Introducing -- Flourish Thinlits

Hello My Friends

As many of you know, my wonderful hubby and I got to spend a week on a Mediterranean Cruise thanks to Stampin' Up!  No my friends....I did not "win" the trip.   I earned it.  Trust me, earning the Incentive Trip is hard work.  But man oh man does it ever pay off when you earn an all-expense-paid trip for 2.  And this cruise was definitely worth the effort!

You didn't see any posts here on my blog about it since we didn't have wifi on the ship.  ACK!  Me and 400 other SU! demos... unplugged!    :)   And each day when we were in port, most of us were too busy posting FB pics of our glorious sightseeing excursions.   If you want to see highlights from our vacation, visit my Facebook Page and see the sights through our eyes.

Now that we've been back a week, life has resumed its normal, chaotic schedule.  But I did want to show you some of the absolutely gorgeous new products that are in the Stampin' Up! catalogue.

I know Kathy R. will be happy to see I've finally posted another card, so today, this one is for her.  I used the luscious new Flourish Dies as well as the Detailed Floral Thinlits to create cut-outs that are truly breathtaking (and the Precision Base Plate and Big Shot Die Brush make creating these paper pieces a breeze!).  A sentiment from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set and this card pretty much assembled itself!

I am busy preparing for my 20-card class on June 18th - each time a new catalogue is introduced I run an Inspiration Stamp Day so my friends can get their hands on as many new products as possible.   If you'd like to join us, or get a kit-to-go, or just purchase a set of the completed 20 cards, let me know.  The information and details can be found HERE.

I'll hope to see you soon.  In the meantime I need to get back to my Craft Cave to work on more 20-card class prep.

Hope everyone has been enjoying their Spring so far.  Have a wonderful day and God Bless,     ~Cynthia   <><


 Product List

Flourish Thinlits Dies [141478]	Detailed Floral Thinlits Dies [141482]	Flourishing Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141534]	Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad [126950]
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115316]	Big Shot Die Brush [140603]	Big Shot Platform [142802]

JUNE Special - Join My Team !

Is Paper Crafting Your Passion? Welcome Home!

Take your passion for paper crafting and Stampin’ Up! products to a new level when you purchase the ULTIMATE STAMPIN’ UP! BUNDLE (the $135 Starter Kit) and join Stampin’ Up! thru me HERE.  It’s risk FREE!

JUNE STARTER KIT SPECIAL!

Choose TWO FREE stamp sets, ANY PRICE as a bonus for your starter kit.  

Ends June 30.

I WELCOME HOBBY STAMPERS!  YOU’LL FEEL RIGHT AT HOME when you purchase the kit and join through me.  You’ll instantly become a member of the Canadian Sunshine Stampers and we are a very friendly bunch!

SO WHAT DO YOU GET WITH THE $135 KIT?

• For $135 you choose:   Up to $165 worth of Stampin’ Up! product for your kit.  That’s $30 in FREE product.  You also get a FREE Paper Pumpkin Kit.  That's a $27 value.  AND  Choose TWO FREE stamp sets, ANY PRICE as a bonus for your starter kit.  June 1 – 30 only!  Products can be from any current catalog, including 10% off bundles. Free shipping: The kit ships to you FREE, for another 10% savings!
• Fill your wish list at a minimum 20% discount:  Once you join, you can stock up and save 20% or more on your favorite Stampin’ Up! paper, stamps, inks and tools PLUS earn more free and discounted products thru Stampin’ Rewards and special promotions.
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• Earn extra MOOLA and/or free products!  Stampin’ Up! offers a fun opportunity to share your passion for stamping and earn extra income and product.  The choices are yours!
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• And if you are local, you can come to my monthly Team meetings, make gorgeous products and have loads of fun - for FREE! 

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Get Paper Shares From the New Catalogue!

Hello My Friends

The new Catalogue is live and there are so many scrumptious new things to order.  (See the English Catalogue HERE or the French version HERE).

I am finally getting around to posting a Designer Paper Share for those of you who wish to have a sample of everything, but who just cannot afford to buy it all yourself.  You will get:  
94 double-sided 6x6" pieces and 4 pieces of 3x6" single-sided, specialty foil DSP = 98 pieces Total

Sign up for a Paper Share and you can share the cost of everything by sharing samples of everything.
This Paper Share is open to ALL Canadian residents, and you get 98 different pieces of Designer Paper:    

Paper Share Includes 6x6" sheets as follows:

• Moroccan Designer Series Paper (6 pieces of 6x6")
• Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper (6)
• Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper (6)
• Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper (6)
• By the Shore Designer Series Paper (6)
• Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper (5 + 2 pieces of 3x6" foil Designer Paper)
• Irresistibly Floral Specialty Designer Series Paper (6)
• Affectionately Yours Specialty Paper (5 + 2 pieces of 3x6" foil Designer Paper)
• This Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper (6)
• Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper (6)
• A Little Foxy Designer Series Paper (12)
• Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack (12)
• Playful Palette Designer Series Paper Stack (12)

COST:
$36.00 – local pick up
$36.00 + shipping if not local pick-up (~$10 and up, depending on where in Canada you live)
SIGN UP:
If you live in Canada – please E-Mail me

• your name
• your full mailing address
• your phone number
• your method of payment (e-transfer preferred, or *Paypal)

I will contact you within 24 hrs via email to arrange payment via electronic money transfer or PayPal.
* A PayPal account is not required to make your payment.  When you receive my PayPal invoice, you can choose to pay using your PayPal account funds or by credit or debit card.  Just follow their SUPER EASY instructions to make your payment via the method that is most convenient for you.

This is the most economical way for you to get some of everything.  Trust me - these new Designer Papers are gorgeous and you WANT them all!!

And if you want to order anything else from the catalogue (and I fully expect that you WILL want to) - then you can do that in my online store HERE.  Please use the Hostess Code 69HQFHRS if your order is less than $200.  If your order is $200 or greater, then do not use the hostess code.  You will receive your own Hostess Stampin' Rewards if you exceed $200!

Have fun shopping in the new catalogue my friends!  And I hope to stamp with you soon.  
Have a terrific week ahead and God Bless,   ~Cynthia     <><

2016-2017 Annual Catalogue Sneak Peek Blog Hop

Hello once again my Friends

Do we *ever* have a fun blog hop for you today.  You'll get to see lots and lots of lovely new sneak peeks from the 2016-2017 Annual catalogue.  And trust me - your wish list for the new catalogue is going to grow and grow!

You may be just starting the blog hop here (I'm Cynthia Millan) - or you may have come from the previous person to me on the list.  If you get off track at any time, the full lineup is listed at the bottom.  

But while you are here, let me show you my simple but super project.

There are lots of beautiful new stamp sets to show you, but I didn't want you to miss the lovely hostess sets at the back of the catalogue so I am using one of the great images from the Fabulous Flora hostess set.  Earlier this week I made a simple and quick card to highlight this set for my team members - but I used the beautiful silver foil vellum that is available right now, and that is retiring at the end of May.   Knowing that I love this look, I decided I could create my own designer vellum so that this card could be completely current and reproducible!  

My very own "Designer Vellum" on the card on the left -- retired Silver Foil Vellum on the card on the right.

I borrowed an idea from my friend, Lisa Curcio, and used Tear&Tape adhesive to create silver embossed stripes.  In a nutshell, I laid a piece of our cardstock vellum onto our silicon craft sheet and then laid strips of Tear&Tape adhesive diagonally across it.  I trimmed the overhanging tape, removed the protective coating and poured silver embossing powder over the exposed sticky strips.  Heat emboss, and voila....gorgeous designer vellum!

Tear&Tape Across Vellum (on silicon mat)

After applying silver powder and heating - Embossed Designer Vellum

Gorgeous and fun too, am I right?

Returning to the card itself, the flower image was stamped using versamark ink onto a piece of Whisper White then silver embossing powder was added and heated.  I love the crisp look of the silver and white with our new In Color, Dapper Denim, don't you?

Some silver metallic thread and the luscious Dapper Denim 3/8" Ruched Ribbon finish this card off quite nicely!

 

 

Hope you like my project.  I'll try to give you a video version of how I created my Designer Vellum when I have a bit more time.  For now - you should be getting ready to enjoy some more terrific projects from my friends!  Don't forget to check out all the blogs and leave comments to let us know what you think!

 
I'd stay and chat but I, quite literally, have TONS left to do!  I'm off to finish my swaps for the Mediterranean Cruise.  Thanks to SU!, hubby and I are flying to Barcelona on the weekend where we'll meet up with hundreds of amazing demos from all over the world (you met a bunch of them as you hopped through these projects!) and we'll cruise aboard the Norwegian Epic to Italy and France with all of them.  Can't wait to enjoy this week with my friends.  Not a lot of wifi on board ship so I'll hope to post pics when I get home.  But until then, enjoy this hop through some gorgeous projects!  And get ready for June 1 when you can order from the new catalogue too!

Have a wonderful week ahead.  And thanks for popping by.  God Bless,    ~Cynthia   <><

Blog Hopping Through...Baby Love!

Hello Friends

Time once again for a Blog Hop with some of my favourite international demonstrator friends.  Today we bring you Baby Love!!  And what's not to love about babies...right?

If you are starting here (Cynthia Millan) then Welcome!  Or if you've just arrived from one of the other blogs then...well...also welcome!    Please feel free to visit every one (the list is at the bottom of this post) and don't forget to leave comments since as you know, us bloggers are absolute junkies when it comes to comments!   :)

Now to talk about my Project.  

I wanted to keep it simple and gender-neutral (so I could make it in advance of needing it - and use it for ANY baby!).  So I merely stamped the duckies (they are so, so cute!) in Daffodil Delight ink on Whisper White cardstock, and added the absolute most PERFECT sentiment above!  Add a few Softly Falling embossed dots for visual interest and the card is almost done....

I wanted the balloons to look realistic so I stamped on vellum.  Ink dries very slowly on vellum so I sprinkled on some clear embossing powder and heat-set the powder and voila, the balloons look translucent!  Punched out with the Balloon Punch, they could be suspended above the ducklings.  How cute, right?  The Baker's Twine is held to the back of the balloons with a glue dot and this keeps the balloon on the card front too, without adhesive showing through.

All of these products are continuing into the new catalogue so you can make this card anytime without worrying about finding replacement items.  I love all of these goodies so am glad they are sticking around for at least a year!

I had to make a super quick card for this blog hop as I have very little time today.  But I think I managed to get some Baby Love into this project, don't you think?  Leave me a comment and let me know.  And don't forget to visit the rest of our hoppers too to see the gorgeous creations that they created.

Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a wonderful time hopping through baby projects!  God Bless,   ~Cynthia   <><

Botanical Blooms WOW class

Hello My Friends

I must be crazy.

I have done a MOUNTAIN of prep so that my friends can make all SEVEN of these gorgeous cards at my class this month.  

I have cut almost everything in advance so that the cards can all be made in the allotted 2 hours.

These cards are Bee-You-Teeeee-Full!

And the best part is that my friends get to make the cards and ALSO receive the stamp set and framelits and designer paper that was used to create them.

That's right, you leave this class with $84 worth of product AND ALSO seven gorgeous cards.

Crazy deal, huh?

Live too far or can't make it?  I am offering Kits-in-the-mail for this class too!

Want more details?  Check out the link HERE or Contact me.

Hope to see you soon (remember, I can mail the kit to you anywhere in Canada....)

Have a wonderful week and God Bless,   ~Cynthia   <><

My Happy Easter Happy Mail!

Good Morning My Friends

I love it when my mailbox has a hidden surprise in it.  Happy Mail instead of bills!

One of my dear friends sent this to me and I received it - quite happily - on Thursday.  

S.H. is a customer, one of my Team members, and more importantly, a dear friend - and I LOVE this card she made for me.  So cute and so thoughtful.  Wouldn't you agree?  

And this is not the first time she has sent a handmade card in the mail to me!

Even though we see each other at least once a month, I love how she thinks of me from time to time and sends me gorgeous little pick-me-up cards in the mail.  We should all be as thoughtful as her and send more happy mail to our friends and family - and more often too - don't you think?

And just a note to all of you - if, like S.H. you would like to get all your Stampin' Up! treasures at a DISCOUNT then contact me.  You really should think about purchasing a Starter Kit.  It is always a good deal but until March 31, it is an even better deal.  
You pay only $125 [NO s&h and NO TAX] but you get to choose $195-worth of goodies!!  That is an EXTRA $40 FREE goodies.  Anyone in Canada can sign up to be on my team - the Canadian Sunshine Stampers - I would love to let you know how we can save you money and get you more of the stampin' treasures you want.  Contact me for more information.

In the meantime, there is much to do this Holy Saturday morning.  Prep work for tomorrow's Easter feast.  A little bit of chocolate to attend to.  And as I look around this room, a little bit of cleaning to do too!  (ok.  Maybe a LOT of cleaning to do....)

Have a wonderful, blessed and glorious Easter my friends!
God Bless,     ~Cynthia   <><