Today is last day to get the Painted Seasons Bundle! Of all the many really great free items you can choose with your purchases during SAB, the one I love the most is the Painted Seasons Bundle (150349).
The DistINKtive stamp design of this stamp set makes it so easy to stamp images with great depth. Here is the outside and below is the card opened out.
The bundle is perfect for floral cards and for Christmas cards. Check out the images in it.
You can also buy the Four Seasons Framelits Dies (150074) to make cutting out the stamps a snap. However, you only have until midnight mountain time to place an order for $100 or more to be able to get this Four Seasons Bundle. After midnight it will no longer be available and Sale-A-Bration will be over.
Today I learned a beautiful way to show both sides of a designer series paper in a quick and easy card. Many thanks to Patty Bennett for giving a link to Jo Anne Hewins blog post that shows how to make this card.
If you are like me, you love our designer series paper and am reluctant to cut it up. Consequently we end up with lots of paper left over when a new catalog comes out and we turn our attention to the new papers. But this beautiful card uses up the leftover paper. It is a fancy fold that is as quick to make as a simple card.
Make a valley fold at the 4″ score line on the dsp, a Mountain fold at the 6 3/4″ score line, and a Valley fold at the 9 1/2″ score line. Adhere the large section of the dsp to the card base. Stamp and cut out the leaf and flower and adhere to the Very Vanilla piece of cardstock. Adhere this to the Pear Pizzazz rectangle and then adhere the rectangle to the front flap of the dsp. Stamp a sentiment on the Petal Pink rectangle in portrait orientation and adhere it to the next flap. Finally stamp a sentiment to the Whisper White rectangle and adhere it to the card base.
Now that you know how to show off some of that designer series paper you have been hoarding, create a card and send me a picture of it. I’ll show it off on this blog.
These are the last days of Sale-A-Bration left and items are starting to sell out. Therefore Stampin’ Up! is offering a third set of free items. Do you love the Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper that is part of the Painted Seasons Level 2 bundle? Now you can get more of that paper by itself free for just a $50 purchase. The item number is 149574. Now is the time to stock up!
Order a 3 month pre-paid subscription to Paper Pumpkin 137859 and get the Painted Seasons dsp for free. You will want to be sure to get April’s Paper Pumpkin which includes a wonderful distINKtive stamp set like the very popular Painted Seasons stamp set.
When you order a pre-paid Paper Pumpkin subscription, you receive a code by email. When you go to paperpumpkin.com to sign up, you will be asked to enter it. If you are already a subscriber, your monthly billing to your credit card is suspended until the three months are over. Then the monthly billing starts up again.
The thing is that you must be a subscriber by April 10 to get the April kit. Before you forget, go to my online store and order a three-month pre-paid subscription. Order a 6 month or year subscription and get more SAB free items. Remember these are the last days before Sale-A-Bration 2019 becomes history!
This Tea Together stamp set (148779) has recently become my favorite stamp set from the Occasions catalog. Ron and I have started drinking a cup or two of tea each evening after dinner. While we don’t use such a delicate tea cup and teapot, we do enjoy having our tea. The sentiment says it all…Love is a warm cup of tea. Here are all the images that are in this stamp set.
They are perfect for coloring in and the tea cup and teapot look great when stamped on designer series paper and then cut out with the matching Tea Time Framelits Dies (149697)you get for free with a purchase of $100 worth of products during Sale-A-Bration..
The lacy white “table cloth” was cut with one of the Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies (148526). This set of edgelits can be bought as a bundle with the Forever Lovely stamp set (148624) but the dies work nicely alone as in this Tea Together card. Check out all the dies of this set.
Are you a tea drinker like me? If so what is your favorite flavor? Leave a comment below. I’m sure you will want to make this card for yourself. Here are the products I used. Click on the images to get what you need to create this Tea Together card.
The All My Love Suite found in Stampin’ Up!’s 2019 Occasions catalog is my favorite! Some of the products in this suite were on my first purchase from the catalog. This suite or group of products is not only perfect for Valentine’s Day but can be used for many other occasions throughout the year as shown by this card.
The Forever Lovely bundle which includes the Forever Lovely stamp set and the Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies is the key part of the All My Love Suite. It is this bundle, especially the Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies that drew me into the whole suite. Check out all the pieces you can combine with this bundle;
The suite also includes the All My Love Designer Series Paper, ribbon designed to coordinate with the suite, and an embellishment. The designer series paper includes designs with hearts, flowers, and neutral geometric patterns. Check out the designs below and let me know which is your favorite by leaving a comment below.
Creating the Sample Card With All My Love Suite Products
To create the sample card, I cut the Lovely Flowers edgelit at the bottom of the card front. Then I put the closed card into my Stamparatus and positioned the blossoms stamp on top of the die-cut part of the card front. I picked up the stamp with the acrylic plate of the Stamparatus. Then I opened the card, inked the stamp with Lovely Lipstick ink and stamped the flowers on the inside of the card.
Next I positioned the leaves stamp on the stamped image, picked the stamp up with the acrylic plate, inked the stamp with Old Olive ink, and stamped it.
I cut white background floral design of the All My Love dsp with the fourth from the inside of the wider set of Rectangle Stitched Framelits and adhered it to the top of the card front. The greeting was stamped on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock with Memento ink and cut out with a frame from the Frosted Bouquet Framelits dies and adhered to the dsp. I finished off the card with a knot of Berry Burst 3/8″ Metallic-edge ribbon.
If you need the supplies to make this card for yourself, just click on the images below to be taken to their spot in my online store.
I really love the intricacy of this Be Mine Stitched Framelits set of dies! I wasn’t going to get it at first but seeing all the wonderful cards created with it, I yielded to temptation and purchased it. Just look at all the heart die you get with the set
I used one of the patterns of the beautiful All My Love Designer Series Paper for a background layer over Sahara Sand card base. I cut the lacy heart from Lovely Lipstick Foil paper and added a block of it behind the Whisper White hearts. The greeting was cut from Basic Black cardstock with one of the Sunshine Wishes dies to serve as an accent and make the greeting stand out. I have shown the products I used below. Click on the images to find them in my online store if you need any of them to create this card yourself. Remember that if you use my February host code when ordering, I’ll send you a small gift for ordering.
Our puppy dogs give us such unlimited love that I thought a Valentine created with this Happy Tails bundle would be perfect to give my husband. The Happy Tails stamp set and Dog Builder Punch are in the 2019 Occasions Catalog. I also used the Sunshine Sayings stamp set and the Sunshine Wishes thinlits for the greeting and heart.
Did you know you can create your own designer series paper? That is what I did for the background. I stamped the little heart that comes in the Happy Tails stamp set repeatedly on Whisper White cardstock with Lovely Lipstick ink. The photo does not show the shine on the heart very well but it was cut from the Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheet which is one of the FREE selections you can choose when you order $50 or more during Sale-A-Bration. The foil paper comes with Grapefruit Grove Foil paper in the package as well. The Grapefruit Grove foil is very iridescent. You can see how very much it is on this card we made during my Occasions catalog celebration party. Check it out! The stamp set is Humming Along, also from the new Occasions catalog
Now click on the items I used for these cards to be taken to their places in my online store so you can order what you need to create these cards for yourself. Remember you can choose a free SAB item for each $50 you purchase in product during SAB!
Of all the 19 bundles in the 2019 Occasions Catalog, my favorite….at least today….is the Wonderful Romance bundle. Just look at that gorgeous lattice border! All the elements of this Floral Romance Suite work together beautifully.
The lattice edge die is designed to be an edge of a piece of cardstock, not a separate strip as the straight edge does not cut. To achieve it as a separate strip, I placed the straight edge of the die on the edge of a piece of cardstock. That beautiful oval die is part of the set. One of the things that makes the coordinating Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper special is the two printed vellum sheets. One has this bolder floral design and the other pattern is a small light pink all-over flower design. Oh the possibilities! I added one of the Floral Romance Seals, another item in the suite, as the perfect finishing accent.
You can order the supplies needed to make this card for yourself by clicking on the images below which will take you to their places in my online store. Remember that during Sale-A-Bration, you get to choose one of the free items from the Sale-a-Bration brochure for each $50 you purchase in product. The Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack has already sold out so don’t procrastinate getting your orders in. I’d hate for you to miss out on the wonderful options!
If you are a beginner in rubber stamping, you may be overwhelmed with all the supplies and techniques you see on the internet. It can be quite confusing, that’s for sure! Stampin’ Up! has put out a challenge to their demonstrators to create simple cards using the hashtag #simplestamping. Now THIS can be difficult for us because we are so used to adding embellishments and making fancy cards. Often thought simple cards can be quite elegant and stunning. Do a Pinterest search by putting ‘clean and simple cards’ in the search box and see what you get. There is a saying ‘SIP’ which stands for stamps, ink, and paper. That is all you really need to make a card.
This card was created for December’s Coffee and Card event I hold at a local coffee shop each month using the Let It Ride stamp set. Since it is not held in my studio, the design needs to not use a lot Shaded Spruce cardstock for the card base and a 5 1/4″ x 4″ layer of Crumb Cake cardstock. We stamped the horse image with Soft Suede ink, the trees with Shaded Spruce ink, and the saying with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.This card is a great one to send as an encouragement to someone and works equally well for a man or a woman. You can order the supplies to make this card by clicking on the images below. That will take you to their location in my online store.
Have you wished you had a little more money so you could give your child piano lessons? Do you wish you could stop working for others and be your own boss? Do you want to meet new people and make a difference in their lives? Do you love paper-crafting and wish you had a way to pay for your hobby? Then you might be interested in becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator in my team.
During Sale-A-Bration, a promotion Stampin’ Up! runs the first three months of the year, is a perfect time to begin your business. Here are some of the reasons:
You get $175 worth of product of your choosing in your starter kit for only $99. This is $50 more than the rest of the year.
Pay $129 for your starter kit and it will include this wonderful Craft and Carry tote. I have an old one and use it all the time to carry supplies to workshops or when I stamp at a friend’s house. This tote is only available now to new demonstrators. What I especially like about it is that it is big enough to carry a catalog, the Stampin’ Trimmer, and lots of other supplies. Check out this video.
You can get more information by contacting me or going to my Stampin’ Up! business page here.
This Precious Parcel Card Kit comes with everything you need to complete it except a pair of scissors and it is one of the FREE choices when you spend $50 on product during Sale-A-Bration. It is soooo beautiful and soooo quick to put together. Here is a scan of the finished cards. I know you will want to get this FREE card kit.
Place your order of $50 or more in my online store and check out the other Free SAB items while you are at it. You can choose a free item for each $50 so if you spend $150, not only do you get host benefits for yourself but you can also choose 3 Level1 items or 1 Level 2 item and a Level 1 item.
Gosh there is so much I want to share with you! This 2019 Occasions catalog is absolutely the best! Of course I say that with almost every new catalog. If you don’t have a copy of this catalog yet and don’t have an active demo, contact me with your address and I’ll be happy to send you one for free!
Along with the new Occasions catalog, Sale-A-Bration has begun. This is during the first three months of the year when Stampin’ Up! has a selection of exclusive stamps and supplies you can get for free for each $50 you purchase of Stampin’ Up! supplies. Spend $50 and choose one of the free items in the SAB brochure. Spend $100 and you can choose two free $50 items or one of the two $100 items. One is a beautiful stamp set with16 photopolymer stamps. The other $100 item is the Tea Time Framelits Dies which will carry over to the 2019-2020 Annual catalog and which coordinate with the beautiful Tea Together stamp set found on pg.49 in the Occasions catalog.
Another benefit during SAB is that hosts who hold a party with $250 or more sales get an additional $25 in host benefits. Now I know that most of you reading this blog post do not live near Mount Vernon, WA. However, you can host an online catalog party by getting your friends to order online through my online store and use a hostess code we create just for your party. You get the benefits but don’t have to do any delivering. Stampin’ Up! ships your customer’s order directly to them. All you really have to do is see that they order. I’ll send you a couple extra catalogs to share with your friends. Also remind them that they also get to choose a free item with each $50 purchase of product. Email me at sue@soggystamper.com to set up your online catalog party.
You have only four more days to purchase many of the products in the Holiday Catalog and then they will be gone. Click on the image above to check out this Closeout event and purchase those items you have been meaning to get now!
Here is a second card I have created with the Forever Lovely stamp set that is in the Occasions catalog. You will be able to order this lovely stamp set and corresponding Forever Lovely Edgelit Dies as a bundle come January 3rd. See the card I shared Saturday here.
This time I stamped the flowers and leaves on Whisper White cardstock with Powder Pink and Old Olive ink and fussy cut them out. I stamped the greeting also on Whisper White cardstock with Old Olive ink and cut it out with one of the Stitched Label Framelits Dies. The card base is Powder Pink and I embossed a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock with the Tufted 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The greeting and the flowers are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Pearls from the Share What You Love Artisan Pearls were added for the finishing touch.
You can order all but the stamp set now by clicking on the images below to go to their place in my online store. If you don’t have a demonstrator and would like a free copy of the upcomng Occasions catalog, email me your address and phone number (so I can call to see if you need any supplies).
I am so excited about this Forever Lovely bundle that is in the Occasions catalog! Today I was cleaning off my stamping table and found that I had not opened the Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies that are a part of this bundle and put the dies on a magnetic sheet. While doing this, I discovered this absolutely gorgeous die. I just HAD to try it out right away. Oh my goodness! It is so lovely!
I cut the end off a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Powder Pink cardstock using this die. Then I adhered a piece of the Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper behind the cardstock and cut it back down to 5 1/4″ x 4″ for the layer. Using my stamparatus made it easy to get the greeting right where I wanted and straight. I put the stamp down on the cardstock where I wanted it and picked it up with the acrylic plate of the stamparatus. The plate has grid lines on it so I straightened the stamp according to the grid lines, inked it up, with Mossy Meadow ink, and stamped. I didn’t get enough pressure on one side of the stamp so the image was a little light. No problem…I just stamped again and corrected the problem. A bow of Berry Burst 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon adds the finishing touch. I stamped a flower and some leaves in the corner of a Whisper White layer for the inside.
You can’t order this set until Jan 3, 2019 but you can get a copy of the Occasions catalog now. Just email me your address and phone number and I’ll send you a free one. Then you can see all the great and exciting product coming in January and make your wish lists up. You will be all ready to order come January 3. Remember that Sale-A-Bration begins Jan 3rd also. That means for every $50 you spend in product, you can choose a free item from the Sale-A0Bration brochure. There are even a couple fantastic items that you can get for a $100 purchase.
