Monthly Archives: May 2016

Super Jo Jo’s Best Thoughts Blog Candy – Enter Now

Posted on May 12, 2016 | 151 comments

Hello there,

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My name is Jo Jo and I am known now as Super Jo Jo in the chicken run.  Let me explain.  I am this big lugs favorite girl.

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Stewie loves me, really loves me.  Chicken love is different than human love to say the least.  Because Stewie loves me so much a great deal of my feathers where  pulled out or broken on the tops of my wings and my back.  My buddy Michelle was traumatized by this so she got me this cool Super Cape (chicken saddle) to wear to protect my feathers.

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This super cape is magical.  Since I’ve been wearing it Stewie has been afraid of me and leaves me alone and all of my feathers have since grown back in.  My super cape ROCKS!   Also, I have a birth defect and one of my feet is deformed and my cape has been good at keeping the other girls in the yard from picking on me too.  Now tell me, how great is my Super Cape?  You want one don’t you?

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Now, since I have super powers I have swayed my buddy, Michelle to let me give the great Stampin’ Up! Best Thoughts Blog Candy away.  Just look at this beautiful stamp set.  That butterfly looks yummy, really yummy.

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YOU CAN ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THIS STAMP SET SIMPLY BY ADDING A COMMENT AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG POST TELLING ME TO ENTER YOU, EASY PEASY, RIGHT?  IF  YOU ARE GETTING THIS BLOG UPDATE VIA YOUR E-MAIL, PLEASE DON’T HIT THAT REPLY BUTTON TO COMMENT.  YOU WILL NEED TO CLICK HERE AND THEN LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE ACTUAL BLOG POST.  🙂

I will select the winner on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 using a random number generator.  Be sure to comment prior to midnight on May 16, 2016 to be entered.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, MY FRIEND!

HAVE A super DAY!

Until my next post. . . . . . .  .

Huge Hugs!

Super Jo Jo and

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Get the Whole Month Worth of Tutorials Free, 12 in all!  Plus, earn tokens towards a free stamp set.

Place a $50 merchandise order between May 1, 2016 and May 31, 2016 and receive the entire month of tutorials (at least 12) free of charge via e-mail.

You will receive all of the project tutorials for the month of May, as they are created.  You will also receive 1 virtual token from me for each $50 in merchandise purchased with your order.  Collect 10 tokens and receive a free stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value from me.   Now, that’s the way to get some bang for your buck!  

Free tutorials are an exclusive perk for my valued Stampin’ Up! customers and down line

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First five tutorials for this month, 7 more to come.

 PLEASE USE HOSTESS CODE:  TXBRBUDP  When placing your order.   (PLEASE DO NOT USE IF MERCHANDISE ORDERED IS OVER $150 so you receive the hostess benefits.

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WARNING! WARNING!

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It’s always so sad to say goodbye to Stampin’ Up! favorites, but there must be space made for the new ones.  This is good news for you though, you can pick up items on your list before they are gone with discounts up to 50% off.

RETIRING ITEMS.  Below are links to the items that will not be offered after May 31, 2016.  Stamps will continue to be sold through the end of the catalog period, but accessories and papers are offered on a WHILE SUPPLIES LAST basis starting NOW.

Click on the pictures below to review the retiring items in my online store:

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Timeless Textures Sky – Stampin’ Up! Card

Posted on May 10, 2016 | 3 comments

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Hello there,

Here is a project with a fun sky created with a stamp from the Timeless Textures stamp set.  This easy to create sky can be created in many different colors, you are only limited by your imagination!

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YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW TODAY’S PROJECT WAS CREATED IN TODAY’S TUTORIAL.  SEE HOW TO GET IT AND 11 OTHER TUTORIALS FROM THIS MONTH FREE BELOW.  LEARN TECHNIQUES YOU CAN APPLY TO YOUR OTHER STAMPING PROJECTS AS WELL.  

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Complete Supply List

Happy Stamping!

 Until my next post. . . . . . 

Huge Hugs!

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Get the Whole Month Worth of Tutorials Free, 12 in all!  Plus, earn tokens towards a free stamp set.

Place a $50 merchandise order between May 1, 2016 and May 31, 2016 and receive the entire month of tutorials (at least 12) free of charge via e-mail.

You will receive all of the project tutorials for the month of May, as they are created.  You will also receive 1 virtual token from me for each $50 in merchandise purchased with your order.  Collect 10 tokens and receive a free stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value from me.   Now, that’s the way to get some bang for your buck!  

Free tutorials are an exclusive perk for my valued Stampin’ Up! customers and down line

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First five tutorials for this month, 7 more to come.

 PLEASE USE HOSTESS CODE:  TXBRBUDP  When placing your order.   (PLEASE DO NOT USE IF MERCHANDISE ORDERED IS OVER $150 so you receive the hostess benefits.

Screen Shot 2015-10-02 at 9.11.19 AM copyIf you wish to receive the free tutorials please do not click the “no contact” box when placing your order. 

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TO PURCHASE THIS MONTH’S SINGLE TUTORIALS OR THIS MONTH’S TUTORIAL PACKAGE CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

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WARNING! WARNING!

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It’s always so sad to say goodbye to Stampin’ Up! favorites, but there must be space made for the new ones.  This is good news for you though, you can pick up items on your list before they are gone with discounts up to 50% off.

RETIRING ITEMS.  Below are links to the items that will not be offered after May 31, 2016.  Stamps will continue to be sold through the end of the catalog period, but accessories and papers are offered on a WHILE SUPPLIES LAST basis starting NOW.

Click on the pictures below to review the retiring items in my online store:

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Timeless Textures and Daisies – Stampin’ Up! Card and how to organize your sponges

Posted on May 9, 2016 | 2 comments

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Hello there and happy Monday!

I was thinking this morning about a sentiment in the Stampin’ Up! stamp set Helping Me Grow, which is “thanks for helping me grow.”   Did you know you help me grow?  Everyday when I sit down to create I try to come up with something new for you.  You inspire me so much to look around my craft room and seek out new stamp sets, products and techniques in order to keep things fresh and exciting in my craft and yes, help me grow.  For this I am so thank for you!  In turn, I hope you are inspired by what you see here and you never tire of growing along with me.

Today I teamed up the Helping Me Grow stamp set with it’s big bold flower images with the Timeless Textures stamp set to create my collage background.  The Timeless Textures stamp set has super collage elements.  There is no end to the different backgrounds you can create with it.  These are a couple of must have sets.

YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW TODAY’S PROJECT WAS CREATED IN TODAY’S TUTORIAL.  SEE HOW TO GET IT AND 11 OTHER TUTORIALS FROM THIS MONTH FREE BELOW.  LEARN TECHNIQUES YOU CAN APPLY TO YOUR OTHER STAMPING PROJECTS AS WELL.  

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On another note. . . . . . 

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Over the weekend I took stock of some tools that I use everyday and boy were my sponges worn out and really, really sad looking.   Using worn out sponges is not good.  You don’t get the same results like you do with a new sponge and they are so cheap to replace.  So I replace mine once a year.   I completely dumped my sponges in the trash and start over.
Organizing your sponges is super simple and saves so much time having your sponges set up so you can visually see the color you are looking for.  I highly suggest this!
Purchase a few packs of Stamping Sponges, item #141337.  They come 3  round sponges to a pack.  Cut each sponge in half and then each half in half and then each one of those in half.  You will have 8 sponges from one single round sponge.  That gives you 24 sponges from one single pack.
Note:  for the sponge topper, you can use a 1.5″ square of card stock, a 1 1/2″ circle punch or any label punch or die you have in your arsenal that is as wide as your wedge of sponge.  Create your topper for each sponge out of card stock that matches your  ink pad.  If you don’t have the matching card stock then sponge your topper with that ink color.  🙂
I write the name of the color on each end of the topper and fold it in half, sandwich the sponge with it and then staple it on.  That gives you a great handle to use and your fingers don’t get as inky when you use it.
Mine are stored in a tackle box tray.   The tray had a lid but I’m too lazy, I mean time efficient to keep opening the lid so I took it off.  🙂
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Happy Stamping!

 Until my next post. . . . . . 

Huge Hugs!

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Get the Whole Month Worth of Tutorials Free, 12 in all!  Plus, earn tokens towards a free stamp set.

Place a $50 merchandise order between May 1, 2016 and May 31, 2016 and receive the entire month of tutorials (at least 12) free of charge via e-mail.

You will receive all of the project tutorials for the month of May, as they are created.  You will also receive 1 virtual token from me for each $50 in merchandise purchased with your order.  Collect 10 tokens and receive a free stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value from me.   Now, that’s the way to get some bang for your buck!  

Free tutorials are an exclusive perk for my valued Stampin’ Up! customers and down line

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First four tutorials for this month, 8 more to come.

 PLEASE USE HOSTESS CODE:  TXBRBUDP  When placing your order.   (PLEASE DO NOT USE IF MERCHANDISE ORDERED IS OVER $150 so you receive the hostess benefits.

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TO PURCHASE THIS MONTH’S SINGLE TUTORIALS OR THIS MONTH’S TUTORIAL PACKAGE CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

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WARNING! WARNING!

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It’s always so sad to say goodbye to Stampin’ Up! favorites, but there must be space made for the new ones.  This is good news for you though, you can pick up items on your list before they are gone with discounts up to 50% off.

RETIRING ITEMS.  Below are links to the items that will not be offered after May 31, 2016.  Stamps will continue to be sold through the end of the catalog period, but accessories and papers are offered on a WHILE SUPPLIES LAST basis starting NOW.

Click on the pictures below to review the retiring items in my online store:

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Today Celebrate You – Stampin’ Up! Card

Posted on May 6, 2016 | Comments Off on Today Celebrate You – Stampin’ Up! Card

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Hello there,

The Stampin’ Up! Stamp Set Sheltering Tree will take you through every season of the year.  Such a versatile stamp set!  There are beautiful sentiments in the stamp set but I needed a birthday card for today so I used sentiments from other sets today.

To add more interest to the card I die cut a section out and popped it up.  Simple touches to a card can add so much.

YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW TODAY’S PROJECT WAS CREATED IN TODAY’S TUTORIAL.  SEE HOW TO GET IT AND 11 OTHER TUTORIALS FROM THIS MONTH FREE BELOW.  LEARN TECHNIQUES YOU CAN APPLY TO YOUR OTHER STAMPING PROJECTS AS WELL.  

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Complete Supply List

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Happy Stamping!

 Until my next post. . . . . . 

Huge Hugs!

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Get the Whole Month Worth of Tutorials Free, 12 in all!  Plus, earn tokens towards a free stamp set.

Place a $50 merchandise order between May 1, 2016 and May 31, 2016 and receive the entire month of tutorials (at least 12) free of charge via e-mail.

You will receive all of the project tutorials for the month of May, as they are created.  You will also receive 1 virtual token from me for each $50 in merchandise purchased with your order.  Collect 10 tokens and receive a free stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value from me.   Now, that’s the way to get some bang for your buck!  

Free tutorials are an exclusive perk for my valued Stampin’ Up! customers and down line

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First three tutorials for this month, 9 more to come.

 PLEASE USE HOSTESS CODE:  TXBRBUDP  When placing your order.   (PLEASE DO NOT USE IF MERCHANDISE ORDERED IS OVER $150 so you receive the hostess benefits.

Screen Shot 2015-10-02 at 9.11.19 AM copyIf you wish to receive the free tutorials please do not click the “no contact” box when placing your order. 

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TO PURCHASE THIS MONTH’S SINGLE TUTORIALS OR THIS MONTH’S TUTORIAL PACKAGE CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

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WARNING! WARNING!

Screen Shot 2016-04-18 at 3.22.59 PM
It’s always so sad to say goodbye to Stampin’ Up! favorites, but there must be space made for the new ones.  This is good news for you though, you can pick up items on your list before they are gone with discounts up to 50% off.

RETIRING ITEMS.  Below are links to the items that will not be offered after May 31, 2016.  Stamps will continue to be sold through the end of the catalog period, but accessories and papers are offered on a WHILE SUPPLIES LAST basis starting NOW.

Click on the pictures below to review the retiring items in my online store:

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Happy Birthday Bear – Stampin’ Up! Card

Posted on May 4, 2016 | Comments Off on Happy Birthday Bear – Stampin’ Up! Card

DSC_0021Hello there,

I used the fun Bear Hugs stamp set along with the sentiment from the Age Awareness stamp set to create this juvenile appropriate card.  The bears are so cute and easy to pop into different scenes that you create.  A bear poking it’s head out from behind a tree is sure to make the recipient smile.   The mountains in the background remind me of the beautiful Smoky Mountains were you still need to be alert when it comes to bears.  This one seems friendly enough though. 🙂

YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW TODAY’S PROJECT WAS CREATED IN TODAY’S TUTORIAL.  SEE HOW TO GET IT AND 11 OTHER TUTORIALS FROM THIS MONTH FREE BELOW.  LEARN TECHNIQUES YOU CAN APPLY TO YOUR OTHER STAMPING PROJECTS AS WELL.  

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Complete Supply List

Happy Stamping!

 Until my next post. . . . . . 

Huge Hugs!

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Get the Whole Month Worth of Tutorials Free, 12 in all!  Plus, earn tokens towards a free stamp set.

Place a $50 merchandise order between May 1, 2016 and May 31, 2016 and receive the entire month of tutorials (at least 12) free of charge via e-mail.

You will receive all of the project tutorials for the month of May, as they are created.  You will also receive 1 virtual token from me for each $50 in merchandise purchased with your order.  Collect 10 tokens and receive a free stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value from me.   Now, that’s the way to get some bang for your buck!  

Free tutorials are an exclusive perk for my valued Stampin’ Up! customers and down line

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First two tutorials for this month, 10 more to come.

 PLEASE USE HOSTESS CODE:  TXBRBUDP  When placing your order.   (PLEASE DO NOT USE IF MERCHANDISE ORDERED IS OVER $150 so you receive the hostess benefits.

Screen Shot 2015-10-02 at 9.11.19 AM copyIf you wish to receive the free tutorials please do not click the “no contact” box when placing your order. 

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TO PURCHASE THIS MONTH’S SINGLE TUTORIALS OR THIS MONTH’S TUTORIAL PACKAGE CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

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WARNING! WARNING!

Screen Shot 2016-04-18 at 3.22.59 PM
It’s always so sad to say goodbye to Stampin’ Up! favorites, but there must be space made for the new ones.  This is good news for you though, you can pick up items on your list before they are gone with discounts up to 50% off.

RETIRING ITEMS.  Below are links to the items that will not be offered after May 31, 2016.  Stamps will continue to be sold through the end of the catalog period, but accessories and papers are offered on a WHILE SUPPLIES LAST basis starting NOW.

Click on the pictures below to review the retiring items in my online store:

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Pearl Peas – Stampin’ Up! Card

Posted on May 3, 2016 | 1 comment

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Hi there,

I had a bit of fun with today’s project.  I kept envisioning the leaf from the Friends & Flowers Stamp Set, item #140511 as a pea pod.  To make those peas extra special I added Basic Pearls for the peas.  So fun, right?  Also the images are embossed in gold to make it extra special and rich looking.

YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW TODAY’S PROJECT WAS CREATED IN TODAY’S TUTORIAL.  SEE HOW TO GET IT AND 11 OTHER TUTORIALS FROM THIS MONTH FREE BELOW.  LEARN TECHNIQUES YOU CAN APPLY TO YOUR OTHER STAMPING PROJECTS AS WELL.  

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Complete Supply List

Happy Stamping!

 Until my next post. . . . . . 

Huge Hugs!

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Get the Whole Month Worth of Tutorials Free, 12 in all!  Plus, earn tokens towards a free stamp set.

Place a $50 merchandise order between May 1, 2016 and May 31, 2016 and receive the entire month of tutorials (at least 12) free of charge via e-mail.

You will receive all of the project tutorials for the month of May, as they are created.  You will also receive 1 virtual token from me for each $50 in merchandise purchased with your order.  Collect 10 tokens and receive a free stamp set of your choice up to a $30 value from me.   Now, that’s the way to get some bang for your buck!  

Free tutorials are an exclusive perk for my valued Stampin’ Up! customers and down line

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First tutorial for this month, 11 more to come.

 PLEASE USE HOSTESS CODE:  TXBRBUDP  When placing your order.   (PLEASE DO NOT USE IF MERCHANDISE ORDERED IS OVER $150 so you receive the hostess benefits.

Screen Shot 2015-10-02 at 9.11.19 AM copyIf you wish to receive the free tutorials please do not click the “no contact” box when placing your order. 

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TO PURCHASE THIS MONTH’S SINGLE TUTORIALS OR THIS MONTH’S TUTORIAL PACKAGE CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

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WARNING! WARNING!

Screen Shot 2016-04-18 at 3.22.59 PM
It’s always so sad to say goodbye to Stampin’ Up! favorites, but there must be space made for the new ones.  This is good news for you though, you can pick up items on your list before they are gone with discounts up to 50% off.

RETIRING ITEMS.  Below are links to the items that will not be offered after May 31, 2016.  Stamps will continue to be sold through the end of the catalog period, but accessories and papers are offered on a WHILE SUPPLIES LAST basis starting NOW.

Click on the pictures below to review the retiring items in my online store:

Screen Shot 2016-04-18 at 3.25.44 PM

Screen Shot 2016-04-18 at 3.25.51 PM

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