The Occasions Catalog is here and will be with us for the next 5 months – January 5 – May 31, 2016. Lots of pretty new things so you can make handmade cards and gifts from the Heart. If you haven’t seen it yet – here is the cover:
AND our annual Sale-A-Bration Promotion also starts today and runs through March 31, 2016. That means you get FREE products!
Look at all the pretties! Here are three different ways you can earn FREE products:
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Check out the annual catalog and the new Occasions catalog for products to purchase and earn Free Sale-A-Bration products.
Come back tomorrow and I’m going to share about my OnStage presentation in Tampa where I showcased the new Love Blossom Suite from the Occasions catalog.
Today is the last day of the Holiday Catalog and the last day you can order the To You & Yours Shaker Cards Project Kit. It always surprises me how much better the kits are in person compared to how they look in the catalog. This one looked like it would be fun and I ordered it and then let it sit a while. When I finally got it out to make some of the cards I was surprised by how much was included and how fun they were. They really turned out to be cute cards. Now I had to alter mine slightly. Why? Well I ordered the Kit which includes all the consumable products but I didn’t order the coordinating stamp set. So I got creative with what I already had at home in order to complete the three card designs in the kit.
Here are what mine look like. Can you see the differences compared to the photos on page 4 of the catalog?
Here is what I used from the Holiday catalog:
To You & Yours Shaker Cards Project Kit pg. 4
Peaceful Pines pg. 17
Holly Jolly Greetings pg. 34
Acorn Builder Punch pg. 45
Six Sayings pg. 51 – Hostess stamp set
I basically used stamp sets that I already had instead of buying another one and then finished with some punched pieces to fill in where I was missing something. Here are a few more details:
On the Tree card:
I used the Peaceful Pines stamp set for the tree and the Six Sayings stamp set for the greeting.
The star at the top is the star punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. I used the left over edges of the gold foil from the Star card.
The base of the tree is the Cupcake Builder Punch – I used a scrap of Early Espresso card stock and then cut the punched piece down a little bit so it was shorter.
You can also decorate your envelope with the left over green tree piece from the frame.
On the Star card:
I used the little stars from Holly Jolly Greetings for the background and corners. But there are other sets that have something similar you could use.
Save the gold foil scraps from around the star and use to punch the pieces for the other cards.
Use the left over gold star piece to decorate your envelope.
On the Ornament card:
I used the little stars from Holly Jolly Greetings for the background.
For the ornament string I used my Project Life Journaling Pen.
For the ornament top I punched from the left over Gold Foil the acorn top from the Acorn Builder Punch.
You could order this kit now and work on your cards for next year early!
As a special thank you for anyone placing an order $25 or more in product thru January 4th, 2016 I’ll be sending you a surprise gift in the mail – be sure that you are NOT selecting NO CONTACT on your order (I won’t know who you are if you do and can’t send you the gift).
ORDER HERE and use the HOSTESS CODE WQGQY4QJ when you check out with an order less than $150 in products. If your order is $150 or more in product you get to redeem FREE Stampin’ Rewards so don’t use the hostess code. If you are part of my Stamper’s Club or the KSU group please use the hostess code I posted on your Facebook Group and it will count towards the January meeting.
Here is the full list of supplies – click on any item to go to my store:
Here is a fun card made with the Snow Friends bundle from the Holiday Catalog – it includes the Snow Place stamp set and the coordinating Snow Friends Framelits Dies. Fun mix and match pieces to make various winter creations.
Holiday catalog products on this card:
Snow Place stamp set pg. 33
Snow Friends Framelits Dies pg. 33
Snow Friends Bundle pg. 33
Softly Falling Embossing Folder pg. 24
The igloo is made with the Brick Wall Embossing Folder and the Circle Framelits. I sponged the edges with Tip Top Taupe ink.
There are just a couple more days of the Holiday Catalog and the Year End sale. Don’t miss some great deals.
As a special thank you for anyone placing an order $25 or more in product thru January 4th, 2016 I’ll be sending you a surprise gift in the mail – be sure that you are NOT selecting NO CONTACT on your order (I won’t know who you are if you do and can’t send you the gift).
ORDER HERE and use the HOSTESS CODE WQGQY4QJ when you check out with an order less than $150 in products. If your order is $150 or more in product you get to redeem FREE Stampin’ Rewards so don’t use the hostess code. If you are part of my Stamper’s Club or the KSU group please use the hostess code I posted on your Facebook Group and it will count towards the January meeting.
Continuing the countdown….3 more days to order from the Holiday Catalog. The Designer Papers have been very popular this year. At convention we learned how the designers at Stampin’ Up! create the papers. Many are original hand painted or drawn designs. Now that the holidays are over you don’t have to stop using the pretty paper. Many of the patterns are general enough that they can be used for other things like Birthday cards! Any print that isn’t holiday specific would work. And often when one side is holiday specific the other side is not. Here are a couple of ideas for you.
These are the Holiday catalog items I used on this card:
Into the Woods Designer Series Paper pg. 43 (On Sale)
Into the Woods 3/8″ Cotton Ribbon pg. 43 (On Sale)
And here is another:
This one used the Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper. Unfortunately this paper is already sold out. The ribbon on this card is Hello Honey 3/8″ Satin Stitched Ribbon is part of the Year End Sale.
Take a look at your Designer Papers and see if you can make a stack of birthday or thank you cards from something that you thought was just for Halloween, Fall or Christmas.
Here is a video from Stampin’ Up! showing you how some of the Holiday paper were created. If you here a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator say DSP that stands for Designer Series Paper.
The two cards were the same I just switched the Designer Paper and ribbon and used matching card stock. These are supplies for the Into the Woods version:
Happy New Year! I’m still counting down the last few days of the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog. Only 4 more days. Today I have two cards to share with you – one a Christmas card but the other is a New Year’s card. It’s actually the exact same card – all I did was change the words.
Holiday Catalog Items that I used on this card include:
Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad pg. 19
Softly Falling Embossing Folder pg. 24
Iced Rhinestone Embellishments pg. 24
Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set pg. 34
Fine Tip Glue Pen pg. 43
Six Sayings stamp set pg. 51 (HOSTESS set)
Here it is as a Christmas card (I actually made the New Year’s version first but want to use the same card for a different group and switched to Christmas for them).
Holiday Catalog Items that I used on this card include:
Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad pg. 19
Softly Falling Embossing Folder pg. 24
Holly Jolly Greetings bundle pg. 34
Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies pg. 34
Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set pg. 34
Fine Tip Glue Pen pg. 43
I hope you are enjoying your day and you are ready for 2016! I have a new planner that I’m using and hope that it keeps me on top of my Stampin’ Up! business and my personal life too. Now to remember to write 2016 instead of 2015.
There are only 4 more days of the Year End Sale – January 4th is the last day. Here is the full list of supplies for these two cards- click on any item to go to my online store and place your order.
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