My name is Jini Merck and I'm a Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator. I love being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, not only do I get to be creative every day, I also get to be a creative coach, offering fresh project ideas and encouragement to my customers and friends.
For me, helping someone create that perfect project for a special occasion is the best feeling in the entire world. After all, creating cards, scrapbook pages, and gift items is about more than just stamps and ink—it’s about sharing a part of yourself with the people in your life.
I live in Clarkesville which is in the North Georgia Mountains with my husband and two children. Although my family keeps me busy I enjoy the creativity of stamping and crafts and the fellowship stamping brings into my life. Spending time creativing cards and gifts for friends and family has been one of my favorite hobbies over the years.
When you join my Team, The Blue Mountain Stampers, between now and March 31st you’ll get 25% more in your starter kit! Woo hoo!
What does that mean for you? Not only do you get to choose $156.50 in products for your starter kit that you want for just $99, you’ll also get all the benefits of becoming one of my Team members.
Have you seen the NEW Pop ‘n Cuts die in the Spring Catalog? Well if you loved to play dress up when you were little or if you played with paper dolls you’re going to love this group of coordinating products!
Here is a card I made for my Team Meeting using the Pop ‘n Cuts Die (item 130099) and Dress Form (item 130100). I used our Full Heart Punch for the bodice and would you believe I used one of our Paper Doilies (item 129399) to create the skirt? Well I did!
I had such a great time creating this project that I thought I would share how I created this skirt with you too. After a lot of trial an error here is what I finally came up with.
So here is my latest video – The Fun & Flirty Doily Skirt Tutorial
And if you were wondering how I decorated the outside – here is a photo of the outside of the card. Don’t you love the way that the NEW Pop ‘n Cuts die is designed so that it “seals” itself?
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Supplies:
Stamp Set: Feel Goods (item 129681/129684)
Inks: Versa Mark
Paper: Floral District Designer Series Paper (item 126919), Daffodil Delight, Rose Red and Baja Breeze, Whisper White Card Stock
Accessories: Full Heart Punch (119883), Stampin’ Write Markers, Decorative Label Punch (item 120907), Pop Up Posies Designer Kit (item 131395), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (item 119246), Paper Doilies (item 129399), Daffodil Delight Seam Binding (item 125583) and 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon (item 119254), Big Shot, Card Base Pop ‘n Cuts (item 130099), Dress Form Pop ‘n Cuts (item 130100) and Dress Up Framelits Die (item 130101)
It is Tuesday and that means NEW Digital Downloads for My Digital Studio. And with the NEW lower software price who can resist? You can click HERE to read more about the new pricing in my earlier post.
Here is a NEW and FREE Digital Download just in time for April – The April Showers Wallpaper (item #133473)
And coordinating with the FREE download – April Showers Kit (item #133472)
Do you have a high school senior this year? I know I do and the year end is quickly approaching, eek! So I’ll be checking out the Embark Graduate Ensemble Download(item #133467) for my daughter. It should make things so much easier.
And here is the You Made It Grad Greeting Card Template (item #133527)
Our last NEW Download is the This and That Epic Day Kit (item #133465). This download contains all the This and That traditional projects in digital form – woo hoo!
So as you can see there is a lot happening with My Digital Studio – MyDigitalStudio.net has gotten a new makeover too. So why not check it out?
Here is a great overview video for you too.
Still not sure? I teach an Introduction to MDS each month. Check out my Calendar of Events by clicking HERE.
Whoo hoo! Last November, Stampin’ Up! announced that they created and launched a card making application for the IPhone called Simply Sent and that the Android app would be coming soon. Well today is the big day – the Android app is now available!
Here is the scoop – it is not My Digital Studio for the mobile device. But it will give you a scaled-back version to try and send on your mobile devices.
How do you get it? Well it’s easy from your Android device, go to the Google Play Store and download theSimply Sent App.
I think you’ll love it – it’s a lot of fun and you can share it with your friends too. After all you can download the Simply Sent App for FREE!
Click HERE for more information about the IPhone App I posted in November.
Seamstress or not …you’re going to love using Stampin’ Up! high quality Designer Fabric. Especially at 50% off! Our Designer Fabric is designed to coordinate with Stampin’ Up! inks, paper, and other accessories and is perfect for adding a stylish touch to traditional paper projects. Our Designer Fabric is available in extra-wide fat quarters (18 x 26). So go ahead and use it for quilting, clothing, home décor, and more!
Here’s the details:
It starts today, Monday, March 25th and continues until Sunday, March 31st
There is no minimum purchase required to receive the discount.
All items are limited quantity at the discounted price; the discount will be removed one the limit is reach.
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Item
Description
Retail Price
Sale Price
170
126892
Essentials Designer Fabric
$29.95
$14.98
171
126893
Floral District Designer Fabric
$9.95
$4.98
171
126894
Comfort Café Designer Fabric
$9.95
$4.98
171
125411
Summer Smooches Designer Fabric
$9.95
$4.98
171
125412
Twitterpated Designer Fabric
$9.95
$4.98
171
122337
Timeless Portrait Designer Fabric
$9.95
$4.98
171
122336
Beau Chateau Designer Fabric
$9.95
$4.98
171
124066
Spice Cake Designer Fabric
$9.95
$4.98
171
122335
Flirtatious Designer Fabric
$9.95
$4.98
6*
129308
Tea for Two Designer Fabric
$9.95
$4.98
13*
129307
More Amore Designer Fabric
$9.95
$4.98
*spring catalog
Want to see a recent project I made with our Designer Fabric? Why not check out this fun fabricTote that I made recently for Leadership in January by clicking HERE.
Recently I needed a get well card and here is what I came up with. I used the Bordering on Romance Stamp Set to create the focal point for my card. This is a great set since you can do so many different things with the images. And did you notice that the doily wasn’t white and were wondering how I added the color to it? I’ve got a how to video you can see here.
Have you ever water colored with our Stampin’ Write Markers? I really love our Stampin’ Write Markers and use them for a lot of my projects. It’s one of my favorite ways to use them and now that our Watercolor Paper comes in larger sheets it a lot easier to use them for any of our images.
I hope this card brought a smile to her face when she opened it.
Supplies:
Stamp Set: Bordering on Romance (item125480/125482), Occasions Alphabet (item 117090/123598)
Inks: StazOn Jet Black
Paper: Watercolor Paper and Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Paper Doilies, Aqua Painter, Big Shot and Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Write Markers and Two-Tone Ribbon
It’s Bloomin’ Marvelous(item 129651/129654) – that’s what these cards are that I received during my Leadership swaps. Isn’t it great that this set coordinates with our NEW Bitty Butterfly Punch (item 129406) from the Spring Catalog?
And I love the color combination that was used for this card.
Patterned Occasions (item 129621/129624) is such a cute stamp set. You can use the images with or without the sentiments. Here is a great card that anyone would love to get any time of year. You could even tuck a little gift card or invitation for coffee inside for a friend.
This final card was made using the Madison Avenue Stamp Set (item 129657/129660).
You have until Midnight tonight to earn your favorite Sale-a-bration items and then they’ll be gone for good.
Yesterday was my birthday and I was so blessed by all the birthday wishes sent my way. I have such talented stamping buddies and friends that I wanted to share with you some of the cards that I received.
Thank you everyone for thinking about me and sending me such wonderful hand crafted cards.
I love the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper that you can earn for FREE during Sale-a-bration and so I thought I would show the note pads that my friend Cindy brought to our last Team Meeting for her swap.
Don’t you love the sentiment set that she used to stamp on the note pads? Feel Goods (item 129681/129684) is well named since when I see or use these sentiments I just feel – well good.
And here are a couple of cards from my Leadership swaps that also use the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper. This first one uses the Henry Says stamp set (item 128090/128093) from the Spring Catalog.
And this last card uses the Oh, Hello stamp set (item 130730/130733) and one of my favorite accessories, the Paper Doilies (item 129399).
Here are two more cards I wanted to share with you that my Team members gave me during our swap this month. I think they are both such fantastic cards that I didn’t want to not share them with you before the end of today.
This first card Cindy made and in addition to the Feeling Sentimental stamp set (item 1296237/129630) it uses our Natural Composition Specialty Designer Series Paper (item 126917). I love the richness and vintage feel of this card, don’t you?
And did you know that since the Natural Composition DSP has a raised pattern on it you can use it to create any color paper you’d like simply by adding classic ink with a sponge? Cindy also used our Apothecary Accents Framelits (item 127003) to create this great negative image where she placed her sentiment. How cool is that?
Tamara’s swap uses the Bloomin’ Marvelous stamp set (item 129651/129654) and just makes smile and think of spring. I love the colors she chose to go with the Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper (item 125409) she used across the bottom.
We have such fun together at the Blue Mountain Stampers Team meetings each month. Have you ever thought about becoming a Demonstrator? I would love to have you join in the fun. You can click HERE to learn more about my team and becoming a demonstrator. And if you join during Sale-a-bration you’ll get an extra 25% of free products in your kit just for joining– how great is that!
