$50 Gift Certificate Winner

Thank you all so much for you patience during my move.

It was a little harder than I expected since the kids were off of school for 2 weeks!! I would have gotten a LOT more done if they weren't home the whole time.

Now, I love my kids to death, but it's hard to keep them occupied and out of the way for so long (especially with no TV or internet for a while)!!

Anyway, it's back to business as usual now.

All orders have shipped out and we are back to a normal shipping schedule.

So...

The winner of the $50 Gift Certificate

(for orders of $25 or more placed during March 9th-19th) is...

Claudine Gendron of Quebec, Canada

I have emailed you a gift certificate for your next purchase!!

If you would like another chance to win a gift certificate to Stamp and Create, come join us for our challenges at the Store blog!!

Product Spotlight-Sports Theme

Welcome back to Stamp and Create.

After today I should have all of the orders caught up from my move 2 weeks ago. It may take a few more days to get the rest of the adjustments done, so please be patient with me.

Over the weekend, I received a restock order of the newest Stampavie release...

Including some older designs as well such as this cutie...

And now I'm glad to announce that we have a new Product Spotlight this week!!

This week, all stamps in the Sport Category

will be on sale 25% off through Sunday

(excluding the PrayforLuke.com digis since that is a fundraiser).

The awesome Design Team has created some wonderful cards for your inspiration using some of the stamps on sale this week...

Lacey

Lacey used Football Crazy by Popcorn Bear paired with some October Afternoon Thrift Shop DP.

Chris

Chris used Slam Dunk from Wags n Whiskers for her creation. She also used the Whimsy Birthday Wish List stamp for the front of her card. For the inside of her card she used the Whimsy Balloon sentiments designed by Raindrop Echo Designs and the Balloon Shapeology die.

JOY

Joy used TGF set called: Later Sk8er, the sentiment comes with that set too. She used Basic Grey - Pyrus, her border punch and some dyed seam binding for her ribbon.

Vicky

Vicky has made a pop up card using Go for Goal by Wags and Whiskers. The papers are Basic Grey Granola. The shape has been cut out using Nestabilies label 3 and has added basic grey pearls in indigo/sky.

Heidi

Heidi used High Hopes Ski Bum, Basic Grey Half Pearls, Stickles, and the Bow Easy.

Jeanette

Jeanette used a High Hopes image: Time Well Spent. She added Stickles to the water drops for a little extra shimmer.

Happy stamping and shopping!!

Lots of new stuff

Welcome back to Stamp and Create!

Hey there!! It's Lacey...trying to peek my head out of the moving boxes!!

Actually things are going well here on the homefront. The house is a huge mess, but at least it's livable.

The move went well. The kids are home on Spring Break this week so it's now a challenge to get work done and still keep them occupied. But I'm slowly managing.

All orders placed through Thursday shipped out on Monday. The rest of the orders will ship out tomorrow. Thank you all for your patience during the move.

Since releases don't stop for moves, I have a bunch of new items added to the store over the past few days...

The new Pray for Luke Fundraiser - Little Luke is now available as a RUBBER STAMP!!...

**The digital stamps are also still available for the Fundraiser**

*New* Kraftin' Kimmie stamps...

*New* Whimsy Stamps including new Kenny K...

and new Whimsy dies...

*New* Whiff of Joy Gnomes and restocks...

New Belles n Whistles

(these are new to the store, but not new designs. However, there will be a new Belles n Whistles release in early April which I already have on order)...

Popcorn Bear restocks...

SWALK restocks...

Plus lots of new Embellishments.

You will have to search around for them all listed mostly under "Embellishments"...

New buttons...

New Nestabilities and a few restocks...

New paper (both under Kaisercraft and Basic Grey)...

*The awesome DT have still be busy creating wonder sample to share.

Make sure to scroll down to see this week's inspiration...

Happy Stamping and Shopping!!

March 21 Settling In

Lacey is settling in to her new digs. She is back to shipping out orders! I'm (Heidi) still helping out with the blog until she is back into her regular routine.

Heidi

Heidi used Meredith Dillman's Fairy Lights by Sweet Pea, Flower Spacers and the Bow Easy.

CHRIS

Chris used Say a Prayer from Wags n Whiskers and the new Whimsy Postage Stamp Sentiments. The sentiment is cut out with the Whimsy Shapeology Postage Stamp Die.  Her bow is tied with the Bow Easy.

Jeanette has used one of the Wild Rose Studio's Fairys: Ella with Wand. Her card is formed in the shape of a cake and she has trimmed the tiers with white satin trimmed lace ribbon and added Liquid Pearls to the bottom. She added some small prima flowers randomly on each tier and decorated the candle with stickles in Stardust and Orange peel.



March 14 Moving

Lacey is knee deep in moving boxes, but her design team still creates! Just to remind everyone, any orders placed right will not ship out until March 20th.

Any orders of $25 or more placed during March 9th-19th will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Gift Certificate. And there is a 10% discount on orders placed during March 9-19th using discount code moving

Heidi

Heidi used Stampavie Musical Memories, Whimsy sentiment,  Whimsy Ticket Die and the Bow Easy.

Jeanette used two CC Design images for her card. She combined Sugarplums Teddy Emma and Sugarplums Polar Bear. Her bow was tied with the Bow Easy.


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Vicky has used one of the new releases from Sarah Kay called Josephine cuddling her pet cat Kiki. She has been coloured in using copics and cut out using large Oval nesties, The paper is Basic Grey Cappella, which has been distressed and faux stitched, with crystal stickles added to the edges, the music paper was a rak from an antiques dealer. The brown organza ribbon has been tied using the bow easy and little pearls added to the one corner.

CC Designs, Wild Rose Studio, & High Hopes

Welcome back to Stamp and Create!

The moving truck will be here early in the morning so I am trying to use up my last few minutes with my internet before the modem gets packed away!!

I received a few orders over the past few days that I wanted to get onto the store before my move.

Just remember that I will not be able to ship orders until March 20th.

You can receive 10% off your whole order (including already reduced prices) during this time when you use discount code moving (all lowercase) at check out.

Also, orders of $25 placed during this time will also be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate!!

CC Designs just had a new release with some adorable Swiss Pixie images...

and Sweet November Zodiac stamps...

and even 2 new CC Cutter Dies...

Wild Rose Studio just released a new line with the adorable Mia...

Plus there are some cute new Milton and Toby stamps and restocks (including Fergus Dragon and the Fairies), too...

I also have a restock order from High Hopes on the way - they will arrive by the time I'm ready to start shipping so I have already restocked them on the store...

Also on order are the newest Kraftin' Kimmie release, new Whimsy Stamps release (including restocks of Kenny K), Belles 'n Whistles restocks & new images, and Whiff of Joy restocks and the new Gnomes.

Don't forget about the Fundraiser for www.prayforluke.com!

I'm sorry to say that this is going to be a long road for Luke. They finally received a diagnosis, but it wasn't want they were hoping for - please continue to keep them in your prayers.

I was able to see Luke before they headed to Minnesota for a very quick visit.

I was so honored to be able to give his mom the first Fundraiser check for $512.

More has been collected already so the fundraiser continues!!

My kids wanted to make a card for Luke using two of his images...

The Design Team will be updating the blog while I'm away. So make sure to check out their inspiration next week!

I'll be back once we are settled into our new home in the Jacksonville, Florida area!!

Until then...

Happy stamping and shopping!

Challenge 9: Spring Break

Heidi here, I’m helping out Lacey while she starts her big move. Any orders placed by noon EST on Wednesday March 9, 2011 will ship out before she moves. Otherwise, orders will not ship out until March 20th.

Any orders of $25 or more placed during March 9th-19th will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Gift Certificate. And there is a 10% discount on orders placed during March 9-19th using discount code moving

We do have a new challenge. The challenge theme is "Spring". We want to see your creations using spring colors, springy image, flowers, etc...

VICKY

Vicky has used Sweetpea Stamps Spring Witch whcih has been coloured in copics. The circle is a doily and coloured the grosgrain ribbon using the pens. The ring and butterfly charm have been threaded through the ribbon with an added final touch of a few pearls, and added stickles to the flowers. The papers are Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue

CHRIS

Chris used Easter Blessings from Wags n Whiskers which she colored with copics. She also used Ivory May Arts Silk Ribbon and an Ivory prima Fairy tale rose.

Jeanette used one of the new Penny Johnson stamps from Stampavie: Snuggles . She also used the Bow Easy to tie the little bow and embellished with various sizes of Prima Roses.

HEIDI

Heidi used Meredith Dillman's Blue Fairy by Sweet Pea. She also used Basic Grey Koshi Paper, White May Arts Crochet Lace, Flower Spacers , Prima Roses, and a Butterfly charm.

JOY
Joy used one of the Stampavie line called: Penny Johnson. She chose to use the stamp called Butterfly Bear. She got some pretty Cosmo Cricket paper called: Pixie-Licious, added some flowers, ribbon and a sentiment to finish off her card.

LACEY

Lacey used the adorable TuTu Cute by Tina Winke for Stampavie. Also used are: Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DP, Liliput Roses and Mini Roses, pearls, and Stickles.



Dragon Digis for the Pray for Luke Fundraiser

Welcome back to Stamp and Create!

I'm so excited and honored that the super talented artist Dustin Pike (one of the artists for High Hopes Rubber stamps) has donated these awesome Dragon digital stamps to the Pray for Luke Fundraiser!!

I've always been in love with Dustin's dragons. So I was thrilled when he agreed to create some for Luke! Luke loves Star Wars, Super Heros, plays soccer and violin.

For those of you who aren't familiar with Luke, he was my son's best friend when we lived in the Jacksonville, Florida area. On New Year's Eve, Luke suffered a 30 minute seizure caused from Spinal Meningitis. Luke has been in the hospital since New Year's Eve and he has a LONG road of recovery ahead of him.

Luke still has encephalitis (swelling on the brain), he can not sit up on his own, walk, or talk.

On Sunday March 6th, Luke will be transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for additional treatment.

I am selling these Digital stamps to help raise money for Luke's medical and travel expenses.

You can read Luke's complete story on his Blog here.

Last year Luke was able to play the violin for the former First Lady Mrs. Bush during a fundraiser in Jacksonville...

(Luke is the small blonde in the front)

And yesterday, Luke received a surprise visit from former President George W Bush!!...

How awesome is that?

President Bush was at the Hospital for a Fundraiser and was able to visit 3 patients!

I had to use one of these adorable dragons right away!!

If you would like to help Luke and his family, you can purchase the stamps here.

I also have the new Greeting Farm stamps loaded in the store now...

Happy stamping and shopping!!