Flight & Airy Quick Card

Hello and Happy Valentines Day!

I’ve been busy making cards and holding classes for the last few weeks but haven’t had the time to post anything, so here is a quick card I made using the sweet Flight & Airy DSP, which is a Sale-A-Bration you can earn for free with a $50 purchase.

Here is how I made the card.

  • Card base – cut a piece of Boho Blue cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
  • Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″. Cut a piece of Flight and Airy DSP at 4″ x 5 1/4″and run through your die cutting machine with the largest die from the Perennial Postage Dies. Adhere to the Basic White cardstock. Cut a piece of Boho Blue 3/8″ Textured Ribbon at 5 1/2″. Wrap around the DSP piece and adhere ends of ribbon to back of piece with Scotch tape or Tear and Tape. Adhere to card base.
  • Cut a piece of Boho Blue cardstock at 2 1/8″ x 2 7/8″. Cut a piece of DSP with bird images at 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ and run through embossing machine with the largest of the smaller rectangular dies from the Perennial Postage dies. Adhere to cardstock
  • Adhere to card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • Stamp greeting from Charming Sentiments on scrap piece of Basic White cardstock with Boho Blue ink. Run through die cutting machine using coordinating die from the Sentiments Silhouettes dies. Adhere to the bird piece with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • Add a bit of bling with the Opaque Faceted Gems, which is another Sale-A-Bration item you can earn for free with a $50 purchase.
  • For the inside of the card I cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and fussy cut out one of the birds from the DSP sheet with the different colored birds.


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Stampin’ Up! has just added more products that you can earn for free with a $50 or $100 purchase. Sale-A-Bration runs through February 29th. Here are the new selections.

If you choose to redeem any of these items as your free gift, you must use the item numbers listed on this flyer. To view the Sale-A-Bration brochure, just click on the picture of the front cover on the side of this blog post.

During Sale-A-Bration, when you join Stampin’ Up! you can choose $125 of products for only $99, which includes shipping. You get to choose from two FREE bonus options – either this Glass Mat Studio (a $60 value) or your choice of an additional $30 in FREE products. The Glass Mat Studio has been creating quite a buzz! The Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio is a paper crafter’s dream! The heavy-duty glass mat comes printed with a ruler and grid lines for easy measuring, while the large surface space gives ample room for spreading out while paper crafting. The safety-tempered glass has a heat and scratch resistant surface that wipes clean with the included cloth and water—no chemicals needed. The reusable cloth also cleans ink off your stamps! The nonslip, heat resistant, waterproof silicone mat features four palette squares for mixing custom ink colors or for holding small ink spots in place while crafting. Each component can be used separately or you can use all three items together for a multipurpose paper crafting studio that’s both functional and elegant.

Place an online order between $50 and $149 and use this host code for February. You will receive a free gift from me the following month.  If your order is $150 or more DO NOT use the host code. You will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$11.00

Holiday Mini Catalog Begins Today!

The September-December 2023 Mini Catalog ordering period begins today! There are so many great products to select from for all of your fall and winter cardmaking – from Autumn, to Halloween, to Christmas, to Winter themes. The Designer Series Papers are fabulous!

You can view the catalog by clicking on the image of the cover.

A Special Release of five new Designer Series Papers is now available, while supplies last, as an Online Exclusive! Here are close-ups of the papers. FYI, the glimmer papers are adhesive-backed! Click here to shop online.

New Addition to Kits Collection

Christmas Everywhere is the newest kit in the Kits Collection.  Featuring trees from around the world, this kit comes with everything you need to quickly create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—so you can send the special people in your life warm Christmas wishes wherever they are!  Also included in the kit are coordinating envelopes, photopolymer stamp set, Lost Lagoon ink spot, printed card bases, printed die cut labels and images, adhesives and clear block.  Finished card size is 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″.  Coordinating colors are Granny Apple Green, Lost Lagoon, Pecan Pie, Pretty Peacock, Real Red. Cost of the kit is $21.00 and item number is 162422. 

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Boho Beach Kit

Hello!

Today is the last day of the Kit Sale, with discounts up to 30% off. I usually purchase one or two kits a year and as soon as the Boho Beach Kit was introduced I purchased it right away. I think it is one of the most beautiful kits we have ever had. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, being a Pisces, I’m drawn to beach and ocean-themed images! In all the years I’ve been a demonstrator, I never held a kit class until this kit came out and everyone loved it! We made two cards as shown in the kit instructions and then made three additional cards showing alternative options for making the cards using elements of the kit and combining them with different stamp sets, dies and papers.

The next three cards are the alternative versions I designed.

For this card I used a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock cut at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ for the base and cut down one of the cards in the kit to 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″, adhering it to the card front. I used another card front to die cut a 3″ circle. Stamp the large shell from the Season of Chic stamp set with Lost Lagoon ink and run through die cutting machine with coordinating Chic die. The smaller shells were die cut from a piece of Lost Lagoon Soft Shimmer Paper. The bow was made from a piece of Wild Wheat Jute Trim that I separated into one strand.

Cut a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ for the card base. Cut a piece of Pool Party cardstock at 4″ x 4 1/2″. Cut the front of a card base at 1 1/2″ x 3 3/4″. Cut apart one of the envelopes and trim it down to 3 3/4 x 3 1/4″. Die cut edge of the envelope piece with the torn edge die from the Seaside Bay dies and adhere to the card base. Stamp the large and small bird images from the Seaside Bay stamp set and color with Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends. Cut with Seaside Bay dies. Stamp grass and sand images from stamp set with Pecan Pie and Wild Wheat ink. Adhere birds to card front, adhere to Pool Party cardstock, and adhere piece to white card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Stamp greeting from kit.

Use one of the card bases from the kit. Adhere umbrella, leaf and bench from kit. Stamp greeting from the Paradise Palms stamp set with Pecan Pie ink and run through die cutting machine using the hexagon die from the Something Fancy dies. This set is now retired but it is one I won’t part with because of the wonderful greetings in the set, which are perfect for these cards! Cut a length of the linen thread and wrap it around twice, adhere to card and adhere stamped greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Using a small piece of Distressed Gold Specialty Paper, run through die cutting machine using several different shells from the Chic die set.

These are close-up photos of the two cards shown in the kit instructions.

I used Wink of Stella on all of the cards and assorted embellishments for some extra summertime glitz!

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Today is the last day for the Kits Sale.  There is no limit on the number of kits you can purchase.  The discount will be applied when you check out.  Please note that this sale does not include Paper Pumpkin.  Click here to visit the kits page in my online store.

Today is the last day you can redeem any $5 bonus coupons you earned in July. You should have received one or more messages from Stampin’ Up! that included the coupon codes. You will need to enter these codes during online checkout.

Place an online order between $50 and $149 and use this host code for August. You will receive a free gift from me the following month.  If your order is $150 or more DO NOT use the host code. You will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards.

Product List
Chic Dies
[158815]
$37.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$11.00

Seaside Bay Diorama Card

Hello!

Today’s card is a Seaside Bay Diorama Card, which uses products from the beautiful By the Bay Suite. As soon as I saw this in the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog I knew it would be the first thing I purchased in my pre-order! The Designer Series Paper is absolutely stunning! When I saw the DSP with the fish design I thought it would work great with the Layering Diorama Dies.

Here is how I made the card.

  • Card base – Cut a piece of Coastal Cabana at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
  • Cut a piece of the fish paper from the By the Bay Designer Series Paper at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Adhere to card base.
  • Cut a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and run through die cutting machine with the fourth largest die from the Layering Diorama Dies.
  • Cut a coordinating piece of paper from the By the Bay Designer Series Paper at 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and run through die cutting machine with the third largest die from the Layering Diorama Dies.
  • Place the Coastal Cabana die cut piece over the fish DSP and then place the die cut DSP over it. Turn the pieces in different directions until you get a design you like. I wanted to show off as much of the fish as possible and liked how it looked with the Coastal Cabana piece turned the way I decided on. Adhere Coastal Cabana piece to the fish DSP. Adhere the die cut DSP piece to front of card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I used a lot of them in order to create a 3D look.
  • Cut a piece of a Gold Foil Sheet at 2 1/2″ x 3″ and run through die cutting machine with the shell die from the Seaside Bay Dies. Fold along score lines and adhere to card.
  • Cut a piece of Petal Pink cardstock at 2″ square. Stamp greeting from the Paradise Palms stamp set with Soft Suede ink and run through die cutting machine with the shell die from the Chic Dies. Adhere to card, tucking the bottom into the bottom of the Coastal Cabana die cut piece.
  • Cut a piece of Pool Party Sheer Ribbon at 5″, fold in half and adhere in between the gold and Petal Pink shells. Trim ends.
  • Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Stamp the large clam image with Coastal Cabana ink in right bottom corner. Adhere to inside of card. Adhere a large Flat Adhesive Pearl to the clam.

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Online Exclusive Products are now available for purchase.  New products will be added to the Online Store three times a year – March, July and November.  These products will be available online only and will not appear in any catalog.  There will be no end date to the sales period.  Some products will be re-ordered when inventory is low and others will only be available while supplies last.  Stampin’ Up! has brought back two circle punches – yay! The flyer below shows a number of new products. To see all of the new Online Exclusive Products, including the Kits Collection and SU branded merchandise Click here to visit the page in my online store.

Place an online order between $50 and $149 and use this host code for March. You will receive a free gift from me the following month.  If your order is $150 or more DO NOT use the host code. You will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards.

Product List
Chic Dies
[158815]
$37.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$11.00

New Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Begin Today!

Hello and Happy New Year! The beginning of January is always an exciting time! Today, the new Mini Catalog goes live and you can start earning free products during the annual Sale-A-Bration promotion.

Click here to view the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog online

Here are several short videos you can watch to learn more about products in the catalog.

Brand New Bundles Now Available

New Mini Catalog Designer Series Paper

Fancy Flora Suite

Regency Park Suite

Click here to view the brochure online

Select free items of your choice with every $50 and $100 purchase.

Here are a few short videos you can watch to learn more about the Sale-A-Bration promotion

Sale-A-Brate With Designer Series Paper

Earn Free Stamp Sets During Sale-A-Bration

Join During Sale-A-Bration for Exclusive Deals

Now is a great time to join Stampin’ Up! Choose from one of these three options, as outlined on page 18 in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. Free shipping is included.

Option 1 – Select the exclusive Boho Blue Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine ($63 value) plus your choice of $175 of Stampin’ Up! products for only $129.

Option 2 – Select the original white Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine ($63 Value) plus your choice of $175 of Stampin’ Up! products for only $129.

Option 3 – Your choice of $175 of Stampin’ Up! products for only $99.

You can be a happy discount shopper or build a business – the choice is yours! I’d love to have you join my team. For additional information about the benefits of joining, click here.

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Place an online order between $50 and $149 and use this host code for January. You will receive a free gift from me the following month.  If your order is $150 or more DO NOT use the host code. You will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards.