Mar 30, 2017 | In Colors, Sale-A-Bration 2017 |
Sale-A-Bration Ends March 31st!

The final day of Sale-A-Bration is Friday, March 31st.
You can earn a free Sale-A-Bration item for every $50 in product that you order. Join my team and get your starter kit for $99 plus 2 free stamp sets (that’s an added value of up to $104). It’s the best deal around.
Here are the items that are still available as your Free choice (at the time I’m writing this – but they could sell out at any time).

And don’t forget my birthday special! I’m going to offer a little special for March – order $50 in products in my online store – use the hostess code EY7BCJ9M when you check out and I will send you 5 hand-stamped cards.
2015-2017 In-Colors are Retiring!
Protect your investment!
These In-Colors are retiring –
be sure you have an ink refill, card stock, and any embellishments that you want before they sell out! They traditionally sell out fast in early April – order now!

Happy Stamping!
Monika Davis

Mar 1, 2017 | Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2017 |
Do you like the cute little Tasty Trucks stamp set in the Sale-A-Bration brochure? It’s quite cute! Here in the town I live in we have a place called Truck & Tap. It’s in downtown Woodstock in one of the old buildings – well the tap part is – the bar and the tables. In the back of the building is a parking spot for a food truck. Every day a different food truck pulls in and serves the food for that day. It has become quite popular. Often on Saturdays they have lobster truck come in – that’s the one we like! But this little stamp set doesn’t have any lobsters – I may need to get some from another set and make a lobster truck!
So on to my card today – my truck is a hotdog truck!
These are the parts that I started with –

- Dapper Denim card stock base.
- Dapper Denim embossed layer – I used the Sparkle embossing folder
- Whisper White piece
- Tangerine Tango piece
And I used the Tasty Trucks stamp set and created this

Since you can only get the Tasty Trucks as a free item when you spend $50 here is your $50 shopping list of items for this project:
- Banner Triple Punch #138292 $23
- Sparkle Embossing Folder #141468 $7.50
- InColor Markers 2016-2018 #141393 $15
- Archival Black Stamp pad #140931 $7
I also used markers from the neutrals and brights. Alternately you could use an Aqua-painter and your ink pads to color the truck.
The truck set comes with hot dogs, tacos, cup cakes, ice cream and pancakes. It would be a fun element on a scrapbook page. I wonder when we will start hearing the ice cream truck in our neighborhood.
Have a great day stamping!
Remember Sale-A-Bration lasts through March 31st. Place your order here.

Feb 16, 2017 | 2017 Occasions Catalog, Birthday, Cards, class, Sale-A-Bration 2017 |
Last weekend I held a Birthday Stamp a Stack class it was lots of fun and everyone left with a stack of birthday cards ready to mail out.

There were three card designs using the Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Paper Stack and the Balloon Adventures stamp set. Everyone made 4 of each of the cards. We embellished the cards with Bakers Twine, Linen Thread and Gold Glimmer paper.
I also showed everyone an idea for decorating the Gold Card Tin that you can get free during Sale-A-Bration. I included the die cuts and paper for them to use on their own tins.
Here is a suggested list of items you could order to complete this project and get the Tin for free.
- Balloon Adventures stamp set #142823 $26 (or get the bundle with the dies which is $53)
- Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Paper Stack #142744 $10
- Balloon Bouquet Punch #140609 $18
- Card Tine #143833 FREE
Everyone at the class also received a little treat from me. Here is the whole ensemble showing just one of each card.

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Feb 9, 2017 | Cards, Paper Pumpkin, Sale-A-Bration 2017, Valentine's Day |
A quick little note card made with the stamps from the January 2017 Paper Pumpkin kit.

I added some supplies to create this little note card:
- Whisper White Note cards & Envelopes
- Whisper White card stock – a front layer and the heart
- Stitched Shapes Framelit Dies – to cut the circle
- Gold Thread – or use what is left from your kit
- Metallic Enamel Shapes – for the little gold heart
Use the stamps and ink from your kit. And you can also use dimensionals and glue dots from the kit – I had left overs.
I finished up my little treat boxes from the Paper Pumpkin kit and mailed them out to my boys today.

I did a tiny bit of altering – on the top flap of the box that gets folded over I trimmed away the back and sides so that it was just a top flap that folded over the arrow. I also put a piece of Tear and Tape on that flap to secure it down and then put the little gold heart sticker on the back. On one box I moved the arrow to the front and put it under my heart – that was for mailing purposes – when i was trying to get it in the little padded envelope I was using the arrow came poking out of it on the side when it was placed under the flap. It actually was cute under the heart going across the front too.
If you want the kit for February be sure to have an active account by tomorrow – Feb. 10th. That is the cut off date. And during Sale-A-Bration (now through March 31) you can purchase a 3-month prepaid subscription for $55 (+ tax) and get a free Sale-A-Bration item too. The normal price is $59 – so you save a little bit. And this deal works for both new and current subscribers. Order today on my website.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jan 30, 2017 | 2017 Occasions Catalog, Big Shot, Sale-A-Bration 2017 |
Pull out your Big Shot and make this quick and easy Note Card – so stamping needed. Just paper, a die, embossing folder and a couple of embellishments and you can throw this quick card together.

The piece of Designer Paper is from the Carried Away pack which is Free in the Sale-a-Bration brochure. I love using note cards for quick and easy notes – each pack comes with 20 cards and envelopes. You can get them in Whisper White or Crumb Cake.
Here is a list of supplies that I used – buy these and get the Designer Paper pack free.
- Whisper White Note Cards #131527 $6
- Hello You Thinlits #137363 $25
- Whisper White Baker’s Twine #124262 $3
- 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes #141410 $9
- Hexagons Dynamic Embossing Folder #143231 $9 (Occasions Catalog)
- Carried Away Designer Paper #143608 FREE (Sale-a-Bration)
Plus card stock in Smoky Slate and Night of Navy and my Big Shot Die Cutting Machine. The Big Shot sandwich that I use for the Hello You Thinlits is from the bottom up: Big Shot Platform, Thin Die Adapter, Precision Base Plate, card stock, the die cutting blades down, Cutting Pad.
The Big Shot sandwich that I use for the Dynamic Embossing folder is from the bottom up: Big Shot Platform, Dynamic folder with one piece of paper inside, Cutting Pad. That’s it – these folders are very thick so you only need on Cutting Pad on the top. Don’t use the thin die adapter or the bottom cutting pad.
Enjoy your day!

Jan 17, 2017 | Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2017, Thank You |
Our best promotion of the year is under way – Sale-A-Bration! It doesn’t get any better than free and you have not just one, but THREE ways to earn free products!
Shop to earn Sale-A-Bration items, join to get additional free product in your Starter Kit, or host to get more products with Stampin’ Rewards! Ask me if you want more details about any of these!
The So Very Much stamp set is one of the Sale-A-Bration items that you can choose. It has a beautiful large script Thank You and then several choices for additional sentiments to add in a smaller font. I created this card that would be perfect as a Thank You for that awesome gift you received over the holidays!

I used the Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper, Night of Navy and Whisper white card stock, Night of Navy ink and the Duet Banner Punch to make this simple card. The Thank You image is large and creates the main focal point of the card.
I also decided to decorate the inside just a touch by adding a strip of the designer paper to a white panel.

You can earn the So Very Much set for free by purchasing the items I used for this card and make a whole stack to use throughout the year.
- #141663 Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper $11
- #100867 Night of Navy Card stock $8
- #100730 Whisper White Card stock $9
- #126970 Night of Navy ink pad $6.50
- #141483 Duet Banner Punch $18
- #143340 or #143343 So Very Much stamp set FREE
Thanks for visiting!
Monika

