Oh, no!  There is only one week left of Sale-a-bration!  How did that happen.  I know that Spring has sprung and all that but where did the last three months go?  I’m not sure I have all the Sale-a-bration items that I wanted to get.  How about you?

Well, don’t worry…we still have time.  Seven days to be exact!  We could place an order every day or maybe just one big one.  Hmm….I like the idea of one big order with everything I need to stock up on.  Cardstock, envelopes, adhesive…..

If I place one big order and it just happens to be over $250 I will get $25 in extra Stampin’ Rewards.  Woo Hoo!  I just may need to work on that because there are things I need.  How about you?  Are you working on that last minute Sale-a-bration order?

Now, $250 may seem like a big order but what about $99?  I know, the threshold for Sale-a-bration items is in $50 increments.  Why would you only spend $99?  Well, if you are going to spend $99 you definitely should purchase the Demonstrator Starter Kit!  This is the BEST deal EVER!  If you purchase the $99 Starter Kit you get to choose $175 in Stampin’ Up! merchandise!  That’s $76 of FREE product!  On top of that you will receive a 20% discount on all future orders!  Woo Hoo!  Best Deal Ever!

Don’t miss out on Sale-a-bration 2019!  Check out all of those items you can get for FREE right here!  Or even better!  Click on over to this page and sign up NOW to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator….$175 worth of product for only $99 AND a 20% discount on ALL future purchases!  You can’t go wrong!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!  And don’t miss out on Sale-a-bration 2019!

Frogs can be so stinkin’ cute!  I actually used to collect frogs.  Little glass one, stuffed animals and anything in between.   I still think frogs are cute but I got rid of the collection when we started to move.

When Stampin’ Up! came out with the So Hoppy Together stamp set for Sale-a-bration I was pretty excited.  TSC!  Too Stinkin’ Cute!  I designed a card back in December with the set but I knew I needed to use it again before Sale-a-bration.  I designed this card for my most recent class.

Do you recognize the die cut words that I used on the card?  They were a Sale-a-bration item last year.  I love them and am so glad they carried over into the new Annual Catalog.

The designer paper I used on the card is from the Tropical Escape pack in the Annual Catalog.  As you can see from this pattern, not all of the designs are “tropical”.  There are some great designs.

The Granny Apple Green color works perfectly with the frog, don’t you think?  Not only does the designer paper coordinate with the cardstock but I was able to color the frog with my Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends.  I LOVE COORDINATION!  🙂

I hope you have a “hoppy” day!  Take care and “Hoppy” Stamping!  😀

Easter is on it’s way!  It’s time for flowers, sunshine and bunnies.  Unfortunately the weatherman is predicting a blizzard here in Colorado today…we’ll see what happens.  🙂

But back to….BUNNIES!  Really, what is Easter without a bunny?!  Here is an cute bunny card I made for class today.  I used the adorable Fable Friends stamp set.  This bunny isn’t the only cute, well dressed critter from this stamp set.  There’s a little squirrel with a sailor’s hat and a mama duck with three little ducklings that are all wearing rain hats and rain jackets.  TSC!  Too Stinkin’ Cute!

I stamped the bunny with Memento Black Tuxedo Ink and colored him with my Stampin’ Blends.  I die cut him with the Stitched Shaped Oval and layered him on a scallop oval.  For the background I naturally had to use my favorite Subtle Embossing Folder.  Simple, yet adorable!

Smile if you love bunnies!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Did everyone survive Daylight Savings Time yesterday?  It definitely was a bit difficult getting up that hour earlier.  Yuck!  I was just getting used to the sun shining when I got up in the morning.  Now its dark again…ok…not pitch black or anything, but dark!

There’s only a little over two weeks left of Sale-a-bration 2019.  What is your favorite Sale-a-bration item?  I will have to say that my favorite is the Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  Whew….that was a mouthful.  I think I’ll just call it the Country Floral Embossing Folder and be done with it!  Ha!  This embossing folder is absolutely GORGEOUS!  If you don’t have it yet, place an order now and get it will you can!  You are definitely going to want this embossing folder.

I can’t get enough of it!  It’s not like my other favorite embossing folder….the Subtle Embossing folder…that I can use on every card I make but I definitely want to use it whenever I can!

We are using on a card for this week’s Card Buffet class.  Here I have it as a sympathy card but this embossing folder would work for many occasions….just change the sentiment.

Doesn’t the butterfly work perfectly with all of those embossed flowers?  This butterfly is from the Butterfly Beauty Thinlits from page 13 in the Occasions Catalog.  This set of thinlits is amazing!  Look at all of those butterflies!  The little butterfly on my card is actually the small one on the two larger dies.  Yes…coordination again!  You die cut two different images and overlap them to get the layered butterfly.  On my butterfly I used both the Copper Foil Sheets and the Champagne Foil Sheets.  I just die cut that small section with both dies and trimmed them down.

As I’m typing this and looking at the picture of the dies I was thinking how lovely just one big butterfly on the front of the card with the Country Floral Embossing Folder would be.  Hmmm…..I may have to try that when I’m done with this post!  I’ll let you know how it turns out.

This was my first time playing with these dies and I can’t wait to try them again!  You can purchase these thinlits in a bundle with the Beauty Abounds stamp set (#150617 $55.75).   How great is that?….if you purchase the bundle you qualify for a Sale-a-bration item and you can choose the FABULOUS Country Floral Embossing Folder for FREE!  Woo Hoo!

Think about it but don’t wait.  Some of the Sale-a-bration items are gone for good already.  You don’t want to miss out on this embossing folder!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

March is definitely Birthday Month!  I know so many people who have birthdays this month!  Today is only the 8th and I know 8 people who’ve had birthdays already this month including a couple of special ones.  My niece turned 18 on Monday (how in the world did THAT happen!?) and another one of my friends from high school turned the big 6-0!

I want to make each one of my close high school friends a special birthday card this year since we’re all celebrating the big mile stone 6-0.  I shared Linda’s card with you last month.  Here’s Rachel’s card.

Rachel loves Hawaii so I decided to use the Tropical Escape Designer Series Paper and the Tropical Thinlits on her card.  I love that leafy square die cut.  It makes the perfect backdrop for that big 6-0! Ha!

Don’t you just love the way that Stampin’ Up! products all coordinate together?  You get the card stock colors coordinating with the designer paper colors and the designer paper designs coordinating with framelits.  Stampin’ Up! makes creating projects SO easy!  I LOVE it!

If you live in one of those freezing cold states that getting walloped in snow this year just look at this card and think of Hawaii!  You’re sitting on the beach with a Mai Tai looking at the waves rolling in as the warm breeze blows.  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Spring is just around the corner, right????  Well, this card makes me think of spring with the floral designer paper and the soft colors.  It’s time for Spring Tea!

Nancy used the Tea Time Framelits which just happen to be a Level 1 Sale-a-bration choice.  Guess what?  They COORDINATE perfectly with the Tea Together stamp set in the Occasions Catalog!  You know how I LOVE coordination!

Nancy designed this card for our Shoebox Swap and was challenged to use two embossing folders.  She used the Petal Burst folder on the Flirty Flamingo background piece and the brand new Lace Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the the tea pot.  Isn’t the tea pot cute embossed?

This Lace Embossing Folder is gorgeous and I’ve so many fabulous cards made using it.  It works perfectly as a background on a card or even as the focal point on this card.

This card would be great for any occaion.  Birthday, get well, thinking of you….all sorts of cards.  I love designs that are versatile like this.  Thank you Nancy for sharing!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

The Wonderful Romance stamp set and the coordinating Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper are GORGEOUS!  Yes, there are framelits that coordinate with the stamp set too!

I love this stamp set but I originally shied away from it because I get a little nervous about coloring….especially when there is a lot of it.  I’d rather stamp and move on.  I really need to work on changing my attitude though because Stampin’ Up! has so many gorgeous line-art images!

At my group’s recent Shoebox Swap three different people chose this stamp set for their card.  And yes, a couple of those we had to color.  Glenda chose use a sheet of the gorgeous Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper on her card.  Two of the patterns in this pack of paper are vellum.  These vellum patterns are the two large sheets at the top of the image.  GORGEOUS!  Glenda used the one on the left.  Love it!

Glenda also used the new Rectangle Stitched Framelits.  She made the two frames with them as well as the piece that’s inside the green frame.

This card is so sweet.  All the cards Glenda designs are sweet.  That’s her style.  The floral image is heat embossed with White Embossing powder and cut out with one of the dies.  Then we went over the inside of the embossed image with Wink of Stella.  How can you go wrong with a little sparkle?  🙂

“Wishes” seems to pop out at you because it was die cut twice from Whisper White cardstock and once from the gorgeous vellum and then layered together.  I need to remember to try that sometime on my cards.

I hope you like Glenda’s card.  Have a “sweet” day.  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Do you know what the best deal Stampin’ Up! ever offers is?  You should because it’s happening NOW!  Actually, the best deal Stampin’ Up! offers happens anytime…it’s just a bit sweeter during Sale-a-bration.  Have you figured out what I’m talking about yet?  It’s the Demonstrator Starter Kit!

The Demonstrator Starter Kit is a great deal any time of the year…you get to choose $125 of merchandise for only $99!  That’s $26 of FREE product!  Then you get a 20% discount on all future purchases! Wow!

As I mentioned earlier, purchasing the Demonstrator Starter Kit during Sale-a-bration is even better!  For the $99 purchase you get to choose $175 of products!  Oh, my!  That’s an extra $50 of product if you sign up to become a demonstrator before March 31st for a total of $76 in FREE product!  Woo Hoo!

Ask me how you can get a 20%–25% discount on all Stampin’ Up! products. Sharing your love of papercrafting as a demonstrator is a great way to support your hobby! Plus you can earn additional income based on your sales and recruiting–just how much extra income is up to you. It’s your business so you get to set your schedule and put in as much (or as little) time as you’d like. Stampin’ Up! provides plenty of support through online training resources, a quarterly magazine, biannual events, and a demonstrator-only online community with thousands of project ideas!

Find out some of the reasons I love being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator here.  Or if you’re ready to take the plunge and join my team of SASsy Stampers you can sign up here.  I would really LOVE to have you all join my team….we’re a really fun bunch!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!