103683 $5.95
Heat Gun 1oooo5 $33.95
Powder Pals 102197 $24.95
Embossing Buddy 103083 $5.95

This is not as hard to do as you think. You can show your friends the online catalogue or the card kits or bundles I will be posting on an ongoing basis and pre-order before your get together. Make a batch of special tea and cookies and Voila :) Best yet, host a Christmas card making party as the season is nearing closer - there is a crispness in the air and we get to fight it or embrace it...