My Digital Studio Contest!

Want Free Downloads!?!?

Enter the My Digital Studio Contest for your chance to win!

Design one digital card and one single-page layout using only My Digital Studio products.

• Entries will be judged on creativity, style, composition, color, originality, and overall design. 
  
• Ten finalists – five customers and five demonstrators – will be chosen by Stampin' Up! judges.
  
• Six winners – three customers and three demonstrators – will be chosen via online voting from the group of finalists.
  
• Customers and demonstrators will be judged separately.
  

Win brand-new, exclusive digital downloads from Stampin' Up! worth approximately $400 US/$500 CAN (winners), $100 US/$125 CAN (finalists) as well as a digital pin for your personal blog.

Submit your entry to MDScontest@stampinup.com

Contact me today or to to www.mydigitalstudio.net for more details!

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Waikiki Aquarium!

I took the kids to the Waikiki Aquarium this week and again Jacie confiscated my camera!!  All pictures taken by my little photographer in training (besides the two pictures that she is in)!

Jacie with a big grouper behind her on the bottom right.

Jacie and Craig holding little hermit crabs.

Our state fish, humuhumunukunukuapuaa. 

Have a fabulous weekend!!

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Help Wanted!

Help Wanted for the Perfect Summer Job

Imagine an ad that reads like this: Wanted – someone who wants to make their own hours, determine their own income, and work around their family and other activities while working with great people and having fun helping them to create their own handmade cards and scrapbooks (and sometimes while enjoying snacks!). This candidate will receive all the free training and support that they need, including lots of creative inspiration. No experience necessary. All applicants will be accepted.

Wow! What kind of job is that you might ask? Well, that’s the job of a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. And it’s the perfect summer job, too! Maybe you just want something fun to keep you going during the summer, or maybe you would like to pay down debt, have the money for a fun vacation, or be able to pay cash for the back to school supplies.

Here are some things to consider:

ü   Stampin’ Up! offers a low-cost Starter Kit that is an amazing value. It has everything that you need to get started, including stamping supplies, business supplies, and project ideas.  And right now and until July 31st, Stampin' Up! is offering a special $99 Starter Kit!

ü   You will get all kinds of training and support. Stampin’ Up! offers all kinds of training and support to help you build a successful and profitable business. You will receive a monthly Stampin’ Success magazine (full of articles, projects, and business tips), you will have access to online product video trainings as well as thousands of card, scrapbook, and project samples, and you will also have your upline for additional training and support.

ü   There is no obligation. If you purchase the Starter Kit and decide not to hold a single workshop – that’s okay! The products and supplies are yours to keep and enjoy.

So consider getting yourself the perfect summer job as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. I am always accepting applications, so contact me today! (And if you would like more information before contacting me, please visit my website at www.stampinwithjacque.stampinup.net.)

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Creating Pretty Cards – Card Challenge #1!

I am so excited to announce to all of you that in addition to the great 3D projects that Craft Project Central has for you each month, they will be now be hosting a monthly card challenge – Creating Pretty Cards!!  Each month they will post a card challenge sketch, and in addition, they'll provide you with a Sketch Mini Tutorial!!  This mini tutorial will tell you how the inspiration card (using the sketch) was created, supplies used, and basic measurements!!

Each week their project designers will pick their top two favorites.  At the end of the month the designers will vote on a favorite (out of the eight), and the winner will receive a $50 Stampin' Up! shopping spree!!

Here is the card that I created with the sketch for challenge #1!

It was so simple and easy and I love the way the layout and measurements were provided for me!!

 I hope you'll check out the monthly sketch and submit your creations, not only for a chance to win some stamping goodies, but to share your creations and check out what others have created too!

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Sweet Blog Award!

Thank you to Kim Score at Paper Punch Addiction for this Sweet Blog Award!

Part of this award is to share seven random facts about myself and pass the award onto 8 other bloggers.  So here they are:

1.  I was born in Wyoming the first of five kids.

2.  I love playing video games.  Right now Lego Pirates of the Caribbean is my favorite game.  I have four game consoles set up in my house right now.  PS2, PS3, Wii, and an Xbox!

3.  I love listening to books on my iPod!  I download them from Audible.com.  Last book I listened to was Water for Elephants, and I'm now listening to a Harlen Coben thriller.

4.  I worked for Visa (the credit card company) for 14 years, and got to go to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta for a Visa project.

5.  I used to collect Barbie dolls until I ran out of room to store them!  (And still play Babies with my youngest niece!)

6.  One of my favorite movies is Phantom of the Opera (the Gerard Butler version), and the soundtrack is one of my favorites to listen to in my iTunes library.

7.  I love palm trees!

I'm awarding the following 8 people with the Sweet Blog Award:

1.  Naoko Page www.nstampage.com

2.  Debbie Naylor www.unfroggetablestamping.typepad.com

3.  Jill Yamada-Murota www.bundlesofsunshine808.blogspot.com

4.  Julie Edmonds www.inkrediblestamping.com

5.  Kris Kilkenny www.paperfairykris.blogspot.com

6.  Joanna Munster www.inspiredbystampin.com

7.  Sharon Burkert www.sharonburkert.com

8.  Heidi Boos www.stuckonstampin.blogspot.com

Have a great day!

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Strength & Hope Campaign!

Campaign Dates: May 1-August 31, 2011

As part of Stampin' Up!'s *Making a Difference program, Stampin' Up! is proud to partner with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation in the Strength & Hope Campaign.

Throughout the 2011 Summer Mini Catalog sales period, Stampin' Up! will donate $2* from the sale of each Strength & Hope set and Strength & Hope digital kit to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).  The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® . BCRF is dedicated to preventing breast cancer and finding a cure in our lifetime by funding clinical and translational research worldwide. For more information about BCRF, visit www.bcrfcure.org.

Strength & Hope Stamp Set

Wood-Mount #118100 $17.95

Clear-Mount #123660 $13.95

Strength & Hope Digital Kit #124475 $9.95

*Making a Difference

Stampin' Up!'s mission statement, called its Statement of the Heart, reads: "To love what we do and share what we love, as we help others enjoy creativity and worthwhile accomplishments . . . in this we make a difference."

To help fulfill this statement, Stampin' Up! launched its Making a Difference program in 2003. This program facilitates corporate giving and promotes service among demonstrators and employees.

Through the Making a Difference program, Stampin' Up! partnered with Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). Each year, the company donates $100,000 to the organization. In addition, we design an exclusive stamp set to promote the partnership with RMHC, and donate a portion of the proceeds from the each sale of that set. To date, more than $95,000 has been donated from RMHC stamp set sales.

Stampin' Up!'s demonstrators are also encouraged to volunteer their time teaching local Ronald McDonald House guests the creative art of rubber stamping through the Making a Difference program. Demonstrators also create cards at training events which are donated to Ronald McDonald Houses. Those staying at the Houses then use the cards to keep in touch with loved ones while they are away from home.

In addition to contributing to the Ronald McDonald House Charities, Stampin' Up! donated $1.1 million to the September 11th Disaster Relief Fund from proceeds of exclusive stamp set sales, and more than $82,000 to the Huntsman Cancer Institute for breast cancer research. To support the Asian tsunami disaster relief effort, Stampin' Up! donated more than $575,000 to Save the Children. It has also donated substantial funds for the fight against heart disease, and to help those affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the southern United States.

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Summer Mini Catalog!

The new Summer Mini Catalog is here!!

Today starts the first day of the Summer Mini Catalog sales period, which goes until August 31st!!

Here are some of my favorite items from the new mini!

New Beyond the Garden Designer Series Paper

A matching Fabulous Florets Stamp Set!

A new Flower Garden Embossing Folder!

Three pretty new embossing powders!

Are you imagining all of the great cards and other projects that you could create with this matching ensemble!?!  Well here's another one!

The new Nautical Expeditions Designer Series Paper!

The new coordinating The Open Sea Stamp Set!

New Triple Layer Punches!!

A new Postage Stamp Punch!

And just in time for Father's Day, and great new set to make Father's Day cards and projects!

And there is more, much, much more! Click the Summer Mini Catalog in the left side bar to download your own copy today!

To get your new Summer Mini Catalog order placed, you can call or email me or shop 24/7 from the convenience of your own home using the Shop Now button!

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Elegant Stationery Set!

Here is an Elegant Stationery Set for you to give as a gift to your friends, co-workers, kids' teachers, etc.  It's also a great set to have on hand for yourself!  This elegant and easy project is great for classes and clubs as well!

To get the instructions for this elegant project designed by Tammy, just head on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe to April!

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Spring in Hawaii!

Just wanted to share a couple pictures that I took in my backyard yesterday!  Although we do have nice weather pretty much year round here in Hawaii, we do have cooler weather in the winter and spring, and a little more rain.

Aren't the colors on these flowers just beautiful!?!

Hope you're having a fabulous Spring!!

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Grab Bag of Stampin’ Up! Products!!

Grab a Bag of Stampin' Up! Products!

April 1, 2011

Beginning today, April 1, and continuing while supplies last, you a will be able to purchase special "grab bags" in the Online Store. These grab bags will come in three sizes: a $5, a $10, and a $15 grab bag. Each bag will contain a variety of discontinued products that could include a combination of any of the following: ribbons, Accents & Elements, chipboard, Designer Series Papers, and Simply Sent kit components. Grab bags will not contain stamp sets or tools.

Please keep the following in mind:

• Grab bag orders can only be placed  Online through my web site at www.stampinwithjacque.stampinup.net.
• There is no minimum purchase required to participate in the grab bag special offer.
• There is no limit to the number of grab bags you may purchase; however, grab bag items are only available while supplies last. 
• All grab bag sales are final. There are no refunds or exchanges.
• Not all grab bags will be unique.
• You should use the following item numbers when ordering grab bags:

Click on the Shop Now button on my web site to order your Grab Bag(s) now.  Hurry!  These are only available while supplies last!!

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