BOGO at 2 pm!

It’s Sale Saturday! This is the day for many things.

It’s the Open House for the new Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Brochure! Stop by any time from 10-1! I have freshly baked Christmas cookies.

I will have the BOGO sale set up! You will be able to pick today and it will be packed upon delivery of your order from the new catalogs. If you are not able to make it I will release the BOGO list for everyone at 2 pm.

If you would like to order from the current catalog (nothing from the new that starts January 3) please use host code EK6EN2JM to help me keep the rewards basket stocked. Remember the Year-End Closeout is still happening as well as the clearance rack being re-stocked. This code will be good until Monday evening at 7:30. If you prefer to order in person please contact me.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

New Year’s Resolutions

It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward.

Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? Do you not?

As I look at what has been accomplished this year (and what has not) I realize that there is not a spot for how I give back or pay it forward. I tend to always find a way to give back, but I often don’t have a plan. Do you put money or time aside to do good?

So as I start to plan for my resolutions I will add a spot for how much in time or money I want to give at a minimum, not a maximum.

Do you have a plan on how to give back?

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

Tulips for a birthday.

It’s Tutorial Thursday! Today’s card is simple but using all new products. So, shall we begin?

You will start with a thick white card base cut at 5 1/2″ X 8 1/2″. On the 8 1/2″ side you will score at 4 1/4″. This is your card base once folded in half.

Then you will cut a mat at 5″ X 3 3/4″ from the 6X6 Best Dressed Designer Series Paper. Attach with Snail Adhesive.

Last, but not least, you will stamp from the Timeless Tulips Stamp Set a tulip and stem with Lovely Lipstick and Garden Green Inks. Cut out with the Stitched Shapes Framelit Dies. For the words you will stamp in Bermuda Bay Ink and punch out with the Classic Label Punch. Adhere to the mat with Dimensionals and Mini Dimensionals.

Now go mail it!

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

P.S. If you would like to see last night’s Live the link is https://youtu.be/6PKyFG-OFv8.

When extra drops are a good thing.

It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended! In this case today it’s an extra drop but that’s details.

When using Shimmery Crystal Effects I stamp as usual. Color maybe a little on the project. And then decide to do a final step to bring my project to the next level. I add Shimmery Crystal Effects. Sometimes it’s a thin layer or a few drops for effect and other times it’s a thick coat to protect what is underneath.

Either way I am always tempted to touch with my fingertip to see if it is dry. So who wants a fingerprint in their finished project? I certainly don’t. But inevitably I end up with my swirls in that top layer regardless.

So here’s how to fix that. When you are done with your project take your scrap mat and do the same thickness of a drop on your paper. That way when you’re tempted to see if it is dry you do it on the “extra” drop. If you put a fingerprint in that layer it’s on your scratch paper. You haven’t put that extra touch of handmade to your final project.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

Adding texture to ribbon.

It’s Technique Tuesday! I don’t know about you but I am about Christmas’ed out. No more red and green please. So for today I am talking about how to bring some texture to ribbon. I am using the new products so you can see what is coming.

I took the Mint Macaron Ink Pad and dipped my stamp from the Painted Poppies Stamp Set on page 26 of the new Mini Catalog and stamped on to the 1/4″ Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon on page 25.

When something looks too plain remember to stamp on it. Add some texture. Add some oomph.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

P.S. Remember to tell me by Thursday that you are coming on Saturday for the Open House if you would like to create this for FREE…

New catalogs this week!

It’s Management Monday! Here’s what’s happening this week.

I am putting the finishing touches on the Open House on Saturday. Don’t forget if you want to create the purse with notecards please let me know you are coming. Don’t forget to invite your friends too!

For those of you on my team there is a team meeting on Wednesday at 5:30. You will not want to miss it.

I am also teaching at both of the high schools this week “the power of a thank you note”.

The Year-End Closeout is still going! If you would like to order please use host code CMJHK3YF which will be good through tonight at 7:30. If you prefer to order in person please contact me.

Today I will have Open Time at the Studio.

And last, but not least, I will be on for the Facebook Live on Wednesday at 7 pm.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

Breaking bad habits.

It’s Sabbath Sunday! This is the day to rest or re-charge. I was thinking about what the word means to “rest”. It means to stop doing what I am currently doing. This lead into arrest which is to apprehend or change what you are doing by force.

Here is what I am getting at. Lately I have been thinking about life and how change affects us all. My daughter graduates this year from high school, my husband turns 50 next year, and my dog turns 12 next year. As we all get older I am forced to look at my choices.

I want to make my choices, not a doctor or my health telling me what to do. So I’ve started making some harder choices that don’t feel so good. I started running this week to push myself past the physical plateau I am on. I started paying attention to what I eat again. I decided I wanted to make these choices instead of being forced to later. That way they are on my terms and not being pushed on me.

What are you choosing differently to make change hopefully go easier?

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

Year-End Closeout and Clearance Rack!

It’s Sale Saturday! Do you know that some of your favorite products are discounted right now?

Have a look at the Year-End Closeout and Clearance Rack on my website http://jonidaniel.stampinup.net and click on shop now. Some things are discounted as much as 60%.

I think I will keep this short today since there is not much else to say. Go check it out!

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

How to check out a charity before checking out.

It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day we focus on giving back or paying it forward.

Tis the season for giving. Many of the charitable organizations have their hands out for donations right now. Do you know if they are a legitimate organization? Do you know if the funds are actually going where they say they are going? Here are some tips to check out a charity from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission).

Before giving to a charity google them. Type the name of the charity with complaint, review, rating, scam (or any other keyword similar to these) and see what comes up.

Check out their website. On the site does it state how much goes to administrative costs, designated areas, overhead?

Look up the specific charity on your state’s regulatory site…http://nasconet.org.

Charities are only allowed to call from 8 am until 9 pm.

And remember if you have not donated to them in the past then the phone call must be a real person. No robocalls until you have already donated.

I hope this helps you navigate your giving this holiday season.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂

Peanut brittle and a bag!

It’s Tutorial Thursday! Did you make it to the Christmas party? Do you wish you had the tutorial for the cute bag we made or the yummy peanut brittle? Even if you didn’t make it you will not want to miss out.

So here is the recipe for the peanut brittle recipe.

And here are the directions for the bag.

Take two 12X12 pieces of the same paper.

Score at two inches and at ten inches.

Turn 90 degrees.

Score at three inches and at nine inches.

Do this on both pieces of paper.

Cut the corners out of one of the pieces of paper.

On the other piece of paper make sure to only cut across to the score line.

Tip: Make sure you have the paper the same way so as to not have an abstract bag.

If you want a taller bag then cut on the three inch side. You will need to trim the side flaps down by almost half.

Use Tear and Tape to glue together.

Punch holes for ribbon.

Tip: Choose ribbon that is fairly wide so the knot doesn’t pull through.

Here is a screenshot of the instructions more visually.

Please note that the measurements are different in the pictures.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Happy Crafting!

With inky fingers,

Joni 🙂