Happy Memorial Day weekend + coupon

In honor of West Point graduation (a place very special to my heart and family) and Memorial Day weekend, use the coupon code "goarmy" for 15% off your entire order of $40 or more. And, please put a note if you're a military spouse, active duty or vet so I can throw a little extra gift in your package a an extra thank you. I know firsthand that it's not an easy life. So, thank you. Have a great weekend! (expires Monday 5/28/12)

DT Challenge: Happy Camping (Paper Smooches)

Today’s challenge is brought to you by Paper Smooches!  We’re spotlighting the new Kismet set, Happy Camper.  I decided to use the cute little deer and make my first Christmas card of the year!  I used some PB&J chevron paper for the background and then used a Divine Twine bitty bag, wrapped in red twine as the front gift card holder.  I stamped the deer in Memento brown and colored with Copics and then stamped a holiday greeting from Very Merry Sentiments.  Last touch was the paper piece the little red Rudolph nose and add some red Stickles.
I hope you’ll hop along and see all of the other DT projects.  Here are the links:

• Carolyn
• Deb
• Gretchen
• Loretta
• Lori
• Lynn
• Tracy

But wait…don’t stop there.  READ ON!
Join us for our Spring Cleaning Sale! Beginning today, May 15th through May 19th. Save up to 50% on selected items and as always, free US shipping with your $60 order!

All stamps 15% off! Spellbinders 20% off! Alterables 25% off! Inks (Sorry, Copics are excluded due to the manufacturer's strict pricing rules) 10% off! 12x12 Collection Packs 15% off! 6x6 and 8x8 pads 10% off! Embossing folders 30% off! And much more!  Be sure to check the sale section for all the great deals!

PLUS! Have you heard about IHP's new rewards from the {heart} referral rewards program? If you love IHP and are looking for another reason to spread the word to your friends, you’ll now be rewarded for doing just that! With our new rewards from the {heart}, simply refer a new customer and earn 10% of their first order placed in the form of a gift certificate. Just have them list you in the section at checkout and 10% of their order will be given back to you as a thank you.

Here are the nitty-gritty details: they must list you at time of checkout; rewards are not valid for any past sales and are only valid for their first order -- but you can refer as many people as you like! There is no limit to the rewards you can earn. We appreciate that you love IHP and want to give back when you share the love. Enjoy, and thanks!

Phew…I know that was a lot of info.  Thanks for sticking with it and popping in today.  Have a great day and enjoy the sale!

Shipping alert and Happy (early) Mother’s Day!

Just a quick note to let you know that no orders will be shipping after noon on Friday or on Saturday.  All orders placed after noon EST on Friday will be shipped out on Monday! 

Here’s the card I made for my mother using some of the new Basic Grey PB&J paper, the Cameo stamp from Gourmet Rubber Stamps (stamped in Memento ink, cut out and popped up using dimensional dots on some oval Nesties), a greeting from Simply Sentiments and then some faux suede ruffle ivory ribbon and some Kaiser pearl basics as finishing touches. 

I hope you all have a lovely Mother’s Day!  Thanks for stopping in!  Get those orders in soon if you need them to ship before Friday!

Rewards from the {heart}

In our last newsletter, we put out a call to help you name our new referral rewards program.  We got a lot of great suggestions but the design team voted and decided that Jennifer’s suggestion of “rewards from the {heart"}” was the best one!  I loved it since it fits in nicely with our newsletter name “news from the {heart}.” 

Jennifer wins a $15 gift certificate for her help!  (Please email so we can send your gift!)  Thanks to everyone who took the time to email in suggestions!  (I’ll take this opportunity to remind you to subscribe to our newsletter on the right side of the homepage.  The newsletter is sent 1-2 times a month and contains specials, news and occasionally special opportunities and contests that are not advertised on the blog or Facebook.  Plus, one lucky subscriber is selected each month to win a $10 gift certificate just for reading!)

I also never showed you this card that I made for the amazingly talented Becky Oehlers for her birthday.  A mutual friend of ours and I collaborated to surprise her about a week before her birthday and I showed up at her door for what she thought was their dinner reservations!  She SCREAMED so loudly that I think the whole neighborhood heard her.  It was fantastic.  :)

I used some paper from the Hello Spring pad (loving that!) and used a Bitty Bag to create a pocket to hold a notecard where I stamped the greeting from the Technique Tuesday set, Happy Birthday in Memento Black.  What I didn’t photograph is that I stamped the word find from that set lower on the card and used a Multiliner to circle “SURPRISE”!  I used the Classic Edges One Edgeabilities to cut my scalloped edge and then added some Kaiser Sparklets for bling.  The final touch was some white satin ribbon. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend!

Farewell Karolyn!

Hello!  I just wanted to make a quick post to say thank you to our special guest designer, Karolyn, that was our very first guest designer!  She made April a very awesome month and far exceeded my expectations!  You can see all of her amazing projects using THIS link.  And believe me, you want to look at them!  It was a blast having her join the team this month.  We’ll have another guest in June so stay tuned!

I did a little stamping over the weekend and came up with this quick card using the latest Paper Smooches Kismet set Spring Groves and one of my fav sentiment sets, Chit Chat.  

I used a paper from the Hello Spring paper line (I loved how the little birdies coordinated with the image from the stamp set), stamped the bird in Memento black, (diecut using my square Nesties) colored it with Copics and then stamped the greeting in Memento Pear Tart.  Lastly I added some pearl lace trim and popped up my focal image using some of my favorite dimensional dots.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a great Monday and wonderful week!

DT Challenge: I’m feeling the felt!

Hello!  Welcome to our monthly DT Challenge.  Today we’re using the new 100% wool felt that I added to to store after CHA.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this felt.  It comes in a nice 8”x12” sheet and is perfectly priced at only $3.15 a sheet so you can get an assortment of colors for a very reasonable price.  This felt is so soft and cuts so cleanly.  For my project I used some new paper from the Hello Spring pad and die-cut some puffy clouds, with a few popped up with my favorite dimensional dots.  I stamped (using Memento ink) onto kraft paper and cut out the tree branch from the Paper Smooches Whimsical set.  Then I die-cut some snow white and  dusty rose felt using the Scalloped Buttons and Round Buttons dies and hand sewed them with some thread to hold them together.  Then I stamped the greeting from the new Simply Said Paper Smooches greeting set and added a knotted white stain ribbon as a final touch.

I hope you’ll hop around and see the team’s projects.  This month our guest designer, Karolyn is playing along so don’t forget her!

• Guest Designer Karolyn Loncon
• Carolyn
• Deb
• Gretchen
• Loretta
• Lori
• Lynn
• Tracy
• ME!!

Thanks for stopping in today.  Have a great day!

Happy Easter!

Happy (early) Easter (and Passover!).  I am in love with this card.  I love the images from the Paper Smooches set Spring Fling and this super cute Hello Spring paper line from Doodlebug.  I stamped the images in Memento Black, cut them all out and colored them with Copics before adding a touch of Stickles on them and a scrap of glimmer ribbon.

I hope you take some time with your family and loved ones this weekend.  I’ll see you again soon!  Thanks for stopping in today!