Only 15 Days Left of Sale-A-Bration!

This has been one of the best Sale-A-Brations I can remember, and there are still 15 days left for you cash in on the free merchandise available! So many great choices! Have you got the beautiful Lotus Flower Stamp set yet?

How about Best Year Ever DSP? 

Maybe you still need to earn the Big Day Stamp Set:

Then there's that gorgeous Irresistibly Yours Specialty DSP, that you can spritz, sponge or brayer whatever colour you want, with the embossed design resisting the ink:

How about all the new items introduced in March? Do you have any of those yet? Like the Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum:

If you haven't been able to earn everything you want, don't panic! You still have 15 days left to do it! Did you know that there are 3 ways to earn free products during Sale-A-Bration?

Simply place an order for $60 or more. For each $60 you spend, you get one Sale-A-Bration choice free! And there are so many amazing products to choose from in the new Occasions catalogue!

You can contact me with your order, or go to my online store and place an order yourself. Be sure to select me as your demonstrator if you live in Canada.

Consider booking a private class with me and all your friends between now and March 31. In addition to their already generous Hostess rewards, Stampin' Up has added an extra $35 in free product from any current catalogue for qualifying parties of $330 or more!  Contact me right away to get this rolling, as my available dates are becoming scarce.

Join my great team and become a demonstrator and automatically earn 2 Sale-A-Bration Rewards! This is just the icing on the cake! You also get $155 dollars of Stampin' Up! products for just $125 with free shipping! That's the starter kit, and you can choose from any products in the current catalogue to make up your own custom kit. Plus, you'll get a sneak peek at the new Annual Catalogue and be able to order the new products a month earlier than the public. You'll get to buy your favourite products at a 20% discount (plus a one-time 30% discount on your first $200 or more demonstrator order after you first join Stampin' Up!) You'll have access to a network of crafters with great ideas to share and you'll be eligible to attend Stampin' Up! events such as Convention! Did you know that you can be a hobby demonstrator in order to get your products at a discount and not have to work the business? Or you can totally take advantage of the business side and earn some extra money for your family, or to pay for your hobby!  You really can't lose!  To join my team, contact me, or look on the menu at the top of the page and click on Join My Team and follow the prompts!

Don't let March end without taking advantage of all these great ways to save and earn awesome products!

And it's Tuesday again and time for new Weekly Deals:

Thanks for dropping by today, and, by the way, Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Back from Zihuatanejo with February's Paper Pumpkin and Alternatives

Well, I am back home again after a wonderful vacation in Zihuatanejo, Mexico! It was probably one of my all time most relaxing weeks ever and I have come back really refreshed and looking forward to sharing more papercrafting projects with you, including today's projects brought to you by February's Paper Pumpkin.  Thanks for sticking with me after a quiet couple of weeks.  

Here are some photos of my wonderful week in Mexico:

Downtown Zihuatanejo

Our Club Intrawest Resort

Me and the hubby on the beach

Looking down on the pool area.

Another view of downtown Zihua!

Here's what awaited me on my return home:

So I decided that my project to share with you would be February's Paper Pumpkin and my variations on it.

This is the project as Stampin' Up! intended, and it was easy to complete using the handy directions in the box:

The kit comes with the kraft envelopes that you assemble yourself!

I decided to try and do a different theme besides "Thank You", so I chose birthdays:

• For this design, I added Retro Fresh washi tape for a bottom border and got out the Sale-A-Bration Stamp set called Big Day for the birthday images and sentiments.  I used the same colour scheme of Daffodil Delight, Pool Party and Tangerine Tango.
• By the way, the H is for Happy Birthday and the I is for ice cream.  I made the I from one the the Ts by cutting off the edges. I was pushing it, I know.  I was trying to come up with birthday words using the felted letters from the kit, which are all the letters in the word 'THANKS'. I was drawing blanks, big time!  What words can you come up with using those letters? I decided I would just used single letters that would have some significance, however slight, hence the H and I.

Here's the final design I came up with last night:
                                                                                 

This one is a wedding card design, with the additions of Something Borrowed Designer Series Paper, the Something Borrowed Embellishments, and Your Perfect Day stamp set. I used Sahara Sand and Pool Party for the simple colour palette.

Here is the envelope I designed for this card:

This uses the paper doilies and Pearls from the Artisan Embellishments Kits, and some Sahara Sand Lace Trim.

Now, I want to let you know that buying a 3 month prepaid subscription to Paper Pumpkin, which is 

on sale right now for $68.85, will not only get you the delight of creating some great papercrafting projects for the next 3 months, it will be enough to earn you a Sale-A-Bration reward as well. You can order this through me.

                        

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

Big Day Clear Stamp Set [139112]	Big Day Wood Stamp Set [139109]	Retro Fresh This And That Washi Tape [133001]	Your Perfect Day Clear Stamp Set [138853]	Your Perfect Day Wood Stamp Set [138850]
Your Perfect Day Photopolymer Stamp Set [137160]	Something Borrowed Designer Series Paper [137785]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982]
Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad [126946]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976]	Something Borrowed Embellishments [137855]	Sahara Sand 7/8" (2.2 Cm) Lace Trim [137866]	Glue Dots [103683]

Happy Birthday, Parker

So, this young man came to visit yesterday!  And today is his third birthday!  He is here with Mom and Dad because Mom is due to give birth in about a week.  In the little community where they live, they can't deliver the baby at their hospital and would have to travel two hours to the larger town of Nelson. In the winter, the roads can be very dicey and, in fact, were actually shut down a couple of weeks ago, so my daughter felt it was safer to come and stay with us and have her baby in Kelowna. So Nana Banana gets to look after Parker when the baby comes.  And I couldn't be happier!

I swear he gets cuter every time I see him! When he arrived today, he ran toward me with arms outstretched and gave me the biggest hug! So precious! Of course, I made him a birthday card!  And, of course, it's purple, his favourite colour!  Take a look:

• Parker likes trucks better than anything, but we just don't have any current truck stamps, so I opted for his second favourite thing - cake! When I asked him what he wanted for his birthday dinner, he said, "Cake!" So I have a chocolate cake cooling in the kitchen, waiting for some icing and a purple card with a cake on it for the big 3 year old!
• I used the new Colorbox Chalk Ink Pads and the new Chalkboard Paper for the images.  The Rose Coral and the Yellow Citrus pads work like a dream.  Be advised that you have to wait a little longer for them to dry, but you get a nice clear, chalkboard image!  The Aquamarine tint doesn't show up really well against the black, but would work on a lighter colour well.
• The stamp set is a Sale-A-Bration reward set called Big Day and it's so perfect for a Chalkboard technique!  I love the different fonts and the sketched-in shadows!
• The Designer Series Paper is from the Regals Designer Series Paper Stacks in Elegant Eggplant!

• Here's a peek at the inside with two sentiments from the Big Day Stamp Set and the number 3 from the Memorable Moments Stamp Set.  I used white Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen to add our greetings!

Because it's Tuesday, there are a new set of Weekly Deals:

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today! 

Product List

Big Day Clear Stamp Set [139112]	Big Day Wood Stamp Set [139109]	Memorable Moments Clear Stamp Set [126682]	Memorable Moments Wood Stamp Set Wood-mount Stamp Set [132039]	Chalkboard Paper [137786]
Regals Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack [130139]	Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105126]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Yellow Citrus Colorbox Chalk Ink Pad [138093]	Rose Coral Colorbox Chalk Ink Pad [138091]
Regals Designer Buttons [130029]	White Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen [105021]