Last call for........

No, no, not alcohol!! It's the last call for Sale-a-bration freebies!!! Today is THE LAST day of Sale-a-bration, so if you haven't taken advantage of this great promotion CALL ME RIGHT NOW to place your order. Don't miss out on the limited edition items that are available or go ahead and pick one of the free items from the IB&C.

Sale-a-bration

Sale-a-bration is quickly coming to end so I wanted to just give you one more reminder of all the great benefits available to you during this promotion (especially since my computer went on vacation without me and I'm without the ability to edit/upload photos). 

Customers

Receive a free Sale-A-Bration product for every $50 purchase (before tax and shipping). 

Hostesses

Receive a free Sale-A-Bration product for every $300 in workshop sales, in addition to our regular hostess benefits.

 

Recruits

Choose any retail stamp set (valued up to $47.95) from the current catalogs when signing up during the promotion. Plus, get 15 percent off your Starter Kit (Standard or Digital+)!

Starter Kit	Regular Price	Sale-A-Bration Price (15% off)
Standard Starter Kit	$199	$169
Digital+ Starter Kit	$185	$157

The Stampin' Memories Add-On can be added to these kits, but will not be discounted.


These deals are too irresistible to pass up!   Especially if you've ever thought about becoming a demonstrator yourself.  You only have until the end of March to take advantage of these great offers, so hurry up!!

Disappointed.....

......but only for a minute!  My disappointment stems from the outside of my box.  I've heard reports of Sale-a-bration boxes that say "Caution: opening box may cause extreme excitement."  And this is the second box I've received during Sale-a-bration that does not say that.  But even without the warning opening the box caused excitement.  And it wasn't even all for me!!!  I love going through a box of goodies and seeing what everyone else ordered.  But the best part is after sorting everyone else's goodies the rest are for me!!! 

Love, Love, Love

Get ready for the season of love!  And can I tell you that I love the new clear mount rubber stamps that Stampin' Up! is offering!?!?  I put in a small order on the first day of Sale-a-bration and the Occasions Mini catalog so I could try out the new clear mount rubber stamps and get my hands on the SAB punch.  I only got one stamp set, so I could give the clear mount a try and I have to say that I may be a convert!  I think I may prefer the clear mount over wood mount now!  I like how you can see through the block to get a better idea of where you are stamping and putting the images on the block, stamping, cleaning, and removing really isn't more time consuming than using the wood mounts.  So, I would suggest when you put your SAB and Occasions Mini catalog order in you give the clear mount rubber stamps a try!

Supplies
Stamps: I {heart} Hearts, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Old Olive, Taken with Teal
Paper: Old Olive, Taken with Teal, Whisper White
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Time is Running Out!!!

There are only a few days left of Sale-a-bration. If you haven't taken advantage of this great promo you still have time. Also, if youp lace your order online through my website you can get a free Idea Book & Catalog with your purchase.

Have a great day, everyone!

Where am I?

I've been slacking on the blog. I don't mean to, but it's my second week back from Florida and the first week of my hubby being gone, so I've really been trying to get stuff done. I've been spending a lot of time working out and hanging out with my bestie, who I missed like crazy while I was gone. I've also had bowling league, my network group meeeting, and my sorority alum chapter meeting 3 consecutive nights, so that's been a little overwhelming. I did stamp the other day, though. I just haven't taken any pictures. Some of it was for contest entries so I can't share and other is business stuff so you probably wouldn't be interested. I will try my darndest to share tomorrow. I'm stuck in the house all day today and tomorrow because I'll have contractors coming in and out (finally finishing up the work from the damage we suffered back in Sept.).

For now, allow me to make a few public service announcements. Sale-a-bration is almost over! You only have about 2 weeks left to get your freebies! I can still squeeze some workshops in if you'd like to earn a Sale-a-bration item for free with a $300 show. But if you'd rather wait, I can book your workshop in April, where you can pick an item from p. 208 in the IB&C for free with a $150 show. Let me know ASAP so I can reserve your date!

Sale-a-Bration Spectacular

I am hostessing a Sale-a-bration Spectacular event this Sunday, March 8th at 2 pm. So if you are in the Dayton or Cincinnati area send me an email and I'll give you directions. There will be product demonstrations, a make & take, door prizes, and snacks! And when I say snacks I mean I will bake something. And everyone loves when I bake. Please RSVP to the event by sending me an email. If you haven't gotten the chance to look through the Spring/Summer IB&C now is the time!!! And you will receive a copy of the Sale-a-bration brochure. There is only a few weeks left of SAB, so take advantage of the offer before it's gone!

Say Goodbye!!!

Well, today is the last day of Sale-a-bration. I figured it was a good day to use some of those Sale-a-bration sets that I earned. I've been using So Many Scallops and Birthday Whimsy a lot, but Friendship Blooms didn't get as much love. So, today I made not one, but two cards with Friendship Blooms.

For the first one I started with a Basic Gray base. I stamped the side of it with Polka Dot using Versamark then embossed with Whisper White. I then added a strip of Pretty in Pink and stamped the swirly image in Basic Gray on my cardbase. I stamped the big flower in Pretty in Pink on Whisper White and mounted it on a piece of Basic Gray. I added a pewter brad in the center of the flower and a little piece of 1/4" Whisper White grosgrain ribbon to the back. This was then added to my card with Stampin' Dimensionals.




For the second card I again started with a Basic Gray base. I cut a piece of Ruby Red a quarter inch smaller than my card base. I punched the corners with my Ticket Corner Punch. I stamped the swirl from Friendship Blooms on the bottom 2/3rds of the Ruby Red layer. I then stamped the 3 flower image in Ruby Red on Whisper White and added a Pewter brad to the middle of the middle flower. I added my layers and called it done.


I hope you got all the Sale-a-bration sets you wanted! If not I can put in a last minute order for you. Just shoot me an email and I'll get it taken care of.

Promos

This is your last call to take advantage of Sale-a-bration. Orders for SAB must be placed tomorrow. If you want to get your hands on one (or more) of the limited edition SAB sets I must place your order tomorrow. To view these limited edition sets click on the catalog to the right.

Also going on is the Wild Wasabi cardstock promotion. You can purchase a pack of 16 pieces of precut prescored textured cardstock. These pieces make great card bases. The packs are available for $3.95. For more information click on the Wasabi ribbon to the right.

Happy Snow Day

Well, we had some nasty weather today and I was told to go home at 12:30. Who am I to argue? So I spent the afternoon and most of the evening stamping!!!! I got to play with my new stamps sets, SAB sets, and get my stuff together for Friday's scrapbook class. Oh, and I was working on some ideas with my new bulk items for upcoming classes. I was a busy girl. And a good one, too, cause when I was done I cleaned up after myself!!! Amazing!!! So here's another creation with a SAB set. I used So Many Scallops which I just love because it works with the Scallop Circle Punch! I stamped the image in So Saffron on Whisper White. I also stamped Polka Dot BG in Bashful Blue on Whisper White. I tied a piece of new Chocolate Chip Polytwill ribbon around it (sneak peak....this will be available in the Occasions mini). I adhered all my layers to my Bashful Blue cardbase using last weeks card sketch from SCS. I added my scallop with Stampin' Dimensionals. I love how it turned out! Very springy on a very icky day!

Glitter Whimsy Birthday

While I was in my stamping space making a card for my nephew's birthday I thought these presents would look great with a little glitter. So I just had to make another card while I was there. Since the Fine Cosmo Glitter has Orchid, Celery, and Turquoise I used those for my color combo. I stamped the present with each color on Whisper White, then put glue along the whimsy lines on the present and sprinkled glitter on them. I then mounted it on a piece of Tempting Turquoise. I added some Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon to a strip of Certainly Celery. I added that to my Orchid Opulence card base and added my presents using Stampin' Dimesionals.

Well, I'm off to my nephew's birthday party!!!!

My first SAB creation

I didn't preorder any SAB stamp sets, so this is the first time I got to play with any. I just got my order that I placed on the first last night. I didn't have time to play with them until this morning after my dentist appointment. I had to play with them because I have a birthday party on Sunday in Indiana. I had to stamp today because I was leaving for Indiana after my dentist appointment. Also in my order was Basic Gray cardstock and Basic Gray classic ink. I really wanted to use it and since I needed to make a masculine card I thought it would work. It's muted, but I like it. I stamped the cake from Birthday Whimsy in Basic Gray on Whisper White. I stamped it again in Not Quite Navy on Whisper White and cut out just the cake. I mounted it on top of my Basic Gray cake with Stampin' Dimensionals. I layered that on Basic Gray and layered again on Not Quite Navy and added it to my card base. I stamped my balloons twice, too. Again, one in Not Quite Navy and one in Basic Gray. I cut them out and mounted them on my Basic Gray card base. The Basic Gray one was popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. I drew the strings for the balloons with a black gel pen. I'm not thrilled with how the strings turned out, but there was no turning back at this point. I stamped "happy birthday" in Basic Gray and "....and many more" inside the card. I stamped the present on my envelope and left for Indiana.

Have a good weekend everyone!