Q&A – Sale-A-Bration best deals

Feb 5, 2013 | Q&A, Sale-A-Bration 2013 | 0 comments

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 Q: How do I get the best deals out of Sale-A-Bration?  Sale-A-BrationA: Sale-A-Bration is all about great deals and rewards. You can get wonderful rewards by shopping, hosting, and joining Stampin’ Up! Which is the best deal? That all depends on what you are looking for!Sale-A-Bration

Shop

During Sale-A-Bration, you get extra rewards just for purchasing the great Stampin’ Up! products you already love! For each $50 of merchandise you purchase, you get to pick a reward item. Spend $100, and you get to select two reward items. Spend $150, and you’ve made your own party! You’ll get 3 rewards plus additional hostess rewards. See the Host section for those details. Many customers stock up on essentials like card stock, adhesives, and embellishments during Sale-A-Bration to take advantage of the extra goodies they can get only during Sale-A-Bration!

Rewards include exclusive products like: stamp sets, ribbon & button bundles, Designer Series Paper, a Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, and a Simply Sent Card Kit, as well as a sneak peek at a new punch and an assortment of goodies from the Annual Catalog!

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Host

Get your girlfriends together for a social night of fun and creativity. You bring your friends and I’ll bring the creative projects you all will love to do together! Your friends all get the extra Sale-A-Bration rewards when they shop and place a qualifying order. You get a fun night with your friends, Sale-A-Bration rewards on your qualifying purchases, and additional Hostess Rewards for qualifying parties.

With a $150 party, you’ll receive:

• The traditional $25 Hostess Shopping Dollars to spend as you like

• Silver Glimmer Paper as a special Sale-A-Bration reward to celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s Silver Anniversary!

With a $400 party, you’ll receive:

• The traditional $65 Hostess Shopping Dollars to spend as you like

• 50% off any full-priced item

• Silver Glimmer Paper to celebrate 25 years of Stampin’ Up!

• Free Sale-A-Bration Product Bundle (includes stamp set, buttons, ribbon & Designer Series Paper)

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Join

I think the best deal of all is joining Stampin’ Up! Why?

• You get to become part of the fun!

• You can make a difference in your life and the lives of other women by sharing Stampin’ Up!

• You receive a 20% discount on all products!

• You’ll have exclusive access to Stampin’ Up!’s creative and business resources.

• You’ll be among the first to see and play with new products.

• You can earn money to pay a bill or replace an income, depending on your goals.

It’s always a great time to join Stampin’ Up! The Starter Kit is a unheard of deal at only $99 and includes $125 worth of products of your choice
plus business supplies.

During Sale-A-Bration, you’ll get an even sweeter deal:

• All the fantastic benefits as usual, plus

• 25% more in your starter kit! ($156.50 worth of products for just $99)

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Your Best Deal

So what’s your best deal? Contact me today and I’ll be happy to help you put together your very best Sale-A-Bration deal! I just love getting to give out extra rewards as part of my job!

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Pretty Petites and Curly Labels

Jan 31, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Sale-A-Bration 2013, Thank You | 7 comments

Have you seen the new Petite Curly Label punch?  It is the cutest and coordinates perfectly with the Pretty Petites stamp set from Sale-A-Bration and also with the Ciao, Baby! stamp set from the Spring Catalog.   I really love this cute little punch and I have another Creation for this weeks challenge from Create with Connie & Mary .

This week is a new sketch challenge – and I have to admit – I was not very excited about this one.  But I got through it and came up with a cute little card.

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Trying to decide what to do with this sketch – I kept coming to the little Petite Curly Label punch.  For the little sections I decide to use the Curly Label punch and use half pieces on the side.  Here it is –

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Here are some details on this card –

  • card base is Summer Starfruit – 4-1/4″ square
  • emboss with the Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Folder
  • Punch with the Curly Label punch from the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack – punch 4 and cut 2 in half
  • Stamp images from the Pretty Petites stamp set – I used Raspberry Ripple and Summer Starfruit
  • Punch out with the Petite Curly Label punch and also punch some from coordinating card stock  – turn the card stock punches in the opposite direction and glue behind the stamped ones – see how it creates a little frame on the top and bottom
  • Punch a flower using the Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack.  Crumple and add a mini silver brad to the center
  • Add the flower to the frame image.
  • Ta-da!

So what do you think?  It turned out pretty cute – didn’t it.  The stamp set and the punch are both available during Sale-A-Bration for free with a qualifying order.  But in case you can’t get both or you have lots of others that you want – the punch will be available for sale after Sale-A-Bration ends.

Visit the Create with Connie & Mary site to see the creations from the rest of the design team and to submit your own creation for this new challenge.  I hope you will play along with us this week – I’d love to see what you do with this sketch.

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:

  • Stamps:  Pretty Petites
  • Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit
  • Card Stock: Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla
  • Accessories: Big Shot die-cut Machine, Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing folders, Curly Label punch, Petite Curly Label punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack, Silver Mini brads.

A quick card to brighten a dreary day

Jan 30, 2013 | Birthday, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2013 | 0 comments

I wanted to share this quick card to brighten a dreary day.  Yep it is one of those days – the TV is on and it has pretty much been weather reports all day – strong storms, tornado watches and warnings, rain, flooding, wind – everything all around us.  Our tornado sirens have gone off several times.  I took the dogs down to the basement for a while – Magnolia decided to stay down there curled up in the blankets.  I’ve gotten reports from Ryan at school and Tyler down at KSU.  Plus I have a new lake in the backyard and side yard and a little waterfall coming through the back wall.  It’s not over yet but hopefully will be soon.

So here is a bright cherry card to show you today – I took it with my cell phone so I hope the quality isn’t too bad.

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This was a card choice today in my Card Maker’s class.  It’s pretty quick and easy to make and uses some of the Sale-A-Bration items that you can get free right now by placing a qualifying order.

  • Card Base is Rose Red
  • then a layer of Whisper White
  • a panel of Whisper white that was embossed with the Vine Street embossing folder
  • stamps from the Madison Avenue stamp set – stem in Lucky Limeade on Whisper White – punch with the 2-1/2″ circle punch
  • stamp the flower in Rose Red card stock in Rose Red ink and punch out with the 7/8″ scallop circle
  • stamp small flower on Pretty in Pink card stock in Rose Red ink and punch out with flower from Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack
  • crumple those, pierce a hole in the center and add a brad through the middle add above the stem with a dimensional
  • stamp a greeting in Basic Grey ink on the circle
  • Add the circle to the front of the card.

This cute idea came from one of the photos I took at Leadership.  I made a few changes but generally it is the same.  Cute card don’t you think?

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Chalkboard and Sale-A-Bration

Jan 29, 2013 | Cards, Demonstrator, Sale-A-Bration 2013, Spring Catalog 2013 | 0 comments

I have several fun cards to share today.  These were the Make&Take projects from my last team meeting that I had earlier this month.  I love having these meetings every other month – sharing with other demonstrators and creating together is always fun!   Since its a demonstrator meeting we do cover business and Stampin’ Up! news but we also have a swap and we do Make&Takes.  You have to have stamping because that’s the fun part!  We normally have 4 projects – one was the little box of Love Notes I shared last week – that’s the one I created.  These other three were shared by other demonstrators that come to my meeting.

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Diane’s Make&Take featuring the Patterned Occasions stamp set from Sale-A-Bration.

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Lisa’s Make & Take featuring the Chalkboard Technique and the More Amore Designer paper.

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Cindy’s Make & Take card featuring lots of Sale-A-Bration products – Madison Avenue stamp set, Sycamore Street Designer paper, Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button pack, Vine Street Embossing folder.

I’d love for you to be part of my team – PAWS – Play A lot With Stamps!  You can join now during Sale-A-Bration for $99 and you starter kit will include 25% more than normal – a total of $156.50 worth of Stampin’ Up! products that you get to choose.  I have three new team members since Sale-A-Bration started – Welcome to Kimberly, Jennifer and Terri!  On February 9th I’ll be having a new demonstrator training session.   Join today and plan to come on the 9th!

Learn more about joining Stampin’ Up! by visiting my website – www.monika.stampinup.net – click on JOIN THE FUN.

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Sycamore Street Sale-A-Bration Birthday

Jan 25, 2013 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2013 | 0 comments

This is a really fun bright birthday card!  And rather easy and fun to make – fun if you like the color spritzer tool – which I do!

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I did a lot of spritzing on this card which makes each one unique.  This was my GoDiva Sale-A-Bration swap card that I made to showcase some of our fun new Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration products that you can earn free through March 22, 2013.  Here is a look at how I made this fun card –

  • first I stamped the happy Birthday from Bring on the Cake stamp set on the Whisper White panel
  • then emboss the Whisper White panel with the Honeycomb embossing folder and the Big Shot
  • then pull out the Color Spritzer Tool and some Stampin’ Write Markers and have fun spritzing – I used the colors to match the designer paper – Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party and Sahara Sand
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  • Cut various strips of the designer paper – Sycamore Street – a Sale-A-Bration freebie choice, snip points into the ends to make flags and staple them to the white panel
  • Tie a piece of Island Indigo ribbon – Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button Bundle – another Sale-A-Bration freebie choice – around the panel
  • add the panel to the Tangerine Tango card base
  • finish with a Tangerine Tango button – Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button Bundle – a Sale-A-Bration freebie – tied with some Whisper White Baker’s Twine.

A super fun birthday card that you could give to anyone!  It’s just bright and cheery.

Stay warm – we are anticipating sleet and freezing rain for today (Friday) – yikes!  That may cause issue for my scrapbook class today – I’ll be posting on my FB page if I need to postpone or cancel it.

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Box of Love Notes

Jan 23, 2013 | Cards, Demonstrator, Designer Series Paper, Mini - Love Notes, Sale-A-Bration 2013, Spring Catalog 2013 | 1 comment

This quick little box is made from one piece of card stock and doesn’t need any adhesive – just a belly band to hold it shut.  Fill it with some cute little matching Love Notes and you have a perfect little gift for someone sweet!

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These are both based on ideas that I saw at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference.  The box was an on stage demonstration and I think the little cards were too – but I’m not sure they were shown together – since my photos have them in different colors – I did combine the ideas for this project that I used in my team meeting this past weekend.  We had lots of fun sharing both creative and business ideas and things that we learned at Leadership.  Right now is a great time to join my team – during Sale-A-Bration you can choose $156.50 worth of products for your starter kit for only $99!  And the kit is fully customizable so you can choose any items you want from the current catalogs!  If you would like to learn more about this opportunity let me know – email me at [email protected] or check out more details on my website.

So back to this cute project – you start with a 7-1/2″ square and then use the Simply Scored Tool with the Diagonal Score Plate (you can get that FREE during Sale-A-Bration) – and score all four sides diagonally at 2-1/4″ and 3-1/2″.

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Then you will do some cutting away of the little sections on each side.

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Then you just fold it up to form the box.  I cut a strip of Rich Razzleberry Designer Paper to go around it for a belly band – it just slides on and off.   That is what holds the box shut.

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Decorating the box was pretty quick –

  • I stamped on the box with a couple of images from the Oh Hello stamp set
  • Wrapped the strip of Designer Paper around it and glued the ends together.
  • Then wrap the Linen Thread around it and tie in a bow.
  • Slide the belly band off and add the Designer Builder Brad, then slide it back on.
  • To make the Builder Brad – stamp an image from the Itty Bitties stamp set on card stock and punch out with the circle from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack.  Use a mini glue dot to attach to the Builder Brad.  Then cover with the epoxy bubble that comes with the brad.

The box holds some Love Notes – which are little 3×3″ cards.  I made mine out of Whisper White card stock and included matching white envelopes – they are the mini square ones in the Stampin’ Up! catalog. We made two designs at our meeting.

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  • The little Love Notes are made from Whisper White card stock
  • Emboss the front edge with the Needlepoint Border Embossing Folder.
  • embossed-stitchingThen stamp the words in Old Olive and the images in Rich Razzleberry
  • Finish the Love Note by tying a piece of Linen Thread around.
  • Stamp the envelopes to match.

A fun little project – I hope you like it.  The stamp set is the Oh Hello stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog.  If you would like to order any of the products that I used to make this project please visit my online store on my website.  Here is a full list of supplies for you.

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:

  • Stamps:  Oh, Hello, Itty Bitties
  • Ink: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry
  • Card Stock: Old Olive, Whisper White
  • Accessories: Simply Scored, Diagonal Scoring Plate, Linen Thread, Needlepoint Border Embossing Folder, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Designer Builder Brads, Mini Glue Dots, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Polka Dot Parade Designer Paper, Mini square envelopes

Have a great day!

Monika

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