Wrapping Up the Holidays

From now until December 15, 2007 Stampin' Up! is offering a variety of products designed to help simplify preparation for holiday gift giving with a number of timely offers. Place your order soon as quantities are limited! Are you a Sweet Inkspirations blog subscriber? If so, place an order and receive FREE shipping on your order. Email me today to place your order!

112409 Holiday Tag Bundle $4.95
The Holiday Tag Bundle includes the following pieces of pre-cut cardstocks & twill tape:
-30 pieces of Whisper White card stock-15 pieces of Real Red textured card stock-15 pieces of Soft Sky Prints Designer Series Paper (Dotted Diamond pattern)-15 pieces of Real Red twill tape
The pieces for this bundle make 15 cellophane bag toppers that are perfect for neighbor or teacher gifts. These pieces are from the Holiday Glitz card kit and will come shrink-wrapped individually (for example, all 15 pieces of Real Red twill tape will be shrink-wrapped as one)

110380 Tags for All Stamp Set (20% off) $24.76

110264 Designer Gift cards (30% off) $4.55

109862 Chocolate Chip satin ribbon* Buy 1, get 1 free!*$4.95 per roll

109863 Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon* Buy 1, get 1 free!$4.95 per roll
The satin ribbon offer (buy one, get one free) is good on both the Purely Pomegranate and Chocolate Chip ribbon. You may select any combination of ribbon for their free ribbon. For example, you can buy one Chocolate Chip and choose a second Chocolate Chip or a Purely Pomegranate ribbon for the free ribbon.

112410 Tin 3-Pack $9.95
The Tin 3-Pack contains three empty Accents & Elements tins. These tins have never been available for purchase separately.

110147 Celebration wrapping paper* $17.95

110228 Hand Selected Accents & Elements (25% off) $8.21

Happy Stampin' and Blessings to you!
Kimberly Myers

Blog Candy Winner!

Thank you to my family and Anthony (Kaitlin's buddy) for helping me pick my first Blog Candy winner. They were asked to choose #s until each # had been picked. They had no idea why I was asking them to guess #'s. I had decided prior to the guessing to do things a bit backwards and have the last number picked as my winner. So........#5 is the lucky #!

.......And the blog candy goes to Kathy Sharp. Be on the lookout...blog candy is coming your way! Enjoy your cards and your sweet treats. Thank you to everyone for subscribing to my blog and for posting such nice comments.

Happy Stampin' and Blessings to you!
Kimberly Myers

Thank you so much...

I'm so thankful for this blog as it is keeping me connected to each of you. With the craziness of life it's really hard to stay connected with everyone. It's nice that any time of day I can boot up the computer and reconnect. I've talked with many of you more the past few weeks than I had the past few months. I'm thankful and so blessed to have each of you in my life. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog and stay connected. I look forward to turning on my computer every morning to check emails. Thank you for all of the wonderful emails you send bursting with such wonderful and sweet comments about my blog. I would also like to thank you for the many prayers. Thank you for letting me know what is going on in your life and sharing your prayer requests. Keep the emails and prayer requests coming. Blessings to all of you!

Sweet Inkspirations Subscriber's Stampin' Special for November

Place a Stampin' Up! order of $35 or more by November 25th and you will receive FREE shipping! Remember to stock up on Designer Series Papers...buy 3 get 1 FREE! Please contact me today and I'd be happy to place your order. Thanks for subscribing to my blog.

Happy Stampin' and Blessings to you!
Kimberly Myers

Soon to be unveiled is...

Stampin' Up!'s 2008 Spring/Summer Collection Catalog. Stampin' Up! will now be unveiling two catalogs each year. I'm so excited as a new catalog brings new stamp sets, new accessories and new embellishments! Yahooooo! The preview brochure should be coming to your mailboxes or you can view it online at www.stampinup.com on December 1st.

Preorder your 2008 Spring/Summer Collection Catalog today for $10 and receive a coupon for $5 off your first Spring/Summer Collection purchase of $35 or more. Plus...I will spiral bind your catalog for FREE. Products are available from January 1st, 2008 – June 30th, 2008.

Be sure to email me no later than December 1st to take part in this preorder special! There will be an additional charge to ship your catalog.

As always there will be a list of retiring items. The retired list should be unveiled December 1st... so be sure to keep an eye on your email or my blog to see what items we will be saying farewell to! Retired items must be ordered by December 28th.

Happy Stampin' and Blessings to you!
Kimberly Myers

Want to win some Blog Candy?

Woo hoo! I hit 1000 visitors today! To help celebrate and thank you for visiting my blog I'd like to give away some blog candy. Thank you so much for all of the kind emails I've received.

If you would like the opportunity to win the blog candy shown here, you must be an activated subscriber to Sweet Inkspirations. To subscribe, enter your email address in the box found in the left column, then be sure to activate your subscription.




It's easy to enter... just post a comment below telling me what you would like to see on my blog and you'll be entered to win. I look forward to reading your comments and welcome your feedback to improve my blog. Please be sure your comment includes your first and last name along with the state your reside in. I will draw a name Sunday evening at 8:00pm and announce the winner on Monday. The lucky winner will receive one each of my six Christmas card designs plus a sweet treat package soon to be revealed. Thank you for visiting my blog.

Happy Stampin' and Blessings to you!
Kimberly Myers

Click on "comments" located underneath this line and enter to win!

Christmas Card Stamp-A-Stack

Want to create these cards in the comfort of your own home? I've prepped a few extra kits with everything you need. All images will be stamped, ready for you to assemble. Your kit will contain all supplies (except adhesives) to create 12 cards (2 each of the 6 designs)with envelopes. The price of the kit is $30 which includes shipping. Please email me if you are interested. Thank you!



Noel
Stamp sets: Big on Christmas
Papers: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Real Red, Dashing DSP
Inks: Basic Black, Real Red, Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Gold Brads, 1/16" circle punch, Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon,




Let It Snow
Stamp Sets: Big on Christmas
Papers: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Dashing DSP
Inks: Basic Black, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Only Orange
Accessories: Photo Corners Punch, 1/16" circle punch, Red Gingham Ribbon, Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Mini Glue Dots




Star Studded Christmas
Stamp Sets: Star Studded Season, Baroque Motifs
Papers: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Silver
Inks: Bashful Blue, Silver Encore Pad
Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder, Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Bashful Blue 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon




Pure Joy
Stamp Sets: Season of Joy
Papers: Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery DSP, Whisper White
Inks: Purely Pomegranate
Accessories: Scalloped Punch, 1 3/8", 1 1/4" circle punches, Purely Pomegrate Double Stitched Ribbon, Gold Brad




Merry & Bright
Stamp Sets: Season of Joy
Papers: Dashing DSP, Real Red, Old Olive, River Rock, Whisper White
Inks: River Rock, Real Red
Accessories: Paper Piercing Tools, Gold Brad, 1/16" circle punch, Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon




Z-Fold Joy
Stamp Sets: Love & Joy, Star Studded Season
Papers: Blizzard Designer Wrapping Paper, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Inks: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Key Tag Punch, 3/4", 1", 1 1/4" and 1/16" circle punches, Silver Brads, Chocolate Chip 15/16" Satin Ribbon

Help Make A Difference!

I had hoped to update my blog earlier in the week but life is as usual...crazy. I'm sure all of you can relate.

I have been feeling the need to balance my life and learn the word "NO". After much thought the past few weeks, I decided to step down from my current volunteer position at the Sheriffs Department. The older my kids get the busier my life gets and it's becoming much more difficult to juggle everything. Plus...my Wonder Woman suit is fading and doesn't fit quite right! I love being a part of the department and I'm going to miss interacting with the public and those I have had the privilege to work with. Good news is...I was asked to help moderate the message board on the website. This is something I will do part time from my home. I'm hoping to learn much more as I'm so new to blogging. It's wonderful to be able to help out and give back to the community, but my family comes first. Life is wonderful but getting busier by the day!
















Wow it's already November! Kaitlin's senior year is flying by. I can't believe she will be graduating in May. My how the time flies by when your having fun! She continues to be my very strong-willed, spirited child filled with lots of attitude. I know one day these fine qualities she displays will be to her advantage. This too shall pass is what I continually say and what I'm told by those who know Kaitlin.

Matty is having a great time at his new school. He is gearing up for a fun basketball season. He is playing for his school and for St. Rose CYO. I love basketball and can't wait for the games to begin. Basketball is officially in full force and so is my taxi service!

This past week I was thankful for any free moment I had. It was spent prepping for my classes this weekend as well as preparing my "Class by Mail" card kits. Woo-hoo! Last night I finished packaging all the kits and I had planned to mail them this morning. Well, silly me...today is a holiday and there is no mail service.

In honor of Veteran's Day I wanted to share an address I received from Elizabeth, one of my on-line friends.

A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20307-5001

No matter how you feel about the war, please take the time to send at least one Christmas Card to the address above. These men and women are doing what they are trained to do and need your support especially during the holidays. Please also remember to pray daily for our Veterans and those who continue to serve our country. Thank you for taking the time to pass this along to your family and friends and together we can help make a difference!

Happy Stampin' and Blessings to you!
Kimberly Myers

"I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us." -Anne Lamott

All in the Family

Dave Abbott Family Fund

Help us honour our Stampin'Up! friend and Australia General Manager, Dave Abbott. Dave passed away from a rare blood disease, and from November 1-30 Stampin' Up! is donating 100 percent of the sales worldwide from the "All in the Family" stamp set (page 83, #109339, $36.95) to the Dave Abbott Family Fund.

As my personal thank you for purchasing this set, you will receive my demonstrator discount of 20% off this stamp set. Please email me today to place your order.

If you would like to contribute directly to the fund, please make checks payable to "The David Abbott Memorial Fund." Checks should be mailed to the following address:

Chase Bank Utah, NA
Attn: Teresa Howell
80 W Broadway, Suite 200
Salt Lake City, UT 84101