Darcie Heater

Adventures in Stamping, Strongsville, Ohio

Hi Blog Friends,

I'm headed out to the Adventures in Stamping rubber stamp show in Strongsville, Ohio this week, and wanted to share some coupons with you.  It should be an awesome show!



I have a couple of discounts for you if you live in the area and will be attending the show:

DISCOUNT #1 - The Come A Runnin' Discount and FREE GIFT
I'll be handing out coupons to the first 20 people who come directly to the booth when the doors open on Saturday morning. The coupons are for a variety of discounts, based on amount of purchase.  Woohoo!!  The first 20 people who come directly to the booth will also receive a FREE GIFT!  Pretty easy, huh?  Running and yelling will get you EXTRA goodies, lol!

DISCOUNT #2 - Show Special Coupon
Print out the coupon page below and bring it to the booth to receive the discounts shown. To print the coupon, just click on the image below and it will open in a new window.  You can then print as usual (normally you'd go to File, then Print, or click on the printer icon).

 
I'll try to share some pictures of the trip with you next week.  When I get back from the show, I'll also be sharing more project instructions and highlighting new products and sharing some videos....and of course, I'll have some great FREEBIES for you!  Be sure to check the previous post and enter the drawing for the free stamp set.

We look forward to seeing you there!
 :) Darcie 

 

Mr. and Mrs.

Hi Blog Friends,

Well, Tonya's wedding was absolutely beautiful.  (Tonya is my assistant and makes the majority of my card and project samples...for those of you who don't know who she is.) Her wedding was on Saturday and we had been pretty worried about the weather as it was an outdoor wedding.  It had rained off and on most of the prior week, and had cooled off considerably. As it turned out the day was warm and gorgeous, the evening was a perfect temperature, and it all went off perfectly.  One of the prettiest weddings I've been to. :)  

I took my super duper dslr camera so I could get some nice shots to share with you.... only to discover that I didn't have a media card in the camera.  Nuts!  So here's a photo that I swiped off of Tonya's facebook page, lol:


I can't wait until she gets the rest of the pictures so I can show you the setting... sooo pretty.  They both look prettty happy, huh?

So, since weddings are the theme today, I thought I'd GIVE AWAY another one of these stamp sets:

 
The stamp set is JCS122, Wedded Bliss.  It's a Red Rubber Cling Mounted set and it retails for $24.95.  I featured it previously in two different posts, which you can view HERE and HERE.  Here's one of the projects made using the set:

The gift sack was made using my Pattern #TBX12 Tall Bottle Sack, which retails for $6.99.

How can you win the WEDDED BLISS set of rubber stamps AND the TALL BOTTLE SACK TEMPLATE?!  Simply by posting a comment on THIS post by Tuesday, October 5th.  I will draw a winning name on Wednesday, October 6th and announce the winner on the blog.  The winner will have until Monday, October 11 to claim the prize by emailing me.

I'm headed out to the Adventures in Stamping Show in Strongsville, OH later this week... if you live in the Ohio area and will be attending the show, check back as I will be posting coupons for the show on Thursday.

OCTOBER!  I love fall....I'll be back next week with some Fall goodies for you!

:) Darcie

 

Holiday Winner!

Hi Blog Friends,

Mr. Computer is not being a nice boy again this week.  He was in the shop while I was in Rhinebeck, New York at the Stamp Scrap Art Tour this last weekend... and he's headed right back to the shop!  Hopefully a new logic board will fix him right up.  

Thanks so much for all the kind comments on the Cardinal Ornament stamp set giveaway post... you guys are the best!  I love having new friends all over the country!

Here's that stamp set I'm giving away:

And here's our lucky winner:

what a gorgeous stamp set! I'm excited to see your booth next week in rhinebeck- can't wait! thanks for another opportunity to win! :D

Posted by:  Suzanne Schmidt

Suzanne also has a blog, and posted some projects made using one of the stamp sets she purchased at the Rhinebeck show in New York this past weekend.  Here's a photo of one of the cards she made using my Clear Polymer Stamp Set #POL15 Wagonload of Wishes ($14.95):

You can check out more of her cards at http://cardgarden.blogspot.com/.  Thanks, Suzanne!

Well, we have lots of excitement going on around here.... my assistant, Tonya, is getting married on Saturday.  Woohoo, can't wait!  I'll take some pix and show you those next week.  Sooo very happy for her!  Now just keeping our fingers crossed that the weather cooperates, it's an outdoor wedding.  Tonya is extremely creative, and I can't wait to see how it all looks when it's set up.  I'll share some photos next week.  Congrats, Tonya!

See you soon!

Darcie

Headstart on the Holidays... and FREE Cardinals!

Hi Blog Friends,

It's getting to be the time of year where we all start thinking about the upcoming holidays... and I thought I'd give you a sneak peek at some of the projects made with our top selling rubber stamp set from the recent CHA show.  Here's one of my favorite cards, made using the stamp set:

And here's a picture of the stamp set:

The actual stamp set measures approximately 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".

Here's another card made using the stamp set:

I love the stitching accents and ribbons with the Tim Holtz Muse Tokens.  The layered shapes on the card above were made using my EZ Cutts Cutting Template, EZC4 Raine, which retails for $19.95.  

Here's one more card:

The metal Corners on this card are from Tim Holtz's Ideaology line.  I love them, they add just the perfect touch to so many projects.

This next one is made using one of my new Acrylic Ornaments:

These new ornaments have a "shadowbox" effect and are covered by 1/16" thick acrylic on both sides of the ornament.... so when it spins around on the tree, the design is visible on both sides of the ornament.  LOVE, LOVE the mica shreds inside this ornament!  Here's what the ornament looks like before it's decorated:

This one is item #ACR27 Ornate Frame, and it comes with 3 chipboard "shadowbox" pieces, two pieces of acrylic (covered with a blue film to protect them in the package), and four metal frame clips.  The pieces are pre-punched with a hole in the top... but if you want to add other holes for hanging embellishments, as shown in the photo of the ornament above, you can punch the chipboard and also the acrylic pieces with the Crop-a-dile Big Bite.  Yup, punches through the acrylic like butter!  :)

And here's one more dimensional project:

An awesome little gift bag to hold all your home baked goodies.  These little gift bags are extremely popular this time of year.... they are quick and easy to assemble and add a special touch to your gift.  Here's what the Jumbo U-Cut looks like:"

This one is item number SKUC70 and it retails for $2.99.  It comes printed on a 13" x 19" sheet of 80 lb card stock, with full step by step instructions and a photo of the completed project.

If you are interested in ordering any of the products shown here, you can do so by calling our toll free number 1-800-945-3980.  Still waiting for that new website to be finished... these things always take longer than we expect... but hopefully soon!

Would you be interested in winning this particular stamp set?  There's soooo much you can do with it!  All you have to do to be eligible to win the stamp set is to make a comment on THIS post between now and midnight, Tuesday, September 20.  I will randomly draw a name on Wednesday, September 21.  The winner will have until Sunday, September 26 to claim their prize by emailing me with their address. 

Good luck to you, I'll be back soon with another freebie from this stamp set...

:) Darcie

Stockings for Soldiers, Round Two!

Hi Blog Friends,

I am pleased to report that my soldier son, Darin, (who was stationed in Iraq for the past year) is now back in the states safe and sound!  For me.... it was the LONGEST year of my life.  Yup, I am one HAPPY mom that he's back on this side of the world!  He was here for a visit last week, and our oldest grandson was also here at the same time. The weather was unseasonably cool and windy, so we didn't get to do our annual whitewater river rafting trip (Dan is still recovering from hernia surgery), but we took a trip over to the coast one day instead.  


Check out that the size of that redwood tree and the sunbeam..... I love it...and LOVE Oregon!  (And no.... I didn't photoshop the sunbeam, lol.)   :)  

Speaking of soldiers..... my "Stockings for Soldiers" program for this year is well underway! Last year we were able to send almost 300 filled stockings to deployed soldiers in Iraq...with a WHOLE LOT of help from family members and the community of Grants Pass, Oregon.

Back in January of this year, Jonie Anderson called me and asked if it would be OK if the local 4H group sewed the stockings this year. (Jonie was a major product contributor to the stockings last year, she owns Golden Eagle Tobacco company.... an herbal chew alternative). I said "Absolutely, that would be great!" When I hung up the phone, I had to laugh out loud.... because I hadn't actually planned on doing it again this year!  My son wasn't going to be deployed this Christmas. But as she was talking, she was so enthusiastic that I decided I would pick one of Darin's friends who IS deployed, and adopt that soldier's company this Christmas.  

The local 4H group exhibits in a whole building at the Josephine County Fair (in addition to their animal barns at the fair).  They set up a "Stockings for Soldiers" area in one corner of the building, where the 4H kids could come between activities and sew the stockings. The kids did a GREAT job.... they completed over 600 stockings (!) and raised over $1,000 for the stocking stuffers.  They also wrote cards to the soldiers and encouraged fair patrons to do the same.  The local newspaper ran this article on the front page:

AND, the local TV station came and filmed it for the evening news:

That's Jonie helping the kids with the sewing, and the boys in orange are writing cards to the soldiers.  Here's another photo of the booth:

AWESOME job, 4H group members!  Thank you so very much!

Soooo.... now I'm just praying for postage and fillers for these things!  YIKES, it makes me a tad nervous.... It takes approximately $15.00 per stocking to make the stocking, fill it and mail it.  (Postage is approximately $3.00 per stocking, and that's at the discounted military flat rate.) Holy Cow. We were extremely fortunate last year with the donations of merchandise, funds for stocking stuffers and postage funds.  Hopefully, we'll be able to raise the funds and the community will get behind it again. I know the soldiers in my son's company were thrilled to have a reminder from home... at a time when they were missing THEIR family.

Ok, trying not to think about it here.... 600 STOCKINGS!?!?! ohmygosh. That makes my stomach do crazy things.  Anyone with fund raising ideas.... send them on over!  Quick!

I'll be back in a few days with some project instructions.... are you ready for some Christmas projects?!  I'm thinking now's a good time to get started, huh?

See you soon!

Darcie :)