Hello Note Card

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.

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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!

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Floral Boutique 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!

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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.

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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

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Carried Away with Sale-A-Bration

It’s time to get carried away with all the cute items in the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  And one of those is the Carried Away Designer Series Paper!

It coordinates perfectly with the Life Me Up Bundle in the Occasions Catalog.  I used those plus the Designer Tee Stamp set in the Sale-A-Bration brochure to make this fun swap card.

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  • I stamped the little clouds from the Lift Me Up stamp set on the Watermelon Wonder card base.
  • Next I added a piece of the Carried Away Designer Paper.
  • I stamped Happy Birthday from the Designer Tee stamp set in Night of Navy on a strip of Whisper White card stock and added that across the front.
  • Tied a piece of Night of Navy Baker’s Twine around the front of my card.
  • Die cut the large hot air balloon from the Up & Away Thinlits dies from Night of Navy card stock and used little bits of dimensionals to add that to the front.

This is what it looked like with all my pieces as I was making a stack of these.

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I love how it turned out.  You can order the Lift Me Up Bundle and save 10% (the wood bundle is over $50 or add a little to the clear bundle) and get the Carried Away Designer Paper for Free during Sale-A-Bration.  Shop Now in my Online Store here.

Our snow and ice has finally melted (mostly) and everything should be returning back to normal now.  The schools around here have been closed the past two days because travel was hazardous around here – think ice!

Thanks for visiting!

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Hey, Chick

Hey, Chick – did you hear that Sale-a-Bration has started?

Which came first the Chicken or the egg?  In my case I think it was the egg – the Occasions catalog has some fun new mini egg cartons which I have here in my craft room.  Now I just need time to play with them.  Then there is the Hey, Chick stamp set.  I keep thinking I ordered it but then I can’t find it.  So I finally sat down and went through my orders yesterday and Yes I really did order it (demos get to pre-order in December).  And then I had to go on a hunt to find it – it was like hunting for eggs – ha ha!  Finally I found it!

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This fun stamp set is one of the FREE items you can choose during Sale-A-Bration.  Spend $50 in product and select this as your freebie.

Read what our illustrator, Lori Sume, has to say about her inspiration for the Hey, Chick stamp set:
When I was a child growing up in Canada, I remember some family friends who had little chickens that I thought were so cute. A couple of summers ago here in Utah, I stopped at a friend’s ranch and saw all their cute animals including their chickens. They had typical chickens but also another kind called Polish Frizzle Bantam White Chickens. I think they are so funny with all those feathers flopping around on the top of their heads and how they like to stare straight at you and cock their heads.
So when I was assigned to create the Hey, Chick Stamp Set, I was so excited. I wanted to exaggerate the rounder chickens and really make them round, and I also really wanted to draw one of those funny chickens I saw at my friend’s ranch. It was a really fun set to create.

 

Here is a list of supplies for the cards above:

Hey, Chick Stamp Set; Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Real Red, Shimmery White, and Whisper White Cardstock; Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper; Watercolor Paper; Crumb Cake Note Cards & Envelopes; Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, and Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin’ Pads®; 5/8″ Burlap and Delightful Dijon 5/8″ Mini Striped Ribbon; Very Vanilla Thick Baker’s Twine; Linen Thread; Tasty Treats Designer Washi Tape; Stampin’ Dimensionals®; Aqua Painters®; 1-3/8″ Circle Punch

Stay warm this weekend – we have snow headed our way – which doesn’t happen very often.  It was sleeting earlier and the temps are dropping.

Thanks for visiting today!

Monika

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Ordering is Live

You can now order from the brand new 2017 Occasions Catalog!  It’s just a little weird writing 2017 – I’ll have to get used to that.  Another year flew by and this one is off to a rocky start.  First the weather here has been less than stellar – rain, rain, cold, more rain, and now wintery mix of weather headed our way.  And I have a cold so I don’t feel like doing much at all.  And today – the start of this new Catalog and our best promotion of the year – Sale-A-Bration the Stampin’ Up! home office had a MAJOR system crash.  Yep everything was down for probably a solid 12 hours.  But it’s up now so you can order and earn free products!

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SHOP NOW

Occasions catalogs went out in the mail in December (if you are local you can also pick up here at my next class) and I mailed out Sale-A-Bration catalogs on Tuesday.  If you don’t receive your copy – please let me know.  If you are new to Stampin’ Up! and need a demonstrator – I’d love to be yours!

Here is a little video sneak peek of the Occasions catalog

There is a lot of fun stuff inside for all your upcoming spring occasions!

Thanks for stopping by.

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