I am a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in the San Francisco Bay Area. I LOVE what I do, and I would love to help you with any of your stamping or crafting needs no matter where you live in the U.S.! In my nearly 18 years as a demonstrator, I have been blessed to earn 10 Stampin' Up! Cruises/Trips and to be honored with the Heart of Stampin' Up! award, appointment to the Advisory Board and placing in the top 100 of the company for the past 6 years. Please email me if you have any questions, need to place an order for Stamping Supplies or would like to join my Luv 2 Stamp Group of demonstrators!
Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com
PattyStamps@comcast.net
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The WINNER of the Fun Stampin' Up! product give away is...
Comment: My
favorite is the best of stamps each month. Such a variety. I will miss the Lucky
Limeade paper and ribbon. I used that alot. Thanks for a chance to win. Ronna
McHenry, Illinois
Commenter name: Ronna Crowley
Ronna, please email me at pattystamps@comcast.net and give me your mailing address!
CLICK HERE for all the RETIRING Stamps and Accessories info
With over 200 pages of goodies in the Stampin' Up! catalog, and almost 40 pages in the Spring Catalog, can you believe that Stampin' Up! has a dozen MORE fun products that are not even featured in these catalogs?
I know.. so many goodies you just don't want to miss out!
Leave me a comment below to tell me your favorite product listed above AND one thing you are sad to see retire from the RETIRING LISTS.. I have a fun prize to give away to a random winner (see photo above)!! All comments must be posted by Saturday, April 27 at midnight PST, and you must leave your name and city/state in your comment. I will post a winner on Sunday!
It's time for an UPDATE for the dozens of you who have been inquiring about the
2013 MDS Seasonal Printer Tray inserts
I had planned to offer....
it's kind of a long story.. but here it is...
A couple of months ago, after I sent out about 150 Printer Tray Kits with Fall and Christmas inserts created with My Digital Studio, the Stampin' Up! Compliance Dept. contacted me and told me that this type of kit offering was against policy. I was shocked.
Stampin' Up! had recently lifted the restriction on selling 150 printed MDS projects per year so I was excited to offer my Fall/Christmas MDS Printer Tray Inserts under this new policy! However, they told me that it is against policy to include ANY printed MDS images in ANY kit or class offering.
This also affected my MDS Monthly Club Projects, which is why beginning with the December MDS Club, I could not include hybrid embellishments for the MDS printed projects and could only include the finished projects with the monthly club offering.
I was informed that only COMPLETED MDS projects may be sold.. anything that needs assembly or includes hybrid embellishments is considered a kit and is against policy. They informed me that my MDS classes with MDS Hybrid Projects are also against policy and that I could only do them if it was a free event. Ugh.
This was all news to me, and trust me I've begged and pleaded with Stampin' Up! to allow MDS images to be included with these type of offerings so that I could continue to offer all of the Printer Tray inserts I had planned for 2013 as well as hybrid embellishment kits with my MDS Club Projects and MDS projects in MDS Classes.
From what I understand, these policies are being reviewed and discussed, but in the mean time, per Compliance, all MDS hybrid classes and kits, as well as the printed MDS inserts for the Printer Trays, are against compliance.
If Stampin' Up! changes their mind and allows us to include these printed MDS inserts for the printer trays (or in a hybrid class or kit), I will let you know, because I know from the number of emails I am getting from you, SO MANY of you were counting on these new seasonal inserts in 2013 for your trays. I was so excited to offer you these Printer Tray inserts, and this was a large part of my business plan for 2013, so I am working on other ideas to help fill in my lost income from these offerings.
If they change the policy and allow this type of offering, you can look forward to the following MDS Printer Tray inserts from me in the coming year:
New Years
Winter
Valentine's
Spring
Mother's Day
Father's Day
4th of July
Summer
Vacations
Graduation
Weddings
Sports
Inspirational quotes
Anniversary
Baby
Fall
Back to School
Halloween
Christmas
Religious Christmas
If you've hung with me this far, thanks for reading. I'm sure you can sense my disappointment and frustration over this, and I'm so very sorry that I am being restricted from offering you these seasonal inserts that you were looking forward to over the next year.
If you have any encouraging comments or helpful ideas to share, please leave a comment at the bottom of this post .. I would love to hear from you. I will pass along any helpful comments to Stampin' Up! or you are also welcome to contact them on your own.
OK, now on to more exciting news.... the
WINNERS OF THE
6 FREE VALENTINE STAMP SETS ARE:
WINNER of Set #1:
Winner of Set #2:
Winner of Set #3:
Winner of Set #4:
Winner of Set #5:
Winner of Set #6:
please email me at PattyStamps@comcast.net to give me your mailing address so I can send these to you! Thank you for all your kind comments!
If you'd like to win one, leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post and let me know which set you'd like, #1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.
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Open to US residents only.
Deadline to comment is Monday, Jan. 7th at noon Pacific Time. I'll draw 6 winners and post them on Tuesday, Jan. 8th. Check back then to see if you won so you can email me your shipping address!
If you'd like to enter to win a kit to make THIS fun photobook, just leave me a comment (below the blog post) and I'll draw a winner on Sunday evening!
We made this DARLING photobook project at our Luv 2 Stamp Group October meeting .. I got the idea from demonstrator Cathy Parlitsis.. she has GREAT ideas on her site and I was so amazed at how she used the Season of Sweets Designer Cookie Kit (#126912, pg 15 Holiday catalog from Stampin Up! or HERE ONLINE) to make a photobook!!!
This was one page from my meeting handout.. I hope it will help you with some assembly instructions if you want to make one. CLICK to VIEW LARGER if you wish.
Order your supplies online here today, and don't forget to leave a comment on my blog to be entered to win one of these cute kits!!
Would you like to win a kit to make 4 of these cards
including a
FREE BOLD SNOWFLAKE SINGLE STAMP?
Just leave me a comment below and i'll randomly pick a winner on Monday at noon and send you the kit and the free stamp! You will need a clear block, Baja Breeze ink and a greeting stamp.
Just to change things up, I offered an alterative design in class when we made these cards, adding the flocked clear acetate paper to the card (from the Candlelight Christmas DSP pack)... not sure which one i like best, but your free kit will include it all!
Did you know that ONLINE ORDERING is super easy for the supplies listed above?Visit my online ordering site here! (then "sign in") and type in any of the item codes above.
Thanks to everyone who left comments on my blog while I was away at Founder's Circle.. The Randomly Selected Winner of the Christmas Card Class Kit in the mail is:
I am giving away a free stamp set this weekend.... a stamp set of YOUR CHOICE.. leave me a comment this weekend and let me know which stamp set out of the current US Stampin' UP! Catalog or Holiday catalog you would like and WHY.
The fine print:
Tell me if you'd like wood or clear mount, if there is that choice
Open to US residents only
Open to Customers of Patty Bennett only
I'll select a winner on Monday, Sept. 24, and contact you for your shipping address.
You must leave a comment at the bottom this this post ON MY BLOG.. emails will not count.
I had Random.org pick a winning comment (out of the 200+) comments and this is the winning one!
Congrats to Mary Lou Foster of Texas!!
Contact me with your shipping info and i'll get these bags out to you soon....
I say "soon" because all of my Convention goodies are still in Salt Lake City... My friend was bringing all my swaps, gifts, memento mall purchases, Founder's Circle gifts and all my make & takes back with her in the car and her car broke down before she left... so I don't have any of my goodies here... (sad face). But as soon as everything gets back here to California, I'll mail your 4 bags to you!
(see pg 203 of your catalog or HERE ONLINE- spend your hostess dollars on this great set with your online order of $150 or more! Or contact me with your order.
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Whohooo! I'm back from the 2012 Stampin' Up! Convention and would love to share a treat with you!!!!
Aren't these Memento Mall Tote Bags from the Stampin' Up! 2012 Convention TOO CUTE?? Would you like to get a set of all 4 bags??
I'm giving away 8 bags!!
Would you like a set of 4?
2 ways to get them!
Leave me a comment on this blog post and tell me you'd like a set of all 4 bags, include your name and state (or Province) in your post. I'll draw one winning name on Friday night (July 27) and will post the winner on Saturday July 28! Must be in US or Canada to win.
if you want a double chance to win a set of all 4 bags, place an order! Place your ONLINE STAMPIN' UP! ORDER HERE with me, (min. $50 net order), by Friday night, July 27, and I'll draw one winner to receive a set of 4 bags! Winners will be posted Saturday, July 28.
And let me leave you today with some cute samples from convention!
Wow.. thank you for all your kind words regarding the 6,000,000 hits milestone!! As promised, I've drawn a winner from the 181 comments ... and here is the winner...
Dawn, please email me with your mailing address so I can send you the MDS CD! :)
I called my dad to tell him about your overwhelmingly wonderful comments about his artwork.. you are all sooooooo kind... he is so touched.. thank you so much! I am going to print out all 150+ comments and mail it to him to read (no, .. he doesn't 'do computers'). :)
As promised, I randomly picked a winner to receive one of his calendars!! And the WINNER IS..
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Wow, gorgeous paintings. I love December. I see where you get inspiration from.
Karen, Please email me at PattyStamps@comcast.net to give me your mailing address so I can get your calendar on the way to you!
$24.95 includes shipping to you. US orders only.
MANY of you commented or emailed me and asked if I would consider selling them.. I asked my dad if that was ok with him and he said "Sure! Share the love!" So if you would like one mailed to you, please use the paypal link above to place your order. I will have a few of them ready to mail early next week, and then will fill orders as they come in as quickly as possible.
Calendars shipped to US addresses only. Shipped 1st Class US mail in a padded bubble mailer. Paypal only.
Thanks to everyone who left a comment on my blog post about what you thought my favorite new product was that was inside all the little Kraft boxes that I gave to my meeting helpers.
The correct answer... my favorite new product that I gave to all my meeting helpers in the cute little Kraft boxes was.....
Printed Designer In Color Brads!!!!
These were also my JULY CUSTOMER THANK YOU GIFT - the coupon for my monthly thank you gifts comes inside my catalog. Need a catalog?Need Brads?
THE WINNERS OF THE 3 FREE PACKAGES of BRADS are:
Jennifer Kay (TX JennyWren)
Charlotte Coombes
MaryBeth Hudson
Winners... email me with your mailing address and I'll get those out to you ASAP! Thank you to everyone who guessed! It was fun reading your comments!
Here is a little project I made using these great In Color brads..
Wow, gorgeous paintings. I love December. I see where you get inspiration from.