Happy Sunday Swap Share! Today’s card features the Sale-a-Bration set, So Hoppy Together. These fun frogs are great for so many different types of cards – so let’s hop to it and check it out!
This fun card of encouragement was created by Alison Solven. This is an example of two step stamping – the frog is on one stamp, and the crown was added separately. The background is embossed with the Dot to Dot Embossing Folder, which has a kind of reptilian feel when used in this context, don’t you agree? She’s also used the Stitched Shapes Framelits (the circles) to die cut her image and the Gingham Gala Designer Series Paper.
So why did I entitle this entry “Hop To It“? It’s a reminder that Sale-a-Bration is coming to a close! If you want to grab this stamp set, you’ll need to make a $60 product order before the end of March and select this as your Sale-a-Bration Level 1 Reward item. As well, it’s a reminder that all products are either to a certain date OR while supplies last. As we’ve seen over the last little while, there are a number of products that have been so popular that the demand has outstripped the supply. Stamp sets are usually a safer bet, because Stampin’ Up! produces them in house so there’s a bit more (a BIT more) ability to compensate for unanticipated or unusual spikes in demand.
For the Sale-a-Bration Coordination products, we are down to just one set of framelits remaining – the Four Seasons framelits. All other framelits are now out of stock and unavailable. You can tell we have gotten used to using framelits and don’t want to fussy cut if we don’t have to! The More Than Words stamp set and the Story Label Punch are still available at the time of the writing of this post…(like how I covered myself there?! LOL)
So – please make sure you hop to it if you’re planning on getting in on the Sale-a-Bration! This also goes if you’d like to get a Demonstrator Starter Kit. We won’t sell out of the kits themselves (since you pick the product that you want in it) – BUT – historically, there’s a spike on the website during the last day and especially the last hours of Sale-a-Bration, making it difficult to get through the process efficiently! SO – ask me any questions you have, and sign up NOW! You can see more information and a sign up link here. (or the shortcut to remember is yamstamps.com/join). I’d love to have you become part of my group of demonstrators, the “Eh” Team!
I love this effect! For this card, we tapped the Balmy Blue ink pad onto the inner surface of the Country Floral Dynamic Embossing Folder. (A Sale-a-Bration Level 1 reward – you can select it for free with a $60CAD product order!). Tap onto the side with the Stampin’ Up! logo. Once there’s an even coating of ink, place your cardstock inside and run it through the Big Shot – don’t forget the special sandwich for these extra thick folders – Regular Platform, folder with cardstock inside, top Plastic Cutting Plate only.
Clean up for this inked embossing folder technique is also super easy – I just run the folder under the tap and pat dry with a paper towel. Stampin’ Up!’s inks are dye based so they’re water soluble.
The sentiment is from Flourishing Phrases (available in red rubber clear mount or red rubber wood mount), and it’s punched out with the new Story Label punch which is available for purchase during March as part of the Sale-a-Bration Coordination product suite. We used a sponge dauber to add a bit of Balmy Blue ink around the edges of the label. I am using up some of the Organdy Ribbon I had from my earlier Sale-a-Bration order – because if you blinked….it’s gone again! I think everybody who had been waiting on it jumped in to order and it’s unavailable once again in North America (this time gone for good).
However – there are LOTS of new regular catalogue items available to select for free as well as the original offerings (other than the ribbons, obviously…). You can go to the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store and check out the Sale-a-Bration options currently available. Remember that we are now into the “March 31 or while supplies last” phase of Sale-a-Bration. I shared a strategy for planning out your Sale-a-Bration redemptions on the YamStamps Facebook page a while back. Stampin’ Up! manufactures their own stamps in the US, so they are better able to quickly deal with varying levels of demand for stamp sets, but the accessories and tools tend to be sourced from outside the US and so are often affected by shipping times.
In the meantime, we will continue to Sale-a-Brate until the end of March! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, or need assistance placing your order. Comments are working again, too, so feel free to leave a comment for me!
Just a quick note to let you know that the Sale-a-Bration Level 1 Reward, the Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack is available again – while supplies last/until March 31st (whichever comes first). You can select this item 149623 for free with a $60 product order! Go to yamstamps.com/shop or message me for assistance placing your order!
Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series Papers are great for scrapbooking – but they’re also great for cards! Check out this easy patterned paper card design – by Rose Marie Coleman, today’s Sunday Swap Share.
This card uses the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper (Level 1 Sale-a-Bration reward – free with $60CAD product order) for the main visual elements. I love how rounding only a couple of the corners of the paper give it a different effect. There’s a corner rounder on the Detailed Trio Punch, or you can use Stampin’ Up!’s Envelope Punch Board to round corners – it’s built in to the board!
Corner Rounder Punch portion is at the top of the board, above the “button”
The card sentiment is from the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, which is available for purchase. The Butterfly Duet punch unfortunately is still unorderable at this time (which also means that the Butterfly Gala Bundle is also unorderable), so we will continue to wait patiently until they let us know it’s available again! You’ll notice that you won’t need it for this card anyway!
The accents on this card are the Gingham Gala Adhesive Back Sequins, which are getting low in inventory, so I’d suggest if you need to get them, you order them soon!!
This easy patterned paper card design is clean and simple, and you could easily change out the Desginer Series Paper and sentiment and have a whole different look! These are the kinds of cards that make my crafting so much easier, especially when I need an impressive card in a hurry!
If you need to build up your stash of patterned paper, I’ve put out a LAST CALL for my Occasions Catalogue Designer Series Paper Share. If you’d like to purchase a share, which includes a 6″ x 12″ of each of the sheets from each 12″ x 12″ package, and full 6″ x 6″ sheets from the two 6″ x 6″ packages in the catalogue (NOT including the Specialty Papers), please contact me by March 10th, or click below to order and pay via PayPal. The shares also include the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper as well!!
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message or – leave me a comment below – BECAUSE COMMENTS ARE WORKING AGAIN! YAY!!!
Sale-a-Bration Coordination products are here! Limited Time Only– you can purchase these items during March, and they coordinate with Sale-a-Bration items!
You can download the flyer here. All these framelits will make your crafting even easier…and I love the extra sentiments and the punch!
This card features the Painted Seasons Bundle (a Level 2 Sale-a-Bration reward), the Part of My Story Stamp Set (a Level 1 Sale-a-Bration reward) and the Four Seasons Framelits (Sale-a-Bration Coordination product available for purchase during March).
PLUS – Stampin’ Up! has announced that there’s MORE to Sale-a-Brate! From now until the end of March, or while designated supplies last, you can get these additional items as a Sale-a-Bration reward! Please note the special codes that must be used in order to redeem with a qualifying order (shown in brackets after item description).You can download the third release Sale-a-Bration information here.
1. Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper – now available outside of the second release Level 2 Bundle as a Level 1 item! (149574) 2. Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper (pg. 189 Annual Catalogue) (152840) 3. Mini Pizza Boxes (pg. 193 AC) (152836) 4. Pearlized Doilies – TWO packs (pg. 192 AC) (152837) 5. Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper (pg. 190 AC) (152839) 6. Rich Razzleberry ¼” Velvet Ribbon – TWO spools (pg. 201 AC) (152838) 7. Scattered Sequins Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (pg. 223 AC) (152833) 8. Share What You Love Embellishment Kit (pg. 198 AC) (152832)
Remember that all Sale-a-Bration items will be while supplies last…..so please don’t wait until March 31st to place an order! (Same goes for ordering a starter kit – only because the system will be guaranteed to be bogged down with the last minute rush!) If you have any questions or need assistance placing an order, please feel free to contact me!
There are new freebies available now! (Apologies – this was supposed to post YESTERDAY and there was a glitch….so here it is now…) Stampin’ Up! has released a second set of Sale-a-Bration items that you can select with a qualifying purchase. Order $60 CAD of product, qualify for a Level 1 item. Order $120 CAD of product, qualify for a Level 2 item – OR 2 Level 1 items!
Here’s a link to the new item flyer. The previous Sale-a-Bration items are also available, though we are still awaiting word on the Organdy Ribbon availability, pending shipment arrival.
In the meantime, for your viewing pleasure…here’s a card using some second release Sale-a-Bration items!
This clean and simple card features the Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper, which comes with a coordinating stamp set in the Painted Seasons Bundle – the new Level 2 Sale-a-Bration choice. The stamp set has a number of coordinating images, but for this card I just used the Designer Series Paper. The two side strips are 1″ wide and the middle strip is 1.75″ wide, all adhered onto a piece of Early Espresso Cardstock (which is the dark brown featured in the centre panel flowers). The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso ink and is from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set which is available in either red rubber clear mount or red rubber wood mount. I added a small wooden flower accent from the Level 1 Sale-a-Bration reward, Butterfly Elements, and placed a rhinestone in the centre of the flower for a bit of bling.
A reminder that Sale-a-Bration runs until March 31st, and it’s the perfect time to stock up on crafting supplies and be rewarded with….more crafting supplies for FREE! You can select Sale-a-Bration rewards with qualifying purchases, earn more free host dollars to spend with qualifying party sales, or select more free product in your demonstrator starter kit! Contact me for more information on the new freebies!
