It'S HERE!!

Good Morning My Friends.

No card or long drawn out for post for you today.  Just the exciting news that IT'S HERE!!

Since we are officially in June, you can now order from the new catalogue!  Woot woot.  So much goodness contained within.  I've posted an electronic copy on the sidebar of ny page!

Seriously you should check it out.  You can order via my online store (please use the hostess code X4A69ZDS when prompted at checkout).  Or contact me to place your order for you.  Don't forget to RSVP for my BOGO on Monday night too!

Enjoy yourself as you wander through the pages of the new catakouge.  Hope you are all looking forward to a wonderful (and crafty!) week.
God Bless, 
Cynthia   
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Fast & Fabulous Friday Sneak Peek #4 and Graceful Glass Kit Offer

Woo Hoo - It's Fast & Fabulous Friday Time!!
That means the last installment of my Graceful Glass Card Kit offer - you really *WANT* to pre-order this kit my friends!  Take a look at what I have for you today...

 
I kept these cards simple because honestly, I promised you could create them fairly quickly.  So here goes...

Card #1 uses a panel of the Graceful Glass Designer vellum (there are so many GORGEOUS patterns in this vellum), that is coloured very quickly with markers.

The butterfly from the Painted Glass set was stamped, coloured and cut out using the butterfly thinlit from the Stained Glass thinlits.  And the sentiment was stamped, then mounted.  Pretty easy, huh?

Add a few pearls because after all...why not?  Voila!  Gorgeous.  But easy too!

Card # 2 is also deceptively quick to put together, once you have all the pieces cut out.   

Adhere the piece of Graceful Glass Designer Vellum inside the Stained Glass "window", and colour the dots where the pattern meets.  Also colour in various sections of the Stained Glass diecuts.  You can choose to colour as many or as few of them as you like. And using as many colours as you like.  Your choice.  

It doesn't get much easier, huh?
Stamp the sentiment from the Painted Glass set on a vellum banner, and adhere all the pieces to a white mat embossed with the Petal Burst embossing folder.

Easy peasy and gorgeous!

Want to create these cards...and more?   Check out the details about the very special deal I am offering:

Every Friday in May I presented TWO new Fast & Fabulous cards highlighting the GORGEOUS Graceful Glass suite from the upcoming Annual Catalogue that goes live NEXT WEEK on June 1. The first week I focused on the Painted Glass stamp set (see those cards HERE). Week 2 I highlighted the Stained Glass thinlits (see those cards HERE).  Last week I showcased only the beautiful vellum (see them HERE). Today I show you some very simple cards you can create when you use them all together. 
You want this product suite. 
You want the card kit to recreate the cards. 
Here's how you get it:

Pre-order your Graceful Glass suite with me (*here) by June 1 and you will receive:

• The Painted Glass stamp set, Stained Glass thinlit dies, Graceful Glass Designer Vellum, and Tinted Faceted Buttons, delivered right to your door (order will be placed on June 1). Be one of the first to get your hands on this suite!
• The Graceful Glass Fast & Fabulous Card Kit.  This kit contains full instructions plus the cardstock pieces you'll need to create all 8 Fast & Fabulous Graceful Glass cards, using the Painted Glass stamp set, Stained Glass thinlits and Graceful Glass Vellum and buttons that you receive in your order.  I will also supply any extra embellishments needed for you to create the 8 gorgeous Fast & Fabulous Friday cards.
• Added bonus - FREE - two 6x6" pieces of our Adhesive sheets (= one full 6"x12" sheet) to make assembling your cards easier.  (Hint: you are going to LOVE the adhesive sheets!)
• Added bonus - receive an extra, completed, Graceful Glass card to use as inspiration.

Just think, you will be able to use your Graceful Glass suite and the pieces from the F&F card kit to instantly re-create the Fast & Fabulous cards I posted during the month of May. And you will have the tools to recreate all sorts of other gorgeous Graceful Glass cards and projects.

To pre-order your Suite and Card Kit, or even if you just want more information, fill in the form HERE and I will get back to you. 

The products alone would cost you $103 (clear-mount stamp Suite) or $113 (wood-mount stamp Suite) but the Suite kit that includes the product plus ALL pre-cut and prepared cardstock and instructions to make the EIGHT Fast & Fabulous cards is just $110 (clear-mount) or $120 (wood-mount).

June 1 is only a week away.  Hurry and pre-order your kit soon.  You *DON'T* want to miss out on this beautiful kit!

And don't forget, if you are local, please join me for another way to save a ton of money....rsvp for my BOGO on June 4 (details HERE) and come and make some lovely cards while you shop and save money!
Hope you are looking forward to a wonderful weekend!   God Bless,   Cynthia  <><

New Catalogue BOGO coming soon!

Hello My Friends

Consider this your invitation!
You are all invited to come to my BOGO Garage Sale on Monday, June 4th.  6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Pine Grove Bible Church (Pine Grove Church, 2144 East Acres Road, near where Hwy 174 crosses Montreal Rd)

All the details are HERE.  And RSVPs are required so I can have your materials prepped for you. Really hope you can join me!

Enjoy the rest of the week ahead and God Bless,
Cynthia
<>< 

Fast & Fabulous Friday Sneak Peek #3 and Graceful Glass Kit Offer

It's that time again my Friends!

Fast and Fabulous Friday is here and this is a card that you can make in 2 minutes or less!  Take advantage of the special offer I outline below and you can SERIOUSLY make this card - and more - in the blink of an eye!

Take a peek at just how easy this one is -->
Adhere the Graceful Glass designer vellum piece to the card base.  Add a diecut sentiment (EASY when you use adhesive sheets to cut out the sentiment).  Glue on a few black sequins.
Done.

Uber fast
Uber gorgeous.
A card with total WOW-factor.  And it is simple, simple, simple! 

And how's this for another gorgeous card that takes less than 5 minutes to put together?  

Just use markers to colour on the back of the vellum and there you have it. 

 When the beautiful designer vellum does all the work for you, creating a fabulous card happens in an instant!

Want to create these cards...and more?   Check out the details about the very special deal I am offering:

Every Friday during the month of May I present TWO new Fast & Fabulous cards highlighting the GORGEOUS Graceful Glass suite from the upcoming Annual Catalogue that goes live on June 1. The first week I focused on using only the Painted Glass stamp sets (see those cards HERE). Last week I highlighted the diecuts you get using the Stained Glass thinlits (see those cards HERE).  And today I am showcasing the beautiful vellum. Next week I'll show you what you can achieve when you use them all together. 
You are going to want this product suite. 
You are going to want to recreate the cards I show you. 
And I am going to make it easy for you....here's how:

Pre-order your Graceful Glass suite with me (*here) by June 1 and you will receive:

• The Painted Glass stamp set, Stained Glass thinlit dies, Graceful Glass Designer Vellum, and Tinted Faceted Buttons, delivered right to your door (order will be placed on June 1). Be one of the first to get your hands on this suite!
• The Graceful Glass Fast & Fabulous Card Kit.  This kit contains full instructions plus the cardstock pieces you'll need to create all 8 Fast & Fabulous Graceful Glass cards, using the Painted Glass stamp set, Stained Glass thinlits and Graceful Glass Vellum and buttons that you receive in your order.  I will also supply any extra embellishments needed for you to create the 8 gorgeous Fast & Fabulous Friday cards.
• Added bonus - FREE - two 6x6" pieces of our Adhesive sheets (= one full 6"x12" sheet) to make assembling your cards easier.  (Hint: you are going to LOVE the adhesive sheets!)
• Added bonus - receive an extra, completed, Graceful Glass card to use as inspiration.

Just think, you will be able to use your Graceful Glass suite and the pieces from the F&F card kit to instantly re-create the Fast & Fabulous cards I post during the month of May. And you will have the tools to recreate all sorts of gorgeous Graceful Glass cards and projects that I just might be tempted to showcase on other days.

If you want to pre-order your Suite and Card Kit, or even if you just want more information, fill in the form HERE and I will get back to you. 

The products alone would cost you $103 (clear-mount stamp Suite) or $113 (wood-mount stamp Suite) but the Suite kit that includes the product plus ALL pre-cut and prepared cardstock and instructions to make the EIGHT Fast & Fabulous cards is just $110 (clear-mount) or $120 (wood-mount).

Don't forget to check back next week to see the last 2 Fabulous cards you will be able to create (Fast) using the kit I supply, and the Graceful Glass product suite that I'll order for you on June 1!

It's a long weekend!  Yippee!!  Hope you are looking forward to a wonderful holiday!   God Bless,   Cynthia  <><

Fast & Fabulous Friday Sneak Peek #2 and Graceful Glass Kit Offer

Howdy Friends!

It's time for another Fast and Fabulous Friday and a reminder about the extra-special offer that I introduced last week!  If you didn't get a chance to sign up yet, don't worry, you still have that opportunity.  But first, today's Fast and Fabulous Friday cards! 

Today's Fast & Fabulous cards are truly that.  Fast. And FAB-U-LOUS!  (don't forget to read further to find out about the special deal!)

And for today it's all about the Stained Glass thinlit dies.

Check these out.  No stamping.  Just cardstock and embellishments to create these beauties.

For the first card I adhered the diecut pieces and added a Tinted Faceted button and some black twine.  The embossed background mat adds that extra level of eye-appeal but really, this is just a super-fast, super lovely card.

Card #2 is even simpler - no embossing and no twine!   Just the addition of one of the new In Colors (Call Me Clover) to add some pizzazz!

Full disclosure - one of the reasons these cards are so fast and easy to create is that I used our adhesive sheets when I diecut the Stained Glass thinlit pieces.  

No fuss or muss in trying to get some sort of 'glue' onto the thin lines of the diecuts.  No sir.  Just peel the backing off the diecut and adhere that gorgeous piece directly to the card.  Makes putting the card together super easy peasy.

I'll say it again....
Fast.  And.  Fabulous!

Now for details about the very special deal I am offering.   Every Friday during the month of May I present TWO new Fast & Fabulous cards highlighting the GORGEOUS Graceful Glass suite from the upcoming Annual Catalogue that goes live on June 1. Last week I focused on using only the Painted Glass stamp sets (see those cards HERE). Today I focus on diecuts using the Stained Glass thinlits.  Come back next Friday where I'll showcase the beautiful vellum. And week 4 I'll show you what you can achieve when you use them all together. 
You are going to want this product suite. 
You are going to want to recreate the cards I show you. 
And I am going to make it easy for you....here's how:

Pre-order your Graceful Glass suite with me (*here) by June 1 and you will receive:

• The Painted Glass stamp set, Stained Glass thinlit dies, Graceful Glass Designer Vellum, and Tinted Faceted Buttons, delivered right to your door (order will be placed on June 1). Be one of the first to get your hands on this suite!
• The Graceful Glass Fast & Fabulous Card Kit.  This kit contains full instructions plus the cardstock pieces you'll need to create all 8 Fast & Fabulous Graceful Glass cards, using the Painted Glass stamp set, Stained Glass thinlits and Graceful Glass Vellum and buttons that you receive in your order.  I will also supply any extra embellishments needed for you to create the 8 gorgeous Fast & Fabulous Friday cards.
• Added bonus - FREE - two 6x6" pieces of our Adhesive sheets (= one full 6"x12" sheet) to make assembling your cards easier.  (Hint: you are going to LOVE the adhesive sheets!)
• Added bonus - receive an extra, completed, Graceful Glass card to use as inspiration.

Just think, you will be able to use your Graceful Glass suite and the pieces from the F&F card kit to instantly re-create the Fast & Fabulous cards I post during the month of May. And you will have the tools to recreate all sorts of gorgeous Graceful Glass cards and projects that I just might be tempted to showcase on other days.

If you want to pre-order your Suite and Card Kit, or even if you just want more information, fill in the form HERE and I will get back to you. 

The products alone would cost you $103 (clear-mount stamp Suite) or $113 (wood-mount stamp Suite) but the Suite kit that includes the product plus ALL pre-cut and prepared cardstock and instructions to make the EIGHT Fast & Fabulous cards is just $110 (clear-mount) or $120 (wood-mount).

Don't forget to check back in a week to see the next Fabulous cards you will be able to create (Fast) using the kit I supply, and the Graceful Glass product suite that I'll order for you on June 1!

Hope you are looking forward to a wonderful weekend!   God Bless,   Cynthia  <><

Fast & Fabulous Friday Sneak Peek #1 and Graceful Glass Kit Offer

Hello My Friends!

It's Fast and Fabulous Friday time and I have an extra-special offer that you won't want to miss!

First though - let's take a look at the gorgeous Fast & Fabulous installments for today (don't forget to read further to find out about the special deal!)

First up is this super-fast, super gorgeous card that makes me realize how happy I am that Blackberry Bliss is returning!

Quite simply, does it get any easier?  Just some versamark and white embossing powder and the beautiful rose image from the Painted Glass stamp set (available June 1 in the upcoming Stampin' Up! catalogue) and there you have it.  Fast. Fabulous. And Fun!

Or try my other, equally fabulous card: versamark ink, white embossing powder, and the butterfly image from the totally gorgeous Painted Glass stamp set.  You can create this beauty in the blink of an eye. Isn't the elegant font of the sentiment just perfect for this card?

Since I stamped on paler Pool Party cardstock for this second card, I decided to make, the embossed images pop by sponging lightly with Pool Party ink. Add a few well-placed pearls and Ta da!  A very quick and utterly gorgeous card. 
Fast.  And.  Fabulous!

Now for the very special deal I mentioned above.

Every Friday during the month of May I will present TWO new Fast & Fabulous cards. And each Friday I'll highlight something different from the Graceful Glass product suite (Painted Glass stamp set, Stained Glass thinlits, Graceful Glass Designer Vellum) available in the new Annual Catalogue that goes live on June 1). Today I focused on stamped images!  Butterflies, roses and sentiments.  It doesn't get any easier, right?  Come back next Friday where I'll showcase the thinlits. Week 3 will highlight the designer vellum, and week 4 will show you what you can achieve when you use them all together. 

You are going to want this product suite. 
You are going to want to recreate the cards I show you. 
And I am going to make it easy for you....here's how:

Pre-order your Graceful Glass suite with me (*here) by June 1 and you will receive:

• The Painted Glass stamp set, Stained Glass thinlit dies, Graceful Glass Designer Vellum, and Tinted Faceted Buttons, delivered right to your door (order will be placed on June 1). Be one of the first to get your hands on this suite!
• The Graceful Glass Fast & Fabulous Card Kit.  This kit contains full instructions plus the cardstock pieces you'll need to create all 8 Fast & Fabulous Graceful Glass cards (from the 4 Fridays in May), using the Painted Glass stamp set, Stained Glass thinlits and Graceful Glass Vellum and buttons that you receive in your order.  I will also supply any extra embellishments needed for you to create the 8 gorgeous Fast & Fabulous Friday cards.
• Added bonus - FREE - two 6x6" pieces of our Adhesive sheets (= one full 6"x12" sheet) to make assembling your cards easier.  (Hint: you are going to LOVE the adhesive sheets!)
• Added bonus - receive an extra, completed, Graceful Glass card to use as inspiration.

Just think, you will be able to use your Graceful Glass suite and the pieces from the F&F card kit to instantly re-create the Fast & Fabulous cards I post during the month of May. And you will have the tools to recreate all sorts of gorgeous Graceful Glass cards and projects that I just might be tempted to showcase on other days.

If you want to pre-order your Suite and Card Kit, or even if you just want more information, fill in the form HERE and I will get back to you. 

The products alone would cost you $103 (clear-mount stamp Suite) or $113 (wood-mount stamp Suite) but the Suite kit that includes the product plus ALL pre-cut and prepared cardstock and instructions to make the EIGHT Fast & Fabulous cards is just $110 (clear-mount) or $120 (wood-mount).

Don't forget to check back in a week to see the next Fabulous cards you will be able to create (Fast) using the kit I supply, and the Graceful Glass product suite that I'll order for you on June 1!

Hope you are looking forward to a wonderful weekend!   God Bless,   Cynthia  <><

  Product List

White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924]

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982]

Versamark Pad [102283]

Sponge Daubers [133773]

Pearl Basic Jewels [144219]

April Onstage Global Bloghop - Graceful Glass

Hello My Wonderful Friends

I had an absolute BLAST the weekend after Easter when I got to go attend a Stampin' Up! event in London, ON (Canada).  SU! demonstrators (~8000 of us) gathered at 14 sites worldwide to attend a sort of mini-convention called "OnStage", to see the new Stampin' Up! products and to receive training in some of the new goodies.

Roses and a Bird stamped and cut using the framelits and coloured using the Stampin' Blends.  I LOVE the effect of using white-on-white diecuts to cover the front of the card, making it seem like the card front was embossed.

I was honoured to be one of the demonstrators who got to present on the stage itself and show the introduce the rest of the demonstrators to one of the GORGEOUS new product suites that will be available in the upcoming Annual Catalogue.

Colouring the vellum makes a pretty image become absolutely gorgeous!  And I am so glad black embossing powder is coming back into the new catalogue!

The GRACEFUL GLASS suite includes a beautiful stamp set (Painted Glass), breathtaking thinlits (Stained Glass), and designer vellum (Graceful Glass) -- all of which can be used to create stunning projects.

I love that you can colour the vellum with Stampin' Blends or regular markers!  This sample is coloured from behind using the Stampin' Markers.

I gave a sneak peak of my OnStage samples in an earlier post (see them HERE) but I wanted to show you a few of them again.  Because I mean...they are just.  so.   pretty!  Any project you create using the Graceful Glass suite is gorgeous, let's face it!

I'm so glad the Basket Weave embossing folder is going to remain a current item.  Turning it around so the back is showing, gives a different and subtle effect (It was hard to capture the effect just so...but with the shadows in this photo, you can see the 'debossed' background)!

I am so excited to jump through this blog hop and see the samples that were made by some of the other participants.  I know that Stampin' Up! recruited some VERY talented people at each of the locations to help showcase some of the great new products we get to order from the upcoming catalogue.

I for one, just can't wait!

Brusho creates just the perfect background for this super elegant garden arbor.

I will leave you with this one final card sample - since I love how the Brusho turned out for this particular card background.  And then, I invite you to hop over to the next blog to see the super projects my fellow demo has in store for you!


Don't forget to visit everyone.  And feel free to leave comments to let us know what you think of the samples we created, and how much you are looking forward to the new catalogue.


The next blog can be found by clicking the image link below

 



Hope you are looking forward to a wonderful day!  Visit again soon, and keep a look out for more Sneak Peeks from the new catalogue.that will be coming out soon.

God Bless,   Cynthia   <><

 




Full list of Blog Hop Participants:

1. Sandra Collett

2. Kristel Rimmer

3. Emily Campbell

4. Kim Oliver 

5. Jackie Aitken

6. Nicole Wilson

7. Tanja Kolar

8. Monique Fielder

9. Suze Bonnema

10. Cynthia Millan THAT'S ME!   :)

11.Rachel Palmieri 

12. Rachael Lewsley 

13. Laura Mackie

14. Fiona Stanton

15. Kayla Adams

Sneak Peek - Graceful Glass OnStage Samples - and RETIRING PRODUCTS

Hey There Friends

So much excitement this past weekend!  In a nutshell:

1) New catalogue
2) Retiring Products
3) Sneal Peek of Graceful Glass

1)  I got my hands on the brand new SU! catalogue last Friday night.  I cannot show you yet and customers will not be able to order from it until June 1...but trust me, you are going to LOVE the new catalogue!!  

It is SPECTACULAR!!

Do you want to get your hands on the new catalogue as soon as possible?  Place an online order through me HERE before April 30 and use the hostess code YCVGTHNF, and I will have one mailed directly to your house! 

2)  The retiring list came out and there are a TON of favourites going away.  Most importantly - I need to let you know that besides the 2016-18 In Colors, THIRTEEN of our other colours are being retired.  That's right.....THIRTEEN colours that you know and love are going away.  So if you own the ink pads, (or even just want to buy them) buy the re-inkers NOW, not to mention stock up on cardstock before it is sold out. 

We are getting a whole bunch of fresh new gorgeous and on-trend colours in our repertoire.  But for those of you who love these ones, you should hurry HERE to order these colours before they sell out (remember to use the hostess code YCVGTHNF so I will send your catalogue to you)

Retiring colours are:
Pink Pirouette
Wild Wasabi
Soft Sky
Marina Mist
Wisteria Wonder
Tangerine Tango
Tempting Turquoise
Rose Red
Always Artichoke
Island Indigo
Elegant Eggplant
Perfect Plum
Chocolate Chip

See the rest of the retiring lists HERE and place your orders as soon as you can in order to make certain you can get them before they run out.

3)  Also this past weekend, 8000 demonstrators gathered at 14 sites worldwide to attend what we call "OnStage" events and see the new Stampin' Up! products and receive training in some of the new goodies.

I was thrilled when Stampin' Up! allowed me to play with a BRAND NEW product suite and create some samples for the OnStage event that was held in London, Ontario.  

The suite I got to use includes a gorgeous stamp set (Painted Glass stamp set) and breathtaking thinlits (Stained Glass thinlits), not to mention absolutely gorgeous designer vellum (Graceful Glass Vellum)!

I will give you lots of details sometime soon, but for now, here's a look at the set of cards I made to showcase these gorgeous products.  None of these products are available for you to order until June 1, but I really wanted you to get a sneak peek at some of the gorgeous goodness that is coming your way soon in the new catalogue!

Hope you enjoy my samples. 

Just so you know, the Graceful Glass suite is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of new Stampin' Up! products.  This stamp set is delightful, the thinlits are breathtaking, the vellum is absolutely to-die-for, and that's only this one suite.

The new Stampin' Up! catalogue.  Love.  Love.  LOVE!

I'll have plenty more goodies to show you over the next little while.  Enjoy the rest of your week and God Bless,     Cynthia       <><

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Thailand Achiever's Blog Hop - Silver Snowflake Sentiments

Hello My Friends!  

Today we have another Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop to delight you. You are here at my blog - Cynthia Millan - But make certain you check out all the bloggers (list at bottom of this post) so you can see all the gorgeous projects we've shared.   

My card uses the Snowflake Sentiments bundle (Snowflake Sentiments stamp set and Swirly Snowflakes thinlits dies) and truly, this card is all about the sparkle and shine!   

I used the Swirly Snowflakes thinlits to cut 2 of the strips of snowflakes from Whisper White cardstock and glued these onto Silver Foil on either side of a gatefold card.

The sentiment is heat embossed using versamark and silver embossing powder on Whisper White cardstock.  Cut this with the Layering ovals framelit, then mount this onto a silver scalloped oval (same set of framelits) and this onto another white oval (same set of framelits).   

Sigh.  You didn't realize it would be so easy to create a STUNNING card, did you?

(Honestly, I mean it?  Who doesn't love silver?  And snowflakes?)

It was actually way harder to photograph this card (because of all the sparkle and shine) than it was to create it!

And by the way - the "new" Big Shot platform (see it HERE, #142802) is a WONDERFUL investment for those of you who still own the old-style multipurpose platform with layers that open up on a hinge.  The new platform, combined with the Big Shot die brush (see it HERE, #144262), make cutting intricate dies like this snowflake one an absolute breeze!  And all the little bits and chits pop out easily too.

And if you don't have a Big Shot....?  GASP!  You really, really, really, REALLY deserve one (as an early Christmas gift?).  Don't you??  Check it out HERE (#143263).
 
I know you will love the Holiday Catalogue as much as I do.  Take a look at the fun projects all my friends have created for you to see (The list of participants is below).  And feel free to leave comments.  We are suckers for a kind word of encouragement   :)

Remember, if you live ANYWHERE in Canada you can order Stampin' Up! supplies from me.  Feel free to visit my online store HERE.  If you don't already have a demonstrator and you'd like a Holiday Catalogue, you can contact me and we'll get you set up.  I want to help you achieve the Christmas creating joy that will bring a smile to your face!

Have fun hopping along my friends and as always, my wish for you is that you enjoy the rest of your day!  Happy Stamping and God Bless,    Cynthia   <><

List of Blog Hop Participants:
Product List

Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144820]	Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits Dies [144678]	Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Bundle [146053]	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Big Shot Platform [142802]	Big Shot Die Brush - New Configuration [144262]