All about Sale-a-bration!!!

SAVE THE DATE!!

You're invited to my

Occasions/Sale-a-bration Celebration

on Saturday, January 23rd

from 1:30 - 3:00 pm.

You'll receive your 

Occasions & Sale-a-bration Catalogues

There will be product and project samples,

Make & Takes, Games/Prizes,

And lots of fun.

I hope you can come! 

Just email me so that I will have your supplies

ready for your Make & Take projects.

Happy Stamping...

Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-bration starts on January 5th

Stampin' Up! will release their new 2016 Occasions Catalogue on Tuesday, January 5th, full of exciting new stamps and dies and Designer Series papers! And as you can see I'm excited!!

Along with that comes Sale-a-bration, an annual event where an order of $60 (before tax and shipping) from any current catalogue, clearance rack, or pre-paid My Paper Pumpkin qualifies you for a free gift from the Sale-a-bration brochure.

So I want to share with you one of my favourites of the free stamp sets you can choose if you place a qualifying order. (One of the perks of being a demo is that we can pre-order product!!)

It's called Botanicals for You and it coordinates with one of the stamp sets in the new Occasions Catalogue.

Here are three ways you can use the stamp set that I've found on-line:

Some of you will have already received your catalogues in the mail. If not, you can obtain them by contacting me or by attending my Occasions/Sale-a-bration Celebration being held on Saturday, January 23, from 1:30 - 3:00. I'll give you more details on that tomorrow!

Happy Stamping...

New Year's Eve Musings...

The Countdown is on!

Another year almost over, and a new one soon to begin... Do you make New Year's resolutions (or goals, or wishes)?

I have every year since I've known what they meant. Not to say that I kept many of them (or ANY of them!!) 

But 2015 was a good year for keeping resolutions (I did lose weight, I did exercise more, I did read at least 20 books) so here I am again, listing resolutions for another year.

I won't share the whole list with you, but there are a couple that will affect you as well:

1. I will post to my blog REGULARLY... OK I'm not brave enough to say if that will be five times a week, once a week, or once a month, but it will be more regular than it has been before!

2. I will no longer align myself with the shoemaker's practice (making shoes for everyone else while his family go barefoot), I will be sending out plenty of handmade cards to family & friends this year! Although I love texting and email, I know that receiving a real card is high up on the 'special' list.

How about you? I'd love to hear about some of your resolutions for 2016!

Here is a lovely card for New Year's by Jennifer Frost - a member of Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Design Team.

I will post the supplies to make this card after January 5th, as some of the products are in the upcoming Occasions Catalogue.

Happy Stamping!

My Wish For You This Christmas

Peace and simplicity in your busy life,

Friends and family to share your joys,

Love to make your life complete.

Merry Christmas!

Online Extravaganza Ends Tomorrow with another added 24 Hour Flash Sale!

Online Extravaganza has only One More Day!

Sales end midnight Monday, November 30th.

Don't miss out on some of the best deals of the year, 

PLUS

a NEW 24 Hour Flash Sale

SALE PRICE SAVE 20%  

$7.40 Item #133740

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CHRISTMAS TAGABLES PHOTOPOLYMER BUNDLE

SALE PRICE SAVE 20%  

REGULAR $45.00

SALE PRICE  $36.00 

Item #143212

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PROJECT LIFE BUNDLE

SALE PRICE SAVE 30%  

REGULAR $70.75

SALE PRICE $49.53

Item # 143211

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CLICK HERE to see the rest of the items on sale!

Contact me now to place your order!

Happy Stamping!

Carol

Oh, What Fun!

Oh What Fun Tag Project Kit # 139602 Price $26.00

This is a great project for family Christmas craft afternoon. Everything you need to make beautiful, eye catching tags, or make the tags and use them as the embellishment on a card front. Take a look at the samples below for inspiration!

All of the supplies included in the kit

Completed Tags

Sample Cards

Hope you enjoyed a closer look at this kit.

Happy Stamping

Carol

Tell Your Husband, Tell Your Mother, Tell Your Friends!

There are some amazing deals here - on stamps, paper, dies, punches, ribbons, buttons, and more!!! Grab your favourite liquid, a pen and paper, and enjoy!!

Contact me to order, or if you have any questions!

The following are on sale until November 30th

50% off prices shown

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40% Off Prices Shown

Filled With Love Paper Pumpkin Refill Kit

(Does not include stamps or ink)

139163

$12.50

  

Sew You Paper Pumpkin Kit

139186 

$21.00

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30% Off Prices Shown

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20% Off Prices Shown

Contact me to place your order, or if you have any questions - I am standing by!

Happy Stamping!

Carol

A Year Round Stamp Set

Although it's found in the Holiday Catalogue, the stamp set Your Presents can be used whenever a gift is appropriate!

Although I've ordered several stamp sets before I ordered this one, it kept calling to me whenever I looked through the catalogue, and I'm so glad I finally got it.

It's so quick and fun to use, great if you need to put together a card quickly.

Here's the card I made for today's post:

This card is very clean and simple. The card base is the new heavier weight Whisper White cardstock.

The ink colours I used are Real Red, Gold, and Garden Green.

I popped up the gold present with dimensionals. The sentiment is from Versatile Christmas, another super stamp set that's completely sentiments!

The third present was stamped and cut out by hand, then tied with 1/8" Gold Ribbon, then attached directly to the card base.

Here are some other samples of what you can do with this set:

I hope you enjoyed seeing different ways to use this set.

Happy Stamping
Carol

Blissful Bouquet Alternatives

The Blissful Bouquet kit designs are beautiful, but you don't have to use the elements of the kit exactly as instructed. In fact you only need to add a couple of products from your stash to make an entirely different card.

Here's one I put together in five minutes - it's so easy when most of the elements are already prepared for you!

First I cut a piece of Watermelon Wonder cardstock to 5 1/4" x 4". I stamped the top and bottom of the cardstock using Basic Gray ink and one of the borders from the Bordering Blooms stamp set. (You could also use the smallest flower from the Blissful Bouquet stamp set to do the same thing.)

Then I cut a circle from Hello Honey using one of the Circles framelits to use as a mat behind the round flower background paper, and attached it with dimensionals to the Watermelon Wonder. I stamped the 'thanks' from the Blissful Bouquet stamp set onto the green banner and attached it to the bottom of the circle.

Finally I attached the whole thing to the largest card base in the kit.

Now if you're looking for more ideas, Tracy Elsom - a member of our ASI team - creates alternatives for each Paper Pumpkin kit that is released.

Here is the ad for the October kit:

To order Tracy's Tutorial which includes 8 lovely projects, send her an email requesting to purchase it. tracy.elsom@gmail.com
Only $2.88 Canadian via PayPal!

You can also visit Tracy's blog, "Then Grandma said...".

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping,
Carol

October's Paper Pumpkin Kit - Blissful Bouquet

I subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and it's always fun when my box arrives each month - I can hardly wait to open it and see the treasures inside!

October's contents held supplies for making three different sets of cards. Here is a sample of each:

I think the coordinating envelopes really add extra pizzaz! Imagine finding one in your mailbox... which envelope would you open first - one of the regular white ones or one of these exciting colours!

Even when I've used up all the supplies in the box I still have the lovely stamp set that came with it to use forever!

The kit comes with the watercolour wash paper, then you stamp the flower and leaf designs on it.

The second card is made with the enclosed circle background paper.

 The smaller gift card is made using the enclosed square of background paper.

All of the banners and tags on the cards were included in the kit, all you have to do is stamp!

Tomorrow I'll show you other items you can make using elements from this "Blissful Bouquet" Paper Pumpkin kit that were designed by one of our team.

Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Stamping,
Carol