FREE SHIPPING until April 8th!!

Hello from sunny Arizona!! I'm lucky enough to still be on vacation for an extra week, while my sweet family headed back home to Utah yesterday.  I will miss them, but I'll enjoy this nice weather, too!  ;)

Even though I'm on vacation, I wanted to keep you updated on a couple Stampin' Up! specials.  The first one is the best... FREE SHIPPING on ANY SIZE order from now until tomorrow, April 8th.  This is the perfect time to order the awesome This and That bundle that I mentioned in my last post.  The second special isn't really a special, but a heads up on changes to the new catalog.  NEW COLORS!  Check my Facebook page or www.stampinup.com for more details.  (I don't have my computer with me and I don't know how to add pics with my iPad yet.)

They are discontinuing the following ten colors and all paper, ink pads, and markers are available 'while supplies last.'
Baja Breeze
Certainly Celery
Pretty in Pink
Bashful Blue
Regal Rose
Riding Hood Red
More Mustard
Not Quite Navy
Bravo Burgundy
River Rock

Order now to get this colors with free shipping!!!  Go to my website at www.verbarendse.stampinup.net and click the 'Shop Now' button at the top.

In case you are wondering what will be replacing these ten colors, I'll let you know that too.  They are bringing back nine In Colors and one new color, Smoky Slate.  The returning In Colors are:
Bermuda Bay
Calypso Coral
Pool Party
Wisteria Wonder
Pear Pizzazz
Soft Sky
Blushing Bride
Crushed Curry
Island Indigo

Keep checking back for more info.  The retired list should be out on April 24th.
Have a great week!!
Tammi

Girly Dress Happy Birthday Card

I was so excited to get my Dress Up Framelits!  I have seen so many cute ideas on Pinterest and even our current issue of Stampin' Success.  Lucky for me, my new This and That Bundle arrived today, so I decided to play with the beautiful papers and my framelits!

Here are some of the items I got out, including the current issue of Stampin' Success, to help inspire me.  Once I started playing, I decided I wanted to keep it clean, so I put back the embossing folder and embosslits.  I had to switch stamp sets too, since I didn't have enough space on my card for the one I was originally going to use.

Girly Dress Happy Birthday Card created by Tammi Verbarendse
Materials used:  Petite Pairs stamp set; Basic Gray Card Stock and Ink Pad; Pool Party Card Stock; Whisper White Card Stock; This and That Epic Day Designer Series Paper; Dress Up and Ovals Collection Framelits; Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack; Pearl Basics



Girly Dress Happy Birthday Card created by Tammi Verbarendse
I distressed the little punched flowers by rolling them up in a ball and then separating them into two flowers by using my fingernail to break apart the fibers. 

Sneak Peek of my This and That Bundle!  I love everything in this pack!!  The book is beautiful and has so many pretty papers inside.  There is a pocket in the front with two already assembled envelopes just waiting to go in my book.  There is another pocket in the back that I will probably store my fabulous sticker pack in. 

It's hard to believe that I got all of that, plus the Epic Day Designer Series Paper, for only $32.08!!  To order, just go to my website and it is item number 133350. 

Have a creative weekend!!
Tammi

Get Whale Card and Video

I was playing around with my Oh, Whale stamp set from the Spring Mini Catalog and decided I wanted to make a Get Well card for a child.  I wanted to make it bright and cheery to make someone feel better.  I love the fun colors in the Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Series Paper!



Here are some of the supplies I got out to help inspire me.  I actually used all of them!

Get Whale Soon Card created by Tammi Verbarendse
Materials used:  Oh, Whale! Stamp Set; Melon Mambo Card Stock; Marina Mist Card Stock; Basic Gray Card Stock and Ink Pad; Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Series Paper; Neutral (Basic Gray) and Bright (Daffodil Delight) Brads; Daffodil Delight Card Stock; Happy Whale Clearlits Die; Pinwheel Sizzlits Die; Ovals Collection and Bitty Banners Framelits; Large Scallop Edgelit;  Dimensionals

Get Whale Soon Card created by Tammi Verbarendse

It's not the best quality, but here is a short video explaining how to use the pinwheel die.  Everyone was sleeping, so I had to be really quiet and use my webcam.  :)

Thanks for checking out my blog and have a fabulous weekend!!
Tammi

Finished my Scrapbook Page from Convention Last Year!

Okay... one nice thing about cleaning your craft room is that you find all sorts of lost treasures!  One of these was my unfinished scrapbook page from last years Convention.  I'm sure most of you have seen this page before, but I wanted to show you that I did finish something.  :) 

I love Stampin' Up!'s divided page protectors and this page is perfect for them!  A few of the embellishments are on the outside of the protector, which is kind of cool. 

Created by Tammi Verbarendse
Designed by Stampin' Up!
Products used:  You're Amazing Stamp Set; Take a Ticket Wheel; Early Espresso Card Stock; Midnight Muse Card Stock, Marker and Ink Pad; More Mustard Card Stock, Marker and Ink Pad; Primrose Petals Card Stock and Ink Pad; Very Vanilla Card Stock; First Edition and Natural Composition Specialty Designer Series Paper; Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper; Silver Glimmer Paper; Linen Thread; 1/8" Silver Mini Brads; In Color Dahlias (Primrose Petals); Paper Daisies; Sponge Dauber; Ticket Duo, 1/16", 2 1/2" Circle and Itty Bitty Shapes (flower) Punches

Created by Tammi Verbarendse
Designed by Stampin' Up!

Now I have to go play with my new This and That Bundle! 

Have a great day!
Tammi

Clean Craft Room Pictures

I promised to post the pictures of my newly cleaned and reorganized craft room, so here you go!

Chatty Stamper's Clean Craft Room
View from the doorway

Chatty Stamper's Clean Craft Room
Look at all that counter space!!

 

Inside my newly organized cabinets

Chatty Stamper's Clean Craft Room

 

Chatty Stamper's Clean Craft Room
My Die-Cutting and Printing area
(The paper storage on the right is now full.)  ;)

Chatty Stamper's Clean Craft Room

Chatty Stamper's Clean and Reorganized Craft Closet

Chatty Stamper's Clean and Reorganized Craft Closet
The newly accessible left side of my closet.  It's not perfect, but it stores my photo boxes and such.

Chatty Stamper's Clean and Reorganized Craft Closet
The newly accessible right side of my closet.  So much nicer when it's not full of bags!

Chatty Stamper's Clean and Reorganized Craft Closet

Chatty Stamper's Clean and Reorganized Craft Closet

Chatty Stamper's Clean and Reorganized Craft Closet
My old style punch storage... I have a chair to access, since I'm so short.  :)

Hope I've inspired some of you to get your craft rooms and/or closets in order.  Now I get to feel free to create!

Have a great week!
Tammi

I'm back and with a clean craft room!!

Sorry I haven't posted anything for a month!  My computer crashed, but my favorite son fixed it for me.  :)  Then my oldest daughter came to town for a visit two weeks ago and I decided to clean and reorganize my craft room last week. 

I want to show you pictures of what my poor craft room looked like before...  Are you ready?

Chatty Stamper's Messy Craft Room
View from the doorway

Chatty Stamper's Messy Craft Room

Chatty Stamper's Messy Craft Room

Chatty Stamper's Messy Craft Room

Chatty Stamper's Messy Craft Closet

Chatty Stamper's Messy Craft Closet
So many bags!!

Chatty Stamper's Messy Craft Closet
The left side... hard to access.

Chatty Stamper's Messy Craft Closet
The right side... so many boxes and bags!



Chatty Stamper's Craft Room AFTER I emptied out the entire closet... 
(Some did spill out to the family area outside my door...)

Chatty Stamper's Messy Craft Counter AFTER emptying out my craft closet...

I'm actually really proud of myself because... I finished reorganizing my craft room and closet today!!  That means it only took me 4 days!!  Wow!!  I will post those pictures tomorrow, but I did create my first video featuring a look at my fabulous room.  Check it out below and let me know what you think.

On the Stampin' Up! side... I hope you enjoyed Sale-a-bration as much as I did!  I loved all those items they had for FREE!!  Now they have an amazing new line called This and That, which is following the Smash Book craze.  Check it out on my website!  I will continue to update my blog this weekend and hope to post more regularly, now that I have a newly organized craft room.  :)

Happy Spring!!
Tammi