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Going Green

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I was thinking about March (wishing it was here already) and St. Patty’s day when I saw that the challenge at SUOnly was GOING GREEN! 

Card Recipe

  • Stamps: Got Treats (catalog page 51)
  • Ink: Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green
  • Paper: Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green card stock, Subtles Designer Series Paper Pack, Whisper White
  • Etc: Punches: Postage Stamp (122344), Scallop Square (119884), Scallop Border (119882), Word Window (119857) and Modern Label (119849). Big Shot (113439) and Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder (117335). Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon (126848)

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Bloomin’ Marvelous In-Color Kit for Sale-a-Bration

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Who doesn’t love FREE STAMPS? Sale-a-Bration is the most anticipated sale of the year at Stampin’ Up! because you can choose a stamp set (or other selected products) FREE with every $50 purchase!

Today I wanted to share a “kit” you could purchase to make (at least) 80 cards with…and get the Bloomin’ Marvelous Stamp Set (shown below) FREE!

Here is what the kit contains:

2012-2014 In-Color Kit* (5 Ink Pads & 20 sheets of coordinating card stock)   $29.95
Very Vanilla card stock                                                                         $8.50
Stitched Satin Ribbon (choose from the same 5 colors* above)                        $8.95
Bitty Butterfly Punch                                                                          $15.95
TOTAL (before s&h and tax): $63.35
+ get the Bloomin’ Marvelous stamp set free!       

That’s less than $1 per card! And here are some of the cards you could make with your Bloomin’ Marvelous Kit (which is both the title AND the description!) :

(This last card is an idea borrowed from Mary Fish over at Stampin’ Pretty, with my own spin on it)

* FYI: The 2012-2014 In-Colors are: Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green and Raspberry Ripple and are the colors used on the cards above. 

Surely you’ll be able to come up with MORE ideas using the Bloomin’ Marvelous Sale-A-Bration stamp set and you can order this kit (and more!) in my online store here. To see more S-A-B products, click on the brochure in the right column!

If you would like make any of these cards, I’d be happy to use the one you like best for a free make-n-take project at a class you host in your home! I only have a few dates left before S-A-B ends on March 22, so contact me ASAP: 801-376-8685
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Stamp-a-Stack Card Class, S-A-B Style!

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You may notice that my blog is currently undergoing a facelift (thanks to Julie Semones of Webics Designs). There may be a few tweaks over the next few days, but I am excited for the fresh new look!

Meanwhile, I just wanted to invite you to the Stamp-a-Stack Card Class next Saturday, February 16th in Spanish Fork! Here’s a sneak peek at one of the 3 different cards you’ll be making using some of the products you can earn FREE during Sale-A-Bration:

For more information and to register by February 12th…click here!

Card Recipe (all supplies from Stampin’ Up!): Card stock (River Rock, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry), Ink (Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo), Madison Avenue S-A-B stamp set, Sycamore Street S-A-B Ribbon & Button pack, Loving Thoughts stamp set, Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine, Big Shot, Top Note Die, Punches (1 1/4″ scallop circle, 1″ circle, 3/4″ circle, 1/2″ circle)
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Spring Share: Secret Garden Miracle

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My friend Sally created this elegant card with a few products from the Spring Catalog. Isn’t it beautiful?

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up!): Whisper White, Real Red, Wild Wasabi card stock, Secret Garden stamp set and Cloudy Day textured embossing folder (from Spring catalog), Little Leaves sizzlit, Big Shot, Pearl jewel. The words are from a NEW Sale-a-Bration set called Bloomin’ Marvelous and will be FREE with a $50 purchase starting January 22nd 🙂

Go ahead and put that embossing folder (item 127022) on your wish list…as you see more and more of it, you won’t be able to live without it!

The End…or the Beginning?

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“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” ~ T. S. Eliot

I took the Christmas tree and decor down this morning and my oldest daughter left to fly back to where she lives back east…and while it was a little sad to leave the holidays behind and say goodbye to one of my best friends, there were some things that perked me up: a clean living room and the knowledge that she is moving forward with her life and becoming a wonderful woman! I guess it’s true that when you walk out of a room through one door, you are really walking into a new room and a new adventure!

The same is true when we transition from one “season” at Stampin’ Up! into another: While we hate to say goodbye to some of our old favorites, we are delighted to say hello to fresh, new products! But before the Holiday Catalog exits, let me remind you that TODAY is the last chance to order a few stamps that you may want to snag before it’s too late:

Too busy during the holidays to send cards? Well, if your weather is like ours in Utah today (-2 degrees this morning at 6 a.m.!!) then you could easily create cards from the Winter Memories stamp set (Holiday Catalog pg 19) like the one above created by the talented Pam Clyde!

Or looking forward, send a valentine, which is what we do, since we are the SpendLOVE’s! This LOVEly card uses a unique color palette: Pool Party, Real Red and Calypso Coral and the Affection Collection stamp set (HC pg 35) and was made at Jill Olsen’s stamp day in Dixie:

 
And WHOO could forget this cute little critter and the Owl Occasions stamp set (HC pg 13)? Dress him up for Christmas or Birthdays! While the Woodgrain Textured Embossing Folder (127821) will still be available for purchase in the new Spring Catalog, the Early Espresso Core’dinations Card Stock (127848) will not be…and see how realistic it looks when the white “core” shows through? WHOO “wood”n’t want some of that in their craft stash?

Finally, if you need any Champagne Glimmer paper (127885) for upcoming projects, order it today too…for while I’m hoping it makes it into the next catalog coming out in July, it’s not carried over into the Spring Catalog, as far as I can see….

And of course, new items have been added to the Clearance Rack at AMAZING prices (up to 80% off), so click the image below to start shopping before the Holiday Catalog and Clearance Rack Items are gone for good!

Two-for-One Challenge: Feeling Autumnal

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Serendipity! I made this card yesterday for the Create with Connie and Mary color challenge and woke up to discover that it kind of fits the Clean & Simple sketch #216 scallop challenge too 🙂 Since I haven’t made nearly enough fall/autumn cards, I was very pleased with how it turned out and the champagne glimmer paper makes me so very warm inside:

I adore the Autumn Accents Die for the Big Shot to make my own leaves and I used the Simply Scored to give the leaves veins. The DSP is from the Comfort Cafe package.  

It was so fun to create last night, but here is what my desk looks like this morning:

And my kids think there should be food in the fridge, so I guess I’ll be cleaning and shopping today instead of crafting 😦 As my Father-in-Law is fond of saying, “Just when you teach ’em to eat dirt, they up and die on you.” No bueno!