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Stampin’ Up! recently announced that they had partnered with Becky Higgins and Project Life. The first release of Stampin’ Up! Project Life products will be digital downloads-starting today – how fast do things move in this digital age?
These downloads correspond to traditional Project Life products and are compatible with our My Digital Studio (MDS) design software and other design and photo editing programs. If you don’t already have MDS you can get a free 30 day trial of the full program here or the full program is just $24.95.
EVERYDAY ADVENTURE DIGITAL PROJECT LIFE CARDS – DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Price: $21.50
DAY TO DAY DIGITAL PROJECT LIFE STAMP BRUSH SET – DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Price: $10.95
POINT & CLICK DIGITAL PROJECT LIFE STAMP BRUSH SET – DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Price: $9.95
Creating digitally can be a lot of fun, for example:
With just a few clicks on your computer, you can print your cards from home and add them to your projects.
Digital downloads are a great companion to the traditional products because you’ll never run out of cards.
Add stamps to your photos to create stunning overlays before you get them printed.
Create custom cards by recoloring and resizing the embellishments and stamps.
Stampin’ Up! has searched long and hard for just the right material to be able to introduce completely clear stamping. Now they have found it! In the upcoming 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue, there will have wood-mount, clear-mount AND photopolymer stamps.
Our top-quality photopolymer stamps stick extremely well on our acrylic blocks, are durable, and the transparent nature of these sets makes it easier to line up your images without the need of a guide. This is a feature that is particularly helpful with alphabets, borders, and backgrounds! Photopolymer is clearly a great choice.
An overview of the Photopolymer stamps is here:
As it is still 2 months until the new annual catalogue is released, rather than making you wait, for the month of May there are two exclusive photopolymer stamp sets, Show & Tell 1 and Show & Tell 2 to get you started. The bonus is that you can order one set or both and if you do order both sets, which are designed to be used together, plus you get a free online class featuring tonnes of great project ideas valued at $15.
The online class, Seeing the Possibilities, provides all the basics you need to make the most of our new photopolymer stamp offerings: Show & Tell 1 and 2 Stamp Sets. Purchase the bundle and discover how quickly and easily you can line up the stamped images for precision placement, achieve just the right ink coverage and combine images together exactly where you want them with photopolymer. The possibilities are endless!
Divided into six PDF documents, this class includes written instructions, step-out photos, instructional videos, and supply lists for 15 projects.
The following topics are covered in the class:
Backgrounds
Building
Layering
Versatility
Gift Giving
Memory Keeping
Show & Tell 1 #133450 $23.95
Show & Tell 2 #133481 $23.95
Show & Tell 1 and 2 with Seeing the Possibilities online class #138101 $47.90
Awesome news – as the weekly deals have been so well received, Stampin’ Up! are going to continue them through May! This week we have another set of great deals for you – with discounts of 25% off select designer series paper, dies and accessories and 40% discount off a versatile digital download. If you want to order any or all of these great items, you can do so by ordering direct onlinehere or by contacting me before noon on Tuesday May 6th and I can place the order for you. The current hostess code is XW2WMU9E
Baked Brown Sugar 3/8″ ruffle stretch trim $11.96 (RRP $15.95)
Downtown Grunge Photobook Template – Digital Download $12.90 (RRP $21.50)
Dress Form Pop’ N Cuts $28.46 (RRP $37.95)
Label Insert Pop’ N Cuts Die $28.46 (RRP $37.95)
Measuring Stick Stampin’ Around Builder Wheel $5.96 (RRP $7.95)
Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper $14.21 (RRP $18.95)
I received a lovely letter in the mail recently – and it wasn’t a bill (YAY) and then it got even more exciting as when I turned it over I saw who it was from……..
This was the beautiful can that was inside it, love that gold embossed paper – really hoping it’s a sneak peek from the new catalogue! The card was an invitation to attend Convention & the Leadership day in Melbourne in May, which I had already registered for, but yay, who doesn’t love getting a beautiful card in the mail?
Can’t wait to see all my fellow demonstrators, staff from the USA, NZ & Australian offices and of course get to see lots of the new products that we’ll be getting in just a few short months time!
This week we have another set of great deals for you – with discounts of 25% off select designer series paper, dies and accessories and 40% discount off a versatile digital download. If you want to order any or all of these great items, you can do so by ordering direct onlinehere or by contacting me before 6pm on Tuesday April 29th and I can place the order for you. The current hostess code is CHV7UCZ6
The exciting news of the week has been that Stampin’ Up! are partnering with the amazing Becky Higgins to bring you the real deal-authentic Project Life products, in exclusive Stampin’ Up! colours and designs.
If you’ve missed the Project Life craze and are wondering what it’s all about, we’ll fill you in: it’s a super simple, totally affordable way to get your photos into albums: you just slip your photos into Photo Pocket Pages and add designed cards. It’s a back-to-basics approach to documenting your life. In a nutshell, it’s all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them.
We’ll offer a complete Project Life product line in the new annual catalogue, available beginning 1 July. Of course if you are a demonstrator, you can get your hands on things at least a month prior to that. As more information becomes available I will let you know here, on my FaceBook Page, Twitter or via my newsletter (sign up top right of this page).
Frequently Asked Questions
Qu: What types of Project Life Products will Stampin’ Up! offer?
Ans: You’ll see Card Collections, Accessory Packs, Albums, Photo Pocket Pages, tools, other accessories and Stamps (hint see the picture above).
Qu: Are the card designs the same as what we can buy in the stores?
Ans: Nope! Stampin’ Up! and Becky Higgins have worked together to design all new products that are super fun and a perfect match to our existing colour lines, which will make coordination a breeze. Some of the Photo Pocket Page designs are the same as what is currently available and some will be different and exclusive to Stampin’ Up!
Qu: How do I buy these products?
Ans: From July 1st 2014 with the start of the new annual catalogue you can purchase these products directly through my website, or I can show you my samples if you come to my catalogue launch party in July or classes.
Qu: Are the products packaged the same as existing products (i.e. Core Kits, Mini Kits etc.)?
Ans: Most Project Life by Stampin’ Up! products will be sold in Card Collections of 100 cards with 4″ x 6″, 4″ x 4″ and 3″ x 4″ card sizes included. Each card will be printed front and back, but there will not be duplicates of any cards in the set. All of the corners on the cards will be square (not rounded) on all if the Stampin’ Up! Project Life cards as there is an awesome corner rounder punch. There will also be Accessory Packs available (sold separately) that will contain a variety of accessories to complement the Card Collection.
Qu: Will the Project Life by Stampin’ Up! products be available in digital format?
Ans: Yes they certainly will be available digitally. More information will be available soon.
Qu: Why order through a demonstrator?
Ans: I offer in-home workshops, in-home classes, weekly classes with creche, monthly crop nights, fundraisers, catalogue launch parties and more.I can give you personal expertise and service, if you live further away you can still get the products delivered directly to your home.
Qu: Can I sign up to be a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator so I can sell Project Life myself and make money doing it?
Ans: If you have decided that this is a terrific opportunity for you, you can sign up to join my team through my website here or read more FAQs about joining my Stampin’ Up! family.
This week we have another set of great deals for you – with discounts of 25% off select papers and accessories and 40% discount off a versatile digital download. If you want to order any or all of these great items, you can do so by ordering direct online here or by contacting me before 6pm on Tuesday April 22nd and I can place the order for you. The current hostess code is CHV7UCZ6
I love to watercolour, but sometimes I just don’t have the time I’d like to spend creating cards! This is a really fast way to create beautiful watercolour backgrounds in under a minute, with just a clear block, some water spray and some Stampin’ Write marker pens, as it is a fairly dry style of water colouring, it works well on plain Whisper White card stock, you don’t have to have the water colour paper.
There is 25% off a range of items including some great embossing folders at $10.46, framelits at just $32.21 and the sizzlets just $7.13 on sale this week as well as a very functional digital download for recipe designs is 40% off at $6.57. I will have an order going in on Tuesday the 15th of April next week (i.e. the evening before these deals finish) so you can email me your order gerlach@iinet.net.au by noon on Tuesday I can place the order for you, or you can order online yourself, the current hostess code is CHV7UCZ6
It’s been a while since my guest blogger has made an appearance, but we had a lovely friends birthday recently, she was turning 7 and my 7yo cherub decided to make her a card. He chose the stamp set, ink and then rifled through my trial box (read box that has any pre-punched items that I didn’t end up using for a project or were the wrong colour or I just made way too many for) and found an extended card base I had cut to show someone how that worked and some flowers. Here is the card he made:
He had a lot of fun with the fringing scissors to make the grass and also the flip part of the card.
